Ontario Community Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), June 4, 1975, p. 1

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Speed bumps 2025 mph limit proposed to curb Blvd speeders Speeding vehicles along Acton Boulevard in front of the high school could be curbed by a to miles per hour speed limit or a series of speed bumps he works committee has suggested to Hills council But some members of council I sure the problem Councillor Joe Hurst says has a long history Councillor Pat brought subject up after minutes from the works committee were perused night Mayor Tom Hill suggested the town should use caution because the mayor of Oakville got into trouble when bumps were instilled in Oakville Want It solved Councillor suggested perhaps I hi expressed an interest in the now because they knew regional police would soon be taking over hut Miyor Hill slid the DPI were very interested in solving the problem Councillor reminded council that Staff Sergcint Bernard Ward is over from Corporal Arbour the Acton so It was a joint problem to be solved by combined forces Councillor Hurst of the committee of the w hole said he lived close to Acton Boulevard and traffic was running rampant on some occasions The speeding is out of this he told council Meisures such taking the slop sign out it Arthur St did not seem to help and now the street ex tended into the new subdivision problems with speeding multiplied Two schools Councillor I reminded council that wen two schools Acton Boulevard which made the problem serious but he felt bumps installed on the road were not the answer He suggested there should be more surveillance of the street for proper control Councillor McKenzie didn t He pointed to the town of as in example of a municipality where bumps Installed and they were doing the job Council decided the matter was best left with the police ind the town engineer to con sider methods of control the recommendation which emanated from the works committee One Hundredth Year No ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY JUNE Thirty two teen Ccr Councillors question tennis club monopoly Hills questioning the operation of tennis clubs on municipally owned land The question was raised when Councillor Hoy Booth said the proposed constitution for the new Georgetown More Pork Tennis Assoc in should be approved by council Councillor members didn t have a of the constitution so know it it contained I do know we hue one km club town per i I Mr municipal 1 oh courts built ind given to Georgetown I mis Club Hyde He pointed in hid been opposed turning See close vote PC nomination DANCERS SWIHL and stomp on opening day of the Ukrainian Youth Camp on Sunday Over young people from several points in southern A large turnout from Acton is expected at the Burlington Progressive Con nommition meeting this Thursday at the School for the Deaf in Milton Declared a candidate is Dennett school principal Gary The other person who has indicated he will stand for nomination is George Gray of Georgetown However there are rumors could be a last minute nominee from Milton it uses from here least four buses have Ontario converged to the Fourth Line retreat for been to take opening celebrations More photos of opening supporters for the see second section nutations The buses leave the high school at p making i stop it the Toronto- Dominion bank corner Voters may register starting it m w ill be the Hon Minister of very close vole is expected PCs report executive is mikinc ill the contacts it cm to people out Hob nix is president Morns vicepresident Mine sccrctiry treasurer indDonni second vicepresident Boss president in charge of I them over to the club at the tunc mil is opposed to the turning over of the Moore irk to mother club Lid other such is baseball pi r ilc in town but don I tike over facility He limed Ihc clubs should be ic mmoddtcd hut not given xclusive use or the of the courts ve to build morf courts at the new irena Who to Hum he demanded i nut said he had been opposed to the club it liiscph Gibbons Park Georgetown and said he understood the Moore Park Tennis- Association had ex the same constitution is the Georgetown Tennis He he would like tin entire of tennis clubs in Moore Park Acton Joseph Gibbons proposed four new courts it the reviewed Hi he would like to know how municip the problem sdd he would not Ik opposed to the forming fedention then reporting to council but it should not be in the hands of lie in suited he was op posed to the one week use by the public and the rest Continued on Region mill rate is down most ritepaycrs in Hilton will a slight reduclun in regional mill rales Milton s rite will in in isi in most of ihc The rigion is up pi tent over list Hie budget hung recom mended to council Inrtiy sdij stmds at up Iv from list Hills ind Burlington mill rites will drop while misl ireis of Milton will jump slightly In Hilt in Hills decreases ringing from in to I in ime into phv part Hills Garbage goes twice weekly Who does what in care of parks Twice a week garbage collection began his week but many people missed the date as announced in the Free Press Garbage was left outside many homes Monday on the streets where garbage pickup was due Tuesday under the new schedule The town is divided South and west of the tracks pickups ore Mondays and Thursdays North and east of the tracks York Maria Poplar Crescent Eastern and Hi lie rest have pickups days and Fridays No extra equipment is needed for the increased pick up a Councillor Pal told Hills council he didn know who to call to com plain about lack of main in the parks half an hours discussion he slil know who claimed people an thf parks maintenance git brush off when call He asked it it is recreation dcpurtmi or the works department who should recti I hi complaints ouncillor said works department do department McKenzie said one is passing the buck to the other Councillor Morrow said council tried to decide the allocation of re ind wanted it under the works department because they feared an empire in the recrution department with their own vehicles and grass cutters He said it was cheaper to maintain the parks by works department Morrow urged the works depirtment to pay more attention to the parks and pointed to complaints by the Georgetown Baseball Association who said they had to cut the grass them selves before Day to day imintemnce is the said picnic tables were still stacked last when people would wunl to use them They re certainly in them are in the lake retorted Councillor Joe Hurst Councillor rn said the recreation director is responsible for parks he asks the works department to do the labor If says goes wrong it belongs to the committee ind if goes right it belongs to the works depart quipped Hyde a member of the works com mittee Mike Armstrong said the whole subject had been discussed in detail two weeks ago and claimed the works recreation depart were now working closely Councillor Los said parks and recreation ire some time with parks main Councillor Ernie contended it wis a problem between two deportment heads works recreation Morrow said the Recreation Director has no authority to tell anyone to cut the He claimed it would be the town engineer while the recreation director is responsible for scheduling the use of the parks sud it was more compile than tint He said the works department does the work but the money comes from the recreition budget Hurst said it could be resolved by closer Hon between the two depart heads ind said he still get in answer Secret signature secures cycle On Thursday a local man was charged with possession by after they discovered a bicycle which had been stolen from a garage on Tyler Ave last Tuesday Although the man had changed the handlebars taken off the license and added a kick stand the owner of the bike could identify it She had her name written on it In a hidden spot The imn in court irn jumps 1 111 nulls Milton Ire Don I riles in the town On it a mill in en mid work to Sin In older pirt of Milton the in nsiuintiil ur realize n drop of lively The residential and rural commercial rates in the former town jump by about 1 ind I nulls 1- rrmr North jumps 1 III while home owners in former Nissaga wey i wilt sec in increase of l I mills the form r squcs mj in is up mills former jumps 1 Tin being from municipililics for purposi is III in 177 I hi iiv Burling picks up 111 per cent while Oak villi pays per ml Mil ton per Hilton Hills Hill per cent lw fulors tin re to reduce mill rate jumps in si me ire is and con thim in others The fielor coming into pi is influx of muieys in the form of police nits in I per eapili grants Ihc second is the in en isi in within The est in mill rale for is in Mill Hut at mills fir residential 227 nulls for l his lowest rid at 10 indui2firresi res able the recreition programs have such in impact on the parks There loo much stntion on Main Street the is here He and has hid for Same service for all parks PICNIC were being used as rafts in Acton Lake have been chained down to halt the dangerous practice town works department attached the chains after last weeks Free Press photo Picnic on ground If youngsters persist in throwing picnic tables into airy Ijkc the tables will be taken out of the park altogether warns works superintendent Frank The tables nearest the water have already been chained to concrete However young people are dragging them from farther away tor the pleasure of dumping them In the water The tables wont stand it says Mr They re worth apiece Acton is not getting second class service as far as parks maintenance is con Hills works superintendent trank insists Both and Georgetown are the same level of service At their last meeting members of Acton recreation advisory committee had criticized the condition of the park superintendent of services schedules the work for parks Lots of green It great grass growing Surprise garbage Today I is the Hills will accept i challenge whit cm give them Thcvwcretostirt out earl in and pick up unwieldy items that they won nor accept In the regular garbage collections were expecting to get fridges stoves hot water branches in other unwinted unloved weather Mr Morette useless items pointed out The town simply There ire some things we doesnthavethecquipment to do reject says works supen keep up with growth like that Undent frank Morette who at ihis time of year However his run this kind of collection he hopes as soon as the in Georgetown before A car budget is approved ihe town for instance or a whole tree will add to the fleet It happened in Georgetown A tractor has been rented Twice a year from he arena here for use In Mr went on to say mowing grass this spring his department will likely All the parks areas are have this special collection being cut Students arc rather than once already on the Job and they is had been done in George- follow behind the town men town He expects the second and town equipment trim one this year will be about the up with hand mowers end of September The flower beds arc all The collection has always planted with extra plants at been quile successful in the library corner Georgetown he said BAND PLAYED in the shade of lofty evergreens as groups went throughout cemetery planting geraniums and placing bouquets on graves of families and friends Gunner Moore whose grave is showing was killed in the Boer War

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