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Readers Write E-mail yoR letters loe chtonafl@nitoncaffadanchamponoem. Council's denial of aII-way stop an upsetting, dangerous ruling DEAR EDITOR: hurt or kîlled, before action wtll ed' stop stgns, saytng îhey wiIl Whv does Milton cnîîncil occur? create a pedestrian safcty con- sert so passionateîy againsi stop signs on residential streets? We would like to thank the 18 families on Pîne and Fulton streeîs that signed the petition to support the request for an aIl- way-stop sign, which was turned down by counicil recent- ly From what we've seen, the majoriîy of Miltons older sîreets are rarely patrolled by police and have no deterrence for speeders. Drivers have discov- ered these sîreeîs as a fast hypass to maiin toaid îrffic, crcatimg a dangeronîs situation wheîc cars are speeding to save time. In our opinion. counicil cao only be seen as negligeni to this very valid community safeîy concemn. Tht Town should bc proactive, not reactîve, to situa- tions like this. Whais it going t0 take, someone being seriously Tbis isn't solely a police issue, uts a communîty safety issue - therefore a counicil issue. Streets like Pine ihat are heing used as a bypass should have stop sîgns. Pine has a his- tory of seoious accidents. It bas large hbis, homes close to tht road, famîlies with young chil- dren, 3,000 vehicles a day trav- elling easi and west and cars reaching speeds in tht 70 to 89- kmn range in a 50 km zone. Stop signs would ai leàsi slow dnivers dlown. Stop sigos should bc usccl for iiaffîn con trol and ,, a specd dcîcî cnt. Mill Street and Laurier Avenue - with their 'unwarranted' stop signs - are examples of how stop sigos do work to dlette speedtng and make these types of downtown streets safer. Many council rncmbers are passionately against'unw,ýarrani- cern, cause accidents and cause people to speed faster. This seems hypocritical. Whaî con- stitutes them heing warranted? Itls o just a volume issue. What about accidents? Homes heing hit? Pets kîlled? Blind intersections? Families dodging cars t0 cross the road? Other neighbouring munîci- palîties have stop signs, cross- waîks, reduiced speeds and coin- muniîy safety zones on old resi- dential streets and these streets are policed rcgularly These mecasurcs work. Pcople shoulo t l)c able te go faster on resîdential streets than on main artery roads. Stop signs should bc implemenîed. We're concerned Milton cîti- zens and parents who will con- tinue to pursue this issue. CAROLYN CORMIER MILTON Too many motorists are parking illegally -f rom PARKING on page A6 delivery again at a medical clinir *Various non-permiîtd vehîcles in these reserved spaces But an incident on April 6 was tht final straw that made me write this letter. I pulled into, a local pbarmacy wiîb my wife to, make a purchase and we saw tht ont and only reserved space occupied by a young couple. Wr had to park on the other aide of the lot due to tht busy walk-in clinic beside the pharmacy The mati was standing alongside the car in tht disabled parking spot, puffing on a cigarette while a young woman was doing something in the rear scat. As I walked past the car I checkrd fur a prmit and, not seeing one, I inquired if they had one or not. Sometimes people have a permit but forget to, display it. They told me that thty were unloading a baby from tht car and no they dido't have a per- mit. I reminded îhem that tht space was for per- mit holders only and that my wift was denied use of tht space because of îhem. I reminded him that it was a disahîrd space, not a baby unloading space, or an 'Im only going in for a second' space. What's this world coming to when a disabled person is denied tht righî te, park in a designaîed space because a non-permitîed person îhinks they need it more? Tbis speaks sadly oif our society Maybe the local bylaw enforcement officer should do more aggressive enforcement before someone gets hurt. MIKE LABENCKI MILTON Local soldier describes "Suicide Club' and other war horrors in letter home 'Time Capsules' are gemns of infor- mtion extracted froin past issues of tue Champion and other publications in order t0 provide a window intio Miltonsý past. Explanatory conmment is sontetimes provided t0 place the situa- dion in contex JuIy 1915 A letter front Captain K.D. Panton, No. 2 Stationary Hospital July 3. "..The bombs, or hand grenades, are dangerous things. 1 think 1 have mentioned them before and the "Suicide Club," as thse bombers are called. Thirty or forty men are cho- sen front each battalitin and are spe- cially trained to, throw hombs accu-~ rately 0f course they lead the attack, carrying.as many bontbs as they can, and when they gel within throwing range oif tht Germans'they let thent go. In ont type oif bomb a fuse îs lit, which burns for fîve or six seconds, so the bomber ignites the fuse, counts three, and then throws it. if he is a slow couniter bis heati will be blown off and if he coutls toti fast the Germans are hiable to îhrow the bomb back before il explodes.' The other type is an iron globe about the size oif an average apple, fastened to a stick about fourteen inches long. It goes off by percussion and men who have accidentally dropped them bave gone up in smoke. During the Ypres fighting a mati with a broken leg came itt the hospital with a bumb stick on as a aplint and tht hontb stilI attached tco the stick. I suppose the deîonator had been removed, but 1 had tht splint removed as soon as possi- hIe., ...When we came over first tht bombers made their own hombs out oif empty jant tins. They had tio sticks attacbed and were aIl lit by fuses... No contract bas been awarded 50 far on any tender received for the erection of the proposed residence capsules for tht Govemnor oif die jail as per plans and sptcifications prepared by the architects. The commîttee on county buildings is gtting estimates on an alternative plan, that oif a resi- dence in Burlington which la a little more comnîodious than tht one at first proposed would be. On Saturday evening, between eight and tint o'clock, a Trafalgar farmer's wife was making purchases in i.L. Sandersonfs store. She had a baby in ber arnts, two youngsters, aged about five and seven years respecîîvely, by ber side. The two larger children disappeared. Tht father and mother searched the streets for some tinte without success and were greaîly alarmed, but the youngsters wert found on the road some distance out oif îown. They were sîl rigbt. Veteran Sgt. Brady who is in charge oif tht Arntoury bere ta mak- ing another effort to, go tc, the front. Ht bas heem rejected twice on account tif one of bis legs broken somte tinte ago. I-as three war medals. August 1915 Complaint is made that antaîl boys and girls disturb the Thursday evening' band concerts in Victoria Park by noise and jostling. Citizens would appreciate it if the Chief Constable would be on hand in future t0 make tIsent ait dlown and keep quiet. This ntateralisasýsentbled on behalf oif the Milton Histoncal Society byjint Dils, who can be îeached through the society at (905) 875-4156