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Mmx TELEPHONE and Founded In Wadnaadav by Matrotend Ltd at 59 Acton TMaphona Smgla cop 30 17 par Canada Second mad 5 Ken Bellamy Don Ryder Director of Advertising Hartley Coles Managing Editor Acton ana of Via MePOland and Ltd group Main Advartaar Aurora ELannar The Bolton EntarpnM Brampton Guardian Tha Poet Burtngton Pott Tha Etobiooka Guardian Tha Econonwi and Sun Champion Tha Mattattauga Tha Era Tha North York Mirror Baaver Fnday T Woo Tha Tha Richmond MdlThornhiB Tha Scarborough Minor Stouflvioa EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Gord Murray NtM EdHor Hater Murray Robai Inacoa Paul Nancy ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT Davy Susan Sandra Wlaon CtawsanM Advertising Carolyn BUSINESSACCOUNTING OFFICE Manager Jean Chxufctfcm Dan New riding boundaries make more sense Well surprise surprise A body set up by the Ottawa featherbrains actually did something sensible for a change The creation of a new federal seat of Halton Nor th consisting of Acton Georgetown Esquesing Milton and north Burlington for the first national vote following the next federal election is a lot more logical than the marriage of west Bramp ton Hills and Caledon the Electoral Boun Commission were proposing last November But more seats arent needed Rapid growth in the region especially in the south means Halton region will see its third set of elec toral boundaries in just a little over a decade Ten years ago Burlington and part of was a riding and the rest of Halton and Enn area was another seat Then in the late 70s Ottawa created BramptonGeorgetown riding splitting off part of Halton Hills from the rest of Halton At the same tune the Erin area portion of the old Halton riding was mov ed into Welhngton-Dufferin- Simcoe Now Halton is go ing to be split into three federal seats Over the past ten years Halton has gone from two provincial ndings Halton East and Halton West to three Oakville Burlington and HaltonBurhngton Likely before the next provincial election well have a fourth provincial seat in Who knows who Acton will be lumped with after that you never know it may not be with the rest of Hills or Milton Ten years of confusion for voters And ten years of moun ting costs We agree with Otto when he says more federal seats arent needed He estimates each new seat costs us million a year for the MPs wages of fice space staff etc And for what To add a dozen or so more back benchers of all political stripes who will feel they arent having enough im pact enough of a role in the affairs of state estimates all hed need to continue serving riding as it exists now would be a year extra for one more staffer to say handle north Halton matters Thats a big savings We suspect considerable savings could be realized by not adding more provincial seats too Its about time both levels of government threw away the regular of seat populations and require ments for redistribution when populations ex ceed set limits You dont get better government with more peo ple sitting in Ottawa or Queens Park Only a hand ful of politicians are direct ly involved in making the really important decisions of the day the rest are just communication links and supporting cast In these days of improved travel links and space age communication devices we probably need fewer MPs and MPPs to serve greater population areas not more G M Letters Student has idea Dear Mr Coles I am referring your June article an the Stoop and Scoop law but what about loose goose I think I have a solution to your problem It is In the summer when your problem Is the worst At this time of year the town hires two full time students to clean the town and two part time students to clean the park The park is continually used iff the summer and there la always something to be cleaned in the park Here my solution hire two full time students to rake and bag the poo and also clean garbage from the park Thestu dents would have a job which would cost the town a little more money Also the citizens of the town would be happier and proud of their park Yours sincerely From the editor s Cest la vie thats golf To those who dont play golf can seem a pretty ridiculous game People chase around over regularly cut lawns belting a small hard ball with metal clubs They try to get that little ball close to a small hole below a silly pen so it can be tapped In To those who do play the game but like me not very well it can still seem pretty ridiculous I was first introduced to golf by my father when I was still a wee lad I d play a few times a year never really getting anywhere with the gome but having fun anyway Then when I became older and got into the work world started to take the game a little more seriously Id get out for a half Joan or so rounds every summer with Helen or friends usually playing with borrowed or rented clubs Wed often play when on vacation I was always dreadful regularly shooting well above for nine holes or somewhere far above 120 if tried tackling IS Then about four years ago when Peter was still In the sporting goods business I finally broke down and bought some clubs a wood and four Irons and a I permanently borrowed a from my brother The clubs t match but what the heck the price was right I was all ready to bear down and learn the game Since then Ive played the game more and more with only mar ginal improvement Now I usually shoot somewhere between and for nine holes Ive been a member of Acton Meadows the last three summers playing three and sometimes more rounds a week especially in June and July Ive also gone off to try my fuck in Hornby Erin Mlsslss augn Guelph etc 1 devoted more vacation time In Florida to playing golf I spent three weeks In the past four years at a resort Elgin House playing at least holes a day sometimes or even 36 I played with better golfers hoping to improve my game BUI Cook Dave Tim Coles Steve Garrett from work and friends and acquaintances in Acton like Keith Andrews John John Arnold Blair McCallum have all suffered through at least one round of some course with me All that time and effort to have broken just once ever except on parthrees The first time I went to Elgin House my opening round score was about Near the end of the second week I was just above Finally everything sort of work and with the help of two verrrry long putts on eight and nine I shot a I was so happy Jumping up and down on the ninth green almost kissing the green I was so pleased I was delighted Helen was embarrassed Of course I maintain my hot shooting I finished the IS with a 102 but at least Id broken for one round It gave me real hope Just keep working at it it will happen again It t Despite hours of play last summer the best I could do at Acton was pair of 51s for 18 That came in late June I slipped downhill after that I d been planning to sit out this summer Im so confused about the game from all the well meaning advice I listened lo Ive yet to develop a style of play good or bad which is comfortable for me And everyone Ive played with seems to do something different For a long time I didn t hit the ball far but at least it was fairly straight I still dont hit the ball far but now I ve got a hook and a slice Despite slinking away often to driving ranges I still cant get the ball off the tee most of the time with my single wood At the driving range could walk six paces for ward and collect most of the balls On the course I by Murray Free Press editor invariably just use my irons My wood home You may have noticed I m a bit on the hyper side I dont find golf relaxing Its an exercise almost in blood sweat and tears I become exceedingly up tight and frustrated as the round progresses The only time I really relaxed was last year at Glen Abbey with some other golfers from our com pany I knew there was no hope for a decern score I shot a 135 spent much of the day at the beach or in the water lost nine balls so I had a good time I even shot on par one hole a crowning achievement By the way I ve had one birdie ever again because of a fluke putt Anyway as I said I was going to retire for this summer and skip the aggravation I forgot about the Free Press tournament I shot a 54 the first time 1 con ever remember breaking my first round of any season Darn It all Thats got me won derlng If this Is finally the summer when I break through and start playing consistently under SO To moke matters worse I didnt have a better than usual score because of some fluke holes I had mostly sixes but cant remember having two really lousy shots back to back all day Guess 111 be back out there try lag some more until golf makes me want to crawl the walls again Guess thats the appeal of the game You do a few things right and It rekindles hope You figure If Icoulddoablt right today maybe Just maybe I can do a little more right tomorrow Cest la vie Back issues coies- The days of sighs and poses are here This Is the time of year when schools hold ceremonies for their graduates a system that was un known when this scribbler at tended classes except when going from high school to the Job market or to higher education Now they them for the elementary schools Some nursery schools alio dress their toddlers up in gowns and caps and send them out to kindergarten with that first tlftcate to hang on their wall When this fuzzy faced one was at school the lone advantage of ob taining high marks in Senior to you youngsters was skipping the Entrance Examina tions and getting out of school about the middle of June while the unfortunates who bad to write them tolled in the classroom If you had to try the Entrance exams It meant spending a summer fraught with anxiety until the results were mailed to you or printed in The Free Press They werent so sensitive about bruising your ego In Ihoac days either printed failures well as the pane on the whim of the teacher and the principal Honors may haw been there for the whole town and district to see but so wen the failure as If you blew the exam then the whole town figured you were either a dummy inattentive a candidate for the tannery or didnt get along with the teacher who was sometimes Intolerant en ough to let you suffer the con sequences of your actions That never happened with the entrance exams though They were marked by outside teachers You were left to your own devices which often due to a year of inattention and tomfoolery was often composed of Utile or none That old system resulted in inequities of both physical size and sizing up of a students abilities especially among the boys who failed regularly and often grew larger than the teacher their spectacular lack of ambition they Inhabited the back seats in the graduating class usually taught by the principal Some went on to be come big successes lost saw the other kids grow up to their size eventually These thoughts come to mind at this time of rear a I see some of the smaller boys squirts of their classes coming up to get sandwiched between students of both sexes who are already almost fully developed cornea back be cause I was one of those squirts when I attended school I know one of the problems they faced daily on the playgrounds trying to compete with the more end always it developed and ah is In their shadows Intellectually usual there was problem It was when you had to by Hartley Coles Managing Editor throw a tackle or block a line drive on the playground that your size often was the handicap Later when you matched their size in high school the problems dissipated I look back at those years with a nostalgia now almost every time I see a graduation picture They were nonexistent when I attended the local academy Cameras were locked up leather cases at home and only taken out lor rare family occasions Parents now however come loaded with photographic equipment for gradation Some of it makes my fairly camera and strobe light look like tbeyaune from the dime when I first transferred the editorial end of the new badness I was usually the only at a If I blew the picture then the whole town was down my neck Necessity It is said is the mother of When I did blow one I knew enough to take an Instant vacation until the heat was off A few days off were useful too if your pictures caught the In face grimaces ogling the girls or scratching a not common reaction Now when a student receives his diploma a barrage of flash guns explode from all parts of the room Most of them wont be entries for a photo contest because they exceed the three mile limit but casbnally it gives relatives and friends of the graduates special de light in taking a better shot than the professional or the press photo grapher Others come equipped with Polaroid cameras loaded with color They have results seconds after theyve made the exposure Perhaps they have a right to look down their noses anachronisms like me who must wait until their film is developed and then make a horn a negative But Im not taught me that the beat way to take graduation picture Is after the event is grateful i sag down their of being chosen top student of the year Most often with everyone jostling far position when the diploma is handed out all you usually get Is two hands grasping a while sheet of paper and looks of astonishment or eyes shut tight against the barrage of strobe light If you must take a shot at the actual presentation try taking a practice shot ahead of time Remember to move the film ahead so you don get a double exposure that Is unless you have a camera where the safeguards are built in Many today have them to guard against such faux pas Thats good advice from some one who has committed just about every mistake in the book and a few extras to boot It makes me think of the story Mark Twain used to tell about the Mississippi River boat captain be hired to transport valuable cargo Interviewing candidates for the lob he asked each of them for their credentials The first one said he bad been sailing the river for years and never had a mishap The second said be had also run the river for decades and during that time had bit every obstacle in the river And be knew where they all were Twain hired the latter rather than the former because of course experience Is the best teacher And if Its experience with a camera Ive bad my snare but I still donl to tapper a boat down the or take any more pictures Unless of theyre km end cote years ago Janets George Glenister an Acton floral designer Is creating floral history with the design of a floral display to grace the Royal York Hotel during the upcoming visit of Queen Elizabeth II A bill creating the regional iclpallty of has passed In the Ontario Legislature Under the new legislation will be divided into four polities with Acton Georgetown and lumped together to form a north Halton borough Regional government has been In the planning stages for months Darlene Beerman Susan Mills and Rick have been hired as Tor this years sum playground program Don Price will leave Acton s Porks Department soon to lake on a Job as arena manager in Southampton Acton Parks Board has hired Michael as replacement 20 years ago June 1963 Brookville Public School held a reception Tuesday evening for Annie Paul Mrs Paul has taught in Township off and on since 1923 teaching three generations of township residents during her career Edward Overs an employee of H Porter was recently honored for half a century of employment at the firm Fellow employees awarded Overs silver dollars Acton residents will be able to dial direct to Guelph soon a spokesman for Bell Telephone has announced Company Ltd an It will concert to oil after operating with coal fired furnaces for the post years years ago June The first tournament in the County Lawn Bowling League was held at Acton Athletic Grounds with from Milton Oakville Islington Acton Burlington and Georgetown competing Acton teams were head by E J Gould J Lelshman and The Acton Ladies Bowling club held a bridge and euchre at Hill Hall the home of Mrs PA Smith Prize winners were Mrs W Miss M Mrs Smith and Mrs E J Mrs A J Buchanan was in charge of the lunch The pro are for buying dishes far the club Churchill United Church garden party was held at the home of Mr and Mrs John Allan 75 years ago June IB IMS Company Fof the Regiment Halton Lome Rifles Captain Chas Gamble held their annual church parade to the Methodist Church Sunday evening accompanied by Acton Citizens Band Company entertained at the G T R station on Tuesday en route to the brigade grounds at Niagara on the Lake for their annual fort night Instructions camp They were In charge of Copt Gamble Col Sergt W Cripps and Sergts Wilson Crewson and Stewart Messrs George Agnew J Smith and W Kcnney went to camp as members of the Regimental band The school roll of honor following the last examinations includes the I names of M Chapman P Somvervllle M Richmond A Dills A Speight A Henderson E Black B Husband Mullin Plank A Kenney Hurd J MacDonald Nelson D Foist J Mildred Matthews Berths Brown Ernie Brown Velma Burt Harold Roy Brown Jean Wilson Margaret Wilson Jack Alger Vera Harvey Wllma John stone Victor Coleman years ago Janets im Our village cemetery Is being very rspidly filled up Our civic will soon be obliged to secure a new site During the past week our usually quiet town has been In a state of Considerable ferment owing several stores and homes being burglarized Warrant were issued for the arrest of three strangers who were In town and they were sear but nothing could be proved Several of the tombstones In the burying ground at have been broken by persons unknown A couple of young ladles of questionable character have been Insulting ladle they meet by ad dressing them wUb most profane and obscene language All such characters should be sent to some public Institution far safe keeping