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Acton will have Us own Red Cross branch by the start of the new year Paul Rich president or the Ontario Division ol the Red Cross presents a letter of Intent announcing approval for Acton new Red Cross branch to the man who will be the first president of the branch Henry Kroes Acton gets own Red Cross Jan 1 With Acton becoming an independent branch of the Red Cross at start of next year the Georgetown and Din let Red Cross will shrink Last Tuesday Georgetown and District Red Cross Annual meeting and awards night was special for volunteers from both urban areas of Italton Hills Georgetown Bed Cross formally said good bye to Acton volunteers and wished them luck and the president of the new Aclon branch Henry received a letter of in tent for thonew branch from Ontario Division president Paul Richards The letter stated As the name Implies the Red Cross organ in any community In Canada Is a Branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society It exists by virtue of a Charter given by the Society and Its function is to carry on Red Cross work in its community on benalf of In accordance with the policies of the Can Red Cross It Is our intent to inform you that your Charter from the Canadian Rett Cross Society will be forthcoming Upon the signature of the Governor General of Canada The Right Honorable Edward Schreycr being appended thereto Having accepted the mandate of the Can Red Cross we welcome you to the Soc In her review of the past two years as pros I dent Tina said It was pleasant duty to work with the Ontario Division and Actons volunteers in establishing the new branch The Acton Red Cross volunteers have very hard to prove themselves ready for branch status she said Richards observed It has been some time since a new branch of the Red Cross was born Until final approval for the Acton branch comes from the national level Acton main part of the Georgetown and District branch and then January become a separate branch National approval is merely a for mality now The two branches will continue to work closely together especially on disaster The unit provided a number of ser vices this past year Around pints of blood were collected at four donor clinics and Telford and the Optimist Club helped out by sponsoring clinics held at the Acton Legion Over pieces of equipment were available to residents through tho Sickroom Supplies Loan Program Donations totalling were used to buy a wheelchair and equipment was donated by a former area Women Institute Over 250 people worked on the campaign for funds boosting the amount raised In Acton from in to this year In connection with the municipal recrcat Ion department water safety programs were held In and badges and cards awarded During water safety week films were shown in schools and information displayed at the library and in other public areas Individual emergency aid provided trans portation to the doctor and to clinics for six people and three nights accommodation was provided for a person in distress Acton continues to work with the George town Branch and town to train volunteers and plan in the event of a disaster In the past year Acton emergency response team grew considerably and is better organized to meet community needs inside is President Henry Kroes VicePresident Splinter SecretaryCarol Prystasr Treasurer Frits Campaign Chair man Bert Vanderlaan Public Relations- Mario Giles Blood Donor relber Individual Emergency Aid and Minor DisasterAnna Arnold Major DisasterGarry Awards Volunteer Services Joan Ford and Loan Cupboard Marie grave Santa will arrive in November and be honored by a big parade Details on page 3 Hydro rates In Halton Hills arc going up More on page Last nights Tuesday all candidates meeting attracted only a handful of voters Turn to page Acton Arts and Crafts held their annual show and sale Saturday at St Albans See Thin Week Thru the Lena for photos Ospringo school principal Lome Browne is retiring Turn to page 10 An Inland Community Newspaper a id Sixth N ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 1980 T Pages Twenty fit Cents Provincial grant for school site Acton Catholic parents view the province s decision to give the Halton Separate School Board a 000 grant for the school site as a commitment to finance construction of a new facility here We feel this is a commitment on the part of the ministry or education to build a new school here They have given the grant to buy the site if they weren going to allow a new school to be built president of St Joseph Parents Assoc lotion said The board bought the fiveacre site on Mill Street West In the spring and has been paying borrowing charges since then The approval of the grant for the purchase of the site will save the taxpayers Lack of su some money This decision by Queen Park follows on the heels of a meeting involving Whelan and school board of flciais with Education Minis Stephenson two weeks ago Our fight for a new school is starting to draw to a successful conclusion Whelan declared Parents began to fight for the now school pro mised for Acton within two years of the opening of Si Joseph a in a 100yearold rented stone building Their battle caught fire early this past Bummer when the province funded a new school in over the request for a new facility in Acton St Jos is now operating for its fourth year Music festival disbanded The North Music Festival has been dis banded after last minute attempts to revive it failed Meanwhile the executive committee Is left the bank Doug Magwood principal at Acton M Bennett public school and festival chairman declared the festival is finished as of December at a general meeting Wednesday The decision came after survey results showed schools in the area were con supportive of the event A dozen schools said they would participate in the festival while said they would not Only five music teachers showed up for the meeting at M Z Bennett library besides Magwood although everyone was invited Those who did show said they were supportive of Ihe festival but felt without cooperation from other schools It would The meeting was to have been a debate on the dis banding of the festival but poor attendance said made it obvious lo everyone the event cannot go on No vote was held Magwood said several events led to his motion to disband the festival It suffered from poor at tendance in 1978 season so last year was cancelled while the festival was reviewed Several meetings with the Klwanis Club of Georgetown and the music and other administrators for the board of education proved to be fruitless The Kiwanis would support the festival but Magwood sold music in the classroom is ad ministration first concern Results of the survey sent to all public and separate elementary schools in north Halton and the Christian School in Georgetown which were poor and the poor attendance Wednesday was the final proof I feel it s my duty as chairman Magwood said lo make the motion After a year of trying I just don tsccthesupport The main factor for lack of support Is the com nature of the festival Elementary school choirs used to compete for prizes In Ihe survey three schools which said Ihey would attend would only do so if the festival were competitive Another drawback is the timing Many teachers found the traditional May dates too disruptive to Yet both Magwood and the teachers present al the meeting said the festival although a headache for organizers was appreciated by the students It gave the children a chance to see what other schools were doing and to strive for a goal Since the festival was disbanded Wednesday there was no election of a new executive But the old one is faced with disposing of presently collecting interest in a Georgetown bank The money was accumulated from donations from Women Institutes andothcrcommunitygroups Magwood said he would meet Joan Clark music coordinator for Board of Education for Ideas but authorize disperse en of until other members of the committee ore con suited It is hoped by the executive the money be put towards groups and activities In North Schools Acton near growth limit Unless the province increases the sewage limits on Acton there won be much more growth here Monday Halton H1II3 general committee reviewed a report dealing with the Acton urban boundaries study and it was revealed that Acton is very close now to the equivalent population limit set by the province Queen Park says Acton can only have an equivalent sewer serviced population of people based on tho ability of receiving streams to accept effluent from the sewage plant number of people living in a community along with in dustrial commercial and institutional churches schools etc land uses are figured into the sewage population equivalent limit set by the province The report shows Acton has residents living In 2 dwelling units Industrial effluent equals the amount generated by residents commercial properties equal people and institutional uses eats up another 105 equivalent population which means Acton has an equivalent population of 9 352 people already leaving very little room for growth However residential industrial and commercial projects planned fpr Acton which have been given draft approval by the municipality amount to an equivalent population of people for an Acton total of 379 equivalent population well over the equivalent population limit set by the province In addition proposed residential and in developments for which haven received any municipal approval yet would be equal to another people for a total equivalent population of 13 921 The boundary study Is to determine if the urban boundary for development of Acton should be ex tended further than it already Is in tho region of plan It will also determine how much Infilling and development of areas within the present urban boundary can take place Councillor Roy Booth observed unless the pro vincc changes the equivalent population up wards as has been requested by the town Acton can grow very Utile In fact projects which have received draft approval or more from the municipality put Acton substantially over tho limit In light of this fact he predicted people need not fear there will be development outside the present urban boundary and tho present boundary probably won extended Councillor Mike Armstrong said the town must tackle tho boundary study first and then look at the sewage limit He says the town wants the limit increased so Acton could have an equivalent population of 12 000 still below the level needed for existing and partially approved developments There would seem to be no chance of developments which have been proposed but ha ve received no approval Continued on Page Trick or treat Ghosts goblin and other strange creatures of the night will haunt the streets of Acton this Friday evening Trick or like these four David Michael Christine and Diana will be knocking on doors looking for en candy These four pupils in grade Tour class at Bennett are busy preparing carve for the festivities Photo by CORD Citizens group forming to enhance Actons appearance A small group of residents hope to farm an organization next month which will work to beautify Acton The birth of he as yet unnamed citizens group is the result of a trio of workshops sponsored by the University of Rural Development Project which were under the direction of Landscape Architecture masters student Janice Cervelll Tho workshops have attracted about people and the group will meet next Wednesday November at the horn home of Bill 31 Young Street to pick a name choose officials and form a plan of attack to achieve their goal a more attractive Aclon They also hope to receive support from community organizations and possibly filiate themselves with tho Chamber of Commerce or Business Improvement Area During the three workshops residents picked out features of the town felt were assets and those which were liabilities In many cases assets like Fairy Lake were also viewed as liabilities because they haven been fully utilized or developed By end or last Wednesday workshop they had identified five major concerns which they like to see community groups the municipality and province work to Improve Fairy Lake the dam area beside Mill Street West and streams around the lake all need to be mode more accessible to the public and developed so they II be used more for Residents who attended the workshops also felt something must be done to reduce traffic congestion downtown and supported a by pass They urged the town study tho problem soon and if more off street parking can be secured then parking spots on Mill should also be removed Many buildings In both residential and com mercial areas need to bo spruced up it was determined and the will bo approached about improving the entrances to Acton There arc a number of vacant properties around Acton which overgrown with weeds and residents felt weak by laws should bo more strictly enforced They also supported legislation governing derelict buildings Residents also discussed the una I tractive pcarancc and litter at the Becker Plaza the lack of bus shelters around town the need for boat and canoe rentals at Fairy Lake the need to ban motorized boats on the lake the need for a playground in the Kingham area the lack of trees in newer subdivisions garbage dumping in the rural area tho problem of loitering by youths downtown narrow sidewalks downtown poor parking the rink Inappropriate street lighting and poor looking store signs downtown An official of the Ontario Ministry of Housing outlined various funding programs to improve the appearance of the town noting virtually every concern the group could come up with would be eligible for grants except loitering and sign problems Both the government spokesperson and the group emphasized the Importance the municipality bringing in a minimum maintenance and by law something which has been in the works for some time The residents discussed the Importance of the refurbished town hall being made to look in balance with the fire hall at the rear and also suggested development of nature trails through the swampy area at the bottom of the Kingham subdivision and preservation of flora and birds Court upholds conviction of Limehouse fake priest Denis Edward Scallen also known as Rev Dan Scallcn hoa started serving a six month sentence for fraud in connection with a monastery he ran near Tho Ontario Court of Appeal on October 17 upheld the conviction of Scallcn for fraud a mounting to Scallcn appealed that conviction In which he was found guilty by a judge and jury Through the twoweek trial maintained his claim that be was an ordained Roman Catholic priest Roman Catholic Church officials however denied that claim Scallcn ran his monastery north of Limehouse for several years Scallcn also denied ordering three teenage nuns who lived at the religious retreat to atrip in front of him as a form of religious penance The Crown has to decide what to do about the one rape charge and two charges of indecent assault which were laid against Scallen two years ago Scallen defrauded residents and a couple of The trial featured testimony by Scallcn con priest testified he was ordained by a Bishop Jos Rauber was a bishop of the Old Cath Church a group which broke away from the main body of the church In the 19th century was ordained in the Rite told tho court that while he knew was Old Catholic Church he teamed through study of canon law the bishop s authority was still good and that his ordination as a priest by would bo valid told the court his activities were well known to local Roman Catholic Church authorities He said ho was never told to stop He also said he was never called before an ecclesiastical court