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Survey to determine need more senior citizen housing The Ontario Housing Corporation will conduct a survey to determine the need and demand for additional senior citizen housing In the town of Acton A research team from OHC the Ontario Governments housing agency will estimate the number citizens living In Acton whose housing is Inadequate or beyond their financial capabilities The demand In the area for housing on a rent geared to Income basis will be determined from Information gathered through advertising direct mail questionnaires and personal interviews The study which begins July 1672 was requested by Acton Council It will Include an assessment of economic trends growth factors and current and future housing needs in the municipality In this regard interviews will be conducted with such community representatives as municipal officials businessmen social and welfare workers and the clergy Senior citizens in Acton will receive letters outlining the Government housing program and asking them If they wish to participate borne interested persons may not be reached by direct mail urges them to obtain a questionnaire from the municipal offices If the survey shows a need for senior citizens housing it will likely be on apartment building nil ho ugh consideration is given to onestorey units which do not require stairways Apartments for couples have a living room bedroom bathroom and Kitchen Apartments for tenants program it outlines by adopting Li geared to Income and tin minimum la a month including services After considering the survey report can Initiate the Mayor asks cooperation hove a bed sitting room and kitchen All apartments are equipped with stove and refrigerator Rent resolution requesting OHl logo ahead Capital costs are shared by the Provincial and Federal IV The Town of Acton Office of the Mayor Acton Ontario Canada The I ditor Acton Ontario Attention All Senior Citizens of Alton fa While there is a continuing shortage of housing accommodations for people of varying income levels across the country It is an accepted nanavernge arc the best housed people In the In the use of this press survey now under way Ninety Eighth No ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY JULY All truck route a nswer It Is with this In mind that I seek your rclcusc to Inform our Senior Citizens of and the Importance of completing the questionnaires by all qualified over sixty years of age It is my hope that Actons Senior Citizens will be among those Canadians who are well housed regardless of low incomes or other reasons which might make adequate accommodations appear to be In the Interest of all Acton pcoplo appreciated rage your cooperation Is I A Mayor BRAD CAJILSON of New York state signs an Wednesdays dinner given for the US autograph on a maple leaf for Mark visitors Reeve Frank Oakes spoke to the of the 1st Acton scout troop as lost twogroupsof scouts American scouts visit Acton counterparts By Dave Pink While some politicians attempt to widen the gap between the United States and Canada some Acton area boy scouts are doing their best to bring the two countries closer together Last week scouts and five leaders from Jamestown N Joined the Georgetown District at the Oak District Campground at Woodland trails on the Line Nassagawaya Plans for the American visit started to take shape last September when Acton scout master Murray Harrison talked to scoutmaster Jack Sharp of Jamestown about the possibility of exchange visits Last April a group of Acton scouts visited New York and arranged a return visit The Americans arrived in this area on July first day of the three day Campporee After the there has been a full slate of activities for both Jamestown and Acton scouts Wednesday the boys visited the Ontario Science Centre Afterwards they were treated to a roast beef supper put on by the Acton Scout and Guide Mothers at the Scout Hall in Acton Thursday was spent touring the Blue Springs Scout Reserve Friday the troops walked the Bruce Trail from their campsite to the Kelso Conservation Area The Campfire planned for Friday night was rained out so the group took refuge in the hall where the program continued Gifts were exchanged between Americans and Canadians The Jamestown troop broke camp Saturday and returned home The 19 scouts and five leaders who visited Canada expressed thanks and a wish to return soon Ten Acton area Scouts under Mark Al Thompson and Murray Harrison will be returning the visit from August camping at Frewsburg N Y near Jamestown Maybe not a huge venture in cementing international relationships but a significant An all truck road may be the only way to sax roads from being ripped apart by trucks travelling to and from quarries and gravel pits Reeve Tom Hill told a delegation of about 10 people who appeared before Council on Monday night Most of the members of the delegation live on the Sideroad and are upset by the number of gravel trucks using the road after coming from and going to a quarry on the Fourth I The quarry is operated by Indusmin lid Complaints were also voiced about the size and speed of the vehicles The truckers were knocked for across the road to avoid potholes A spokeswoman for the group Mrs I dna Mary said that something must be done about the truck volume and not in 1973 or she quipped Mrs Markham told council that one family had taken a count of the number of trucks using the road In one day they counted over vehicles Use Fourth Line The lady asked council members to think about sending gravel trucks up the Fourth line to Highway and to give some thought to banning trucks from 17 Why should we have it she queried Reeve Tom Hill and Councillor Richard pointed out that there were no easy solutions to the problem It s no good to shift truck routes This is a long range year problem explained Howitt Reive Hill suggested that perhaps the only answer to the problem was to create a route strictly for trucks He knocked the province for not giving the township the money for the creation of such a route Has proposal a specific truck route at a meet of the County Roads Committee on Wednesday The Reeve was a little vague about the exact location of this route but he did mention that perhaps land from the Side road to Highway might be purchased However Hill expressed concern about the county a to build the road They re in the same position we arc their money s been cut Several members of the delegation asked that a tighter police check be enforced along Sideroad Especially from six a to noon hour that when the trouble is noted one woman Owners of the fourth line quarry lid were not blamed for the driving habits of the truckers I understand Indusmin will fire any trucker who is caught breaking traffic laws stated Councillor So maybe we should push the police he added Writeoff Council decided to write the OIP asking them to step up patrols in the area and to send a cony of the letter to Indusmin officials Reeve Hill promised the delegation he would secure copies of the County Roads rcort on for them I In the the winvinj ravel tnuks along Ui to avoid holes ha up Clerk I informed he and Superintendent Hud Snow li id followed and stopped a tnuk who was constantly tinning to tin other side of the to avoid hitting potholes We told him that what he was but he wasn operative We reported nun to Indusmin and to the operators of the truck- Armstrong Brothers I believe have done something about the tmckir stall French Rain lowers market crowd Rainy weather lowered attend at Ihc country market Saturday when the number of booths open had reached a high of Although Nova Scotia lob had been sold the week before and the same number was on hand Saturday not all of them were sold The supplier sent ewer than the number or lered of fresh trout and they were all snapped up before retching the general public vegetables baking honey jam potted flowers cut flowers and bouquets of roses mills and pottery all were on sale a New booth A newcomer was a booth taken by tht lacrosse club to promote their ivie Holiday weekend There will Ix a lacrosse tournament and dame Tickets were sold the booth New furm ft nee entries to the had been built by the nunc people with an Opportunities for Youth grant keep office hours in the town hull report they re ixpcctinf mother booth with firm vegetables this Saturday morn in I SHAKE A CLAW Marie makes the acquaintance of a lobster at the farmers market Saturday Mane thinks she like to try one some lime but settled for a bag of cookies Clerk is Susan Brooks PhotobyK Dills Why an Acton ARF office In an effort to fulfil its rcspon sibility of servicing County entirely the county the Addiction Research foundation has opened pari time offices in Acton Georgetown and Milton this summer Hie Acton office located in an anteroom at the council chambers in the town hall will be open each Thursday from in the morning until 4 in the afternoon chiefly as a referral service for persons desiring information on abuse or wishing to talk about questions of abortion birth control or lefiy Palmer AHr County community consultant and her assistant Don Morgan will be at the office alternate alone with Hurley who is supervising the Coming About coffee house here this summer in cooperation with the foundation Information available tacts sheets containing in formation on various types of drugs are available at the office as Well as special handbooks for parents If the particular person on duty is unable to answer a Ospringe area parents worried about outbreak of hepatitis Worried parents In the area were strongly critical of the Wellington Health Unit this week over an outbreak of infectious hepatitis which has affected at least five families with children who attended school Although the school nurse Is alleged to have assured them there was nothing to worry about some children are in hospital two fathers are known to be quarantined and others may have had the disease without knowing The Health Unit was criticized because some parents felt they should have let every parent the school know of the presence of the disease in the community and the means of preventing it from spreading We would have been alert and aware if we bad been informed said Mrs Stuart a teacher at the school as well as a parent with two youngsters who rave contracted the disease Her daughter Karen is in Guelph hospital and the baby is at home with a less severe case informed However the Free Press contacted Health Unit medical officer of health Dr B T Dales on Monday and he said the Unit was not informed about the out break and promised prompt action to find out the extent of the disease Tuesday nurse Mrs Bamby of the health unit was working on the case She stressed the importance of good personal bathroom hygiene in combatting infectious hepatitis which spreads easily among children The disease stems from a virus which cannot be detected under a microscope which makes it difficult to diagnose There are no known antibiotics to fight the disease Persons who develop infectious hepatitis must get lots of rest and let the disease take its course Sometimes the first identifiable symptom is jaundice which yellows the skin Symptoms are very much like the flu People often think they flu when it turns into jaundice A blood test is the only method of determining whether the sufferer has infectious hepatitis Some doctors feel that a serum being used provides some im munity but others feel it is use less Nurse Bamby said the virus can incubate in a person as long as three months before breaking out which makes it very difficult to trace Assumed was flu area families flirted with the disease assumed it was the flu although Mrs said one family which continued to attend classes had a member sick with the disease during the last two weeks of school She traces the troubles back to then Principal Lome Brown was not satisfied when he was told there was nothing to worry about and phoned the Erin doctor to report the disease The school t do more Mrs said Now her husband is quarantined as well as another father in the district Both are off work Her daughter Karen is in hospital and the baby has a less severe case at home It has ruined our entire summer she says Hie disease was identified by doctors at the Acton Medical Centre who impressed Mrs McKinnon with the service they received and the desire to help She noted that only doctor is on vacation and the village and area must come to Acton or or some other urban centre for medical attention Mrs McKmnon feels people in the area should be aware of the presence of the disease and know how to prevent it with close attention to personal hygiene The disease is not confined to the Ospnnge area There are other cases in the Acton area as well the Free Press was told HOUSES In the new Seynuk subdivision are rapidly taking shape FREE PRESS columnist Wendy Thomson is out in the Canadian Rockies over the next few weeks enjoying her recreationtrail Her first epistle and ac companying picture arrives this week Turn inside and you 11 see how the three rugged looking gentlemen above fit Into the trail rider picture Left to right they are guides Mike Crawley Thomson Photo question it can be referred to a more qualified worker the service will not be limited to individuals Members of volunteer organizations or church groups members of the clergy or anyone Interested In social problems are invited to seek advice or ask about resources available to them Staff workers in each of the North Halton towns will be asked to make an assessment of the general climate of the town Including attitudes between youth and adults and an investigation of what has happened in the past to lead to undesirable social situations Make plans We re planning right now for our 1973 and budgets Mrs Palmer explains We have to be aware of happening It involves a lot of talking to people The foundation hopes to be able to maintain the Acton office year round and a ZENITH number may be set up Right now the number at the office is Collision during week Mary Steinberg Toronto had estima ted damage to her car Saturday after a collision with a car driven by Terry Simmons Acton His cars damage was estimated by Acton P at On Friday a driver with a beginners license struck Knox church steps causing estimated to the vehicle No charge was laid Last Tuesday Halo collision involved cars driven by Hans Heist and Aubrey Jones Brampton Damage was minor ana no charge was laid