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Marks ur Acton The works building in Acton could be the answer lo the town space shortage ac cording to Councillor Peter Marks He said it is not being used to where mar en pa city and said it is a warm safe ind dry storage area The statement was made during discussion on the ambulince building and possible use by the town white elephant to ease space lack Kay King dead storage could be moved into the ambulance building since it was close to the treasury building Mirks said trucks ears are going back and forth to Acton every day so there should be no problem in retrieving documents from storage in the works building tie said the lance building could be rented and the town reeeive revenue Councillor Miller said the lied Cross have a location at He said renting it to the Cross would yield little revenue and pointed out other groups want the building Ik siul the department say there is a need for storage space Councillor Peter Morns said the ambulance building is ilready divided into two separate areas and it could be shared with the Red Cross Councillor Walter pointed out the Red Cross has problem storing large items like hospital and wheel chairs but emphasized the town needs should come first He said the society has an office and pays rert and we if the lied Cross could share with them Marks said then is no necessity to pre the town needs when there is big white in He criminal waste of spue Councillor Hoy Booth said he sympathized with the Red Cross as he did with all such groups but said the town is short of space and should not be renting its facilities The more we procrastinate the more it costs The committee decided to recommend that the town offer the lied Cross part of the ambulance building ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY JUNE Twonty S Patjcs Fifteen Cenis 200 meet candidates here Mon Over 200 attended a lively Meet the Candidates meeting Monday night in the Robert Little auditorium All experienced campaigners by now the candidates seemed comfortable in their political hot seats as they fenced with questioners in the interested audience Incumbent Liberal Julian Reed and challengers PC George Gray and candidate Bill Johnson started off the program by speaking about 10 minutes each and then rounded out the evening by each speaking again in conclusion The portion between wis devoted to written or il questions v ere Chamber of Commerce dent Louis Charlcbois ind vice president Kevin Conroy Refreshments were served in the corridor altera irds the talk continued on Each candidate hid a table in the school lobby with lit popular Regional government was the issue that seemed to spirk the most spontaneous reaction in the crowd George Gray defended the concept and said the benefits would be for our children not ourselves Bill Johnson favored i review Julian Reed favored review and action lo follow with ihe wi of the full account of the meeting Johnson said this camp iitn is not an open and clean one to applause that this election is not necessary that Mr Davis mjsread the polls and the people were happy Willi minority govern ment Tones have juggled stalls ties so we now have to accept per cent of our total work force as permanently employed he previous Figure was J per cent There ire unemployed Gray has gamed mileage by promising jobs in Hills and Milton I think it is despicable to raise the hopes of the unemployed in this manner Worse is playing wilh the education of our young people for politic il advantage overruling the school board priorities to a new school in Burlington Johnson spoke in particular of the situation In C and the Iwo remaining provinces which have triple A ratings on Wall St He lold of a met tine on school situation winch Heed had not that morn Ontario in environmental disaster If you re things you hive things it Queens Johnson ended Julian Reed by siy it was the first time in the campaign charges have been levelled against him Johnson had said he did not attend the in Toronto that with the Minister of I- duea ion in fact he luul tried lo attend but is prevented by the Minister himself Instead he spent time with the In Citizens He spoke of other commit ments for interviews he id kept when the others were no shows or Lite Continued on Page TAKING TIME OUT from their exhausting campaigns to grasp each others hand in the spirit of friendship are Halton Burlington election candidates Julian Reed left George Gray and Bill Johnston The three men later left the handshaking and to debate the issues of the region of and how they will effectively handle them if elected People win Hydro wrong rules hearing rout The Ontario Court of Appeals last unanimously overruled an earlier decision by the Divisional Court over expropriation hearings on Merchants purchase Hotchens for parking the proposed M oil Ontario o corridor fromBiucc to Milton The coui 1 uled expropriation heai ings should consider alternative for the corridor and Mr Justice Thomas said it appeared the Solandt Commission study into hydro corridor proposals did not deal with a route between the transformer station Milton and the nuclear station on Lake Huron in a substantial way A small group of downlown businessmen have gotten to pettier and purchased the Bakery properly on Willow Street Councillor reported Monday to Hills works commit tee He said the merchants offer of included a down payment it was accepted over another offer recently submitted said the property is downtown parking and if two thirds of the and property owners representing half the assessment don get up a petition igamst the plan it will be liier resold to Ihe town it cost for municipal parking He efforts and said they were miking a list itlempt to secure off street parking snd even the would fall if lucre off street p irking bee parking be banned on one side of Mill in the future owner of His i Shoes has also agreed to sell his it the re of store for more p irking provided he is illowedlohave zero lot line MAINSTREETING ON Acton Saturday afternoon Liberal incumbent Julian Reed dropped into the Blue Grass Days promotion at The Music Stop and joined in a couple of bouncy numbers Playing in the store were the Halton Hills Guitar Pickin Daredevils Earl Scott Wayne Bridge Earl Burt Bob Kerr Bill Gordon Art Daigle Lloyd Swindlehurst Lena Swindlehurst Al Swmdlehurst Jimmy and Agnes Mclntyre said if in agreement can tie reached for land be hind Acton building there would be a off street lot stretching from Willow to John Street behind Mill Street Indusmin Quarry has ilso offered to provide crushed stone for the lot free Councillor George M suggested the group check with the lo get their of the plan and said he was sure they would approve though he thought it was something the town could do for the merchints who have been working eight towards this goil Should support said the town should do everything possible lo remove any roadblocks which might crop up and the town should support the group in every way possible He said the projccl will benefit not only but all residents since it is 1 ast Paul Nielsen Mike and Don I before the commit tee stating there was another offer on the property so the group would take a chance the con t defeat the proposal and put in an offer money back Nielsen expressed confidence Ihe plan would go through and added objectors have made all their money in Acton and it is lime Ihcy put some money back into Ihe community realized the town t put a large cash deposit on the properly or legally act fast enough to head off the other offer so they would go ahead and lake the plunge Tilt full I dec bee i relc sed I I lipt Of llu not vel the to for route for corridors lion In nursed i for the ire lnttrtstetK ins Group others who In en ficjitine Donald Mi it he id ni for in nidi pendent study of to deil with liter the proposes f in my ye routes ixprnpri Ins contended hi Ihe Division Ir Sol mil studied the of the inn corridor Instil Hit torpor with n n Put Disston back at work Mon After In in on strike thru union went back to work The two year which as following seven per cent increase in the first year lo the first of I fn the second ytar tm will a cost of living on one cent for every of raise In Ihe cost of In index up to a maximum of cents Also in the second a five per cent raise across the board was approval Itiillfii ratification the Anli Inflation Hi ird Roth Ihe company and the union will recommend met of the terms After a mediation meeting at the Mohawk Inn Inst Wed nesday the union executive recommended Hie terms to the membership at a meeting In the The vote was i lo to accept the offer Some of the crew wtnl to work Ihe next day I here are union members at Men and women are simply designated as employees in the new wilh no fcrentts wage This Is Hit third strike it since it has been est in At tort leh strike three weeks FRED WRIGHT SUPPORTED the CNIB for 50 years never realizing that he would one day need their help I was amazed at what they had he said He is shown here with his talking digital computer including tape recorded instructions and a talking book which reads book out loud for him This week is the beginning of the CNIB fund drive New quarters sought by Acton detachment fictional looking for new quarters hive two possibilities lined up Mayor Harry Barrett told It ilton Police Commission he went up to Acton to look over the ittom modition situation lit reported the police office in the old town hall building is in worst shipt it is a year thought the police better looking for new since if residents t ible lo raise enough funds the building i be mob shed said he looked at Hit i nj on Mill Slrtel where there is space but noted the town ilreidy his there with future growth in Hilton Hills might even more spact in he He Hiked to Dills former 1rce 1 ress building on Mill Street ind Slid Dills was willing lo renovate the building In accordance wilh i Possibilities Commissioner Glenn suggested Ihe force gets more inform from the town before location is rejected since both ire excellent possibilities GnndprnUcUun also reported liking to detachment commander Streint Dick Hilton he has concluded is receiving good police protection He snd Hilton is ptcised with he revampine of police coverage ones ind the response lime for calls in the his improved He Hilton reports he not only can keep men out on patrol now but sometimes has a spare officer for foot patrol down Barrett slid he was talking to lady in Acton who wasn happy picking up the telephone it the station and talking to to He said he informed he resident this w is good thing since In talking lo the dispatcher if was a problem the closest possible o her location would be sent thoeght this was further proof that good police protection is being provided Recommend build snr citizens units Hilton Housing Authority is recommended to Housing Corporation that unit Senior Citizen com be constructed in is soon is possible Dune in Sinclair in of the Authority wrote lo lorn Hill in view of issessmeiils earned out is pressing the land is Mr Garland Regional Director Ins architectural pi ins ivailable to expedite construction wishe informed the com mission th it the Dills budding is mice the size the police need but the owner is willing lo spht it rent both lulus Hit major suggested establish muth quirt feet of ice v ire Itkelv to need in in he years to come to Dills for a quote on rental fee He the building is eon located irking for cruisers lure could be an it front for the public and one ihe side for officers He thought the V building is also well located but the forct could end up hiving to move ignn in five if Hit town more space To form town hall committee will be asking for names of local people to sit on i concerning the own hill and some of participints in protest met together Sunday talk over their steps George who was spokesman for the group of citizens the council meeting has been in contact with councillors firefighters other concerned people and representatives of the ano Heritage I as the m liter proceeds He has been receiving plenty of ideas for fund- raising sthenics Geraniums for Decoration Day I O D members and others will be gathering Sunday cemetery the same as Ihcy have for years This lime there will not be a formal Day service however Due to dwindling par the parade and denominational outdoor not being held Anyone who wishes choose this lime to decorate graves of loved ones will be welcome committee chairman Jessie Coles Geraniums ire ordered in readiness for the traditional planting It possible the event may be held again next year if enough interest is shown by the public Merchants concerned about new sidewalks hive expressed concerns over Ihe rtd lotkslone sidewalks on Main which range from feinng youths will tear up the bricks lo worrying thit their red color will clash the color of the storefront Installation foreman Hughes discounts theories that bricks will lie removed I hose bricks can I be pulled out after they re and he The vibrating settles the In ab solulely flat and the sanding locks them in with sidewards pressure I ve never had any trouble and 1 ve laid over a million feet he pointed out Not dusty Other people have claimed thai sand between Ihe will blow around town which Mr Hughes also denies It will be a little dirty while were doing it The vibrator kicks up some dust After il is in he claims the concrete sand used will stay down Bystanders watching the installation commented favorably on the looks saying Ihcy just hoped it stayed that way FIRST BRICKS OF the new sidewalks are laid by Trevor Hughes foreman of the installation crew The interlocking paving stones will eventually be placed all along the main business area of Main and Mill