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Full town hall crew on job next week by Helen Murray Preliminary work began on the restoration of the Acton Town Hall last week with supplies being purchased and inspection of the various cor of the hall being done Ted Tyler of Heritage Acton Made up of both the fund raising and the restoration committees pointed out only two of the to people employed for the project have started work The eight other start next Monday when the full scale operation of the restora will get underway The hall has been the subject of controversy for the past seven years and was on the verge of being torn down when a federal grant was received to go toward the employment of 10 people for one Matthew Todd of George town started work February as project supervisor He has IS experience with Rex Homes Ltd and 15 years with Construction He has been climbing around In the crawl spaces and in the attic the past week orienting himself with the before the actual worts is started Cindy Arnold Acton the clerical assistant also started work She has recited secretarial and clerical experience in businesses around Acton and attended a course in Toronto last week to familiarize herself with the way in which the government wants the books kept Tyler said Poice seek information 50 pounds of dynamite stolen from Indusmin Fifty pounds of highly powerful danger dynamite was stolen from Indusmin Ltd quarry southeast of Acton sometime overnight last Tuesday Regional Police report Just two ounces of the Iremlte explosive can blow apart a large rock pile according to Staff Sgt Graham of the Criminal Investigations Bureau in Georgetown The explosives are in round forms in one continuous roll and are plastic coated Thieves entered the magazine where they were stored by knocking a 1 hole through a concrete wall reinforced by steel rods Estimated cost of the dynamite is HaltonRegionalPoliceareaskinganyone who has knowledge of the break in or the Criminal Bureau whereabouts of the dynamite to call the Tom ihows refurbished town halt Criminal Investigations Bureau 11 division dangerous which was stolen from in Georgetown at Ltd sometime or last Tuesday elm One Hundred and Eighth ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY Pages Thirty Cause undetermined Fire destroys Thompson Fuels by Murray A spectacular fut which destroyed Thompson Fuels and damaged two homes on side of the business on Friday morning is estimated to have caused to damage to the three structures Hills ire Chief Bill Cunningham said the cause of the blaze is currently class as undetermined Cunningham had originally estimated damages in the fire at to However Deputy Chief Bob Hyde revised that figure downward to to Tuesday morning the first fig ure a guesstimate while the new figure came from the insurance company At the time the blaze broke out the fire chief said Lloyd Mclntyre owner of Thompson Fuels and a member of the Acton Firefighters for over years was working on a frozen pump on an oil tanker In the garage of his Young St bus There was the smell of gasoline in the air at the time and maybe these fumes were led by some source which t been determined yet Cunningham explained lucky to escape with only his eyelashes and eyebrows singed He just got out by the skin of his teeth daughter Kim escaped unhurt from the office Contrary to rumors Lloyd wasn blown out the garage door Also putting to rest other rumors Cun said being done on the street by Union Gas was not involved in the fire and wasn t smoking or welding in the garage Within a couple of minutes of the fire nip ting the homes on either side were evacuated a passing OPP station wagon blocked one end of the street to traffic while the other end The car remained on the scene for some time until the Halton Reg tonal Police arrived The call to the fire department went In at 10 and the first firefighters were quickly on the scene in minutes But by then flames were shooting as much as 150 feet in the air above the building black smoke curled thickly overhead and most of the garage portion was consumed by fire Fire was also starting to spread into the office area and was headed towards own house on the north side Flames were already licking at the walls and roof of the adjacent home on the south side That was the awful scene firefighters found when they arrived There were gallons of all in the four compartments of the tanker truck Inside the garage and it burned off Cunningham said Besides the building and tanker Cunning ham said considerable cash a computer worth records and cases of oil and other petroleum products were also destroy A large crowd gathered on the scene and people could hear a popping which was thought to be small explosions Cunningham said they believe those sounds were the tires going up The house on the south side had its win on the fire side blown out but there was no smoke or water damage As well some shingles were melted Windows In the house were also blown out and some aluminum trim was damaged That structure too suffered no smoke or water damage to the Interior Cunningham said when he and deputy chief Bob Hyde were coming up to the fire Continued on pageZi Dirty Dozen hate won the Regional Police voJlrball tournament two years In a raw On February IS they battle maintain their winning record at third annual tournament in Acton high school Accepting last years trophy left right Nick Leone Mrs Ruelens til is her husband In whose memory the tournament Is held Bob partially hidden Art Goddard Alex Jack Pool a plain I and Don Loosens Argos Sunshine Girls here for police tourney Acton Dirty Dozen police volleyball team will be going for their third straight victory at the Al Ruelens Memorial volley bail tournament February at Acton High School The Toronto Sunshine Girts and the Toronto Argonauts will play an exhibition game at a the same evening The tournament is an intra force event for Halton Regional Police of fleers and la com- 10 teams from all over Halton Kit Use third year for the tourney with Acton winning all previous events P win to the Acton unit of tbe Canadian Cancer Society Constable Ructeni died two years ago after a with cancer at tbe age of Raatani credited with drop- Police about morale force la IRS which eventually led to a fore also fought the evils of alcoholism and recovered to give lectures raised money for crippled children and was on the District Health Council While no admission is charged members of the Acton Cancer Society will be on hand to pass the hat The general public is enc ouraged to attend for the SunshineArgonaut game at a However seating is limited for the regular tournament beginning at and expected to end around 11 The winning team will receive a trophy bearing Ruetens name and the physical education department of the Ugh will receive a trophy In to Ruelens for their continued use Because of demand the was Drought to Acton Doty can play before home urns tor the first time This Thompson Fuels as the building looked while being town and the flames were reaching about ISO feet above the building consumed fay flames Just seconds before the firefighters arrival on and coming dangerously close to igniting the home on either the scene Friday morning Black smoke could be seen from all over especially the one on left hand side in this picture Board gets million back will review investment policies Board of Education will be review its policies regarding Investing funds in the wake of fortunately getting Its million investment back from Central Trust the new owners of Crown Trust Finance Committee chairman Bill of Burlington said the board requested its 5 million plus interest earned Friday afternoon There a hour business day delay in getting one s funds back between the request going in and the money being refunded noted He guessed interest earned would be to The board will be reviewing its invest ment policies Possibly finance com will be Involved or maybe a small board committee will be established to look at the investment matter as well as auditing Priestner agreed in light of the Crown Trust scare and the fact the higher the in teres t the board receives on an Investment the higher the risk of losing its money a review is needed The board will also examine Its use of a broker to make their investments said they must look at the value of advice from a broker is the board removing itself from the investment decision making process by using a broker should they even be using a broker at all impact on their investment of the fee paid to the broker by the firm seeking investments etc He noted these were just some of the questions he had in the wake of the Crown Trust affair other trustees may wish to raise other questions also Two or three questions have come up in regards to other financial matters trustees haven t been to enamoured with which the board or a committee will also examine For example trustees t pleased when they found out 000 was spent on a con for the computer committee which previously been approved said there have been certain irregularities money earmarked by the board for one thing but spent on something else by an administrator Those kinds of matters will be involved in the auditing review pointed out there have been a number of changes in the top brass of the administration In past couple of years and while Em Lavender and Bruce Lin die may have done things one way Beevor and Barb Moore may be doing the same things in a different manner or may wish make some changes Possibly the board has been assuming too much he said The board doesn normally get in in administration procedures until something goes wrong such as happened with the Crown Trust matter Priestner added When it was suggested the board was pretty lucky to get its money back Priestner said he had to agree He noted he had been much more negative about the chances of recovering all of their in vestment and he was pleased as heck everything worked out for space needs study of Town complex The Town space needs study for a future municipal complex will cost up to and the first two phases of the report must be In councillors hands by March Monday Hills council endorsed the Building Committee recommendation that the Toronto firm of Robbie Architects Plan in joint venture with Young and Architects and Walker Wright Young Associates Limited Planning Con behiredtoconductthestudies The first two phases of the study involve assessing the Town space needs in relation to anticipated growth of the municipality over the next years as well as a review of the present Trafalgar Rd administration building site to see if it could accommodate the size building Halton Hills will need The third phase of the study will involve more detailed space needs evaluation by municipal departments Architects Planners was one of eight firms and individuals to present the Building Committee with proposals at a meeting on January Tbe study needs lo be done by early March so the committee and council can evaluate the findings prior to deciding what to do about the option to purchase the last council put down on the nearly acre Stevens Estate site on Maple Ave in Georgetown Don I forget your Valentine next Monday February 14 Utile Kristen Murray of Acton Blvd this lovely valentine day the Acton Library woo I forget the pedal In life inside todays Free Press The Barries of Eden M1U have some mere More pages A tentative e s agreement has see reached between lugh scheal the beard See pa The delegate to lie TerveoavetkfnwlheActa Saturday Photos area voted for leadership re- view Tarwtepagel attain Details est page It there were five grade at ABB at he end the first semester Bee page a pea