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B1A aids Port Hope The Acton Business Improvement Area is coming to the old of the badly damaged down town area of Port Hope On trio BIA head Larry Greaves announced this week that after receiving a letter requesting aid for Port Hope from the neighboring Cobourg the local BIA will donate Port Hope downtown core was severely damaged by ice and flood waters this spring and suffered an estimated million damage The province has come up with a relief program which will see Port Hope receive from Queen Park for each raised by the town Greaves notes if every Ontario BIA gives Port Hope that will mean a total of for the town Easter Seals hit 1200 Acton Rotary Ciub a annual Easter Seal cam paign raised ZOO to aid crippled children this year Campaign chairman Rick Devlin an this week hat while there are still dribs and drabs to come in the campaign has equalled Its mark of 1 in this year The goal for this year campaign was and Devlin says there is still a chance another BOO will be sent in Parks plan meeting Halton Hills will unveil Its Master Plan for parks open space and recreation facilities at a public meeting in Acton on Tuesday April at Acton High School Themeetingwillbcginat7 The plan deals with long range park and re creation facility development in the town and copies will be available atihemeeting Fun tips for mothers Margaret gave mothers several on ways to keep their youngsters enter with homemade play dough and glue last Wednesday at the Acton Library Mrs Curne distributed copies of formulas for the ploy things to six parents during a special meeting at the library Wednesday They were mainly mothers who have children enroled in the library Story Time A source book which Mrs Cume recommended is entitled The Mother s Almanac by Kelly and Ella Parsons Study near completion A committee appointed by Hills to look into the feasibility of transportation for the phy sically disabled is in the process of compiling a report for council Surveys completed by the disabled in George town and Acton were received in February but it wasn until last month the committee started to analyse the results Those on the committee are councillors Serjeantson George Ma It by Ed Wood John McDonald deputy engineer Ted Bellinger French deputy clerk and Barbara Stevens head of Halton Helping Hands an organization for the disabled Call to be Chamber brochure Acton High School students have completed their survey of local business for a new brochure about Acton and are starting to compile the information The students are producing the brochure for the Acton Chamber of Commerce and invite any local firms who weren contacted to call Chamber secretary Janet Fleming at or Peter Markls at Acton High School if they want to be included in the booklet This is the last chance to have information in eluded in the publication which should be out by June Skateathon a success This year Acton Rotary Club Skate a may raise well over 5 Dave Whiting reports was raised by Acton schools and Rotary hopes to take in another to S3 from area rural schools Half of the funds after exp enses goes back to the schools and the rem ainder the Rotary uses for community projects Police week Police Week will be observed May II to in Halton Hills That week Regional Police will visit local schools to discuss the police role in the community The police will also have a dis play In May IS and 17 at the Industry 80 show at Gordon Arena Georgetown On May 13 there will be an awards night held by the region police in Oakvflle Science fair Three area youngsters had exhibits at he Waterloo- Wellington Schools Science and Fair last week In Preston Wendy Dunn Acton who goes to Erin High School pro duced a life science project on beer and radishes of RR 1 Erin and a St Johns School Elora student produced a rocket design exhibit Another Erin High pupil Lawrence Al Benville of Ulna fad did a winter bird Trailer stolen The theft of a flatbed snowmobile trailer from the Acton curling club is under investigation by Halton Regional Police The 1970 trailer estimated was stolen from the site Tuesday April NEC approves garage James Bessy of was recently granted permission to build a new garage beside his home by the Niagara Escarpment Com mission The present garage must be torn down and the new one not used for commercial pur Sulphur plant Tho Acton Free Wednesday Apr 1 New industry promises no smell HAMILTON DIOCESAN COUNCIL PROCLAIMS CWL WEEK APRIL 2flth27th 1980 Christ compassion courtesy caring creativity companionship charity Worship work witness wisdom welcome warmth Love learning labour leadership leisure laughter loyalty life Packaging sulphur Mike Wallace the plant manager at Acton newest Industry promises beany from the plant on Eastern Avenue Acton newest in began operations this week and the plant manager promises neighbors won be bothered by smells There have been some fears the new sulphur plant on Eastern Avenue will produce smells but manager for the Holly Industries plant Mike Wallace says the yellow substance from western Canada only produces an odor when it is burned and that won t happen in Acton This Is Holly Industries first foctory and con struction on the square foot facility began last May The firm will grind sul at the plant where three or four local people Ground sulphur is used to vulcan rubber for the manufacture of in the steel industry in agriculture and In var ious chemicals Some where between A and tons of sulphur will be ground annually There were tons of raw sulphur from Alberta In the plant last week without a whiff of odor The grinding takes place In air tight machinery and there are dust collectors which take in even small part The grinding operation is under super vision of the Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Wallace noted the province ensures there la no smell or escape of phur All of the machinery in the thfnti Cleaners on mill The St D J automatically if there is which a malfunction anywhere In the system Wallace said sulphur is stripped from sotit gas It Is removed from Alberta natural gas pounded into huge blocks and left to solidify and Holly Industries bought out which operated for many years in Burlington and moved their grinding equipment to Acton Wallace worked for for years and the Rockton resident hopes to relocate in Acton held a bake went to MS some the Groups supporting Decoration Day which has run the pro gram on its own the last three years found there still plenty of in lerest in Decoration Day Helen Fowler of the Decoration Day Commit Need economic measures Jeinek The complete lack of anything substantial dealing with Canada worsening economic woes in last week Lib eral Speech from the Throne has left MP Otto Jelinek very appointed view this week that there was nothing specific re garding economic In the Throne Speech nor has there been any Indication there will be an early budget He said his biggest con is the harm being done to farmers small businessmen and home owners by high interest rates and while interest rates can be brought down something must be done to ease the burden There has been nothing specific said about what will be done to help homeowners whoso mortgages are up for renewal this year at substantially higher interest rates except that aid will be for a very lim ited number of families Inflation hits road work Inflation Is hitting town road projects hard Tenders for pavement markings and road build materials have come in substantially over bud get but Halton Hills ineer Robert Austin thinks he can do most of the work and still stay within his 1980 budget The town budgeted HI for painting of pavement markings this year but the low tender from Provincial Pave ment Markings of Falls is Austin told Halton Hills council Monday night the budget allocated less money for pavement markings this year than substantially aver budget too The budget projected costs at 000 and the low tender from J C Duff Ltd of Limehouse came In at Austin blamed this item being over budget on rising en ergy and trucking costs He said this item will be kept within budget guide lines by cutting tons from the town order for this year Austin predicted hot mix asphalt costs clum and new equipmen tenders will also be over budget so more works cuts will have to be made If his deportment is to re main within its sub- budget for this year Councillor Harry Levy observed while tenders are coming in over bud get the towns revenue from bank deposits will also be higher because of rising interest rates He say if Increased revenues would keep pace with Increased costs Levy said he hopes town department heads will make every effort to stick to their budgets in He observed that industry has been ex tremely competitive in recent years giving the town huge savings but the company the town hired in recent years has gone out of business a long with a few other firms in the field so now the town Is simply paying a more realistic price Austin added much of the line painting will be heavily subsidized by Queens Park so really the cost to the town Is only over budget Prime and surface treatment work was bud at and the low tender from Construction of was Austin blamed this item being over budget on soaring crude oil prices He re called he budgeted this item at November prices and added 10 per cent and It still come in over budget Austin told council he want to make many cuts In the surface treatment pro jects for this year Gravel tenders for road building projects Is also substantially over budget too The budget projected costs at and the low tender from J C Duff Ltd of Limehouse come In at Austin blamed this item being over budget on rising en and trucking costs He said this item will be kept within budget guide lines by cutting tons from the town order for this year Austin predicted hot nix asphalt costs cium and new equipment tenders will be over budget so more works cuts will have to be made if his department is to re main within Its sub- budget for this year Councillor Harry Levy observed while tenders are coming In over bud get the town revenue from bank deposits will also be higher Frontier Florist Gift Shop Oni 519822 2361 Floral Designs Wsddngs Funerals We Now Have SPRING BULBS MULTIPLIERS DUTCH SETS J PLANNING A WEDDING CONSULT WITH OUR FLORAL PROFESSIONALS MP observed there were a number of proposals made by the previous Tory govern contained in the Liberal legislation plan Including freedom of information bill so he naturally supported some aspects of the Throne Speech Jelinek eagerly awaits the chance to see the leg He wonders if it will go as far as the Con- proposals Jelinek also thinks the a month increase in old age pension pay ments a worthy He cautions on both these items that ho II them when he sees them before the House of Commons since many past Liberal Throne Speech pledges have never materialized The Liberal plan to raise the ceiling on small business loans from 000 to SIM is considering the high interest rates The ceiling might just as well be raised to million Another complaint is that there was nothing dealing with training for the unemployed such as apprenticeship programs or trade schools some thing the Conservatives TUESDAY JACKPOTS lyb Go mo 15pm Hall W Onto Jo FOR FREE TRANSPORTATION CALL Acton Legion is now getting lots of support for this year s Decoration Day Program A meeting was held last week to revive in terest In Decoration Day j w held the first Sunday In the Lcgfi June and the Legion and Legion Ladies Auxiliary will be Joined for this year s program by Acton Cubs Scout Brownies and Guides the Acton Chamber of j Commerce Dublin WI were going to bring in Board already negotiates Volunteer othe nations for en Acon decriminalization of PetroCanada he Club marijuana well Units states still found a another leaf taken from drop of oil on its own and the Tory book Jelinek Just goes out and bus declared existing companies when On energy matters It has been repeatedly Property damage from Jelinek believes the demonstrated private in Petroleum Price Audit enterprise works more almost for the first lng Agency promised by economically and of 1900 compared the government Is just more costly government Lastly the Grits talk and branded the about 50 per cent Can fined Liberal blended oil adlan oil Industry owner price scheme a copout ship by the end of the that misleading Can cade without giving any specifics on how to The Liberals promise leve the goal Increase serves and compound funding so It can the problem by not say late with oil producing lng anything about countries says self sufficiency that s duplication since the best solution to en the National Energy problems The participating groups will form up at the Acton Post Office at 2 30 on Decoration Day and march to Cemetery for the service Participating groups will decorate the graves of former mem bers with geraniums The Decoration Day Committee which meets again at the Legion on May at 7 Is still looking for more participants and donations for geraniums are needed Fire damage up last year chief Holmes March fire re port shows estimated fire damage in the town has jumped from for the first three months of to for the first of motors Your Complete Line GLC 626 RX7 PICKUP SALES and SERVICE 347 351 Queen Street Acton GUELPH AIR SERVICES is hosting a LETS TALK FLYING NIGHT Monday April 29th al 745 Come out to tho Airpark and loam with no obligation how to obtain your PRIVATE PILOT LICENCE Complimentary Refreshments After Fan FURTHER INFORMATION PHONE Guelph Air Services 8242660 IMIIEEASTDFGOFIPHONTHENO ACTON FAIR BOARD presents SPRING FEVER DANCE FRIDAY APRIL 25 ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH ACTON BJ WRIGHT BAND 9pm lorn par person Midnight Buffet Priioa TICKETS AVAILABLE AT Acton At Door SALE THURS FRI SAT APRIL 24 25 26 Save Up To 50 On This Sale We have Decided To Completely Sell Out Our Present Inventory HALTON HILLS FURNITURE and APPLIANCES 352 QUEEN ST EAST NO 7 ACTON