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The Acton Free Press Wednesday Jan 1980 Earl Van Norman hod a delightful He wis honoured with a plaque from Ihe County Electrical As in recognition of service one of only four presented in Ontario He uh also made an Honorary Life Member his had his own electrical business for starling is an apprentice with Holly in the He lived and worked in Acton since 1912 there I3ii la house or build with the exception of the new I worked on Ho always a local boy Born in Hock wood Eirl transplanted to a firm on the J Line of where he for mod as mm before becoming an Nov on Mam Strict North he his wife Vera have the Mine house for nearly TO Prior to tint they lived two doors do vn A man Earl never look me for In all that time he and Vera have had just one full week a They went to Onl In last year ind it rained nearly all the lime Mrs Van Norman chuckles Now Earl Is ally retired However noonc seems to hive told him bee he just as hard is ever it seems People still call when lights go out Hoi water heaters still need attention cleaners still v their tors m not retired just tired Wire house Torino When started in the as an apprentice most of the electrical work was in wirmf houses He fond memories of old firm houses for the first time brine ingthel to old rooms rither work on an old house than my thing In those an entire large house could be wired for Earl says it I cost much more than wire a hole farm Nov prices ire much higher lies sure how much it would cost wire a house no v but feels it would be least Of course in the TOs Earl was making St a day as an apprentice when he charged an hour people gasp you re a deir so ind so he fees from ilwis worked on Ins own with a helper Presently Stan Morrison is his How ever when he had a factory job to do he would hive a crew of 10 men working weekends after hours from their other jobs His office I as always been his home and Van Norman his been his ill ilong We pull in double she explains while he t hive made a living without Vera to help him She answered the phone knew where to him in an emergency even sending taxis ifler him if necessary J drove the car for pickups on vis general She can do a little electrical work herself if it called I and replacing plugs on one delighted customer cleaner She knows just to be dangerous Earl laughs Double duly car In addition to wiring most of Acton Lad has There not loo many night calls those days although Earl recently assisted a home without lights on Christmas Eve He use to be out all hours when emergencies Nobody to work all hours now he We always figured if you re not going to serve the public there s no use being in it business Earl Van Norman has served the public for these many and quit lighting up Act worked with Hydro servicing iter for years He has also wired pumps all over Ontirio for Imperial Oil in The Vin Normans were the first m their area to have television in Vera says she got tired of heme alone when Earl popped off in the even to lo an emergency so she requested a television Naturally he brought in the neigh children They been in ever since rhe re bunch vs Vera grum tood but she busy knitting masses of mitts and for them at Christ never had a truck ind constantly used his ear as a work vehicle feeling he could comb the business wheels with the recreation and fam ily vehicle very well His rolls of wires went in the trunk or back with his ladders per Sometimes the bumper is that from the ground he remembers Times havechanged from the day of knob ind lube wirinj threading wires through solid log or walls ind one per room with a pull Now every room has to have at three out lets kitchen must three split out lets on i streleh of counter Rules re eulntions are fir more complicated now hut sif Town wants lots merged PM in Haton Prime Minister Clark will be in Monday to meet the pub- lie it i luncheon to be held in Holiday Inn MP Otto Jehnek old press conference Monday he had received confirmation of the Prime Ministers visit the same day He is the first and possibly only federal leader to visit Hilton Uberterian hat in ring Karen a year old tax li an thai she iiould run as the candidate in the Hilton Ms wis the Libert in Hilton in ihe May election also Tint wis I first political paign and the first lime the hid a con in region During the campaign Ms Sehck will continue working full time at her job at the head office the Imperial li ink of Commerce However she does plan to attend all candidates meetings and will do as much canvassing as her schedule permits Failure by the Land Division Com to stipulate that two parcels of land in the Guelph St area should be merged forced Hills council Monday to appeal ihe decision so a small triangular piece of land won t permanently be a separate lot Karl and St wanted to separate an ir regular shaped lot from their property However the lot docsn t satisfy residential zoning requirements wouldn front on road At the same time a angular parcel of about 10 acres owned by Jean Goy was proposed for hovennce The land would be loo small for a building lot so neither parcel meets require properly owners went to Land Division wanting the two parcels to be merged one lol which would meet zoning Hills planning department supported applications on the thai they be merged and Land vision Committee went committee C to the Ontario with new planning lows Board asking If the properties merged the separation will be lot forever and even if purchased by on joining landowner can t be merged The property along with plan Tin committee was supposed to stipulate merging take place simultaneously In the case of the severance attached Ihe proper conditions but forgot to impose the same conditions on the Schmuki severance even though that what the town hove decided owners winted It was an jointly to appeal Ihe Land oversight based on Division Committee de I ME ACTON FREE PRESS Authorized as Second Class Mall Postal Registrator WEDDING INVITATIONS Choose your wedding inviial or confidence 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