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the acton- free press wednesday october 4 1967 esqufisiiiq goqflcil 249700 bmumg permits joe seueks led liberal leader bob nixon and halton west candidate jack lush touring actons business section tuesday morning shaking hands and greeting voters piper sellers has piped such notables as the prime minister and the duke of edinburgh staff photo eden mills suggest nursery in church plan 65th anniversary by mrs robert wright mrs g macdougall opened her home for the wms and ladies aid on monday afternoon with fourteen laides present mrs h gilbertson conductedthe what council did acton council meeting thurs day instead of tuesday passedccountstif 859390 to extend lake view subdivision services to include streets pre sently being built on and part of elmore drive not yet opened there is still much work to be done on elmore lots affected were all in the final agreement signed with long term invest ment brampton authorized the clerkadmin istrator to issue cheques to cov er financial statement number nine amounting to 1574415 accepted the recommenda- tion of solicitor bruce payne representing the municipality that the town pay 300 to e g tylers solicitor for legal costs th a said it was inadvisable to pursue the matter further if the case came to a hearing he suggested it would go against the town ted tyler jr declared a conflict of interest and did not vote on the question agreed to assume the cost of remembrance day programs for this year told councillor charlie per ry potholes on elizabeth drive in lakeview subdivision would be filled in when jobs with priority were done also assured coun cillor c w mckenzie the side walk raising job on lake avenue was on the priority list wms opening with hymn bringing in the sheaves scri pture was taken by mrs wallace lasby followed by prayer by mrs ramsey roll call was an swered with gleamings from the glad tidings the centennial thank offering meeting in october will be host ed by mrs sinclair at the manse mrs c ramsey consented to be in charge of the glad tidings and mrs w lasby favored with a reading entitled a smile mrs beryl wright read apoem entitled goals to open the lad ies aid followed by minutes and treasurers reports and thank you letters were read final plans for the bazaar were made also committee put an to cater toarsuryfifthwedding anniver sary in october it was suggest ed that we start a church nursery in the near future roll call was answered with a donation for the bazaar mrs barden conducted the so cial half hour prize winners were lucky chair mrs mino counting buttons mrs macdoug all lucky cup mrs baruen youngest baby mrs sinclair refreshments were served and a hearty vote of thanks extended to the hostess for the use of her home mrs kaye stevenson and dau ghter kelta mr and mrs j stevenson are spending one week at expo recent visitors of mr and mrs lloyctnevellie were mrs violet williamson ohioandmrs nellie simpson caledonia i wonder if that fat girl over there is really trying to flirt with me i can easily and out by asking her shes my wife to meet the needs of canadian hospitals the red cross must collect more than 915000 units of blood in 1967 h s holden optometrist 36 cork st eawt guelph phone ta 27150 quality ba products save you money gasolines i motor oils diesel fuel fuel oils stove oils w woutmmua oil burner finance plan 0 years to pay small carrying charges e dependable service thompson fuels ltd phone 8532370 acton after hours 8532174 letter scores condition of dump j i building permits totalling reeve george leslie as yes i heard a noise and got up and there under the bed i saw a mans foot good heavens the burglars no my husbands hed heard the noise too letters esqueslng township council re ceived one at their monday meet ing regarding the condition of the township dump vhich ralsedhac- kleso writer was kent hallman a fourth line resident of the town ship for the past year and a half he urged stricter control of the dump and restricting dumping days to three a leek mr hauman felt the townships could take a lesson from the town ofoiduminvhtcirtrete semblance to estuesings before it reverted to the load fill method he also urged council to consider moving the site smoke and 11 lth from the dump wrote mr hallman are visible for miles he felt it was also a fire hazard and the custodian unable to take care of it clerk kc lindsay said it cost acton 1100 to dig trenches for dumping in september five times as much as the township bill councillor tom hill was in clined to go along with the letter writer he pointed out people from outside the township were usirffe the dump he urged council to study me thods of regulating dumping to improve its appearance reeve g leslie disagreed he said closing the dump on certain days would only mean garbage would be dumped alongside town- ship roads 7 a heated argument ensued with mr hill supporting the writer on some points and the reeve and mr patterson opposing it was agreed to answer the letter pointing out the townships position council read a third time and passed a bylaw closing joel st in glen williams there were no objections registered the subject of a new fire hall to house the proposed esqueslng bridage appeared briefly but in sufficient information on plans to build the hall next to the town ships offices were diferred the minlcipauty owns the land on the east side of the offices r giles of glen williams was present to ask council to change the name of mountain st in the glen to mountain road he told council some deeds said mountain rd on them and residents were building permits totalling 249700 were issued by the town ship of esqueslng for the month of september building inspector tom mclean told the township council at their regular meeting monday big item on the 22item list was a 30000 aditlon to a hotel in norval owned by rossett bros other permits were for new houses and garages councluor cf pat patter son took mr mclean to task for voters to decide on two year term a two year term in office for esqueslng township council voters in this years election will decide whether the township will hold elections for school board and council only every two years or remain on the present system of electing for one year only the term would take effect in 1969 council at its regular meeting monday decided the question should go on a ballot this year although they were fully aware they could implement a favour able decision among themselves clerk kc lindsay said the two year term was turned down twice by georgetown voters and council there finally passed it themselves he said a bylaw must be passed before nov 1 1967 in order to affect the 1968 election so if the voters were favorable the two year term would not take effect until 1969 councillors generally thought the expanded term would save the taxpayers money but were of the opinion the people should also decide the issue ebenezer voluntary services require materials by mrs ron mclean the northwest halton volun tary services needs knitting wools and mate rials to be made up also required are shoes overshoes leotards mitts and toques especially in sizes to fit children from 4 to 14 anyone having any such artic les to contribute may leave them either at the township office or with mrs ad young ehenezer participated in worldwide communion sunday mrs hayward and joy rendered a duet mr and mrs john kitching are on a trip to expo get a me chain h0meute xl12 eat w leg in sacomfk fu frees uptoiln dimmtut weighs only 12 ids andehain does dozana of woodcutting chores perfectly balanced for may handling rugged diacaat unit stands up to hardatt i sh m jhm ahmoissfratfon today i a kerr son rjl no 2 acton ont tauphon 1531959 mr lindsay said he talked to nassagaweya clerk cal mclntyre who felt it might be wise to wait a year so all townships could go on the two year term at the same time a i i ifii his handling of the trailer issue 3f h sfchhasdistarbecouncirtne- deeds especially the ladies you know how the ladles are when they go to church and talk over these things he told coun cillors tom hill reassured mr giles that the new names do not inter fere with the deeds they were only for mail delivery conven ience he said some residents wanted to change confederation street to confederation square bennett place to something else because no bennetts lived there now it was just a sympton of change he declared reeve george leslie presided at the meeting with councillors hill patterson and goodlet in attendance as well as clerk kc lindsay assistant del french road superintendent bud snow assessor art benton and building inspector tom mclean past few meetings if the township is going to be successful controlling trail ers youre going to have to be tougher than you are the norval district councillor told mr mc lean mr patterson disclosed another trailer was being lived in on draper st in norval he thought the health unit should check it and a septic tank install ation on the same street george leslie asked mr- patterson to look after de tails councluor patterson also made council aware that a pro vincial permit had been issued for a trailer park across from acton park but the reeve said this only permitted the owner to allow traillers to park there for the summer permanent parking was out council at their last meeting passed a resolution calling for a tr permit feesjrpm 10 to20 per month to become effective jan 1 1968 ottawa calling dr harry harley looks ahead to proposed legislation in his first column this week he sends regular reports to county news papers when the house of com mons is in session optimist a person whose glass is halt full pessimist a person whose glass is half empty jack ridley cartage limited concrete blocks concrete brick cinder blocks clav brick samd stone livestock and fertiuzer farm service and supplies dump trucks for hire fully insured pcv class fs ft f acton phone 8530730 wheel him in to lous and let him drive you away in a good used car lous sed car 8564235 main st rockwood ontario general election 1967 notice of holding an advance poll notice is hereby given that a poll for the electoral district of halton west will be open on thursday tridaitandsilu 13th and 14th days of october 1967 from 8 am until 5 pm and from 7 pm until 10 pm 9 am until 6 pm and 8 pm until 11 pm daylight saving time the polling placeor places for theaid electoral district will be located at burlington nassagaweya acton esquesing place 2154 parkway drive place 5087 lakeshore rd place 492 beverley dr place 640 north shore l place residence mrs lawrence sharpe rr 1 campbellville place 66 nelson court acton place residence d williams no 7 hwy silver creek for the purpose off receiving votes of the voters who expect on the da fixed for polling to be absent from and unable to vote in the polling subdivisions for which their names appear on the lists the ballot box or boxes will be opened and the votes counted at 7 pm standard time 8 pun daylight saving time on the 17th day of october at the said places doted at burlington this 22nd day of september 1967 d h mcmillan returning officer