Ontario Community Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), July 3, 1980, p. 2

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Tho Acton Wednesday 1 Schools out these four oops students from Little School art ready lor summer Leaping Into the holiday are ft lo right coif Ieter Bray 10 Allan Boyle 10 Ketin Fabian 10 and Corcoran 10 Now thai school s out a special warning to motorists Watch out for carefree kids and make the summer a safe one photo by Reject 112 homes Ted Tyler feels the Acton Town Hall could become a foca point for downtown Acton again as it was In the days of his childhood With this in mind he and two cochairmen are hard to moke Acton first lottery a smashing A plan for single family homes on High way opposite on the former Acton boundary line was turned down by Halton Hills planning board thts week There was no discus by planning board members who unanimously agreed with a planning staff report and recommendation The 36 acre parcel owned by K Fisher is next to the aeration field on one side and Mushrooms on the other A letter from Beard more objected to the 112 homes claiming a residential area so close to an industrial establish would lead to com plaints about noise odor and other factors com mon to the process Neil Patullo Public Health Inspector for Halton Health Unit pointed out In a letter that uses the adjacent land for spraying effluent from their waste disposal system and McNair Mushroom Farm is loc immediately south a residential The report agreed the surrounding land use d not lend it self to residential development and pointed out the water pollution treatment plant located to northeast could result in un pleasant conditions The planning report pointed out a review of urban boundaries is now being done which could determine the allocation of sewage plant capacity and stated until this is completed any sewage illocotion would be pre mature planning depart recommended the area be included in the Urban Boundary Review Frontier Florist Gift Shop 2361 Floral Des Weddings Funerals Clearance of Boxed Plants Perennials Hanging Baskets Geraniums The lottery designed to raise all the money needed by the town to restore the town hall was Ted idea and he worked out most of the details Working with him as cochairmen to organize the fund raising lottery ore Alma Swetman and Yvonne Ted hopes the lottery will give Acton a much needed shot in Ihc arm and will appeal to a sense of gaming as well as to those people who wish to support the restoration of the town hall Actually some people who are participating don give a darn about the town hall they think it pretty good odds And 100 bucks a throw for a chance at a whok bunch of weekly bonuses plus a trip a month Only 1 tickets arc being printed and must be sold this summer before the first draw date in September After that draws will take place weekly for a whole year with every winning ticket being thrown back in the pot Groups are forming to purchase tickets several high school students are cooperating to buy a ticket Post dated cheques will be accepted and people can take advantage of this offer by paying down and wnting three cheques for each dated November 10 10 and May til It s really only two bucks a week com merits Back to Acton Days celebrations the for ticket sales and Ted was to report he sold worth of tickets in one evening alone Hard times arc around but people have still got 100 bucks I amazed and surprised how many people have a dollars in their pocket in cold hard cash Twelve licenses needed Organization of the lottery was considerably more difficult than that of a small draw of raffle Ted Involvement I must have been mad one night He was asked to attend a fund raising meeting concerning the town hall and says he was keeping my mouth shut for a change and keeping the hell out of trouble while ideas for bake sales and quilting bees were kicked around Where raising was concerned Ted felt the committee t deal in nickel and dime stuff It only a matter of working out the math There were stumbling blocks The town lottery licenses are only good for 5 prize draw so had to go with 12 monthly licenses totalling the amount of the to worth of priics that will be awarded instead on one license for the whole draw Irrevocable letters of credit were needed for a draw of this magnitude and we needed a pretty good credit rating Ted says Money not required for prizes will be invested in term deposits so extra income can be earned Wo don just want winners Ted comments we want everyone involved we want to make it an occasion and create a hive of activity down town the last time we had a activity in town was the weekly games of our hockey team back in the I have mixed feelings about the town hill Ted adds I like nostalgic things but when you re talking that amount of money nearly a quarter million dollars for town hall restoration you wonder if its worth it But with so many other people getting involved grants we are getting a restored town hall for to 60 It the bargain of the century We II never get another Ted mixed feelings about the town hall don include his memories He says he has very fond memories of activities centred around the hall when he was a boy In Acton before he took over his father transport business and started his own travel agency He remembers when the band used the town hall for rehearsals and he received his first horn from Char Ho Mason in the little room that served ac police offices for so long It was a horrible only worked half the time he remembers He feels the restored town hail would make a good focal point and small museum He d like to see a corner of the hall kept for mementos of town government as It was such as the mayor chair and the two flags Ted and Alf Duby removed when regional government look over in A history comer for the school children featuring a list of councillors and other historically related items would be valuable he thinks That when people did things for the town for the love of it Still remmbering the hive of activity that went on every Saturday night downtown with people dropping in to the retail outlets such as Ben s store Elliott s and Pa Jones Ted would like to see the town hall renew the com feeling olive ago in Acton Maybe this is the secret of getting people back downtown he dreams after all well never get another Acton Town Hall Rices July We the to quant tic Thece tero lab it or l SAVE Maxwell House 10 instant coffee SAVE 12 macaroni cheese 225 g 589 Kraft dinner SAVE 75 SAVE 50 king 6 L TWe detergent 328 Dynamic Pkg of 10 outside garbage bags 89 SAVE 59 ley Farm 2 lb frozen french fries 3100 SAVE 24 Villey Farm 2 lb frozen choice peas 59 SAVE 90 Family 6x750mlbtl3 Coca- Cola 239 plus deposit Canada Grade A Beef blade or short rib roasts cross cut roast n freshly minced medium ground beef 189 Devon store packed smalt link breakfast sausage Maple Leaf 1 lb pkg skinless wieners Maple Leaf cryovac sp cottage rolls Maple Leaf boneless dinner shoulders Maple Leaf 175 g pkg ham steaks Maple Leaf pkg side bacon assorted varieties Maple Leaf store sliced lean cooked ham 109 139 129 199 129 149 179 lowest possible prices Uncle Ben converted I lb nee Duncan fudge brownies 15 5 Crisco salad cooking Oil asst lav dnnk crystals 600 Shreddks cereal country ensp toasl almond peanut honey Jolly ller orange RQ crystals 99 98 New Chef Boy Dee f ravioli Mini Biles reg skim choosel spread 16 Cherry I col cheese mod old stick a Cherry Hi I col Cheddar cheese old StlCk Guard ml deodorant Bounce fabric softener sheets Weston oz loaf plain crusty bread G cartridges Trac2 Eye frozen Awake 139 149 139 169 Birds Eye frozen drink Htghl frozen haddock Sticks 138 Blue Bonnet lb bowl soft margarine 71 cookies rolls 12 or Jar sweet green Weston pkg of cinnamon buns 69 89 Coast bath 140 g bar soap en

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