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Ask for arena room for Oxfam craft sale An Oxfam sponsored crafts Monday night for use of the sale with handcrafts from all upstairs room She explained over the third world will be is a charitable World held upstairs in Acton arena May If Halton Hills council agrees to an administration committee recommendation started after World War in Oxford England by Quakers She said they had helped provide famine relief in Bangladesh Africa and recently Guate mala To rent for store storage MRS PENNY Briseow of St Albans Church leads the congregation in worship at the World Day of Prayer last Friday World Day of Prayer Prayer inspired experiences provide rewarding education Hills works Monday to allow Mike Kinal Acton Home Hardware to rent the old Acton pumphouse on Main Street for storage purposes Councillor Mike Armstrong said Mr Kinai wants to rent the building for dry storage but thought before it is rented the town should find out who Mould be responsible if some thing were stolen or he build burned down He didnt the normal warehousing rate for a building the size of the pumphouse The committee decided a rent of would be fair If Mr Kinal would accept all responsibility for his goods while they are stored on town property The committee also dis cussed the fact Home Hard ware might not want to use hole so his was the subject of the address given by Mrs Pat at the annual service held Friday at St Albans Church Drawing on her exper le rices living in various parti of the world Mrs Wilsor emphasized that is the greatest teacher She stated that the best can be had by those who through prayer accept new challenges out of whicr emerge rich and rewarding experiences Speaking of how one car best help those in areas of the world said If one focuses on God one need not be oncer nee with the form one works take Inciting people tc revolt through militant talk exploitation is incompatible with the Christian message peace and love she said By keeping in the stream of love and grace emanating Holy Spirit one can lead others into experiences which will enhance their life style Mrs Margaret Creasey president of St Albans Anglican Church Women welcomed those attending and acted as reader through out the service Penny tow of St Albans filled the role of leader during the vice and was ably assisted by the following who gave scrip ture readings Mrs Mar La ndsbo rough Acton Baptist Church Mrs Ann Venema Christian Reformed Church Mrs Dian Butter and Mrs Dorothy ity United Church Mrs Knox Presbyterian Church Mrs Karen Stuart Evangel Pentecostal Tabernacle Mrs Pauline Gordon St Joseph Roman Catholic Church Skits Three skits depicting We in an underdeveloped land were presented by Karen Stuart Dorothy Isobel McKenzie Vic Bnstow Alec and Karen Pitt and Susan Wilson Rev Leonard of Si Albans gave the Blessing and the choir under the direction of Mrs the anthem I it There Be Peace An offering of forwarded to the Women Inter Church Council of Canada on behalf the part lupdting Alton by Mrs Marie and her assistant Mrs Doris Cooke At the conclusion of the smite a hour followed in the hall where the ladies of the leled as hostesses Pi ant the items stored in the rent should be lowered building covered by Hills insurance Councillor Joe Hurst said the business will likely need the storage area far at least a year until residential use of the store second floor is phased out and it is converted into more commercial area and storage space It was suggested rent should be about a year Engineer Robert Austin Mr to find out more about his storage plans how much space he will use and discuss rental The committee wants a cancelling the deal if Mrs Comfort claimed they have now concenuuted on helping these countries help themselves so they buy their handcrafts and artifacts at a fair price and sell them in Ca giving local people a chance to buy articles they would not otherwise have She said used St ban s parish hall last year but this year decided to hold the sale in the room above the arena Other craft groups such as the Credit Valley Artisans Georgetown Arts and Crafts Society and other Oxfam groups have been asked to participate They would do nate 15 percent of their sales to Councillor George asked what rent would be charged for the upstairs room Recreation director Glen Gray said no rent has been established for that room but pointed out the downstairs room rented for five dollars The administration com agreed the same rent for the upstairs room Chairman Us ex plained council now has to approve the recommend ation The Acton Free Press Wed March 10 Ducks onstage at council again Councillor Joe Hurst will investigate complaints about damage created by Fairy Lake ducks to a stage which the Acton Agricultural wants repaired The ducks have been stored in the Agricultural Societys poultry barn this winter Councillor Mike Armstrong told the lib works committee Monday the people who put on the fall fair want sections of the stage rc- Robert Austin said he thought three pieces of plywood would repair the damage He noted the Agn cultural Society says if re pairs a re made the stage won t be good enough for this fall fair Austin noted much of the dim age has been to areas which to the town as pari of the areiu and not the Agricultural Society Ik eomplained about the Willow Mill corner better group asking the town to than any street lights It was make repairs when it cost installed Monday Hills hours of works crew time to clean Up after last years fair Armstrong noted the group hasnt fulfilled all Its lions to the town since it is supposed to clean up after the fair and observed the group hasnt specified what repairs must be made and how much it will cool Austin reminded the com mil tee again the damaged areas may not belong to the Agricultural Society but to the town Councillor Joe Hurst said he thinks the town is sible for the ducks ana so should look after the damage the ducks caused He promised to look into the whole problem and report lo die committee Lights up St Joes GO days notice is given by either he town or Mr Kinal IU into the lease Grant Schultz to move to London Grant popular manager of the Bank of Nova Scotia in Aclon is on the move again This tune be a off to London Ontario where on March he will lake up his new position as senior assistant manager at the main branch Moving is not new to Mr who was born in Owen Sound His father is with Ihc Ontario Provincial Police and his job took him and his family all province Since moving to Acton Mr and his wife have resided at Brock Street They have two young and Paul Taking over as manager will be It Devlin He will from Chatham next Monday has also been hit by the current program of hospital cutbacks ordered by Frank Miller St Josephs hospital has ordered to reduce its operating budget by but General Hospital has been exempted from the reductions Both hospitals received letters last week and ad numerators the are relieved the cuts were not on bank financing NEW THREE LADIES enjoying a cup of tea following RpcifjpntQ the World Day of Prayer service are Mrs nCSIUCI VVI aMUItJ Mrs Beck Masters and Mrs Jean Red Cross canvass Contact Centre makes date list Along with the Distress immigrants Una coming events e- g dances and Listening Ear North a palm reader or join your auction sales rum Contact Centre in local library mage sales blood dimes Georgetown has available an The aim is to be able lo sup- craft classes and night Information Service ply a caller with the school In words The centre has received a to call be it in thing of interest going on in ant from the government to Hills or surrounding area the community make this a working pari Volunteers are gathering Talent bunk of the community and updating information for Last but not least Along with listings of just the wheel on a daily basis as it Book This book com about every organization and becomes available service club in Halton Hills Community calendar the cross reference wheel Nothing to do on a Sunday supplies information like afternoon The Community where to get student aid get Calendar keeps uptodate on Beds kept open in Milton hospital The series of bureaucratic errors that led to the an last week of the closing of 25 beds of the Mil ton District Hospital were of corrected by MPP Jim Snow Mr Snow explained that the hospital had been under consideration for the reduc tion in the number of beds but with proper consideration of the number of beds in the Ac ton Georgetown and Milton areas the number was al ready lower than required The Milton and George town area is under bedded explained Mr Snow The Milton and Georgetown hospitals should have a total or 153 beds At present there are only 133 active care beds in North Halton Snow furthered that he had personally interceded in to reduce the Milton but a clerical error had left the Milton name on the list released to the media while local officials knew no thing of the planned and can celled closure Deputy Minister of Health Contract talks to commence Finance and personnel committee of Hills Council is commencing nego tiations with a representative Local73 for anew agreement to cover town em ployees Doug Prltchard said Monday night The present agreement be tween the town and the union expires March Committee chairman Councillor Ernie Sykes indicated At the pre sent time were miles apart W Alan confirmed in a letter that the hospital would be kept open but would be under same restriction as all other Ontario hospitals and numbers of the handy people about town Listings include account ants babysitters cake de carpenters and dance bands to name few The Contact Centre is a free hour Information Centre used for and by the Hills to make his com more aware of each other Please help us with your information lo help our neighbors a spokesman asked Next training course for new volunteers will be held April 29 and May 1 Chief gets new job I ire Chief is Regional annul to Doug Wilson as lire Coordinator Mr Wilson former Oak i ilk fire chief held tin position for scleral but rilired month Milton A I It mint his is All the canvassers for the Red Cross door to door campaign will be from Acton a volunteer in charge of publicity said Tuesday Jake was denymr statement by Red Cross public relatioas officer Connie that if Acton residents did not help with the canvass here then volunteers from Georgetown would take on task can tola people Mr Kulkcnsaid telephone interview The threeday blitz will include apartment dwellers Rural residents have received camp nun literature Clean your carpet faster and better with Steamex 6 power jets get the dirt other methods dont reach 10 ground n dirt and old yet are harmless Steamex oris work to loosen and lift out Ron he pro carpet cleaner Do it yourself and save Rent Sic pit Givi it oil 1 1 pel Add years loila Me location iil you call telephone number below ACTON 8789262 GEORGETOWN 8777541 FOR DEALERSHIP ENQUIRIES CALL TORONTO FREE ADMISSION BINGO EVERY 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