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page two the acton free press thursday august 30th lsl back fro school it happens every year abcyut this time when our young cana of all ages from five years ndnhrsrteast sixteen years start or continue their studies in our schools across this great country domeof these classes er in little rural school houses and some of them in fine riew buildings some are in countty towns or in the big schools in the dry but no matter in what remote part of this great country of canada or what crowded city section these are days for all between five and at least sixteen years to go back to school we dont suppose children look on it now as a great privilege and to hear them talk it would appear a hardship but after all it is indeed a great privilege that all our children in this country have the opportunity for education location is no earner and often we find that those who havo thegreatest handicaps in attend ing school mako the most of their opportunities biographies of many great men and women show that this is true of all generations down through the years 5 back to school days might well bo termed opportunity days true it requires effort and industry to take advantage of educational facili ties once the lessons are learned and the know ledge absorbed however they are assets which last a lifetime and are found imperative to meet ing conditions encountered every day clfont oxpec school children 10 read mis children smiles coming home on the train from toronto re- cently the wcnelwoncw famlllcs-from-hol- we articlo but parents might well impress uporj their children the opportunities that our schools offer and be very helpful instilling in the young minds the desire for more education and the advantage of attending school regularly to get the most out of schools well decorated window have you been to the exhibition yet that s a common question these days as the gigantic canadian national exhibition attracts the curious and the interested to see the latest in agriculture industry and the arts millions of visitors will click through the turnstiles for a look at the show window of canada american tourists think it is wonderful and few have seen its parallel south of the bor der canada is a comparatively young country her growth is rapid but her development is keeping pace the canadian national exhibition is one of the important contributions to that development ust as the smaller agricultural fairs common in most communities are an important part of the canadian way of life jimmy durante is on the largest stage of its kind in the world to entertain some 26 000 nightly while others rush to the huge and versa tile midway for the thrills and wonders of the world during its two week run he c n e officials expect some 3 000 000 visitors to flock over the 350 acres of park and though some 450 000 000 worth of buildings that house this gigantic spectacle suitably named the show window of the nation there is the unusual as always past all the rattle swine sheep and goats one visitor found competitors for the north american fencing championship men s sabres and women s foils were being contested with five udges watching each duel the miles that separate we re still intrigued about the odd meetings of conventions and perhaps we may carry over a littlefrom last week for instance while editor casey woods jr has been conducting the oak villetrafalgar journal for nearly four years and only a few miles separate us every day it took a convention in winnipeg to have us meet per sonally four of halton s newspapers were repre sented at the convention this year we were pleased to hear the announcement that the oakvilletrafalgar journal won the com munity service award we examined mr woods entry in the contest and it gave udges and everyone conclusive evidence of the community service done the past year by this halton county journal incidentally we dont recall seeing the two ose from the train that the oakvilletrafalgar nal credits us with must have been some f grey haired editor mr woods met on the ho told him that story ere were folks frorn saskatchewan who alnends of ours and others from manitoba quired about friends in acton and miltorr u k wherever one went there was some- pl ii knew of your town or your friends of here were always those who knew pit klustreets it s also remarkable- how bad auin to go faster than good ones and e ii look forward to hearing about dways we have instead of drawing o deplorable conditions land going to new homes in canada in the allls- ton district there were eighteen in the two famrlitfsyoungparentsndfcrigbitmilingboys and girls most everyone in the coach became interested in themes they talked in their own language and the children watched from the train window it was early morning their luggage filled the racks and it was breakfast time mother cut slices of bread put on butter and a little bit of sardines one can of sardines among ten remind ed us of a certain parable second course was another slice of bread and a section of an orange after breakfast the washrooms were busy spots as children emerged with shining faces and neatly tombed hair lt difficult to engage pasiengors in con versation when neither knows the language of the other but there is usually a way to get ac quainted this time it was a couplo of packages of gum given to the father of the familyof ten he examined it and said one word griifdren wo nodded and smiled in return of hfy smile fortunately therewas sufficient for each child to get one stick and father studiously looked at his dictionary and the package but were afraid was 4 inritnntterwtti dire tionary might be a suggestion here for the packaging of products to put on the package what it contains as well as the trade name but it made friends who smiled back at us and when they left the train at georgetown to continue their ourney the children came and shook hands and the parents smiled and pointed and said holland and rotterdam when our train pulled out the children were waving fran tically with both hands and smiling canada is a great place for children and those who can smile wed like to meet those families again ten years hence wo ii bet they will be having more than bread and sardines for breakfast and we hope the smiles never come off ct ttlh5sfy xttttrb htjnrrrj nf battaba aetoa obtnsie a hukndly church parsonage 30 rower avenue phone so bsyk carcty hhbk skes mia o sc tuunnarj atonl organist and choir leader is so this if why i was aswd to comk along the good old days may have seemed better backui4931 raekimmhm from the luue f the free ireu of thursday anraat 27 th 1931 a welcome sign hopes are now bright for smooth pavements and attractive streets as road improvements get under way following the sewerage upheaval with the coming of new and smooth pavement comes the introduction of a higher speed by cars resulting in less notice of the town speed limi wpr alwa adhered to with rough and rugged streets that jolt your teeth but smooth pavements will make a difference this town is a pleasant one and one we think visitors should notice and know therefore it would be wise to erect a sign at the entrance telling this town s story a combination of service clubs and industry might make possible an attractive welcome sign that would greet visrtors travelling through the community bad roads made the town notorious and now attractive streets a clear business section and improved sidewalks should make the town famous but people don t always notice the small highway sign and the moral of the story is lost one important consideration in erecting a sign is that if it grows shabby the story is re versed dulled paint shows a dulled interest and conveys an unfavourable impression to the worn traveller many of the smaller communities have point ed the way in this matter and organlzatrpns have erected signs bearing the town s name and some interesting information about it the small com munity of drurnquin has a very attractive sign that tells the name approximate date of found ing and the important detail that it was erected by the women s institute larger communities too have signs like that of bram erecte by service clubs for the in formation of the tourist or traveller merchants should be included in any plan since it is they who would perhaps benefit most directly from a tiavellers welcome a merry crowd of young people from toronto enjoyed n com roast at mr jas ramshnw s farm on saturday night the girl guides went to camp nt beautiful camp just off the hiflh- way above rockwood on saturday last on tuesday cventnfi the acton tuxis boys journeyed to milton and were defeated there by the score of 80 in a five inning rome with the milton tuxis georgetown citizens band rnve splendid concert from the stand m acton park on sunday evening a very pretty wedding took plicc at st chad s anglican church toronto when mabel irene only daughter of mrs w f liun bicimt the bride of mr lea lie btrmrd bildwin of toronto in case some fishermen da not belile thit fiir lake ins some tr fine hiss in it johnnie dunn jindtd i smill mouthidbiss hst frid iv thit rmnsuiid 111 inch is nd tipped the sciks it 3 lbs boh continu ltion ind public schools in- rlid for the opminj on september 1st in fict the schools ire open for inspection of pirents on frid august 21 from three until five o clock editorial notes we have a tax on everything now except hitch hikers some day i suppose there will be a tax on hitch hikers probably call it a thumb tax the cloudy days have the autumn tang that reminds us of the fall fairs ust around the corner when farmers display their produce and children watch the erection of the midway school bells will loll the end of the summer acation tuesday when the children go back to desks in another room and some of the younger ones visit the educational institutions for the first ime i july 1st not date canada created wheneer a stitutor holidi is coming due most industricjrof any sizt post notice of the holiday on the plnnt bulletin boird because hi compam h a fiir percentage o rcctntln arrived foreign born workers on the payroll the man igcr of i big toronto company makes i pnctice of xpliining th hnhdi s significance and its his- toncil background about two weeks before the ditt most of them know such and such a date is u holiday but why is mother question hi said in explaining his bulletin board ays tern it u ill help them learn i bit nbout canadian history li noth ing else for cxiqople his built tin board notice for dominion day carried this short history of the holiday dominion day is the anniven- ary of the birth of canada as surprising as it m s july 1st is not the day the dominion qf canada was created it was on march 20th 1667 that the british north america act became luw and the dominion of canada ere- ated however on may 22nd 1867 a proclamation was issued naming jul 1st as the birthday of the dominion at first canada com pnsed only four provinces ont ario quebec new brunswick and nova scotia manitoba became the fifth province in 1860 in july 1871 british columbia entered the dom inion followed by prince edward island in julv 1873 until 1005 the dominion consisted of only seven provinces at which time albert and saskatchewan joined on april 1st 1050 newfoundland became canada s tenth province making canada almost as large as all eur ope the idea is quite simple but its value is obvious when it is realized that most people dont know all the facts contained in the para graph quoted above from the issue of the free press of thursday august 29th 1h1 at the regular bi weekly cession of the municipal council councillor jeans chairman of the paries com mittee asked if council had any ob jections to the removal of the band stand from the town hall square to the park the permission sought was granted it was sueffested to the worthy chairman that when the band stand was removed to the park it should be repainted erin will hold its civic holiday tomorrow the improvements at the acton public school arc about complete john myers an itinerant hedge trimmer was sentenced last friday bv magistrate williams to thirty days in goal for being disorderly on the streets ind cirrying dan ft rous weapons in the form of trimming shears rev h a m icpherson sid of the weitlur on tuesd rnght it l i vr peich of i nieht it wis i most auspicious evening for st albin s peich lsiivt1 held at mr bcirdmnres n sidt net and a verv gratifying success resulted the hwn vkis dottt d with tents booths ind ttbus iind with chinese ian t rns and other decorations was iniill fiir like mr w johnston butchi r his disposed of his business to mr neil pitterson of milton who takes pos session about the middle of sep tember mr pittirson his leased for it rm of eirs the brick store of mrs b w nicklin and will trinsfcr the meat busintss to thit stand the links of acton golf club arc now in prime condition nnd there is eood sport in store for the mem bers easy stage over royal society told canada nteds n devtlopmtnt pli on a national scalt dr j j oneiu told the roval society of cimda m his prt idrntinl address in rev it w ing our growth for the first half of the century dr o neill mnntaintd that we had developed much faster politically than mater iallv had dtpendtd too much on pot luck in the utilization of our natuml rt sources the result he calmed was an under populated country and one with an excessive overhead and too vulnerable to economic storms the head of the royal society has given his fellow canadians something to think about declare the financial post we have made big strides in opening this vast countrv in the last 50 years but the easy stage the skimming off the top cream so to speak is over we no longer possess great stretches of v irgm fertile and treeless land merely waiting for the plow it is no longer possible to bring in set tlers bv the million and settle them in permanent occupations over night mineral oil forest and other resources are not going to be found and developed either cheaply or quickly brains not luck will be needed if this country is to grow it should grow in the second half of ihe twentieth centurv sunday septjealmer2ndi05 10 00 atn sunday school 1100 nm morning worships 7 00 pm evening worship uttpttet cbfjitrrlj acton sunday septbmbtn 2nd 1051 special ttc-opening- and dedication sunday 1030 am sunday chool 1130 am morning service fol lowed by communion 7 30 pm evening service wednesday 8 30 prayer meeting friday 8 30 bypu dimabv knox cmracix acton rfcv feorkkt it amcktvono ata ru atlnkter sunday september 2nd 1 1 00 am divine worship jo 00 ajn-sunday-school- 1dsi aljl ayuc welcome actfct w g ilmmt bj 1961 sunday september 2nd trinity xv 1100 nm holy communion 7 00 pm evening service in un ited church the sunday school will reopen sundav september 9 v 10 am for all classex a welcome awaits you professional directory and travellers guide mfdical dr w g c kenney rhymtalan and gurfen tobst blow the stroke of a whales tail which can smash even a larcc boat is the fireeeat blow that can be struck by an animal ohiee phane 71 residence church bt phone im dr d a garrett physician and ftarceaa corner of willow and river su entrance river street acton ontario phane im dental dr a j buchanan dental snrteoia office lcishman block mill st office hours 0 am to 8 p m xray telephone i dr george a sirrs dental surgeon mill si corner frederick acton office hours 0 00 ajn to 5 30 pm telephone 10 veterinary b d young bvsc c l young dvm etcrlnary sureeons office brookvllu ontario phoni milton u0r4 f g oakes v s b v sc veterinary burceon office and lusickncc knox ave acton phone 130 c f leatherland barrister a solleltor notary pnblle office 22 phone ris 151 acton iever hoskin chartered accountants successors to jenkins and hardy 1305 metropolitan blde 44 victoria st toronto ele 0131 heal estate and instreanok wilioughby farm agency tannsni hmislrwi tin- canada head office 3m bay st tomato phone kmpire 30004 geornetown representative tew hewsatt phone cearaetewn jitw wright real estate and insurance v l wnlqht n b wrlobtl 20 wilbur st h macuonnu st acton ont ouelph ool phone 85 phone 40isw valuators realtars inamrasa member appraisal institute of canada members guelph and district real estate board members guelph and district insurance agents associatioa we urgently require listings kt farm property from 50 to 300 acre also smill holdings from 1 to 3ft acres- contact andy frank assoiiote at ctimpb uvllle phone milton 325r2 c h dyment realtor 1j t wintuorth st s hamilton pimm 7noj w h parkin lloor handlnr and reftnlslilnat phone 1058w oakville travellers guide gray coach lines daiyliohf saving time coaciifb leave acton eastbound ig3ham 15 am 1123 a jn 2 011pm 113 pm 0 33 pm sj9 p m blo ibpm westbound 10 17 am 12 52 pm 2 vi pjb4 527 pm 727 pm 012 pm 11j9 pm 1 12 a m sun to kitchener oply i a daily t xei pt sunday and hou- dnys b saturday sunday and noli- divs miscellaneous the victor b 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