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fjtfess ninetythird yevno 15 authorized ai second cuu mall by the poll ofllc dent ottawa for postage paid in caih at acton ontario acton ontario wednesday october 11 1967 eighteen pages ten certts countdown begins candidates ready for election day the provincial election campaign reached high pitch this week as six candidates in the halloo east and halton west ridings began the final countdown to election day next tuesday i on october 17 the 41841 voters in the halton west riding burlington nassagaweya acton and the top 10 lots in esqueslng township will be eligible to select a candidate from the three in the running mpp george a kerr the progressive conservative candidate is looking for a return trip to queens park and his opposition will come from liberal jack lush and new democratic party hopeful ted macdonald all three are burlington residents 45 years of marriage were celebrated by mr and aars william mino of eden mills a reception was held at their home on sunday staff photo eden mills couple mark 65th wedding anniversary mr and mrs william mlno eden mills held open house on sunday october 8 to celebrate thelr65ttr wedding anniversary with their family and friends they were married in rock- wood by the rev garnan in the then methodist church and farm ed in nassagaweya township for the first part of their married lite they have tour children three boys and one girl george tor onto nelson guelph bui mai- ton and margaret mrs sid barnes of carnarvon they have 14 grandchildren and 14gre at- grandchildren as well both are in good health mrs mino is still a member of eden mills presbyterian church lack ies aid and wils and attends the meetings in good weather and church on sunday mr mlno is quite active and traps in the winter and holds the job of roadforeman of the vill age congratulations have been re celved from her majesty queen elizabeth ii alfred hales mp premier johnrobarts of ontario prime minister lester pearson of canada and john root mp of wellington they have lived in eden mills for the past 43 years costs higher than estimates tow office renov stalle until written bid received in halton east 102 enumer ators registered over4000ovot- ers eligible to vote this is anew riding encompassing oakrvlue milton georgetown and the lower 22 lots in esqueslng township which was formed when the former halton county riding was split almost down the middle the candidates are ndp bill gillies of oakviue liberalroun skuce of oakviue and progress ive conservative jim snow of hornby to date the campaign has been fervent in both ridings social events rallies coffee parties and doortodoor canvassing for votes have featured the camp aigns all three parties have brought our their big guns to assist the party standardbear ers and in the past three weeks premier john robarts liberal leader robert nixon and ndp leader donald macdonald have visited municipalities in each of the ridings fall fairs and centen nial events have also been invaded by the politicians in an attempt to meet as many of the voters as possible phone for election results for uptotheminute pro a vlnclal election results next tuesday evening call the free press at 8532010 reporters stationed at halton east and halton west returning officers head- 4 quarters will be feeding the returns back to the acton come election day returning officers don mcmillan in halton west and allan masson in halton east will have their hands full mcmillans riding has 169 polling subdivisions and massons has 187 poll clerks and deputy re turning officers from all over the riding will be forwarding their poll re suits to the returning offic ers headquarters in burlington and oakviue polls will be from 9 aum to 8 pm dst in both ridings voters are eligible if they are 21 years of age a canadian cit izen or british subject has re sided in ontario for 12 months prior to election day and resided in the constituency on the date the election was called advance polls will be held this weekend thursday friday and saturday from 9 am to 6 pm and from 8 to 11 pm dst at various places throughout the two ridings for those who expect to be away on election day polls are located inconvenient places in each riding if you do not know where to vote contact the returning officer or your local candidate of his representatives for information meet your candidates want to see the halton west candidates ask them specific questions heir their platforms for the second time the chamber of commerce has arranged a meet the cand idates night for the benefit of actonlans the three halton west candidates incumbent george kerr liberal jack lush and ndp ted mac donald will all be c of c guests at the high school thursday evening chamber president paul nielsen will chair the pro gram whose framework consists of drawing names from a hat for order of tenminute speeches five minutes each for rebuttal and then questions from the floor timers wiu be john shadbolt and chris schuts arrangements proved complicated but at last the chamber was able to set a night that was open for all three men trespassing hunters plague area farmers one district family plagued for years by hunters who destroy their stock have finally blown their top 1 just had to tell somebody said mrs arthur brown rr 2 rockwood as she ruefully re called the grisly recorctoi idlls and thefts hunters and others have racked up at their farm since they nave lived there for six years they have had a series of unfortunate encounters which resulted in maiming death and theft of livestock and fish just last saturday morning a steer weighing between 800 and 900 pounds was discovered to be car chased charge laid a high speed chase saturday oct 7 resulted in a charge of careless driving laid against an acton district man actonopp saw the car proceeded erractl- cally and gave chase until the car spun out of control at the corner of 22 side road and es- queslngnassagaweya town line the charge was laid about 1230 am councillor charlie perry told council at their regular meeting last night tuesday that the pro posed town office renovations at the ymxa were currently at a standstill council rejected two bids from contractors at the last meeting astoo high and a local contract or was contacted to see if he could construct the proposed ad dition at a price more in line with the architects estimate mr perry said the architect clerk and be had met to discuss a bid from mr reimer but in order to cut costs too many nec essary items were being elimin ated the three met again but since no written revised bid was submitted natters were at a standstill councillor ted tyler asked if any report was received from the architect about the feasibility of the town hall being used i want to know if the town hall is structurally sound said mr tyler who still would like coun cil to consider constructing of fices in the old red brick build ing councillor perry told council if they were considering the idea it would require full scale plans not a quick inspection by the architect he could tell us after half a day inspection said mr tyler councillor bob drinkwalter agreed id hate to see our original plan abandoned tut would lilce to see if this building is good for anything observed councillor earl masales mayor duby felt the architect wouldnt bind his decision on ob servation but would require an engineers opinion as well he reminded council a change of plans would waste money and time after council was well on the road to getting renovations established and milton newspaper off ices pous in both ridings close at 8 pm and the first 4 returns are expected about 830 pm the telephone service will continue until 11 pm or later if necess- ary dr harry harley transport minister paul hell- yer prodded by halton mp hai ry harley wants a full report from the canadian transporta tion commission on the closing of the acton cnr station hes written to the commission asking for a report on closing the acton station and others on thecmr unejn thec strict j his request followed one from halton mp dr harley who for- warded letters to both the mini ster oi transport and to cnr president nj macmulan asking for a transportation study in acton no word has yet been received but normal procedure in these transport minister asks full report closing station cases is for the request to go to the regional vice president for a report in this case the vice president is in toronto and his report would go back to mr macmulan in montreal before dr harley receives a reply dr harley hopes that a hear ing before the board oftrans- port commissioners can take despite efforts by the railway to spell out what they call advan tages to the plan of a master agency objections are being re gistered from members of par liament councils and candidates in the provincial election all three candidates in halton west opposed the move and promised local officials they would do all place before they start shutting fittheir powerlo block tit down the acton station however transport minister paul hell this is due to start november 6 when accounting procedure will be taken out acton council has sent a letter protesting the closing although they have not yet been officially notified of it no parking resolution passed for elgin agnes a long discussion onarpr- posed no parking bylaw aimed specifically at elgin and wiuow sts finally culminated in a reso lution at last night s regular meeting of council the matter was left over from the last meeting when a dis cussion resulted in the proposal being sent back to committee for picked wrong sale subject a transient wto made the mis take of trying to sell an acton man his own raior was charged with possession of stolen goods on tuesday evening the acton man reported another man had tried to sell him a 50 razor which had been stolen from him in the first place when the charge was laid ag ainst the man vno had no fixed address he was lodged in halton county jail and will appear in court oct 16 further study the resolution adopted reads 1 no parking at any time on the east side of elgin st from church st to agnes st 2 no parking on the east side of elgin st from agnes st 3 no parking from 6 am to 6 pm on the west side of elginst from church st to a point 60 ft north of agnes st except satur days sundays and holidays 4 no parking on the west side of elgin st from agnes st to the beardmore gates except on sat urdays sundays and holidays 5 no parking at any time on the west side of elgin st from a point 60 feet north of agnes st to agnes st 6 no parking at any time on the south side of agnes street from frederick st to john st 7 no parking at any time on the north side of agnes st from frederick st to a point 90 feet west of elgin st discussion and resolutions on agnes and willow sts was trig- continuta on rage 7 yer is specially concernedhalton west liberal association presi dent frank herman told the free press he got full details of the acton case from liberal head quarters tn burlington mr hell yer said the outcome of a hearing would depend to a large extent on the amount of opposition raised to closing of the service here it is difficult for representatives to present a strong case unless theyre back ed by the citizens of the area involved agents or operators at the stations to be closed will re main for tbe experimental per iod although they will not per form any function if the master plan works tbe cnr will apply to the transport commission for permission to continue and the agent or operator will leave this 1 1b rainbow trout pulled from the waters of the nottawasaga river thanksgiving day by 16yearold high school student john courtney took only about 20 minutes to net john can hold the huge rainbow nonchalantly now but was plenty excited about his catch monday the fish measured 30 inches in length john would like to have the lunker mounted but will eat it and depend on photos to show his angling skill staff photo still investigate hit run accident local police are still investi gating a hitandrun accident which occurred at 1235 am saturday october 7 albert win ters 41 llalnt st was backing his car out from his driveway when it was struck by a south bound car which went out of con trol the driver of the unidenti fied car stopped for a few mom ents and then left damage estimated at 250 was all to the winters car and mr winters suffered scalp lacerations so injured by gun pellets it had to be destroyed last week a man and his young son shot three ducks in the duck pond not wild ducks but white pekin farm ducks when mrs brown remonstrated with the men at her back door they ans wered her most rudely claiming they had duly bought their hunt ing licenses and were entitled to their ducks after they belt she bunted for their car but of course was un able to locate them to get the license number its the license number that the milton district opp have asked for everytime the browns have reported an incident at the farm to them they can do noth ing without proof and evidence every year ducks are shot from the duck pood in the past three years 42 pigs have been lost they have seen people steal them hive seen the footprints they have a stocked pond where they and their children like to fish every year at night unwanted callers come unan nounced to fish there too during the hunting season the parents are afraid to let their three children play outdoors on their own property with hunters trespassing the property has warning signs which are simply disregarded by some thin of the injured steer mrs brown said there are honest accidents so why not come and tell the owners my husband loves to go hunting him self most people would give them the benefit of tbe doubt when they wont come in it makes you furious methods of solving the problem suggested just dont appeal to the browns they already have a dog but hes not vicious enough to frighten off trespassers loose dogs have also counted up a very bad record of deaths of tbe farm shooting at the trespassers isr a resort they arent anxious to reach just what solution is there to the problem the free press would be in terested to bear of similar in cidents of hunters failing to ask permission fcefore coming on private property three injured in accident on sunday three people were treated in hospital for injuries following an accident on westcott road at 640 pm sunday oct 8 mrs christine stevenson 16 boseford terrace was driving their 1966 volkswag en with neighbour children westbound on we stcott road when the car left the road and struck a concrete culvert mrs stevenson is still in guelpo general hospital with se vere lace rati cms to her left knee and bead the two children who were both injured were releasadfxom hospital deborah mcdonald 10 received facial injuries and her brother brian mcdonald seven had facial lace rattans a fractur ed jaw and broken teeth bona live at 49 rosfiford terrace the volkswagens damage was estimated at 350