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Brownies name Mrs CK Browne Citizen of the Year at banquet A full house of Brownies Guides mother and guests enjoyed the annual banquet held last Tuesday at Acton Meadows golf course and applauded the announcement that Mrs C Browne is the Brownies Citizen of the Year About 170 sat down to turkey dinner at tables specially decorated by the girls There were placemats the First Acton Guide company made napkin holders the Second Acton Brownies made flowers on stands and the Third Acton Brownies made octopus decorations Mrs Browne was introduced by Mayor Les and presented with roses from An 0 P silver trophy A silver tray was presented to The tray will remain In her awarded posthumously to Corp Helen Mason by Cons Nick possession to the Ray Mason will be on display In the local detachments award the Acton police office during representative to district 3 of the OPP and Cons Paul Brown SILVER TROPHY honoring the late Corp Ray Mason will remain In the Acton detachment offices during the present year Behind it is a portrait of Police Commissioner Eric Silk donor of the trophy Mrs Helen Mason keeps a silver tray Photo by K Dills Anniversary trophy The trophy which is in annual competition will go to another detachment at the end of this year It was instituted by the Commissioner of Police for Ontario Eric Hamilton Silk on the anniversary of the Previous winners of the EUCtlll and S Schultz in This district includes Burlington Waterdown Milton and Acton as its major centres The police association makes the decision on the awarding of the trophy in Its own area Meen tries again A meeting has been set up for Thursday March 15 at pjn in the county administration building when Arthur Meen parliamentary assistant to the treasurer will confer with north Halton councils The previous meeting scheduled with Mr Meen proved disappointing when he did not appear but sent representatives The new invitation to chat over refreshments at pjn made at least two council members suspicious At once the mayor and reeve wandered if Mr Meen would have to be leaving for another meeting that same evening Another meeting of North Halton is being held March in with as hosts Council agreed to ask the clerk to contact Esquesing requesting an agenda be set up A first meeting of all four municipalities concerned was held Wednesday of last week Brownie Joanne Van and a toadstool casserole from Harry Trotter A special plaque was donated by Madame Commissioner Rose Hall The mayor also presented Madame Commissioner with a gift a toadstool designed coffee set brought forward by Tweenie Mefrityre and Brownie Pottl McClure Each Brownie pack and Guide company put on a short program The Third Acton Brownie pack started with a tribute to Mrs Browne a verse for each initial of her name and then The Brownie World Song The Second Acton Brownie presented a skit on how the Brownies began and then sang I m A Little Acorn Brown The First Acton Guides gave a skit and demonstration on first old The Second Acton Guides sang Land of the Silver Birch and presented a dance made up and called by Diane Canadian Home Town Acton Both Brownie packs under the direction of Brown Owl Mrs Van sang two songs A Brownie Smile and I d Like To Teach the World to Sing Guides Box and All Things shall Perish Madame Commissioner presented warrants and pins to Mrs Helen Rowe of the First Acton Guides and Lieut Mrs Mary Wilson Second Acton Guides The Guides then formed a horseshoe so Madame Commissioner and the guides and leaders could enroll Mrs Ruth Haskell as a She was warranted and pinned as deputy commissioner for the Acton district She also received a world pin as a personal gift from Madame Commissioner Mrs Hall introduced the new executive of the Scout and Guide Mothers for the coming year president Mrs Betty vice president Mrs Mamie Schonnop secretary Mrs La Maruhe treasurer Mrs Lenore McKinnon Head table guests for the banquet were the mayor Mrs Browne Madame Commissioner Rose Hall and Mrs Elsie Syme who donated flowers Flag bearers for the ceremony were Christine Allan and Tyra McKinnon for the closing Mrs Shirley Scott started Brownie taps followed Mrs Hall with Guide taps Ninety Eighth Year No 35 Tower lines ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY Forty Pages Fifteen Cents BEAMING MRS C K BROWNE shows the Year during Scout and Guide week Mrs plaque presented to her by Acton Brownies Browne store next door to the scout hall is a last week She was named their Citizen of the popular spot for the girls Coles OPP trophy honors late Corp Ray Mason Residents asked to mark maps Residents of the district will have an opportunity to Indicate the areas they think should be avoided by the proposed volt Ontario Hydro power corridors by filling In details on inventory maps placed in strategic points in affected Data books and maps have been placed in Georgetown library Nassagaweya Acton and post offices and at Erin township offices Individuals are being asked to indicate items of local significance which they feel should be included in the Inventory and the Information will be collected and onto the ten study maps being prepared by Bruce and his associates consultants to the Commission Data collected will then be presented at the second meeting with Mr and his staff First meeting First area meeting with Mr took place Wednesday at Georgetown Centennial school where an estimated people showed up to gather Information about the proposed line and its feeder towers which originally would have split and Erin townships with the main 610foot swath marching across the southern half of Erin townships and then crossing the northern half of Nassagaweya township into Mr Howlett was pleased with the turnout at the Georgetown meeting the largest group to discuss the hydro lines to date Public Loncern over the proposed routes resulted In the establishment of the Solandt Commission En June 1972 to study the matter After a series of meetings the commission decided further study was necessary to select the routes which would have the least effect on the environment The Job of finding the best route was given to Mr and his associates a neutral firm of consultants who had done similar work In the United States He proposed a detailed environmental study of the region to be traversed by the power line the ten regional maps each deals with a basic environmental topic such as land use natural resources and areas Purposeof the mops Is to determine the path of least environmental impact Need power It IS generally acknowledged the power corridors are needed to meet increasing demands for electric power in southern Ontario The main corridor would include three volt lines Circulation figures up Circulation at Acton Library Increased by to 36 787 in 1 from the previous year chief librarian Mrs Isabel Watson reported to the library board The nonfiction total of breaks down into 738 for adults and to Juveniles The fiction total of breaks down Into 15 to adults and to juveniles The library board with the same members as last year has again elected George Lee as chairman Other members are Rev Harry Dawson Ted Pratt Fred New and Mayor Les Duby with Ian Marshall as secretary treasurer The new reference room In the library basement will soon be ready for use Added in the past week or so are about 100 new records including a crosssection for all tastes Quite a few of them are modern popular records which will appeal to the teenagers Spilled gasoline hosed down Gas spilled at L and Ford brought the firefighters out to cope late Monday afternoon The spillage was hosed down There was no fire with two additional lines of smaller voltage to run alongside Northsouth connections will link to the main line At Wednesday s meeting the crowd was divided into three groups for discussion purposes question and answer period followed chaired by Mr He and various officials from Ontario Hydro fielded questions from the audience Ontario Hydro representatives will give a presentation on tower design on March 15 and arranging further meetings with a Tower Design study Group Predicts teacfiers may leave Many teachers In Halton county have come to the foregone conclusion that heads will roll high school department heads because of the brief that comes from the director of education James Singleton says Tom Georgetown who is president of District of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers federation He was referring to the meeting of about teachers and the school board Feb 15 March 15 is to be the day when the county board will resolve the recommendations concerning headships May leave Mr Ramautarslngh thinks In introduction of department heads or chairmen whose roles embrace a variety of subjects could lead to incompetent supervision He predicts Many teachers leave Halton if they cannot retain their headships Another contentious issue is the hiring of paraprofessionals Mr thinks the para professionals should be hired in addition to teachers not instead of them He states he does not think parents would like to have their children looked after by people who ore not qualified to be teachers Landfill site water study ready end of March Indusmin officials made no commitments when asked last week about the possibility of North Halton residents benefitting In some way from the companys proposal to use quarries on Its property as a sanitary landfill site for baled Metro Toronto refuse a dinner meeting of the Acton Chamber of Commerce last Wednesday night division manager A Borud said the time when the quarries are filled up and landscaped Is too far Into the future for him to comment on the possibility of North Halton residents being able to use the land as parkland Brendan Ahearne a tenner chairman of Acton Paries and Recreation Committee raised the parkland question expressing me opinion the area should realize some benefit from the proposal The only thug I get now is that my frig Jumps off the Door every day at dock Aheame said in an obvious reference to controversial blasting pro cedures at the quarries Expressing a personal Borud admitted he feels there has to be something in the proposal for local people be added Borud revealed that a hydro- logical consultant s report on the water table and runoff In the quarry is expected to be ready by the end of March He said wells win be drilled on quarry and adjacent properties and stations for monitoring possible effects of on the water table We would start monitoring as early as April and if we saw any change in the quality of the water we would correct this before going any further explained that the company would be obligated to construct a water treatment plant if any change in the water supply was discovered The company would expect to be in the landfill business for about years said After that be predicted they would fan back on their original rehabilitation program which called for walls of the quarry to be sloped lakes created and landscaping done Looks ahead Man adapts to his environ ment I believe In to 15 years this waste thing will be gone There will have been enough research done that shredding and baling and landfill win be over be predicted He said is Interested in operating a landfill site only and not in getting into the baling and shredding business He suggested a baling and shredding plant to handle County refuse might be built in the Oak vtUeBurllngton area Anglo- Recycling has already announced plans to construct a plant on Commissioners Street in Toronto Although be said some type of gas will be generated from bales stacked and buried at the site said company has been told no methane gas fny need result from a properly operated landfill site He discounted the of the company having trouble covering the bales during the winter pointing has abundant of limestone screenings which it ships year round Profit factor Asked what profit the company could expect to realize from the operation claimed a margin of from 2 to 3 per cent could be expected on the first 000 tons of refuse We re not getting rich on this Im starting to have second thoughts that were going to make much the deeper get into this be said Reaction to the presentation was varied Real estate agent George Gray claimed announcement of the proposal is already beginning to affect him I cant do business because people think they re going to be near a garbage pit be said Other members pr to wait for the results of scientific before commenting rud told the meeting there are homes within feet of a similar operation in San Diego California No history However he admitted there is no history of buildings being constructed on top of such a land- fin site Borud promised to look into a question raised by Chamber president Ed Bcndicks about the possibility of the bales being sterilized He said the company hopes to have a sample bate on display at the public meeting scheduled for to night Wednesday Chamber secretary Betty Eastwood suggested a letter be sent to the San Diego Chamber of Commerce asking for information on the effects of the operation on that MEASURING A PLUS TREE anempioyeeof of Natural Resources finds it Is 100 feet high unencumbered by branches until it reaches 64 feet This one fa registered for the collection of seeds and scions and contains board feet It is the type of tree the Minis try Is encouraging fanners and land owners in the area to grow with their assistance See inside for more pictures and story Photo