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One Hundred and Second Year No ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY JUNE 8 Thirty Six PagesFifteen Cents Anyones ball ga Three parties anticipate heavy turnout SURPRISE PRESENTATION of an Acton high school athletic sweater was made to Mexican student Alex Guereca Thursday Stones and more pictures pages and Bl Acton Wood Products sold Wood Products may be sold by the end of tin week according toa company official The official plant minagtr Jim Pcttitt slid lut the ownership is being transferred He could not just jet iccal the name of the proposed Wood Products located it St has been m business since It makes wood skids and ton tamers About a dozen employees the plant Mr Pel litis Six named to committee Councillors Monday unanimously and without comment accepted of to sit on a committee l in vesicate fund raising and phnnmg for the future of town hall in Acton Named to the committee are Elliott Louis Charlebois Yvonne Dout reid Fred Allen Jr represenling students and II I Davidson representing the Golden At Club Council will ilson inn others to this commit tec The to add a limitless number in teres ted people toils roster Bike riders sell ice cream bars There a strange new sight it Ihcy sell so the hardei Ml three men seeking lion to Queen Park are optimistic about the results of thi provincial election in llalton Burlington All three feel they have been received well both at meet the date meetings and in the door to door canvassing But no one is predicting a for my candidate bach of the three candidates commented on the election and the outcome during interviews this week Incumbent 1 Julian said he is cautiously optimistic the outcome of the election I still running is if I were votes behind I continue to do thit until election day The most evident part of story is the number of lories who have come to our office with donations and offers of support liccd said Heed said he initially inter this as an or protondidalt lion but that more recently there have been many remarks favoring Liberal leader Smith s strong economic line and questions about the necessity of the lection how he d perceived his reception at the meet the fates meeting Reed sud he hod learned quickly hit ine meetings were often filled with committed voters 11 is like you end up preaching to the con I II wait and let the topic say if I got my points or not lory Candidate George ray he felt he had been well received by the people in his and at meet tht meetings Gray feels he has well received he t over confident of a win tomorrow night Ik said he felt leadership and job pros have been the key issues Gray his been criticized publicly for trying to take credit for job creation and or getting a new school addition approved in Milton He said that as soon as he put his name forward for public office he was prepared to accept criticism from the masses and in the press candidate Bill John son said I can only feel optimistic I got people knocking on doors for me That a big difference from the last lime out in 1975 when I d be fortunate to have had 15 people actively working for The rccepUon at the doors has been nothing short of fantastic This election is anybody gome Johnson describes himself as an activist and takes in being a scrapper He feels this will work in his favor Tones and Liberals come lo me for help when they need it think they II realize I can do more for them at Queen Pork than as an ordinary He said there were new voters in the riding and many of them come from rid where they ve been well served by members On the day after the school protest in Milton we keep up with the request for signs People have actually said they are reluctant vote NDP but this time they II vote for the man Johnson said Last lime out won the riding for the Liberals for the first time in many years He defeated Tory Gary Dawkins to 10 Johnson polled a respectable 507 in that election All three campaign man are looking for a heavy turnout at the polls tomorrow NDP Bill said he expected an increase in Ihe percentage of eligible voters who will vole A real good turnout is not generally good for the incum bent People don t vote dates in they vote out High turnouts usually disatisfied people who want to make a change sold Liberal campaign manager Laurie said he too is anticipating a fairly heavy vote I vc got the impression there arc a lot of people with something to say and they will say it at he ballot box He said he felt the number of local issues spotted throughout the riding would contribute to a heavy vote tomorrow Questioned about how this would affect the incumbent member Mr Reed said I think the heavy might be bad for the incumbent government rather than the incumbent member There are so many people con corned about problems and there are so many issues working in the direction against Ihe government he Tory manager Doc Russell said he too felt there would be a high vote He said his had ndnated that there are an high number of uncommitted voters He acknowledged that this might be the reluctance of pcoplt lo discuss their vote with a He said he felt the interest in the election v is growing the time rolls on and indicated that the Quebec crisis had sened to make people more aware of politics He suggested lhal in a ing where so many people are commuters It is difficult to get hem fired up about local issues Return ng officer Roy Coulter reports a slightly lower turnout at the advance poll this year compared to last year some people attribute that to the lhal there were three days for Ihe advance poll last election and only two this time MASTER OF CEREMONIES George Day ad cubs guides brownies baseball and soccer dressed the crowd at the official opening of the along with other youth organizations had rep- Sports Centre last Saturday Scouts there See Rockwood news Back to Acton days set for long weekend Back to Acton Days will be celebrated in lown on the July 1 weekend with restoration of the hall as its special theme Plans were discussed Wednesday night in Ihe fire hall at a general meeting of the Business Association attended by about people There will be activities an Thursday June 30 Friday July 1 and Saturday July Committee chairman Wayne Ruse explained to his fellow merchants that the group was anxious to get some kind of promotion before the main holiday season began They Kid waiting till the fall but felt it was import int to do something as a group now There was a lot of discus sion about whether include the holiday Friday in the plans This and several other aspects of the celeb r a were to be left with the to decide Close street It was hoped that Mill St could be closed off for the around town lately which delights the children and many adults Its the Dickie ice cream bicycle selling various assortments of ice cream bars There ire two such bicycles around origin from the home of Sandra of Churchill lid N The ide wis first planted in her mind by girlfriend in who con vmced her to into the bus mess Mrs Spiten said she thought it was a good way for her sons to earn some pocket money keep out of trouble There are four boys regularly covering the two routes in town with four other semi regular boys The workers gel they work the more money they make The hikes hive Ihrto wheels one at the bick and two it the front supporting a big freezer type of box which holds the ice cream bars There arc ilso hells m on the steering wheel for the boys to ring the present time the ircworknt school weekends only However once summer his started they will be out in shifts all day lone in the evening by Mrs to sell Ice cream art John and Vince Jim Allonby George and Peter Mike Collins Slice back off stage for fire hall addition JOHN AND VINCE Spiten are two of the several boys seen around town lately riding three wheel bicycles and selling icecream The back part of the town hall stage will in all likelihood come off to make room for the required expansion of the fire hall At an amicable meeting representatives of the firefighters councillors and town hall committee met with engineer Allan to discuss the fire hall situatuon It was agreed that the back of the stage portion would be sacrificed but the front facade of the stage would remain The depth of the stage will be cut from about 14 feet to three feet George Elliott asked the en about the possibility of rebuilding if the fire hall should removed from Its present location even lually The engineer said an addition could be added to the town hall in years to come which could better fact II ties for a stage than there are now The facade of the stage cannot be removed since it is a bearing wall Mr drawings show fire hall windows which will match those of the adjoining town hall He will attempt use the same kind of brick for the fire hall When the new building is roofed it was agreed Ihe town hall would likely be done at the same time Attending the meeting Monday were Ire chief Mick Holmes councillors Peter Marks and Russell Miller George Elliott Louis Charlebois Yvonne Rosen Doug Bert Interested people unable to attend were Fred Allen and Betty Eastwood The engineer will proceed to prepare working drawings for the whole project On their second floor the firefighters will have a practice room lounge men and women washrooms and bar All of the downstairs will be needed for equipment Mr Elliott enquired about the two halls sharing kitchens and washrooms Mr said this would be Impossible since there must be a firewall between the two sections impermeable to fire and gasses A solid partition will be erected at the buck of the fire hall which will act as a firewall One fire exit would be shared between the two parts of the building Mr could be made for joint plumbing when the new wash rooms arc installed In the up stairs of the fire hall He also said Ihe floor load should be increased in the town hall with a steel beam extending the width of the building He said white was his estimate for bringing the building up to standard com restoration would cost more The meeting was held in the town offices on Mill St Both councillors and town hall sup porters reported general agreement and satisfaction A feasibility study for town hall financing will likely be prepared No town for sergeants Actons police office no longer has a sergeant in charge Sergeant Richard Hilton put m his last day here and he has been transferred lo Sgt Hilton tour here lasted a year Hilton Regional Police Chief Ken con Hilton s move in a telephone interview this morning Constable Rod Donaldson will be the station duty officer Chief said Const Donaldson has the same tasks us except for supervision thechief The change of officers mean anything to tht polite department Chief slid lis just a transfer of bodies permanent Actons administrative detail will be done in Georgetown Supennltndtnt said Tuesday Asked if Ihe change of officers could be seen as a first step in closing Ihe police office in town Chief Skerrclt said No we re looking for anothtr office As soon as people in Acton make up Ihcir minds as lo what they re going lo do with that other building on Willow Street we II be able tell you who we re going lo do Sgt Hilton worked in before his transfer here in June of I ist year Staff Ward was the first take charge of the Willow Street office iftt r the moved in September of 1975 Sgl Ward was here for about nine months I Back to Acton Days all the way from Canadian Tire Marilyns Village Boutique corner to the Mill Main corner The committee hoped to have part of Willow blocked to traffic They hud been told the matter of closing of the street was quite feasible It had been blocked off for so long already a couple of days probably wouldn matter much to traffic flow It had also been hoped that the Mill paving would be done buy then this possibility was growing more and more remote each day Town hall Two per cent of the gross sales for the Thursday and Saturday will be given to a fund for Ihe restoration of the town hall Since the town hall is the hottest issue in Acton these days the committee decided to choose it as a theme for their promotion Merchants agreed the theme does not necessarily mean everyone personally favors the project There will likely be draws games music and booths selling all sorts of items out on the street during the special days On the Sunday the fire fighters are having their annual display and fireworks at the park Paul Nielsen reminded the merchants the Chamber of Commerce has offered a prize for the person with the closest guess to the time the last paving is done A lottery license has been applied Tor and the mer chants ire making plans for an advertising flyer Close streets for celebration Mill Street between Fellow Street and Main Street and Willow Street from Mill lo Bower will be closed to traffic June July and July 2 to permit a downtown tion of Back to Acton Days Hills council raised no objection to the street closing but suggested the Councillor Duby said he hoped there would not be con flict with the construction in the area Councillor Mike Armstrong said it should be completed by the time of the Acton cele bration Try other media on election night The Free Press will not be supplying an election night phone service Burlington results 9hould be available easily on radio and television tomorrow evening Next week we will have complete poll by poll results in the paper plus stories and pictures taken by our staff TWO ACTONIANS were among the 21 in receiving Halton Hills Recognition Certificates Thursday in Georgetown Kevin Parker was National 1976 champion Novice Mens Figure Skating while Nancy Wong was 1976 Ontario free throw champion This the first year the certificates have been awarded