Ontario Community Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), July 16, 1969, p. 9

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work on the addition 6 the acton ww pollution control pi contlnulnc and the contractor hop to have the job completed in th lata fall tha oment tewae plant is ovtrloadad an enejrtear bob llttw admits th la tome odor ha taya tnrt should be nona whan tha new addition u computed staff photo course of the black crk was charged and tha ctwk bad lowered nine feet so the nearby swamp would not interfere with construction of tha addition to tha sewage plant in the east end of town the huge disaster can be teen at five hilltop with additions to th potent plant below twnlyelsitt man ara natsd on tha proact which tha contractor ctalrion construction eiipectt to ba flnlihad in october staff photo frowoy dhaiiiioa robarfs ministers coming here to discuss government reforms clairson superintendent ron ralchel dtacuaaae problam with engineer bob little at tha conttructlon site of tha water pollution control plant tha 34 million addition it expected to handle aetont tewaoe requirements for many years to coma tha present plant la working beyond capacityistaff photo four ontario cabinet ministers will meet area municipal officials in nnrval on thursday august 14 to discuss the provincial reform program for local government james w snow mpp member for nation last announced today that provincial treasurer charles macna ughton education minister william davit municipal affairs minister darcy mckeough and lnrrgy and resources minister george kerr will attend the meeting at the riviera club nerval mr snow added that he would be present at the august 14 meeting along wilh r d kennedy mpp peel south john root mpp wellingtonduffcnn and a w downer mpp duffctin slmcoe trie meeting will be a twoway dialogue the cabinet minister will discuss and answer questions on the new assessment act and other municipal reforms at the same time they will ask local officials questions to find out more about their local needs and views municipal representatives of the llallon peel wellington and dufferin counties are invited to attend the meeting mr snow said the meeting it one of a series being held across ttte province to further establish useful twoway communication between queens park and municipalities prime minister john robarts announced the tour program june 25 at the annual conference of the atsuciation of ontario mayors and reeves the prime minister said the fout major thrusts of municipal reform provincial taxation provincial aid to municipalities local taxation and local government structure would be better understood following these meetings mr mckeough said revisions of the assessment act which he introduced in the legislature are designed to create tin cornerstone of leform for our system and sttucluies of local government lie added that tlie changes- which he described at the most significant revision in 65 years a re intended to simplify and to provide greater equity and fairness both for municipalities and among taxpayers municipal officials tluougliuut the province will be personally invited to attend the dialogue meetings during the next few months by mr mckeough esquesing recommends keeping street open v in plain wordi the people who want roads cloud in the tnwnihip often are interested in lining their own pocket books more than the pood of the township of tiqueting biggest tv value ever rca black and white portable television her is your big opportunity to get ready for that summer vacation or those weekends at the cottage this big 20 screen portable television is a real value with its deepfocus picture tube preset fine tuning and convertible to uhf this is the set to buy now i at this big saving i li5pi observed reeve george currie at monday nights meeting of esquesing council council discussed the proposed closing of two roads in glen williams and concurred with councillor ken marshalls remark that as things stand right now we should hold off for a couple of years later in the meeting they passed a resolution instructing the clerk to write judge spraguc informing him that council opposes closing of two streets in glen williams the reeve reiterated his remarks about people who wjnt toads closed but admitted there are exceptions like a road near fairy lake in the acton area council received correspondence from the subdivision planning branch of the community planning branch of the department of municipal aitairs stating they would not recommend a proposed 270 lot subdivision on the west half of lots 26 and 27 concession k until there was an official plan which would enable the township to devetop more evenly the lots are on the kidney farm and the former david williams farm a motion passed that council recommends plumbing and septic tank permits be issued at the same time as building permits in the township to save unnecessary duplication of the office foxes were destroyed by john van arragon and emmerson clark and the s7 bounty was approved in each case the clerk was instructed to notify the department of municipal affairs that the township wishes to retain all the assessing equipment owned by the township overalls for the township dump attendants are to be ordered with the words township of esquesing on the front following a recommendation from mr sullivan at the county health unit the unit also recommended signs be placed signifying dump hours council was of the opinion however that residents would just dump along the township roads if the dump was doted two window air conditioners are to be purchased for the township offices and installed all members of council attended the brief meeting in the tweltering council chambers reeve currie presided tlche ation rtt ftefes acton ontario wednesday july 16 1969 second stolon building a scale model of tha gnat coraan andrews keith hammanly juanlu country kept those flvo cobblehlll road andrewe paul hammeraly and gall youngsters busy lost week pictured i to r are hammenlystaff photo sunny acres nudists move to new home sunbathing nudists have a new home in the northern section of nassagawcya this year john and irene pries liave opened a new 42 acre nudist resort known as sunny acres on the guelph line near 30 sidcroad to date they have spent over 13000 developing tiicir resort and the work is not finished yet soon they will start construction of their new home near the front of the parksite and the owners have plans for a trailer camp for members plus two more targe lakes the pries have operated a members only camp for nudists at their home on 20 sideroad near the i ourth line of njssjkjwcya since l but the property only included 10 acres they were being rapidly surrounded uilh new homes and their outdoor pool just wasnt laigc enough the couple had talked of buying a new property for some time now and had pretty well settled on the site when mrs pries took a holiday trip overseas this spring when she came back her husband had purchased the 42acre campsite planted and transplanted cedar trees and dug out a one and a half acre lake ii was a pleasant surprise when she returned home surrounded by cedars and evergreens and a 10 foot high earthen dam the large lake is sunny acres main drawing point it is fed by a springfed stream and ranges from two to six feet in depthand the lake it completely suttounded by 1 000 feel of sandy shoreline mr pries has installed temporary toilet facilities levelled off two volleyball courts planted 400 treat and transplanted dozens more set up a ping pong table and laid the foundation for a summer canteen an abandoned sand pit on the propertywas handy for hauling the sand to form the beach surrounding the lake the property rum 2400 feet deep into i dense bush and use owners have plans for developing much mote of the property in future yean right now only the front quarter of their land has been touched membership to dale at sunny acres includes more than is families about 40 adults but the pries expect membership to grow rapidly when visitors tee their new campsite members are mostly city families from at far away as hamilton toronto and kitchener when their new home it buill near the front of the property the owners hope to get a winter social program started for members they have plant for a sauna bath plenty of washrooms and a winter skating program on the frozen pond in the nude of course not- we wear our clothes just like everybody else when the weather it cold explains mrs pries the ontario electrical radway historical association is located right next door to sunny acres but the two groups of hobbyists are separated by a dense growth of trees nudism has been a hobby and a sway of life for the pries family for the past 14 years they took it up in germany before they came lo canada in i960 and opened their first sunny acres at the 20 sideroad site in 1961 their four children ranging in age from five to 17 alto love nudism sunny acres it one of about is nudist camps in ontario nudism first started around 1903 in europe and spread to canada just before the second world warcanidat first club opened in 1939 memberships are primarily open to families only and only a few single persons are accepted visiter hr from holland mr thys dehain arrived saturday july 5 from friesland holland to visit with hit brother mi and mrs frits dellaan and family maria street acton he will spend three months here and at the same time his mother and father are alto writing their ton frib and family from holland mr dehain it actually here on an agricultural training course moving among local larmert in holland he it attending an agricultural university dumps can be beautiful garbage dumps can be beautiful the township of east nltsouri in oxford county hat carried out a landfill operation that hat been aesthetic at well at sanitary each year over the past 10 year the township garbage dump his been covered with fill so that tree seedlings could be planted spruce and pine have been set out on thai portion which wai covered over with toll and there hit been progretalve establishment of a green forest mantle the number of frees planted each year his varied from several hundred to 6000 this green belt acts at screen to restrict the unstghtlineaaoftha small disposal pit and it alto effectively utilizes the undflll area in addition m nearby caretaker take pride in maintaining the appearance and proper use of the dump cities in europe have created aid hfllt and recreation areat from their piles of garbage although east nltsouri hat not reached that scale the township garbage dump la a fresh note in these day of disregard for the quality of environment

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