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especially through the summer we dont know the origin of the holiday but ita the one day of the year designated by the mun icipality it is the logical day for celebration of any thing particularly important to that municipality many a successful celebration has been staged in acton on that day whether there is a civic celebra tion or not observe it just as loyally as you would any holiday proclaimed by parliament and in the holiday spirit just review in your mind the many things that make you proud of acton as your town civic pride on civic holiday should at least not be missing in anyone may we move a vote of thanks amateur bands in ontario owe a debt that will undoubtedly never be repaid to prof thiele of waterloo his untiring efforts in band work have not been confined to his home town of waterloo but have been spread throughout the entire pro vince last week he was in georgetown and we are told performed the rather unpleasant duty of awak ening the pride of citizens in their splendid home organization on saturday night he was in acton and it was largely his guidance that made the tattoo of the local band such an outstanding success we learn that he had visited four other commun ities that same week in connection with band events the work is done voluntarily and as a labor of love perhaps prof thiele considers the progress he sees in amateur bands reward for his efforts communi ties everywhere owe him at least a vote of thanks and perhaps acton may have the pleasure of moving such a vote his efforts here were indeed appreciat ed savings the intimation last week of a reduction in the county rate will be welcome news with the pay ments that have been assumed by the provincial government tle majority of municipal councils had in striking the rate tor the taxes budgeted for a reduction in this quarter perhaps even a bigger reduction was anticipated but the county council is passing on part of the saving handed down new road machinery has been acquired and re pairs of quite an extensive nature arc planned for the county buildings a new heating system has been approved and repairs to the registry office are to be made while it is not fair to criticize these improvements when one is not thoroughly acquaint ed it is very interesting to note the rather entrava- gant claims that were used to back up the expendi ture new storm windows recently added have cut the fuel bill in half insulating will make a further sav ing and a new heating system would of course only bo considered in order to mike for mora economy if these economies continue to grow its going to be real tough on those who supply fuel for the county buildings or are we taking the councillors en- thulium a literally as he has apparently swallowed th tale talk of all those who have promoted the improvaneat possibly the county rate will show greater aaviag next year bfjttmw ftoqmets the proipeot of good crops in western as well as eastern canada i indeed goodnews ontario had the benefit of splendid crops last year and oan readily wish for other parts of the dominion a similar ex perience true prices may as a result be lower but isnt it better to have a smaller measure of prosper ity for many than superabundance for a few many had lost faith entirely in the west the long continued period of draught has indeed teen discouraging but at last the sun seems to be break ing through and the west is coming back with its comeback other parts of the dominion will benefit and also the return to better times wiil show that it is not the aberharts or newfangled isms or the old- fashioned partyisms that guide the destinies of a country but praise for the fullness of the earth rests with an allseeing providence are opportunities passing we in a newspaper office are asked for all kinds of information but an inquiry last week that is common in every town or hamlet at this time of year had us stumped we were asked for direction to a tourist home and we dont know of any such thing fn acton just why we cant answer because the sign is so common along every highway these days that the visitors making the inquiry were quite surprised to find that there wasnt any such thing in acton whether it is an opportunity being overlooked we are not prepared to say we rather imagine that rooms are available every day in either hotel we have wondered why summer cabinswere not erected down at fairy lake by some enterprising person they seem in- many places not nearly so well situat ed are we passing up opportunities in acton by not catering to the tourist trade editorial notes occuiped farm lands in canada are valued at an average of 24 per acre canadian national exhibition posters are making their appearance and acton fair follows right along after signs of fall are here it is at least refreshing to have in the world news these days no crises apparently there were so many of them developed that a crisis censed to be news this immediate district has certainly been very fortunate in missing the heavy hail and rain storms its better to be a bit dry than have it come in a deluge money orders travellers cheques and other fin ancial paper issued by express companies in canada during 1937 amounted to 67523282 compared with 63548920 in 1936 just how long the mill street roadway will re main in its present terrible condition seems a prob lem the enthusiasm of last fal has waned hon1 siderably with this unfinished work cutting the corners too sharply has been expen sive to motorists passing through acton by the time repairs are made and court fines paid it is agreed that it would have been more profitable to heed the highway signs an amendment to the criminal code which be comes effective next monday august 1st is so clear ly worded that slot machines are definitely illegal except those which vend merchandise giving a defin ite and similar result for the money every time in the interests of all the amendment has been long oevrdue clean them out now monday may be too late the hanover post tells about a church which decided to discontinue publishing a list of its contri butors at the end of the year but the term was only half competed when the offerings had fallen so alarminglv that it was decided to cancel the resolu tion and again issue a list of contributions secure in the knowledge rhat nobody would know how much they gave to the church many members had straight way reduced heir givings but when it was announc ed that this secrecy would no longer obtain they brought their contribution up to a respectable total and the church was saved a deficit acton or any other town will not become a good business centre so log as its business men rely on a few merchants to make the effort to bring trade to town too often the men in a few lines of trade are about the only ones that reach out after customers other merchants wait until these then induce people to come to town and content themselves with trade that naturally drifts to their place a public spirited man should ask himself if he is doing his best to at tract people to come to town to trade in helping the entire business community ladnojowtr is a success unless all lines are workthgto extend the trade as far as possible and trying to bring a larger territory in the circles in which the town is the business centre the cancel crusade by t w uoottlknith mjd djml bmmtety okubur oommlltm flfittliif hit grtfct bmturf wmfc kiuw- totlf a oftitttfalftt to wim ovft itnannm fur aad netfeet damss v1sitbvsbs the llflue ftmocftiw cbntrele ctmcere la a voluntary society in paris it 1 tupportqd entirely by the contributions of those interested in the control of cancer the domes vlslteuses ore a group of 40 women voluntary t who have taken the responsibility of visiting at least once evjsry year all the cancer cases within a certain area the names and addresses of patient are secured from hospitals patients from places outside paris are followed by mall dames vultenises do not mention can cer when they visit a patient they in troduce themselves as a representative of the physician who has treated the case and who desires to know how the patient is getting along yearly reports on the cases are sent to the physician involved these women have no light job some of them may visit as many as 350 patients a year in coses where the patient is in need the individual visitor or the llgufl will supply funds for food bandagns clothes etc each year in formation is secured on more than 2000 cases in the is years of its existence the ugue has gained information on over 30000 cases the ugue is the paris educational centre for cancer and its work resembles in some respects that of the health league of canada each year there is a cancer week la eemalne de defense contre ti cancere in which there are radio addressee meetings publicity and the distribution of literature special courses are organised for nurses quacks and charlatans are exposed in addition to lta education work the ugue con tributes funds for research and aids in digent patients it active agents are the dames vlslteuses the llgue in addition sell pamphlets dealing exhaustively with popular mis conceptions about cancer and describes the accepted technique of treatment iu posters dlspayed on the boarding tell the story of the campaign against can cer some of 1u slogans are cancer kill it when it begins and cancer can be cured if it is treated in the beginning making canada a better place in which to live and work a serim of letters from dlttbifftikiwd canldlniw on vital problems affecting the future welfare of canada specially written far canadian watfcly n asseeutlen dear mr editor i was very pleased indeed to hear that you are president of so influential a body as the canadian weekly news papers association they are a fine lot of fellows as i learned personally a couple of years ago when they met here but as for giving advice to men who are specialists in their own field i am afraid that i am not quite senile enough yet to try that there is one thing however that i have always thought about weekly newspapers they ought to be the safest and most lucid guides to public opinion in what might be called the small town or city areas we dally chaps get to know our cosmopolitan populations fairly well by dint of rubbing them the wrong way and hearing about it but i feel at sea as regards say bowmanvllle or richmond the weeklies could hold a mirror up to local opinion in such fashion as to enlighten their brethren of the dallies not to mention politicians statesmen if any publicists and other parasites who live by guessing which way tne public wind is blowing as for guiding that wind they are in the best position to do it if the local editor is not the most influential man in his community he- ought to be ashamed of himself in any case i wish you and your as sociation every sort of hick sincerely yours a r cajiman bdjtor montreal dally star mysterious letters wild animals no longer wild prominent among the attractions which draw visitors to the national parks of canada is the opportunity to associate with the socalled wild animals on a basis of mutual goodwill and respect all national parks are wild life sanctu aries where the animals and birds of the forest prairie and lake are protected from xnolesttlon with all the vigor of the law the result ts that these creatures very soon begin to recognise in man a friend instead of an enemy and to con duct themselves accordingly deer and bear are common in most of the western parks and a recent report from jasper states that a baby moose accompanied by ite watchful mother is taking strolls through the street and by way of that popular resort the mother moose keeps her baby carefully guarded from attack another visitor is a big elk which apparently enjoys human com panionship the good relations which have been established with the animals in the na- uonal porks ore a revelation to those who have not made the acquaintance of canadian wild life under uch favorable conditions a good deal of fun can be got out of secret writing and there ore several kinds of invisible ink that are quite easy to get and safe to use one of the simplest and handiest is milk if you write with this using a fine nib and not pressing too hard you will find that the words are not to be seen when you have finished but if the paper is held in front of the fire the letters turn brown and remain so onion juice behaves in exactly the same fashion except that the warmth of the fro brings out the written words in yellow a little alum dissolved in lemon juice gives you yet another kind of invisible ink wards written with it become visible when the paper la dipped into water then they turn a pale grey for another amusing and interesting way of writing secretly you need two sheet of paper a piece of glass a little water in a jug or a plate or a bowl onn sheet should be soaked in the water it should then be laid upon the glass the second sheet should be pale- cd on it arid your message written with a blunt pencil the wet paper should be allowed to dry and if you have done the job properly what you have inscribed on it will not be visible to recover the words the paper should again be put into water this has the effect of making the message clear just one word of warning let the soaked paper dry in the open air of its own accord do not hold it near a nre or over a lamp lack of good roads is said to be re sponsible for a decrease of 10 per cent in the population of the shetland islands between 1021 and 1931 scotts scrap book by r j scon pcutomeas h jajvkm wiao bmktflllcl oven rfiajb hea 6 patvewt qacdch rtn plahf only blooms apt akorbstpirb ha1 swwl tft xtocrti moumxims er cajjronxia 1 wjit oxrttm of mortrtlam 50000 bxpeaimakf purine rtw yian3 op woaic tyrfiomm ecisom filetta fpiuufilh a5 mow f4h posfvwnx wa1 usep ffcactnffcr pev4 is a bujllvi- m8 raund nacently r wa w osbp in new haven cohmbrrteirr im is839 vicorvuxi m vnj moon 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