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Is the pig on Halton crest really the Golden Fleece the pig on the Hallo County crest really the golden fleece legendary treasure ought by the ancient Greeks curator at the county Museum the original drawing In the upper right hand corner of the shield was supposed to be the the Argonauts of Greek legend nought This would help to explain the ring In the pig back which hoi always been a mystery She believes some artist took liberties with the crest at some point in the county history turned the representation of the fleece Into a This created some problems for the new region of when police In the south of tho county objected to a pig being on their shoulder flash In tho event a similar region crest Is to be used on uniforms Partly because of the police complaint the county has put up a cash prize Tor a contest to design a new crest for the region Tho present crest used by the county Is older than the county Itself being covered in i960 after a more mundane one had been used for several years The switch came to light when county clerk Garfield Brown noticed the crest the county was using the one used on the first county by law which was passed by the provisional council that preceded s first county council in 1854 He mi tho records back In i960 but t find out when or where the less striking was adopted So with ell permission inga and seals of the original crest wore made and have boon in use since The crest features a shield divided Into four sections Each of thorn was believed to represent one of the then Tour townships Top left was believed to represent lower right a sailing schooner was thought to represent Trafalgar township and the masts grown here It Is believed the walking plow In lower represented Nelson township and the hog with the ring through its back represented livestock of but the ring was a mystery Around the shield is an oak leaf cluster probably representative of Whito Oaks for which south of tho county was famous Above the crest stands a sheaf of wheal representing agriculture in the county In general Tho crest which crept Into the picture mysteriously featured different symbols Upper left was a loaf upper right a sheaf of wheat lower left a walking plow and lower right a large oak tree Above the shield is a lion with a broken lance believes many new things could be Incorporated into the region crest because has changed from the agricultural county Is once was She a horse might be appropriate to designate Nossaguwrya famous far the Mohawk Raceway for Instance The contest for a new crest Tor has a prize of which It is hoped will produce something dramatic to represent the four areas of the new region Hills Milton Burlington and AERIAL VIEW OF THREE PHASE ACTON RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT NINETY NINTH YEAR NO ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 193 SECOND SECTION New Cobble Hill Estate houses sold before basements built TOWN HOUSES FIRST PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT The new land lease home purchase program being Instituted in the Cobble Hill Estates project is already showing amazing acceptance according to Alt Berry of Klnghom Hill states in Acton Iftecn homes hove already been sold with the sales based on ground plans as models have not as yet been built Basements ore in said Mr Berry but models will not be completed for public inspection until sometime In February In the meantime sales been en tensive with of the purchasers coming from the Toronto and Burlington areas Threebedroom Tudor style bungalows will sell for with three other house Need a lot from a bank TD can a great deal Look us over And see how our Personal Service Plan gives you just about all the banking services youll ever use for a month No matter how often you use them Instant Personal cheque cashing Up to at am brant in Can Safety Deposit Box Discount on uifttv deposit box rental UnMted cheque as mnm iiHqmsat with no additional ih in Fret TDChargex Card Honoured at than one million itaihhment4 and thirt one thousand bank branches countries around the 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current market value of the lot The lease continues for a term of SO years as under the HOME program However it the resale under the plan the rent remains unchanged According to Mr Berry the home buyer has the option of purchasing the land at any time after the first five years at the same cost value of the day the home was originally purchased This way a home buyer under the Alteo plan knows from the date of the home purchase what the cost or his lot will be if he decides he wants ownership There are advantages to purchasing through the Cobble Hill plan according to Mr Berry Down payments ore lower because no down payment Is required on the land portion of the total house land package Accordingly a 10 percent down payment on the house mentioned excluding the value of the land would be whereas a ten percent down payment on would be 795 Monthly carrying costs are also likely to be lower because they do not Include amortization costs of the debt of the land portion of the sole Three phases The Kinghnm Mill I- states Incorporated a building plan whereby the entire project Is divided into a series of steps and referred to as phase one two and three At the present time building of the new homes has been held up considerably due to an occult shortage of various materials Phone one based on subsldim planning is now tnmplited and tenant haw tiiktn up residency Phase two with loans Is only three quarter completed although almost all on sold Hopefully said Mr Hi rry name residents could be moving in this weekend on final In spot Ions Thi land lease sales of phase will at the pre Hint time only to the single family homes Hut said AH It is anticipated the semis will be Included later Escarpment Commission sets up shop in Georgetown on Monday The Niagara Escarpment Commission moved Into headquarters at Street Georgetown Monday but arc still by no means settled The Commission has taken over the top floor and the basement level of the building at Mountalnvlcw and Street Amid the construction of offices six employees are now at work A total of will be employed In the near future mostly secretarial help and planners Heading up the Com mission Is George It McCague ex mayor of Alllston who resigned in September to lake the Job His secretary is Mrs Susan Herrold of Acton Director Is James Gilbert of and his secretary Is Mrs Carolyn Jameson of Georgetown Vem Rankin of Ballinafad is supply and services officer and Walter W Cowling of Cambridge is manager of information services Special advisor is John Spender of is Miss Janette Gray of Toronto and the receptionist Georgetown THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF ACTON NOTICE To Residents As you are all aware our Centennial Year is fast ap In the early part of Council appointed a member Committee to organize and coordinate activities to be carried out in 1974 Due to lack of public response this Committee along with the original Centennial Commission has been dissolved Therefore the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Acton urges all interested individuals clubs groups etc to undertake Centennial Celebrations suitable to their own organization Mayor A GEORGE R McCAGUE Chairman of Niagara Escarpment Commission The 17 member Com mission including the chairman will develop a plan for the Niagara Escarpment running from to Tobermory a total of 1 million acres The Com mission Is supposed to complete the work within three years then will be phased out Pulls his own ticket Would you believe Tom Hill mayorelect of Hills did it again He pulled his own ticket on the fifth draw at the opening of and won a voucher good at The mayor immediately donated it to the Georgetown I Ions Club Christmas fund This Is his winning year On top of winning the election which made him mayor of the north he won WOO in the Georgetown 1 ions Club Grey Cup draw It is rumored he buying sweepstakes ticket while he is on a winning streak Mayorelect Hill drew the ticket or Vivian Mills 10 Weber Drive making her the winner of the top prize In Realty draw Mrs Mills won a voucher All the prizes are redeemable for merchandise at New health insurance office serves district residents A new Ontar Health Insurance Plan office is now open to serve residents physicians and practitioners the following Counties Dufferin Peel Halton Simcoe Ontario York excluding Metropolitan Toronto The new M District Office is located on the fifth door Build City Centre Drive Miss Hatting Office Monday day