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New municipal building out vote to expand present hdqtrs Expansion at the present Hills Administration Building on the Seventh Line instead of the building of municipal complex at an other location was endorsed by all Ha ton Hills councillor except Councillor Harry Levy night Architect Don of Hallford and Wilson lecLs showed two sets of plans one showing a 10 square foot addition and in other showing a 15 square foot addition Both plans have two store additions a smaller one at the north end and a larger one extending from south cast end where the entrance is The existing flrehall would be moved almost straight back the driveway moved south and a separate service road on the property lint for the works garage irco at the Much of the green space will be retained and parKinc w ill be available for cars in the first plan and in the second At present there is space for cars Mr said the park ing tor visitors would be separated from the works area and would preserve the uncluttered appearance of the site He asked Treasurer Ray King to tell council what funds arc available and pointed out the town would probably recover some from the sale of property The Treasurer said has already been approved by the M for debenture of the first phase of a municipal building Hyde pointed out some of on One Hundred and First 34 ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY Twenty PagesFifteen Cents 1500 to fight Hydro The town will pay to ward legal costs incurred bv the Interested Citizens Group in fighting the proposed Mil ton to Bradley Junction corridor Councillors Morrow Harry Levy Hyde and Joe Hurst opposed the grant Levy said the group to them after they had spent the monev and claimed it would set a precedent to bail any group out after in a debt without con suiting council He said to be fair council asked for a de tailed report but hiwng re this he was still Couneillor I Skes claimed the fact council has approved sending a brief to the provincial government whicn agrees with the Interested Citizens view point should be enough ei dtnee to support them He said the group has spent 000 in legal fees and said SI wis i part since hove been earning burden or everyone le il never don I want the line hut we never Ihe brief and we should not be expected support outside groups Booth asked if any other municipalities had supported Just one replied Dick Mayor Tom Hill slid has supported the itizcns brief h is asked the of for an independent Hyde said the group should not looking to the gener taxrmcr to pull them out Ik said council is responsible to a lot more people than there are in the group said council an independent stud and that was all the group won ted He slid the situation should be judged an its merits Council George claimed the roup asked council for help nnlh He said it had mushroomed into more than could Hi said the finance committee showed rcslr in keeping the amount down to iOO Slippery roads cause of many collisions Poor driving conditions got the blame for several car col lisions this week Hundreds of dollars worth of damage and some minor injuries resulted There were nigh winds drifting snow on Feb when on accident occurred on No sideroad at the ninth line intersection Driver John Georgetown had estimated damage to his car and driver Robert Robin son of township about to his Mr Robin son also suffered cuts in the crash Ice and water on the road foiled a driver attempts to stop on the first line at the town line Sunday Drivers involved in accident were Charles LI more Dr with 250 damige to his car and W I imb- den It with car driven by William Clint Acton slid on the icecovered line it the Frin town line striking a parked car Sunday The parked vehicle was owned Susan Bosch I I imchouse Pedestrian lo Virm St wis struck i ear as he walked on the of the road His wrist was bruised and his lunch box knocked from his hand Driver wis Roland Itovko R 1 On two vehicles were involved in collision on Mini Driver of one is David Main ind the other driver failed to remain at the scene of accident to the nth was about Seat belt charges detachment of the region police his so far I two charges of failing to com ply with seal belt legislation according to Staff Sergeant Ward The charges were laid in the course of in an iccident Red Cross fund for Guatemala Halton Hills Red Croi made arrangement with local banks to receive donation for Guatemalan Relief up until Friday February l76 cooperating In a nationwide campaign to aid earthquake victims In the stricken country The national Red Cross Society baa pledged earthquake and officers of the Ontario division have pledged to raise DM of these monies Within the neat seven days they hope to reach that goal Funds are being used to buy such Items as cine food blankets and medical equipment The official death count from Guatemala Feb ruary shocks rote to IS and an estimated have been Injured although officials said many vic tims might never be counted A million persons reported homeless are reported homeless Red Cross officials in Hills on the eve of their own financial campaign nevertheless have decided to plunge Into the Guatemalan relief fund They report excellent cooperation from local bank The Free Press wins awards The Acton Free Press will be presented with a certificate for placing second in its category at the Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association convention later this month In the circulation category of from to 4 The Free Press placed second behind the Chronicle The Gananoque Reporter was third The Free will also receive first prize certificates for Best Front Page and Best Ad vertising The Milton Canadian Champion placed first in its circulation category to Second was the Kapuskasmg Northern Times and third the Bradford Witness There was an all time high in the number of entries this year Only Beardmore objects to bylaw Ihe town of Hilton Hills considers the Co to a single family development on the Campbell farm in Alton to be frivolous- and to tell the so They will seek a meeting with the anil Hi re pre sent itivis to to iron out their fercnecs without recourse public Town PI inner Venditti explained Beard more is now the lone objector to tht since letters of have lien withdrawn based their objection on tin allocution of sewage pi to the development They said they should Inyo priority Hills council passed it resolution asking Beard more effluent be accom miniated in the expended Ac en plant planner said an could cost between and while a private mcetinc would cost to Woo He the 1MB would not comply with towns request If don feel it valid they would demand a public 10 cents a pound goes to Heart Fund The Weight Watchers dreamed up a smart idea to help the local Heart Fund this month As the members are weighed each week they promise to contribute cents to the fund for each pound lost Records go into headquarters and the cheque to the fund will come from there when the month is over Weight Watchers meet every Monday evening in the Robert Little school library Prepares report Guelph hospital Acton doctors met Monday evening with region rnie Iked and region treasurer Don I armor region councillor Pat and Hilton Hills councillor he meeting was arranged to discuss tht request to the region by Guelph Mayor Norm for a contribution to ward the fin ineing of General Hospital Mayor Jury had pointed that 10 a per cent of patient days al the General and one per cent of patient days at Josephs are used by residents Mr Heed is now preparing a report to be presented the administration committee of region All Acton doctors arc on staff at hospitals and district patients arc treated there regularly No contribution has ever been made Some members of the administration committee they felt the region should not contribute to any hospital outside iLs FAREWELL PRESENTATIONS were made Sunday morning at Churchill community church Leaving after six and half years for his real retirement is the Rev Walter Little Ginger Denny had a nosegay for Mrs to push for rural arena the koine to push for the third arena in Hills to Ik built place scrviccible to the side and irons the Acton and Fsquesint llttrcation meeting Thursday the group brought up the topic of the Georgetown Memorial Arena on John St being closed down months igo tht same group discussed tin topic it length just itter councillor Mike rmstrong sullcsUI i third irent in Georgetown The committee that if mother f were be built it should he in in more to the entire town of Hills With the closing of the old there id been ilk in the council clumbers re piling it with new lee surf let to the new Gordon Alcott Memorial nulla eh Wood postd Instc id of knocking i will down in the new whv not moke a new faeiliH in more central irea he Mike push Mr said he did not know whether council ide is wisdom or when the equipment in the iron wis of sen icinj ice service I im to push for a new told the group Peter inquired ibout the condition of the John St Is it worse than the Atton arena was before it was renovated ANYTHING TO help a lady Don McDonald of the scout group committee hoists a model into the display window for Scout Guide Week More pictures and stones on this special week on the Youth Pages Mr sud he hid il reads asked that question had been told that the arena wisfir easier to repair as the building h id a problem with the front portion had steel frim ing Suspicions arise New mtmber loan isktd if there was any truth to the rumour town off icials knew the irem was going to be closed Sheldon said she felt ibout the third irem built in the area but with closing of the old John St structure the new would be just re placing the closed one We were reacting to a third in Georgetown she told her fellow members Vve are now talking about just int the old one Korwui said it was not fair sell the old tell the people of George town their money was being used on mother building in another are He got the that if the old irem was not the town would enough from the of the propert to do the work it the Aleott Mr sud that he understood the is repur hill It is the opinion of tht councillors he soul that sell Ihe for enough hat the new arena would be built for less than WOO explained in it ihe total mil be The councillor pointed out however that these ire figures people ire pulling out of the air progrim John Cooper wond trod whether the public would be told the whole storv Mr M the public hid belter know The people know it is their money he said Any lime the councillors start to hold hick tint kind of thing they should eh was decided to hold the subject over until the Georgetown Committee and the and committee got together for a General meeting irch Keep complaining biBIs higher yet Rush order for Flora RUSH DELIVERY A newspaper published especially for the Flora McDonald campaign in Ottawa this weekend was picked up behind The Free Press plant Tuesday afternoon by helicopter and flown straight to Ottawa Pilot Douglas volunteered his services as pilot to the campaign Carrying bundles of papers into the hehcopter is Ross Colquhoun the campaign staff To the left Dave Dills and Alex Chidley It was the companys first pick up by helicopter and Helen photographed it all from the roof The helicopter orange and yellow is temporarily named Flora Comments on higher hydro bills hove been frequent the hydro office secretary treasurer Audrey told hydro commissioners at their meeting last Thursday Commissioners pointed out regretfully that the upcoming increase even been Imposed yet They felt many people wrongly think their latest billings include the next increase of per cent The increase passed along lo the local commission by Ontario Hydro will not bo apparent on bills until April Commissioners blamea the unusual cold for the higher bills Car heaters and colored television draw a lot of power they commented Furnaces have been operating more than usual Reports or the annual meeting of District No at Toronto were available Superintendent Doug Mason and commissioner Bob attended approved here will be forwarded ihe provii convention March spending is over its budget mainly due to the cost of transformers Subdivisions and increase In In dust created the problem com agreed Thursday The problem will be dis cussed by commissioners and a from dis iricl headquarters Hamilton Although the per cent increaseinhydro rates is now heme chirked to Aeton commission it cannot be added to bills until April Ontario Hydro hod also written he commission snyine they must hold the line on expenditures Ontario Hydro anticipates a million dollar cutback A meeting will be held Feb concerning the upcoming union agreement Members expressed their concern over amount re quested by the local union members reported lhat deliver bills hand losl month mulling cost between anil plus elopes felt the deliveries were not interfering with the mens normal work at Ihis time of year Attending the meeting were chairman Wilf commissioner MacArthur former mayor Ias and Hills Major Tom Hill with Mrs