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OHC housing started on Cobblehill Rd Construction started on the longawaited senior citizen and geared to Income housing on this week almost two and a half years after the project was approved by Acton council Headway Corporation of Toronto started work on Thursday on foundations for a unit senior citizen apartment and unit semi detached family housing for low Income families The houses will consist of four two bedroom six three bedroom and two four bedroom dwellings Common site The two projects will share a common site Just north of Cob on a sac at a total cost of The project bears no capital cost tor the town but the municipality must agree to ac cept 7Vi per cent of the operating lobs If any on family units the town must also waive taxes In excess of on the one bedroom senior n units Those wishing to rent the houses in the project must have resided in the municipality for one ye loans cover per cent of the cost of construction with the provincial providing tin remaining per cent through the Ontario Housing 1 tic ml their hands the slow the loans of bureaucratic machinery was made in August but the watched belligerently as project has been held up by rczonliu hearings before the Ontario Municipal Board and delays at Queen Park where new subdivision regulations prevented a start on construc tion Wring hands Meanwhile Acton council and particularly Mayor I similar OHt projects Initiated in Georgetown and Milton lonj after the Acton units were and construction completed Hie repeated delays may have taxed the patience of municipal officials but they also raised the ire of the Golden Club with members anxious to seek apartment in the project family and citizen housing is leased on a rent cared to Income basis this means that the tenants Income not dwelling size determines the amount of rent paid Monthly rents may be as low as for persons whose Incomes arc up to per month Tor those with incomes exceeding ofaQ a month he rent Is a straight JO per cent of their Income Sixth Year No ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY MAY Cents turkeys perish Flames completely levelled a large poultry barn and roasted over 20 young turkeys in a disastrous fire on the FirstLine about a mile north west of Acton night Acton firefighters fought the blaze with an assist from the Georgetown brigade at the farm of Sam R Acton but could do little to subdue stubborn flames it appeared they had it under control at one time The fire broke out again however and levelled the foot long steel structure Photo FIREFIGHTERS LOOKED to have Fridays destructive caught this picture shortly after midnight but Dames regained poultry barn fire under control when the Free Press camera control and the building was a total loss levelled to the ground Avert northsouth battle A north south battle on representation at Ha Hon County Council was averted last week when Burlington Council decided to request a referral of their amendment to the Halton County Act until the next meeting of the private members bill committee at Queen Park B Burlington and OakviUe had applied for a change in the voting power at county council that would give the two southern municipalities more weight at the county level Would ft Representatives from the five northern municipalities and the five northern councils had made it clear they would fight to have the private member bill defeated It in view of this solid wall of opposition that Burlington council agreed to withdraw their bid until next fall and have the matter studied by a committee of county council In the meantime While representatives from the northern municipalities applauded Burlington s move for deferral Reeve Allan Masson was critical of the move I sick of Burlington coming to OakviUe asking support for on and off shenanigans If start something see it through told Burlington Reeve Jim at a special meeting on the subject In Milton Wednesday After the matter was discussed and some random thoughts thrown out it was apparent some northern councillors were sympathetic to the problem During the discussion Masson s animosity cooled and he agreed the matter was better being discussed without heated debate Mason Dixon Line Tom Hill said he had been disturbed by the effort to have representation by population While he was In agreement with the formation of a committee to study the problem he said It would be drawing the Mason Dixon lint if the notice of motion had been brought to the floor Wednesday Burlington Reeve said his had decided to temporarily drop the request for representation ad because they feired the move would have a devisive effect at the county level Ask time to study He said some new representatives had asked for tune to study the matter and noted some of the new members had been sympathetic to the request He said he felt it was a progressive step and although his town had not suffered by the current setup the key Issues might be settled in future against the will of the southern towns If an issue comes up that would benefit OakviUe and Burlington and the northern municipalities don want it it would be defeated and yet we pay per cent of the cost Be honest withyoursehes Reeve challenged Offers solution Georgetown Reeve Rick Morrow offered a solution to the problem and Burlington be allowed two extra members and one ad member but keeping the recorded vote situation evenly Trial date Date of the preliminary trial for Gary Stevens has been set at May 3l He is charged with capital murder following the death of Calvin Gordon Peddle in Acton last February divided between north and south If his proposal were to be adopted the five northern mumupnlitics would have two representatives each while Burlington would hive four members and three Pay your own Morrow solution allows votes for Burlington nine for three for Acton five for George town four for Milton and three for He advocates a plan that would see Individual towns and townships pay for their own representatives with the exception of the for the warden over and above his 000 stipend Morrow ideas were well ed said the paper would make a good basis for study when the committee got around to that Acton Deputy Reeve Pat said he would rather have more bodies than have the southern representatives carry live votes each There probably isn another man in Burlington that thinks Just like Jim said He said he favored change and noted that the dramatic change In education was working out for the better and things were running smoothly Not so smooth Deputy Reeve Don McMillan challenged the statement about the smooth on Page 3 Chain reaction damage A reaction accident on Mam St Saturday produced 150 total damage to three cars The accident happened near the Dominion Hotel at m and Cons Argue investigated A charge of careless driving was laid against one the drivers The car driven by Farley Harris Toronto received estimated damage to the rear end The car driven by John Grlefeneder Acton had damage and the car driven by Roy Acton damage AU vehicles were southbound Two had stopped when a third struck the rear one causing a chain reaction accident A BELLE with a bow Student Cathy Smith gets set to aim at her target Archery Is part of the Grade 12 physical education spring program at the school Instructor is physical education teacher Bruce Andrews Photo Moss of flames The alarm was turned in about 15 when a farm worker checking the second floor of the building discovered it was A mass of flames The building hod been checked earlier at clock and everything appeared fine The Acton brigade was summoned but firefighters were hampered right from the start by the lack of water They poured the water from the pumper onto the building and summoned another truck Hoses were strung from the barn down the laneway and a along the First Line to a nearby pond where the second truck pumped water about a quarter of a mile to the scene Flames had gained considerable headway by this time but it appeared firefighters had the flames under control at about JO Doors and windows to the barn were shut and hoses turned Into at intervals but flames erupted in the attic and soon were breaking through the roof Call Georgetown At about 2 am the brigade was to assist Acton firefighters Main efforts then were directed at saving the twin barn which parallel to the burning structure It was also with young turkeys Cause of the fire is unknown but it is suspected a defective brooder stove may have been responsible Both buildings are equipped with propane gas brooders A similar fire completely destroyed the building on January 12 19C9 with a loss of over turkeys at that time The barn wis rebudt Damages were estimated it 100 Turkeys In the barn this time were owned by Canada Packers Others killed Although over turkeys were In the burned barn many more were reported hi the adjoining structure went out at one point When lights went on the turkeys crowded towards the light inflicting considerable more deaths on the young poults Manager Ted leblonc lives on Continued on Page 3 Two Erin men killed Two men were killed when the car in which they were riding careened out of control and struck a tree on 7 near Wilson Brett and Carpenter died instantly in the ensh Three other passengers in the vehicle were injured and sent to hospital Milton OPP investigated Robert Dear of Erin was taken to Toronto Western Hospital in serious condition suffering from a fractured internal injuries Serious Injuries David Metcalf 32 of Erin and Fred were ad muted to Georgetown District Memorial Hospital Mr Metcalf suffered rib back and head injuries while Mr sustained a fractured pelvis and leL injuries The incident occurred while the group were on their way to work at the American Motors plant in Bramalea Both of the deceased men were married with families I VE GOT the equipment and the bat and if I can twist my tongue the right way ball will go for ride threeyearold Gregory James seems to say a new version of baseball started in Acton Saturday Photo Its your ball Gus township council Nassagaweya Township will have a Founders Day ihe decision mode Council meeting Monday come after interest was shown by some citizens The matter was brought up by former councillor Allan last November Goutouskl appeared before council Monday to see what action had been taken only to leam that he had been appointed chairman of the committee to organize Founders Day and the Township had granted as a token contribution to the program Thanksgiving Thanksgiving has been established as the proper time for a Founders Day Mr had a full page statement prepared but withdrew after council read the resolution He had expressed interest and told council earlier it was something that should be undertaken After the resolution was read said Madam Reeve So that is putting in his place Is it Councillors t help at the resolution That is the shortest delegation I ve ever seen councillor Art Gibson said after Mr had left the room Gibson assured Mr no malice had been intended and it wasn t done as a dirty trick He and other councilors offered Lost n found The police have a sum of money in their office that was found and turned In Can anyone give a description that will fit this lost cash They also still have a lost wedding ring A stolen bicycle reported missing Just a few days before its owner was moving away from town was later found by the family their support to make the first rounders Day a successful one Recuperate at home As he withdrew from the table and tucked his undelivered statement in his pocket Mr thanked council for the confidence shown In him and said he was home to recuperate Mr Is a familiar man around the council chambers He has often represented his as a one man delegation and has run for office on more than one occasion He what miht be considered the unofficial opposition party to the township council Takes pothole pot shot roads superintendent C Bud Snow has promised to investigate a complaint lodged by Jim Morrison at Monday night council meeting that the First Luc near Acton is of potholes Mr Morrison claimed the township grader been over the road since the snow left thought you were going to it was dusty Mr Snow smiled Well you could say that Mr Morrison replied Mr Snow admitted he t been over ttut of the road for a while don t think you ve been over it since last September Mr Morrison charged Request underground wiring town house development Acton H dro pricked up ears Thursday when two developers told them they preferred underground wiring in a proposed town house subdivision on Mam St S The commission has heard pleas from many developers requesting a change in poUcy to overhead wiring but the underground request was a new wrinkle they had trouble ad to at first Alt Berry and Thco Schmidt of Construction unveiled plans for the company units on property which encircles Fairview Cemetery and will occupy land where the municipal yard is located now First phase of the project will be the construction of town houses which builders hope will be started within two months ScU for Mr Berry told the Commission the three and four bedroom town houses would for or less and they would probably be available for down with the rest financed on one mortgage Construction be of brick veneer and each unit will have two bathrooms The architect feels it will be an ideal development Mr Berry Berry said They intend to in basement walla a new development In the construction industry tested in the far north It Is expected to cut heating Mils In half Referring to the underground wiring Mr Berry said the company wants the development to be nice so It must be underground There will be no argument from us he told the smiling Commission The merits of the different methods of heating the units were discussed with the Commission pushing electrical heating and the developers undecided about gas oil or electric heat Mr Sch said much would depend on cost since they intended to hold the price of homes under the mark Admire plan The proposed subdivision plan which tie in with townowned land at the corner of CobblehiU Road and Mill St W was ad mired by commissioners Plana for 14 units to the acre considerably below the number Usually built on that amount of space Mr Schmidt said they had picked up several Ideas in loconto which they hoped to incorporate in the development to make it a show piece of the district Mayor who has consistently promoted low cost housing for the town remarked he hoped to see the development get since houses were priced so local people could ford them