Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), October 25, 1967, p. 9

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oat down eye ttat if awtt mdatb hht out yam aa dark hat of alar a tar frying witti butter pat amral drop of cooking oil la tat paa first than tha fiafter medical or d a garrett physician and surgeon corner of willow ft river su entrance river st acton ont phone u34341 dr robert d buckner physician and surgeon 39 wellington st acton ont afternoons by appointment closed wed stt evenings phone 8531240 dental or a j buchanan dental surgeon office 90 church st e office hours 9 am to 6 pm closed wednesday afternoon telephone 8531750 dr cedric dey dental surgeon suite no 3 hintcn bldg i7a mill st e acton ont for appointments phone 8531300 chiropractic dc donaij j armstrong chiropractor x ray 448 woolwich street phone guelph 8227721 gerald w corbett dc chiropractor xray ii a main st n georgetown 8776631 by appointment 21a40tf architect donald e skinner barch mjiajc 17a mill street suite 2 acton telephone 8532740 office hours by appointment or 20 stavebank rd port credit 2743428 optometrists arthur a johnson od optometrist wednesday and saturday 930 ajn to 5 00 pjn phone 8534520 54 mill st eacton funeral director phone 8534350 night or day bruce e shoemaker mgr auctioneer frank fetch auctioneer and evaluate 30 chapel street b- georgetown telephone i773bm c m tufrn auctioneer and evaluator phonei rockwood 8564244 8564373 eden mills ontario appmusim and insurance f l wright 20 wubur stmt acton ontario phone 8330720 appraiser and insurance over 50 yean in acton tim mutual life mwumi commtxy ut lamaim robert s hart 341 orviue road acton bos 416451460 res 5194531527 orfagckahas tw saturday 600000 conservation scheme about 40 couples enjoyed the curling club dance saturday night at the music centre they enjoyed a roast beef dinner ser ved by members of the band and their wives there was a short business session and dancing was enjoyed plan scotch block dam if you keep all your eggs id one basket pencilmark leftover eggs so that youll use them up first vary the flavor of mayonnaise with chili sauce catsupandpre- parad mustard to give new taste to sandwich fillings honey jam or mayonnaise whipped into creamed cheese is another fine treat a huge waterconserrarloodam near speyside with one and a half times the water storage capacity as the kelso dam is still under study by halton con servation authority the dam to be built in a valley of the sixteen mile creeks middle branch just east of highway 25 will be called the scotch block dam but seepage through the banks of the proposed dams side walls is threatening the project en gineers are presently studying the seepage and until they come up with a favorable report the dam is at a standstill the whole project is in jeo pardy because of possible seep age in the east bank of the valley rjetca field officer dave murray explains we have the governments approval and we were supposed to do the engineering and call tor tenders this fall or next spring but first of all we have to find out bow bad the seepage might be be said the scheme will require 600- 000 on which the provincial gov ernment gives a stseame grant it calls tor a 600 foot long dam of earth fill with an over flow spillway designed to store up water in the wet months and release it in stages from spring joint meeting on planning being set up for town groups a faint m mtlnr wtmi pnmiil iuk oct 18 informed the mem- nit nnnnrf far cmles a joint m eating with council pluming board the committee of adjustment and a representative from the community planning association is being set up a letter read at the meeting of planning board wednesday even ing oct 18 informed the mem bers of the impending meeting the same letter from the town office assured the board that their recommendations which pertained to the hiring of building inspector zoning administrator canada savings bonds sales very satisfactory toronto october 20 a tota of 920870000 in sales of the 1967 series of canada savings bonds through payroll savings has been achieved to date by ont ario organizers in the current campaign in a report on the campaigns progress cg beatty ontario regional director noted that 49 sit applications have already been processed by campaign headquarters here be described the campaign re sults to date as very satisfact ory and noted that 120 estab lishments have already exceeded their last years total sales by more then 636000 of these 13 are offering canada savings bonds through the payroll deduc tion plan for the first time the payroll savings campaign is being conducted in more than 2400 establishments throughout the province by a 53man force of supervisors and organizers and is now in its second week sales to date for the port credit oakville acton and mil ton area total 477000 organ izer for the halton and peel counties is wg phlppea of toronto supervisor for the payroll sav ings campaign in the golden horseshoe region is ormsby a doherty and a request for copies of all building permits issued with ap plicants plans were being con- side red by council a letter of complaint was read from the town office regarding a residents real estate sign which is located outside his house after consulting the local bylaw a motion- was passed that the sign at murray smiths home does not comply with the bylaw an application for conveyance of property to the committee of adjustment by mrs c brown was discussed at length and the board found no objection to mrs browns seulngexlstjngproperty within the town limits meb blow was appointed by the planning board to the halton county planning association accounts passed totalled 20312 chairman bob drinkwalter ended the meeting with reading and discussion of the proposed new bylaw all members were present ex cept sid saitz and grant allan through summer and into the tan the dam would create a lake a mile and a half long stretch ing from the dam in the centre of the third concession esques- ing north of 10 slderoad north westerly past the third line the walls of the natural valley where the dam would be placed are up to 50 met high the project would require the elevation of the third line the present road would be three feet under water when the lake ia full seven properties are involved the authority hopes to buy tha land where the dam will sit and obtain flood easements from the remaining owners mr mur ray said most of the people in volved at the prospect of a new lake ontbeirproperties but soma homes and farm buildings are dose and the owners fear flood ing the lake woild store 1800 acre feet of water at an aver age depth of 15 feet kelso by comparison bandies 1200 acre feet of water in a lake up to 35 laet in depth site of the proposed dam was first noted on a department con tour map of the area one sum mer some students working with the conservation authority were sent literally im the creek to scout for possible damsltes they discovered the natural val ley at the rear of the tangmero mushroom co property a half mile north of 10 slderoad and reported it was the most logical site the creek here is known as the middle branch of the six teen an east branch flows through hornby and drumquln while the west branch starts east of moffat and campbellville and flows through the kelso dam and on into milton the middle branch starts a- round limehouse and flows past wmch youmosttt mo you see first there are two hallow een trickortreaters in the above photo but the little white rabbit is much more easy for a motorist to spot in his head lights than the black witch drivers are advised to be particu larly alert for excited little pedestrians on october 31 hal loween traffic safety tips for parents too your youngsters will be easier to see and safer in light colors dark costumes can be made more visible by decorative bands of lightcolored or reflective material ontario department of transport photo qtrr buy rent speyside east of the niagara escarpment conservation engineers report the dam is designed to accommo date the largest flood that could ba expected tm scotch mock dam and rtstltvoik a soooooo project planned by the halton region conservation authority will put a storage capacity of 1 800 acre feet of water in a valley east of the niagara escarpment north of 10 sideroad esqueslng natural earth banks shape the valley where a dam will be constructed to hold back 50 per cent more water than the glen eden lake at kelso conservation area these photos show the site of the dam which lies behind the tangmere mushroom co on highway 25 on the left is the west bank of the valley in the centre the present creek which is trickling along in mid summer and on the right the 50 foot high east bank of the valley staff photos hoover floor care week kellys hoover deluxe cot wthdham macdonnell st5

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