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B12 The Acton Free Press Wednesday February 16 Daily feeding for our ducks Arena workers are feeding the Fairy Lake dirks daily now armed with feed paid for by Council and the Indefat Esther Taylor Is helping out with food of her own Arena manager Harold Townsley staff are out every morning feeding the ducks with a couple of pails of scratch grain and corn Frank head of Hills depart says that the cost so far this winter has been about SI The birds were ilso to have been sheltered in the Fall bin as they were last but the barn was unbailable this Tht birds hive taken the ACTONIANS add to arena staffs daily duck feeding with food of their own The birds remain problem of shelter out of council hands by flying by themselves to the dam where keeps the water aerated The water is piped to the plant for use in tanning The ducks need the open water to survive out of doors in winter has men in the past that the concentration of ducks around the dam has caused problems with the tannery water John thief chemist or the com said because of the extra fertilization there is heavy growth of weeds and they in the intake pipe also out bank by digging at roots according to Mr Tht company has nothing in it runs sanetu of its own on the grounds Miss Taylor is feeding ducks even because need to be fed twite day in the cold She feeds them bread and corn Surprise source In addition to her regular trips to the lake is providing food through avenue burnt of tht ducks hive discovered tht food sht leaves out for squirrtts- by library and they apparently think it is food they for out in the wild somewhere Birds winch will flock to Miss Taylor it the like will fly if they see her by the library Its funny they don t seem to recognize me she says On the street interviews he Press went out on streets Thursday to find out what the people of Acton think about hairy Lake ducks everyone liked the idea the ducks but some were concerned that there wen to many was ill in favour of tht ducks I like little used to feed thtm until the signs went up whit It costs to keep them it worth it like them agreed Pat It is worth keeping them Mrs did not know whit should done with the ducks in the winter A jentlem in who to anonymous said got too many It mikes miser iter for swimmers Having somt dutks is Nice to have around was opinion They should quit feedine in the fall so they 11 go south continued Mam wis outspoken It is put up as a sanctuary they should keep it that wiy If the town too poor to kttp ducks they sh islnmed of themselves Obituary Wm Ballentinein 90th year William Norman Ballentine Stratford and Kenneth Bud the homestead after his mar passed away at the Hyde deceased riage until when he re- Park Nursing Home Guelph tired to Acton In 1960 he and on Monday Feb He was a loving grand his wife located in He year He was the beloved father lo ten grandchildren band of Mary Dearlng and the and two great grandchildren was the last remaining son or dear father of Ross Acton Mr Ballentine was born in Tom Ballentine and Ellen Roy Georgetown Leslie Erin township and farmed on Jack Wilson Friends of Jack Wilson will A comforting service was be sorry to hear of his passing conducted by Rev away He had not been in He was borne to rest by good health for the past year friends Storey John and was hospitalized Oct Simpson George passed away Dec Joseph Henderson He was born on lot 12 con and Henry Stanley all of cession 5 in Nassagaweya In and Wallace 1905 only son of John King of Milton Interment son and Hannah C Player He was in with his parents to lot and later farmed on his own on lot He was a recognized purebred York shire hog producer and was well known in this field He was a member of Nassaga Church and super of the Sunday school for 15 years Retiring from farming in he moved to 3- Church SI Acton and attended here later becoming member He was employed by as a security guard and also did carpenter work on his own He is survived by sis lers Mrs J J Kennedy Vtlmi Milton Mrs Neil Martin Margaret George town Mrs Chris Frank and Mrs Harris Acton Service was conducted by their minister of Dublin United Church Rev Crossley The committal vice was conducted after the service Spring burial will be at Huxley Cemetery Hills burgh The ladies of Dublin St Church served a luncheon for the friends and relatives who had attended Guaranteed to Stop Smoking Hundreds of people have stopped smoking by following our instructions Send us the price of a package of cigarettes 00 and we will send you our instructions Send to J J Associates PO Box 192 R R 2 Rockwood OntN0B2K0 FAIRY LAKE S wildfowl population have no shelter this winter and they often get sympathetic handouts from their neighbours Authority rules Tack Togs ST PLAZA GEORGETOWN No house below floodline A house eight feel below the floodline of the Credit River in Glen Williams No says the Credit Valley Conservation Authority though Mayor Tom Hill house is also eight feel In the An application lo build by Richard West of Terra Colta was turned down at a recent CVCA executive meeting with Mayor Hill arguing all the way Tht building site would be located well below flood plain limits according to Authority staff The Main St property is not far from own resi I never seen water on that property in or years growled the mayor I eight feet in the flood plain but I ve never had water in my basement Chairman Grant wanted to know the effect the proposed pa perm 111 dam re would have on the Staff engineer replied effects were expected to be minimal but the report be until late sprint Hit VCA dis lind sever of the properly Severance was gnnted by the town con to by the Authority Member Ken ins ret Vie can I on our decision now Well weve changed our minds ire grumbled Hill to which the replied lit iltdly We never approved a house in the if the all be abovt iter line If wt ipprovt this we have flood of ipplic pointed out We as well stay home A motion to deny the ap plication was carried Mayor Hill being the only vote DOUBLE ri I yourself a break Iff and see us for the finest Chinese Food ami Fish and Chips In Helton Hills HOURS Thurs 10 F Sat a m 11pm Sunday 1 Noon 8pm Tel 8532060 Well Worth Looking For enter Gillettes EUROPE 1st CLASS CONTEST Your Choice 77 TameJK GILLETTE foamy I OUNCE Your Choice each GILLETTE the dry look 10 REGULAR or EXTRA HOLD I Your Choice OUNCE SPRAY or OUNCE NONSTINO ROLLON ANTIPEHSPIHANT I each EARTH RIGHT 9BI BORN SHAMPOO GUARD glenlea drug mart Queen St Acton