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seek answers on cn station iconrimmdflom peg ii appreciate u you could obtain the feeling of the people of acton on this matter at your earliest possible convenience and convey these sentiments to me he say he is quite prepared to continue his strong representations to the commission on behalf of the people of acton the issue of closing actons station has actually been discussed for the past two years at the public hearing held by the board of transport commissioners representations against the doting of the station were made by the chamber of commerce member of federal and provincial parliament council high school students and various merchants just one merchant then declared himself satisfied with the change some industries declined to complain of the change in freight and expreu service because they had made other satisfactory arrangements when the suggestion the station would be closed was first made public two years ago there was general opposition a public opinion felt it would hamper the general growth of the town inconvenience since has resulted in many changing their mode of travel the issue involved much more than just the freight service which is the only specific complaint left in this week letter for instance just a week ago a group of high school students travelling together to quebec city were told they would have to go to guelph to board the train which passes right through acton the train on the return trip did stop here to let them off no ticket can be purchased in acton no freight or expreu can be tent from here despite the high volume of freight in the past however day after day an agent does remain in the station here in theory keeping it open he has no phone no particular duties he cant tell tickets or handle freight for the past seven months the agent has been w j leslie of stratford hes being relieved today by a new agent from southampton tickets can be purchased on the few trains that do stop here but passengers cant phone the station to discover when these trains are coming a zenith number to guelph provides the answer phoned this morning two businesses which require plenty of freight service had slightly differing answers one was satisfied one found service falling off both complained of passenger service both said when a man had come inquiring recently they told him to by next weeks issue the free press expects to have heard from more people who are willing to repeat their feelings that an active station is needed in an active town so now the secretary of the transport commission will hear from acton again will everyone interested please fill in this questionnaire and bring or mail it to the free press all will be forwarded to rud whiting are you satisfied with cnr service in acton for i passengers 2 express 3 freight 1 passenger service have you had difficulty learning times of trains and buying tickets do you ever use the passenger service would you use it if there were better service would you like to see a kitchener to toronto go train service 2 express has your use of express service increased or decreased since the implementation of the muster agency plan in guelph on july 3 l96o was your use of the service declining previous to that time were you satisfied with the service prior to 1968 are you satisfied with the service since i968 3 freight has your use of freight service increased or decreased since the implementation of the guelph master agency was your use of the service declining previous to that time were you satisfied with the service prior to 1968 are you satisfied with the service since i968 do you think the cnr station should be fully opened again with an agency selling tickets and handling freight do you feel the present lack of service in acton is a hindrance to actons development do you feel the service has been deteriorating the acton free press wednesday november 5 1969 strikes again on the weekend lien kachlin and cam leishman put the old pout office clock back into the milton detachment of the operation it i miking lite hours ontario provincial police resort again and is much appieculed ney had a fairly qui by paiurtbv who had come to halloween night friday depend on the bank ormonliejl officers received 1 2 minor wilful c damage reports with windows the old clock mil i been rokeii mailboxes being working for several months the damaged and complaint of bank clock wa taken down p ipj ummg it took two tare can to pull the cununim comtructlon dredge out of fairy lake over two years after the huge pontoon wr floated on the water for the start of the pilot project to remove 400000 cubic vdi of tilt from the choked up water dredging it flnlthed now fairy lake it almoit reitored to the pristine puraneu of pioneer dayt when the confluence of several spring creeks was dammed by the adams brothert in 1828 the dam backed the water up to supply wateroower for the qrist mill whate lindsay i flour milli now stand the banks of old fairy lake have been built up with the sandy silt taken from its waters and twempt which formerly lay adjacent are filled in and in tome placet occupied by new houun beardmore and co plan to put wildfowl on the lake in the spring and keep the lake at a wildlife reserve flih may be introduced to supplement the bate pike and cattiih which already inhabit the waters theres still work to be done old loot now lie along i ho banks dredged up after over 140 yeart of uipplylng hiding placet for fiih and aquatic creature at the lakes bottom thoy will have to be moved to tidy up the lake which will be used moro and moro for recreation at the town and dlttrict growt l jfnt nss i briefs its good to hear ihc post office clock strike again there are mil a tew egg ihelli lying around at souvenirs of halloween georgetown ymca s annual campaign for funds hat a goal of si 0000 a mild winter predicts the farmer almanac and theyre usually 85 per cent correct in their predictions an empty mill st itore was rented thli week adverhsment next wednesday annemarie and bernard krudwig who are seeking students in this district now are directing the junior and senior leadership classes at the georgetown and district y program winners of awards in their native germany they now live near acton mrs krudwig is teaching the ladies gym class each week for the acton y when canadians of dutch descent met in georgetown to form a holland liberation committee it was estimated there are 281 families of dutch descent in and around the area numbering about 1000 people in acton a similar committee was formed and tulip bulbs told proclamation poppy day whereas tavtwal men of thu town tv ovr live in difsnew of canada and the democratic world and whereas thu mwnorv of their tvtc flrnj utcrifictf ii a tourca of iniajiirattofi to all cituen as our rut on face rww difficult atid ttittqii and whereas their memory it kepi we bright by the annual wejfitq of memorial popple in their honor and the honor of all other canadian who died in war tervicu now therefore i l a duby mayor of live town of acton do hereby proclaim saturday november 8th to be poppy day in the town of acton and do urge that all citliem oburve the day by wearing the memorial poppy of the canadian legion l a dubv mayor the most dangerout age of child accidents arc at two and three and the wont times of the day are the late afternoon and the evening hours remembrance services in town district sunday i merchants acton merchants will be playing santa for the next 6 weeks 1 t win cash vouchers- 100 weekly lest we forget remembrance services are being held this sunday m acton rockwood and nassagaweya presbyterian church following the service at actons cenotaph at 10 45 sunday the parade will attend the morning service in the united church at rockwood after the service at the cenotaph a community service will be held in the centennial school a banquet will be held in the legion for world war i veterans driver dhwytcj on monday i roseford terrace resident reported to police i vehicle had struck a culvert ind fence then driven on about 15 damage was left the driver was liter located by acton o t j and charged poppies will be sold later thu week as usual special window for remembrance day has been set up at acton home furnishings the service at the nassagaweya township memorial is sunday afternoon followed by the service in nassagaweya presbyterian church in acton bill nicolak is parade marshal and chuik wright will sound the last post and reveille acton citizens band will head the parade council supports proposal to licence cable companies at monday evenings regular meeting of nassigaweyi council members were read a letter from the town of mlsusuuga asking them as well as other municipalities in the province to give their support to proposal to licence cable television companies the letter listed these cable television companies use land belonging for installation of their antennas to various townships and buried underground cables and they should be charged by the municipalities concerned for this privilege council agreed to endorse the proposal which will be presented to both the province and the canadian radio and television commission with every purchase at participating stores fill in a coupon nome address phone no you could be a winner weekly v 1st prize 2nd 25 3rd s 4h s 5lh in certificates redeemable for merchandise at business places listed below program begins next week paul nielsen clothing the family store manning eleetrie acton home furnishings dollar daddy store ab supermarket dills stationery store bensons shoes gordon hardware ltd sports corner lovell bros meats acton fabric centre iga food store the holland shop acton red ft white store cameo shoppe symon hardware hinfons 5c to 1 store lakevlew discount centre custom cleaners