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Page SECTION A THE HERALD December M IK Town hall fun fire An Rockwood Lot Concession home Are damage Saturday night The Tire started In a Franklin type stove and spread to the living room and attic Helton regional police sold The home u owned by Delores Soulier Nobody injured Milton and firelighters put out the blare Birthday honors It was an Both birthday for Beroadetta Mandarine Sunday and her relatives and friends gathered for a sitdown dinner at the Crotnbie Place home of her son Joseph The resident received a big birthday cake and several presents In honor of the occasion The event was videotaped by a modem relation Downtown winners Five winners were announced this week In Ihe second draw of Ihe Georgetown Downtown Dollars contest Each winner will receive in Downtown Dollars redeemablefornerchandlseinpartlclpa ling downtown BIA stores The winners are May Ritchie Prince Charles A Jopp Main St Yvonne Henderson 133 Moore Part J at Byron T Balnea X Mary St Citizens group Town rejects Tylers proposal delay comments LEGION LINES Lost week was busy Tor the Branch apart from our normal activities we had an awards night for the winners of our Poppy Poster and amongst the children to the area I would like to take Ibis opportunity to thank the schools and all those children who participated in the competition for their fine efforts they put up a real grand show and the judging was real difficult Dec IS we held our childrens Christmas party to a really packed bouse The children while waiting for Santa to arrive were entertained by Jo Hubbard and her puppet and then the trig moment of the evening the arrival of Jolly old Santa himself to the great delight of the children During the distribution of the gifts Santa managed to speak with each child and sat moat of them on his knee CHRISTMAS DRAW WINNERS W Murray Bob Reynolds Kirk Doug McLean 1M3 John Holt Ada Ward Eddie Clark HOUSE TROPHY The Sam Giaby Shuffle- board Trophy was won by Keith Tost and Woody Hamilton EUCHRE Played Friday Dec 1st Danny Kavanagh and Sharon Jennings 2nd Anna and Bob McEachern and the Booby going to Marl and Cfaucb CAR DRAW For Geoff Fletcher lu Joyce 303 George Henderson 316 Hazel Dumper Jim Atkinson 23 Baxter SICK Georgetown Hospital H Allen Fred Weaver and Bill Toronto General EdShorthill Brampton Hospital Lome Crosse Henderson Hospital Hamilton Phoebe Collins GREETINGS The Branch President Norm Ward wishes to lake this opportunity to wish all Branch members a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year also Flo the President of the Ladies Auxiliary and her executive wish all the members of the Ladies Auxiliary a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year At now Bought from Hills by Heritage Acton for one dollar the town hall la nearly ready for use Mr Tyler said apologising that the building wont be ready tor a gala New Years Eve Dance as originally planned But he said at least four Acton groups Including the Acton Golden Age Club and the community a Business Improvement Area board of management have expressed an Interest In leasing parts of the building In addition to support Heritage Actons bid for a grant from the provinces Build ing Rehabilitation and Improvement Campaign council endorsed an application for a long term special occasion liquor permit for the town hall Police beat Cterk administrator Ken Richardson said he would also investigate delays In getting Herit age Acton the deed to the town hall property COSTS LESS The restoration Mr Tyler commented is go ing to cost less than half what the consult said it would Of the restoration costs about 9117000 has come from federal Too costly government with another 1000 anticipa ted shortly another Mr esti mated has come from private donations mostly through a fundraising lottery Tor the town hall pro ject Theres a good many communities around the world that would love to have our building and would welcome what were trying to do Mr said Items referred to the towns budget commit tee often never make It to the final budget Coun Harry Levy warned He added that council faces an espe cially difficult task to find enough money to run the town next year Most of the wiring insulation and drywall work has been done on the buildings interior Brick work on chimneys and walls la Just about completed outside Mr Tyler told The Herald Once the restoration of the old building Is finished be work crews can begin coo- on a new foyer facing Willow Street The foyer will allow easy access to the old town hall for physically handicapped cltitens A cltisens group reviewing the towns recent purchase of a 30acre Georgetown property is expected to present lis comments to ihe towns general committee Jan 9 Spokesman David Page said Ihe presents on was delayed at the request of Mayor Miller agreeing that Mondays council meeting would be lengthy because of sweating in ceremonies for newly appointed councillors Jake Kulken and Peter Norton and Mayor Miller himself Marilyn was the only councillor to express regret that the group wouldnt proceed with Its comments this week IwaslookingforwardtogettlngltoverBml done with she said Only three councillors John McDonald Miller and Rick Bonnette opposed the Halton shelves plans for refinery Ring in 84 Youths flee Two male youths fled after being observed breaking covers off a Sargent Road lamppost Saturday after mid night regional police are investigating the wilful damage Oven stolen There was worth of goods including a microwave oven video cassette recorder and portable generator stolen from a trailer at Movers on Georgetowns Sinclair Avenue between Dec and 11 The theft was reported Friday Impaired charge A old man was charged with having the care and control of a motor vehicle while Impaired Saturday He refused to take a breath test when stopped on Sideroad 10 west of Trafalgar Road and was charged for that too The Christmas Gift Youll Never Forget This Christmas receive something worth keeping a slim now you At Diet Center welt show you how And all with a totally natural program based on sound nutrition So unwrap a new you at Diet Center You forget It CALL US TODAY for a free Introductory consultation 8772900 -MUM- roues 70 Mill St Georgetown Diet Center LH Years Ahead By CIIRIB report estimates that it Herald Staff Writer would cost about An abandoned oil to build the refinery the region baa large sewermains and considered purchasing pumping stations need- may not provide the to supply a treat- windfall benefits expec- merit plant at the ted a report to Hal tons planning and public It had been suggested works committee says that the empty oil tanks Using the could be used in the refinery dosed recent- treatment process by Shell Cansda COSTtY Refurbishing the oil facility or an tanks would cost about energy from waste plant 91 million be more costly In searchs Glen some aspects than old the planning committee The project facilities the report may be feasible he maintains In addition Shell Canada wants to sell all and a smaller amount the region would need for sewage treatment or garbage incineration Regional council agreed to begin the first phase of a twophase study into the potential use of the refinery to October added if the proposed plant treated waste from Milton Mr Pearee noted that other sites In the area ore more suited to an energy from waste plant had con sidered using the smoke stacks at the refinery but Mr said they would have to be rellned to service an Incinerator Committee members pointing out that the stacks are about 25 years old questioned their condition after years of add deterio ration By looking at other sites Mr commented would not have the bene fit of the stacks but might save money any way Dennis Halt chief administra tive officer noted that other sites in the area may be more suitable to at least one potential customer for energy generated from burning garbage a nearby da refinery Nothing identifies Actons old town hall belter than Ihe belfry overlooking Willow Street Along with a major restoration of the looyear old building work crews are giving the belfry a facelift too And Heritage Ted Tyler hopes that his group will be ablo to ring in the new year after the original brass bell Is reInstalled shortly Foundry markings on the bell date it to 1883 coo IS as urr m A HEW SET OF EXTEHSOHS OH COMPLETE REPAID OF EXISTING CRAYS PLACE 8775419 Five youths trying to steal so worth of Christmas bulbs from a Regan Crescent home Friday were apprehen ded after a footchase at SO CANCELLED If council endorses the committees recomm endations to drop Its interest In the refinery the second half of the study will be cancelled Councilhadsetallmlt of for the two 111 lO Cat CO phase review and spent about 910000 to conduct Three men weaving a preliminary down Georgetowns tlon In addition to the Maple Avenue at research Haltpn pjn Saturday jiight own staff were charged with Ltd was also hired to do being publicly in toxica the study The WHOLESALE CENTRE Largs selection Lighting 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