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municipality acquiring this historic building A veteran and highly in fluential councillor Harry Levy warned nobody should hold their breath waiting for the Town to buy the Stone School or help fund completion of the town hall restoration He predicted what funds have been set aside for these two projects might well end up in the Towns general account Levy further stated that per cent of all items referred to budget committee by council never wind up in the final budget the committee brings to council for approval Mike Armstrong another influential longtime councillor said hed con- sider funding for the Stone School purchase or the town hall restoration but not both and expressed the hope his colleagues would think the same way Incidentally while the town hall restoration pro ject has less political sup port at council it is substantially cheaper for the municipality to back than the Stone School a situation we view as worrisome because it could result in a a majori ty of councillors backing neither project And just because Arm strong says hell consider one project or the other thats a long way from a commitment to definitely support an Acton project Normally we wouldnt find comments from just two councillors all that alar ming To be sure Levy and Armstrong are influential but if they were powerful enough to sway the majori ty one would be the mayor and the other a regional councillor today However when their comments went un challenged by their collea gues it was further reason to be concerned Its true the debate last week centred on the town hall The Stone School pro ject was pulled in became a number of councillors have been viewing the old restoration fund of as the foundation of a Stone School fund which must be boosted to just to buy the building Really the town liall and Stone School shouldnt be related topics but they have been tied together be some council lors So with the Stone School purchase tossed into the dis cussion no other council lors rose to defend this important project against the dire warnings from Levy and Armstrong Those who remained silent may have had good political reasons for so doing those reasons werent explained though to anyone and they missed the chance to show Actonians there are some votes around the council table for the Stone School There may be consider able support for the Stone School purchase possibly a majority of councillors back the project However Acton shouldnt feel confident Theyve heard few words of support for it in the past anyone strong supporter Peter Pomeroy is gone With Levy and Armstrong hinting theyll be saying no to the Stone School pur chase and the rest mum Acton will now have to wait until the spring and the unveiling of the budget to hear the fate of the pur chase plan since budget committee deliberations are generally held behind closed doors Wed suggest in the in terest of keeping the people informed that the budget committee meeting when the town hall and Stone School are discussed be open to the public and press That way public in put can be heard before the issues are closed with the passage of the 64 budget From the editor s desk Nuke free zone ridiculous Undoubtedly the comments which follow here will produce a flurry of letters from members of Hills Action for Nuclear Disarmament HAND and possibly others but Ive got to say I agree with Ross and some of his council colleagues Declaring Halton Hills a nuclear weapons free zone is a futile and ridiculous notion Already one reader has com mented that so what They dont want a bomb dropped on the town who does Well HANDS informal proposal goes beyond not wanting a bomb dropped on us They also dont want any parts for missiles or warheads made here or transported through Town And of course they dont want any silos in Halton Hills If council were to pass a nuke weapon free zone bylaw it would be a gesture and nothing more How is council or staff going to know whats being transported or trucked through the Town If any firm is making any parts for warheads or missiles and I suspect there might be one in Georgetown which in I wont name because I can t prove it theyd be ridiculous to ever ad mit it they might be bombed like Litton was But a bombs all theyd have lo worry about even with a bylaw theres nothing the Town could do about it I havent committed the municipal act to memory I bet Ross has though but I cant recall a single mention of being able to get rid of an industry once its here on the basis of its product The Town might be able to keep future firms making such products but only through zoning and I doubt they could be that selective or discriminatory through zoning THEY SUCCEEDED DESPITE THE ODDS Lock him in a prison and you have a John Bunyan Cripple him and you have a Sir Walter Scott Bury him in the snows of Valley Forge and you have a George Washington Raise him in abject poverty and you have an Abraham Lincoln Subject him to bitter religious prejudice and you have a Disraeli Strike him down with Infantile paralysis and afflict him with asthma as a child and he becomes Roosevelt the oory president of the US to be ejected to four terms When he is a lad of eight burn him so severely in a ire that doc tors say be win never walk again and you have Glenn Curmingham who set the worlds record for running a mile in four minutes and Deafen poser who continued to compose some of the worlds most beautiful Rising above adversity Some of the greatest men and women of our times have been sad dled with disabilities and adversities but have managed to over come them Perhaps you know of someone who is at the end of his or her rope and needs encouragement Pass this may save a life music and you have a society filled with racial Beethoven discrimination and you Make him the first child have a Booker Washing- ma Italian family oflB ton Harriet Tubman children and you have an Marion Anderson George Enrico Caruso Washington Carver or Martin Luther King Jr Call him a slow learner Blind him and you have a and retarded and write Ray Charles George Shear- off as ineducable and ing Stevie Wonder you have an Albert or Einstein Tell her shes too old to Label him too stupid to suu painting at 80 and you learn and you have a have a Grandma Moses Edison Afflict him with periods of Have him born of parents depression so severe that he who survived a Nazi con- cuts off his own ear and you centration camp paralyze have a Vincent Van Gogh htm from the waist down Call him dull and hopeless when he Is four and you god flunk him in the have the incomparable grade and you have a Win- sum Churchill Have him born black in a From Rotary Besides can you imagine what the unemployed of our community would say or the business people crying for growth would say if a firm was barred just because it made a somewhat undesirable pro duct All such a bylaw would ac would be to discourage some firms from even considering Halton Hills as a home not because of legal problems but simply because of a bad local attitude Im all for the people sending let ters to world leaders and papers marching and protesting and try ing to make the public more aware of the nuclear eapon menace But for crying out loud take the issue up the levels of govern ment where something anything Its not a local issue If It is a local Issue then our council had best start meeting nightly to deal with all the other national and pro vincial concerns like the nuclear weapons issue which will wind up in their laps No we didnt elect a local to dabble in concerns better handled higher levels We havent agreed with our Town fathers and mothers on many things in the past year so we figure they have enough problems on their plates now without being pushed to slick their noses into things that dont concern them As for the peace movement well while Im not optimistic it will do much good the yoyos running our liny planet these days their likes havent shown much Inclina tion to listen to many people in the past and I doubt the kind of people Pierre Tnideau called pipsqueaks recently are going to start now But writing letters demonstrating etc hurt and it undoubtedly makes those involv ed feel a tiny bit more secure Who knows it may just help make us all a little safer Ill admit stranger things have happened To Eldon and the rest in HAND feel free to disagree and keep try ing to ignite a public forum on his page on the issue Just dont hold your breath waiting for councillors or myself to change our minds on making Hills a nuclear weapons free zone or the people who Ihink youre wasting your time or the people who dont agree with you to come out and wage a battle of words Weve addressed councillors comments or lack thereof on the Stone School purchase elsewhere on this page so I wont rehash them here However dire warnings of a tough financial year looming for council didnt go unnoticed by readers last week a goodly number of whom commented lo staffers here that it looks like our council has plenty of money for something they want the Stevens property but not for something many want The Stone School A lot are scratching their heads wondering how our Town fathers and mothers can come up with to speculate In real estate but maybe not to preserve part of our past We understand that the monies councillors are talking about come from entirely different accounts even explained the difference between general accounts funded by tax dollars and a reserve fund coming from lot levies to same I was told this was accounting double talk its all the citizens money no matter where it comes from or what label Is put on the ac count by politicians and bureau Seems council has a bit of a credibility problem in some eyes It was also brought to my alien that a lot of councillors have said they have never heard from taxpayers about the Stevens land purchase or municipal complex issue Councillor Marilyn Serjeant- sons comment totally out of character for a councillor who I always considered approachable and people oriented that she was looking forward to the citizens group probing the controversial land purchase and building issue making their presentation last week as planned because she wanted to get it over and done with isnt a new attitude from most councillors People were say ing theyve been hearing the same kind of attitude on this issue and a myriad of others for some time or else heard staff wont or cant do this or that so the councillors hands are so taxpayers have concluded theres no use talking to their representatives Many feel Ive been told repeatedly in the past couple of months the only way to get through to councillors is by going in large angry groups loaded for bear Flyers wanted Dear Sir A world reunion to end all wartime aircrew reunions wUl take place Sept 1904 in Winnipeg Canada for all nation alities who have ever flown In an air force of the British Common wealth The purpose Is to reunite comrades who have a special bond between them by virtue of their experience and recognized Registrants will be kept Wormed contributions to the peace and freedom we have enjoyed for almost four decades cenotaph parade and memorial service Previous reunions were held In 1970 1970 and I960 each one being larger and more spectacular than the others Special air fares and charter flights are being arranged to bring former airmen from other Canadian provinces and abroad Four days of activities are on the program Including Command reception rooms a banquet concert and ball a visit to a Dying training stalk an air gala luncheon static and Write now or phone KM either to register or get further information is Canadian plus for wives A bote deposit of 950 is also required for each person The is Reunion M Box Winnipeg Canada R3C Committee Back issues years ago December IT Ifll No additional off street parking Is required in Acton according to the Traffic Operations Study commis sioned by council The report was done by M M Dillon Limited con sulting engineers and planners at councils request and was presented last A Local Initiative Program grant has been recommended for the Acton Lions Club Centennial Pool project at the high school The project will employ five people drawn from local Canada Manpower Centres The Lions will supervise the project Alan McNabb son of Mr and Mrs J CobblehlU has recently passed the Canadian Chartered Accountant exams and will qualify in June He Is currently a member of the Kingston branch of Thome and Co 20 years ago December IMS Generous citizens neighbors and organizations flocked to the aid of Mr and Mrs Ronald Sparks and family of five children two sons and three daughters ranging in age from five to 11 shortly after they were made homeless by a fire which ravaged their home and ruined all their belongings The family who moved to Acton from North Bay recently were living in the down stairs apartment of a home owned by Harold Deforest Sr on Elgin St and had just moved in the previous day The home of Mr and Mrs J on Rose ford Terrace was picked as the winner in this years Chamber of Commerce best decor ated home contest A group of out-of- town Judges toured the streets of Acton Monday and picked the home for the first prize 50 years ago December Santa Claus visited the Legion club rooms in the person of Comrade E Barr assisted by the committee of President McDonald and Comrades J Gould and J Salt Every child of all exservicemen under 10 years of age received a gift The children of the United Church Sunday School gave their annual Christmas concert with super intendent A T Brown in charge Taking solo parts were Shirley Kcntncr Kathleen Lout tit Gordon Ethel Franklin Jean Evans Jean Frank Holmes Betty Gibson Gordon Hector Lambert Tom and Bus F Moore Ernie Eileen Johnston Jack Holmes Walter Lamb Evans and George 75 years ago December ISO Good sleighing for Christmas The congregation of the Disciples church having disbanded the church is offered for sale by tender The closing exercise of the Public and High Schools were held on Tues day A number of parents and friends attended The fire drill was part of the proceedings and was much admired Next Sunday will be the last for Rev Wilson as rector or Acton and He says that during this three years here about 1500 has been expended in remodelling St Albans Church renewing the in terior putting in a new furnace and new seating for the choir At Rock- wood between and was expended for church improvements years ago December The skating rink was opened Thursday evening and has been pretty well We think the present manager should follow the example of past yean and close the rink on those evenings when any church entertainments are being held A complimentary supper was tendered Messrs D Christie and George by a number of oar business men and citizens The gentlemen have removed from Acton Various company made short and pithy speeches Mr Storey wot elected reeve by acclamation at the meeting to the town ball for the of candidates All members of council made speeches relative to their pro ceeding There will be an electkm for four councillors i the when you leave htm streets these cold day