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The Acton Free Press Wednesday Jan 5 Editorial Pagr 1977 lucky sevens Welcome 1977 and may those two sevens be lucky for us all Good fortune is easiest to taken when it comes in small doses Health good friends happy evenings satisfying jobs done days to remember all better than winning a lottery Anyway believe it or not a per son is twice as likely to be hit by lightning as to win a million dollars in the lottery And we didn think we d ever be hit by lightning die we But we all thought we might suddenly make a big killing in one of the lotteries The year 1977 is the year of the snake according to the Chinese It s an omen of economic pros penty with wealth and good fort une throughout the world To them that prediction has nothing to do with those two lucky sevens The legend has it that when Buddha lay dying his human and animal followers came to his death bed There were twelve animals in all who came The cat did not come it was a disbeliever To thank them Buddha named the years of the calendar after them People born this year or in any other year of the snake are said to be rich wise and able to find money whenever they need it They are supposed to be jealous vindic tive and passionate Superstitions are enjoyable but good fortune is usually what we make of things ourselves What will it bring The new calendars are up clean neat and full of promise What will the new year bring for Acton The committee considering Acton s present status wants to hear from the people who can add to their discussions on regional government They don need elaborate or long communications Jot down a few notes Their address is Box 741 the Acton Free Press This Is one way people can in the future this new vear It a good time this year to think again about our government Halton Hills councillors want to hear from their constituents There is a new council Maybe this year more people who are interested in issues will go east a few miles and attend some of the council meetings That is where people with concerns may see the other of the story the and the reason their complaints cannot be dealt with via a snap decision Although some people in Acton and district are concerned about politics apathy seems a pretty popular attitude Yet people expect they will do things for us the councillors the town workmen the police the fire fighters the recreation depart the teachers As we grow farther from local government in Acton this attitude ismoreprealent Many things cannot be done because of the cost It t they who pay for these things its us As for all of Canada the issue of separatism will be a big one again this year It seems another apt time to advocate the teaching of French in schools from early grades The learning of another language adds to mental prowess as well as giving skill in that par tongue It s a way of lear that a young child s brain is easily able to achieve No reason why the next generations should always have to turn the boxes around to read the directions in English on the other side Of this and that More luck people here are apparently lucky the swine flu clinic in town was cancelled before it began Suspicion that the lation could cause paralysis has made the whole project seem a fiasco Meanwhile people keep getting theflu Although the new illuminated street signs call Bower Ave Bower St the old original sign at the corner of Bower and Alice records Bower Ave as we know Water at one corner of Grenadier pond in Toronto is kept open for the flocks of ducks which winter there Although poles indicate open water the skaters last weekend were whizzing along quite close to the open water Many people had gathered along the bank to enjoy feeding the birds as they do each winter there It encouraging to see daily newspapers carrying news about Acton that isn t bad news The Star reported on Mrs Isabel Watson retirement from the library after such a long career and the Hamil ton Spectator this week pays heed to our concerns about the effects of regional government It seems that the grosbeaks havent come this far south yet in any great numbers They are usually here by this time of year PICTURE FROM the past Acton Baseball Club champions of the Halton Wellington League in the season of Top row left to right S Dunn c Hildenbrand l J Clark captain and 1 b Mac Smith s lower row left to right A McLean manager and 3 b A F Allan Leishman 2 S Edmonds Williams r OFF INTO THE SUNSET tobogganers consider one last run at Sir Donald Mann park before the sun sets It has been a popular spot for winter sports the Christmas holidays Sugar and Spice by bill smiley sou mil ii ih Hum Spirit in tin viar ixpl just mo spirit its i thit is tin Will thil till mi loo I know tiny in wrong mil I Hunk mi ire I II bit you if you livid lot I studinls for in most of them went into si ite of mill shock liny liny dealing with he hum in spirit own others every of Ihur lives However studinls liki us prefer things lobe i in spill out hum in spirit tout in it tistiii it wuh r mi it nut iuji sinniiTiis shout 1 illy In I he re it is spirit Ha bee innings if thought it writers ihinkirs tint ixplund tin hum in in Hun in in iffrt to pin down this ilusivi thing philosophers luvi h id put Ihur on Ihi slippirv liitU find that it h is squirted iw i ipl to ill it pin inns liki id nil I ilo mil libido on vinous f it Writers ix of it lr to its highest ispintions human spirit in ill of us 11 with tin to is whit r iisis us iImivi of Its is itlnd to til is nod ind great human kind loyil I mice honor murage dignity represents ill Hint is bid in hum in ran cruelty prejudice trnihery Given thi fertilizer Hit spirit to hum in spinls and inkind moves another inch tow iril si Without iinurishmint hi hum shrivels warps turns in on itself nils spreiels like In periods the spirit produces tin great psychnp like Ihi Hun Napoleon ind we an led into irknoss Hut Ihesi sombre lis the human spirit roirs hack fanning the into i of more man is on tin m irch I his ill inspiring 1 m sure but it s pretty abstr ict and I ion I it sic if we can find some of the human spirit in Whin a Iwo year old good obedient sticks his lip and flatly refuses to do somcfhmg ible threats of spankings he is not being stubborn lleisexhibiling to In world his of silt of Thai is the spirit When an year old man or woman prefers to pig it alone in poverty and dis comfort rather thin be shuttled off to a citizens home hi or she is doing the same When a man or woman has enough guts to say No at a time when all about an saying Yes- that the human spirit at work But let fa get down to an example can all understand When a man gels up after his old lady has knocked him down five times and advances on her arms out Kill this hum in spirit tiling ill mixed up Willi sentimentality f which just is pain hi r sunk of i bride whieh lu klskiepil on lug p is expressed should not be or foofawraw she they nun retarding of examples thi hum in spirit in iction l from hi luniks mil should ihe iwn hum in spirit ri lo stimulus of what his bun id i ind i mire is n to hi irt Ihi instructions 1 mv sin will lit knls See Students mi of the his i ss is to In in i munition liwmt txl rl ilions from ihur glomus human spirit soul silfi is it and riacts under stress in pi with illur hum in spirits in with Ihi rtM il thing wlul tin k irntd this from exposure to the iss writers lonuriunL the hum in spirit I I He irl Out don iki Our readers write Open letter to Premier it onn Out Ik timber I npciileltirloHon Win I wis remier of on inhof ford radio si i i telephoni interview myself the Mm ister of I nercy Hon Dennis lonterning the pro posed liridlty Milton or r i dor On I voiced whal I consider lo be very concerns for the he of mv ill ihildnn Ihesi ire mire iscd is still insisting on our I from corner to Mr however me irrespon for bout future that of f arrived hen member of your it met in ridicule honest citizens illy when hi provi these fcirs are loundtd is nmier think it is proper for Minister of rown to till citizen highly irresponsible simply because he or bhi for the future I would ippreciale replv letter as I do NOT think Mr Timbre II has any like this since the facts do not support his statement fe Book in library Frog imbedded in log Stranger than Science itim in the 100 Year ago iclumn recently brought national recognition to the book Stringer than Science Inch is in Alton high school library rank wrote the hook which wis pub lished in originally Under its ihaptir heading I tnssils it read iving creatures embedded in solid stone Science says it can h ippin tin ividcnpL indicates that it does and more thin most people arc Hit author on to tell several talis of worms beetles and frogs found inside rock Hun he goes on to say Tin living fossils turn up in the oddest plates I or instanic the Brown Hall Sawmill at Alton Ontario was sawing up a huge pine lot in October 1ID3 The outside slabs had been removed and the next slice of the huge circle saw exposed a dark spot on the wood he workmen stopped the saw lest the dark spot turn out to be some piece of metal embedded in the woodand ruinous to costly saw Instead of metal they had merely taken a thin slice off the outside of a four inch cavity from which the of a live load now emerged a load that had barely escaped being cut in two by the sawteeth The cavity in which the hid bun trapped was per fcctlv smooih ind spherical in ipi is though the to id had been scr in The tree itself is iboul 200 years old and that particular section w is some sixty ibovi the ground Before Hit siw finally freed il the toad had been surrouuikd by solid wood about thirty inches thick There are many reiorils of living loads cropping out stringi places including some which may been embedded in but miny of these instances are subject to eiucstion Well and is the of the giant blocks of granite removctl from the iter footing of tin docks at in 1 iverpooi in One of the blocks had to be cut up make new steps and the cutting disclosed a small load whith was liberated by enlarging hole around it The creature lived for a few hours during which time it tried feebly rise a few times it finally sank down to rise no more The British scientists who toad and the tomb could only shake their heads There was the evidence il clashed with dogma so it had to be shrugged off and it was The Free Press Back Issues 20 years ago Taken from Hie of The I- Press of January 1951 It was a weekend of contrasts for Acton firemen While mosl of the town slept they were fighting two fires all night long for two nights in succession From ley cold of the street they plundged into the holocaust of smoke and lames in their attempts not only to extinguish the raging flames but to save nearby buildings After hours of practice they were faced with both their trucks out of order in one In their determined effort not to leave Acton unprotected encountered the mosl marked contrast of all when they went at clock in the morning to Georgetown to arrange to borrow a per from their gange beside the town hall where Ihey had laying heir ice stiffened coals and waterlogged dirty hose in the space available around the fire truck and receiving warmth from space healer they went lo modern efficient Georgetown fire hall The next afternoon they were called to assist in the saving of a house at Mills Then late Sunday evening the siren sounded again Businesses and apartments on Mill St were ablaze and firemen were up all for the second night in a row The next evening New there was more contrast While most people wen gaily celebrating the arrival of most of thi firemen were sound Ten people were homeless and three businesses were evicted when flames ripped through the Burr building on Mill and Igin St Causing an estimated loss during tin years worst storm early morning 50 years ago laken from llu Issue of he Press of 13 The meeting of the Acton tall hair will be held in Council Chamber on January il ocloik The annual nport will presented officers and directors will he elected and other mitters of business will be discussed Ml members should mike an effort to attend M Ins workmin engaged in excavating for a basement under his knittint mill on Willow This will give a large are i of additional space which will be well lighkd and well drained This business is growing and its development will mean additional building in the future Do not get discouraged if you make and your good resolutions They are in of ihc there is in jou who do not make and break resolutions ire usually very fond of and never the limit of Iheir ability She tried ind failed and tried again ind failed one day discovered that her failures were 100 years ago from the issue of December 28 Don deposit your vote next Mondiy Nominated for reeve are Dr McGarvin ind John Second for councillors ore are in John Second for councillors I Smith Hall Eli Snyder James Miliums Edward Nicklin James Ryder and and literary entertainment is innounced to be held in the Temperance Hall under the luspiccs of the Acton Sons of Tempennce on New Year Day Particulars are given in posters The on behalf of the I School on Christmas Dav was quite successful and enjoy ible Proceeds The irgues in favor of re establishing the High School in that town 11 was in 1B56 ind closed a few vears If Christmas ly on Monday A great winter that ye iryou Usee It is understood there is a petition to have a third tavern in this ullage Wi trust our readers will accept this half sheet la two page paper with as good i grace is they are able to issumi Printers you know require an occasional holiday as well is the rest of mankind THE ACTON FREE PRESS PHONE Business and Editorial Office A