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acion uurats demonstrate theyre all behind bob nixon in his bid lo form a new provincial government aar nixon breez ed into acton on tuesdav morning paraded up and down the business section with halton west candidate jack lush left to right are bill coats mrs c leishman mrs h helwig jack lush mrs p waldie and roy goodwin staff photo donaid c macoonald ontario nop leader is greeted by mayor les duby as he arrives in acton for a short stop on the campaign trail monday afternoon halton west ndp candi date ted mcdonald right was also with the party as rhey were introduced to supporters and shoppers at the glenlea plaza stafff photo ht jctiw sftt ninetythird year no 14 acton ontario wednesday october 4 1967 authorized as second clan mail by the post office dept ottawa for postage paid in cash at acton ontario twentyfour pages ten cents ndp liberal leaders visit acton 2re on station closing a small cavalcade of hand shaking liberals headed by piper joe seoars of brampton strolled up and down mill st on tuesday morning doing a stint of political main streeting ret urning to the committee rooms or interviews pictures coffee and doughnuts the pipes and coffee party vara laid on for provincial lead er robert nixon who stretched a scheduled 20 minute acton stay to half an hour meeting lo cal stalwarts and interested vot ers he arrived in an extra- large bus accompanied by a doz en or so assigned reporters who joined in the towns liberalacc ented coffee treak personable mr nixon was net here by local organisers and the halton west candidate jck lush of burlington thetwopollticlans joined forces to make the brief partisan parade two nigh school students who are particularly interested in politics and had asked for time off to meet the liberal leader were pressed into service on excort duty bearing placards for the group no matter that one of the boys f is a leading light in the progressive conservatives they were asked to help and so will ingly obliged continued on page 5 board will appeal to council for addition to m z bennett another appeal tor an addition toth mz bennett school wlu be made by the public school board principal elmer smith is pre paring a sketch of the proposed addition for a special meeting of the hoard next tuesday and the mailed presentation will hope- ffll r mark t thw nart moating of no one committee of council the last time the request was made it was tuned down by no one committee since then many new homes have been built with a current influx of new students the robert little school is sow filled to capacity with the library room in the stone school turned into a classroom this september part of the kinder garten room is partltlaned off as a library the m z bennett school is also completely filled principal smith pointed out the original boundary between the two schools has already been chanted transferring children from the crescent from the m z bennett school to the robert utile school dun to lack of ac- coounodatlaa the proposal win be for a 100- foot extension at the south end of the school to include a gymnasi um library and second floor with three more classrooms the need wlllbe spelled out again with figures and the appro ximate cost obtained for council consideration of the capital ex penditure mr smith said if the addition is constructed in two storeys he will create a senior division in the school moving the grades seven and eight to one wing classrooms will be assigned apecial uses there area superintendent w l mc neil formerly inspector mcneil was present at tbs meeting and there were few on hand at the glenlea shopping plaza monday afternoon to meet ontario genial ndp leader donald c macdon- ald travelling by bus with local candidates bill gillies of halton east andtedmacdonald of halton west the reporters on the bus nearly highway 25 between acton and milton is receiving a new coat of asphalt this week workmen by tuesday had completed the re surfacing from the main inter section in acton south to 15 side- road at speyside the entire highway will be re surfaced to the point where it meets highway 401 a two mile section between highway 401 and the campbellvlue no 5 side- road is also being widened to accommodate the heavy truck traffic police urge motorists to obey flagmen on toe job also the re duced speed limit signs at the construction areas commented it sounds like a good proposal im going to in vite you to the opening of brook- vtue school oct 27 they have a room for science a room for geography and a library along with the home economics and industrial arts rooms board members recalled that just after council bad questioned their last proposal announce ment had been made of the hous- wbich subsequently altered the picture they briefly considered dis trict schools which are building additions they indicated that they feel much more confident of council approval this time decision to appeal again was made at the board meeting last night tuesday pew and pretty cathy clark wearing number 16 outlasted 33 other contestants to win the first roller skating marathon in acton story and more pictures inside staff photo outnumbered the local group which included a few party sup porters reporters some house wives shopping in the red and white store and high school stud ents who strolled over after classes mr macdonald bad a loud- hailer with him so he could address a large crowd but had no use for it here and stowed it back in the bus acton ndp executive mem bers brendan aherne and bob drinkwalter welcomed the prov incial leader and local candidate and mayor les duby greeted them on behalf of the town the cavalcade bus was hitting various towns in peel and halton during the busy d and was off to themselves to the cluster of people and charted desultorily obliging with poses for pictures before climbing aboard the bus again for the next scheduled stop mrs donald macdonald with a pleasing and friendly personality to match her husbands was asked where the bus was going next she had to admit she didnt continued on page 3 reaction to closing of actons cnr station was generally shock when the free press carried the news last week however to broaden the issue this newspaper asked the various candidates in the coming provincial election for their views on the subject they follow jack lush liberal candidate clo of the acton station indicates the complacency of the milton campbelmlle and burl ington next copies of the new democrat magazine were dis tributed telling of party goals the two macdonalds and mrs donald uacdonald introduced customs port reports jump in revenue first six months of the fiscal year for acton customs port has resulted in another recordentry customs officer murray harri son reports this week entries were up slightly over the same period last year 1315 to 1302 but revenue took a ug jump last years revenue for the period was 11361287 this year the total jumped to 160 91815 a rise of 4730528 mr harrison attributes the steady expansion of business in the port to the increased produc tivity of local industry present government ont towards people in acton there are 21 industries which will now have to transport their freight from guelph back to acton wtucb in turn will keep costs rising no in dication of the closing was given to citizens of acton i feel parl iament should make citizens aware of what is happening so proper action can be taken to prevent citizens being put out of work and in turn effecting the economy of the town im also wondering what is going to happen to the go train service has any thought teen giv en to local citizens who want to take families and children for ed ucational shopping and recreational facilities not available here its a disgrace people do not come first with our government i in tend to work towards helping an constituents in halton west ted macdonald ndp candidate im concerned about it if it results ina delay in freight service like express im alarmed freight might become the same thing as express it is unfortunate i feel the province should develop com muter train service and the freight service fully investigated george kerr conservative candidate tmsjsjjrtfprtinatenejrsjj the many industries in acton which use rail facilities from time to time it could also mean prospective new industries for the acton area may be reluctant to settle here because of lack of proper rail facilities i would be happy to work with dr barley to do every thing possible to get the cnr to change its decision and keep the station open by 71 vote council strongly objects to closing of cnr station committee of adjustment rejects rubin applications applications ofthe rubin corp oration were discussed at great length at mondays meeting of the committee of adjustment b amaxed the committee that a builder can apply for a building permit in the town of acton and than go ahead and build a house any way he thinks fit tae committee also wondered why a home can be built and com pletely flnisbed before a variance application is presented to the committee summing up the committee felt they are being nsed for no less than a clearing house or other peoples mistakes or ex ample the builder in closing the committee was of the onaoimoais opinion that they had no other choice but to reject the rubin corporations applic ations as they were not conform ing to the bylaw and were not considered to be minor varian ces the meeting was not attended by any representatives from the building company murray smith was the only member absent acton council voted 71 thurs day rilght to prepare a very strong objection based on our needs to the proposed closing of the canadian national railway station in acton lone objection was raised by councillor ted tyler jr who at first considered declaring a con nect of interest but was dissuad ed by fellow councillors and the mayor who declared small towns in the course of the year often produced cases which bordered on conflict of interest mr tyler registered his nay declaring that support of the motion would be almost like sub sidizing his own opposition he is in the truck freight business with tyler transport ltd councillor bob drinkwalter raised the rail issue during thursdays enquiries declaring he was concerned about the art icle in the free press whats going to become of our town it will be a hard blow to our local industries we shouldnt be too long taking an active stand regarding our feeling on this said mr drinkwalter mayor les duby said his con cern was very real too but he wondered why council wasnt not ified as soon as the free press he charged the change would ser iously change actons appeal for industry councillor tyler enquired of councillor perry who has the dis tinction of wearing two hats station agent and councillor if the proposed shutdown would really change things much mr perry answeredthe mayor first he had he told the mayor asked the cnr s public rela tions man tbe same question and received no answer for mr tyler be reserved the choicest news the new master agency at the cn jl would mean the railway proposes towithdraw all accounting at the station here and relieve the operator and agent of all duties after a per iod of time there would be a hearing in acton at which the board of transport commission ers would preside and make a decision on whether the station should be shut down or not questioned by mr tyler councillor perry affirmed all freight for acton was being han died at the station express was handled from guelph im concerned whether we are going to get better service the mayor explained i cant see how you can have better service said mr perry leaning back in his chair without a local representative councillor pat mckenzle urged council to object to the closing strongly if what has happened to express is what is going to happen to the freight then were in very poor condition reeve hinton agreed object very strongly through the mem ber of parliament to maintain this facility in acton were on a line in the golden horseshoe it could eventually produce a go- go transit system on the other hand said the reeve youve got to give credit to the cnr as a public support ed system for doing objectively what they are to solve economic problems in a moderntransport- afjon system in my opinion the express system as far as we are con cerned is excellent lfr hinton continued all in a 50 mile rad ius will benefit out of the way places will benefit acton may lose others will win councillor perry thought the reeve exaggerated about express service now he maintained it was much better when it operated locally the poh of council swung to councillor earl masales whofett the railway might look into en gaging the reeve as a publicity deputy reeve fg oakes said he could talk on and on about the poor express service its so bad we ignore it he told council he said veterinarians used par cel post when they wanted some thing or bus service when in a hurry exceuent cnjt ser vice i know differently i tail to see how the reeve can support the cnjt dr oakes continued we are ignored the subject swung to a poss ible go service andthere was re cognition it could happen in ac ton since a survey was being made as far as guelph supporting bis negative stand on the resolution councillor ty ler said the people in tte cjlr have had their lingers rapped on subsidies they are trying to cut costs i can see their point bat feel they could update their me thods i could go on all nigbt ahoot due but i cant said councillor perry air mckenzle fired the last salvo in the round table discus sion which only councillor bui williams missed ha said the cnjl could keep their eyes on other progressive countries germany is considering having only trains carry freignt tracks on the highways are to be banned a