Regional ball of yarns Darcy does then doesnt By the editor The story of regional government is starting to unwind like a ball of yarn with snarls and burrs Will and Peel unite in holy wedlock or will the two counties go it alone According to press reports from the different municipalities who have met with the minister of municipal affairs the Hon McKeough there is some difference of opinion After a three hour meeting with council McKeough said he had made no definite decision on whether to proceed with regional government in and Peel No decision will be made April he told newsmen But Burlington councillor Wesse Gall said that although Darcy McKeough prefaced his remarks by stating no final decision lias been made it looks to me like Burlington is definitely going into a Peel region According to a timetable set out by Mr McKeough a formal announcement will be made in April will be tabled in May and an election will follow in September Gall said Then in stepped Energy and Resources Minister George Ken He called Gall statement unfortunate Mr said he doubts there will be a regional government in Peel Halton for another 18 months or two years Kerr said if Darcy mentioned Burlington in the same breath as PeelHal ton it was only as a basis for tentative plans a position he has maintained since Burlington was included in his draft proposal for a Peel Halton region Almost per cent of Burlington voters who showed up at polls in December said they preferred Peel Halton to Hamilton The plebiscite was to against joining the steel city This was against the recommendations of the Steele committee which preferred Hamilton Further reports from Burlington meeting with Mr McKeough also Indicate voters from Peel and will go to the polls Sept to elect a regional government Legislation uniting the two counties has been drafted and will be introduced to the legislature soon According to reports the bill contains a major surprise Increasing the number of seats on the regional council from to in order to double representation of the northern rural municipalities including the Acton region Southern Halton representatives are dismayed to find the Acton region may have two seats for a population of while Burlington who has 80 people may only gel four scats Under the old plan Acton would only get one Seating arrangement for the Peel hook up Mississauga with ISO would have seven scats Burlington 000 four scats Oakville 55 three seats Brampton four seats Georgetown two seats North Peel 13 000 two seats Milton 12 two seats Acton 10 000 two scats Orangevillc is considered to be left out Reports also indicate Burlington is upset about having only one spokesman for people while Acton which will include most of Nassagaweya and part of will get one for 000 The victory then in the battle for representation by population and area would thus go to Reeve Anne MaeArthur and council and has already brought charges McKeough is catering to the rural area But not to be outdone stepped into the fray again on Monday and denied a decision had been made to include Burlington in the Peel hook up or that legislation was prepared So you lay your bets on the horse you think will tonic in first Personally we are betting on a Halton eel wedding with Burlington a reluctant bridesmaid But wc doubt if Hamilton will dance at the wedding to the McKeough reel or the Kerr stomp Ask more teeth in dog control One Acton resident wants more teeth the canine contd by law so town dogs will have less bite Chuck Wright told council Tuesday he and his wife were afraid to walk then dog along now following attacks by a large pooch from that neighborhood The last one sent Ins pet to the hospital with broken ribs It was he second occasion his dog had been jU and the fifth time it was attacked by the same dog Mr Wright proposed an to the bylaw to define a vicious dog That dog has an antipathy to my dog and there nothing I can do to stop him when he attack Bylaws don make much difference Halfprice sale here Nobody knows than the Fra Press the value of Wo deal with it very hear of the successful results from march win But for tit frit lima the Frw Press it holding sate of its own one of those popular two for the sales What being sold is advertising and any merchant who buys a quarter page ad gets a half page instead same price A half page blossoms to full page for the halfpage rate Iti in time for Easter end quite a few merchants are already planning their ads for the special Issue on March Detail Read the advertisement I There is no control over a large number of dogs in town Mr Wright said he and his wife always attempted to exercise control over their own pet They felt things were getting out of hand when it wasn t safe to walk streets for fear of dogs Deputy Reeve Tyler backed up Mr Wright His dog is never out of control he said There was also another complaint from Poplar Ave where a dog ripped all the laundry off a clothes line We have a bylaw It a case of enforcing it said Councillor McKenzic The mayor thought maybe something new added to the by law would help control the dogs In they say every dog is entitled to one bite Mr Wright testified Why don you carry a large club the deputy reeve asked solicitously was carrying one replied Mr Wright and 1 broke it over the dogs back But try fending off a dog on slippery ice he told Mr Tyler Council promised to look into canine control matters and sec what could do The towns clock strikes out The Free Press was on hand to set the old post office lose face as workmen removed inds and then took the and let it fall on the debris which clutters up the bottom of the building With faces gone and Roman numerils missing the old post office tower looked like a huge bird house with entrances leading to empty nest expect to have the well built brick structure completely levelled this week The town fathers hope to have a new clock in the business section soon supplied by a bank Turn inside for the story f A f I Chairman lauds Mens meef Acton Board of Parks Management and Recreation Committee chairman Peter Marks praised the Acton s Mens Club for the job Ihey did in organizing the recent snowmobile races on Fairy Lake At Thursday night regular board meeting chairman Marks said he appreciates local service clubs accepting the responsibility of organizing such events since it helps the board offer a better recreational program Year No 35 ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 1970 Twenty Pages F Cents New banks additions alter face of Acton Hie emphasis will be on money as eh in business section transform the town s main street Actons two existing banks will soon be joined by two new ones But it is the new building that will be constructed it the corner of Mill and Willow streets for the Toronto Dominion bank that will change the towns face most wreckers from Guelph ire well on the to finishing the demolishing job THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA recurves a face lifting in renovat that will materially alter the business sect on of town Staff Photo The horn blows at midnight- children jump out of skins I ve seen my children literally jump out of their skin when a tram went by Wc ve got si me thing to control the horns on those trams a Mowbray Place resident council Tuesday said that and a lot more about he noise of C N trains during the He said the problem has increased since the railway saw lit to close station facilities in Acton Those of us who dwell in the area and particularly the properties backing on tin railway line are now sulfering unadulterated he a lie wrote council The amount of rail traffic increased and some of the goods trams miles long are so heavily loaded property vibrates Bui the worst part is the blasting of the horns It unbearable Pollution control and noise control go lund hand the brief declared Council didn t agree They sympathised and promised to Write and fmd out what they could do about it Mr Parker also complained about the speed of the trains Fifty five miles an hour is my lie said They used to shunt a lot at nights but since the has been closed out there has been less shunting but goods trams thunder through at a pretty good clip They start at the dump crossing and blast all the way up he said It s bad enough through the day but the middle of the night when you re trying to get a decent sleep it is positively indecent Mayor Duby recalled Mr Parker had been to council with similar about two years ao He said council been reluctant to pa any mi is by laws becau municipalities who attempted control n use Councillor felt speed could be controlled He related a personal incident lie followed a doing miles an hour approaching Acton It they are come through town at speed he concurred they sure going to hit the horn hard I live close proximity too said Creel but some keep I down others nuke noisy Yes agreed Mr Parker St me art thought ul bear down Well if had the choice of being by a train or hearing a whistle I d sure rallier have the deputy Reeve Tyler said Mr Parker extended an open invitation to anyone who wants to sleep at his house a night get first hand information He no takers He said lie represented seven households Council wilt send a letter asking how they can control ise and ii there can be an alternative to whistle The mayor praised Mr for the method presentation Parker Tyler wants answers Acton dental problem Acton depuiy reeve Ted Tyler is still not satisfied with he County Denial and their treatment dental problems in his area of the county Ai Fridays county council meeting he asked If have a problem in Acton then we d to know what it is He was referring lo the recent uproar caused when Samuel Green head of the dental service was alleged have made certain statements regarding poor dental health in the Acton area Ihe itirij deputy reeve claimed I m not trying to Green or Hunter Halton s acting Medical Officer of Health to the wall all I want is answers Warden Allan Day told Mr Tyler a apology had been sent out by Hunter on behalf Green but lie replied they don want apologies ihey want action Mr Tyler told county council at its earlier meeting that Dr Green in the press interview had claimed the of the children in Acton were in poor shape and oral hygiene in the north of the county left a lot to be desired At Friday s meeting Mr Tyler revealed he had been doing some studying on lus own and found Acton s water to be naturally fluoridated with a count of I If fluorine a chemical which Continued on Page Acton old post landmark in the business section since The tall tower that housed the town clock is down this week and business is no longer overlooked by the Roman numerals on the face Soon a new modern bank will spring up it this historic corner and transactions will be dune in bills that carry likenesses of prune ministers of Canada when the country dealt in shin plasters and coins that were heavy with Silver A few yards cast and the Hank of Nova is undergoing a face lifting that Will completely transform the once plain structure It is getting a new face with huge bright windows that should give the bank an airy look when combined with the new addition on the rear and a new interior Almost directly across the street in the former Morris Pharmacy workmen have started on a reconstruction program for another new bank the Imperial Bank Commerce An extension to the rear of the building is planned to supplement existing space Plans arc also being made to an addition on the newest Acton bank the Bank of Montreal on the west corner of Mdl and Willow Sis The addition will completely fill the of the property and help alleviate crowding in the busy bee hive Mill St to SI Store is getting a new front Carpenters arc also busy in the former McLcod antique store modernizing the premises hast on Mill to almost the railway tracks a new supermarket is under construction at the corner of Mill and I where the tennis courts used to stand conjunction with lawn bowling greens It is expected the new Kitchen fire smothered Acton firefighters answered a call to a kitchen fire at the home of Jim James Churchill Road Sunday night about A pot of fries boding on a stove caught fire singeing cupboards and causing smoke damage to the ceiling The fire was smothered by the time firefighters arrived Foodway store will open in May Exterior the building is well on the way to completion On Mam St North Dominion Hotel is the Pollution feared Nixes in Halton There will be no super jetport in if Halton Region Conservation Authority lias its way are to conserve some of the things wc think are important trying build a clean environment chairman Barry Humphreys of Burlington told the authority Saturday But if the federal government allows a rumored jetport for super jumbo jets in it will bring in some ol the worst pollution factors ever imaginable he added Authority members agreed to meet with the Hamilton Region Conservation Authority whose chairman Tom Beckett is also against a jetport in this area to draft a joint protest Humphreys said the location of the proposed is still shrouded in secrecy but leaks in the press ViccUiairman Allan Wright also of Burlington said the jetport would destroy everything we arc trying to do Member Don Coverdale East said it would be less expensive to expand the Malton airport than built a new one Nassagaweya Reeve Mrs Anne Mac Arthur on hearing the airport would lake up 40 to 000 acres exclaimed that the whole of and Reeve George Cufrie joined in by admitting there t be much left of acre township if the jetport went in there The Authority will also ask the neighboring Credit Valley Conservation Authority if it Is interested in joining the protest But an immediate meeting of the executive committee with Hamilton was approved undergoing alterations to improve facilities Builders soon hope to remove the large house at the south corner of Main St and Church to make way for five new stores and connecting apartments The flurry of activity especially the presence of two new banks has precipitated much speculation that something big is in the offing for Acton or the district which would require the presence of much money hence the banks Others merely shrug and accept the inevitable that the small town will eventually disappear due to pressures from the city and Acton will grow larger and faster than most residents want it to Give no trouble licence granted One of the last items of business conducted at Nassagaweya Tuesday night was the renewal of a After an hour rapping sand and gravel pits and their methods of operation council renewed ihe licence of Crushed Stone Ltd situated on the Sixth Line They haven t given us any trouble said the reeve as she signed the motion which allows the renewal to take place Will appeal acquittal crown attorney Douglas announced La it week that he intends to appeal a provincial court acquittal of a dangerous driving charge against an Acton man involved in a motorcycle fatabty bit fall Daniel 22 was acquitted in court in on February by Judge Michael One of the cyclists Leonard Vorey died in the crash on Highway at Ajax Engineering plant Dan was in hospital for several months He claimed he was not the driver when the motorcycle was In collision with a car Eyewitnesses were uncertain which of the men was the driver MERL HARRIS has a Joint byluse in the last of Ontarion a pub beat ion from the University of Guelph helped write a fullpage story on the current shut down of the paper