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ninanyflfthvfar no i- acton ontario wednesday july 2 1969 founwem hojan ffftcth qbttt first time at adhs wo ontario scholars v ideal park plan presented to committee doubles acreage eliminates main st homes for the tint time acton hat two ontario scholar at the high school it was announced following a promotion mealing last wednesday kuthryn alma sinclair 18 of glen wollaitu it the top ttudent with 89 and susan liubelh peny 19 of rr 4 acton came second with 8 1 kathryn attended elementary tekools at blue mountain sttwarttown and umehouse and took her five yean high chool in acton she hat alwayt been a top ttudent and won a no mail lack of mail delivery on tkuiday has naturally hampered trrhvl of news articles for today l ptfi these items will bi pubuthed next week our correspondence from the luitrkt mailed monday was a victim of the holiday youth travel tour for highett marks in grade 1 1 she has enrolled in honors engush and french at waterloo university and although the tayi the thinks about teaching more often than anything elte the itnt uire jutt what the will do after graduation kathryn it the daughter of mr and mn norman sinclair who have a farm between glen wdliimtand ballinafad sunn attended public tchool in dublin and speytide and completed her five yean of high tchool in acton she won an allround proficiency award in grade teven thlt fall the will enter nurting at guelpli central hotpital and plant to go on to weitem univenity for her bachelor of nurting tpecializing in obitetrict susan it the daughter of mr and mn russell perry of rr 4 acton actont fint ontario scholar was trudy morris who won ihe award last year office alterations for high school alterations in the office area of acton district high school animated at si 750 were approved by the county board of education thursday ika alterations are to provide an office for the viceprincipal and to support greater efficiency in the operation attlstant director d lawless noted a wall between the present principals office and storage room would be removed and two new walls buill reducing the principals office and the storage area to include a viceprincipals office sliding glass panels on the east tide of the general office will be ovar a counter top and an existing counter will be removed the present entrance to the office area will also be moved the recommendation of ihe assistant director was approved without board comment a deliberately controversial portrait of actont future park wat presented to parks and recreation committee last thursday night by chairman brendan aherne at he passed the large colored drawing around the meeting table he said if we can generate arguments weve succeeded i don t say we should accept this as final but its a basis to move forward on the drawing reproduced here shows extensive parkland bordering fairy lake several main st homes are conspicuously missing from lie ideal projection unanimously member of ihe committee approved the plan there are 13 acres in the present park with newly dredged land and the addition of lakeview parklands the area comes to about 22 acres it it ihe committees longrange hope to have parkland bordering live entire like there could be a bridge across the lake at the breezes park which is privately owned this may be a 30 year protect commented peter marks were not going to force anyone out of their houses and we dont need all those houses gone to have a successful plan added mr alieme who had had a friend prepare the drawing 111 possibly never see it in my lifetime but its something to dream about if we can get people talking about it maybe itll come a lot sooner there would be no vehicles allowed in ihe main part of the park at at many other parks patrons would have to walk to reach the swimming and picnic areas the track would be seeded in the boat launching dock would be behind the community centre there is an additional parking lot off elizabeth dr for people who wltli to walk or picnic along that tide of the like the misting baseball diamonds have in theory been moved to the tchool grounds the future swimming- pool another dream it also- hopefully located at school an attractive innovation is the bandshelt at the far tip or the point mr aheme feilihe fair could ttill be successfully accommodated deipile ihe proposed changes a letter hid been written to esqueilnf council asking a meeting to claroy their zoning regulations around the shores of the lake the answer read by mn towntley indicated the township doubted if they could be of help as there u no zoning bylaw peihapttlui could be solved by regional government mr alterue wondered the letter had been written in persuance of the committees hope for a walkway all around the lake members also hope to set up u meeting with joe jany to discuss the use of his lakeslioie properly in lakeview subdivision walkways in lite longrange plan alto continue all alortg uif banks of the school creek through into future subdiviiions over to churchill rd as members reviewed the lakeside farms now sold fpr subdivisions peter marks commented weve got to move no doubt about it to fill ihe land beside the community centre the dredgers may hive to run pipe tight across ihe pjik this summer members learned since the dredging down the swimming arm of the lake would deepen the bottom to 20 feet the shallower swimming area must be wji marked a hundred feel of floating buoys have been ordered and six more life buoys there will be a slurp drop all around the swimming area if the dredger moves down there properly chairinan herb dodds pointed out the parking pattern at the arena will be altered so no more cars will park right aside the new sidewalk and flower beds a new sign will he prepared for ilenlea pjrk indicating the regulations with regard to malicious damage and dumping a letter was to be written asking that young lacrosse players not play on the new flowerbeds the county school boards policy it to make schools available for the public foe recreation the committee was informed by teller mr marka pointed out he committee will take the responsibility for organizing these nights in the school for sports and classes in ihe past some groups paid while others were accommodated free of charge as the policy was not always the same in exchange ihe arena will be rconilnufd on poo 0 mz bennett school hosts grade eight closing party for the fint time a closing party for grade eight students wat held at the m z bennett tchool the school wat able to host the party in its new auditorium also ihe program a dance and refreshments replaced the 20yeurold tradition of a banquet molhen from both schools provided the lunch patti dunn acted as master of ceremonies for the program on behalf of the legion mn helen yateman presented awards to the two top academic ttudentt glen lcc of m z bennett and caroline merrill of ihe robert little school mn ann mowat made the presentation of duke of devonshire prizes to students making the mini progress debbie drinkwallcr of mzb and sam schonnop of robert utile for ihe fifth year in succession the m z ilcnnctt athletes amassed moic points in the interschool field day to win the imperial oil trophy sam scluinnnp of the robert little school presented the trophy to steven mcllor of m z bennett two students sang several numbers cindy lee and bonnie hnstow music superintendent glenn banks whos moving to wawa accompanied hit students after official photographs there was dancing some parents also enjoyed the evening they had also been invited to attend if they wished making arrangements lor ihe happy evening were patti dunn in charge of decorating debra hall on the music committee charles mcguinn properly committee bob tuth soft drink committee glcu lcc printing committee and louise llarmsma program committee llstivg strcau tl ucitrlan tjacl 4 roithnidcc nacnrail onopeiho into lake r haulall rilauom livftock ins h miday ahta 9 pioneer cemetery 10 arena buildings 11 boat haup ij boat dock is cau park 14 wad img pool 15 chansino roous 16 swiuuing arc as 17 changing rooms is band shell is szayiw0 area tt walk around lake ii picnic arca m mat ramp 8s car park m soroot high auniorenccb something to dream about o longrange projection for actons park 75100000 damage on dominion day top students of the vaar carolina manin and gfen law ara congratulated by principal g w mckenzle at the grade sight party last thursday then received lesion trophies- staff photo fue gutted coulters country market at campbellvillc dominion day in a stubborn morning hlae that caused s7s0o0 lo s 100000 damage milton area fire brigade pumped water from the ncaihy campbellvillc pond and ponied thousands of gallons into the building sections of which aie over 1 00 years old three pumps took water fioni the pond and fed si large lines we heard a pool and the fue seemed to be everywlieie bill coulter told our reporter he said that within five minutes the building was completely filled with smuke and there was no time to remove the till or phone the brigade from the store fue is believed to have started in the south west corner of the building in a sealed area for storage of garbage the room had just been emptied the store was open at ihe time and about six customers as well as six clerks were inside in two apartments above the stoic occupied by the coulters all escaped mn bill coulter and the younger children were at the collage ai the time but gordon his wife and father escaped as did cindy 14 daughter of mr and mrs bui coulter the store had recently been remodelled at a cost of si 5000 and a remodelling of the exterior was planned with this in mind insurance was under review but had not been altered traffic was blocked on the guelpli line and a laige holiday ciowd watched as firefighter directed hose hues at new outbreaks in the frame building power lines lo the building were hi dropped by the milton hydro crew and the hydro bucket was utilized by firemen to poui water into the second siutey of ihe building huge clouds of black smoke made the fire visible from milton loiterers pay s four acton youths charged with loitering were fined s30 each in court in milton monday they were warned by magistrate allen the fine coald go as high as si 000 actons cases resulted in s525 in fines in criminal court one young acton man was fined s2s0 for supplying liquor lo minors this is ihe minimum fine traffic charges resulted in s4s0 in fines dominion day at town was quiet according to aclon opp they had few incidents reported during the week and accidents were only very minor cons dave stafford it leaving the force and will be replaced next week damage was astlmatad at 76000 following a carnpfaallvllmi firefighters an ufa tuesday that dattroyad coulters ttoi at water on the blaieistaft photo pouring