Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), February 20, 1980, p. 5

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The Acton Free Wednesday Feb 1380 No favor Hintons gift Kb Dear Sir Please Mr don do us an favours t it be inter to know how minv citizens of would their the Ik and surance free for the rest of their lives Yes and if they sublet the icing fa mil names the bun bestowed or by Hit tilting tribute I would be by tht Mary ilon House without my demands about signs on the outskirts of town reading See House guided tours The revenue of course handed lo Mr There will always be i Prospect Park Miry Rider Acton Ontario Long live Prospect Park Tilt regarding Mr idea to turn his house over the town is i in liter which sh be considered it length If he remains in Ihe house hat possible is it going lo do Hit Will he pre schoolers 1 run under Hit supervision of people while I re ids his piper Will he wtkonu the senior ens or who need i w inn to mi doubt it much so whit the issue litre it the town supports his If in dido I the if there wis a he door bill w is The House ins that ii ind the premises were used for community services then Mr deserve to have his name on tht entrance to Prospect Park There ire too Ifs and I feel that Mr would find these suggestions and conditions us ludicrous selfish as a great m my people find his Long live Prospect Smith Conceding his defeat to Progressive Conservative MP Otto Is Liberal Bill He arrived shortly after 11 to congratulate the winner at a victory party held In Golf and Country Club Water rates hurt seniors On the 124 Onl Feb 11 1980 The The Press Out Sir hive been wilting with some measure of for letters of protest to your paper from tax of Hills re the system of water rile isscssmtnls which have been imposed upon us by our who promised us that under the new plan rates would be lower Probably silence is due to the f ict lint m my like myself feel that such j rotests ire useless I do however Ibis letter science On our list bill up pud more thin before not her w ho uses three times imount we use our home has iuflmifl iven the f iuun s of Ins issessment Ins urged me to wnlt tins It Iter Here ire tht figures I therefore submit Mv Assessment Water 0 Sewer 114 Net SIB Gross Pen illy lite payment His Assessment Water ssm plus Si Sewer HI plus St Nel 21 plus S3 Gross plus for three times more Once again he senior is one who the most especially Ihe one who lives ilone We ourselves find it no great hardship to pay the per month but to some poor widow may seem considerable A similar situation obtains with regard to hydro rates At the gasoline pump one pays the same amount per gallon whether he buys or gallons Put Acton in both books Mill Street Last Ontario 15 1980 Surveys Group Floor 1 St Wist Toronto J13 Computer None of your proposals for directory listings are and as such are merely red herring to the issue As i subscriber paying i rale for the extended calling privileges to the Guelph Milton ind Georgetown ex I will be short changed until I and the subscribers in all have a dir v which includes all telephone numbers for which I and we are If is moved lolhc directory and subscribers will not hive to my telephone number If on the other hand Acton remains in ihe Guelph directory sub scribers in Georgetown ind Milton will not have iccess to our telephone number The onlv way you can givt subscribers the directory for which they ire paying is 1 I Mine Acton telephone numbers in the directory I istmg Acton telephone numbers in the directory and Provide a directory for subscribers which includes Acton Georgetown llville and Milton sub scribers numbers I am sure you can the public uproar which would ensue if Bell decided to drop the list of one of the inges from Ihe dir This as a very simple parallel is what are doing for the Act on subscribers Yours truly David Dills break is less than one month away for hundreds of school children across Its the sea son for londa resorts w Canadians leaving millions of dolhrs behind at their southern Mecca For lliose planning a trip south there arc many ways to secure a home from would be thieves The most important w ay is to make sure your house doesn I look empty Have a neighbor colled your mail ftw days and stop ill paper deliveries Give a few bucks to shovtl the driveway if snows and ask a friend to park his car in your driveway Put a timer on lights lo come on and off it different times possible leave on Those with i pitio door should in scrl i slrong hoard or pole between the sliding door and Hit will to Insure it tan be easily be into There other to secure i home It best to call police isk for their tips To those south have a good holiday I or the first time in sever years I nol vacationing m I londa this winter so you be sure to get good weather Every time I go the temper rarely bits Drown trek month and reported the mercury was idy in Hit 80s been silling ilong life and all i sudden been hit by something tint mokes you reilizi you re adding on Hie years and lift is changing It happened to me last week and I w is hit by both barrels Asa In the 60s I w is mesmerized by he be ich movies star ring Annette and Avalon I sived illowanees from one to tin next and could irdlj imltl our local advertised duo was coming to town via the love Mill I don whenever I he of women hinting over frankie just they were talking ibout him 1 found out a ftw years igo the frank Sinatra List Blanket was on Hit boob tube What i nauseating I still enjoyed smile but when 1 rcihztd that for years rt illy lift was like thai I fell so old I use to spend my hit summer days lying on the golden of isigi Ik willing for an invitation lo volleyball game or like but it never Now I realize whv I is like lint on the silver screen I id forgotltn what life looked like through mv 13 year old eyes seeing some 1 election signs in Alton and area being defaced recently I was relieved on a recent trip to my folks m to ste Pro gressivt Conservative sign with punt jusl proves ihere are v indils in ill Recalls Womens Institute Feb 12 lLimehouse Editor Some time ago I glanced over in article which me to learn that the Women Institute was closing its doors after 77 years of social service in the Town of Alton I say their dedicition to his organization was simple and sincere llieir manner and courtesy charm to ihe fall fur from to voir Back in the irly 40s 1 brought soft drinks from Glen to their the fair it the re quest of Mrs Fred And She was a very bumble person hat I w liked She pissed away many years ago but tre sweet mem ones still live on in the and minds of all who knew her So it is a bit s id to see ill these old customs fading away from our midst and not lung much replace them Only our arrogant society such as the wo men lib that the future of this fair land has depend on for survival God bless them all were a great ation to all of the women in their day and took a interest prevailing service to all at the fill fair with courtesy that displayed in Iheir time Congrats from Premier I- 12 Don I never fail to notice the consistency with which the members of Hit In land group to sweep the in aw arils and acknowledge ments for their pro fessionalism Tht Acton Press is certainly no exception as it lias continually provided client ami accurate news ind Congratulations on receiving the Ontario Weekly news award in your class for Best Front Page i member of the Inland your paper as always in ongoing and tire less effort to further prove he excellence of your publication May I both personally ind on behalf of the Government and people of Ontario commend you and your staff for a very fine effort and extend to you wishes for continued success and growth in the years come Capita projects slated for Acton The town is planning spend on five capital projects in Acton his Monday night llalton Hills council gave pre liminary approval to a capital of over million The capital budget will be finalized with the operating bud get so changes might still be made The own will finance capital spending with the tax levy SHU from provincial subsidies and from he reserve und No debentunng will be needed The initial draft capital budget started at 100 and cuts of were considered hut Inms fell SI short of the target The town plans to division storm sewers project and on Main Street South re- cons true Hon Renovations for the Acton Community Centre lighting system worlh SIC are on tap as well as a construction project for a new inter mediate ball diamond at Prospect Park LOVELLS MEATS Centre Cut Loin Pork Chops Fresh Side Spare Ribs of Canada BaCOn Thick Sllcod Try Our Home Made Sausage Pork Beet A Cut Wrapped Side Of Beef QO Average Front of Beef Average Hind of Beef lb Average n SIRLOIN PORTERHOUSE SO CtWk Loin of Beef t bone wing K9 From the CANADA PACKERS COOKED HAM Boneless Turbot Fillets YES WE CARRY FRESH VEAL i Fresh Fruit Vegetables Arrive Daily NEW HOURS SPRING THRU SUMMER BEGINNING FEBRUARY 20 TuesdayWednesday 9 6 Thursday 9 8 Friday 9 Saturday 9 6 SUNDAY Free Delivery In Acton 77 MILL ST EAST ACTON 8532240 OSSTF urges rejection Halton boards contract by Istom 1 l6o high school teachers will vote tomorrow Thursday on the latent offer from the Board of I ducution ichors executives have urged rejection of Hit offer Ontario Secondary School Fed OSSTP pro executive Neil said he believes leathers will follow tht idvicc of their executive In addition lo the fed oration executive the negotiators for the tc i plus the 17 mem district council recommends rejection of he hoard offer accord to OSSTE- Board of I- ducution is offering a retro ictive contract to take effect on Ihediy it is According lo the board there is a six per cent increase in pa for teachers not in eluding i I per cent increment based on the previous year contract On the other hand OSS 1 1- indicates that the six per cent figure is on new salary winch would he for Ihe whole contract period school OSS IP s indie the spread over In fcuJ met of Hit leaching year since the wont be relro active amounts to 1 per cent in dollars teacher would receive One of the mijor issues the two sides is the retirement gntuity which leichcrs Inve been receiving is 1 benefit for long service Hi hope get te ichtrs to phase out lint benefit in return for the hiring of 11 new teachers during the next Negotiators for Ihe tea are not in of linking Hit two issues We don see tint they offered said Teacher tutors also disputed the number teachers the ird is Hiking Hit w is presented by Bill I aw son the el in of the In committee it a press conference 1st week OSS lb slid liter they could not find such 1 ligure 111 tin more linn fi of eon ict offer presented to them board In stead of n m lit id to drop some ing to leitbtrs will vote on entire bo dtr of Hit provincial lit litions On negotiators isktd bo for its fin ton would put a limit on in iximum imount paid to irLlirmgt after IM it Si no new tt ithtrs would be included in lit gratuity si Ik nu I iv lit bo ird views retirement is hit which trustee in long riiit to mil lions of dolhrs Under tht rtlirtrntnl plan a needs ten years service to qualify The most the sum can to is per cent of Ihe final year salary sides have in dicalcd a preference to negotiate a settlement After tomorrow vole if the offer Is rejected teacher negotiators in dicatcd they will try to schedule more meetings with the board HONDA CIVICS 4695 for a speed hatchback plus D I freight tax OPEN SATURDAYS BAZ MOTORS LTD Sales and Service Guelph St Georgetown or B1 3 quite like Medallion Did you know Ihere art 11130 con dominium in southern irio district is included in this figure The southern irio district includes Norfolk Brant and Hal Hot iry including Hie Hot Club celebrates its 75th Saturday

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