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takes right to separate away ratepayer protests amendment to esquesing land bylaw tmb prim of wctowaflfd arid cfrum band and whbo hots wrv out in full force in bright blue silk shlrf staff photo at least one efieslng land owner is upset by recent amend ments to the land bylaw in the township especially the five year ownership clause david moorehead appeared be fore esquesing council at the last meeting to protest bylaw changes and ask the feeling of council before he took plans for land separation tp the committee of adjustment mr moorehead said although he disagreed with the 10 acre the horse balked so king billy walked earl brown of bur llngton wor bro county aaarshil had to load the parade on foot after his horse suffered an attack of skittishnoss staff photo orange slices a kw glimpses of the district orange parade that drew thousands to acton last saturday memories of tho last district parade in 1964 were traded again saturday it poured that day and 750 paradors dried clothes in the laundromat bought new or mostly went straight home this year was a happy change there wero twice as many marchors and the weather was perfect bui one marcher pessimistic attar actons terrible weather last time be was here carried his bulky plastic raincoat tucked under his braces a grand lodge offlcor claimed the parade was tho biggest hod ever seen in ontario west en thused another visitor that parade putstorontotoshame hi mabel a couple of by standers shouted out at a pass ing weston matron bearing her lodges flag you look great mabel groaned back they say ive got tho flag upside down but theres nothing i can do about it nowl and on she marchod the parade aquashedup briefly onlmu st to let wedding guests dressed all in their bost with summery hats across to tho united church the sounds of the parade made a unique background for the ceremony there was momontary excite ment at the tracks with a double line of paradors both going and coming as the afternoon flyer streaked through with just a few seconds warning of the flash er and balls some paradors and spectators got thomsolvos off the tracks wlthalortnossothurswlth a tinge of panic outoftownors had no idea which track the train would be on and wore pulling some actonlans off the siding in an attempt to avoid an accident there wore three st john ambulance brigades in tho parade acton georgetown and milton on duty in tho park tho acton brigade had just three minor cases to troat ono man fell down a flight of arena stops nowost brigade mombor blond mrs jack carponter was on duty in the smallost trlmmost uni form since the days of the cadots pour huge ulster drums too big to carry in the parado made booming revorboratlons at the park for a couple of hours moro of tho samo omanatod from tho arena later when a dance was hold there tho deep notes of the topvolume music ocholng all over town cclesratino his both birth day by marching in tho par ade was chiof william doug las of the six nations rosorve in brentford staff photo iw halton cooperative medical care plan pays all surgical osmkuous doctor call ivld from tint vult courttmuutau anaesthetists service xaya alao major medical m day waiting period individual or employee croup may enrol at any time of the year revised rates monthly u 61 single monthly 1122 couple monthly 1523 family payable quarterly or yearly i i atlavaaa halyoh co op medical services i 143 ualr si milma class aawd m inkrawtlea na oblitpriiato dial tm9712 thing he had not owned his land five years and council had now taken his right away to separate 1 feel i should be entitled to some compensation he told councll you feel you should be free to do what you like with your land reeve george currie ask ed mr moorehead nodded assen and sam his lawyer felt he was entitled o the saihe number of lot separations as people around him he has owned the former vern archer farm ib months thats pretty good land why dont you put a vood crop of wheat on it asked councillor wilfrid leslie councillor bob lawson candid ly admitted council doesnt have all jhe answers for problems afflicting the township lunder- siahd the problem he told mr moorehead but we want to slow down to some degree the trem endous growth in the township mr lawson said the chief reason for the five year owner ship clause in the bylaw was to curb speculators i take it youre not one he asked face tiously anyone who buys land is a speculator to some degree said mr moorohead well if we rnakeadjustmenlk for one veryone is entitled to tho same adjustment concluded mr lawson its up to the committee of adjustment anyway deputy reevs tom hill coneuvrodj no matter what we say they havotho final say it was hot tfii man with 100 acres the comrrtlttearjf adls- munt was aiming at said tho roevo the bylaw was put in to stop tho 10 acre stuff agreud the depulyreovo council told mr moorehead to speak tothe committee of adjust- men chairman and tell him ujhero you sit the reeve admitted ho saw weaknesses in the bylaw for tho five year ownership clause tho acton free press wednesday july 10 1968 ij3 esquesing gives ok to low rental housing for senior citizens two women die mar fatalityfree holiday bob rankin camo all the way from colotlno county dorry in northern ireland for saturdays orange walk hero has staying with a son in goorgotown and hopos to get in somo fishing while he visits canada saturday s weather he found grand usually rains at home for tho parade ho comment od it was raining when i left staff photo the deaths of two toronto women on the queen elisabeth way near burlington on satur day morning june 29 marred an otherwise fatalityfree record for the counties of wentworth brant halton and haldlmand dur ing the holiday weekend tho ham ilton automobile clubs bring em back alive holiday nows service reports this compares to four fatalities during the same holiday in 1966 and no doaths in 1967 since 1966 there has been a marked reduction in total acci dents occurring ovor tho holiday weokond thoro woro 127 acci dents in 1966 117 in 1967 and 103 in 1968 during tho past holiday weok ond there wero 72 injuries com pared to 49 in 1966 and 53 in 1967 major accidents involving damage of 100 or more number ed 56 compared to 99 in 1966 and 42 for tho corrospondlrif period in 1967 minor accidents droppod sharply from last year totalling 47 comparod to 75 in 1967 the large rural area covorcd by opp in tho four countlos accounted for most of tho in crease this includes brant- ford acton milton oakvlllo burlington and watordown dis tricts major accidents woro up to 22 from dx last yoar al though major accldonts wore 15 comparod to 32 in 1967 no news sgt j c parkinson of milton opp loavos tliis weokond to become a staff sergeant and transfer to the kitchener opp detachment to date there has been no announcement of a roplacomont to take charge of the milton detachment tho ontario housing corpor ations recommendation that the township of esquesing and georgetown combine to erect 24 senior citizen low rental housing units has already received the townships blessing georgetown tabled the survey for committee study nosults of the survey- conduct ed by the ohc pev sons responded and e ef con tacted by the research analyst four hudred questionnaires were distribute in the own and 300 id the township bqth georgetown and esques ing experienced greater annual population growth than dntartcb annual average increase of 21 per cent the town and township nave combined senior citizen population of over 1500 of which nearly 50 per cent is oyer the ago of 70 ttus is lower thanthe provincial average the survey showed that at the present time there is no special self contained senior citizen ac commodation available at rents that bear a reasonable relation to incomes ontario housing corporation officials spoke at the last meet ing of esquesing council and out lined steps necessary to adopt tho 24 unit proposal sixteenunlts would immediately be occupied when building was complete the survey showed subsidized the houses would requtro no capital cost ninety per cent is supplied by ohc and 10 per cent by tho provincial government cost for senior cltlzons on pension would be 32 a month georgetown klnsmenhavopur- chased a suitable piece of land in the township near georgetown hospital which tho town has agrocd to service but ohc of ficials oxplalnod the site picked would be up to ohc property pooplo units would be allocated on the basis of nood both municipalities would only got 25 a unit in taxes and must waive rest it would be up to tho municipalities involved to make agreomont among themselves about the land absorbed by a project new acton golf course a good crowd otgojf enthus iasts wore trst on the green iafter tho opening of the new acton meadow ok course sat urday tnorrflng iho nlneholo course is pfhuresqualy located in a birch grove on the first line of fcrlfi township a mile abovo highway v robert ft hamilton oftoattfrkist 1 16 mouniamview rod s 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