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One Hundredth Year No 18 ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY OCTOBER Thirty Two if Vr Despite the strong of Lome secretary of Beard more Hills theplannlng board recommended the rczonlng or 4 acres of conservation land at Highway and Ransom St to permit the building of 17 single- family homes by Windland Associates Mr claimed his company had been told the Acton disposal plant was Inadequate and had been refused when they wanted their effluent treated there He claimed if any more sewage was treated It should be from the plant rather than new homes He said the company paid In taxes last year and should come first in having access to the sewage plant The secretary treasurer claimed had spent one million dollars on sewage treatment and are working continuously on the problem Mr said a higher density of population in the vicinity of a tannery would create more problems Tanneries sometimes do get a bit smelly he admitted He stated the new residents would probably not be cm ployed Ihe town We employ people and have been a real mainstay of the community or years and Particular problem Councillor Roy Booth asked if Beardmorc would then be opposed to any residential development no matter where located which would Townhouses get the nod An unit deve- favorable comment from lopment right next to the the department heads with plant In Acton re- the exception of a driveway a tentative go ahead on to Main St that concerns from Hills planning the engineer committee Tuesday night The planner came up w a The committee new iwist to combat any mended the solicitor prepare smell from He an agreement subject to fur suggested a electronic Ron appearing for said the land across from was zoned for high density but planning committee pre had advised a max mum of units Comment Planner Mario Vendltli said the site plan had cleaner bo added to each unit Vcnditti claims it would lake more than percent off the smoke and odors from the Then people won have to open their win dows and won smell any tannery odor Councillor point out the were driveways very close to He parking said however Acton council had been had the site last advised a cutback on visitors year parking which he termed Lawyer Hon Dodokin ex generous with the space to be plained one unit had been cut added to a children s play from the condominium town area house plan They are now The planning committee units all with three bed recommended on agreement rooms be up aUcr the Close recreation director Just how close to the a chance to comment existing tannery wall arc further Included in the these units asked lor Coxc guess or feet re plied The planner said the re drafted plan now had indl vidual garages and ana exterior for visitors fimlnatcd He agreement would be the ier s suggestion of in unit air use the sewage plant facilities Mr contended that was true but em phasized building homes close to a tannery would create a particular problem Would you be Willing to buy the land to protect yourself asked councillor Hie Morrow We won bargain in that manner retorted Mr Mr Morrow said he discounted the argument on sewage since the representative admitted he would be opposed to any development He pointed out argument about building houses close to the tannery was dubious since there were existing houses much closer Mr said the people In the existing houses had bean there when the odor was much worse A newcomer smells It and starts complaining he Mr Morrow suggested a clause in the sale agreement acknowledging the tannery was there I wish that had been done In the past replied Mr Councillor slated the Ministry of the report hod never said the Acton plant was Inadequate The Beard more secretary replied he had been told It was Inadequate and suggested We re getting the round Leave meet Petition He warned council people would move in It won t be their bread and butter and they II band and get up petitions You mean for there be enough people In Al ton not afraid of losing heir Jobs who will demand the place be cleaned up Jeered ell lor Morrow If there room for these subdivisions there must be for age icil ami municipal building a door ting where Councillor 1- wan appointed chairman of Ihesubildlary planning lair night It wild disclosed when the meeting opened that first motion to appoint Hoy Booth chairman was defeated countered Mr Clarification Councillor said he may have a conflict of in crest since he works at Beardmorc He said he would not vote but would clarify a Tew points In reply to Mr Morrows statement about buying the land Mr salcf Beard more has 10 acres under roof and another acres Tor possible expansion lie said the present Acton disposal plant could handle a Continued on pant WARM OCTOBER days continue to bring out to the new tennis courts Susan wallops a ball with her right while holding another ball in her left hand Play is a lot easier since fencing went up a couple of weeks ago Town band grants not in harmony Public plebiscites held thine council uppul the years ago In Acton amount to SI Georgetown arc creating a Hill problem for the new town of committee Monday was Mills faced with a request from the Citizens Bind for and from the Pipe Band for Treasurer Harry Hen derson he understood there was no Junior Pipe Band now as its members had been absorbed Into the Citizens Band Councillor Pal told committee Acton council had gnnted the Acton According to a vote of Aeton citizens Acton Citizens Band receives cent of half and the received per cent of me nan mm A plebiscite in Georgetown voted to the Georgetown Girls Pipe- Band but after a few years with rising cost of every band last year Councillor Harry levy I minted nut the bylaw selling the Acton grant was passed in IBM when half mill was less than it Is now I hope the mill is not supposed to be based on the whole town of Hills now commented Councillor rnle Ijevy said It looked as if the Aclon band had been relying on council for support ana had not been raising money themselves defended the bund lying built and lid for a hall and m tamed it themselves without help from anyone must be worth or 000 so lion I didnt raise money the msclvcs I pointed out the dirts Pipe Hand pay for their own in It ridiculous to Ire it two bands in two different ways reminded the this was the way the two to was had operated In past He said when the mill there was a entkmans they received only what the d There of parity im yen I suggested council advice on the itusof passed by now eeleel There certainly is com from to 0 is a disparity Tin treasurer pointed out the whole band s budget has been drawn up based sol receiving the money and stressed it would he hardship not to receive it dividual dissolved Doug Pritehird said they Just can I lie repealed Th loteil to recommend the pay ment of to the Acton hand mil to the George but to seek vice pro vincial government for future years ALL IN THE interests of swimming this hole was gashed across the high school playing fields New pipe was laid to carry away the water from the new pool when it was found the route out through Acton Blvd sanitary sewers was inadequate Work done now and the field patched Tuesday swim maybe Another tentative date has been set for swimming in the new pool Would vou believe next Tuckdav Work was completed on the laving of new piping to connect the pool runoff to the sewer on Churchill N The problem of backwash into the insufficient sewers on Acton was the holdup to approval from the Ministry tees set Committee recommend for pool fees goes Into full council Monday so this could conceivably be plemented on Tuesday Pool supervisor Ann Pickering is ready and about a dozen wishing to work as life guards have all applied Their hiring isn t final until they work out which ap plicant can work which evenings days Some of them are students Three applied from Acton with training the other from Georgetown A series of delays has held up the opening of the pool the Lions centennial project They plan an Open House after everything go Three car crash 2200 A three car collision bet ween vehicles driven by Mary Graham It Georgetown Charles Chambers and Herbert Acton resulted in damage during the past week The Milton detachment of the reported only Chambers was hurt in Quiet week for police Only ear accident of the week occurred Tuesday at p on Mill St Glenn Georgetown was the driver involved and police report he reversed into a parked truck owned by Canadian Pittsburg Industries A district man was charged with dangerous Monday at 12 p He appear in court Dec 11 It was a very quiet week the detachment reported Air recreation snarls list recommendations Specific recommendations aimed at Improving relations between the Acton recreation advisory committee the committee of council and the recreation director will hack to council These were agreed upon amicably at a special meeting held in Acton library last Wednesday evening Attending the meeting were recreation director Doug Collison councillors I Dick and Hoy Booth ind recreation ad visnry committee members Diane Peter Brendan Gil Malcolm b Wood Barry I In Halton Hills council had reed to hire another program coordinator and this meeting agreed to a recommendation that this new person be located in Acton Second recommendation to go to council will be thai representatives or members of each recreation advisory committee Georgetown attend the meetings of the administration committee with agendas received in That should solve per cent of the profile ms commented I Inlervlrws Two members of the ad visory committee will attend interviews of for Director of Education for Halton County Jim Singleton has an his retirement at the end of the school year He has been in volved in education in Halton for years Story on page the new program co position with Coll i son recommended as hi liaison person between and the local committee It is also recommended that meetings Com on Trip to Nassau is draw prize A free draw for trip to merce The merchants also chants last week Nassau for two wili be expect to arrange for other They expect the trip prizes exciting climax of special prizes have a Santa Christmas promotion in town planned by the retail section of the Chamber of Com and advertisements will help motivate people to do their shopping in The same kind of promotion Merchants looked iwivjhcad set shopping hours for the holiday season WERE HERE TO BUY a pumpkin 21 children of the Robert Little kindergarten class hiked with their teacher Berna Ormsby up Mill St to to purchase a pumpkin Seen clustered around their teacher are Stacy Hiluer Duff McGuuvray Donna Oakley Come Arpa Laura Hachey Susan Lindsay David Gould Gtlhan Fryer Fountain Julia Ball and Berry HOME AGAIN HOME AGAIN and the children return to the school last Thursday pulling their pumpkin behind them Excitement of the event was choosing the biggest and best one they could buy and the teacher cleverly allowed her charges to make the choice of her suggestion Its destined for Halloween decorating TUESDAY WAS CUT UP day and the children learned that pumpkin heads are created not grown The children drew the face on the pumpkin ready for teacher carving Explaining the procedure Mrs Ormsby let them feel the inside and seeds as they removed them from the pumpkin She talked about the pulp and how it can be used Michael Maria Bnlhnger Aaron Johnston Michael Bowers Wesley Romano Terry Murphy and Shannon Dowle are very interested