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Tho Ac Froe Press Wednesday February 2 1977 Winter deals breaks than norma 1 wouldnt soy a lot He added lhat this could be expected with he amount of frost there is in ground now Men are working around the clock repairing breaks and frozen services ac cording to Mr The roads crew which ordinarily helps in an emergency is tied up with its plowing now leaving he water crew as one source put whacked right out 1 here as no January thaw this year Monday night was Januarys Inst chance and responded producing another storm just lo finish the month in style Ierhaps a February thaw Continued from Page 1 were cancelled Tuesday according lo Marilyn Smith of the Hoard of Education Schools however ere open Many local groups had lo cancel planned activities because of Ihe lie German I club dance in Milton a euchre in Knox Iresbylerian Church and a Trek dive in Fairy 1ake all fell through in Hit cold Crews were kepi with broken and pipes lendenl of the Department said there have been a few more Excellen report Fire brigade cites need for space HEAVY SNOW plus high on Lake Avenue winds adds up to one nearlyburied Volkswagen Situation bad but parking ban remains There will be no change in Ihe bylaw which tills parking on Hills streets for more than three hour between midnight and a despite complaints from lounhouse residents president condominium Cor number wrote to Councillor Int nip what ihe could do the problem of ears belonging to people visiting residents being ticketed and lowed when lliej are parked out night on Hie mad forwarded the loiter to Hills works committee and it was discussed Mckenzie said ihe lown is blame for the pro since ihe municipality decided how many parking spots there were supposed lo be at the develop ment He noted most families need two ears now and resi dents of Ihe lownhouses arc no exception so there just aren l my spots for visitors situation bad said residents weren I upset too much when parking was prohibited on one side of the street but now thai can I park on ihe other side situation is bad chairman Mike Armstrong wondered how expected the works staff clear awaj Ihe snow if low iihuuseresidciils and their v ere allow to park on ihe street Red Cross takes 191 pints of blood The number of rejects at eacn blood donor in is decreasing hut imfnrtunalcK so is Ihc number of able donors Hid Wood clinic al Ihe of wt e taken from illing people 1 here wen onK lire according lo convener knits in October IM iiktn with rejects June clinic saw vin epulis nceived fi in laken lo Tor onto it was used almost Tor newspapers reported a major blood shortage all mm emergency opera- tions be cancelled How ever of public re spouse here was enough blood and operations could go ahead as Drugs sified as ha I jaundu Iwo were charged with having of drugs in town the past week and another Acton vimlb was charged m Milton other municipalities had similar problems and though the town should investigate and find out what Ihe solu lions are Councillor George Mnllby said lown might consider letting people park on the road in Ihc vicinity of the lownhouses for the rest of the winter as long as between the end of this winter and next provide more parking their land die up grass When McKcnzic counlered there is no more room for parking Mallby said it was loo bad that the residents might have lo lose some grassed area parking spots but it wain uncommon for people owning houses to give up some of their lawns for parking when end up more cars than the driveway can handle- Mayor Tom Hill said was nothing the town could do about the lownhouse dents problems because the municipality start making exceptions for some and not for others when people town are feeling sting of the by law Councillor the problem has already been so what ihe lown do is make sun is more parking in condom developments in the Armstrong reiterated ihe by law is ihere to help works crews gel snow off the roads for the of all residents agreed saying by law musl he enforced and observed loo many people throughout the lown hae been abusing street parking privileges Mayor Tom Hill said he- would contact Ihe mayors of and Brampton and report back In the on how similar those two municipalities are handled Engineer Robert Austin noted the wording of Ihe by law and its rules and regula lions was suggested by Queens Park Firefighters dig out hydrants themselves Acton volunteer fiefghUrs braved the high winds cold temperatures and snow Saturday to clear Die fire hydrant Fire chief Mick Holmes had made an appeal last week to Ihe citizens of Acton to dig out hydrants case they were needed during fire However very few residents responded to the call The firefighters spent most of the day shovelling The annual report of the Hills fire area No was presented lo council this week Councillor Mike Armstrong it was an excellent report which gives him even more confidence in the ire department Councillor Pal McKenzie made special mention of re ports reference lo need for more room for the Acton fire departmcnl In the report Fire Chief Mick Holmes said a five year forecast Includes an addition to Ihe upstairs of the present fire hall Our equipment is quite cramped and im prove the situation I would hope in the year facing us workable we mighl make some lo remedy situation The fire hall now houses three trucks the latest being a restored old vehicle used for display and parades I Calls The report indicates ihe number fire calls de creased from the previous year although the loss was greater due the of fires encountered is most important to note the level of efficiency and effect of our per sonnel in preventing many small fires from developing fires of huge proportions however it is realized lhat one fire may nullify a good years ships have proven very successful and although there were numerous fires the re sponse was quick and the loss held to what would be ex pected The chief reported dance at many meetings including those of council of education Mutual Aid group Chamber of Com lo children playing wilh matches and one from faulty wiring There was one call to a gas spill to hotels nine to car fires two to car acci dents one of which involved seven fatalities one garage lire three grass fires one container fire attributed to arson two tar pot fires two chimney merce and fin chiefs He also tanker spill These totalled 11 personnel calls has Willi the idual pagers mi our response been about per even though in this world of Iran s lo be This feature in most all emergency throughoul ihe county We hope in 1177 to increase this percentage with Hie addition of a repealer box located at attended the Canadian Ontario fire chiefs He visited local industries which were setting up fire prevention programs Many fire inspections were made various groups toured the fire hall Itccordscalth His statistics recorded all fire calls in Aclon and rural commercial fire residential i fire loss of Executive readying for annual fair convention in- lire sHigelow Aclon Kail husband- and pen- ihapcronc will all rim will rail Kan month I he local for rooms aicioty will Itoyal member going nil their towns at ihe Sweetheart of the Fairs si Ik Id al the anadi Snow b lamed Heavy snow was blowing across ihe road when another collision was racked up day adding this week s lengthy This one occurred on Hal loultoadlandNo 7highwav Drivers involved were it it Acton and Austin Knox in a pickup truck and camper Visibility pwor polite re port Then- were no injuries Collision A car driven by Maurice Jodoin of M Storey in Acton was in a collision with a car driven by Cyril a Toronto resident which caused in damage to the cars The accident occurred on Thursday January at the intersection of M J thief Holmes reported ihe fire agreements with the rounding towns and lown incidents Townships In Erin township the Acton brigade attended one shed fire one electrical fire one grass fire and one ear fire In the Milton fire area attended one dump fire one grass fire two house ires one space heater fire born fires two car fires one and one fire in an electrical lank panel totalling ten tele There were five Christmas tree during one fireplace one clothes four false alarms and one dryer one dishwasher four tall to aid police They grease fires two from pipes radio Ihrcedue to assist the fire department Were Over Stocked AND WE MUST CLEAR OUT OUR WINTER MERCHANDISE TO MAKE ROOM FOR OUR SPRING STOCK WHICH IS ARRIVING DAILY Our Entire Winter Stock Has Been Reduced By in Georgetown Chain collision Illumed for Tuesday on Si in MARILYNS Boutique For the Finest Dining and Entertainment in the HAL TONWELLINGTON PEEL Area STATION HOTEL MILL STREET EAST ACTON NTHELOUNGE Entertaining Thurs Fri Sat Feb 3 4 5 LANE STARTING FEBRUARY 7th NIGHTLY ENTERTAINMENT FEB 7 to FEB 19 KENT TOCHER FEB 21 to FEB JOHN WEBER LOUNGE MENU Acton 3910 FISH CHIPS CABBAGE ROLLS BEEF STEW BRAISING BIBS HAM CABBAGE SPAGHETTI FRIED CHICKEN FARMER SAUSAGE PORK HOCKS with SAUERKRAUT 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