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saturday closing of post office starts february 1 acton poet off ice will be shut down on saturday beginning pabruarv 1 halton m p rud whiting eonf irmad thla weak the took box lobby will ba opanand rural route mivarv wbi oparata uaual no parcal poat aacvlee whi ba available tha poat office department aetpaets to am i3 million by ats down urban poat off lew saturday tat halton m p aald ha hat rtoarwd only two lettare oofroaeig the mova and on concerned keeping rural mr whmng wm ona of 36 marraaare of parliament that mat in a ipectal caucus with poatmattaroanaral erie kierana to appaal tha axtra mail ehtitdown if saturday dallvary la a naeaailty tha halton m p aald town residents can rant lock bomm to receive mall tha mail will ba aortad and put in the boxes tha houaa of common gave third and final reading monday to a bill that would raiea canadai postal rates tha bill mun itlll paa the senate and oat royal aeaant j an n d p amandmant that ota bill be given third reading in ik monthfthe traditional milk llllnd movewaa defeated 100 to 66 qnly tha government voted agalnit tha amendment under tha bill ell fim claw mal would coat il cants rataa onaacond third and fourth clan mau wil b ncraaiad tha ndp and tha conservatives oppoaad increasing fint data rate and did not go along with tha government intention to atop saturday delivery of mall in urban centre 12 years as crossing guard john bruce hands in his haf oltnhea childbrln lose a friend thj wwk after 12 ynnrs as crossing guard on hwy 7 john bruco is hnndlng in his white patrol belt on thursday night stuff pholo im going to mix tlu cliilditu nil right units the thing i lute alum i quitting inlmlls john hlllce hi- retires huh i htiiiul ly iiikiii idler 12 yeni and two tiutrillis ok gourd u the crosswalk nil highway 7 by llinlci mr hrlice h id wotked lit beardhlore uml nmpaiiy mi took oil dlllles lit ilk clllstillf twlorc m heiniell school was npcmd arid just u handful of tludciltl unite nut in tlu- uisl end- ticiin robert 1 illle as the uihihvkliin grew ihe iviiinlirrh crossing hit highwiy gut linger uml now u junior patrol is nn duly in htilp linn ive enjnyttl h sighs mi liiiite most nfllie cblldicil greet him ly mine us i boy uuss in upd i mill school llt lii watched some through ill then public school years one little girl muy tenieiiiliee lhk duy lie snatched iter nil her bicycle wlit n the hruked lulled ami she was lituthng intn the pith nl ii irunspnrl mr llrutt is irniul nf lilt accident liee iitnid anil says he has ntver lutl u seiiniu prnhletn wllh discipline lcn tllniigfl lie lllrlltll mo a iiiiiile nf wicks in m unite would keep nil if ii werent for the winler he lit limbered hy arthritis uml ilie ciosiing nlferi nn slither nn u friuily winter ninniiug nn dniilil ilie children wll miss ilie ihlu blue volkswagen pirkeil by tin turner mid the irleiiilly mi ltike wlin stopped tilt lilllit inr liltill and mr llnlit will miss ilie thllditn llityie mi liiindly he he mis planning board quorum problem shortens meeting ht jvttttrtt mtu fes ninoty fourth yoar no 18 acton ontario wcdnesday october 30 1948 the oncepostponed planning board meeting deult with only two mailers before the necessary departure nf one of the members left it without u jrtofum utuin the bourd met the second thursday in u row ufter luck of a quorum hud cancelled the previous meeting meeting in the council chamber lust thursday were chairniun dob drliilwuller charles perry meb lllow and grant allan with bourd secretary lum wilhums lawyer aldo llruidu appeared on behulf of u developer asking i zone change to allow u proposed apartment building after discussion ubout the allowed height of apartment buildings in acton the application wus withdrawn a severance of properly for mrs mary seynuck including the land surrounding her home was upproved 1 he land is being sepuruted from the adjoining properly curmurked lor subdivision after adjournnioiit meiiihurs continued then discussion of planning problems without a quorum parked car struck sunday sunday morning at 2 os a m u car driven hy donald mclnlyie mill i acton travelling west on mill was in collision with u cur parked on the north side of mill fucing wcsl the parked cur with un enliniuled 100 dumuged was owned 4y ired waller agnes st acton the oilier cur hud un estimated skh dumuge to the right side jim snow wants new look in halton county if jim snow huh his wiy llulton niinly would lake nn a radically new anil dillercnl look snow m pi for llulton i usl has submitted a plunt to durcy mckeougli minister of municipul affair suggesting llulton county he split into five seclmns or divisions rulbcr than seven us at present snow said lie would favor a twoliei system for regional government during the introductory period and then a transition to u singletier system of government during the introductory period hie local government would he charged with parks and recreation rojds garbage and sanitation and sonic of the lesser responsibilities mr snow proposed the five new municipalities would he made up as follows acton would take over that portion of nassugnweyj north of hlghwuy 401 und i squesuig township west of third line georgetown would be linked with the rest of i squcsing north of llighwuy doi the village ol ion wilhums und nnrvul i squesuig mil nussaguweyu smith nf highway 101 would be combined with the north halves of llurhuglnn und oukvllle und the town nl milton with the i uwci hate 1 me the probably southern boundary oukville and llurhngtous southern pnrtmiis would he iwo separate muiiiclp littles snow si id milion heights would he linked willi the i own of milton lie explained milion would he in a position to solve hie wulcr crisis in hut urea if the ureu were within the towns boundaries as it is now snow explained purl is in nussaguweyu und part in 1 tquesing and this makes for an awkwiuuuilujllkul snows plan met with the ministers approvul the plan wai a result of u lew months of study and consideration severul reports have been nude on regional government snow explained so i thought i would submit nunc for whut it is worth to the minister the ml i said the boundaries he bud specified were mil necessarily final he said consideration would have to he given to that ieihups part nf peel should be joined to llulton and the opposite would upply in some spots he said sixteen pngei ten centi sight uf0 monday night a wag has observed thai u i o s ure reull rhe air force does not exist i or many people in aclon monday night u i o s did exist one was sighted high in the iky around 1 0pm flushing red ana blue lights it was ilalioniry just to prove ii did exist several people observed the object through binoculars and phoned others who could tee this unidentified i lying object with the naked eye speculation was rife thai it was a kuisiun or american space shot others thought ii was some sort of weather balloon at lean two iree weti tlaffets will vouch for tha authenticity nf the object whatever it wai fumow quifn mary picket was selected as hallons 19o8 69 queen of the furrow at the halton plowing match on saturday petitions opposing taxes on churches circulated topics ol j petition opposing any change in tax regulations regarding places of worship were distributed at st josephs iciiurch on sunday and will be given out at trinity united this sunday anglican atholic and united churches in the province have umtcd in j campaign to oppose the pioposal by the select oniniiltee of the ontario legislature on taxation tlui churches and synagogues be taxed premier john kobarts said lie personally found the ideu obnoxious but that he welcomed comments on the proposal st albun s rccloi kcv ii dawson said ins parishioners would not receive any of the petitions because only the llishop for the anglican diocese of toronto signed the document agreeing to oppose the tux aclon is in the niagara diocese wording of the petition is in this province built as it is on spiritual values fostered hy religion i declare that i um emphatically opposed to jny change in tux regululions regarding places of worship the only funds available from which the churches could pjy taxes says the pastoral letter signed by the three clergymen are the charitable donations of the people who come to worship god it is evident that such taxation would place an inequitable burden upon the poor as a matter of fact to tax places of worship is to tax the worship of god itself this we are convinced is incompatible with the free christian judaco tradition upon which our nation is founded car for safe glass littered the intersection and over i 1 000 damage resulted when two cars were in collision at main and church sti 1rldny at s oclock akgun lluyrellin main si georgetown was test driving car he was considering buying along church st when he went into the path of a car coming north on main si driven by mario uaginiki of acton the baginski car received an estimated 400 damage to the front bumper radiator right front hood the car that had been up for tale received s6s0 damage to the left front fender bumper hood and headlight it was owned by r holmes church si court of revision open hearings dredging conti tour lake on sunday interested in the siynilicincc ol the dredging jt fairy lake the credit valley conservation authority in cooperation with acton chamber of commerce is sponsonns a guided tour of the ijke area this sunday afternoon to explain exactly whats being done in the 200000 project actons member of the authority r r parker will conduct the tour time of the tour is i pm the public is invited but warned to wear rubber boots or overshoes of some type because damp and muddy areas will be visited dredging has been continuing in the lake since early april resuming after the start ol the project in the summer ol lo7 recently a large shovel joined the dredge in emptying the lake ol silt it is estimated almost 400000 cubic yards ol muck will be moved before the job is finished although it was hoped the dredging would be finished this year prospects grow dimmer as the colder weather draws nearer almost half ol the job as done in the early summer months now the dredge is situated at the point in the park while the shovel is at work completing a dike along bhabeth drive maltons ijdh court of revision hearings open today wednesday with a hearing in mutonthe first of 33 djys of hearings scheduled for the five appointed boatd members who face a record 1332 appeals in the weeks ahead the court is appointed to listen to ratepayers appeals against their 1 968 assessments in six of the seven halton municipalities there were no appeals in acton this year milton has the least with j 7 while burlington topped the list at 5 i about 340 of the appeals deal with farm land values which were upped this year to about onethird of thepresent market value members are john blair and arnold coulson of burlington ralph featheistone of oakvtlle jack armstrong of georgetown and don ii mcmillan of nassagaweya mr blair has been on the court of revision for several years mr coulson and mr armstrong were appointed to it last year and mr featherstonc and mr mcmillan are new members this year the court will appoint a new chairman for each municipality halton residents received their 1468 assessment notices on which 1969 taxes will be based on or belore sepl 30 three candidates on campaign trail bob druikwalter one of three declared candidates for the seat of mayor is pulling his words in black and white lie has had a sheet of information and 3uestions distributed oortodoor ah the candidates are making many personal calls as well as mr druikwalter the candidates are present mayor let duby and reeve bert hlnton san kuipary of h 1 acton found a branch of rlpa juicy raspberries in hie backyard otaff photo a