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TheActonFreo Press Wednesday Aug 23 1978 by George On a Monday night In May a group of Ac ton citizens got together to consider the erection of a Town Hali They had been prodded by an editorial in the Acton Free Press of January 1881 stating a community meeting place was much needed in Acton True there were private and church hnlls available but a growing pride in the success of the small community re quired some civic mark of maturity lo tell the world Acton had armed It was also generally accepted that in a civilized community laws were first of all established and lawbreakers were firmly dealt with How could you punish the guilt y properly unless had a Town Hall with lock up to assert the Laws majesty And so the of serious civic minded early began lvcrjone wanted a Town Hill but there were vast differences of opinion as to where it should be and what be it The meeting went as all such meetings do then and now Major William Allan proposed a structure to hi on the front street It would hae three floors with the first floor given over to Mores The second floor would be a meeting hall and the third a group of society halls Interestingly he proposed that the council room and lock up be in the basement Perhaps this reflected some past unhappy dialings with council Immediately everyone feared the cost of such a proposal and hastened lo put forth their more con and I sure they felt more reasoned ideas Fred Secord wanted a Twon Hill but want stores in it as Acton already had enough of these Mr D Christie wanted a hall but not in expensive one James Moore wanted a hat but thought the taxpayers should be asked their opinion and it shouldn cost more than John Speight said Acton needed a Town Hall and he would do his part to support its construction pro council built and paid for it in a year and it had a bell James Matthews the local postmaster thought the hall should be built at moder ate cost John Cameron a highly respected local builder whose homes still grace some Acton streets favored the project providing a proper design was selected and agreed upon and hen carried out without any short cuts or curtailment to spoil he ap pcarance As a builder he obviously recognized what can when eager tcurs get to work without counting the cost until it out sight requires drastic surgery The upshot of all the discussion was a motion that council be authorized to secure plans and lions for a Town Hall not to cost more than MO com including site Immediately an amendment wis proposed not to build Town Hall but it was defeated and the motion to build pissed easily Council met the next even In the beginning and passed a resolution calling for submission of plans for brick hall of two storeys ft by of suit able height with tower and bell The facilities had to include council room lock up engine room and a public hall with good acoustics Cost was not to exceed to and a deadline of two weeks was set for submission of design As encourage mini a prize of was to be offered for Ihe best design As encouragement a prize of was to be offered for ihe best design ralepacrs the following week endorsed Council action After extensions of the deadline plans were sub by Canuron Eli Snyder and firm of Toronto Ml plans were good and estimated to cost to Mayor Allan then moved lhat the allowed cost be raised Here w is man who obviously liked things do e with style Immediately Postmaster Matthews moved in that ihe amount be limited to Mayor Allan won this one however and the almost unanimously prov his motion to increase the sum Hon wis set up to circulate petition to the ratepayers winch was largely by Ihem The Press complimented council he ratepayers for their sensible decision in securing it i rite of per of isessmint over i period Tlie design submitted by Mr Snyder won the prize but he was not the commission Tin building committee decided to engage he Toronto architectural firm of James and Mallory to ndvise on the suitability of the designs Mr considered these and submitted revised design lie felt would be to the needs of It is his design we see in the Town Hill is it today lot the proposed new Town ill hid lo hi secured of one of the founding fimihes of Alton had nit collate rlnswlfe ind two boys on llu lot it the of Willow This property wis and the was moved to the lot the south of llu siti Later Ihis wis to i second storey it now buns he home of Did Price lot having been secured lontnctor w en by nmi of from Construction tot in Hie of in I llu w is completed in of mm On completion the tree Press spoki for ill Act when it that had fmcsl Town Hill possissid Ij my if in lie Next In tin nine I rl Storm sewer water allowed in Fairy Lake Credit Valley Conse vation Authority is going to allow storm sewer water from the subdivision to pour into Fairy Lake Friday CVCA executive committee approved an application from V son Associates to install a storm sewer outlet from the subdivision to empty into Fairy Lake The storm sewer outlet into Fairy Lake will be built by the firm when storm sowers are Installed CVCA chairman Grant Clarkson Joked the authority should charge royalties to the own for dumping water into Fairy Lake since the authority spent a lot of money a few years ago dredging the lake ACTON COUNCIL members posed for their ationof the council chamber in the old town hall photograph in 1911 The date is determined by The fancy tin work has been covered with panel the Perth fire insurance company calendar on i Can anyone name the councillors the will This picture shows the attractive decor Building permits reflect increase in commercial tin first six months of 1J78 building permits issued for commercial Hilton in were valued at mo to Director of in this represents per cent In our comparable in reflects growing irend of ere ition the sector Tin loll loluine of luildnL permits including both inul ind in siitors tot did Si I Hi JO first six rmnlhs tot is down lower Investment in in buildings The decline in new in duslriu building is fairly uniform across the with the exception of Burlington where industrial building permit Issued in 197B ire holding it 1977 The Director of Business Development indicates that port of the first six month de be attributable to a catch up period in which previously built buildings win or sold There is growing mil rest in is i 1 cation for Ixilh mdusirj nd says of ii is the must i posture towards mvistnunt if il is to ichicve furthir issesMiient and job Mills Town to honor achievement Twin i it he first council in January and Junt two residents who h ive provmcnl or intcrmtionnl in or fields will hi honored I nor to the meeting i of merit will presented The silictions will hi mide by Director len ind a of The Amazing 78 rabbit BEA T THE TAX INCREASE WHILE SELECTION IS GOOD QUALITY PERFORMANCE ECONOMY GOOD SELECTION OF MODELS COLOURS SALE ON NOW AT MOTORS WE CARE MOTORS LTD QUELPH STREET GEORGETOWN or Toronto CARIBBEAN HOLIDAY ATLANTIC OCEAN COMPLETE TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS FOR AIR OCEAN BUS AND RAIL 379 QUEEN STREET EAST ACTON TRAVEL Acton 1553 Toronto 364 1034 FREE PRESS publisher and editor HP Moore left accepts Acton coat of arms from Sir Harry The gift from Acton England now hangs in the library The picture was taken in Mr Moore s office in the old building Old photographs found during reconstruction of the old Free Press building GEORGETOWN SECRETARIAL SERVICE WERE EXPANDING AS OF SEPTEMBER WE WILL OPEN AT 247 ARMSTRONG AVE GEORGETOWN MARE A SECRETARIAL SERVICE SPECIALIZING IN Setting up reports and charts Editing composing letters Student thoses Short hand dictation PHOTOCOPYING WE NOW HAVE TYPISTS STENOGRAPHERS AVAILABLE FOR TEMPORARY OUTSIDE ASSIGNMENTS AND A COMPLETE LINE OF OTHER SERVICES TO MEET YOUR EVERY BUSINESS NEED FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CALL MRS TANAS 8771485 SHERIDAN COLLEGE PRESENTS NOW THE SCHOOL OF ARTS is offering to the community the opportunity for part time credit study in the following studio areas TECHNICAL 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