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OUR READERS WRITE i w The Acton Free Press Wednesday November Widening Clamp down dentures angers residents Only hairdressers know for sure Dear Sir On November 1 1 1 read a very nice letter In the paper from Mrs Currle who wrote that she was shocked to find the old post office gone when she recently visited Acton even though she knew it was coming down I enjoyed her poem very much but If she has Uvea In Gait for years there are a few little things she does not know So I would like to adds second verse to her poem The old town clock Is gone for good No one ever thought It would I looked and looked I turned my head Theres Just a bank now there Instead MY SECOND VERSE The noise and garbage are also gone The racket from teenagers til alter one The bell that struck but once a year A new bank Let us cheer Yours truly John and Anna Conlgllo Mill St Acton Only the next door hairdressers know for County Roads Depart ment has become involved In another controversial subject Suggested repairs and widening to IS that passes through and Townships has angered Deputy Tom Hill questioned roads committee chairman Gordon Gallagher on the proposed changes Hill said he had hoard It was to be widened to 100 feet in some places Mr Gallagher explained there were no immediate plans to widen the road but explained the Department of Highways asks that no county roads be under feet and they prefer 100 feet Reeve George told of a delegation that appeared at this weeks township council meeting He said there Is a group of citizens passing a petition asking for a meeting with county authorities He was quoted earlier as saying he would Ills shirt If the road was safe for traffic and said he would eat the same shirt if he was proven wrong Niissagiiweyn Reeve Mrs Anne Mac Arthur suggested it wits the townships most scenic route and she didnt want It destroyed and used as a thoroughfare for the trucks Progress squeezing out poor To the editor of the Free Press In your issue of November you have a halfpage article about a man who has had in his view a bad deal Its a horse barn with all the building on one acre owned by Mr It seems to me he must live on this acre of land or not far away to take such good care of a horse and barn Mr purchased all the land surround his land east north and west leaving the road south They claim the files all come from the barn with one horse But the house is built on a foundation of a barn of good size that probably housed five or six horses 10 cattle and pigs In older days Perhaps far more No one ever sawahost of files from a one horse bam any greater than a host of flics from an old foundation that could breed files for years It looks to me as if the papers are banded together to keep down the underdog with a half page backing up the man who was able to build on home on an old bam foundation on GO acres that surrounds a mans one acre plot and then raise Old Ned about flics from a tittle pony stabled feet away from the line fence If this house Is feet from the line that would make it feet away Is Nassagawcya township In need of homes so badly that people come from the city buy up the land ana squeeze the poor out in the name of progress then I wont none of It All the best luck Percy Woods Ask for hearing on 15 Sideroad Not opposed to Sideroad work Dear Sir As usual County Roads com mittee got the cart before the horse I refer to a report in the local press re opposition to proposed work on the IS Sideroad No one at any time said 15 Sideroad didnt need improvements no one suggested all work should stop on The only request made at a Council meeting was for a hearing to be held to in form people living on Sideroad as to the future plans for the road I dont like dictators at municipal county provincial or national levels so I am now endeavouring to get the taxpayers of and Esquesing who reside on 15 to sign a petition Imploring their elected representatives to press for what we asked In the first place a Public Hearing William A Johnson council assured William A Johnson they would request a night hearing with the road committee of county council regarding the proposed widening of 15 Mr Johnson appeared In front of tire township council Monday night with a petition bearing the signatures of residents who live along 15 He charged county council with a dictatorial attitude and said would not negotiate with the county over land tran sfers until a proper hearing was held to explain what was planned for the Mr Johnson sold press reports which claimed residents of both Nassagaweya and Esquesing townships were opposed to work on 15 Sideroad were erroneous All residents wanted he ex plained was an explanation of what the county planned to do Attempts fruitless Attempts to arrange a meeting through the deputy reeve of Nassagaweya were fruitless he charged States barn in illegal location The Editor Dear Sir- Your article on the problems Mr and Mrs are having with the horse bam in front of their home on the side road was generally excellent but was Inaccurate in one important respect The barn according to township bylaws is clearly In an Illegal location One section of the bylaws specifically states that no accessory building may be erected In front of a main building This Is the view of a majority of Nassagaweya planning board who have sent a resolution to council pointing out that the bam violates a number of sections of the zoning bylaws and recommending that the barn be moved at township expense Personally I believe that building any type of a barn feet from a neighbors front door is only asking for trouble I am puzzled at the attitude of those who wrote to your newspaper attacking Mr and Mrs who were so obviously the victims of an Injustice One can only wonder how these same people would feel if a bam were constructed in front of their homes Anyone planning to settle In this area would have second thoughts about It after reading those letters Here is a classic case of the need for the Golden Rule Finally I noted that you printed only one letter in the Acton Free Press the others being carried in the Milton Champion One would think that as this is a matter that primarily concerns residents of that Im mediate area all the letters would have been printed in the Acton paper Perhaps you would be kind enough to print this letter In both the Acton and the Milton papers Thanking you Yours truly Leonard R Chandler Moffat Ont Disagrees with opinions November 1970 Dear Editor An answer to R Knights letter of last week It may be noted that the man who sold his 100 acres for part of the drag strip did not have his property valued for taxation at this value previously It also may be noted that a family living in the former Mathews home have children so school taxes are involved Re local drivers using drag snip If Mr Knight knew the extent of he would note that a radius of miles would take In and Brampton which are not part of the township as well as Georgetown and Acton Lastly the association mentioned was originally formed to fight the drag strip of which Mr Knight hod no part It later ex panded to cover other issues The last meeting was advertised in both local newspapers He did not attend and make his comments My only question is if Mr Knight is in terested in some of the facts of the township he should have attended the last meeting as I did Although I am not a member of the Association I read the ad attended and learned something as did approximately others Yours truly A ratepayer Correction A typographical error in last weeks Free Press resulted in omission of Timothy Masters name caption of a picture on page 3 Caption below the picture showing scouter Murrey Harrison and District Com missioner Gordon Douglas welcoming new scouts should have read left to right are Desmond Hepburn Timothy Masters Scouter Harrison D Douglas Paul Jenkins and Rodney Allen HOW LIVE ENTERTAINMENT AT THE STATION HOTEL That I Fri EvMing Sat Aftsrnooii I Evaning StarKag 19th featuring BRUCE TYRRELL TRIO Male track to Station Mr Johnson said that with the provincial government cracking down on the operation of quarries near the escarpment It left only two openings for the quarries the Sixth Line and the Town line and it was conceivable 15 was being geared for gravel trucks which residents opposed He also cited preser vation of trees and the dangers of polluting some of the purest waiter in Ontario if the road was widened without intentions to preserve Its beauty and ecology A night hearing was requested so ratepayers could attend Mr Johnson also requested Bruce Trail officials Conservation Authority people and the OW It be Invited to attend the hearing George Currie defen ding his views about the road being unsafe heard the request for a hearing and would bring the matter up at county council the next day Council later passed a resolution authorizing the request I dont wont to see the trees butchered They enjoy but chering Listen to them sometime They whistle while they work They love It she said Ill stand by the people of Nassagaweya and if It means taking the road back as a township road to save the scenic beauty we will she Acton Deputy Reeve Ted Tyler said If the people In the area valued the life of their children they would welcome im provements to the road He said school buses used that road and claimed the road wasnt fit for with the flood 11 n curves Nassagaweya Deputy Reeve Gordon Agnew suggested work should be done to make the road safer and told how his son almost lost lite In a car crash on that road and a woman employee of was Involved In a car accident on that road First snow toll 4000 Motorists In the North area appeared unprepared for the first real snowstorm of the winter which fell over the district Saturday night Milton OPP investigated nine motor vehicle accidents between Saturday supper time and Sunday noon including one fatality Two happened on High way and one on Highway Saturday evening one on 20 and two on Highway early Sunday morning and three more in the area came after daylight on Sunday Damage totalled over DISTRICT Governor Peter Suttleof Toronto chats with Acton Rotary president John Anderson after ad dressing a dinner meeting of the local club here last week Staff Photo BobHesketh tells you what is going on in the world weekdays 7 am 5 pm LISTEN HERE ONTARIOS AUTHORITATIVE NEWS VOICE Deputy Director Halloas Social end Family Services Department Vivian brought laughter from members of committee at their meeting Friday when he said staff would clamp down on dentures Mr Vivian was reporting on payment of drug and denture bill for persona on welfare The number of person having den tures paid for while on welfare was higher than the anticipated amount and he felt some persons were abusing the plan He didnt mean for the statement to be taken literally NIELSENS lor Family Clothing USE OUR CHRISTMAS LAYAWAY PLAN ELECTIONS THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF ACTON Notice of Nomination and Polling TAKE NOTICE THAT the meeting to nominate candidates for the offices of Mayor Reeve Deputy Reeve Councillors and Members of the Hydro Electric Commission for the Corporation of the Town of Acton shall be held on Monday November 23rd from pm to 8 30 In the of the Robert Public School Ai the Township of Nassagaweya and the Town of Acton will be combined to elect one member to the Halton County Hoard of Education the Nomination Meeting will be con ducted by the Township of Nnssagaweyn and will be held at Township Hall on Monday November 1970 from 7 pm to 8 pm 1 Die votes of the electors of the Town of Acton shall be taken on MONDAY DECEMBER 7th 1970 commencing at the hour of 10 oclock in the morning and continuing until eight oclock in the afternoon of the same day at the following places that is to say Area No 1 Palling Subdivision No 1 Acton M A with Alice Waldlc as Deputy Returning Officer Arco No Subdivision No Acton Music Centre Wallace Street Acton with Virginia us Deputy Returning Officer Area No 2 Council Chambers With Dorothy Cam turn a Town Hall Deputy Returning Officer Area No Polling Subdivision No 1 I Memorial Hall Willow Street with 1aura Dittrleh as Deputy Returning Officer Area No Polling Subdivision No Acton Scout Hall School Acton with Marguerite as Deputy Returning Officer Area No Knox Presbyterian Church With Charlotte Holmes as Deputy Returning Officer DATED November J Hurst Returning Officer 3M STATIONERY DONT DELAY ORDER YOUR PERSONALIZED CHRISTMAS CARDS NOW OUR NEW ALBUMS HAVE NOW ARRIVED- THE ASSORTMENT IS EXCEPTIONAL COME IN AND SEE THE WIDE SELECTION NOW PERSONALIZED STATIONERY 10D SHEETS ENVELOPES DURAT0NE PLAYING CARDS PERSONALIZED SINGLE DOUBLE 660 FOR 1971 IDEAL JUMBO JUBILEE PADS and STANDS EVERYDAY PADS DAILY JOURNALS DATE ROOKSDIARIES NOW IN STOCK SCENIC CANADIAN CALENDARS FOR ONLY 125 Christmas Cards BOXED LARGE ASSORTMENT WRITINS PIPER ROTES SHEAFFERS PENS PEN SETS DESK SETS PHOTO ALBUMS TRIP BOOKS GUEST BOOKS ETC OTHER 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