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Pet please HAVE YOU GOT ROOM in your heart and your home Tor two beautiful slivergrey and white kitten These little furry friend were brought la the abetter la in the hopes of being adopted by a loving family When a stranger walks through the Animal Control Shelter In Mils tolls wag and lards wistful eyes plead take roe A tiny brown and black part dachshund a large brown germon shepherd a brown and white terrier and a colored sit in their freshly scrubbed pen waiting to be claimed by their rightful owners If no one claims mem In hours they win meet be fate of all be others who have gone before them All animals ore taken to he research centre Guelpb University to be destroyed If homes ore not found within a reasonable length of time said Joe manager of the Halton HlUs Animal Control Service During be first week of January he stated stray dogs have been through the shelter They bad been picked up In all parts of North If a stray bos a licence we can identify and notify the owner Immediately Mr Kirley pointed out You then pick up your animal between and weekdays or bet ween 1 and 3 in Saturdays A fine of is charged plus a day for pound fees He added that a dog licence Is insurance against toss If your dog Is picked up by someone else It s Just a matter of a phone call to the pound to identify tbe owner You then reclaim your pet at no charge The shelter Is presently undergoing renovations to accommodate tbe Increasing number of stray pets wan about The large cement block garage baa been converted and 15 new pens have been added to the existing seven Each freshly painted enclosure is sanitized and disinfected before a new canine resident moves in They are warm wellfed and treated to on abundance of tender loving care by the two fulltime two parttime employees But we can only keep them until pens are full and then we must dispose of tbem in be Mr Kirley said He said last Monday all tbe pens were full and all the animals had to be removed Tuesday and Wednesday seven more dogs were brought In Not the animals are strays Sometimes a person will bring a dog or cat in to be sold We guarantee finding a borne but we do try If Its a good pet with pa pen we have a better chance of adoption but If It bos no strata and not been spayed we won keep it much after the three- day limit Surprisingly this Christmas Mr Kirley noted there were no calls for puppies He said they kept a few pups around to fill requests of previous years But there were no requests I guess It Just too expensive to keep a pet like everything else Do you have room in your home and your heart for a liny brown dachshund a large brown and black germ an shepherd a brown and white terrier a multicolored THE HERALD Wednesday lrlS Pages TAKE ME HOME two pairs of wistful not picked up in three days be will be sent to two Td to plead a waits in the Guelpb University Research Centre to be abelWrtobecLdmedbyitarlghtfuIownersIf disposed of Acton OPP are out but no one knows when Acton will be leaving town replaced by the Halton Regional Police Force Tbe problem is no one la sure when they go The former Hills contract with provincial police for Acton expired Jan 1 1975 but there has been no of ficlal announcement con centlng the future of A seven man detachment Including a corporal ore based on Willow Street to police tbe town Prior to the arrival of the OPP more than years ago Acton did have lis own police force consisting of two or three men Constable Bruce McArthur has worked as on officer In Acton for the past 13 years longer than any of he other officers working now He admitted that hell be sorry to leave town when the regional police take over 1 11 be sorry to leave he sold This is home In me not Just a place to work I think most of guys feel this way too Constable McArthur was originally transferred from Burlington to Acton He ex plained that during the post years there have been few changes In the owns OPP force In the beginning everything was controlled by the Burl detachment where there was a dispatcher he said The only radio link we had to the dispatcher was In the Now the have two cars and a monitor which is used to receive messages from tbe Milton dispatcher Bui the Acton OPP still can not send radio messages unless through the car system A second change noted by Constable Is tbe Increase In man power from five to seven This led to an expansion of offices from one room at the front of the building to the existing three rooms The band used to practise right about tbe office and It was sometimes difficult to work during the evenings and nights be uld Constable also out that tbe have a high turnover In tbe men during the last 13 years with at least a dozen who worked In town and left He said that Acton residents for the most part have always been Very good and friendly During he years as a resident ive tried to par In town activities not as a policeman but as a resident he said The other five constables working In Acton Include Ron Barrett Dave Boyes Duncan McAleese Murray For tbe post years the men have worked under the direction of Corporal Bob Arbour Arbour said he will be very sorry to leave Acton and has enjoyed working in smaller centres sines Joining tbe In the past Cpl Arbour was in London Port Stanley Port Franks and Port There a variety of work small towns which would be performed by special units in the larger centres be said An officer here covers Town residents on Oakville board Three Georgetown residents have been named to Che board of governors for the new Oak vilfe Centre for the Mentally Retarded presently being built in townhouse style on the site of the former Barracks complex In Mrs Ruin Mitchell Rev Peter Barrow and Mr Leslie Griffiths will represent Georgetown on the board They will Join Larry Morris Harry Foster Telfer John Wood of Colin of Milton Dr Richard and Cor of Brampton George of Acton Alice Scheer of Burlington Yvonne Van Exan Anne of Oakville and Jean Millar of Campbell The board wilt maintain and operate the ISO bed centre scheduled to be completed In the summer of The centre will provide commodatlon and program mlng for adults and children under the of 18 years formerly living in In solutions The remaining 30 beds will comprise a chronic care centre for persona requiring constant attention types of complaints Cpl Arbour added that most of the men are still waiting to hear what will happen In 1975 He said that the four family men may be transferred to Milton or detach ments and the single men could go anywhere But nothing Is finalized yet One thing he pointed out is that the number of dally oc curences from minor accidents to the more serious types of crime are increasing In Acton as he population grows During the last five years there have been three murders but only one or two during the years before that IT and a higher crime rate be said adding that drug use has also Increased during tbe last five years and may be con tributing to the Increased crime rate Cpl Arbour did have so luck when he came to Acton and heard that police equipment used mora than a years r was stored In the town va Two items be kept were guns used by either the original squad or the town police force The guns he said are exactly the same as present day guns used by the OPP except they have a smaller calibre Cpl Arbour explained that sand tbe guns found In the vault are colt 31 a He added that some other equipment Including uniforms badges hats and bolsters were also found stored away It been really great here Cpl Arbour said The people are good and usually cooperate fully with the police CHECK OUR SPECIAL AIRPORT RATE Station Wagon 8771878 8777722 GO GLEN TAXI Edward Schroeder D DOCTOR OP CHIROPRACTIC EAST BRAMPTON Telephone Haul HOUR SERVICE CLINIC PARKINS ITS OUR ANNUAL JANUARY allBita i Continuing WITH EVEN GREATER VALUES WINTER COATS SNOW SUITS PANT SUITS PRICt Many Other Lines Of ASSORTED CHILDRENS WEAR Vz OFF GEORGETOWN MARKET CHILDRENS WEAR