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Town welfare rolls up by win birds you stay Fairy Lake Waterfowl will be fed watered and sheltered again this winter but not pen up as they were when the snow flew last year Taylor told Mills works committee Mori day her Investigations have shown that ducks geese and swans are fed twice a day at Korlnght Park in Guelph so she think that inform a ion was particularity useful to the town since the same is done at Fairy Lake She said she had contacted federal officials who said ducks eat a quarter pound of food a day so the 150 ducks would eat pounds a day She told the committee the fair board has juris diction over the barn at Pro spect Park or else owns it so their permission would be needed if the town wants to keep birds there again this winter Miss Taylor said it costs for pounds of whole com for the birds and for 100 pounds of scratch feed She added at Kortrlght the birds are also fed duck pellets which are considerably cheaper She suggested Ihc Acton ducks could be fed of each of tho three foods on an equal basis for variety and a balanced Councillor Dick mated at those prices it would cost the town only between and 300 to feed the birds ISO days this winter Miss Taylor said it Isn tally very Rood to keep the birds penned in all winter in the barn but the only alter native she could Ihink of was to feed Ihem on the lake and with a bubbler keep some of the water from freezing over She said keeping part of the water from icing over could be dangerous and was wary of the town doing this in case a child drowned Praise She praised the fine job the town works staff did in feed the ducks last winter and said the birds could survive all winter outside if some open water were provided Engineer Robert Austin said snow fence could be put around the open area but people can go over under or even knock snow fence right over and this is dangerous Miss Taylor said she agreed and when children could drown she wouldn t re commend keeping pari or the lake ice free Austin and committee chairman Mike Armstrong noted the Credit Valley Con Authority says people be feeding the birds at all Councillor Hyde wondered why the birds need the water at all Protection Miss Taylor said they need the water to help them cat and while they are in the water their oily feathers pro tect them against the cold but once they are out of the water they can easily freeze to death Hyde suggested the town feed them out in the open and provide a watix trough with a heater so it won t freeze He said that the town should leave the birds to fend for themselves and he thought Ihey could find enough shelter from the cold in bushes around the lake He was opposed to keeping them penned up for another winter Opening Councillor Pat McKenzie suggested opening be made in the wall of the barn so the birds could get in there if necessary Austin said the cost of feed wosn t the big expense but keeping man on he job for an hour every day was He suggested maybe Acton arena workmen could handle the job Hyde said he thought they could noting it t a big chore We should provide food and water and it It isn t fair to keep them penned up Hyde declared Miss said the best solution was to keep them in the barn rather than take the risk of keeping part of the lake open or exposing the birds to possible deith by freezing said he could go along with feeding them providing water and giving Ihem bul in favor of keeping ihem penned up He siid the recreation department should pay for the care of the ducks and gested the recreation staff could feed them too since they doing anything Councillor Joe Hurst ex pressed concern that the duck population will continue to grow because of the feeding program and worried in a few vears there could be I got the same mis Livings as you about this but let s gel through Ihe winter first Then maybe in the sum mcr we cm some advice from someone who an axe to grind Miss Taylor Hyde recommendation that the birds be fed given water and possibly shelter but not confined received committee endorsement Austin said ho would con laet I all I air Board about use of the barn One Hundred and Second Year No ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER Thuty Pages Fifteen Cents FLAG IS lowered at Remembrance Day ceremony by A J Buchanan as the Last Post sounds A small crowd awaited the parade there Sunday morning soon swelled by the United Church congregation A service followed at Knox church Energetic pair selected King and Queen of Manor Two of Ihe busiest most energetic senior citizens in were recently named King and Queen of Centennial Manor by their fellow residents Margaret Murphy and Jack Crcasey will be representing the Manor functions during the coming year Both Mrs Murphy and Mr Creasey belong lo ihe Manor Residents Council the the Chapel Com and hove a variety of individual interests as well Mrs Murphy formerly of Georgetown delivers mail for Martin House and is reno vated for her work as a good Samaritan Georgetown mother She was affectionately known as mother to many Georgetown residents during her years there because of her willingness to help those in need A Silver Cross Mother Mrs Murphy belonged lo the Georgetown Branch Cam Legion In fact as recently as four months ago the Legion pre senled Mrs Murphy with an award in recognition of the good deeds she hod per formed through the over the decades She also carried her shire of the load while a member of the Holy Cross Church ladies Auxiliary Mostly however she earned the reputation as a good im in tan on lier own initiative now is known to those at lilt Manor as Ilk one willing to lend a hand I Mr whonwsines and plays the kazoo with the Manors Rhythm Hand is remembered by longtime residents for Ins diys as a member tin I ive Straws Quartet I he ugh confined to a wheel much of the time Mr remain- active on the Manors bow lint league His ready smile and op- outlook are among the reasons he is so popular with the other residents until his retire ment id 11711 Mr w is loreman at the Press Shop in Acton for the next it le Ik expeet to be kept busy his new position is King of the inor No help for Sabres in rates Acton Sabres hockey team found no relief from the an hour regular and practice charge and an hour play off ice rates at Hills administration committee Monday night Only opposed the recommendation I here is still a chance council will not accept the committee recom mcndation Aclon Skating Club Acton Hockey and Skating School Industrial League and Waterloo- Wellington Hockey got a bit of a break They will not have their rates this season Minor sjiorts will continue lo pay an hour prime time and prime and local groups except the Sabres will pay an hour prime time The prime time rates have been extended to cover all the limefromOum to midnight If the recommendation is Continued on Page I shopping centre with and Canadian Tire as the two tenants at hurehill Road and Highway Seven was proposed to Hills Planning Board Tues day night Jerry Sprackman owner J Shopping Centres Lid said his company had completed eight shopping centres In Southern Ontario including soil Port and just reiently Godeneh and He said the Canadian Tire Store and would take up per cent of centre He said the other tenants would not be fishion stores tho type of stores where people shop weekly Mr said the downtown area fills the fashion store demands tine More He described stores as fine stores with compel live prices and a credit to community The land purchased from the Corporation would be developed in two phases The first would cover six acres and the second acres He emphasized he was pre pared to go ahead with the shopping centre whether or not was permitted to build more homes I to mike clear the shopping does not hinge on any development by liovis He said he under stood the land was already serviced Take pulse Councillor Les said it could not be considered right now because of lack of sew age plant capacity He said the pulse of the people in the community should be taken lo sec how it affecis them Mr Sprackman said shop ping centres take sew 11 years Sudden geyser spouts on Mill age compared houses He said he id been told the sen ices are already installed agreed pointed the sew ige capacity was not there Mr listed several studies thai had been completed since and said they on file Ihe town offices IownltWn Councillor South said a study showing the affect on he downtown area should be done as is done in George town before any could be made Councillor Joe said he would like to see it held up for further discussion Consideration Councillor Russell Miller stated it deserved a lot of consideration Dick How ill sue Animal shot jested the overall in should he studied He siid the allocation of sewage capacity lo must be decided There has be decision on whether Heard more is accommodated before we development here there and where Miller stated the impact on downtown must be studied He said another plan for shopping on the other side of hid been pro posed Do we one on e ich side of said the planner should make i re I Mr in he did not expect any answer that night He permission to copies of the studies i bout Ihc on the down prcdielcd the would he the end of I inuarv Il inning reenm mended they the studies from Mr further discussion until the completion of the Aclon urban area study Celebrate paving promotion is heme planned by merehmts to coincide with the cum Mill paving Details ire in in ail in today s gushed up higher th in surrounding two store buildings Tuesday iflernoon during repairs lo a iking mam in the excavation on Mill St old eight inch water line began le round the main slop and the region crew was died the contractor make repairs new valve had to be installed at the main Water pressure caused the sudden A number of valves had lo be shut off to the section of pipe before repairs lie made many pi ices of business md homes in ihe ire i were without w iter for several hours We were on top of the problem commented district superintendent He thought likely the movement of earth during the reconstruction caused the oriynal leak Workmen id problems shutting off the water finding a number of had to be lurncd off in the process Although without water restaurants and stores along Mill were able to slay in bus mess quite well during the short drought Hairdressers resorled lo dry Injured Two car dirvers sustained undetermined in an accident near Silver Creek on Highway 7 at 2J p m Tues diy Provincial Police Mitlon details are sketchy but that LI more Halt of Mam Street North and 10I0 Morelli of Downs view were injured The Morelh vehicle a 1965 Meteor carried Man and Callipp Mr Halt was driving a Comet test for rabies Tests ire being conducted on an animal shot last day on the Sixth I of I Township to determine if it is rabid or not The animal is believed be a coyote Acton mail carrier Mrs Dorothy first noticed the animal as she drove her It route on Wednesday Mrs saw he animal down Ihe road showing no fear She has lived in the north and thought it was a brush wolf She saw it again on day and it had a broken leg She arranged have the P died and the animal was shol Results of tests are not yet available The had a resort in the north and kept horses and she Is well aware of the problem of rabies The neigh in township near scene of the shooting are their animils You cm lake i chance she The shooting occurred al the corner of Sixth Line and No although the had followed her along her route for about a mile and a half Tests arc being done the University of Guelph The animal weighed bet ween to pounds and was a young one While Mrs thought it was a wolf police told her they under stand such animals in this ire coyotes Baron sentence reduced Monday MANOR MONARCHS Margaret Murphy 83 and Jack Creasey 71 were named King and Queen of Centennial Manor by their fellow residents last week As such it will be their duty to represent the Manor at special events Mrs Murphy is a native of Georgetown and Mr Creasey was a long time resident of Acton Manfred Barons 14 year sentence for murder was reduced to years Monday when he pleaded In a new trial ordered by an ap peal Manfred Baron who lived with his parents on their R farm just east of Acton and Werlman were convicted last year for the murder of her husband in May 1974 They sue appealed for new trials Mrs new Irial began Tuesday Mr Justice Samuel Hughes was told that Baron took dancing lessons In Toronto and fell in love with his instructress Mrs Wert man Baron had said in his statement that Mrs shot her husband he admit led lo disposing of the body by burning with dlesel fuel on the Baron farm and burying the remaining bones The bones were recovered and Baron was charged with murder Mrs was charged a month later Mother weeps Manfred mother Hilda Baron was In for the trial this week She wept as her son was sentenced to 11 years The maximum Is 14 years Justice Hughes said he was taking into account the months Baron spent in the Don jail and Collins Ray penitentiary 1 m sure that the recollection of disposing of the body of Isaac will be with you till your dying day Justice Hughes old the man The Baron family was again involved in tragedy in October when Baron father of Manfred shot his wife Hilda Mayer 45 and Mr Mayers son Wayne He was judged legally insane and was sent to the hospital for the criminally insane All three recovered from their wounds WATER SPOUTS over 20 feet into the air during a watermain repair Tuesday afternoon It all started as a small leak Then pressure forced a fountain high into the air