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Acton has independent Cancer Unit Acton Cancer volunteers really have something la wave a Dag about these days Last night Tuesday the local Cancer Society organization became a unit on Its awn not just a branch of the Georgetown body Raising the flag signalling the start or an April campaign Is first pi of the new unit A rile White along with Susan Sale and Yvonne Courline The Acton Unit of the Canadian Cancer Society was born last night Tuesday at a special Charter Presentation meeting at the Trinity United Church Concerned it liens have been working hard for years both as Individuals and later as a branch of the Georgetown Unit Becoming an Independent unit reflects their strength and growth over the years and what the executive feels is a natural step forward Gloria Coals past president of branch decided now was a good time to recall the history of the org an lint ion and give credit where credit is due Following Is the clubs history as remembered by Mrs Coats found big member Vclma West and through of tic la records by Gloria Coats There was a need In our town years ago for dressings and transportation to treatment centers for cancer patients and that need was met by a few volunteers who cared That was the beginning of Iho Acton Branch of the Cancer Society Several years ago we asked a founding member Mrs Velma West to write a his of our Branch The following are some excerpts from her writings plus what I know of our own history all began when Mrs Kay Thompson from Milton a part lime secretary for Hal ton County Health Unit was asked by the nurses of the Health Unit to help make some dressings in their building In the evenings for the patients in need of dres sings It coon became apparent that Acton Georgetown and surrounding areas also such dressing A room was secured in the Milton town hall and vol unteers from Acton Milton Georgetown and Esquesing gathered to make dressings Soon was so great in our town that a room in the Acton Free Press build ing was granted to us free and Lldkea recruited many volunteers from Ac ton and area and dressings started to be made for our own local cancer patients Over that summer years ago due to a shortage of Public Health nurses Vclma West an RN on the unit staff was asked by her director of nursing to visit patients in the Acton area She found first transportation committee already in ac Ted Tyler Sr of Tyler Transport Ltd had been taking needy patients to Toronto for treatment leaving them for the day and bringing them home on the return truck rip Velma then wrote to the Canadian Cancer Society Toronto for help and thus a very Interested but informal group gathered at Aclon Branch was born There are no records to prove this but we feel this happened in fall of Many different activities were out she states It is believed that Ray was our first president followed by Roy and then for a few years there was a vacant chair Jack Crelghton held the position in the mid 60s for a short period He was followed by after his retirement from the Co who contributed ly to the Branch In help ing the become more structured and motivated He was followed by Arbic Gloria Coats and the present Susan Sale Velma West automatically became services chairman when the Branch first started Records were kept on patients from the spring of Gloria Coots became the next chairman in 1083 and car on into the early 70s She was followed very capably by Cathy McGilllvray Susan and our present service to patient chairman Jane Telford This past year we added the transportation con- under Linda Bowen Many services have been added over the Continued on page B8 A Metroland Community Newspaper One Hundred and Seventh Year No ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 30 Twenty five Cents Town hall study costs 11000 The feasibility study and structural analysis for the Acton town hall will cost more than ed Monday Holton Hills council approved the select ion of Consultants of Brampton to con Terms of reference for the study were sent to consulting firms and the project was advertised Five firms submitted proposals but while not be the lowest tender was selected because its proposal best fit the terms of reference Councillor Terry Grubbc chairman of the special town hall subcommittee of council said the pro posal from the lowest tenderer Proctor and Red fern Toronto dealt more with the question of need for community centre facilities and less with the merits of the town hall project The Proctor and bid was The proposal from Keith Architect Toronto coat and the bid from Analytical Space Planning Acton was COO The highest tender was from Horton and Ball Kitchener Back In June council allocated from the it set aside several years ago for the town hall restoration for the study With the study costing 111 and the province picking up half the cost Mayor Peter Pomeroy colled for on additional to be allocated by the municipality Now Halton Hills will spend on thestudy Recreation director Tom said the terms of reference and timeline for the study are com plotely covered in the proposal The firm now has a little less than two months to complete its work A preliminary report is due on November and the final report must turned into the town by November The final report will go immediately to council and the municipality must make a decision on the fate of the town hall before the end of the year the deadline for applying for a grant Actario year 2 start delayed Slow ticket sales have postponed the start of second year of weekly draws from this Saturday until Saturday Decembers Since the first year of draws ended on August sales have been slow though they picked up dramatically this week However the upsurge t come toon enough for to reach its target of sold tickets to cover all the trip and cash prizes for Money foraboutlOO sold tickets has been turned in but organizers know there are members of clubs still selling tickets and some haven turned their money inyet Chairman Ted Tyler is confident that with an extra two months to sell tickets will ex Its sold tickets target and kickoff as planned December Designate Acton as tourist area The province should designate Acton as a tourist area Burlington MPP Julian Reed says The time is appropriate Reed said for he and to launch an effort to have the Ministry of Industry and Tourism designate Acton as a tourist area Being designated a tourist area permits shops to stay open more hours and frees up provincial tourism promotion funds for an area tnowrccognlzedasatouristarca should be Reed said at Friday councillors drop In Reed said it is disappointing that the province hasn already designated Acton and Halton as a tourist area adding he tried to have i done a few years ago and failed However the growing recog nit ion and support of the concept means e time Is ripe to try a gain chairman Chip Petrlllo attended the dropin to bring Reed Mayor peter and councillors up to date on Leathertown activities Councillors Dave Whit ng and Terry Grubbe are al ready involved in the project He invited Reed to join with former Acton res ident and now Peel region chairman Frank Bean in entertaining at a one hour show prior to the Win draw tentatively set for Acton High School gym on November Both Bean and Reed ore accomplished musicians noted the draw isn t firm yet pending some more technical require ments for the television show being met He also advised admission will be charged for the evening and has been asked to move its weekly draw to the high school for Win night Reed the mayor and councillors were Invited to He said the new association which will hold its inaugural meeting at Z Bennett School on October would welcome he politicians involvement In advising Leather town how government funds can be secured attend meetings and helping with projects and would welcome their personal financial support of the pro ject also asked to come to Hills council and bring the entire municipality up to date on Leathertown Tourism is important to Halton Hills Pomeroy said and he predicted Leathertown will make Acton a tourist centre Council has limited funds for grants to groups but possibly the municipality can he said Acton could have developed a tourist Image long before now if only a group had launched a project like Leather town previously He advised Leathertown seek the assistance of recreation director Tom be cause he has considerable knowledge about Incial grants Reed said Provincial money should be available for Acton to promote tourism since tour ism is Ontario s third largest industry Both the municipality and region have been most cooperative with Leathertown thus far Petrillo noted The concept Is becoming known not just in Acton but right across Hills and in the surrounding area too declared ad ding the project will make us extremely well recognized Irelanded big one Paul down ha v to Paul caught this beauty In tins Credit River in be Highway areata Wednesday morning The Salmon weighed In and long aches around II took him a hair an hour to land It j out of prize catch DoberthienReed to push for special handicapped parking Julian visit to the councillors dropIn Friday afternoon a huge success with several residents coming In to ask Heed and councillors Dave Whiting Terry and Russ Miller questions Firefi su Move hall to hydro building If and when the Halton Hills Hydro building on Alice St Is closed the Acton Firefighters tion has asked they be considered as the new occupants of the facility Mayor Peter Pomeroy confirmed Hills has received a letter from tin- Firefighters Association dealing with the former Acton Hydro Commission building but declined to discuss the contents until It has gone to council The letter is slated to be part of council s for next Monday meeting It has been widely reported around town in recent days that the firefighters have written they would like take over the hydro building as a new fire hall This version of the letter contents has been confirmed by a number of sources which asked to remain anonymous In late Juno of this year in a story in this newspaper Acton representative on the McEaehern said the Idea of closing the has been discussed but no firm decision has been made yet All sources connected with the commisaion agree now that a final decision to close the Acton building been mode Local businessman and Halton Burlington Julian Reed are Joining forces to push for special parking facilities for the hand capped at major like the CNE and Ont ario Place Friday Doberthien brought a letter to Reed at the councillors dropIn calling for government to establish a tag system that the handicapped can apply for through their doctor bo they don have to describe their problems In detail each time they need special consideration a universal sign iana can bo proud of few regulations to moke life a little easier for the handicapped why there can be designated pork areas at major attractions and why police can ticket people who area disabled when they park in handicapped parking areas After hearing Doberthien letttr Reed said I Impressed and pledged his complete support The MPP suggested the letter be sent formally to him self Ontario Secretary for Social Development Margaret Birch Premier William Davis Halton MP Otto federal Minister of Health and Welfare Begin and Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau He said he will follow up the letters with personal appeals at the provincial level and expected would do the same In Ottawa In addition Reed said en though ts and concerns will reach the floor of the Ontario In the form of a private member a bill as soon as his turn comes around noted there are laws helping the handicapped with parking In the United States and England but a letter he received from Ottawa showed there any in Canada word from the federal government indicated parking is a provincial ana municipal matter Reed said he wants to make parking for the a federal provincial project which will cross party lines by involving Conservatives Liberals and New Democrats at both levels of government The idea of a tag or card to be displayed on cars belonging to he handicapped was tremendous and there was no logical reason why It be done Reed said He noted he 11 return to Acton shortly to meet with and come up with a private members bill worded so they other MPPs can t block it without looking like rotten keys lost one leg to bone cancer a ago noted he has been coming to a slow boil over tl lack of consideration for the handicapped at places shopping molls the CNE Ontario Place and other exhibits and displays in Ontario He outlined the problems he has encountered trying to park closer to facilities and the degradation of ing to explain one handicap Councillors Dave Whlling and Terry were enthusiastically behind appeal and stud they II raise the matter at council Turn to page for the full text of Dobethlen let Rain cold hurts crops A wet summer especially in August and dull and chilly fall have hurt a number of crops at North Holton farms Doug Miller and Burke McNeill both of the Halton Agricultural office in Milton talked about diseases poor field conditions and chilly spring corn grains fruits and vegetables in an interview this week The first hay crop was excellent well above inside Fox trotters turn in your pledge money Details on page The town need a stoop and scoop bylaw More on page J average Miller said but the and third cut tings were poor because of wetness the past two months Miller added quite a bit of the second and third hay crops was loit Grain and ensilage silo corn harvesting Wetness has effected conditions but he believes hat won prevent ensilage corn yields being above average and tho grain com looks promising Grain corn maturity is ahead of last year a real plus About 10 per cent of the wheat oats barley crops have been lost because of the wet weather The grains were hard to harvest and rain destroyed some of it However Milter added on balance there was still a higher nan normal yield 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