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The Acton Free Presi Wednesday February Erin township council briefs At the regular monthly meeting February 1 Erin Township Council Decided to apply for cemetery property Learned that a pay telephone will be Installed by the Community Telephone Company at the Ospringe store on a six month temporary basis Recommended going to Indicating that road construction Discussed how to find the age was under consideration In 1672 of the ancient Hounddog but was turned down for lack of council chair In the council funds Treasurer Bert Berry Discussed the Fire commented that It was already Department budget with chief old when he was small Reeve BobCheyne who told council that Lang said that no records while the new fire hall was being the chair could be built trucks and equipment were found neglected a little Mr Cheyne Passed a motion to pay listed present requirements for consulting engineers the department three more air Cormick Rankin and Associates tanks for their packs a smoke Ltd fig for a road needs SH2 study of road LOOKING OVER a document that outlines the Milton Post Office The details concerning new postal codes announced last week are the code were announced at a press Milton Postmaster Walter Bell Acton Post conference in Toronto Wednesday master Gord and Tom Shields of PhotobyB Postal code announced A new postal code came Into Montreal British Columbia and effect for south central Ontario the Maritlmes will follow The last week when federal postal entire country should be coded by officials announced the initiation late 1973 of the code If they haven t Mailing lists will be coded by already residents In this area will receive letters notifying them of their code In the near future Murray McBrlde executive assistant to Andre Postmaster General said that if 56 per cent of the people can be persuaded to use the code when doing their mailing the cost of mechanization will he covered in savings If more than that use the code a considerable saving will be realized The project is estimated to cost million McBrlde and other postal of suggested that the new system would result In an ef and cost effective system for sorting mail Changing work load In 1973 and and In the years for which they plan enormous mail volumes arrive throughout every day There has been a change In the workload and the Post Office Department la changing too One part of our attempt to draw the best possible good out of the inevitable change the Postal Code the Post Office free of charge The general public and businesses should contact their local post office if they want coding done Soft pedal code at Acton office Although Acton has been issued a postal codevOP 1RO as part of updating the post office system in Canada won push it here until the advent of letter carriers sometime in Target date for the introduction of letter carriers in Acton has been set lor October 1973 Plans are already being made to survey the towrt and start machinery rolling We are going to soft pedal the postal code until we get letter earners said Postmaster Gordon McKeown The code will change when letter carriers begin routes in Acton and to introduce it now in conjunction with other post offices in the central Ontario postal district would only add to the confusion Mr said he is working on plans with postal officials now to start proceedings on letter earner service First move is to find out whether the town is eligible There must be points of call to qualify The new code is alpha numeric composed of both letters Urbanization and the and numbers but It does not really pinpoint locations until population increase have letter earners divide the town up into distncts each with resulted In further complications slight of the code For example our 15 largest Canadian cities account for a full per cent of all the mail Montreal and Toronto alone have percent Everyday Canadians mail about million letters and parcels In one year this adds up to five billion When this mall is sorted by band a letter can be handled up to 21 times between mailing and delivery McBride said Area people involved in two collisions on borrowing from the bank Sent MO to the Soil and Crop Improvement Association Read a letter from the Commission thanking council for the opportunity to talk at last month s meeting Received two letters supporting a resident request for snowmobile legislation last month Reeve Lloyd Lang commented that he received many phone calls opposing such legislation Clerk Elmer was directed to obtain copies of bylaws relating to snowmobiles In surrounding municipalities Heard that the trustees are satisfied with building lots by 125 feet Was Informed of a meeting February 15 30 Eramosa School concerning land use Decided that all council members would attend the rural municipalities meeting of the Good Roads Association Feb 5 Some will attend the seminar Feb and 27 where Henry Wheeler Is to receive the year long service award at p m on the 27th Received a letter from Consumers Gas in regard to the gas line break in November on Main St stating that It was not a break In the joint Council was left In the air as to what the letter meant Councillors said their main complaint was not the break Itself but the slowness of repair Heard of a Solandt Commission Hearing in Toronto February Reeve Lang and councillor Bill McLean will attend Was advised of the right of way study concerning transmission rights of the power line from the Bruce generating station to sites in the area There will be three or four months of studies and public meetings will be arranged Discussed the arbitration award for the school board Reeve Lang asked council to decide whether money should be borrowed from the bank to pay It or whether council should wait for the taxes to come In Received a request for support from the Salvation Army stating that the township and asking that a donation be considered Asked building Inspector Jim If he could when giving out building permits stamp them with the fire area the property Is in and the correct number to call Received a petition of names of residents concerned about the condition of the Erin East Garafraxa town line east of Orton Council asked the clerk to draft a letter stating that Erin will consider the work pending approval of and the department of highways and buildings and four lengths of street systems estimating hose No new hose of that revenues that will be available to size has been bought since the meet those needs department was formed Discussed a possible Increase Cheyne also suggested plastic Ln payment to the township facemasks at apiece as a livestock valuators plus safety factor and asked council mileage At present they receive to consider In the near future a fa per call and no mileage now tanker or repairs to the old Was visited by Hlllsburgh trustee Henry Wheeler who Go service starts in fall The six GO trains running between Georgetown and Toronto will carry 4 passengers a day according to the Ministry of Transportation and Communications Fare will likely be around 10 per trip but costs will determine the exact price The service will likely start In the fall of trains will go to the city during the morning rush hour and three will return at night They will stop at Brampton Mul ton Weston and the Bloor subway station before arriving at Union Station The trains will not operate through the remainder of the day or on weekends as they do along the route Originally the government planned an early starting time planning to use regular rail equipment available However It was 9 decided to wait untilnew equipment could be purchased similar to that running on the GO Lakeshore line An order has been placed for three new engines and rail cars valued at seven million dollars New station V Meanwhile the Acton station will be either given away or sold and a smaller glass enclosed structure erected as a waiting room for GO train passengers It train service will eventually be extended as far as with a stop at Acton The new structure will be used as a pickup station for the GO bus service between and 11 Georgetown until rail service ls reestablished The old Acton station has only a waiting room open now for train passengers All windows are boarded up except one from the waiting room It is believed the station could not be moved without mi dismantling it Only two passenger trains stop at Acton now one in the morning and another westbound In the evening Several people use the present service presented Reeve Lang with a gavel on condition that ha leave it for village trustcss to use Became Involved In a heated discussion with developer Dave Meal and planner Michael Brodlgan of Wlndland associates over certain aspects of the subdivision Reeve Lang stated firmly he would discuss nothing further unUI after meeting with the planning board Mr Meal stated he felt it was undemocratic that a person could be discussed at length and not be present at the planning board meetings and added he would ask for permission to attend He and Mr agreed to a meeting with the afternoon of February and asked that it be public Drew up a list of names of people representing a cross section from the whole of the township who wilt be asked to serve on a the proposed Recreation Board They are Blair Kennedy George Diane Cook Sandra Parks Bill Smith Laura Les Sherrett and Jean John Held and Bert Wheeler will represent council on the board The Free Press Incorrectly listed the salary of the building inspector in Erin township as in a recent issue The correct amount ls while the club receives 500 plus in expenses Both received an per cent Increase in 1973 Plan hikes Bruce Trail Club members are planning hikes In this area each weekend for the rest of February This Saturday Feb they plan a circular hike In the Rattlesnake Point area MIKE In the market or a new or used car Invites all friends In Acton and area to drop In and see him Jack RICHARDSON LTD Hwy Milton or INDEPENDENT ORDER OF FORESTERS Valentines Dance Saturday February 10 1973 HOLY ROSARY PARISH HALL ff DANCING Orchestra Jack Reeves the Reeves Boys Admission per Couple 9 L C B Regulations V On Surday January a two vehicle collision occurred on the Fifth Line Esquesing No layoffs Township south of Postal officials have Vehicles involved were driven by repeatedly said that no Ronald Clow Limehouse age employees working in the post and Michael 12 office at a time when Young St Georgetown age IB mechanization is Introduced will Total damage was estimated at lose their Jobs or be asked to work Mrs age a for less pay passenger in her husband a Coding in northern Ontario will vehicle received minor Injuries be completed by late February Five Sideroad Esquesing Western Quebec Metropolitan Township west of the Third Line was the scene of a single vehicle collision on Sunday January 28 1973 Vehicle was driven by Dale Fisher R Acton age IS Damage to his vehicle was estimated at with Bus in collision passengers Damage totalled an estimated Wednesday In a twovehicle on Main St One of the vehicles was a bus owned by the horses Department of Correctional Belgians in the photo on last Services with fl wards of sagas James correctly called later MILTON LIONS CLUB Every Thursday Milton District High School Wiltmi JACKPOT Early Bird Games at pm Games at pm