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investigate closing of acton cn station a threeman committee has been formed to investigate the closing of actons cn station charles lestherund qc paul nielsen and councillor gw mckenxle are to compile specific data that can be used at the expected hearing sometime next month the committee was appointed at a public meeting in council chambers mon- day night during which 6 people ms f them- dolncir members voiced their opinions bill mlddleton expressed- his view that while the railroad station ose tote the centre of the community things have changed i lust esime- down- teibetov keep your chin up hut i think the- hays jau dowij said im sorry about itr v charles xeatherund disagreed as chairman of the acton development com- mission be felt a lot can be done about it the people- want to do it and industry wants to dolt howeverit appeared that industry is not too concerned david lindsay was 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 be 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 rorget about it and deliver his shipments of blood to guelph jin person he was backed up by mr nielsen i had in sir express parcel which left montr iceal friday at two in tne afternoon tt used to be a 16hour service and it was a suit for a groomon saturday i didnl get if until tuesday centralised service deteriorates commented mr brinkwilter industry interested in moving loj looks av the rail j service when tbey see ft practically nil they have second thoughts about it bdrt hinton disagreed that service was poorer he felt the cnhad acted with a great feat of courage they can deal with a whole ires of trains that forr merly were beyond the responsibility of the local official vie are getting very efficient truck service from guelplr we have to be fair about it i think industry isnt here because they are being treated so well he said he gets better service if the truck picks freight up at his door in the morning and has it on the train in guelph by afternoon 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 standpoint howew he admitted that industry witt ultimaietvjdeclde he tale of the station mayor duby mentioned that three other small stations had succeeded in bucldngthe cfjby public pressure but their suvivsr- was uncertain- w mr nielsen felt that the cn hacfln effect field to acton we are gelngfo run this railroad thinostecpnoihlcal way possible and we f notlnteredpd in how much money yousremakingi he felt that the meetingsdiould decide if they want tp try tokeep the station or not therrform a committed- industry wont come o a meeting- and the cn wont tell you why they are doing it a committee of cihpnis can- look into it while a meeting cannot 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 be 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 21 inch knee wasnt selling he would ship it out and bring in a 19 lnph knee its the rpe thing with the railroad youve got id have tonnage reports passenger pledges and s transport lawyer if youwanl target anywhbre mr leatherlandadmllfed tliat industry had- not been specifically rnvitvd jo the meeting or shy definite figures obtained 1 from them a questionnaire bid been sent out by the chamber of commerce lsst wed- nesday but the results are notyetknowhnct brief hs beeri prepared l was agreed that a transport lawyer would be costly but the matter would te suggested to council- mr hinton said he was getting a rash from the thought of the expense msyor duby was quite satisfied with the turn out of interested dtlsens 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 that the station should be kept open in the view of easing unload on the public wrtwav system through commuter train np the route down kttchener- waterlootoronto is a natural eufire need will justify aotion today the growth of our town indiestesthajfuture residents will include mora commuters 0 -metro- he feels that the fastest way to scjve foe- transportation problem is to use the raj facilitiesthsl are already here industry he felt would bring about its own pressures for adequate service em- ergency small freight could be shipped by a transit system to and from acton in much the asme way the buses do now the threemas committee is to report their findings to council and it will then be made public the lut chance for present ation will be at the board of transport hearing next month the actual date has not yet been set rtiiumimmi bless them all the possibility of at least two subdivisions being built inact on with small plazas adjoining in- duced reeve h hinton to reg- lsier his objection to piecemeal commercial building at the last meeting of council councillor ted tyler found the reeves 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 mow hes changed his mind nevertheless councillor ty ler continued its time to get cracking about doing something on main st cookie day best yet raise 93 considered the most success ful to date guide brownie and ranger cookie day on saturday raised 03 to be divided among the four groups there were 840 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 tho full order of cookies since other nearby towns orders couldnt be com pletely filled phone calls for more cookies couldnt turn up an extra crumb in tho district there were over go girls tak ing part and somohad non-mom- ber friends along with them knocking on doors thoy were surprised this year that at some homes as many as half a doten boxes were sold cookie day is the annual fund- raising project for the girls thank you acton for a very successful cookie day mrs ginger exclaimed she expressed special thanks to drivers who safely shepherded the brownies guides and rangers along lie highway routes rl students this saturday to raise money for the red cross 80 eager public school pupils are undertaking their own walkathon this saturday theyre touting out from here at 530 am to begin the daylong 30 mile stroll from beyond fergus to acton joining the rl grtdes 6 7 and 8 students who with logo are some high school students and a taw mz bennett students mia donna rlseborough and her student organisers held a very successful walk lut year from orangeville to acton this one la just three miles further and the youngsters are keen l prove they can do it parents are lining up car pools and rest centres the boys and girls have contacted their owa sponsors to pay a set sum a mil some have multlpk spon sors to add to the total the walkers wiu coma by the sand data down to highway 14 along to oapringe and down the second line to acton ht ttrni jfett jjrcss ninetythird year no 45 acton ontario wednesday may 8 1968 aulhurlivri ui hcml claw mull by itti- ll oolc dmt crilhwn for ittmlntf iald in ckh hi arltm ontario eighteen pages ten cents nassagaweya tax rate increases 10 iff mills ceumaytno his nomination at ndp standardbearer murray kernighan poses with his wife muriel and daughler ruth after winning the nomination by acclamation friday night staff photo milton businessman a mill rate increase ranging from 10 to 18 mills depending on location of properties and services provided will mean a hefty increase in taxes for residents of nassagaweya town ship this year residential andfarm mil rates will rise anywhere from 10 to 16 mills while commercial and in- dustrisl rates will be hiked from 11 to ib mills council on mon day reviewed the finance com mittees rate forecast and adopt ed it without change the pro posals are expected tobe ratified by a bylaw covering expendi tures and the mill rates at the next council meeting a rising education budget is blamed for a urge share of the increase although increased ex- pendltures are noted in other areas too this year the town ships public schooltrusteesplan 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 bo mr kernlghans fourth try at federal politics he ran in halton in 19g5 and for tho ccf in west york in 1045 and 1940 the father of throe he gradua ted from university of toronto in chomlcal engineering and has owned and managed a chemical firm in milton for 19 years he is a former chairman ofthe chamber of commerce served on school board for eight years and planning boardfortlve 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 he ndp condldates mind he criticized both uberals and conservatives for lack of action on medicare which he said has been an issue in every election since 1010 ho criticised past governments for allowing canada to become the hewers of wood and drawers of water ho proposed to buy 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 bo tho sixth election in 11 years i guest speaker was mp for lakeshore riding pal lawlor who told the meeting he had beaten tho popular allan eagleson not by personality but by slugging and knocking on doors mr lawlor told of how he with it p morton shulman tour- record isquesmg budding permits over million dollar mark building permits in esquestng 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 tor 56000 most of the rest were for new residences with garages rngtng la price from 13000 to 31000 goy cartage of acton was is sued a permit to build a garage at a proposed cost of 30500 on lot 29 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 filling up schools some townships they were told allowed 10 acre lots hut forbade building on them it is much safer to limit your speed than to speed your limit cd the various institutions in the country and how they would con tinue to visit tho nursing homes jails reformatories and similar institutions to getthe information first hand and encourage legis lation he criticised tho facilities at guelph reformatory and said it is a reformatory where nobody has a chance to reform and there is no hope for chango 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 tho ndp he did write for the party ho is an unknown quantity lawlor said ho went on to predict bitter ness and division in tho liberal party which he believes has ledto recent resignations lawlor said sharp and hell- yer will tie trudeaus hands and elliot will fiddle faddle he is just a swinging mackenzle king the speaker charged trudeau did not act on the capital gains issue and be should have the workman in the 9o0010o00 income is carrying society he said and the big business con tinues to find loopholes and pay little income tax whenhewasfinlshedbrandlsh- ing the uberals 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 is not aware of the issues ha charged he pictured stantleld as as interim caretaker for roberts the great white father he predicted the ndp would gain in metro toronto and would bold in manitoba and british col umbia but quebec was the big problem year up nearly 100000 over their 1967 total and debenture payments have morothandoubled to a 1968 total of 49840 while be described it as a bare bones budget the town ships general expenditures have also risen about two mills reeve coulter pointed out council faces increased staff salaries 1400 for moffat street ughts 1000 for storm drains at the township office building and 8- 000 extra this year for the plan ning board among other smaller increases across the board the township mill rates will produce a total of 396573 for 1968 this is broken down as follows county ofhalton34625 town ship general rate 37417 town ship roads 52108 acton high school 21681 milton high school 67813 public school 166472 eden mills police vil lage 1540 campbellville police village 2801 acton fire area board 3287 milton fire area 855 while the school boards de mand on the township council is up it could have been 20000 higher the council took 15000 from its own capital reserve fund to help pay off a 17854 shortage on last years addition to brook- vlllo school and the school board cut 5000 from its general ex penses in order to keep tho mill rate increase to a minimum councillors noted the major school increases were a 60000 increase for instruction staff caused by the addition of nine new teachers last fall nine- twelfths of whose salary comes due in 1968 a 10000 increase in instructional supplies which includes a library expanslonpro- gratn and a 4000 increase in transportation costs we are treading on danger ous ground by cutting the school board warned the reeve he said the rising school costs were due to the boom in housing in the township and the end was not yet in sight he noted therewere 16 new homes started in nassaga weya last month alone and the township already has 334 child ren four years of age and under he noted about 106 of these will burning engine doused by brigade when a 64 volkswagen back fired and its engine took fire the tire brigade was called on saturday afternoon to the corner of john and mill to extinguish the flames the car owned by william dobblo sr of r r 2 acton was driven by william dobble jr curious shoppers and hordes of children surrounded the car and fire truck to watch the in cident be of school age next year so we 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 thisyears mill rates provincial shelter grants are expected to absorb about one- half the expected increase in taxes the shelter grant isestl- mated at 3082 in the milton end of nassagaweya 3051 at the acton end based on an aver age residential assessment of 4000 council agreed to call the tax es due on october 15 with a two per cent 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 taxes and interest at the rate of two thirds of one per cent per month will be added at the end of the year for next year council is studying a twopayment basis with an interim billing probably to fall due in may and the final payment due in september councillors praised finance chairman mrs anna macarthur and her committee for the work they put into preparing the bud get the bylaw establishing the rates will be passed on either may 13 or 21 barbara mcintosh new reporter at free press barbara mcintosh this week joined the news staff of the acton free press as a reporterphoto grapher miss mcintosh is a graduate ofthe three yesr ecurseinjourn- allam at ryerson polytechnic institute in toronto and a native of brighton out editor hartley coles in wel coming miss mcintosh to the staff noted it was a step in the program to expand news and feature coverage of the areas surrounding the town as well as covering in depth the newt of the community at ryerson mlssmclntosh ser ved on the daily ryersonlao staff with particular emphasis on fea ture a and entertainment report inf mr coles expressed the nope miss mcintosh would receive the cooperation of officials and those she contacts in her newt gathering tobecome familiar with the town and area may have staggered classes until m z be addition done staggered classes are a dis tinct possibility for the m z bennett school in september to accommodate the extra pupils until the new addition it com pleted in december principal elmer smith suggested some staggered classes as the beat solution he made his proposal to the school board at their regular meeting tuesday in the robert utile school he discarded temporary mea- rotations hear politkal talk receive it with great mirth no visitors were present but 22 rotartans attended tuesdays meeting of acton rotary club at the station hotel keeping the club in the attendance competition with the georgetown club which has a 954 per cent average gord mckeowo reported 50 couples had already bought tick ets for fridays dance at the music centre goal is 60 rot- tartans ron lewis and dave man es are tied for selling the great est dumber ol tickets the e c storey trophy for the club with the beat attendance at meetings was received by the acton club tuesday and if will he bung with pride in the hotel the acton club and secretary also received honorable mention in the district newt letter for keeping the entire rotary district of 77 clubs well informed on developments here andy mckenxle stood up to de liver what he considered 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 poooa btdu asking for technical help tad fin ancial aid the wa issufferlng from the effects of a severe esjrthquise the regular meeting adjourned early to ostgoing tad incoming directors could meat jointly aires such as church basements or doubling up of classes with staggered classes students would have the came teachers all year and would simply change school hours and rooms whenthe addition la done he expects 15 classes la u clasaroome for three months he recommended the stagger ed classes for the gradeg six wven and sight teachers con cerned are willing to 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 dlarupuoa to the children mr smith ex plained no decision if made yet an accident in the school yea when a girls wrist was brok en was discussed board mem- bars reviewed that even u the school nurse had been then she would have referred aa aeddeat to the family doctor area sup erintendent mcneil said there u nothing laid down about a teacher having st john ambul ance training csosae teachers do have the training mr mckenxle had been 1b contact with the parents he reviewed the usual procedure in which records are kept the home contacted and a ride pro vided to the bone or doctor he added that the physical educa tion supervisor warned him ac cidents could be expected mr mcktnale said on day when four teachers were ul tad he couldnt locate enough sub stitutes miss jane wong a ugh school student who hopes to tab teachers training successfully took or one of the classes the interim board of educa tion has aal up advisory com mittees and principal meksnsie it to attend a maetinf on pro grams subjects and special ser vices two bait have appeared la tat stoat school the batssaa who autrtristd his axtermlaa- uon last him is to be cossacted trustee vie brtstow aaeatloa- ad the distance ol the robert utile marathon walk tat algk- waya concerned and the tact the csskrren woald be walkiaf after iters following a rnaasiaars foeatteaed m pag jk