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the acton fr presa wednesday november 22 1967 3 r needs study first step to better esquesing roads dmdoino at fairy lakf is still continuing despite the pumped through the snakelike pipe line to a farm field freereup the dredge is now located ust off the end of prospect park surrounded by open water the silt is being staff photo variety of parks recreation topics discussed at meeting parka and recreation commit tee dealt with a variety of topics at their regular monthly meeting thursday night ranging from next years summer program to the present winter program at tho community centre and drainage at glenlea park parks boards suggestion to tile part of glenlea park was met with an alternative suggestion from number one cornmlttoe of council which committee man earl masales said seemed just aigtxxt the town engineer suggested a shallow ditch for water to run us natural course in the park in stead of tiling also suggested was a cement apron near outlets so they wouldnt wash out the mayor said he couldnt justify buying 97000 worth of pipes underground explained vicechairman brendan aherne who accompanied the mayor councillor drlnkwalter and clerk on a survey of the park recently i was told you were happy with the new suggestions said mr masales one of two council representatives on the board mr aherne said the decision was really out of his hands but he felt the alternative could be successful if runoff rips the park up next spring well have to do something else he said from park drainage the com mittee switched to a plugged drain behind the community are na which said chairman john goy could possible contribute to a breakup of the arena floor theres a need for an outofthe ground catch basin but the work will have to wait until the dredg ing contractor strikes a grade level with the silt from fairy late correspondence included a let ter from doug paton at the uni versity of waterloo notifying the committee students from the un iversity were available to run a summer recreation program mr paton tubthumping the course listed the courses stud ents had practical instruction in simultaneously with the paton letter almost was another from joanne landsborough a student at the university outunlng nor qualifications for a sum mo r pro gram job committee members agreed miss landsborough had much to do with the success of last years program under sometimes diffi cult circumstances it was felt the town should take advantage f joannas tralanit tatf tlhce she had been part of- the summer program for years next year perhaps well have an ideal chance to have a program under better circumstances ob served the chairman complaints from people in town about high school students having to pay so cents for skating re ceived scant sympathy from the committee the rest would probably go to the booth if we did drop it to 35 cents said one member arena manager harold town- sley outunod tho skating prog ram revealing crowds were good 299 paying the previous sunday afternoon members reviewed tho finan cial position and decided since they were approaching the peak revenue time november dec ember and january they could spend 2000 on needed improve ments without running in the red parks board has a surplus of 9144742 but a labor blu was still to be paid it was agreed a rundown on the expenses involved in running the operation for a week would help the committee with the bal ance sheet secretarytreasur er doris townsley was instruct ed to prepare one vicechairman aherne said ho plan plant in township to make steel tanks possible erection of a 15000 square foot factory between the third and fourth lines and the base line could hinge on a meet ing between esquesing council and a company owned by paul krohnert the company manu factures stainless steel tanks for bulk products mr krohnert asked the town ship council for approval of the project which includes 20 acres of land and three to six homes for staff in the plant it would have its own water and septic tanks employing 25 jim mcphail and don matthews of esquesing s committee of ad justment appealed before cdun- cil at their last regular meeting to discuss the proposal the present bylaw will allow him to erect one house said clerk k c lindsay he can build six on 20 if he conforms to the bylaw and the health dept allows him theres nothing to stop him said councillor p patterson he can never separate i dont want to see six houses there if theyre put in improper ly observed reeve g leslie wed have to know how many houses hell build said coun cillor hill upshot of the discussion was a decision to invite mr kroh nert to discuss bis project with council before they give it a stamp of approval had been receiving complaints about minor hockey paying too much for ice time at the com munity centre the rate sched ule was reviewed and members felt it was at rockbottom maybe we should do the same thing as georgetown said the chairman in obvious reference to georgetowns approach to es quesing for money to run the program in the arena perhaps 20 to 23 per cent of our programs have township children in them the committee also authorized the secretary- treasurer to pay financial state ment number 11 amounting to 354040 complimented arena mana ger harold townsley for selling advertising space in the arena discussed possible changes in a 6040 sput of the gates with the acton tanners discussed snow plowing at the arena parking lot and agreed purchase of their own plow would be cheaper than paying 12 an hour for the job filed a magazine subscrip tion plan under s for scrap received a cheque tor 50 from the acton agricultural soc iety for use of the arena for their centennial dance and num erous meetings reviewed prices received on new and used motors to replace the existing 75 hp motor pre sently in use heard weeds were cut at glenlea park agreed to meet again thurs day dec 14 chairman john goy presided for the three hour meeting with b aherne h patterson a cooper e masales and t tyler also attending you can lead a man to water but why aggravate him students of the special class at the robert little school visit ed the winter fair filueut and mrs mac sin clair and daughter gins of king ston visited with mr and mrs chas landsborough on sunday miss madge chapman has mowed to st josephs chronic hospital in guelph now she has been a patient in guelph general hospital mr and mrs morris courtney attended the funeral of his uncle in orangeviile last week he i in his lootb year mr and mrs aubrey allen of detroit mich visited with his sister mrs am macpherson mr macpherson and other mem bers of the alien family here recently rev and mrs john may and daughter mary catherine of manitoulin island called on mr and mrs orwell johnson this week mr may was interim pas tor of the united church before going to manitoulin andwas back visiting relatives and friends in the district miss m 2 bennett now of mr and mrs tom morton mr waterloo visited in town re- c ws 2f ceatty she called on old friends ethel clark and miss grace andwas also pleased to see the mcklddle all of toronto have renovations underway in her old been recent guests of miss roblna clark open meeting of alcoholics anonymous acton mobile group celebrates 8 years of a a tr saturday nov 25 at the scout hall at 9 pm guest speaker dennis a north bay omt your chance to find out how we treat the problem of alcoholism or you can obtain further information by writing a a box 1 49 acton special buffet the road needs study present ly being conducted in esquesing township by the jm tomunson and associates limited is un covering some facts tawpeople realised about esquesing because the niagara escarp ment cuts diagonally across the township djs tetft engineer on the study says it createslncrea- sing maintenance and recon struction problems most of the townships money in the past has been spent on maintenance re construction has been limited to funds left over from high main tenance costs the road needs study will set up a fiveyear program for re construction of the roads in the priority the survey finds most needed estimated costs are in cluded in the study the whole bundle is then presented to town ship council and they take the ball from there the survey takes into account the number of houses places of assembly the bridge and culvert inventory before a list ofprlor- itles is decided on there is abnormally high traffic count on some roads in esquesing aald mr tetft and heavy truck traffic in the town- snip from the quarries means more breakups ribbon development of housing along arteries which lead to tor onto hamilton and other towns and cities has also a decided bearing on the overall picture mr tefft said this was ecacet of the study which needed partic ular attention first thing on the road needs former acton priest dies in guelph mon study was a traffic count wtych 10 of the womens institutes in the township participated in they sat in cars at intersections making the count sometimes in pouring rain it was later found that the count was on election day so some of it had to be done ever the ladles did a good job said mr tetft it has been his companys experience that ladles generally do the traffic count batter than men men always seem to get something balled up he said next item on the study is a road inventory which has just started the company looks at all the roada measures their condition narrowness hlgr hills sharp bends etc before coming up with recommendations esquesing township like hal- ton county has one of the lowest mill rates in the province for their roads the rate of five and a half mills is much below the average of 10 recorded in most townships some townships are as high as 17 mills lome scots form guard of honor a composite 100 man guard from the lorne scots peel hal- ton and dufferin regiment form ed part of a guard of honour for governor general roland mlch- ener during his first official vis- it to ontario lorne scots with the 48th highlanders provided the royal salute when his excellency ar rived at queens park at noon during the royal salute acorn- posite pipe band from the lorne scots and the 48th highlanders played point of war a 21gun salute was fired by a troop from the seventh toronto regiment rca commander of the honour guard was major ro darling of the 48th highlanders and com mander of the artillery firing troop was major hd rea sev enth toronto regiment governor general mlchener inspected the guard of honour the rev james leo mcbrlde who retired in june as pastor of sacred heart church hamilton and st lawrences church died yesterday tuesday nov 21 in st josephs hospital guelph after a brief illness he was 73 the son of the late mr and mrs patrick mcbrlde father mcbrlde was born in hamilton and received his early education at st lawrences school he later studied in toronto taking philosophy at st michaels college and theology at st aug ustines seminary on may 21 1021 father mc brlde was ordained as a priest at st patricks church and be came assistant at st marys church and st augustines church in dundas eight years later he was ap pointed pastor of st josephs church and missions in acton in 1962 father mcbrlde was named chaplain of mount st jo seph institute in june he re tired and went to live in st jo sephs home guelph father mcbrlde is survived by two sisters miss mary mc brlde and mrs jl alpaugh both of brentford and one broth er frank of toronto members of the clergy will re cite the office for the dead at 8 pm tomorrow in st law rences church pontifical requiem mass will be celebrated at 11 am thurs day burial will be in holy sep ulchre cemetery h s holden ortomimitt moork at baal ta st1m for that extra cftrijtmaj jift bossons wall masks and figure all individually hand made end painted in full color by one artitt only priced as low as 550 ike fflt ghy vvvndham st n ouiiph george avris proprietor