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Illuminated street signs for Acton Hills works commit toe decided Monday to pro ceed with the installation of illuminated street signs In Acton These signs will also be re in Georgetown Hills works commit tee decided Monday to keep the signs in Georgetown and move ahead with the lation of illuminated street signs In Acton summer the commit decided to hold off on put ting up illuminated signs in until costs due to indnlism could be assessed it end of the year Robert Austin in formed committee then is a fair amount of main tcnance for the signs year the town spent on repairing broken street signs in Georgetown The works depirtmml had only bud for repairs to signs noted a few minuted street signs have been erected in new subdi isions tht money f subdivision agreements We hive tit cult if we will continue with illu minated signs or them to the flat met it phtts which in five times ex pinned mformid the committee some of the signs are never touched in Georgetown while others are smashed two or three times each year out the bright aide of things Austin reminded the committee that while main tenantje costs were SI over budget 100 was saved because no new signs were purchased for Acton They are a great asset to the town and I Ihink they should be kept It breaks your heart to see them broken and dangling there but I would still hate to see them Councillor Hyde said Councillor Dick noted the signs are only a small part of the works bud get and the advantages of the more attractive signs far exceed the maintenance costs Austin said generally only the plastic portion of the sign is broken and the biggest problem is he broken ones looking unsightly until they are fixed The yellow Illuminated plastic portion of the signs cost to replace An entire sign costs to replace The committee decided to try and use the yellow signs exclusively because they are cheaper than the white illu minated signs Ore I F ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY JANUARY 14 No No delay for h s addition The addition to Acton high school will proceed as planned school board trustee Tom Watson was able to report this week schedule for the The Department of Education informed the school board the project will not be delayed The board had expressed concern at their meeting Thursday Dec 17 that stringent new govemmentguidelines might delay the construction of he new school here Mr Watson who had pressed at school board meetings for a new school in Acton was happy to leam there will be no delay He had presented Actons case before the board pointing out lack of room and facilities available in other centres As a result the boards list of priorities was changed may Hilton Hills on a street naming time this so riftnmts to Georgetown an tould hi Hilton Hills w irks torn tee Robert still changing strut mines so the town cm quit referring to the two towns Record snow removal Hills is ixpirlenclnj the roughest in the town three vc ir the end snow il operations sis town iff his tie this winter did Is no question winter will hi i record one for hi young town since snow Is to fill rcicilrd tacts it Hilts works com meeting The entire commended tin works stiff for the fine snow il job are this ll idi 1 w is j struts it I lit i on id- committee never had a ince to take action The late who wis i member of the works committee had ad itcd giving the rural roads nanus rather than eon to designate them by There are a number of examples In the rural areas where a road will have several designations The confusion over Trafalgar Road Road Three and Seventh ine is a good example The topic will come up on a works committee agenda some lime in the future when the committee has a small amount of business Store repaces old Mill house n old irdcd up hi ust on Mill St I ilhws I- lorn down ind i store ind tint building Ihe reir reinvittil if Hilton i ho inl retom hi of it i inn Komuui ski board to reone the front industrial to nod He Svkts irt Hills portion Hit proposil saying the is com and illor Joe Hurst moved in lis supported it solved i of problems It in ensure gives enhances tht thi pi Dub snd he proposal el noted mints ibou tin ind if tht ire in In in It yd in hut not in to tht individual officii Mr replied the rtyil ilions sin tht simt in the two m ire is PI inninf plan in subject to i report from pi inner mieting Hurst txphmtd the orce leetrit phnt is bud for Shots 1 1920 He rctillcd i wind storm lifting the roof from the completed LYNN ITS PUSHES OFF FOR THE START of the SO back stroke during the School Meet at the Acton pool Miss finished second in the event with a time of She also was a member of the junior girls team with Linda Shadbolt Anne and Karen Chapman which won the junior metre free Sljle rld MISS GEORGINA McGILL at is one of the oldest residents to be transferred to the new Hal ton Hills Rest Home from the firedamaged Place in Guelph Seven of the 51 residents who had to be evacuated found refuge in the newly opened rest home in the former Le gion building on Mam Street The Halton Hills Rest Home slated to open early in February was pressed into service during the emergency There were no fatalities in the fire which swept through the Guelph building Tuesday January Christmas ma7 down 40 per cent Another increase bills will see another men in Hie near future hut tin imount not It is revelled it i I It i trie ommission meeting it Out Ihdro have rust I their rites ilmost mi their bill to the I til as of They hid met lit Hit I Board irlnr inditttivtdTpproval or tin hike Si told rest of Hie group in it in to fi r tin hike there ild to he loci one Tin Com it IS Mil is ruiK Parking restricted on StAlbans Dr Hilton Hills works com mittit decided Monday to bin on the south side of St Drive in res to requests from residents Parking has been a problem on the street for some time with people who work in downtown Acton parking there all day Councillor Joe Hurst told the committee the parking situation is so bad it Is possible for residents to back added it i cars to pass on Ihe when cars are parked on both Mr Hurst would also like to Streets because they ore also Jammed with parked cars Roth the engineer and police will be consulted about clearing up the parking prob lems on downtown side streets The problems on both Willow and John Streets will he discussed at the next works committee meeting Volume of Christmas m til it post down ibout per cent this Cord told Tht Fret Press this week bis w is the sum lotil of ill mill inis wtrt not There wis littlt change in tin number of mailed inddehvtnd Tor tht first time ever no extra help was hind to join the regular staff during the Christmas rush work for employees wis i of their postal contrail However had not been able to handle it within the overtime regulations wt would hive hid help In explained Both Georgetown ind Milton post offices Ind help The for mailing is Dec the id is dndlme for I dehverv I volumi of is irv is nth Mr savs of bills lots if sing Some hnstm still In from n wis pi mail when Jo dij postil strike mail whlih would hi it or IrnI is still bciiie dihvcred Quiet week Hurt wore few tints mil drinking minimis hut Minor accidents wtrt snow mid tonditions ipplit to i ml irn to request to r list their rites It will not In known how ninth f in inert ise will until the auditors their financial situation tin end of the month ac lordmt to office manager Snow cuts power Heavy accumulations of snow on grounding wires robbed some residents of I rimosa and or power for periods as long as three hours Wednesday morning an Ontario Hydro says Bob of the Guelph office said power was restored at approximately m Three trucks and all ivnilabk men worked on the early morning breakdowns In said home for fowl in winter NEW MINISTER of Trinity United church the Rev Charles Beaton is welcomed to town by the dean of clergy here the Rev A H Sunday evening At the left are the Rev Don A different way of coping with the number of ducks wintering on Fairy Lake is being tried his year tics superintendent and some of the town men have captured the remainder of swans and many of the ducks and given them special motel accommodation for the winter The poultry building in the which housed the best of the fall fair Is now the winter home away from home for the birds Straw covers the floor large areas have been closed off for the birds Here will be fed and watered regularly and the straw Stiles of Georgetown and Ballinafad churches changed as often as who preached the induction sermon and the Rev necessary The first to be captured some of the the service ducks were token away a couple of weeks ago and arc boarders at Fred Kentncr barn for the season There had been concern among bird lovers that the swans would soon be frozen in and the last three were up and housed jus they were trapped in the Ice There is still open water on the pond for the ducks near the poultry building where expects the melting Ice from the arena pours out and keep the Ice from for mlng Tnere Is no bubbler Installed yet At dam Some of the ducks not captured are over at the dam where the water is kept open all winter by Bear dm ore who draw It from an Intake pipe for use In the plant Thi birds now indoors were easily In the big wire trap Mr said Of course there s no heat in the new motel but it will be warmer than outdoors on the iee and fro7en ground year the ducks kept indoors emerged in the carl spring seemingly happy and healthy Ktcplng ducks in the poultry building iswellasthe Kentncr barn will away down on the hers on the pond year the increasing number of ducks caused problems expressed a con cent over the quality of water coming into their pipe at the dam due to so many birds clustered overhead And open water Is always a deep concern for parents of young children agreed is always issotnted with open water during the winter Skaters snowmobilers wilkers and host fttding birds ireall out on the surface during the winter 1 like to feed lie ducks myself says Mr but I Into to he ir the siren sound If the birds remain he thinks a proper fence would have to be built out into the water The birds are an at tractive nuisance he says Others have bluntly called them freeloaders Council agreed a few weeks ago that the birds should be looked after and fed I insists a proper solution must be found There hove en differ of opinioi feeding the ducks here So said the bad become ome and would migrate s felt they would move along if they got hungry enough When the park was first envisioned as a bird sane there was concept it so birds would decide to 1 Fairy Lake home Mr Duby points out there are only another weeks of w inter before he lake Is open again and the doors will be opened to let the ducks and swans out The town men have also had a surprise visit from the It C making sure Ihey have a trapping license After explanations the moved on Moro stories on Pago 3