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Branch 197 celebrates torching of the mortgage The men who home of Edward signed the and the men at he meet mortgage for the new Ac concluded they could ton Legion Branch never accomplish what In were honored at a they envisioned for the mortgage burning future of the Acton night The Legion In the old building mortgage was paid off in on Main Street Albert Irwin left and righl Join the building committee l right Mien Cord James and John Gov In watching the mortgage on the Branch Acton Legion building burn at a ceremony Friday night less than six years Over Invited guests and dignitaries witnessed the torching of the mortgage which was paid off earlier this year The ceremony was repeated the next night at a dinner dance for Legion mem bers and Saturday after noon the Legion Ladles Auxiliary hosted an afternoon buffet and entertainment The en tire weekend of activities was a huge success Chairman of the build committee McCutcheon reviewed the history of the con of the new building for the ience He recalled the first meeting was held at the A half a dozen sites for a now Legion were ex amined on March 1873 notice went out to the membership a meeting would be held March IS to discuss a new building At that meeting mem turned out and only three were opposed to moving the Legion Eventually the choice was narrowed down to three sites and the Nellis property in the country though in fact just a of a mile from own town Acton was selected That was the start of innumerable problems McCutcheon recalled The Legion began the project dealing with Ac ton and Esquesing staff and councillors and wound up completing it under the first of the new town of Hills Once it was determined If golf courses could be in the country so could a Legion the architectural firm of and Olbo was chosen for the Job McCutcheon noted the architects original plan and the actual build were very much alike The plans were to the membership September 1373 and the next day the building permit was Issued and construction started Less a year later September after many crisis had been overcome the new Legion was opened Chairs didn t arrive until the day the building was to be of opened with an evening function To help pay for the pro ject the Legion developed a lot subdivision and it had the distinction of being the first draft plan of subdivision approved by the new town of Hills Ladies Auxiliary during the time of planning construction and paying off the new building Mary Helen Fowler Lucy Synod and Ruth Court were Introduced as well as executive members from 1972 John McIIugh Gordon James Norman Price Robert Albert Kevin James Alex Fred Allen John Goy Gord Arthur Earl Wol ler Joan McKnight Gordon John Chapman McMillan Brian McDonald Max Storey William Greer Stone Hurry Norton Maurice and Albert Irwin Each of the mortgage In attendance were introduced and received a gift They were Jack Ridley John James Milne Gordon James William Fred Mcllcr Victor Patrick Albert Norman Price John Edwin Pope Arthur Robert Angel Harry Moon Alb ert Douglas Rogers Robert Herbert Cook Louis Dick Kevin Conroy A John Pink William Robert James Peter McEachern Hugh Alex Charles Fred Allen John Goy Arthur Earl Wol Jordan Lea John Manes and William Blanche The mortgage cosigning took place September 197a In I ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY MARCH 26 1980 Zehrs in 1981 by Murray A reliable source told the rec Press th week lias definitely decided to a super market here in However president Carl Zinkan nan inter view Thursday would not confirm the report kan did not deny plans to open in Acton in 13H1 either There is nothing definite 1 can comment on In expansion nothing is ever definite until the shovel goes in the ground said iper source musf remjln anonymous said has decided open four new stores in the next two years and plans oil for supermarkets to be opened in Acton and Ant aster in 1981 Our source could not name a for the new Acton supermarket first reaction to this information was that interesting He said it with bit of chuckle He said it is common knowledge has looked at and made a commitment to locate in a plaza planned by Jerry Shopping Centres Ltd on the cast side of Zinkan said the firm still desires to locate there and the commitment to Landawn is still in affect refused to rezone the property at High way and Churchill Road for the propped foot containing and five other stores The issue will go to an On t a no Municipal Board hearing said he was well aware is hav problems obtaining approval for his plaza He said the firm would not be opening a store In downtown Aclon on the site of the burned Dominion Hotel That location for a store has been rumored recently the site on Main Street is loo small other properties in the area were also acquired Noting he wis using ball park figures only president said a square fool supermarket would need 3 and one half acres for the building and parking He said he was familiar with the property on Main Street and denyed the firm ever approached pro owners in the area of the burned out hotel neither confirmed or denied would locate in Acton somewhere other than the pro posed by It not like building a house need to find sufficient commercial land he concluded Prospects not bri Hellers hasnt bought Disston Frank Heller and Co plant The sit Ltd has not reached an does not look agreement with promising to take over the closed Rumors have been rife Refugees arriving Three families of refugees will arrive In within the week of the arrival came Wednesday The Churches for Boat People can expect two families of IndoChinese on Monday or day according to John Cooper of the Christian Reformed Church No are available a needy family or Vietnamese Mill arrive on the weekend for the Christian Reformed The church decided March to take In a family Application was made to the Christian Reformed World Committee The Vietnamese family consists of a pair of grand parents one couple and a child Water water everywhere Spring runoff and rain resulted In several scenes like hi the rural area north of Acton More flooding photos on page 10 inside The Acton heart fund Profiles hit the mark this OntheLcavell year Details on page Rock wood Digest around Acton for several weeks that a deal bet ween Heller s and was imminent In an interview this week Fred Daw kins of Heller said so far an agreement been reached Negotiations began in early December and a tentative agreement was reached in early January However snags have cropped up since then said high interest ratc3 and a economy have made it more difficult to reach an agreement to both sides Dawkins admitted he isn hopeful an agree ment will be reached Sandvik president Johon Sorensen said negotiations were on bet ween and Heller and while an open agreement was reached early In the year nothing was firm Bo tli Sorensen and said they exp ected a final decision one way or the other by the end of this month If Hellers don t move to the plant here may be other customers interested Bob Planck of the Ontario Ministry of Ind and Tourism Halton division and Hal ton Business Develop ment Officer William Marshall Bald at the out set of this year they exp ected someone would be in the plant In In recent interviews both conceded the picture I as bright as it was two months ago but they arc sticking with their predictions Planck said there are three other firms int crested In possibly acquiring an existing manufacturing facility in north of Highway One firm called asking about acquiring an BO square foot building in the Georgetown Guelph He said he Is opt mis tic about a sale because 1 know the time lines flrm3 are working under Planck observed there is only one 100 square foot vacant manufactur building in and that the plant Marshall said his dep artment Is still active in finding firms to move into He like to see the existing building sold or leased to a firm and the remaining acres dev eloped into other Ind ustrial sites Marshall concluded he still feels the plant will be sold or leased this year closed November throwing people out of a Job Kermit and friends ready lor the Skating Club annual Ice revue Sunday are a couple of frogs and dog They are better known as left to right back row Dana age Colleen Samson ID TraceyOakely 10 and Carrie front row Tina Oakley Henry Samsons and Kerry In iw Photo Tentative pact keeps teachers on job 1 165 high school teachers arc on the Job this week and they will remain on the Job until after a contract vote is taken Mediator Martin Imposed a news blackout on the parties after a tentative agreement was reached Saturday I can t deal with that sort of question Mr said Monday when asked if parts of the settlement would be go ing lo arbitration or mediation arbitration Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation District Nine President Ron Ness said Monday no dote been set for ratification vole OSSTF is at a vote after ten days to two weeks There a need for Information meetings in the schools Mr Ness said They put a tent over all of us said Halton Board of Education spokesman Cam Jackson Monday He said he was not prepared to comment regarding recommenda lions to the board to accept the tentative agreement Board and representatives buckled down to 14 hours of negotiations with mediator at the Hotel Toronto Saturday A tentalive agreement made around mid night according to Teplitsky The credit goes lo the parties They were skillful in handling the situation observed the mediator Teplitsky Indicated he was also pleased the teachers and board averted what could have been a very long strike The two sides returned mediation 10 of teachers giving the federation a per cent strike mandate Saturday efforts were the second bout of media tlon for during this year contract talks mediation with Teplisky failed after seven hours then aimed the two sides towards arbitration or a mixture of mediation and Both forms are binding Both were unacceptable to OSSTF high school teachers have worked without a contract since August The main Issues separating the two sides been wages work int conditions and retire ment gratuity Pometoy donates to town hall fund Hills Mayor Peter has pledged half of his town pay to the Acton town hall restoration fund His donation Is SI Last week council surprised a pay hike in the bud mlltee Doug read and treasurer Yvonne at the meeting He said the credit for his pledges should go to an elderly Acton man who asked him at a meeting during the last election If he would be raising his own Monday night turned the Pomeroy answered the man tables and council by do- he wouldn be interested in a raise of the raise to the Acton pro ject and the half to the Gcorgc- llalton Hills mayor Peter presented Acton town hall restoration com members Doug read and Yvonne Rosenqulst his pledge for I town library theatre complex project presented his pledge for the town hall com his first term After council tripped him up by ing him a surprise pay hike decided he should donate it to the two projects