Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), December 17, 1969, p. 3

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umehouse watt known artiet and owitar of reekweeda famous academy voter dreflwahaean intrajmlno eoluetlon of antique hall b tharlag soma of those vwilc by twi with n aass cbntinued from page i mrs hazel orrs home is now this private raid leads into two lshaped three storey apartment units containing 68 suites altogether in the centre or the courtyard formed by the two units a swimming pool was drawn but this is optional the builder had stated there were parking spaces all around the back three sides of the apartments with butter zones or planting all around the ol the properly outside c this could be an asset said paul martindale but we must insist on the butter zone the demand for apartments is here mr drinkwalter agreed the land needs rezoning but the apartment project conforms in all other wasy a hearing would be required before the zoning change could be granted planning board members who hid attended a meeting in milton to hear municipal affairs minister darcy mckeough reported they had the impression annexation would be frozen until regional government had evolved further and that mr mckeough still favors a haltonpeel merger questioned about annexation christmas meetings held 25year awards given by mis a benton mr and mrs a c patterson visited relatives at brantford on sunday last week the w i christmas meeting was held at the home of mrs ted brown tuesday evening utt week with president mrs frank brown in chiiee and district president mrs john bird as a visitor tte meeting was opened with singing we wish you a merry outfimas and a special prsyer rou call was answered by naming an outiiandaig w i event in 1969 a do ml ion was voted to sick childrens hospital mrs citby introduced mrs bird who spoke on public relations during her comments she suggested a w i hall of fame mrs gkby and mrs noble related tome highlights of mrs owner of famed rockwood academy historian and artist yoseph dfentert la sharing soma of his antiques by photooraoh in a new series in tha fraa prcaastaff photo start new series for antique buffs readers in a new first tint series which will b of particular interact to tha many antique collectors in the area watch for mora articles and picture to come the english and scots being fond of game dishes used this type of container in which to serve rabbit pie such dishes were manufactured in england as eaily as the 18th century and the manufacturing of them continued well on until the end of the 1800s in the ibfcos minton china received an order lo manufacture several hundreds of these for the university of cambridge or oxford and they were used to serve various types of game some of the upper lids have pheasants chickens and cattle depicted and are used according to wliat was being served in sophisticated circles usually this type of compote had a pleasant design on the leaves on the side of the dish in the form of a hunting scene or sometimes the design was on the side of the pot a highly desired collectors item they are of minton chinaware later manufactured with the stamp of wedgcwood and other private china manufacturing houses there are four different types of this particular dish on display in lie gentlemans house at the black creek pioneer village in toronto lack dl liaison he had said unless there were joint agreement the matter would be frozen the louil men were again putting feelers out tor actons possible future annexation of bsuuesing land the last reply from tsqucsing planning board said they were unable to comment at tins tune a letter received trom the community planning branch also informed the planning board tliat consideration ol annexation must be withheld at the present time with the peel halton review underway commented chairman drinkwalter it seems all ui the negative but i still think we are right m flunking in the future the overall plan must be considered for our boundaries anothe letter will be written to esquesing asking them to keep actons future planning needs in mind board members approved their annual payment 10 each a meeting a total of 470 althogether present at the meeting were chairman bob drinkwalter members meb blow sid salt paul martindale and vic bristow with g w mckenzle arriving late mr williams acted as secretarytreasurer live on 30 week commission doubts acton hydro commitiion membeis got a look it headway corporations plans for ihe ontario housing senior citizen and geared loincome rental units on cobblehiu rd thursday at the regular meeting there is a change in plans for ihe electrical dutribulion system for the units winch ihe mayor urges the commiiuon to get at right away since tlvrre had been enough holdups on ihe housing because of the zoning bylaw talk switched over lo lental on live units and a remark attributed to federal finance minister benson that one could live on 130 a week vicechairman ted tyler sr slid he would like to see the finance minister live on 30 a week for a year hed be a lot gaunter was his comment it would not be living just exlillng the vice chairman stated and there is no reason to just exiu in llus country we have to live chairman wilf mcfcachern reminded the commission iheie were quite a few people in the country who were living on ihe 7s a month old age pemion noting llul everyone agreed there was a real need for senioi citizen housing in acton during the week ending december 13 officers of ihe milton detachment ontario provincial police woiked a total of i014w hours and patrolled 877 miles on area roads under their jurisdiction a total of 45 charges were laid against motorists for infractions of the highway traffic act an additional 24 received warnings proceedings in provincial judges court resulted in 41 convictions being registered officers investigated 21 general occurrences during this time period included in this number were two theft investigations one occurrence involving break and enter one complaint of wilful damage two impaired drivers were apprehended and one premise was found insecure by an officer on night patrol many other occurrences were of a minor nature and required little investigative time to clear the number of traffic accidents climbed to 24 this week only five were personal injury mishaps and as a result of these nine persons suilsined injuries the remaining 19 resulted in property damage only the total of which in all collisions was estimated to be approximately j 10 595 00 adverse driving conditions was the major contributor in many of the accidents investigated others were caused by careless driving failing lo yield right of way unsafe load and improper parking when investigations were completed nine of ihe drivers involved were summoned to appear in provincial judges court a christmas meeting honorary membership in wms presented the joyous spirit of christmas pervaded the home of mrs robert algie thursday afternoon december ii when members of the afternoon auxiliary wms of knox ohurch held their annual christmas meeting with miss isabel anderson presiding ihe committee of mrs r m macdonald mrs algie miss roberta clark and miss anderson presented a delightful program comprised of readings from the gospels telling apin the story of the fust cluistmas meditations poems carol singing and a beautiful chiisimas story while gifts were presented for distribution miss b roszell was soloist and music was provided by mrs clarence coles and mrs algie miss anderson was honored bv the presentation of an there were 729 fire ratahiies and 24 32 i per cent were children under the age of ten yult serenade serenading their neighbors with carols is a community enterprise in st louis mo more than 50 000 carolers participate under the guidance ol the st louis christum carols association established half a century ago voluntary contributions lo the carolers are used to help handicapped and underprivdeged children if the old heap is ioildng over go see lou for a more reliable one snowmobiles for rent by ihe hour or dsy 3 models lo choose horn 8364235 used cars main st rocjkwood e sanfords and mrs frank browns w i activities and mrs blrd presented them with 25 year certificates and pins current events were lead by mrs a w benton mrs frank brown read a wellprepared motto let the w i enrich our lives not wear us out mrs stringer read a chriilmas item mrs bud read a letter of appreciation from dr blliel chapman following her day at campbellvdle during the christmas treat lunchtime mrs roughleyplayed a piano sob chapel chimes mrs noble extended courtesies the wms met at the home of mrs a w benton on thursday evening willi 10 attending president mrs mitchell presided and read scripture and mrs sanford led in prayer lath lady read a poem or story appropriate to christmas roll call und text word exall were answeied by a verse of scripture mis ben benlon accompanied herself when she sanga christmas carol the treasurer lenorted a good year financially mrs mitchell thanked all especially mrs roughley her vrce president fur their coopeialiun during the year officers for 1969 were reinstated for the coming year mrs roughley obliged with her piano solo chapel chimes and the loids prayer closed the meeting the hostess served lunch alterwards mr and mrs a chalklin of richmond hill vitiled mr und mrs david batten during the weekend the sunday school children were entertained by their teachers at a christmas party at the limchousc presbyterian church on sunday menially retarded get 1400 donation the annual meeting of the north halton association for the mentally retarded was held at the sunshine school hornby on dec 8 at the conclusion of reports of ihe committee chairmen each of the three ladies auxiliaries presented ihe association with cheques totaling 1400 made up of 400 from acton 500 from georgetown and 500 from milton also each auxiliary has donated christmas gifts to the pupils of lie sunshine school and the trainees of arc industries the nominating committee chairman announced the election of officers would be held at ihe next meeting jan 13 dredging figures studied by cvca the i airy lake dedgtng project at acton hai been completed and final figures have been received by the credit valley conwrvation authority tins project wat i pilot for the province and if the fea ability iludy proves it economical more dredging may be done acrou the province to reacttvate many old mill ponds which could be used for flood control cummins marine dredging removed ihe dredge pipes and oilier paraphernelb uied in the dredging from protpect park bit week accidental poivonmg took ihe lives of 32 children under fifteen years of age 25 of these happened to children under five h were due lo misuse of aspirin und sjlicyldtes the acton free prm wsdntssjay decemb 17 1pa9 3 county okays prove iii go continued from pat 1 statement if they can there are advantages along oakviiles deputy reeve w gillies noted the province hat the right to determine how the municipalities wdl be set up darcy mckeough is putting his political life on the line r lie suggested if halton objects it will be dragged into a ii peemlallon unit lie maintained srolir hrfll the county should be devoting oc w u its energies to getting the best possible arrangement concern wat expressed by development policies and representation there are already forces at work developing use kingdom of mtsslssauga he noted reeve w hunter of georgetown asked an addition to the ledwithspeight resolution that would also recommend to the minister adoption of lite boundaries proposed by the halton reeves committee but deputy reeve w gdliet objected to this suggesting live mailer of internal boundaries would only complicate an otherwise simple resolution reeve a ledwiih supported this view maintaining the matter of boundaries was one of mechanics and could be worked out next year a detected reeve f oakes called for the vole observing that lite debate was settling nothing an 1 1 th hour move by deputy reeve agnew lo have the motion tabled was rejected by the warden since ihe question had been called agreeing the matter of boundaries should not be included in the current resolution the warden uid he wtf convinced that if we want to keep burlington were going to join halton and peel i dont think darcy ever intended anything die he maintained as he called the recorded vole okay lease the lease for properly lo the acton boy scouts association was renewed by the halton board of education thursday until october 1987 the lease will cover the property in the robert little school grounds on which the seoul hall is located the original 20 year lease expired oct 4 i96r it is made at 1 a year and has been renewed on the same terms for a further 20 years disss up yout chms1mas table in foinsettia or santa de8ion serviettes a8sto 8i2e8 luncheon party sets paper si plastic cups relish travs party crackers plastic xmas plates robert r hamilton optometrist 1 16 mounlalnvlaw road s georgetown 877 3071 christmas plastic tablecloths cutra large e- ir esc ejtcial 47 ea hintons honorary membership certificate and pin mrs a j buclianan on behalf of the members made the presentation of the certificate and mrs c hansen presented the pin which had been worn by her sister the late mary bllen anderson who had so faithfully served as a missionary on overseas fields of the church a period of social fellowship with a christmas flavor closed the meeting give a gift with a difference good family fun on a wally pool table sizoovvx48v4 adjustable bod table levohers two 48 cues turned snooker balls trianalo and chalk included 17900 confused about a christmas gift ask for cm allont gift certificate g klikkwvwvvvkwwwwkioaukkkwiiiekiaicwuioek i i rockwellgreen line model 70 drill pavttct for drilling landing pouitiing grinding and doiant of othtr avpplicatloni full 2 6 imp moo rpm tpmd motor a lot ol powr for tk tit cost 1797 tinkiiiciiiiiiiitntiictiftram mcgraweoison single speed rip ouide 2 blades jigsaw 1898 r j b mackenzie v 12 church st acton ont flp free delivery 853 free parking i l

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