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Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), May 4, 1977, p. 3

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Firefighters requirements dont include town hall To do a proper job of ac commodating the needs of the Acton Firefighters the old town hall has to come down and a second story added to the present threebay building on Bower Avenue according to firefighter Jim Mr outlined the needs of the department as far as room equipment and parking is concerned In a telephone interview Tuesday Training room Meeting and training rooms would be placed upstairs A training room is now at the back of the hall Space created by shifting the training room from the downstairs Would be filled by equipment and two additional vehicles a tank truck and a rescue van The new vehicles would raise the total in the depart ment here to five The rescue van would carry some firefighters who now to the back of speeding pumper trucks Square off To do a good job Mr said the fire fighter building would have to be squared off Part of the town halls stage overhangs one of the bays Adequate parking for fire fighters would result If the town hall comes down Mr Thomhill said Twenty parking spaces would take the place of the 96- year old building Mr was present at a works committee meeting last week that con the needs of the Acton Firefighters He and several other firefighters have been meeting with councillors on the need for more space The Acton Free Press Wednesday 3 Heritage visitor Doug Cook of the Ontario with some of the people Heritage called a public meeting the Free Press Tuesday of interested citizens for to say he would be Thursday evening coming to town this afternoon Wednesday to look over the town hall He asked direc Heredity is a major factor tions to the building assessing your chances of is hoped he can confer acquiring heart disease THE DRIVER WAS UNHURT when this dump truck driven by T Gavilanes of Brama lea upset when rounding the curve at the tion of Road Halton Road and Highway 7 Friday at a Gavilanes said Heritage Wintario for town hall to Publish dumpers V CI 1 1 CI I I I V V I I I I CI 1 1 Councillor may yield u name which can roadside his brakes failed as he rounded the intersection at approximately 30 miles per hour The truck struck a guard post on the north side of the ramp continued out of control rolling over on its left side Damage to the truck is estimated at Grants for restoration of the town hall would be avail able from both the Ontario Heritage Foundation and Wintario an of the Ministry of Culture and Rec reation told the Free Press Tuesday Told of the sudden decision to raze the town hall here he said off thecuff that s a real shame irrespon sible to to the heritage of the community ridiculous He told of a similar case in the town of Exeter where the town hall owned by the municipality was vacated It became neglected It was decided to remove the bell tower in bad repair as Acton sis The job which was expected to take two hours for took two days and cost several thousands It was a Police want better office Regional police won miss the precinct on Willow Street if the destruc of the old town hall means a different police office I certainly hope we find better accommodation than what wo have Superintend Floyd Schwann said Tuesday Next week citizens will have a chance to present ideas for preserving the year old hall Regional police have used the Willow Street office as a base since the force took responsibility for the town in the fail of lff5 Ontario Provincial Police kept shop in the same office for a quarter of a century and town police hung their hats there before the cials took over big mistake This prompted concern and citizens gathered to learn total repair Actons estimate is From the Heritage Founda they received a grant of and they raised money which was matched by the municipality and by Win tario Good start Cost of demolishing the building and putting it into order as a parking lot would go a long way toward pro viding the town share of restoration costs the official pointed out This cost was estimated by councillor at The Department mends a variety of uses in such a building including a Its safe Continued from Page 1 If the second floor is to be used for offices or a meeting hall then it would have to be refurbished A new building designed to accommodate offices and town needs such as offices could cost more in the end he said I not suggesting it be condemned as unsafe he declared Pure nonsense Police OK 36800 Twelve minutes were taken examine and ratify in April accounts by Regional Police Com mission during a regular meeting last Thursday at Shoulder Roast Sirloin Tip Top Round Roasts I if Blade Short Rib Roasts Choice PRIME RIB ROAST lb 99 Lean Stewing Beef Boneless Point Brisket Lean Ground Beef 1 Lean Pork Shoulder Roasts 89 Fresh Small Link Sausage 95 FOR YOUR FREEZER Lean GROUND BEEF LB FREEZER LOVELL BROS MODERN MEAT MARKET i 77 Mill St E commercial use if feasible He felt the first thing a citizens group should do would be to get council to agree not to demolish the building A week is hardly time enough to get organized the official said Decisions t be made In the dark At least other Ontario communities have set up local Architectural Conserva Advisory committees such as Burlington Oakville Flam borough and Other towns Acton s size have accomplished It Money is also available for studies and actual restoration costs he said He is sending information by mail but It is not likely it will arrive time for day night s meeting Councillor Powadiuk may yield name which can roadside garbage but the rubbish before a conviction one of the iural Milton he traced court held the town had to could be registered Without councillors who is really The ad in the paper might prove the parties had actually such proof the town lost the down on roadside dumpers read Mr and Mrs been seen dumping the case these diys had a new idea at so did you misplace your a council meeting last week on the Second Line I would like to print their north of Campbell the names in tht paper he told councillor 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