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vol 1q8no 1 acton ontario wednesday september 27 1967 authorised is sctml ciass mail by trif fioi office dcpt 0tii lor posar paid in cil il acltm ontario twentytwo pages ten cents cnr acton rockwood c o x taction bribfs cost seats high property taxes is an issue george kerr ifpp for halton feels could cost the conservative government seats in the october 17 election mr kerr admitted concern about the matter at a conse g in q ville last weekend skuce campaign halton east liberal candidate robin skuce will be a familiar face in this area the corning his official agenda will include door-to-door- canvassing in drumquin thursday tomorrow circulitiod at milton fair friday afternoon and he will be back at the fair all day saturday opens office halton west liberal candidate jack lush has opened his cam paign headquarters at 393 brant st in burlington about 50 sup porters were on hand to witness the opening the burlington stockbroker is actively campaigning to defeat mpp george a kerr the pro gressive conservative member for the present halton riding 41841 voters figures released by halton west returning officer don mc millan show 41841 persons will be eligible to vote in the october 17 election the riding includes burlington and part of tsquesing township there are 36941 voters in burl ington 1491 in nassagaweya 1090 in esquesing and 2319 in acton of the 169 polling subdivisions in the riding 149 are in burling ton anyone entitled to have their name on listif it is not already on should contact a revising off icer october 2 3 or 4 officers are jerome rutty 582 deborah crescent burling ton william hourigan704cour- tland place burlington hugh dean 570 bromley road burl ington and donald milligan 418 brant street burlington advance polls will be taken oct 12 13 and 14 candidates are george kerr progressive conservative jack lush liber al and th macdonald ncp counting noses allan m masai former may or of oakville and progressive conservative candidate in the last federal election is the re- coniitnicd i pane 5 mrs t mmcimi escaped from this volkswagen with only a few minor cuts and bruises following an accident on no 7 highway east of acton near cedar springs motel last thurs day the car collided with another vehicle and hit a telephone pole before coming to a sjop staff photo aoent charue krry left and jean mar- coux operator at acton station wui lose their jobs here if the cnr closes the station they will however have an opportunity to locate elsewhere in the railway operation neither one was surprised by the shutdown news they have a combined service of over 52 years with the cnr staff photo the ordination as a minister of the word and installation of rev peter brouwer as a pastor of the christian reformed church took place in a service which was conducted by rev j joosse of new market formerly of geor getown while rev j nutma from bowmanville former pas tor of acton delivered the ser- twocar collisions in area on wee kend three acton and limehouse residents were involved in the past weeks motor vehicle acci dents in the north halton area covered by milton opp in a twocar collision on high way 7 at the seventh line sunday morning peter hoekstra of limehouse suffered injuries to the knees and chin and hispass- enger audrey hoekstra received a nose injury both were treated at hospital and released mr hoekstras car received 900 damage and a car driven by cha rles ralph brown of huttonville received 500 in damages friday evening a twocar coll ision on highway 7 just west of the seventh line saw cars driven by mrs ursula niesczeri of 54 mowbray place acton andwill- ard thompson of 51 prince char les dr georgetown received a total of 1100 damage a hydro pole that was struck by one of the cars received 200 damage perennial problems curlers ask reduced rate for rental of ice this season any agreement between the curling club and the twintuttkd recreation committeeparks board for ice time here during 196764 curling season hinges on the rapport curlers achieve with canteen concessionaire roy goodwin this was the end resuu of a meeting between representatives of the curling cluband recreation committee at their regular meet ing thursday night in the council chambers dick lee ken marchment and allan ellerby representing the curlers submitted a four point proposal to the committee asking 1 that the club can rent the arena in its entirety for specified mutually agreed dates for 70 a day 2 storage facilities for the brooms 3 in the event ice conditions are unsatisfactory the curling club can take corrective meas ures at the expense of the recre ation committee 4 no other agreement to be contracted unless mutually agreed upon by curlers and the committee at this juncture committee member brendan aherne irer- rupted to remind the delegation they would have to exclude the snack bar from the agreement because a contract had already been signed with the concession offer expo trip to ps students grade seven and eight students at the robert little school will have the opportunity of seeing xpo if their parents agree to finance the trip letters have been sent home and if a bus can be filled the school will make arrangements no date has been set as yet the bus holds ii including five chaperones cost is 45 plus meals and spending money which would come to about 75 per pupil parents have until friday to sign the teachers decided that since many young people have not yet had the opportunity of seeing the world fair they would make it possible for a school group to go if enough interest is shown a group of high school students saw expo last spring operator which gave him full jur isdiction over the boooth except on special occasions if thats the case said spokesman lee then the curl ers will ajree to rent the facili ties except for the booth tor 60 a jay with the stipulation that the club can have as manv bancjuet permits as the lau will allow why do you uant a loer rate than youre paying asked com mitteeman tarl masales because were denied access to the booth replied mr lee mr masales said they never had it but the curlers spokesman said he recalled a great deal of confusion last year with the com mittee each member had a different idea of the charge he stated new committee member art cooper said the going rate for hockey was 12 an hour and the way he calculated it the curling club was getting ice time at 3 an hour a premium rate no one else could get what are you renting it to the legion hockey for retorted mr lee thats a different thing re plied the exsecretary the legion pays this out of their own pockets for the kids confessing to a conflict of in terest because ho was a curler ted tvler jr one of the two council members on the commit tee asked what the curler meant in their submission about taking the necessarv steps to fix ice at the committees expense i have confidence in the re creation committee to provide gockd ice said mr lee but the ice deteriorated last year and continually got worse it made us look like chrome complain- ers he explained the onlv complaint ive heard was from one of our own mem bers said mr masales recall ing he was on the board for most of the season mr lee said he pe rsonally ap peared before the recreation committee to register a com plaint vice chairman brendan aherne said the committee would like to see curling continue at the arena but at the same price as last sea son which was reasonable he asked an end to the perpetual bickering with the concession aire otherwise he felt the com- iconinnd on page 5i mon based on john 329 he that hath the bride is the bride groom but the friend of the bridegroom which standeth and heareth him rejolceth greatly because of the bridegrooms voice this my joy therefore is fulfilled rev j joosse then read the f orm of prdinationwheteupon the ministers rev j joosse of new market rev nonnikes of orangeviue rev de pater of holland marsh rev j nutma of bowmanville and rev p jon- ker of brampton took part in the laying of hands ceremony at that time the congregation rose and sang the well known hymn rev p jonker charged the ordained minister and the con gregation numerous speakers were on hand to congratulate rev p brouwer on this joyous occasion s brouwer a cousin spoke a few words on behalf of the crc of guelph g dekleer for the crc of georgetown rev ah mckenzie spoke forthe minister ial association of acton rev g nonnekes spoke for the classes toronto rev j joosse as form er councillor for theacton con gregation during the vacancy john proper spoke for the local church he addressed the congregation that they pray for the ne pastor and also spoke a few words of appreciation to the former councillor rev j joosse for the work that he had done for this congregation refreshments were served in the basement of the church where different speakers from the societies had the opportunity to speak a few words of welcome relative of the new minister ere present too among them was the mother of rev p brou wer aho had recently arrived from the netherlands for this ooasion a brother from cali fornia and an unclefromottawa man- other visitors and guests had come from hamilton brampton and oshawa to witness this special occasion rev p brouwer came to ac ton after completing his studies he received his ba degree at calvin college and his bd de gree at calvin seminary located in grand rapids michigan prior to going to calvin college the brouwers had made their home in brampton as well as hamilton mr and mrs brouwer have six children ranging in age from 4 to 11 years and are attending the georgetown and district christian school located on the 7th line of georgetown november 6 shutdown date operate service from guelph rev peter brouwer ordained at christian reformed church plans to close both acton and rockwood canadian national railway stations for keeps were revealed to the free press this week by a representative of the cnr it is expected theyll be shut on november 6 this year along with stations in hespeler aird presfon other rail stations in moore- field drayton and flora will be closed november 20 all the areas served by these stations will be serviced from a master agency located in guelph in a setup similar to the one now being used for express de livery a zenith number will be provided and contact with the master agency by telephone will be the means of communication at no cost to the caller two other stations in the area at fergus and gait will remain blood clinic in legion hall residents of acton and district are reminded that a blood donor clinic will be held in the legion uilmornbijowx from 2 to 5 in the afternoon and from 630 to 9 pm in the evening the town and district was can vassed by telephone but anyone from 18 to 65 not contacted is free to donate blood during clinic hours everyone under ib must have written permission to do so mrs w finlay has charge of the acton clinic which had 347 volunteer donors in thesspring of this year she hopes this one will be as much a success open as satellites with only a small staff to handle duties gordon soutter public relat ions representative of the cnr outlined the railways plans to close acton and rockwood stat ions after over 100 years of ser vice to the areas he said coun- cits7otthe municipalities would be notified by letter soon of the railways intentions public protest would be hand led at a hearing of the board of transport commissionerspro- bably- held in the community where the protest originated he said the railway anticipates no great outcry after the initial shock wears off but couldnt dis count the possibility employees here can remain on the job for several months after the station is closed down but they would have no duties even the telephone will be removed mr soutter said they would be given the opportunity to locate elsewhere but employees said they would have to lump some one with less seniority in order to get a job this would also re sult in a loss of pay amounting to 150 a month in some cases asked why a town with heavy freight traffic like acton is clos ed when fergus with a smaller volume is left open the pr man sai he d asked if it was due to an outcry in fergus two or three yearsago over a proposal to close the stat ion there again the railway rep resentative said he had no in formation mr soutter said he was more or less the advance party which prepared the way before plans were implemented he admitted the cnr must get permission to close the station from the board of transport commission rumors emanating from com munities where stations have al ready been shut down are alike in charging the cases are rail roaded through but mr soutter implied the decision is decided on the evidence pro and con would passenger service be halton mp dr h harley phoned the free press just before the paper was put to bed to say he had written to mr mcmillan head of the cnr and to the minister of transport mr hellyer diking for a thorough study of the transportation system in ac ton dr harley said this could possibly have been done but since no one seems to know about it this would bring the matter in the open the halton mp felt that the heavy concentration of industry in acton warranted thorough study of the situa tion further details of what is transpiring will be available when dr harley receives them sffecfea could passengers sflir board train here the cnr representative could see no chan ges in present passenger service which consists of one stop in the morning for an eastbound train and another in the evening west bound reaction to the railways act ion wasnt long in coming the free press phoned dr harry harley mp for halton who was in ottawa attending the current session of parliament which started monday the news came as a complete surprise to him i had no knowledge of this said dr harley this is the first time ive heard of it it seems funny because acton is the one town in halton county where industrial assessment is heavier than residential you have a hea vy concentration of industry there he mentioned several of the larger ones which would be affected dr harley said he would look into the closing of the station lghtzawyrandj t fr press as soon as it was avail able in the absence of mayor duby the free press got in touch with reeve h hinton about the closing he was also surprised mr hin ton said he was concerned that acton was losing a facility and unless it was absolutely necess ary he would resist it he thought probably the economics of the situation dictated the closing of the station the reeve was also concerned about the adverse effect closing of the station could have on new industry interested in locating in acton it would be one more mark against the town he said but he didnt think this would be the only factor influencing a decision to locate here mr hinto saidexpress service has been more efficient since it was moved to a central agency in- guelph but other acton business men polled by the free press didnt agree some felt service on express now was at its lowest ebb and envisioned dire results if freight was operated under the same plan acton has had rail services fiililn iinj mi iiijr new minister of bethel christian reformed church rev peter brouwer was ordained re cently in a moving ceremony at the church mr brouvyer with fouryewrold michael john on his knee trkia 7 mrs brouwer and freddy 5 peter 8 left in the back sonya 9 and garret 11 moved into the church rectory on queen ct frr orwi rapids michigan staff photo