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cancer family night the acton free pretl wednesday march lb 1969 film folkrock and fashions offset serious cancer discussion first mckeough meet debates regional govt neanv 200 people came osil in pile of the rain last night to ate acton a own movie tiara fas preview showing of the cbc film who saved johnny q at the acton and district cancer society family night in the hih chooj a portion of that urn was an informal interview with arvera local stuovntj who took part in last yeara si300 wauuthori for cancef shot in the school parking lot before chrutmai the episode proved lo be the livelieat and most interetting part of th how the tttideisu went asked why they took part and what they sotjkxrfvtjia at the regular meeting tuesday night acton council authorized payment of financial statement three amounting to 97822 read and patted bylaw accepting the conveyance of part of lot 133 for park purposes from revenue properties central developments ltd rubin corp the land is tuated adjacent to fairy lake on the end of urnore drive in lakeview subdivision agreed with planning board that a request from the bank of nova scotia property owntrt to add 1 000 ujuare feet was not a minor variance the committee of adjustment advised council a public hearing is to be held tuesday april i in the council chambers letters lo property owners within 400 feet of the bank have been sent out advising them of the application the extension would bring the bank building within one loot of the rear property council thought thli was a fligrantvioation of zoning regulations councillors and the clerk wete authorized lo attend the town and village conference of the ontario municipal association at renfrew may 9 and 10 with all expenses paid every member should have the opportunity to attend said the mayor supporting the resolution an enlightening experience echoed deputy reeve tyler patted a resolution that the town collectively with milton and georgetown petition the county to continue plumbing inspection through the health unit reeve oakes and the deputy reeve opposed the motion councillor mckenzie asked facetiously how the two county council representatives could represent something at the county they were opposed to and then answered his own question with i guess its been going on for years a narrow 54 margin defeated a resolution instructing the town assessor to carry out a land reassessment program in 1960 those opposing the resolution felt the province would toon be taking over the assessment department and the effort would be watted supporters of the motion figures firovinclal assessment could be as ong as five years working itt way down from the northern end of the province to the reassessment would be in order authorized superintendent all duby john dunn and don swackhamer of the town works department to attend the south central waterworks conference at preston april 9 with registration and mileage paid took out membership in the good roads association at a cost of sis authorized no 2 committee to proceed immediately on the 1969 plan of the five year capital expenditure r lection recently authorized the ontario municipal board agreed to offer five acres of land in the industrial park to acton wood products at si 500 an acre subject to an offer to purchase approved extending road a in the industrial park for 1 186 feet from the cuuiting road including water and towers on the recommendation of the development committee councillor jack greer presided at the committee of the whole session thought they had accomplished by it one of the most colorful quotes came front geocfj bcshcri who said we did it to gain a little respect for young people fat this town the walkers will have their ideas flashed scroti the cbc network in april following the film carol patterson expressed the thanks of the acton student body foe thuipport aw recognition they had received she announced plant for another walk on april 19 and possibly a dance maathui as weil mr john goy acting master of ceremonies for the evening echoed the appreciation of he acton cancer society for th contribution made by the high chool ttudentt many of the young people were present art the audience with the 1969 daffodil fund campaign about lo start mr maurice grimes executive director of ontario branch of the cancer society was on hand to lend hit tubport along with the medical advisory chairman central counties district df elizabeth knowles of aurora in his remarks mr grimes said he fell the acton ttudentt had made a significant contribution to both the cancer fund and the film you have raised the standards for all of us he said lie stressed live need for more volunteer driven to get local cancer patterns to clinic services at the present time mrs gloria coalt facet an urgent need for volunteers in acton df knowles spoke on the laymens level on the symptoms of cancer and the various irritants thought to cause the disease she related that in australia where a while population lives under tropical tun conditions 509f of the people develop skin cancer but because they accept this fact and have regular medical checkups the cure rate ia exceptionally high in stressing the need for medical attention the said 35 of the people who go in for a checkup with no symptoms find something it wrong following her formal address questions were invited from the ftrpresfnyind the younger set tammy eehettnoa models a childrens ensemble from nielsen a to glenn banks piano more fashion shots will be featured in next weeks free press stall photolj moor among her answers dr knowles slated that smoking has not yet been proven a cause of cancer because the exact cause is ttdl unknown however site uul it it an irritant and people who tmoke for 20 years or more run a high risk of developing cancer pipe smoking it not considered as harmful cancer can develop anywhere in your body if you are human and alive the concluded tally detection it essential during the program joe petric played telectiont on hit accordion and the student folk poup or george bedieri victor unk and lynda gage made tlieir ttage debut the final event in the program was a fashion show featuring local models and clothes from nielsens clothing the cameo shop ltquire mens shop and bensons shoes mra helen laughlen of acton wat commentator for tome of the latest in spring wear for both men and women that can be purchased right in acton pant suits thai double as minidresses without the pants are big this season dresses ate light and lively tor the boys nielsens features the janus bond cool suits and the flowing apache neck scarf i squire offered the traditional turtlcncclc and tailored sports jacket glenn flanks accompanied the models at the piano at the close ot the program coffee and cookict were seived at the back of the gym peel county officials have done an aboutface since january and now look in favor on a twocounty marriage of hilton and peel to form u new regional government unit it wat revealed friday when is delegates from the two counties tat down to dhiuu the merger with tlte originator of the plan municipal affairs minister liircy mckeough we are going to liave lojlo tome awful peisuadmg to gel a haltoii unit ilallori warden george urrte sighed after ibe closed meeting ended most officials in lliltotii aware some form of regional government it inevitable aie plumphig lo keep halton as one unit and peel at another but after fridays toronto meeting and peelt turpriting admission the peel halton union wjt not u distasteful as they had cailter slated hopes dimmed mikeough is leaning inward a halton and peel merger warden urne said if we can bung him enough briefs he promises to reconsider the whole thing but every municipality in halton will have lo prepare a brief and we can i just sjy no we ii have lo tell linn why the minister is asking for our opiuions hut he wilt end up telling us what to do added mltlon uecve auslan ledwith several other county officials expressed similar eentlinenls i rldayfi meeting was the first since mckeough announced hit tentutivc proposal for a peel halton regional government accidents occurrences down this year0pp cordc finds a friend confidence on record the central ontario regional development committee which recently telegrammed itt resignation to premier john roharti is finding out where itt friends are in a motion prepared during last weeks regular meeting of naisagtweya township council the members expressed confidence in cordc itt chairman let duby and executive director doug reddington deputyreeve mrt a macarthur a member of the committee had attended a meeting of the directors in which a number of the frustrations leading to the directors resignation at well as cordca role in regional government proposals no previous mention had been made by minister mckeough were discussed a delegation of the trustees of the police village of campbellvtlle appeared before council to request either underwriting of the cost of their proposed legal survey of the village or a contribution of 25 per cent of the cost council voted to endorse the project on a localcost basis and to assist in setting up the method of financing deputyreeve macarthur refrained from voting on the grounds the was worried about the 32 or a total of 69 who voted against having the survey in a recent plebiscite correapondence from the halton county board of education included acknowledgement the board was prepared to borrow funds for their march interim requisition in the name of the township thereby salvaging the towtishipi borrowing power from undue strain a request from the board for copies of council minutes in exchange for board minutes was granted but council has asked to be informed why the board wantt lo make the swap representatives of halton region conservation authority will be invited to attend the april 1 council meeting in answer to their request the authority wishes to review flood control and conservation projects and costs in relation to their budget at the tame meeting an ii r c a request to assume control of a portion of township road in return for maintenance and construction will be discussed township clerk c mclntyre noted although revenue approaching si 000 had been received during 1968 through hunting licenses only one complaint had been lodged with the township office concerning hunters growing pains actons hydro commission is faced with three alternatives to cope with an increasing power demand in the community if beardmoie and company can be persuaded to build their own tubttation present facilities will be adequate for some time to come if not the commission will have to invest in a third tubttation or expand the present no 2 station to meet the need a fourth influence on the situation is a proposal by ontario hydro to build a station on hwy 25 if regional government taket over that nation will be in the acton area and may prove the answer to power overloads the problem went up for ditcustion at the regular commission meeting last thursday night the matter is to be investigated further i nforcement may be paying off both general occurrences and traffic accidents are lower now than for the same period last year the acton o p p detachment leports this week the reporting week of march 16 to 22 shows the six man acton detachment investigated nine general occurrences which included two bteak and enters two distuibances and five miscellaneous occurrences one traffic accident was investigated no one was injured and property damage was light twelve charges were laid under the highway traffic act and 17 motorists weic warned to correct their driving habits provincial court in milton on monday morning saw ten convictions icgistcrcd mostly for traffic offences drivers arc reminded of the great danger of leaving children unattended in an automatic transmission car with the engine running even if it is in park or neutral position the ontario ask increase in fair grant a delegation from acton agricultural society attended tuesdays council meeting to ask for an increase in the towns grant for acton fair president wilmcr i ryer don matthews and dill ncllcs explained to council the acton fair was getting close to being classed as b from the present c and anlncreased grant would help them achieve this goal fairs are classed on the amount of money they give tor prizes for agricultural exhibits acton fair explained don matthews gave out pne moncs of over ss000 last year hut ill of it wasnt for agncultuic so they couldnt give council an exact figure profits from each years fuir are pumped back into the prizes arc you going to put the touch on the townships ruv asked deputyreeve tyler yes was the reply council agreed to review the present s250 grant in the light of the information provided by the delegation safely league poinls out that if the parking brake is not effectively engaged a small child imililing actions he had seen taken hy his parents can start ihe car moving towards almost certain collision on jan 22 the minister asked each counly lo name three representatives lo meet with him and his staff to thresh out the proposals but the makeup of ihe committee became a contentious issue in both halton and peel i pllowing representations mckeough agreed to up use committee membership to is seven from each county plus one from ihe orsrigcvilfe area which lies outtide pee but it coatldeied for inclusion in the new region all seven halton reeves wete named to sit on the committee j the super melio plan envtsioued a h0 square mile buffer strip separating toronto and hamilton with six or seven depending on buihngtons inclusion regional boroughs with second tier councils centred around burlington oakviltc milton acton georgetown mittissauga t innguacousy brampton and taledon albion bolton at the outset of i ndays meeting ihe minister spoke for about 15 minutes to emphatte the need for thorough consideration at in early date lie suggested a tentative november deadline for making ihe final answer so legislation could be passed early in 1970 to make the regional unit legal on jan i 1971 observers report mckeough fecit tlrongly ihe two countlet should merge he left the meeting before long to attend ihe legislatures morning session i ive senior staffers of the department of municipal affairs stayed lo conduct the meeting mayor robert speck of missitsauga announced he has changed hit mind since ihe january release of mckeoughs plan and favors the peel halton merger most of the peel officials including ihe c innguacousy and brampton reeves followed suit the remainder of the meeting wat tpenl in draining the fust point on the agendathe proposed boundaries all seven llalton spokesmen demanded halton remain at one unit as a region by itself peel officials continued to look with favor on the marriage and suggested peels larger debenture debt almost double llaltnnt 1 5000000 could be worked oulso halton laxpayert would not have to help shoulder the loedone observer reported fridays discussions were closed to ihe press mckeough cauliijned delegates against releasing the gist df discusuont in reporters but most of these in attendance teemed willing to talk both oakville mayor maclean anderson and burlington mayor george harrington are disappointed it being left out of the dl reunions meanwhile oakvdle reeve alan day feels the 15man committee it too large and uggesli a smaller committee would get more work dooe haltod officialise concerned about peelt large inland population the brampton hramalea streettydle area that may eventually have to be serviced from lake ontario at great coats la halton the majority of the populahen explosion has taken place along the lakeihore and growth hat been more oidehy in the nortlsern sections dollar daddy chocolate bunnies eggs box chocolates easter baskets wt invite you to compart prfctsv alt giftware and houseware ay discount prices wf have the largest dismay of greeting and 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