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id Sncond No ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY 1977 Twontylwo Pag Cents Back to Acton Days four day celebration IT WAS A TIGHT FIT but the five former mayors of Acton plus wagon driver Bert Robertson managed Mr Robertson with hat guided the horse drawn vehicle and its historical cargo through town following the opening ceremonies of the first Back to Acton Days Thursday Several citizens turned out for the proclamation of the three day festival and the they aint what they used to be creation of the former town leaders as honorary mayors by councillor Pat The event took place in front of the town hall In the cart s front seat is George Barbeau left with the most recent Acton mayor Les On the rearseat is Ben Rachlin left John Goy Sr and Oakes whose view is blocked by Mr Goy The wind was high and the sky had a black rain cloud in it the entire weekend but the weatherman held out this weekend for Back To DAys Festivities in Acton started Thursday at noon when booths were set up by local group the opening of the long weekend was Thursday evening when the former mayors of gathered at the town hall for the Proclamation or the town of Acton These were George Dr Frank Oakes John Sr and Ben Acton Citizens Band held a roving concert for the next few hours the actual wiry of Confederation saw pony rides on Willow and a day long concert in front of the old town hall Members of the Acton Track Club ran from Glen Williams carrying flags and messages which were presented during tin concert Downtown booths were set up ranging from ticket sales to plant displays Mill St was dosed to traffic from to Mam St enabling booths to be placed in the middle of ami for spectators to about freely Tht Wall Disney film The Computer Wore Tennis Shots and the movie Wood stock were shown both Friday and Saturday Computer was very well attended but Woodstock had a disappointing turnout according to organizers A pit barbeque offering a huge full course meal was enjoyed by hundreds at the Station Hotel A beer garden and street dance at the same site was the highlight of the weekend for many people Saturday at ID a the booths opened once again The pony rides were moved to Mill St and a few other booths were set up Vintage and trucks also lined one side of the street Some merchants were dressed in pioneer garb really getting into the swing of things Shoppers took advantage of sales and once again filled streets Draws were made in front of the town hall for the donated by the Acton Yarn Barn Mrs Barker of 13 Church St was the winner of the handmade blanket Merele Vivian of White Oakes Blvd was the winner of a telephone dlrec lory donated by Print Smouldering garbage causes tenant alarm Residents of the Golden gate apartment building on Ransom St fled Into the night in their nlghtclothes on Wed nesday evening after smoke filled their apartment halls Fire Chief Mick Holmes explained there was no fire in the building but smouldering garbage in the garbage room He said the smoke went back up the garbage chutes and into the halls Mr Holmes said he the fire was started by someone throwing combust garbage down the chute such as cigarettes etc though there was a heat detector in the garbage room the chief pointed out the fire was not hot enough to set the device off By the time the detector sounded the halls were already filled with smoke he said Firefighters cleared the halls of smoke and made sure there was no fire before they left This was the second place winner in the same draw Mike Field3 of Grand Valley won In the draw All proceeds of both draws will be going towards the Save the Acton Town Hall fund raising drive Donna Jones of St Catharines a visitor in town over the week end made the draw Cobham Acton won the lawn furniture draw sponsored by the Ladles division of Acton Agricultural Society The barbeque and beer gardens continued on Satur day evening AH day Sunday was the fish derby sponsored by the Acton Volunteer firefighters There were entries in the contest with six winners Wayne Port won a tackle box as his prize for having the largest fish Wayne of 1BA Mill St caught a 164 inch three pound bass Miller Elmore won two spools of line for catching the largest pike inches one pound Barry McNabb won a fish net and record for having the second largest pike 15 Inch seven ounce Barry lives at 47 Road The largest bass prize was caught by Steven Lumbers Continued on Page Bias charge stirs Hydro hearing Two playgrounds operating BEVERLY DUVAL HANDS OUT paper for the crafts period of the playgrounds being run by the Halton Hills recreation and parks depart ment in Acton Two such playgrounds are being run one at Robert Little and the other at M Z Bennett No town money for offstreet parking Charges of repeated bias by a hearing officer In favor of Ontario dro and sharp den marked the reopcnlng of expropriation hearings into a major corridor project in the Itgion hail Monday at You are in favor of time rod time again in jour rulings I eon lawyer representing liter Scolt of ft 3 Georgetown charged I never heard a more unfair statement shot back hearing officer Donald Mey nek twice in pre nous months adjourned hearings in order for the courts to decide on legal points tor to imply bias on my part the understatement said to quick exchange followed more than half a day probing by on behalf of Scott and other members of the Interested Citizens Group ICG The ICG opposes construction of the corridor and for five years has called for an independent study into its necessity Information ditum fact is what waited all of it to do with reasons why irio Hydro chose its pre ft r red routt and piths to bring power from Brute nude ir st on Lake Huron to Milton southern of the passes through Hilton Hills These hearings are working under a from the Supreme of Ontario which rultd lust M that of alternate routes must be included in the inquiry question of whether in inquiry officer could htir tudence concern iltcrn ite routes twice sent to the courts in the last few months However that the inquiry saw w is tht adoption by Ontario s lawytr Thomas of an in of the Court ruling very much different from the one chosen by the opponents of ex propnation ICG and the hearing Hydros Marshall told the hearing he holds that the inquiry is concerning itself Hearing officer Meyrick with the stretch of pointed to the Supreme Court foot wide land from a point decision whldh be said he north of Highway near assumed Includes the line 1 imchousc to Milton I don from Bruce generating Bruce to Essa near station to a point near Tor alternate route is onto That my interprets to this inquiry Hon he said we have to Good response to Actonians petition So far there are hundreds of names on petitions through out town supporting the for Action bid to reconsider regional govern Member Dave said canvassers throughout the town are approaching homeowners and some have up to to names on their petitions Stores also report good responses as petitions were placed in most local shops Mr explained that the total amount of sig natures Is not yet known but be tallied on Saturday which Is deadline The petition reads We the undersigned support a brief submitted by Actonians for Action to Regional Council concerning regional government under Bill 151 We hereby petition the pro vince of Ontario to establish an Inquiry Into regional government tally a study of feasibility of re structuring the municipality of Halton Hills Into two separate urban areas within Halton Region study alternates including Meyrick added Thirty five people sat listening in one end of the Legion hall This has got to go down as one of most bizarre inquiries Meyrick admitted after it was disclosed by Ontario Hydro witness Art manager of land use and environmental planning that a secret meeting was conducted round election time June between Hydro and members of the ICG In that meeting at Toronto Hydro agreed to produce information con cemlng the selection of routes At Meyrick ex propriation hearings how ever Hydro refused to produce the information Hearing officer said he failed to understand Hydro reluctance to release the information since it was already promised to one of the affected groups Ontario Hydro lawyer Marshall released a two volume environmental report done by Hydro to the enquiry officer I ve taken under advisement that any thing else will be produced he said was the only wit nes during the first day of the hearing He was cross- examined by for about six hours In probe for information one exchange went like this What I m asking is that In a judgement decision you need raw data It might help all of us to learn some of your thinking No I don think it would Would it harm us No Do you know when knowledge hurts Mosher I have no com ment Under questioning Mosher admitted Ontario Hydro fed information to a consultant to the Commission on the to Pickering corridor Specifically on the selection of Milton as the Intersection point for the east west line with the north south line Mosher said the consultant leaned on Hydro In these Continued on Page The town will not pay half the cost of buying the Hot Bakery property In Acton for Hills council decided Monday night This was the same decision made by finance Committee last week but Councillor Peter Marks wanted the subject brought back for further discussion He said there was a serious lack of off street parking in Acton which would be if an engineers recommendation to prohibit parking on one side of Mill Street was accepted He said he wanted the town to pay half the cost of the total and chants the other half He claimed the whole town would benefit as well as the mer chants Councillor George Maltby said he supported the original plan to have the merchants pay total cost from in creased taxation on the benefitting area He said the whole parking situation should be studied not just Ihls one piece of property Mayor Tom Hill said he understood the merchants were willing to pay the whole shot through taxation I can t set the town paying half the cost Councillor Pete agreed saying the merchants concerned said they would buy the property to speed the matter then have the town buy it from them at the same price and cost be an assessment on the business improvement area Marks said that was the original intent but claimed the situation has changed He nays the merchants In working with the parking authority and the planner have taken the proposal in a more complete way and now want to pick up an casement on the east side and a piece behind the pushing the cost up by He pointed out this would give the downtown access from one street to another Completing the whole package would be of a great benefit to the town Councillor Roy Booth said the method of financing had nothing to do with the plan tier He said the proposal was good planning Councillor Russ Miller claimed there are two or three business people op posed to paying He claimed people who rent in plazas are already paying for their parking and should not be asked to pay for someone pointed out the Georgetown merchants in the business improvement area all paid for their downtown parking and arc now looking to an expansion If we set a precedent here we could face the same thing elsewhere Maltby asked why the matter was not brought back to council if the situation had changed Councillor Pat McKenzie said the group met with Marks Duby and himself felt that was proper He claimed there was property in Acton that had been there for years that could be sold He cited the old reservoir land as an example Councillor Walter Bichn stated saying selling town owned land and turning the money over is not the same as paying out tax dollars is crazy I 00 per cent Josee per lah Murchison per Stephen Stanley per Susan Bruce HI per cent tent cent Diane BO per cent Lynn Carr top Ontario Scholar Acton high school has six Ontario scholars at the end of this semester two of whom completed their grade 12 and in one school year Topping the list of scholars with per cent Lynn Josee was close behind with 3 per cent Both girls received their grade 12 and diplomas since September Not far behind is Leah with per cent followed by Stephen Stanley with 83 Susan Bruce the list with per cent and Diane earned the Ontario Scholar title with per cent To become a scholar dents must have an overall average of per cent or higher in 13 Other receiving the Secondary school honor graduation diplomas grade 13 were Ellen Bark men Becky Baxter Mary Anne Bond Pat Doug Cooper William Beverly Duval Sandra Early Kim Hall David Mar Shirley Mason Marvin David Mills Jane Munro Heather Near Kent Nielsen John Ninabcr Gary Pickles Heather Reed Carole Saxon Rhona Daniel Warren and Mark Williamson Sandra Early Marvin Heather Reed and Silcock have com both grade 12 and since September Kent Neil son has completed both grades since January when the second semester began There were four Ontario scholars In January at the end of the first semester They were Carol Grant Mike Degen 85 Wanlta Tarrant 3 and Debra fin 82 7 Secondary school graduation diploma earners grade 12 are Ford Alton John Ancker Kathy Barber Mark Beaton David Berry Noel Blake Mark Brill Cliff and Gerald Bdrgan Mary Ellen Cann Lynn Carr Charlebois Nyla Carrigan Geoffrey Clarke Rhonda Clow Don Coats Steve Sandra Early Sherri Ferguson Nicole Field Elaine Foster and Eric Peter Gillespie Donna Alex David Hannah Sandra Holmes Valerie Irwin Carol Jordan Robert Kilby Gwen Kirk wood John Kirkwood Vicky Jennifer Krapek Michelle Kremer Ron Kulken and John MacMillan Kim McCristall Heather McEachern Mike McGregor Barry Marvin McNabb Margaret McTrash Laurel Murchison and Fay Newman Susan Patakey Norm Paulsen Michael Payne Jennifer Pepper Laurie Pierce Pete Heather Reed Karen Debbie Rlppon Lee Robinson and Jennifer Maureen Salt Sayers Schaw Steve Schubert cock Nancy South Mary Splinter Pat Storey Theresa Synnott Martin Mary Anne Tyers Paul Tyers Rick Van Fleet and James VJckcry