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wtit ninetysecond yeerno 52 tturn jkftt fjrtss acton ontario wednesday june 28 1967 by uw tzzzoijzfvsszsmni otuwa twelve pagesten cents what uul4 tat 4c town officials are wondering what kind of a com munity residents want in the wake of a trail of vandalism which has spread until it even effects fairview cemetery concern is felt that vandals will get out of hand unless residents cooperate and supply evidence to police in the past few weeks vandals have broken and stolen floodlights at the new centennial library sprayed no parking signs with red paint bent and defaced street and stop signs all over town this is a special target used the cemetery for a golf course and dug up divots in the turf toppled tombstones and vented their special hate on ornamental work on the stones stole centenn decorations and flags naturally town officials are concerned and they believe taxpayers should be too because ifs costing them money police cannot be in all places at once their hands are tied if there is no evidence to register a complaint theyd like cooperation so those responsible for these acts can be prosecuted like the town fathers say what kind of a town dp the people want actons pride tbno porhnmokos at expo actona buataq of singers bound for expo will be des ignated by banners when they leave the legion hah aa soon as possible after midnight on friday hie ac ton legion chorabera lead er george musseile and pia nist george hah are filling an engagement verified last winter they aing a progiain at bandabell on he notre dame at 11 jo ajn sunday morning july 2 and at 1j0 and 5 jo on monday july 1 they return home tuesday only two members of he choir are not going on the fbmo trip leaving 29 they gave a fine preview sunday evening in the high ecfaool hector daigle one of the singers win do the requir ed announcing of their pro grams in french tfcssdeaafl b is near the australian and british buil dings it is built out over the water and the a ia seated up the bank there is no charge at these five bandsbells which have regular amateur programs all during the worlds fair since last week the choir has received donat ions from the credit union of 25 and p donat ions from lea duby bert hinton j al steele and roy burhng of kalamazoo mi chigan to leave in church chhfs vic patrick and charlie auger rest the condition of this large roast of beef at saturdays legion barbecue when 12 portable barbecues cooked savory meals on the legion parking lot tarpaulins had to be erected over the barbecues when drenching rain fell but the roasts averaging 15 pounds were ready for dinner after seven hours on the spits one hundred and eighty attended the barbecue and dance afterwards staff photo committees recommendation illegal accept resignation of planning board the resignation of members of acton planning board was accepted with only councillor bob drinkwalter op to a motion at last nights regular meeting of town council however a recommendation from no one committee mat a new board composed of three councillors and three ratepayers be formed was ter med hlegal by clerkadminis trator j mcgeachie and die matter was sent back to the committee mr mcgeachie told council the recommendation was in direct contravention of the act council can not consti tute a majority on planning board and since the mayor is n exofficio member a so man board could only have two councillors on it couacmar drinkwalter waa opposed to the recommendv atton stating be thought dif ferences with planning board could still be patched up ha sympathized with members of the board whose recommend- ations were turned down con tinually one planning board recom mendation said mr drinkwal ter was turned down and then supported at the town and village section meeting of the ontario municipal association its funny they recognize the need when it goes somewhere else he said reeve hinton said mr drink- watter was out of order since council had already made a centennial edition next week decision on the matter to which councillor drinkwalter retorted the reeve did h all the time this has been a comedy of errors on the part of both bodies said the mayor no consideration was given and even the press compared us to a bull in a china shop the press was not fully informed on this matter ans wered the reeve they didnt have to be retorted the mayor claiming ti was simply a natter of con sideration council voted emphasized mr hinton we cant post pone every decision until we wait for other people citiz ens have no wish to pay for private development council had the opportun ity to defer this and didnt the mayor reminded the reeve the only reason council vot ed against it was because they thought the town would pay it was not planning boards intention for the town to pay i tned to explain this but wouldnt be heard said mr drinkwalter i dont think we should be hasty in accept ing resignations would planning board re consider asked the mayor the reeve said he agreed with a point councillor g me at the free win point with pride to acson tnumtmrenmnts growth aad look forward many extra will be scot all acrose to trade fairs and cee kenzie made questioning the communication between coun cil and planning board there has not been good communi cation with the board councils two board mem bers perry and drinkwalter supjpressed their indignation by outstaring the reeve then mr drinkwalter accused mr hinton of saying no to one resolution at council level and yes at the town and vil lage section of the oma i didnt said the reeve its the towns wish we dont add to the burden of ratepayers do you accept councils wish every time asked mr drinkwalter the reeve sidestepped with a remark planning board has had the same chairman for years cant we still ask these men to reconsider asked councillor mckenzie ilts better to face facts said councillor earl masales he said remarks at a previous meeting by reeve hinton had precipitated the decision you can dismissi those re marks said mr hinton mis ter footitt miller and wilsoa were my nominees on the board the reeve said he was not saying whether he was right or wrong they did replied the may or they ah resigned its not my fault said the reeve further discussion followed and the mayor suggested that council take their time be- continued on page 2 i what council did two ftaos to be left in the united church in miss m z bennetts honor were presented to her at the u c w meeting last week she was formerly the beloved leader of th friend ly circle and acton public school principal staff photo at their regular meeting last night acton council e authorized the payment of 9631 42 financial state ment number nine and 7052 for the plaque at the centen nial ubrar e agreed to recognize the choraliers and composer her man freuler with a gift of a centennial medal e authorized the chamber ot commerce to use land on mill st w behind the ceme ter for a trap shooting com petition in coniunction with the fall fair a passed a motion that thty would adwse the decoration dav committee consideration would be given to erection of a fence at the pioneer ceme ten e gave permission to tht i o d e to hold a tag dav on fair dav e read a letter of thanks from m z bennett school pu pil henrv van stralen outlin ing details of the school safe- t patrol lamborce at ottawa also received a card of thanks from the robert little school patrol members donna mc- cabe brad timbers barbara mcnabb and henrv- van stra len attended e carried a motion to have a traffic survev done on the proposed industrial road from the second to the third line e gave permission to w waterhouse to make a park ing area for his car on town property mr waterhouse has been looking after the proper ty for manv years e agreed to defer the third reading of the zoning bvlaw until the first meeting in aug ust e set only one council meet ing for each month during the holiday periods of julv and august proposed dates were july 25 and august 15 e made no decision on an application from the pentecos tal church for a variance so an addition can be built two motions one tor and the other against were lost e accepted the recommen dation of no i committee that the resignation df planning board members be accepted councillor drinkwalter oppos ed e passed a m6tion that the ontario housing corporation be requested to initiate and cairv out a survev to deter mine the need for serviced land in town in the event the survev shows a need it was resolved the ohc proceed with plans to develop the land as indicated bv the survey e agreed to ask the acton development commission to reconsider the proposed loca- tion for a sign advertising in dustrial locations e passed a resolution that the ontario housing corpora tion be also requested to un dertake and carrv out a survey lo determine the need and ef fective demand for family ren tal housing accommodation on a gearedtoincome basis in the town of acton miss m z bennett honored ucw presents two flags the beloved leader of the united church friendly circle which became part of the u cw was especially honored b many of her former pupiis in both school and church at the centennia pot luck supper and meeting of the ucw on wednesday evening of last wevk miss m z bennett retired as principal of acton public school many yeais ago she was the dedicated leader of the active friendlv circle for many vears before it became associated with the new unit ed church organization the united church women there were nearly 50 at the special meeting last week and manv of them had been mem- tim daigle hit by car sevenyearold timmy daigle 90 main st n suffered a com plex compound fracture of his left leg when he darted in front of a car near his home at 3 45 pm saturday the young lad was taken to gutlph hospital by ambulance police said a car driven by harold snow royal york rd toronto was proceeding slow ly south on main st the driv er was watching children on his left when the young lad darted out from his right to rejein his friends and was struck constable hildreth investi gated holiday store hours centennial holiday weekend brings a change in store hours which can be checked in the ads this week moat acton stores will be open friday june 30 till 9 pm dosed sat urday july 1 for dominion day and will also have their regular closed day on monday july 3 most of the grocery stores will be open both thur sday and friday evenings un til 9 pjn bers of her popular proup she irminded them although we did have social tines i never hesitated o remind people that first and foremost we were a sundav school c ass mrs j gibson read an ad dress to miss bennett and pre sented her with a small per sonal gift from the group mrs b veldhuis then presented her with two large flags to be placed in the church in her honor the new united church flag and the new canadian flag plaques will be placed on the holders and the flags will be dedicated next sundav deeply moved miss bennett thanked them all fron the bottom of mv heart for the honor for the meeting almost everyone was dressed in cos tumes of bygone davs cither assembled from attics or new ly made with the centennial look the menu was old fashioned with stew meat pies cold meats homemade brown and white bread and rolls pickles strawberries and cream corn meal broadband maple svrup the tables were decorated with old milk jugs with obu- quets ofiris and oil lamps president mrs t shields welcomed members and guests and miss bennett said grace mrs w waterhouse read he scripture and mrs grace reed led in prayer the hymn was a favorite of miss bennetts in charge of the interesting program mrs c rognvald- son tiaced the history of the church from actons earliest days and showed many old pictures at first the weslcy- ans met in a log schoolhouse on the second line the former switer farm moving from theie to a log cabin on the corner of church and main the home of the rev adams who bought the property that is now acton then adams- v ille then thev built a small frame building on the corner of church and john st there were many hardships it was a year before they hrd pews or the church walls plastered but the church was filled even though the people sat on planks the first build ing cost 50 pounds in 1852 a committee of men in 1873 planned to build a new church thv methodist church on mill st was built in 1875 at a cost of j8000 continued on page 2 tenders to dredge lake to be opened july 4 12 firms interested tenders for dredging fairy lake will be opened on tues day july 4 and its expected the successfful bidder will start op erations soon afterwards mcnamara construction co moved a large dredge into fairy lake on tuesday to test its capacity in emptying the lake of the large deposits of silt which are making the water unsightly the company intends to bid on the project which the credit valley conservation authority recommended to the depart ment of energy and resources management as a means of en larging the storage capacity of fairy lake seventyfive percent or 146- 500 of the estimated 198000 cost will be borne by the pro vince while the authority will pick up the tab tor the remain ing 25 per cent the lake will be dredged to remove silt and weeds which are clogging the water and pre venting natural springs from flowing increased storage ca pacity will augment the flow into the black creek during the low water period in sum mer months headwaters of the creek which flows into the credit ri ver are in the lake at last nights council meet ing clerk j mogeachie disclos ed 12 firms were taking out plans and specifications for the job mayor les duby said he thought a meeting should he arranged with the authority and all members concerned since neither the town or lake owners knew nothing of plans for the lake first dreooi to test the silt and weeds at fairy lake was assembled tuesday at the park and finally floated in the evening mcnamara construction is making testa in order to bid on the job of cleaning up the silt- clogged parts of the lake dredging is expected to in crease the storagecapacitv and provide an even flow of water down the black creek through the dry sum mer months staff photo