Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), December 30, 1981, p. 6

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Acton Frao Press Wednesday Due Remembering 1981s highlights August Hide House owners announced a deal had been struck to locate a restaurant operated by the owners of the Plainsman smorgasbord restaurant near Hamilton in the largest leather retail outlet Canada here in Acton Tour buses are being lined up to visit the restaurant which will open before the end of Hills approved a development for the new IGA plaza n Scott Malcolm went to Scotland to com pete with the Guelph Pipe Band in the World Championships Final desigi plans for the new St Joseph school were approved by trustees and forwarded to the province for approval President of the parents association Vmce disputed Trustee Irene contention the school could still be opened by next spring said hoard ad told him high interest rates would delay the construction and school opening until the fall of However administrators said no such decision had been made Neighbors were protesting loud noise at at the Yugoslavian Centre as well as having police by a charge The town also laid charges and protested the noise problem to the I J BO Two picnics were cancelled Two urea youths spent a harrow three hours atop a log Jam in the River after wild rapids rammed their canoe into the logs They were rescued by an Armed Forces helicopter Local resident Michael Stevens was in August making a movie entitled Humungus at Waterfalls Park in A Burlington man who was convicted of careless driving In connection with car bicycle accident in in which three women including a former Ac ton resident were killed was fined and his driver s licence suspended for a year The Crown said the light sentence would be appealed Acton OptimUU president Walter Barlow presents Mayor Pete announced the limits to Youth the Year Awards Br linger and growth in Acton might not be as tight as expected Joy Hitching both Acton High School students and there They were honored or their contributions to their Minnie Z Bennett celebrated her lQlst birth school and community day in August PHOTO CALENDAR personal touch Ths attractive photo Is to find a spot at homo of office all year round Designed to accept trior vortical or horizontal enlarge it is perfect for any wall or desktop acton pharmacy A Mow It a fa In J Let It up and Maka it a worth Kinsman HOLLAND SHOP September may an urns Treasures come to yqu as you pno out me ou ariD me jri January Sale BARBADOS The town hall study which wilt cost 111 will take two months to com it was announced by he town Wlntarlo set November as the tentative date for the live show visit to Acton Phase two of the downtown Acton study called for at the cor of Main and Mill and around the town hall as well as a truck route around downtown Margaret Buchanan turned 101 in September A strike had been looming but after a second vote in the plant workers ratified a new twoyear pact Dave Whiting said he will push for a mosquito spraying program next summer because a region study shows they ore a nuisance and the variety around Acton spread encep halitis Terry Fox dream was alive and well in Acton as over runners circled the Acton High School track raising more than Despite cold weather thousands flocked to the Acton Fall Foir which was bigger and better than ever dy won the title of Miss Acton I all Fair with Kymm Lakln and Lett the runners up The planned October start of Ac second year was postponed the last week of September until the beginning of December not enough tickets had been sold Actons new independent Cancer Society unit was born In late September Firefighters suggested to council that If the hydro building becomes cant they like to move out of their present quarters into that building Local resident Lome and Julian Reed announced the start of a campaign to have the pro vince require parking for the disabled at government buildings shopping centres and recreational facilities Recalling news November Two noise bylaw violation charges against Nick Cajic of the Canadian Yugoslav Centre were dis missed In court but Hills vowed torecharge Cajic and others involved in the recreation centre because of numerous noise complaints Sundays lost summer The consultants studying the town hall came up with six scenarios ranging in price from for demolition to for complete restoration father Leo of St Josephs Roman Catholic Church was named pastor of a Kitchener church and left Actonat the end of the month There was a two week rotating layoff for Beardmore workers in November The St Joseph School project final design plans were given verbal approval by the province and trustees were hoping the project would go to tender in January The separate school board has now given upon its goal to open the new school in thespr ingo1982 The Prospect Park well which seven days of yellow brown water in late October was closed down and the region offered compensation for those whose clothing was damaged Worker blood Icid levels at Canada Battery drop ped significantly the company announced After nearly a year without a minister Acton Baptist Church has a new pastor Acton first fe male minister Jean Stairs The big draw show at Acton High School drew a crowd of 800 people Rural residents Norman and Mabel Newman celebrated an unbelievable years of marriage In November Three Acton youths were fined a total of for police officer downtown last summer Maple Leaf captain Darryl Sit tier came to town to help Martha Jackson celebrate her 100th birthday October Acton was shocked by the murder of a young mother of two Colleen Oates Within a few days police had captured the suspect killer Erie Howard Kel Residents were a little upset when for seven days yellow brown water came pouring out of local tapa The water damaged clothing and even kill pet fish was caused by changes in treatment of water coming from the Prospect Park well Consultants studying the town hall out a lengthy questionnaire to over Acton households Council decided with some prompt ing from former councillor Pat McKcmlc to approach the board of education about the future of the Stone Schoolafter St Joseph next year Lcathertown came up with a plan to buy the town hall while Actano and the Restoration Committee proposed renting the building for years Both proposals were shelved Canada Battery pledged stiff men surcs to get worker blood lead levels down to an acceptable level and keep them there The preliminary hearing into charges against an Acton resident In connection with a fatal hit and run accident in 1979 was adjourned until December High interest rales delayed the start of construction of the new ploza downtown until 1982 December By a narrow margin Hills council decided not to restore the town hall However c cil also decided not to tear the hall down until community groups have a chance to come up with any kind of a proposal to take the building restore It themselves A petition circulated one weekend in December attracted nearly of residents opposed to tax dollars being spent to restore the building The urban servicing study was completed and showed Acton can grow by nearly people over the next two decades Homes could be built east of Churchill Rd both north and south of the highway as well as on Mill St West near the site of the new St Josephs School began its second year of draws in Decern MP Otto opposed to the Charter of Rights voted against the constitutional resolution Two officials of the Canadian Yugoslav Centre were again charged with noise bylaw violations by Hills stemming from many complaints from neighbors during the summer Again the preliminary hearing into charges against an Acton man In connection with a fatal hit and run accident In 1979 was adjourned GIVEAWAYS Drop In and Say Hallo And Our Selection of Propane Items At Great Savings I JU M FRIDAY SATURDAY

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