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o what council did paiunc will b regulated on axnc and elgin sts in the vicinity of beardmore and co entrance a bylaw finally passed tuedy after conddentioa since 1 967 will be submitted to the department in toronto tor appro the byuw sptcuwltdes at the streets time anefdays of the week to limbarklng councilior greer wanted to be aasurtd that the resident along the street aitecled knew about the propomd ehanger lie was ttflired they djd this area is not ulbovlory for parking with iraulykient shoulder the town had applied to the cnk to lease an area of their rightofway in clenle park the cnre reply asked 125 a year rental plus taxes with acton to erect a chain link fence six feel high all along the property by resolution council agreed not to lease the land a new ski run has been built in this area meb blow and lain wdliams were named to the hilton county planning association a letter of appreciation was read from mr and mrs parker thanking the town for the gift on their soih wedding anniversary council the pproved mi a cents a reading for water hydro commission a set charge of 27 meters council recommended building inspector ernie marks receive 100 per cent of the building permit fees with the exception of municipally financed construction with a guaranteed minimum of s00 this is the same as last year councillor peter marks abstained from voting by bytaw deeds were authorized for the transfer of land for street purposes only from alfred john creaiey and nlkollaikij chorolaiklj cuelpli si to the town the road lias been used as a service road for yean and the deed tidies up a legal situation a halftime secretary will be hired to assist assessor wuluun brakine he is more than half the time out of his office and has already been receiving help from the town office stair al committee level it was also recommended that a senior high cliool student or university student be hired for the summer for census taking project planners will be asked to prepare a concept plan of the town at an estimated cost of j 1 100 councillors hoped this might answer some of their questions for instance applications are in the works for several apartment buildings we could confirm in our own minds if we need this many said the mayor we had nonesuddenly we might have six or seven a special meeting of councillors with representatives of the department or planning and development the town engineer solicitor and planning board members will be held tonight wednesday to review procedures in the applications of subdividera dynamiting of ice on fairy lake by the dredging crew is causing concern nearby residents are beginning to wonder if damage will be caused to plaster night blasting wakens cliildren there was also blasting on sunday council agreed enquiries should be mode the meeting which began half an hour early due to the volume of business went by resolution past the curfew and ended at 1 1 pan all council members were present with the reeve and deputyreeve arriving late from a county council dinner at hilton centennial manor cor truck in collision a car stopped to let out a passenger was struck by a truck tuesday afternoon of hut week at 230 pat the car driven by guy bussell georgetown was travelling west on mill e when it topped the tyler transport truck driven by ernest doer queen st acton struck the tear fender of the car causing s125 damage there was no damage to the truck the aclon fre pretf wednesday january 2v 1949 dissolve acton merge into one big municipality canilmml from page i the jyiveinment would like to ire a itionji luftr between live jwobrgt ci t let tlie minuter fujllier propotdd ejdi of hie iwo jwrticf piling countit tefect three 4iemher tin j commit fee hijl will proleed with nepifuttom with hirmelf aud member of lits ktjff at i future it age- die tuttgeited u lejumjl working cumtiultre of appointed nuniupli fftuli to uxed the fr jiiimt lif dftjili mr mtkeoufth hoped lint could he done within 12 mouth allhoupji the minuter uid he hoped they could give the wideit pimijru opinion of deljili for tlie scheme ik ttreued that they were not extending the fifth of veto over a program to which the province h committed the committee wiu do much of live work to put together a fmjl plan for the bourirtei of tkjowef fter mttiucipjlitief mr mckcoufeh popoud a regional council of 1 7 tjiemkeft uhich would he extended to 2i if bojhnituvn wit included krpiemt jliofi would he bated on an approximate figuraof one representultve fo every 20 000 reudntt tlie rnumter uid lie would not attempt to come up with rumei for tlie lower tier icv winds aided flames in ltwne th 103 v old bam t e kerfchov lot 58 con 3 nhuoiwva saturday momta eighty plat wof tost in the wtndwpt blaze a well ft poultry mr ktekhovta herded iso pie to ufety 15 of which had to be later dtroyd staff photo name architects for regional jail second saturday lira flames level 102- yearold bam a hiitoric i02ycarold barn ho pjg and iso chicken wcic i oil in a roaring fire whipped hy icy winds saturday morning on the farm of tfiomai kerklioven r r 1 campbell ville known as the tloyd hammond place the farm it situated at lot 2k on the guelph line trie ham erected tn i hon was completely destroyed in j few minutes acton firefighters responded quickly to the alarm at 10 is a m hut when they arrived on the scene only the frame of tlie building was standing beside the sturdy silo mr kerklioven managed to herd so pigs from tlie hlae but jnotticr ho were lost in the hlje along with iso chickens mr kcikhovcn was outside clcjmng equipment when he heard crackling noises in tlie bam when he stepped in he was greeted by intense heat he was burned about the face and a neighbor as yet unidentified took him to guelph general hospital for treatment i iftcen of the so pigs he rescued from tlie blaze were so badly burned they had to he destroyed later acton firefighters stood a cold vigil beside the bluing barn for utmost two hours and assiited in rounding up pigs which were put in a small shed fortunately the wind was blowing away from the house and other outbuildings and they were never threatened mr a nd mrs kerklioven moved to the farm two yean ago and had just finished fixing he barn up to house swine they have two children nicolme 3 and carmen 114 a veteran of the dutch merchant marine mr kerklioven said the loss was covered by insurance both he and his wife expressed appreciation for jii the jets of kindness and help tendered ihcm both during and jftcr the fire neighbors and pttjtur all pitched in to assist cause of the fire is unknown it was the second cjii for the acton brigade that morning an overheated pipe in the floor al the home of mr jnd mis i rank freeman lot oih i me i rtn township gave the acton brigade a run jt s so j m mr and mrs rrccman were asleep and were awakened hy smoke the heat from the pipe which came from the furnace was so intense it melted plastic water pipes nearby firelighters soon had the blaze under control seme happy seme wot reaction to merger local reaction to darcy mclceoeiahs proposal for lumping llalton ana peel into one regional government unit has been generally unfavorable while most municipal officials around peel and halton panned either tlteentire report or single section affecting their areas a few found some areas worthy of praise it was generally conceded by most of the 200 officials attending the minister ol municipal affairs announcement sessions in toronto wednesday thai the twocounty merger was prohably inevitable but the boundaries the minister drew around the seven pruposed sub regional unitsareas one to seven he cobblehill contlnutd from pd0e i senior citizen couples sadley in need of accommodation barl masales asked if there wasnt something more lo the petition than tlie objection to the distance lulls and roads mr forbes admitted they didnt wish to be rezoncd and explained we wish to be constructive as councillors tewcucd some or the lavorubte points lot lou rental housing made at the last council meeting by sidney kaye development ollicer tor the ontario housing c orporation mr forbes r e 111 a r i e d practically it doesnt turn out in multiple units there is less control over cluldien mayor duby who had seen low rental units in other centres stated they were as nice as the day they were constructed the residents are welt scieened bach councillor spoke to the delegation with peter marks saying council had tell the project should go through lor the good of tlie town 1 dont think thats the proper place stated councillor jack greer councillor mckenzie mentioned cobblehlll road might be greatly improved if future subdivisions are built beyond it the delegation left tlie meeting as the mayor thanked them later in the council meeting when the anticipated motion to initiate nooning was presented it was referred back to committer for further consldealiom diplomatically named them caused the greatest controversy this newspaper polled several civic officials in the aiea and here is a sampling of their immediate reactions to tlie report nassjgawcya reeve william a llocy promised nassagaweya is going to be vociferous we are not going to go down without a fight when he learned the ministers plan would chop the township off at 2s sideroad lump the southern section in with milton and probably make a gift of the remainder to wellington county we have to keep tlie township in one piece he said there is more to this than just tcprcscntation by population mr llocy reiterated ins earlier stand that area and future potential should be tjken into consideration not just population figures lie also objected to what he called discnttanchiscmcnt ot the rural people in both counties by tossing all townships to the meicics ol the uiban centres nassagavscya is a unit unto ilsell it has had a good local government tor many sears it lias contributed j great deal to the work ot the county council and see have absolutely no debt we also have euiic a potential the minister said al a previews meeting see would just be a recreational aica well tins is stupid this is a geuul icsideiiiiil and tanning community one hiigh glimmer ot hope he said was voiced to him alter the meeting he ecus assuied the noithem hemndaiy hue ol area hive nassafiaueya milton southern bsqucsing anil noithem oakvillcl could be changed to the extension ol highway 7 through lden millsthe townships present northernmost boundary acton electric company residential industrial commercial free estimates no job too- big or too small phone ss3434 65 main si n acton the architectural firm of dtinliip wardcll malsui and aiken have been engaged to prepaie the plans for the driver ttitki ptukei at an accident at 12 5s jm sunday jan 2d was investigated by acton o pj keith mainpne macdeiruld lllvd actun was driving along young st when his car struck a parked car owned by delmar watson lansdowne ontario the driver told police the car slid on an icy patch on the road damage to the mainpne car was estimated al s7s to ihe left rear fender hie watson car had only slight damage maptehursi regional jail complex creipoccd feir a milton site i p p jim snow announced this week the firm had prevtoudy been engaged un ilic project ny lice joint hallim peel committee prior lo the province assuming responsibility for the administration of justice the complex will include a reformatory a minimum security training centre and eventually a regional detention cenlic the architectural firm chosen for ihe project also designed the recent additions to ihe milton district hospital and the milton district high school only imaginable difficulties canl be overcome municipalities as this was a task they could carry out themselves mr mckeough said he was convinced administration including property assessment tax billing and capita borrowing are more efficiently performed at the regional level health and welfare services are more logically administered al the regional tier the regional council would also supervise planning for ihe areas involved planning design and construction of water purification plants sewage treatment plants and the major trunk systems would be the responsibility of the regional council parks too would be their responsibility the mimrtet viewed jjarbage collect ion ana djiposa as a local reipomdiilily and local struts sidewalks and street lighting as well hut hie main arteries would be ihe reipnmdnhty of use regional council police and fire protection responsibilities would be decided later mckeough stressed that his proposal was entirely preliminary and tentative but asked live iwo counties to select tlieir representatives on the steering committee willnn one month tlve town of orangeville will also send a representative the full text of the minister of municipal affairs presentation is inside this newspaper with comment and objections from representatives of different municipalities involved bolstering mr mckeoughs presentation with their presence on the platform were live hon william davis minuter of fducation mpps jim snow george kerr doug kennedy and w a downer 24 hew approval sitd 3rd mottoaois ontario wide ioans low cost up to 20 yra you can call to 10 pm today or helpful court cous service prompt in vestment corp ltd 62 richmond st w toronto 3693sa evcs 3344913 llallon warden george currie the reeve of bsqucsing township offered a polite denial to comment when contacted by a reporter a day after the meeting i would not care to make a statement right now the veteran politician said it is going to take quite a while to study that document he did admit however the mckeough proposal was along the lines of what we saw coming milton mayor brian best has some ideas for changing the drafted boundaries of the borough area including milton but generally agrees with ihe provinces desire for a strong regional unit to keep hamilton and toronto from growing to meet one another and he agrees an immediate merger of peel and halton would be better than making two regional units now and later joining them together milton could nut do much better he said and i was very pleased to see milton lemain as an entity on its own rather than grouped with acton georgetown and esquesmg the new borough would have some control over its own destiny with the twotier system of government he lelt mayeit best telt if this legiunal unit came into being the boards ol education in the two counties should also be merged to cftcct lurther cevsl sharing and savings he has been critical ol the administrative salaries being paid by the halton beurcl ot bducalion and uamed ihe minister at the toronto meeting on wednesday that the same costs would be incurred in a regionaliation of governments lie lelt mirth burlington should have been added to the miltonbased borough and suggests if nasugaweyj is lo be cut up it should be cut about the centre with one half joining milton and the other grouping with aclon and georgetown new owners 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