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Georgetown Acton Wadnew day Dec 1983 Wadnndvy by Mttrohnd Pubftshng Ltd at 59 Wow Ontario L7J 3D Mch17 Canada Don Ryder Diroctor of Advertising Ken Bellamy Hartley Coles Managing Acton the Pnniing Lid group of Aurora AtiypKJtanne Tha Emarpnaa Brampton Guardian Tha Burington Post Tha Post Tha Tha Markham Eco- nomart Sun Tha Champion Mauuug Era North York Baevat Friday Baavar Oahawa Tha Rchmond Tha Scarborough Mknx Tha Stouft- Trfcuna and lateral EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Murray EMr Mum Nancy ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT Advancing Managar Bfl Cook Davy BUSINESS ACCOUNTING OFFICE Manager Bravo councillors Wed like to heartily con gratulate all councillors for pledging to always do everything can to make sure theres an office in Acton where people can pay their taxes It may seem like a small matter but to the com munity it is very import ant It seemed appropriate that on the evening council lors bid an affectionate farewell to Mayor Peter they opted to also tell Acton they intend to carry on one of his most im portant promises to the community When Georgetowns Halton Hills Hydro Com missioners moved to try and close the local hydro bill paying office earlier this year tried to assure the community it wouldnt happen by pledg ing that as long as he is mayor there will always be a place in Acton where they can pay their taxes and other bills to local govern ment In fact pushed to have the Town office and hydro billing office com bined so wed have just one stop in town to handle all these types of business He also urged that this office be downtown to help boost local businesses Unfortunately that plan didnt work out he had to settle for joining Acton commissioner Doug Mason and Murt Allison to defeat Ten- nant and Bill Smiths move to close the office portion of hydros Acton operation With a commitment now from council to keep the of fice here open Acton will have to try and get the same commitment for the hydro office from whoever be comes our next mayor Also the community would be wise to make sure no move ment develops again in the direction of closing this much needed service to the community should there be an extended period of time before the new mayor joins the hydro commission GM Letters Our readers write Ys Men thank parade supporters God is our only hope Dear Sir On Sunday November mill tons comments people made about the film- Now this past week the Russians walked away from the conference table in Geneva and we became more scared again and there are good reasons for it Thousands of I am lure are going through everyones minds Docs Mr Andropov mean business Is Mr Reagan a warmonger who is right and who Is wrong Can Prime Minister Trudeau do something for peace Must we chose between an un godly communist system rather Red than dead or is the free enterprise capitalist not so godly Who controls this world anyway Satan If this awful nuclear war ever became reality will then Jesus appear Whos birthday we soon remember again Peace on earth What about Judgement day Maybe people in Hiroshima thought the same in IMS but nothing happened only the- dismal fact of many dead Could people be driven to total dlspalr with all the news that we can all go bang Of course not a believer fn Gods mercies always has hope and lives on We can not pray for healing and force God to solve our problems right now God Is not a magic pro blem solver Ps even if the barn la empty I will still praise God Maybe we have to repent and place our trust In God again If we do not account for God In our ways of living in the arts business entertainment politics and science we have all the reasons to be as scared as a of a thunderstorm If we try to dethrone God Me gets but If we confess our sins He Jesus is Just and forgives us That is the only hope we have in this world John Kamminga Dear Sir I wish to thank everyone who helped to organize and put on the 1B83 Acton Santa Claus Parade Acton Men organised the Parade Firefighters marshaled the parade The BI A Chamber of Commerce Acton Men Acton Ys the Hide House Legion Ladies private financial supporters con- Stop deer hunt Dear Sir RE The article Johnson Blasts Hunt 1 agree with the story about the deer hunt It is a poor excuse to try to control the deer population In your article you said anybody woo wants a No Hunting sign could have one free I think a lot of people should get them The farmers think they are los ing a lot of their crops but theyre not losing much at all If the far mers want to protect their field why dont they put up large fences around their crops hope they stop the hunt In the future because It should be stopped to protect the deer after all enough cars bit them at night anyway Smith trlbuted funds Regional Police handled traffic control The groups who entered floats all those people who marched or were on floats and of course Ron Douglas Santa and Bert Robertson Santas driver deserve hearty thanks too I was very disappointed in the of floats that were entered which were down from last year My thanks go to the Lions Club of Acton for turning up at the parade with four floats after they heard we were down on entries Thank you once again Come on fellow citizens and gel behind the Santa Claus Parade Make next years the best and big gest one so far Jones Chairman Acton Santa Parade Dear Sir Follow the yellow brick road to the wonderful land of Halton Hills It is only in this nevereverland that Town councillors and rich hos pital administrators can bold on to their jobs without having mastered even basic reading skills Now of course I refer to Morriss Hospital Administrator letter to theeditorof November In which he heaps congratulations oh Finn Poulstrup and mem here of council for the fine Job of bringing the first stage of the proposed municipal centre to fruition What municipal centre Mr Poulstrups letter very clearly in dicated This la not a decision to build a building Now of course we all know thats a little extra stuffing for the scarecrow too Like so many of the citizens of our community I suppose I am the cowardly lion unable to fully com prehend in camera meetings of council irregularities in bylaws lot levies and questionable reserve funds but lake heart we are not tinmen Im with you Norm Elliott Gloria Johnson BW Jones and Dr Alex We do not need a costly municipal complex What we need are road repairs side walks street lights and a host of other facilities that should take priority over a million dollar Monument to our town council Council Land of Oz While The Oz Is ballooning himself to the regional chairman ship the rest of the munchfdns would do well to remember that somewhere over the rainbow there is yet another election day and the cowardly lions have learned to bite Oh and Finn Id like to borrow your crystal ball If we could make a profit guaranteed on the mar ket maybe 1 could afford to match Mr Morriss well publicized pledge But alas theres no time Im late for a very important date Aunt Dorothy is bringing home a dome stadium for dinner Oh yes theres no place like home our home Come on folks lets fight to keep it real Ken Key Glen Williams Win war by prevention Dear Sir Many who watched The Day After may be wondering What can I do to prevent that Here are some suggestions which you will note apply equally to people on both sloes of the Issue those who think that more weapons will pre vent war and those who will feel safer when there are fewer nuclear devices around the world 1 Write to Pierre Trudeau House of Commons Ottawa in support of his current peace making mission 2 Write to Presidents Reagan and Andropov or to their embas sies in Ottawa urging that they resume sincere and earnest bargaining at the Geneva arms control talks US Ambassador Paul Robinson Wellington St Ottawa KlP Embassy of the USSR Suite Stewart Street Ottawa KlN 3 Write your MP same address as Trudeau or call their office John Otto Jeli- Operator for Zenith 58340 No stamp needed on letters to Parliament Ask for Informed discussion of the Issue in your school church or club Borrow books and films from the library As Christmas approaches treasure each moment with family and friends Practise peace at a personal level Yours truly Halton Hills Action for Nuclear Disarmament cote- Wall papering would make anyone grim Are you any way related to the guys who wrote the fairy tales the Brothers Grimm asked my spouse facetiously as wo the finish line on the bedroom renovation As I explained before in this column redecorating bouses la pot one of my favorite and there was on the last week of my vacation painting papering and trying to stay sane It was almost a hopeless task Taking the advice of Don and Ann Perry at Centre I painted the ceiling first after the last of the old was craped off and then last week started on the last stage which I thought would take me about two days No wonder I looked grim It was late Sunday afternoon days I pasted the but sheet of paper on the wan patience fast when I bed the pattern on upside down or croaked exactly bow go afloat all Use beads and arches She Mttm to paJBtoot I rapped sir and how bast to Her the patad Jab resetted the walls all turning out the same color Youd think I would have been grateful for the assistance praised her for ability to spot the flaw But do I was as grumpy as the surliest of the Seven Dwarfs Tins attitude was not lost on wife Visiting a neighbor across the road the subject Inevitably came up The who were already In toe midst of all the turmoil accompanies the wedding of their youngest daughter charitably asked bow I was wife puffing no punches said something ike The crotchety old bear is painting the bedroom When hes at It be turns Into a dif- a veritable Neighbor n hi wl Mi wife Said sue And names he steps outside wreathed to smiles and yens pleasant things at the neighbors I know the type Or words to effect an reported me by distaff side to say did situs for fumes from the paint Harney Cafes MsMgtagEdnw- dry My sinuses were playing bail Columbia with my temper If I soon didnt get oat of the bedroom I would fry with the stupid Canada Geese who have been hanging arou on Fairy Lake In order to reUeve the pressure she suggested I should assist her with the Christmas shopping for a couple of afternoons It would take me away from the morions fumes something to buy I like to enter the nearest store pick out the item and scram But I grasped at thia straw like a drowning man Anything to take me away from all that paint and empty walls So away we went The weather outside was frightful but since my disposition was similar I almost enjoyed shopping for Christmas gifts The came first of course Since they had visited us the previous Sunday afternoon and rescued me from the bedroom Job I felt more than the usual gratitude Ordinarily when the four of them visit us all at the same lime they can usually manage to abut off the furnace switch pull tubes off the water softener Jam up the bathroom sink and paint themselves several shades of red with end before we get all systems on alert And bead them off at the pass This time they also did a uwrougb inspection of the redecorating Job in the fingers In the off on the watts Wife says I did such a good Job I should turn in my union card and emerge as a paper hanger and painter Such blarney As I recall before be turned into a global scourge Hitler was a paper hanger I suspect It had something to do with the way he flipped his lid It takes a special kind of person to decorate and redecorate homes and buildings people with artistic bent born with the talent not a crotchety editor better suited to keys or meeting dead lines That why I was a little perturb ed when spouse said Notice bow the kitchen Door is deteriorating the paint wearing off the cup boards and the wallpaper looking frayed around the I suspect she bad another redecorating Job in mind and plans include me Shes fond of redtlng that old chestnut Nine lima an naves Livery kids Now the Job to done I look back Well news for her years ago Decembers Absurd arrogant mind boggling and absolutely unneces were terms used by about S3 Halton residents when they met at Nelson High School In Burlington last night to protest the ttJSOO pro posal for salaries for Halton Region al Councillors GH Dickson VP of Canada Packers Ltd announced the follow ing appointments were made at the annual meeting of Beardmore and Co Limited held In Acton Chairman of the board GD Mungal presi dent and general manager Dunham vice president Heard assistant general manager C A Conway SecretaryTreasurer Directors are SG Bennett CA Conway Dun ham an Heard Mungall LE 20 years ago Decembers 1HJ An upset election for school board In township saw two pre sent membersIncluding the chair manousted in a per cent vote Unrest over the transfer of pupils had brought delegations to the board meetings and feelings were running high An Acton area couple Mr and Mrs John Kreppl won themselves a two day trip by air to New York with alt expenses paid for doing the Polka The Acton Hydro wound up a nine month investigation and finalized plans to sign a pur chase agreement with Smith Brothers of Toronto for a new Aerial Squirt Boom at an approximate expense of Including equip ment Tenders also called for a 1964 chassis on which to mount the equip ment i 50 years ago November 1W3 The Council Chamber was hardly large enough Tor the crowd that as sembled for the annual meeting of Acton Hockey Club It was decided to enter both Junior and Intermedi ate teams In the OHA President is JM McDonald vicepresidents WD Talbot execu tive committee Dr EJ Nelson Jones Job Kentner secretary Nell Gibbons treasurer Graham is again trainer with assistants Masters and Titos Gibbons Herb Woods was chosen stick carrier for the Intermediate team and Elmer White for the Juniors All offices were filled by acclam ation Thetford reeve Jones Losby JE McMillan and council school board Dr HIG Gra ham WR Norton Dr AJ Buch anan McDonald The Public Utilities Commission comprises Reeve Thetford Kerr and 75 years ago December IKS Those interested in making child rens underwear from stockings are invited to the next meeting of the Womens Institute In the Council Chamber It is rumored that Acton has a storekeeper who is selling tobacco to school boys Halton Oil and Gas Company has its charter Mr Morgan has been quite successful exploit ing the company In this vicinity Would It not be better to continue the morning electric lighting system half an hour later the morning and turn on the current a Utile earlier in the evening years ago Decembers Its Mr Matthews Deputy Post master has opened an International news agency and prepared to re ceive subscriptions for any news paper In America and Great Britain One very satisfactory matter In connection with Beardmore and Companys business here Is the fact that the management to cases have made It a point to purchase material necessary in the construc tion of new and appurt enances from local dealers The Company has also employed as many local mechanics and labour ers as possible The trial of Janus Marry abas Mary Ben who tried to a buggy from Mr Matthews began this week and Judge Drew found the woman of larceny The Judge sentenced her but dauned under