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closed u The F ess day September Socond Clan Ma I Beg at on Number OUR READERS WRITE Placing vote with Mrs Pratt I afraid I missed Mrs Pratt letter but Judging from the comments she received from an Irate reader I m placing my vote with Mrs Pratt To my way of thinking if you have to take your clothes off to attract attention you must have a pretty funny face The Bible has two scriptures which I think are very well applied to such plays as Hair etc We are to avoid the very appearanceotevil Fools walk where angels fear to tread Therefore it never hurts to check our selves occasionally with the child s chorus little Feet Be Careful Where You Go Also Mrs R Atkinson Anonymity error I think you err to allow anonymity to An Irate Reader who derides a Mrs L Pratt in a letter to your paper September ADHS runners capture first crosscountry meet Acton District High Schools crosscountry team won their first meet of the season in last Wednesday with a score of 10 points placed second with points and third with 50 Acton runners Bob Andrews Phil Morris Pete Morrison and Randy Bould placed first second third and fourth respectively in the field that Included com titers Booth shows profit but pool loses money The arena booth made a net down approximately profit of during the first from last year figure Mr ciht months of manager Townsley attributed the decrease Harold Townsley reported at Thursday night meeting of Acton Board of Parks Management and Recreation Committee The booth has been an ad ditional source of revenue to the board since It took over operation In April 1969 Roller skating down Net profit from roller skating during the summer months was in revenue to the board decision to allow spectators tree ad mission Gate admissions to Prospect Park netted the board KM an amount below last year receipts A dropoff in the number of children using the wading pool during the two weeks before the opening of school accounted for a loss of G mourned Private funeral service was held morning for a former Cltlieti of the Year George Musselle who died at his borne on Sunday Over Legion members including many members of the Chora tiers which he led and about members of Walker Lodge paid last respects to Mr at services In the Shoemaker funeral borne last evening Tuesday A fall obituary will appear the Free Press next In crosscountry competition points are counted against a team according to the position their runners place The team with the fewest number of points against is declared the winner Since Acton runners finished in the number one two three and four positions a total of only 10 points were counted against the team The team will host Shelburne and White Oaks Secondary School of in a dual meet today Wednesday A complete list of last Wed results follow 1 Bob 2 Phil Acton Pete Acton Randy Acton Bill McLaren George Aclon a David Tom Union Acton Glen 10 Bob Smith Acton Del Scace Shelburne Brown Shelburne 7irr Henry is Jam 1 Frank Roblmon IB Dill Terry Turner Cliff Mike Achcion Acton Hob Smith Steve Acton Ron Oranfevtlle Mark Wayne Roger SO Paul Manfred Van Albino At ion S3 Bob Acton CUre McConnell Jim Pike SB Larry Noble Municipal dinner in music centre The design of municipal groups the advisory groups ana government was sketched out by then the staff All must work guest speaker Doug together as a team a planner and executive From his experience in secretary of CORDC when he Misslssauga as a planner he felt spoke to the SO guests at the problems were actually more council s municipal dinner last difficult to handle in a smaller Wednesday in the music centre centre such as Acton The The event was planned for all elected and appointed people to spend a pleasant evening together and for council to ex press their thanks Groups represented included the hydro commission parks and recreation board planning board committee of adjustment Credit Valley Conservation Authority library board and museum board mayor power is limited to leadership he said and his ability to get other people to co operate Despite his experience as a planner and with the Central Ontario Regional Development Corporation Mr Reddington had no convictions as to where Acton is headed However the future of the town will depend on the quality of people who sera it he Minister clamps down on quarry operators The provincial government order closing quarries and pits along the Niagara Escarpment until they meet new rehabilitation regulations has hit several companies In The Minister of Mines Allan Lawrence made the announcement at a press conference in Toronto last Thursday pointing out that the companies closed had either not made application for a permit or their appucation had only been received in the last hours preventing any sensible consideration All companies involved In pit and quarry operations in the townships straddling the Niagara Escarpment were given days to obtain a permit under the terms of the new Act to provide for the preservation of the Niagara Escarpment and Its vicinity which received Royal Assent June this year Blankets this area Among townships affected in this area are Nelson Erin West East Flam borough Erin Chlnguacousy and Caledon Ordered closed were the Campbellvllle Gravel Supply Campbellvllle Milton Brick Co Milton Materials and Construction Ltd the County of Quarries on 10 near Burlington Milton Brick Co quarries Rice and McHarg Quarries Ltd near Deforest Brothers Quarries at Terra Cotta and Salco Con Ltd Oakville The minister said government sanctions would have no serious economic effects on the companies Involved in the closing No one is going to be hurt financially in the long run Most of the companies are pretty big and have other sources of supply He said some have adequate stockpiles to serve companies for some time Stop abuses Mr Lawrence continually referred to the purpose of the Act to stop present abuses of the environment He said qualified Inspectors with long years as mining engineers would be on the job Monday morning to enforce the closures Fine for disregarding the order would be per day per offence Nineteen other firms were given only a month time to clean up their operations in eluding Sherman Sand and Gravel in Burlington ant Franceschlnt Bros Construction Burlington National Sewer Pipe Limited Burlington Comers Sandstone Quarries Six month permits Provisional permits for six months were issued Indusmin Quarries near Acton and in Milton Quarries Limited Nassagaweya Con Sand and Gravel Colossus Develop Corporation Ltd Garvin and Logan Quarry Credit Valley Quarries near Terra Cotta Ten companies were classed as generally acceptable and were granted a 12month permit to operate They include Muldoon Holdings Nelson rehabilitation and where possible the intended use of the land after the extractive operations have ceased The minister may refuse a permit where the operation of the mine would be against the in of the public In preserving the character of the formation that includes the Niagara might try to defeat the order in Escarpment and the availability court an action he thought would of its natural attributes for en have little chance of success Joyment by the public Mr Lawrence termed one Industry Cooperative nearby quarry an unholy mess Mr Lawrence said that but felt to protect generally the industry has been escarpment was In time to do Extinguish car fire Acton Firefighters were called to extinguish a fire that started In the interior of a car on the property of Floyd Schmidt High way near yesterday the front seat of car the car is Don Legate R 2 SEE THE NEW SKIR0ULE SNOWMOBILES Complete and 10 route model to from Made by a Coleman Co A S Small Engine Service Prone QUEEN STREET EAST ACTON For this special event some of the members of council wore their new gold Jackets with Acton crest on tbe pocket Dancing later Alter dinner served by Wat son Restaurant Mr Red spoke to the group and J then dancing to Harry Arblcs TWO records was enjoyed A rearend collision on Main St Bill Coats introduced Mr Saturday afternoon was in to the audience and vesUgated by Cons Kressler he and his wife were presented Drivers involved were Martin with a sheepskin rug afterward Shannon and Lloyd Jack Greer expressed thanks Ginuner Guelph Damage to the cars was estimated at about Local government ia like J marriage Mr Reddington Cm Wood a two- declared Tbe rules arent dear- there a great deal of Sunday Drivers were negotiations Both are an art not Morris Smith Forrest and John a science Mcintosh and governing departments damage was put at about and beginning with the policy making Grand Opening TUESDM OCT 6th NIELSENS ANTIQUE USED FURNITURE MAIN ST ACTON Entrance on Part Lot WE ALSO DO STRIPPING REPAIRING Wf BUY a SILL USED FURNITURE AND ANTIQUES win Crushed Stone Burlington Corner Sandstone Quarries and Century Quarries Limited on the Sixth Line Esquesing The tougher line by the government to preserve the face of the Niagara Escarpment has been aided by two regulations passed since the Act received Royal Assent to clarify and delineate the protected lone a four mile swath on either side of the Escarpment face The swath follows the Escarpment along Five above Milton and Includes Acton Georgetown and Glen Williams within its fold Can revoke Mr Lawrence said the employees provisional permits issued to Monday morning cooperative but felt that perhaps some people In the Industry the job of saving it Closure called disaster Reaction to Mines Minister Small trees Allan Lawrence licencing and Campbellvllle Gravel employs closure orders ranged from a landscape architect and has we re not worried smiles at planted seedlings In recent tocriesof years but the trees have not disaster at others grown to any great height yet Hardest hit mining operation In Mr said the minister Halton was Compbellville Gravel closure had thrown panic Into Supply Ltd which operates a ihe financial people behind pit large sand and gravel pit Just and quarry operations He felt S some operations would have The company whose troub roundin U enough mining operation was closed money to stay in business If he down on Saturday by Mr was trying to prove Lawrence s bombshell order he has provetf how unpopular a politician can be Lawrence delay in processing winter companies can be revoked at Lay off the application any time and Intend to We ve Just kept a loader would be disastrous If final revoke them If their approval operator and a scale man on approvals drag on for any length plans and rehabilitation schemes duty s time said the president The not followed president William Davey We firm has about a two week supply Applications for permits had to can still ship material of stone and nothing stockpiled include a site plan that shows the The company president for shipment during the winter shape typography contours claimed the minister of mines months There is dimensions acreage and location was unfair and his orders must of the property owned or under have been made in ignorance lease for future pit or quarry Mr Davey said his firm had operations It had to show the use filed permit application before or proposed use of all land and the Sept 25 deadline but Mr the location or use of the Iawrence had told him it came in buildings and structures lying too late to be processed and approved before Thursdays property boundaries press conference when It must also show the existing issued the order to close the pit and anticipated final grades of mining operation effective on excavation contours and ex Saturday I guess well Just setbacks and as far as ha to flit flnQ wait for Mr possible ultimate pit develop- Lawrence to clear off his desk ultimate road plan and get to our application said was the subject of a two and a half day OMB hearing at Brook ville last week The firm Is purchasing on old quarry owned by Clover leaf Quarries east of Guelph Line and If the ap plication is successful will move its entire operation to the new site five years Not worried Milton Brick Co Ltd was ordered to close its mining operation on the Town Line between and Nassagaweya but company president J Blume Indicated he was not worried as his ap plication has been submitted to the government and he was sure it would soon be approved Walker Line north of Sideroad in North Burlington owned by the County of Halton Officials explained this pit was supply of sand on hand however only used a few tunes a year by a lonj delay in the county crews no permit has extraction will certainly been sought because It won be affect supplies of sand in the I said Unholy mess The mines minister told last week press conference the Campbellville company had an unholy mess of stockpiles sitting needed until next spring Construction of Oakville operates a sand and gravel pit on Eight near Kilbride A spokesman said the land owner was applying for the permit and the shutdown order would not on its property and this was one harm the firm until present reason the company had 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