Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), May 29, 1974, p. 2

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The Acton Free Wed May Summer recreation program involves five courses recreation hoi expanded and looks promising Program Glen Gray Idcd the program Into courses which include aquatic course In Georgetown on aquatic course In Acton playground course for flllls a playground course for thi retarded program course In the artn both thu and Georgetown will bo the same although because of the lack of facilities In Acton some swimming programs won t be offered The aquatic for Is I and her assistant is Beverly The rcqulroiru for positions are Itoynl lire Saving Society Inslruclors These girls will have 10 or 11 staff members working under them Their lime program will Ik gin visiting the Georgetown public schools and talking to lit about water safety will last for one week an I the following week the students will an in water program at the pool Ashley Is he aquatic supervisor for Acton Working with her will be Susan Shoemaker and possibly two other people The June program In Acton will be the an Georgetown Visits to and Bennett public schools are planned In order to promote the water safety week The In water program will then follow Following water safely week program the pools will open Tor swimming on weekends weeknlfjnts in and weekends and afternoons in Acton life guards will be on duty lit thesi limes The swimming instruction will be In three week sessions beginning on July The registration date for the Acton will hi on Juno from sevtn to nine m Ihe will on June 11 from nun to nine for Hilton fills will be Kim I Isher There will be 11 playground sites In the area with two leaders at each slto The sites will be the Acton ark M Robert lltk I Imehousc Joseph Centennial Park Harrison George Kennedy and one other public school ploy ground yet to be Hit playground will be day through 1 ridoy Hie children will not only have physical activities but also crafts games and singsongs Friday there will be regular outing where the children will to pay to go to such places as the Science Centre Ontario Place The playground program Itself will not cost the children anything Icndcrsaltheslk wllflnki all the children from to 12 together without dividing them Into groups an was done last be headed by Jane Telford who has had In this urea previously program will on July with three two week sessions rath Iwowfck session will nd the children may 1 rolled In one or alt on the sessions The children will pirtklpate in crafts sports games will bo golni on a I with the ihargi of four or five ehildren importation to and from the school to the site will provided Throughout this simmer program volunteers will be required to help in some of the events If you would earn to volunteer your scrvlcis in this program t rent Ion lane Isor who Is required to Ik years of age or over Also in the summer there will be a regular program of roller skating at Acton ami If any other information required on any of the summer programs people may end Glen Gray at the reereutlon department of Haiti n Hills will be Slash recreation budget 150000 by ISO a proposed to One of the cuts for the arena roof will be financed from rescnci lot levies In Acton sub div but Mill be done in Administration committee chairman said the finance deportment demanded the cut Councillor Lei said there seemed to be a lot cut out of Acton but was mollified when he the Acton arena rogf would go Booth said he sow a lot cut from too and said some of the things such as playground equipment for Cedarvate and park tennis lights and the arena parking lot had been approved by Georgetown council last year Booth said considering there was probably ten percent increase In main over Inst year the budget should at least have been Now we reduce it to 000 so we reduce the level of recreation we had Inst year That disgusting he added Mayor Tom asked how much wis being spent in When he was told roughly he noted that was ten percent of the budget Chairman Booth said last year between per the using were from Mayor Hill said the youngsters were paying heir registration fee like else Booth shot back but their parents wrren paying taxes to support the The major said the township supported ball it Glen Williams and I Imehouse and soccer to know what more the residents of are getting for the money they be paving the mavor Boat for Fairy Lake swim program The boat will be used to boat handling and to supervise swimmers It will be at nights to the nearby The expanded swim Is possible because of a grant given the recreation department under the in Action program This program pays salaries of all staff members required The original budget for his program will now be available for equipment The recreational director pointed out that the grant enabled the town to run much improved program at no cost to the town The committee approved the purchase of the boat motor trailer and equipment for the aquatics program at the budgeted cost of report of the proposed man 1 don t agree but I cuts wen received filed commend the creation There nothing we can director for the priorities he do commented the chair has chosen to cut Third of a series On the beat Telford Tin slimmer teen program will be run by limit Hen and William llonnir They will 1m miming activities for tin youth of and The eoursi will run seven or light weeks and will Ik I tin High Mho In this program Is in opening for We Sell Princess Pat HAIR NETS All Styles Nylon HINTONS STOW LEGION HALL will be ready for occupancy before long Interior floors are being poured this week The new hall has a choice location alongside the lake Separate school meeting topic About parents attended a special meeting at St Joseph church last when chairman of Hal ton separate school board spoke with them on schools The parents had requested a meeting to find out he mechanics of establishing a school in Acton best Hon by the end of the evening was that the board would operate in Iding buses for children attend separate school In Georgetown He explained his board works closely with the public school board both controlled by the Ministry of Education w fti It I be reasonable to establish a new school and empty existing school rooms he said I- two schools In a new subdivision Is completely different case If the population here in creased to such on extent a new public school were required then a request for a school would be justified he said Election meeting Again this election the of Commerce will he holding Meet the dates niLhl here Its sche duled for Tuesday June in the I ittle school audi Conservative date Tcrr Connor and I candidate Phil have agreed to be here The NOP candidate is due to be named Thursday night The Chamber arranges these public forums before provincial and federal election LEGION building project general superintendent Percy Jinks watches con from beneath the rim of htb hard hat THE ACTON FREE PRESS as Second Class Mall Postal Number 100 MILES PER GALLON Docjn That Grab You KAWASAKI help you fight Kennedy Rd Sm Brampton Tolciihono Toyota Community Calendar Whats doing In North Halton area I NURSERY SCHOOL The Honey Pot lor Little Tots Is now accepting lor its opening For Inlorma lion coll Monday through Thursday from to DANCE Dance to the Shoyncs at the Legion Hall on Saturday Juno 1 from 9 to a Tickets are available at the door Everyone Is welcome See how much car your money will buy at HHTLITIOIN of Halton Truck Lid 8784365 8282931 Hwy 26 Just North of This is the third of a series of photographs which will be published to introduce the public to their local police officers and explain some of their duties Constable Murray of the Acton O is seen here placing a colored pin in a map of the town to indicate the time ana location of an ac cident A different colored pin is used for each shift A second map is pinned indicating location of charges and times At a quick glance you can tell the time and location of accidents and a second glance will tell you if sufficient enforcement is Being detailed to high accident areas This is only one of the many extra jobs each officer has during his eight hour tour of duty each day Constable joined the O P P in July 1965 and was stationed in prior to coming to Acton in July CARPETS 1 for SERVICE SATISFACTION ROL AT Buy Now Wh Good selection 1 of L ENDS e Selection Is Good STORE Wo TuM HOURS I Eifxr nc No Job Too Big or MILL STREET GEORGETOWN 877 BEHIND OLD ROYAL BANK BUILDING Acton Home Hardware IllllUMIVUMIIJJIIIIHLr 3 Enjoy the Best of Summer on a Bicycle Your family health is your most important possession This is what Ontario is doing to help you protect it Most of us get sick or have an accident at one time or another And left to our own resources senous illness could often cripple us financially So the government here in Ontario has developed a plan to provide health care for everybody any time its needed That plan is called Ontano Health Insurance Plan- OHIP The stands for Health not Hospital Plan is administered by your 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