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zht jttofit mttt ft ninetythird year no 4 acton ontario wednesday july 26 l967 authorized at second clasi mall b ihp post offlcv department ottawa twelve pages ten cents mall on mill councillor ted tyle taei lent wlgtit he mtaawma motion at the next of council asking a bylaw be drafted up to dose mu st from mam st to john en a man could be made ob me two mm st he win also oak traffic be diverted from these two blocks eo the h con be c copta of the notice of mo tion are to be sent to the der conoritkir tyler eeld b thought a mall to these two- block would give the down town mtrefcams a shot fat the but reanxed it was net from the university of to to mem a atony of the town a few yean ago and i ed una be do of tan r made by toe etnoonts be printed no they would he available only two exist to hfa fcnowledf the town office and the at the library wwmpa cwhhetm a car driven by jaok c den ny of rr 2 acton received 150 damage sunday afternoon in a twocar collision on the ching- uacousyesquesing town line the second car driven by robert m sailes of burlington received 1250 damage milton oip said the accident hap pened just south of the erin- bsqneimg line when mrden ny swerved to miss an onconv big car and the sailes vehicle struck the rear end of the den ny vehicle atoon uoy could you direct me to the community centre its spook night and ive got loads of kids to scare before i climb back under the sod this facsimile of frank enstein turned out to be don price dressed to kill you might say story and pic of the playground spook night inside staff photo too little loo late reeve feels dredging good thing but objects to authority methods mayor les duby acquainted councillors with some details of the dredging to be done at fairy lake at last nights coun cil meeting but reeve bert hin- ton fclt the information was much too little and much too late mr hinton felt the town should have had more oppor tunity to express an opinion on what was being done at the lake he said neighboring mun icipalities were aware there were private interests in this although it was a good thing for the town mr hinton said he couldnt condone the meth ods usejt if council had been in the credit valley authoritys confidence it would have been much better he said the mayor reported actons rcpresentativv- on the ciedit valley conservation authority r r parker was going to mec with council beardmores and parks board and explain the situation to them the success ful contractor cummins con struction expected to remove 2000 cubic yards of sth a day and it was expected there would be from 300000 to 400- 000 cubic yards to move it will be used to fill lowlying swamp land to a depth of up to five iect in places work would start in about two weeks after the job was done it was expected the storage capacity of the lake wauld be increased by 67 6 million gallons the mavor said increased flow in the bhck creek would help the town sewage plant as well as benefitting recreation facilities councillor tyler refuted mr hintons argument he said mr parker had met with parks hoard and kept them in touch with developments on the lake dredging he in turn had re ported to council councillor drinkwalter par tially agreed with the reeve he said the authority wa arrang ing a meeting after tenders have been accepted which was a little late fail to turn cycle crashes a 1966 honda motorcycle failed to negotiate the turn at maria and church sts fri day night and went crashing into the iron fence around the old bowling green property operator ronald broughton rr 1 acton and his passen ger keith burt suffered only cuts bruises and shock but the bike owned by brian car riers rr 1 acton had about 200 damage deer season halton will probably have an open deer season november 6 to 8 this year the county council has approved a threeday deer hunt with shotguns only and no dogs allowed if neighboring wellington and wentworth counties also approve- wellingtdn has already passed a resolution in favor and wentworth is expected to allow one as well for the oakville and burlington areas where no hunting is allowed south of highway 5 a threeday bow and arrow season has been suggested following halton countys aporoval of the plan last week final approval is awaited from the two neighboring counties before th season will be officially proclaimed dr brian moore attended the youths at the scene of the accident and checked them ov er at acton medical centre they suffered cuts bruises and shock constable p thwailes inves tigated it was the hrd acci dent in acton involving motor- ex cles in two weeks tractor trailer damaged by fire at 730 am last thursday acton firefighters answered a call to an esquesing road near acton limestone quart ics the cab of a toronto tractor trail er leawng the quarrv was des- troed b fire but the fire fighters were able to sae the trailer contract awarded work on dredging fairy lake starts soon finish in spring the low tender tor dredging fairy lake submitted by cum mins construction toronto was accepted by the credit valley conservation authority at their meeting thursday night the bid of f202jooo was 4000 higher than the estimat ed cost tenders were submitted by five companies with a high of 128000 from alcan colony others for 345000 from j p porter montreal 296j000 from inland waterways of oriuia and 272000 from mcnamara construction acceptance of the tender is subject to the approval of the ontario department of energy and resources management but isnt expected to hold the project back work on cleaning fairy lake out will start within a few days but will not be finished until spring engineers estim ate there are 400000 cubic yards of silt to be moved almost the entire lake win hae to be cleaned out with the exception of the recrea tion areas it is hoped the con tractors will be able to work until middecember and then start aftain in the spring the credit valley conserva tion authority also awarded a contract to build a dam and reservoir at orangeville on the headwaters of the credit for 69242424 to capital paving of guelph this was the big it em of business on the agenda which took members of the authority until almost mid night r r parker of acton spon sored the motion to award the contract for fairv lake work officials of cummins con struction were in acton on mondav looking over the lake and they told assistant parks manager don price they hop ed to have their large dredge moved in tuesday work will start immediate ly land at sewage plant suitable for addition what council did acton council meeting only once a month during the sum mer had a lenghy agenda last night which didnt finish up un til nearly midnight deputy- reeve f oakes and councillor bill williams both on vacation were missing but the rest of council plowed through the many items of business among other things council passed a motion which would cancel building permits immediately if a builder or builders is found violating the building code regarding sani tary sewers and does not make the necessary alterations with in a week to the satisfaction of the building inspector clerk j mcgeachie reported five violations of the code in lakeview subdivision but after informing the company of the illegality four were fixed and the filth is soon to be done proclaimed monday aug ust 7 as civi holiday and in structed the clerk to issue pro clamations to the effect appointed brendan mor ris j frank winters and j van fleet as fence viewers for the town listened appiovingly as mayor les duby told of accept ing an invitation from barrie mavor les cook to attend and participate in the international plowing match on october 14 the mayor told council he was also open to any other invita tions from neighboring con tests for mayors passed a motion sponsor ed by councillors drinkwalter and tyler requesting acton county council representatives to bring pressure on the county to settle the dispute with the nurses as soon as possible since it was affecting the entire cqurt- tv councillor mckenzie and reeve hinton opposed mr hinton objected to a phrase in the motion which said the dispute hat been going on for almost two years he said one vear would be a gen erous figure he- told council the dispute had been to con- ciation and was now in- arbi tration he said the resolution served no purpose since the i county committee was always readv to negotiate councillor drinkwalter said the motion was an attempt to yet the dispute settled because it was leaving residents of hal ton in an unfortunate position it could clraj on for another couple of vears if something isnt dne he replied passed a bviaw authoriz ing the mavpr and clerk to sign a quit claim deed releas ing lots in lakeview subdivi sion to long term invest ments authorized the clerk to pav financial statement num ber 7 amounting to 854621 listened to councillor charlie perrv pav tribute to the legion choraliers for their performance at expo we should be proud they brought a great honor to acton he said mr perry also had kud os for bus driver ted tyler jr and herman freuler com poser of hymn to canada which went over in a big way at expo mayor duby asked and re ceived councils permission to present the centennial medals to the choraliers on behalf of council at their next practice letters of appreciation will al so be presented heard from reeve hin ton that the per diem cost for a resident of halton manor came to 650 questioned by the clerk and councillor drink- waiter he said this fee was based on a persons ability to pay mr mcgeachie asked ab out a resident who died with insurance and the reeve said all assets went to the manor when a resident signed in 400 is allowed for burial and an continued on page 3 soil tests injicated the land adjacent to the present sewage disposal plant was suitable for an addition council was told last night at their one meeting in the month of july however engineers estimat ed the town would require an other 50 feet of land in addition to what was purchased from beardmore and co number two committee of council will meet with the company after the requirements are staked out so the layout can be view ed reeve hinton suggested all members of council should at tend the meeting so they would be familiar with what transpir ed but the mayor assured him the committee would report back in full all that happened in meetings with the company councillor drinkwalter told the reeve there would be no point in all attending at this stage since there was nothing to see the reeve replied it would help other councillors see the logic of the proposals and since it was a major undertak ing should be viewed by all heavy work for acton the week july 16 to 22 again saw the acton opp experienc ing a heavy work load seven hundred and thirtytwo miles patrolled during 192 work hours produced eight charges and nine warnings pursuant to the highway traffic act this weeks report indicates two motor vehicle accidents investigated one a hit and run the other a personal injury ac cident resulted in both traf fic and criminal charges being laid against the persons involv ed other occurrences totalling 13 included two disturbances several reports of lost proper ty and these two brought cri minal charges magistrates court in milton load saw 12 persons convicted of various offences varying from speeding to failing to stop fi nes imposed totalled 230 with costs of 43 being added parents a special word to you warns corp r mason when driving your car with small children in the car be sure they are properly seated we of the acton detach ment have noticed a great number of children standing in both the front and back seats while the car is in mo tion if you the driver are for ced to stop suddenly how well prepared are the children to cope with this emergency sit uation sit them down strap them in if possible it could save a life he says submit more names for new planning board a motion appointing a new planning board on five names submitted by reeve hinton was tabled until other coun cillors had a chance to submit further names at last nights council meeting mayor duby felt under the circumstances all former mem bers of planning board should be contacted to see if they would serve again this was to be left to the initiative of in dividual members the mayor reiterated the va lue of retaining experience on the board and the time it would take for new members to become acquainted with procedure reeve hinton said he took council at its word when they accepted the resignation of the old board he maintained he town could not go very long without a board but also said the work could be handl ed by mature people with good judgment and common sense experience is a fringe benefit with people of this stature he commented he felt the five names he submit ted would be equal to the task councillors commended the reeve on his initiative but felt further time was needed so others could submit names of possible members of a new board councillor maaalea told the reeve he coulrl study the plans if he wanted the layout councillor charlie perry in the chair for committee of the whole commented that there was no barrier for anyone who wanted to view the property on their own he said each com mittee should cany on with its own job and not interfere with others what is the next step ask ed councillor mckenzie we will get a general lay out and then meet with the company and find out the price answered mr drink walter to another question by mr mckenzie clerk j mcgeachie said it would be spring before tenders could be called no 2 committee minutes disclosed they were still in vestigating purchase of an in cinerator for the town dump the clerk read a letter from the dept of health approving installation of one particular type of incinerator for a years trial but wouldnt give their stamp of approval until it was done councillor ted tyler emph asized the importance of acqui ring some method of disposal he said the committee was still investigating in order to keep the cost down he said the air pollution authorities were afraid to put their stamp of approval on any method of incineration until after a trial period councillor mckenzie asked if there was any chance after a years trial the board would say no and the town would be stuck with a white elephant mr tyler said ajax had a si milar incinerator approved af ter an ib month trial period no 2 hasnt all die answers as soon aa we have we will submit them and council can vote he concluded a long dlicuaafcrn about who was responsible for a sewer lateral at van normans on main st n found councillor tyler and the reeve opposed to the town digging up to find the solution but a motion op posing the town doing the work was lost mayor duby felt there was no hard and fast rule to guide actions and that the town should be flexible enough to continued on page 3 kerr will support robert stanfield halton mpp george a kerr has publicly pledged his support for nova scotia prem ier robert stanfield in the coming pc national leader ship race stanfield is the newest entry in the field of contestants seeking john dief- cnbakers job mr kerr says he knew stan field in the early 1950s when he kerr worked 1n a nova scotia provincial election in halifax south riding mr kerr said the candidate has a fabulous record in a prov ince which is predominantly liberal he said mr standfield could consolidate the pc party and attract the uncommitted vot ers susan south left and catherine leckie fry their luck at the m z bennett playground fish pond looking after the fish are debbie funk and jean elliott f pioto tax credit available to over 65 s a plan available through the provincial government to assist people of 65 years of age and over to pay taxes was un veiled at last nights council meeting if enough request are forthcoming council will take steps to implement the proposal through a bylaw persons 65 and over can get a reduction up to 50 per cent of their taxes up to a maxi mum of 150 a year providing they reside on the piup the exemption is granted by the- municipality which make a claim to the govern and is reimbursed the aaairy exempted is held against the deed and is deduct ed when the estate is sold reeve hinton said it was re ally a tax credit not payable until the property is transfer red ai3dvs oodi w i rnd