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Wed lite to MILTON HOCKEY tans get a birdseye view of activities in the old Fred Armstrong Arena on Brown St from the glassed in coffee shop high above the ice surface A look at North Haltons arenas FRED ARMSTRONG Arena in Milton survived a serious fire in 1955 to become wellknown as the home of the Tncounty Juvenile Hockey one of Ontario a most famous minor hoc key tournaments By Denis Gibbons When Georgetown s new Gordon Alcott Memorial Arena opens this spring the North area will boast five covered artificial ice arenas Memorial Arena and Milton Memorial have been constructed to help alleviate the pressure of heavy bookings in the old Georgetown Memorial Arena and Fred Armstrong Arena formerly known as the Brown St Arena in Milton Those two buildings together with the Acton Community Centre nave served their com tics well both as the sight of many fiercely contested junior and intermediate hockey games and var recrcatioml activities It is a fitting tribute to Gordon who initialed the Little NHL hockey program in Georgetown and Fred Armstrong the man responsible for the installation of artificial ice in Milton that their names will remain on the facilities they did so much to promote tor recreation buffs vital statistics on the five buildings ire Fred Armstrong Arena Built in 1921 renovated following a fire in 1955 Ice surface dimensions 17j 76 Georgetown Memorial Arena Built in 1922 improved with new folddown seats in and renovated lobby and dressing rooms in 1968 Ice surface dimensions Seating capacity Acton Community Centre Built in improved with addition of auditorium and installation of artificial ice in presently undergoing five year reconstruction program let surface dimensions 179 75 Seating capacity 700 Milton Memorial Arena Built in 1J74 officially opened with exhibition hockey game between Milton midgets and a team from Finland Monday January 1975 Ice surface dimensions 190 Seating capacity Gordon Alcott Memonal Arena Built in expected to be open in spring of same year Ice surface dimensions Seating capacity the I the ACTON COMMUNITY Centre s ice sur face has always been known for its quality Visit ing hockey teams have used the term as soft as a baby s bottom to compliment the Acton bailli wick THb SHINY new Milton Memorial Arena on Thompson Road just east of the town has benchtype seating for and features a spacious 190 x85 ice surface high caodlepower lighting and a large upstairs auditorium