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Buchanan yean died He lUUon Manor dentist In Acton for a resident of Page Mother two children die in flaming house A yearold woman and her young area are dead after fire levelled Iheir 1 Saturday morning Bonnie Hodge five yearold Joseph and Janet were trapped upstairs in their Lot 30 Concessions Erin Township home after a peeled electrical fire started in the kitchen Con stable Jack the OPP said Mrs Hodge and her husband Michael awoke about IS a to the smell of smoke police say The couple went downstairs to investigate and to wake up Mr Hodges brother John ing on the first floor While Ute two men went outside for some air Mrs Hodge returned upstairs lo get the children However when Mr Hodge attempted to reenter the house flames and smoke forced him back The bodies of Mrs Hodge and the children have been sent to Ihe Centre for Science in Toronto where and autopsy was performed The Ontario Fire Marshal S Office Investigated the blaze which caused about to the home Constable explains the Fire Marshal is called in hen a death occurs Early issue To enable the staff of The Acton F Press and Metro land Printing and Publishing an extended Christmas holiday and to give advertisers complete circulation The fret Press will be published one day early next week The advance in time will mean deadline for next week s paper will be advanced hours To ensure submitted material is published it should bt at The Free Press office no later than noon Monday Decern bora deserted iiu net is all that left of the home uf Michael and Hodge Kit I Orion Mr A Community Newspaper I hind ad and Ytur ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 15 Review Board rules Historic designation to stay on town hall Town Hall Kelt oration Committee two major victories this da uf the Conservation Board hall supporters are left to week bringing them closer their goal bright orange Save Me banner riht Or Tyler ha thy San ford Mice lluby wax strung the front of the old building but the Tyler TedTvler Jake Kulken and Doug I- read Reduced charge gets two years for his part in death of Erin township man Bradley has been sentenced to two years less a day for his part in the shooting death of Donald Bemau an Erin Township resident last March 24 The sentencing in Wellington County Court in Guelph on Monday followed a last minute reduction in the criminal charges against a 21 yearold Milton resident from firstdegree murder pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact in helping David McCIean who allegedly did the actual shooting to escape later shot himself in an apartment at 62 Park St in Georgetown where he and had been hiding out A third man involved in the incident was not charged has been held in custody at Wellington Counvy Detention Centre since pending his trial Last Friday the crown decided to withdraw murder charge in of the lesser charge of being an According to evidence a Georgetown resident who ran Boomer Trading Post on Main had asked for Ihe telephone number of someone who would loan him a car to drive to Guelph who does wit own a car offered to get in touch with someone and arrange for a ride March a end drove to Guelph with Wr of the ear After spending some time drinking at a house in ph the three then drove to the house of Dona Id Bemau near According to state ments produced a sawed of shot gun of about 14 inches in length while in the car Allegedly McCIean Bent into the house first because he claimed he was not welcome at Use home entered emerged a short time later and McCIean Ibm went inside where be found asleep in the living roam According to witnesses woke man and had a short conversation with him Bemau a Page Blood Clinic next Tuesday High turnout has necessitated the expansion of noun for the next clinic on Tuesday December at the Acton Legion The Acton Unit of the Canadian Red Cross Society and the Acton Lions Club is sponsoring the clime from to and The additional afternoon hours will hopefully alleviate long wailing periods and extra staff will be on duty Blood will be badly needed for this holiday season so please come to give Alice SchreiberofUieUnil Santa Claus will again be on hand to enter tain the children A Review Board looking into the possible lifting of the historic designation on the Acton town halt has ruled that the designation re main the same it was announced Tuesday Last during a the Review board heard conflicting evidence of the cost and extent of restoring Acton town hall The town of Hills wants to tear the year old building down and make a parking lot Ted Tyler of the Town Hall Restoration Commit tee says he will town council Monday evening in an attempt lo have the legal sponsor of the building in order thai work restoration work may commence as soon as iblc With the Board ruling and the announcement of a make work grant story else where on this page he is optimist the hall will be saved At the hearing William Bennett and Mrs K J of Board listened to Tom Anderson town solicitor and Chapman lawyer for the Town Hall Restoration Co mm it lee as I hey their opposing eases Town employees French deputy clerk hen Richardson clerk administrator and Tom rcereatlon director outlined the history of the town involvement in the five year saga rench noted thai since motions to have ball demolished verc withdrawn mainly due pleas by George HI iott In December 1977 town hall was designated a historic building In French said the Ministry of Labor ordered the building vacated leaving Regional Police and the Senior Citizens Drop in to find new quarters May 197J the deputy clerk recalled Hills council allocated M0 Cor the hall that the restoration committee secure the re of the InJune Dr Elliott the first application for a grant Over the next few months decision deadlines were extended before council made a final to the building down Recreation director told the Board Kleinfcldt Consultants Ltd was brought in lo look into the feasibility of restoration He also noted the had been made before the grant freeze It was remaining an active file in a rant program The project became void in December 1981 when the criteria expired distributed randomly around Acton indicated the town was split pro and con towards he restoration according to Steve a profession I engineer with Klemfelted Feds announce Consultants The other per cent did not tare what happened he testified Part of his firm study looked potential uses and costs for the hall Six scenarios were developed ranging from total restoration at a cost of approximately WOO 000 lo the demolition of the building showed the Board photographs of Ihe hall and pointed out certain are is of deterioration Many of the cost estimates admitted di on the end use of the He recom mended air conditioning an outside for the handicapped upstairs washrooms and exits A price tag of WW to would include the complete recvcling of build including the heritage concerns admitted to Gord the building is In no danger of immediate collapse noting it can be reinforced and rehabihtcd Chapman questioned the need for insulation right away counteracted that in order conserve energy no an uninsulated building Chapman noted insulation on air conditioning could be added later Robert Graham alsoof Klemfeldl said an office was open in downtown Acton and the in il on Inside An vicled of police More names on i in igi Hell Ins ik lit hi il tin 133720 grant for hall The Acton Town Hall Restoration received a gift from a fairy princess last week in the form of a make from the federal govern The grant was announced on Wednesday at a Conservation Review Board hearing into whether or not the heritage designation should be lifted from be century old budding so that demolition may commence by Ihe Town of Hills The only conditions on the money explains Anne Campisi project officer for the Canada Commun Development Projects program is that a legal sponsor must be appointed and work must com no later than February So far there is no sponsor The endorsement of the grant came just hours before the hearing which was a last ditch attempt by a group of dedicated people to save the hall Town council ing voted i parking lot for the attached fire hall The program is administered by Employment and Immigration Canada At the hearing Cam pis testified that the ap plication for he money met all the criteria which includes number of people involved She noted the town hall project if okayed by town council would employ 10 people for about a year for a total of work weeks These would be unemployed people whose employment insurance benefits have run The grant would furnish the wages for the 10 people at COO for a project manager and for Ihe other workers per week Campisi described the town restoration as a viable project The money has been approved on the condition that lown accept legal sponsorship or hand that sponsorship over to another group this is receive work February 25 The money is assigned and just waiting Once her office gets an application for a grant explained she consults with the members of committee and the various levels of government She then made recommendations lo the Ministry and the national rs in Ottawa continued lell the hearing lhat the legal sponsors are to add MS woo to the govern money Already has been raided ith more money coming from Acta no a Leathertown Market and other activities The project officer explained that various areas across Canada are allotted so much money and the would be coming out of a ilia re Ted Tyler of Town Hall Restoration Com at the bearing noted Hills council must decide if arc going to retain the building now lhat some money is upfront He is hoping council will give the committee Ihe authority to go ahead and forma nonprofit entity The next step he said before deadline would be to get some very fast coring advice His committee deadline for start of work if February which will havethehallrenovaledby January 1 19B4 for a New Year Party Using the expiries Tyler noted salary costs would be about per cent of union rate He feels Ihe work could be done more reasonable figure than the WOO figure a consulting firm put on it