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Windfall for recreation seniors dropin centre A windfall of was made available to Acton council when they sold eight lots on Main SI S in front of cemetery The Iota ore to be sold to Construction Berry in attendance at the meeting indicated the closlngdate for sate could be Dec Roger up with Mr Berry said development would be incorporated with other land the company owns in the area and a or culdesac would be created bo the traffic would enter Main S through Ransom St or another single entrance to bo created A letter had been received from tho Hon John While indicating the department had no objection la the disposal of the land by the town Disposition of the was questioned by councillor Coats who asked If the money should be spent In some other service or facility for the taxpayers than recreation He suggested that even a ire truck could be considered or additions to the now reference section the library It was decided however that the money would be used to cover their commitment to the Lions club centennial swimming pool project tennis court con structlon and capital ox in the repair and Installation or the roof at the arena Mr Coats felt council members may get some flak on this all to recreation He said this Is the first time that the senior governments are not telling the council where the money can be spent and It Is strictly a local council decision that the money be spent In these areas Councillor reply was that what we re here for Drop In centre In the spending of money Mayor Duby reported he had had conversation with members of the Golden Age club who had expressed an interest In acquiring the use or the present council chambers for a downtown dropIn centre after Jan 1 He put In a bid for funds for furnishing and equipping the room to meet their needs Council approved the recom while noting this Is another application of funds for recreational purposes More space Deputy reeve Marks put his oar in saying In the welfare services represented by the Children s Aid Society family counselling and probation service would provide Improved service If suitable apace were available It was suggested that space couldbeavalUbleafterJan In the present municipal office in the M building This was to be further Investigated Mayor said the municipal office would remain open after Jan las a public relations mote He said that at some future lime Hills administration staff might be however he felt there would be space available for social services Interviewing in the present offices He also indicated Hills area council will be taking the furniture from the council chambers to their offices In township hall ACTON FIREFIGHTERS fund raising for Muscular Dystrophy was recognized again this year when David Taylor national field director of the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Canada presented them with a plate for the plaque which hangs in the fire hall The committee which spear the drive was composed of chairman Herb holding the plaque Lloyd and Bern Vun Fleet Acton placed eighth In tho country and have been consistently raising more money to combat the disease each year Firefighters aid worthy cause NINETY NINTH YEAR NO ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY DECEMBER Twenty Pages- Fifteen New wells a whopper Satisfactory results of the drilling program for water at the west Prospect Park were reported by councillor Bill Coats at Tuesday council meeting He said he had the site during the test on Tuesday and the well was producing gallons a minute without any appre ciable drop In the volume of water In the well The anticipated one million gallons of water a day he felt could considerably be ex based on the conver sations he had had at the site The water In the well is of a different and hardness from the water in the lake ad Joining Police nab fleeing youth What broke the window at Gtenlea drug mart Police have It under Investigation but they don know If Thursday s broken pane was caused by wind flaw or humans The broken window was reported to them at a Thursday morning That night at 10 a break and enter was reported at Toth garage and police apprehended an 18yearold Acton man running from the scene He was charged with break and enter and possession of a concealed The same young man ap peared Monday In court on drug charges and was sen teoced to four months This present case was put over till Jan Nothing was reported taken from the garage although the attempt had been made Tools taken Theft of tools at Hills Estates was In by police Satur day Missing were a motor two drills and an extension cord with a value of They were taken from one of the units under construction On Monday man was charged with driving while his license was under suspension and having lequor other than his residence He will appear Jan IB Slow growth council intent The planning study by Acton planning board on the area Immediately oast of the town boundaries which council at tholr Tuesday evening meeting After study by the committee it was recommended it be accepted However councillor Coats felt the wording of the council study reads into me mendation emphasis that is not in the planning board report Councillor Conts mended some changes in the resolution which will Wow growth Major emphasis of the report and council very restricted and slow the plan encourages sign growth of the present Acton flcont development that could area triple our existing population Marks and within five to years if councillor Coats both In implemented in that time dicatedthey would like to see period resulting In the population remain in the mental social and economic 10 range and possibly as hardship for residents of our high as but not to the community ml outlined in the Toronto- centred region report of IB resolution in support of the appears to be a The resolution soys in part Downtown Council apparently still has he downtown business section firmly in their minds when the resolution said that we continue our policy of continued commercial development to our downtown core and recommend to traffic and parking conditions In thin area Council also concurred in the principle of the location of expected growth on the eastern side of town David I Taylor National I icld Director of the Muscular Dystrophy Assoc iation Mas in own last week to accept cheuue for from Acton who raised money In their annual door to door canvass this nil Mr Taylor expressed his appreciation to the Aclon brigade who he upheld their reputation of the eight leading in the entire country by topping the total they collided last year Ircflghtcr Her was chairman of IS n chief Hern Von loot Mr added shield to the plaque fighters received three one ago for outstanding service to the Association lloyj i new Four cars three accidents Burlington siteforHq According to Burlington Preston Burlington new Centennial Industrial Park is being considered as the site for The site Is located between Burlook and Appleby Line below the Queen Elizabeth Way County council has its Challenger wins again permanent headquarters for headquarters in Milton Is quoted having made the statement at an administration committee meeting of Burlington Council A square foot office Machines annoy Not much snow has fallen factory complex is being Acton policehavi considered the home for iMKn receiving complaints regional government That snowmobiles The area Is without sewage or mostly from the water services at the present Churchill area are of time careless operation and noise Some drivers have been warned Police report this week the board of education Is s family watched with delight Sunday as she triumphed over a set of challengers to win the top prize in the TV show Eye Bet June as a previous winner was back to tape the challenge match and came out with a dishwasher this time She appeared on the show before and won a one week trip to Beach Florida It had to be taken this year and June and her husband Dirk of Rock wood are leaving Dec 30 for their long awaited holiday See later The challenge match will be shown at the end tending to put signs on school January on CFTO channel property forbidding Along with her to the studios on Friday went snowmobiles there Two collisions in town on Saturday were investigated by Acton The third accident of the past week happened on lost Wednesday On Saturday at p estimated damage resulted to he car when driver King of Toronto lost control turning into Elizabeth Dr crossed daughter Laura son David the sodded median and came and sister Kathy Hall lo rest against a fence and Her sisters Hall tree Maggie Pat Kent tier At fl p that same day ana 1 and Anthony Van Dam Cook St brother in law Eddie Ryan was backing up and struck a have also appeared on the sign Damagctohh show but they don rack up cor was estimated at the wins the way June docs On Wednesday two cars Lease land for walkway A seven fool strip of land north of hairy take belonging to the Bray are Insisting the Schrocder Turner and town improve the land to Vadeika families in Lake lew conform with Improvements subdivision bordering Fairy they have made on their Lake will be leased to the properties own for a walkway An agreement is being The four families bought prepared to provide for the the land when it appeared lease at a nominal sum to residential development along the would take place were damoged when a door was opened Drivers were Mary Newman K It Rock wood damage to her door and Place with damage to his fender The accident occurred on Mill Flashing lights Clerk Usher reported the Ministry of Transport and Communication had not recommended the Installation of a flashing signal at Main St at Kingham Hill ltd However permission was granted for the town to Install a flashing amber light facing north ana south on Main with a red flashing light facing Kingham Hill It was suggested the light at the corner of Park ana Mill could be moved to this location since It was not required there Sunday accident takes life of Helen McClure The first snowfall of the season covered roads when Mrs Helen McClure of Georgetown was fatally injured in a car accident Her daughter Mrs Janet 3 Acton was driving when the accident occurred Sunday afternoon at 30 m on highway No 25 about a mile south highway at Passing motorists found the car which had come to rest in the after striking rive guide posts the shoulder embankment the tops of two large steel culverts had been travelling south but the car ended facing north after the ac cident Mrs McClureandMrs Goy were both taken by am to General Hospital but Mrs was transferred to Hamilton General Hospital because of her head injuries family Adding sorrow to the ac cident is the fact that Mrs McClure husband had been a patient in Toronto General hospital he had had a leg amputated recently He was able to be brought home Monday Mrs McClure only sister Mrs Mary Mann of Acton has been ill and is in St Joseph s Hospital Guelph while her husband Johnny is also in hospital in Toronto Janet Goy injuries are not completely determined but believed to be contained to bruises She Is being kept in hospital The Goy car a Hornet hatchback had damage investigating officer of determined It was towed by Motors from the scene Mrs McClure who lived at Temple Georgetown worked at Her husband now retired was on the Georgetown town staff for many years A son Bob also survives Mrs McClure was active in the Presbyterian church Driving conditions were bad on Sunday with roads snowcovered There were several accidents in the district this one the worst Funeral service js Wed at the McClureJones funeral home Georgetown at 2 odock with interment at Hlllcrest cemetery Nerval KEN BUDD is the courteous driver on the Town of Acton Christmas bus service which leaves the town hall on Willow St on three different routes that take in the entire town Fare is cents Services at St Abans Essen for Sid Saitz A shock to the community was the unexpected death on Sunday of Sid Saitx Beard- more hide buyer and chairman of the planning board of the town He had suffered a serious heart attack three months ago and hadn t been able to return to work since although he had greeted friends at the towns ap preciation night party Nov 24 He was years of age He was recording secretary of the GermanCanadian dub of Haiton county He was also one of the 11 traditional committee members of the club in Guelph who wear timehonored costumes at Mardi Gras season For five years he was secretary of Acton M A IS years Mr and Mrs Saitz and their two sons Raymond now and Ted 19 came to Acton 15 years ago Ted is still at home while Raymond who is a photographer with the Mississauga Times lives in Mississauga Mr Salti parents Siegfried and Anne Saitz had come over from Essen Germany to v isit the family last summer Siegfried Hans was born at Essen March 11 He went to high school and university there and was a statistician at Krupp when war broke out ana be was drafted into the German army at the age of 20 He was married at Drox ford England in IMS and he and his wife Eileen lived four years at Portsmouth at Essen in West Germany and in Guelph before coming to Acton home Is at 128 Place Acton He Joined staff in and had been export import expediter before becoming hide buyer recently Funeral service is today Dec 12 at the Shoemaker funeral home conducted by the Rev Interment will be in cemetery Pallbearers and flowers bearers will be sons Raymond and Ted Beard- more and Wanning board associate Frank Simloni planning board vice chairman Vic Beardmore associates Abbott Conway George Lee Lea and Henry Rupert Mrs Saitz learned by phone late Tuesday afternoon from his parents that a High Mass will be celebrated at the Cathedral in Essen at the same time as the service here Our thoughts will be with you Mr Saitz parents told their daughter Inlaw Many friends there and former associates of both Sid and his father at Krupp plants are expected lo attend Mr Saitz is also survived by a sister Else Brandt In West Germany He was a loving husband and father always ready to help others He particularly enjoyed travelling the family had been to Europe been talking about another trip to the southern Stales some time before long Cornell regret Mayor expressed council regrets In the sudden passing of Sid Saitz at Tuesdays council meeting Mr said that Mr Saitz as chairman of the board had per tremendous to the community as an energetic and excellent chairman The reports Mr had submitted bad always been unquestionably complete in every detail