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Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), May 8, 1968, p. 12

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p the xton free press wednesday may 8 1966 reeve declares opposition to commercial building seynuck farm overlapping of plannlnc board and conndls roles in planning of new developments in town was stressed at the last meeting of council in regard to the proposed development of the seynuck oroperty representatives of we randy construction co presented a re vised plan of subdivision for the seynpck property at a recent committee meeting ajktaf con- emeratlon for resontnr pf area fronting on wallace st for neighborhood omapping centre the ceastrrictloa company also suggested part of the farm be i designated r3 or r3 so they could consider aemtdetached homes in the area mayor doby said plans were being made u erect at least 100 homes on be seynuck farm reeve hlntonseld be was very conscious of tbetlaimtsg boards role for this development its a planning board matter and theyll make reeommendatlonsto ccandltie maintained soroe directions should come from council so tbepoarddoesnh do something detrimental to councils wishes suggested councillor bob drlnkwalter councillor tyler agreed with mr drlnlnraltare suggestion id uks to see council direct planning board retain the beauti ful green belt up there he offered with no wood chopping going on id uke to see the green belt area retained either on the s percent or possibly by purchasing im sure every one would benefit from it im concerned about the com mercial aspects said mr drlnkwalter reeve hlnton was more emphatic id object most strenuously to any commercial interests in that area he staled specifying be had no personal axe to grind a commercial development asserted the reeve would only deteriorate into another tittle area and it wont do the down town merchant any good the reeve also said be was against changing the aontaglnthe seynuck farm area presently gonad bl developers dont re quire so foot lots theres little enough apace in 60 foot lota any reduction in alte and the developer makes more dollars per foot mr hlnton declared himself against dlveraloo of the creek running through the property and felt the plan of subdivide becked in too close to the green belt mayor duby reminded council the town may have the opportunity to have houses worth from 18000 to 20000 in the seynuck farm added coats he pre dicted could raise the prices to 25000 and 26000 pres sures make developers raise prices and this could have more far reaching e appoint george kerr commission the hon charles mcnaughton treasurer of ontario announced the appointment of two members to the pension commission of ontario this week one of whom is george a kerr qc member for halton west paul a kates an insurance underwriter from toronto was the second these members will till vac- ancles created by the resign ations of alfred h cowling the former member of the legis lature for high park and pro fessor d c macgregor of the department of political economy university of toronto who has served as vicechairman of the commission since its inception councillor drlnkwalter thought there should be a subdivision bylaw drawn up and psssed by council one that would concern ail sutxuviders that makes sense agreed councillor mckensle later on in the meeting council passed a resolution to prepare a sutxuviders agreement bytaw which wilt outline all services which a propertydeveloperwould be responsible to supply agreed with the reeve about each developer having a new set of rules for guidelines we shouldnt have to deviate be said we should have ground rules but they shouldnt ce too rigid further discussion about the proposed bytaw was interrupted when clerk 3 mcceachle said there was a document on file now for asubdlvlders agreement which the planner had been cpuncufor drlnkwalter dls- already- paicwor 4 school libraries now called resource centres communications between acton council and the public school board never strong are again showing weak links on the school building program recent ly approved by the ontario mun icipal board deputy reeve f oakes and councillor drlnkwalter quest ioned councils position on build ing of an addition to the mz bennett school and a library on the robert little education centre at the last meeting of council is the board golngahead with the library asked mr drink- waller school board aald dr oakes 1 fully aware of the well i feel the school board should be made aware they only got tentative approval for his one said the deputy reevet councillor mckensle enlarged on the role the library would play at the robert utile school where he is principal nolonger will they be called libraries the new name is resource centre along with the newname goes a new concept and a new pro gram mr mckenzle reported on a seminar at brookville which the entire staff of his school attended theyre going to unlock the grade system and promote stu dents two and three times a year k tacurce nre t necesaary they proceed with building the library at the robert utile they tnuat get arm approval or try to get it council previously gave firm approval for the mz bennett addition but yielded only tentative approval for the library at rob ert uttle mayor lea duby recalled arg uments over building the towns centennial library when be made the statement if they didnt get the library then wed never get it to carry this cut maypr duby pointed out council was more concerned with the financial picture he had two allies in the reeve and the deputy who had some questions about financing before and after the county school boards take over upshot of the discussion wai the clerkadministrators prom ise to send school board a letter clarifying where the two bodies sit with reference to the new resource centre mtu nassaga weya council briefs during the meeting of nassa- gaweya council on mondayf- coulter said the matter would be discussed by the ontario mayors and reeves association next members agreed to writ month and several councillors the milton opp to inform them no parking signs at the five slderoadfltth line intersection are legal and should be enforced a resident at the corner reports problems with weekend hikers disobeying the signs and blocking his driveway reeve william coulter re ported the county roads depart ment will soon be planting over 200 six to eight foot trees along five siderosd in the area where a recent road widening program meant the loss of several old trees gus goutousld levelled a verbal blast at the reeve for falling to inform him as prom ised at a meeting earlier this year about councils progress in erecting stop signs at town ship intersections he was in formed all the atop signs on in tersections within the township boundaries have been installed and signs for town line roads are under study clerk j c mclntyre said be had told mr goutousld this action had been taken mr goutousld also suggest ed council should erect white or amber lights over each inter section along the five sideraad ratepayer william a john son brought to councils atten tion the- new legislation giving the minister of municipal affairs dictatorial rights over local lonlng bylaws he claimed the minister could put a glue factory next to a 79000 home now and there was no appeal reeve i george kerr a resident of burlington has served as chair man of various standing commit tees and member of at least two select committees this year he was elected chairman of the sanding committee on municipal law and legal bills for gas appliances eawawav richardsons tv t appliances ml main st i milton 7juhmt urs peter patterson was named caretaker of the township hall at brookvtue expressed alarm at the legisla tion it was pointed out one part of the legislation was welcomed in that all land separations must now come before the municipal ity for approval council agreed to study a draft bylaw suggested by milton fire chief a e clement which would govern the lighting of open bros in the township the campbellvillo police village trusteos urged council to apply to the attorneygener als department for an estimate on the cost of a village survey it was reported a public meeting last week had approved the sur vey for the village but the trustees wanted to ascertain the costs first members gave the roads superintendent grant mcmillan permission to begin reconstruc tion work on the nassagaweya- escjuesing town line near milton heights although the final ap proval has yet to be received from the department of high ways receipt of approval is expected any day now and it would be wise to start the job while the good weather lasts councillors agreed two of the 20 applicants for s roads department employee opening were to be interviewed by the roads committee building inspectors w sav age informed council that 16 new homes upped the april permit issues to 2m500 worth bring ing the total this year to 379 j00 a brief discussion waa held on the location of the township dump when it wss noted another flro broke out there last week councillors noted there were a lot of new building lots in the vicinity and wondered if the new homeowners would be complain ing about the dump the dump waa there before they built the houses aald councillor ross gordon reeve against mall far eff street parking a mall for the main business section in acton councillor ted tylers sug gestion never discussed fully at council level maybe microscop ically examined by committee with a recoromendatlontocouncil for or against soon meanwhile reeve hlnton patting mr tyler on the back for bis enterprise in presenting a brief regarding downtown pre bleina came out flatly against the idea of a mall cant support 11 be said long an advocate of offstreet parking the reeve said he had done everything possible to get more such parking facilities and charged council has direct responsibility for providing it mayor duby took issue with mr hlntons statement he was instrumental in cutting down the mill rate so much so bespretty well hamstrung any regular pro gram the mayor charged heap big chief speaks with forked tongueithlnkthe mayor concluded i halton cooperative medical care plan pays barbara mcnabbj dress making ability admired by two visitors frdm ghana who visit ed the robert little school lest wednesday af ternoon at part of their study of the canadian educational system joseph kpatpoallotey and vigilance ooodp were accompanied by area superintendent w l mcneil principal g w mckenzle looks on they like canada- very much and find their reception here cor dial they go to alberta next staff photo foreign students to spend weekend with acton hosts this weekend 25 foreign students and several wives and children will be guests in acton homes in a novel project spon sored by the united church wo men the students will be com ing from three universities mc- master in hamilton university of guelpb and the university of toronto under the auspices of two organizations the inter national students council and foreign relations for overseas students the assistant director of lsc and his wife will be among the 100 cottages unsatisfactory more than 100 cottages at two lakes owned by the grand river conservation authority have been found in unsatisfactory condition the figure may be higher when cottage inspections have been completed at belwood and con- estogo lakes which between them have about 675 cottages on land leased from the authority the inspections signalled a start to a new policy aimed t upgrading cottage areas improv ing existing facilities for use by the general public and formulat ing longrange plans to open up more shorellneforgeneralpublle use owners of cottages classed as below acceptable standards will be asked to carry out repalrsand renovations or remove the cot tage said g mcoutts authority general manager the authority office has been deluged by telephone calls and letters since cottage owners were notified of the new policy a great deal of public money has been spent on the dams that create these two lakes and we feel we should gradually provide more public access to the facil ities said authority chairman james s bauer of waterloo we want to clean up some undesirable conditions that have grown up around the lakes but at the same time we want to be fair and equitable to all mr bauer said that in addition to cottages that are below stand ard there are several instances where flush toilet systems are emptying directly into the lake we cant allow things like this to go on he said a notice from halton region conservation authority announc ed the townships snare of the 600000 scotch block dam and reservoir project in e equating would be 2511 payable over a 12 year period with an average annual payment of list over 200 the authority will meet with councillors to explain the pro ject alto this years 145 per capita levy to all supporting muni elpall ties members discussed the pos sibility of closing the fifth line road allowance north of five siderosd where an adjacent land owner has reported problems with hikers and construction crews neighboring ownera are to be contacted to see how clos ing the road would affect them the clerk reported the floora in the township hall at brookvtue had been reoniahed and plans were made to recover the stage area with plywood and tile council alsoauthoriaedimprove- ments to a planter along the front of the administration building 11 coming from toronto a couple and their child am mree students are expected from the university of guelpb and eight including one child from mc- master they come from fails pakistan malaysia and other countries they wlu experience home life in acton with the hope of learning more about canada while they aro here studying they will arrive saturday noon have lunch with boat families and then tour micro plastics beard- more and co and the robert little school theyll have dinner and spend the evening with their hosts sunday morning they will go to the united church if not to euchre winners are announced winners at the last euchre at crewsons corners were ladles high ji krauts ladles low augusta strickland mens high john dewar mens low v shaw lone hands mas fountain the door prise was won by bea anderson robert r hamilton optometrist 116 mountainview road 5 oeenjelowit rtsvt fcotoei fete mother with the fragrant gift flowers bring beauty into her day and express your admiration so well order yours now e t marks grocery 113 mill st f hon 1510310 how much is missing from the profile of protection on your boat you dont have to go over board to get complete insurance protection for your boat at safeco with m sluco policy qood tkippsr rju varything h nd to it mp things thipthap intufnc wiu in one pckg we ii intuie you fox bot motor quipmnl lubililv nd mdtcl ipintll on land at ui 12 months vtr you hw jull potection renewed eutomjiicallv too long pjemmmi we paid when due seeustoey dennys insurance agency jjfe 17 mill st w at residences milt 853 2243 bill 8532645 whibi vou ml tsiatid uki a tsafaeo insuunci harold oxkfsos eiaaomnor a uuuaia ah surgical operations doctors calls held frasn first visit anaesthetists service xrays also major- medial m day wetting period individual or employee croupe itiey enrol at any time of the year revised kates monthly level single monthly f ls21 couple monthly lujj family payable ouirieriy or yearly halton coop medical services 43 mala si mlltoa pleeae seae me lafeneetlea me akllawtlao hesw ajevees oiat srsyia worship then just to observe coffee and a light lunch will be served after church and theyll be driven becktothelr campuses this is the first time this type of project has been held in acton looking after various aspects of arrangements are mrs t shields mrs cl rognvaldson mrs hugh patterson and mrs a long there was short meeting after church sunday to brief the hosts on a few details they mightnt have considered from the names sent from the uni versities its impossible to tell the nationalities of the visitors some will be vegetarians some will likely eat chicken but not beef or pork they might or might not be christians the answers tothese questions will be part of the exchange of knowledge and understandlngthat will result from the visit for both the foreign students and the acton families need money for something big see hfc whether youre in the market for some new appll ances furniture color tv or a better family car a big purchase loan from household finance will provide the money you need when you borrow from household you know m advance how much your hfc big purchase loan will cost well spell it out in dollars and cents there are no extras no hidden charges no surprises see hfc now before you sign on the darted line know what your loan will coal borrow up to tsooo taka up to 60 months to repay ask sboul crtdtt hf inturtnc on loins at low group rtltl household finani oiorocyown 41 main shl norhwteuphonei 773221 deal la silvers defiattnteftt stare ask about our tvtmnz hours a free service check or your volkswagen wis wed thurs may 141516 hours 6 30 p m to 9 p m whats th catch yqu dont know what thorough msantuntll you ve tesn a vw mechanic solely check a volkiwagen and were giving you a chance to see it or nothing on your car well check 47 different things from fuel line to lathers then well give you a list and the cost of putting your car in perfect shape if there happens to be anything wrong also a vw factory service representative will be on hand to answer any questions you moy have all this iust to keep you as a happy volkswagen customer and it s absolutely free so pre the coffee and donuts c v motors authorised ventewagea twalar otohoitown and dttttlcy i ouiuht mtttt trrtsii

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