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New provincial guidelines could delay high school here Construction of the new high may I dclns nan result of a provincial announcement Thursday morn ing As port of its crackdown on government spending I ho province laitied stringent guidelines concerning the building of new schools At the school board meeting that same evening director of education Km Lavender said the door Inn closed on the Acton school but if the guidelines ore strictly enforced project will have to postponed The board had expected that I Bennett school and the Robert Little school would require portable classrooms until the completion of the new high school and the con version of the old high school to a middle school scheduled for At that time and I title schools would become junior schools Trustee Tom Walton this week expressed concern at the possible change in plans Acton now has lop priority for new high school I would hope the Knvtrn ment will see it to go ahead wllh the Acton project because it necessary he said We 11 in dire straits It we don I have it The school board Thursday also considered the future of school Although is it small the has been advised to leave the school open because lirookville school could not handle the of extra students the closing of would of the board were also advised Thursday that 11m rt Baldwin school In Milton is operating at capacity and to require portable classroom during and 1H77 moving into the Cabot Trail Woodward Ave Maple Ave and Thomson ltd will their children bussed to view and schools 1 he board reports that the Baldwin school in Milton t be expanded until the W Dick fc school in Milton Is expanded and Improved Postponement of the Acton 1 school would set back construction of a new high school in Milton as well ACTON ONTARIO TUFSDAY DECEMBER One Hundred and First Your No Pages Fifteen Cen Babes in toy land BALLOONS AT THE Legion Christmas party tire Bobby Andrews and McMillan Clowns were McDonald and Mary Santa appeared during the party and distributed gifts to die children in the audience Snow smothers area Sat Christmas bus proves boon The ftrnt major snowstorm of Itu season smothered this district Saturday a day before the arrival of winter Roth walking and driving were difficult during the day long of and wind from the oast Plows and started from the Hills works yard Georgetown at morning and the men worked through till 7 m then the gale had Minted 1th less drifting over the roads The men were back at work ni Sundnv and nil through Sunday night Street clearing The elturing program began Sunday at midnight In towns of and Georgetown The main strcttK came firs all equipment out In Acton Tuesday morning am one front end and four dump truck ground their way along Mill clearing Hie i midway Worknun wire hampered in ears lift on tin strut llii cover at the Mill Willow was taught two the plows iturduv In the stumd accident about Hum a foot long bolt win from the cover through a double hung window beside the front door of the Toronto Dominion A big Jagged hole was Hit result culled manager arl stood guanl HI s boarded until tin up Although of shopping at out of lown plazas because of the snow was hard to shop In Acton loo by car Driveways were plugged with drifts and walled in by the Downtown parking nearly Impossible The Mill St parking lot was plowed by Hills crews by the afternoon however Quite a few people found the businessmen Christmas vice the perfect an r Saturday the best day yet for use of I Three collisions last Thursday Thursday a two Alton about to his s were In at the corner of Queen and Mead dnv there was i collision il vah when both made turns Main and Si s drive It UK Ae hod estimated to his car ton had i slim to In r and William It K Kathltiu lli ltd about to Douglas Main A third accident the same da inwihtn wo ears at the conn r of and Mill rim Incident d about m Three fire alarms in four days the tirt burned its It out Mi aid at the fin thai it was not An accumulation of smoke Stuart Robertson dust Inn chimney hut on the north side of High caught fire Thursday Dee just wist of Crew son 18 at IS tamers caught fin Mick Holmes said afternoon Alton Library appointee Let a professional l1 Hills 1 engineer and resident of it the Horn of Acton has been reappointed rcprtsenlutivi ponded to the though the loc is district for details Ins house on Church St when caught fire it ID thief Holmes said there was vers little damage Tin new fire truck has not bee used as it is not fullv hud about 1000 damage to his cur to police and Harry Allan It Ac Ion about 100 in his More On Dec 11 an accident at Ihe corner of Church and hi gin produced damage to cur driven by Krlk Don Mills and 400 to Hie tar by Morrison Gail Maltby heads new centre executive Si Iwiar 1 1 ilir lors at a met ting I th luisday of last wicl Is I i I wing in in In Alii rue Mi mix and stiff K Dills Ill tarluii till Sixoii nig linn I In wing will Ik si I will In nut I i osii Meeting Ineorpnratlon signing and wen who had heen discuss by memliers pie of weeks 111 1 a public meeting id I in inn lin Alu rni IMr Mirks Ill Kill Us I win InipmU Bill lovd Urn slid ituth staff John Jim Mil Ik Brim Tractor damage Longest holiday for town banks banks will elos for hi fourdiy lor rock or caused at FIFTY YEARS ago January 1 Mrs Isabel Wat son assumed duties as Acton Librarian She had been an assistant even before that Story inside todays Free Press inpreci dented straight days ovir the holiday Hunk branches will closed Dee Dee i Dec Dec dui to a dispeasiliun from Irani Schullz of Hank of Novm Scottu on Mill Street said that tin Hunk Ail slates branches cannot remain closed for tnan Ihrec days now whin Dee fell on Siturday banks tiavi Iwd to open in the morning This is first Unit Mr said about tins letting remain e will i I J in I HI Slid Strtel Ys Men start Robertson fund Men are spear heading a fund raising campaign tor Stuart Hubert son wt Idint shop was fin AKHrk tailed for met the club s FIRE VIRTUALLY DESTROYED THE HUT housing Stuart Robertsons welding shop Friday Firefighters from Rock wood and Acton were called out to the blaze on the north side of Highway 7 just west of Crew sons Corners fire chief Carl Meadows estimates the damage at approx imately The future of the shop is not known said Mr Robertson Stored near the hut was the Ys Mens snowman used in the Santa parade and three ponies All the animals were saved to sit figure donation Mr lark In the mi ting to held soon There to the m ichmer it what a fell could wist Mr Clark said Tht pretty well wiped out he snd Mr Clark said purpost of the fund is to help Mr also Min get back onto hi feet People can start tht ball rolling Mr Clark said making donations through Aclon branch of the Toronto- Dominion Hank Stuart injured during a fire which his welding shop near Corners will work again but he does not know if he will reopen for business I hope so Mr Robertson said when asked if he would the large hut which housed his welding equipment is up in the air he said Mr Robertson said a telephone Interview Monday Dec that he was still getting over the experience Todays paper giant greeting wuks I rtss is si i nil larg isjKenlri isun firth it I issuOis a giant i is igt imitiins jjriitings to all iLh it Iht rtuilir idtrt in by j great I I is grilling ids from inercluints Insurance jumps almost 500 Hi is publish tLiv i this week ikxl I e I ml Dec Ml us soils stiff ttlcr than a ttitlit with seiunt of Hit I ni I ri- off let 1 1 ilusid hristmas Day and hi- is it with best wishes of free in ill irlrni newsroom office tnaki up dip nl job pressroom curriers turn spindi dt rv illoii of will fact firt insuraiKt ixtendid buildings and ton tints and malicious daman learned Ihurs li that It will cos this ar lor tht ton rag in interview Surnrrintendtnt of Pin Dan explained there were a number of boosting cost of pre An In the to jrdi vandalism of school is a fattnr in Other factors that boost the premium cost in a change in Ihe basic in It used to lie tilt rt in I hi- estdltti rapidh I st iluattd lot had to look for the plan inOakMlli thiol ar tit insur rsnlus1 the noli in insult ting isptcialh Ihi tninls ftut wt Man Hi tin with it Dana I fir wlnlt lie said also said burn to his right hand was not is ind is he thought it would be Hi hi was alone in the hut on his hack working i car when the fire started 1 1ot know how It started hi said Ms bind ought ire and 1 rolled out Tht fire started just about 1 JO p Damage damage to hut at approximately WO includ ing interior Mosl of the dimage wis to machinery within building he salt Damage to the interior of the building was estimated at ap proximately by the chief who also said It could probably be used again once il is insulated Mr Robertson said the building is insured Acton firefighters arrived first on ihe scene and tackled the blaze from the west end of the building where a huge column of smoke billowed into ihe ilear sky firefighters arrived shortly after ihe Acton crew and worked on the end of ihe hut Several drivers slowed down to look to the north side of Highway at the smoke and firefighters Acton firefighters chopped a hole in the ice of a near by stream and pumped the water the fire Mrs Grace Robertson Mr Robertson mother said he where burned hand is treated lit J Hutchison Three ponies which were kept in a trailer on the north sine of tht hut rescued b Mr and his father Bert One of the ponies pulled Santa CI jus sleigh during the Christmas parade in week ago Saturday One more shopping day until Christmas