Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), August 16, 1967, p. 2

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a the acton ftm preaa wvdntaday augutt 16 1967 new conservation area at puslinch lake seen lbs creation of a s89acra coaaarration ana at puslinch late star hatpekr has baanra- comawadad to tin board of dtr- ectors of the grand rivar con- serration authority the anthorltysjracotlv com- mtttm made the racommaodatlon following extanslva study of the 400acre lake a popular sthntflsr spot for thousand of raaldaabi from nearby comntnalttos municipal councils in the area asked the authority to study the lake area with a view to taking over privately owned commer cial resort facilities and other private holdings a report by dryden and smith a kitchener firm of planning con sultants said the area had great balunafad 25th wedding anniversary harvest tripper of interest fan wheat harvest is in full swing the farmers are working early and late trying to make rood use of this fine weather some are still haying mr and mrs bud snow visited with the formers sister miss lydh snow in burlington on sun day congratulations to mr and mrs garnet sinclair on the safe arrival of a wee daughter a sis ter for lome a social evening was held in bathnatart community centre on friday night when mr and mrs don brown celebrated their 25th wading anniversary the bride and groom of 25 years received an at the door a sbortprogram was given with mr clifford brown as mc after which an en joyed dancing to musftrby the mcdougau orchestra many beautiful gifts were re ceived by mr and mrs brown along with best wishes for many more years of wedded life to gether kathryn sinclair who was cho sen from acton ugh school to spend two weeks in wetashwin alberta as part of the federal- provincial youth training pro gram left last week along with other students from other schools congratulations kath ryn on being chosen to repre sent acton high school master ricky mcenery is hol idaying with ms utile friend brent thomson at belwood mr cam mcenery has been confined to bed with a heart con dition but is up andaroundagain churchill lifelong resident mrs c b swackhamer moves to ottawa churchill church service was in charge of the ucw presi dent mrs w thompson with mrs bob kerr giving the serm on she chose brotherhood for her talk scripture reading was romans ch 12 verses 1 to 21 a by hiss june swackhamer miss kathyswajckbamerplayed ttanahwitthtwaeitch and mrs f thompson taring the offering about 50 neighbours gathered on sunday at gormac lake at the home of mr and mrs wj mc bow donalds for a friendly afternoon and picnic supper friends are sorry to bear of mr norman turners loss by tire on saturday morning his workshop and garage tools and one brack were completely des troyed by the acton flremens promptness they saved the house and main shop congratulations to mr and mrs lome saunders on the birth of a son on august 7 at guelph general hospital mrs w j mcdonald visited her sisterinlaw mrs edl hammond who is still in south peel hospital cooksvllle mr and mrs george miller and daughters ruth and ann from corner brook newfoundland and mr and mrs eric lawrence also mr and mrs jack pearce all liberal candidate education director halton east liberal candidate robin skuce of oakvlue has a new job these days formerly a teacher on the staff of appleby college in oakvllle mr skuce is now the national education director of the united nations association in canada with headqmarters in toronto mr skuce said if he is elected to the provincial legislature in the next election he will resign his new position with the ujf asso ciation potential as a major camplngail picnic area if developedproperry after studying the report the authoritys executive committee recommended against taking over the two commercial areas be cause of the high cost ttwasal- so felt that the authority should create additional facilities in stead of taking over those that exist now the board of directors wllnw asked to approve a fiveyear pro gram of buying about 266 acres of land mostly on the south and west side of the lake the side apposite to the commercial fac ilities theauthorlty already owns 123 acres of land in the proposed conservation area the authority staff recom mended that development of the area be nature oriented so that its primitive and historic ele ments are retained in a reason ably natural state faculties will include camping picnicking swimming and boating a group camp area for organised youth groups for short tera camping is also suggested a nature or wildlife area will be established at the mud bay section of the lake estimated cost of buying the necessary land and developing as park is 250000 which will be eligible for a 50 per cent provin cial grant the authoritys share will be contributed by the 400000 resi dents of the valley at a rate of about 6 14 cents each year for the fiveyear program the executive recommended that expenditures for the flve- year land acquisition and devel opment program be limited to 3l25 cents per capita or on the average to 6j55 cents per capita a year spread over the valleys 400000 the recommendations will be dealt with by the directors at a meeting early in the fall as 0 asaala www bjsjbr awloaaay tab new bridge now being con- stracted over qtbe credit liver branch on the east side of glen hullanu win probably be tartans in ontario according to the hair ton county engineering depart- the thing that makes it differ ent is the design county engin eer dj corbett axpmaad that because oftmortuamiaug the grade and approaekef tothe bridge cannot be attend aadttss special construction oast be used hie bridge wlubaapraatreaa- ed rigid frame mr corbett said consnractton will be finished somatlmttnllov- ember he said it win cost about 1198000 contractor norm turner driving his front end loader helped acton firefighters extinguish the blare which destroyed his workshop and garage at rr 3 acton early saturday morning the nearby house end main shop were saved staff photo nassagaweya council briefs during the august meeting of nassagaweya council members learned in correspondence from tie ontario water resour ces commission an approximate cost of 1151000 will be required to supply water to tin milton heights area nassagaweya has 16 homes in the area out of a total of 274 fourteen thousand feet of eightinch pipe will be re quired to establish the service costs will increase if the land is rockladen referred to the next omb hearing a deputation of mrs do ris a johns and associates who explained to council that due to legal delays a deed to her prop erty was not filed before the ap ril 3 passing of nassagaweyas zoning bylaw making her lot frontage and proposed chalet square footage a nonconforming use received a tetter from mrs w greenlegs secretary of nor- of toronto visited through the week with mrs alfred saunders mr and mrs d williamson and mrs annie burns visited on sunday with mr and mrs jack thomas of huttorrvule sympathy is extended to mrs rl davidson and to mrs w thompson who received wordof the death of their cousin mr neil blrney of sudbury who died suddenly on wednesday last the funeral was held on saturday visitors at the home of mr and mrs albert brooks on sun day were mrs anna mclntyre and daughters miss dorithy mc lntyre rn of london and mrs bud kentner acton mr and mrs roy mckeown and bobby of burlington called at mr and mrs wj mcdonalds on sunday evening mr and mrs bob kerr had supper with mr and mrs paul mclntyre on sunday in oshawa mrs cb swackhamer left acton on the weekend to make her home with her daughter and soninlaw mr and mrs charles sayers of ottawa we regret the removal from our midst she has been a resident of this com munity all her life except the few years she and her late hus band mr cb swackhamer lived in hillsburgh mrs cecil best of peterbor ough visited her sister mrs charles binnie last week and on saturday they visited their bro ther mr alex jackson who is a patient in guelph general hosp ital miss susan brooks spend last week with the pioneer girls at camp cherith at walkerton friends are sorry to hear mr bud emerson anderson is a patient in guelph general hospi tal weall hope fora speedy- recovery v mr and mrs clare macarth- ur of welland spent a few days last week with ur and mrs fred macarthur umehouse th halton volunteer services in forming council the service is ready to act in event of emer gency saw in a report from the centennial committee that total gate receipts from the june 23- i- 45 weekend totalled 128545 received a request from the milton rotary club for inform ation concerning the number of township residents potentially el igible for the proposed senior citizen apartments in milton authorized alan ferrier to patrol the township refuse dump in an effort to control and pre vent the regularity of fires caus ed by careless and in some cases outoftownshlp dump pat rons and to limit the use of the dump to monday tuesday wed nesday and saturday from 10 a m to 7 pm the area will be closed to the public thursday friday and sunday investigated several possib ilities for improvement of no 5 slderoad the west half of lot 6 concession 3 93rd birthday family picnic wjhs meeting in area news birthday greetings to mrs ro bert lane who was ninetythree on august 9 she is remarkably weu and is making her home at the kelly nurslng home near acton recent visitors with mr and mrs james noble have been mr r foster of baden mr and mrs a copley and family of burlington and mr and mrs o everett and family of graven- hurst the patterson family held a reunion at rockwood conser vation area on sunday while mr and mrs arthur patterson of n carolina are still here silverwood century sign at farm lane tells history mr donald lindsay has erect ed a sign on no 7 highway at silverwood a century sign outside his farm lane tells the story of a century in the lindsay name mrs daisy henley is the new proprietentr thestore and lunch bar at park motors on no 7 highway silverwood the sil verwood sign has been removed and she calls her place of busi ness shady rest mr and mrs aw benton attended the funeral of her step mother mrs j nellson at milton on thursday the wms met at the home of mrs mills on thursday even ing vicepresident mrs lough- ley in the chair andten attending scripture was readbymrskirk- patrick and mrs gisby led in prayer roll call was answered in a verse of scripture as was text word feet mrs aw benton read the customs and beliefs of several religious sects in can ada this resulted in an interesting discussion led by a visitor who had recently read the history of certain sects mrs mitchell closed with prayer the hostess served lunch afterwards rev and mrs walter king and family of hawkestone visited his niece mrs bert benton and mr benton last week mrs s smith of weston has been visiting her sister mrs ac patterson we hope that uttle aurelie lima continues to improve foll owing a few days in hospital last week with digestive troubles youll strike gold when you buy from lous used car 8564235 main st rockwood s dj the confederation caravan is in milton this saturday and sunday pauls sunoco will have a roomy parking lot behind the service station several small gaxages are being torn down with the holiday most of last weeks correspondence from villages didnt make it through the mall in time for last weeks paper theyre all published this week though mora thursfrisat aug 171819 family ontwrtainment in mon don knotts joan freeman the reluctant astronaut plus sonny jameswebb pierce- farnon young second fiddle to a steel guitar show starts at 845 pm tues wed august 213923 all color action show monica vutp dirk bogarde modesty blaise alsoi yul brynner robert fuller return of the seven feature value mmi frl sat only galvanized garbage cans 299 rag 475 gordon hardware 22 mill st acton 8532720 eden mills welcome minister at first service eden mills united churchcon- gregatlon heard their new mini ster for the first time on sunday morning rev flnlay came from desoronto and will minister to 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