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twn jttu firfe nlnyffr yw no 6 acton ontattlo wtdnesoay august 6 1v4 fbttrfwrf rtrjj ftftteh cttlll atk ryitd plqn plan for five new stores 1 on main st turned down their decision mr johruon li to look into banning baud thursday eight rejected a plan submitted by t r- ferry of altheo thrush construction to build five stores each with an apartment above on the mil comer of church and main ttraeu however th board did indicate concern about improvement of thai area and invited mr berry to submit a revised plan at their nvstt meeting the board alio received a letter from lake manor holding ltd indicating intereit in building a mill shopping plaia on the east side of main street near the cnr tracks ptfii be of the board n making adequate parking facilities in his plan tha plan allowed for parking space for 20 can five of thee spaces were to be for apartment tenants use town bylaw calls for one parking space for every 100 square feet of floor space board chairman bob drtakwalter felt that the town already had a downtown parking problem and that the construction of five stores with only is parking spaces would contribute further to the problem mr drtnkwalfer noted that manning board had had delegations in the past complaining about parking in the downtown area realtor alec johnson acting on behalf of mr berry was of the opinion that the town bylaw should be looked at more deeply he felt that if the type of store mr berry were intending to build were a urge grocery then the bylaw should apply but that since the stores in question were of the hairdreasing shop flower shop variety the bylaw was not appropriate we dont really have a parking problem in this town mr johnson said he felt that downtown merchants wanted customers parked on their front doorstep mr johnson pointed out that be would hate to see acton turn down people who were going to build things to improve the look of the town mayor let duby felt that in the interest of the good development of the town planning board should give the idea serious consideration as long at mr berry was prepared to take care of his own parking requirements our bylaws arent perfect by any stretch of the imagination mayor duby added these things will have to be looked into from time to time councillor earl masales one of councils representatives on planning board wondered if it would be feasible for mr berry to build four stores on the property instead of five thus decreasing the amount of puking space he would need mr berry replied that he didnt know if it would be economically sound for him to do this mr berry painted out that he had build stores of the same type in etobicoke and could bring photographs of these to show the board mayor duby fait that this would be helpful to the possibility of purchasing land on the soutfi tide of church street which could conceivably provide an additional 20 parking spaces for mr berrys protect with tepid to the letter from lake manor holdings ltd the bdard resolved that representatives of the company be invited to attend a meeting of planning board at their convenience to present their propoul township reeve w a n hoay flyers from states canada to compete in combat exposition here august 31 thro breakins in past wk police reported three cases of breaking and entering and one ubaiscceasful attempt at same during the period from wedneiday july 30 until tuesday august s a breakin at c k brownes store on main st n last thursday netted thieves about 350 in silver the thieves apparently forced their way through a side window of the store mrs browne found the window open when the opened up the store the next mowing the lame day a breakin occurred at the community centre the culprits farced their way in through a back entrance but went away emptyhanded on monday a breakin took place at grant motors on queen st a small amount of sliver was taken alto on monday thieves attempted a breakin at a drivein restaurant on queen st but were unsuccessful model airplane flying enthusiasts from toronto detroit cincinnati ohio and ithaca new york will converge on actons prospect park sunday august 3 1 to compete in the acton combat exposition the event is being held by the local club acton lb flyers under the auspices of the acton chamber of commerce model airplane competitions are divided into three categories stunt flying speed flying and combat flying in stunt hying competitors attempt to guide their aircraft through a senes of figure eights loops and cloverleafs as smoothly as they can points are also awarded for the appearance of the aircraft the abject of the speed flying competitors at the name suggests is to determine just exactly how fast each aircraft can fly here the competitor guides his aircraft through the air in a circle some aircraft in this competition have reached speeds of close to 200 miles per hour combat flying the third and perhapi moat exciting phase of model airplane flying will be featured at the exposition here august 3 1 two competitors take part in this event each lias an aircraft with streamers attached to the rear the object of the event it to try to cut the streamers off your competitors aircraft planes still manage to reach speeds of between 100 and 120 miles per hour one hundred dollars worth of material and alonths labour often go into the budding of aircraft for stunt and speed flying one member of the hi flyers bill davidson constructed lus novette model after drawing up his own plans because of the hazards of combat flying aircraft for this competition usually consist of just a wing and a solid piece of wood for the body their engines produce about threequarters horse power the original acton hi flyers club was formed at acton high school in the early sixties but then members graduated or moved elsewhere the club gradually folded the hi flyers are presently being reorganized under the direction of president peter puchyr one of the original members ron malcolm it vicepresident and his wife wendy is treasurer other members include bui davidson terry davidson glen la ben switzer bob told john vanderkooy john brown bill muelbacher and ted muelbacher each member is required to join the model aeronautics association of canada the association provides 300000 worth of insurance coverage to each member in case his aircraft should go astray and cause some damage hi flyers meet every sunday at the m z bennett school grounds and arc always looking for new members according to president peter puchyr the club intends to build two training bill davidson of tha acton hi flyers mad hi own plana than built this novette model for stunt hying himself bill will be among close to bo entrants from canada and tha united states in th combat exposition at acton park august 31 stall photo william hoey diea suddenly on coast aircraft with which to teach new members events at the exposition will begin at 10 in the morning and will probably draw close to so entries deadline for entries is 12 noon august is first prize in the fast combat event is s200 with s2s for second and sio for third winners of the other events will alio receive trophies and pnzes tlie exposition is sanctioned by the m a a c and should attract a large crowd of interested spectators naiiagaweya township reeve w a n hoey died of a heart attack in his sleep friday night while vacationing at digby ns a private funeral service will be held on thursday the family has asked that in lieu of flowers memorial donations can be made to the heart fund reeve hoey had served just seven months of his two year term as reeve of the township he had been deputyreeve of naxsagaweya in 1966 1967 1968 he and his wife elizabeth and daughter martha were vacationing with fnends in nova scotia and he had been in apparent good health reeve hoey had a heart attack a few yean ago bom at hamilton 54 years ago william arthur nelson playground parade next wednesday hoey was active in the scout movement and served during ihe war as a lieutenant commander in the torpedo section of the navy on his releaie in 1945 he married elizabeth gertrude wilkes of oakville and they lived at bronte until 1957 when they moved to elm tree farm on 25 sideroad in northern nasiagsweya there they ran a sheep farm and a crafts studio he had served on a school board in bronte about 20 years ago reeve hoey is survived by his wife daughter martha jane at home and daughter judith carolyn mrs peter mclllwraith of moffat a granddaughter s berylanne elizabeth mclllwraith and a brother russell of tampa fla another brother robert of pi claire p q predeceased him acton board of parks management has placed several new pieces of life saving equipment around fairy lake to onuire tha safety of swimmers officials point out however that the equipment is for emergencies and not for everyday use they ask children and adult swimmers to co operato with them to ensure the equipment is in good shape if needodistaff photo relief for farmer r activities at playground 69 will reach a climax this week with a giant spook house at the arena tomorrow night starting at 730 and then the grand finale parade on wednesday night august 13 at 6 30 among the attractions children will be able to take in at the spook house are dracula and his wife frankenstein the wolfman and the mummy admission is a dime wednesday nights grand finale parade will start at the park and wend its way up mill street to the high school acton citizens band is expected to lead the parade which will feature floats from each of the six groups of playground at the high school each group will present a skit based on the theme of their particular float playground leaders will also present a skit minor damage two accidents a two car collision occurred last friday on mill street east drivers of the cars were john roszell of 10 knox avenue and albert schupp of rr 4 acton there was approximately 40 damage to each car a two car accident monday on mill street west resulted in minor damage to both cars driven of the can were john henry higgins 22 of 190 mam st and ivan beslic 26 of 91 idlcrest st only three objections to new zoning bylaw just three objections were voiced wednesday when nassagaweya townships restricted area bylaw 1169 went before the ontano municipal board for approval the bylaw is regarded as a cleanup bylaw and incorporates amendments in the townships original zoning bylaw 1167 which the council found necessary after the 1967 bylaw was passed by the omb two of the objections appeared to be cleared up at the hearing since the original bylaw was passed council ordered changes to relieve farmers from the five acre restrictions on rural lots for members of their family or for retirement homes on the comer of their farms planning board chairman william coulter and vicechairman gordon agnew explained to omb member mr van every the ongmal bylaw was intended to stop homes from springing up all over the township but the amendments were nude to allow longtime farm families to use their land for family homes or retirement homes mr agnew pointed out the fanners have paid a lot of taxes opened up their lands and contributed greatly to the township over the years f david thompson representing murray j may pointed out his client could have built a home under the original bylaw but the new bylaw prevented him from using his nd he submitted an amendment allowing on owner of several lots permission to build a home which the township council had approved in june of this year mr van every suggested that as it had council approval there would be no problem incorporating the amendment in the bylaw lawyer p h ilowden representing mrs sandra moore explained his client was protected under the original bylaw but the new bytaw stopped her from building a home on her tot it has 100 feet of frontage but is too small to farm and restricting its sale to a member of a farmer s family or a hahon juniors to compete in field day sot half on county junior farmers will be well represented it the fifth annual ontario field day at the university of guelph saturday over 300 champions from the tlx zone field days will compete another 1000 epectators are expected hilton countys relay team champions of the zone field day at cooksvule wfll compete team members are jeff nurse rr 2 georgetown murray harris rr 6 milton dennis sinclair rr 1 burlinitonand larry campbell rr 6 muton larry campbell will also be competing in the 100 yard dash and jeff nurse will represent hilton in the shot put karen campbell of rr 6 milton will represent hilton girls in the high jump competition retiring farmer would cut down on the ulcability of her land ratepayer i eonard r chandler of moffat objected to a rural residential zoning on a 100 acre lot he owned in the northwest corner of the township why was juit that comer zoned rural residential when there were dozens of other areas suited for it he wanted to know he felt there were whole blocks that could have been zoned rr mr chandler uid allowing farmers to have half acre lots was discnmination when everyone else had to purchase five acres and build a home twice the size of a farmers he uid a man had purchased half mr chandlers 10 acre lot and intended to built a small home on it but owing to the townships restrictions was being forced to tell tlte lot and build elsewhere zoning administrator s w savage told live heanng there were other areas where the rr zone could have been applied but as they had existing buildings on them they were left in the rural agriculture zone the hon john yaremko also appeared as a township landowner before the one hour hearing concluded he praised the township for what may someday become a model bylaw for rural communities he uid the township had given equity to all especially the farmers and it should be a very acceptable thing to those who live in the township the pioneers who blazed the trails into the wilderness now have decendants who burn up the roads free press wins first prize in canadian competition planes like this nobler built by dave king of toronto werent th only attractive models on hand sunday ahenoon at flying enthusiast practiced for th acton combat exposition later this month prttv dabble mcdonald came all th way from toronto to watch the wentsstaff photo elevated into a higher class because of increased circulation the acton free press nevertheless bagged two honors in the annual canadian weekly newspaper association competitions the free press was judged to have the best editorial page in its class and also took third place for the best allround newspaper in the canadawide competitions publisher david dills is in halifax nova scotia this week to except the awards at the annual convention of the cwna he will accept the p george pearce memorial award for the first place in the editorial page competitions and a certificate for the best allround newspaper award the free press was followed by the taber alberta times the beausejour manitoba beaver and the mission city bc fraser valley record in the editorial page competition and was nosed out by the taber times and the fort erie ont times review for the top allround newspaper sister paper to the free press the canadian champion of milton made a clean sweep of all the awards in its circulation class this year publisher jim dills is in hiiltfax to accept the triple crown top for best allround best editorial page and best front page in class two second highest circulation class the free press and ihe canadian champion were the only newspapers in the haltonwellington area to win awards the free press has been a consistent winner in the canadian better newspaper competitions with over 40 awards tor excellence judges remarked that the winning newspapers and more than so per cent in the class were indeed good newspapers that their community would be proud of and support the top papers in the free press class said another judge handle material with core with attractive meaningful heads care in makeup balancing pictures with body type