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Cottage ransacked A cottage owned by a Scarborough resident was ransacked and a copper kettle stolen during a break enter and theft recently Hal ton Regional Police say the door was forced open some time during the summer The incident was reported August Robbers to jail Three men convicted of knocking over a bank in Alton last winter were sentenced recently to penitentiary terms ranging from six to nine years Over was taken in the hold up of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and the OPP set up roadblocks including one on High way at Silvercreek between Acton and Georgetown The roadblock lasted about three hours and slowed traffic on the highway in late afternoon to a snails pace MacDonald Eugene Allan Sebastian 31 and Steven Harry 20 were sentenced to nine seven and six years behind bars respectively for robberies in Alton Cambridge and Pans Withdraw plan for studio Cable System withdrew Its plication to build offices television studio and service department in A letter from Ihe company lawyer pointed out the offer of purchase expired August so It would be useless lo hold the public meeting authorized council or to pursue the ap plication further A similar letter was sent to the Niagara Escarpment Commission which was considering a development permit hut had made no decision No police strike Police I be given the right lo strike says Police Commission Chairman Harry Barrett Barrett attended the recent Association of Municipalities of Ontario annual convention where dissatisfaction with compulsory bitration and police right to strike were cussed Barrett warned if police ever get the right to strike it will leave only Ihe Chief and DeputyChief on duty across the Teacher transfers Board of Education recently approved a number of teacher transfers and staff appoint ments for Acton and area schools Jeff Roche has been moved from Smith to Robert Baldwin in Milton Moving from Brookvllle to Dick in Milton Is Jim McHugh teacher Roberta Kerens will divide her time between Baldwin and North Education Centre Jill Kropf has been appointed to the staff of McKenzie Smith and will be teaching at Acton High School Outers collecting glass Acton High School Outers Club Is collecting glass during its first bottle drive of the school year Saturday starting at lo In the morning Residents are asked to remove bottle caps and lias and leave the refuse in cartons or bags at the end of the driveway This year the Outers a camping and canoe club aim to buy tents with money from the glass Outers Club members will conduct their bottle drive on he first Saturday of month for the balance of the school year Reg DICola Is the new manager or Ihe Bank of Nova Scolla He has been a manager In Milton and Guelph Is responsible for the bank staff of ten He Is a past member of Milton Rotary Club He and his lltcln Dubin Wl 4H leaders chosen Dublin held their August meeting in the form of a homily Picnic the home Mr Mrs Wallace R R Rockwood as the rain held off things were abk to be held out side A bountiful Pot I Supper started off at pm We were honored In have some the younger generation present the Mclntyrc triplets Hit daughter of Mr Mrs At the I idles moved for their meeting Mrs lleslej acted as President or evening The meeting opened with Mary Stewart Collect The Institute Oik and Lord minutes were read and the correspondence dealt with Roll ill wis an with What did you Growl about today 11 were chosen is follows Mrs Judy Mrs Mrs Jean McLean Mrs Joan Johns Mrs Marion Hunter and Mrs Shirley Swackliimcr Hit Pall airs were discussed and wire re minded to get busy was lo have booth it the Acton Fair Willi tht immlttcc be ing Mrs Ann Norton Mrs llunttr Mrs Armstrong Mrs Mint VjnUecl Mrs a rtport tin progress of tin Bus with a trip I elng planned to and on September inltrcsttd should icl Mrs M Mrs McMillan Mrs Armstrong Silver trays have been and will be presenile il nit meeting to one of the MiIs Ins her isth Club wtrt given by Mrs I Moffat ii APPEARING I SEPTEMBER CARLS KEYS The Mum ERIN COUNTRY 156 Erin 8332332 daxunxf at 1980 Mazda GLC PRICED FROM NOW IN STOCK Mazda B2000 PickUp ARRIVING SOON MAZDA achilles motors Sales and Service 347351 QUEEN ST- EAST ACTON 8530200 Rabid bat wounds boy The Acton Wednesday Sept 3 1980 old of the Fourth Line now taking the 14 rabies shots after handling a bat which the Department of Health of Animals con firmed has rabies Jay found the bat on the ground near the house clinging to a slick and obviously injured He received some scratches while pulling the bat in a box Jay mother Connie Burt called Hills Animal Control Service who picked up the bat but brought It hack later asking if they wanted it de According to Mayor Pete who had called while visiting across the roud at a birth day celebration the animal control service said if the boy had no visible wounds It should be destroyed The mayor said they seemed unwilling to do anything so the family was worried picked up the bat In the box and put it in the trunk of his ear then the next morning took it to Georgetown Animal Clinic They In lum took to tin Health of Animals Branch in Brampton where rabies was confirmed Threat to turn off power angers Acton merchant An Acton merchant is very upset with a threat from Hills Hydro that his power would be turned off unless he paid a bill that was a couple of weeks overdue Cory of Acton Chicken and Pizza Spot says he plans to take Ins complaints up with local councillors and the Hills Hydro Com mission VonMerkesttin says lit was called last week by Georgetown Hydro in his mind is no such thing as Hydro just Georgetown Hydro which took over Acton Hydro and was told if his bill wasn paid by yesterday Tuesday power would be turned off His complaint I the first of this nature heard by the Free Press since the amalgamated power utility was born at the end of March absorbing the old Acton Hydro VnnMerkcstein notes he has been in Acton for nearly a decade and always pild his bills promptly He pointed hills in Acton used to be paid by the of each month but April bills must be paid by the 10th of the month Anyway he was away for a week vacation in August and the hydro bill was inadvertently over looked claims he never heard a thing from Hills Hydro lie received no overdue notices until he received the threatening phone call East week I appreciate the cull pay my bills and don like being threatened for being lew days overdue declared He said lie will take his complaint up with local councillors as well as the hydro commission Hills Hydro Commission manager Graham said in cases when people have previously paid their bills promptly it normal for them to be told their power will be cut off if they don pay Cutting off hydro isn something which is normally done when there extenuating circumstances like vacations Possibly there was a landing on both sides In this case declared He said the utility has a rigid payment policy because it must maintain cash flow because Ontario Hydro 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