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signed Georgetown Chrysler Raiders I added two impressive names to their I roster this week Former Toronto I Maple Leaf signed I on Tuesday while former Olympic I team player Darren Lowe seen I here joined the club Thursday See stories and photo on Sports B6 1 Jersey awards Rock Ella sweeps up See The lights of Christmas Reporters Dan Ralph and Am searched the streets of Ac ton and Georgetown for some signs of Christmas The lights shone bright and they came back with some star telling results See Family page Bl the HERALD Newspaper of Halton Mills Established 1866 MONDAY DECEMBER 17 1984 Photo Art If you re a remember lo write Santa and ask for lots of because it nearly time for Photo Art S3 The annual Juried exhibition of photo art Is scheduled for the month of March but entries must be received by Feb The photo contest Is open to all residents of Hills and will be given Tor those entering in both color and black and white Animal tales at library The Talcs of Beatrix Potter will be presented In the John Elliott Theatre Dec at 7 The Tales of Squirrel Peter Rabbit Jeremy Fisher and Tom Kitten were adapted by Santo of Erewhon Theatre the forty five minute presentation masked actors will use puppets mime dialogue and unusual props to bring the stories to life Tickets cost and are available si both the Acton and Georgetown Public Libraries For more Information contact Joy at fitness Consider a Fitness Program This program Is not Just for seniors but caters to the older adult Starting Jon the program will run for eight weeks 10 a a m at the Hills Library and Culture Centre Cost will be Senior Citizens adults years of or older are eligible for a per cent Register at either Recreation and Parks Office Mill Street East Acton or IS James street Georgetown goes Multicultural Are you interested In the ethnic variety In Georgetown The is holding another multicultural evening to help support work In Peru People ore needed from various cultural backgrounds to tell about their country and special customs or to show their national costume Would you like to help The would like to represent as many countries as possible In a program in late Februaryearly March Call Cheryl L at or Y off at Vets for disarmament Veterans for Multilateral Nuclear Disarma ment Is a Halifax based national organization of ex service people devoted to ensuring a future for their children and grandchildren Veterans who would be willing to endorse the group and of to join It are asked to call El don Comfort at winners By MRS BELLBODDY The Women Institute held a successful euchre at Hall Friday evening Dec th 13 tables In play The winners were Ladies 1st Dorothy 2nd Mrs Garfield ill vary Mens Mr Jim Cunningham Alfred Ford Four lucky tally went toO iveTasker Mrs Boy W lsdn Mrs Glen Stringer Claire Smith John Hunter and Mrs Ell son Ball won the two door prizes St Pauls Christmas Saint Paul Anglican church In Narva will be having traditional Christmas services On the Sunday before Christmas at 10 30 In Ihemoraing you can hear the story of Jesus birth and sing the familiar praises in the Service of Lessons and Carols And on Christmas Eve there will be a family communion service beginning with carol singing at Day of browsing By MRS JOHN ASHGROVfc Dec at flam Women Institute members with their husbands and five visitors boarded a bus for Country bams and thoroughly enjoyed the day of browsing through the three different floors of crafts of all kinds the gift gallery the bakery the Playhouse Theatre where four young actors entertained with Christmas songs and ploys The Christmas decorations were fantastic and much thanks go to Mrs Ford Wlckson and Mrs Pat Stark for arranging the wonderful day Halton to fix flooding for 85 By ROBIN Herald Staff Georgetown residents who have been plagued with basement flooding can expect the problem to end by the late er or early fall of 1985 At a public meeting held In the council chambers Wednesday evening Halton Services em and Introduced consultant Alan Perks from Proctor Red The areas In which sanitary sewer flooding Is a problem centre in the Crescent and Duncan Drive distr and the Shelley Byron and Prince Chart Residents in attend once complained about flooding from as long as Discussion over meters for parking Town staff will ask representatives of the Acton Business Improvement Area for comments on a plan to Install parking meters in the downtown area including municipally owned parking iota Although Acton councillors did not favor such a suggestion Georgetown councillors over ruled them saying It was not up to council to decide against such a move Both councillors Harry Levy Mike Armstrong agreed with the Acton councillors meters probably would not be a good idea in Acton but they wanted the decision to come from the BIA rather than from council Coun Ross Knechtel noted three of the Acton parking lots are privately owned at d could not be metered Coun Dave Whiting said he felt installing meters on Mill Street would do little to relieve congestion there Rick said with a population of he did not feel the town was ready for parking meters yet He also felt they would drive shoppers out of town to malls Town engineer Bob Austin said the Acton BIA contributes up to 5000 annually for snow clearing on sidewalks and In parking lots about equal to the money collected from Georgetown parking meters and used for snow clearing there Courtesy Guelpn Mercury Two teams reap By MAGGIE HANNAH Herald Special The Acton Minor Hockey Association Is SI 104 richer oiler a special dinner sponsored by the Hide House and Acton Travel Acton Travel owner Rick said more than 100 adults attended the fund raising and as a result 500 was raised towards the to Norway the association plans for two of Its teams over the Christmas vacation Acton Travel had promised from every booking It received since October and turned over to the association The Olde Hide House had also promised a percentage of Its earnings between and m Monday and as a result donated 104 to the boys trip The association will be sending one midget and one bantam team to Norway on exchange and Norwegian teams will visit Acton later In the spring Mr Bonnette said the Idea of the fund raiser came to him when council rejected an association request for a 600 grant for the trip Mercury years ago ana one local man said when the flooding started it was like Old Faithful In his basement Mr Perks who has been studying the em in the area since last spring recommended that existing sewer pipes be reconstructed to provide a better flow through the system He said by construct ing wider pipes It would help the relatively flat poor drainage areas and alleviate what he described as a bit of a bottleneck In the system Camera dye and smoke testing were per formed on the sewers In the problem areas which revealed that the pipes were adequate for nor mal use Slating that most of the basements elevation he called the situation a serious messy and difficult problem which Is not uncommon to most communities in southern Ontario One of the major fac tors contributing to the flooding Is the fact that the weeping tiles in the areas are connected to the sanitary sewers Mr Perks said Weeping tiles are a series of perforated pipes running around the perimeter or a basement which eliminates excess water He said that while the sewers could handle the normal demand placed on them It was usually after a severe storm problems occurred In an grant was awarded to residents who had expe rienced flooding after the regional chairman declared the a disaster Residents were given although one local man present said his damages were closer to Designs for the project are presently underway and Mr said regional consent should be given Dec 19 TEJNDLKJrUUlS They re tenderfoots Every them These girls from the Georgetown Guides passed their tenderfoot enrolments and were presented with certificates at a ceremony Dec From left a Jennifer Nicole Lottery Could win million Herald Start There a man in Georgetown who on the threshold of winning million from the Ontario Lottery Corporation a year old electric on living on Baylor Crescent has become a sweepstakes finalist in the Instant Gome Molch Three Sweeps Jan he goes on to participate in a live televised sweepstakes draw at the Toronto Convention Centre You can watch Mr at p on Global TV So far there arc 37 possible contenders for the million sweep- slakes of whom only 32 have come forward A for the Lotte ry Corporation said some may be tickets that haven t been purchased yet guaranteed in winnings Of the contenders one will win 100000 two will win 50 and three will win All Ihe rest will 10 I a very calm person Mr said when asked if he was excited or nervous about the sweep stakes He said once a week he buys about worth of lottery tickets An electric an with Guild Electric in Toronto Mr and his wife Paula have a 19year old son With the winnings Mr sold hod like to go travelling naming Jamaica as one of his destinations Fond of golf in Florida as well I don know if I would quit my Job I would 1 ke a little more holiday that for sure he said The ngs will also go to pay for Mr Braun sons tuition fee at Ihe University of Toronto trains Other side of dispute presented It pretty nice when your boat thinks you re a hero and t recognizes what you done publicly OPP Const Frank If fen centre was recipient of a Commissioners Citation at Queen Park recently The personal body guard at Ontario Lieutenant I Governor John Black Aird far right Const pal out a fire hid started In the dress of an 11 year old girl with bis bare 9 The was at a function In Cleveland Ohio with the Governor when the near tragedy occurred Frond of are son John wife Louise and daughter Jane ByANIPEDERIAN Herald Town councillors got to hear the other side of the caboose less trains story Tuesday night from CN Rail Central Ontario Division Super intendent Jed Drew After viewing an audiovisual present on in support of the caboose from freight trains councill ore asked the Canadian Transport Commission to let them know the result of hearings currently being held In Vancouver Winnipeg Hull and Mention on the subject of testing cabooseless trains Coun Pom Sheldon called his A copout on the part of local councillors and wanted them Instead to state their opposition to trains and their desire to be part or Ihe public hearings pro- Cabooses came Into use In the mid 1800s as a mobile tool and supply depot where lamps flags flares chains and other tools and spare parts used by the train crew for light repairs were stored CN Rail and Rail want to replace them with a End of Train Unit which Is mounted on the last car of the train This modem micro- travels Indicates when the last car Is moving and n which direction tells the air pressure at Ihe tall end of the train and emits radio signals to the head of the train The rail companies maintain ns are safe and sound with an Instead of a caboose Mr Drew said testing on more kilo meters of track has shown ETUs lo be per cent reliable and cent He said the issue has become on emotional one because members of the United lion Union fear a loss of jobs in the move do away with cabooses He said Ihere would be negotiations with the union If Job losses was to occur So far that Issue hasn been raised Mr Drew said As far as technology we have proven we ve got a far superior monl toring of many functions with the lhan we do with the current system he said I know of one thing The presence of people in the caboose dldn prevent the derailment in Mis Besides the fact modern equipment can do many of the Jobs originally done by rear end crews Mr Drew noted the cost Is far less than the cost of a new caboose Parenttot closing The Acton Y parent tot program will be closed Dec until Jan when there will resume programming For more Information call