The Acton Free Press Wed July Pagr Population growing Someone whos in a good position to guess thinks Actons population must be up to Another thinks 7000 And new people are still moving in regularly to Bovis and Kmgham Hill subdivi Again it poses the big problem of what wanted for Acton Last weeks paper headlined a decision to turn down a subdivision that would have given us over more people The reason was the insufficient capacity of the sewage disposal plant But planners know that this is a surmountable problem Ways will soon be developed to increase capacity of these plants in new and super efficient ways When that day comes sub divisions will likely be approved unless there s plenty of opposition for some particular reason The goal of saving agricultural land hasnt held up vast subdivisions in Milton Georgetown or even Toronto The planning survey underway now should help us picture what ahead Summer afternoon Summer afternoon summer afternoon to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language said writer Henry James He wrote it a century ago but things on a summer afternoon are just the same Even better since we are free to wear far fewer these days Summer sunshine is one of the most delightful things you can get for nothing these days There are plenty of ways to enjoy it right at home Your own apartment or own patch of grass barbecue there the lake with its beautiful surroundings Take a walk on back roads Play tennis Swim Read Lounge tan Get high on fresh air not alcohol Lets forget that wintertime statistic that sns per cent of Canadians watch more than lb hours of tele ision a week and that per cent don t take an physical it Enjoy in the sunshine Laws regulate mopeds than cubic centimetres and it may not have a hand or foot operated clutch or gearbox driven by the motor and transferring power to the wheel A moped must have pedals which are operable to propel it at all times and it may not be able to travel faster than 30 miles per hour on level ground within a distance of one mile from a standing start Municipalities have alse been given the authority to ban mopeds on roadways under their juris diction where the speed limit is 50 miles per hour or more Halton Hills has no such legislation yet Additional legislation requiring licences for both the moped and the driver and the wearing of helmets will become effective later New legislation defining mopeds and their operation goes info effect immediately Hie new legislation now makes it illegal for anyone under years of age to operate a moped on Ontario roadways It also makes it illegal for any one to carry a passenger on a moped A Free Press on the street poll several months ago revealed most people questioned thought some controls were needed The voice of the people has been heeded the government Under Section 1 of The Highway Traffic Act a motor assisted bicycle or moped must not weigh more than 120 pounds it may not have a piston displacement of more Bits and pieces Congratulations to Ernest West now appointed a judge Acton friends can look back on his days as a debater with the Junior Farmers and see how his interests have de veloped into a fine career He has been a lawyer in Kitchener since graduation from Osgoode Hall Statistic about one out of every 10 North Americans go camping each year It a pleasant and reasonably priced way to enjoy vour holidays Our readers write Renaissance brief astray To On JuK sent a brief ad dressed the chairman and trustees of the Hoard of ducalion The brief is designee to answer without any doubt Hie board rebuttal to our original brief illcgnting apparent malpractices in Ihc Hilton educational system Our latest rlcf contains abundant documented facts liguris ami to prove our allegations incenndfornll Someof our facts were so open it prompted the director of education to call the president of the to find out where we got our information tit has learned from trustees that the brief addressed them hid not been forwarded to them by their chairman Judy Alexander Wehavtalso been informed lhat Mrs Alexander hah instead given a copy to Mr Lavender the Director of We maintain we did not send Mr Lavender a for obvious reasons An inquiry of this was made by a telephone conversation with Mrs r She informed me at first the trustees received a copy at the last board meeting When I said this was not so she wondered if sent them a copy Somehow the two ideas conflicted Then I old copies would be sent right away The next day received a letter informing up Ihe trustees would receive their copies he Aug Board meeting was a copy given to Mr Lavender t even sent to him Why not to the Why all the variation in atones delay Who is Mrs Alexander ibleto l know nand a copy be sent to the people mailed toimmediately and sup Reading is another summer pleasure Here are a couple of quotes for the bookworm bunch I love my books as drinkers love their wine the more I drink the more they seem divine Francis Bennoch Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind Addison My library was dukedom large enough Shakespeare imperative i trustees to have i shortened version of our facts has- proven there was no educational philosophy in Halloo until three scars after the Hoards Pressures brought to bear bv i trustee John and the made a philosophy possible this experimentation wis the nami me game and promotions followed There were changes in and the north tint affected the of education but so disruptive is ones at Lord Fven when per cent of Hilton teachers voted spreading this permissive style of education the Board went ahead with its plans Renaissance his proven it is bejond coincidence that the idministrative council is dominated the Burlington group We know then are capable people from Acton Georgetown Milton and To regain some to our system equal representation from nil areas must be implemented immediately RC has proven that there is something very wrong with Ihe Lord Elgin experiment lhat is infiltrating our system According to a documented student survey students prove our suspicions lhat permissiveness is the rule of Lord Elgin Even teachers and the principal at Lord Elgin said their work loan is far tighter than at traditional schools and we pay our taxes for this We have been told that Lord Elgin s marks are inflated thus making Ineir university status very dicey The ad Foolery with flowers COMBINED EFFORTS of Free Press darkroom produced this black and white bouquet from a handful technician Wendy Thomson and Clark Wallace of ordinary barnyard grasses and weeds Sugar and Spice by bill smiley Jjirewith Smilev biannual Summer Sifelv Hints Various departments of government lands and Tourism Tripe ind iter send out a list of lungs to do to protect our life v other things during tin hoi It is opinion lint these lists art nut repetitious hut and underpinning so once in i while Itrv few Summer Safety ips tint in be used filler bv all lazv hot editors vin though summer is half over ind thousands of people hut drowned or irlv drowned think a few suggestions would not tome amiss Never amiss is is good as mike sure don go amis think lhat requires no further explanation Now for divine Never divi into un known iters a mm vou II meet on tin streets whimpering limping middle- head scarred him what m is and he II respond I dived into unknown waters- This is his i for idmitling he is imrned not to dive into swimming pool I si i diving pool If vou do happen to dive into swimming pool and has plaslie bottom i plastic helmet If it hap pens to concrete bottom ire enough dive into it you probiblv won feel thins Never dive alone Personally when I dive whether it is from JO feet 12 feet feet or even mv iccustomed inches im iccompamed by wings in ited tube ind my entire It not he Olympic but I don have hole in head from hitting Never tike person out over his or her depth In words if your mother in 1 is only live feet tall and swim don tike her out to where it ii six feet deep Just lake her out where it is five feet mimstrators and two trustees Mr Singleton has already stated to the press The Board has been the rubber stamp for administration That the only way to et the job done Now we know how selection is handled What a slap to our trustee We expect improvements to be visible to though Mrs Alexander does not subscribe to this We want know when Improvements are made and rightfully so we pay the taxes It goes without saying holds Mr Singleton responsible for the ills that plague the system He told the press he can be vicious and we do not question that If he got a kick out of that be it Maybe that s why we are in such a mess has many more names facts and figures and we shall disclose when we see fit But Ihe board should know we do support them They have been kept in the dark Vie do have our facts correctly documented make no mistake about that hope we have informed the public and trustees of the inconsistencies in our educational system Now I hope they will once and for all see that HRC is In crested only in securing a decent and honest education for all students even when they are of different persuasions Betty Fisher Communications Coordmator Halton Renaissance deep hind her some id vine its her do push mining How mi principles ipplv hau 12 people in in i six foot boat or i lint is not In believes differently But the principals of schools in know better has proven that many people ive been promoted from Lord in a short period of lime where other per sonnell from other schools have not the same pleasure We have named these people from Lord so the Board will not be are All this spre of i philosophy when an of the Lord experiment has not been done is insane has proven there arc serious problems at Acton High where Mr Katz is principal Names facts ind figures were given in abundance to the Board to make it evident we do know what going on at Mr Kali is now going to be principal of Ihe new experiment at Lester Pearson High School why demand that senior positions be advertised outside the Board as other of Education practise Mr Lavender received the Directorship with no advertising of the position at all Mr Keith Craig received his assistant to the Director position within a very short period of time and with no outside ad The board suggests they hire the best person for the but interpretation of ho is the best person is the key word Biases and prejudices could be inherent in who is doing the hiring The selection committee is made up of three ad fool boat six people more than HI people for This hut If it is sailboat do not load it up with sailors Sailors arc usual drunk and dis orderly according the police records of all the ports of the world The the for soldiers if vou Inppen i soldier boat If youhave a powerboat of course this isvourchaneeloshow the world Tike my swimmer and i pair skis Throw both over Ihe hick f boat The order doesn t matter Shove Ihc throttle wide open Then show Napoleon would have been like with iut Water on the brain Ia turn aspects of summer not stamp out bonfires with bare feet In the first place those coals are probably just fireflies going through their second incarnation and have just as much right to live is vou have Secondly the smell of roasting meal is liable bring dozens of barbecue from all over the neighborhood down on iskini whit kind of sauce use thing should not stamp out with jour bare foot is vour flowerbed even though it thawarts thumbs its nose it and slicks its bare roots In air at is mine recently did There were two rose bushes among them in mine Then of course there are bugs Don spray them Don t swat them They loo arc merely lower forms of consciousness trying lo rise to a higher in their next in carnation I had a Buddhist monk flying around me other night whining Don t hit me Don hit me I was once an altar boy for St Thomas Aquinas Splaltt Is he going to be surprised when he is reIncarnated as an Anglican bishop Female The Free Press Back Issues 20 years ago liikeiilrmiillicUnui IOjS Their children and seven grand children will be Mr and Mrs II Ihelr wedding on Sunday dons are imnlnct from in far as New York and lie While Mr was silling in the living room hi ami ron St home today at noon a boll f lightning struck the building along wlrisimd caused fin In her teli vision A linrlle Wnttrlimm to her and put out the Maze Two former Ion residents who win each other for mil In Ihe trior of rain recently Jim who livs in Ion now was In when he encountered Joe Mel ami on I In train Mr Mel anil the son of a c I vurd owner in At on on Ills from Mrs ilki r and sons and an their ition al Kirk land Ihcy wi Mrs Kav Sullivan euilph Mr ml Mrs loin Watson children molnnd to Baltimore Die two boys stayed for a visit and will be turning home by plane Braid i and Mr and Mrs Jon Hillings Hit Braid in on lal r Ml 50 years ago from tin ir li went to Milton to put n a Band rt band concert in Victoria I irk The wis crowded with an auiienec I he tin concert and see the Brigade put their drill Mr Mrs llarley left on rhursd for the Pacific cojsl They will visit wilh friends at Master is is Mr md Mrs limes If Held Miss of arrived in town on spend a month or with her brother Mr and Mrs Mrs I- red McDowell little If ielan 1 1- ve returned from weeks in and ImK Miss Ruth Nelson missiuiirv Virion II is now been transferred to Cliff where sin will engage in work in missionary sihodif United of mad i Miss Ison left ir her new field last I rid Mr JunesDobie son hive bun spending a eouple of wttks holidays Mr in I his brother I ike where hid some roil good 75 years ago Tiken Irani the i Jim letinis itch luh is mged to be courts the park here on iv dcfiullcei however ind the did nil come off match will in is on the lapis for near future lourls now I think it would I cood pi in lo send Willie up into tin country his unclt snenr for i suceslcd Willie fuller in heir hum the other day He never been in farm il would be rilhtr experience for In No don inlerrupted Willie ve heard all he I not going my where where Ihcy have threshing it nines id enough when i s done hand I S moon the junior club he Beavers lour nt to to have a with the juniors of hat pi let The m itch w is culled it four o clock lie fort I In com me nee me it w is decided to play only live innings it the or thai time score stood J to 17 in ivor of The pining was in nut Ac Ion cam to In worthy opponent During the thunderslorm en Sunday Imdsiv if town w is struck by lightning Very slight wis sustained Thi lightning struck on the shattered tore off few boards of siding and then ran down the conductor pipe into thi cistern I r re fitted on barn one of wis Mr feels tint the dam wen so slight THE ACTON FREE PRESS PHONE Business and Editorial Office cn aw mW MM w I