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ai rmraconfrirpires aoont ontario o esmntial one a yar ow ymr whorher we rued it or not w hsva an oldfanhioned habit of clearing off the top of our deik women do their spring cleaning mucrrlatelr tn the year and the only reaion we can give for selecting a yearend date for desk clear ing is the fact that new calendars and desk pads- and memos always require changing rjght after december r we didnt find any lost cheques or other valu able papers or documents when the cleaning was being done but what an accumulation of clip pings articles and material which we had laid aside to peruse at a future time of more leisure but it never was done and after many yeas of experience we have found that what hadn t been accomplished in t752 would soon be crowded out by 1953 material and the task of catching up would be endless the ob of clearing a desk is one that cannot be done hurriedly it must not be interrupted and what an interesting way to spend an hour or so the last day of every year two of the require menjs necessary fo lengths periods between clean up are a fair sized de lop a system of orderly piles whtch you alone understand and some ia7gectravvefsinihectes1rwh1chcan contain y somooi thatmalecial which jcannotbedi5carded every year desk drawers will take a longer per lod between clean up times and it s ust as good in july as in december we might add the desk drawers of this editors desk are being left until july but what a lot of unfinished reading that yearend clean up has revealed every year for many years does one ever get caught upj prtww minister winston churchill it on an- other piit to north america and no doubt jtmrmltt trill ovt a mv supply of quotable a new oiwyevery minute theres always sofne thing new to learn about until last friday we didnt know about an azel the word is pronounced like hazel without the h so we presume we have spelled it correctly we came across it in one of the big city stores where a man was demonstrating a little gadget that would sharpen anything from a razor to a lawnmower weve always been interested in listening to the sales lingo of these specialists in demonstrations who invariably sell an article at half the price of that listed on the container well this new thing in toronto stores which he called an azel came into the sales talk quite un expectedly he was showing how dull one of his demonstration knives had been made it ust wouldn t cut anything and to prove it he drew it across his throat and explained thai if it were sharp it would sever his head from ins body and his head would be out there in the azel and he would be behind the counter without any head it took us some little time to grasp ust where the azel was located for rolling chopped off heads into or whether it was a new kind of elevator or escalator and then we looked up and found a little sign right in front of the demonstrator which said aisle 14 and we discovered our spelling and pronounciation weren t at all modern and we sltpped away down another alleyway between two displays which was marked aisle 1 1 and kept our eye on these newest things that were introduced to us for the first time in 1953 what wonderful things can be accomplished with this wonderful english of ours and how confusing it can become to even the natives j oh for the nptimism of youth thai are ort fto fun out of buying skis and mtifrr sports equipment utth u hat tcft oxer after the christmas spending holdjng the line tn spite 6t the fact that the newsprint price was increased effective the first of the year and that a boost in freight rates comes mto effect at the same time the price of your free press wilt remain unchanged the reason is simply the fact that we purchased an extra stock of newsprint before the price became effective and have enough on hand to maintain out present price perhaps it s a hopeless hopeful anyway we like to hold the price line and perhaps sales tax or some of the other taxes which enter nto tl e cost of newspaper production w i ass st n mar tainmg present prices before another supply hai to be purchased we think its a helpful indication of a change in thinking that some pricei have stopped climb lng and in some instances havebeen lowered for some time now price increases have been go ing a merry circle with no one getting a great deal of benefit it s been getting a habil in many lines to accept price increase with a shrug and the comment that the increase will be passed on to the customer in the meantime prices pf farm products have been declining and other products will have to keep in line if they are going to con tinue to be in demand taxes focjn a large part of all costs of pro ductions and it is only reasonable to anticipate that governments will set a trend in attempting io bring prices more in line by decreases in the meantime we are glad to assure our readers that the home town paper has no immediate increases m prospect not unit did it e have a preen christmas hut the new year didnt briny any white blanket or this district mat chano heure leaders pass on one ot ontario s most colorful and forceful piemie7rttitclwurhephvumhtitpals8cnmm the scene he was the youngest man ovor to hoid that position last summer when wo toured some ontario farms with a fjroup of agriculturists from halton and peel it was again our privilege to meet him on his farm near st thomas we will recall one of his remarks at that lime he said he had been raised on the farm he had come back again to the farm and it was there he was happiest and hoped to spend the rest of his life it was also our privilege to visit his farm home with a group of newspaper editors when he wai premier of ontario on that occasion he was not able to be home owing to a big strike in oshawa we met him on many occasions and while we didnt always agree with his viewpoint we found him very fair and very understanding many a man who has gained public promi nence has found greatest happiness in the more imple life his farm holdings his methods and his leadership m public and farm life of canada made an impression which will live long after him the strenuous demands of public life take an early toll and mr hepburn was just in his 57lh ear last week it wis hon gordon conant who passed away and only a few months ago george mccullough died in his early life with many years seemingly ahead of him thr u tf of oihki tnartiurt w hi iny all to i nt up jiliiunnmif ii irh hurl ptm objectionables to remove with the 1953 motor vehicle license plates now available the motorist can abolish that ob jectionable little sticker that was in the lower right hand corner of every windshield the battered bent and rusted plates that have done service for two years can also be replaced with nice new ones at any time that motorists want to make the change it would appear that the plates made in 1951 were not made sturdy enough to stand the rigors of our canadian conditions or the bois terous ways of the canadian motorists whatever material or workmanship is to blame will have to be taken into consideration if any move is made to have license plates serve for a two year period there hasbeen an agitation for some time to issue permanent plates for the lifetime of the car the permanent plates remove an annual nuisance to the public and would elimi nate much government administration involved in the yearly plate change permanent plates manufactured of better material make the work of police easier and do not detract from the ap pearance of cars an examination of british license plates wll clearly show the difference in material and workmanship another item in favor of the longer use of plates is the fact many skin ned knuckles are avoided inchangmg the plates each year but for 1953 the corner sticker goes cut as soon as you oet the new markers and the new- bolts and you get those battered and bent and rusty numbers removed that have done duty mce 1951 tru qogo old days mat have seemed better thursday january th im back m 1903 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john tht kvt8i list i i m a j mrktnnon w m a t bmiwn s w t m ht ntlt rpon j w wm oopt r s d c shiw ji j r k nnodv i m mr don ild on j kinniv sr stt w irdj f mt inlosh it h st ot i hipliin rt v r ii mrlhi rtmi lf artnn m tyttbb the only paper ever published tn acton founded in 1875 and published every thursday at 56 mill si e acton ont member ot the audit burbauol circufik tion the c w n a and the ontarioquebec division of the 0 w n a advertising rates on request subscriptions paj able m advance s25q in canada 350 in the united states s x months il50 single copies 6c authorized as second class mail post office department ottawa g a dill editor and publisher business and editorial office teiephone 174 h iiimt j- old gltn tiiil v us iii i 1 k n i f i is mi 1 dn i hi s vmh ih ti in f ir i s th ilnit si us j 1 ti nnl i pi t f bin 1 ii p i illlltiu i r t b x ii vi hi ii nil ill ill ts tin lit mill ii 1 ft ihrt il v- whin i bisk wshn t i cold s lit r h virhnl tl i ruisi f lisllkun u intpks li 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ing- t run om on ih stalk is irattlv in ritdhjim in ire is where hty ire plenllful thtse animals will ntirmtlmin it a fompl intth of iwrel t ir in few nlghw professional directory and travellers guide bnsi 1 ti it ii pit hord r oikmii tr r i dr w g c kenney physician and hargeon office ihone tr residence hureh ht phoi dr d a oarrett ihyslflan and hurgron r t f will rw md itivt r dr a i armstrong pliyslrljn and surgeon offm in mill st r isl i mor 4 legal c f leatherland barrister 4 kellcltor nobxry rauk office 23 phone rea 131 actfn lever hoskin bartered arroununu jrnkinh and hardy 1101 mtrop lit m bldg 4 victor j st tororil rig ulll a j f randeil t harleredarroununl mun strtlt cjt urgtlotvii ihiphon i a ird mths tntl dr nlhn irntai ffiwird i iiider ter mrs milcolm st wirt toront th funi nl u rvici h- id u oikvlllt on fndiv ofti moon with following in si jude tht i dr a j buchanan dental hurgeon rt ltishrmn bhxrk mill itirt houn bam to 6 pm x ray telephone 148 51 1iiropkactor d j armstrong doctor of hlropractto li rndinck st n phosf w mihcrllaneoub at the dr h leib dental surgeon offict corner mill and frt dt rick streets office hours 9am lo 6 p m tflephosf 19 acton the victor 8 rumiey funeral home funeral home hrated atttbnlaas phone 30 night or day serving the community for 45 years united church of canada acton ootsurlo a friendly church rev e a currey ba bi minister parsonage 2 bouer avenue phone 60 sundav january 11 h 151 10 00 a m sundaj school th i chrnt mi prtmil 1100 t m morning worship sub tc the miotic pluir v eirs rm ni 00 pn thoiipnl for i will b sl antil thv ir r nf p ice presbyterian church in canada knox church acton rf robert h armstrong la bd minister sbnda january ii h h 1000 i m church school 1100 im morning strict 12 is pm bible class 700 pmevtn n worh p they rtiut uait upon the lord shal reneic their tlrenpth veterjnarv b d young bvsc c l young d v m veterinary surgeons 3live m lampard a tcm rm t organist and choir leader lnited church teacher o plana studio lnited church thursday studio 4 park avi gueiph ollue brookvi ic ontano ph m mil on 165r21 telephtjne 296 f g oakes vs bv sc travellers guide veterinary surgeon gray coach lines oh ct and res dince knox ave acton phone 130 oahfs leave acton rfal fstate and nsiranci est bound 6 18 am 8 59 am 1133 am 2 08 m ioe pm 6 33 p m j3 tn th 1 ird st albans church lanxlieaknl rev ralph e pnce ba bd rector firttt suda after epiphany januarv ilth 1853 8 30 am holv communion 1000 am church school llm am1beginners class 700 pm evensong and sermn all welcome confirmation classes mondai january 12th 1s pm young peoples class boo pm adults class both in the rector those interested are welcome baptj5t church atton nkh l pjlt n p u n ic- of praer sfn trcj thursday jftnui ttn bapti i hurch rt i c i pcak fndaj jan iarv tth ki x pre b un chur h r egertoi young f lpp canida bibl societ speak ne stndayjanl r h 19 10 00 a msuda sch m 1 1100 am mornins w irh p i 00 p m evjaung service e 15 p m hung piople n ct i there it one field n hich u wnie man and tu- ton meet i common level that is when h t11 in love and akc he r per nand wright real estate and insurance f l wright n b uright 2u v hur st 69 ma d nne 1 s at on oit gueiph ont phom 95 phone 15w valuators realtors insofar mt mbt r appraisal irutrtute of canada m h rs f i iph and urf c real es ate board member guetph and distr irnuracc agtij oc at in wm r packen real estate generl insurance m elhound 10 2 am 1252 pm 2 5 pl i2 pm 2 jn hi2 pm i1j3 p n 112 i m sun k cheoer n ji dili txctpl sundav and hob rltvs brsawrdav sunday and boll 28 r f bean general insurance 360 mill st acton phone 5s5 office hours 9am 3 pjn s30 pm 9 pm canadian national railways standard time east bo trod daiu 6 a m daily exceptsun dai 95t am 710 pm suaday only 8 18 p m datlv except sun day flyer at georgetown 902 am daily fljer at georgetown 1911 pm westbouu i dally except sunday and moo day 2 22 am sundav and monday onlv 12s8 am daily except sun dav 848 am 650 pm iflagjtop 7 44 pm dally except saturday and sundav tlopm saturday on ly zx pm sunday only r a m ffla gstop sunday only flyer at gueiph 7 0s pm