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One Hundred and Second Year No ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 22 1976 Twenty Four Pages F ftecn Cents Fair said best ever Between two grey and rainy days Acton fall fair copped two perfect autumn days for its fall fair Crowds thronged the park all Saturday with a record crowd for the Sunday show Friday nights attendance was cut considerably by the miserable downpour of ram and those who attended enjoyed the variety program and exciting crowning of Miss Acton Fair Bigelow Saturdays crowd was not the largest ever but admission prices were up and receipts are up Secretary Treasurer John Rowe is still poring over the figures and doesnt have any final dollars and cents statistics yet The Sunday show was undoubtedly the best of the three years it has been running legion us l The Legion reunion on the owned by Rugby Construction same weekend was a big for additional parking asset according to Mr Overall view of the The Legion brought live and committee by Tues the impressive mussed pipes day weorysighsof relief and and drum bands for the the general estimate the 1976 parade and operated a mini version of the fall fair was bus to and from he Legion he best we ve ever had all afternoon Saturday Saturday parade Parking in the fairgrounds Street- wire thronged for was filled to early in the noon parade including the afternoon and the use of Ihc Legion massed pipes and the lot eased the strain drum band Kiwanis Kava somewhat Arrangements lien Guelph and Acton Citizens Band use land off usual variety of entries delighted the crowd The midway didn t even open Friday in the day long rain but by the end of the three days the operators felt they had done well Admission was up and the crowd down at the Saturday night dance and organizers were very well satisfied with the result There was a smaller crowd and no pro blems Hal exhibits were down slightly but there was a good showing The high cost of baking is blamed for fewer in some of the classes All baking was left for display on Sunday with dry ice packed in cases at nights help keep it fresh All the floor space was rented months before Ihc fair More later Complete results of all the competitions at the fair will be given in next week ree Press There are also many more pictures to be shared Mr Rowe said the exhibit area could have been resold over and over the re is such a demand Big disappointment was the heavy horse show which had only one entry but all other classes had entries that satis tied organizers The horses were especially good and the poultry show was one of the best The heavy horse pull at traded i surprising en tries was a big The fair board beef bar beetle sold out at AM pounds of beef consumed The high school food booth also sold out Mrs Kelly and Oil rest home stiff manned the pan booth a big boom to early rising horse show en thusiasls who were on the grounds by a a m Sherwood Humes old steam and threshing demonstration drew crowds Junior Formers mini farm was a big success again despite the fact two eoats got loose in Hit beer lent next An innovation was the high style fashion show put on by Marilyn Boutique Saturday afternoon iddlers contest and baby show variety show and contest have become regulars Extra police were on duty fair weekend with a detach meat office set up in the park They report no serious pro blems during the Stouts had a special display and Vtnturts helped set up for tht fair and clean up tcrward tit Tht clean up task was massive and still was going on Tuesday Snow fence chairs etc had to be packed up returned Hills lent a packer for the clean up very bod cooperated slid weary secretary treasurer Tuesday But it to be an awful lot of tht fair is so big now It didnt rain on our parade See page Bl Interlock stone Variety on Mill Street TEARS STREAMING down her face Char takes her seat of honor as Miss Acton Fall Fair 1976 after her crowning during Friday evenings variety show in the arena Miss Bigelow a first year dental assistant student at Seneca College was named over 12 other contestants after an action packed few hours Susan Thibodeau 17 first runner up and second runnerup ac compamed Miss around the fairgrounds during the fair weekend She will be competing in the Miss CNE Sweetheart of the Fairs contest Toronto next August More pictures and story on page B7 It s definite will have a Yorkvillt side walk of interlocking stone from John Mini Councillor Mike rni strong explained the money was in tht budget and work would be done during the rctorustruclion of Mill Street He pointed out the is manufactured at Dura in Georgetown He said he hoped tht same could be done in other commercial areas of the town Councillor said he thought tht merchants simply wanted the area by the roadwa improved and wondered if they wanted the whole sidewalk in the inter locking stone Councillor Mike Armstrong said the merchants were clear about 11 and so were the members of the works committee He said the stones would add character lo the urea store delay So much Halton vandalism police merely take reports Vandalism is gelling so bid in the just tan I keep up in it Chief Ken Skerrett old II 1 Commission There is so much of it we jusl can I keep up with It ends up a tase of simply reports on each incidence of Sktrrrtll said Regional councillor Jack representing region chairman Mian at mctlinj said regional council is considering putting forth motion asking Board of due lo crack down on its students who arc known vandals suggtsltd if who art causing damage to public ind private proptrtj throughout the region didn have the tcrtd world of the school they starl lo realize Ihc seriousness of their actions Mayor Harry Barrett said the of some of the vanda in is amazing William said he nought root of tht problem is that some parents just don I give a damn what their kids do Alluding to some of he vandalism problems in his town Barrett didn t know how the youths managed to continually break supposedly unbreakable in bus shelters day after day Perplexed what is the answer to curbing rising vmdalism chairman Glen wondered What do we have to do put an or in every bus Barrett noted the schools art hiving Iheir own prob vandalism Tht situation is so bad the school board is trouble find trif firms to insure schools As a result Hit board pays insurance premiums said one way of to stop public and pri property might be lo get to them through school pro grams schools arc one avenue open to us There seems to be an which has been building up in our society which has no respect for other people property ob served said Is so widespread in that only the parents can stop noted and other officers are out all he tlmt speak in at and preaching against vanda Iism Last year people under years of age accounted for cent of the crimes in he said He fell most of the vanda is caused by a small group of teenjgers and they are giving all young people a bad name said he doesn t hold much hope right now of young people reporting incidents of vandalism caused by other students cither schools or police He said the good element among retaliation He predicted that even tually people will face up to the threat of retaliation and once thai happens youth will start to level off said he expects and Ihe rest of the is headed down the same stormy violent road which Ihe United Stales has already travelled and the trip may be necessary before youth crime starts to ail off said he though the answer has be Ihe Continued on Page two Hills subsidiary planning board has delayed approval for a variety store to be built where the remains of an old blacksmith shop now stand at the corner of Agnes and Main Streets At a planning board meet on September assistant planner lion Burnett told the councillors that the present site for tht neighborhood store is too small and the developer is trying to acquire more properly Con slruttion wants to build the variety store and planning board has previously voiced strong support for he idea since it will mean the removal of in eyesore Burnett and planner Mario reported a study of the whole area is underway since it is a residential com and industrial area and the planners want decide which should be the official use of the block and what should be designati legal but conforming in the official plan Planning board agreed application for an official plan amendment for he store was premature Both councillors and Pal expressed concern that the delay not be too long since they were eager to set the removed CONGRATULATIONS are offered to this years Qtizen of the Year Mrs Isabel Watson by Chamber of Commerce president Louis Charlebois Shell be guest of honor at a dinner at the Legion Oct 8 Mrs I Watson Citizen of Year Librarian for over years Mrs Isabel Watson will be honored as Actons Citizen of the Year at a dinner in the Legion ball Friday October The Chamber of Commerce sponsors the a highlight of their year For the first time the presentation dinner dance is being held in the fall rather than the spring Mrs Watson has been chief librarian for years and worked part time in the village library even before that She will bere tiring soon She and her husband and later son Tom operated Watson s Dairy and Dairy Bar Tickets will be on sale soon C president Acton Library during Friday nights pouring rain to announce the committee decision to Mrs Watson Agree and disagree People planners at library MORE THAN TWENTY citizens turned out for the regional planning meeting at the library last Wednesday They went through a planning report which contained points that may end up in the official plan Several townsfolk met government planners in the library help chart Region course even though a few said they d rather the region not count on Acton go ing too far down the road Some turned out last Wedntsduy night of a Canada Cup hockey game being played to give their yeas or nay to Iht Region Planning Department Phase report on draft goals and objcttivts The group chaired by councillor Pal McKenzle took the full scheduled a half hours to go through the 19 legal size page document Copies were given to citizens as they entered the room Meeting Tht planners arc holding meetings throughout Ihe re gion to get citizen reactions to the report A meeting is scheduled for Georgetown Gordon arena on Sept ember starting at 30 The planners findings will end up in the region official plan At the meeting people read over section b of the report and picked items they were either in favor of or not Items such as housing and agriculture got the most lime but utilities and government sections received scant at Talk of helping regional planners work without Acton came just prior to the meet ing getting underway The first Ihing to do is get out of the region of said Reasonable Sneaking to the planners Bruce Shoemaker backed up Mr Youngblut with You asked us to come to plan for and I think its a reasonable suggestion to plan without Acton You don know how many people you re speaking for chimed In Did Price of FricndsIn Deed Strongest views of the evening came from two formers who objected to the planners about proposed ideas for agriculture In the region The 10polnt agriculture section included calls To provide tax Incentives for active farming lo perm designate prime farmlands for agricultural uses to design on effective system for land bonking strategically located good agriculture lands 1 disagree with this whole page on agriculture Ralph Denny It It Acton told the planners Branch said he agreed wilh Mr Denny Need Region planners were told that Acton needs industrial and commercial development more than new housing We hove nearly people and little industry Vic Elizabeth Drive said Hills council backs calls for Acton and George town lo gel industry first and housing second chairman replied If the area is to get according to the meeting II should either be of the es tote variety or of type that can be rented Everyone I talk to says there a need for rental housing March of Balllnofad said Paul Nielsen agreed Mr Price of Friends In Deed spoke on the plonner section on specialized Consult the capped first and don let an engineer botch it up Hell build a monstrosity Mr Price said One objective under Growth and Settlement which would have put o new town somewhere the got on I m not in favoi of it from David Swot man His thumbs down come after assistant planner Sharon Johnston reworded the docu To promote o Halton Itcgional centre for business cultural and recreational purposes as What they re asking Is if you want another town other than the present ones The group responded to the possible threat from proposed sanitary landfill sites with the idea of having o central gar disposal unit It was hoped that such a unit would recycle material so that it would help pay for itself Flowers On the recreation section Mr Nielsen sold I think we should hang onto the original concept of small parks with flowers and trees That is common ground where people can talk instead of just a place for mass sport Mr from questioned Ihe cost of what would result if all Ihc items under Social were set up I think we have to examine the costs 1 d like to see them But I get a little up tight because it isn very practical or down we re planning spring public meetings with alter natives on costs and implica lions planner Johnston sold Donot of Nossaga weyo asked the planners for more frequent bus service between Georgetown and Guelph in the off hours He said hot the bus service is adequate during the day but not so good for people who start work before No comments were made on the utilities or Government sections of the paper The Acton meeting drew an average number of people planner Johnston said Twenty two went lo the lib rary HOLDING ONTO THE youngest Everton citizen isT the villages oldest citizen during the dedication of Hortop Mill Sunday at Mr McCutcheon was years and three months old Sunday and Cheryl Zions was two months old Story and more pictures on page Bio