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nlnxyflfth yw no 18 acton ontario wednesday october 29 1949 blhtcrn fafetfkftttn cmtt admiring the oit ol the town a golden tea service oro wall known couple mr and mrs bill danny thay oburved thair golden wadding annivarury last waak and th traditiorul oilt wat prasanted from tha town staff photo golden anniversary marked by mr and mrs bill denny residents of acton for the put 24 yean mr and mrs bill denny of elizabeth drive quietly observed their 50th wedding anniveriary last wednesday with their family the wellliked couple are widely known in acton and district where they have immersed themselves in runny activities from municipal work to service in st albans church theyve made a host of friends liiice they moved here from kitchener in 194 to operate an insurance agency born and raised in the lilt owe i area the couple was married in listowe on october 22 1919 and the denny both remember it was a very warm day in contrast to last wednesdays weather which was sunny and cold with several inches of unseasonal snow on the ground it didnt matter however son harold and his family who live very close took the anniversary couple to dinner and the occasion was celebrated in festive fashion although they didnt make the event public friends showered them with cards good wishes and visits to mark the occasion bill denny has taken an active interest in the town since he arrived here to live and naturally this culminated in three years on acton council where he served two years as deputyreeve as well as serving on county council he is a past warden of st alban church and his experience in that capacity has led to a position on programming and planning for the anglican diocese of niagara which mr denny admit is a heck of a big job while the couple lived in kitchener bill also served in the boy scout movement for 1 2 years seven years as scoutmaster mrs denny is a past president of the w a of st albans church which is now known as the anglican church women although bill denny retired from the insurance business recently his other activities keep both him and his wife fully occupied there isnt much spare time he admits the free press joins in wishing the popular acton couple many more happy years of married life school board deficits are due on 1970 taxes milton oakvilte and acton taxpayers will be picking up deficits incurred by school boards in 1q6h when they receive their iq70 tax bill a report of the board of arbitrators circulated monday notes a deficit on milton district high school 1968 operations ot 25147 and on the milton public school operations of 3967 taxpayers will have a total of 291 14 to pay m 1970 the mdton deficit on the high school is incurred largely by the installation of a track at the high school costing s26s00 which was paid from current revenue rather than capitalized the deficit on high school operations affects areas of tuqueung and nassagaweya the acton deficit includes a s3 1 203 deficit on high school operations in i9u and a surplus ot si 1241 on public school operations acton taxpayers will be picking up a deficit ot j 1 9962 when they receive their 1970 tax bills oakville taxpayers face a deficit of 119084 which is made up of a 127084 deficit on secondary school operations and a surplus of 8826 on public school operations nassagaweya esquesing georgetown and burlington taxpayers come in for some relief as a result of surpluses accrued in the 1968 year of operations by their local boards nassagaweya accumulated a surplus of 36379 on its public school operations and picked up a deficit of 13641 on its district high school participation tax bills in 1970 award safety shield to school next week the new safety shield wdl be awarded the winning public school next week after the months points are tallied up this is the first month of the competition when policemen watch and list the boys and girls who break safety rules the alec johnson shield goes to the winning school each month in the new contest arranged by con roy wood the police will be watching for any infractions of rules especially carefully during this last week of the month should reflect allowances tor the 22738 surplus which resulted in 1968 bsquesing had a surplus ol 52952 on us public school operation and picked up a deficit of 12612 on its district high school boards a surplus of 40340 will be applied to 1970 levies burlington operated in 1968 with a surplus on both public school and secondary school operations as did georgetown in burlington the total surplus will be 77262 while in georgetown the surplus will be 65060 cars collide at crosswalk when a car stopped for a crosswalk on queen st at acton blvd friday at 120 pjti another car hit the back of it one of the drivers was margaret dedman r r 2 erin in a volkswagen and the other john bouwman 31 church st w acton in an austin each car received 300 damage a boy was using the crosswalk when the accident occurred no further delay full steam ahead on industrial park acton council last night confirmed their dec 1 ion to develop the industrial park tn the north end of town immediately despite a plea for a two week delay from freshman councillor peter marks supported by reeve f oakfct in a procedaral wrangle councillor marks tried to introduce motion to postpone councils decision on the industrial park until results of a joint meeting between the development commission and building products of canada were known he lost the decision council after listening to a plea from a chamber of commerce delegation asking them to make up their mind about the future of the 50 acre industrial park later heard a letter from building products asking for a delay until the plastics company can resolve plans for expansion bp asked council not to sell land in the industrial park adjoining their property until the company knew the extent of additional space they would need in their current expansion program which included plans for a railway siding the company stated it would be early 1970 before plans were resolved tins information councillor marks contended changed the complexion of a submission on which he had spent considerable time and preparation he advocated a two week delay on any decision to proceed until results of a proposed meeting between the development commission and the company were known the mayor and other councillors bridling at suggestions from the chamber of commerce delegations that the disputed property had ut idle six long years through neglect were open to suggestion but would not back down on their determination to get something going to develop the park tim is a prime example of what happens to delay the development mayor duby a long time advocate of developing the park pointed out to the delegation councillors felt the railway siding could shatter their plans but also felt there had been enough footdragging on the issue deputyreeve tyler couldnt believe that the company was just aware that council intended to develop the industrial park it appears councillor coats said cryptically that bp is taking an option on the land without paying or it councillor grccr wjs more conciliatory they knew full well we were going to develop it but didnt know when but we should go ahead we ca n t subsidize industry and wc wont have to pend money on development until wc issue debentures he maintained im more than ever convinced ue must develop this land as an industrial site the mayor affirmed spur line or road theyre intangible i go on record as supporting development of the park councillor pat mckenzie asked for a firm commitment to go ahead or else unload the property mr marks asked how council could proceed until they knew the cost of the development the spur line alters the course of the road he maintained im the last one to want to stall on this but after six years surely two weeks is not too long to wait this is exactly what has happened over the last four or five yean the mayor uid nothing this important has happened in the last six years mr marks continued councillor coats conceded there was a grain of truth in councillor marks statement but asked what action would be taken on the proposed motion anyway meet with bp and find out what they want the reeve urged theres no authorization for us to spend money mr marks said the motion meant spending another 50000 of taxpayers money and asked what benefits would accrue x the land was sold unserviced why not sell it to a pfivale developer he urged he would look after everything it would be his baby and cause lets headaches in no time at all there would be no land available to acton councillor marks submitted another myitety resoltuion asking it be handled before a motion confirming the decision to go ahead with development of the industrial park the mayor ruled the motion must go to the tail end of the resolutions since it had been received last councillor marks m story on ml s t ahutfjg industmial pa uk wood products or hellers answered he mayor who felt this would write off local industries planning expansion as well as taking control of the type of industry wanted away from the town councillor masoles agreed councillor marks did not asserting it could be controlled discussion was curtailed until resolutions were voted on at the tail end of the meeting when appealed the mayors ruling and lost by a round hetable vote but council passed the resolution to proceed with development immediately claiming it did not necessarily mean spending any money it will cost at least 50000 councillor marks insisted reeve f oakes agreed but their motion to postpone a decision was withdrawn when the prior resolution passed peel county opts out of merger committee peel county council last week terminated its participation in the peelhal ton intermunicipal regional government committee after stormy council debate the county also disbanded its own regional government committee following the resignation of miuissauga mayor robert speck as chairman of the committee the resignation come without public comment and was accepted by the council without debate miuissauga councillor lou parsons charged the council with abrogating its responsibility in the regional government matter and said any faith municipal affairs minister darcy mckcough had had in county leadcrs here had been misplaced the issue is now in the hands firefighters roused early fire in soma plywood boards over a machine at the h k porter plant on macoonald blvd oaua acton firefighters an early morning run wednesday tha alarm sounded at approximately 145 am two trucks responded to the call tha plywood was thrown outside and soon doused with hoses firefighters returned to bad of local councils in each peel municipality warden nance horwood said she regretted the move and a move to put the regional government proposal directly into the hands or local councils it looks like a straight collision between the north and the south and that is one thing that distuibs me greatly the warden commented she said if local councils expected mr mckeough to appear at each of their meetings on the topic it was nothing short of audacity meanwhile haltons regional government committee has carved up the county of halton and continued to press for designation of halton as a single unit rather than merged with peel voting strength on the halton unit was proposed by county council last week giving two votes to milton two to nassagaweya acton three to georgetownesquesing and four to oakville with five to burlington bigger bank excavation began this week for the new addition at the back of the bank of nova scotia its expected the new area will be ready in three or four months acton firefighters togathtr with the erin brigade prtvanttd a fire which started in an adjoining garage from causing sarlous damage to a house ownad by wilbert brown on tha fifth line of erin township thursday staff photo lade of attendance cancels urban board since its recent decision to dnband itself at the end of this year north halton urban board has been having a hard tune senping up enough delegates to hold a regular monthly meeting the october meeting was scheduled to be held wednesday october i 5 in milton but it fell through when just four councillors arnvedtwo from milton and one each from acton and georgetown the four councillors held a general discussion for an hourthen went home a representative of the ontario department of energy and resources management was also on hand to speak to the group about centralized garbage incineration he didnt bother delivering hu talk due to the small attendance urban board after about 20 yean of successful exutence is fading away slowly while acton representatives favor its continuance the mdton and georgetown councils have withdrawn their support and attempts over the past few years to interest the rural townships esquesing and nassagaweya have all failed the board operated as a sounding board for discussion of mutual problems although it had no official functions just one more gettogether is planned the annual year social dinner and dance party at which a good attendance of councillors from the three towns is expected federal approval iix more houses suggests united appeal annoyed by repeated pleas for fund from door knockers at this time of year reeve frank oakes suggested to council tuesday that all fundraising drives in acton amalgamate along the lines of a united appeal i wish we could have all the campaigns for funds amalgamated into one instead of having people knocking on doors continually he said the federal government has approved a loan of s8957j to auisl in the construction of six more gearedtoincome housing units at the proposed ontario housing development in acton mp rud whiting informed the free press this week the loan is for two 2bedroom and four 3bedroom semidetached housing units which will be added to the present proposed development on cobblehlu road council approved the addition of the six extra units at a recent meeting although the oi1c looks after construction and administration of earedtoincome projects tha ederal government bears 50 per cent of any operating lost the oiic 42w per cent and the municipality must look after iv per cent