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Councillors ratepayers clash over hydro corridor The proposed KV hydro corridor generates strong emo tions In township Oil and water do not mix When it comes to hydro lines the old and the new residents of the township don always have the same Ions cither A stormy session Tuesday night at the township council meeting confirmed this with deputy reeve Duncan McPhcdran and neighbor Howard Donnctl tangling with Joe Grand is who said a letter which the town ship council fired off to the Sol and l Commissions environ menial consultant Bruce How was contradictory and sua Bested council had not given It much though This contradicted the tesli monyofMr Donne 1 1 who said he supported the letter but opposed a statement Mr had made In the Press whl he alleged showed two which Included him favored bringing the hydro corridor into township Later both Mr Grandis and Mr Donncll stated they had never seen the letter and had to rely on hearsay for Ihelr lion although both seemed to a good grasp of Its contents Mr Ie maintained that the letter suggested that Hydro should consider the lines Tor a reply to the submission only asked for recommendation for one of the alternative routes He said the original tic route had been scrapped and it was useless to speculate on it being rclntro Mr Donncll reported two officials of Hydro had told him that If the alternatives lid not suit them they would likely the iglnal route Ho was more Inclined to believe Hydro than the BUI follow Mr Dc Grandis maintained also that most people in Eramosa township wanted the hydro to follow Highway and he could supply the names and acreage Involved of those agree The letter he said was conlradic lory It read Dear Mr The Reeve Warren Parkin son after consultation with members or the Town ship Council has Instructed me to Inform you that the said council would be agreeable that the pro- hydro line should follow ystemQ I along 1 Highway Township coun ell with the exception of Coun Clark would prefer the original proposals of the hydro line as proposed by majority of affected Ian 1 owners an lis Icsb of good belt acres used by bona fide farmers Thlacuuncll Is concerned wilh the proposed hydro connecting routes and request they be kept informed on such routes and any generating station built In the Mr said the second contradicted the first which pumped for the route Mr Don tie replied he wanted the original route as opposed to any others Bill had for Ihe area It look In the farms which were not productive agreed diputy reeve Duncan McPhcdran who authored Ihc letter and also Mr Grandis had lines moved from his property by us pressure Mr De said naturally he did not want the lines on his property but had used only lie means open to anyone who wanted to ill out he maps and a spots wl II lines 1 ski The deputy Bald he had been in the and fell son icon like Mr a relative was not the right no to for he own ship Mayflower replied he had been In township 10 years and pointed out lie deputy could hat filled In the mops the as he hod done Reeve Warren Parkin on suggested that if everyone had done his the route of Hie line Would never be settled Hurt are In tier places to put tin hydro tine replied Do and this was the reason lonimlsHion had hired the Ironmenlul planners lonldlhern Hut the deputy reeve said as he Coalition Concerned Citizens were only Riving Hydro rouble and could a power shortage In Ihe in I that Ih Premier would not have allowed the delay IT the danger was pre Besides Ihe only thing I am questioning Is Ihc Idler he sold Tin exchange got more heated as McPhcdran said groups of people such as Dp represented cause a food shortage by denying farmers lo produce food for township Ihla point in discussion Councillor Hetty I Clark reminded all In he discussion lltnt oil wanted Ihe best for Ihc and that she personalty thought Ihc letter was ambiguous I wen use It led out a phrase She said It should have said If power lines musl come Into the hen lh township eounell favored original rout Mil old quarreling no Hat II Issue was Continued on Page IE KM 1 I NINETY NINTH YEAR NO ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY AUGUST Cents EMO image outdated Coordinator declares hough the concept of Emergency Measures Organization has changed drastically since the last war the Image I kept pace with the change According to Rill McCrcary who was recently appointed to he position of fcMO for I la It on County people still hold visions of men hustling around with tin hats and respirators and hundreds of volunteers coming out of he woodwork at push of o button who replaces Ron Ileattic comes from Brant County where he sen as deputy One of McCrcary problems will be convincing elected of and the general public thai In facl is of some real value to county Because of the outdated concept most people relate lo the value Is often questioned and sometimes scoffed at Grader strikes car three suffer cuts Three persons were for cuts al morning following a collision between a road grader and a car at the Intersection of Fastern Ave and Queen St The grader en by Clarence of was making a right hand turn from Queen Si on Eastern Ave when it struck car driven by Canary Acton which was slowing down as il approached a stop sign The left front the grader struck the left side of the vehicle Mr Canary and passengers In the ear Barbara and Brian Canary were taken passing motorist lo Ihc clinic Police estimated damage to the Canarv car There was no damage the grader which belongs to Warren Co No charges were laid Herb paddles his own canoe There nothing like cleaning up on a holiday Ask Herb well known local businessman who is spending a vacation on Wood near Herb won 16 foot fibres I ass canoe at a lucky draw in the Wood Lake Regatta Sunday It turned out he also had bought the ticket from himself This entitled turn also to a pair of very good field binoculars as a row On number of occasions in recent years county councillors faced the question about con the operation or declaring it of little value and disbanding Ihc operation After Investigation and discussion on each occasion the program was given a vote of confidence and continued In elected officials apparently wilh the same doubts and questions expressed by politicians finally decided could get along nicely the program and discontinued it They brought the program in once again after a short absence McCreary In dlcatcs thai Ihe very fact it was reintroduced In London and survived several attacks In indicates there is some Make plans McCrcary suggests a com representing all or some of the above agencies along with an elected official will be responsible for Implementing the plans in times of disaster A plan set out who should be contacted and what services arc available as far as various forms of help and accommoda tlon The plan would give elected officials the legal power to act in lime or disaster once a by law is passed As it is now there is very little that can be done by an elected official in time of emergency McCreary Indicated While McCrcary notes the biggest emphasis of will be on peace time emergency he indicated some attention Is put on preparations for war time BILL assumed his role as EMO Coordin ator for Halton County recently He replaced Ron who held the post for about one year Burtt Hint Robbie Parker host CBC working In Newfoundland for four years Robert Robbie Porker M an will return to l host Up Canada TV for Week end tin network Sunday night Special Son of Mr and Mrs It It Parker Park Ave Robert was born and educated In Alton He worked for Ihc news iwo years before switching for a year The new 30 mlnule program will be aired in October with a tinu slot HI Tuesdays Investigative reporting in a cheeky is to be prngnm format MAKING ice cream sundaes and sodas will be only a memory next week for Acton restaurateur Tom Wat son and wife Rene The Watsons have sold their bus iness to Paul Kotsopoulos of Toronto who officially moves in Saturday morning Watsons Dairy Bar has been operated by the Watson family since Tom father Perry bought it from Tony Seynuck and the restaurant has been run in partnership by Tom and his mother Mrs Perry Watson since Gibbons photo After years Watsons Restaurant changes ownership Erin garbage free man Metro works commissioner Itoss Clark statement this week that Metro executive is no longer considering sites in the Acton area for sanitary disposal combined with Environment Minister James Auld recnm mendation thai three sanitary landfill sites In Pickering township be approved makes it appear at least for the moment that Acton area residents may be free of worry about Metro gar coming here Auld announced that the wasle managemenl branch of the Department would recommend the site in Pickering for immediate use on he basis of technical data He said the branch will report on the Brock South and Brock North sites a month when complete technical data is available The department is still concerned about the Brock North proximity to the proposed Pickering airport he said Metro must stilt receive ap proval from the Ontario Municipal Board before it can develop any site for landfill purposes W A Hill Johnson choir man of G A R a committee formed in the North area following Indusmin an I hat It planned to apply for i permit to operate a sanitary landfill site in worked nut quarries on the Third I ine has said he will physically sup port any opposition to the establishment of landfill sites for Metro garbage in rural areas if it is necessary spokesman Gerry expressed Ihe opinion in a telephone inlcrv lew the Free Press this week lhat Metro is now commuted lake its garbage v in the CPU route to a landfill site near Port Hope Regarding the Indusmin propc dormant I don any drowns An accidental drowning late Sunday afternoon claimed life of an Erin township man year old James William The drowning occurred at Mr Swackhamer a residence on the fifth I meat Lot 16 Guelph were called the scene by Sieve Armstrong It who was the home Mr Swackhamer was taken to called about The drowning is still under investigation sense in forcing the issue We are still awaiting hydro log is Is report we were supposed have by Ihe end of April Mr Clark made his statement in a radio interview The Watson name will remain but the Watsons are going east That the situation as Tom and Reno Watson spend the last three days of years as proprietors of Watsons Restaurant The Watsons have sold well known Mill SI business to Paul Kotsopoulos of Toronto who officially lakes over Saturday mi rning Once Ihe only restaurant on Highway between Toronto and Jndon open on Sunday Wat son has become more man Just on eating place over years IxkoI businessmen hove mode Ihelr unofficial headquarter for mid morning coffee gatherings when everything from Ihe price of coffee to faults of Ihc Prime Minister arc debated on a friendly basis No blows Nobody ever came to blows We had a few walk out mad but been back says Tom who never shied away from any of the gab sessions Watson longest outstanding customer Tom recalls was Bill who ale here five days a week weeks a year for years while he was working at Heard more s 1 rred Wright one of Actons oldest citizens has also been a regular diner Purchased by Tom father Perry with funds supplied by Tim in 1945 the restaurant has been operated in partnership by Tom and his mother Mrs Perry Watson since 1949 Mrs Watson retired in November Previous owners of the restaurant were Tony Seynuck and Vic 281 The restaurant has undergone three complete renovations dur ihc year period Cooking and serving has become a family as sons Hob Dave and daughter Ann Jane and Mary have done their share Fond memories of the years include serving s Men from all over world who come lo for and operating booth for a Hover moot Blue Springs when pies wire sold ana ice packed in dry had In he picked up from every that stopped in town Ontario Premier Hill is was regular visitor to the restaur ant in days when he was practicing law in Brampton 1 m glad be rid or den hours but I sure miss the people says Tom The Watsons t going tar hollowing a months vacation wilh relatives and old air force buddies in Ihc Maritime Tom and Kent will rejoin their family in new home on Elmore Drive in likeview subdivision New owner Paul who has been In the reslaurant business for he past years in Toronto and Port Perry Is looking forward to completely renovating and thonging character of the restaurant Playground summer playground will wind up the annual parade and program tomorrow Thursday night The parade will leave the community centre at and proceed to Robert school where each age group will perform a play Fire leaves Rockwood building a shell The finger of disaster touched down once more on this weekend when a fire which beean in the basement of the Shopette Variety Store on Main Street completely demolished one of the village s finest buildings and ravenously consumed the livelihood of the Ron Short family Lee Anne and Ronnie as well as daughter and husband Tom Pinder living in a separate apartment of the same build According to Mrs Short smoke in the downstairs area of the house was already profuse Like a sheet had been drawn down she recalled Ihe exception of one pair of trousers which her husband had pulled on and a pair of his shoes grabbed on the way down the family was able to escape wilh nothing more than clothes they had been wearing lo stand outside their store and watch the smoke seep THE GUTTEDOUT lnsidesof the M Shopette variety store living quarters is seen here as smoke continues to puff three hours after reportedly started Photo by Lorraine As a result of blaze two fannies arc homeless and three other families in adjoining apartments arc temporanlv out a place to live The Short and families ore homeless while Mr and Mrs Stewart Mr and Mrs Ron Ripley and Mrs Lottie Grandma Nightingale have had to find other accommodation The were vacationing in Nova Scotia and were summoned by phone They arc staying wilh fire chief Carl Meadows family The Hrc started apparently from spontaneous combustion early Sunday morning farcing the Short family into the Awaking at approximately through the foundation up to the a m Sunday morning to discover round as Ihey awaited the smoke In the bedroom coming arrival of the fire department from Mrs Short The alert had been phoned into Immediately wakened her he brigade husband and Ihelr three children approximately a by Tom who had had to use a neighbour phone as home w ires had been burned By the time the firemen had arrived at 10 am the fire was well advanced Spontaneous combustion had apparently started the blaze in the basement sometime earlier than Sam The blaze had worked its way well into the walls of building Small explosions Smouldering for almost an hour spectators were certain the fire had been quelled A series of small explosions sounding like cannon shells kept popping as cans of cleaners hair sprays and other scaled cans burst with the intensity of the heat About 15 am names lasting a period of half an hour began licking walls breaking through Ihc roof at a height of some feet and by 9 a m the Inside of the building had been completely gutted Only a shell remained not one stick of fur niture clothing or chattels had been saved with the exception of one pair of men trousers a pair of shoes customer account book and a cash register along a few Hems from the front of store The gracious home built in 1906 by George Laurence as a shop and store represen ting the retirement income of Mr and Mrs Frank Carney had demolished two years of good will business effort slock and equipment plus household belongings of a voting family completely wiped out as the belongings of the Short family who had moved into Ihe com unity from to take over from Nancy Variety The R M Shopette had been building up into one of the villages most lucrative businesses From am to the variety store had catered to the daytime after hour needs of many villagers with extra groceries milk and other items always procurable at later hours of the day Already residents are noticing the necessity of mediate replacement of the little store People are hoping lhat the Shorts will stay around and get it going again Dan age lo the building and household contents has been est in but beautiful circular staircases mouldings and woodwork are irreplaceable Dated china lurnnes glassware and family heirlooms savings of generations can never be replaced and ihe Shorts lost all theirs along with personal family pictures and records All day long the Tire brigade had worked diligently The Carney building had been demolished but special effort had tnbeappl to keep the fire from moving into adjacent one owned b Bill and Ivy Ritchie of Eden Mills The slightest wind would have fanned he bUue and taken it into the attached apartment house which was separated only by a fire vail which had been built in at a time when that particular portion of the building had been Ihe original village bank The fire had been stopped by the double cement block wall As a special precaution the local Page