Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), June 12, 1974, p. 1

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ONTARIO WEDNESDAY JUNE 1974 Twenty Eight Pages Fifteen Cent Two representatives of the Ministry of Housing dropped bombshell at the general administration committee of Million Hills Monday night when Peter Martin said in effort to spied Up housing const ruction the limits cited In the Toronto Centred It eg Ion would be removed In direct opposition to re cent trends Mr Martin also some overloading of sewage plants would lowed as long as the municipality was committed o a new plant also said there would limited of septic tanks and modified criteria for flood plain lands Hi said Hit aim the Housing Task I Dice was to more housing available without throwing a burden on exlHllnit taxpayers and cited a provincial grant unit to loc il Mr Martin said Intern free loans would available for si we rs water and roads with repayment starting four years after completion A big hone of contention by mid council the delay In decisions was lack led by the Task lorci Mr Martin a day Jim It for decision should hi Hie goal He claimed this would peed up housing and help re fute costs another sens tht sulijut lh Ministry or Housing ri wild thin would he modified freewill fe study If a pub committment has Inn tin would not be re opined Hi said Hit inept for fin i own ap provals Mr Martin the local inumtipility should if to the an rage mm spi In Hi said mi for responsibility i anil regional mm up Its on a II lit ill iy In weeks and months milted Morrow lumped in Immidiiitily Mr Martin tying lundirstanilthin is in tin dot s INDEPENDENT truckers are posted at the entrance to Indusmin as part of a province wide demand for increased wages Other trucks continue to haul from despite Road Closed signs Morrow knocks a ripoff budget Although councillor Morrow wrote works com criticizing capital works plans in their proposed budget the works committee Monday easily agreed to stand their Mr Morrow said the budget was unfair with Georgetown paying about percent of the cost vet receiving per cent or less than percent of the work Councillor Hoy the litter in the absence of enuneillor Morrow Won change This committee Is not pre pared to make great changes said felt we dealt with it sincercK and not pre pared to make ehingrs for parochial reasons wire united Mr loxc Mated Thire was no snarl here from any ward man Commented councillor Mike Armstrong town Is not being We got to do on need Mr Morrow slitter follows in full To the Mayor and Members of Council Gentlemen t or Mime time now been attempt budgets in doing so we have always rmde strong reference to the budgets of the former municipalities in 1973 There his always been a concerted fort to do that which is fair 1 behove that proposed works projects follow none of these principles and is unfair to the residents of former Georgetown e Is as follows the works committee will tour tin boundaries of cemcltrv which abut Klnehim Hills sub division to new the steep grades their regular meeting two weeks ago Itai re presenting Hills had asked the right to bring equipment Into propcrtv to lower the grades when works committee nut lattr site all voted in fivor other thin len who thin as now keeping the developer off Due to impending jections the matter w is deferred from full council agenda last It appeared again on worts committee agenda with Bert there to object and engineer Has then to review his request Peter Moms told the committee Mr had rcdnwn his grades and most of the slopes Objection Mr presented a letter from the Acton Chamber of Commerce strong objecting to the proposed of land which would do much to destroy the natural beautv of the area Encroachment on the swamp land will also seriously affect the wildlife and bird population of this community This swampland is the last remaining nitural habitat for birds in this area is our conviction that through terracing the first floor li lels of these to street this problem could be overcome Steepness of the grades r from to to to tenets ind the nature of trees that would be lost were debated w is revealed it point intrusion into the eimeterv propcrl could reieh 10 feel Ret lining walls ind reverse split level houses witi suggested Tragic Mr he is involved when the land wis bought and he was the intrusion in cemetery can Total Major Capital Works Sargeant Road storm sowers Georgetown Road Acton Acton eighth line Ninth I me 56 Church Street storm sew Acton Street Georgetown 000 8 Wellington Street storm sewers Acton Fifth line Sixth inc When we consider that for Georgetown pays ap proximately percent of the hill and will receive less than percent of the Work ind even much less when we can thit the tor Street is percent then submit this budget Is a Conllnunlon confront a if lies eloing something the He to possible in grades lie suggested approval of the province might be necessary before en on cemetery property He the C of C concern the cut swath on land might become a motorcvtle rat race He was ispecnlly concerned when fill is already trading into the swamp area of the cemetery would extremely tragic to the swamp Mr insisted I do to keep him away from ruininc that at Tennis courts given go ahead Acton tennis buffs could be wielding on their own courts very soon if Mondays recommendation from the administration com mtttee of Ha Hon Hills is adhered to Tenders for tennis courts in Acton came in ranging up to The lowest bidder was Northern Paving and Construction of Guelph and the committee recommended the go ahead with their bid According to recreation director Doug the courts will be beside the arena with washroom facilities available when the arena is in use There will be special arrangements in the case of tournament said the At Mondays meeting Doug CollUon pointed out there was enough money left in the set aside by the of Acton for the courts to complete the fencing posts and line painting Works committee meets here Sat The works committee of Hal ton Hills will meet Saturday morning in Acton to look over three problems They go to the shore of Fairy Lake behind the Vadcika Turner and Bray properties to discuss the agreement for leasing a strip of land around the land They II go to the cemetery to tour the perimeter of the cemetery property surrounded by Hills F states to considerthcdevelopcrs proposal tor lowering the grade and possible alternatives And they II look over John Vandenbrinks drainage problems Decision to meet here was made during discussioas at the committee meeting Monday night tin w Mr Martin said In lines lit in nn to tin tiny would r to s ihim fro I lit stressed tr nal What tin in Mi rrnw sud lot Im in ird In tut but hi i i is be itisfnd wall plan obi but it did not take he need for housing Into conspiration Hi imphanlrcd there would be a re evnluitlon but ho Toronto Centred Region Plan is not out the window Dick said In was now completely con used Mr Martin was not entirely levelling when he said the Toronto I Region eirnerl population figures Officii I Inn was based on the Tor f Plan so in the preambli Ik s it is not nebulous and Hit tin Morrow eh irjidlhi pro w is no thrown IN yon pi lilt window Are i growth or i win to km in Hoy Now you tell us tin tit PI in is not in ours out to diet iti to us Booth to I you in just the fall who is ill the fl but it is so Mr Martins del the Centred Region Plan was j DAS SIDNEY is the new pastor at the Baptist Church Mr Sidney is from Toronto Medical centre in tradition Wife charged in bizarre case teacher Mrs Wertman 44 of Warwick Toronto was charged with murder in con with the beating and burning death of her estranged husband May That weekend Manfred Baron of Ft Acton had been charged with ran capital murder in connection with the death This charge has not been changed this week since the second charge was laid are in Jail in Toronto Mr and Mrs had been separated for 18 months according to police Both had spent some time in concentration camps in Poland during the war farm Isaac Wertman was reported missing Mi a in Toronto and his Wilson neighbors reported seeing a man beaten and a station wagon leaving the parking lot On May police recovered human flesh from a shallow hole at the Baron farm just east of Acton Police also seized an oil drum in which they believed the body had been burned Police previously referred to the case as and gruesome the east side the cemetery Stays firm Councillor Joe Hurst kept to his stand that the regrading of cemetery property would an improvement We would eliminate the possibility of future problems 10 to 15 years from now He dldn t think all the big maples would have to be cut and said the developer was willing to plant more Hyde agreed he wouldn w the cemetery Boat is 1200 A misunderstanding was cleared up at administration committee of Hills council night when Recreation Director Collison said the boat motor and trailer proposed for Fairy Lake was only not as council understood last week said the included all the expenses of the Acton swim program and the wading pool Councillor Dubv commented You can imagine the flak I got when people thought would GOO tor a boat The committee recom mended the boat motor trailer be bought with the cost not to exceed The remaining expenditures will come out of the normal recreation budget to The house matter whit Mr Hurst improvemtr BLOND HAIRED Jason Henderson likes flowers especially the ones he found in the planters that have been recently placed on the Main Street The funds for the planters were supplied by the Acton Development Commission Ted Tyler and his family are the people to thank for planting the flowers and positioning them on the street HQ open I irters 1 opened up in the shop in i I indi lite in town for the s n thin the property winch has housed doctors in my is sit for six In it tin Mill ind is hi mc lorn down for lie premises for Mi die in Moon Hint lr Pun and properly Into lots and Shook built a on corner of tht block before tin IHjOs He later built a house at hi back of the nt lot and he planted the trees on the property the someone thin I still recommend it The committee into an will built no in timer with the asserted press to to it will discuss the problem with Mr he years l ihl wilt be two downs Hob ind neither who is will house ibontorv ray department with a parking lot off I- months It is construction will in month with completion in four months medic his owned the lor the past fin veirs with this in lention s first setthr the fir occupants bought the property but a disastrous fire destroyed his homi and was just completing his medical course ind was practicing Met irvin He was a mid Jn lost all his 1 1 longings including that was let at once to build thi fine new building which is now being razed Eh tht contractor took treat pride in the work This must have been about sold hi- practice The next doctor who were I Springer at short internals J then took up residence here often assisted his inlaw I 1- Brown John was I successor here he moved to the rav residence The Ryder family lived years in the house more ricmtlv Tht information tomes from cton Days pages to Truckers on strike Independent truckers who are on strike through parts of Ontario have stationed Iruckirs are continuing to haul crushed stone and police ire keeping close watch on the situation there There have been numerous plaints of nails on the the THE ETOBICOKE choir was one of the many that traditional Ukrainian dress Beside the Ukrainian participated in the cultural presentation at the cultural show there was a church service sports opening of Camp at the Ukrainian camp and refreshments See inside for story and pic on the fourth Sunday All groups wore The members Ontario Haulers Association who are independent truckers have put up signs saving roads at the quarrv ire closed but cars and trucks pass through They are i ages support achieves justice- the strikers signs say as picket

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