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the acton frk prbs acton ontario v 3 thursday february 13 ims noith east west s outh truthful promotion if memory serves us well we recall that when the liquor control act replaced the ontario tern perance act the statement was made by the man who was then premier of ontario that if the sale of alcoholic beverages increased under the new legislation it would be considered a failure in a letter to the members of the ontario legislature the ontario temperance federation states that from 1934 to 49 while the populaton of ontario grew by 27 per cent our consumption of alco holic spirits soared by 300 per cent and our con sumption of beer by 533 per cent over 250 million is being spent each year in ontario for alcoholic beverages it would seem that insofar as moderating the consumption of alcoholic beverages the present legislation can be considered a failure the on tario temperance federation proposesto ask the ontario government to introduce legislation by which not less than one per cent of the net pro ceeds from the operation of the liquor control board shall each year be made available to the government sponsored alcoholism research foun dation these funds about 400000 at the pre sent rate of beverage sales would be used for the express purpose of disseminating through ad vertisements in periodicals printed and circulated jn ontano eaucatiqdaijnd j5denjrficworrnaton on the nature and effect of alcohol on the irtdivt dual and on society thus some of the profit now coming from the sale of alcoholic beverages would be invested in a preventive educational program designed to reduce the heavy social and moral loss resulting from this indulgence this would appear a more sane approach to the problem and since the liquor interests are ap parently so willing to spend money tn advertising their product m ontario and appear desirous of having regulations changed to permit such ad vertjsing some of this advertising appropriation might be added to the one per cent asked by the federation we doubt if such education will receive en- dorsation profits alone are obviously the desire of those selling alcoholic beverages more pro fits come from more sales and the true story of ruin created by alcohol would not be encouraging for greater consumption the desire of those who sell intoxicants is for more sales regardless of consequences to those who consume ifp to the present snow plowing hasn t been a big item on the maintenance of high ways or within cities and towns don t know whether thathas bearing on the amount taxes to cover these items always changi ng every time we hear someone telling that our seasons are changing and we don t get the old fashioned hard winters we used to we are re minded that father used to tell us that on their wedding day on february 5 1870 the newly weds drove to wajpole in an open buggy and the dust was flying on the roads then we recall some of the really tough win ters since then in the past 50 years when snow banks were over the top of railway trains and in the cuts the trains travelled through tunnels of snow we don t need to go back many years to recall when the highway between milton and ac ton had snow cuts well over the top of the cars it is quite easy to recall some of those banks when a storm would be raging and a cut through some of the drifts would be filled in within an hour and we travelled in pairs with a shovel in the car and chains on the rear wheels yes the winters are changing from year to year seems as if they always have been chang irg we are at the age when we thoroughly en oy the open winter we have had th s year since we cannot spend the cold months n flor da we only dare to hope our canad a w it w ii con tinut to follow th s year s patter i look ng back over the years however t sees a fot le hope we are qoma to be badly spo led however when one of those real touah w te descend upon us and the snow banks become ou t i cus tht hi riy i l rii i i hi j tcth in k fntti to ilnt hour knou t liai tt u ill nfqi hut lie eon enjoy anofh u e k ft hh thinking anpu ay shoppii ing habits we were interested in reading an article re cently which referred to the number of women who go shopping and realty buy something ac cording to the article one large department store in the united states made 1 2 surveys to ascertain the percentage of purchasers the results were- startling for the checkers found that about 50 per cent of the women who came to look around bought something another surprising result was that the less women there were in the store the mgher the percentage of sales based on these surveys friday is the day of the week when the smallest number of women go shopping but a higher percentage of them buy something possibly because friday is often payday this could also be explained stated the article by the fact that with fewer women customers to wait on the sales people are able to give more at tention to each woman and complete the sale be fore she becomes disgruntled and goes off some where to look around some more the results of such a survey in acton would undoubtedly prove most interesting febtwiry w back to normal agam in the number of days even 1 the ireather is ab normal just twenty eight days tn february result of flood european floods brought tragedy a georgetown family the georgetown herald slated last week jack vandervoort received word ihnt his wife and eight month old baby jackie who had flown to holland the week before to visit her parents had died in the disas trous floods her parents lived five miles from stellcndam on the sea coast on land reclaimed from the sea when the storm broke on friday night it is believed one of the dvkes gave away and the family would have no chance to escape five children survive in georgetown more dut phones conversion to dial phones is due lo take place in georgetown in september a new telephone ex change building on main st is nearing completion all the num bers will be changed as they were not long ago in burlington report on flood the oakville trafalgar journal had an on the spot report of the flood in holland for halton reades mykc dyer who is attached to radio holland has been writing weekly columns for the county town for some lime after visiting the devastated area he cabled story home to oakville indescribable terror and ravage greeted us when we ncarcd the coist the front page story began no matter in which direction you looked there was nothing but a vis ta of floating wives all the cattle the good old days may have seemed better were dead and floating along with the debris the ravage created by the waters was beyond anything i id ever have imagined it had to be seen to be understood new book on oakville oakville and the sfxteen now in the hands of ihe publishers book about oakville and district which will go on sale sometime next august the author is mrs hire mathews one of the descen danls of oak villi s founder coll william chisholm new guide commissioner we sec by the oakville trafalgar journal that mrs p h bennett who was a scottish girl guide in her childhood has been named dis trict commissioner of the girl guides she has been brown owl of the linbrook brownie pack in the county since its formation new fire hall after much discussion burling ton has finally awarded the con tract for building its new fire hall a hamilton firm gets the job for their tender bid for 38 788 new discovery two chemists from the massa chussetts institute of technology have discovered a method for har nessing the sun s energy that may one day produce electrical power one of these chemists dr alan f mcmillan is the son of a halton county couple who live in burling ton the technique involves the chemical breakdown of water into hydrogen and oxygen bv the sun s nys ind later burning these two nines to produce heit more in the middle comparing the latest taxation figures 1950 with 1941 there is a smaller percentage of total taxpayers at the bottom and fewer at the top and more in the middle notes the financial post this leveling process is even more apparent after the high progressive income tax and social security are counted tt has important economic and social conse quences for canadians mass demand gives outlets to the goods of large scale production cars refrigerators ap pdances of all sorts and the quality distinctions are reduced the office boy s sunday suit looks a lot like the prime ministers the gulf between rich and poor is narrowed the idea of a class struggle itself has been made obsolete no one claims hes on the bottom any more department store sales tn first month of 1953 hate been running 18 per cent abone rorrcspondinfl period a year ago reports the financial post cains are general tn all pror inres as follows saskatchewan 24 per cent ontario 22 per cent quebec is per cent manitoba is per cent bc 15 per cent bad reading the evidence given in court at brampton re cently in a case in which two young people were killed makes the blackest reading we have scan ned ibr some time william fleming was charged with motor manslaughter and was found not quilty he vas however found guilty on a charge of dangerous driving and failing to remain at the scene of an accident the evidence told of the woman passenger in the death car feeling a bump and the driver saying it must have been a mail box the evi dence also told of the passengers inability to awaken the driver after the tar had been stop ped police had taken the keys from the driver for a period and suggested he get a cup of coffee the killing of two young people took place after a party at the home of a publisher of a string of daily newspapers fleming was chauffeur and handy man at the home punishment was given on the lesser charges and fleming will serve a term in prison the evidence makes sord d read the conclus ons that may be reached are not i kely to make for greater respect tn enforcement of admnstiit on of safety for all on our high ways two r ioceil young i ves are snuffed out fter a party at a home can such th ngs be term reading between the lines durham installed artificial ice for 25000 is it possible here back in 1903 from the inae at the free press of thnntday february 12 1903 the flftwnlnth anniversary of the methodist church last sunday nnd monday were gntlfylnglv success ful nnd mark inolher milestone in the long history of this church sundiy was i ver stormy day but the congregation turned out well mondiv evening ind attendance at the old fashioned tea meeting was very large the program through out was of unusually high tone at ihe meeting of council ii d graham was re engaged as muni cipal officer itof performance of the following duties assessor col lector sinitary inspector care taker of town hall caretaker of public school caretaker of public park caretaker of cemetery col lector of electric light rates re pairing and building sidewalks cutting weeds constable pound keeper truant officer and such other duties as may be required jn connection with the municipality the motion passed that he receive 500 a year although reeve swack homer said he thought a good mm might be secured for 450 walker lodge af am c rc wa9 favored it its reguhr meeting on monday evening by i visit from b w bro robinson of oakillc the di1gm for this dis after the re ruhr busin ss the brethren irijourrud to ci irke s vttilrcwhr a twautiiul- spread wailed ihem much praise is ji eoddedjmr a mrs clark for the oxcslltrrfe of the menu provided tlic chiir ttis occupied in a t wn wm hi pilmid th duties of lh iir with ii uk i alilitv well what about artificial ice wherever you go in the winter time hockey comes in for some discussion ind now ccoplod witn it is the artificial nitural ice de bate of course there really isn t much debate to it everyone waats artificial ice but the big question of cost leaps to the fore ground the gentral concensus of opin ion aired by the town fathers rt cently is that it will eventually come but what is involved in the process plans for the repair of the curling rink discussed at the last council meeting naturallv led to the topic one suggested plan uas that the present curling rink could be used for dressing rooms with a larger front lobby and the front moved out very close lo the race track how much a councillor said irtifictal ice could be installed for then with a little uuestiriting we found durham installed an ice plant for 25 000 w ith cost of the new building spiked it 65 000 the arena commission in durham borrowed 45g0q from the town council lo finish paving for con struction and for tht ice plant how big is that irena there are reserved snts for 1000 and standing room for another 1 000 the communitv centre hill in con nection stdts four to five nun dred toildmav i population 858 1 hag a communitv centre nrena worth 90 000 and a campiign is now on tolnstall irlificial ice on lop of that 3 actons present arena is tightly packed at 1650 then there is another side lo ihe story peoples tastes ind talents vary will the community centres mostly large arenas which have been constructed be white clc phants 15 years from now acton built a curling rink m 1929 when the arena was con structed and the last curling in it was done about 1935 an arti ficial ice arena depends mostly on hockey and one of the arguments advanced for it is that the season is lengthened most towns will report that the season is now so long people don t get interested until play off time now there is licrosse that could cut into part of the longer season and there is always the possibil stranger things hive happened the loci artm made money this tar but onlv because the licrosse season wasn t expected whin the budget wis made up the receipts that tht club kicked in boosted the monk of the locil ltgislators considinbly but thit is the first vcar for several years tht arena has not cost the tix piver some monej there s an objection there too since a good tninv taxpayrs are not hockey minded or arena in tt rested of course the same could be said for schools continued on page three united church of canada acton ontario a friendly church rrv e a currej ba bd minister i uonim 24 bmtr avimie 1hom 60 miss o m lampard atom orginist and choir leader sindav ffbrimn 1 h hij 1000 im sundiv s h t back in 1933 from the issue of the free pram off thursday february b 1131 februiry brought the snow storms ind cold weather a further cut of twenty per cent iii announced in educitlon costs wonder who is going to make up- what the munklpnlllies will needf on fridav evening the second meeting of binnockburn bustlers club was held at the school one- horn of the program was a debate ri solved that riding behind olrl dobbin was more conductive to- pleasure than in riding fn an auto mobile the affirmative side waf upheld by mr r n brown an j miss k beckett and the negative by mr stanley morrison and miss i aura wiley the negative side won on monday evening the knox young peoples guild entertained the young people from st an drew s presdvtenan church of guclph members of the dublin institute with their families numbering ov er ninety in all met together for social imc in the pirish hall on thurdiy evening a very njovible euchre wan held in the pirlsh hall under the mspices of the acton women s in stitule with tht objct of raising- funds tn issist in thi dental work bunt tirrntl on bv this orginlz jliun ulacton chools in ihehoekevjjamet of theweek acton lost tognkvillo by 7 0 antf w m from milton bv 7 4 it ls al ni wl foui weeks unee ih u wv in interim di tt j inn it actoi anni but tht v in likefibruarv mikine up fi last turn this wet k professional directory and travellers guide medical or w g c kenney physician and surgeon office in symon block mill st acton office phone 18 residence church st phone 150 dr d a garrett physician and surgeon corner of willow and river sts entrance river street acton ontario phone 238 dr-a-tarmstrong- physician and surgeon office 10 mill st east phone 574 dental dr a j buchanan dfntal surgeon office loishmin block mill st office hours 9 am loopm x ray telephonf 148 dr h leib dental surgeon office corner mill and frederick strei ts office hours 9 am to 6 pm telephone 19 acton veterinary p payrolls tn i hi of a drop i c fndaj rfic turt nr j i v v ill hoi t i fill fir artmt xw srpjah the only paper eier published in acton f inded in if i and published ev erv thursdav at 56 mill st f acton ont memlxr of the audit bureau of cireula t ns tht c vt n a and the ontarioquebec division of the t u n a advertising rates on request subscriptions pav able in advance cw in canada 350 in the united states six months si 50 single copies 6c authorised as second class mail post office department ottawa g a diils editor and publisher jusiness and editorial office telephone 174 baptist church acton dwight i pilterson pistor parsonage- 1 1 bower ave phone 206r th ir dn rtbruuv 12 8 m pnvir mi tint f d iv r r run n fl pm in nu il b i n s ii i st m rfbhl h is h 19 13 b d young bvsc c l young dvm veterinary surgeon offin nrnnkvillt ont in i hm miltin lrr21 f g oakes b v sc rtetinarian legal c f leatherland barrister a solicitor nourpsku- offlcc 22 phone re 131 acton lever hoskin chartered accountant successors lo jenkins and hardt 1305 metropolitan bidg 44 victoria st toronto em 4 9131 albert j chartered accountant mun street georgetown office 654 res 176r open wed nnd fn evenings and all day saturday chiropractor d j armstrong aoctor of chiropractic 15 frederick st n acton phone 550 miscellaneous the victor b rumley funeral home funeral home heated ambulant phone 30 night or day serving the community for 46 years olive m lampard aicm rmt orginist and choir leader lnitid church teacher of piano si kik unifid church thursday st idl 14 pnik am uelph fr i r i mor 2w chn i chi tl 00 i m m m i k tt r hi m cirnnfc nfuliv i d fr n pri nt ng th g d 00 pm evemns w rsh bub j rl prune pu r thonoht j r the k th inwril ii mi tht wl nun i k tiiij did hr m p th thei i cu elh wh tur l presbyterian church in canada knox chi kch acton stnd febram 15 r 10 00 i 11 w church school mr bjrns of fe cir 12 is pm bible class 00 pm evening worship they hot trail upon the lord shall renetr thtr trrncth a warm welcome awaits rou 1100 am m nu w rh two mtruberv of iht gid in ill b j r enl h pr n t l ihci r 15 i m uir i i st albans church i anclican qlinql acesim stnda frbrua v 1 h 9 s3 8 30 am h u c mmjn n ino0 a ti church s hoo 1100 am besinnerv class it 00 a m matin aid address b a represen al e f the gide societv q0 jimeeniiifi and sermon all are welcome off in ind it m i i i 24 kn x a act n 11 m 130 travellers guide rfai fstatf and insuhancf gray coach lines wright rfl estate and insurance uu ills 1 1 t tcros tmhound t i d n 1 ii 1131 am f l ukhht b wright i in j ml i m 8 32 2d u ill ur st ht m icdonm il st in is j r ar n or iuiiph ont h rstboond ii ni i i h nc 40lvt h 1 i m pa aluaton realtors liuuron mnnhr an r i ir si tut li i i i 1j pm 113 pn 11 m 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