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Closure rumors denied by Disston Humor- of perm inenl shutdown at to approval of the Board of Dir I he of work hi president hen Swan after the employees had iHimnformidll Hoc lnc st s of the United Slates had in idi bid purchisi of Cm nil in production facilities or wood working Mil in firm lias had solid interest in tin mirkK for more century to orrao of Hoe in I Co Production icihtics in in id would lirinf us closer to this import ml irkct It Mill ike months before is pub rcl itmns officer I tins mi hid in illitsdetiil will be subject and other relevant federal on ties Mr Jansson told The Acton Press it is not known at this lime whether the purchase of part of the company would affect the Acton plant in either creating more- Jobs or Idling people go Workers at Ihe plant however are concerned the purchase means the closing of lines while the new owners lake the work to their American plants Mr Swan told the Free Press there was no in of this happening and the employees had merely been told of the possible purchase of Cimda lnc has plants in Canada tied States several other countries Mr whoworksoutof said IlulMue pall their Highland dame in la tort came from alt Station Hotel squad has pull the Spei to thrill to l pipe bands dancers slaverers and rope pullers One Hundred and F Year No ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY JUNE Twenty PagesTwenty Cents Halton accepts land banking I million to tin 1 I budget for I suit wort ik I i It litis win is frim Hilling in were the mam in pundits Mrs said I ind hank i profit of Ihlton taxpayers Hilton Hills Peter Pomeroy asked Mr whether Hills e iuIiI depend Burlington support when tin issue of sewer tame up In re urn Hilton Hills w support Hit Mr Bird declined Mr Pomeroy offer siying Hills would hive to tike its Ounces with Ihe sewer Mr cordon who op posed regional land inking said every developer in region would try to sell land I believe in private enterprise he said Let private enterprise purehase he land and we rezune it for Mr Anderson said he opposed the motion We know what were Retting into Mr said his opposition was based on experience time Ins sold land has been a total disaster Harding hurt in accident ind id Burlington Bird hi In i is did the rest of Ins Mr Dud Hie would An Acton man is in Mil ton hospital with a tract shoulder leg lowing i motor early morning on Hid Don dd Harding St w is injured when the motorcycle he w is driving was in lision with a ear driven by June Bird It Mil ton Milton detachment of the Ontario Provincial report is still under in vestigatiun According to police he collision occurred just north of 10 sideroad at a m June Three days of fun at Back to Acton Days Pete Pomeroy MI m Heed llallui will he I iking in the ope of Back to Days weekend on I rid evening June the downtown mall Commit lei members ire polling together ill Iheir pirts mi full fun for the 1 weekend program on ihe mill bingo pon rides pet show Ik lis sales There will he the famous call parade iaiur morning a dance at the Station Hotel in the evening On the days the park annual fireworks display Also slated ire horseshoe pitching fish derby soccer and entertain Awards he winning essays and pobters will be presented Friday June 19 at The winning will appear in the Free Press and the posters will be In store windows Centre saved town gives grant Acton Commuml Service- ill receive an additional if Hilton Hills goes along with a recommendation mide metier il com last night Only come from the town me other half will come from regional who called Ihe owns bluff Lasl month own council who previously cut the Acton Community Services rant senl a motion o the region saying hey would consider the print by if tin region would match it Councillors Harry Lev 1ut and Booth admitted motion hid been made tongue incheck with thought the region would agree We re hoisted on our own pet Booth Councillor Wood put forw ird ihe jivc the supplementary ml of the region decision He the work of the service saying ihej covered wide ringe of needs Where will the money tome from asked Councillor Mike pointing out there is budget Treasurer King replied it could onl come from the fund Armstrong pointed out the region s approval was gucnsubjecl town s Levy refused to go with the claiming he grant reduction had not been done lightly He warned he door would be opened other groups whose ints id been reduced or cut out altogether tie to fit Interested Citizens Group to fighl hydro commented This is pcinuls Councillor Miller argued town had been advocating gr mis for sen ices should be Ihe responsibility of the region and suggested a shared grant now could lo the region assuming the res ponsibihly In the future CK Brownes to close doors i hi J f July the knows it was great Parlklpinls in the high school Total Immersion Program Creek arm near conducted lours of he pro property which housed examples of an entire semi stir s it or Wednesday The Is designed as Ir i in regular and Is offend to students kneeling points out one student end product when do i project school leucher Kick i Hi lei and Million Hills look on tluidid the pen house Police now start day in Georgetown Increased supervisor of police officers working Aelon is one effect of re cent changes in District One Another change makes senior officers available o the more of I en Since May Sgl John who used u spend pari of his turnings and afternoons in the Acton precinct slopped He and Insp H Dow die senior men have gone on shift which makes one of them avail able the public every day The other is avail able for three of the weeks afternoons That change makes senior police officer available to he public more often senior man though based In Georgetown is shackled lliere He makes periodic trips I Centring of man in George two shifts i from administrate They are then free to spend super vising officers in the field according to The arc also available to the public senior own for tasks Coupled these moves is which has the officers who arc to work their in Acton reporting to Georgetown This move is another aimed using of service to the public police claim Having constables report Georgclown means each man will re ceive he same inform it the start of shift from the sergeant on parade patrolman should go into the field belter prepared in terms of his knowledge of what is said Ihe staff sergeant Lackers used in Acton have been laken to George own An earlier change brought staggered shift changes in he district so there is always one man Acton about the Acton precinct slatus he stiff sergeant replied It is my opinion hat he office in Acton will re main as an integral part of the operation as il parading of of in one place and havmc senior officer available during days and most evenings is a second part of a plan which started going into operation in January At ihe start of he year Regional Police created a new zone in which Iran slates mu one more man for Ihe area In in unrelated development another level of supervision has been beefed up A duly inspector based in Oak vtllc visits each division each shift as part of his duties ensure there is a proper level of police work will be sold at many years CK Browne con Mrs Browne says she store on Main docs not know future St of the building Dons Browne prop- of store has r notice from buildings owner John he Palmer of and 0 must be ou of the place eras have lo an Mrs Browne has been end including sale of Meals her marriage to C Dills Printing and Pub- Browne almost in connection ago Since his death Acton Free era years ago she has Press Music run he store She is not Store etc Browne sure how lung her bus will be remembered band ran the store before fondly along with all she came along but others MPP endorses commissions Despite opposition MPP Julian Heed is a provincial proposal for single hydro in Hills I feel it have longer term advantages and prevent fulure ab sorption by a regional commission Mr Reed said last week He said single would rural people who pay per more llian heir urban counterparts The provincial pro winch received first reading at Queen Park last week will set up four new lnc commissions in Burllnglun Milton Oak ville and Hills William Smith chair man of the Georgetown commission said he would like the existing Julian Reed organizations lo remain A meeting is being held with Hydro lo cuss province pro posal I said If the legislation is approved four new commissions will come into existence 19i0 wilh transitional commissions proceeding them Front page award Elizabeth Dr residents annoyed but get only tar chip road I wing and wife were honored following services at SI Albans un lie and Mrs received special jilts from Ion his retirement in picnic followed on Ihe premises whlih Pete spoke I- wing and his community involvement The Acton Fret Press has won i Canadian newspaper award for its front page in he annual Belter Newspaper Competition of the Cina Community Newspaper Assoc lation The Free Press placed third inilsclass one of ing 13 first place honors won by In land Publishing Co Limited News set Ihe pace for the Inland family newspapers wilh an unprecedented 10 awards nine of Ihem first places For the time in six years the News was voted the overall newspaper in its Class As well as winning the general ex award the News was also named recipient of the Community Service Award and had best front page besl editorial page sports page best Christ mas edition best sports photo best special section the Magazine and tied for first place in the besl news story category and was second in womens content The Georgetown Independent was best overall in Class The Milton Canadian Champion in Class had best front page best women best advertising idea and came third with its sport page The best spot news photo award went to the Burlington Post This Week finished runner up for Class best overall In the same class the Ajax News was named winner of the historical story award and placed third for overall general excellency The Guardian won second place honors for its sports page had he third best front page in Class ind was awarded honorable mention for advertising idea The Gazette won second pliee for feature photo and lied for third place in the best news photo competition Second place honors for the best sporls photo by the Markham and Sun rounded nut the Inland group Residents of Elizabeth Drive in subdivision are angry Mayor Pete told Hills general commit lee Monday night He said He road paving in he recent struclton stops 100 feet short of he point he residents understood it Pomeroy explained a letter was sent from the engineering department last fall the paving would extend to Avenue These people had he road lorn up last year for storm sewers this year for road work and if it completed now probably again year said mayor He said there seem lo be money left finish the extra feet and asked he engineer lo explain why the towns promise could be carried out Town Engineer Bob Austin admitted he sent a letter but said was a letter of information on the storm sewer con primarily but also told of plans for the road I did not realize It was such a commitment on paper as it is He pointed out he has no authority commit council to any action Austin explained by the lime the capital budget was passed and the design work done and lenders let he realized the money would go as far as they wished He emphasized all the ministry subsidy is used up He predicted an additional cost of with no subsidy lo complete the paving Austin said perhaps his wording of letter led to the problem He reminded councillors there are residents beyond the too fool strip who will not be satisfied if Ihis piece is done Construction has to stop somewhere The town engineer assured council he 100 foot strip on Elizabeth Drive would receive a tar and chip surface treat mcnl before the end of June General committee made no will In elude this area in the June works lour Attendance poor Despite poor attend and the resultant deficit at S urn erf est last week Hills Council President Ralph feels It can be continued next year He said ay be on a reduced scale wilh evening part of show cut out The people did not seem come back for the concert at night he commented He pointed out Rub and his quint a jazz group had been expected to draw a large audience bul m fact only 80 people heard the well known musician In all jusl over people turned up for the activities