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The Acton Free Press Wednesday March Name five to committee Five North Halton ratepayers treated or Its still have been elected to the garbage There will be an executive committee of immediate devaluation of Group United property as soon as the first load Against Rural Dumping an comes here Ontario license organisation which has been plates read Keep Ontario formed to fight the pro- beautiful I think we should go posal to use workedout quarries with our government and near Acton as a sanitary landfill support this site for baled Metro Toronto Johnson predicted a tough fight refuse for against Anglo- Named to head the committee Recycling which has announced In a vote of about ratepayers plans to construct shredding who attended a meeting In and baling plant in Toronto Georgetown Thursday night was Nickel of which William Johnson a resident of 13 Is a subsidiary Metro Johnson chairman Ab Campbell and is employed at Fine Toronto City Hall members elected were Casey Bos a farmer whose borne is on the Fourth line of near the There be a lot of wining and dining going on over this maybe even trips to San Diego he warned Id like to see the car dubs and youth groups get Uunlikl In Itll e Fred Brooks a retired Interested in our fight IPs their farmer who lives at Lot Con Rick Sales a Ford Motor Company employee who resides on the Eighth line east of Ballinafad and Mrs Andy whose home Is on the Fourth Line of south of 15 Mrs Stull who works as a bookkeeper for Ryders TV in Georgetown will act as secretary Pan resolution Themembershlp later passed a resolution proposed by Symmes that this meeting Is unalterably opposed to the current schemes to make various rural municipalities the receptacle for Metro Toronto garbage whatever form the garbage might take Those present feel the beautiful town ship of is particularly unsuited for this ignominy Copies of the resolution are to be sent to Environment Minister Hon James Auld East MPP Jim Snow West MPP Hon George Kerr Halton MP Terry OConnor Toronto Mayor David Crombie and whomever else the committee deems It necessary Symmes a member of the Sierra Club of Ontario who lives in the northeast end or Esqueslng chaired the meeting for the election of officers At first although nominations were numerous persons willing to allow their names to stand were not A pep talk delivered to the audience of 100 by former town ship deputyreeve Russell Miller a member of the steering committee produced better response I have to decline my nomination for personal reasons- but I thought wed have no problem getting people to stand with the amount of phone calls Ive been receiving this week I thought we would have had 1000 people in here tonight I couldnt do any work at home the other for the phone ringing off the hook he said I live a good distance away from quarries but I feel is becoming a playground or garbage yard for somebody else and If it keeps up therell be nothing left to do but sell your home for about per cent of the cost and get out the former deputyreeve said Johnson who was also on the steering committee said he was disappointed in the turnout as well Maybe we think we did too future they should be more concerned about it than we are speak Stella who battled for years about open spraying of effluent on land across the highway from her residence south of Acton gave her opinion of how tough the fight might be I tried to have a letter published in Acton Free Press about the pollution but it was shot down by Beardmore and thats the Gods truth she said Johnson replied that the Free Press has never turned him down on anything EXECUTIVE committee of GUARD made their financial say shut the gate before the MntrihuUonstothcorBanlzaUcmwhich the who vmiid environment vowed torselsgonesho J ZifflS chairman Johnson The executive committee will meet with County Health Unit and the made to eat it tor chairman William Lets be militant about this Johnson Casey Bos Rick Sales Fred Brooks and secretary Lets not let them shove it down Mrs Andy Stull Well recycle this and shove it right back at our throats added Mrs ORourke Speaking for the Ontario Fed eration of Agriculture Bruce McCure the federation will support GUARD but emphasized the only action the OF A would take would be to see that farmers were Hydrogeology study begins at Indusmin Hydrology Consultants Environmental Systems plant on lied a Mlulssauga based firm the Fifth Line north of began supervising drilling on Llmehouse he said Indusmln land on the Third line The company has had south of Monday The considerable background in consulUngflrmhaBbeenengaged locating water supplies for by Indusmln to monitor the area municipalities and also water supply before apply conducted a study in connection to provincial government for with relocation of the Wetland a permit to operate a sanitary Canal landfill site in workedout Morrison himself has quarries near Acton previously participated In an Were mainly trying to Investigation of the town of Acton determine which way ground landfill site for the waste water in this area is moving so management branch of the that wo can predict what land- Department of the Environment filling will do to It In the long run Bill Morrison told this apaer Both Indusmln and Hydrology Morrison sold old farm wells on Consultants officials hope a what Is now Indusmln property report on the area water supply may provide valuable lnfor- will be ready by early April At matlon as well as new ones that time a copy will be made which he said will be drilled as available to Esqueslng Council necessary on the perimeter of the Indusmln division manager A site Borud said this week Until we get this report we Previous experience cannot proceed with our Outlining his firms previous application for a landfill site experience in ground water work permit The report must be In this area Morrison said the attached to our application study of said County conducted for the Borud says he has received no in 1965 was done by written comments written representatives of the County Health Unit and waste management branch of the Department of the Environment in Milton Friday D Glbbonsphoto company president John Hydrology Consultants also installed wells for the proposal from North ratepayers as yet Garbage solution North Halton group views new process committee chair- nan William Johnson from the establishment committee member Casey Bos of the landfill site and Esqueslng Councillor George An unidentified Georgetown Maltby were among those who man said Georgetown ratepayers viewed a film of a BlackClawson should also be very concerned unit about the Indusmin proposal which was shown at the Galaxy The water in Georgetown is Club In Friday night all artesian he said Anybody The unit devours raw garbage getting water from an artesian system may get water with a for reclaiming Residue Is mixed very high bacteria count with industrial waste and sewage FoUowing announcement of the tato election results Johnson mode the subsequent energy can be this promise toe generation III can do it that thing wont go anywhere in North or anywhere In rural Ontario Casey Bos said he would try his best for this part of the country Im behind you all the way said Mrs Stull I dont want to drink Toronto garbage anymore than anyone else Rick Sales promised the committee will fight hard against the proposal Im not much at speaking but Ill damn well try and do some thing This thing will go in here Dick Hewitt of Esqueslng and Phil of Georgetown attended the meeting Maltby declined a nomination to the GUARD committee claiming he could experience a conflict of interest GUARD has received unanimous support from the councils of and townships and last week Georgetown Council voted A total of in donations was collected from the ratepayers in attendance A garbage can with the letters marked on the side was passed around Well recycle this and shoot it damn good a job at Stewarttown right back at the people who and we can sit back on our laurels would pollute our environment now he suggested Well Johnson promised whether this stuff is shredded Councillors George Maltby and Request liquor vote Norm Cunningham and Bob He added that otherwise the of the Hillsburgh Potato committee cannot get a licence Committee appeared before for a beer garden Erin township council at the Council decided to act without a March meeting to request a petition and instructed the clerk liquor vote be arranged to look up the requirements to Clerk Elmer McKlnnon pass such a bylaw He will also Informed council that they could consult with Acton Meadows Golf cither give permission or ask for club as to what their a petition signed by per cent of requirements are the resident vole There have been two previous Mr Cunningham said the liquor votes in the township one committee would like to know as in 1962 the other in In both soon as possible since there vote was dry would be a waiting period before The upcoming vote will ask if a vote can be held to give the residents are Hi favour of the a chance to state their licencing of dining lounges and platforms of lounges uuiiK ku ui litre over my dead tody said Fred Brooks investigation of the proposal Acton has been committal Johnson said the organization now has 300 members operation for as yet no way of reclaiming building materials has been reclaimed The plant operates In Franklin Ohio and designed to handle the Franklin areas projected garbage tonnage through 1090 Franklin has a population of about 10000 Panel discussion Following the film viewers fired questions at a panel consisting of defeated Toronto mayoralty candidate Tony ODonohue Mayor Harry Barrett a vicepresident and technical representative from BlackClawson and two reps from Local Mr Johnson told this paper most of those present thought the system was an immense leap forward in solving the problem of garbage disposal During the panel discussion Councillor Maltby crossed verbal swords with ODonohue regarding Toronto shipping its garbage shredded and baled to quarries Loud dissent was subjected to loud dissent from the North contingent when he remarked he never heard people out here complaining when they were shipping gravel into Toronto He added however that government would not allow dumping In areas where It would endanger the environment Councillor Maltby was applauded when he pointed out quarrying operations had already decimated the Niagara escarpment A member of the Port Hope opposition delegation also protested the dumping of Toronto garbage in rural areas MARCH IS RED CROSS MONTH il Red Cross Services are available in Acton and District so please support Red Cross through their Campaign where you receive their campaign literature CAN IDB SERVE YOU MR N J CLARK of our representatives will be at The Cedar Springs Motel Hwy No Acton Georgetown WadnesdayJMarch 14th It you require a term loan tor a new or existing business you are Invited to discuss your needs with 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