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fP Editorial Thorny hydro line route Ontario Hydros proposed 500 v transmission line is one bone of conten tion residents of Erin Nassagnweya and Eramosa townships could chew over for several months if the selling tide of opposition to the precise location of the land continues to build The line will cross the three townships on a route that a foot swath through farmland and af fects plans and aspirations of many farmers and land owners In the town ships Naturally the people affected are concerned picturing an unsightly network of towers will spoil the aesthetics the countryside There are other objections too One man from Erin township told the Free Press he has planted acres of trees on his property and the line could mean they will all be destroyed ending a long term project that took planning and a desire to do something about preserving the ecology of the township Former councillor Alan Ackman has called the line visual pollution His farm is on the proposed route and he honestly acknowledges a vested interest about the project Provincial Treasurer Darcy Keough in a status report on the TorontoCentred Region last August PEDESTRIANS WERE CONSPICUOUS by their absence when Jack Carpenter flew over Acton near noon hour on a recent weekday photographing the north west end of town school creek runs down through the centre of the picture past the Robert Little school and the public library where stream improvements can bo easily picked out Upper left is Warren Grove while the industrial plants of Building Products Blow Press and A Green can be seen upper right Centre are the Acton Hydro offices and workshop Dills Printing and Publishing and Thompsons Motors is seen bottom right nestled behind St Albans Church The plant of H Porter sticks a portion into the top left of the picture while Bower Avenue runs north past the post office to the right Bill Smiley Well we ventured Into Sodom or Gomorrah recently and escaped with nothing worse than a case of pop Or thirteen cases to be exact just had to visit our daughter at university because shes lonely This is the Old Battleaxes story and Kim aids and abets with sly innuendoes in her letters How anybody con be lonely when shes living in a house with other girls Is beyond the simple comprehension a male parent Maybe she is lonely but her real reason for wanting us to go down and see her is that she knows she s going to get a night In a bote room have a smashing good dinner and see a show none of which is included in her budget The day before we were to go m muffler blew This coupled with dire weather warnings and my phobia about the city made me suggest cancelling the trip Nothing doing Turned out to be the worst weekend for driving this winter and that s a big statement However we made it Had a room reserved but had forgotten about the big political convention The hotel lobby was chaos Wildeyed room clerks Redeyed conventioneers arguing over the bills they had run up which they had signed with a flourish for food and drink before the rusty dawn on the last day Not a bellhop to be had Finally got a key The people had checked out said the flunkev but the room All we wonted to do was relax after a 150 mile bad drive so we found Not only was the room not made up it was occupied But the residents a charming couple from Ottawa let us in they finished packing Both the room and the couple looked like the tailend of a convention It was actually two adjoining rooms and they looked like a scene from Ten Nights in a Bar room Not the people the rooms This had been a hospitality room it turned out That is a polite way of saying a place where the drinks usually supplied as a public deal by the distillers are free for every who arrives as well as the hard working politicians There was still plenty of booze and about cartons of mix There was one madeup bed in the two rooms The rest of the space was a conglomerate of glasses bars desks placards and posters Sam the husband was a fairly big wheel He was tottering with faUgue and sounded us though he had swallowed two after four days and nights of working for the cause But within twenty minutes we were fast friends At four m they informed us that had to meet their son and his wife at the station They got away about 15 leaving us with the chores of telling their son where they might meet him and protecting the booze that was left From the editors desk Toronto writers and planners fed up with Montreal being the largest city and largest metropolitan area In Canada have discovered a new way of overtaking the Quebec metropolis by merely expanding their horizons Population figures released last week show that Metro Torontos population stood at representing a growth of per cent while Metropolitan Montreal with a count of could boast only an Increase of six per cent since The gap between the two metres has now closed to a mere people or a city approximately trie size of Kitchener Nothing startling about that Youre right Toronto is expanding mightily In fact the doors of Metro Toronto are now right on our threshhold at Milton You guessed it Milton was Included the Toronto figures and Oakville Brampton and all the area in between Somehow they missed counting Georgetown but they did get and its environs to the east Interpreters of the census In Toronto are still obsessed with the idea bigger is better They wont rest until the day the Queen City is the largest in Canada We 11 have to be on our guard The next census moy see Acton as part of Toronto You say they t want us Hope so although I have to admit Toronto is an attractive exciting city Talking the other day with Jack Carpenter about the volue of money and the favors it will buy Jack says one thing money con buy is poverty Shut me up Mayor is convinced the revealed the Government had considered the possibility of using the Parkway Belt for Hydros v transmission line which is to run between the and Pickering stations Unfortunately the report says this possibility was ruled out for technical reasons related mainly to the problems of underground transmission in the vicinity of the airport Questioned by this writer Mr McKeough said Ontario Hydro had changed their thinking about the transmission line developing new types of towers that blended with the land scape which in his view would appeal more to land owners along the route than the unsightly steel structures formerly used Despite new concepts in towers there are going to be many unhappy people when the line traverses their properties It does seem unfortunate the proposed route cuts across farmland instead of following a major highway or existing power belt Apparently Hydro has done some thinking about this and the major objection to township counter route proposals has been cost There are other problems which Hydro apparently is willing to discuss with township representatives They should include people affected by the line in their discussions too We think most people would acquiesce with Hydros thinking that the line must go through to provide needed power for the province However the route should be one that best suits the purpose and disrupts the least amount of people If Ontario Hydro is to adapt the Bill Davis approach and think about the effects hydro lines and Spadina Expressways have on people and environment they will participate In much discussion and do much thinking before they bulldoze the project through In the meantime the voices of those who oppose the proposed route of the line would carry much more emphasis and authority if they originated from one source instead of several emanating from various townships We would recommend opposition of the line get together and face Hydro with a united front rather than a welter of conflicting voices which could antagonize officials and force the Issue through without adequate discussion and planning Council did the right thing Everything worked fine Son phoned got the message Booze men looking like a couple of hotel dicks picked up the hooch giving us the cold suspicious stare I hadnt taken a single Jug so help me My wife let me But they wouldnt take the mix Cartons and cartons and bottles and bottles of It We sat around desolately in the wreckage for three hours waiting for the maids to come Finally the Old Lady got sore phoned the desk and demanded action We were given another room But leave all that mix Not an old prisoner of war We carted cases with us giving several to a raucous party from across the hall who had been ogling and whistling at wife and daughter to former delight and latter amusement SetUed in new room Knock on the door of four entered They had been given same room Dad exhausted mother distraught teenage daugher excited and 12- yearold son sitting sullenly In corner muttering Never trust an alcoholic Give them a drink Buddies no time But they still had no room Saw show Wife shocked at nude scene Checked out next day with 13 cases of mix about worth Real said the bell boys arrogant glares Carried it off with aplomb Dropped Kim and eight cartons of ginger ale and cola her residence Arrived home with five of soda tonic Drop around and bring your own booze Any tune We re set for mix Acton councils decision to accept in principle the sale of acres of town- owned land to Construction for 104000 was motivated in part by the desire to consummate an earlier agreement and partly to ensure that the town acquires some much needed low cost housing Councillor Peter Marks meanwhile has been doing some research on the sale and he says that the price council was asking might have been fair when the first deal went through but circumstances have changed The price is ridiculously low for prime residential land now he contends We commend Councillor Marks for his attitude that the taxpayer is entitled to get the maximum amount for town- owned land The money is slated for town coffers which could use a little replenishing But we cannot agree fully with his stand The developer is entitled to some consideration in this matter He offered the 104000 in the first instance with the understanding all the acreage would be zoned residential and he could go ahead with development planning for a condominium development which would be within the reach of the average Acton familys It was the conservation branch at Queens Park which messed up the deal with its insistence that some of the land must be zoned for conservation The Conservation people apparently envisioned a flood on the property although the possibility is as remote as a wave from the drinking fountain on Mill St The developer asked for a three month extension on the agreement of purchase in March of this year when he was supposed to pay at sale closing Council rejected the extension deciding they had earned out their obligations on the sale The developer felt he could not go ahead until he was assured most of the land was rezoned residential There were rumors at that time that almost half the land would be zoned conservation and it was a precaution on his part that he was not paying for land he could never use In our view the developer made the original offer in good faith and the town is obligated to carry out its end of the deal Council has now fulfilled its obligation At the same time we agree with Councillors Marks Masales and Elliott that some safeguards should have been included in the deal to ensure if the land is sold again it goes back to the town at the original bid or lower We would also have liked to see some assurance that low cost housing will be built on the property to fill a very real Acton need The onus is now on the developer to show he is acting in good faith and will fulfill the unwritten parts of the agreement He has always displayed a willingness to cooperate before so there should be no reason now why he wouldnt continue to do so 20 years ago Takeu from the Issueof the Free Press Thursday November A free bingo in the town hall sponsored by Liberal candidate Dr Deans was well attended Smouldering coals and feed piles and 20 blackened chicken brooders were all that remained of the by 20 foot frame chicken house levelled by fire near Sunday The blaze wiped out chickens on the farm of Adam Firemen of the Rockwood brigade got water from a neighbor arm Several hundred Acton ladies combined learning many cooking hints and winning many prizes Tuesday and Wednesday evenings when the Duke of Devonshire chopter of ihe I O D sponsored a Robin Toronto to Georgetown GO train service Is a cinch to expand to Acton and GueJph A service stopping at Georgetown doesnt make sense he told members of the Hydro Commission last week Weve got it mode It be an automatic extension he said GO trains are losing propositions of course and must be subsidized by the Ontario Government But the day will come when the service will be the fastest and most convenient way of getting to the core of Toronto It may then make money transportation is again going to be an integral part of communications We will still need highways and cars but on a lesser scale There may be many more Spadina expressway incidents at government level although In my view the first one was a farce All the cars on Toronto streets on their way to and from downtown are still initialled on Page Five THE ACTON FREE PRESS PHONE Business and Editorial Office Hood cooking school in the town hall Parker was master of ceremonies the first night and George Mason the second both assisted by Mrs A Long regent of the chapter There were many prizes Mothers of twins Mrs Mason and Mrs Garrett were given boxes of and colored dishes Mrs Suts had the nearest anniversary Mrs S had the nearest birthday with Hail second Mrs J was the oldest lady present Robert Darby won a mixmaster and Mrs Masales won flowers for being married 50 years John was elected president of the Acton Minor club succeeding Ken Blow Other officers are Emie Marks Dr Sirrs Oakes Corp Mason Bill Holloway Vic Masters Doug Coleman There will be only minor hockey here again this semester leaving fans starving again The Baxter Lab hockey team won a rough game against in Georgetown arena 50 years ago Token from the Issue of the Free Thursday November 1921 After making a brave fight for life for many months in Christie St Military hospital Sergt Norman passed away Tuesday of last week As a result of trying experiences during the war his heart was misplaced and his death was attributed to this He went overseas ln 1914 With indomitable courage he continued his employment but six months ago was obliged to enter hospital The New Wonderland deserves credit for presenting Damaged Goods to an adult audience a lesson of the terrible havoc wrought by venereal diseases The Corporation and Mr Amos Mason of Alton are getting together in the matter of opening a knitting mill In Acton He is willing to start in the electric power house building He is an experienced woollen man He has secured a home here Mr and Mrs Mason will be quite an acquisition to the town and will be cordially welcomed to Mr Mason boyhood home Boys Club reorganized last week and with the following officers Mentor Mr D M Gowdy chief Arthur Benton Tally Sam Cache Arthur Lane It is a favorite drive now over to the Line to see the monument Knox Sunday School Bible class had men and women in attendance this week Governor of the jail at Guelph died of injuries after being attacked by three inmates Some say there is no fun at political meetings any more or years ago the candidates washed dirty linen at every meeting and there was often a freeforall 75 years ago Taken from the the Free Press Thursday November IBM Merry sleigh bells enliven the neigh borhood Skaters were out on Monday Mr J A Cornfield had his right wrist badly cut while ejecting a drunken man from his store The firemen are always on the alert to protect our interests Let us encourage them by our presence at their concert tonight fish hatchery hi already beginning to yield returns Mr Flrstbrook shipped this week young trout to London It is estimated that over 60 dogs have been destroyed in Paris How would it do to get up a hydrophobia scare in Acton Now council have reversed their recent vote when Mr Moore was fairly elected and named Alderman Scroggle the new city treasurer Verity this notorious council is keeping up Its reputation for farcical and unbusinesslike transaction of affairs pertaining to the good dty of A Brown carries a new and well- assorted stock of English French and American perfumes White Rose New Mown Hay Jockey Club Violet Crab Apple Blossom Cleopatra Swiss Lilac Victoria American Flag and Carnation In bulk or bottle Mr and Mrs D Henderson M P went to last week where Mrs Hendersons sister lies very low with consumption Thanksgiving Day today Several shooting matches axe planned