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Lovells end era with sale of meat business 1 I Inspected his last lo sides beef in butcher shop freezer this week Ah soon stock is sold Hull hers will be closed will however open In about weeks time under new manage merit which Mr I assures his customers will lhejnie have come toe peit lvcll Brother But is closing its doors after 13 years as soon as the present slock is sold according to owner Mr old The Acton Free Press the store could be closed as early as this weekend He revealed there are two buyers or the from this area the other from on However may be six to eight weeks before the store reopened Thi decision to sell came after the sudden death of Mr s brother and coowner Gord earlier this month Tin two had cussed the sale of the property and wtre going to retire in fall The death Mr said speeded up plans For the first time since the business moved to its present location Mill fat years ago the large walk in freezer is almost empty the owner noted j here are two side been a beekeeper until his butcher uncle asked him to work part time for him He learned enough about the business over the next few years that he and brother opened up shop in Acton where J and T Sports is now located They were at that site for years before moving to their present loeation In the past years Mr Lovell has seen manv changes In the meat business the most noticeable was the soar prices However in this age of convenience people still patronized the small butcher stores rather than the meat counters in large super markets If anything Mr said the super markets have helped him for the prices he said people- will always buy meal no matter The Acton Free Pjess Wednesday March 1979 3 Police beat Red fox shot on McDonald what the price They complain but they have to buy it Within a few dajs the freezer will be com pletely empty It is cap able of holding up to JO quarters of beef The Lovell brothers usually kepl20to4 quarters in it at all times and on the day of lus brothers death two weeks ago there were J500 pounds of meat behind the thick With the closing of doors on Sat urday comes the end of an era They are the old est business in Acton by Acton Home Furnishings who have been open years and Watson Music Store in business for almost years Ironically Wat sons is also closing as soon as present stock is sold Hand railing safety solution A work crew from the Adult Rehabilitation Centre in Brampton could be helping Hal ton Hills taxpayers save money At the regular meeting of Hal ton Hills library board Wednesday even ing in Acton Jerry said he might be able to arrange for a work crew to install a hand rail on the bridge to make traffic across it safer All the board would have to pay would be the costs of the mat suggestion and in struct Mr to look into it Mr an Acton resident works at the Centre The board had pre viously been concerned about people especially older ones walking across the bridge winter when Ice forms on the surface and makes the structure dangerous After several weeks of discussion it was decided a metal handrail over the existing wooden one would be the best method of the sit short of re constructing the bridge A red fox was shot and killed by a member of animal control unit day afternoon on McDonald Boulevard According to Regional Police there Is so far no indication the animal is rabid Police are continuing in investigation into what is described as mischief that involved damage to a house and vehicle at an It It 1 Acton home The key hole to the front door was blocked a pipe from the oil tank to the house cut a neighbor was damaged A man and an res idcnt were by police officer who wnt them removing a mail box from a Highway They were later released No ami Ing appear stolen from a residence owned by Hydro on the ine after someone A Main North woman was charged with causing a disturbance in the Ikslaurant last Tic s and police was lodfHiat the Georgetown division for her own safe Vuidals damaged a home to the last week nisi stole two bottles of liquor Police are ah in theft f i ml picket From a Mill Street office Jeffrey Ave home w is linkcn into by vandals last week Letters disappear from library wall and quarters smaller pieces of pork hanynt up There is no thing in the display cases in the store Mr is a self taught butcher having The I have it or someone has the I Both I from the Acton Public Library lettering have either leu off or have been tak en off the wall of the Riv St building and Hal ton Hills Library Board chairman Norm Elliott would like to sec them re placed Mr pointed out Its official buys Foodland The last piece of the deal between A Supermarket and Stores slipped Into place last week However shoppers will have to wait until month to inspect the results The mi mint of will see hoodlum open lis doors for the first time lint event will end a nifhtn ire for onehalf of the ownership Don while mak ing materia a long vision for partner Don Mr Lindsay the build mj the tracks in order to provide better food store service while Mr siw the smaller down town store as a nightmare Ti pettier though they are excited about the possibilities the newer building To the store the two Dons arc taking services patrons grew to from old outlet six blocks to the west continue the if phi tunc in irders Mr The service will also be kept is will ihe melt service counter It 11 be i of it we do now Mr said Sue is the mam to the owners The buildup iffers about twice tin floor space of older store plus is ihe 5 i r so parking spaces compared with none downtown One tradition the Dons will Inu behind is the will be open six days a week Monday Tuesday Wednesday and Saturday from Bam until and Thursday and Friday until The Wo owners will tr continuing the few products that ire in the The new operation name B does not reflect of the store The deal is not an amalgamation to Mr Lindsa He and Mr Mir hies on bought out the Store That means in exchange for an undisclosed sum the pair the stock equipment and goodwill Were running it as in independent food outlet Mr Lindsay said That also means the two men will be in the store where customers may come with problems the team picks up is the use of the Foodland computer which can be used to control the price system will the same meat uppher as at A B Supermarket and the two owners will be selecting fresh produce on their own Shoppers however should not expect exotic foodhnes because we cm not afford to irrv them Mr Lindsav said five months ago said Mr Stores approached AH Super market about moving up the street The i owners went bankrupt in the first five vears of operation then the wholesaler tried to recover some of the it invested Mr Lindsay said They ve lost money every day since they took over he said By rights that store should have been do ing the bulk of the business and it s doing the least according to Mr Lindsay image as a price but poo quality store is going to be changed Mr Lindsay pointed out Brothers who run Stores have really bent over backwards to give the town something Mr said They are taking over the Lindsay Mathieson lease on the downtown store and they are going to renovate it and provide tenants Its costing them a lot of money but it costing them money to stay there In addition to Us other advantages to shoppers the one outstanding feature of the larger store is there is room for expansion if market merits such a step said Mr The sift of the A operation from its present store breaks an association which goes back about two decades Before then Steinbergs had a store in that spot but later sold it to an independent Mr Lindsay has managed the Supermarket for a number of vears He and Mr a former production manager at Northern Telecomm bought business last year the disappearance at the boards regular meeting in Acton last Wednesday He said they had been gone for some time and although it was a small item to point out a lot of small items add up to a shabby looking building Other board members agreed with Mr and have instructed head librarian Betsy to look in back files for the man or firm who made the letters when the library was built Membership winner Gus lit Cobblchill ltd Acton was the lucky winner of a St Patricks Day husband and wife membership at Acton Meadows Golf Course The dnw was span sored by the club ibership BIA elects executive Halton cultural clubs will be organized Thursday March at Boyne Com unity Centre House of Buys 124 Mill St East Five injured Continued from Page District hospital Balmer suffered a of the lower back and was n in at trv a slid was treated and relea and Thomson 13 was kept at hospital for three for after a bump on the ft reread Damages the wen Si SCO for fallen aril Si f r IN import a to off accent to Sunflight SPRINGSUMMER Brochures NOW AT ONE OUT OF EVERY THREE CAPJADIAN HOMES HAS CABLE TV WHY Halroa Cable T has tfe channels of clear T recep tion without an ugly antenna on the roof It to be seen to not call us for more formation CWJV Cable TV 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