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The Acton Free Press Wednesday February NOTICE TO PEOPLE WHO BUY CLOTHES Open Thursday Friday Feb 25 26 til PM ACTON LIONS CLUB provided trophies tor winners of the dog sled races in connection with the winter carnival Saturday Winners pictured ore front row to r first place finisher Ken Marshall of Acton and Don Glmmer of St Geo rue who placed fourth Back row 1 tor are Lions Club president Neil Miller second place finisher Cliff Johnson of Georgetown third place finisher Al of Gait Lions Club member Art Gordon and race official Joe Marshall Staff Photo Georgetown parking up home for aged NIELSENS of acton IS HAVING A FANTASTIC Starting Thursday at 9 AM Prices Are Slashed Way Beyond Wholesale Cost Most Items are Going at Less Than Retail Some Even at Retail It Is True that you will find Some Items that are Slightly Counter Soiled But you will Also Find the Latest Current Merchandise come to the and SAVE SAVE SAVE FIRST COME FIRST SATISFIED No Returns No Refunds on Sale Items Cash A Carry Only IN OUR LADIES DEPARTMENT GEORGETOWN The penny parking meter will soon disappear from Georgetown streets to be replaced by the nickel and dime variety according to a recommendation by the Parking Authority to council The Authority consisting of chairman Henry Helfant treasurer and Sandy Mackenzie also suggested the meters be In operation from nine till six Monday Tuesday and Wednesday from nine till nine on Thursday and Friday and from nine till six on Saturday It will also cost more money to park from the present rate of one cent for twelve minutes the rates will be five cents for half an hour and cents for an hour Spokesman Sandy Mackenzie told council the new meter heads would be Installed on the existing poles as soon as the weather was better Cr Phil suggested the police could be put to better use than watching meters meter maids Sandy Mackenzie said the authority had looked Into It and found It quite expensive Cr Ern Hyde said he would oppose the change The purpose of meters is to keep traffic circulating not to make money he contended Sandy Mackenzie said there were no more one cent meters made Henry Helfant said he agreed the meters were not there to make money but to keep the traffic flowing but we also need the money to keep the meters In repair Terra preservation GEORGETOWN The Terra preservation committee appears to be generally in favor of construction of a new bridge to replace the old structure according to its president John Agg Mr Agg said approval of the new bridge by the Peel committee came as no surprise We knew for some time that they were looking at the old bridge and we are not disturbed by this move he said The roads committee agreed to follow a suggestion from councillor George Gardhouse that the engineer meet with members of the preservation committee to get Its views on the Mr shows that It is being a bit more sensitive to our feelings about this matter We are not going to argue with the engineers about how safe the old Is If they have decided It unsafe we are not going to question them he said Our concern is how the new bridge will be located so that as little disruption as possible of the present road occurs He said the group would also suggest to the engineer that the bridge constructed has see- through skies so that scenery would not be blocked off from passing motorists Giant snow carnival MILTON From The Canadian Champion What a week What a Snow Festival From start to finish it was eight days of fun for all ages While most of the Festival events were highly successful the organizers Milton Community Service Clubs discovered a few minor Caws as the week progressed and you can be sure they 11 be remedied the next time around Opening ceremonies at Kelso on Sunday Feb set the tone for the week of fun That was the time for the crowning of the Festival king and princess introduction of the dignitaries plus a snowmobile rally Festival week sales got underway Monday In many of the stores and some of them were brave enough to try an outdoor sidewalk sale on the chilly Thursday evening when a portion of Main St was closed off for the Optimist s The mutt show sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce had plenty of participation a little too much for the size of the site Mutts owners and spectators covered practically every square inch of space in the new downtown parkette which made Judging difficult but all had fun and every child received a prize for participating By pun Thursday the Main St had been dosed and Optimist Ctab members filled the street with a variety of games all free to the except the car bash which cost cents per ML Surprized report they took in on the car bash proof the old danker was pounded with the sledge hammer at least times Prizes were given to winners of the various other contests There were dances fireworks Cfcristnuw tree burning dog races a car rally and one of the towns biggest parades ever Best was the Manor Young at Heart ERIN Target date for official opening of the new Wellington County home for the aged at Elora late summer or early fall The committee of management met In Toronto with government officials and progress was reported to be satisfactory Tenders are to be called now for furniture drapery and and at Its March meeting county council is expected to opt a new name for the residence This became necessary because of disagreement with the original name of Wellington Haven that had been approved last fall Construction of the new residence for elderly people has been planned for many years but It was the reason for Wellington bounty assuming its first debenture debt In several years Through careful financing council was able to set up funds annually for a number of years to maintain an account for construc tion of the home This accumulated fund was sufficient to pay for all but of the cost of the building The TOO was financed through a debenture issue More word from groundhoc MILTON Letter to the Editor in the Milton Canadian Champion First Groundhog was out Jan Dear Mr Downs Re That article in last week a paper about the university student who says groundhogs are not and never have been out of their holes before Feb Wevegotnewsforhun John Schwingshandl of Georgetown shot a groundhog on the farm of Nellson Stark R R 3 Georgetown on Saturday Jan Hesalditwasn ttheflrsttimeoutas there were quite a few tracks around Eleanor Robinson R Georgetown Familiar sounding news FERGUS Items from the Fergus newsRecord sound familiar to Actonians this week paralleling Acton events A European delicatessen opened In Fergus for the first time Fergus high school winter carnival was very successful except for the fact bad weather cut attendance on Saturday A Winter Carnival Queen was crowned Winter walkathon ERIN Twentyfive Grade pupils of Erin Public School staged a to Terra Cotta and back a distance of miles Proceeds from the walk will be used for an educational class trip to Ottawa in April The enthusiastic walkers covered Hot the miles 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