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GDOrostownActon Wednesday Aug On the Lcavcll of erf mail cridtntito out of plane- A by dog sled tmod until a The fight to restore the Town Hall has retched the national level banks to a letter in the Globe and Hall loot week from George Last Wednesday a letter from George and a picture of the hall appeared on the letters page of the Globe which according to the Letters Page Editor was in the national ed ition receiving corcutation from Halifax to Victoria BC It was under the beading of Hall doomed and read Acton a part of Hal ton HID since regional government will probably lose its historic old Town Hall IBRD Why Some Georgetown and councillors the rest of Hills are determined to tear it down to make a parking lot for 10 cars Outnumbered Acton councillors want the turned over to a local group who have raised about 940000 for restoration but their pleas are Ignored A hearing will be held shortly under terms of the Heritage Act to determine If a mun icipal historical building designation should be removed to permit demolition The out t matter to councillors opposed to Actons wishes the hall will be torn down anyway or so they Council could ask the people of Acton what they want done with their Town Hall through a plebiscite and then act accordingly However our regional government is not noticeably sensitive to lo cal feelings In this matter The town of Hilton is going to keep every one of its historic buildings but once- proud Acton will not even be asked about the ate of its one remaining historic public build ing Regional government may be the great est thing since taxes in Queen Park but in grassroots Acton It have many friends And in the tame week Acton also made the front page of the Edmonton Journal Former Acton area resident Lucille Cook ley now of Edmonton tent me the front page of the August 14 edition of the paper and circled a story entitled Hall gets through years late The story was about a man Ernie Lyail now of Yellowknif who got some unexpected mail years late The letter was from Clayton Fryer who was stationed at Bay In the 1960s It Is dated Oct 1996 and is post marked Acton the story read Apparently Ernie was living In Spence Bay 1300 km north of Churchill Manitoba when Fryer who must have been home on leave sent the letter and a parcel Back then the story explains Bay hod no airport so the Air Force parach uted baskets filled with supplies and tnailbags o the tiny settlement In November Lyall got a call from the few weeks ago whan as hunter found the remains of a bag eat on the tundra to km south of Spence Bay la the eastern Arctic Fryer had also tent along a model airplane for Charlie Ernies son and an arrow for another son David and We friend James The story continues Mr said he plans to try to trace Sgt Fryer to thank him for the letter Does anyone In Acton know where Fryer or family members are now If you do let me know and maybe we can help I m sure my relatives to YMlowknif yea I have them all over will pass on the message One thing I can figure out Is how on earth did the post office know was In Yellow- knife when the letter was addressed to Spence Bay Mrs says she and husband Ron are enjoying Edmonton very much having moved there In June She misses all my lovely friends In Acton She asked me to say hello to everyone for her Edith needs some help Edith along with Eldon Comfort and a handful of other Halton Hills people is work on the local Vote Yes Nuclear Disar mament campaign Thats the Halton Hills portion of a planet wide drive to take the threat of nuclear war out of our lives A plebiscite will be held In the municipal election on November Edith and her group are having leaflets printed to be handed out at the Acton Fall Fair September 17 18 and It But she needs volunteers to help distribute them Anyone who can spare even an hour of their time or several hours If they like is asked to call Edith at Volunteers are desperately needed for the local Meals on Wheels program People are needed to drive to Milton to pick up the meals made at Milton Manor only one day a month or however often they want to drive August is covered Anyone Interested Is asked to coll Peggie Baiklnd This story Im told is no bull Seems Free Press advertising sales person Sue Stone was turning off a road over In north Nassagaweya last week onto 25 She received quite a scare There staring little Susan and her small truck In the face was a big bull Susan says she was raised on a farm so she knows a bull when she sees one Reports there were horns and all the other important parts too Anyway she naturally stopped and then slowly started forward figuring the bull would move It moved alright right at the truck She went to reverse then but there was a car coming over the horizon Susan decided to put on her emergency flashers The bull started to head for the side of her truck and then she leaned on the horn and the huge animal backed off Susan sped off It was scary I was really nervous Take a look at what the 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being out of place and blocking up the streets of Acton If the 25 boy scouts were going Into his TV store with money to buy TVs or Paul Nielsens with money to buy clothing they would be wel comed with open arms Why don t Henry Stachyra and Paul Nielsen admit they don like teenagers Both these men emigrated to Acton because of greater op portunity In a free Canada Have they ever done anything to contri bute to a place downtown where these future citizens of Acton will have a place to meet and without harassment Does Henry realize why five big store windows of his TV store were smashed this summer in a matter of ten days The reason these teenagers are behaving so badly Is because of the pressure the merchants have put on the Regional Police to ticket them The broken windows are a sign of protest What other way have these teenagers to Bpeak out A teenager who stood on these streets in my generation became principal of Acton elementary schools Six others run two food stores a real estate office a barber shop and a gas station in downtown Acton Paul Nielsen said the BIA have ways been for taking buildings down for more downtown parking How about taking some buildings down to make a small park with benches to sit on where the teenagers can meet If the A and was a licenced arcade the arcade on Main Street with the windows boarded up with plywood would have some business competition The man who applied for the Arcade Pool Room and Coffee Bar Licence has owned the A and building for years He bin a large arcade business with locations all over Toronto and surrounding areas If any man knows how to run this business in Acton I think this is the man In next week a Free Press it would be nice to see the opinions of these teenagers and possibly a list of all the tickets being handed out by the Regional Police An Acton businessman that still enjoys meeting friends on the streets of Acton Ed clay mice the Library Mousetrap Mr Music turns 80 Retired teacher enjoys tributes to Miss Bennett Dear Sir I do want to thank you for me a copy of your Acton Free Press with your very lovely coverage and fitting tribute to the dedicated life and service of Miss Minnie Bennett As a retired Kitchener teacher it was my happy privilege to have known Miss Bennett during her past years in Kitchener Thank you sincerely for ex pressing your tribute and ours so beautifully In your well chosen words Very gratefully Ivy Austin Hanover Ont Acton Mr Music turned B0 years old on Friday Ray Agnew was born August 1902 in Acton He has spent his entire life In this town and has more than earned his nickname Mr worked for Mason Knit fixing sewing machines for years He also was em ployed fpr a few years tor Beardmore and Storey Glove Music was his real love though He played in the Acton Citizens Band for about years and the Lome Scots Military Band for IS years It was through this band that he joined the Acton Legion He also played with the boy scouts band the old Mason Orchestra and the 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