Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), May 21, 1980, p. 10

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The Acton Files Pros Wednesday May21 Another call for Martin houses Acton needs a martin house program similar to Ihe successful one in an Acton woman soys Lynda Ruse Storey Drive attended the ward one councillors dropIn Friday to tell the local politicians about the successful martin house program in which will rid that community of mosqultos and other annoying Insects have been a big topic at the dropin spring Christina Houston Churchill Road North Is also concerned about and Is gather ing local support or a presentation to Hal ton council later this requesting a mosquito spraying pro gram for Acton and Area Last month through on article in this newspaper Elizabeth Mill Street West urged res idents here all Buy and erect martin houses to eliminate the mosquito problem has made build ing martin houses a com project Mrs Ruse reported and by 1983 the community exp ects to have 1 purple martins cacti eating 12 000 Insects a day liv there Mrs Ruse said her husband put up a 12 unit martin house and within an hour there were mar tins inspecting the Two weeks later they moved In In the Conser vatlon Authority Is put ting up the martin house poles and placing plaques naming the builder on each pole Scout troops schoof classes neigh borhoods and Individuals ore all making building martin bouses their pro for the year conservation authority is also going to maintain the houses cleaning and painting them annually Mrs Ruse says the houses must bo six inches high six Inches wide arid six inches long Also a two inch hole must be drilled one inch above the floor She thinks it is a great community project but sure if the town conservation authority local service group or schools should be the ones to take the bull by the horn and start a mar tin house building program in Acton It better than spray big Its fun she declared Seek French pupils Georgetown French language separate school Ecole is looking for Acton students Catholic students who have French as a mother tongua or who have one French speak parent are encouraged to attend If enough students from Acton ere enrolled the school will look into the economics of busing them cording Dominic Vendetti A Arrow Entertainment THE BEST OF MUSIC FOR WEDDINGS PARTIES BANQUETS etc Dave Francis 8532472 Propose estate homes Violet and Gordon celebrated their wedding anniversary at a parly a Acton Music Centre Bowens mark 60th wedding anniversary Gordon and Violet Bow en celebrated their wedding with relatives and friends at the Acton Band Hall Saturday the same place where the half tury anniversary was marked The couple three children Allan of Acton Stanley Crewsons Comers and Audrey of Aurora were present as well many other relat There are Gordon three sisters Ella Muriel and Alma plus Violet brother Horry of Then there are the grandchildren and great grandchildren The Bowens farmed in the Acton area for years They started farming on the Fifth Line however they soon moved to the First Line north of Highway In 1906 they left the farm to take up residence in Guelph The were mar in Rev McLcods home in Sunnyside They both confess to being underage He was 18 and she By law he should have been 21 and she IB The marriage date was May The Bowcna are members of the Pen lecostal Church in Acton a church they helped build Just what has kept the together It Just give and take It more give than take according to Violet An estate residential subdivision of 20 two acre lots near Highway and the Fifth Line first proposed six years ago lias now been re surrected The total land area known as the former Fox farm is acres or hectares with acres planned for open space When originally pro posed the land was tent in the Niagara Escarpment Control area but since the control area has been cut down Is no longer in cluded and the NEC has no jurisdiction The new application for estate homes made by Old Estates Ltd Tuesday night at Halton Hills planning board has been objected to by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food because of the loss of good agricultural land But another report by Ecologistlcs Ltd con cludes that the property docs not have an ade quate soil resource base to support a full time commercial operation A report by Bruce Brown Associates lndi a very limited potential for gravel ex traction The town planning department suites the application generally conforms to the Estate Residential policies In the Official Plan Planner Mario Vendltti said the recreation department does not want it dedicated to tho Town MARK THIS ON YOUR CALENDAR The Progressive Conservatives of Wellington Simcoe are giving Shaw Festival MAY OCTOBER ONTARIO CANADA A Brilliant Season In Beautiful Old Niagara on lake FESTIVAL STAGE lorn a MISALLIANCE b Nowton a MiMO on I THE CHERRY ORCHARD arc la A FLEA IN HER EAR Go dby a Itc G and THE GRAND HUNT a John jcr d v MIRRORS MASQUES AND TRANSFORMATIONS cWowokv in jjo Do Ih Ma J ONLY COURT HOUSE STAGE a Ji run THE PHILANDERER Roy OVERRULED 1 k IS Aug at CANUCK Or Aug ROYAL 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