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nfryrfrh yawr no 3 acton ontario wednesday julvlo 1969 ill buy land for area dam the grand river conservation authority has decided to go ahead with plans to purchase land for the proposed everton dim despite the fact that they have not yet received provincial government approval for the project the authority decided to go ahead at a meeting friday in the hope that approval would toon be forthcoming chairman j s bauer warned that they were gambling with money they havent received but members fell there was no choice the meeting agreed that a 100 acre erin township farm hue should be immediately for urchased 0000 the couple honeymoon house burglarized petty thievery and three breakins were reported by acton detachment of the opp thb week first offence occurred on friday when approximately 20 in change was repotted misting from the centennial library on sunday a house on 121 poplar avenue was reported broken into but police arent sure anything is missing occupants of the house are honeymooning in newfoundland the lock was forced on the door constable woods investigated two breakins monday morning at shorthill plumbing and heating and dill stationery on mill st the investigation is still continuing thieves broke in by smashing an upstair window only a few dollars it reported missing prowlers were reported on wsatcorf road mondayeventng but it is thought they were frightened off by neighborhood dogs barking at the intruders two men were arretted thursday for causing a disturbance at the lcbo store they were fined 100 at milton court on monday an assault charge was laid following an incident at the dominion hotel thursday evening involving two men police this week noted there were a number of the smaller motorcycles around town and remind motorcyclists they mutt have a licence drivers licence insurance and helmets if they do not want to be prosecuted urn save barn lose tractor quick thinking by owner lloyd burt prevented what could have been a very serious fire at his farm on the sixth line erin monday afternoon mr burts 19si ford tractor parked only a few feet away from the bam burst into flames when he turned on the key to stirvir realizing the danger of are spreading to the barn mr burt hurriedly unhitched an empty hay wagon attached to the tractor and drove the flaming machine about so yards out into an open field- mr burts wife turned in the alarm and acton firefighters responded promptly to douse the blaze the tractor was a complete loss land is totally within the reservoir site which will extend from a point on the eramosaerin town line above crcwson corners to above no 24 highway east of otpringe the proposed dam would hold back ait estimated 4080000000 gallons of water extending in from the town line to a point cut of otpringe approximate area the lake will cover u 950 acres acquiring land for the dam site is the first step in the program which will require 3500 acres along the eramota river valley for almost five miles at n earlier meeting in otpringe in 1968 the chairman of the authority estimated it would take three years to construct the reservoir the authority has been waiting for several approvals they believe the project is of prime importance to keep the grand river from becoming a large open sewer the eramota river has been called the cleanest water left in the southern part of the province judge issues warning on students drugs drugs can mean jail for students judge alan sprague warned in court in milton recently a prison term awaits any hilton county student who is convited of possession or trafficking in drugs he issued the warning after suspending sentence and placing three teenagers on two years b rotation one was from urlington and two from waterdown they had been convicted of possession and of telling illegal drugs to undercover rcmp agents in burlington last february i hope the students of hilton county will get the message judge sprague said in the future greater stress will be placed on the matter of deterrence in sentencing it is hoped that all students in the county will pause and realize the shame and despair they bring to themselves and their families when they indulge in these illegal activities an astronauts view of acton aerial photographer ed long gives some idea of what acton would look like if the three astronauts who left today wednesday for the moon flew over notice the curvature of the earth and the forest of trees which shades the older part of acton underground services dear commission aims to find oat a 1063 ford galaxie driven by ollle moffatt of r r 2 acton received an estimated 300 damage at a result ol a two car collision on highway 7 just east of acton tuetdayistall photo two car crash tuesday he with le says experimenting and telling drugs appeared to be the in thing and part of the modem social scene but students were unaware of the effects legally physically mentally or otherwise a rearend collision on highway 7 just eatt of the town caused an estimated 300 damage to two cars a 1969 valiant driven by gaines fox of toronto was proceeding slowly the driver raid he was waiting for a hay motorcyclists caught chaltlj ktl wwwwc m yarn yourjanded saturday rsojintssa ofawsaipttrasltv cx k ee he is affactionetaly known wa paitttckatina in an orange panda for tha 70th tlmestaff mmy i- party guests are police 35 charged for drinking when a group of motorcyclists chose an abandoned resort area near speytide for a drinking party one recent friday evening they didnt count on the 39 extra guests who showed up near midnight the guests turned out to be 39 ontario provincial police officers from milton and five district detachments who raided the open air beer party nabbed 35 of the partygoers and laid a total of 40 liquor and trespassing chattel i all the apprehended offenders will appear in court next month there weje 35 charges of drinking under age and having liquor in a place other than the residence laid under the new liquor control act and fine other charges of trespass several others escaped through the bush when the police swooped down cm the party r the young partygoers came from hamilton port credit burlington toronto milton oekville and etobicoke milton ow brought in rdnforcemenu from waterdown burlington oakville shnooe and brentford detachments when they crashed the party a urge quantity of liquor and beer was seized a police spokesman said a passing motorist reported a large number of motorcyclists driving in the st helena rd to the former twin lakes retort which he deserted west j of highway 25 just aoqth of speyslde wagon to nuke a left hand turn into the lane of the mccullough farm when the rearend collision occurred a 1962 ford galaxie driven by ollie moffatt of rr2 acton was the other car involved the force of the collision carried the moffatt car into the ditch on the right hand tide of the highway while the fox car skidded across the highway into the ditch on the left hand side fortunately there were no cart heading east at the time the moffatt car received damage to the left front fender and headlight the collision damaged the right rear fender trunk and bumper of the fox car mr moffatt suffered a minor head cut constable barrett of the milton detachment oju investigated extinguish fire firefighters quickly extinqiuthed a grass fire on the first line of esquesing just north of highway 7 friday afternoon they believe the fire may have been started by a lighted cigarette butt thrown by a passing motorist tuesday nights siren proved to be a faw alarm acton hydro commissions determination to prevent present residents or town from paying the shot for new subdivision services ran into tome searching questions by a delegation from the reisman firm at last thursdays regular meeting three representatives of the building firm which hopes to get going on the first part of a 165 lot residential development in acton soon asked the commission how they arrived at approximately 800 per lot estimate for installing underground services the delegation said actons price was high and unusual compared to the price tag in other municipalities actons price is based on the entire subdivision georgetowns cost based on estimate is 275 for street lighting and underground wiring the price in stoutfvllle u 280 north york they claimed charged 1280 some cost were also further reduced by rebates higher than the 100 a lot acton allowed where does the 500 difference in costs come from the delegation wanted to know vice chairman ted tyler listened carefully to the presentation before commenting that there was certainly a large disparity in figures we want to charged street lighting k anilla i mmia kail ikaim mtlilthh why the big difference in prices between acton and other municipalities most of it thought commission chairman wilf mceachern comet from the difference in the amount of work done in acton the acton price of approximately 800 per lot was the complete mitalutlon all ready to go including street lighting other municipalities be reasonable he said but there was no intention of taking money from the pockets of customers to line developers further discussion which involved commissioners and the delegation composed of accountant philip lspteck and engineers k a mclennan and l t ekland agreed underground services were the best thing for both builders and commission residents mayor let duby suggested a comparative breakdown of the charges of other municipalities should provide the final answer to the difference in price it means said mr utpreek that we are forking into a troublefree subdivision mayor duby told the delegation that people in acton were concerned about the cost ceauttud o p0 si were having a fart wavell how to beat the heat it the big question these days as the mercury loan to the 90 degree mark and over s swimming instructor louise mcelroy shows youngsters at the park wading pool one or the best methadsa cooling swim in the pool actotiians are itmnipg 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