Stop spraying on county roads Councillor Elliott i Press Wednesday April Reeve deputy see no harm in practice Acton councillor Norman Elliott has suggested Acton representatives on county council should use their influence to have the county roads committee reconsider a decision to spray roadsides with and using chemicals warning The chemicals have become the subject of a controversy at county council when the Rod and Gun Club pointed out the warning on the container advises it is not to be used on streams or open creeks because of possible damage to pregnant women However Reeve Frank who also Warden of dldn t agree with Councillor Elliott He said the opinion The Ontario Water Resources Commission and Pollution Probe supported the opposite point of view Now it had become a political Issue Fifty years ago we t do it declared the councillor there were no side effects on the environment Oakes failed to see the concern Users of the chemical have to be licenced find know how to use it There hod been no record of it killing animals matter was discussed at chemical had been investigated last weeks meeting of Acton thoroughly Reputable qualified persons have assured the road committee it is not harmful The road committee had turned down Change decision wont use spray council Mr Elliott an articulate spokesman for conservationists said he was concerned about the environment as a matter of conscience had done a great deal of reading on the matter Of special concern to him were the effects chemicals had on plant life but there were other side effects He felt that the county should use another brand of weed and brush killer as recommended by the county engineer if they would not change their mind about Halton County Council has vetoed a recommendation from the Roads Committee that urged continuation of a weed spray used 24ST as a spray because of here for the past few years The possible harmful effects but turned to 24 D with 245T In it as an alternative County roads are given one or two sprays a year said the reeve The townships do It too since spraying is the fastest and most weed spray has become a subject of great controversy At the committee meeting engineer D J Corbett suggested that although he felt the spray was safe it would be in the Interest of the county to economical way of controlling discontinue the use as a result of weeds and brush the adverse publicity the spray Matter of opinion received But Mr Elliott disagreed To More costly say the chemical is safe he The proposal he recommended declared was a matter of at that time and the one county council adopted Tuesday ternoon will cost the county an extra for the chemicals this year Mrs Herron of Oakville addressed council at the meeting yesterday Tuesday and urged that not be used She said she had been In touch with members of Pollution Probe and they were also concerned about the use of such a toxic spray The county will use D and this year Jim Swan borough Chairman of the Roads Committee suggested Atlacide had a tendency to brown grass and shrubs for about two weeks Delicious foods made by Nassagaweya club CLEANUP DAY at Robert Little school netted these four youngs lads four bags full of dead leaves and other debris Staff Photo why drink milk was the roll call answered at the third meeting of the Nymphs held at Hie home of Mrs Terrier Milk is big business getting your money worth costs of skim milk custards and cottage cheese were topics of discussion member helped with the making of a cottage potato salad to conclude the meeting At meeting four of the group salmon dip and cheese crisps were the order of the day Roll call was answered by something which affects the price of milk Milk and people through the day with dairy foods milk for every age and income dairy foods In diets dips for chips and toppings were discussed Susan and Irene Kidd made the lunch P C annual federal Progressive Conservative Association is holding its annual meeting and election of officers on Thursday evening April at pm Tho meeting is at the on Highway Clappison Corners President James Swanbo rough of Burlington reports Nathan Nurgitz national president of the PC Party In Canada will be guest speaker Acton Calf Club meets By Cathy The first regular meeting of the Acton Calf Club was held on Monday April 12 1971 at the Acton Community Centre at Grant covers tree removal by Henry J Stanley The Capital Grant Program was extended as of April 1 to cover the removal of diseased dead elm trees on Ontario farms Farms with gross sales of or more can now receive up to assistance with the removal of these diseased trees To qualify the farmer must apply to the agricultural office and have the affected trees marked The wood must be disposed of or piled In a satis factory manner This grant amounts to per tree for a maximum of 100 trees This grant Is in addition to the amounts available under other sections of the capital grants pro- assistance with bull s ponds wells and fence ram dead elms scattered throughout our countryside are not only verydlstrcting but very dangerous Farmers are now starting to work their fields driving underneath these dead trees If they are cut down and disposed of there Is much less chance of a farm accident Fourteen members and club leader Nino Russell Murray Butchers and Bill Lasby were present President Carol SomerviUe led the members in repeating the Fledge Following the roll call the minutes of the last meeting were adopted as read by secretary Beryl McEnery The various projects available to calf club members were then discussed These include caring for and keeping records on a calf a yearling and a cow Russell Murray explained about the club leaders visits to be held later In the summer months Nino led a discussion concerning Care of a Calf Russell Murray continued the discussion on the topics of Selecting a Calf and Feeding and Management With the aid of a diagram Bill explained to the members the parts of a cow stomach and their functions With the assistance of all leaders a discussion on dairy breeds and their origins was held After several plans were made for the May meeting John Salmon Country TV Centre SALES SERVICES Highway Line Specializing in TV Service to all makes Rockwood RR Guelph tat Moon for your Benjamin Moores finest interior latex wad finish S HOLDEN OPTOMETRIST 34 Cork St East GUELPH Phone TA Occasions Cut Flowers Potted Plants Funeral Arrangements Corsages Etc Open 7 Week lim Til Daifc WE WIRE FLOWERS ANYWHERE Caroline Flower Garden Shop TWO MLB OF ACTONSOUTH SIDE OF HIGHWAY REGAL WALL SATIN u Choose from colon Soap and water cleaning Ira high hiding Available in Quarts at S3 99 Sal goad or day Watch For Our Spring Sale Which Gets Underway Next Week Gordon Hardware Ltd MILL ST ACTON Benjamin Moore Paints Acton other county council insecticides wiped out whole representative was also omenta w jif Articles unperturbed about the issue read he continued showed how Deputy Reeve G McKeniie song birds ate seeds said a professor from the contaminated by the Insecticide University of Guelph a ground water was contaminated recognized expert on the subject animals and birds drank the told county council there was no water the cycle continued All danger if the chemicals were the effects on the environment used properly and the answers will probably never be known satisfied my mind me reeve asked the councillor You could get a great diversity if it t more Important to do of opinion retorted Mr Elliott things the county level even and he doubted county council though it meant sacrificing a few would bring someone who song birds But Mr Elliott disagreed with them to testify replied the some attitude existed He a recognized authority in the States and now have replied the reeve few birds He the Not concerned county roads committee He is a botanist said Mr more concerned with ionI and as such Is not preserving the en v In concerned with other aspects of because they had liir ihe environment He alluded to se of ma lie newspaper reports of the controversy but the reeve CoBt not lector cautioned the councillor to be Reeve Oake dented coat hud careful of what he read been a factor In determining Some reports he said were what chemicals would be used far remote from the truth What and again cautioned the damage Is being done he councillor about believing all he enquired read In the newspapers One Councillor Elliott said the use sentence out of context he said of DDT and the effect on the coultl color the entire Great Lakes was a good example The reeve said he was collecting all the misstatements from one county dally in the south and putting them in a scrap book Councillor Elliott replied there was poor Journalism around but there was also concerned journalism which often hit home at the facts He said he considered asking Acton Council request the county not to use these Insecticides reeve replied hat any request from Acton would be entertained and given every consideration but the committee had received a lot before deciding to use the mixture of chemicals Both the reeve and councillor attend meeting first Meeting of the Acton Field Crop Club was held In the Acton Community Centre Ten members attended the meeting Nino welcomed the group and introduced the club leaders The roll call was answered by naming the projects being undertaken The body of the meeting Included soil sampling preparing a seed bed right hay and fertilizer mixtures for a certain land and how to plant the seed At the fifth meeting of the group guest for the evening was Halton Home Economist Mrs Bannister Chicken a la king and cheese drop biscuits were made by the group Planning meals around the main course white sauce adds protein cheese is protein and cream In the main course were discussed and Illustrated The group concluded the continued their discussion after evening with plans for the next the meeting meeting NOTICE Residents In the township of Excerpt from the Dog Tax and Live Stock and Poultry Protection Act Revised Statutes of Ontario 1960 Chapter HI When dogs may be killed Any person may kill a Dog that is found killing or injuring live stock or Poultry that in a Township or Village Is found between sunset and sunrise straying from the premises where the dog is habitually kept that is found straying at any time and not under proper control upon premises where live stock or poultry are habitually kept RSO s 1965 c 33 s MANURE COMPOST WEED FREE STEAM STERILIZED Government Recommended for SHRUBS GARDENS vegetable LAWNS COMPOST TOP DRESSING FOR IAWNS ONE INCH OF MANURE COMPOST WILL KEEP YOUR LAWN IN GOOD CONDITION ALL SUMMER LONG HOLDS MOISTURE IN SANDY LOAM MIX WITH CLAY TO BREAK IT UP COMPOST FOR FLOWERS AND SHRUBS FOR BEST RESULTS MIX MANURE COMPOST WITH SOIL BEFORE PLANTING FLOWERS OR SHRUBS THEN APPLY ONE NCH OF COMPOST OVER THE PLANTS CASH AND CARRY 35c Bushel 3 Bushels for 100 Bushels for 300 a load 5 yds PICK UP AND DELIVERY MUSHROOM FARM 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