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If the town of Hills and Acton can come to some amicable agreement at a special meeting another in government grants may be for the Lions swimming pool project In Acton The Lions swimming pool committee appeared at the Monday meeting of Hills council to discuss the project with council accompanied by the pool engineer contractor and a representative of the Board of Education After a spirited discussion between Councillor Morrow pool committee chairman Art Gordon and other council members it was decided to try to arrange another meeting the next day to make further project plans Morrow told the Lions that if Halton Hills assumed responsibility for the project the grants may or may not be available but It would have to be classed as a municipal project to bo eligible Hesald however the municipality wanted approval from the Lions to proceed without giving the they were trying to steal ihclr thunder More available Art Gordon told council it had always been the intention of the Lions to build a municipal pool They were spearheading the drive so the people of Acton could get behind it The former town of Acton donated Ms towards the project and the former township of added another At that time ho expect further grants but he had read in the press there was money available When the project is totally assumed by the municipality then we can moke formal application for the municipality Councillor Morrow continued Understand Yes you arc saying the Lions did a good Job we II do the job now and be the big wheels Mr Gordon retorted No I never meant that It has to bo the municipality name to be eligible for the grants Morrow replied We II be happy if the municipality does take this port over said The only reason is to lake of extra grunts available at this stage of the Morrow Councillor former mayor of Acton said the town hid modi application and received approval at both government levels for winter works grants Mr Gordon reiterated it was Important the pool project go abend sine grints were by 50 per cent at the end of May price Cordon said the I ions felt they had a good price for construction of the pool and more delays would only escalate the cost We are here to gel tin contract signed he told council We already tendered that could have been done has been done agreed noling the I ions had voluntarily spearheaded the pool campaign as public Something worthwhile is underway hen eol on with the lob Councillor Harry levy won lend Ihe town application for further grants would have any effect on any other applications for rants from the town or Hills Council had already decided to apply for grants for a Georgetown pool which is a municipal project without voluntary par tlelpallon In the formative singes However Morrow assured Mr It vnuld not make any difference Mr Gordon was annoyed by council Insistence that the project would have to go throueh their processes which would create considerable delay I v e been on the pool committee for nine months Hie contractor tins given us a fair price but it could change with the delays he repeated We brought the engineer with us in order that wl could answer all questions the pool tonight Wo can tie the price down and every day Hie job is not done we arc losing per cent of the costs Questioned by councillors he noted approximately of the 27 f i I I needed to finish the pool had been raised and there was another in winter works grunts If the project was done during the winter months before May Councillor Morrow said he understood then that the municipality would not go into any large debt the project could that any further delay would cost more It Is better to keep the ball rolling As he understood the town could not over without substantial Forget about us and ahead ho urged the I ions Hut Mr Morrow opinion was not shared by the clerk administrator or Councillor Hyde Mr Hyde thought it was necessary logo through the proper channels again since the town of Acton hi done prior to the Introduction of regional government It has lo carry on as his council he said Maybe he suggested thol could appoint a committee to work with administration committee council to iron out problems Mr asked Councillor Acton council had in mind for the balance of the which figured would come to over Wore you planning debenture he We probably would have raised the money needed by taking a mill from the rale and taken the remainder from current revenue replied There were ho plans to debenture Afte r furthi r discussion it was agreed the lown of Hills should assume all debts the pool and look after all financial The lions would continue fund efforts A meeting was imnked with the com at the next day to Implement the project without raising further delays Accompanying Mr Gordon lo the wire lions Hoy Don and Don Cordon the engineer and Jim I vans the hoard education Seek approval pool debentures NINETY NINTH YEAR NO X ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY MARCH TWENTY EIGHT PAGES FIFTEEN CENTS Lions canvass moves ahead The I ions club ther has hit a new rating during Ihe past few days and canvass organizer Vic Brlslow Is anxious that Acton residents look again at the break down of monies gathered towards the swimming pool so far Total receipts to date register composed or town and township reserve contributions of business and industry door to door canvass receipts Projected requirement has been established at approximately 250 Receipts arc still great Vic en He explains that only 12of the volunteer canvassers have turned in their collection money Lion points out that these 1Z have collected People have been terrific and the canvass manager says the campaign will be kept every resident has the opportunity to decide whether or not he or she wants lo contribute Reportedly the Lions hope to hit somewhere in the neighborhood of from to from the door lo door resident canvass I feel that at least percent of the residents are behind the club he says and gives special acclaim to the lonettes He said they have manned the headquarter store on Mill St for the past few weeks from two to five every afternoon During the evening the Lions do the job from to pm Call anytime and get your an says Vic who enjoys seeing the community working together Four in hospital following crash A two car crash at the corner of the Third Line and Five in Milton sent four people to hospital Saturday afternoon Donald Wilson 39 of Milton Is reported in satisfactory condition at Milton Hospital His Chcv was written off with damage Three of four passengers in a Mustang driven by Alex Smith 18 of Prince St Milton were hospitalized Smith is in fairly satisfactory condition at the Milton hospital Sellna Schmidt 13 Eden Mills was taken to Oakville hospital for observation and Beck Ontario St Milton was transferred to Joseph Brant Hospital where he is reported in fair con dition with facial lacerations and an injury to his left leg Deborah Oakley 12 of Mill St Acton was also in the Smith car but was not hospitalized Sad weekend for local fdns hockey fans ex their saddest weekend of the 1973 74 season as the town last two hopes for provincial honors vanished and Acton teams were blanked at the annual lown tournament In The junior Sabres tost to Bradford Vaseys here Friday night and were eliminated from the Central Ontario Junior C group finals In Tour straight games Saturday afternoon the team many local fans had pegged as a potential OMHA champion Acton a Men lost to Delhi legionnaires and were eliminated from the first round of the OMHA playoffs three games to one Acton had lost only one game in 31 starts before they met Delhi In Georgetown Saturday Acton house league select teams lost all eight games as Georgetown won Doth the bantam and midget titles the atom and Streelsvllle the pecwee For Ihe complete story on the weekend see the Free Press sports pages The Mustang received damage Milton Fire Brigade and a hydro truck were called to the scene Firefighters freed one victim trapped in a car Hydro workers repaired damage to a pole struck during the accident Damage to the pole is about SOUVENIRS of trip to east Africa See inside for interview with Craig Hutchison Single crash two injured Two Acton area men were injured Saturday evening in a Fourth Line south of Highway Driver of the car was Ross Acton and Fergus Acton was a passenger Approval lo borrow up lo will be sought from the Ontario Munlc pal Hoard to cover the cost of Acton new swimming pool I spcclul meeting of I ions club representatives and it ion com Tuesday the motion was presented and ipproved that Hills council unable to get through its agenda on the regular meeting night Monday continued from pm until almost Tuesday Councillor Dick llowllt reviewed the lions financial positfonG5 from the town of Acton from township winter works likely to amount to recreation of LIP grant of The club hopes to r use between and in the canvass over difference The will be for to cover the deficiency although Mr fell less than the stated would be required Costs in rising sle idily he I and at the moment it I I en felt the for whs too high Councillor levy and council Hurst pointed out expected monies will not hue at the lime if eon struelion Mr explained only one propos il lo build had been received by the I urns under a proposal call Hie pi in is not yet completed but should he hi another days or so After the motion was presented it was illed that lit in Region must m ike the lo the so the motion was changed Tin motion slated he treasurer be to apply for for four projects individually wire listed ind numbered as the iren theatre complex pool Georgetown libnry ex in core low ind lh pool in Acton lost Councillor made bid lo hive Aeton pool listed first el of last since is urgent hut this is supported motion from councillors Hurst and Hi wilt wis to isk Mayor Torn Hill to ask the two members of parliament and the to request expeditious decision the capital authorization for the pool Hill sold he was willing to do this but eillor Hyde began to Brushed off wave of hand by the mayor he rose to his feet and spoke angrily saying council was making a priority out of the Act pool is well on the way he declared as well as yours The motion should refer to both pools Councillors Hurst and withdrew their Hyde had earlier suggested benefitting wards might the cost of such improvements ounclllor llowllt wanted to know what these projects wen going to do to own tax bills Raise It 50 tonne NO YOU CAN T go under this bridge today The following heavy rainfall The cars sped through bridge is located just off Highway at Crewson the water anyway shooting up water all around the Corners where flooding occurred Tuesday tar you Rabies recurring regularly children safety threatened Residents of the area of Side Road between the fourth and lines of are becoming alarmed They feel that authorities should be making some move for protection Already number of in have indicated that rabies is prevalent with fox in the district as remains sent to the provincial lab in Hull Quebec have been officially identified as rabid The latest story is one concerning a five year old family pet Casey a dog owned by Mr and Mrs Joseph Cormier or Side Road Casey had been raised along with their ten yearold son Philip and was like a member of their family He had apparently tackled a fox near their home a week ago since identified as rabid Word from the from Health of Animals Branch of Hilton county was that the dog would have to be caged and Isolated for three months Previously inoculated Casey retained a cut on his forehead indicating he hod been bitten The fox body showed saliva and the dog had been in contact Couldnt cage The final decision for the Cormiers was a difficult one If Casey had not been inoculated the period of isolation would have been six months but they could not bring themselves to cage or fence him up for even the Truck on fire Tuesday morning at a m firefighters were called down Highway to a truck fire The grovel truck owned by Donlinc Haulage and driven by Don of Weston was stopped post sideroad It was loaded with gravel from Indusmin quarries The driver had no idea what caused the fire which burned out the wiring in the engine used ex three month period as he had always been a freedom livim inimal The loo id allowed to roam They had them both destroyed Mrs Cormiers concern is thai there could be en more serious consequences if the matter continues Fvery morning several children wait on the fourth line for the school bus to transport them to the Brook school day they return have to walk short distances to their homes When the veterinarian examined the fox on her property he insisted she her son Phillip to ascertain if he touched the saliva of the dead before going on to school If touching the saliva is so important what if some other child unwittinglv touches some other animal forgets to mention it but puts his hand near his own mouth Mrs Cormier is concerned that wh the for the bus they too could i lie bitten Older According 1 in the area he his seen several foxes in his bush One reccntlv staggering ilone ihe roadway but disappeared into ihe woods before lie could shoot it Mr V irco says he believes that mm of the foxes ire rabid lut tint other animals must Ik discise I can t understand he is whv we re spending much money on time people learning alwut investigating these thine but nobody dung anything it out the ribie animals unel lie Use Hills council turned thumbs down on a new area program for the recreation department Monday night rejecting in administration committee recommendation Only councillors Roy Booth Dick and Ric id it wis presumed it Morrow favored position wis fox spreading the in Councillor Ernie at thit lime as there the area program to be so in the a luxury Item irci acting is if rabid d wain set The Health of one knows the Branch in Brampton says nancial situation Hint fox ind are the the recreation mam earners of director is a super salesman groundhogs and other have been reported program on examination he wants another shown rabies infection hc Although the disease does not live long after Ihe animal chairman of the Ins expired the Branch committee that made the all children not to recommendation said it had touch dead animals at any lwen dea of cost feel the respon consideration He said I sibihty of seeking out the was lor Ine inimals would be that previously handled by department recreation department would cover wards one and two while the present one would cover w three and four admitted he had re sen ilions in the beginning but now re due there was a full scale recreation progrim in Ward One and proenms would be added in the in Ward Two claimed too much time would be spent travelling if the new man w is not hired First robin Watson and Bobbie Wilson have special news to tell in their el isses school this morning Wednesday They their mother i saw a robin at their home south of town on No high while were breakfast The children were all excited about Ihcir first sign ifr that me of the children or bus will be bitten before something is done farmer Art Diamond hung on Side Hood said of his had to be destroyed last year one in June the oilier September of health pointed out the my diy Councillor I Hyde pointed out the present progrim coordinator Glenn Gray had only been hired in the last two months of Half the selling Job was based on the fact there would be a population of over m 1 in definitely op posed he added Councillor Russell Miller emphasized there was a good recreation progrom going in run by volunteers said Hornby was well organized Maybe two or three groups could do with but maybe would be good ice maybe not said as a representative of Ward wo he felt it an ex Ihe town could not afford Milleraid Ward two could manage quite well the way it was You might end up by groups they won lo raise money this yeir throw it all on the lown of Hills Councillor ten Coxe also from Ward Iwo agreed For emergency bites call Brampton HAB Mrs Joseph Cormier of Side no one seemed to urges hat residents know know where she should try who to call case of She said she called i The in ampbellville owner of a dog recently in who gave her the number of by a rabies the Health of Branch fox tells of her own frintic of Hilton in when attempting lo seek advice from local then a vet went to authorities see Mrs Cormier took brain She explained lhat on specimens of the fox which discovenngherciogwithocut wire sent to the federal tab in resembling a bite on Hull Quebec She was forehead and a fox dead notified of the findings last with saliva in the They mouth area she first called were positive the local Mrs feels that They referred me to other everyone should be aware of O P P she said and the proper method of from there I was told to taming sen and know the contact the Humane phone number ahead of time Society Mrs Cormier said In the ease of Wellington the Humane referred county resi the Health her from one branch of Branch of another and at one point she county would be IT s to a was told they did not pick up the Located in tj vi in her area It was suggested the phone number is was the top Contender In the public she call another place I All speaking contest held fast Thursday afternoon at Bennett public school Participating were front Grant Clarke Tracey Tyler Janet back Roach Chafe Shelley Young