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Council decides Highway 7 to stay on present course Eden Mills Guides Brownies The Acton Free Press Wed March 1976 1 Parents want school open Highway will stay on its present course through Rock wood and will not be re routed That was the final word from the Eramoso Township Council Monday evening The Ministry of Transport and Communication had several months ago offered three alternative routes to by pass the village while the highway was under construction between Guelph and Acton Opposition from each route was heard by the Two down one to go township Council will act favorably in Russell s behalf when he goes to the Guelph and Suburban planning board concerning plans for the Evcrton Inn Mr attended the March meeting of the cil and told them his brother Robert and Barry Watson would like to purchase the properly and make it into restaurant and antique store after restoring the Inn The land is at present zoned agricultural and would have to be rezoned Mr explained at that time ifcouncilwasnot in favor of their project he group would scrap Ihe whole thing and be on their way council in the weeks to follow with some people wanting it rerouted around the village and some people wanting it left where it is Robert Croft along with several other delegates attended Monday meeting He asked council who started the controversy and who on the local level was pushing to have the highway rerouted He explained hat his property was going to be the most affected by a change Reeve Bill told Mr Croft the had suggested the alternatives because County Road is in need of r and thought the two could be combined to money Mr Adsett said he did not feel there was any local pressure being put on for the rerouting later Joe also at the meeting felt it was necessary to bring the road through He felt a by pass will be needed several years from now but not right now Mr Oakes suggested straightening the curve at the bottom of the hill heading towards Guelph and also widening the turn at Petty garage corner It would be foolish to spend two and a half and three times the money it would cost to chance the route to take the road through a You have any better road Among the numerous letters received by the concerning the subject was one from the Wellington County Board of Education They expressed concern over the school children s safety crossing the highway Deputy Reeve Betty Lou Clark read a letter received from Professor The professor admitted he did not live In the area but neverthe less felt the highway should be rerouted In the letter Prof Rodd said he felt the businesses would feel effects at first but this would not last for long Rockwood will not grow it the highway stays where it is he said and the people should drive through the village slowly enjoying the sights Councillor David Masson said he did not think the town ship can afford rerouting but perhaps in the future Mrs Clark revealed that by pass was in the MTC dans for future years and ell the public should know this Mr Masson suid Ihe by pass could lake between ten and years and lo let the council at that time decide what do Because she sees and un derstands both sides of the story Mrs Clark said she did not want to vote on the resolution lo keep the road where it is The Deputy Reeve said she was not against the resolution she just wonted to make the point that a by pass is in the future plans of the Ministry When pressed by council to vote one way or another Mrs Clark was opposed to resolution Council decided Highway would stay where it is but with three safe crosswalks for school children Messing Council gave the men their blessing and gave them permission to go to the plann ing board At this Monday meeting Mr was back lo council wilh a letter from Ihe pi inning board who arc in favor of Ihe project From here Mr Powadiuk and his group must go to the and Suburban Planning board and will go with council approval Council is going ask Ihe planning board to make a favorable decision for Mr Powadiuk plan Grant for Kort right Waterfowl Park nab received a grant of from Guelph City Council in order to maintain operations once the Ontario Research ceases operations April However before Ihe grant is paid by council he citizen foundation which supports the park must raise If it docs not the grant will return to the city offers To date has been raised by the foundation but it is estimated that be required to keep Ihe park open for a Old signs drivers in Signs giving directions lo Rockwood may soon be replaced according to Eramosa Township Council While discussing the re construction of Highway No 7 between Guelph and Acton at Monday evening meeting one of the delegates Joe 0ikes pointed out that some signs have been taken down for construction and not put back up He also said if a driver follows one sign to he ends up in Acton Unreadable Reeve Bill Adsett recogn confuse area the need for new signs Deputy Reeve Betty Lou Clark said most of the signs in the township were unread able with rust and corrosion Councillor David Masson inquired into the possibility of men in prison making the signs as they already make license plates for cars It was thought at the meet that the Toronto Star newspaper put up the signs several years ago Mr Masson is going to look into various sign making places such as peniten tianes Parking meters could be erected MR AND MRS Alec Lush of R 3 Rockwood associated with Swanston Farm Equipment Ltd are pictured with Van Ryswyk a District Sales Manager for The Gehl Company at the Sahara Hotel Las Vegas Dealers and distributors gathered there March to 9 Parking meters may be put on Fall St leading into the Conservation Park lo alleviate the problems with illegally parked cars on that street Township cou David off brought the subject up at Monday evening meeting while the group was discussing the present by law The Ontario Police are unable to fine people parking there as it is a municipal offense under a by law This is slated in the Highway Traffic Act If there were no by law enforce ment officer can ticket cars and does not have other municipalities Council thought it was a good Idea as Ihe majority of people parking there would be out of towners and it would not affect the villagers With this method pic nickers or other persons in he park would have to return to their cars every hour to deposit the ten cent parking fee or pay a two dollar fine The roads superintendent suggested hiring a meter maid to ticket the delinquent Road superintendent to visit mosquito seminar by Diana Wallace With St Patrick a Day being the the green day and all that our brownies were asked to bring some thing green with them lo Ihe meeting Also we had a girl dressed as a little Irish Leprechaun in the middle of our ring and played a tlon of Irish games We old them the story of St Patrick and altogether brought a little bit of the Emerald Green Isle into our hall on Monday night The Monday before was spent mostly at lest work and a new game was played Cookie orders were brought in Some badges were given out and plans were made for a visit to the Schneiders Choco late Factory and Saunders Bakery on Monday This is being looked forward to immensely as they are hop ing they will sec the chocolate Easter bunnies and eggs being made Guide News Time passed very when Sharon Vos ana Anne Masson patrol seconds con dueled an enjoyable craft New product Neilson Canada s largest manufacturer of confection items has entered food products market with in tendons of broadening its in fluence here William Neilson Co Lid which has been in business since 1B93 is introducing two chocolate drinks to Carta Jersey Instant Clioco- laie and Hoi Choco late Doth products feature the company s name in the new logo The company has ware housing facilities in George town for all Canada and part of Ihe and plans lo ex pand here soon Norval curve worries Reed Burlington Julian Reed wants something done about Ihe curve at the western edge of Nona so cars and trucks won 1 con tinuc ending up on the lawns and porches of Iwo homes session with our tenderfoot Guides during which they made autograph bonlj out of popsicle sticks The following week Sharon worked some of the difficult mean ings of the Guide Laws with tenderfoots who had to imagine what it would be like to be blind or otherwise handicapped One activity involved writing us ing their mouths or loes to hold their pencils Although this was intended as a serious subject he writing was 111 and later when the girls were blindfolded and told to peel and cut apples for eating there was considerable laughter at the pathetic re sults was much harder to end up with any edible apple than anyone imagined Some of the Guides who will be twelve this year have em barked on their Child Care badge with Mrs Ann Vos who is well known as the Teacher Rockwood It Is hoped hat Ihey will be able to put Iheir knowledge into practice during the Winter Break caring for a small The ate of Snlders School North Oakvllle is still up In the air after Hal ton Board of Education received a plea from concerned parents not to close the school reasons why parents of child ren attending Snider School dont want to see the board close the building this June Hayes told the board the school serves a rural com munity parents want their children educated in the rural area WOO underway for a gala togethor for all of 1900 to era If you wish to come and Join in the celebration kindly complete the form below detach and return 10 Mr Chai Caiwoll 2195 Jans Street Apartment No Downivlsw Ontario a cm lie and jo Cote o infest So ijoui the best t fet ijoua get dm and ACTON AUTO BODY ioi Main St S and Agnes St 8531870 township roads superintendent Bob Hamilton will be attending i mosquito seminar in he future Mr Hamilton told the town ship council during Monday evenings meeting thai with he present scare of sleeping sickness induced from the bile of 1 mosquito it would be a good idci o attend Spring I More 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