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estate lots Pro con development question in Baliinafad Today s the last chance for folk to line up for or against a proposed estate subdivision by depositing their written reasons in Shortill general store By taking sides residents move along a path that will take them to an Ontario Municipal Board meeting at a week tomorrow when evidence from both sides the town and the developer will be heard The decision to put a box to hold people s reasons in the general store was taken after a sometimes fiery informa tion meeting in the com munity centre last Wed According to Dave there may be meetings by both sides before they go to the OMB Baliinafad You might delay this but you wont stop iL Jack Martin told a gathering of people Mr Martin farmer lawyer local resident turned developer stood up to tions about future of his land Mr Martin company is Development Ltd Seventeen lots arc Proposed to be cut out of the former farm on the west half of Lot 1 Concession in Erin Township Mr Martin said he was hoping to build on land designated by the township as hamlet infill Council decision The meeting is to hear Mr Martin appeal of town ship council decision to turn down the proposed project Landowners adjacent to the Martin property received no tice of the hearing and some of them asked Mr Martin to give some background on his ideas for the property Mr Martin accepted but told the meeting that he there to Justify anything to them Some members of township council attended the meeting and except for Jo Schneider they are keeping their powder dry until the OMB battle What I think upsets a lot of people is infilling said one man He added that he didn t think Martins plan with a road and threequarter acre lots qualified as infilling That development he said Many people were con about finding them selves living beside a DEVELOPER JACK division a lifestyle they MARTIN proposes they d escaped hcn estate lofs for J lo Baliinafad Creation of 17 lots would mean approximately Go new people in the village Councillor Schneider pressed Martin on what he do for recreation in the village and he said he be willing to do something if someone asks Get him Why not go up with the idea of getting him Martin to give us a park for the kids Something we don have asked Rene March don like offering things because people say you re offering bribes Martin said A couple of people said they feared the granting of Mr Martin project by the would be the thin edge of the development wedge for the village Ifyougctthis wont other hundred acre people development Between a couple of the proposed lots there a 66foot gap from a road to a field to the east Under questioning Mr Martin said Ihe path was needed by him to pass farm machinery in and out of the field Mr Martin said he sure if consider making the path slimmer say down to a 15 foot width Martin who said Erin Township gave him no reason for turning down his proposal also said the subdivision wouldsincrease the value of lots In the area and supply a fairly decent type or housing But he added that he was pre judiced on the matter 1 m gonna make a buck Tax revenue On the subject of how much ThaActon Fre Press Wednesday May 1977 competent to set a figure Some out loud people said they favored the However Stephen Saxe of the prefer some kind of move Georgetown said from his arming operation on the side We 11 all get a kick at the experience new houses are instead of the houses A few cat on the said Martin assessed at a higher value than older houses According to engineers hired by Mr Martin there would be no effect on the water table by the drilling of wells for the new houses They were also to have septic tanks Again and again Mr Martin said he t des troying ral land with the proposed houses Milton School of Driving OSL CALL GEO BAIRD 8784018 Ospnnge WI church service in community news Winifred Smith The May meeting of the W 1 was held in the evening at the home of Mrs Jesse There were members present and eight visitors Mrs president welcomed all to the meeting after the usual opening by all repeating the I ode and Mary Stewart collect the meeting got The roll call was answered by each telling of a book they would recommend The main topic of business discussed was the District Annual meeting coming up May This year it will be held in Georgetown Delegates appointed to attend October of this year will be the anniversary of forming a branch of the 1 There some planning on how the branch would celebrate It was decided to have a banquet and a guest speaker Education and Cultural Convener Mrs was unable to be present so Mrs Jamieson remained in the chair for the program She called on the conveners for two minute reports Current events were given by each member telling of hap pening in the neighbourhood The motto Reflections through the Windows of Time was given by Mrs Smith in the form of a poem Mrs Beta Shortill had prepared a paper on The History and Culture of glass making It was given by Mrs Grace McEnery It told how glass was made in the early days and how many different types of glass available pressed glass cut glass milk glass crystal and brown glass Grace had a piece of each which she passed around including a fragile blown glass vase which was very beautiful and had been handed down for two generations The article also included a story of the art of making fused glass and described the memorial window in Cedar Spring United Church which is of different construction than the ordinary stained glass It proved to be an interesting and educational topic As is customary at the May meeting then was a sale of plants Jesse McEnery auctioned them off in fine style The sum of 20 was realized for the welfare fund Mrs Thompson and Mrs Marshall were in charge of the lunch with Mrs Kirkwood and the hostess assisting Christian amily Sunday was observed in the church May with members of families having different parts of the service The first scripture lesson was read by Mr Fred A beautiful duet was sung by and Leigh Jessop We thank Thee for Our Mothers Mrs Gloria Johnson representing the mothers gave a reading Family Beatitudes The second scripture lesson was given by Mr ThL Junior Choir under the direction of Mr Bob and Mr Dave Sch did exceptionally well when they sang the My prayer for Mother- Day was given by Jennifer The offering was received by the Guest family Mrs Grace representing Grandmothers recited Somebody Mother Stiles thanked all those liking part in The Christian irmly Service We were glad to hear the good news that Mr I Burt is recovering nicely from his recent heart attack He is a patient in General Hospital Mr Morgan Midi wis able to leave hospital on and is recuperating at home We hope he con to improve Region move bugs HRCA Last years mosquito abatement program cost the Region Conservation and mem were unhappy when they discovered last week that only of it is for a grant Members were under the impression that the full cost would be eligible for grants and criticised the region for withdrawing financial sup port They asked us to do the program and we did it exclaimed Prank Rogers from Burlington and one of the reasons we over spent our budget last year If we were crazy enough to do it we should get stuck the bill he siid I was against it from the start We Stock and Order McCALL STYLE SIMPLICITY PATTERNS HINTONS to 1 00 STORE Missed Your Free Press Please Let Us Know Our carriers do their best to give fast courteous service but mistakes do happen so if you do not receive your paper or have any complaints regarding delivery please call our office Meet the Candidates Night MONDAY MAY 30th at 800 PM Robert Little School Auditorium JULIAN REED Liberal BILL JOHNSON GEORGE GRAY PC Here is your opportunity to meet the candidates in the up coming provincial election and have your questions answered by them An informal get together will be held after the meeting where refreshments will be served SPONSORED BY THE ACTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Residents have guests on mothers weekend Doris I- Inc Mr Mrs of Kindersley spent a ft it home of brother Mr ind Mrs Bruce and Mr and Mrs Ward Bruce mother Mrs who is visiting then from Mr Mrs ime down from Winnipeg where the were Ik is friltrnil delegate from the Kuril Municlpil Tri lo the association at who wis ilso student at spent week half fislunj ind wiling in decree tender itures I She has now returned for tier 1 semester University in four honors decree with major in English and a minor in fine art ounlv honors Johnston received tier County honors at the Achievement Day on Clothes for Leisure held Hose It Public School in leaders Mrs Glen J ickson and Judy Johnston mended The club presented in exhibit on Trims with Imagination were lldike and Hon A fishion revue was pre Members Jenny Minders wen Judy Johnston Margie Johnston Kiren Susan Milne it Cheryl Mora Stewart Mothers 1 ly guests with Mrs Thorn is and Dons were Mr and Mrs William Henderson of llelwood Mr mi Mrs Bryan 1 in and of 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