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jvtf jwt 4tf jet ffltess yiwno9 acton ontario whjnbday august 21 1968 m oaai ida by um hm otba dm ottm r rnum nui le cms juka oatm sixteen pgeeten ctftml plan 300 plans for a large shopping plaza and a 300 hpme subdivision on the mel mccudoagh farm were revealed to the free press this week by realtor alee johnson mr johnson said the 100 acre farm situated along the eastern large shopping on plaza epd jf town on no 7 highway has been told to heritage homes ltd which uvait of the rubin corporation the firm one 6f the countrys largest builders has plant for a large shopping rlaza complex to run parallel to lo 7 highway ahd will build homes on the remainder of the property h hoped the project will be started early ih i960 since part of the farm ijtar town and a large pari in the township of esquesing the company will ask- the town to make application for annexation of the township land if the land is annexed successfully the construction company will ask the town to zone the land running parallel to no 7 as commercial for the shopping plaza and parking lot the company informed mr johnson that once the plaza is undcvway the first chance for space will be given to existing local merchants surveyors are already at work pn tile property arrangements are being made to initiate annexation proceedings wellknown in acton ahd district the mccullought have made arrangements with the builder to stay on their farm home for a number of years the rubin corporation has shown u great deal of interest in further development in acton since tile company started building homes in lakcview 3 farm subdivision they expect to complete the erection of hornet in lakcview early ir the new year then they hope to- begin onr th mcuilough farm although several firms have been dickering with local and district land owners for properly this is the first indication of the towns anticjpated growth mr johnson said the firm hat the resources and knowhow to erect a big shopping plaza acton nassaaaweva share re county rules on education board haltons new county board of education to be elected this fall will have eight burlington representatives and six from oakville plus one from georgetown one from milton one from esquesing and one from actonnassagaweya two others will be separate school representatives the crmposltion of the new board was approved by llnlton north gets only two trustees on separate school setup the 14 member county separate school board will include just one trustee to represent acton milton esquesing and nassagaweya with seven from burlington five from oakville and one from georgetown the total number of trustees allowed is 14 for areas with a population of more than 1 00000 but less than 200000 the allocation of representation is based on the residential and farm assessment for separate school purposes adjusted by a provincial equalization factor supplied by the department of municipal affairs land sought by annexation it shown inside heavy border the whito area shows present cemetery land reserve decision but omb will likely grant acton 69 townowned esquesing acres norman braida elected beanmores president although the ontario municipal board reserved its answer it teems quite likely a favorable decision wdl be given to actons proposal to annex 69 acres of esquesing township bounded by mdl st and cobble hill rd the land is owned by the town at a brief hearing friday morning the township represented by solicitor terry bilnes registered no objection to the annexation subject to the condition the area not be used foi municipal garbage dump purposes acton solicitor c f leatherland said the town had no intention of turning the land into a garbage disposal site but rather into a residential area mr baines told the sparsely attended hearing in the council chambers that the township councd had been petitioned by ratepayers in the vicinity of the land to be annexed to make sure the town did nut turn it into a garbage dumping aiea subject to the usual procedure mr barnes said the township had no other objection could this possibly happen asked the chairman mr shrivcr mr baines replied because the township was not zoned there was no assurance for residents of the area that it couldnt although the town had advised the aiea would probably be zoned r i if it was annexed residents have no real protection said mr baines he admitted however the possibility of turning it into a garbage dump was remote mr blake only member of the omb present besides mr shrives the chairman asked where the board would get the authority to stop this from happening mr baines admitted it was a puzlc receives guelph ba send driver to western an acton district driver was hospitalized with head injuries friday afternoon following a single car accident on highway 7 at crewsons corners robert vkelstra rr 3 acton was treated at georgetown district hospital and later transferred to western hospital in toronto his car received 800 damage milton opp investigated two other accidents friday involving acton area motorists charles gillies rr 4 acton suffered lacerations to the arm face and head in an accident on 32 sideroad just east of the fust line eaquesing early friday rooming that morning alto lyle alexander cripps of rr 2 wai involved in a onecar accident on the third line just north of highway 7 damage in these two accidents totalled s275 c f leatherland said the petition against establishing a prbage dump in the area had been filed a couple of years ago when acton was looking for a garbage disposal site in the meantime the town has signed a long term lease for a garbage disposal site elsewhere mr leatherland also said property across from the site was zoned r 2 so it wasnt likely council would decide to put a dump nearby if the town got the land said mr leatherland council must decide how much would be needed for the cemetery jnd the rest would be zoned r 1 and r 2 reassured that the petition from ratepayers dated bjek to a previous lime jnd was not circulated in response to the hearing the chairman said the towmltip- leaves itsell wide open in cases like this because it has never been zoned he asked it there weie any objections to the land beinii annexed wwhy werent the objectors present oiinriuitl on tuoc j following the annual meetings of the shareholders and directors of beardmore and co ltd on august 14 g h dickson chairman of the board announced the election of n j braida as president and his appointment as general manager j h crcigliton was elected vicepresident and appointed treasurer w j beatty will continue as a director of the company other members reelected to the board were s g bennett citizens band goes to ex thursday the acton citizens band under the direction of dr george llliott will be performing at the exhibition this thursday morning at 9 jo a in in the north bandshell they will be competing against bands from delhi and beamsvillc the groups will be judged on their presentation of sun prairie and a march of their choice according to dr llliott the band will be practicing every night this week in preparation for the event g h dickson r l evelan j g greifcnedcr c r heard and f l racey niw offlcir with acton op p detachment it cont ray wood a native of black pool england he has been transferred from downtvlew his wife and child expect to move here soon staff photo new material on mill street sewing centre opens next week donna shortill eldest daughter of mr and mrs harry shortill balliiufad has successfully completed her b a course at the university ol guelph donna is a graduate of grade 13 in erin district high school at university the majored in history and political science as well as studying english courses by taking advantage of the tummer semester system at guelph the was able to complete her ba in two yeart she will attend ontario college of education this full in preparation for teaching high school in the future the acton main street is taking on new material gwen andrews and ruth masales arc starting a sewing centre in the store vacated by tolh shoe repair the shop scheduled to open next wednesday will carry a wide range ot dress and drapery fabrics in addition it will stock trimmings lace and all the little extra supplies needed for home sewing patterns from simplicity butteruk and vogue will be available right in the store singer sewing machines began moving in a display this week the shop will sell machines and equipment for them a special section will stock wools and knitting supplies civiero firm wins county road contract civiero construction co ltd of acton was awarded a 11362664 county contract for reconstruction of 45 tnde of road on the waterdown road in burlington during the tuesday meeting of hilton county council the acton firm submitted the lowest tender tor the work another tender accepted tuesday was that of allweather asphalt mix ltd for the construction of one nule of road north of the queen elizabeth highway on the trafalgar road the price for the one mile was 48612776 next wednesday is the big day singer have ordered 100 roses tor the occasion and shop owners are planning something extra tor their first customers committee of adjustment the acton committee of adjustment met in the town hall on monday evening an appeal was approved for a side yard variance for the new addition on mz bennett public school an application was received from carr surveyors representing a man from scarborough requesting permission to tell part of his property from lot eight to lot nine on mowbray crescent to comply with the homing bylaw the committee reserved judgement on the application county council tuesday the county was charged with the responsibility of apportioning the members guided by the residential and farm assessment of the county municipalities reeve alan day pointed out the committee considered two appointments from the mutonnassagaweyaacton area but decided this could have led to milton having two seats the committee chose instead to allocate one seat to milton and the other to the acton- nassagaweya area nassagaweya reeve w coulter disagreed with the principle of lunlpmg acton and nassagaweya together he pointed out nassagaweya is as large in area as burlington even though the township only has 3000 residents the north representative he pointed out will have to cover a town of 5000 flus on area as large as burlington le said he failed to see why each municipality couldnt have at least one representative reeve day emphasized the ground rules for the apportionment of members had been laid down by the province and the committee had acted within them reeve coulter acknowledged this was the case and assured members ins township would seek alterations to the legislation reeve h ilinton eyeing hie provincial factor figures that were part of the formula on which representation was established said they supported his contention the assessment in the county was not equalized and acton had in fact been paying more than its fair share of assessment for d number of years he predicted that if the county did not move to the assessment commissioner system soon it might not have the option of a decision in the matter hallon is one of the very few counties in ontario that has not introduced assessment at the county level rather than the local level of government reliable taxi loses 230 in breakin a breakin at reliable taxi snack bar was discovered saturday morning jt 6 a m by proprietor don giein and reported lo police missing cash amounted lo 230 entry had been gained by slitting a screen on the north side of the building police are still investigating two milton jotters are nam coroners the appointment of two milton doctors as coroners for hal ton was announced this week by hilton east mpp jim snow dr ivan hunter and dr donald aikerdtead were named coroners by the attorney general department and in orders in councid pasted august 8 announcing the appointment mr snow indicated there had not been a coroner in mdlon recently since the resignation of dr g t syer facilities installed in the milton district hospital during the but addition will make it possible for pott mortems to be carried out locally recently they have been conducted in oakville comi on in the jamborees finel peeking out of their tent are john vanderkooy acton jim rea steve laldlaw and brian ventry of georgetown theyre at the firtt ontario boy scout and venturer jamboree at kelso conservation area ten mile south of acton moro pieturos and tlory intlde today free prest staff photo bus service may halt friday due to strike bus service through acton will halt friday if the transit strike takes place gray coach lines is a ttc subsidiary and will cease all operations in the event of a strike of toronto transit workers gray coach lines employs about- 200 drivers and carries about 16000 passengers daily many travel by bus from acton some to work some to school and some to shop tuesday morning over two dozen took a bus to toronto many headed for the cne and added to the problem actons railroad station is still closed and the phone it disconnected county board fear no twp representation a political principle dealt with in great detail during preconfederation days in canada cropped up at nassagaweya council monday in a discussion on plans for the new county school board representation by population or area while nassagaweya has an area almost equal to that of burlingtons the population is only a small fraction of the southern towns it is so small young cyclist struck by car fractures skull struck by a car while cycling near ins home saturday fiveyearold gregory wiles of r r i limehouse wjs hospitalized with a small skull fracture milton o pp report the hoys mother rushed him to georgetown hospital and he was later transferred to sick childrens hospital in toronto for treatment driver ol the car was lorene sanford ol limehouse the accident happened on 22 sideroad just east of the sixth line chances are under the present system nassagaweya might not have a representative to the 20man school board while burlington will have eight i think every municipality should be represented on the school board and i think burlington could jolly well do with one leu councillor mrs anne mucarthur proclaimed reeve william coulter explained burlington waa entitled to nine members according to the formula used the formula is bated on provinciajly equalized farm and residential assessment according to committee recommendations burlington would have eight representatives oakville would have six two from the separate school boards one from mdton georgetown and esquesing and one to represent both acton and nassagaweya the recommendations were forwarded to county council yesterday tuesday for consideration if the county council accepts the recommendations nassagaweya would have the opportunity to appeal to the minuter of educatiun and ask for a 21rnan board rather than 20 with vatttf of wofttfutt to do ruth muim and owwfi andrewt have planned the grand opening of their new twaj centre for wednesday auoutt 38 oteff photejl j