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dbtms mt vi the acton free press wednesday august 30 1967 f i comthtued from pagm 1 bmlawassabsed aplast act i nanagennot ttoiraaiatja log w per cant u apreadf wr the anura watershed the method of estimating the amownt of aitt taken oat by grid surveys was explained it was estimated from 8 10000 cable yarts had already been remov ed from the late leaving roughly 50 times that amoant to take out land ownership is notftfected where ntlt is stockpiled beard- more and co owns the property the late la on to the existing high watermark reeve hlnton told the meeting that stno his objections to mo methods employed by the author ity ware one of the reasons tin meeting was held hed lite to imow the extent of ttmlnforma- tion beardmore and co knew i about the project i uk bralda said tt company i knew only what he tad read in the free press no more than the town mr parker said tbe author- icy could not elaborate about the i project antil it had reached a point of some detaopment but be had been in touch with the company and the town as it pro gressed authority iitini roy mc millan said the dredging could have taken place anywhere bat was settled for acton since mr parker was nunluar with his own back door councillor bob williams re sented mr hlntonslmslicattons we have been wan informed on this project he atalaq i was unaware details hadnt been settled said mr parker pve known for two years too said the reave dot beard- more and co wasnot notifledand the project was onthalr land es- queslng wasnt notified and they reabh of rte land arwnt the cucwa may be mora a ware of the areas of jairisdfetton now and mis me win be an to the good be fcn the town was aware of the details of the dradgug the identity reeve ofesonssing sat on on ctjxa for annmber of years answeredmrmcmin- an be saldow township ens not aware of what was going on mayor duby said there was a duference in the degree of desire for information the reeve just made op his ndndte antedmore information tte mayor stated an attempt by the reeve todis- cuss the sale of want to beard- more and co a controversial item at a recent council meeting was squelched by several coun cillors who felt it was neither the time or the place tte reeve said he wanted to mate bis point clear while mr bralda was here i dont think beardmore and co want to take advantage of our clear water at a price better than tte other in dustries several more questions were answered before the meeting ad journed incloduig one about who controlled the flow of water in the black creek theowrc does when you get right down to it said mr mcmillan but the authority and tte company win cooperate in this regard mr parker said the beard more company bought the lake land about 1896 and the present dam replacing an older ana was constructed about 1911 mayor les duby chaired the two hour meeting in tbe library whlchjnd mrbrmdajtonl beardmore and co roy mcmill an secretary george bentley and field officer stanley white from tte credit valley authority reeve hlnton deputyreeve oakes and coanctuorsdrlnkval- ter masates mckenxte tyler and williams in attendance engineer reviews work on roads ran asks commercial reiomng nassagaweya council monday heard a request from brian car- gill of rjt 1 campbenvide for a section ofhls fathersproperty on the guelph line to be resoned to allow a commercial building and operate as anagentforcock- ww farm implements mrcargiu explained tewoolo have to have hlsdaalershlpby the end of august or he would lose a company bonus he said he bad lost several sales in the past week because he couldnot assure his customers he wouldbe around to service the machinery unless he had a dealership and he could not get a dealership until he had permission to build a building mr cargul hoped be could set us business up on bis fathers property for three years until he could afford to buy land for his building reeve william coulter said it would to neoeasary to reiona the property from agriculture to commercial and this could not be done without an que tearing carguls property does not have the required amount of frontage to comply with the bylaw councillor mrs a macarthur asked mr cargul how he would keep the site tidy and where be would put tradedin implements to prevent an unpleasant view from the guelph line cargin explained te and room allotted iftoduteeatilnda garage- where iltwoutorart t vislbli from the road reeve coulter told mrctrgtn council would give the natter further consideration later and advise him of their decision the following day tractor passengers not long ago a thirteen-year- old farm boy was killed when a tractor toppled over on him he was not driving but was riding the drawbar the operator was thrown clear this type of acci dent involving extra riders hap pens all too frequently tractors are built with one seat only and that is tor the operator tt is un safe to carry passengers on a machine built to be a workhorse in his thirtyseventh report presented recently to halton county council county engineer d j corbett covered work done and observations made during 1966 and the first half of 1967 winter control costs during 1966 described as a normal win ter amounted to 65000 but it is feared by the time november and december have been added 1967 expenditures could be much higher gravel roads were calctumed during tbe summer of both years and 12000 cubic yards of crush ed gravel were spread weed spraying was done on all roadsides in some cases re done and is still being carried out last year 26 miles of paved road was treated with a mixture of asphalt emulsion and stone chip and another 29 miles is being coated this year repainting of the white centre une was done on 120 miles of pavement during 1966 and will be repeated spring breakup was not sev ere last year and pavement re pair and gravel patching costs were 35200 however the breakup was more extensive this year and these two items could cost up to 50000 by the yearend he says construction included comple tion during 1966 of the lower bridge in glen williams started in 1965 an upper bridge engin eered and designed the same year will becompletedbylate -oct- ober other erections during tbe eighteen months include a new bridge at stewarttown a new grade separation structure at the cnr tracks on mountainview rd in georgetown and reconstruct ion and paving of part of the es- queslng seventh line near ash- grove paving and repairs to the tra falgar road were started in 1965 and completed july 1966 and lat er that year a start was made on keep ontario green ontarios tourist trade in 1966 amounted to 16 billion an in crease of nearly eight per cent over 1965 of this total an esti mated 440 million came from tbe us and other foreign spend ing- and 80 million from other provinces the millers mountain diversion on the burlington guelph line a tworinch lift of pavement was applied to the campbellville sideroad and esquesing first line and surface was applied to nearly 5 miles of new road dur ing 1966 completion of the job will take place this summer reconstruction of the guelph line rock knoll nassagaweya was started last fall and the job is now completed while recon struction of the waterdown road is now in its initial stages preengineering and design work is being carried out for 10 miles on trafalgar road camp bellville sideroad guelph line at mt nemo and the hornby east diversion work will probably be comp leted on these projects over the next three years in his observations and reco mmendations mr corbett noted the road committee has been working on preparation of a five- year program of capital works to provide a sound basis for the planning and programming- of county road improvements he suggested the engineering and technical staff of the system should be increasedf to handle more of the design and super vision work using consulting firms only during peak periods and when very complex projects are being undertaken it was also noted the system of county roads is wearing out and heavily increased amounts of money will be necessary in the future to keep pace with the needs and demands of traffic nassagaweya council briefs at a meeting of nassagaweya council monday evening council authorized township clerk j c mclntyre to inform the ontar io municipal board of councils approval to the official plan for oakvllle planning area granted permi to g inglis to park school buses on a municipal parking lot beside the ball diamond at brookviue during the week days received a letter of apprecia tion from miss katharine mcphe- dran and mr and mrs j wheel- ihan for an evening at the hilton country club when the tovn- shlps centennial committee were guests granted permission to archie service to build a house on land purchased from the halton region conservation authority which he had previously owned and sold to the authority learned the committee of ad justment had refused an applica tion of girodana buna to build due to a lack of frontage refused application tor separ ation of property to robert e hearn because of lack of front age refused david howards appli cation to build because bis lot was too small and his plans were not compatible with the existing buildings passed bylaws covering the erection of stop signs at 20 side rctd and sixth line southbound 20 side road and fifth line northbound and three side road and fifth une all subject to the approval of tbe department of highways resolved that trailers would be licensed to prevent anyone living in a trailer outside a trail er camp or staying longer than four months in any one calendar year learned the county assessor would attend councils meeting september 11 to explain the pro posed county assessment com missioner system arranged a meeting of the road committee with fusllnch council october 2 discussed the possibility of discontinuing publication of the townships annual yearbook acton opp report sharp decline in number of complaints a sharp decline in the number of complaints registered from august 20 to august 26 1967 led tte way to a week of relative quiet for the acton qpp thus enabling more extensive traffic patrols and the successful opera tion of the radar timer in town tbe 586 miles patrolled during 224 work hours resulted in nine citations and 25 warnings being issued to the motoring public a personal injury accident on mill st the first in over two weeks saw a small child sus tain a broken foot when she dash ed onto the street from between parked cars the driver of the car involved had no opportunity to avoid the collision one theft and six miscellan eous occurrences including a liquor seizure and an instance where two youths were charged with consuming liquor while un der the age of 21 years we re the only complaints reported and dealt with this week in magistrates court at milton on august 21 five convictions were registered while two char ges were withdrawn tour per sons remanded and a warrant issued for a person who tailed to appear on a liquor charge fines and costs levied on the five traf- jlc convictions totalled 97 labour day always the first monday in september and the sig nalling of the end of the summer holiday season falls this coming weekend originally the day was known as arbor day a day for planting trees and was in tended for the relaxation and en joyment of the people today with the name changedto labour day in honour of the working man the purpose of the holiday at least for our younger people seems to have changed labour day now indicates that last fling before returning to school or work and invariably many will finish out the weekend in hospital or behind bars is the small amount of fun really worth this type of an ending you who intend to participate in tbe merriment this weekend try thinking on it for a while we of the acton opp are sure if thought is given your weekend will be far moire fruitful bp magazine has acton news a recent issue of the magazine bp news featured acton items on two of its four pages the main picture in the small publication titled a solemn mo ment at acton showed an any- thlngbutsolemn group planted a tree to commemorate the mov ing of the sales staff to rexdale ray arbic manager at acton planted a linden tree on the lawn while k pepper distributed fer tiliser symbolizing the rapid sales growth expected as a re sult of this move with mr arbic and mr pep per were mrs flo fryer s newton and s crust main story in the magazine concerned the training course taken by supervisors foremen and others of the acton staff of bp dealing with plastics techno adon 8530640 call us fo all your plumbing amd heating installations a repairs business location 17 mill st w tehted acton exewath below dannys insurance for any service week call collect gucjpti 1212264 a i riemer equipment company world visits at with programmlngtheguern- sey future as their theme high- ranking guernsey breeders from all over the world have been tra velling en masse through canada host country of the first world guernsey conference the canadian guernsey breed ers association guelph which has been coordinating tbe eight- daylong affair arranged for the group including 75 noncanad ians to meet at the farm of mrs h d macpherson seventh line north of hornby cgba secretary bb hod- gins general secretary of the conference stated the purpose of the meetings was mainly to erence rson farm unify the brooders thinking of guernsey all over tbe world as it is guernseys from oth er parts of the world differ slightly from canadian cattle and the bast qualities of each can be bred into a standardized species v bg blampled president of the royal guernsey agricultural and horticultural society which is recognized as the origin of all guernsey associations as it is based in the guernsey islands noted the island guernseys are larger than the western breed and usually farmed in smaller numbers the conference began friday representatives of guernsey associations from england the usa guernsey islands south africa and all across canada attended the project impi nave pioneer cemetery family centennial project on august 12 75 descendants of the roots who pioneered in erin township met at the cent ury farm of mr and mrs harry burt hiusburgh the afternoon was spent in various sports and in renewing old acquaintances and looking over various heir looms that had been brought to the reunion the oldest descendent of john root one of tbe first pioneers in erinjtownsmpwasjmjjmza beth stauffer age 89 from hills- burgh the youngest was david root 13 months the son of mr and mrs george root hius burgh mr and mrs laurie todd and son steven of van couver british columbia trav elled the longest distance geor ge c burt of hiusburgh had the most descendents present at the reunion his son harry was president of the 1967 reunion following the picnic supper that had been provided by the ladles a short program was con ducted by the president high lights of the program were greet ings from members of the family that were not able to attend read by the secretary mrs ariel dy er of fergus mrs morgan graham of hiusburgh gave a very interesting paper regarding her branch of the jamily kancy root a sister of john root mar j ried matthew smith w sattle werepresent at the in erin township in 1821 mr reunion was captain john roots been burled as a result of the family taking on this project for the centennial year the stones marking the graves have been cleaned and reerected on a pro per base the plot has teen marked with corner stones and perpetual care has beenprovided it is over 200 years ago in 1764 since a mennonlte preach er sailed from bedmlnster ger many tqthe united states and took up residence in buckes county pennsylvaniarthe re cords seem to indicate that bis name was david ruth following the americanrevolutlonlnl799 the oldest son henry crossed the border and took land in clin ton township in tbe beamsvlue area there he married mary overholt the over holt family had come to the niagara penin sula in the 1770s immediately following the american revolu tion henrys oldest son john was a bugle boy in the war of 1812- 14 and after establishing his home in erin township in well ington county he was later ap pointed as a captain in the mili tia and his oldest son robert root who took the farm where john root and his brother hain es now reside was appointed as a lieutenant in the militia relics and heir- the average person who uves to be 70 will have eaten nearly 6 tons of meat fish and poultry this tact was compiled by a uni versity scientist who also stated that the same person will have consumed nearly 7 tons ofgrain 4 12 tons of potatoes nearly 4 tons of sugar and an incredible 168 tons of vegetables fruits nuts and berries the food intake of the average 70yearold person will also have included 4500 pounds of fats and oils 1400 pounds of tea coffee or chocolate 25200 eggs and 17500 quarts of milk different people take different lengths of time to eat their 70- year quota if you eat it all in 55 years you will be a roly- poly butter bau if it takes 65 years you will be pleasantly plump and if it takes 75 years yon will be the slender type smiths oxen broke the trail in february of 1826 when john root moved into the township to take the farm part of which is still in the family now owned by frank root lot 17 con 6 erin township mrs grahams paper traced tbe history of this branch of the root family and proved of great interest to those who hadgather- ed tor the reunion the first recorded burial in the conlngsby cemetery was one of nancy root and matthew smiths children son david john root mpp reported on the work of a committee which had been established at the 1966 reunion and authorized to re- erect the stones and improve the plot where the pioneer john root his two wives and child had logy and modern supervision harold schneu group leader of the supervision sessions was the principal guest at a present ation dinner in guelph receiving 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