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Monday deadline to make town hall pitch People who arc opposed to the Acton town hall being torn down so parking and an ex fire hall can be provided for volunteer fire fighters try to change Hills councillors minds at a special meeting next Mon day However judging from comments at Monday council meeting there isn much chance anyone will be able to persuade council to spare the old building Councillor Duby asked council to delay consideration of a works committee rccommednatlon calling for the old hall to be ripped down to give people objecting to the idea time to make a present to council He noted he had received calls both for and against the decision to demolish the building The only comments Coun Pat had heard from any residents was support for the committee and won had received complaints while both he and fellow Acton councillor Peter Marks who was absent from the meeting t heard any He said any presentation to council must be very serious and deal with ways of f inane ing solving parking problem and finding a new use for the town hall It the upstairs hall t been used for years and I can for the life of me think of why the town should refurbish the building declared said he will continue to support the building being demolished but emphasised the people against the move have the right to be heard by council Councillor Peter said he had reccUcd a call from a resident who wants to see it torn down and sug the that view should also be fairly represented and heard While he appreciated Acton residents concern he also was concerned about Acton firefighter being given proper quarters Councillor Russ Milter said Hi added most people he has talked to in Acton agree the town hall should be removed Ik said the town hall wouldnt be used for recre ation purposes ever and miny avenues had been ex Town hall meeting set for Thursday The president of the Chamber of Commerce Louts Charlebois vice president John McNabb Flo Charlebois and two citizens attended the council meeting Monday night which saw the town hall fate on the brink Mr Charlebois and secretary Betty Eastwood decided to call a quick meetine of anyone in terested at the building itself on Thursday night The senior citizens dropin centre will be open for the meeting Any alternatives will be considered and likely a presentation will be prepared to go to council Monday With the lack of time to prepare they were unable to contact many people plorcd to solve the parking and space pro blems but the town only has to spend and tearing down the hall seemed to be the only option Miller said there is excel I Tire protection in Hills and council only wants to make it better He said a great improvement would be to provide the firefighters with parking since now they must park three and four blocks away from the hall If we hold this off for long won nave a new fire hall for our volunteers this summer Miller warned said if just one res dent had a complaint it should be heard and Councillor Mike Armstrong and George Mallby agreed the people should be heard said the people must be given time to prepare a presentation said the people should be heard at a meeting scheduled as soon as possible since the delegation won t likely change council s mind and then the plans can proceed Council debated if the people should go to works committee on May II council on May 18 or a special council meeting on May or 12 It was finally decided the special meeting will be next Monday before committee meetings IF TOWN HALL were demolished present fire hall could accommodate a full second storey The stage area of the hall juts over the present hall Council s works committee recommended last week the town hall be demolished to allow the extension and provide more parking Feeling citizens were not given enough time to comment Chamber of Commerce executives gained a reprieve until next Monday and have asked anyone involved or interested to gather Thursday evening at7pm in the senior citizens dropin centre in the town hall MOTHERS OF CHILDREN at Honey Pot Nursery school are not going to be forgotten this Sunday on Mother s Day The youngsters worked very hard on gifts Ashley Fray gets some help from crafts teacher Gail Withers to put the finishing touches on his work of art Third planner confirmed Hills council stuck with a planning board recom mendation and decided to hire a third planner in the planning department The new staff member will be in addition to former Assistant Planner Ron Burnett who resigned in April Opposing the hiring of the third planner were Council lors Miller Peter Morris Pat Patterson Pat McKenzie and Mayor Tom Hill McKenzie who was absent from the planning board meeting where the others had aired their views contended some of the work load m the planning department could be shifted to the clerk depart He said planning board agendas and amendment processing are done m the clerk department in other towns He claimed he had been misled when he was told Milton had more plan starr than Hills It just isn so he stated McKenzie said he agreed with Milton Mayor Don Gordon that councils direct too much work to the plan mng department He said there is no money in the budget for the salary and no space to put another planner May 8 set strike deadline Deadline for a legal strike at Disston Canada is Sunday May following receipt of a no board report following conciliation meetings We are still hoping for a settlement without a strike said union president Jack Walker on Tuesday evening However at a meeting Tucs day the executive was given full power to state the time of a strike The deadline is mid night May The company has given no indication yet of meeting with the union Mr Walker said Union local of the United Steel Workers reprc sen Is 120 workers at Disston Its safe the consulting engineer who made the pre liminary study on the repairs to the town hall says it is completely wrong to the town hall is un safe week free Press stated Marilyn revealed con suiting engineer Man who examined the old town hall for council had told her it worth the money the municipality would have to spend to moke it safe That a misquote said Mr when phoned by the I- rce Press Tuesday The is in fact safe hesaid refurbishing his would depend on what council wants to do with it he continued The total cost of about i square fool to fix it up is a lot of money if they re not getting what they want If its important then it worth the money he said Continued on Page 3 ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY MAY Twenty Pages Election called Candidates ready for campaign The writ is issued the candidates are out and the race is on After 19 months of minority government Ontario residents will go to the polls June Contacted by this news paper all three Burlington ding candidates said they are ready for the election and eager to get on with the campaign Although incumbent I Julian Heed and NDP standard bearer Bill Johnston agree that there is really no need to call an election this time both say they are ready to go 1 11 tell you how necessary the election is The premier is trying to say the Liberals caused the election because of our amendment to the rent control bill But Sidney Hand Ionian a Tory Cabinet had his election rented a week before the writ was issued The truth is Davis is taking a jump it the brass ring while his personal polls are high and he under sure from nominated dates and the fcdda Good mans of the party He tried to goad us into forcing an including attacks on Ste phen Ievws and Stuart Smith Heed said claims minority government lias produced better government during the last year and a half than dur ing the five before that Davis is trying to make leadership the issue but that a lot of nonsense It si cheap way to make a for the brass ring and he is doing it on the of the tax payers The election will cost an estimated said the minority government had forced the government to be more open We government doors open We ve them back down and have im proved upon legislation and with far more telling amend than the one on the rent control three candidates have been gearing up for on Hon for a year now Tory candidate George ray has been to a party sponsored candidate school and his campaign managers Ironk Wilson and Don Bus sell have been to school for campaign managers JULIAN REED Liberal Gray has kept a high profile ever since defeating George Kee for the nomination more BILL JOHNSON than a year ago As a member of the Board of Health and presi GEOHGEGRAY PC dent of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce he Continued on Page 11 Govt red tape forces doctors out of Aclon docors Craig Hutchison and J Wilson from the Medical Clinic are moving their practice to the United States to escape what they call bureaucratic red tape The pair are upset with which they claim is forcing us to adopt a tlcc which is not conducive to good medical The doctors contacted the tree Press in an effort to dispel rumors that were flying around town their leaving Regret leaving Wc regret leaving they said This is our home It is not Acton we re it the government The date for their depart is not yet set because of the uncertainty of the migration procedure They do not know how long it will take for their applications to be processed Two doctors are coming to the clinic to replace Hutchison and Wilson They are Brandon Smith and Barry both of whom Dr Hutchison describes as very fine people Barry is a woman will join Dr Vukovich who is staying here in Acton despite rumors to the contrary Dr Wilson predicted that I think you will find a lot or doetors leaving for the same Doctors needtd The two arc to Many applications senior citizen units Thirty four people out of some SO applicants have been interviewed by representa tlves of the Ministry of ing concerning senior citizens housing units planned in It Is hoped the 36 unit apartment building will be completed early next spring according to spokesman The complex will be con on Elizabeth Drive At Ihc present there are two houses on the site one of which will be lorn down The other will be removed The construction due to commence soon was the finale of four years con first proposed to the former town of Acton council The Ontario housing corporation OHO granted approval last week after much controversy about Acton senior residents poss having to live In George town have yet to be approved by Hills council to a where they say there a need for and very little direct control from government As an example of the red tape doctors hive to face Dr llutehison pointed out that they directives every week telling them what to do there ire new forms to be filled out all the time and they ean devote enough tunc to their patients Churchill reconstruction Brothers ton were awarded the to reconstruct Itoad North Acton at a cost of This was the lowest tender Peter Morris Hills council meeting asked If the tender was close to the estimate Town engineer Bob Austin said it was below estimate He said work could be started RICKY ALLEN peers at his exhibit of Milestone within twoor three weeks and dissolving at the Science Fair at M Bennetts 326 enumerators start job on Monday Three hundred and twenty Returning Officer Hoy s almost like a licence ho first enumeration by Die end contact the if any of the I I enumerators will hit the Coulter said it is very import said of the week information Is incorrect he i a streets Monday in an effort to ant that people retain the slip Mr Coulter said a training If you re not home and a slip said A special enumeration MAIN ST DETOUR brought headaches for missing the Street Signs At the next turn at everyone in the enumerators leave with program will be underway is left in your door it probably begins May for people who truckers This tank truck had a police escort to and Bower it Old send the Stop sign Burlington riding who is Ihcm untllaftertheelec this week before the mearsthecnumerotorhasob- were missed Ihe first lime help it manoeuvre the corners Here it cautiously rounds the corner at River and Willow St barely rocking briefly