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Defend quotas Tanners anticipate better year in Peter Dunham president of the Tanners Association Canada and of Beardmore and Co Is harshly critical of those Importers and retailers who have been objecting to the quotas on footwear im ports announced by the federal government Decern They completely ignore the is jobs that were in Jeopardy to say nothing of many new joba that the quotas will create for unem ployed Canadians he stated He went on to say Their claims that quotas will mean higher prices and a narrower selection of styles Is nonsense The quota action was not a ban Imported footwear will still supply some per cent of the Canadian market a very generous sharing of the market place which will as Canadians that highly competitive conditions will continue in both pricing and style selections Regarding prices Mr Dun ham did have a word of Ion While quotas should not affect footwear prices other factors will The decline in value of the Canadian dollar will certainly mean higher prices for imported footwear Higher world prices for oil and cattle hides will Inevit ably result in moderately higher footwear prices world wide And again the lower value of the Canadian dollar exaggerates the impact of these higher world prices genuine leather and man made materials arc Mr Dunham noted that as a result of the footwear quotas and restrictions on of leather gloves and imposed earlier the Canadian Tanning Indus try anticipated a much better year In 1978 Responding to a query Mr Dunham gave definite that there would be no shortage of leather in Can have been at a very depressing per cent of capacity through out and have more than enough slack to supply the additional leather that will be required He added Canadian tanners are actively working on a job creation program of their own one that will see more Canadian hides tanned Into leather in Canada or ex port markets and one that is expected to mean at least a per cent Increase in the In dustry work force One Hundred and Third Year Mo ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY JANUARY 11 Twenty Four Panel Fifteen Cents Keep close eye on wildfowl ON HAND FOR NIGHT SCHOOL registration was Price director of Adult Education for the Halton Board in checked suit Manfred Henry of 38 Norman Ave and Linda Reeve of Storey Dr right sign up for the St John Ambulance course the help of Blair left Bonnie clears up the registration paper work Registration excellent for Jan night school Although no bubblers will be installed in the lake this year to assure open water arena manager Harold Town is keeping a close eye on the In ere So Tar the ducks geese and swans still here have managed to keep part of the lake open Mr Townsley says the swans will be caught and kept in a dis net barn until the lake thaws again He says the remaining birds can J fly and he Is confident they will locate open water somewhere There always water at game preserve near Guelph and Mills he says The anna staff feeds the birds alt winter With so many snow mobile rs cross country skiers skaters and walkers out on the lake he Is not in favor of keeping the water open He thinks it could be too hazardous In past years Beardmore has Installed bubblers near the dam In winter The birds had flocked to the open area which was the plants water Intake This year lit a more is not planning to put the bubblers in Lake water is used regularly for tanning processes Water quality at the site and erosion of the banks by the birds has con plant The I are is owned by Beardmore The area was declared a bird about five and no hunting Is allowed Concern over feeding and water for the birds Increased is some birds seemed refuse to migrate The first night school courses to be offered at the new high school will begin on January The usual fall were not held in Acton due to the opening of the school and the finishing touches that still had to be completed Boris Shean for night school courses in Acton that over 150 people registered at last Thursday registrauonnlghtandbymail Since Thursday the school has received more calls from interested people thus miking It the best January registration ever Mr attributes the success to a combination of three things He feels the Increased Hon In Acton the better facilities at the new school and the flyer which was tnbutcd through the Acton Free Press and the George town Independent are all responsible for the success of the courses The only course which is completely filled is the micro wave cooking course which is a new idea In Acton Mr stressed that many of the other subjects need more people to make them Other courses which are still available include Basic Sewing Crocheting Interior Design Macrame Off loom Mail boxes knocked off area residents have reported to police that several of their mail boxes have been knocked off their posts recent typing have combined Into one class Other courses not men tioned above will not be run this time Most of those people who had registered for a can celled course have been however if in doubt dents arc advised to call the boa rd office at Mr said that Inter people can still register for courses calling thehlgh school or the board office See the ad in this issue of the Free Press The board does not usually run courses in the spring but if the demand is great enough they will have classes Any suggestions for coursesan be phoned into the board office Flu common many ill here Roads bad plows quit Bad driving conditions continue to plague the district as winter deals out one storm after another the past month Tuesday morning the of Transportation called its plows off the highways until conditions improved Hills plows were still on the job despite the drifting snow driven across the roads by unusually high Winds Roads were all still open Tuesday noon School buses did not run and some businesses remained closed Works superintendent Frank Morelte says his men are doing a fantastic Job but arc gelling tired as a result of regular hour shifts to cope with the bad weather They will just gel roads bare and then there II be another snow rain or sleet The winds have com pounded the problem Conditions were poor all last weekend when fog was added to the list of hazards Various accidents were blamed on the weather On Sunday Hills had eight Bonders out coping with the Ice on the streets They had to stop when the rain and sleet turned to snow and then the night crews took over Since the driving was still bad the morning shift started at a Monday And Tues day turned out to be even A couple of times the whole staff of has been Involved in emergency road work rather than their normal duties or off hours In Acton snow Is regularly removed by truck from the main streets Mr Morelte points out theje is less room in Acton to pile the snow away from the traffic so It has to be taken away This work is us ually done at night Aswellaswinter he works crews had the post Christmas garbage lo deal with The collections were huge in volume although not partlcu larly heavy Its mostly paper says the works superintendent Twoway traffic flow stays on Bower Ave Hills works commit tee followed the engineering department tion Monday to keep Bower Avenue from Mill Street to Wilbur Street open to two- way traffic We recommend denial deputy town engineer Ted told the committee yet we the Station Hotel has problems with deliveries off Mill Street In an earlier meeting the hotel owner asked the town to permit a rear access from the hotel sparking lot onto Bower Avenue The committee gested directed the staff to look for a solution which may involve making a section of Bower venue which runs behind the hotel into a one way street In a written report Bellinger stated that the one way street would not modate the requested access Alsoaone- street would lead to less desirable left turn conditions at Wilbur and Mill Streets than presently prevail at Bower Avenue and Mil Street Area residents gave views on the subject were generally not in favor of the oneway street idea the report ends In committee discussion it was revealed that the craft store next lo the hotel has also requested a rear access onto Bower Avenue Were recommending den of both told the committee The real reason for the craft stores request has to do with deliveries he said The flu is receiving top news headlines all over and there are plenty of people who will attest to the fact Acton is right there with the rest of the province doctors are receiving calls from patients with flu The drug stores are selling cold and cough remedies as well as prescriptions at a rate and one termed the number of illnesses this week as nor rendous Some have developed pneumonia Both General and St Josephs reported an increase In the number of cases of flu at the hospitals coming into emergency and also among Hit staff Robert Aldis Medical Officer of Health for Welling on and said laboratory tests had been made on people in Pushnch and who had the flu and the tests confirmed they definitely had Ihc A Texas variety He thought the new strain could be around for a while yet There are no reports of people dying locally from the flu Dr Aid Is said rest and fluids are the best and advised people not to expect their illness to be cured by antibiotics because that just won t happen Those with chronic respra lory complaints and disabling conditions are the most vulnerable according to J H Chamberlain Medical Officer of Health for Region The A Texas strain is a lant of A Victoria which struck last spring explained Dr Chamberlain but added he does consider the bug as an epidemic At this time people have died from flu related symp toms throughout Southern Ontario but ministry of health officials still do not consider the flu outbreak as an epidemic said Chamberlain Physicians in the area are conducting throat washing tests to determine the seriousness of the bug In this area he continued and stated many had been sent to local hospitals On a recent weekend most 200 were admitted to an area hospital but Dr Chamberlain would not identify the hospital Immunization vaccine against A Victoria and are likely to be fairly effective against the new flu strain said Dr Chamberlain since the new Continued on Page A FIRST for Acton Cindy won her Gold Dance medal Saturday in Guelph And at the same time brother David completed his Silver Dances They will now compete in dance pairs competitions Hose lines frozen chimney fire call called The hose lines froze up on Monday lo the home of both the due to the Clarence Coles twice A temperatures which were fire doused after well below zero Celsius p m call broke out again stayed at the and was getting into Ihc house until framing when the second alarm was sounded at The flames were put out by fire extinguishers and the chimney was cleaned out with chains Robin spotted A robin was spotted Fred New as he walked from his home down town his wife librarian Eileen said The sighting was East Thursday Mr New at once returned home to report the good news to his wife She did not see it However later in early afternoon Mrs New said she heard the chirping of two robins as she was on her wa to work Cant plow sidewalks The town plows have strict orders not to plow the new interlocking paving stones on the main streets says works superintendent Frank They simply can be plowed he says Merchants look after their own sidewalks Regular cement can by plowed without dam age resulting But Mr Morelte says his department has also covered during the erecting of tough the paving stones are They should stand up for years he says A downtown merchant reports some stones damaged by plows this week One of the new parking signs on Mill was also knocked over by a town plow but it has been repaired Police want space in Acton Y bldg JANUARY IS the one and only day of the year when eggs will stand up on end as this picture proves Free Press staff member Oral Norton was home with flu Tuesday when she proved the theory After this picture taken she was also able to make the eggs stand up on their small end Attempts on Monday had all failed Its rumored that the Egg Day was introduced into Acton by a certain Knox Ave England rural Egg Upon End maybe where the story all ap- Halton Regional Police are still hoping to share tbe space used by the town in the Y building in Acton Mayor Tom Hill told Hills adminis tration committee Monday night He said tbe police pay for all renovations that are done for their benefit and pay a share of the rent heat and cleaning He claimed the whole thing hinges on relocating the recreation coordinator Committee chairman Miller said the recreation co ordinator could be moved to Acton arena He said the skate sharpening are should be downstairs by the dressing rooms We must look at the amount of money that building Is costing for the number of people being boused The mayor said the recre ation director is opposed to the coordinator going to the arena because of noise and the difficult of having someone to answer the telephone when the a tor is out Miller said the rent is going up from to for three people only one of whom is there all the time Councillor Peter Marks contended it would lower tbe level of service to move the recreation coordinatar public will have to walk to the park He claimed the reno vations to accommodate the recreation coordinator at the arena would be Perhaps the police would pick up the tab for that too he added I have the nerve to ask them replied Tom after all we have to be fair Councillor Roy Booth the Acton coordinator could move to recreation headquarters at arena in Georgetown Marks retorted that would be moving the service farther IhaneverfromActon think Acton people should have to drive to Georgetown Booth then suggested the recreation department move to the Acton town hall where The mayor said the Acton downtown merchants wanted the police on a mam street There Is a meeting scheduled with members of the police the recreation director the tire chief and committee CAPTAIN JEAN VAUGHAN pins Lisa Kuuter one of seven newly enrolled Guides The seven are now members of the second Acton Guides Other new Guides are Lisa Gilltss Lisa Mitchell Laura Craig Kim Hachey and Barbara Missing from photo are Sherry Evans Turtcher Suzanne and GlymsNormuigton Mrs became a Lieutenant the same day the Guides enrolled