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Hydro poles to march down Rockwood Main St Representatives of the Ontario Hydro Commission were on hand at last Wednesdays Board of Trustees meeting In the Rock town hall to reveal plans for a new hydro line which has been area representative Stan slated for the Main Street of the of Guelph showed the planned Village Bob was spokesman for the commission and along with Employee burned in station fire DANNY EASON works meticulously at a candle making project along with brother John and Cheryl as Shirley Ritchie displays one of the decorated items she has prepared for the Saturday December af ternoon tea and bake sale at St Johns Anglican church Photo by Lorraine A man suffered extensive bums to his Face and body in a fire that completely destroyed a service station in Nerval on Thursday The injured person was Kenneth of Norval employee of the service service station was also gutted The explosion also knocked out several windows of a nearby church witnesses said Three people suffered minor burns when they pushed cars out The cause of the station He was taken to explosion Is not known Damage Brampton Memorial Hospital An explosion Ignited the fire A paint shop at the rear of the Owners on hydro line said ready to negotiate was estimated at are investigating 400 club lucky winners in last weeks draw were Doris Reg Hotham Wayne Mason and Heather township council and property owners directly involved attended a meeting at the Township council chambers last Monday night at which three members of the Ontario Hydro Commission were on hand to explain the proposed volt grid power system which will cross through their property The power line is part of a mile long transmission line which will link Nanticoke and Pickering to tie in with a supply line from the James Bay area It crosses municipalities and In a document released August 1971 the province Indicated that the line will cross Nassagaweyn Township on through and Erin Townships Hydro officials Messrs Ellis and Wadge explained the right of way would be a foot wide swath with towers to 130 foot high located Form new club for snowmobilers By Cecil Patterson Mr and Mrs Newman treated The first meeting of the the members to coffee and Snowmobile Club was held at cookies The next meeting will be Country Mart Acton on Wed- held Dec at the Shell Service Nov at Russell station in when the Murray of the John Deere Snowmobile will be Equipment welcomed the demonstrated members Two films were shown John Deere Country and one on testing John Deere machines to prove their strength and took for improvements where possible Mr demonstrated jacl alignment and tension painting out the pans mnchinewnkh should be often for wear He cautioned to be sure of an adequate gas supply and to avoid burned belts by be inn certain the machine is not frozen to the ground A check each time before using will keep the snowmobile in good running order for safety and pleasure Name of fleers Paul on behalf of the approximately feet apart The three line plans as explained by Mr Sheddon call for one line to be put in by 1975 one other in approximately 15 years and the third at a later date No complaints Questioned as to the possibility of television radio and telephone interference Mr Shcdden explained that a similar line had been put into the Barric region some ten ears ago and there had been no complaints Twenty to foot trees will be left under the lines said Mr Shcdden and on the fringe areas trees will not be touched At road and river crossings a screen of trees feet in width will be left in the valleys of the right of way be explained There was no apparent opposition at Mondays meeting and at its conclusion those present expressed satisfaction at the complete explanatory description of the line the general concept of which was Obituary Bruce Pargeter Beardmore gardener Gardener at Beardmore for over Bruce of Crescent St died in Milton District Hospital on November 19 Mr was retired but ttiii well known for his gardening skill A plaque at In the beautiful grounds there and thc ln Mrs Fred Newman and leaders Russell Murray BUI Wilson and aLso people K Ella warden at St church for The the lire ior the club president Paul Stewart wee president John Nixon secretary Valerie Ella treasurer June Nixon and press reporter Cecil Patterson Accept tender Council has the tender of Ontario Culvert Metal Products for a multiplate culvert at a price of for the bridge which collapsed on the Eighth line near Although two other prices tendered that of Canada Ltd at 2ai8 and We steel Ud at 26 were lower council accepted the Ontario Culvert tender because of the urgency of the situation Ontario guaranteed delivery in week while the tender called for delivery in five to sue weeks and the tender guaranteed delivery in three or four weeks Snow dance thanks all Halton East Jim Snow Minister without Portfolio In the Ontario government held a thank you party Thursday In A dance at thc Galaxy Club was held to express his appreciation to all those who worked for his re election in the October provincial election of the Originals club of Toronto and member of the Mui of the frees service was Nov at St Alban church conducted b tin Harry Dawson Interment was in Fairwew Pallbearers were Herb Ritchie Bern Van Fleet Gordon and grandsons James Kettrick and Brian Mr was born in and was married in 1919 at Warwickshire England to Lilian They came to Canada in 1920 and had lived here since Surviving are his wife daughters and sons Mrs John Ethel and Bruce both of Toronto Gerald and Mrs Joan both of Acton and 11 grandchildren He was predeceased by four brothers and three sisters Defective heater A defective spate heater at Universal Tire on Highway south of Acton was the target for Acton Firefighters Thursday morning at a m the blaze was confined to the 1948 OLDS MOBILE door hardtop automatic power steering power brakes radio 1 1 res and disc brakes Blue with matching Interior 1 owner a real to drive Lie Andrew Murray Motors Limited Road Georgetown Ontario Your Chev Olds Dealer 8530286 EVERYONE IS INVITED TO UNTRY MART 3 miles west of Acton on Highway 7 OPEN HOUSE SATURDAY DEC from AM to 6 PM DOOR PRIZES REFRESHMENTS COME AND SEE OUR COMPLETE DISPLAY route of the line which will stretch from Guelph to Acton along the CNR Railway allowance touching in between acting as an auxiliary line in case of power failure Begin In 1972 first stage of the work will according to Mrs Hanley begin sometime in which will show a voltage increase from 27000 volts to The new poles approximately ft higher than those presently being used will extend from the railway line route to the substation at the bridge and supposedly will present a more attractive picture down the Main street as they will not have extended arms and will be set in thc ground uniformly Although the commission requires only one spar every 200 feet the number of posts Installed will be governed by the street light requirements of the Village and the present count of poles for at area is no more than 30 in all The cost of the complete out yet said Mr who he of the noted the new line was present station Mr Stan Roslyn by greater use of hydro the area representative of the power and appliances Ontario Commission said described the new poles similar that he was in sympathy with the to those now used on the Queen aesthetic ambitions of the Rock- Elizabeth Highway WHK residents and would look at Cost too high Hie property with an eye to chairman Don Hilts improving it asked the officials If they had I will see if anything can be considered the possibility of done to beautify the present underground wiring but Mr surroundings said Mr said that with a village who feels that it might be possible population It would to hide the transformer which not be feasible as the cost would according to local hydro be chairman Mr OBrien was Would it not be possible to acceptable before it was enlarged consider moving the sub station a few years ago at this tune to more industrial Mr feels the new line area near the tracks while major will be an improvement in the changes are taking place as Village and the cost of instal- villagers have requested lation should be minimal Mr said one citizen present at the explained that such costs meeting will be based on the change over Mr Hanley said that this too of street lights and new would be too costly a venture materials until perhaps sometime in The overall plan described as distant future of the Village utility corridor will Include when with growth Fergus and would require more power and Acton Studies of pole require- afford it inenLs are already being made in Hearing about complaints of the City of installation has not been figured clarified We learned more tonight about what s happening to our own property than we could begin to follow at thc Brookville meeting said one property owner who said that with outsiders coming in nothing concrete was ever learned because too many questions 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