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One Hundred and Second YearNo ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY DECEMBERS Six Pages Fifteen Cents Tom Hill wan another term as major of Hills Monday but it was by no means a landslide victory He beat veteran councillor Harry Levy 113G votes Hill polled votes and Levy Levy made a clean sweep of Ward hour but Hill took Ward One Acton and Two handily The Ward Three battle was tight will Hill edging levy Around Levy conceded and went lo Hill s headquarters to congratulate him Ward one was returned as regional council lor for ward one He was back on the job Tuesday attending a regional meeting in Burlington in the afternoon and Hills council meeting in the evening Mr said Tuesday he enjoyed the of meeting the people and finding out few of their con He intends to forward the things he spoke of publicly in his advertise 1 hope the people who have concern will make it known to us Mr said He pointed out Hills 44 voter turnout An estimated per cent of the voters turned out election day in Hills According to Returning Officer Doug Prilchard this is almost the same as the 19J elections There had been fears of a lower turnout ith the sudden cold weather anil winlrv road conditions election day 125000 loss council his lost five councillors the Peter Marks who ran regional council lost unsuccessfully against ten This inntrtast the for the regional burden on the incumbents for scat three years ago is now He commented Monday night that feels very good lo return to council In addition to council work Mr Marks will continue lo Council and work with i very grateful to the people of Atton for tntrusdng lion He 11 eliminate his me with this large respon vale practice of marriage and and I feel confident family counselling couple of years for that I can live up added that there will have to be a lot of work For the next month until the new eouncil lakes authority in January he review past work in order to get grasp on the situation Hell read documents and deter mine what s outstanding business before he enters the chamber Mr Marks headed the poll Monday back said the election returns were just as he hud expected He said his re election was gratifying to him since he had run a low key campaign I was glad to have he vote of confidence and support of the people He is looking forward to helping finalize some of he things council has underway Mr was tired Tuesday morning when con at been at a house pari night till lale and was out even down all his election signs on the way home who followed votes behind incumbent Councillor Les said Continued on Page 2 DEL BEAUMONT of the Glen congratulates victorious Mayor Tom Hill after Monday s win Present petition seek downtown compensation Mill paving on schedule Mill St reconstruction is into its last week and still proceeding right on schedule It expected the paving of last blocks wilt be done by original target dite The first base coat of paving can be laid with colder lem than the second coat The second coat is scheduled for spring ah ngwjth ihe sidewalk blocks Liquor votes carry easily five signed i petition for i 1 cut or some form of compensation for the link of business due to reconstruction of Mill Street John presented Ihe petition to Hilton Hills night He told until the seemed to have how much moncv it to bills taxes I know it s but m asking for consideration rprelt soon there will be no from business men in Fire destroys barn I suiting engineer mod Clip- cuts telephone service street he concluded lit left the meeting Pat said he know if there evens i proper time lo repair a main street particularly when it s a main highway as well He praised he contractor and said he had given ex Con ilting engineer Bob Clip- sham town engineer Bob in for kind words He said assist into to the mtrthjnts should be considered It sun is poor Unit but in job he commented 1 1 Hub agreed with Mr remarks and siid the works department had dealt swiftlv with small It s unforiunale it s the Christ mas shopping season but if it had been done in the summer there would have been torn pliints about the dust iquir lts over without food in all areas of carried to Hills in s elections The question on favoring The question on liquor with liquor wine and in an dinmf earned lounge asked to Hit lounge of ill voters in ward question where liquor is earned lo 1B97 Old and new council faces an old barn and all the feed for head of beef cattle at Nordic Farms Lid east of Eden Mills and Fire Chief Carl estimates total damage it approximatelv as of Tuesday the cause of fire was undetermined All of the Limousin Cattle in the stone and sheet men barn Mr siid of the blaze evacuated sifelv firm manager Tim said Mr wh has managed the firm for two vears was for said firt of tons of feed and two tractors were destroved in the fire Mr said Tht barn which was used mainlv for stonge bad its roof rebuilt in the late bos started about li p ind quicklv through Hell phone line Ihe barn Service In tden Mills was out for most if afternoon parts of iss south lo were ilso affected to Bell workmen firefighters wert on the scene until signs along main roads ntw illuminated signs are Lomg up in cton The attractive new glass encased signs will be illuminated from within after they are connected up by hydro The first signs are being installed ilong No from Churchill ltd to the Mill and Main corner from Mill to Willow ind on from astern Mun One missing street sign in subdivision has also been replaced with one of the new illuminated The program wilt be on each ir three by defeat at tht polls two retirement from the politit Ihree long time Him Lev rn fcrnieSkeslost their bids for while Dick and Jot Hurst dropped out of politics I tost in his bid for the Hyde lost the si seat in Ward Three which he has held since regional government and before that in council and lost his Ward Three regional seat which he too has held since also served on Georgetown also ved Hills and Georgetown touneillor f ices on council wilt be Peter Mirks Ward Walter Bichn I tie Pomerov Ward Three Peter Mirris Ward hour and Pit Patterson Ward Two SUCCESSFUL WARD TWO area candidate George and wife Gail concentrate on early returns posted at the election s central office in Gordon Alcott Arena at Georgetown A PENSIVE PETER MARKS watches as new figures are posted at election centre Monday night Mr Marks finished votes ahead of incumbent Les Both will serve as area councillors for Acton Gravel truck spills load truck jack ihe truck had on an icv snowv hill dam ige ift tons lit was driving up a steep The hap- ejadc and road eonditions jus Mcllat A w vii 1 me Haul 1 td ind poor according to In police he gravel vas left inked in the ditch the truck was taken Saturday at 130 here comes San Santa is The organizers suggest coming right down Mill parents wanting pictures of St paved or not their children with Santa The best Santa par bring Iheir own vel is slated to head off at cameras 1 afternoon with New location lots of entries two bands The starting point of the recorded music and singers parade changed this After the parade there will the be two locations for people to Crescent over Maria St go both the scout hall and the bridge where there is This will split the crowd of room for ihe floats and and avoid a huge crush at one marching entries to line up FIREFIGHTERS stayed rune hours at the blaze which burned an 80yearold bam to its foundations Monday Fifty head of beef cattle safely got out but about damage was caused by the fire place organizers hope the scout hall the Scout and Guide Mothers scouts and guides w ill be scrv hot chocolate and cookies to anv This warm up snack is not just for but it is just for children Parents are asked to bring or send their children over for the free treat At the of course Santa Clause will be enthroned ready to talk lo all ihe child who lo visit with him TheY will be decorated and there will be balloons and candy canes The tiretighten who are acting as parade marshals felt this was a better place to line up than the railway station or the high school The firefighters will be in forming all Ihe residents nearby on the Crescent about the parade and arranging for access to their homes Any lime after noon the entries ma assemble and everyone is asked to be there for sure at p m Then Ihe parade ill be all organized and ready to go 30 route the parade will come along Crescent St across the Maria St bridge and north Church cast on Church to the tracks north to Mill St along Mill to Main up Main to Knox and along Knox to the park Parking spaces will be reserved in the parking lol at the community centre for the floats If there are too man the can be left along the school lane Float judges will be Julian Heed J- rank Jakes and Jane The floats will all be num be red and most of them also identified a sign There is a prize for the best over all float with a prize for the second best float Then there are four 20 awards for the best float in the four categories service clubs schools and churches Each entry may only win J this years altered Continued on Page 2