Halton Hills Images

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), June 8, 1977, p. 22

The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

B8 The Acton Free Press Wednesday Gala opening of new centre SPORTS CENTRE by Kerry Chalmers Sports Centre was officially opened Satur day while a large turnout of village and area residents watched the ceremonies The Pipe Band enter tained the crowd until Master of Ceremonies George Day got things underway Guests Jack Johnston MPP Bill Adsett of Eramosa Township and Dis trict of Lions Inter national Dougald Campbell all wished the best for this new centre Lions president Walter Swanston and Barb president of the Lion- thanked the many People and organizations responsible for the building Scouts cubs guides brownies and baseball and soccer organizations all had representatives there In form These children represented the youth of the village John chairman of the hall was present on be half of local artist Jack Held who presented a painting to be hung In the hall Cutting the ribbon was done by Thomas of who represented the Sunshine Club The plaque and gold key were presented to president Walter Swanston by Mr Parker of Parker Con and Mr Swanston turned this over to Reeve Bill who the door Lloneltes served tea codec and fruit bread to community residents who were welcomed in to tour the building A dance and buffet for a mum crowd put the finishing touches on the day Caretaker of the Rockmosa Sports Centre is Bob Gordon If you wish to book the hall you can call Mr Gordon at home at or phone the hall and record your message and he will contact you The number of the hall is BS69O00 Threatens park with closure ft i i urn mm w umHMIII II MEMBERS OF the Hespeler Pipe Band practice a dance They danced for the crowd inside the hall A member of the group is Judy Brain daughter of Harold and May Brain nee Hilts FRUIT BREAD coffee and tea were served to the guests who were asked to come in and tour Centre People were surprised at the size of the hall once inside Family fined 1000 but house may remain Chain The continuing saga of the Grand River Conservation Authority versus the family Is in its final chapter In provincial court in Guelph on Monday Brian and Sandra were con of building without a permit and fined the mum amount of SI DM for do ing so compromise however has been worked out between the two parties If the Lilians raise home three feet and do extensive waterproofing work to the foundation according to R C A will not to tear down their house Mr was told this was not to set a precedent for other homeowners living withsn a flood plain but due to the extenuating stances of this case he would home as a permanent residence if he met the conditions of the compromise The will do so feel bitter about the whole matter They want to stay in Eden Mills and raise their family but w ill find the financial burden of meeting these specif cations very great Background The difficulty began in when they bought a cottage in Eden Mills with the under standing that renovating this into a permanent famil dwelling would pose no pro blems Trouble began when the township building specter suggested they check things out with Grand River Conservation who informed them they ere a flood plain and could not build permanent residence After negotiations with the R C A he was given the go on a summer home only with permission to live there until this construction was completed He began work in the spring hut was stopped in by the who told him he exceeded the nam of the permit The felt they had done all work cording to the outlined pro posal that had been approved The issue ended up in pro vincial court in January where they were ordered to tear down the structure by May Mr hired a new law firm in Guelph and an engineering firm from Kitch On Monday lawyers Bill Vorvis Peter and Bruce Grey wtre in court with the engineer and were involved in working out the No wt don is no point in continuing legal action when we must concentrate on the expense of the Drastic methods could be token to a lifeguard Is hired for the Conservation Authority park At Monday evening Era township council meet ing councillor Dave Masson threatened to tell the author to close the park or UFOs seen in Milton Two possible 0 sightings have been made at Milton In the last couple of weeks An orange doughnut shaped object was observed hovering over the CP railway tracks near a social club by a 12 voir I on The object hovered briefly and disappeared On the same evening a couple served through binoculars green red and orange lights revolving around a UFO The I moved slowly across the sky Police were unable to explain the lights Politicians last pitch Candidates in Thursday s provincial election made their final pitches to woo voters this week THISTLE CUSTODIAL SERVICE Complete INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL and RESIDENTIAL CLEANING ope by Ch phone 8531846 Big rally for unity Folks from and area about 800 of them danced and sang in front of city hall in a bid to strengthen Confederation Guests in the demon included Flora Progressive Coaservative MP for Kingston and the Islands Senator Jean More hand and former leader of the Federal NDP David Lewis The rally was staged by a group which calls itself Option Canada The group Is composed of representatives from labor service organizations bus iness churches and govern All three speakers touched on the election of the Parti and how to keep confederation intact Bert Davidson It 2 danctd Jig with Mora McDonald Tory MP for Kingston and the Islands during the rally Mr Davidson Is president of the Acton Golden Age Club A photo of the pair dancing was carried in the Kitchener Waterloo Record 32 ALBERT ST GEORGETOWN 877 7473 QUAUTY PLANTS AT REASONABLE PRICES bedding plants Petunias a Mangold b Salvia Verbena Dahlia Zinnias VEGETABLES Begonias Impatiens Geraniums QCO Ivy Geraniums Celery Onions Cauliflower Broccoli Pepper Cabbage Sprouts 710 PER BOX Eggplant HOURS SAM to DUSK EVERYDAY UNTIL JUNE PEAT MOSS FERTILIZER SALE 4 cu ft Peat Moss so ft Peat Moss HillvlewCattleManureOlbs Hillvlew Cattle Manure lbs SogreenLawnFertilizor77760lbs So green Lawn Fertilizer lbs Ron So green Wood Feed 10 lbs Rot 1085 For As Long As Supplies Last FOR EVERY WORTH OF PURCHASES PINK GERANIUM FREE We also supply grass seed lower and vegetable seeds insect killers and other garden products drain the lake while there are no guards at the designated swimming area The matter came under discussion after councillor John pointed out guards were not going to be hired this year He expressed great concern over possible fatalities at the site because of the great many people swimming in the park He suggested council take some action Deputy Reeve Henry said he thought if a warning sign was up that there wis no lifeguard all liability was off the park deputy reeve Belly Lou Clark who attending the meeting on a different matter pointed out there was some law about a doctrine of allurement It was pointed out thai at the present time there ore boots going in and out of the swimming area people throwing rocks into the water at other swimmers and a lot or other hazardous actions us stopped by a lifeguard Council passed a motion to strongly request the Grand Conservation Authority provide a lifeguard park STONE United Church Beef Barbecue June IS at New Township Park on Rood Dinner served train or shine BOO m Adults WOO Idrcn under pre school tree For phone S ONLY SPECIALTY LIGHTING STORE CHATELAINE LIGHTING York Road Bright Ideas for all your Lighting Needs EXTENSIVE SELECTION OF HOUSE FIXTURES Door mes ty He it IBuebotrd ng lal on Hoods Fins etc FREE PARKING j Si tc T When Is Your Automobile WHEN OVER PEOPLE READ IT IN Drive your message home using our classified ad section It II steer you right to the people you wont to reach If you re interested buying or selling a new or used car this is the place fo find your Coll us today 8532010 COLOUR ME HAVE FUN BUT WATER SAFETY WEEK JUNE JUNE ACTIVITIES POSTER CONTEST in ail schools Buddy SwmNlght Thursday Acton Buddy Swim and Flm night 6p m FindoFloot CPH film Every of vat of Children and ad out through drowning CaralaitnaMor lack of tha Inharant dan gar In all aquailo la flan ha On local Rad Croaa off an a of

Powered by / Alimenté par VITA Toolkit
Privacy Policy