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mts albert mccutcheon admires a light mauve dahlja which grew over nine feet tall at the side of her house on young st its the tallest dahlia mrs mccutcheon has ever grown in a garden filled with an abundance of fall blooms staff photo cnr doses acton fcontinmd rom pane l from facilities in town for well over 100 years this latest step by the cnr to close the station here would interrupt local serv ice for the first time outside of times when a strike closed the operation down the first train stopped in act on in 1856 how will the cnrs master agency work this is how the company describes it a master agency is a centrally located railway facility chosen to serve a given geographical area by both rail and truck the location chosen is usually the centre of an area having a radius of approximately 50mlles many of the communities served within this territory are off rail way lines and have never been served directly be canadian nat ional before without having to step out of their offices or homes residents of the area served by the facility are able to contact the agency by telephone even over long dis tance lines at no cost to them police reprimand children throwing stones at screen doors and automobiles were reprimanded by police this week parents were also notified the choraliers were guost singers at the united church an niversary evening service sun day groups just starting the fall season are reminded to let the free press know about special activities and meetings at the master agency switch board operators connect the par ty with the department best suit ed to handle the request whe ther it be a matter of rate quot ation shipping a parcel buying a rail ticket ordering a box car or sending a telegram coupled with a unified billing and accounting system the mas ter agency is a selfcontained unit designed to cope quickly and accurately with all the transpor tation and communication needs of the communities it serves in order to constantly provide services in line with present day requirements appointed service representatives make regular rounds of contacts with shippers and receivers toensure complete customer satisfaction a modern operation such as this does away with the necess ity of maintaining depots at every ten miles or so and ensures im proved service in keeping with todays modern age in this way the needs of the public are better looked after and cn is placed in a more competitive position at each location where a stat ion closing is planned and where on hand traffic has been customarily handled at the stat ion an on hand representative is appointed from within the com munity the immediate reaction to such changes in the traditional way of operating is that it will bring about a certain amount of incon venience and dislocations with this in mind the protection of cn employees has been a fore most thought during the planning stages every effort is being made to avoid any adverse effects on employees concerned and when a move is necessary all available opportunities are af forded the personnel to serve canadian national elsewhere classes in it 1 square dancing every thursday evening 830 pm at the robert little school caller orville phelps for information phone 8532435 or 8532565 new store on mill w actons business district will eimand tuesday morning with the opening of a new appliance and furniture store at 12 mill st west across from the medical centre wilmer davidson who was born and lived in acton all his life announced this week he is opening a store to be known as daveys appliances and furn iture on tuesday oct 3 he will carry afull stock of wesunghouse lines and allied lines of small appliances son of mr and mrs r l davidson rr2 acton wilmer i attended lorn and acton schools hes been in direct sales work since 1955 and for the past eight years has been associated with dumont aluminum the last year and a half as manager of the guelph district office prior to that wilmer was with rome and rural appliances brampton and was manager for adams furniture in their acton outlet for over a year police report the acton free press wednesday september 27 1967 3 k acton georgetown js v t r 51 ht inc- marked increase in motorcycle accidents 1 the new ridings of harton west and halton east are shown in this map halton west now includes all of burlington nas- sagaweya township acton and the upper 10 lots of esquesing township halton east takes in georgetown milton oakville and the lower 22 lots of esquesing township keep this map for handy reference john root tory choice in wellingtondufferin during the period september 17 to september 23 officers of the acton o p p detachment patrolled 671 miles during 208 duty hours worked five charges were laid and 15 warnings issued pursuant to the highway traffic act of ontari o there were a total of seven occurrences investigated in cluding one theft one distur bance three miscellaneous a total of two charges were laid two accidents were invest igated one confined to property damage to a parked auto invest igation resulted in one subject being charged with failing to remain at the scene a motorcycle and car accident occurring during a heavy rain storm resulted in the motorcycle operator sustaining injuries at this point it is interesting to note that there has been a marked in crease in the number of motor cycle accidents resulting in injuries in magistrates court milton ontario september 18 three convictions were registeredper- taining to violations under the highway traffic act and the liquor control act total fines were 110and costs of 13 never mix household cleaners because ammonia is good and ajax is good it doos not mean that when mixed they are twice as good they or any other cleaners when rnlxed can pro duce phosgene this is one of the chlorine compounds used as a gasi during world war i which was very effective in killing and disabling people since chlorine is one of the basic ingredients of many cleaners the combination of two or more different cleaners could produce phosgene or other dangerous gases briefs there are still a few sect ions of fair fair prize lists stall not available including specials and harness ponies theyll be published next week mrs anne mooney was among those who attended the mason knitting company 20 year dinner reported in the 20 years ago column last week girl graduate four years in college and whom has it got me h s holden optometrist 36 cork st eatt gue1ph phone ta 27130 at the progressive-conserva- ove convention in arthur town hall on sept 19 john root was the unanimous choice as candi date to represent the party in the provincial election on oct 17 in wellingtondufferin two hund red attended in his acceptance speech he said that he had gone into public life with the hope that he could be of service to the people in the counties of wellington and duff- erin to ontario and to canada when be was elected he resolved that he would support policies that would benefit all of our people mr root said that under pc policies ontario had developed expanded and prospered more than any other province in can ada this had been recognized by the federal government when they set their fiscal policy to col lect approximately half of can adas budget from ontarios pro sperity he pointed out that approxi mately half of the new canadians and half of the new industry com ing to canada and looking for a favourable location in which to establish selected ontario since the end of world warn ontarios population has grown by approx imately 3000000 creating new permanent markets for agricul ture business and industry mr root said his efforts were directed to raise the standards of the highways municipal roads and streets in wellingtonduffer in and at the same time reducing municipal taxes many miles of highway have buuuuil ed and around 100 miles of mun icipal roads have been built or designated under the develop ment road programme with the province paying 100 of the cap ital cost new grants have sup plied over onequarter million dollars to assist the towns and villages with their streets the system of grants to town ships has been changedandtis re lated to the assessment per mile of road under the old system the province matched the local taxpayers contribution dollar for dollar under the new sys tem the grants on bridges and culverts are 4 to 1 and on roads range as high as 3 to 1 he mentioned school grants to wellingtondufferin when the pc party took office these were only 72000 in 1966 in the same area the schools received over 3409000 or approximately 75 of the related operating cost in the field of health ur root reminded the audience that the province had contributed over 978000 to wellingtondufferin health unit since 1946 since 19445 the hospitals serving wel lingtondufferin had received construction- and special grants of over 6663000 prime minister robarts has announced further reductions in municipal taxes will result from the government assuming tbefull cost of the administration of jus tice and a basic shelter grant on the first 2000 ofassessmentper home using provincial assess ment factors to establish a uni form assessment notice dr r d buckner will be on holiday from sept 30 to oct 9 the office will be closed during this time a business only half insured is hardly insured at all insurance get a complete profile of protection with a business insurance plan from safeco insurance you may be risking serious losses if your business insurance contains dangerous gaps wasting precious money if it has costly over laps let us sit down with you and plan a complete profile of protection that will cover all your needs no less no more well save you worry and may save you money too vsn or call dennys insurance agency 17 mill st w acton 85301 so residences bill 8532645 harold 8532565 mlt 8532243 whle you are treated like a person not a numiir in tne neia oi agriculture mr root said over 157000 has been contributed to over thirtyseven community centres in welung- tonoufferin mr root concluded by saying that if elected he would continue to support policies that would be nefit all our people that his door would be open to all mr root introduced the hon robert welch provincial secret ary and minister of citizenship a native of lincoln county who recalled visiting arthur on sat urday nights thirty years ago when he spent his summer noli days at his uncles farm at metz mr welch paid high tribute to mr roots outstanding service to wellingtondufferin and to ontario as a whole as vlce- chalrman of the ontario water resources commission he said mr roots summary of the gov ernments record was an excell ent review of what pc prog rammes have accomplished for ontario friday saturday september 29 and 30 new this year on oct 17 in the best interests of wellington- dufferin vote progressive conservative western horse show a grandstand attraction friday evening sept 29 at 730 pm harness racing saturday september 30 70000 in prizes miovvar 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