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nely Seventh Year ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 3 1971 F fieen Cents Esquesing plan sent back to Bd township s drift official plan approved In township planning board with one dissenbng vote was referred back to planning board for reconsidci ation when it come up before council approval night Dick How lit who cast the lone dissenting vote as a member of planning board spearheaded the move to have the plan back to the board after a delegation of seven who live in the area of the proposed gravel pit on tin property of Thomas on the line south of vai appeared before council to ask that the plan go back to planning board for further discussion Council has no power to amend the phn but must refer it back to planning board if are dissatisfied GORDON BOLLERT right and Glendon stride along CATHY UPTON AND Lesley Jenkins rest tired feet after the nurd Line last lap of the 20 mile for completing the mile and signing in at the finish UNICEF Saturday afternoon Photo line at the M Z Bennett school Photo Gave soles for UNICEF A 20mile for Saturday In perfect fall weather brought school students over the finish line Most of the 150 walkers completed the 20mile route In bright sunshine and warm temperatures fortified with fruit drinks sandwiches foot spray and They were taken by bus to the starting line on the Fergus road north of Orion Goal was the M Bennett school lobby by the Seventh Line Town line and Third line Most of he walkers were still in such fine fettle they were able to make their usual Halloween rounds that night with a minimum of groaning No total is available yet since the walkers are still contacting their sponsors this week but many of the weary youngsters had dollars as well as cents riding on every mile they completed First to cross the finish line were a pair of veteran hikers Mike and Mike Masters hitting the time tape at 30pjn The last stragglers were picked up at m so no one would be on the roads when twilight shrouded the area s Men teachers and friends assisting Included principals Garnet and Elmer Smith Mrs White MM BaD Debbie Boycott David Boycott Mrs Lloyd Broostad Ed G Wallace Gary Robertson Forsyth Rick Coe Ross Mrs Margaret Wilson and Bill Wilson Patrol cars and crossing guards had been arranged as well as washroom and lunch stops Sandwiches had been made by Completing the for were Mike Masters Mike Jim Gentles Ford Alton Mike Teresa Steven Craig SomervUle Cuff Creasey Jamie Doug Cooper Charles Quiet night in N Halton In marked contrast to the trouble Milton Police experienced Halloween night the Milton OPP had an unbelievably quiet night The OPP said they believe it was en There were no reported cases of barn Ores or incidents of vandalism usually associated with the night the hod men on duty for the night Rick Van Fleet Greg Dave Gait Mike Roach Howie Halt Kent Nielsen Robin Heather Reed Susan Speaker Ian Rogers Jane Ieader Sharon Creasey enter blazing building Lads charged fire Two Acton boys nine years of age will appear in juvenile court following investigation of Saturday afternoon fire Damage was estimated at in the blaze which started in the basement of the empty store which was previously John Plaza Meats and the Red and White store The fire started in a well opening beside a basement fan and ignited papers on a shelf below Flames burned completely through a wooden supporting beam Smoke ills store Smoke seeped into the vacant stores and permeated the Milk store Elizabeth Lo beauty shop also had some smoke Smoke ejectors were used to drive the smoke out of the stores Firefighters forced entry to the basement by the back door and wore air packs to work in the dense billows of smoke Hoses were run down Queen St to bring more water to the fire Firefighters were on the scene about two hours with two trucks Guelph owners One of the former tenants John Nielsen let firefighters into the store Owners of the plaza are KVG Ltd John Kurilenko Tony Gromnicki and Bill Guelph Two of them came to town when informed of the fire Following investigation Acton police charged the two boys Joan Ancker Sherry Murray McNabb Ross Robbie Bousfield Jack Evans Brian McDonald Terry Ray Humenick Nick Humenick Diane Drysdale Robert Paterson Gordio Bruce John Chris Jenkins Lance Alton Leader Lorella DePieri Robin Stanley Karen Tremills Jennifer Krapek Ray Green Gordon Bollert Norrls Glendon Cindy Thornhill Harry Schupp Maria Greifcncder Frances Gorjup Leslie Collett Dorothy Kaiser Nico Van Kooy Dawn Nicholls Paul Bowen David Williams Steven Matheson Kathy Stephen Lumbers Nancy Shoemaker Julie Carrie McCristall Paul Jenkins Ronald George Carol Grant Susan Shaft Janice Frank Geng Symon Nielsen Kara McCristall Cathy Upton Lesley Jenkins Barbara Turkosz Danny Wheeler Mark Withers Martin Van Opstal Mrs Masters Continued on Page OPP arranges restitution Following theft of cigarettes at two Acton boys age and were apprehended by police Sunday Their parents were contacted and restitution ordered Police are still investigating a report of indecent exposure in the Main St laundromat last Wed night Several people gave the police a description of the man On Thursday Jake van der reported his car stolen It has not yet been recovered However on Friday Acton police recovered a car which had been stolen in Milton abandoned on the Canadian Tire parking lot On Thursday evening a man s leather coat was reported stolen from the Station Hotel Only accident investigated during the week involved cars driven by James Edward Mc Murray Toronto and Dorothy Acton The ac cident occurred on Main St N Saturday afternoon with damage estimated at to the Mc Murray car and to the car There were no injuries Councillor said he understood the official plan was to Ik drafted to show existing 1 mil only in he first place Later he said council wis swamped with various requests ratepayers to have their I ind designated to suit their own personal uses a result decided it tint time not to further applic r until such tune the plan was approved In spite of this planning has picked out of applications two to design itc is industrial sites he told council The properties in question arc Mr Met and that of ited Gravel near Thought unfair thought it unfair that pi inniiiL board should designate are is without giving those in the arc an opportunity to object went on We should treat all residents he same not two owners an iv intake said The merits these pits should he dealt with at later time Deputy reeve Russell Miller Councillor I en supported How nrgument and voted tor referral back to board tint after the Miction which I either moved or seconded we should stick to what we said Miller commented Wh it is no be irini on it think of the merits of the pit Com lined But think cither hive to rescind the motion we pissed or hue this j 1 in ick to pi mnmc board to in an t w to contra vine own resolution he Need stone Councillor Wilfrid who eventually refused to support the motion to refer the plan ick to planning board reminded council of the need lor sand gravel anyone here had 100 res md found gravel on it jou d a hard tune stopping lum haunt a gravel pit predicted You re so riht Reeve Tom Hill idled Hill criticized planning board tor ipprovuif the plan on a nifht when two members were absent of planning board should have been there to express their he charged specifically to the of Consolidated Sand indCravel Reeve Hill reminded council the claimed had received approval from council lo ahead with the project is carl as 1962 the 1962 resolution merely ranted the company i permit Issue a building permit is not enough to designate a quarry in opinion sue sted president Hugh rifjiumre who also attended Mon lav said his had submitted blue prints to council in 1962 Although no building was constructed he said tons of material have already been laken out of the land riLjitmirc said he would like this council to reaifirm the resolution of the 1962 council Quarry suitable I believe we have attended all the meetings and lc the proper presentations he s I surest if our quarry is not suitable no quarrv ever will be He said th it with or without the plan his company had planned to operating tins Jack new president of Beardmore DUNIIAM Announcement was made this week that J H Creighton of Acton has been elected president of to fill the vacancy caused by the recent death of Norman J Braida announced was the election of Peter F Dunham as vice president and general manager of the company Mr has been vice- president of for several years while Mr Dunham was sales manager Ask reduce excess noise Acton Council has endorsed an Council resolution and will petition the Ontario Association of Mayors and Reeves to ask the provincial government to require manufacturers of motorcycles snowmobiles trucks lawnmowers etc to install ad equipment to sub reduce the noise these machines create Councillor Bill Coats said he Is basically in favor of the resolution but added he thought there were absolute standards these machines had to meet already l riLhtmirc Id council it the 1 on which micron Heights Development pi in to build in est ite sub division homes which will hue complete v tin rmie were well ire wh it purpose the Consolidated 1 was to be used tor when onsolidated bought their icres told them then we would never disturb them It in the reonLs he said I the council received written submission the Cameron Heights firm it of a rock quarry would not be with the sub would decrease the property of ill in the He irea lite Cameron Heights development is proposed lor and Con also ir Delegation speaker John irtwrifjit spokesman lor the line ition said Hi hid attended i meeting it School Most of the rilepaycrs be id been previously of the pit proposal for the property He council could communicate better with so tint they would know wh il on Reeve Hill reminded there hid been a public mcctinc on the pi in held at Stew art town id i call from Mr I even that public meetmi Hill s I I ros second member the dclejatHin icknowleded the I he the eall but said he had heard about the proposal only as gossip from one of his neighbors Plant okay report says An engineers report conducted for the town by R V Anderson Associates has concluded there is no reasonable basis for believing odors are coming from the pollution control plant Officials of the firm reached the conclusion after completing tests on two visits to the plant On the same days they said there was a reasonably strong odor of hydrogen sulphide along Highway south of town which suspect may have been coming from Beardmore Mayor says council partly to blame for delay in sale Acton council has not fulfilled its part of the bargain to come up with a toning decision on town owned land south of Road and is every bit as responsible that the land has not been sold as the prospective purchaser Mayor Las Doty charged last week In my mind the town reneged on the offer to purchase as much as the purchaser the mayor told council at the regular meeting Acton applied to the Department of Municipal Affairs to have the land rezoned residential months ago but the department s conservation branch wrote back to say a certain amount of land must be held for conservation A certain portion of the conservation land was to be designated hazardous which means the land may not be used for anything Moose pasture The land has been called moose pasture by a prospective buyer Administration committee spokesman Councillor Peter Marks said the original offer to purchase is no longer valid since the expiry date September 30 has passed He said the land is no longer listed and that there is not unanimous consent among ad ministration committee members as to its value Personally I think the value of that land has increased We should all be thinking about what the land is worth he Desmond Morrow a third membu of the delegation th the pi eo back to p inning with Hie request tint they delete all new uses A I member problems could f if the pit is allowed to I Win he isked the reeve his re fur Ins antagonism tiwmis Mr Hill ruirtd 1 Inpe you I the rest of life ii your property I hope never ive to make any decisions on own Acton quiet Halloween It was to see the young people here more sensible than in neighboring communities police here commented following en The evening had seen hundreds of roving children all over town seeking treats donations and friends to throw eggs at Police were alert all evening but report no serious damage or Injury Windows were soaped and splattered with scrambled egg but everything was quiet after a few hours of activities Saturday night A few nearscuffles were quelled too Many of the children carried UNICEF boxes- for contributions The earlier in the day had wearied out plenty of young legs before the evening rounds even began Boxes were turned In at schools Monday The good weather brought out plenty of children and teenagers and encouraged them to stay out Many houses ran right out of candies gum apples and home made treats There were costume dances at the Legion and the golf flub which provided plenty of liberty for many participants Other towns In Milton roving bands broke windows and set and after midnight Mayor Brian Best read the not act Some were arrested and more charges will be laid Hills burg firefighters battled two major fires and six other smaller fires some believed set by en pranksters A bam was totally destroyed and a deserted house gutted commented Mayor Duby maintained council must accept part of the blame for the fact the deal has not been closed The bidder on the property asked me as recently as today if council had confirmed a decision on zoning of the land he said WEAR A POPPY THIS WEEKEND