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Tho Acton FtooPrGoS Wednesday Mosquitos not from cemetery pond George and Pearl Young celebrated their recent 50 Ih wedding anniversary with a family dinner I- night at Terra Inn Youngs 50 years wed George and Pearl Young celebrated heir wedding anniver on June The couple celebrated their golden anniversary Friday night at a dinner party with family at the Terra Cotta Inn Mr and Mrs Young have lived in Acton at Church St E for nearly years after moving to town from the farm they worked on the Erin Town Line for many years Mr Young was bom on that farm and the couple Ys was married at Church of Christ Dis on June 1Q30 Mrs Young was born in The couple have one Marilyn Young and worked the farm north of Acton until retiring to to vn Mrs Young has been very active in the com munity She was a member of both the Everton and Ospringe and Eramosa Junior and Junior Mrs Young performed in ploys in as well as doing church work in Both Mr and Mrs Young belonged to t Literary Society they moved to Young Joined and served as secretary for five years and regent for six She is longtime member of the Knox Presbyterian Church Alert Group She credits their long marriage to a lot of hard work We ve just kept going have to enjoy vhnt you are doing and 1 others Offer Health Hustle Back to Acton Days Pat Jones Acton final meeting for the year wis a barbecue June at Pat home Plans were finalized for the Health Hustle Sat urday June as part of the town Back to Acton Days celebration Exercises for the whole family are to begin at a m on Mill St In front of the building Home made muffins and juice will be sold by the Menettes Together with the Men the made a substantial con to the Acton Firefighters for the fireworks display to be held the same weekend Donations wire also deHavilland not looking at Halton made to the Y itself On June the Men and Menettes held other successful lion Rummage Sale at the Curling Club The June meeting firmed the aim of community vice and the new was installed with Sally Lcathcrland as dent us vice president Carol Leys as secretary and Ruby Weber as The new executive lies to extend an to all who are Inter to join the Men cites Please contact any of the above or the about joining The pond in Cemetery t producing the swarms of mosquitos plaguing the Storey Drive Klngham and Cobblehlll Road areas an expert from the of told Mayor Peter and town staff Friday All informal meeting involving Brian Cargill and Linda Ruse and other residents who want the pond preserved and engineer Rob ert Austin deputy superintendent Alf Duby and Clerk Administrator Ken Richardson was held Friday afternoon at the cemetery A number of residents who haven t approached any councillors out have voiced concerns about mosquitos around the cemetery and want the pond filled In and the area landscaped t in attendance Two spokesmen for the residents living on Cobblehlll and Klngham Colin Ash and Linda Franklin both said they werent informed of the meeting and wished they had been invited to at tend Biologist John said the mosquitos swarming around town in late May and June don breed In ponds like the one at the cemetery or Fairy Lake but arc bred in small pools of water and arc Ihe classic back yard mosquito He said while he t done testa he is per cent certain mosquitos don come from the pond However the expert from the University of Guelph said it is possible are breeding In boggy areas in the cemetery Landscape architect Owen Scott from the University of said if pond is slowly filled in over the years some thing residents claim has been taking place it will do the most environ mental damage This means the water level will keep rising and ling trees If the pond is drained and filled the scrub will die but some trees will survive Scatt said How ever he warned the pond may not be drainoblo and could fill almost as soon as it is emptied In ion the pond would have to have considerable ill or else the land t be used for graves Should the town decide to Just leave the pond as It Is now a fair amount of trees will die He suggested the best alternative Is to clean the pond and deepen it Scott also urged dead trees be removed The expert warned some of the wild life in the pond would be lost far a time because the pond Is deepened but wildlife will return later said the town has something of a long term plan designed to provide more space for graves He noted the Royal Botanical Gardens studied the cemetery and there are conflicting opinions among residents as to what should be done about wet areas of the cemetery Some want the pond filled because of mosquitos while others want the area preserved in a natural state The mayor emphasized not final has been de cided regarding the cemetery but suggested an overall plan needed and will be considered Scott urged an overall cemetery plan be framed with the public given the chance to com ment and then the plan be followed in future years With regards to on other problem garbage dumped in the cemetery town staff promised to continue cleaning It up Quite a bit of garbage was removed Friday be fore the meeting a resident observed said town staff isn dumping garbage as some have suggested and asked that residents call him or other mem of staff whenever they see vehicles in the cemetery late at night or spot someone dumping garbage Scott said the dead trees on town land along the fence behind Storey Drive should be removed as soon as possible and Austin both said the trees will be cut down and removed be fore the August but t say the work will be done sooner des plte pressure from home owners to get the Job done immediately Scott said there Is no question trees are dying because of garbage dumped around them Cargill and Mrs Ruse urged refuse containers be placed in the ceme tery though Austin and made it clear they don t expect gar baskets will help solve the dumping pro blem asked residents to write to council to put In the re fuse containers and said It could then be decided by council Residents also want no dumping signs posted said there is wildlife in the pond and very little odor though he did find a little gas is escaping along the ges from rotting vege tation Vegetation is rot ting because the water level was raised when fill was put in the pond Austin said no fill is now being pushed into the pond but earth from opened graves is piled beside the pond There have been com plaints about the It ion of the cemetery in past years and the issue arose again this spring when Mrs Ruse and two other homeowners went to the ward one dropin last month They complained about dumped garbage and the poor state of the cemetery After there was still no Mayor met with Drive residents including Brian and Linda Ruse Friday at Fair view Cemetery Two experts from the University of Guelph engineer Robert Clerk Administrator Ken Richardson works superintendent were also I attendance action Cargill com plained about the sit uation through the press Last week a group of nearly a dozen residents voiced their views about the filling In of the pond Colin Ash one of the residents said until two years ago werent too bad but since spraying ceased it has become unbearable to be outdoors In neigh borhoods around the cemetery and he and others point the finger of blame at the pond and boggy areas in the ceme- Ash t refer to the pond as a pond but a swamp He says it is an eyesore that should be filled In Residents view wet cemetery as an indie a lion of the drainoge pro blems In the entire area Co Mountain view Road S l to 304 Notice Dr SCHUMACHERS OFFICE of OPTOMETRY WILL CLOSE PERMANENTLY ON JUNE 27 All Warranties will be honoured by addressing correspondence to Dr R Schumacher Optometrist 49 Cedarwoods Cras Unit Kitchener Ont 2H1 The patient files will be transferred to Dr David 319SpeedvaleAve E Guelph Ont 8362590 Dr looking forward to servmg the people of Acton Gueiph office Aircraft has given no indication that it is looking at either Acton or Milton as a site for a new plant Business Development Officer William Marshall said reports hinting that Is con building a plant in have been mis leading deHavilland has not asked for any in formation regarding Acton or Milton Mar shall says and he t believe the firm is con sidermg locating here However his office has been sending out in formation about in property in both towns to the aircraft firm Marshall Is quick to point out the information wasn I solicited by deHavilland and in fact deHavilland is just one of or 300 firms in growth industries re ceiving information about Industrial opportunities Marshall noted it Is common knowlego that deHavilland will expand and employ about people to build Dash 8 but every rial development office In Ontario is sending the firm information these days He said he doesn think will be con aide red because there t an ademiate airport Halton backs Timmins Queen Park Is going to receive another spur from Ontario boards of education for more do lars a Board of Education fell in line with a petition from which asks the provincial government to live up to the commitment to fund per cent of elementary and secondary education at hand for testing Marshall said the only contact he has had with deHavilland has been polite acknowledge ment of receipt of the information he has sent them and if he had been In contact with the firm he comment on PUMP PROBLEMS to fmndb piston pumps ADULT day ADULT two dayo 3 S1 1 CHILD Ono day A CHILD two days Ing Lawn All Appearing Each Day At- ACTON MUSIC STOP Tour Operators CbUI Preaentod by Tho Central Ontario Exhibition Alio elation at Mohawk Raceway CampbeRvie Ontario exit 38 off 30 mi west of Toronto Una Saturday and Sunday June 28 to 7 p m Gates open 11am each day Only a certain number of tickots have been printed Order now so you won bo disappointed extra at tho goto ROUGH CAMPING will available off ate will at up A Saturday night outdoors will bo hold on tho Tho la par par unit Camplngwlllboovallablo Friday Saturday Sunday 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