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propose drag strip for matthews farm th mystery surrounding excavations taking place on th boa matthews farm oa th fifth une of eaqueslng north of highway 7 was cleared up at monday nights meeting of eaquesing council peter bowman a resident of the area told council h had hired a lawyer to investigate and found out the property had been told for sm5000 and that th new owner planned to build a drag atrip mr bowman than presented a petition signed by 30 people asking council to investigate the ule and use of the land about is resident of the are also attended th meeting later carl bristow present oimtr of the property appeared before council and admitted he plans to build disg strip mr bowman aald he had searched the title for the land that very afternoon and had discovered that so acre of the land went registered la the nam ofjwhocee why are you using mr hucklrt property ilshiltirt ms name he a iked mr brlstqw as far ai i know i own th property mr brwow replied later he added i can bring here id 48 hours deeds for iso acres reeve george currie wanted to know how raich noise th proposed drag strip would create well a little as possible mr brlstow answered mr bowman wasnt as optimistic informing council he could hear noise from cars at actonospring speedway on highway 25 and also from north ifalton kart club near llmehouw at his home lie went on to tsy that he and his neighbours were constantly being bothered by the noises of earthmoving equipment as well there ate 20 houses averaging from j250oo to 50000 in the area mr bowman told council these people dont want a drag strip reeve currie told the deputation that this was the first time anybody representing th matthews property had come to council to explain what was going on if youd have come to council when you started this youd have saved ul i lot of time depulyeeve tom hill told mr bristow however councillor kan marshall reminded the deputyteev that mr brislow really had no obligation to com to council one member of the deputation asked the reeve if the holding bylaw council pasted last week preventing th use of land buildings or structure in th township for any other purpose than th on 1- would apply to th property another member added thai so acre of the property was stati being used ai farm land its for our solicitor to make decision on this the reeve replied its th gospel truth this it the first time we knew what this was when atked when they could expect an answer the reeve aald he would leave th matter with the township solldlor supermarket one of actons landmarks th old tennis dub building on mill street north wet demolished this week m workmen cteered th way for jwtim ffictt fefwhs ninetyfifth veer no 22 acton ontario wednesday november 26 1969 eighteen pages ftftm cmh txtncrructlon to start on a brand n feodland supermarket completion date for the 6000 sqjutre foot supermarket is tet for rnldaprll of next vweisuff photo big racquet of fennis dub construction it to begin shortly on a brand new foodland supermarket on th sit of the old acton tennis dub on mill street the free press learned this week workmen have been busy demolishing the old clubhouse which wet used in the pest by both teanii players and lawn bowlers at toon at the demolition of the building it finished construction on the new 6000 will for square foot supermarket ttart completion date construction of the supermarket it midapril 1970 it will officially open tome two to three weeks liter owner john edmunds already operates browns good foods a well known independent supermarket in hamilton he expects to employ local people in the supermarket with the exception of the store manager and possibly the meat manager fumes awe people from home gas company plumes jammed peel hookup reeve frank oaket takes a gloomy view of the steele commission report released monday which recommend d most of burunglon be included in t hamilton metro if dercy mckeough lays ox to the report there will be no way of holding hallon at a region the reeve told acton council tuesday night well have to go with peel th county and the town of burlington both object strongly about becoming part of metro hamilton but mr mckeough will make the decision dr oakea acknowledged meanwhile unknown to the reeve mr mckeough wat nuking it plain he favored a peelhelton region in a hardhitting speech at milton burlington is in the tame position at acton they are being gobbled up by hamilton the same as we would be gobbled by burlington and qakville observed councillor greer whats the rules of separatism uld deputyreeve tyler with a grin so we can- form our own province if peelhilton go together it will be because of the loss of burlington acknowledged the mayor he also suggested acton could very well be taken into the guelphwelltngton area although starting out with peethalton the steele report issued monday left only a thin strip of north burlington which would loin with milton the new hamilton metro would be twice the site of metro toronto but with only onequarter of the population fears that a gat explosion like the blast that shook milton was imminent caused near panic among some householders in acton isst friday afternoon it took nearly an hour before feart were allayed fumes which people identified at natural gat permeated houses and caused many people to evacuate their homes around 4 bra attempts to reach the niled gas company by telephone to find the cause were fruitless ii left us with a feeling of utter hopelessness uld mrs fred bennett elmore drive it was almost an hour before we found out the smell was caused by a chemical in the lines that was relatively harmless mrs bennett said the smell was nauseating declared mrs don dupuit who along with other neighbors just bundled children up and left their houses people ran around opening windowa and shutting furnaces off but the smell still lingered neighbors in the elmore drive area were mystified by the strong odor which came from tome gas lurnaces but not from others just to not know it wat scary confessed mrs dupuit united git company manager g a blackwell told the free press that their office in georgetown was besieged by telephone panic he uld the incident wu caused by an overload of odorant which hid got into the gat lines and created a strong smell in the system from oakville to acton mr blackwell uld the odor was offensive but harmless the incident wat caused by an oversight by workmen making repairs at a regulator station normally natural gas is odorless mr blackwell explained and all gas companies add an odorant to the lines as a ufely measure in the proper amounts you wouldnt be able to detect it but in this case some odorant slipped into the line while repairs were being made and when gas was turned on again there was an oversupply mr blackwell said the chemical captan was a sulphur derivative and very volatile although it it harmleu the smell is offensive and could cause the headaches which acton residents complained occurred following the incident it was six oclock before we em things straightened around ut it gave ui a very hectic two hours he confessed fire chief mick holmei notified by acton police in turn found out the cause of the odor and notified residents thai there wat no real cause for alarm one acton lady telephoned her husband at work in brampton and he came home after failing to find the cause of the smell the gas office phones were jammed with calls and every serviceman available was out trying to calm people down apton residents affected thought the gat company should have better communications in the event of an emergency we were really frightened uld one some have written letters to the company in the hope something can be done in the event of another incident small plaza nixed by planners beckers five stores approved 140000 price tag on town owned land deputy reeve ted tyler made another attempt to liave his idea of tellktg lots on townowned property on cobblehill rd to residents reconsidered but his verbal motion was defeated at council tuesday no i committee minutes revealed the b dell corporation ltd wat considering the price tag of 140000 set by the committee for the land recently annexed from eaquesing mr tylers proposal to aet apart tome of the lott had been considered at committee level on two occasions but turned down although with praise for some of the ideas we have a chance here to allow worlungmen to own land end we drop it the deputyreeve complained he referred to a motion sponsored by the mayor at an ojja convention asking the provincial government to legislate tale of land to retard speculation which wat named at the culprit eliminating workingmen at land purchasers the mayor replied that the motion wat not meant at mr tyler interpreted we were advised to get out of the land buskers we are getting out trying to get rid of this land declared reeve frank id like to hold a piece of this land for another senior citizen housing job uid councillor greer agreeing in part with mr tylers motion tlie parcel is acrou die road from the projected ohc senior citizen development one small shopping centre for acton was approved thursday by planning board but another was turned down their recommendation of approval to zoning change which goes now to council was for six stores at the corner of queen st and churchill road the largest store would be a becker s milk store tlie application was for rezorung the area to commercial i tlie matter had also been discussed at the last meeting of the board turned down was the application of altheo construction presented by alfred berry for eight stores where the anzac chicken drivein is now at the corner of queen st and acton blvd the drivein would be torn down and replaced by the plaza with eight small shops below and apartments above mr berry asked for a zoning change from c3 to ci this wouldnt be good planning in my mind uid chairman bob drinkwalter and the other members of the board agreed they felt the beckers complex would be niperior it wat on the business side of the road and continued the present series of stores there mr drinkwalter told mr berry that in the towns last daffvnltron a husband is a man who wishes he had as much fun when he it out t hit wife thinks he does winning coupon in santarama draw wat obligingly pulled at lakeside i o de bazaar by hard working regent mrs mary hinton behind the carton full of coupons don ryder stall photo country chase ends fit smash a high speed chat on county roadt saturday night wat triggered when constable bruce mcatthur of acton ovt did routine check on a rented car and a 24yeirod guelph man hat been charged with dangerous driving the vehicle wat involved in an accident on the first lkw esquesing when it hit tre during the chase causing si 000 damage the driver wat not injured santa names winners p santa named his next five winners in the merchants santarama draw last saturday afternoon tlie draw was nude at the height of the crowd at the lakeside iod e bazaar in the legion lull winners received cash voucher redeemable at the stores of participating acton merchants top prize of s30 in cash vouchers went to mary paplllon s2s to mrs fred gordon r h 2 20 to mrs marlene tilon sis to gall farrell and 10 to donna reed with the exception of mrs gordon all live in town this saturdays draw will be nude at 3 pm in front of the town office but its not necessary to be present to win at high school acton police it investigating theft of a purse containing 17 at the high school lynn froehlich r r i campbellvule reported the theft thursday constable mcarthur investigated police alto reported insecure premises at two acton business places during the past week triangl club guest speaker g l woodruff field a question from mrs lloyd hlfiman tallowing a humorous talk at the clubs dinner meeting thursday exbaardmora president wet baattv who introduced the speaker la also amused mr woodruff pinch hit for the minister of education bill davit who was unable to appear sutf photo plaza there it still one store empty and there are several empty stores downtown he uld he didnt see how mr berry would rent these eight small stores acrou the road in the other development the beckers store would draw customers to the other five stores mr berry had been to planning board before goposlng stores on main st s r drinkwalter uid he thought this fust proposal was superior to the newer one which would replace the drivein mr berrys first plans are held up by the omb present at the meeting with chairman drinkwalter and secretarytreasurer lain williams were members meb blow sid saitz earl maulet and g w mckenzle with paul martindale and vic brislow coming late after the triangl mens club dinner the planning consultant was unable to attend approving the beckers milk store complex the board members agreed theyd be glad to see the last of that unsightly hole at the queenchurchill corner the board alto gave its approval to the first 25 or so hornet along churchill rd s the beginning of a large complex of homes on the mccuuough farm members looked over the longrange plana which include parkland and another school they specifically asked for a walkway opposite orvule rd so children wont have to go all the way around large blocks to get to the proposed new school in line with current flunking the school is in the centre of the area with the parkland adjoining it there wat also to be a shopping plaza along the highway eventually in this subdivision in recommending approval of this application from rubin corporation the planning board fcoattasmd oa mo s chamber of commerce guest speaker barnhlll left makes a point with allan eastwood newly elected member of the executive president john shadbolt and beardmore member jack creighton following mondays general meeting over 30 membert turned out for the meetngstaff photo update chamber at monday meeting streamlining acton chamber of commerce to invite greater participation from membert and attract potential membert can be a gruelling proceu the preunt executive realized following monday nlghli general dinner meeting about 30 of the chambers 56 members turned up at the legion hall to dine hear ontario director bob barnhill speak and try and update existing bylaws which the executive felt hampered them from doing a good lob eight of the bylaws passed the membership by large margins but two were deferred for further study when members ctiticized proposed changes outlined by a committee chaired by carl watzeck president john shadbolt admitted that in trying to make the chamber more active perhaps they were being too zealous he reviewed the past year of the organization and asked membert to take a more active part we want new ideas more participation and people talking about the chamber of commerce he told members resolutions were later passed encouraging general meetings every three months and the possibility of a womens auxiliary being aet up to assist with social functions mr shadbolt praised merchants for contributing towards the christmas lighting this year and rescuing the chamber when it was short of money he reviewed events sponsored by the chamber thlt year including the model airplane show which they hoped to carry on and expand the ufely committees work citizen of the year banquet study of parking and a presentation about the industrial park to council we are trying to make the town a belter place to live he uld challenging othera to assist guest speaker bob barnhlll explained the role of the ontario chamber of commerce and the relationship between it and the acton organization the ontario chamber it your representative at the provincial level he told acton numbers don lindsays report on membership disclosed there were 56 up 12 from last year but car fire firefighters were rooted about 145 this morning wheat a car caught the at the house of mel crittdanvanysl the flic wat ant aeriotrs however and wat evrfngn sated without sarcfajbtera aid tees were down slightly there are 99 potential members in town and district and th chamber will quite likely end the year in the black industrial committee chairman carl watzeck chaired the session to update bylaws which wu often controversial a fact he welcomed because it showed there it interest deferred for mor study wet attempts to reduce votes to one for each company or association membership and anothar amendment which would have allowed suspension of members not carrying their load allan eastwood science department head at acton district high school was elscted to fill the vacancy on the executive created by the resignation of orval fp he neatly parried verbal thrusts about hit feelings on the byunva deferred for further study by stating he would go along with the democratic process earl jouymore tng on the recent survey carried out by students announced computers were busy analyzing resulu before the data would be psoceaaed also speaking wars first vie john roland secretary mikedejong 1e legion ladle served a roast beef dinner in th first of which the extents hops wffl be many toon general i