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OUR READERS WRITE Says Acton Blvd now a drag strip Dear Sir When Acton was changed from a street not only Was one of the town s prettier streets ruined It was transformed into another dragtrip Now that the paving has been finished the Job complete the street is a long wide expanse of smooth black track perfect for racing And thats exactly what is hap pening Cars zoom down the street oblivious to thefactthatitstillisaBtopstreet It should have been realized by someone in the planning that a street that looks like this one does Is conducive to faster driving The stop signs are not noticed in many cases This may be due to the positioning of the signs I m referring to the stops for Peel Street but I m more Inclined to think that drivers don t expect a stop street It a frightening to see the cars zoom through across Peel St Often we hear screeches at this corner Soon there may be a terrible accident if something t done Whether It be a new stop sign flashing red light or making Peel Street the stop street something should be done im mcdlatley before the Inevitable tragedy A Concerned Acton Blvd Resident Opposes Christmas lighting contest Dear Sir When even Ontario Hydro seems to have finally changed the tuneof its advertising to one of conservation of electrical power 1 find it appalling Acton Hydro Is again en couraglng Christmas lighting displays May I suggest that Acton citizens use their Imaginations rather than strings of electric lights to create worthwhile Christmas decorations electricity comes from an inefficient conversion or coal or thcr power both of which are polluters of the environment Acton Hydro Commission prize will thus go to Christmas times biggest en vironmcntal polluter Congratulations Yours truly Mrs Craig Says regional pay disgusting Dear Sir The action of the newly formed Regional Council in voting themselves a has left a feeling danger and disgust anger at the duplicity of some of its members and disgust at their greed We were led to behove before their election that their remuneration would be something like or per year That seemed plenty a part time Job The following figures arc v cry revealing Hills represent at voted for the increase Milton Burlington 16 After all the ballyhoo about service I would suggest that our councillors use the sign in place of the S when they spell service in the future Two regular meeting in the month from each day with two committee meetings each month for the same lime looks to me like a 16 to hour month of work I agree with Mr when he says It criminal Such a council should be called the Senate of Municipal Politics The whole scheme is monstrous Yours very truly A Walter Revise zoning bylaws save energy This seems like the opportune time to revise the ridiculous restrictive zoning by laws imposed on parts of rural Ontario partlculr under sq feet Today we are faced with the prospect of serious fuel shortages high costs of building materials land and high gage rates Such zoning by laws make it virtually impossible for a young couple to an economical house of their choice design and location A house over 2 feet insulated or not Is a drain on our everdepleting fuel supplies Financing is astronomical It seems lo me we should be considering building smaller low cost family type homes which are both practical and economical W A Johnson Access to park is concern Eden Mills Ontario NOB IPO Novembers To The The Acton Free Press Dear Sir enjoyed exploring the area around Devil s Pothole and finding fossils In the old quarry for many years with my own family and friends my Brownie Pack and several classes from Rockwood Cen School I am concerned that free access will no longer be possible after donate the property to the University of Waterloo 1 urge trustees to ensure the interests of the local inhabitants before any more of land is allowed to go Yours sincerely Ann Veronica Chesworth Standing out in the cold Uncle Bob has made for me On Instructions from Pierre So I won t freeze in this price squeeze Some brand new underwear The sleeves arc baggy But It s lined to stand this weather To give more strength to the ankle length He lined the seat with leather It a nifty set of underwear To match other thermal wraps I II close the cracks to save on tax And button up my flaps But Uncle Sam won need It cause he got lots of Dough To buy our Beat warm his feet While we tramp through the snow We re leaving quite a heritage our depleted Stores When winters blow and we get snow We 11 button up our drawers While politicians wrangle Over who get Sammy gold We break our backs to pay the tax Then shiver in the COLD fiMK This It company demonstrator with a all standard Power disc brakes reclining bucket seats carpet radial tires electric heated rear window Jaguar type torsion bar Ion rack and pinion steering 91h p engine can deliver over 30 mites per gallon GEORGETOWN BRITISH CARS St The Acton Free Press Wed B3 named to police body Count them one two three One month old on Novem triplet boys born to Mr and Mrs Ron of Bar rle arc all well and growing rapidly Mrs is the former Catherine eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry and grand daughter of Mrs Joel all of but for of 1 Both families arc well known in the Georgetown and areas bibles arc the first grandchildren for Harry and Helen and first great grandchildren for Mrs McGowan five pounds at birth hlsiden tical twin Dylan Mark weighed four pounds six cis and Garth who Is a fraternal twin weighed five pounds four ounces Need less to say activities a the household considerably in the last month where prior the triple a six month old was Ihe baby of the family Mrs Tulloch a graduate of University is a ex I at work supervisor with he Ontario Hospital School ommunlly services branch in Open Contact Centre for this area Nov 15 In England shortly after the war the first Suicide tre was opened It soon broadened its scope to handle all kinds of distress situa lions Now Distress or Contact Centres are world wide deal with marital parental alcohol and drug problems emotional distress and plain loneliness On November 15 George town will open the first dls tress centre for all of North including Acton Georgetown Milton and sur rounding districts The Red Cross emergency phone had been handling many calls up till now but it became more than one person could cope with Since no other group In the area qualified to handle the need it became obvious that a new organization was necessary North Telephone Contact Centre will bo man by trained volunteers friendly listening ear or as a referral station depending on the needs of the caller At present volunteers under the direction of Rev Peter Barrow are attending lectures covering such areas Contact Centre job to listen Thursday earning at Harrison public school Hill or Number as he prefers to be known from the Toronto Distress Centre spoke of his experiences as a telephone volunteer He spoke to a newly formed group of volunteers taking a raining course with North Contact Centre but lo merely listen and share with the caller an derstanding of the problem A suggestion of referral lo a particular agency can be to the caller The speaker described the Sen Training course provided for their volunteers the Centre process of screening the volunteers as legal aid finance stress marriage and family alcohol and drugs the elderly and shut ins If they themselves arc unable to handle a ler problem they will refer to professional help The second group began classes on November 1 covering the same areas to bolster the number in the volunteer force Barrow believes there should be be tween and v lo make an effective force A third class will start in the Spring We hope there will be a steady trickle out Part leu more men are needed He added This kind of organization forms itself on the principle that it will be happy when it no Ion needed You could say that it works to put itself out of business Anyone with any kind of a problem can write to the Con tact Centre at O Box Georgetown now or phone November lit stressed importance Most of the evening of the volunteers purpose taken up by questions fired at saying It was not to offer help the representative Cold shoulder to gravel pit 100 people attended a meeting in to hear an ex of a gravel pit proposal stretching from 1975 the end of the century The acre site Is the village of are lo extract gravel om acres it lime with the result a lake with two acre building lots on it community centre and wildlife The pre sentation was made by Craw ford Iteid vice- president of Telephone City ltd Then will more public meetings and he will ap proach township council A one change is needed residents during the question answer period expressed feir of gnu el truck traffic lower land values appearance the possibility one gravel pit might ilnw others Wins award Advertising manager Don llydcr this week won two jwards from Ad Builder Services Illinois for ids for Willow West Moil Glenn Magnuson a Georgetown insurance agent is one of three persons op- pointed to serve on the Board of Police for Region was appointed by Ontario Solicitor General John Yaremko Glenn Magnuson has been in the general insurance business here for years Before being appointed to Georgetown Police Com mission two years ago he served as treasurer of Georgetown Library Board for three years Prior to that he was vice- chairman of the Board of Stewards of St John United Church He and his wife June and son Bill 15 and daughter Manann 11 live on Rex way Drive Judge William K Warrender of Hamilton and lawyer William of Burlington were also pointed by the prov ince to the live board Regional Council appointed Mayor George Harrington and Mayor Harry Barrett the council representatives on the commission Policing sen ices lor the Region become the responsibility of the Board of Commissioners of Police Jan I The police steering com has indi police will be located in He offices in Burlington Georgetown and Milton said 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