Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), January 7, 1976, p. 2

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The Acton Free Press Wed January Ruling shuts Foodland Sun Maplehurst 550 new jobs officers Mam says Maple hurst will have employees S3 million an by ihe end of 1976 was closed to shoppers last Sunday The supermarket on Mill used to be open seven days a week and two nights Now new provincial regulations have forced it to close Sundays is the only store in Acton effected by the ruling which cairn Into effect January Other variety and grocery stores such as Beckers and Ed s In and Out are smaller and arc exempted manager BUI of Burlington in disappointed about the new ruling He knows from the amount of business done on Sundays that extra hours filled a need In Acton He has a staff of seven full time people and 1C part time Students worked on Sundays their hours have been re arranged so they are losing many hours of work Mr explained Highway 25 scene of two separate crashes Regional Police police said a total of in Vehicles driven by James damages following a two car Coles Acton and ACTON VOLUNTEER firefighter Larry left goes over to join other firefighters check ing equipment while Scotty comes out of the Third Line house fire early Wednesday morning December 31 The fire in the home of Mrs Christine Fray originated from decora tions on the Christmas tree and spread flames throughout the family room and kitchen lace Swackhamer had purchased the house two weeks prior to the fire crash at the corner of way and Mill St on Jonu Cars driven by Tremblay 14 Place and Douglas Mirclllt Mississaugi were in collision McGregor R were in collision at the corner of Church SI and Highway 7 on New Year sTve according Regional Police Damages in Ihe crash totalled polite Four charges against driver our hargc have laid against of driver a in i vchicle collision on on Chnslmas Mil kit if Windsor to to spend Christ lines in I hi undent Is charged kiln by motor vehicle dangerous driving impaired driving having in other linn rtrmins in wilh lit injuries ribs right lit has wile children i was on nslruclion it ites the thy of the Windsor was driving Acton to visit Mr and Mrs Bill Wilson and ily Wilson s in Cinadd other than lis family they wtrt cousins She lived in Windsor and wis employed in the Social Services nu of hospital in De troit All dances successful All Now Years in town and district reported very success The New Year into the noise of horns thecrs and bands pi Synt No serious incidents were reported by police during hours of revelry Residents Complex In Milton t just thinking of themselves over the holiday season they took up a collection to aid others even less fortunate than themselves After watching the 24hour telethon for cystic fibrosis on Toronto TV New Year s Day residents in Maplehurst adult training centre took up a collection from men residing there and came up with a total of donate to Ihe telethon They not only their own money Ihe inmalcs also issued a challenge to residents of other penal insti meet or match their Official records artn available but it inmates of at least two other institutions followed their lead residents of Unit Four at Maplehurst had taken up a collection for ARC Industries workshop at Horn by and il totalled Maplehurst which includes i centre and an training centre opened its doors Labor Day and persons now employ id there full time according to Superintendent John Main Of this number 150 are cor rectional officers while the act as cooks nurses teachers and maintenance personnel But that snot all for Super Main says an employees are to bt hired for within six months He said they will mostly be professional staff members including social workers psychologists and recreation NORTH L0VELL BROS MEAT REP BRAND BEEF Standing Rib Roast 139 Blade Short Rib Roast Lean Shoulder Roast Sirloin Tip Roast Stewing Beef Extra Lean Point Brisket 149 Braising Ribs 95 Fresh J Small Link Sausage 951 OF SMOKE funnelled out of the Third Line home of Mrs Christine Fray at 1 a December 31 after the Christmas tree caught on fire spreading flames through the family room and kitchen Acton Volunteer Firefighters had to use air packs while fighting the blaze Town cleans some walks but has no set policy Hills doesn have an official policy for re moval of snow from side walks there are a few loca tions in town where the fluffy white stuff is being cleaned off walks by the municipality Sidewalks on railway over passes on Main and tamview Roads and walk on Maple Avenue between Park view Boulevard and Highway in Georgetown are being cleaned by works staff Superintendent said in an inlerview this week Snow is also being re moved at the old arena says graders and loaders are being used to re move snow from sidewalks by town works staff while clean ing staff is cleaning walks by hand in front of downtown municipal offices in both Georgetown and Acton He no sidewalks have been sanded by ihe town this year the town this year He noted in past years the lown has tried to remove snow from town sidewalks but It hasnt been a successful venture since the equipment Hills has for snow re is too light Morette explained that in larger centres Mississ and large snow removal units for clean sidewalks are used and are big enough to do he Job Hills has three Low bo sidewalk snow plows which cost 500 each but Ihey can do the job properly and Ihey cost a lot to maintain Morctlt explained In past we have snow off sidewalks but the results were poor there were high equipment main costs For the muni to clean it would be a huge burden on taxpayers We have at least double number of miles in sidewalks in Hills compared to roads If people want the town lo clean side walks then will face phenomenal costs He he thought it should be the job of residents to clean the sidewalks In front of property to reduce costs lo town Engineer Austin said department is about town policy con sidewalk snow re moval since a definite policy has never been set down He noted Ihert was some side walk snow removal last year in town but generally It has been restricted to the few locations where there is a sidewalk in front of lown owned land Clerk administrator Doug said there is no by law in Hills requiring residents to remove snow from in front of their homes or property He pointed out there was a by law In Georgetown which dated back the bul there t one in Hills The old Georgetown by law was to be updated In the early 1970s but updating never materialized and Hills repealed the by law when Ihey discovered there weren I similar regulations in or Acton Pntch says somt have laws which require residents clean ibutlinc their property willim 24 hours of a Hi noted somt pretty stiff fines and in some cases the municipality has to court and won On the other hind he ex plained some towns feel it Is an imposition to expect Lax payers to clem which are really owned land stated The lown policy governing snow remo val on sidewalks there is nothing on the books requir Ing residents to do the job RED CROSS BLOOD DONOR CLINIC MONDAY JANUARY 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