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The Acton Free Press Wednesday Jan 51977 Elections accidents hearings dominate 1976 headlines Another year is over and time marches on In 100 years the news of will be condensed to a few paragraphs a week the Paces of the Past column and todays problems and tragedies will seem to newspaper readers However to the people of today the news is real and very much in the minds of Acton residents Most citizens will not forget many of last years headlines as much as they might like to The front is a yearend review of those stories which made the Free Press front pages from January to December Perhaps 1977s yearend review will bring better news January Tenant of the Dominion Hotel had to be evacuated during an early morning blaze and the piemises closed for the rest of the day Fire broke out in a locked IhircV floor storage room at I m and spread into the hall and one bedroom Sleeping tenants were awakened by the fire alarm and were- escorted or carried out of the building by firefighters or police Paul and Charlebois representing Acton Chamber of Commerce told Hills works committee they will ask businessmen to allow a special mill rale levy to help finance the develop of parking Plans to build estate type dwellings on 145 acres land north Highway on what once was the Toronto In site won approval of Region planning committee Hills council went on record as opposing the hydro corridor through Hills until an independent study of all other alternatives is completed but stalled offering financial aid Hills works torn mittee decided to proceed ith the installation of illuminated street signs in Acton and area had three New babies Eugene second son of Mr and Mrs Paul Bower made his m Heather Kingdon daughter of Mr and Mrs Joe Kingdon it Hockwood made her debut at 10 a m She has a sister Carolyn who is seven A third New ear baby as Seth Christian Homer son of Mr and Mrs Peler Homer 127 Churchill ltd S born at He lias two sisters tn go home to Despite strong opposition to a kV north south hydro transmission corridor through Halton Hills and an report from the Hearing Hoard the line from Milton to Bradley Junction is likely Moffat Lynn Marshall of Acton Scott Mc 18 of R Kevin Broostod 17 44 Nelson Crt Tim IB of Guelph formerly of Eden Mills and Eric Couture 19 Church St all were killed instantly after a stolen car driven by Couture crashed head on with another vehicle driven by McHugh The accident after Couture stole a car In Acton and was spotted by Regional Police Constable lorn The officer followed the car and turned on his roof lights at Kingham When the driver of the stolen car saw the lights he sped down the road at speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour The crash at 1104 one a half miles south of lown limits A young Acton tractor trailer John Van was killed a few days later on Highway 401 between and Kingston when his unit collided with another tractor the former April John was named the recipient of the Charles Thomson Memorial Award for his dedicated service to sports in the past A year old Alton district man was crushed to death when he lost control of a farm traitor which overturned ma roadside ditch pinning him underneath Milton said Kenneth Charles dud instantly Irene Jones 2H lid became the eleventh traffic fatality of the area in a month Mrs Joins died after a vehicle driven by hi r husband in huh she was a passenger was in collision with a school bus at the in of Britannia Road Mel Road in shooting of his wife Hilda Baron and boarders Gunter Mayer and his nine yearold son Wayne Committee meetings will stay open to the press and public Hills council voted down an administration commute recommendation to bar the press and public from the meetings Acton and area residents fears of hospitals doors being closed to them were unfounded even after Regional Council refused to make a donation to the out hospital Acton Figure Skating club held their annual skating carnival this month with the Olympics as this year theme The arena was almost filled for the performance which marked the end of the skating season in Acton A coroners inquest jury recommended a polite polity concerning police chases following the deaths of seven young people last month The jury recommended lhal the Regional Police form a policy on high speed pursuits after reviewing the guidelines of the and the Ontario and Quebec Provincial polite The jury wanted a sergeant or senior officer to the radio dispatch desk during emergencies and priority situations improved radio communications system by eliminating or reducing dead zones and static interference an emergency override feature on radios and a back up system The jury also called for provmcail legislation lo forbid drivers leavjng ignition keys in ended vehicles Police Constable lorn the officer involved in the was commended by the jury for his verv professional conduct The jurv also staled thai the force is extremely fortunate lo have an officer of Ins integrity and cap bill lies town lo buy the property for a parking area was held up when merchant Bert Hinlon said he was unaware the purchase had progressed as far as by law About 25 willing women look application forms for the proposed Block Parents program in town l The town of Hills will determine how many residential lots can be made from vacant land on Mill St near Aclon Boulevard known as Park The ultimate aim is to sell the land according to planning board retommendat June May be a February Hills works torn decided to widen sidewalks on Mill St and ban parking on south side of the street the rtcon job is completed A week later Chamber of Commerce representatives went to council with a brief and had the parking ban released Expansion of the present Halton Hills Administration Building on the Seventh I instead of the building of a municipal complex at another location was endorsed by all Hills councillors ex Harry Levy March Seventeen year old Cliff Creascy is rither winning the Legion s lub draw The prize was a tar but Cliff took he instead A fiery trash on Highway claimed seven lives John 17 of 144 Mill St John of If the town finds money md the project moves along without a hitch Hills havt a newly expanded IKKJ municipal complex on the Seventh I me by early lifffl Hills works com mittee retommended ihit the lown proceed with total rttonstruetmn of Cameron Sired including the in of storm sewers and gutters so drainage problems on the strict tan be solved hirst stage in reconstruction of a five of Mill St through he heat of downtown Acton is underway as surveying for the project moves ahead Hills ratepayers will fan average increases of over this year Ratepayers learned last week that com bin taxes for education and taxes will amount to about in Aclon and Georgetown and in An Ontario Supreme Court jury took 41 minutes to decide that Baron charged on three counts of murder was not guilty by reason of insanity He was in of the The Region works voted to transfer the Alton water billing funtlion to its tow of fite and the Pool supervisor Anne Pickering was appointed recreation to for Wards one and Iwo She is replacing John Cooper who has a position with the tow of A bid by Councillor Morrow backed by Councillors Harry Levy and George to ask voters if they want an lioo municipal complex was defeated Dick Hilton will be replacing Staff Ward as head of the Acton precincl of the Regional Polite Firefighters from Rock wood Acton and fire departments responded together when fire broke out in a pig barn at the farm of Donald James Hepburn on west of Cut Iph Line August Previously freed on a suspended sentence Hose Brown was sentenced Tuesday to up to two years in reformatory Shewastharged with Ihe manslaughter death of her husband Const Paul Brown Nov 10 1374 when they lived on Jeffrey Ave Acton An Ontario Court of Appeal set aside he suspended sentence imposed Justin Lilian She pleaded guilly to a reduttd of man slaughter afler testimony at trial suggested she was not of her Const Brown was the Acton of at the time of his death The fatt of the municipal complex is as con as ever Hills council split right down the middle and voted six to six on a motion stop any furthir work bv the architect until a made on the building lames Mullen It Acton was rushed hospital and on lo Toronto Sit hospital afttr struck a ear near rew son rs of Region gave the boy resuscitation on the scene and revived the boy He recovtrtd satisfactorily after several weeksinhospil September A 16year old Scarborough youth has been charged Willi possession of properly and criminal negligence in Ihe operation of a vehicle after a police chase which began in Kitchener and ended in Acton Some of the interlocking paving stones hat will housed on sidewalks have been given to Henry chairman of planning hopefully for im provemcnls for Ihe downtown area Funeral was held for David Roy Overland Mam St Erin who was killed in a tar collision Sunday at a m Between two grey and rainy days fall fair topped two perfetl days for lis fall fair attendance was ton the miserable downpour of ram and who enjoyed the variety program and the exciting crowning of Miss Acton I- air Acton will still have a office Hills agreed A that water bills would hive be paid in Georgetown upset a residents of Hit Councillor lot- Hurst an he will not sttk r in the A Burlington woman died early car she was driving wtnl out of on the Line one milt south of Britannia Dead is eorgt ill of Burlington Damages rose INK afttr a barn to tin ground tin firm of dim Thompson of It 1 Acton overturned on Main SI Polite firefighters am workmen and official of the of Ihe Environment were all lulled within minults of ihe Crews managed to dam the creek and oil before proceeded down where it could even fl Diplomas wen given to 121 graduates of Alton High Andy Thomson was Ihevaleduturian Acton won first hotkey g of he season against ihe Burlington tougirswlthaseoreofttfi I dty years of service to the Aclon library and lo residents the lown wire recognized this month as over lixiptopli and dance a he honoring s itien of iht Year for 11171 Mrs Isabel Watson Alton work unions have decided not to participate in the October 1 day of November A art man JuisWi 2 It and his passenger Herman Van 17 of Oakvillt wtrt November 11 in a two tar trash on Highway 25 jus south of The of iht other I of Orion for Outlph ral Hospital A group of rtsidinls of the town nidi d at a il to rtslritt trutks on St indUiunhillHd A shopping centre with mended they receive the area study and Canadian Tire as studies prepared by Jerry The old stone house now the two possible major tenants owner of J used as part of the Robert at Ihe corner of Shopping Centres Little school will house a new and Highway was proposed Ltd and delay further Roman Catholic separate to Hills Planning until the lorn school Board Ihe board recom pbifton of the urban Continued on Page Nine INTRODUCING A NEW DIET THATS EASIER TO SWALLOW It s the w Weight Watchers Food Plan 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