Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), May 31, 1978, p. 13

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Environment theme for district Beaveree Helping to take care of the world was tie theme of he Beavers on Saturday May Approximately 140 Beavers from Milton Georgetown and Acton met at the Acton Scout With the help of leaders Scouts and Cubs the boys played games ran obstacle courses and made crafts with the environment theme dominating the act tea Using leftover cartons paper bags and throwaway containers the boys created crafts which put these things to use rather than waste District Commissioner Mur ray Harrison also attended the j event which was run by the First Georgetown A colony with help from Milton Beaveri leaders The boys held a before breaking up the day at 230 District Commissioner for Beavers Sharpies el the day was fun for all the Beavers and the leaders She North Halton to all the Cubs Scouts and leaders helped to make the day a TESTING made at Saturdays are Acton Beavers Todd Forest and Kevin Tappin OBSTACLE RACE at Saturday s Beaveree included blowing a paper cup along a rope Here Andrew McVeigh blows as hard as he can for his team Gravel trucks will stay on Fourth Line The Acton Free Press Wednesday 13 The town has no plans at this time to bar gravel trucks from using the Fourth Line Last Tuesday Hills works committee once again examined gravel truck traffic on rural roads a bylaw which would require truckers using 17 Sideroad and lOSideroad to purchase permits from Hills is in the hands of the town solicitor Permits will be issued to truckers using the two rural roads for Halton Hills and Brampton deliveries Those bound for Toronto or south Peel will be expected to use to Highway Committee received a letter from S D RR Acton but decided nothing can be done at this time about truck traffic on the Fourth Line Earlier this year committee and council rejected a call from Coun cillor George Maltby to restrict truck traffic on the Fourth Line the same as it will be on and Mr complained trucks are coming over 15 Sideroad from Highway 25 and up and down the Fourth Line He said the town should priority to taxpayers before truck ing firms from outside Hills Mayor Tom Hill wondered where gravel trucks will go if the town keeps kicking them off rural roads The only solution might be to close down all quarries in Halton Hills which would be ridiculous Councillor Mike Armstrong said Clos the quarries would put many people out of work Hill noted the town would also then have to pay four times as much as it does now for road build materials Engineer Robert Austin said part of the problem may be a sign on the Fourth Line which has questionable legal status posting it as a class B road He said the sign may be misleading truckers Armstrong s suggestion that Mr Pemberton be in formed the town Is working out a by law to restrict truck traffic and might decide to Include the Fourth Line at a future date was accepted by committee Councillor Dbuy suggested the town sit down with quarry owners and try and work out a permanent truck route Hill thought Indusmin would be receptive to this Idea adding the firm has dumped a lot of free gravel on the rural roads over the years saving taxpayers money Hill said the quarry firms would likely be willing to work dlli gently with the town to determine a truck route for the future A TASTY MEAL was enjoyed by the Friends of the Museum at Halton Museum on Wednesday May 24 The luncheon was prepared by members of the Museum Auxiliary for 20 invited guests Despite the warm weather the meal was served beside a roaring tre in the Museum dining room Tour meat farm at consumer beef day The HaltonFeel Cattle- men a Association is sponsor Ing a Beef Day on Saturday June This is an excellent opportunity for consumers to enjoy a day on the farm learning how beef is produced and processed At Al Meats on Trafalgar fid Just south of George town consumers will see sides of beef being aged in the coolers and a government grader will be present to ex plain the various beef grades as well as beef inspection A delicious barbecued beef lunch will be provided at the Riding stables on Line A riding stable cross country ski operation play ing fields and picnic area owned by Annette Milne who operated Manor Day Camp will be on an 100 acre te on the Ninth Line near the Ballinafad Road if the Niagara Escarpment com miccion approves Hills planning board found no reason to object and recommended approval to the NEC The site had feet frontage on the Ninth and runs back 300 feet A house will be built on the property farm home of Mr I Mrs Lee Wilkinson on the Line Ilallon II lis pants 11 en tour Mr Wilkinson eedlot To conclude the day pro gram there will be a lively auction of retail beef cuts The whole day program costs only Make it a family affair children under can attend for hail price Anyone to attend the tour should register by calling the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food I ton before noon o Friday June Bike stolen from school A Crescent last week reported the theft of her b cycle from the grounds of Robert Little School Oakville landlord watches for Wait before WaiTS you swim CVCA grants land fill bids The Credit Valley Con go up in the Mountain view servation Authority CVCA RoadJohn Street area executive committee granted The executive three landf 1 applications granted Mario l two of them to companies Georgetown permission to one to a manduring its dredge an existing pond and regular meeting at Meadow fill in another on part of Lot vale Friday Concession WEDNESDAY MAY 31st The Bibles View Denyes School Students 30 Pastor Study FOR INFORMATION CALLB7MH81 Most of the CVCAs con ditions applied to the applica from Southfield Holdings Ltd Box 104 Nerval The authority granted Southfield permission to con struct a road In the of Silver Creek on Lot 17 Concession The CVCA wants a snow fence to surround the work area beyond which no excavating or construction is to take place Also all excavated material must be removed from the All material must also be taken away from the flood- plain after Garthdale Invest menls Ltd construct a Inch diameter storm sewer outlet into the Credit River on Lot IB Concession 10 EVfRV MONDAY GEORGETOWN ELKS LODGE BINGO Door Prizes Road Georgetown Prizes Early Bird PRIZES AT 0 EACH Open 7pm Bingo StartsSpm 16 Regular Games 3 Special at Jackpot Numbers GUARANTEED 100 Share ThaWHhh Deaf In Small FREE Bus Service f Acton and Geo Attention Residents of ROCKWOOD AND DISTRICT Now on the Rockwood Pages of will appear a Special Coming Events section pertaining to Rockwood and District FOR ONLY PER INSERTION YOU CAN HAVE YOUR UPCOMING DANCE DINNER ETC ANNOUNCED ON THE ROCKWOOD AND DISTRICT PAGES OF THE ACTON FREE PRESS Just Call One Of Our Friendly AdVisors 8532010 And Let Her Know Your Coming Event And That You Would Like It On The Rockwood Pages Deadline Monday Noon MMMMMN The landlord of the police station looks forward to getting more than at the police commission earl lest convenience but lawyers are seeing if the commission needs to cough up the money Company Oak v lie sent the Halton Regional Police Commission a bill for for elect r ty and commission is send ng the bill and the lease to the regional solicitor to determine whether the bill should be paid There is no meter in the building but the rate was est by experts hired by Flintkote If they ve Flint kote made an error let them lake It up with the experts administrator Raymond Monro told commission is reselling power to us that Illegal If their price 13 higher than what they paid for It said Munro mayor Harry Bar rett said it would be too costly to put in a meter Don let this warm weather make you forget to never go directly after a meal Always wait until the food is either totally or partially digested After the lawyer makes his Flintkote also sent along a nterpretatlon the Oakville schedule of new rates which public utilities commission raise the charges for elect reassess the amount of electrical power used in the a maximum of Today build the commission pays per

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