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David Thomas 23000 richer An Acton man Is richer thanks to the Irish Sweepstakes In the Com Handicap run in Newmarket England David Thomas of Klngham Dr purchased a ticket at his place of business Southam and Murray Ltd In Weston On Thursday he was In formed that his ticket had pulled and was eligible to win However he dismissed the thought of winning from his mind because tho horse he had he ticket on was not Hated in the paper as running On Saturday while wnt the seventh game in he Canada Russia series Mr Thomas received another telephone call from the Canadian Press telling him of his win The first thing he did was sit back down and finish watching the game When It was over his initial reaction was that of shock He could hardly believe what had happened I never been lucky like this before Mr Thomas The money according to Mrs Thomas In going Into the bank for now but a new car might be bough later Sons daughters get new status Ono Hundredth Year No ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY OCT 1974 Twenty Pages Corns Delegation claims At a general meeting Monday night Legion members agreed to permit sons and daughters of veterans to the Legion as associate members rather than fraternal affiliates The provincial dominion torn mond Instituted the change in policy The category of affiliates Is centrally used for people who have contributed a great deal to the Legion such as he Chora Hers here There are still certain qualifications be met by daughters The general membership approved a policy presented them which would see a dance in the main Legion hall every Saturday night This precludes rentals on days A special dance is being for and orchestras are booked for week- ahead A rental schedule In the building was also considered and referred back lo the executive Id fin The disgruntled members of the Citizen Advisory Committee for left Hills committee of the whole council night hardly pleased with the IhnI was taken at the meeting They had appeared before the committee to voice ihelr dlsatisfnctlon with the way they have been ignored by recreation director Doug Collison They outlined 12 incidents to substantiate heir The council decided hat Collison will report lo Ihe general committee next meeting to give hla side of he conflict and he citizen committee will then be invited to another meeting This is another ripoff We will have lo come back again I guess after Collison makes his report We had hoped Mr Collison would be here tonight bul he citizen committee chairman Diane Spielvogcl aald She added that Collison had received a carbon copy of the brief they presented to council His absence makes you wonder It obvious indication of the recreation director concern for ward one Mrs Spielvogcl stated Where do we go from here Not very far It pears she added The Acton brief reads We as a past Parks Board and Recreation Committee have Acton for a number of years and were pleased to hove been asked to serve on Citizens Advisory CommltttL for Aclon hoping to some continuity lo post efforts and be Involved in retreation to the benefit of Acton in present and future obvious that we have been totally unnecessary us then Iihvl been no meltings or contacts lit Department since April Had the the way we understood was intended to the thought of hiring a im Co would not In necessary at In present time Thin has bet lack of tommunieitinn wilh the Recreation Department as in lie following 1 No member his received a copy of the Recreation budget for Acton We no been in formed to date lliat money set aside lor arena roof would not be used this year We have not been formed of renovations to the Community nitre 4 We hate not been in formed if seventh member for Committee was officially appointed Telephone colli from the Group memoirs and individuals go Unanswered has been no to this Committee from the toncerning grant structures for baseball hockey Atton Skaling Hub is still wailing for a reply grant although the Club resident tailed on more than one leaving his and telephone number has no discussion on the final location of the tennis Installation of same has not been completed and we arc he understanding lint the equipment is still sitting in the Region Works yard programs were far superior to that offered by the for summer of 1J74 been obvious by tin number of tompluluts received from parents children and leaders- alike We understand an Hockey Club is starting up ignm Whcrt is itetimt coming from and Is public skating enlng suffer file contract retuved Will appraise Legion property AT LAST FENCING went up at the new tennis courts behind the community centre Saturday Players will no longer have to run far afield to retrieve their balls Courts have been ready for many weeks awaiting the fencing contractor An editorial UNICEF Vision sours walk Members of Acton Legion had a is ion and they lost it Monday When construction began on a new Legion hall Legion members began to consider what to do with their old building on Main it They soon came up with a perfect idea their lot was the ideal site for senior citizens housing Near to shopping churches buses No hills to climb And so hopefully and confidently Legionnaires began to contact Ontario Housing Corporation about their plan They proposed selling the building and lot for a reasonable price so it could be lorn down and replaced by senior units tor five months the Legion has got the run around from H and Halloa Hills Dozens and dozens of phone calls were made trying to convince officials at a series of civil service lev eta that their idea was a great one H said Hilton Hills had not requested more senior housing here Councillor Duby vows the mob on requesting more housing was passed long ago by the new council buy the property for Land banking too open to criticism from others ap parently Meanwhile Acton people who beard of the plan by the grapevine are telling Legion members to put their name on the for accommodation Another meanwhile Legion members learn via Hallon Hills council that Ontario Housing Corporation already baa two acres of land available In Georgetown Finally after the five months of futile negotiations the Legion members agreed to give up trying to get senior citizens apartments as a service to the town Monday night they sold the building and property to a district And the price they had asked to pay was than per cent of the final selling price place to live place to groan A will be held on October 19 for The walk Is lo start above and end miles in Acton Tyler bus lines are providing to the beginning point from Acton Students from Robert Little public school M Bennett public school Aclon high school Speyside public school are invited to par Walkers must be over 10 years of age and a permission sheet signed by their parent It is Ihe child responsibility to find Sponsor The idea of sponsors is to make the person walk worthwhile The citizen approached for this if willing promises to pay the walker so much money per The police have been sent a letter asking permission to conduct this walkathon There will be a private car with a sign to motorists to be cautious and warning them of the upcoming walkers following the last walker There will also be a car in front of the first walker with a similar sign The teachers involved arc Richard Coe from Robert Little School and Ed from M Z Bennett Acton Legion Branch 197 was asked to pay to Halton Hills in lieu of five percent parkland as a con dition of selling lots in a subdivision owned by them This decision was reached at Monday meeting of Hills council but a different decision was reached Tuesday See ad Joining a Lory The single family lots are on land bounded by Mill Street Cameron and Fairy Lake adjacent lo the new Acton Legion building In addition the Legion will pay a lot levy of per lot Councillor Pat asked how the payment In lieu of five per cent parkland was arrived at Councillor Roy Booth said Mike Brodigan of Associates came up with a formula He took the average market value of a lot deducted the cost of servicing and Ihe of borrowing for the servicing and came up with 111 which we thought our figure so we i hippy medium How did you come up with he 000 insisted Booth laid five percent of Ihe land was a md half Using he was worth up with Sin John i said might to strvieed land but would be for Appraise council within minutes Tuesday night it Hills council changed the whole picture for Legion from previous night s stand A motion councillors W and Joe Hurst the 20000 cash in of pirkland be cut to This amendment pissed by a one vole margin itely following amendment asking for a delay in cash unlit the land tin be praised wis passed by ihe same narrow margin HEART DECAL on a window or door will indicate to firefighters the presence of a handicapped person Its a new project being during Fire Prevention week Here Chief Mick Holmes sticks one of the pink heart shaped decals on the door of the Price home on Willow St Cheery Mrs Hilliard Price walks with difficulty using canes The chief hopes to hear from others to assist firefighters in the event of an emergency New heart decals for handicapped The vole lefl assistant trench confused He isked Now what am I lo do Would give me account of Tuesdiv night council meeting will in weeks Press Open The Legion is retaining ownership of shoreline across its full property to assure upkeep and access the lake Width of Ihe open space will vary from to feet deep along a foot frontage Hive i Heart a I lie is the new community service for Atton ind all Hilton The is helm this here during hire Prevention Week in heart shaped will be distributed by lire chief Mick Holmes homes where or tapped people live He started by pi icing one tht door of Mr and Mrs Milliard Pnct Mr Price is former firefighter Mrs Price moves with Slit tame It to tht door to erect hi chief and the pink heart to on Contact him Chief Holmes w others to him it his office it Mill or phone Hills switchboard in Georgetown it ilfij and ask for the Acton fire chief s office in tin building In apartment buildings the dee els art to be place ing tilt of system in the Thi will be on the houses are pi iced on the window in the front door or irtsl window Kern the dec lis are and distributed names and lot ilmns will be rttordi in log it the fire bill firefighters will mike e ill in lime to see if the is still needed Thi project is being arranged through he legion com ind includes all of Safety Chief llolmts points out he program is definitely not substitute for snf I in fighters k thorough e of in building hill it is Inform ilk if looking fir mi elderly bedridden or hantli pi Henri duals w to rescue ire rule el lobe in is ifdv Mm pre mil of an I the schools find r he irl Guides evening Siturdiy will be in Open House fir hill h is hen rtttiil the re speitlons filler Hi I In t h Hire lit ays II evenings home where an should hive i front Arena gets new boards hit decal r door someone in building is handicapped will need in event of a fire he said scene will for he and will ire Icing installed round he floor irena this eek preparation tor hockey scison The modern is designed to si up beller thin mm under punish ment of tontmuous Hockey games munagrr Harold Townslev hopes to hive the work completed this weekend If s will h st motion mil the wealhermen cooper sheet will Ik re y he following of inn however those since the is no insulated it is Julia Bowen receives award MAYOR TOM HILL far left and Councillor Pat McKenzie far present the area police with pedestrian safety awards won by Georgetown and Acton Toe policemen are left right Constable Larry Scott Milton Staff Inspector Ray Andress Georgetown and Corporal Bob Arbour Acton student it public school received the Miss School from the Hamilton Tub on Wednesday Oct The presentation took place during a banquet at the Holiday Inn in Hamilton Julia is the of her school safely patrol She is in charge of 16 to students at seven different posts She along with fellow studcnl lumbers make sure the seven inter sections between Bennett and No Highway have patrols on them There must be people at comers from to 9 1145 to 30 to one clock and lo 1 15 Julia and Steve attended a safety summer camp spon sored by Ihe Hamilton Auto mobile Club While there they received in on the of uardmg ind tested en traffic safety in oral tets Julia received this award for a combination of things her perform and personal during the lint month in In addition to award Julia rrceived a small trophy for her own personal Town citation The town of Acton also received a special citation for 1973 pedestrian program improvement category for cities and towns with to population There have been no pedestmn deaths in 13 years in Acton The award was presented to Councillor Garnet