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Remembrance Day services are Saturday Company of the Lome Scots will be forming an honor guard at the cenotaph at 10 am Saturday as part of the Remembrance Day services The events will begin at 10 M when a parade forms the post office to head to the cenotaph The Acton Citizens Band will lead the parade of which Hugh will be marshal At the cenotaph Legion President John will read the Legion Charge Repre sentatives of community organizations will place wreaths and John will read names George Elliott will play the Last Post followed by reveille and a hymn Legion Padre the Rev A will give the benediction For the first time a special service will be held the Canadian Legion hall at 115 am Piper Scott Malcolm will play the Lament as the Color Party enters and the flags are placed in the stand The Rev will give the in vocation and the Lords Prayer followed by a hymn John Goy will read In Flanders Fields and the Legion Choralfers will sing the anthem The Rev Brian Renmck will lead in the prayers of confession or Inland buys Free Press Dills Printing thanksgiving and Interces sion Those present will then be asked to sing Onward Christian Soldiers Father Leo Speagle will give the address A minute of silence and a prayer of remem brance will follow The closing hymn Canada and the benediction will end the program and The Citizens band will play the THREE HALTON NEWSPAPERS including The Free Press and the printing plant owned by the Dills Printing and Publishing Co Ltd were sold this week to Inland Publishing Co Ltd Inlands president Douglas centre checks over a current copy of The Free Press during a tour of the printing plant in Acton Fri day With him are Jim left and Dave Dills right partners in the Dills firm Big turnout expected A high turnout at ad vance poll Saturday November may forecast a heavy vote November 13 A total of voter cost their ballot Saturday with in Acton and 17B in Georgetown This is more than double he advance poll in Georgetown last time and more than two and half times the poll in Acton Last year I per cent of eligible voters turned out This year the number of eligible voters has risen from last year lo Upstairs at Gordon arena Georgetown and the arena auditorium Acton will be election headquarters where returns will be posted as they arc phoned in from the polling booths This year the poll by poll returns will not be shown but running totals will be posted instead said Clerk- administrator Ken Richard son The press will be treated royally with three special phone lines aside for A change in the Election Act makes it permissable for candidates to electioneer that day but they must slay away from the polling which will from 11 a m until 8 If on election day voters finds out arc no on the voters list Deputy Returning Officer will provide an oath form lo be completed Any who have moved into Hills after October they cannot vole here A voter is entitled to unl one vote whether or not he or she owns property in more than one ward The voler must vote in the ward where he or she lives A two vehicle collision on Mill Street East resulted m property dimage amounting to last Wednesday af ternoon Regional Police estimate damage to Ihc auto driven by llebeccn Stanley I Acton to be Damage on the pick up truck driven by Fletcher It Acton is about say police Condition is satisfactory Brush fire Christopher Murray Is in satisfactory condition at Toronto Western Hospital following a two- vehicle collision on llighwn 7 October The collision occurred just south of he Stiver Creek hill and involved a tanker truck and a jeep driven by Mr Murray The victim was taken by ambulance to Georgetown hospital but later volunteer fire transferred lo Toronto with fighters were colled lo major injuries The driver brush fire noon Sunday on of truck Laurcne 17 Burlington sustained minor Fire chief Mick Holmes injuries said the fire was already out by the time the crew arrived Whats inside dog hunt 3 Endofanera Commencement St bazaar 8 Candidates for area candidates Hope for candidates meeting Erin and district 14 tournament Bl fall to fourth B2 Aim get us moving Teacher tutors future Jays Afirstflight B6 Halton awards B7 Student exchange B8 B912 The sale of three newspapers and the Advertiser was agreed upon Thursday Nov 197a by Dills and Publishing Co Limited and Inland Publishing Co Limited The sale is effective Nov 13 Inland Publishing Co Limited has purchased The Aclon Free Press The Milton Canadian and The Georgetown Independent as well as the commercial printing and newspaper operations The sale by Dills also in eludes the plant property at Willow St Acton and the office at Main St Milton Inland publishes newspapers including The Heaver The Bur lington Past The Brampton Guardian and The Miss is News It is a consistent winner of Canadawide awards In newspaper com pel Its always difficult to sell but we feel the growth and ex pansion required to serve our communities effectively can be handled better by a firm with broader resources and market expertise Were pleased that Inland with its tremendous record of com munity journalism interest and involvement will be our successor publisher Dave Dills The Dills newspapers have always been a group lhat weve been Interested In When I came to Inland In I modelled our operation of seven newspapers at that time on Dave and Jims Now Im privileged and very proud indeed lhat The Milton Canadian Champion The Acton Free Press and The Georgetown Independent are part of the Inland group of community newspapers said Douglas Bassett President of Inland Publishing Co Limited As a matter of fact added I tried to make a deal with Jim and Dave about three years ago and now a dream of mine has come true today The staff will remain un changed but Ihe sale ter minates the active involve ment of Dave and Jim Dills in the printing and publishing operations The Dills family involvement In printing and publishing in spanned two generations A Dills was a partner In The Acton Free Press in 1919 and ac quired tonlrol in He purchased The Canadian Champion in 1943 Dills PrinUng and Publishing Co Limited was formed in 1954 to include sons Dave and Jim Five years ago The dent Georgetown was started For David Dills the sale terminates an involvement that began as a youngster and conllnucd for years after naval service Jim Dills worked alter school and weekends during the war years and full time for the past 28 years following graduation from Polytechnic Institute The years have seen ex pan of staff from a dozen to nearly today from letter press printing and handset type to todays computerized typesetting and from a four- page hand fed press lo todays high speed off set It was in that A Dills installed the first Linotype typesetting equipment in Halton County and today the Dills plant has the only web offset newspaper press in With this purchase Inland publications will have a total circulation of more than 360000 The group presently includes Whitby Pickering News Ad Brampton Guar dian Burlington Post bicoke Gazette Markham Economist Sun The Mississauga News Aurora Era Beaver This Week This Weekend and the Tribune New members of the group will be The Milton Champion The Georgetown Independent The Acton Free Press and The Advertiser See editorial Page Hundred and Fourth No ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER ThirtyEight PagesFifteen Cents The 100000 square fool shopping plaza at Highway and Churchill Road Acton deemed premature by planning board two wicks ago was given another chance Monday night when council voted to refer the mailer for further staff pi and a report Jerry of landawn Shopping Centre lld who told council he hod a signed lease said there had been a misinterpretation of report on the shopping drawing Hotels behind 8Ball pool billiards banned There will be mi gomes of pool billiards or bagatelle pin at local hotels Hills council ruled Monday night The rejected the lion for licence for these games made by the Hotel George town and the Dominion Hotel and Restaurant in Acton ilie discussion with Jason Field of Regional Police was held behind closed doors with the hotel representatives ap pearing in turn also in a dosed session he council motion said the applications for a licence to operate pool billiard and bagatelle tables was turned down on advice of the police department On a recorded vote all members voted to refuse the area and wanted to clarify it Planner Mario Venditti admitted there had been a in understanding and said he would favor having it deferred so the report could be reconsidered claimed the page report when interpreted properly showed the shopping centre Acton East was feasible even without the residential development of the land in the Acton East Councillor Pete Pomeroy asked if the report refuted the given by Paul Nielsen on behalf Ihe Acton merchants replied Our figures stand up no matter who wanls to look at them asked if and Canadian Tire were actually up emphasized had a signed lease but said he had always said Canadian Tire is a proposed argued both local Canadian Tire stores knew nothing about it and said I hey had called head office who said the same Councillor Booth said he favored this kind of but was con fused about the two con- fluting reports Councillor Marks said Ihc proposal had been investigated at great length for j long lime He said some of Ihe reports submitted by the developer have talked viability of Fast but have never talked about impact on the down town businessmens ability to survive He claimed the first report was a good one and second was the same report with some of the figures juggled Obviously angered retorted You can make statements like that We dont juggle figures We arc a reputable com pany Marks sjid he had no in lenlion of being derogatory simply meant Ihe figures were reworked motion lo refer the matter back or further study was passed over Ihe op position of Councillors Booth Marks Pomeroy and Traffic victim is recovering A rural Acton man is recuperating in General Hospital following a single cor accident on High way north of town Friday around dinner time R It Acton is in satisfactory condition according to hospital officials Mr MtPhail suffered what Milton describe as major in juries when he was struck by a northbound vehicle Mr McPhnil suffered injuries to his right arm and shoulder Milton state no charges have been laid The mishap occurred at the Damage to the pick up truck driven by Clare It Acton amounts to say police Police stale the vehicle was passing another auto when the miihnp Post results at the arena Elections results will be posted Monday night at the arena in Acton Any anxious oknow the latest results may go to the arena and watch the action there The Free Press is not having a phone in election night service so dont phone here for information SANTA CLAUS made his first appearance in town this season at the Anglican Church Womens bazaar Saturday He was treated royally here Madeleine Lee offers David Hargrave some of the delicious food at the tea tables Dragstrip land Developer of homes to rebuild Fifth Sixth Lines TRADITIONAL VALEDICTORY ADDRESS at the 1978 Acton High School annual com mencement exercises was given by Mark Beaton For a list of and more pictures see page Investments Ltd developers of the proposed homes on two acre lots on the former dragstrip will have lo pave and reconstruct the Fifth and Sixth Lines from Highway 7 to the end of the development in order to have the final agree ment signed and the develop ment proceed Hills council Monday night stuck with requirement despite developer Murray pleas that It is unfair since II Is an external road not within his development He ad he had agreed to pave the road because of neigh bors objections about possible dust but said he never en vlsaged a full scale recon struction job costing Gruson pointed out there arc no houses on the Fifth Line between Ihc highway and his subdivision He said he was willing to go with the paving which would cost but ditching culverts and seeding bring It up to He pointed out the road work would be a benefit to the town a a whole rather than Just the estate home subdivision talking two inches of asphalt on a granular base asked Mayor Tom Hill said Dints what Is being asked by the town Councillor George Mo It by pointed out paving was agreed upon but not reconstruction He said the ditching is inadequate and has been for years and should be done whether or not the homes are built Councillor Miller claimed lie always thought the road v as to be recon and said It would only have to be done later taxpayers expense if not done properly now I didnt ask to buy the land Im here see the taxpayer gets a square deal He said the subsidy money on the road if paid by the town should go elsewhere Councillor Mike Armstrong contended standards for rural roads are the same now as they were in 1975 The mayor said the town does not have a standard of two Inches of asphalt on a granular base for rural roads Armstrong countered that the same standard wds used when residents wanted a private road taken over by the town Engineer Bob Austin said Ihe standard for rural roads is two inches of asphalt and insisted the word was pave in the original statement He said 35 per cent of the cost would be on roads In front of development The mayor asked if development is not built what is planned for Ihe Fifth and Sixth Lines north of Highway Austin replied there is a v year ditching program for rural roads Councillor Roy Booth reminded council the own had a two inch overlay of chips and gravel applied to some rural roads five years ago and said they are still in good shape He said he was concerned about the amount of money the town is asking developers to pay wont pay the people who buy the houses will The town engineer stated the job Is minimum reconstruction and claimed a full reconstruction for up to cars a day would cost Councillor Peter Morris said the development would cost the town less than any since there are no water nor sewer lines and it is sur rounded on both sides by existing roads He said the developer Is providing his own Internal roads at no cost to the municipality He pointed out is prepared to pay his share of work on town roads Morris pointed out if some one obtains a separation or separations on an road they pay nothing toward the road Yet Ihe people who move In there would pay for the reconstruction of two roads Councillor Peter Marks argued existing taxpayers should nol pay a dime for a development Gruson replied the develop ment has been changed a number of times at the towns requests costing money In engineering and consultants Tees He said he is already giving the town in cash because the town wanted the cash rather than parkland He claimed work from Highway 7 north on both roads was against all rules He pointed out at the time paving was mentioned In J5 cost would have been and reminded council the delays have been con tinuous Armstrong retorted the land value has risen at the same rate during that time Only Morris and Booth opposed the town staying with the reconstruction