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Indusmin still plans disposal site near Acton Workedout quarries at the Limited operation near Acton may still be transformed into a sanitary waste disposal site even though Metro Toronto executive has rejected a Canadian National Railways proposal to ship treated municipal waste from the city to the quarries In a letter read at Monday night meeting of Esqueslng Council the company announced its intention to proceed with an application to the waste management branch of the Department of the Environment for permission to operate a sanitary waste disposal site present Canadian Pacific Railways proposal to haul the city garbage to a site believed to be in the area some how falls through However Mr Borud emphasized any Indusmin later the company division manager A Borud told this paper Indusmin would likely make a second offer to Metro Executive in the event the offer would be for chemically treated and baled waste only Chose Metro Executive chose the CP Kail offer over the proposal in October The proposal at a price of per ton Included no initial processing of waste and called for it to be dumped as is intorailcars TheCN proposal at a price of W per ton called for waste to be treated and baled at a Toronto site then shipped by rail to the Indusmin site In its letter to council Indusmin pointed out the need for improved municipal waste disposal not only In but in surrounding municipalities such as Georgetown Acton and Burlington We have reviewed several alternative methods and in our opinion the best method today is to shred alt waste compress it and package it into bales Our applied ion would exclude all forms of municipal waste except as a shredded and bated product the letter went on According to preliminary In dusmin plans bales would be received at the quarries daily in covered vehicles and stacked In a workedout portion of the quarry Each day they would be stacked and covered with limestone screenings The final layer of bales would be covered with four to five feet of overburden and rehabilitated with trees shrubs and Would monitor In conjunction with various government agencies the company would monitor the environment prior to starting the landfdl and periodically there after as required to alleviate worries about possible damage to the area water table Mr said the company would suggest to government officials that perl meter wells be drilled around the quarry site and that the wells be checked regularly by water resources experts He said however that he is more concerned about surface runoff than possible seepage into the water table Cites reason One reason Indusmin Initiated the idea said was the interest shown in a regional waste disposal site by Hal ton County Council However he made it clear waste would eventually have to be drawn from somewhere outside the county to make the project a viable one is not enough volume of waste in Hal ton We could handle of the county municipal waste some from outside he sail also said his company is interested only in offering a land fill Any of the treating shredding or baling processes would have to be arranged by the county or whatever municipality Is inter cite Detailed planning of the storage area and operating methods will not be finalized until the government permit is issued Die letter closed with an offer from the company to appear before any group to explain the proposed operation As in the past we propose to keep you fully informed and solicit your and comments We intend to remain as good n the community and plan to make this operation a model project the letter concluded Ninety Year No 31 ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY JANUARY 31 1973 Seek new well Acton will budget for test drilling this year and If the tests are successful an estimated MO will be required for well development The search for an additional source of water for the town looks favorable following a report to council from Crowley Ground water Limited who made a survey just south of town Their recommendation also had the approval of the town engineers Anderson Associates Councillor Coats explained to council Tuesday night that J D Crowley thinks there is an interesting situation just south of town He believes he has discovered an underground valley with a river running along its bottom and perhaps a waterfall He proposed three test drills and he would like to get his heavy machines in before the ground begins to thaw Council is very hopeful of good results with the new source of water which is very near the town and would require little taping Councillor indicated the matter Is imperative with additional water needed The mayor felt there might be as much as a million or two million gallons here He said the town can no longer drill for a small supply Mr Crowley has done seismic refraction tests to determine the top of bedrock and electrical resisUvlty tests for sand and gravel His account for the survey was 371 although the original estimate was S3 Mr Crowley contracts the work to drillers THIRD ACTON BROWNIE PACK donated the Centennial Commissioner Jack Carpenter is Rhonda Parsons while Commission and the rest of the Brownies Guides Cubs Elaine Foster left Brown Owl Mrs Shirley Scott Jennifer and Scouts were challenged to do better at their regular and the rest of the pack look on meeting last Friday night Presenting the cheque to Jennings Brownies support Acton Centennial By Jack Carpenter The Acton Brownie Pack donated to the Acton centennial project last Friday from funds they had raised for a trip Instead they gave it towards a community project With brownies in the pack Brown owl and leaders that works out at each That quite an effort when you are about seven years old What did these young people think about Acton Centennial told the centennial representative some of their ideas and thoughts It a great Idea and everybody should support it We should put all sorts of colourful things around town and have a big parade There should be a beauty contest for a girl and she could be Acton The schools should be closed should meet in the park and we should have a big picnic A special holiday should be announced and the schools should be closed All the old people should be locked up in Jail and the young people should be free What about Brown Owl Oh she should be free What about me Oh You will have to be locked up We should invite all our friends and relatives and all the people that ever lived In Acton to come one day and visit There should be all kinds of dances concerts for the young people some of the big groups Our centennial is one of the most important times of our lives and everyone should support it participate in fact it their Whot the good of town if you don t get involved at a mm this Lions seek station The Lions club would like to obtain the old CNR station and through councillor Norm Elliott asked for council backing Tuesday Mr Elliott said he t able to divulge the service club plans for the station yet but members hoped council would throw their support behind a group which wanted to keep the station in town Asked by the mayor if the Lions were aware the structure has to be moved Mr Elliott said they have looked It over and already been in contact with the CN representative in charge of disposing of the building However the mayor knows of several others also interested More Info The Lions felt the town moral support could go behind a move to have it retained In town rather than moved away and used as say a residence Deputy Reeve Marks asked for a copy of the Lions proposal and more details before a decision made Suiters injuries in collision North Halton OPP reported two collisions Involving Acton area people this week out of 18 reported On Monday January vehicles driven by Francis RR1 Acton and Monday January Norman Patey Acton Highway 7 west of the Wellington County Line was the collision Total damage was to collided on Slderoad west of vehicles driven by Howard the lilbson Mead Ave Hamilton Townlinc ii and Adrianua Vanapstal 13 Total damage to both vehicles Wilbur St Acton 17 was estimated to be Mrs There were no injuries Teeth identify body A woman body found in a bush in Township north of Georgetown Sept has finally been Identified Through dental charts Ontario Provincial Police positively Identified the body as that of Janice Montgomery a transient from Saskatchewan who had recently lived in Barrle The girl was murdered police said she had been shot In the head and the body Is believed to have been there for three to four months before It was found by two hunters Worked In Janice Montgomery daughter of Mrs L Montgomery now living in New Westminster B C left home in the summer of Her family said she lived In Calgary and Saskatoon before heading for Ontario and had written home from an address In where at one time she was working as a waitress in a drive in restaurant She had attended school in Prince Albert Sask but dropped out of school during a Grade 11 commercial course No Identification was found when the badly decomposed body was found in the bush last September OPP circulated a description of the clothing and a dental chart to police and dentists in this area and eventually circulated the dental charts across Canada Imp Bennett said a couple of weeks ago he was told Miss Mont gomery had not been seen lately in the area County committee Opposes fourth borough Dragway operators ask Sunday racing Staggered two week layoff Anticipating a season of top quality racing meets solicitors for the Toronto International east of Acton have asked Council to amend its racing to Emit meets on Sundays from I until September and from Monday to Thursday nights inclusive until 11 Postpone Snowmobile wee Mens snowmobile laces originally scheduled for and Sunday February hate been postponed until the weekend of and it is the first tune the annual snowmobile rally has had to be postponed It was the quirks of old Man Winter which determined the decision Saturday the Men plan a cross country race and the iuniias will feature oval track racing on airy Lake As well as the lack of snow the mild weather of the past few weeks has created uncertain and risky ice conditions on the take The solicitors have also asked that a provision be made In by law to allow for the opening of the gates earlier than 11 a on Sundays If It is found necessary to avoid traffic congestion In a tetter to council the solicitors added It is our object to provide top quality performers and establish a quality track and In order to achieve this goal It requires the opening dates since the first day of May is the recognized opening date for drag racing in Southern Ontario No mention was made of the requests at Monday night s council meeting but acting Len Coie promised repre sentatives the North Ratepayers Association Peter Bowman who lives adjacent to the dragway and repre sentatives will be invited to a committee meeting for further Budget Halton County Board of Education started into budget preparations for 1973 Thursday by reviewing the 1972 operation In weeks to come the board will analyse each segment of the operation and draft a budget for 1973 A general lock of business has forced a two week for most employees at the plant Acton largest Industry The layoff which at different times affects the plants entire operation began earlier this month Workers in the wet departments the early stages of the tanning process have now returned to work Other departments are now experiencing the layoff and some shipping department personnel are working four weeks The layoff is the first of similar Free Press Quiz How do you feel about the J last week Id street Interviews Free Press photographer Jha Jenaing asked that question This was the response Mrs It may have its problems to begin with but any new system has to have bugs worked out of It duration at the plant In many years Some employees have left their jobs and found employment elsewhere Assistant general manager Abbott Conway said this week all tanners are having a difficult tune because of the rising cost of hides and the resultant rise in the sale price of leather The price of hides has more than doubled in the past year and a side of finished leather which sold for to 55 cents per square foot a year ago is now selling from cents to per square font Adding to tanners woes at the present time Mr Conway explained is the increased competition in the leather market from foreign countries such as Brazil and Argentina In spite of the present unfavorable market the spokesman said he does expect orders to increase gradually An adjustment in process was also partially responsible for the layoff first meeting of the Warden select committee on regional government decided to oppose the four borough setup as outlined in the proposal Tor local government reform released by the province lost week Prior to the announcement last Tuesday the county had voted strongly in favor of a three unit with Milton In the north borough Milton felt a fourth borough centred around Milton should be established The town made submissions to the province and these submissions were adopted In the proposals The select committee includes Milton Reeve Bob McCuaig Oakville Reeve Allan Masson chairman Burling ton Reeve 1es Preston Nassa gaweya Reeve and Warden Ann and Reeve Coxc The committee outvoted Mc in their decision to oppose the fourth borough Coxe said he t associate the thinking of the province when they proposed three boroughs for Ici and four for which Is a smaller county both population and area wise Question services Chairman Preston questioned Milton ability to service all of the area they were given in the proposal asked what would to Milton if it were allowed to grow and then experienced a water shortage and wells ran dry Coxe suggested there was people in the Milton area would lose in the three borough system that they would gain in a four borough system Warden MacArthur suggested Milton would not have to apply for annexation to expand in a third borough setup as long as the proposals were accepted by the borough She said she felt Milton was trying to run before they crawl and feared they might create a monster that would be expensive to both the town and Ihe region objected to the fact that the proposal had cut Oakville from the largest to the smallest area wise municipal ity in the region explained would oppose the fourth borough both at the county and provincial level Warden MacArthur and Deputy Reeve argued that community interest t a clear enough reason to define a boundary They felt that community interest would stay Ihe same regardless of boundary changes Slow growth pointed to the Toronto Centred Region Plan for development and the fact that Milton is in zone one where growth will be allowed and north Halton is in zone two which has been described as a slow growth He suggested that Milton was in a better position than any other municipality to service land In Centra Halton While most of the meeting was taken up on discussing the merits of three or four boroughs the committee agreed to visit other ureas where regional govern has already been imple mented In the hopes of learning from their mistakes The committee was to go to Niagara yesterday Tuesday on the first of three visits vcntually the committee will study the mechanics of imple menting the new system of government and make presents to Queen Park about how they feel it would best be handled Municipalities have until March to make representation The committee will report to county at the end of February While members agreed external boundaries as proposed the province were acceptable some queried the validity in taking East and in if those pah tie did not wish to come J I don t think it will do any harm I in favor of it but it is not all cleared up yet Mrs Helen McLeod Tune will tell Acton Georgetown and the rest of the area are close enough together Wayne Moss I don t think it will make any difference to the lives of the citizens of Acton but the town will lose some of its small town charm and identity Mn Marilyn GaryDeBrayn afraid we will be caught short of electoral delegates to 1 would like to see as we have been in the Nassagaweya as one unit not past with the school board split into two separate ones Otherwise it s a better system