4 The Acton Free Press Wed July Editorial Pagr Central location best Unfortunately for the people in the north of the country Halton Regional Council has not yet been able to decide on the site for the future location of regional head quarters The former Willmott farm at Road and Highway seemed a splendid choice for the headquarters located almost right in the middle of the region on the main northsouth artery and in the provincial belt system For North Halton people thats far enough to travel to contact regional departments and a building in Burlington or OakvtUe would remove us even further from the the source of government Burlington and Oakville still arent accessible to Acton callers by telephone without paying a long distance charge despite the increased calling area Of course a Zenith number could accommodate that problem Apparently the northern represe natives couldnt gather enough support at last weeks meeting The question of a site seems back at square one Summers for joy The Royal Commission on Violence will begin hearings in the fall The commission was established to study the possible harm to the public interest of the increasing exploitation of violence in the communications industry It s a worthy study particularly since young children are the ones who may be suffering its insidious effects the most And on the subject of the media how about all those radio news accounts television news films and daily paper headlines that make out there s no news but bad news Summer weekends are full of happiness and fun for most of us It the best time of year You never know it by the daily papers or short news spots on radio or TV We hope we can convey some summer joy through the humble pages of a weekly There s plenty of it around Some centennial corrections Letters from former have brought compliments on the Free Press centennial edition Two people also sent along further information which we very happy to receive One old photograph which appeared on Page 3 showed four young men in front of the shop who could not be identified Charles Matthews whos one of them wrote his congratulations and recollections from Toronto He says the four are left to right Joe Lake Charlie Matthews Cliff and Billie Kenney the late Dr WGC Kenney Both Mr Matthews and Bertha Brown of Toronto made a correction in a caption on Page Included in this photograph are G A Dills Vic Coleman and Ern Brown People who are saving the special edition might just like to make these corrections in their copies Well run the photographs again on some special occasion like our 200th anniversary and get the names right thanks to our correspondents Facts disheartening People who think theyve paid a bundle for a bottle of liquor aren t even considering all the cost Ontario Minister of Health Frank Miller says The Ontario taxpayer forked out million through general public hospitals in for illnesses related to alcohol that plus another million through the mental hospital system another 9 million through the Family Benefits Act and then million through the Childrens Aid Societies for alcohol related problems And that doesnt mention the terrible toll in traffic accidents that can be blamed on drinking even just one little drink Or ab senteeism due to hangovers a shameful ailment that surprisingly enough brings more laughter than criticism They us 14 million work hours are lost because of alcohol each year And they tell us that in Ontario 300000 people drink enough alcohol to endanger their health More than 145 have chronic illness What s the solution Mix a little thinking with your drinking is the government slogan And just keep drumming away at the disheartening facts Of this and that In every man heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of beauty Christopher If nature had arranged that husbands and wives should have children alternatively there would never be more than three in a family Laurence Housman Gratitude is one of the least ar of the emotions especially when it is deep Felix Frankfurter Families with swimming pools are having a very satisfactory stayathome summer Heat and humidity make driving uncomfor table and staying at home just dandy The weeds at the station give a good indication of the way that whole mode of travel is regarded Our readers write Best paper between where The Editor Acton Free Press Ac Ion Dear Mr Dills Please accept my heartfelt lions on your Centenary Copy of the first issue of The Free 100 years ago It is very welt done and there are so many names in it that bring back memories of my youth not that I waa a of theirs but I remember be names and in a real many cases I remember tbe people copy will be preserved with other bits pieces which I have saved over the In that connection there is a little bit from tbe Notes and Comments in the raid or July 1906 H h faiat rttatwt Georgetown July 1975 WUl volume The Free Press has the largest circulation of any paper published on the line of the Grand Trunk Railway between Guelph and Georgetown It is a first class local paper Again congratulations and best wishes for your continued success for many years Yours sincerely K C Editors note We checked the next week Free Press to see how editor Moore would reply to this dubious com pllment from his neighbour and friendly rival in Georgetown There was no mention of It Mr Moore we know would Just bide his time until he had produced a suitably pointed remark about Herald Beauty and the butterfly GORGEOUSLY BLOSSOMING weeds dot the lush green banks of the school creek as it twitters along in the sunshine A butterfly found the spot idyllic and Peter was crouched behind a wild orange lily with his camera just at the right moment Sugar and Spice by bill smiley Well that big heat wove through the end June and into July puts the lie to all those pessimists who claim our summers are changing getting cooler and damper That wis a real old fashioned scorcher Even our big old house surrounded by shade trees warmed up lo the almost uncomfortable point after a week of high blue skies and hot yellow suns Farmers were worried and a lot of people who had to work through the heat Here suffering and 1 had room for a lot of sympathy for both as I lay on the beach and wondered whether I should go in for an other duck lo cool off I have lots of sympathy but no feeling of guilt because I have paid my dues slug Ring it out in the heat many a summer when other people were cooling off outside and There were several years of working as a serf on one of the big passenger boats thai used to ply the Great Lakes We worked 12 hours day seven days a week That was in the days when a long weekend was Just a long weekend with no holidays for the working stiff Most of the summer I enjoyed thorough when we were up the Lakes sleeping under blankets at night and revelling in the hot clear days and cool nights of The Lake- head or Thunder Bay as it now known Rut down at the lower end of the seven day run Windsor and Detroit it was an other That was then and still is the mull i est funkiest just plain hell hottest in North America the passengers perspired heavily The crew perspire nor even sweat like waterfalls the lack of any semblance of breeze Third by the stink from the brew erics of Windsor There was no air conditioning in those dnjs If had a fan kicking around lor rid tired air you were lucky Thepassen ger cabins wen airless The crew s most of them without windows or port holes were virtually inbrcathablc In And he stokehole where the black gang fired he coal Into ihc furnaces was an inferno Why there wasn i mutiny down there I II never know But we were and healthy and had no unions to tell us how we were being ex plotted which we were So after cleaning up the boat and standing under a tepid shower it was on with some clean duds and to sample the Jobs of a night in Detroit big league ball games burlesque shows and something the Yanks called beer It was pretty heady stuff not the beer IB year old Some of the boys had a little trouble making it up the gang plank Then it was up to the top deck because there was no use trying to sleep in our and sit there naked as the boat glided up the river into Lake St Clair and first signs of a again No sleep and a 12 hour day ahead but who needed if Then there was a summer working in a factory in Toronto Most of the factory was lit had become practicable by then as the plant turned out film and But guess who got lo work In the machine shop down in the bowels with the lathes and the welding machines and tbe temperature about In hot weather and swear it was hot ail summer the guys down there were in a foul mood throughout their shift ough to fill the tank of one of those new solar heated homes they re talking about something like gallons And another type I feci sorry for That Ihc weekly newspaper editor Of course they re so spoiled now that some of them even have as I understand air conditioning in their offices But in my day the office took the full blast of the summer sun from about noon on Outside on the street long cool girls in shorts and tops and little cool brown kids in even less sauntered along oblivious to the heat Inside the editor stewed and sizzled trying to shake off pieces of paper that stuck to his damp hands trying to explain to advertisers why the paper was late coming out if here would be any advertising next week and trymj to wring an editorial out of soggy brain Maybe I II check things out with some of my old weekly colleagues at the convention this summer in Saskatoon I expect i cool answer Yes sympathy no guilt feeling Now if you II excuse me I have to take my out to the where wo will sit in the cool sand waves washing over our legs and look the girls in bikinis and dig holes in the wet sand and splash each other and jabber at each other in special language nobody else seems to understand and give not a single thought to all poor steamy smelly masses working today Never mind chaps I got a rotten sunburn OUR READERS WRITE Word of God is weapon The Editor Acton Free Press Acton Ontario We hear so many despairing cries from society In general and from parents in particular that there is so little to give nope to the children The future is in their hands it is true but we do NOT need to be drowned in seas of gloom and self pity for them IF we decide to act now to provide a weapon for the children to handle the unknown future The weapon I have in mind Is an old one but it is tried and has proven true This weapon will give strength to their characters so that they can be independent of any of Mankind lures and they will have a background of integrity which is needed In all business and labour for true lasting success The weapon I speak of is the Word of God My beanery Some folk like their barbeques And dress in denim Jeans While I enjoy and love to toy With my tender little beans With my little bag of beans today I still can stay on top While taxes rise it no I m gratefull for this crop They seem know I need em To cut the cost of meat We eat the beans to get proteins When we sit down lo eat When we sit to our evening meal And the blessing has been said Cause it our way to always say Thanks for our daily bread While I In love with little beans Some folk gather gold Then leave behind their precious find Because they are too old But when 1 m stuck for taxes And all toy world Is sold We old has been s will eat our beans And let em eat the gold with its Gospel of Love Without it the world disintegrates into a greedy society with it there is no limit to the contributions the youth can give Thereisonecaution however somewill sec this weapon as one to be used for per gam as has been done in the past during the Inquisition but if Ihe true Gospel is grasped and spread there is no doubt that the world will benefit There are many Church schools which meet in the summer to give the children full information about God s Gospel the question Is will the parents send the children If you read this a parent or friend of little children please encourage them to attend In appreciation of your fine newspaper I wish to thank you on behalf of your neigh hour hood children ours truly The Free Press Back Issues 20 years ago Taken from the of Ihe Virt July IMS Ml Ittwe of Fergus is the public health who will be working in this following Miss Marg She was In town thl week Her work is under he direction of the County Health Unit Hood resurfacing crews have moved through and rant of town this week spot paving of No highway between Rock wood and was done J Miller Mill St Acton won a 24- pound bag of flour in Palermo Mens Ball Club draw held on July Another local winner of flour was chard Chester of ampbellville Mr and Mrs Leslie Lawrence ana Anne and Barbara Anne and Jimmy Ware are spending the week at the callage on Three Mile Lake in Mr David Main St will celebrate his birthday Tuesday July and will be at home to his friends and neighbors In the afternoon and evening Vacationing at Beach are Mr ami Mrs Ken Knox and their son Andrew Spending the weekend with Mr and Mrs A Dills were Mr and Mrs Frank Browning of Toronto and their soninlaw Mr Clare of Kirkland Lake Mr is taking principals course in Toronto which Ted Hansen of Aclon is at tending loo 50 years ago Taken from the of the free Press July 1925 On Thursday evening a company of the friends of Miss and Miss M E McPherson superintendent and assistant superintendent of Ihe M Hospital Collmgwood who have resigned their respective positions gathered to bid them goodbye John Benson of Georgetown was fined and costs on Monday for dnving miles an hour on the highway in Esquesing on Monday by Police Magistrate Moore A welcome visitor to Acton on Monday was Mr Archie of Archie was a son of the late George Hem street who was a meat dealer here back in sixties and a nephew of Miller Hem street who opened the first grocery store here over eighty years ago and called it The Grocery On complaint of Provincial Constable Atkins of Toronto was fined and costs for driving his motorcycle miles per hour on the Street High way Miss Minnie Bennett the experienced and successful principal of Acton Public is receiving congratulations on all sides for the success of her pupils who wrote on the recent entrance examinations She sent up a class of twenty three Everyone of them was successful and eighteen of them won honor standing 75 years ago Taken from issue the free Press July After some considerable delay owing to alterations in plans the new block comer Mill and Willow Sis is now in course of construction It will be occupied by the Merchants Bank Mr J D McKee druggist and Mr Ft J McNabb con veyancer Messrs Beardmore Co have handed Harvey a cheque for in of the services of the fire brigade at their farm house fire on Sunday ins with the request that of the sum be paid Councillor Williams Tor haul a tank of water to the burning building AD My stock of Coal is coming in now The price for July delivered from the can is 75 To all customers ordering for delivery this month and paying cash 1 will allow a discount of three per cent J C Hill Coal Dealer The remains of the old landmark the big willow at the corner of Mill and Willow streets was taken out on Saturday and on Monday afternoon a four horse team driven by Councillor Williams hauled the stump to the Park and dumped it into Fairy Lake on the north side Old residents tell that the tree was planted then a mere shoot by the late William Steel Esq in the spring of 1B52 It grew to an enormous and its stump which was perfectly sound heart to bark measured 16 ft 7 in in circumference and from to ft In diameter From this stump an interesting oration touching his interest in It and happy associations connected with Ha environments was delivered by Thomas Kennedy the Registrar of Party Sound District on the occasion of his visit to the old town place of his birth and schoolboy days to attend the Old Pupil s Reunion on the BIG BEANS grow in Vic Smiths garden THE ACTON FREE PHON Business and Editorial Office Mil iM M MM M M DM Mlanc M M MINU lea l mm to ml to m Copyright 1975
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