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Ac to Wed day 1971 Acton designers house dream CONSULTAN I Austin Bill inspects plans for low cost housing he designed for a Fergus subdivision Staff Photo Acton consult int Bill Colbeck of tins done builders nil over the province time said was Impassible do limned ft three bedroom house which ells or less first home ha already been built in conjunction with Carl anil John I contractors at us and others arc In the process construction There were seven offers to the fn home In the first week tit We made some niislnkts In the first house Mr admits fuctly but we have eliminated them in the next two Mistakes to him are i rrors in ordering il not it deficiencies III there is only per cent material construction tpdiniques says it has taken him about six years to investigate how to lower house costs and put a detached m of an earner s iIhm aain Having lived in i vanctj himself and with designers eye for he has come up with the constructed til lerjus He attributes much of tin stictessif Die design in the first house to John the builder who his own ideas on how to construct a low cost house without lilt John lirsen Bill struck up a rapport from tin tune they worked together on another 1 project which the Acton dcsifni consultant id been a free hand to dream up a total concept liked other work rid ideas and gravitated naturally to a low lionie John had drawn up plans for the initial house which Bill reversed and incorporated s me of his that point they went on to things Ideas Ami the fei tuns have in rporatisi Ii to their houses I ilosets winch will hoi i drawer unit and lis tin ne for a lrcc in to loll Rill trill pi out this eives pe nut furniture tie like than pi me it tin only it will He th re is it jap furniiiu and win I is I Hint bluer with ihantfe fir sm tiler in ifi Ix of hi In h use win li rnsiues turn ever for a are rooms lend mi nine iillinf up of romus lav ill lie me owners can llieri plan and home lay lit with ml prejudice to rnc tin and fi The fir I me is split so ir mi witlout the who In a wine by rec is under Ihr r a where it an disturb lifjit sleepers A room is the ground i unfinished but with mule scope f r the in man to mini lums li Walk up living Almostall irea of the Icy Monday ruins low accident record JOHN LARS EN inspects plans for the houses he and his f have built in Fergus Real Estate Brokers told the Free Press the houses hive created brisk demand considering the slow state of rtnl estate in Fergus Staff Photo UPPER LEVEL il low used to maximum ago The uppnr I bed with floor id I doll a large liv rig room a room and Ian but not least a pat door Die North area v is peaceful accident wist report Milton until say Monday icy run slippery roads made driving i cautious affair OPP had to from 12 pm tod and four of the accidents involved personal Injuries No one from the Milton area was reported injured However on is a two car collision at Highway Christmas serenade The hand serenaded the townspeople with r from the town office step isl Weilnc nifiht They were for a while by the Acton School of Dancer irollers who were their w throucli town their jumps by bus In mail sortinc on boar trains introduced It phjed on important port in postal operations until its final with drawn In 1J71 rewson Corners resulted in 10 in people suffering injuries Drivers in the rcndcrit re Wilson of Milton I llutler of Acton report single ic on Highway one mile west of the Wellington unty J in on I Driver involved was of 269 Main St reei iv a chipped front tooth ill the incident I imue to was ARTHUR A OPTOMETRIST Mill St Acton Wednesday Saturday lion St c W iftrV PETES BARBER SHOP LOWER LEVEL de in bed Utility and Sto rooms hie for a future ly Room Third highest horse pop Straight from the horse mouth Ontario Department of Agriculture and Foodcome the fact there are 3 horses and pontes in Wellington The June horses census Wellington with the third lushest number for any of Ontario counties and districts Total value of the 3 horses and ponies was estimated at the department edition of Agricultural Statistics for Ontario Average value per animal was in Wellington the nth After Confederation rates were set for the prepaid mailing of letters discourage the old habit of just posting a letter and lea the recipient to pay the postman an extra charge was prescribed ranking sum in Ontario and one which was more the File province horses and ponies were valued at York situated on the irine of Metropolitan Toronto led all counties and districts with horse and ponies valued at SI 006 for an average of per animal Waterloo County ranked second with animals at for an of apiece H S HOLDEN OttOMfntST M Cotfc St EM j I TH TUL BOTTOM OF TO AND OF KINDNESS WD GIFTS TO OLR RESIDENTS AD RESIDE Mapleview Lodge house is on the second floor an idea which Colbeck borrowed from the west coast He points out that many Vancouver houses have the same concept which adapts particularly to a lot on the side of a hill Basements arc poured cement Walls In the house are Parquet hardwood floors are lesed in the bedrooms and living and areas Outside is virtually maintenance free with brick and aluminum used with good effect believes that the worst a builder can face is a lot on ly flat land lie prefers lot where he can design at to the It rrnin anil which does not use up prime agricultural land which ecologisLs want to preserve I subdivision hns a behind the houses which off rs the for several d sijjis Maximum use space Am the things he is of in the first I home is long woodt towel rnek in the roomy and a vnnily which Is 14 deep in with the both area The house mikes in of space utilizing most of the 1050 t h r living Only per cent is iken up Willi Hill has many re stint Ideas on color noise which arc him commissions to do total designs In I and ire Among his jobs has been the old homo in interest in design tots way back to his early cars in which both and his wife the former Rose lie Warnock call their home town He was educated at Upper lonnd i Collide Park lolltginte in had a ye ir Arthittcture at an I one ye of Iksin at the University of Manitoba He was in his first at as a itstn consultant and this Is his fourth venture Jobs he has had commissions on were the fraternity house for the Veterinary College at and Induntrlcs on I in Hie moved to Atton from and like living here vi ry much Kill would like to see of his homes built here like Fergus he feels they would appeal to residents who cannot at ford higher priced homes being built Along with builder John lie it would tack another 1 onto the of the home for services if they were built in Acton But they both point out the homes would be attractive for buyers they are much than others being built IN I subdivision low osl sold for 20 wilt i shrilly in models Staff Photo Things you should know about YOUR NEW COMBINED GOVERNMENT PLAN The new Ontario Health Insurance Plan will provide all the coverage now to you under both OHSIP and Ontario Hospital Insurance And it will do so at a lower combined premium than you now pay for the two itt plans The new premtoms will be payible J 1 and theredfter to cover benefit periods beginning on or after April 1 1 These new premiums will be S1 1 00 month for i single person and 00 a month for a fimily or more eligible persons REPLACES AND ONTARIO HOSPITAL The Ontario Health Insurance Plan will replace the medical and Ontario Hospital Insurance plans as of next April 1 you will then have only one plan to deal with one health insurance one health insurance number form Hosp tal Insumnce one combined premium to pay If you now have Ontario Hospital Insurance your changeover to the new combined plan will be automatic No action on your part is required as the new plan will be based on the existing hospital insurance billing system FREE FOR SENIOR CITIZENS Atle yes As January 1 1972 res civ fron pay Onta I cover hem selves The I el I torn III on ay be J nan the oleic I esenily is under age 65 Most aged yeas and jv lor urn free but 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