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Day attendance disappointment but Sportsmens Show triples receipts Attendance for the third annual Acton Sportsmen Show down from last year but the overall financial picture was a tremendous improvement Receipts from the three day weekend event tripled last year said one official Highlights of the show which started on Friday and wound up Just prior to Sunday drenching rainstorm were the two dances an outstanding antique gun show and the demonstrations and races staged by model boat owners from the U S and Canada Vicechairman John Shadbolt estimated there were 1 dancers at the two special evenings of dancing at the community centre Friday night an estimated to danced to the official Oktoberfest band from Kitchener clad in lederhosen knee stockings and cute Tyrolean hats with plumes Citizen of the Year Ted Tyler St officially opened the show Saturday there was hardly a vacant chair as the a popular Acton musical group with a modem beat kept patrons rocklne for almost four solid hours liar receipts from the two nights totalled about Biggest and best Sunday morning antique show was the biggest ami best yet and the president of the Antique Arms Collectors Association Lee from Georgetown said the show was probably the biggest ever held in Canada Collectors from the United States were among patrons who come to view and trade among tables which completely filled the large arena floor Special plaques were presented to Allen Smith of for a display of powder horns and another to Franz for his bullet display 1 f if N Year No ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER S Pages fteen Missing cars soon located Police recovered five stolen cars here during the past week All the cars had been left with the keys In them First incident was Wednesday of last week when a car belonging to David Deforest of Milton was found in Acton at the industrial centre building parking lot Then the next three incidents occurred on Acton streets in quick succession The three cars were reported stolen to police and recovered not far away soon afterward Hugh Graham R R Limehouse reported his car stolen from in front of Mill St about 30 Thursday At 10 it was found at the comer of Church and Frederick by OPP Cons Connors Next at Robert Main of Georgetown reported to Acton police that his car had been taken from where it was parked at 86 Main St Cons Connors found it in minutes a few streets away Shift change At John Turnbull advised police his car had been taken from in front of his residence on Lake Ave By now the police shift had changed and Cons located this one at 1 a m on Knox Ave The cars have been examined by the identification branch of the OPP from Burlington On Monday afternoon another car which was stolen in Milton was located here at the Churchill Queen St car wash New bylaw to curb drainage problems Serious drainage problems in town has prompted Acton council to insist builders must present plans showing the elevation of the front floor level of a building is at least 12 inches above the crown of the road otherwise they won t receive a building permit Any appbeation that shows an elevation of less than 12 Inches above the crown of the road will have to be referred to the town engineer for a recommendation Problem obvious Mayor Duby said drainage problems were very obvious during a tour of town roads boiling had to break a windowpane to enter the apartment of Mr and Mrs John Main St S Sunday afternoon when neighbors reported smoke billowing out of the doors they found a pot boiling on the electric stove welded to the clement quickly removed the pot and started smoke working the alarm was turned in about 5Jlpm Must find new dump A letter from the waste management branch of the Department of th Environment Council has been told the site of their present dump should be closed and a new location found by November 30 Council has received a certificate to operate the dump until then Shocked at the news Reeve Tom Hill asked clerktreasurer French to contact the department for a clarification on the order Referring to the present dump site on the Fourth line near Acton Reeve Hill remarked We better make sure before we start spending money on this were going to be able to operate there Monday August 30 especially along Road Councillor Jack Greer regretted previous councils had not seen fit to pass the by law several years before If this had been passed before the high school would not have been allowed to build what they did up there he said Murder trial Thursday The trial of Barry Stevens of Toronto begins in court in Milton tomorrow after a petit jury has been named The grand jury on Tuesday heard preliminary evidence and sent the case forward to the petit jury It is expected the jury will be named Thursday morning and the trial commence in the after noon Stevens is charged with capital murder following the shooting death of Calvin Gordon in Acton in February IF ONTARIO PREMIER Bill Davis succeeds at getting votes the way he did at throwing the boomerang at the Acton Sportsmen s Show Sunday the provincial Liberal and parties could well be in trouble Davis gets set to fire Halton West member Minister of Energy and Resources Management George Kerr and Mayor Duby watch closely for tips Davis made the show one of his stops on a preelection meet the people tour Sunday Staff photo m VISIT W Thefts A vacant home on Tyler Ave was broken into on the weekend and a washbasin taken The arena was also reported broken into and six packages of cigarettes were taken LINDA GORDON Nursing graduate Miss Linda Gordon daughter of Mr and Mrs Wallace Gordon is a recent graduate of Kitchener Waterloo School of Nursing Those attending the graduation exercises were her parents sisters Judy Gordon and Joan Hammond Wilmer and Jack Fryer Mr and Mrs Elmer and Mrs Grace A dinner was held at home in her honor with friends and relatives attending Linda will be continuing her education In Toronto Ontario Premier Bill Davis made a quick fun visit to the Acton Sportsmen s Show Sunday afternoon accompanied by Halton West P P George Kerr Minister of the Environ ment Most of the show s activities were completed when the premier and his entourage arrived but he had time to view model plane flying and try his hand at throwing a boomerang coached by Jack Carpenter While TV and newspaper cameras whirred and clicked Mr Davis proved he might be a mean adversary on the boomerang field heaving an almost perfect circuit on his fifth or sixth throw George Kerr also gave the sport a whirl but deferentially let the premier keep the limelight Miss Acton Fair goes on to finals This year Miss Alton Fair will moe on to further competition for the first tune it has been arranged that ail winners at local fairs will compete at the Canadian on Agricultural Day in 19 to try for top title Miss Ontario Pairs It a brand new competition and Acton Fair committee members are delighted at the prospect of sending a charming entry on behalf of Acton fair Some of the prizes are already Mr Davis was casually attired in brown sports shirt and chicked trousers for the and seemed to enjoy the informality Earlier he visited the Ukrainian camp on the Fourth Line Esquesing where he participated in the camp s closing ceremonies Weather wise the visit was also a success Threatening skies opened up just as the premier drove from the park and loosed a heavy deluge of rain Killed near home Alex Cushner of 4 Acton was killed Tuesday morning In a singlevehicle accident about a mile his home Mr Cushner was driving his pick up when the vehicle went off the road North Halton OPP Cons W Jordan investigated and coroner Aikcnhead came to the scene of the accident Mr Cushner is survived by his wife the former Shirley Adam three sons grandchildren and sisters He was years of age Requiem mass will be at Holy Rosary church Milton with interment In cemetery Acton Power break A combination of humidity and lightning is blamed for a power failure which Acton Sunday afternoon The middle lightning arrester at the K Porter plant was the source of the break in service which lasted over two hours Power was back on again at approximately p m Although there was no storm at the tune of the power break hydro officials here pointed out that the equipment would have been hit at an earlier time and the combination of humidity and heavy charge of lightning gradually wore down the equip ment was some difficulty locating the source of the trouble iter there was a thunder storm and a heavy deluge of rain but power stayed on Major power failures were also reported in other centres over the Labor Day weekend Toronto was the scene of two breaks Monday night which snarled traffic and caused hospitals to switch to emergency power Among the most attractive I ever seen said Mr a veteran of gun shows across the country The radio controlled model boat demonstrations and races on Fairy Lake were another feature of the event attracting model craft enthusiasts from several States and this province Attendance from local people at Saturday and Sunday events left something to be desired organizers felt Hot sticky weather with an threat of rain may have dampened local enthusiasm for the events as it also ruled out helicopter rides The low ceiling and storm warnings scared operators of the helicopter from venturing over Acton It was the second event to be cancelled A model plane flying demonstration set for Saturday was also stricken from the program Weather setbacks They were setbacks organizers of the show weathered with a grin although as the vicechairman pointed out there was too much responsibility on too few heads Sponsored by the Chamber of Comerce the Lions Rotary s Men and Halton Antique Arms Collectors the annual show has been in the planning stages since last year successful venture Many of the last year features were again on the program but entries and spectators for the model airplane competitions were down this year Acton took the minor baseball crown by decisively defeating Milton In the championship game Saturday afternoon Whiting presented the championship trophy to the while coach and manager Close soccer Georgetown Squirts took a close 21 decision from Acton In minor soccer Saturday morning Sunday afternoon Acton Atoms were on the threshold of a win over St Catharines but a goal with a minute and a half to play tied it at and there It stayed The St Catharines team eliminated Acton from the Ontario Cup in July Best pullers In town It hat to be the Rotary Club who the lions s Men and Chamber of Commerce to take the unof championship with the most pull in town On the winning team were Fred Gordon Don McDonald Allan Hall Dave Muckle George Maurice anchorman Gary Dawk in and coach Rick Jackson Winners of the horseshoe pitching contest sponsored by the Men were Bob Harrison of Brampton Merv of Aclon and Henry of Rock wood in that order Ron Guest of Acton won the tasting derby and received a trophy from Mayor Duby in the Official presentations in the community Sunday lernoon boomerangs Boomerang pitching champion was newscaster Terry Thomas of television station CKCO TV pitted against such stalwarts as Brian King of the Esther Taylor of the Mercury and Hartley Coles of the Free Continued on Page Hud Whiting M will open the fair during the Friday night program Prize list books are thinner since they are now not filled with advertising but prize money Is fatter than ever There are few changes In classes All the favorites will be back the displays baking flowers horses midway dances with a big parade at noon Saturday in the middle of it all to sell station Acton C station will be replaced by a more modem facility designed to hold passengers only a railway of ficial revealed this week M Vcenis of the C told a Free Press reporter the Acton station would probably be up for sale within a year and be either moved or torn down to make way for a passenger depot the railway is obligated to furnish a heated clean and hunted building for passengers as long as a passenger tram stopped Acton The Canadian Transport Commission ordered the C to continue the two commuter trains which stop in Acton following a hearing in Guelph when the railway applied to discontinue the service Rockwood lost Its railway this week when the C N sold the building to the Ontario Electric Railway Association for their use on property In Nassaga about two miles south of WHO HAS the most pull in Acton The Rotary Club of Don McDonald Allan Ha Dave Muckle George and course They demonstrated this conclusively against other anchorman Gary Dawkins Pulling but not shown are Phil service clubs in the Sportsmen s Show tugof war Saturday McCristall and Maurice Staley Coach is Rick Jack Shown out muscling the Lions are left to right Fred Gordon son Photo