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mayor tout Acton as GO train stop M Hud Whiting and Mayor Lea Duby told the Free Press this week that they have been right on top of the possible extension of the GO transit system proposal being discussed now by federal provincial and Metro Toronto representatives Mr Whiting has been working at the federal level for some months and has made his own feelings and the mayor known that the town should be included in the expanded system It was their joint feeling that the service should also be extended to so it would reach the rich market that gravitates out of the Kitchener Waterloo area I sure that if the service was to Acton people they would use it said the mayor Home risk Mr prepared to accept the risk a certain amount of rcsldenthl development so some of the not aviilablc now would be more Extension of the commuter service to Acton would open up new avenues for business and industrial development as well attracting new residential building which in turn would Go do more assessment needed develop the town potential ITic mayor said he would act on suggestion from Mr Whiting to meet with the Ontario deputy minister Cam McNibb to discuss expansion of the system to Acton outlining the town s position Mr Whiting also proposes to tout Acton as a location for Industry which found relocating In federal government designated areas undesirable He proposed that the town supply him with a dossier with all the pertinent information so it could to the proper government departments Home mail delivery GO tnins were not the only subject the mayor and M discussed they broke bread at the Dominion Hotel as part of periodic meetings to discuss matters of mutual Interest Also on the agenda was home to home mall dellverj Mr Whiting said it required 2500 mail drops for a community lo have the home mail delivery service and it was his opinion Acton should be very near that figure He advised the major to look Into the possibility of applying for postmen service now because it takes a year the application is in before the ictual service People who do not w int the service merely have to request their mail be left at the post of fice Mr Whiting said also squelched rumors circulating that the Acton customs office would be closed there is no basis for the rumors he said suggesting they were the product of someone imagin He noted that with the amount of business in the Acton office it would be very difficult to shift it somewhere cist volume was smaller nety Seventh Year No 7 ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY AUGUST Pages Cents defends House role MP Whiting win present for approximately per cent of the votes taken in the House of Commons he told the rce Press during a visit to Acton Monday but he considers the recent attendance survey token by a professor and given wide prominence as biased It is not a fair assessment he told this noting he had missed votes in the House bee imentary business took him elsewhere Sometimes things come up which require my presence elsewhere he said It is a matter of judgement which Is the most important Other business tor instance he continued I took a day to attend rtiilw in Acton two weeks at the United Nations on government business and was out west on the I Committee business How m votes were taken while was way he asked by and large he said the MPs in Ottawa are sincere people representing constituents In Most of them I ive to live with their conscience I for one don t have to cross the street in any Hilton municipality when I see people coming he told the Free Press And I in look them in the eye too he concluded WHATS A FINN day at the playground without whitewashing a fence Leader Susan McPhail grimaces as one contestant in the fence painting splatters whitewash on the bxnrds spectators too Staff Photo Cycle gang loses booze scholarship for Joe Petric NO IS MIKE MARCOUX of the Rams sifts the ball past goals as Acton fell short of tying the game with a third Brockville goalie Larry Herrington the third of surge The 0 A J C series is tied up at one game a piece Sunday game which the Essos won Mike scored six Staff Photo Box la finals deadlocked resume here Saturday Trie third and fourth games of the Junior C lacrosse inals are scheduled here this Saturday at 830 and again Sunday afternoon at m Acton Rams to take the title from Brockville Essos emerged from the two opening games with a split decision winning the first game 2211 but losing Sunday af contest 1613 to a tightchecking Brockville team The Rams trailing by three goals in the opening minutes of the first game came on strong in the last half of the opening period to open a wide gap which the smaller Essos could never close Sunday however displayed a heady mixture of speed better and more desire than the Rams and held on to a second period margin to deadlock the series in front of a small but ebullient crowd of home town fans The Rams seemed lethargic and failed to play up to the standard they displayed in the opening game on Saturday Club president Howard Dwyer blamed it on lack of sleep Graduating nurses from a hospital held their graduating parties at the same motel we stayed at and they kept going as late as 5 a Sunday morning Some of the get too much sleep Howard admitted the Essos were an improved club Sunday over their Saturday performance capitalizing on the breaks of the game but he had few kind words for referee LeBlanc of Cornwall whom he felt played the homer role for fans He called the OL A when he arrived home Sunday to protest He was especially critical of s ladling of penalties to Fred the closing minutes of Sunday s game He dealt the Acton defenseman a minute misconduct five minutes for fighting and another five for attempting to injure while only dealing five to his ring partner Greg Coutu Barens penalties could mean indefinite suspension for the Ram Esso coach Herrington admits things might be tougher in the Rams own rink but he thinks his smaller and faster- charges can take the series The fifth game will return to the next weekend and if sixth or seventh games are necessary they could return to Acton The Rams themselves smarting from Sunday defeat think they 11 be up for this weekend games They are itching to square accounts with some provocation they feel Brockville players gave them in the St Lawrence city In any event Acton arena should be almost at capacity for Saturday and Sunday s games Transfer lad to Toronto Six year old Thomas of Elizabeth who suffered a fractured skull in an Friday has been tr insfcrred from Guelph General Hospital to Sick Children Hospital in Toronto He is expected to have an operation possibly on Thursday He is the son or Mr and Mrs McGrenere Stolen car found here Two stolen cars were found in Acton during the past week The recovered one on and another on Saturday One had been stolen township and the other from Milton One car was undamaged the other had a broken window The boy was riding his bicycle out of his driveway and John Charles Johnson of Ma no tick Ontario was driving along the street when the accident oc curred Mr Johnson was in town visiting relatives the Cons Boyes investigated and no charge will be laid The boy was taken to the Medical Centre where he was examined by Hutchison and sent immediately by police cruiser to His mother accompanied him on the emergency trip driven by Cons Roy Wood Joe has been a scholarship given by Waterloo Music through the Royal Conservatory of Music Joe auditioned at the Conservatory in Toronto for a scholarship in June and learned 254 in rain fell Tuesday Eighty per cent the normal August rainfall we experience in this district fell on Tuesday reports weatherman Walter Lock from his Corners station Mr said the rain which started at about Ham Tuesday morning and didn stop until sometime during the night measured 2 inches Inquest soon The date for the inquest into the de ith of Joseph Roger lapointe is expected to be set within a few days according to O Cons Jim Hodgson Mr body was discovered in his burning house south of Acton he id been successful while acting as he id counsellor at Ontario Youth Music Camp last month At conservatory Joe goes regularly to Toronto lo take lessons from Joseph Maeerollo there In September he is beginning studies for his B A at Queens University but will continue to go to Toronto for a couple of days every second weekend for lessons and some music courses yet the University of Toronto music course does not include accordion However Joe explains that with his new accordion the fingering is like the piano with note sounded individually He wider scope and can play Bach so the sound is very similar to in His te Mr Maeerollo demonstrated the accordion scope last Thursday when he plted Concerto for Accordion is the guest with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra at Ontario Place Joe and George attended the concert from Ac ton Two ch were laid by Acton police during an hour long confrontation on Mill St Friday night Between and members of a Hamilton motorcycle gang had one of their cars searched during a check by police A seizure was made and one of the Hamilton men was charged with having liquor in other than his residence Spectators and another group of motorcyclists were attracted there were about 100 people on Mill before the crowd dissolved Three Acton policemen were there as it was tune for their shift change and North O also came during patrol An Acton youth was arrested and charged with being in a public place The gang bore an unprintable Two boys injured bikecar collision Two 12yearold boys were shaken up and one had a frac lured ankle and concussion as the result of a bicyclecar collision on Tuesday morning Larry Manina and Jim Thomson both of Acton were riding down the Manina lane way when they failed to Too young A 14yearotd girl was removed from the Station Hotel Friday evening by police and her parents contacted Many younger drinkers are in the towns two hotels since the legal drinking age was lowered to IS observe a car approaching down dip in the road They rode out on the road in front of the vehicle and the front end hit them They were thrown onto the hood then fell over the slow moving vehicle owned and operated by Carl Rosley of R 1 Alma Manina took the boys to the Acton Medical Centre where they were treated and then released by Craig Hutchison They suffered lacerations gravel burns and shock Larry Manina has a broken ankle and concussion The bicycle was a writeoff There was no notlcable damage to the car Wilful damage Several instances of wilful damage were reported to Acton police during the week Damage included slashed tires on both cars and bikes Near 90 Trapped two days under tractor Trapped under his tractor for age Mr Tuck still farms and two days Ben Tuck Eden Mills keeps bee cattle is in Guelph General Hospital He was last seen leaving his recovering His leg was broken In barn on his tractor Saturday the farm accident and there are evening about clock Monday feore he may lose his foot evening a hunter came to ask his his property Mr Tuck not home and the dog tied up he went searching and found him lying underneath the tractor Neighbors Mr MassonandMr Williams were summoned and A bachelor near years of permission to hunt groundhogs on arranged to lift the tractor Mr Tuck was taken by ambulance to the hospital Mr Tuck brother used to live with him but died some years ago Mr Tuck had considered selling but had decided he wanted to stay at his home Auroras mayo and visit sewage plant see page two