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The Acton Free Press Wednesday Dec 7 Its our airport The summers travelling is over and many of us have stories to tell of Malton airport and the way handled there The frustrating thing about these experiences is that air tourists like ourselves sit in Malton and wait and wait and think we see solutions ourselves to some of the tangled ways there The last time we travelled we were talking as we the last turn into terminal one and we missed it There was a new patch of construction and the appearances had all changed We shot of f to the town of made a tortuous journey back amongst industrial plants and panted into the airport nearing the deadline We mentioned at the ticket counter we had missed the turn and there should have been more signs Oh yes said the clerk People miss their planes here all the tune All the time And then there was the Sunday night burdened with luggage and suffering from sweltering heat when we and dozens of others abandoned the stifling wait for the always filled elevators to the parking garage and started to climb the stairs One side was filled with people going up the other side with people going down Languages laughter and we ariness Yet as we looked through the doorways it became evident why our climb was so difficult The lowest floors of the parking garage were all reserved Reserved I And then there were the customs officers who made us wait ignominiously questioned us bleakly and ended with a well memorized Welcome to Canada No smile no feeling Welcome Where are the handy carts that so many other airports have can hoist your own luggage Douglas Turner the chairman of the Metropolitan Toronto Airport Review committee says technical improvements are not being made there either Whats needed is proper administration proper airtraffic control equipment ad dition of high speed runway tur noffs andaparallelrunway He says Malton is being deliberately downgraded by the Ministry of Transport Malton is certainly the best location for travellers from area Its inadequacies at peak hours and unfriendliness can mar a good flight It m our interests though to foster improvements at Malton Letters to the federal Ministry of Transport or the airport should help Its no surprise There really should be no sur prise in the latest moves from Queens Park relating to Halton Hills No one really thought Energy Minister James Taylor would take an independent view of the pro posed hydro corridor through Halton Hills and actually decide an independent study was needed And of course McKeough was not going to give the Actomans for Action committee a review of regional government Mr Taylor took the same line his predecessors in the energy post have that the hydro corridor must go to Milton from Bruce nuclear power through Limehouse because Solandt recommended it as a good place to cross the Niagara Escarpment He did not mention that hydro was also going to cross east to west on a different course than first proposed It was changed after an independent study was done People along the proposed Bruce to Milton line have asked for the same privileges given other people of the province an independent study and been consistently refused At one point back in 1976 then Minister of Energy Denis Timbretl said there was no time for an independent study That was almost a year and a half ago The refrain is not only repetitious but probably has held up construction of a power corridor from Bruce by years In his decision based on ex propnation hearings conducted by Mr the energy minister takes a crack at the Interested Citizens Group for not presenting evidence for an alternative power route at the hearings He says nothing about delaying tactics by Hydro which consistently refused to give information about the possibility of an alternate corridor to take power to Toronto especially the ICG proposal from Bruce to Essa Regional government Why should Mr McKeough want a review when he has consistently defended the concept and the operation It would be an admission of failure So nothing has changed And few people thought it would Of this and that Interested in a day care centre Ifenoughpeoplewantoneitcanbe set up Everyone at last weeks sparsely attended public meeting seemed to feel there was a need in town for day care These services can be self supporting the region has machinery to help make it come about Those who want day care should contact the Community Services Centre Alistwillbecomplled The official program for the opening of the new high school seems to cut history a little short Its growth chart starts 1927 Old Stone School building serves as a continuation school and high school Of course there were high school classes many many years before that in separate rooms in the towns only public school It was on the site where the Robert Little school is now COMING OF WINTER has partially frozen the Robert Little stream and surrounded it with banks of snow The ice is not thick enough to walk on yet as the Free Press photographer found out when he took this picture Just before he snapped the shutter one of his legs broke through into the still liquid but very cold undercurrent The water went over his boot and soaked his foot so you had all better appreciate his photographic effort Sugar and Spice by bill smiley You may have noticed that I t write a Remembrance Day column this year It not that I have turned against it It Just that In 20odd years of writing is column I Ihink I ve said everything I could about It without producing a bundle of maudlin cliches thai would embarrass me as much as my readers I ve written about the silvery wall of Tht Last Post on the desolate November air- that cry from the dead that would raise a lump as big as a golf ball In your throat lears as big as tea bags In your eyes ve written about Old Sweats chortling as they went back to Vimy and and the days when they were young nay and scared stiff I described middh aged vets sucking in their guts in he parade hoping they could hold in the pots until they finished the march and got back to the Hall for a I described the little old Silver mothers wiping away one drv tear as they awkwardly placed a wreath not quite knowing whelhtr to salute or bow or just shuffle around until someone steered them away Its become too much I ve dried up Its a bit like being the Poet Laureate England and having to produce a sonnet to celebrate the birth of Princess first born lis like being an editor and groaning when you re told that you will have to produce for the time an editorial lauding the virtues of Labor Day With any luck he Legion will die away because there will be no such thing as veteran all veterans of all wars being dead and Remembrance Day will be something vaguely recalled as a pagan holiday back in the century when thought they could solve their differences by killing each other Bui don t Hunk I ignore Remembrance Day No sir I lake it out on my students On the before the Djy I lug to school an armful f souvenirs and rub their noses them I ink this is much more effective thiin writing column or making a speech to a troup veterans t nc thing I can lie and lie without if Those kids are lefl with the dear underslandmg lhat had it not been for Dill Smiley wed have lost World War II and they now be subject to whim or somi Gauleiter Mind you my souvenirs ore nothing like the rial stuff my uncles brought home from World War I belts with masks shell cases But on the other hand they know as much about World War II as they do about thiRocrWir the Rases soil t much to impress them I bring my flying log book which shows clt he number of bombs I dropped on the enemy I dont have to mention thai the enemy in most cases coislsted of a plowed field or river with a bridge which I d I bring an by 10 picture of your hero dashing mustachioed standing his trusty They say Was tint your own airplane D for Dirty I reply casually We were like husband and wife I don t have to mention that D for Desmond was borrowed for the occasion and that I flew any aid clapped out I Ihe riggers could put together for another mission Nor do I have to that Dirty Dick was indeed like a wife she yawed violently lo the left on Another feature of my souvenirs Is a half dozen blown up cartoons of prison camp life I just sort of drop this in Then comes the inevitable question Sir did you try to escape I slide into my British accent Well chops the Old Hun took a dim view of escape attempts but yes chuckling reminiscently and nostalgically What happened Well nothing much relly Tried to nip off with the Volks jeep and steal a plane But they caught me Demmit You see I don t have to explain that 1 made what must have been the dumbest escape attempt in WWII after stealing the lunch out of his coat pocket and had the boots put to me severely and accurately by several old guys who had been badly scared recentlv by Typhoon pilots and had no desire to be sent lo the Russian front for letting a prisoner escape And what happened then Well I was sent to a special camp for prisoners whose spirits could not be tamed een by the dread Gestapo I don t to tell these turkeys that there were 10 other untamed a pints in the camp most of whom would have sold their ancient mother Co Kubla Khan for a packet of Tags And I wind up with a rather description of the final escape fighting my way through Russian and German hordes as the war drew toward Its climax And falling Into he arms of a Canadian cor poral and trading him a POW chocolate bar for a bottle of beer Our readers write Poor sportsmanship A copy of this letter has been sent to the Free Press Mr Frank President Acton Minor Hockey Association Alma Street Rockwood Ontario Dear Mr a mother of a boy playing on the Actons Minor Bantam team I would like to register my disapproval of the poor sport by the Coach At the time our team was entered In a Tournament In we were under the Impression It was a weekend Tournament It was for two weekends and we had a game scheduled with for the second weekend Unfortunately our boys beat the major Bantam team from on Nov 26th thusputtingusintoagnmconSat Dec 3rd With a week notice the coach would not reschedule the game sticking to the ruling of league games taking precedent over tournaments etc No thought was given to the fact that It was an honest mistake and would also upset the Tournament schedule While we realize parents have no say in the league we are one hundred percent behind Mr Smith and feel we should have gone to the Tournament We also feel our executive should have stood behind him This Is first year in our league This kind of sportsmanship we don need Yours truly Mrs Jeannelte Greenly Home away from home Dear Editor Dec 1977 MAYBE A Sunday School class Can anyone help identify these young boys who are pictured with Mrs A T Brown Only a part of the list of names remains on the back of this old picture and it included a Watson Archie Wilson Vincent Goodeve a Coleman and Chas Matthews On Nov 1977 I placed my Mother in Home for Senior Citizens I have visited many of these Homes in the past and I must say this Home has pressed me the most as far as care and affection are concerned You could call It a home away from home Everyone of the Home are treated so well by the staff that even my mother who speaks very Utile English and whose en vlronmcnt has been changed so much since we moved to Ontario from Quebec Is beginning to feel at home Continued on page I told you so 2366 To the Editors Dear Sir Today I get little satisfaction in saying I told you bo though I can t help pointing It out now that the Minister of the Environ ment is looking at Montreal s Inclner ator Energy producing plant for Region that in Oct yes when I wrote a full page article on solid waste for the Dills Publishing Co amongst other such plants I pointed out the merits of Montreal Incinerator Energy producing plant Again In Jan 1976 In the Nassagaweya Area Ratepayers Association critquo of the Dillon Report which I presented to Region I referred to this same plant One wonders what those people who take the taxpayers dollars at the provincial level and council level to keep abreast of technology do to while away their time William A Johnson The Free Press Back Issues 10 years ago 10 years ago today Taken from the bine of the Free Press December Esqueslng Township has a new reeve two new councillors the same school board and a twoyear council term beginning in 1969 following Monday election which saw only a disappointing 23 per cent of township voters turn out to cast their ballot Two veterans of the political scene made a neck and neck race of the election before Deputy Reeve George got the nod by a scant 23 votes over incumbent Reeve George Leslie Ice on Fairy Lake was termed definitely dangerous by Corporal Ray Mason this week following return of milder weather He asks parents to cooperate with police in warning children to stay off ice The first Sunday of Advent the period before Christmas in the Christian church a calendar was marked at St s church Sunday by the lighting of the first candle on the Advent wreath On each successive Sunday in Advent new candles are lit on the wreath years ago Taken from the lime of the Free Press of Wednesday December IB Postmaster Frank Terry reported this week Christmas mail Is heavier than during the same period last year with an increase in sale of two cent stamps by approxi 10 Mr and Mrs Neil celebrated their wedding anniversary As a gift to his parents their son Colin invited them to his resort In the Bahama Islands for the winter Their son Neil was killed during World War II Daughter lives in South Dakota The Men held their annual bingo and turkey draw in the Legion Mrs Knox executive secretary of the Save the Children Fund Is Just back from a nine week lecture tour of Canada She was guest speaker at the meeting of the Duke of Devonshire chapter of the I O E Santa greeted over 150 boys and girls at St Joseph s church Christmas party in the Roxy theatre 50 years ago Taken from the issue of the Free Press of Thursday Decembers 1927 The Creber Bros monument factory is now a hive of industry Each day sees the installation of more machinery The body of Count J deLesseps aviator who was lost on a flight in October has washed ashore in Newfoundland He was a frequent and Mrs Beardmore Council and Beardmore and Co will co operate on the operating of rink again this year Hardwood flavoring from the Smith property now St Joseph School will be used in fitting up a couple of rooms at the lown hall Council chamber will be re decorated The annual ball and supper of Acton Fire Brigade was well attended 100 years ago Taken from the Isidc of ue Free Press of Thursday December 1877 The new owners A Moore and S are determined the Free Press will be second to none for life energy and editorial ability Our aim will be to make The Free Press a welcome visitant to every intelligent and wellordered home throughout this section of the country James Vi illiams who murdered his wife at Weston suffered the extreme penalty of the law at the gaol on Friday morning i Two full columns of small type follow including a copy of his last letter to his children At eight clock a large crowd gathered outside the Jail but only those with tickets were admitted at the expiration of seven minutes all was over Eli Snyder is to take a census of the school section and is to be paid eight dollars The school board authorized the teachers to prohibit the playing of shinney on the or In coming or returning from school or to practice the game at all during noon or recess Town Council Indulge In such expresslonsasyourealiar youredrunkto an alarming extent It Is proposed to Invite them to hold a meeting in this village and charge an admission fee They would be better than any minstrel troupe that visited this place THE ACTON FREE PRESS PHONE Business and Editorial Office DM Co IU DM Copyright 1977