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St Joes picnic is a success On Sunday June at Pro spect Park St a Catholic Church celebrated Its anniversary with a family picnic Upon their arrival at the gote the picnickers received a special anniversary keep sake ribbon from Mrs Dunn Mrs and Mrs The day was filled with sun shine and smiling faces as families and friends joined In on the many events of the afternoon Everything from a three legged race egg tossing and father and son speed shaving took place The winners were awarded first second and Councillor meets with contractor Last week councillor Pat attended an inspection meeting with the contractor of the Acton Water Pollution Control Plant Construe tion the engineers from V Anderson Associates and George Stone special projects Supervisor for the region The purpose of the meeting was to hear a progress report from the resident engineer and to resolve any problems that had developed A contract for the ex pansion of the Acton Water Pollution Control Plant was signed on April 1977 with Varamae Construction of Toronto in the amount of The Contractor has begun work on the site and the term of the contract is expected to be approximately one year fn 1350 he first plant was built to handle 250 gallons per day In 1969 the plant was expanded to handle The present expansion will bring the capacity of the plant to 1 gallons per day The type of treatment process for this plant is the activated sludge process employing primary settling mechanical aeration and final settling and anaerobic digestion for sludge con ditiomng Tertiary treatment using an effluent settling pond followed by a seasonal filter bed and are incorporated in the design The result is an overall treat efficiency In the order of per cent Unlike plants under construction there is anticipated to be little haulage of excavated material from the plant site There will however be some importation of granular material for the filter beds being installed The plant expansion is a Region project with financial assistance from C M H C the Ministry of the Environment The Consulting Engineers for the project are Anderson Limited of Toronto Sr Cit apts available Hal ton Housing Authority has announced rental ac for senior citizens in need of housing assistance will be available in both Georgetown and Acton in It is anticipated the senior citizen apartment building in Georgetown will be completed by late spring of The unit senior citizen apartment build ng in Acton will be ready for occupancy in the late fall of 1978 Tenants live In the selfcontained apartments and pay rent geared to their income Basic requirements are a one year residency in the municipality and the applicant reaching his or her birthday Further information and application forms may be ob tained from the Housing authority 139 Thomas St Phone8H261 Zemth79910 GINGER took advantage of Sunday sunny skies to enjoy herself on the slide at Pros Park Ginger is from Toronto but was visiting Acton relatives wetmans andal ale off all mens womens childrens sandals I SAVAGE CLARKS NATURALIZER I HUSH PUPPY C Mill St SHOES 3rd prize ribbons A free bingo game drew many people over 21 as free prizes were given by caller John Dunn Many men were involved in the horseshoe pitching area As both high and low scorers also received prizes The day progressed and activity from the stage grew more exciting as Don presented his a mature show Local talent of Acton finest were a great crowd Special ticket draws throughout the day allowed many to be awarded from 23 prizes The Twilights a local Acton Group gave a fine perform to both young and old throughout the day The clowns The Saxon pace tossing candy and giving balloons to all the children The day activities were still In full swing after supper as a tug of war took place In the games area Pat Gar ton Marie and Mark moved the crowd from the races area to the sing a long area where they lead an old fashion sing song by a bon fire as children roasted The picnic chairwoman thanked members of Halton Hills Works and Fire Depts for their participation and help St Johns ambulance also made a fine contribution of being on hand to care for any Injuries At the close of the day the large entrance banner created by Jessie Buscher was lowered as the crowd Brothers also kept a busy sang Canada Hinton says Dont allow calculators Trustee Bert Hinton told Warned yet how to use tech The Acton Free Press Wednesday July 6 1977 3 A CAT WITH NO NAME Brian was giving away this 10 week old cat during the festivities Thursday as Back to Acton Days got going Brian lives on line STREET CONSTRUCTION Continues AS DOES OUR UP TO Sale 50 PANT SUITS BATHING SUITS DRESSES MARILYN S Hilton of Thursday he doesn want to see calculators used in elementary schools Thursday the board received a report from the lustration stating lators are allowed in schools but area t used as a short cut or substitute for pupils developing arithmetic skills Trustee Bill Prlestner who first brought up the subject or being used in school said he was disap pointed in the report He said it seems to say nobody knows if use of calculators is good or bad and only cautioned teachers not to hurt students by using them said the report wasn t very firm or definitive Trustee Judy Alexander was upset that some ex optionally bright students in the primary grades could be allowed use of the calculator and thought It should only be used in the junior grade and above She said very bright primary pupils still t have the maturity to use the calculator properly The former board chair man also cautioned against teachers using calculators when pupils can fearing student envy and the develop ment of the view that a lator is a short cut rather than a tool Trustee Cam Jackson said all students should receive Bike car collide A bike and cor collided near the intersection of and John St on Dominion Day at pm Robert l30Longficld Road was on the bike when it and a car driven by Ross William Carroll Berry Street met Police estimate damage to Ihe Carroll vehicle According to police Carroll stopped the intersection beside a parked car belonging to Del me r Hardle of Guelph oology effectively to help students master the basics Being able to use the lator properly will be the mathematical skill of the next decade Trustee Helen Howard Lock said THE ACTON FREEPRtbb Authorized as Second CIbh Mail Postal Reg on 124 Mill St E Acton 853 OFF ALL SUMMERWEAR 50 OFF SELECTED ITEMS FOR 3 DAYS ONLY JULY 7 TO JULY 9 20 OFF ALL STOCK NOT SALE MARKED EAR PIERCING FRI SAT ACTON toddlers to Teens DOWNTOWN ACTON THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF MILTON WAYSIDE PIT The Corporation of the Town of Milton requires a Wayside Gravel Pit on a lease or purchase basis to supply gravel for Municipal Projects and Roads The pit should be capable of supplying up to 300000 cubic yards based on an annual demand of 50000 to 60000 cubic yards Provincial Licencing Rehabilitation will be undertaken by the Town of Milton Interested parties are requested to 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