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a deposit Acton first drive In bank The cold cash at the Bank of Montreal Mas really cold a little after this mom Ing Wednesday when this car belonging to Norman Men- in Knox Avenue smashed In the front of the build left the car running but In the park across the street for a few seconds while he bought a newspaper The vehicle slipped Into reverse and careened across the street Olde Hide House opens Friday This Friday a significant addition to Acton bus in ess community opens its doors Friday morning at 10 the Hide House will open about seven weeks otter the plana or major venture were announced About 30 full and time employees have been hired to staff the The Hide House holds out great promise for both Ifcc firm a owners a group of local Investors including the principles in the successful local ind Frank Heller and Co but also the entire bus lness community If as expected the Hide House develops Into a tourist attraction it will not only bring more la rs into the town through that business and likely result in future expansion but also boost the entire business community The owners have moved quickly to have the spacious retail building to capture the Christmas trade The Hide House has been heavily promoted throughout the Metro Toronto area in a bid to bring out of town customers to Acton describes the numerous changes to the building which Is over SO years old and actually asmostly cosmetic One noticeable change Is the brick has been sandblasted The walls are now natural brawn and red brick and look like they did when the building was built around the turn of the century Part of the roof has been repaired on the exterior while the inside has been opened up to the natural fir and western cedar beams and boards In ad seven skylights have been opened up Industr piping and insulation removed The high high celling and skylights tend to make Iho huge building seem even larger We are trying to make it look like it did years ago It being renovated as a hide house explained We want to bring out the natural character and beauty of the building One area is devoted to footwear between 1 pairs available by this Friday Furniture some of which will in the future be leather covered occupies a large part of the build ing Workers have been manufacturing high quality pine and oak furniture for seven weeks now While the manufacturing area won be open for public viewing for a time it will be eventually Half of the building will be devoted to garments leather and suede coats mostly Opening day ap proximately 1 coals will be on sale Another part of the Old Hide House will feature western wear denim and cowhide clothing as well as miscellaneous leather products like belts purses and wallets Sheepskin clothing and rugs will also be for sale at the olde Hide House Even with all this will be plenty of room left for expansion over square feet Possible future additions include a first class restaurant and lounge but that a couple of years away at least There will also be room left for eventual leather product manufacturing on the site Room has also been left for booths for local crafts men where they could make and sell their wares Unfortunately this feature of the Hide House won be part of the opening since nobody has con Dawkins about the ground floor a our sincere wish is that the Hide House makes a contribution to the town and is a success in a commercial sense We hope with a reasonable degree of success we can fully develop this building over the next two years said An Inland Community Newspaper Ont Hundred an I Sixth 18 ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 1980 Twenty Pages Twenty Five Cents Polypenco adds machine shop Polypenco Canada Ltd is poised for growth after acquiring the assets of Acton Tool and Die manager Michael said the firm has bought Acton Tool and Die equipment taken over the lease on their building and retained the two employees who were working in the machine shop He explained Acton Tool and Die was going through the process of closing when Polypenco heard their equipment was for sale been planning to Jet into fabrication in 1081 and so just moved up that schedule a bit by acquiring ActonToof and Dies equipment We are forecasting some exciting things said of the expansion which could create some new jobs the future Besides the two employees who were added to the payroll with the acquisition of Acton Tool and Die assets Polypenco has workers Previously Polvpenco has been going to four or five machine shops in the area to get cast industrial nylon fabricated parts That work won t be farmed out anymore now that Polypenco has its own machine shop As their business grew had decided it would make sense if they got into fnbncatirg themselves This was the ideal opportunity for us to get into fabrication ourselves now Now will be doing as much fabrication themselves as possible and cut back on the work Head lice scratched An outbreak of head lice at two town schools has been taken care of while other schools have man aged to mainly escape the louse according to auth In all coses of head lice or Pediculosis have been reported at Robert Little Public School and St Joseph Separate School according to principals Ron Chatten and Scan Bnggs Referring to Middle School Hal ton Public Health Nurse Fran said We ve had case of Pediculosis but we view it as a common occurrence Another public health nurse Ann Marie confirmed that there were no cases at Acton High School M Z Bennett Principal Doug Mo wood said there is no head lice at this school at this time There was however a real outbreak last year Mag wood said that in one day he thought there were a dozen children with head lice Eleven children in different grades were checked by the health unit at Robert Little Public School a week ago Monday according to principal Chatten There were no cases of head lice at Continued on page 2 that is sent outside explained Acton Tool and Die wasn equipped quite the way Polypenco would like Most of the fabrication work needs done on a lathe while Acton Tool and Die had much more heavy milling and surface grinding machinery than lathe pment Polypenco will be bringing in some new equipment to change the balance around Worthington said per cent or fabrication needs arc taken care of on a lathe there is only one at Acton Tool and Die The other per cent of their requirements can be manufactured using milling punch press and drilling press machines While the firm will add more lathes to their operation also Intends to seek out new business which will utilize the other equipment acquired from Acton Tool and Die By having their own machine shop Polypenco expects to be able to produce and sell lis products at a more competitive level They also expect to increase and strengthen their market position Having their own machine shop will give Polypenco direct control over production scheduling This will make us more competitive for deliveries too makes stock shapes as well as custom caste shapes Now they will be making their own fabricated parts for stock customizing as well Noting sales for 1080 ore ahead of 1979 Wor thing ton said the firm which has been in Acton for 14 years has made this move with the plan of promoting growth and creating more jobs inside Acton High School held its annual CO en cement exercises Friday night We have a number of pic tures as well as a story on pages and You find Profiles on page 2 This Week Thru the Lens page News Digest page Digest page 10 Chamber Happenings page and Library LooseleafpageB7 John ugh fur left readioff thenamesof Actons morning Remembrance Day service The block around Trinity United Church Jammed with citizens who cither came downtown for the service at the cenotaph or like the Color Party marched In the parade from the post office More Remembrance Day pictures and story on pages Photo by MURRAY New ABC group proposes Christmas decoration contest A new citizens group In Acton bom last week has come up with a novel first project which could make the community a little cheerier this Christ mas season It a hoped residents will give their front doors special decorating attention this Christmas The name of the new organization dedicated to the beaut flea tton of Acton is as simple as ABC the Acton Beau cation Committee The small group eight people attended last Wed night a found Li meeting is the result of a trio of workshops dealing with the landscape arch ltccture and appearance assets and liabilities of Acton The three workshops sponsored by the University of Guelph Rural Development Outreach Project along with a study are the basis of a mas thesis by student Janice About resident attended the workshops and a number of them Indicated they want to be involved in the ABC but weren able to attend the founding meeting at the home of the group chairman Bill Coats Pat Wood will be busy before the ABC a next meeting recruiting new members while Yvonne Rosen quia t will be calling everyone who attended the workshops heldat Acton High School ABC has some ambitious goals which came out of the workshops However at the outset the group is going to tackle a couple of promotional type pro jects designed to give Acton a brighter appearance as well as draw attention to the organization cause Tonight Wednesday Coats Is expected to unveil ABC plans for a most welcoming door at Christ mas contest at a meeting of the Acton Business Improvement Area board of management will be asked to sponsor the contest Coats also plans to outline the group more significant alms for the BIA The BIA is just one of a number of community groups including high school students members of the scout and guide organizations service clubs and community service organizations like the Chamber of Commerce ABC hopes it can coordinate efforts by a number of com unity groups on various projects like cleaning up creeks around town After ABC and other Acton organizations complete a few smaller projects the new citizens group will go to Hills council seeking support and assistance in securing pro vincial study and project funds Besides the first small project the most coming door at Christmas contest ABC is talking about a springsummer garden and lawn beaut competition and possible development of a parkctte at the intersection of McDonald and Mason and cleanup of the creeks as initial efforts ABC needs a strong liaison with and support from he BIA since a number of the new group s concerns arc in the downtown area and could be remedied through the planned study and revitalization program The next ABC meeting to which Interested resld ents are invited will be at Coats home Young Street on December at More details about the most welcoming door at Christmas contest will be released next month Whiting takes Wood to the cleaners for the happy winner Dave and Heather Waiting were delighted with their election win Monday night In Monday night s only election upset one term Acton regional councillor Ed Wood was ousted by Dave Whiting Whiting picked up votes while Wood drew and took of 10 Acton pools In the race to fill the shoes of retired Hlllsseparato school trustee Hartley new comer Irene McCauley of Georgetown defeated Acton to Whelan took the Acton polls split but was thumped in Georgetown Whiting will be one of only two new faces on the next Hills council The other rookie Sheldon topped the polls In the ward two area race with 1 votes Incumbent George Maltby came second with 1 votes Rookie Wayne McLcllun polled votes and three time loser Nick Hunsley collected Just 29B Veteran regional councillor Russ Miller easily defeated two challengers to post Newcomer Dolly drew votes and Peter Branch As expected the Acton voter turnout was very poor In voters cast ballots in the three way Acton region seat race this year only people turned out There are voters in Acton Electors also stayed away from the separate school trustee race in droves There are about 500 separate school electors In Hills but only cast ballots A small gathering of politicians supporters and citizens had to wait at election central at Acton Community Centre until the polls had been closed minutes before they knew the results However the trend to Whiting was clear from the time the first results were phoned in at Whiting was ahead 121 76 then and minutes later he was up Wood still trailed by over 100 votes minutes after volng concluded By Wood who arrived at the rink about minutes after the polls closed said he figured he had lost By then he was down 161 votes with Just two polls remaining However Whiting who came to the rink shortly after accepting tions until the final vote was in I feeling nervous he muttered At with the final vote in Wood and his wife Pat handling the defeat In stride and with dignity congratulated Dave and Heather Whit on their victory The Whitings while vlousiy pleased t as excited as you d ex pect considering it was his first taste of victory after two losses in as many years Whiting sold he thought he won because campaign crew got the vote out Mrs Whiting agreed their team of about 30 volunteers did an outstanding job of not only getting supporters out to vote but also taking his campaign and the issues to the people Whiting says he 11 quit his real estate Job learning his now career within days Wood said he wasn t sure why he lost He said he may run again for council in the future I certainly going to maintain my interest in the community He says he II now have more time Continued on 3 Vote W scoreboard WARD ONE REGION COUNCIL Dave Whiting SEPARATE BOARD Irene Vince Whelan WARD TWO REGION COUNCIL Miller 485 Dolly Moulden Peter Branch WARD THOARLA COUNCIL Sheldon George Maltby Wayne Nick Hunsley