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Eramosa decides Acton Free Praia Wednesday Juno 1973 85 10 calves on 27 acres Rules fine constitutes a feed lot for dumping THIS OLD DEAD WITCH ELM on Valley road was a quiet witness to Monday s tragic drowning when 17 year old William Ronald Whitehead of Rich mond Hid was overcome by cramps in the cold Eramosa River water and slipped into a drop off only a few feet from the shallows Photo by Lorraine Student drowns on school tour A busload or happy students Tram Richmond Hill High School In Toronto saw heir day of cave crawling hiking and outdoor exploration brought to a tragic end on Monday when year old William Ronald Whitehead of Richmond Hill wan overcome by cramps In the cold water In which he and several other students were wading It is not unusual Tor buses to atop at that particular pari of village Just off No highway on the old Valley Road down from the Mill During the summer many buses and cars park just outside the conservation park boundary fence to unload passengers who climb over the stile ana visit In the area of the Valley Road caves Reportedly an exceptionally good swimmer the Toronto boy was with his group wading about the rocks in the river bed coming from the direction of the Valley Road bridge proceeding toward the park As they progressed the water- became deeper William lost his balance to slip into a drop off and as he fought became winded and suffered stomach cramps from the coldness of the deeper water Vain attempts to help him back to shallow ground were mode by a fellow student but because of William frantic efforts and heavy weight the smaller boy assistance was futile The Rockwood Fire Brigade was summoned at 3 and upon arrival Chuck Milne located the boy and brought him to the surface assisted by both of the Brigade and of village He renounced dead by Jane Termed accidental The teacher in charge of the group had made several dives in his attempt to locate the boy In the water and when he was found his body was curled bet ween two shelves of rock only a few feet from shallow ground Invest gating the termed It as accidental drowning with no further inquest William Whitehead was a resident Oxford Street I Hill On hand watch her brother drown had been his 18 yearold sister also on the educational field trip township council decided that 10 calves in a 7 acre field constitutes a and violates the toning by laws They William Ritchie of Rockwood days to move them and a portable feeder from property he rents abutting the Indian Troll Council came to the decision after listening to interpretations of the by law by ex Councillor Dick Strong who filed a complaint about Mr Ritchie s uso of the land Councillor Betty Lou Clark would not support resolution because she Bald there were other violations In township which were more flagrant and had never been brought before council Utters object Both Mr and Mrs Ritchie and Mr Strong spoke to council letters wcrerceelvedfromMr Strong and five other nearby residents ob jecting to the use of the land The property Is leased by Mr Ritchie From Donald Tesltcy who now lives In Australia His father ad ministers the property Mr Ritchie had erected a fence around the and moved a feed rack and hay rack on it Mr Ritchie said he had no Idea he was contravening the by law although he said he was sup plementing the posture with other feed which is not uncommon with growing livestock Fxcounclllor Strong said he was not really concerned that someone chose to grate a but It was symptomatic of township en of the by lows He pointed to port of the bylaw which showed there must be acres farming operation is carried out and suggested Mr Ritchie might procure a variance to continue the operation Ik sold the township should have a by law administration officer to check into violations He also said a building permit was necessary for the mobile feed rack since the by law states there con be no building on a lot of less than acres only when there Is a residence and accessory buildings are allowed concerned with the In terprctotton of the by laws he told council If we don t enforce them we might as well throw the whole damn thing out Councillors generally pathlzcd with Rltchics before Mr Strong spoke but agreed he might have a case Deputy reeve Dune McPhedran sold there were no by lows to prohibit pasturing cattle but this case could be called feed lot and that was question which con corned the township Now the number of calves In limited he sold but tomorrow someone else could movcon with many more and Ihe use would hove been arc prohibited by the by law he said No permit agreed Councillor Bill He pointed out there was no permit for feeder and the lard was not oil clear If we put the kibosh on this then we II hove to go through tht whole township and do It If we arc going to be fair replied Councillor Betty Lou Clark We cannot condone carrying on farming operations in that space the deputy reeve said In my estimation It must be considered a feed lot He also noted there wob a discrepancy between the amount of acreage Mr Ritchie ho rented acres and that which Mr Strong said was there acres Councillor Clark if this was the case it was time the township moved against other violators and not use the Rltchles as examples Why do we have to wait for com plaints she Baked The by taws are there to be enforced But the deputy reeve reminded Mrs Clark the township had no by law officer or police force to en force by laws We have by lows they ore not to enforce them Well then who is going to enforce this one Councillor Jim Milne evert It was decided to send a litter to Mr Ritchie In forming him he hod 10 days to move Ihc calves and building from the property Council took nn action on other complaints about the use of the property Indiscriminate dumping has been pestering and providing the local trustee board with problem recently at the lost Rockwood trustee meeting lime wherein regulations will Impose substantial restrictions low reads Now therefore the Board of Trustees for the Police Village Rockwood as follows londflll may be used for burning organic matcriols and clean fill Ihe village ton Dumping can only be done at land fill site under super vision A fine of ISO will be Imposed r prosecution modern forest protection organization with Canso water bombers was developed In Newfoundland following disastrous fires In 1901 Hydro billing Local equestrians shine in 25mile form approved ride A -A- Local equestrians won honors Rock wot Delinquent hydro accounts came under observation at the last meeting of the Rockwood Hydro Committee composed of the trustee and hydro manager Hockey It was concluded THAT Each hydro customer will be billed as of the first day of the month subsequent to reading of meter Last discount day wilt be the 10th day of the month In which the billing is made 3 It account is not paid by the of month reminder will be sent out police lurlhcrnotlceofthcaccount due will be sent by registered mall on or before the day of the month giving notice of disconnection of on unpaid count after five days upon receiving notice The will be netted on unpaid accounts after five dajs five business days Saturday Sunday holidays excepted I Local equestrians won honors Caledon s competitive trail ride on Sunday May 27 Nine members of the Trail Riders came home with awards after the challenging 25mile ride Many of the successful horses were young and in training Jean of Rockwood won the middleweight trophy on Nicole a half thorough bred mare endurance ridden tor the first time DILindblad also of Extend time works program Ontario treasurer John White has extended the time limit on the provincial municipal winter employment program until June 30 because excessive rainfall has delayed outside projects No new projects will be ap proved ana there are no ad dllional funds for the million program was second on Rock lea a Arabian marc In training Buchanans place Sheila Buchanan of was fifth while her husband Fred won the second award In the heavyweight division on Misty Also placing In the heavyweight division were Mo McGlnnes Jim Cook fourth and Pat Dales of tenth on Brass Another successful horse was ScherlRose owned and ridden by member Dave Taylor and winner of the heavyweight trophy In the Junior division John Dates came fifth on JEAN PETTIT OF with competitive trail ride on May 27 Harje Nicole winners of the middle Jennifer Barr Photo weight trophy at the Caledon White Ash is an Ideal wood for baseball bats and tool handles because of its strength stiffness smooth wearing qualities RENT 40 NOT WATER HEATER AT ACTON HYDRO ALICE STREET RUSTIC BEAUTY of Rock woods party of 18 crewmen and women visited Conservation Park will be screened next the park on Tuesday to view the area week as the C B C s location for the which they would set up for their next Hand of Man Local scenery will week s film making with the CBCs substitute for the Ontario northlands as Trudy Young scheduled for a top role the home of the Indians An advance Photos by Lorraine Puppet show ends story hours A half hour at the library Wednesday 30 ended the story time sessions for this year We stock a the delight of the preschoolers and theft mothers Mrs Merrin of the library staff with wonderful creative ability had made and dressed five beautiful puppets as well as decorating a puppet stage and writing the script for Little Red Riding Hood Stall The other puppeteers were also part of the library staff Esther Taylor Barbara Pratt Jane Dougan and Becky Baxter After the show was over Isabel Watson and Eileen New dis tributed the marigold plants that the children had planted a few weeks ago The halfhour story hours are over now until the first Wed nesday in October when the fall program begins MASTER FEEDS FUllV PROVEN AT JS- MASTER FEEDS FARM S3 FARMERS NOW AVAILABLE FEED GRAIN Lb Pkg ATRAZINE BALER TWINE Acton Flour Mills Wholesale and Retail Mill SI ACTON 25 Bale NO TWO ALIKE Um4 Cr It DIFFERENT We Invite You Compart the 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