Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), October 20, 1976, p. 1

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POUR OF THE 127 employees honored Thursday worked 50 years or more in the tannery Former company presidents John left and Stewart Bennett right along with Arlington White second left and Grenville Masales together represent more than 200 years of service in the tanning industry Canada Packers extended its Quarter Century Club to include both active and retired tannery workers A REPRESENTATIVE GROUP of Beardmore employees with years service and more at the inaugural dinner of Canada Packers Quarter Century Club Thursday In the back row stand Robert Turner on the left with Charles Heard Stanley Cnpps Grenville McLennan and Albert From the left in front sit Arlington White Archie Papillon Theo Papillon Fred and Edward Vandalism breakins thefts a bad week Mill worse before better Natural gas lines are being replaced along Mill St prior to the program Workmen began to slit through the pavement and sidewalks Monday By Tuesday a deep trench lined the north side of the street and entry into the stores in one block was on bridges made of boards on thenorth of Mill in the block from Willow to Main Reconstruction is scheduled to begin as soon as all the monies are approved Last remaining approval is from the region and the crews will move in as soon as they have the word ft is expected any day now Things will be worse before theyre better comments Halton Hills engineer Bob Austin Some of the shop keepers are making arrangements for customers to enter through the back doors A few plan alterations while the general upset lasts Reroute GO buses during reconstruction Mill St reconstruction scheduled for next month will see GO Transit Authority rerouting their buses while the street is closed Tom Henry GO spokesman told the Free Press westbound buses will head down Bower Ave to St Albans toconnectwithMninSt and Highway Eastbound buses Mr Henry said will use Church St to Eastern Ave as a detour The route will be back to normal when Mill St is opened he said A BP pick up took the brunt of several heavy paper rolls which slid from a transport truck on Young Street Monday About 20oftne2 The truck from Milton had about 400 miles on it Another look at ice rental policy thefts were in the point books this past week On I ruf three win do i rt smashed about 1 mi I irccwindou Nielsen lothmt Store w is ilufd il ami window it Hi nit II in it 1 down Hit window in door it in Partners wis I Us tint is set it A request for in rate pohev presented to Hills council Monday nighl from all associu lions in Ward 1 Ward renting ice time at Norm lliolt midc the him self is not direct issotialid with my rtert ition group Iht intention of w is to lo council ill reltv ml inform lion thai not have been during previous discussions After dis matter w is referred back lo the id finance committees The brief isks thai the Sabres Swords be fietl is otal Group profit and Ihit Acton Hotkey School he classified as Minor Sports Groups II asks that the which were mutually itecd lo in lJ7tfor tht 77 scison be and that Ihe ilts he increased over years at a rale to the provincial of infl ition 15 per tent There ire four to the brief Conclusions 1 The recommended riles would still pro duce 24 of revenue to Hills from our This is in increase of or ipproximalch AC in 77 over We feel this is a more than increase Ihe operating revenut over one year We recognize that sonic of the used Illustrate the economic comparisons between land irenas and Wards and Com to reflect parochial viewpoints This is not our intention We have only attempted in that due to the unique tenslics of our respective Wards the regional philo sophy of limited public sub sidies for 1 be is it re lies other ire is of public sitt when ittiuirtd council desire lo ike Ihe self supporting ask Ihit winter sports which or six months not be asked further subsidize the summer I wind our With if ferine pi grains exit r n I lie tit months imr ret mnuadition will rt quire lb and inn I ininilis til larks to run area I tton councillor and deputy reeve Marks will be slimline for election this ye ir is an art councillor for ird One in Hills a in engineer in ind Ir ition Ik is now full limt consult int with the Addiction llese irth found lives al lf3 Ait with his thru Greg who is I art Hi r He to Acton is in infant son of i- rnesl Marks the hie iry Mirks He went lo public school 111 Acton then Noire He attained hib it St degree in Metallurgy studying at nights at of lecturtb one night a week at Sheridan College He five years on Acton council intl when rcgiunul instituted he stood for election as regional councillor losing to McKenzic He deputy reeve of Acton for a deel irtd Mr Mirks liv ind lot his lit will not be run nine Hub Mr Mirks he will parlituhrls iddrtss to tht poor management in government would to see return to boards with minority notified by police Ironic illy a group of con citizens hid met in formall with polite just the before to discuss pro m town diet was reported the at the school I here were also i couple of break ins Sol ir Coalings reported i smashed window it ihcir plant but nothing Heller anil Co also re ported Mined through a window which had been nailed shut rug and watch were l m inside the plant Hub ips were taken from a parked it the Robert 1 School three tires wcrt slashed 011 1 tar parked in Kinghim Hills Four chrome were stolen from a tir parked Acton There were liquor and drug charges is well fit itel per 1 Iht facilities are used on numerous occasions through oul Ihi s fundus I we feci this is 1 instslnitnt Hit is signed In ihe i lub Minor Sthoo Swords 1 imk id lilt Con til Request for rate increase tin i morning of Hit the incnibcrs dtculid to foi lilt mere view of tin intieipitmg intreas ine of ino Hydro Proxy votes now at Acton l for proxy voles nun lie obi lined it municipal office as well as in Georgetown councillor G McKcnzu told the tree Cress I officer I rilehard w is reported lasl wtck s paper is snyint forms wire his office ollowing discussion Ihe forms will now be avail able at the office on Mill SI as well The proxy must be obtained before Nov is December In 1 similar situation re cently Acton people obtained he right lo piy bills here TRAFFIC WAS HELD UP ON Young Street Monday until several rolls of paper were reloaded onto a transport truck The trucks load shifted and tumbled onto the road striking a moving pick up truck in the process A local fork lift loaded the cargo onto the transport and another one which was brought from Georgetown The driver of the pickup was shaken up in the collision HELPING WITH CHORES is lots of fun when you live on a goat farm Tommy and Herbie Fair do the family milking on their Highway farm Story and more pictures inside 27 of Halton crime attributed to juveniles 1 some time now Polite I Ken Skerreli has been gnve con ibout juvenile Die region lbursdas brought this problem to light Hi While presenting the crime statistics for September lo Police he noted per cent of crimes we dealt with last month were under the age of Hi lies a real laic In North Hilton the problem isn I as bad is in oilier iris of region District One Supcrintcn dent Schwirtz slid in an interview this week 1 per cent of Hit crime s in ihe north last month in solved juveniles District officers continued to lop regional in Ihe arc of solving crimes Across II 1 til crimes ssert committed lis month and police Inst solved 4 1 per cent of them while North officers solved per cent of tin crimes the forttd to II months this year Million polite hive had lo 114CJ crimes of which 47 percent have been Blood need urgently needed Die organizers of next day Clinic the Canadian Legion from 1 m to and from 1ll in lo fl p Council accepts report on BIA Notice of Acton merchant intent to designate Acton downtown as a Business Improvement Area was presented lo Hills council Monday by Chamber of Commerce president Louis The clerk will now notify people paying business tax In the area The brief presented to council this week reported thin at a meeting October 5 more than interested persons approved the foil owing motion That Ihe central business area of Acton beginning at the intersections of Mill Street and Bower Avenue west of ihc intersection of Mill Street and Park Avenue and Main Street from the intersection of Church Street north to St Drive be designated as Business Improvement Area I A under Section of ihe Municipal Act Mr Churlebols said We are this time asking council to execute its powers to pass by law designating the above mentioned area as a Business Improvement Area appoint a Board of Management to implement coordinate report bid to this council Members of the working to identify area as a Business Improvement Area are Henry Stachyra Art Gordon Terrs Paul Nielsen and Sleckley During a series of meetings held by the committee recommendations were pre pared with unanimous agree ment

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