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Ninety Ninth Year No ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY AUGUST Fourteen Cents Flames gut home in Warren Grove Acton firefighters were called to McDonald Bhd at 5 ID afternoon as fire raged through the home belonging to Mr and Mr Matt McDonough Firefighters used two trucks to fight the blaze In which the entire contents of the house were doors and an upstairs window and soon had the dames under control The ground floor of the home was completely gutted There was extensile smoke damage to the upstairs of the five room house in the Warren Grove is on Fire Chief Mick Holmes was unable to give a cause but speculated the fire started in the area of the kitchen Heat was intense and blistered paint up stairs No one was in the house when flames broke out Mr was in the backyard and his wife Marj was visiting friends down the street A neighbor turned In the alarm Occupants of the home were Mr and Mrs McDonough their children Tommy and Scott and her son Gary Masters Gary is living temporarily with friends in Acton while the rest of the family is residing In Georgetown with Mrs s relatives Tom Watson announces hell run for Board Vicechairman of the Hal ton Board of Education Tom Watson of Acton announced he would be standing for the office of trustee in Wards one and two In regional elections this October as well as putting his name in for chairman of the board if successful Wards one and two constitute the town of Acton and the township of Mr Watson Is the first in North to announce his candidacy Tor the Board of Education which has a different makeup than in the past five years where Acton and shared one trustee and Georgetown and had one each Under the new set up Acton and get one trustee and the two Georgetown wards get another Numbers are based on assessment rather than population Nassagaweya meanwhile Is tied in with Milton Mr Watson has a wealth of experience on school boards serving 14 years with the public school board in Acton and four years on the Acton high school Board of Fducation representing the Acton Nassagaweya seat- since the board was formed He has been vicechairman of the board for the past year He says he will campaign on a platform to maintain the high standards of education established in the county and live with the guidelines set down by the provincial government He feels this will be a real challenge in the years to come Mr Watson reels time to do the work or education is important and notes that he has sold his business in Acton and will be able to devote more time to board duties if necessary Esquesing approves trustee allotment TOM WATSON board He has had five years experience on the Halton County ROADS Cavities will continue money dries up Cat Ities will continue to appear Intermitently on Acton streets until council allocation of funds for road repair dries up Currently contractor Warren is resurfacing parts of town corridors deemed by the Public Works and Utilities Committee to be in urgent need of repair These streets arc ranked on a priority list Top priority streets will receive either double surfacing or original asphalting Church Street cither is not on the list because it is scheduled for rebuilding in conjunction with the Department of Transportation and Communication next sum The bulk of the project Is being financed through the sale of town lands and subdivision capital accounts with only a small percentage of the bill being footed through the mill rate Engineers are keeping a close watch on the project and the money to terminate the program once the town is In danger of overspending In spite of objections by Reeve Tom Hill Fsqueslng Council has concurred with a Georgetown Council recommendation trial the two County Board of Education representatives allotted to the new borough of North be elected as follows one from Ward 1 and 2 Acton and Esquesing and one from Wards and Georgetown Why should we settle for two asked Reeve Hill I don t believe in this government running the numbers game They re running enough of them now Not opposed Deputy reeve Coxe said he was not opposed to the break down but admitted he had hoped North would get three representatives Councillor George Malt by said he couldn see how North Halton could handle three unless they were elected at large What would be wrong with that Reeve Hill asked Good start Maintaining his stand that North should have three representatives Hill predicted there will be many proposals to challenge with the advent of regional government It the squeaky wheel that gets the grease and this is a good one to start on he said But crying wolf doesn t get much attention cither lered Deputy reeve ACTON FIREFIGHTERS were on hand quickly to they were unable to prevents flames from gutting the extinguish a blaze at the home of Mr and Mrs Matt bottom floor of the home and completely destroying its and family at 220 McDonald late contents Photo by Pink Monday afternoon Though firefighters worked quickly Weeks of speculation end reeve appointed chairman Halton region Reeve Allan of was appointed the chairman of the new regional municipality of Halton at a simple but impressive ceremony a committee room at Queen s Park early Tuesday morning Also taking the oath of office engage in any private business or with year old Masson were the enterprise during their term of three other regional chairmen Ontario Treasurer John appointed for the same three white said year term as Mr senior I- lections In October controller Anne Jones of All four new regional Hamilton as chairman of municipalities were established Hamilton Wentworth Reeve Lou during the last session of the Parsons of as Legislature Elections will be chairman of Peel and Walter held on October and inaugural Seat Bcmh a former warden of meetings are tentatively planned Ontario County as chairmen of the week of October Durham big changeover from local They were introduced by regional government takes Premier William is Thcoath effect on January Jomingscven of office was administered by J iwoller municipalities already J of the executive established Ontario They council Relatives and friends of include Metro Toronto Ottawa the newly appointed chairmen Carlcton Muskoka Sudbury Len Coxe to contest Coxe deputy reeve of Esquesing has announced his intent to run as regional director for Ward which will encompass the rural and hamlet areas of the new borough of North but does not include the towns of Georgetown or He stated that the knowledge he has acquired on county and township affairs will be vital in the administration of this office Mr was appointed to the Wardens select committee on regional government which visited several regional areas already in operation and whose committee made special recommendations for Halton County to the Ministry prior to the Regional Government Act Many people realize this could be a full time position and Mr says he is prepared to devote his time solely to the residents of the township to assure the change to regional gov eminent will be earned out as efficiently as possible seated at the front or the room while other interested political friends and spectators sat further back The choice of Mr as regional chairman of was surprise as he was thought to Niagara Waterloo A veteran of the political scene Allan was first to ille council in 1959 He was reelected until when he became mayor He retired after two be one of the leading contenders political boss of Oakville but ran k T for the full time believed David Coons of Burlington and former warden Jim Swan bo rough of Burlington were also serious contenders Tor the Job to start regional govern nut on the right foot in Speculation had been rife the past few weeks on the ap pointment Mr Masson told this newspaper he is starting to work right away Chairmen may not actively successfully for the e chair five years later The new Halton chairman has four grown children and is retired after selling his consumer loan business in 1985 rent expectations Ontario treasurer John While said the appointment of the chairmen completed the first chapter of a tough Job and he had great expectations for the sue cess of the new type of govern ment He admitted It was no panacea for all the problems of the municipalities and was not necessarily the best for all parts of the province Mr White also took note of the of Anne Jones of Hamilton as the chairman of Hamilton Wentworth the first woman ever to hold such an appointment in Ontario 1 am glad he said that regional government is not the exclusive domain of the male of the species Mrs Jones become actively involved In municipal politics in Hamilton following the death of her husband United church minister in 1962 An in agent has two children Peel chairman Lou Parsons is the only person to sen two successive terms as warden of Peel County He is married with five children and gave up a real estate brokerage licence midway through his term as reeve to devote his full lime to politics has had a close con ncctlon with the Ontario Government through Ihe years through the Associations of Counties and Regions of Ontario He heads the administration committee of County council the financial end of county administration He was a member of the county regional government committee Perhaps the Oakville reev was bcsl known in this area during when he unsuccessfully contested the federal Halton seat as a PC against Harry was strongly supported for the post by the Minister of Government Services the Hon Jim Snow who was very much apparent during the ceremony Tuesday of course is in Mr Snow riding It Is believed Dave Coons deputy reeve of Burlington was the unsuccessful candidate once the had narrowed to two names Mr Coons Was supported by ihe Hon George Kerr who only showed briefly during the ceremony Other names mentioned for the post included Mayor Brian Best of Milton Mayor George Harrington of Burlington Barry Humphreys of Burlington John of Georgetown and Acton merchant Bert ALLAN MASSON Third Line deviation proposal requires taxpayers consent No deviation of the Third Line by Indusmin will be permitted until ratepayers in the immediate area wish it Reeve Tom Hill assured Bill McArthur a resident of the Third Line south of Sideroad Monday night It your road not Indusmin s If you don want it moved they II nave lo go under it Reeve Hill asserted Or over it added Councillor George Maltby McArthur was one of ratepayers in Ihe area who an swered letters mailed out by council AH 10 letters expressed disapproval of the Indusmin POOLSIDE in Prospect Park Tracy Pol activities and has been present proposal Diamond and Patty Miller chat and soak throughout the afternoon summers Proposal Indusmin proposes to move a portion of the Third Line north of Sideroad west to skirt its up the sun Maureen Gerth was judged by photo Parks Board to be qualified to supervise property so that would meet west of the present intersection The deviated road would be constructed according to county road specifications at no cost to the township Upon completion of the deviated road would dedicate it to the township in return for the original portion of the Third Line will be closed to allow the mining face tc proceed uninterrupted Fourth line resident Ron said he was opposed to the change of location of the road since it would set a precedent for future road changes He charged the change would not be to any advantage of Acton or residents as it would be used only by gravel trucks A change to roads of this nature would depreciate value or properties to the south since there would be no direct access to or from Acton he added In his letter pointed out that if permission for the deviation were granted the township would have more road to maintain than it would if the road were left the same and that more maintenance means higher taxes When travelling to certain parts of Acton it is shorter to use the Third Lone than going over to Highway 25 he also suggested added that ap proximately mature trees located along the section of read which Indus mm wants to take over are the properly of the township and should be preserved for the benefit of all taxpayers S wrote that he is unalterably opposed to the deviation proposal because of its indirectness and longer distance to the shopping centre at the east end of Acton The shortest most convenient access to Acton would be eliminated thus engendering increased transportation costs and time John Van Arragon claimed in his letter at op position He also suggested property values might depreciate Marcus Hewitt charged that if Indusmin is allowed to continue as they are now the area will become one big hole in the ground We have to live here The trucks and the blasting are bad enough lam very much opposed to allowing them more leeway the letter continued Poor map A map showing the proposal was not to scale Louis Osfiawy began in his letter He added that there is no direct access to or from Acton and that the proposed relocation would be of use to gravel trucks only Fred Landry cited in convenience as his reason for opposing the move Having read the letters Reeve Hill declared that council could not do much about the situation and that it would be up to Indusmin to do their own public relations work now Deputy reeve suggested council arrange a meeting with ratepayers