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The Acton F Press Wednesday June29 if- Editorial Page Big holiday weekend Back to Acton Days and inion Day celebrations are co inciding this coming weekend Merchants and organizations are joining wholeheartedly making plans for a big holiday weekend of fun and entertainment here Although plans havent been underway for long the cooper ation and response have been ter The new Business Association is filled with enthusiasm over its first big project and they didnt wait to start small They started big Judging from plans itll be more fun to stay home than go away any where this coming weekend The Back to Acton Days theme is especially appealing and the part lcipants are making the popular issue of the season the town hall the theme for their promotion It 11 give a great boost to the campaign The four past mayors who are still living will be featured with games music booths barbecue and bargains ending with fire works Sunday night So its Back to Acton this Thurs day Friday Saturday and Sunday Independent study Reports from meetings between Ontario Hydro representatives and Interested Citizens Group officials and the Ministry of Energy suggest neither the Ministry nor Hydro is yet convinced a study of the Bruce to Milton hydro corridor has not been done They apparently are still adamant in insisting Solandt studied the corridor in his now oftenquoted report despite the decision of the Ontario Court of Appeals which allowed in the report Solandt only lightly touched on the subject Well if Ontario Hydro or the istry are not convinced then we would suggest they should have Solandt appear at the Hearings of Necessity when they resume at Acton Legion Hall July Perhaps Solandt could clear up miscon both Hydro and the Mm istry seem to have It is clear they have been caught in their own trap by the decision of the Supreme Court and would pre fer to ignore the implications of the ruling rather than admit they have erred or simply chose to ignore the facts Let us make it clear now there never has been an independent study done of the Bruce to Milton hydro corridor such as was con ducted by Dr Solandt for the east- west Pickering to Nanticoke hydro corridor And it only seems proper one group of citizens along a hydro route should be accorded the same rights and privileges granted in other areas Or are the citizens of Halton Hills Erin township and on up to Bruce not entitled to the same rights as accorded the people of Caledon King and other more af fluent areas OUR READERS WRITE Council baffles Miltonians Milton Ontario June The Editors Acton Free Press and Georgetown Independent For the people of Milton fighting the Site garbage dump one of the continuing mslenes of the battle is the solid block of Hills Councillors who unanimously and consistently vote to choose Site as the single landfill site for The mystery continues on this subject because seldom during council debate do Messrs Armstrong Booth Hill ind Miller ask a question or express a view on the subject yet they consistently vote to choose it Possibly their comments arc unnecessary anyway considering that neutral chairman file Morrow at two separate meetings has given his opinion on Ihc desirability of choosing Site Not always have the people of Milton had to wonder about why oh why does Hills want one large landfill site on class one farmland in the centre of the region In the last council Ernie Sykes of Hills spoke numerous times about the inap propriate use of productive soil for burying garbage Unfortunately Ernie Sykes is no longer a member of council His direct common sense approach gave a refreshing lift to the inscrutable Live rings of Regional Council Now that Hills no longer has his representation it is also without a debater and anyone who is willing at Regional Council remembering that one cannot include Morrow in this since as chairman without the position of an elected official he should remain neutral in all debates Because this situation of silent selection F by all of Hills councillors genuinely baffles rural neighbourliness with Georgetown and Acton names that sound better than and mean more than Hills anyway the Miltonians have even requested their Acton and Georgetown friends to telephone the councillors to get some answers One such inquirer placed four calls to a councillor who did not respond once It is ironic to note that in the first years of Regional Council Cox a well remem councillor introduced a motion to prohibit the use of Class One farmland for garbage Possibly he did so with his own municipality in mind since unfortunately at that time was very much a possibility as a single large long term gar site for Still the ghost of lurks at Reg lonal Council where regularly it is reported that the Burlington councillors devoted to the cause of choosing Milton Site simply whisper within earshot of any Hills councillor who might stray from the voting pack is on idle but apparently effective threat for never would Burlington consider shipping its massive amounts of garbage such a with haulage costs rising yearly Ashgrove and Site have one thing in common both are productive class one farmland When again will there be a spokesman for farmland from Hills Now that is saved lets save Site too Having attended the recent all candidates meeting at Georgetown High School 1 am aware of Georgetown negative opinion of Regional Government Having just viewed a Regional Council meeting on the landfill issue I see grounds for that scepticism Eight councillors spoke against choosing Site No councillor refuted their arguments or spoke with any consequence In return The vote to choose Site carried 14 10 Hills provided almost one third of the votes for the choice of Site One citizen spoke to the Issue 40 citizens attended All were Ignored 14 councillors voted to buy an unknown amount of land at an unknown cost None of the 14 had any questions to ask In the present council the voting pattern on a single centralized landfill site for Region is Burlington six support a single large site three support small local sites with reduction and reclamation Oakville three support a single large site four support small local sites reduction and reclamation Milton AH three councillors support local sites reduction and reclamation Halton Hills All five councillors support single large site In March 1977 Acton and Georgetown papers made editorial comments about the lamentable choice Site for ccn tralized dumping Those editorial com men Is made me think that many people in Acton and Georgetown must be concerned just as Julian Reed is and even if the Regional Council members ore turning their backs A phone call to or toll free would be much appreciated to shed some light on this lack of voting support from an area which one would assume be an ally Instead it appears to be both ends against the middle Sincerely Mrs Alcoholism disease To the Editor The headline Help on Way for Boozing Teachers displayed an to wards social problems as well as biased reporting on the part of your paper May I suggest that you pay heed to the words of board chairman Garry Morton until people start looking at alcoholism as a disease society won t get anywhere In dealing with the problem Sincerely JeanE Beaton WINDY TENTACLES PULL on this tree on the shore of Fairy Lake bringing cool weather upon us Far mers welcomed the rain but not so for organizers of Back to Acton Days celebration this weekend Sugar and Spice by bill smiley June is not month of the year Maybe it because on the second day of that month about HO years ign it seems like I wis ushered into the world somebody gave u si on tin bum I started to cry and I been hit diced June ever since It has some ml iris siy There ire no tin foot icicles hinging from the roof don I to through snowdrifts to to the ir Hut it his its own phones I write a three inch is working his way across the windowsill to say hello I know he II be a be butterfly any diy hut last night I slipped on his brother in my bare feet ind the dark on the way to the bathroom I to get squashed caterpillar from between jour toes No I don live in a The little devils up from the basement or through a hole in the screen they have friends and relatives Just as I ijped that i black ant the size of i mouse scuttled across Ihe floor and under chair He looked big enough to off one of m shoes mastic He it in i quiet Insolent starlings my back lawn scaring the decent birds aw when thc ire not trying to get into attic through hole the squirrels have made or pooping all over my ear as it sits under a nnple tree which is also miking large deposits of and gum on the vehicle Wasps and humble bees arc as numer and noisy and welcome as gate crashers it a cocktail party if you dire laki a drink into the back yard for a peace ful libation If it s humid and stinking hot as June so often Is its like courting whatever that is lo sit out in Ihe evening ruddy lurn you into a writhing slapping bundle of neurotic frustration in ten minutes do up north intoeottige and you wish you were back home with the mos quitocs The up there can be roinn with is slurp up it gu ir fly dope ve pi is tend with ind lack for more lhc leave hi bloody not unbowed I hive never yet June when the we ither was right for the crops It either too wet ind hot for the hay or ind hot for the strawberries or too cold for the garden to get eood Only d thing June is good for is the you have to mow Slick your bead out some evening with your net firmly in place you can hear stuff growing June is murder for mothers trying to get their infants lo go to sleep at Ihcir hour Whit kid of two is to down in bed at eight clock with tin sun streaming through the the birds icking it each other the teen who hive come dive i six month torpor squealing their tires at Ihc mothers of slightly older kids its even worse On i nice Jinuarj night they in feed the kids ind stick in front of the set or me them toward their homework No problem On in evening in June those kids from six to 1G take off supper like salmon heading up lo spawn and have to hollered for whistled for some times rounded up physic illy with thrcits after dark In January even the hardy teen igcr will hesitate to venture out into the swirling a winter night In June the same bird will hesitate venture in from the I black of summer where sex is the nose on his face and probably i better shape June is time when the 1 is infested with not only lenl other pests in even worse virulence of creeps ins with instant remedies fur old ills I II l a pi igue of tent irs iny d June is the time for inolher of the institutions tint tend to m iltrcal the in mites marriage Why of either sex wants to get hitched in sticky old old June with ill its concomitants I never know But do ind people go roil rid with looks talking about June such offence to my who is getting this month Hoy tint cost me June month when ill tin ridiculous re ions with which wc surround our selves have their Inst mietinc before the summer too hot The who t too much it meetings to insane 11 shut up for two months ind go on until midnight June is i time when people out of their minds and buy boats and and holidays they in ifford and new cars for the trip incv that will rust in the ill winter June is the month when I have to sweat in i building through my most unproductive work as teacher counting books ordering books m irks pi inning course outlines when I could be or drinking beer or doing something worthwhile I end on July with some of that hot dry weather some big black bass lotsof fresh vegetables out of the garden ind an end to the vermin of June and otherwise MANY OF THESE students of Miss Mildred Hollinger In Acton public school are still familiar faces around town Most names were recalled by Mrs George Wallace who taught them all the year before and who wanted to share the fond memories with the Free Press readers Front row left to right March ment Gordon Teddy Kacblin Danny Porty Donald Davidson Leno Braida Carl De- Forest and Ronnie Papillon Second row Yvonne Shirley Fryer Barbara Vincent Don Anderson Fryer Mane Parker Chew Lila Harris and Third row Harvey Ingles Billy Joyce June Brown Sig VanderGrlnten Currie Joanne Veldhuis Betty Wilds Irene Evans Judith Beer and Bobby Back Row John Laka unknown Fred Dunn Bill Palmer Bobby Bruce Teddy Tyler Billy Ivan Huffman Sheppard Billy Ronald Ryder and Miss The Free Press Back Issues 10 years ago Token from the Issue of the Free Press Wednesday June 1907 Seven year old Tim my Main St suffered a complex compound fracture of his left leg when he darted in front of a carnearhlshomeat3 on Saturday The young lad was taken to hospital by ambulance Police said a car driven by Harold Snow Royal York Toronto was proceeding slowly south on Main St The driver was watching children on his left when the young lad darted out from his right lo rejoin his friends and was struck First dredge to test the silt and weeds at Fairy Lake was assembled Tuesday at the park and finally floated in the evening Construction is making tests in order to bid on the job of cleaning up the silt clogged parts of the lake Dredging is expected to Increase the storage capacity and provide an even flow of water down the Black Creek during the dry summer months Chefs Vic Patrick and Charlie Auger tested the condition of the large roast of beef at Saturday Legion Barbeque when 12 portable barbecues cooked savory meals on the Legion parking lot Tarpaulins had to be erected over the barbecues when drenching rain fell but the roasts a vera 15 pounds were ready for dinner after seven hours on the spits One hundred and eighty attended the barbecue and dance afterwards 20 years ago Taken from the issue of the Free Press An anonymous offer to renovate Acton arena and install artificial ice was reported to Acton Council Tuesday by Mayor Tyler Conditions of the action would be the cost could only be repaid out of arena revenue and the present admission charges were not to be increased No debentures or loan could be arranged for repayment it was explained An incredulous council voted in favor of the idea and instructed the Mayor to continue negotiations and finalize arrangements It is understood the town would continue ownership of the arena following renovation of the building and installation or the plant No Indication of the benefactors identity was revealed but it was noted here were relatives in Acton The Acton parks board announced the appointment of two high school students to be employed as supervisors of the wading pool in Acton Park for the summer The pool will be under the supervision of Miss Shirley Barrett and Miss Susan Wilson Believe it or not Leo was on the receiving end of a fishing pole last Thursday when he landed a 29inch pike weighing five and three quarter pounds 100 years ago An extraordinary sized load of bark passed through the village yesterday on the way to the tannery On being measured there was found to be two and three- quarters cords It belonged to Mr Allan McDonald of the of Messrs John Anderson C 1 igan ind W Russell of caught trout at Limehouse on Tuesday of last week They weighed from half a pound to two pounds each Last Sunday evening the sidewalk and railway track east of Campbell s Hotel seemed to be quite alive with diminutive toads or frogs about three- fourths of an inch in length The Orangemen of Montreal made on application to the Mayor of that City for protection during the passage of their pro cession through the streets on the Twelfth The work on the new gaol at Milton is pro gressing rapidly Woodcock shooting came in for the season on July 1 Business very quiet Streets very dusty Spring crops suffering for want of rain Mr tailor of this village left Monday night for New York City to practice cutting He expects to be absent about two or three weeks It is only years this summer since the first tree was chopped down where now stands and now it is a town with over inhabitants THE ACTON FREE PRESS PHONE 853 2010 Business and Editorial Office Copyright