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The Acton Free Wednesday Juno Don McDonald Publisher Founded In O Tt a th no or signature f of Jmaybowihdra it Audi unci Till ly EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Editor a Wilimnnn Roekwooil Ji in Out Contributor IWinMuiny Dolkroom Ken ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT Bill Cook Ban Pot BUSINESSACCOUNTING OFFICE It Slur toy Jocquo CIRCULATION MnnoQQr TELEPHONE Business and Editorial Office Need mall development A black cloud is hanging over a aspect of revitalization of downtown Acton There are many conflicting ver sions as to what caused it but all sources agree that for now at least a major commercial development envisioned for the site of the old Force Electric plant and the existing AB super market has gone down the drain Likely there is a lot of truth and some fiction misunderstanding and misinformation in all ver sions of what has halted plans for development at the east end of the commercial district Just as likely the whole truth hasnt come to light as yet However the whole sad tale adds up to a severe blow to every one who dreams healthy sur vival of our downtown and pre venting a plaza being built on the east side of town Certainly the plans for a huge supermarket semienclosed mall with quhty stores and a small theatre would have been a tre mendous boost to downtown That proposal would seem to have been permanently scuttled A watered down version consisting of a smaller super market though larger than the one there now and a row of stores at the rear of the site is still quite desirable it would be a big boost to downtown Hills doesnt usually chase development Thats not the role of municipality But an exception must be made in this case This is a development Acton needs and it is in the interest of the town to do everything possible to make sure something is built on that site The town has a vested interest in this development since it is fighting developer Jerry Sprack- plans for a plaza on the east side of town That issue will be settled by the Ontario Municipal Board Part of its case against Sprack- mans plan is that downtown development is preferable and is being encouraged by the town No doubt Sprackman will welcome the news that the down town development is on thin ice and will be delighted to hear one of the developers charges that the town staff didnt welcome his proposal for a large supermarket semienclosed mall and theatre with open arms If the developer received any hint from staff that his proposal for a major downtown project wasnt viewed entirely favorably it could prove damaging to Halton Hills case against Sprackmans plaza plan It would seem certain the issue of downtown refurbishing versus commercial expansion on the edge of town will rage on con to be shrouded in confusion and mean troubled commercial seas must be travelled by Acton Sprackman is no easy match for the town As evidenced by his battles with other municipalities he appears to be shrewd and clever In Wasaga Beach recently where Sprackman is trying to build a commercial development and the town is balking a recent council meeting deteriorated into a shouting match and the threat of police being called to force Sprackman and his lawyer leave the chambers was issued That hasnt happened there yet and hopefully the issue will be settled peacefully at the OMB However past indications have been that Sprackman will use inti midation confrontation and threats to get his way if neces sary Hardly means which help taxpayers fully understand the issues When facing an adversary as tough as Sprackman the town can ill afford to have even a hint of helping botching up development downtown Put bins at works yard Irresponsible people predominately adults who should know better are dumping gar bage on rural roads quiet residential streets vacant property and Recently the town and region has had a large garbage container at the old dump in Georgetown for people to take their spring clean up refuse for disposal This was a good first step to wards solving the insane dumping problem However this service should be available Acton also Several large garbage con tainers could be placed inside the fence at the works yard and people could pitch garbage in over the fence Certainly this would be less expensive than picking up gar bage on rural roads Acton streets and local dumpers the works yard will prove to be even more convenient than the old George town dump or one of the rural roads irgiir Going to council frustrating I have Just returned from tonights conned meeting where I failed in my at tempt to have council place a 3 way stop at he corner of Cobblchill and Victoria St The motion was passed to have another study done on the area in question even hough one was done three years ago This in effect will hold up anything being done for as I understand it a considerable time were valid points made for and against during the discussion I agree that the threeway stop will probably not Tips to conserve energy Dear Sir The purpose of this letter is to suggest Ideal to contribute to the current energy crisis 1 Houses to be insulated abundantly Double pane windows Walk or ride bicycle to conserve gas Do not open windows when heating is on Avoid leaving gas barbecues on when not in use Avoid leaving electrical appliances on when you do not need them on And Avoid using too much hot water These are some suggestions lo help diminish die energy crisis If they arc put into effect we ore sure they will probably help and If not we know we have played our part help Silvia Patricia do Paz St Josephs School Men the sentimental sex but women have reputation In theory women ore the sentimental sex men the hard unfeeling sex In real ity his is pure horse wait for it feathers Underneath all the cooing and crooning and weeping hidden behind the and and other symbols of women arc about as sentimental as tur tles This is said In no disparaging sense I detest sentimentality though I have nothing against sentiment Thus I despise myself for being sentimental about things old shoes old hats old hip waders old houses old cars and even old Indies There is nothing of this in my wife Oh she can get sentimental about the way I used to baby her or he joy the children were before they grew up or her school in the oneroom country school- house In other words figment3 of the imagination But when it comes down to things I love and cherish she as sentimental as a meat grinder Just the other day she threw out my golf shoes Id had them only years They a size too big when I bought them and my feel skidded around inside them the spikes were worn down to pirn pies many missing But they were old friends I felt low for two days She didnt turn a hair This week she mode me buy a pair of dress shoes black I had a perfectly good pair or black shoes As usual I had worn them only to weddings and funerals for the first four years then to work for the last three They were good shoes Cost me But werent good enough in her opinion or some darn fancy party we were going to I didnt matter to her that they were comfortable it takes about three years to break in a pair of shoes still quite black when sufficient polish was applied and only few scuffs here and stop all the speeding we must contend with However when It has been made very obvious to our local councillors over a three year period that he residents want the signs placed I dont understand why they do not do it since it is within thetr jurisdiction to do so It is very frustrating to think that while my motion is shelved a youngster could be hit I could make this letter much longer but Im sure you rellze that everything else would be quite obvious Sincerely Bob Fleming Here we go again another class re union This time It Is in on July for classes of 56 57 5B and 50 of the Old MacTier Continuation School Anyone from in the area If so coll Brian Street Mae- tier Ont for further information The day promises to be full of fun ex and nostalgia Welcome hostess Anna Knight reports 11 new families in town from many distant places Coming the farthest are Mr and Mrs Fitch from England Mr and Mrs have moved here from British there about the site of a thumbnail each Out they went Have you any idea what a pair of decent shoes cost these days By George they must be using humans for skin Blacks for black shoes brown people for brown shoes and Scandinavians for white shoes No animal hide alive or dead is worth what theyre asking for a bit of leather My old lady recently bought a collection of strings of leather that wouldnt make a medium sized jockstrap It was called a pair of shoes It cost They were made In Italy Im going to write the Pope But I mustnt digress Latest of my wifes complete lack of sentimentality about old and cherished things was our car The Big Car as my called it when they climbed cramped out of the poky little there mother drove and in which she carried a pall of water to fill the leaking radiator every thirty five miles Those little fellows loved They didnt even notice the rust It was a veritable playhouse the another pet name They were at their happiest when we were steaming down the highway crawling around my feet pushing buttons twisting dials It was sheer bliss or them when they got everything going at once A cold winter day The air conditioning turned to full cold with the fan on Windshield wipers flying at top speed and one kid pushing the windowwash button the other punching buttons of the radio turned to full volume or trying to put on simultaneously the headlights and the emergency brake Do you think any of those good times those tranquil moments meant anything to my old lady Not on your life This week I bid a fond farewell to the wiped away surreptitious tear and climbed into a new car shed made me buy Columbia and Mr and Mrs from St Louis Missouri From Montreal come Mr and Mrs G and Mr and Mrs It Sheppard come from Newfoundland Mr and Mrs came here from Stratford and Mr and Mrs Pyc Mr and Mrs Mr and Mrs Hills Mr and Mrs and Mr and Mrs all come from -f- June Ashley recently attended a St Marys high school reunion weekend in Kitchener On the Sunday there was an anniversary mass celebrated by Bishop Paul Redding It was a golden anniversary or students and teachers It wa3 fan Mrs says Bob Kelly of Acton was a lucky winner in the Canadian Automobile Association Gold Coin Prize draw recently reports the Hamilton Automobile Club St Josephs Hospital in Guclph will soon be under some renovations Work starts this month on modifications to mechanical imd electrical systems to reduce energy consumption and achieve operating cost No fun there for the kids No to switch on suddenly making Grandads hair stand on end Its a two- door so no more playing with the locks and leaning against the door and watching Gran go out of her mind Caged in like little animals Have you bought a new car lately Neither have we but its fairly new Our last one cost and was only five years old It lasted over three years was still valiantly breasting the waves of traffic on the highway When I asked or prices on a new one I red then white and had to be helped to a seat Had the sales office not been so magnificent rather like the lobby of a bunk I think I should have perhaps vomited There are more ways then one in which a car agency resembles a bank Their in terest rates are similar though to be fair slightly lower than the per cent banks those holiest of holies in our economy gouge Their salesmen are somewhat like those well groomed young men at the bank not exactly not managers who guide you smoothly through a maze of fig ures and papers lo the stony reality there is no easy way out no way to really save money no way lo beat inflation There was one pleasant difference this time The car salesman was a former student Ernest Morcuu a craggy young man with a sense of humor a sweetness of spirit and sense of the ridiculousness of things that was a charging change from the dull humorless unkn owl able young men Ive met in the bank lately Yep weve bought a car new shoes the works And my wife showed no more sent over the old ones than she would have over the last weeks laundry I won if she could discard an old well used man with the same equanimity I fear so savings Minister of Health Dennis Tim announced recently Norm Price son Robert Red and brother Did had more to celebrate Satur day evening than Norm receiving recog from the fire department for long service The three are proud to admit they arc just a few weeks of a total of years Willi the Acton volunteer fire fighters Norm has chalked up 20 while brother Did has years to his credit Son Red was with the Acton volunteers for 10 years before joining up full time with the MiBsis fire department He was one of the courageous men who fought the chlorine tanker leak last November in Bet you forgot it s Fathers Day this Sunday Its one day a year set aside to show our Dads how much we care Through experience Ive discovered fathers arc much harder to buy for than mothers so dont leave gift buying until the lost minute A special greeting goes lo my Dad Ben in Collingwood and my fatherIn law Jack in Brampton Back issues 10 years ago June IT Robert Little field day champ ions Linda Stewart Frank Houston Susan Shoe maker James Krapek Moskum Roger War boys Mayor Les Duby was presented with a certificate honoring his work member and past president of the Ontario Municipal Association Doris won a prize for sales from TrfChem embroidery Parks board authorized or grading the shore of Fairy Lake Lake view residents raised toward the project Jehovah 5 Witnesses officially opened and dedicated their new hall on Main The congregation has active ministers The hall was built almost entirely by labor Lion Peter Papillon was presented with the Old Lion scroll at the club anni versary A music recital was held for the pupils of Dorothy Scull Faye Pink Jean Mc Lean Top awards went to Susan Shoe maker Chcync Voskamp Janice and Kim Bishop 20 years ago June I960 Actons three cemeteries were beauti fully decorated with flowers on Decoration Day Sunday Wilfred Coles again lowered and raised the flag at the cenotaph us he has for the past six years There were five bands in the large parade One of Acton leading citizens Amos Mason died Tuesday He opened Mason Knitting Company in He was the leader of Acton Citizens Band He was councillor reeve warden of county and Actons first mayor He was on the first board of the He was Citizen of he Year in His home on Bower Ave is beauty spot in which he took great pride Grade class held heir graduation ban quel in the high school They are Grace Clow Lynda Ella J any Louise Lou Crcighton Mike Hurst Jim Swackhnmer Laurence Duby Wayne Ridley Brian Gcrvals Frank Bruce Macpherson Ken Mike Homer BUI Johnstone Don Brown The class presented a Bible to the school Alex has started giving tennis lessons for the season Roads in Lakeview subdivision will be hard topped soon 50 years ago Although two high school teachers requested an increase in salary due to in creased work load the school board did not see fit to approve increases at this time Miss Nephew and Miss were of fered reengagement at their present salaries A new principal will be sought The Duke of Devonshire chapter is assisting in raising funds to install lava tones in the town hall Miss Helen has graduated from the University of Toronto In House hold Science and Miss Isabel Cowie has graduated in English and History The garden party season is now on although they are not as numerous as they used to be Two boys were riding their bicycles on the sidewalk when one of them struck a wee French girlie knocking her down They were brought before Magistrate Moore who extracted promises for strict observance of the law Miss Veronica Frank of grad uated from St Josephs school of Nursing The overhead bridge at Llmehouse was fired by a passing train and saved by a group of volunteer men and women until the section gang came to the rescue The Lime Company has fired a third kiln and things look normal at the Dolly now 100 years ago June 10 1880 The drop in the rate for cable messages from the original hundred dollars a word to twelve and a half cents a word has called public attention to transatlantic tele graphy The statute labor which has been done on the 3rd line should be commended Burglars entered the shoe shop of Mr W barber shop of Mr Jno and helped themselves to boots and shoes made to order and razors Tele grams were sent to authorities in surrounding towns and villages A petition is being circulated praying the Council to provide bylaw prohibiting cattle from running at large on the public streets at any time A rain of Immigrants passed through on the way to the west There arc students in attendance at Agricultural College A large crowd of members of Knox church presented their pastor with a purse of over as Mr Cameron intends to visit his native land and they would like him to avail himself of any opportunity that would give him pleasure or Improve his health A large crowd accompanied him to the station