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investigate closing of acton cn station mam a k li 1l1 atfli a j 111 1 t tin a 1 m a fot l4 f a4 ava vtu4 vfffva u k1 a threeman commute has been formed to investigate the closing of actons cn station charles leatherund qc paul nielsen and councillor gw mckencle are to compile specific data that can be used t the expected bearing sometime next month the committee was appointed at a public meeting in council chambers mon day night during whlch26 peopiemany of them council members voiced their opinions bill mldcfleloo expressed his view thai while he railroad station used to be the centre hf the community things h changed 1 just ante down to hero vfw hasp xour chin dp hut i think the hays air down be said im sorry sboul it charles teatherland disagreed xs chairman of the acton development com mission he felt a bit can be done about it the people want to do it and industry wants wdott however it appeared that industry is not too concerned divid undsar s the only industrial representative at the meeting he ex pressed concern for the inconvenience of shipping under the present conditions its an awfully poor outfit that cant keep one man there he said dr oakes agreed with mr lindsay he stated that under the present system the express service is so poor that he has had to forget about it and deliver his shipments of blood to guelph in person he was backed ip by mr nielsen i had ah air express parcel which left mont- tea friday at two in the afternoon it used to be a ithour service nd 11 was a snjt for a groom on saturday i didnt get it until tuesday centralized sendee deteriorates commented mr- drinkwalter industry lnierekiediq moving to looks at the rail service when they see it practically ail hey have second thoughts about it bert hlnton disagreed that service was poorer he felt the cn bad acted with agreaf deal of courage they tan deal with s whole area trf trains that for merly were beyond the- responsibility of the local official we are getting very efficient truck service from guelph we have to be fair about it i think industry lsnt here- because they are being treated so well he said he gets better service if the truck picks freight up it his door in the morning and has it on the train in guelph by afterifoon than he did driving it him self to the acton station there is no drop in service because of personal ser vice built up with the truckers mr nielsen added we are dealing not only from the standpoint of industry but also from a citizens standpjht however he admitted that industry u ultimately decide the fae of the station maydr duby mentioned that trrree other small stations had succeeded in bucking the cn by public pressure but their survival was uncertain mr nielsen tell that the cn had in otfect said to acton we aregoing to run this railroad he mbst economical way possible and we arenottnterestedlrthowmxichmanuy you are making ho fot that the tnefejittg should decldejf they want to try to keep the station or not then form a committee industry wont come to a meeting and the cn wont tell you why hey are doing it a committee of rlh cari look into it white a meeting cannot n ted tyler jr stressed that his remarks were not personal he is part of one of actons major trucking firms compet ition never hurt anyone what helps acton helps me he said then he added they are not tearing up the line here but are merely reorganising the system he drew a comparison to pants in nielsens store saying that if a zl inch knee wasnt selling he would ship it out and bring in a 19 inch knee its the atne thine wlh the railroad youve got o have tonnage reports passenger pledges and a transpqrt lawyer if vou wan to get anywhere mr teathernuid admitted hat industry hid not boen specltllly invited o the meeting or any definite figures obtained from theni a questionnaire hid been sent out by the chamber of commerce last wd- nesday but the results are notyetkhownno brief has been prepared it was agreed hat a transport lawyer would be cosily but the matter would be suggested to council mr hlnton said he was getting a rash from the thought of he expense mayor duby was quite satisfied with he turn out of interested citizens he felt that industry was not there because they had been able to set up alternative methods of shipping by truck that was satisfactory however be stressed that now the most obvious interest of the individual in acton is hat the station should be kept open in the view of easing the load on the public wehwav system through a commuter train set up the route down kitchener- waterlootoronto is a natural future ueed will justify actloii today the growth of our towb indicates ibat future residents will include more commuters to metro t he feels that the fastest way to solvethei transportation problem is to use the rail facilities that are already here industry he felt would bring about its own pressures for adequate service em- ergericy small freight could be shipped by a transit system to and from acton in much the same way lbs buses do bow the threeman commutes is to report their findings in council and it will hen be mads public the last chance for present ation will be at the board of transport hearing nextmonth the actual date has not yet been set iniiittiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiwaswas bless them all the possibility of at least two subdivisions being built in acton with small plazas adjoining in duced reeve h hlnton to reg ister his objection to piecemeal commercial building at the last meeting of council councillor ted tyler found the reovos stand amusing i suggested this could happen some time ago when i suggested a mall for the business section and the reeve was the first one against it mused mr tyler now hes changed his mind nevertheless councillor ty ler continued its time to get cracking about doing something on main st iiiiimuiiiiimutuinmnimmiimummiuiuiiiuuuuiiln asasssaiiii cookie day best yet raise 93 considered the most success ful to date guide brownie and ranger cookie day on saturday raised 93 to be divided among the four groups there were b40 boxes of cook ies sold saturday morning and this is the first year all the cookies were sold so promptly acton was in fact lucky to even receive iho full order of cookies since other nearby towns orders couldnt be com pletely tilled phono calls for more cookies couldnt turn up an extra crumb in the district there wore over 60 girls tak ing part and some had nonmem ber friends along with hem knocking on doors thej were surprised his year that at some homes as many as half a dozen boxes were sold cookie day is he annual fund- raising project or the girls thank you acton for a very successful cookie day mrs ginger exclaimed she expressed special thanks o drivers who safely shepherded the brownies guides and rangers along the highway routes r l students marathon this saturday to raise money for the red cross 80 eager public school pupils are undertaking their own walkathon this saturday theyre starting out from here at 530 am to begin the daylong 30 mile stroll from beyond fergus o acton joining he rl grades 6 7 and 8 students who wish togoare torn nigh school students and a few uz bennett students ml as donna riseborough and her student organizers held a wry successful walk last year from orufeviue to acton this one is just three miles further and the youngsters are keen to prov they can do it parents are lining up car pools and rest centres the boys and girls hav contacted their own sponsors to pay a set aim a mils some have multiple spon sors to add to the total the walkers will coma by tht sband dam down to highway 14 along to oaprtnge and down lbs second lint to acton ht ninety third yoar no 45 cton mftt acton ontario wednesday may 8 1968 oii ft sicinl cijuj mill lw tin im owic tw pnoi in pii id hi ctiiri iti arloti ontario eighteen pages ten cents nassagaweya tax rate increases 1018 mills ceumayino his nomination as n d p standard bearer murray kernighan posos with his wife muriel and daughter ruth after winning the nomination by acclamation friday night staff photo milton businessman a mill rate increase ranging from 10 to is mills doponding on location of properties and services provided will mean a hefty increase in axes for residents of nassagaweya town ship his year residential and farm mill rales will rise anywhere from 10 to 16 mills while commercial and in dustrial rales will be hiked from 11 to 18 mills council on mon day reviewed the finance com mittees rate forecast and adopt ed 11 without change the pro posals are expected to be ratified by a bylaw covering expendi tures and the mill rates at the next council mooting a rising education budgot is blamed for a large share of the increase although increased ex penditures are noted fn other areas oo this yoar the town ships public school trustcosplan to spend a record 387607 this m kernighan for ndp murray s kernighan of milton won the ndp nomination for halton unopposed at the nominat ing meeting friday night in mil ton it will be mr kornlghans fourth try at federal politics he ran in halton in 106s and for the ccf in west york in 1015 and 1949 thefaher of throe he gradua ted from university of toronto in chemical engineering and has owned and managed a chemical firm in milton for 19 years he is a former chairman of the chamber of commerce served on school board for eight years and planning board for five years before resigning last year inflation shortage of housing division of responsibilities be tween the dominion and the prov inces foreign ownership of in dustry inequalities in taxation and the lack of medicare are issues ranking of importance in the ndp condldates mind he criticized both liberals and conservatives for lack of action on medicare which lie said has been an issue in every election since 1919 he criticized past governments tor allowing canada to become the hewers of wood and drawers of water he proposed to bu canada back and save an esti mated 750000000 a year which is lost due to foreign investment mr kernighan charged the government had been wasting time on elections and putting politics ahead of the business of the country he pointed out this would be the sixth election in 11 years guest speaker was mp for lakeshore riding pat lawlor who told the meeting he had beaten the popular allan eagleson not by personality butbv slugging and knocking on doors mr lawor told of how he with mp morton shulman tour- record isquesing building permits over million dollar mark building permits in esqueslng township went over the million dollar mark in the month of april a record for one month said township officials largest figure of the 59 per mits issued by building inspector tom mclean was for a kroh nert factory which will manu facture stainless steel tanks on lot one fourth concession for 56000 most of the rest were for now residences with garages ranging in price from 13000 to 31000 coy cartas of acton was is sued a permit to build a garage at a proposed cost of 30500 on lot 39 second concession council viewed the spring building rush with some alarm and discussed trends in other townships to slow down the num ber of houses being built which in turn was rilling up schools some townships they were told allowed 10 acre lots but forbade building on them it is much iafer to limit your sped than to speed your limit ed the various institutions in the country and how they would con tinue to visit iho nursing homes jzilsjjroformatories and similar institutions to got the information first hand and encourage legis lation he criticized the facilities at guelph reformatory and said it is a reformatory where nobody has a chance to reform and then is no hope for change under the present regime the speaker classed prime minister trudeau as a phenom enon with brains a certain style and although he was never act ually in the ndp he did write for the party he is an unknown quantity lawlor said he went on to predict bitter ness and division in the liberal party which he bulleveshasledto recent resignations lewlor said sharp and hell- yer will tie trudeaus hands and elliot will fiddle addle he is just a swinging mackenzle king the speaker charged trudeau did not act on the capital gains issue and he should have the workman in the 9000- 10000 income is carrying society he said and the big business con tinues to find loopholes and pay little income tax when hewasftnished brandish ing the liberals the speaker still had a few words for the tories the conservative leader would be a fool to go on tele vision he has never said a pithy thing and ts not aware of the issues he charged he pictured stanileld as an interim caretaker for roberts the great white father he predicted the nd p would galnun metro toronto and would hold in manitoba andbritlshcol- umbla but quebec was the big problem yoar up nearly 100000 over their 19g7 total and debenture payments have moro than doubled to a 1968 total of 49840 while he described it as a bare bones budget the town- ships general expenditures have also risen about wo mills reove coulter pointed out council faces increased staff salaries 1400 for moffat street lights 1000 for storm drains at he township office building and 8- 000 extra his year for the plan ning board among other smaller increases across the board tho township mill rates will produce a total of 396573 for 1968 this is broken down as follows county of hallonm625 town ship general rale 37417 own- ship roads 52108 acton high school 21681 milton high school 07813 public school 166472 eden mills police vil lage 1540 campbollvlue police village 2801 acton fire area board 3287 milton fire area 955 while ho school boards de mand on he township council is up ii could have been 20000 higher the council look 15000 from its own capital reservo fund to help pay off a 17854 shortage on last yoars addition to brook- vlllo school and tho school board cut 5000 from its goneral ex penses in order to keep tho mill rate increase to a minimum councillors noted the major school incroasos wore a 60000 increase tor instruction staff caused by iho addition of nine now teachers last fall nine- twelfths of whose salary comes due in 1968 a 10000 increase in instructional supplies which includes a library oxpansionpro- gram and a 4000 increase in transportation costs we are treading on dangor- ous ground by cutting tho school board warned the reove he said the rising school costs wore due to the boom in housing in the township and tho ond was notyot in sight he noted thore wero 16 new homes started in nassaga weya last month alone and he township already has 334 child ren four years of age and under he noted about 106 of these will burning engine doused by brigade whon a 64 volkswagen back fired and us engine look fire tho fire brigade was called on saturday afternoon to the corner of john and mill to extinguish the flames tho car owned by william dobblo sr of r r 2 acton was driven by william dobblo jr curious shoppers and hordes of children surrounded ho car and fire truck to watch tho in cident bo of school ago noxt yoar so wo can look forward to further increases in the cost of educa tion the school costs accounted for about seven mills of the across- theboard increase in thlsyears mill ratos provincial shelter grants aro expected o absorb about one- half he expected increase in taxes tho shelter grant isestl- mated at 3082 in the milton end of nassagaweya 3051 at the acton end based on an aver- ago residential assessment of 4000 council agreed o call he ax es duo on october 15 with a two per cont discount if paid in full by august 2 one per cent by september 16 a three per cent penalty will be added october 16 on overdue taxos and lntoresi at the rato of wo thirds of one per cent per month wlu be added al the ond of the year for next yoar council is studying a twopayment basis with an interim billing probably to fall duo in may and the final payment due in september councillors praised finance chairman mrs anna macarthur and her committee for he work hey put into preparing he bud get the bylaw establishing the rates will be passed onellher may 13 or 21 barbara mcintosh new reporter at free press barbara mcintosh this week joined the news staff of the aeton freo press as a reporterphoto grapher miss mcintosh is a graduate of he hree year course in journ alism at ryerson polytechnic institute in toronto and a native of brighton ont editor hartley coles in wel coming miss mcintosh lo the staff noted it was a step in the program to expand news and feature coverage of the areas surrounding he own as well as covering in depth the news of the community at ryerson miss mcintosh ser ved on the daily ryersonlan stiff with particular emphasis on fea tures and entertainment report ing mr coles expressed the hope miss mcintosh would receive the cooperation of officials and those she contacts in her news gathering tobecome familiar with the town and area may have staggered classes until mz b addition done staggered classes are a dis tinct possibility for the m z bennett school in september to accommodate the extra pupils until he new addition is com pleted in december principal elmer smith suggested some staggered classes as the best solution he made his proposal o the school board at their regular meeting tuesday in the robert little school he discarded temporary mea- rotations hear political talk receive it with great mirth no visitors were present tut 22 rotarlans attended tuesdays meeting of acton rotary club at the station hotel keeping he club in the attendance competition with the georgetown club which ha a 954 per cent average gord mckeown reported 50 couples had already bought tick ets for fridays dance at the music centre goal is 60 rot- tartans ron lewis and dave util es are tied for selling tht great est number of tickets the e c storey trophy forthe club with the best attendance at meeting was received by the acton club tuesday and it will be hung with pride in he hotel the acton club and secretary also received honorable mention in the district newa utter for keeping the entire rotary district of 77 clubs wall informed on developments here andy uckenzle stood up to de liver what he considered a hum orous political report it was duly received with great mirth rotary club signs on actons boundaries are to be brightened up the club decided a letter was received from poona india asking for technical help and fin ancial aid the area is suffering from the effects of a severe earthquake the regular meeting adjourned early so outgoing and incoming directors could meet jointly sures such as church basements or doubling up of classes with staggered classes students would have the same teachers all year and would almply change school hours and rooms whenthe addition is done he expecta 15 classes in 12 classrooms for three months he recommended the stagger ed classes for the grades six aeven and eight taachers con cerned are willing o teach the unusual hours which might be involved boundary changes might be made in september to avoid changes later im thinking in terms of the least disruption to the children mr smith ex plained no decision is made yet an accident in the school gym whaq a girls wrist was brok en was discussed board mem ban reviewed that even if the school nurse had been there khe would have referred an accident to the family doctor area sup erintendent mcneil said there is nothing laid down about a teacher having st john ambul ance training some teachers do have the training mr mckenzle had been in contact with the parents ha reviewed he usual procedure in which records are kept the home contacted and a ride pro vided lo the home or doctor he added that the physical educa tion supervisor warned him ac cidents could be expected mr mckenzie said one day when four teachers were 111 and he couldnf locate enough sub stitutes ulu jane wong a high school student who hopes to take teachers raining successfully took over one of the classes the interim board of educa tion has set up advisory com mittees and principal uckauie la to attend a meeting oo pro grams subjects and special ser vices two bats have appeared in the atone school the batman who guaranteed his extermina tion last time is to be contacted trustee vie briatow question ed be distance of the robert uttla marathon walk the high ways concerned and be fact the children would be walking after rtark following a conference comlautd oa pun 11