Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), January 22, 1975, p. 5

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4000 letters daily The Free- Wed Jan 5 INDUSTRIAL HUB of Limehouse shows the lime kilns railroad siding station and rock cut Many of the ruins still remain mute testimony to the hamlets industrial age Gowdy family Continued from Page be associated with the history but Is restricted by budgets of the I area as by the provincial many of the descendents of government The old thrct out from the farm Is now controversial Item at Creek Pioneer Village in Toronto The family will long forniir of the are now tiliins of the community Other aspects of the In tercstlng history of the Lime- house area are forthcoming in scries Old barrel top MILL POND about the turn of the century shows the sawmill and cement factory which made the hamlet a bustling industrial centre OUR READERS WRITE A plug for Acton passed on The Acton I ree Press 1 noticed In your piptr a request for letters in regard to of your paper to subscribers r or a while after started putting It in a ban was some improvement When It lapsed and one week did not get my at all I wrote to tin post master here three weeks after In it I received it on and one gut tin missing one long with that Mien It started to slip ogam getting each week until it was nine days for weeks gating litre after mailing Then or thru weeks it was marked by way of Kitchener and I pot it on It was by way of another lime and tame it stopped being marked likt that and it Ins Monday or Tuesday Hit following I was attending a funeral in some remarks from nephew of the who in He hailed me lying art mv aunt Iriend who Used to live in he up through there very often and last Hit rations of through Ik said it w is very beautiful and I tould lie Hide proud of my town I thought that was i rtal plug for Alton and I would p it ours There are other freeloaders 12 Dear As an old I scan the and know nothing of any value misses mv Unlike biologist Dennis and Taylor most know I am not and never was a journalist nor a reporter but I con read and I think do it wtll It is a pleasure for nit to not only support but to congratulate Taylor on her well put article and are old friends and while all our views were not the she has my support on the Hybrid or Free Loader affair at hair Lake As for Dennis whom I do not know and an old friend of mint I do not support either of their views If rtads In a prominent would also kill in lieu feeding Perhaps fttls the and I would not to hud such detail Older good people of Acton tin wi had free loaders in long Hit swans and ducks and some or art still here No names no intended ont tould puv during in Alton of us wtrt loaders and a hand out was fine and no ont dslrnv not even i sparrow The Lady with the Lamp was laid in bed just musing was the Cinderella hour My were so confusing About the Divine power I heard the devil tailing He was reaching for my soul He had an energy And needed some more coal I decided then I change And do the best 1 tan God Rive me strength throughout the length To fellow man It must have been this fever That made my brow so damp It was then I saw on Ansel The Lady with the Lamp All in white with subdued light floated round tht room With i light to tow and bring us hope chase away the gloom bin gave me such a friendly As I saw her black striped tap I swear it was a llato When she touched nit with a tap Her voice wis of the sweetest torn As she straightened out my sheet I floated up to As sht covered up feet But I left place to tell lalt About this champ That ghost I II forever toast The with the Lamp Assistant planner hired Planner Mario Venditti will has been employed with have help starting February consultant firm of Habits The town hired Ron Bur Associates Lid as assistant planner at salary of this week Mr Burnett 30 will come here from Ottawa where he As a consultant he worked for various municipalities and the Ottawa Carlton Region Acton post office bee hive of activity Helen I Neither lain nor snow nor sleet nor hail the mail must go through saying is little imccurate but alt conveys the message Post Offices icross North America will get the mail through under almost any And the Atton post office is no exception Postmaster and his staff see to it that the m tern is run with organization and speed Tht mail is not abused in any ly and thing is run Onioning ill boxes arc placed at strait git points throughout the own boxes are emptied at certain times dur tht day Onto brought back to the post arc nut through machine This will til the receiver date timi and town it wis mailed from here ire In on sorting holes are marked for individual towns If town is not the mail is st nt to post office tie iresl It tor pigeon holt tht re is a muling big are bundled and placed in the bigs which ire then locked ind not opened until reach lie r letters which ire deliver irt at he top of the pile in the pigeon holts LLOYD Smallwood sort mail for his walk route southeastern Acton Die is ipptd in win it tht of injrnepenintli it the tit still itmn point Onto tht lellti Ins it id tikes it from tin pill If is past tin or ss lelliris lit will it However if no tint is going sum tout will An mail rtttived by the post office before flu clock is on its wij to its destination Trucks ire used for most points However the bound irj lines for trucks is Sudbury to the north and Any points past those pines two their m air Incoming 11 Mill tonung into Aclon is in Idler slots for the letter m whith is not in the retu is in the tompmus slorts It Iter the m for Ins mil sorts It into slrctl order i Iht in is stnl ihenti boxes on the slrttts Whin hes box be then In tins 1h is mil loo down it inv one lime Ml whnsi Stirling point for Ins livents is fur llitr in from lit ilion puividcil ire dso somt tiny must minutes to tover their desig ilcd This is five minutes less thin eight hours It Is figured in way tint long drucw take more time to walk than short ones lots art thus more However only per tent of homes rcteivt mail h thus linking tin rtnitts shnrltr on I not paittls which over iiibit in sli and two pounds in weight Any irctl iht of the is spilt of ill spilt of ill tint lions lhtv spit possible I Ins wiitinc until l with Ihe strut tint to ike tit In rv to the it house whin ire out ol from the street I his is in this slip I ill in hurt or ire judged by lime no miles Kit walks art up so I ikes Ihem ith til tin e in slow down pro up to d s in llurhiiBttm Is g i machine in cm process an hour pro Mitt DON puts through the machine at the post office This machine the envelope with the date time and post office irt Allhough it Is not difmitt it the Hills could be this m If this Is the t Acton in si rlt in ft seconds in spill of tub tils it ire sonu peoplt mil some i in be michmts Works to draw up snowmobile law automatic dryers Hills works com Monday night to take one hour out of each of the next two 11 for Hills They will take into account briefs from both tht Georgetown and Acton snowmobile clubs with the contents of the old by I in Georgetown and Acton mobiles ire is they wanted no in the rur il areas I Hunk it should be p in throughout the town and no difference between rural iibin regulations siid Councillor Lent igrted with llydt and added thi ttortUown s brief ie good points but mike there will when irle their tt snowmobilis anywhere lie dwsn Hunk tin town get involved in design iting ore is for snowmobilis is ont suggisttd snowmobile restricted to recreation areas designed just for hit Armstrong suggested it by law until they finish it Iry to have it completed for enactment by fill of this Appointees list asked by Duby Councillor w ints to know who sits on all boards and committees and wants council set a definite policy on appointments He parti wonts the policy known to public Using the library board as an example he pointed an Acton representative is not on simplv that inv lout because failed advertisement dt idlmc in to apply stressed that letttrs of should to members when their ind should if wish to sirvt igam Councillor Dick of the idmims agreed the letter of inks should C Hit Morrow lit Itrk dor should to pre part report Agree to ask for more reps Theft of gas listing all who serve on and commissions with the dite of their terms intludtd the same dom with town staff He laimttl iilmimstration committee is least con tact ith the staff and some times don even know Ihem How cm you have rapport with a staff you don know be asked The recnm mended the Clerk admin istr dor prepare both reports See them at and Son Lid Cor WyodhaniSi Macdonnoll Phono whit hi 1 I lulls livdrm m totid Hit slill ill bills lit Hit It to the the dro with Hum to tin locil tin I hi ft of from itlint ittl Si i is in tin point mill of lis w is In m ink Hit Hit w is rip on I in Il til hid iiirrid prtv it point thtit of I insport sthool busts is rtjM on in 0 Hi gillons rt il is missing GUARDIAN DRUGS am mm CLAIROL BALSAM HAIR COLOUR ULTRA BAN ANTIPERSPIRANT 99 LISTERINE ANTISEPTIC BENYLIN COUGH SYRUP Si A DENTURE CLEANER SPECT LOZENGES MACLEANS TOOTHPASTE Jr He graduated from Loyola College Montreal with a Bachelor of Commerce in business administration in and is working on his Masters degree in Environ mental at iork ACTON PHARMACY 2 Main St N 8531620 BONO

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