Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), April 12, 1972, p. 3

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Extinguish two fires Committee rejects Limehouse bypass rhe is loud and lion from the limehouse area and Improvement proposals Mr committee approval to study took two fire calls during the past week Minor blazes were quickly extinguished First call came Thursday af ternoon about 2 when a blazing mattress at the residence of Alan 1S7 Main St S was discovered Firefighters took the mattress outside where it was thrown in the snow Saturday afternoon around one o clock the brigade answered a call from the First Line where a motor on a furnace was afire at the home of Mrs Snyder gravel trucks through the the present railway over- to the Fourth Line north from Mr Brooks maintained the village and I don blame them P replaced any new roads in Slderoad to Highway He most practical and economical Reeve Alan Masson told tJe tate3 raised to suggested widening and paving solution was to widen end pave members of the County subsidize the industry or any from might Indeed the Line a mile and one- problem Road Commlltee Tuesday trBfic through the village be adequate tenth to Highway cautioned He maintained residents had no County Engineer Jack objection to the Duff trucks but noted alternatives suggested by enough is enough When you add residents In letters to the Indusmln on top of that its more committee suggested action on lan we can take the Fourth Line north to Highway He stressed residents wanted on the Fourth and Fifth Lines Road maintained in its proper and on through J Concession Three He sought Road Committee Tuesday Members of the committee voted unanimously to reject the consultants proposals for a by pass or improvements Warden Swan borough We could have petitions on any route If you reject all routes there is no solution to the the engineer county road passing through Ji limehouse and agreed the enguieer should study alternate trucking routes for gravel trucks condition from area quarries and pits Suggests alternative Brooks presenting a an alternative to bypass Historic town buildings undergo national study Architectural heritage of Actons oldest buildings Is being recorded both statistically and photographically this month by university graduates Dave Sorensen of Don Mills and Lou Mulligan Brampton who are taking the survey for the Historic Sites branch of the federal government Department of Indian Affairs The department began a nationwide survey of Canada oldest building in the summer of and expects to record data on 100 buildings built before 1880 in eastern Canada and before in western Canada by Warden J suggested the committee resol ution call for a study of further routes and a rejection of those already outlined The engineer pointed out his suggestion was to look at further routes but not rule out those already proposed Trucks out We want to keep the trucks right out of I imehouse Reeve emphasized people won know where they re at if we don t reject the design routes I realize one of the routes will have to be ac ceptable but I feel the design We as the chamber are routes should be rejected certainly willing to go along with other organizations In helping to raise funds for the centennial Acton Chamber of Commerce Chamber pledges support for Centennial Mr Brooks concluded the residents had no objection to the trucks going through the village from the Duff pit but objected to increasing this number He suggested the Duff pit would soon be exhausted anyway The committee approved the engaging of consultants to look at further routes CANCER canvassers are still making calls ROAD sweepers mechanical and human are busy cleaning the streets Reduce development commission Objectives On main objective of the building inventory Is to disclose concentrations of usable attractive buildings in downtown urban areas With results the survey urban geographers sociologists Industrial and economists will be able to building from different angles while Mulligan fills in the president Roy Goodwin told answers to different questions dinner meeting at the Dominion about the building on a form Hotel last Wednesday night sheet President Goodwin was There are approximately eight responding to a query from pail other surveying teams working in president John about the southern Ontario area from whether or not the chamber Is Waterloo to Cobourg considering ways and means of and Mulligan will raising money for the centennial report to Free Press on their Goodwin said the chamber has findings when their work in town already committed itself to a Is completed second fund raising dance this The survey believed to be the summer and will organize other first comprehensive projects The Chamber has inventory in the world already donated raised at a created for a computerized dance to the Centennial information system Commission The Acton Free Press Wednesday April 1972 HOMEOWNERS CALL TO 10 PM 80000 Obtain all the cash you need and reduce your payments by as much as half a 2nd or 3rd mortgage on sensible terms Gill to today lor helpful courteous service Prompt Invoslmonf Corp Bay St Toronto Call Collect 3M95M evenings HISTORIC BUILDINGS like Actons old town hall are being studied this month by Dave Sorensen left and Lou Mulligan who are taking an inventory for the Historic Sites branch of the Department of Indian Affairs The Acton study is part of a nationwide survey Photo by Gibbons Scouts Cubs take part in Tree project ThL BOO Boy Scouts and Cubs of the Georgetown district which Includes Georgetown Acton Scotch Block Milton Glen Williams Norval Balllna- fad and have under taken a test project In reforesta tion that could be nation wide by next year Trees for Canada project In which the Scouts and Cubs will solicit pledges per tree from the public The boys will plant every tree they sell and collect their pledges after planting Planting Duy is April The Scouts in cooperation with the Optimist Club of Georgetown students and faculty of Sheridan College County and Credit Valley Con servation Authorities expect to make a huge success of the project Slow boat for Scottish Yule mall Rumors that the Scottish postal service was using sailing ships for overseas delivery were given substance this week by at least three Acton residents Jack Bruce Bower Ave told the Free Press he did not receive some Christmas cards until February 16 and a Scottish calendar postmarked November arrive until Friday April 1072 Further research revealed that Mrs Stan Norton Church St and Mrs Elmer Grischow Nelson Court both received Christmas calendar gifts last week five months after they were postmarked from Perth Scotland The Free Press contacted the local post office but officials there were unaware of any problems with Scottish mall and suggested parcels would be very difficult to put a tracer on Development Commission has been reduced from members to five Council approved the cut last night Tuesday following a request from commission chairman Paul Nielsen He suggested the commission could operate more effectively with a smaller number of members A subsequent poll of all 10 members produced no negative opinions Named to the new five man commission were Mayor Councillor Jack Greer Paul Nielsen Ted Tyler and F Retiring members are Bert Hlnton Fred Salt Deputyreeve Pat McKenzle and Councillors Earl and Peter Marks Councillor Greer admitted he felt the cut from 10 to five members may have been too large a one to make at one time He said he favored a reduction to seven members Mayor explained that some commission meetings in the past have had to be adjourned for lack of a quorum The larger the commission was the larger the quorum we needed the mayor pointed out discuss trends of settlement as well as changing patterns of housing The inventory will also serve as reference for art historians and architects After all the data is complied it will be made available In catalogue form to all provinces for use in their own planning In this field Cover area Sorensen a of T grad and Mulligan who earned an M A 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