Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), July 22, 1981, p. 5

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John stands beside the new self serve pumps at his Texaco gas station After IS years the station went self serve last month More service at selfserve Canadians exploring own countryagents More and more mer noted tours across Canada Canadians are exploring Because of this shift also with a lot going to their own country this from package deals to the Canyon At summer as travel book yourself vacations Provinces and to the eastern and pointed out the Upper New York Stale western provinces hove travel agent must work Britain is popular this soared harder for his fee A year has Both local travel d of time Is found ana a lot of teen agents Ted Tyler Travel spC on the computers arc purchasing and Acton Travel report look for the cheapest rain passes and flights to the west far nights whether there around Europe out numbered any other seats etc With cents on the destinations booked this Bonnette of dollar many ore summer Acton Travel agrees that keeping away from Ihe But says Ted Tyler Canada Is the hot spot states and seeing the r there seems to be no f travellers He says own country both middle of the road Gander Newfoundland agents agree travellers By that he h more bookings than they go by plane means people are either anyplace else There or family car Canadians booking the very ex have been many bus are meeting Canad pensive holidays or the night National competition which he attributes the popularity of the west This summer travels are based on a magic triangle Tyler said First is a willing traveller second Acton P Wednesday July 22 Acton children librarian reads to members of the Mart Heading Club 1 rom left to right Shane Troll VlcklTrottil Tanya Judy Eaton 1Z Andrew Frank and achilles motors SALES and SERVICE 347 Quoon Acton 81 5 mark for Free Press Self serve means business has more more than That is accord ng to tw as much as before John of Johns He said the station still Auto Service whose offers other services Texaco service station improved now because at M II and Young has the mechanics gel more become a self serve gas done in a day As welt bar the stations extended hours from am lo 11 Now I don have to p m more convenient pump gas anymore and the gasoline says which caper leaves more time fo slat Murray accepted two awards at the annual Canadian Community Newspapers Association convention in Halifax last week shop work As well as one full time mechan the gas bar other than himself two operates a garage full t me gas bar at The switch came last tendants and two or month after years of three part lime at opera I ion and says Downtown desirable place to go and third Is an leal price Package deals are not as popular this year as they used lo be Tyler pointed o it Most people altended the convention Just want the flight The paper was booked and maybe the round first and last nights in class three broadsheet hotels newspapers circulation Vacations to England to The ch are way down Tyler of the Free notes The majority of Press Is these travellers ore not people returning home marks out to visit relatives he said ibe u were there has been a com 0ntarjo Manitoba change In the Soalui rave business in the flnd last six months People are not willing to take the middle or road says other travel Free Pre editor Murray its are flndlna the page marks out of The Free agents arc finding the presented with Press two na newspaper awards In Halifax last Contlnucdfrompagcl the west end where They felt a focus for there arc more stores same thing When the the town needed They warned against more expensive holidays perhaps the Leather taking parking spots off are chosen it is usually heme now MtU is the older secure developed more off street parking traveller who does not J l class The Press Survefsuggestlonsm a convenient distance have to worry about a gtei Sved i eluded a call for away The consultants mortgage coming due ST comment for proved pedestrian expressed concern and high interest rates on especially about the highway California Is also a front downtown spot this sum rflOJJMocol feature page with through traff pat particularly trucks More offstreet park would help solve the c and on street parking problems Downjown buildings need to have their appearance upgraded both exterior store front ndows and store n Shoppers believe and they think there should be more redevelopment and like Ac on Mews and Leather town Village The shoppers survey also showed per cent of those coming down towndosodaily twoper cent twice a week six per cent once a week and per cent less fre Sixty per cent of those coming downtown do so to shop per cent to take care of personal business and per cent for other unspecified reasons Thirty five per cent of the people surveyed said they go to two stores on most visits 27 per cent to one store per to three per cent to four and 11 per cent five or more stores Fifty five per cent of those surveyed walked to get downtown 33 per cent drove and seven per cent came down town by other means of merchants produced much the same answers Trees should be added to the downtown street scape but merchants wanted to avoid other items like flower boxes and seating because of the potent for more loitering and vandalism Merchants saw a need for building appearances despite the lack of vlduolin in self initiated Improvements The consultants geslcd the visual appearance of M II St near the racks should be improved because it Is an entry to They felt the plaza would be a plus as would a community downtown The library grounds and close proximity of Fairy Lake and parkland were also vleu as pluses From he survey the consultants concluded parking must be close to stores within to 300 feet and will be used for a relatively short time Parking was felt to be in abundance in the east end of downtown but somewhat limited at No inquests There will be no inquests into he two recent drownings at Waterfalls Park Dr Alistalr tosh coroner for this area told this newspaper Tony of Mississauga drowned July and Ronald Barrett of Toronto drowned two days later July3 Judging was based on two mandatory Issue submissions from 1980 the of March a d September In a separate com petition for sports pages This newspaper had mark of out of In a Christmas edition competition the Free Press tied for spot a field of entries w J a mark of out of This competition was also for papers wit Dave Manes president of the Acton Rotary Club greeted District Fred Black at meeting of the local club Inst Tuesday evening GEORGETOWN 106 St Ion Hwy Pot DENTURE THERAPY CLINIC J Koharl J Novak D T Phono or 791 2314 RETOOK M DAWSON BSc DDS Periodontist w to announce the Open ng of s off for the of PERIODONTICS 310 MAIN ST E Suite Milton By Appointment 8761164 I Una Ami Isleresl 4 chairs chaise umbrella table P 989 For every you spend at Cavans your name wll entered n our FREE DRAW for PATIO FURNITURE take place on LABOUR DAY SUNDAY GERANIUMS BLACK EARTH PEAT MOSS roc Garden Patio Specials 69 ALL RAID PRODUCTS 50 OFF Cot 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