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Ballinafad estate bid fails before the OMB A land developer eager to construct fi subdivision in Ballinafad struck out during an Ontario Municipal Board OMB hearing However he intends to come back to the plate again Developer Jack Martin Goergetown used the wrong bat according to the OMB in a meeting at May The entire action took only 35 minutes The dismissed Martins appeal of a decision by Erin township council because the provincial body has no authority over such matters We just dont have the jurisdiction said meeting chairman Armour of Toronto McCrae Is also vice- chairman of the OMB With him from Toronto was board member Willis Blair Martin has said at a pre vious meeting the township has designated Ballinafad as hamlet infill However he is repaired to get an amend menl to a township bylaw to get the land zoned residential from its current zoning of agricultural From evidence presented the township did not receive an application to change the zoning Clerk Clive Beard wood told the meeting that to his knowledge there had been no such application On a fine distinction the OMB found that Martin was refused a subdivision by the township not an application for Chairman McCrae pointed out from letters that passed between Martin and the town ship that Martin agreed the municipality refused the subdivision The decision by the OMB was one of what said is just an example of un successful applications Theres been virtually hun dreds of these applications set aside McCrae said The planning Act requires certain procedures under which the OMB can pass a bylaw over the wishes of a town said That procedure however must be followed very very carefully Hungerford of represented the township in the matter Following the brief proceedings which OMB chairman McCrae termed a waste or time Martin said he would soon try again to get the subdivision approved Reflecting on the failure of his bid Martin said its my fault I didnt ride the file close enough Martins prosposal is for the creation of lots for estate houses In Ballinafad Eight of the lots front on Seventh Line The rest would be further off the road Construction or the homes would mean about more people In the police village A public meeting con the prosposal drew about people Into Bollina fad community centre In late April Several people voiced their concerns about the destruc tion of village atmosphere while some folk thought the new population might lower taxes and encourage addi tional stores to service the village Hungerford representing the township asked the OMB to award costs to the Munlci The try for costs failed because the board felt Martins attempt to develop the land was genuine One Hundred and Second Year No ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY MAY 19777 Thirty Two Pages Fifteen Cents Empty house razed Flames and smoke could be seen in Lake view subdivision Sunday evening as Acton volunteer firefighters fought a blaze on the first line An abandoned house owned by Revenue Proper ties was completely destroyed as fire ripped through it Halton Hills Tire chief Mick Holmes suspected children set the fire No damage amount was estimated he explained because the building was just a shell with no windows or doors It is located behind the Johnson farm Because there was no water nearby the firefighters had to shuttle back and forth between town and the fire for water The men stayed on the scene for a couple of hours thefirechiefsaid injured in the blaze BniTJMiefday Three calls yesterday Tuesday Involved two trees Lightning struck a tree on the Fifth Sideroad of Erin township and another on Highway north Fire fighters responded to both calls The Chicken and Pizza Spot was the scene of a fire In a gar container a wash room Damage was minimal Paving done Paving at the Milt and Main corner was done Friday ending several weeks of awk ward detours there But by the next working day Tuesday there was another gaping hole on the corner Workmen were digging in the sidewalk area to replace wiring for the stop lights That work was soon done AN OLD ABANDONED house on the First Line behind the Johnson property burned to the ground Sunday evening in spite of Acton Volunteer firefighters attempts to put the blaze out Water had to be shuttled from Acton as firefighters had no water accessible to them at the fire scene Reed Johnson critical of Grays job forecast Both the Liberal candidate Julian Reed and the candidate Bill Johnson are critical of PC candidate George Grays statements on the possible location of try In town Julian Reed stated In connection with possibility of industry locating George town I was under a commit ment of confidentiality for more than two weeks not to reveal negotiations were taking place on the building I am concerned about by Gray since I was told publicity could jeopardize the deal I am very worried about the possibility of the industry Reed said he had given his word to say nothing He said Mayor Tom Hill had told of the possibility and he Offered his services to secure any money from the Ontario Development Corporation to ensure a successful outcome 1 know more than Im pre pared to reveal but Im not going to jeopardize the situ Why would the Con candidate make a speculative atatement of this nature when he has not participated In the tions According to my in formation the credit if any is due to the mayor and the committee set up by the municipality He also made a statement about jobs in Milton or Acton would like him to say what he had to play in that one Bill Johnson was even more sharply critical slating Im very disturbed about the methods George Gray P candidate is adopting in this campaign I find his method of playing on the hopes of the unemployed despicable If there is a chance of jobs for Georgetown Milton or Acton the public should have been informed by the Mayor of Halton Hills the Mayor of Milton or our elected representative Julian Reed This method of making promises is another matter they seldom materialize Johnson called upon Gray to resign as president of the Chamber of Commerce He said the meeting on Domtar he attended was also at tended by Julian Reed and Dr Frank and they said nothing about It Mediation meeting A mediation meeting will be held this morning Wed at 10 a at the Mohawk Inn Tor union and company representatives of Dlsston The meeting Is called by the Department of Labour Union spokesman Brian McDonald said the union exe cutive members will all at tend me meeting He report everything very on the picket lines with no problems The office staff is ing to work at the Wallace Ave plant Blood donor clinic A Red Cross blood donor clinic will be held day June the high school auditorium Organizer Henry Krocs says this is the second time the clinic has been held at the high school They are more often in the Legion The clinic will be in the afternoon and evening from 1 lo m and from to p m In the fall it is hoped that Acton will have Its own Red Cross branch organized Anyone who is interested in helping in any way could con tail Mr Kroes at He is organizing the volunteers for the clinic but says more arc needed help that day JINGLES THE CLOWN centre visited Bennett grade two students on Friday to prepare them for their circus this Thursday Jingles alias Leo Podetz of the Burlington School for Clowns demonstrated to the youngsters how to apply the necessary makeup and then made up Michael Vranic Cleft and Ian Smith right Students enjoyed the demonstration especially when their friends were painted Sell bike licenses on special Saturday hours For the second year vol are normally sold in the town will donate their time office but the young people to sell bicycle licenses on a with bikes are all in school Saturday afternoon during most of the hours The required bike licenses when the town office is open Pensioners Sept deadline for tax break Anyone receiving the guaranteed income sup plement to the old age pen sion who wants to apply for the Si reduction in property tax must apply before September 1 of this year A bylaw was passed by Hills council April 18 giving the 100 tax credit to residents living in the house where the taxes are Imposed they qualify by over receive the guaranteed supplement and have been owners of property town for a minimum of the previous five years Applications are now available in the treasury office on Main Street Georgetown and at Mill St Acton The credit is available if the owner or spouse of the owner or both are and can be applied only against one home Cons Tom organized an afternoon In the police office last spring for several hours and sold 101 He Again this year he plans to do the same thing on Saturday June He will be in the police offices in the town hall from l to 5 m Working with him again will be Pop Main and Mrs Clarke of the town office He expects another policeman will also be on hand They are all donating their time to the project to en courage the kids to get lic- B i cycle owners must know the make color and serial number of their bike The He enses cost SI each A stolen bicycle can be easily traced If the serial number is registered for a lic ense Cons Roduck points out Approve Jim James receives Chicago award for long service Acton resident Jim James was one of the recipients or the Optimist club Law Enforcement awards pre sented last week Mr James received the award in recognition of his having served years as a special constable on the Georgetown police depart ment and then the Regional Police Mr James said he had worked here longer than any of the regular officers Mr James Is the last of special constables who years ago and filled Grays rebuttal HALTON BOARD of Education trustee Bert Hinton presents high school student Kevin Parker with an Award of Merit on behalf of the board Kevin is the first local high school student to receive the award which he got in recognition of his skating accomplishments in the past few years P C candidate George Gray in rebuttal of the criticism levelled at him by the other two candidates stated I have been directly involved in all the trans actions I have discussed on behalf of industries In volved He said A businessman can understand you dont break confidence on a deal or the result may be no deal at all Im referring to the fact I cannot reveal the names of the businesses Involved They dont want Information re leased until they prepare their own work with their own employees all cases to the best of my know ledge the plants are in an ex situation where existing employees are not affected but Im in no position to know that 100 per cent Continuing Gray stated of the George town Chamber of Commerce Im concerned for the welfare of our business and the fare of the Chamber mem bers who rely on local bus iness These negotiations would be going on whether or not there an election I didnt have anything to do with the timing of the tlon The Conservative candi date said he had three meetings scheduled this week between prospective Indus tries and or landlords or land owners and was taking time from his campaign to try to finalize them Im disappointed my opponents are critical of my efforts to draw Industry and jobs to the area I can only suggest they spend some of their time trying to do some thing about the job situation in Burllnglon I ex pect very shortly to release some of the names or the Industries involved but can only do that with the express permission of the Industries involved Prepare report Engineering consultant Alan met Tuesday of last week with firefighters and councillors at the fire hall to look over the hall and the adjoining town hall Mr will prepare a feasi bility report on the of the second storey for the fire hall to present to council Although the works com mittee of council first ap proved tearing down the town hall for the fire hall second storey and parking a delegation of about at tended council meeting to protest the decision Asa result Mr was called to make a further report He was In town again Tuesday taking measure ments of the hall A committee will be named by council to consider the town hall renovation funding in at the police department whenever the station was short handed or there was a special event on His regular job is that of on insurance salesman An active member of Actons minor hockey association Mr James was a coach for another local person who also received an award the same evening Constable Brian received the award for saving the life of nineyearold Jim McMullen last summer The boy had been pronounced dead at the scene but the Constable revived him A pic ture and story ran in last weeks paper about this specific award Speeding charge A Llmehouse area man was arrested and charged after leaving Actonat a high rate of speed on his motorcycle He was travelling h In a h zone according to police trip Two members of Regions Public Works Com mittee and two members of the staff won permission to go to American Public Works Association annual conven tion in Chicago this fall but not without a fight Oakville Councillor Carl a persistent to sending councillors on trips out of the country at the taxpayers expense at tempted to reverse the recommendation of the com It is time for the age old fight Just a couple of weeks ago we approved a budget with a per cent Increase I dont believe this is ab solutely necessary who go share little or nothing with the rest of us and I doubt that anything that can be learned there cant be learned right here in this pro vince The vote authorizing the expenditure was carried on a 13 vote The two councillors named to go are Tom Suther land or Burlington and Pat Acton Suspect children again in Crescent St fire Children are again grass Tire was the third in Just suspected of having started a a few weeks all In the same grass fire at the end of Crescent St according to Fire Chief Mick Holmes The chief said Mondays There was no damage other than to the grass he said John Glynn dies in glider accident FIVE GENERATIONS gathered together at the golden wedding anniversary celebration of Jay and Edna Stewart in Guelph seated Mrs A J Murray Mrs Stewarts aunt behind her at the right Mrs J J Stewart centre Jack Stewart of Mlssissauga left his daughter Sharon Stewart and in front Kim Ad- shade who wilt be five in October John Glynn 1 was killed In a glider accident Sunday af ternoon An experienced glider Mr Glynn was flying out or Toronto Flying Club when the tragedy oc curred near Keldon a small village close to Mount Forest Mr Glynn was a technical editor with International Nickel Co at Sheridan Park He was em ployed with Smith and Stone Ltd In Georgetown for years from 1946 to 1970 His wife Jessie Glynn taught languages at George town District High School until her retirement a few years ago He is survived by his wife Jessie son Peter of Saskatchewan daughter-in- law and two grand children Jennifer and Jef frey Funeral will bo held Wednesday afternoon today from Funeral home Georgetown