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The Acton Free Press Wednesday May 11 BIT Protesters pack dropin centre Thursday to plan assault on council With the support of about BO townspeople packed into the senior citizens room Thurs day decisions were speedily made to take up petitions have a brief prepared and meet again Monday night to attend council special meeting on the Tate of the Acton town hall A hastilyorganized public meeting just announced In last weeks paper and through posters brought out an enthusiastic and some times angry crowd Extra chairs were brought in from the flre hall during the free wheeling discussions Chamber of Commerce president Louis Charlebois chaired the meeting and said the Chamber aim was to see that the people were in formed All seemed to agree said we realize the fire fighters need better and parking but we want to make sure all the facts are out It is the people whowill decide Volunteers George Elliott long time resident and former Citizen of the Year agreed to present the brief to council Monday and urged everyone there to come out Dr Elliott a biochemist is a professor at the University of Guelph and bandmaster of Acton Citizens Band Volunteers speedily set up a petition system to be co ordinated by Yvonne Rosenquist A former she returned recently to live with her husband and family in the Kenney home on Church St E Newcomers to town joined long time residents students and members of the Golden Age club in protesting the de- Several firefighters also attended and Phii spoke briefly Historical John McDonald president of the Historical Association pledged support and said he would be at the council meeting Monday with more members Through the a bylaw will be coming up through the planning depart ment to create a list or his toric sites The town hall would probably be the prime site in Acton he said He sympathized since George town lost its town hall through neglect and fire It is very imperative to save these buildings he said Vic Bnstow made an im passioned pica for the town hall ending up by declaring he would miss Lions club meeting for the first time in years to be at council This led to the revelation that John McDonald of the Historical Association was to be the guest speaker at the Lions meeting Monday so that whole segment of the meeting was hastily postponed in favor of council Vic drew great CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PRESIDENT Louis Charlebois addresses about people in the town hall last Thursday The meeting was called to muster support for a drive to save the 19thcentury structure Plans were made to plause when he praised the fire department We ve got the best dam fire department in the country he ex claimed Others also men they did not want to have the firefighters end up losers School support Fred Allen and Barry Kerrachcr represented high school students considering the town hall during the ban studies course They said attend a special meeting of council Monday night Several citizens spoke about the need to preserve the red brick building from destruc tion they and more students and their teacher Mr Ma ha too would be at the meeting They were organizing petitions at the school The school is behind the cause they said Mistakes seen so many mis takes made in wild mentioning tin fact the senior citizens housing could have been in the former building where her Home is now do three councillors for all of Acton Why push his so rapidly Another emotional appeal which was enthusiastically applauded was made by Nino Ladies Auxiliary makes donations by Many donations were given to charities and community organizations on Thursday evening at tht monthly meet ing of the legion ladies auxiliary They were the friends in deed the senior citizens lowers Hope Branch cheques to be Riven to 1 ittle Hewlett pupils at their for high prof Two new members were on for next month won the Men volunteer for cancer study helpful I wish you every in this endeavour M Julian Reed wrote Actonians as he forwarded information and booklets from the Ontario Heritage Foundation this week Although expecting former Liberal leadership candidate Dave Peterson in Hills Monday night he said he would try to make it to the special meeting of council HIGH SCHOOL STU DENT Fred Allen ad dresses the town hall meeting Thursday Dismiss charges Charges of rape against four men have been dismissed in Burlington provincial court Charges were laid after an incident which allegedly took place m Acton April After interviewing the alleged victim during recess Assistant Crown attorney Dave Price asked for the dismissal of charges during the third day of a pre liminary hearing in Bur llngton A recess had been called during cross exam of the alleged victim by one of the three defense lawyers after her second day on the stand at the hearing by Mrs I Itobrrtson The afternoon meeting of Acton Golden Age Club was attended by members was sung ant words of welcome were ex tended by president It I Davidson Mrs K from the Cancer Society wis pre sent and asked for male vol of various ages for surveys being conducted for bladder cancer Names were received and these people will be contacted by the society David Robertson of the transportation committee reported on trips and a trip to Hock ton Lion Safari and dinner in was arranged for June At the next evening meet the entertainment will be provided by Mrs J Carp enter danee group Cards and Fallowing the business cards and were played The euchre winners were Mrs M Milne Mrs M Mrs L Dennis and Ivan Crokinole winners were Mrs Mrs Watson Mrs Spear and L Davidson The birthday song was for Mrs Milne and Mrs I Dennis Wedding anniversary greetings were for Mr Mrs J To i jnm a with a cup of tea were joed a social follow organizations ire not taking pari this year it was felt that the lAgion men and women would still decorate their comrades graves on the Sun day The final word had not been given it the ijieeling The bus trip will be on Aug this If is in lereslcd see Grace Townslcy or Dons f before Aug 11 is this is the deadline for members then open to any one The general meeting will held on June and there is school banquet on our or meeting night The zone w ill he holding Iheir supper for the in 10 served by Ihe branch Bralda We want our young people to be proud of Acton declared He t like someone who has no stake in Acton telling us to tear down a landmark He referred to thestationandpostoffice but they were not owned by the town when they were razed When there a turnout in numbers like this council must listen to them he pre dicted He said Acton Agri cultural Society must move their meeting room from the arena and he felt the res upstairs would be ideal Peter let his an with regional government show when he spoke and again drew ap plause from the sympathetic audience He objected to councillors way of making the decision and the were given that councillors minds were already made up As the only Hills councillor present George unexpectedly got some of the flak from the partisan crowd He defended council and said ore you willing to come up with the money He said again the decision was the one that In the least cost He lingered after the meeting willingly talking to residents Councillor McKenzle was at another engagement Impressed I think the building should be preserved declared Progressive Conservative candidate George Gray after touring the town hall on Willow St last Friday He looked over all sections of the building including the up stairs hall and admitted he vas impressed He felt it could be fixed up for reason able cost and said he would like to offer advice through his experience in buildings He suggested it would be good idea for the town to move buy the adjoining house Councillor was at a con ference Councillor Mark could not be reached so none were at the public meeting Councillor Maltby is from Esquesing Elliott pointed out the band practiced in the town hall regularly several nights a week until years ago when the music centre was built as a centennial 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touch and affect all segments of our society undermining and eroding the moral and economic strengths of our communities and their citizens AND WHEREAS there is still a reluctance on the part of many citizens to in voive themselves in actions to insure the protection rights and well being of their fellow citizens AND WHEREAS the Halton Regional Police Force continue to implement and release programs aimed at combatting crime and fostering better relations throughout the year NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT I THOMAS JEFFERSON HILL Mayor of the Town of Halton Hills proclaim the week of May 15 through to May 21 1977 as POLICE WEEK and ask that all citizens of Hills Georgetown do take advantage of the opportunity to assist the police in creating a stronger partnership in the enforcement of law and the tion of justice Executed under my hand and seal this day of May 1977 Thomas feraon Hill Mayor of th Town of Halton Hills LETS TALK FLYING NIGHT Air Services Ministry of Transport approved 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