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The Acton Freo Press Wednesday Junel 1977 An insight for voters The Chamber of Commerce again brought the election can didates to Acton for a well organized Meet the Candidates night It has become a Chamber tradition that is an important one Some towns have several cal meetings during the campaign and the turnout of people at some of them is decidedly low It would seem to be actually a waste of time for the busy men Acton has just one meeting and the attendance of over was what is about normal Acton and district people knew the issues and there were plenty of perceptive questions No doubt the campaigners have heard them all before At any rate they had ready answers The only issue which generated much impulsive res was naturally the one of regional government Again the answers were predictable Not all answers immediately satisfied the audience and there were a few heckling remarks We suspect some of these people were partisan supporters from town Since it was Acton s only meet the full time could have been devoted to the people of this area quite easily However as they say it s a free country and you can keep people quiet especially atelection time Thanks to the Chamber again The people who attend these meetings always gain an important insight into the candidates per sonahties and platforms only possible when they are heard in person The case for Hotchens The determination of four town businessmen to provide downtown parking has resulted in their taking it upon themselves to purchase Hotchen s Bakery property The towns negotiations have been in the works since July and other offers have surfaced The men felt the only thing they could do was proceed on their own They have a private trust agree ment which states they will sell the property to the town with a dead line of August31 These men are firmly convinced the downtown needs more visible parking and that all the downtown businesses should share the cost They have figured out the cost over 20 years amounts to no more than a business s fire insurance for a comparison They see the site as a par valuable one in the future When Bakery admittedly in poor shape is re moved the town can arrange to have parking clear through the lot and into the next block Arrangements for this have been made The whole project should cost about 60 If Hotchen s is removed and a new revenue producing building erected on the lot it would be too late to dream of parking there This is one of the most important things for the downtown the eager buyers insist It is very likely for instance that in the future parking will be limited to one side of Mill This could fit in well with the plans of the Business Improvement Area which is pre commissioning a study of the downtown There would then be room for benches and trees on one side But public opinion of the other merchants is not solidly behind the purchase of the bakery Objectors still hold up the project Four men have stuck their necks out They think it is worth while and they say they are willing to lose a couple of thousand dollars for the town Sure it costs the merchants some money Whatdoesnf More parking and an improved main street can help but benefit the merchants the neighborhood and indeed all of us who want to take pride in our town Hydro misled Queens Park The Ontario Court of Appeals- highest court in the province has finally shown to doubters what area people have been saying for several years that Ormond Solandt did not study certain On Hydro corridor proposals in any substantial way for the route between the transformer station east of Milton and the Bruce nuclear generating plant Landowners along the route of the proposed corridor have been denying statements from Ontario Hydro for several years which in sisted Dr Solandt settled the ques of where the route should go Now three justices of the Ontario Court of Appeals have affirmed the stand of area residents albeit somewhat late in the process that Solandt only studied the east west corridor from Nanticoke to Pickering and did not deal with the north south route in any sub stantialway It was a landmark decision because the comparatively new Expropriation Act has never been tested in court before The Courts decision emphasizes that the day is past when any body could steam roller its way through private property without just cause Residents along the route have contended this was the reason for enactment of the Expropriation Act while Ontario Hydro through its lawyer Tom Marshall has maintained the purpose of expro priation hearings was to deal with specific proposals from land owners along the route and move transmission towers to avoid ob stacles such as swimming pools or sugar bush Hopefully now the Minister of Energy will get the message the courts have spoken there has been no independent study of the Bruce to Milton corridor Ministers of Energy from McKeough Dennis Timbrell and now James Taylor have all contended Dr Solandt studied the route and based decisions on the information they have been fed by the Ontario Hydro Surely now it is clear Solandt never studied the north south route and Ontario Hydro has been misleading Queens Park It is time Queen s Park had some independent advisers who have no axes to grind Of this and that Next Sunday would have been Day The service is not being held this year due to dwindl ing interest the past couple of years No doubt many people will go to St Josephs and even Pioneer cemetery as usual and tend the graves of their loved ones The Legionaires and I O E members will still plant geraniums on the graves of servicemen and former associates Apparently the hold up on Mill St is due to the problem over the crumbling curbs At one THE CHORALIERS entertained on the lawn behind St Joseph church Sunday during the At Home held in conjunction with the 120th year of the parish Refreshments were served inside the church time it had been hoped that Mill would be completed by the end of May With just over a week until balloting for a provincial representative there is still a great deal of apathy evident among the voters Candidates in the widely spread riding that stretches from the northern limit of Ha Hon to well down into Burlington and includes Milton Acton Georgetown and a sectfon of north Burlington are having difficulty in generating strong interest One of tin mile marked it it I v is I ei ig iin tolumn ehippe I in ill week hits wrote from mi sueieytcdshi dnotmd of unit ism into this weekly i pistil of the first part had some ju or out thn e weeks in I is bitching sore my d re re my I of sLtond re things that win not then I not been I will Ik skeptic I skiptu is in Ik in n through wir sever il decides of politic bnllroir Hut I love lift and people nntvc too mueh ever to turn into tint imp of humins cynic I there is edge hinting there fori few weeks Hut despite the fl blows of life I im not down east ir depressed III prove by I of news this I don i inter or losis in my I is i little 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post office three hours the leadline a new It mi out of iviry spare nickel I had hut IhiU an annual bread iindlnans for month re good for you the tlmi this have been through the annual of going through hundred eager applications for one I must ness of playing with young people lives will he over agiin practically caught up on my murk by ignoring the hockey playoffo and sitting at the with a pcnill in in the other tuunled tod there are 112 ess short stones bits of to m irk home free Hit Hit best thing hats jm mil to me in cool s incurred I ist I I foolishly nude in ment with nose specialist in a neighbor I don t know why I must be getting dotej I hits i perfectly good Its badly hint hero and there I in smell But if 1 have to resort to spt ticks it will in excellent on to rest them Will isswn is the round the rror stories it me One sw ire used an ilittrlt drill to bori through the bone of noses ki mine who id a nose job for sinus eontriluted Worst pun I ever through in my life Me the butcher up mom from outside He through rm inside my mil went up from litre ful Two other I irds who nose jobs just hook their hi ids winced when I pressed them for del to s ij 1 wis bit while and when the old ejrl I got in the i hi off last Friday I was opine the car down as usual Dun a lop under m I erept up the disk mil myself so lady made me rtpcit Oh Mr the doctor soul of town for the on ere supposed to be here Seems that the lonl doctors office when my wife tailed to eheek on the pomtmeut time made beautiful stood then in front of the nose man receptionist with different visages wis furious moulhine at me silmtly cow ird 111 re I don t know slit think unless it w si iust I w is grinning like an idiot Id m nit mother but Kb not for month I II think of something OUR READERS WRITE Celebration At Home the red brick Whin folk go It pray recuvi Almighty blessings In tht old friendly folk have yi the red With lo d their thing and help the years Hurt win smiles of friendly wt koine I or to see Where yellow coils did i isi thro its With the tup of tei ill folk While hoik music round Ik the nil Home to ill To rid join the sound fiw hippy flctimg lir friends to Hello meet the folk live with folk Ihey ve to know od his calm their many fe in mil fan tin yean Victor Smith It I History of post office Dear The nit ion i board of the Can Cost masters and Assistants Ins rac to compile Oil history of our I- or tills f am asking your readers to contribute Items of interest such as photographs clippings of import ml postal the piineir of euts stories from in Cm Sincerely yours Held Michael C A A Historian Port Hob in son Ontario IAS Researching Boer war It is seventy five years since thi Pence of Vireenlging brought the War to The Doer War wan of first major overseas military campaign and relatively little has been written about the participation of the Canadian contingents I engaged in researching the role of the Canadian forces In this conflict and I am anxious lo get It touch with surviving veterans or with relatives or friends of vetenns dot on nurses priests or doc tors I will he truelllng and reseirching throughout during the next few months and 1 would be most grateful If readers could assist me in this project Hugh Robertson Springfield Ottawa Ontario 10 years ago Terry graduated in Business Administration from Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology at con vocation held at Mc Master University Hamilton May 12 Father J Morgan pastor of St Joseph church Acton will celebnte the anniversary of ordination to the Holy Priesthood on Sat day June During Father Morgan priesthood he has served as pastor at Georgetown and Acton Thirty dollars damage was caused in a minor accident on Victoria at a Saturday May 27 A car owned by Murray Nelson Court was damaged while the second vehicle driven by Keith Masscy IIH was the vehicle Police said the Body car was parked Mr and Mrs It Force have returned from a trip to A series of flights took them lo several countries including Portugal the of France Italy Switzerland and Holland were called to extinguish a blaze in a car owned by John Thomas of It It Acton at m Saturday evening Police said damage wis caused by the fire which occurred after the vehicle slopped and burst into flames at be corner of Eastern Ave Church St It was proceeding east on Church St 20 years ago Taken from issue or The rep I 1957 The future of Ihe Wool Combing Industry in Acton is uncertain at press time today Robert in an interview with the Press it one revealed a decision would be Monday At present an estimated employees are representing approximately a quarter million dollar annual payroll enrolment of is reported by Pnn for the kindergarten class for the coming season It his been suggested by him mothers wishing to enrol their children contact the school as soon is possible Mayor Tyler will greet i town crier and coach at the steps of the next Thursday at a He will be greeting the Mayor of Milton who begins an ex tensive stage coach run complete with four horse team town crier and four beautiful girls decked out in gay costumes of the IB60 era Mr and Mrs Henry visited with Neville Mrs and Joanne ind Hose Mane of Toronto last weekend years ago ken from Ihe Issue of the free Press May IH77 The anniversary of the Birthday of our beloved sovereign wis celebrated in customary nnnncr Games and sports continued in style for four hours About five clock the knights of Pythias assembled in their rooms ibove the post office and having in their uniforms formed in procession ind marched through the principal streets headed by the Acton Brass Hind They large crowd In the evening the grand centre of en wis the presentation in the Drill Shed A large number of extra eh ind other seats had to be procured The professionals had instructed the imiteurs v try well and the drama of Uncle Toms was remarkably well done The entertainment was one of the most successful ever held in The dance was a success The potato bugs well as the cater pillars ire on the warpath coat of good gravel is being put on Mill St A drunken r renchman fell down a hotel stairs in Hamilton Friday and was killed The rumors concerning the dissolution of the present government ire probably without foundation e have come through Ihe of hard times and hopeful aspect of business affairs now exists THE ACTON FREE PRESS PHONE 2010 Business and Editorial Office Copyright 1977