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The Acton Free Press Wednesday Doc 1979 Police nab drug dealers in raids Thirty people have been arrested on drug charges after a twomonth long undercover investigation coordinated by Halton ional Police Cbirgea range from trafficking in Methamphetamme speed marijuana cannabis and restricted drugs to possession In all drug related charges were laid Seven criminal code charges were also mode None of the addresses of accused are from north Police Sgl Boris Vacyshyn co ordinated the efforts of six regional officers with those of policemen from Hamilton Went constables Douglas McMillan and Mike figured prominently in the invest gat ion Regional Police Chief James Hard ing at a press conference at Tuesday said he was pleased with the results of the investigation which netted officers about street value of drugs Officers revealed the group was selling Lysergic Acid Diethalymide LSD hashish and marijuana to high school students in Burlington and largest seizure made by police was worth of speed The ages of the accused range from Our main target was the speed traffickers A few of the names in the list of accused were known to police prior to the start of this 1 Some of these people have been res for bringing a lot of drugs into the area said Const McMillan According to officers at the press con ference much of the speed has dried up off the streets Acid is comeback Were really making a lot of seizures on that because of supply and demand said Const McMillan Acid with high school kids he said High schoolers are using soft drugs Speed though is another market Speed was popular about seven years ago loo The price of speed on the street is about an ounce Speed Methamphctaminc is sold according topolice on a per needle basis The value of the drug in the needle varies at MO per unit to about WO depending on quality Police are finding speed users are often deeply involved in other sorts of crime A popular drug in America Phencyclidine was also found by police in this invest also known as Angel Dust or T is suspected to have been contained in IE packages Analysts lias not yet been com The surveillance by police was carried out on homes and school yards revealed Const McMillan The investigation started concern ing speed and restricted drugs When we got into off shoots we were getting drugs going into schools said the police officers Most of the accused were arrested in some in Oakville and Hamilton Downs view Toronto and were other addresses About per cent of the people lived in Oak then started moving after the invest started said one of the officers Some imitation firearms were seized Obituary Sandy McEachern was WW 2 veteran Book on early Esquesing published posthumously A new book Num bering the Survivors should make fascinating reading for anyone whose families helped settle this area It traces the history of the Standish Family The actual publication of he book is a story in Itself After researching his ancestry for 10 years before the book could be compiled J Richard from Its historic Irish Houston a lawyer was roots through the years of killed in an airplane settling in crash at Fraserdale right up to present day when ten of his The book available In colleagues on the Com The Book Shop mission for Electric Georgetown mentions Power Planning for the many familiar family names in the area In eluding the Leslies Reeds McCuIIoughs and McNamaras and gives genealogical table show where the present day descendants are located The author J Richard Houston was the great grandson of a and the grandson of Thompson who is bur ied In Georgetown i The first of the family to settle here Joseph Standish hosted the first town meeting on New Year Day 1621 at which he was appointed assessor The book chapters cover the family settle ment of the evolution of the com munity related families Ihe development of area and photographs of houses churches family members and artifacts province were also killed The posthumous pub lication of the work was made possible by the generous gifts and contributions of family and friends to the J Richard Houston Memorial Publication Trust an ongoing trust devoted to the pub lication of genealogical work In Canada Many people in the area helped contribute material for the book including J C Cun nlngham Mrs James Fisher J C Gillies Aubrey Grant Charlotte Iron sides Mrs Sydney Kirk palrick Canaon James Maxwell Rev A veteran of World War two Peter Alexander Sandy McEachern died suddenly in Gen era Hospital November 30 Mr McEachern of Spcedvalc Ave Guelph was born on October in township the son of Peter and Christina He attended schools in Grey County and served in Canada United Kingdom Europe and Central Mediterranean area as a gunner from 1942 to Upon returning home from the war Mr married Laverna on July 20 1946 in Elora They made their home in Ac ton for J4 years before moving to Guelph Mr McEachern was a truck driver for Coy Cartage for years On the Left to mourn his loss arc his wife Laema Rodney and Brent Acton and Rodger Toronto daughter Heather Brampton brothers Jack Mount Forest Archie Michigan and Herbert Rcgina Saskatchewan and one sister Delia Long Palmtrston He is also by one grand daughter Lynn was predeceased by sisters Mae Kramp Brampton and Yale Mount Forest A special Legion vice was held December and the funeral was held at Shoemaker Funeral Home December with Rev John Robert son officiating Pallbearers were all friends and coworkers John Gov Barber Grant Withers Don Van Fleet Ken all of Acton and Ray coster Lome Minute Walters Herb and Earl Jordan Acton and Jack McCutcheon Ingcrsoll all friends were Interment was at Cemetery Fergus Awning Inc Save ON ALL OFF SEASON Awnings ft Canoptet St Andrew Watt Fnti S19I843144S 5198433617 Eileen New was last week a winner of the merchants draw Betty la in right or Shoes presents Mrs New with her gift voucher Hills Recreation department brochures will be In the mail today Wednesday outlining the programs offered this winter Keep the booklet entourages all children to participate is getting nation wide coverage on a Canadian Tire lately A customer In the store picks up a saw which has written across it in bold letters Under that in smaller Doug Draper of Acton earned two type is Acton Ontario seconds in photo contest in the Link Photo contest Doug got a second in the Inanimate category and The Acton Free Press will be a second in the animate category llshed Thursday December 27 giving Congratulations Doug Why haven t we staff Christmas and Boxing Days off seen your name on any of the entries in Thenextweek however things will be the Free Press photo contest at fall fair back to normal with Wednesday being time publication day Sonta told me this week he is finally Tomorrow Thursday is blood donor gelling around answering all the clinic day the Legion It takes so little letters sent lo him this foil He also lime In give blood Why don more endorsed our coloring contest and people do it Firefighters called out Details are few however whiffs of smoke were seen coming out of one of the lairs windows No one was home when firefighters arrived Fans were used to clears moke out of the house I ANNOUNCEMENT Condemns quarry Act Dear Sir Ihe new Pits and We hear about the odd Quarries Act if he bakery bombing and decides you arc no I attribute it to organized directly affected If Ihe crime We hear organized crime it taking over the porno business Of course this is the tip of the Iceberg Organized crime has gone ale laundering lllgotten legitimate Minister issues or renews a licence even without a public hearing noone has the right to appeal Ihe decision However if the decision adversely of feels the gravel pit or quarry operator lie can Pits and Quarries Bill is being bulldozed through Queens Park Bill Market Value Assess And now Heaven to someone s over sight or some poor con fused soul forgot menl under another that Ontario has guise has been given to square miles the municipalities to virg to Great implement The fact that Lakes Forest Products enterprises It is my be- appeal to the Ontario lief that Ihe ordinary Municipal Board and has much more one not a municipality fear from organized Conservation Authority government than or a neighbour has Ihe organized crime Organized crime oper ates quietly and clandes lincly Organized government is loud and brazen right participate in the hearing unless granted landing by the Board Government here in Ontario is awfully hard to an actio revise comprehend Bill 127 the Pits and Quarries Act is a lypical example with no public hearings and what amounts to the whole responsibility of ihe massive extraction business handed lo Ihe extraction industry Bill has been amended This Act was passed In the 1680 and protected trees from the expanding aggregate industry It doesn I apply to the aggregate industry any more The Minister of Housing will be able to order any municipality lo incorporate specific matters into its Official Plan thus the Ministry of Natural Resources will be given legal basis whereby it can force municipalities to design ate and set aside lands this Bill has been given pseudodcmocratlc hand ing I fool you The powers thai be at Queen Park know that rural residential assessment will double or more whilst urban assessment will go down therefore they can afford lo be democratic The town people will love It and they arc the majority so Bill will not adversely affect the provincial election Luciano saying I didn know the gun was loaded The sad thing is they will get away with it William A Johnson Rockwood DINING LOUNGE IHKQTJHSANK Jmar of Mill and Main Streets New Years Day DINNER 4pm 7pm Gail Brood Appal EnuooS of Too oil 6 RESERVATIONS PLEASE 877 0266 Your Host Gabe Sara Typewriters help Continued bom Page Certainly the fate of prisoners of con science is some better since Amnesty International was formed years ago In recognition for its efforts Ihe orgonization was awarded Ihe Nobel Peace Prize New challenges for Inter national are being created by govern ments The work continues There Is always room for one more volunteer If you wish more Information Eric at or the Guelph group secretary John at the University of Guelph at extension COLOURING CONTEST resource areas This BUI In fact means that noone in North can ever be sure thai a quarry or gravel pit won t open up as his neighbor W the past as under the Environmental Protection Act an In dividual could prosecute an offender new Pits and Quarries Act denies a person that right He must first get permission from the Minister No where in the new is there reference to environmental conc erns The Minister can re fuse you a hearing under 1980 HONDA CIVICS for a hatchback phis D freight tax ft license OPEN SATURDAYS BAZ MOTORS LTD Sates and Stvfc St FOR AGES 3 TO 6 The Following Label Must Accompany Each Entrant I ADDRESS I PHONE NO FOR AGES 7 TO 11 RULES AND REGULATIONS Contest Deadline FRIDAY DECEMBER 21 1979 PnzesForAges3 678 9 10 Prizes to be announced later Winners to be announced in the January 2 1980 issue of the Free Press Open to all children between ages 3 and 1 1 i