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Acton Free Pross Wodnosday Apr 1981 No garbage bin for Acton Acton Isnt going to get old dump In Georgetown a garbage bin at the sew is close enough to serve plant or works Actons needs yard because the reg and town engineers Last summer Council- feel tho container at the lor Terry asked Halton Hills council to push the region for a gar bage bin Acton and area residents could use at the sewage plant or any other appropriate Acton CoOp Nursery will hold a threehour open house and evening next Tuesday starting at J parents will have chance to see some of the nurserys new equipment including a parachute toy which Is being used la the above photo Greg Luck and Carolyn Montgomery enjoy playing with the red and white parachute The nursery also has a new climber on order Whitin says Higher than expected budget deficit Auditors going over region books for have bad news for taxpayers although they haven t determined how bad the news will be Acton regional coun Dave Whiting said this week chief ad ministrative officer Den has revealed the 1980 deficit will be larger than the originally projected and the auditors arent saying how much larger the budget hole will be Whiting said coun cillors should soon know the final figure for all deficits in all accounts for both 1679 and 1980 Ever since last sum when deficits first surfaced deficit horror stories in various accounts have been com lng out In dribs and drabs A total figure has never been revealed Whiting says have demanded to be told by staff a single line final figure without a confusing explanations Last week he pre dicted based on current budget figures the regional taxes on an average assessed home in Acton would go up from to Actons average assessment is He says per cent of the average Acton tax will go towards financing the police department Whiting explained the regional police force which t completed Its budget estimates they be looking for per cent more money than they received in Policing will eat up an estimated mil lion of the regions total budget of million and development per cent Overall the budget Is up 7 per cent over Grants are down per cent Ever since February councillors have been working to trim the bud get ana lopped off million However Whiting said reports that thus location Monday Halton general committee dec ided to go along with a recommendation from regional engineer Bob Moore and town engineer Robert Austin that both the sewage plant and works yard arc inap propriate locations and because there Is a bin Just 14 kilometres away In Georgetown a bin In Acton unnecessary The engineers rejected the sewage plant location because open treatment tanks would pose a hazard to the public the road Into the plant is narrow winding and gravelled the road crosses unprotected rail way tracks where there was a vehicle hit when there a dump there and an would have to be hired to keep records and watch the use of the bin The works yard was rejected because the area where the bin was located would have to be fenced an attendant would have to be hired a new entrance entrance gate and attendants enclosure would be needed and the town Is now using the works yard for storage and wants to keep exclusive use of the facility The engineers est theyd have to spend to set up a garbage bin facility in Acton and a month to run It At he still step dances and plays with the Sunshine Band You d never know that Bert Davidson first heard he had cancer years ago Today is the start of cancer drive month and Bert Davidson Is one person supporting the fund all the way His is a positive story as are many these days Research and improved medicine are prevent ing more cancer deaths each year Bert hod a malignant tumor removed from his bladder in At the time he said the news he had cancer didn him as badly as hearing the same news years later The first time he had too small lumps taken out and said he felt down In the dumps tor a while but his doctor reassured him the prognosis was favorable There was no sign of any recurrence until two years ago when Bert learned he had two more malignant bladder tumors to be removed It really look the wind out of my sails he says But it didn take long for him to get his confidence back I havent let it worry me 1 just dont think about it he adds which is probably why be feeling so well Five weeks of ray treatments followed the lpst surgery and Bert was back dancing soon after He thinks his positive attitude helped his re covery Worrying does more harm than good he philosophises Bert Davidson certainly t seem to be worrying Hes on the go entertaining playing and with the Sunshine Club I love dancing Ive done it since I was carsold At that time Bert was kidnapped Into a square dance as an extra man and he was hooked He loves old time music and has called square dances meet of his life I wish I had a dollar for every set Ive called he smiles Bert has lived all his life in Acton farming acres on tho Second Line now highway just north of town with his family He and his wife Irene now live in a bungalow built on the back part of the farm on Churchill Road north They have two children son and foster daughter Lillian five grandchildren and lOgreot grandchildren When Bert started farming on his own he took over the east section and milked 30 Guernseys A total of 40 dairy cows and 30 Angus beef kept the Davidsons busy They grew all their own hay grain a little corn and to 30 acres of wheat it good farm for wheat Bert also worked In town starting his own lire vulcanizing business over Walter Kentners gar age In a building that was bowling alky A short term at Blow Preo3 was followed by a good Job w Georgetown Lumber I should have stayed with it Bert says rue fully remembering the call back to the farm by his father during depression days tough slogging he comments However parties livened the rough times and there were plenty of them What with the UFO United Farmers of Ont the and tho Women and Young Peoples branches of the same tion lively parties were held at least once a month often in the old School on Highway 25 Bert started calling at a party at Wea he recalls You had to know the dances I learned a lot In those days there were four figures to a dance now there are only two Itmcantolotof calling I got hoarse and thinty Fair board dances were also a popular event and the Davidsons still attend I don t go for rock roll Bert grumbles I ve stepped away at it a few times but I dont like it When he plays with the Sunshine Band Bert blows a plunks the gut bucket a wash tub base His looks for too elegant to have started life as a galvanized wash tub He added silver paint and a smart Sun shine Band logo A broom handle a piece of taught twine for plucking and a short stick under the tub to let the sound out complete ensemble Bert says he will continue to play and dance as long as Heel as good as I do now His advice to anyone who first learns they have a malignancy Is to have faith In the doctor and don Forget about yourself he advises canyon Which is exactly what Bert Davidson does Bert Davidson and his gut bucket Items include creases In areas the re- general government 3 doesnt directly cent public works like police and 14 7 per cent health IS authorities per cent welfare per In fact Items from out- cent day care per aide bodies have now cent Manor 7 added over the per cent Childrens Aid originally proposed 15 per cent recreation get before It was trim and community services and to the per cent planning regional tax levy Highland games The Highland Games received the Towns permission to hold a again this year during the June 13 annual event THE ACTON FREE PRESS as Second Class Mall Postal Registration Number 0515 NEW ARRIVALS FOR SPRING High Heel and Medium Heel Hush Puppy Casual or Dross Now at acton family shoe store 19 MB St If satisfied teU others if not tail us Said Canada Grade A Beef BLADE BONE REMOVED BLADE ROAST SHORT RIB ROAST CROSS CUT ROAST Freshly Minced REGULAR GROUND BEEF Totinos 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