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Actonians meet candidates Monday STUDENT COUNCIL president Hnnk town with her husband constituents we to buy back tram the Wlsscnz had searching questions or Mr Kerr is Minister of the Environment West Incumbent the Hon Kerr Stall Photo Monday evening Mrs Kerr left was also in Staff photo SO nil lowered the vollntf line campaigning In town Monday who two weeks old Imp long th mother holds him dad In Nnely Seventh No ACTON ONTARIO TORf long way to no However lie gels of look from NDI Walltr councillor 1cUr Marks Staff photo Halton West trio speak on issues at forum Monday An Interested crowd of heard and questioned their three West candidates Monday night The high school auditorium was comfortably well filled and the audience seemed genuinely interested In the candidates and their platforms The Chamber of Commerce sponsored the event mi become traditional before election OF C president Roy Goodwin chaired the program through its formal guidelines while Alan Eastwood tended the microphone at the back of the hall for the questioners Friendly atmosphere Seated stiffly In a row on the platform all three candidates In their opening remarks made the atmosphere more Informal as they spoke very capably personally and directly referring to local as well as provincial issues Each had five minutes before questions from the floor answered by one or all three of the men Stop for TV Some partisan applause and a few calls from the audience showed some issues were hot ones However the question period was cut short since it was felt most would want to see the television debate between the three party leaders at 10 clock Coffee and doughnuts were served In the high school cafeteria by Mr and Mrs Alan and other C of members N D first Walter the candidate in lavender shirt and tic spoke first as drawn by lot The dominant issue is the election Itself he declared at the beginning People wanting a better Job done He referred to the tax load and the piecemeal changes which are Ineffectual The government failed to stop unemployment he asserted Seek alternatives He referred to the problem of mass transit and said no wing has been observed yet to improve mass transit He was dissatisfied the way the pits and quarries act has been left to cabinet regulation People are looking for alter natives he declared Member second The Hon George Kerr ProgressiveConservative Condi date and the present Halton West member of parliament rose second He spoke quickly covered much in his allotted five minutes He reviewed his stewardship the government accomplish ments No highway re surfaced from Georgetown then on to Rockwood and Guelph No 25 from Acton to eventually to No dredging of Fairy Lake Scotch Block dam for recreation as well as regulating water flow I have attempted to help people In various Work men compensation student awards program pensions widows allowances SWCrP Acton has Its fair share of these programs Tannery ahead The situation at the tannery seems worse that company Is under a ministerial order to install equipment they arc a little ahead of schedule and by January 1 1972 the work should be completed tertiary treatment plant was built with the assistance of the The new school board has worked out all right assists In the quality of education in Space is now being allocated In H C housing a condominium will be built here soon In public transportation the emphasis Is less on highways you II see more GO trains using the present track The escarp merit is no longer an issue money is allocated to purchase the other half The Bruce Trail will be protected there will be no further defacement Pollution- moving into noise air Boosts leader One of the main issues is Continued on Page STATION HOTEL S new Charles drinks for everyone of age from until presented a cheque for to Mrs then donated to the Cancer Society a cash Kay lac president of the Acton branch of th donation matching the cost of the drinks- Canadian Cancer Society Monday night As an Staff Photo opening night special Mr Gunta off ered free Meet the people Ionian met their candidate nduy And the candidates mrct people were In Aetna all noon and evening and AAll red plenty of ground both Villi I f job clone LIONS CLUB stole the show in this year s Acton Minor Baseball Association Tball league Team captain Mike Overland hoists the Lions Club trophy hi received from club president Art Gordon Sunday s minor in the community centre conch Jackson looks on proudly I or story and more pictures set the sports Staff Photo Want township farm stone for unique Founders Day cairn chairman of Nassagaweya Founders Day Committee presented an outline of his plans for the celebration to be held in May during a meeting Y programs underway All M C A programs are now go organizers happily this week Even the ladies slim and trim class which started out with almost no registration seems to be getting off the ground next week Last Friday boys and girls went to for swimming lessons Saturday morning 22 very enthusiastic girts began their program of crafts sports volleyball ping pong etc The boys club is underway but needs volunteers to help super or council in Monday said a cairn would be constructed with a stone from every farm in the township and stones from various parts of the world The plan is to have children representing various ethnic groups place the stone from the country they represent Stones from the farms would ensure complete involvement Mr said the pyramid styled caim will be placed in front of the towjiship hull and wilt commemorate the township history Members of council said they like the international flavor Mr and his committee had created in their efforts mimic centre after Ihe meeting Interview with the three will appear In weeks Free Press three plenty of ground physically and politically Questions bombarded all three Ihn ughi lit day and all Hirer wire ready with the answer bat kid up buttons and the sport of keen local organizers Hie I have a campaign r next to the bus Italian while the have set up shop In the former both much improved at Davis Jewellery store The New Democrats work from homes of party I lections signs are dotting lawns and buttons dot lapels Some signs carefully tacked no high can t be reached The three candidates were with the questions fluid them at the Robert Utile school Monday afternoon did some door knocking hod dinner here and then attended the Meet the Candidates night It was the first of five similar nights litis week for the trio Acton police and the C M P The local PC association hosted are still investigating a report the Hon Kerr and friends at the which caused some concern last Friday Utile school children old their teacher a man hod offered them tablets and said he would put some in a pop bottle In certain location down the rail road track A man was seen walking down the track a pop bottle was later found and the contents are being analysed Other information about the incident is still being followed up Paving project at tin Mill Park corner is The tract culled for rtiud widening paving new Ik and railings Appearance and safety ore Children report strange contact More money chairman was orgdni Originally the to Founders Day but he found council in a more generous mood last Monday and received to purchase a suitable bronze for the Mr Goutouskl said he would by police In their efforts to locate return with a more complete the man proposal and cost estimate within JO days He said a 25word essay rOflOfO contest for young people would be held and the winning essay would women were charged and be engraved on the plaque The summonsed to appear in court essay would deal with why the later this month following a youngster liked disturbance at 1 a Sunday and what the township meant to Hie two Acton residents weie the individual fighting at the Mill Main comer iff fee give more study revamping county council After about two hours of discussion at a special meeting of County CouncU Friday members turned back a report of special committee for further The committee was set up several months ago and the and Reeve Tom Hill report dealt with restructuring of of Esquesing objected to Four collisions unusual in week Four collisions were investigated by Acton detach of the 0 P P this week a higher than usual number September at a car driven by Doug Allan trailer was making onto Mill St Again at Mill and Maui a hit and run accident resulted in a charge being laid against an Acton area man Floyd Tucker county council committees If the report had been adopted it would have eliminated all but four of the 13 committees now In existence and cut the council representation at Children Aid Society meetings from six to three persons four Committees The various duties now dealt with by separate committees would be lumped under four broad titles Community services right turn would include work done by Board of Health and Social and Churchill S struck a hydro pole had an estimated damage to the rear of his car struck by the vehicle which drove away The incident happened at October 3 On October at 30 m cars driven by Glen White and Leslie were in collision at at the Mill and Park corner 30otBam at the Mill Main corner a tractortrailer driven by John Aylmer was in collision with the car driven by Dorson The car damage was the corner of Main and Church St estimated at The tractor Both cars were damaged Family Services Department while the Engineering and Works person Committee would combine Economic Development EMO Planning and Roads Committee number three would handle finance matters and matters dealing with the County Museum and the fourth committee would assume the responsibilities defined by legislation pertaining to county homes for the aged Reeve Mrs A recommendation calling for meetings to be held all day long twice a month They pointed out the difficulties they would have In arranging tune off work Bar too many Mrs MacArthur said that recommendation would bar all but the selfemployed sector of the population from running for county council It would eliminate a lot of gifted people from running for county unul they reached retirement age and that wasn the tune to get interested A professional person or a person in industry would not have a hope in the world of getting a full day off she said Currently committees meet in the afternoon once a month and ratify their business at one monthly council meeting Under the proposed arrangement committees would meet twice a month Their meetings would be held in the morning and the full council would sit the afternoon to act on recommendations More work The report on one hand recommends cutting the number of committees from to four to streamline the operation On the other hand they argue the county should assume responsibilities for children aid societies county fire and police departments waste disposal engineering planning and a county legal department Reeve Allan Masson said members would at some time in the futur have to accept the necessity of allday meetings especially if they were going to take over new responsibilities There is no way to continue afternoon sessions if we are going to increase our work loads Should be more Several members agreed the county should be pressing for more council members on the Children Aid Society rather than fewer as recommended Continued on Pag