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Lions club poo only project as centennial There was plenty of festivity in Monday night but the noise was for New Year not centennial Plans for a New Year to usher in the town year had been abandoned two centennial roups formed met and then is banded he eluding club dan stopped for a quarter of an hour while ex mayor and former councillors circled two gigantic cakes for ceremonial slicing ind pictures The music started up again and as f as centennial celebrations hat was it Only other noise was the distant splash of the divers who 11 be the first in Acton s pool Only plan The I Ions swimming pool project has shaped up as the only item on ihe centennial year program so far And growing a canvass planned to begin rob Lx mayor I thinks other pi ins will likely gel off Ihe aid now there more of sense of urgency about It lit irages local groups plan of Iheir own His hope it that people ill dress up clean up the town he scheduled for year Invent been lied in lo con ilthough It a thought The origin- committee had presented a wideringing program In eluding i vision of New beginning with i breakfast for the whole town in the arena Jan this committee dissolved Joe Hurst set up another one which ia now defunct Council has recently called upon individual to determine a centennial project of their own Hags letterheads crests will the centennial symbol designed by Jock Carpenter are in the Iowt office mailing i further I whom The staff has no ide Centennial pro J eel for the committee wis three phase arena program The first phase renovations has begun The other two a new intrince and in addition with dressing rooms have fillcn lu Mtmwhilc I ions arc moving steadily in their ambitious plans for a swimming pool behind the tilth school It will be maintained by the high school open lo the public during school hours The layout Is so entry may he from he outside with school doors to idjiccnt corridors locked Vic is chairman i new committee i I oust to house canvass lo Ik HI 1 He luviiie loo in for tin Job Gordon and others will be contacting industries Also on Ihe pool committee for the club art I vcan Don Gordon and Don Murdy I is now estimated at In the past weeks two more items had be taken into consideration Test drills showed five feet below he surface the site so the base of the pool must be constructed to prevent Also the fire marshal office sent word a fire wall will be required between the brick willed pool and the high school Atton council allocated for the project followed by lsqueslng council with a donation of A IP grant of MO wis announced last week and the town has applied for a winter works program for the pool as will I The school hoard and own meeting will be held Jan 7 principal Dave Kalz and school board representatives to make further plans Mr Gordon reports a club and aquatic club have already made enquiries about rental lime in he pool A k A NINETY NINTH YEAR NO 27 ACTON ONTARIO THURSDAY JANUARY TWELVE PAGESFIFTEEN CENTS No problem first day for infant Halton Hills Hills councillors will be sworn today Thursday In the new council chamber prepared especially for the group in the former qucsing township hall was in readiness the first of January and the new council will hold regular meetings other Monday starting Jan The first meeting is an official and formal one folloAed by a dimor in SI Aiban parish hall in he new mayor home v illage of Glen Williams Hills clerk Doug administer the oath of office to Mayor Tom Hill Vt McKcnnc Les Hurst I en Cnxe Dick Miller from Rick Morrow Ernie Sykes Hyde Roy Booth Horry and Mike Armstrong of Georgetown Members of parliament Jim Snow and Ken- ire expected lo be there and speak briefly A former rector at Glen Williams and a friend of Ihe mayor ihe Harold Llewellyn of Him Iton will rend scripture and in prayer Business on igcndn is formal for this in iiigunl includes passing he proccduril bylaw the borrowing by law and the by law for the corporate seJl The rst working session of the duly author group is evening Ion 7 At meeting staff will be appointed Hills councillors have met frequently in the pant weeks ind hut lined up he for ACTON COUNCIL chamber Wednesday was bleakly furnished with an abandoned picnic bench brought to the last meeting as a joke three ash trays a window screen and one chair The chair lettered Free Press on Iht back had been bought years ago by former publisher G A Dills to make a little more comfortable during those long meetings It had been left when the rest of the went to Halton Hills The Free photographer promptly made off with it Town treasures in safety now presenlation at this meeting Some have pro considerable vcrsy Tom Hill like Cinderella turned midnight Monday from reeve into Hills Hut he spent the evening quietly at In the former tow building he reported Wednesday lhat ill was in readiness for regionil feovernmcllt He said ad been no problems in its first di of life The works department in Georgetown ilso echoed the comment no problems In fact Acton hod sent down i truck and driver Wednesday to help with Georgetown s abundant posl holldiy garbage Other than ringing bells On Ihe new phone system was installed In township offices callers are now re directed to a new number which gives the office switchboard The system still hod bugs to be ironed out Wednesday town office still replied yesterday to the old phone number hut the change is imminent All calls to Hilton Hills staff will to the switch Georgetown to be re directed to the right depart menl The existing Georgetown town system Tins been ex tended include Acton and the town office the stiff ire balancing books and cleaning up nutters per timing to Ihe town of Acton this week Clerk Grant Usher starts his new post frt shatter a week s holidays spent resting at home and snow moulhng loom was substantial lifted at the final meeting of Development torn mission held Dec It hid seemed inevitable that council fur which had graced the Acton rs as about to be swept or installation at he I squesmg township headquarters in Hills motion was passed advocating removal for safer keeping of mayor chair the fligs and standards and a picture shield of the crest of town of Acton major John Gov stipulated that he support motion Charles said that mease of he d make any required defence in court Councillor Hill said that he d wholehe a assist chair man Ted Tvlcr remove the accoutrements and councillor Bill Coats said that he too would support the surreptitious snaggling of the sacred It was then officially decided Receiving the con coope ration of the courteous who opened the chamber door the crafty councillors completed the confiscation secreting same to a special spot They contacted George Lee chairman of the llbrarv board and received per mission to Install the historical replica and regalia in the town library board room set high on a glorified ptdtslU sliehtl by a old placed around the outside safeguarding same from vagrant vandals visitine Removal the stand in its plate official with two flags bearing their insignia proudlv mounted in their standards Hanging high behind the will stand as symbol of grealtr momenta wlun she wis town unto htrstlf I I tin seal of furniture piece will on ill the nimes will prntel of worthy who had privilege of serving and playing Ins role in I of mm iupil development ii long stand Order of Canada for C Matthews A of Charles M Toronto his been appointed to membership in the Order of Tin Dances parties The music centre club golf club Legion and d strict halls all had packed houses for their dances on New Ive There were house parties well is rang out the old New brief Another brief to Sol commission is prepared by interested people from township It should be ready the end of this week says former councillor George Maltby MAYOR for all of half an hour Les boldly slices into a centennial cake as wife Alice and former councillors Ted Tyler Sr Claude Cook and Clarence watch The centennial sui prist was planned for a post midnight moment commemoration during the lively New Year dance at the curling club I going out with a smile on my face declared Mr Duby who s now a Hills councillor Centennial for two and Sir arc both vears old And there s a connection Sir main tuned connections between ngland ind on i trip to this continent in presented lo the fine wooden which hunt f ye irs the town hill It has been transferred lo the library Mrs Clarke of the own office staff news of the s i on Ik radio delivery routes Aclon ills may w in to question strangers in town walk up ind down from every home during the next few weeks Fred Biker temporarily of Hit post says the mtnin question ienlify themselves is post officers from the letter irner section of the Toronto staff they will it sts trained in dking Staff moves under new system government and the new own of Hills ire only three diys old ind have brought changes already A caller to Georgetown office is surprised to find himself talking to Oak ville while a call to Georgetown mumcipil I necessitates new number and a voice answers The town of Hills Changes for the personnel irt ilso in order Doug rittluird will move from his present on Main Street I munitipil building on Seventh I no With him go two and the planning department under Mario Trtisurer I his will stay at If Mini Street in inspection department where permits and plumbing permits are issued will move up to the engineering on Maple ist municipal offices will stay where they arc for at hist the next six months iceording to Mr out whole municipalities me distances and making routes on maps Al the same time the town will be broken down into finer code areas he said each block designated with their own code in conjunction with mcchammtion of the new mill sorting midline New service It is all part of the home delivery mail service which is been on horizon for residinls for some lim If Mr linker s speculations ire correct it might not get into operation until late in or April Mr Biker slid ppstil had set a tentative lite of gtttint the system mo motion for some time In fort hnslm is but due lo ptrsonnel involvement in work it was ruled out until the liter date to manager Biker mail in isoing into approximately post office boxes in the Bower Ave building Most other towns already have Ihe new system he said and reiterated there will be a great deal of paper work announcimtiit made bv Roland of the Order of Canada came a Matthews There were Canadians honored and they will receive their decorations at in in vestiture in spring Mr Matthews was born in ind went to school here vorkmg at the Press before going to Toronto where he was partner in the Sampson Matthews printing firm He has donated Samp son Matthews prints of famous works of to the and schools here Mr Matthews and his wife have been frequent visitors back to Acton the years They arc planning a trip to Spain this winter three months to get set up he said and included measuring maps letter cases organizing the letter corner section and changeover of sort ion with streets and numbers required on ill ill as a few of the details requiring con He painted out that staff members will have to be updated on the new sortition methods Muff requirements Mr Baker believes the office could hire additional staff i minimum five or six letter carriers and an ad ditioml clerk the present time five clerks a postal officer and postal manager time employment at the Acton office handling a norm at dally flow of 1 to letters Reportedly it was noted lost September that facilities at the local post office were not sufficient lo handle the present flow of mail lo postal regulations the basic requirement for home dchv in any community is a minimum of dropoft Mr Baker feels it is conceivable that new subdivision construction in the town could raise the requirements With postmaster Gordon absent from the office Mr Baker has been working here since September on a temporary yet there has been no go ahead he said but speculates that the measuring procedures will begin sometime early this year Holiday quiet Both holiday weekends were quiet here according to the Acton detachment of the OPP No calls of complaint were received New Year Eve at A call from the curling club which is in lo North Ilalton reported four unwanted party goers but they had left the building when police arrived At Christmas one driver was charged with Impaired driving Minor collisions There were three minor accidents in town since last week Free Press was published Dec at 15 a hit and run collision occurred in the Dominion Hotel lot David Crescent St had estimated damage to his car and the accident Is still under investigation On Dec at 1 there was a twocar collision at Knox and Main The cor driven by Gary Cope I and Rock wood had damage the one driven by Wm Morrison Cook St estimated Dec at there another minor collision on York St The car driven by May had estimated WO damage and the other car driven by Florence Scott I no damage Dec at 11 30 a drove over two hedges on private property on Queen St The incident was reported to police and the snowmobile driver made restitution No new babes No births for Acton and District on New Year day was the report of the Guelph General Hospital who advised that the only early 1974 baby bom was to a mother in Scratch Scrum A letter from Ireland wa received by Ken and Jane of Guelph last Saturday confirming that the horse Scrum on which they had an Irish sweepstake ticket had been drawn but scratched The lucky but unlucky ticket holder was the friendly bus driver who had most recently become known to Acton residents during holiday season The race was run last and the were informed of the scratching the day after According to Janet Budd the amount received will be approximately M0 pounds Thai means something like MOO as I understand it said the mother of three small children Wednesday Even that amount will be and will go towards paying bills Mrs said that her husband will certainly invest mother ticket as she and Sabres set for big blue e hundred fans showed up the community centre last riday night to watch the Junior Sabres upset Siskins and a record crowd is expected for tomorrow Friday big game LOCATION OF THE new swimming pool behind yards further north Bare ground in front reveals the high school is bared as the two portable class the of the Lions centennial swimming pool rooms were moved Monday to a new location a few project A canvass will begin this winter Bradford won the A championship last year and has lost only one game in IB starts this season Sabres inflicted that loss in Bradford November Since then the have rebounded to beat Acton and Coach Dave says his Sabres arc ready to meet the league leaders head on