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ninetysecond year no 8 acton ontario thursday august 25 1966 y tculhorizcd as second class ittill j by post office department ottawa eight pages ten cents careers shaping up for high school graduates almost all of actons 17 grad uates now know where they will be studying or working this jtall a few were unable to deter mine their future course until yesterday letters of accept ance from trent university the university of toronto and the university of guelph were being anxiously awaited by certain ginning in the winter semester gwen lauder had her mind made up quite a while ago she is going to take journalism at ryerson poly technical institute toronto carol swackhamer and gary murr both hope to be teachers they will attend lakeshore tea chers college susan- radford ilso applied to lakes students guelph an frin rtfad chefs college but could not be nates are having the same prob- contacted this week lems in the most difficult position is top student tom mckcown who had hoped to lake pre- meds still on wednesday he had not heard if he had been ac cepted in the course at the uni versity of toronto and phone calls brought absolutely no sat isfaction while the university said they were still mailing out information they would give no assistance tom learned he al ong with hundreds of others had not been included in the premeds course at queens however he has been accept ed with a scholarship in sci ence at the university of guelph we could lake this course and then transfer to med rcine but with the deadline for deposits at guelph thursday he st ill did not know if he- would be going to toronto ihe has an average of 78 per j cent and has a total of i3sub- jeets to his credit in grade 13 steven coles aclons second student will study for his hon ors bacheldr of science degree at the university of guelph linda jbraida will b attend ing victoria college at the univ ersity of toronto vicky newton is headed for the university of waterloo and marilyn kirk wood for the univ ersity of guelph nancy rognvaldson will study science at the university of guelph cay white who had been ac cepted at the university of guelph finally heart she had been accepted at trent univer sity peterborough wednesday morning this had been her choice so she was happy to re ceive the letter at lasl she will study arts and may be a public school teacher ron henry said he was un decided he had university ac ceptance but is considering be- graduale axel niesczeri is ready working at the bank montreal jill bagby and vivian smith will be taking an intraining course in lab technology at the provincial health laboratories toronto although mrs ted pratt the only adult graduate had consid ered going to university she found her young family of three children still needed her at home she very much enjoyed her year back at school and thinks she has learned to un derstand thejwuiig people and what they are thinking much better she may continue her studies later russell masales is working at present as well as tile grade 13 grad uated listed above other ac- tonians have finalized plans don long who attended high school in guelph will be going to york llniversity paul murr vvho attended ac ton high school will be going to ryerson polytechnical institute taking chemical engineering idavc ryder who attended grade 13 in gttelph will be at tending ryerson polytechnical institute taking an architect ural course grade 12 student gary but- tenham has been accepted at the ontario college of art in toronto al hall who has w the past year is going to trie university of guelph peter lawson has been accept ed in the recreation course at the university of guelph he is married and is presently working at beardmores of the 500 who applied for this course only 35 have been accepted pete took grade 13 subjects this past year to improve his standing nationwide railway strike will affect seven local men unless a iastminutcjrtch by the government is successful railroad transportation across the nation will be paralyzed bv noon friday over 110000 rail way workers have already voted to to out on strike in acton a total of seven rail way workers are expected to walk off the job friday when the strike reaches its peak af fected arc rhc s age an lltlihour proposal in hopes of averting the strike train whistles and flashing wigwag signals will be silent and lights dimmed in stations across the country and commut ers will have to find other means of transportation when the walk out occurs already some have walked off the job in montreal toronto and london m of the c steady progress is being made on actons centennial library as materials arrive on time for construction workers at duck inspector with the architectural firm of donald skinner stated- this week he was pleased to see a building project go ahead without a holdup of materials to date riemer construction is roughing in the plumbing installations acton slatt pholo electric is roughing in wiring and transite pipe for heating ducts in the basement being in stalled bricklayers are expected back this week to continue with brickwork for the second storey as the first floor joists and rough floor has been completed kerr construction toron to is the general contractor for the building an operator clerk and four sec- tionmen officials of canadas major railroads and their unions have converged on ottawa and the federal government has begun its massive assault on the na tions transportation problems it was reported tuesday the government is working on a plan to postpone a raillabor show down until parliament has pasv ed new transportation legisla tion this is not expected to pre vent the nationwide strike from starting friday however it is expected this could bc on the basis ol a government law to end the walkout altera rail way tieup tor at least three days and probablv longer labor min ister john r nicholson is ex pected to keep the plan up his sleeve during his early mediation meetings with railway and union negotiators then advance it as trucking association have been preparing for a gigantic emer gency transportation effort and are expected to work around the clock to assure that essential shipments go through in a nationwide radio and tv broadcast tuesday night prime minister lester pearson made it clear the government is ml pre pared to pay a huge wage in crease to railway workers lie did slate the government was quite aware there must bc some wage increases postmaster gordon mciccown reported wednesday a general embargo on all second third and fourth class mail for deliv- cry in other provinces is ex pected but the date the embar go goes on is not known at pre sent no embargo is expected for ill fir class mail airmail or air parcel post for any destina tion as most of the mail in and out of the acton post office is by truck this is expected to continue as well however this picture could change if the strike continues any length of time and mr mc kcown expects to ne notified at a later date this week the free press will go out in the mail but what happens in future is not known to discuss land separation for cement block business rates keep same arena ice rental for sixth season committee decides ice rentals at the community centre will remain the same as last year members ol the recre ation committee decided at their reguhrr meelhvgmonday which ranged over a variety of subjects from amalgamating with parks board to reviewing complaints about noise at teen dances and a plea lor a swimming pool by the recreation director chairman len lovell enquired if the committee felt ice rentals should be increased since this was the sixth season of opera tion without a change in rates bandsmen work to complete hall hope to play at expo in 1967 members ol acton citizens installing acoustic tile lilting band are about the busiest wall paneling and tiling the roup in town and the newly constructed band hall on wal lace avenue the liveliest spot every night the lights are on at the band hall and either practice sessions are in pro gress or bandsmen are complet ing work on the band hall many nights the sound of mu sic and the ring of hammers were both heard work on the hand hall has been on a voluntary basis but there is no problem getting workers bandsmen are keen to have the building completed and every night work bees are in progress the main auditorium is com pleted but tor the libiv glass ceiling panelling has occn com pleted and the loom is in use practically every night some work has to be tinislied in the downstairs kitchen and paint ing of one washroom before the entire main lloor is finished upsulrs in the general meet ing room bandsmen are busy court docket this monday fines and court costs totalled 452 mondav when u persons charged bv acton op p de tachment appeared in court in milloii before magistrate ken neth imgdon an acton man charged with as saulting a policeman was charg ed 200 including court costs and another received a suspended sentence lor six months includ ing 50 court costs lor assault ing a local restaurant owner ten speeding offenders paid a total of 135 in fines plus 22 court costs and another offender charged with failing to stop paid a total of 45 including court eosts floor bandsmen doubling as carpenters are not distracted by the sound ot music as begin ners practice below they wel come the sound as it means fu ture members will soon join their ranks band president ted tyler jr band leader george lilliott and the rest of the senior members have worked diligently to have the building completed and ev er since the rnol was covered in practice sessions have been held at the site members of the band hope to be accepted to play next vcar at expo o7 in montreal if a hike was necessary it should be decided now he declared members generally were again- st a incre alth need lor additional revenue was felt we realized a slight profit on our operations last year secre tarytreasurer art cooper i plied to a query from member helen otterbein hockey clubs cant alford to pay any more for ice time said mrs otterbein one cant even pay last years rental id like to move we leave the rates the same as lasl year the committee reviewed the agreement with the curling club where they are paving lor ban quel license privileges with a credit ol 25 every time l hey use the lacilities in view of the tact we are not increasing rales this year lets slick to the s25 rental chairman lovell advised the committee curlers pay s140 for ice lime monday and tuesday of- each week ol the season the chair man told member charlie per- rv who enquired if curling rates incl hockey rates compare tav- orably townspeople are com plaining to me continually that the two rates dont compare said mr pen the chairman doubted there was much dillerence in rates between hockey and curling hockey rental is s15 an hour and a special lower rate is given minor hockey loams rental of the booth concession at j the community centre was discussed with present lessee rov goodwin who appeared be fore the committee with the in formal ion lhit the present agree ment oer a live month period would soon expire mr goodyvin said he was interested in run ning the concession lor the- win ter season ive invested money in equipment and it im not go- ing to have the booth i want to get rid ol it however i dont intend to rccrjuip it next spring again tor roller skating he de clared members tell mr goodwin had done an excellent job ot run ning the booth lor roller skating but felt the committee must advertise for lenders lor the winter season a motion was passed instructing the secretary to advertise for tenders in the free press and assured mr good his t would je harulled sympattieficatty the committee also advised mr goodwin who has the skate concessionroller skating would continue until october 1st after discussing plans for ihe season with recreation director howard pearce looking at it irom a teenag ers and recreation standpoint said mr pearce we i igure there would be culler skating until october 1st a weeks layolf and ihe ice in the arena around oc tober 15 weather permitting it isnt going to hurl the teen agers to be of i skates for two weeks to give us a chance to get some things done around here said mrs otterbein as members discussed the proposed ice in stallation the committee gave permis sion to the newly lorincd roller skating club represented by president steve dubois and andre conway to use the lloor mondav evenings for two hours for a rental of j20o an addi tional request for use ol the up stairs auditorium through ihe winter was turned down the committee passed a mo tion approving amalgamation yyith parks board and directed secretary art cooper to send a letter to council asking a joint hoard be set up at the earliest possible dale property ehainiian 1 1 a i o i d townslcy gave a report on im provements in the arena section of the community centre point ing out the new paint job on the seats in blue and gold the sprinkler system will be instal led in the new storage room is soon as bern van licet knows what lo do the sound system will be in spected lo see if some improve ment can be made and the pro perly chairman again raised ihe quesiion of installing a reservoir to use water again instead ol the present method the taxpayers dont realize vhv the cost is so high siid mr townslev in his report recreation direc tor howard pearce asked the committee to consider budgeting lor a sv miming pool on debent ures over a 5 year period mr pearce told of his cllorts to arouse interest in the project i havent talked to anybody vet who doesnt see theneed for a pool in acton he said aritn expect the school boards would give the greatest support since they are entitled to grants when it is used by students as part of the program it was agreed the wading pool would be kept open until la bor day complaints from nearby resi dents about noise lrom roller skating and teen dances were discussed and mr pearce felt the arena acoustics made the noise sound worse outside than in he said roller skating yvas aver aging 75 or ro skaters a night and saturdays the dual skate and dance was very good irom a recreation standpoint mr pearce asked the commit tee to consider setting up a mus ic library to suit everybodys taste it could be used lor ice skating as well as roller skating chairman len lovell presided at the two and a hall hour meet- ting which was attended by members charles perry hugh patterson eric lynch owen coultrup ii otterbein harold townsley recreation director pearce and secretary art coop er passing ihe buck in esquesing township is a hard proposition at least edwin harrop chair man of tile township planning board round it difficult lo bur den council with two land separ ation problems lasl week when mr harrop attended council meeting to seek advice on two land separation prob lems hcciiilcd up with i lie prob lems back on his shoulders one application made to plan ning board by james it til ledge asked for separation oj three- quarters of an acre ol laud be hind hal ion truck sales on highway 25 to erect a cement block business mr harrop won dered if the land separation jvas gnanlcdfor industrial pur poses it the township might lose control and houses would be erected alter clerk k c lindsay read a hyilaie stating the committee ol ad justment had the right to vary the requirements in indus trial hits or in lamilv situations where a father is transferring land lo his children it was agreed to turn the problem back to i lit- committee ol adjustment thi second- application under question related to a request from charles greig who wished lo divide some of his land to someone- in his family it too was relerred back to the com mittee of adjustment it was fin ally decided mr greig should at tend the next planning board meeting to discuss details 66 fair prize lists out 92 pages full of interest the i1m lall fair pi- lists ulv minister of ii the i1m lall fair pi- lists were issued last week and are now available lor anyone who wishes them the yellow entry form will be a local point for llv many exhibitors ils in the very centre ol the attractive s2- page book all the classes ol competition arc listed aside irom ihe ad- vcrliscnicnls ol local merchants and linns who are interested in the town and know lairgoers are people who shop at home the friday program includes a parade and concert bv the town band cliff mckays show crowning of miss acton fair the pairs and squares and ac ton churadicrs saturdays features are the junior horse show parade with lioalstoll icial opening by dep uty minister of highways cam mcnabb formerly ol acton royalaires drum and bugle corps drill and master of cere monies vinee mountlorcl con cluding with the lair night dance there will he more details of these highlights published later one of ific new lealiires is ihe aeinn tree press homvinaker special with lop prize of s10 this replaces lift jam and jelly contest of previous vcars the purpose ol the contest is to encourage in exhibitors an irlerest in all classes of ladies work and n exhibit is lo in clude one article lrom each of six categories flower arrange ment sewn articles cookies or dessert nuns mullins or bread jar ot preserves or pickles and article of hobby or crall swimming tests conclude jessons at wading pool sun photo band leader george elliott is a busy person every day of rhe week during the day he is a professor at the university of guelph and nights he either instructs beginners the entire acton citizens band or is helping with final details on the new band hall he is- shown with beginner henry wissenz as he slides his trombone to soyndjihe nolcs ihe second seiies of swim ming tests at the wading pool concluded with tests instructor trudy morris an nounced the following results jslly fish norma bateman terry bateman joanne hearns peter zions danny webster ricky gjbstin susan shafi rod ney allan dcsuioud hepburn margaretanne slingerland di ane huckman guppy susan shah pvier zions margcrateannc slingcr- land ceillian momurrav danny- webster terry bateman nor ma bateman joanne heams stephen banks ricky gibson minnow wcpdy knapton cuiuitiuwd on pae five keeping in touch with each other isno prob lem for these boys they are equipped with walkietalkies and carry on a conversation while riding their bikes around the glenlea swbjdivi- sion left to right are kevin norman henry zan stralcn randy vvcldon and larry quinn stuff rholo the bo report they have picked up police calls and calls from the acton limestone quar ries walkietalkie system on occasions the range of the transistors is approximately threequar ters of arjnile