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brigade douses flaming bed ted people never to smoke in bed in acton man told the free pre as fire destroyed bed mattress and blankets outside his home behind the dominion hotel tuesday morning damage to the two stony stucco house was confined to two upstairs bedrooms at the home of maorlce conway acrid smoke and water waabtamed acton flrefightenj responding quickly to the alarm tossed the flaming tnattress and bedclothes out the upstairs window when they arrived aroond 1130 am they carried the burning bed frame downstairs utdthiew ii in the yard where ii was doused mr conway who lives ul the house with his son andre said he first noticed a fire in the bed maltreat around five oclock thai morning lie extinguished il himself but thought the flnf kept smouldering away in the mattress breaking out agsbi at approximately 1 1 m he notified police who in turn called the acton brigade they donned scott air packs to enter the smokefuled rooms and hosed them with water to prevent a further outbreak mr conway said he had been a firefighter himself for many years in montreal and breached tire prevention constantly the nearnoon blaze alracted many spectators 6om the downtown area it was the second call for the acton brigade hls week they extingusjhed a car lire on m slderoed in nassagaweysi township last thursday ftmmi m a vehicle stolen from mlstissauga was discovered behind cunlea plaza early tuesday morning by cons nick period a shoulder to crv on can be r big comfort when youre doomed to a rabies shot in the lev doctor frank oakes of acton wee pert ol a fourmen team conducting e rabies clinic for dobs and cats in the acton community centre last frldayistalf photo david turner had to use a little forcefui persuaakm when hie pet esuoht tlaht of doc oakes and frlendsisah photo ttim wn bttsz nlrvaeyjourth year no 81 acton ontahio wednesday june 18 1969 tvmty rtget fifteen cents hid state of paralysis on zoning bylaw last hurdle in the way of actons toning bylaw was cleared al a public hearing last thursday morning chaired by devid jamlesom of the ontario municipal board final objection to the proposed sonlng was registered by lack ridley on his eastern avenue property which the planners hid resorted r3 from the original ul a previous hearing on the bylaw recommeding the area which includes the adjoining john sprowl property be exempted from the r3 status on a nonconforming clause was r by planners from the department of planning mr jamleson reviewed the evidence submitted by solicitor terry baines acting for mr ridley and the towns submission by solicitor bruce payne before coming up with a solution to the impasse agreeable to both parlies mr payne explained acton was sitting around waiting for the bylaw to pais the town cant act on the bylaw and may have lost a great advantage we have no objection to the eastern ave property staying ml as long as the rest of the bylaw can be implemented mr ridley took objection to what he thought was the inference he was holding the tow up its not uy fault he said 1 wis hippy the way things were the town solicitor explained rowers of hope drive results dhoppoktiag local organisers of the fhwm of hop campaign are eulta disappointed in thisyeari results althouth tha christian reformed church youth group delivered tha seeds and envelopes doortodoor returns ere considerably down from previous years so far jets than 300 has const tx locally lit years doortodoor canvas brought over 900 for tha work with tha district i mentauy retarded larcha auxiliary had difficulty tatting tha campaign on tha road this yaar letter to rural routes wen eventually mailed out wula different arrangements were made for delivery in town thou who were missed or who would utll hka to assist with tha valuable work are asked to take donations to the bank of montreal honey raised thlsyearls to go toward the provision of a residence for tha mentally retarded mrs j kulken is present of larcha auxiliary and mrs norman jwc is one of the main organisers this year either of these would be glad to glue further information tkey even have a few packets of seeds left his remarks were not meant at a rebuke we want the bylaw to get things going lie said die way it it now everything it in a state of tuipended animation if the boaid wishes to override the objection of the planning department it is all tight with the town mr jamleson declsred early in the brief hearing uiat he was in complete sympathy with the owners of property who were stuck with zoning changer lie thought everything should be done to let them carry on without affecting use of the property the chairman outlined three courses of action the town could take and opled for the quickest method which would allow the town to proceed with the zoning bylaw and at the same time allow the objection to be handled quickly without upsetting either party he promised action as toon as possible esther in the meeting mr baines outlined the ridleysprowl case he explained the ridley business had outgrown the premises on e stern ave and the garages there were now used for repair work mr ridley was called lo the stand and pictures of the property were shown showing the position of garages and the well drilling equipment on the sprowl property possible future use of the land mr ridley thought it was suitable for light industry no one wants property like jhls as a residence unlets they could use cohllhued oh pace 3 last appf aftanci for acton public school board will be et the official opening of the m z bennett school addition tonight wednesday left to rkjht are orval chapman vic brlstow tyler attacks road proposal senetsevtrssseurer bit mkmtesufl u cyril bishop murrey smith and charles heard doug manning le aileslnaisteff photo still wants northern towns to hire plumbing inspector its stupid to have the road commiltee propose 22 tidcroad from concessions three lo five as a desirable county road deputy reeve ted tyler of acton charged at the monthly meeting of hilton county council the recommendation was contained in a county road committee report that noted the needs study coordinating committee had recommended tills action the road committee on its tour of county roads checked the roads in the aiea to assets the coordinating committees recommendation deputy reeve tylers charge came alter deputy reeve w gillies observed an acton delegation invited lo the last road commiltee meeting had failed to appear do we take it aclon ii satisfied the oakvllle deputy reeve asked tongueincheek reeve f oskes pointed out the cnr was repairing the bridge at ltmehouse and might not be too interested in having i on a county road a load limit of 10 tons was being placed on the bridge he told members committee chairman g gallagher suggested many of the proposals will be amended and the commiltee will welcome a delegation from acton i personally believe i have some ideas acton will welcome after reviewing a street map of tha town he suggested deputy reeve tyler explained acton had asked for a date in july to attend the road committee meeting since time did not permit preparation of a proposal ind uie clerk hid written lo advise the committee the county will poll northern municipalities lo determine their interest in engaging a plumbing inspector jointly members of county council agreed tuesday over some objections a report that miltons request hid been filed drew the ire of deputyreeve ron harris when it was indicated a similar proposal would not receive further consideration deputyreeve t tyler acton suggested milton hid no right to speak for the northern municipalities tha proposal was approved in principle by the board of health naasagtweya reeve w hoey said after discussions with north halton urban board representatives from milton and georgetown were jus splitting hairs deputyreeve a speight declared he said it was realized the five municipalities hid to hive the service which is being discontinued by the health unit he maintained the matter should be dealt with it county council in esquesing we dont belong to the urban board and we dont want them to run our business deputyreeve tom hill from esquesing declared he noted the township was advertising for its own inspector deputyreeve w gillie described the county attitude as shortsighted he maintained the county should have been on its toes and established the service he argued the utban board was quite free to offer its advice as any citizens group would be telling ihem to mind their own business is an intuit deputyreeve harris emphasized milton was not trying to tell esquesing how to run its businessbut it was desirable for the county to determine the needs of the municipalities in the north to interested inspector minister rejects proposal board issue own tax bills a county proposal thai boards of education issue their own tax bills drew little encouragement from the minister of education and a suggested meeting with the minister on education costs in halton was rejected in a letter to county council the deputy minister of tee if they were i education suggested that since in jointly hiring an the provision of educational services comes within the burview and responsibility of the lalton county board of education you address a request to the chairman or secretary of the board for its consideration more charges of loitering two more loitering charges were laid this past week by acton opp against two local youths the first charges under the towns loitering bylaw were laid last week the police have heard many complaints about the groups of young men on the main business blocks charges of loitering are only laid after the persons concerned have previously been asked to move mainchurch collision two csrs were in collision sunday afternoon al 330 tun at main and church sts one car driven by andre hanaci toronto was proceeding south on main and the second car driven by mrs kathleen bennett poplar ave aclon hid come along church and was crossing main tha outoftown car received an estimated s17s damage to the left fender and rear door the bennett car had an estimated 100 damage to the front right fender bumper and headlight theyve the buck observed very neatly passed reeve f oakes further boundary revisions proposed for halton schools further boundary revisions affecting esquesing acton and milton pupils were proposed to tha halton county board of education thursday but not finalized as the boards u pan curfew cut off discussion they win be discussed further this thursday i asalatant director of education d l lawless noted then had been 16 grade seven in bsqnealng transferred from stewarttown school to robert little in acton or martin st in milton under earlier boundary changes requeats to allow these students to take their grade eight at stewarttown were studied but indications were it was not economically feasible it would require one special bus and it would not be possible to have the students at school before 915 am the report notes the proposal is for the eastern boundary for the m z bennett school in acton to be retracted to the hack of the lots on the east side of the fifth line rather than the seventh line the speyslde school attendance aiea will include pupils on both sides of 25 slderoad from acton the esquesingnassagaweya town line instead of only the south aide the cnr track running north from milton is proposed as the boundaryfor students from the former milton heights area those on the west of the track will atttend milton schools and those living east will attend pineview or stewarttown deputy reeve mrs a macarthur herself a teacher suggested one of the problems is that the county bought a bill of goods with too many people in the hierarchy she suggested this might be where the board could be asked to review ill budget its ridiculous the number of people we have at the lop reeve g gallagher suggested with todays data processing systems it should be no problem for the board to issue its own tax bills sales start today today 20 merchants begin their everpopular sidewalk sales there a guaranteed air conditioned comfort in shopping all along the main streets for the next 10 days as merchants wo be offering special bargains most of them are planning especially good buys inside too each store is planning a special draw of its own these nearly two dozen draws will all be made saturday june 28 each store is looking after its own lucky draw in its sidewalk sales thqtfai 1 1 iih mk a large advertisement listing participating merchants appears legato this wick in the free press a cat in the bao le worth two in the arm at rabies eslnle specially if the operating table is as high aa youistan photo 55th anniversary mr mrs e cole at an open house sunday afternoon and evening june 1 5 mr and mrs ellon cole celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary about 100 called lo extend congratulations to this wellknown district couple al the home of their daughter mr and mrs doug mason lake ave acton mr and mrs cole still live on the farm in erin township on lot 3 concession 3 where they have been for the past 38 years pint they farmed in the scotch block in 1918 they moved to lol 32 first line esquesing in 1919 to the fred denny farm on the third line and in 1922 lo the missies farm where they still are they live with their son ted mr cole was a custom thresher for years the couple were married in lowville manse by rev rae the bride was the former kate mceachem they have seven children and those attending the happy occasion sunday were son john with mrs cole from r r 2 acton delbert and mrs cole from guelph mrs rosa auliffe and mr auliffe from guelph and of course the hostess mrs doug mason and mrs mason the others are son ted r r 2 waller cole r r 2 ind mrs roy wood campbeuville granddaughters assisted n serving the many guests mrs mason made the large cake pouring tea were miss jennie mccschem r r i aclon mrs bruce leltch and mrs kathleen dodds the couple received flowers and cards for the occasion and telegrams of congratulation from robert l stanfjeld alf hales mjp and george kerr mpp three can in smash two parked cars arid a third vehicle were involved in art accident on longfieu road on sunday june 15 at 1305 ajn one parked vehicle owned by freda perkins received 25 damage to the front left fender and bumper the second parked ear owned by ronald johnston received 200 damage to both rear fenders trunk rear bumper and splash panel driver of the other car involved was dugald dick and the car received an estimated s1s0 damage to the hood grill right front fender and bumper wellknown district couple mr and mrs elton coas their both wadding annlverairy sunday atthahotneotthetid mr and mrs doug mason acton they farmed in ttessxssaeubsjr and erin towiiehfo and mr cola weecu m m