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Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), June 25, 1953, p. 2

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thi acton wet mess acton ontario thursday june mill un a correction naadad momriui w hv occatlon to approach main stual and tbt highway from th want boww avtnua wonder how long thai tlgn put up tor highway lafaty i going to be allowed to ramein in it present powtion the view ol traffic approaching from the eat almojt en imposai buiry moving the rfln 1 0 or 5 feet south would give um is much protection to the children of acton end would certeinly maka the comer e safer one for travel we do not know who was responsible for the placing of the sign like those who placed it we at first thought the location was good but after coming to the corner in a car several times and attempting to get a clear view of the highway we can see no good reason for leaving the mis taken tocahon of the sign until an accident occurs m the interests of the safety of all the sign denoting school children crossing at the comer of rain and west bower ave should be moved perhaps vowenng it to the ground as has been done with another sign would help the motorists visibility until another location can be arranged wla w wed m1 u aot so much to tauv tf l ueahrc ta reel beyond theff dw canadian schools are wandering too far out of their ten- tory says dr j b kirkpetrick of mcgill universm they are attempting to teach a lot of thmgs not duecrty associated with formal educa tion and as resuh are in danger of falling down m their regular work he thinks a great many people in this country will certainly agree with that criticism says the financial post at present far too many students are getting merely a smattering of th s and a smattering of that when they are through they are neither good cooks nor good spellers they can t put up a kitchen shelf nor add up a bridge score very few parents have the training or time to reach their children the three r s this ob very wisely we have turned over to properly trained professionals but there is other training that can only be provided in the home and if our young people are not go ng to get it there then the whole nation wll suffer lejt icrrk tar vmiher irof too ire ihcn u was loo hot but at th oa song urrd to po ire rr pome lo havt weather irhether or kooihitfl mww trv u examinations herald school end fqrsometheworklife now begins bv jim duu skyline improvement in every town nncl html of ihli provlnc ther ought to b on or mow flag hying uti wek we ttww in th unllad stem and in every centte old glory teemed to be visible in tome piece we ixnow many o the place were hot dog land but in th public squares there always seemed to be a fine flag floating in the bree it s not necessary to wall for a holiday or a celebration to put up the flags as we gaze about at the myriad of television towers which clutter the skyline we wonder if a good old union jack could not be attached to each of the long pipes that hold the aerial without any interference with reception on the set we think such a fine lot of flags would enhance the skyline and when visit ors come to canada they would know what country they are touring canada hasn t nearly enough flags on display they add color to the land and proclaim to all a pride in the land of our choice ftrir dvvlhnff units started this year arc recently running 52 per cent higher than the same period last year according to the fin anrial post not through highways we wen g to hear the announcement of th cur free days of ihe vac mtlonlnjc student are now upon urn ttw cxamlnauimu for the high school students are nun com pitted for ninny of those who sweated out the examinations this year may be the last it may quilo possibly bo thai mart will sock other fields of endeavor leading to their lifelong work i started to wonder usl what that would mean looking back on my own experience like many i never waa in love with school and despite the admonition of more mature mind thai school days were ihe best i have yet lo regret ihe end of my formal education today in acton high school there must be some whowtlt look on the end of formal schooling as a new found freedom it un t you will never find release from responsibility and if you do you will and hide enjoyment in it li acton a good place for the student who has finished wjme particular stage of high school acton is essentially an industrial centre i presume wages are on a level comparable with other in fualry bul ihrn wages arent ihe only thing one should work for there should be a satlsfact ion gained from um work on spends five days a week doing there should be some sense of pride in seeking to do ihe best job possible shorter work weeks and short er hours have suggested that work is something to do as little of as possible that can be traced back to the fact that the indust rial revolution introduced many machines streamlining product ion and dividing it into many production lino operations with the worker seeing and experlenc lng little satisfaction in the com pleted product he lost his in dlvlduallty and with it went some craftsmanship few are interested in learning a trade little wonder when higher wages for less work and less responsibility can be found without too much trouble but there arc many things for the retiring student to consider well before settling down in acton or any other place so think it over the good old days may have seemed better back in 1903 rresi um immtriki rr rressef thnnaay smmm st iw entrance examlnstlons are in progress at the public school fif teen candidates of acton school and two of bannockbum are writing here the lawn social given by ladles aid of the methodist church the church lawn last thursday evening was enjoyable and meiit- rlou tea was served in the school room during the evening and refreshment booths on the lawn were liberally patronised hal ton farmers institute excur sion to the model farm guelph on saturday was largely attended and halton enjoys the distinction only of having the largest institute membership but of taking largest number of excursionist of the season to the oa c contractor ebbage is erecting a brick addition to the ex councillor back in 1933 noith jdu east 4- 37 west 3j i south f um free press et jett im the lawn hose is being brought into use again the players and officials of the baseball club held a meeting sod elected lorrie minute walters captain and dave at mile coach a pretty wedding took place at the home of mr and mrs wn holmet campbellvllle when their daughter helen laabelle was mar- ried to edward william dredge of acton the business men of acton pres ented a petition to council request ing that the closing by law be en forced or changed to meet present requirements the by law had been passed in 1888 and apparently not revised it was left to be consid ered at a future meet if over 200 applications were re ceived by the school board for the high school staft the list was carefully examined and mr a d francis fine residence on willow herbert of mimico was engaged schools out this week all school children start the long summer vacation some of them have already started most of us can remember the oy there was when the f nal bell rang and books were taken home and forgotten and everyone shouted hurrah for holidays we don t believe the exube rance of youth has changed much down through the years when it comes to summer hoi days there were always ihe summer chores to be done but there was a free and easy way of doing these helping tasks tsen there came the age when a summer ob was looked forward to and of course the opportunity to earn some money ot your own the jobs have changed with the times but the same funamental decisions and days of play come to the school children today as they have done down through the years that any of us can remember other things have changed too increased traffic and the motor cars have made the streets unsafe places for ball games or the hour or so of fun the summer holiday per od means too that motorists must watch more closely as they dr ve all the streets and highways where 1 ttle groups may be start ng out for a day s outing the days in which school s out should be happy ones a good resolve for all of us m ght well be to endeavor to keep them happy and have them all return to school s reopen ng re freshed and the better for the fine summer days cf leisure an official of the highways department that ex press highways were not going to be cluttered up with roadside stands and other attractions we are simply throwing money away when we buy expensive nghtof way and build roads capable of handling high speed traffic safely and then allowing them to be hopelessly cluttered with local traffic and local business there is not any sense in spending millions of money in cut ting down grades hills and curves if traffic is go ing to be reduced to a crawl in any case two of the outstanding examples of bad high way routing are to be found in ontario at bur hngton beach and at sunnyside in toronto amusement parks are located on both sides of a h ghway carrying four lines of traffic every weekend and during the summi months when motor traffic is heaviest the greatest number of people swarm these places down by the water front we think they have a perfect right to be there the beaches were in use and built up long before express highways were in use now traffic piles up at both ends of the beaches for miles and crawls at a snails pace both motorists and pleasure seekers are made un happy by the situation a first item on the high way program should be to clean up these two badly planned express highways in ontario and remove them from the summer playground area giftmumetlike wc know you will be interested in parts of a verv long letter in last weeks georgetown herald the letter was from gwynneth mcgow an to her parents in georgetown describing her last minute chance to go to tlu coronation a tca employee she flew to london mon day afternoon hunted for accommo dation by phone for two hours and got a room at a reasonable price you have no idea of the thous ands of people camped on the streets if you didn t wc it in fact bv midnight trafalgar square which is a tremendous area v as so filled the police were surrounding it and not letting any more people in got home at 2 a m and thi hotel said they were calling pvopu at 1 am compromised on 5 a m becauw our rtgion didn 1 close until 7 ihtr seat was in burbtrry s coat establishment and included lunch with ham chicken and trifles shi watched telcision and had a won derful look nt thecoaches i wc had scats that sold for 150 but it tht last minute the had one left and connie and i shared one ilhtn was oodles of room and we paid 45 each and it was sure worth it she went to the palace to see the torget again to give final reading to the h law at last week s meeting there was so much cross table talk and lack of decorum that council completely forgot to give the by law its third reading and final passage after a motion to that ef feet had been passed new fire brigade the southern part of nelson township has a new volunteer fire brigade with all plans in order ex ccpt a by law making it legal that is expected soon the fin truck was purchased some time ago and has bom stand ing idk under a tarpaulin in the township shed burlington bridge the huge new burlington cinil bridge nmy be rtirtid in the fall hon george d ucett minister f h ghw is hjs innounctd tint the propi rt for thi approaches 30 houses has been purchased plans ire soon to be finalized in ottawa one of the main points to be ttled is w hothcr pedestrians will be allowed and whether the rew bndge will be separate fro the railway bridge or not fish btory we read this week about in oak ille man who caught a carp so big he ceruldn t lift it and fnally lost it his favourite fishing spot the street there are not many complaints of lack of rain to be heard at pres enl on sale at r b scott s the busy store mju st acton very swell black chiffon ruff in latest new york design knife pleated edge with one silk regular 650 for 5 very fine white chiffon ruff with hhwk spotsy 375 ladies english raincoats 4jbs ginger snaps 4 lbs for 25c 3 pots cheese 25c also advertised ladies white muslin dressing sacks 1 white muslin corset covers elegantly trimmed with lace embroidery insertions and tucks 1 as principal with mis dorothy kidd of woodbridge and miss hazel bell of harriston completing the staff a pretty wedding took place at st albans church on wednesday evening june 21 when muriel gladys second youngest daughter of mr oakley and the late mrs oakley was joined in holy wedlock to mr william alexander topping of toronto died smith suddenly at his late resi dence bower avenue acton on saturday june 17 1933 will lam henry smith beloved husb- band of margaret lynd in his 65th year professional directory and travellers guide medical dr w g c kenney physician and snrgeen qfftce in symon block 43a mill st e acton office phone 78 residence 115 chnreh st e phone im dr d a garrett physician and sntgeaa comer of willow and river sts entrance river street enumeration for the voters lists for the dominion elections u now being made be sure your name u on the list in the polling dulnct in which you reside another side we hear a great deal about the highway ac cidents and they are deplorable but considering the number of motor vehicles on the roads and the speed of travel it is a marvel that there are not more accidents during the weekend we made a uhere durv u pteb drlay i born joouih and rurardotu uhrry u u not delay may tn- both irwdotn and safety tyron edirards motor trip of several hundred miles we didn t even see a scratched fender or fender bumped although traffic moved almost bumper to bumper in the section along burlington beach the only ample we saw of poor dvng n fact was one chap on a divided highway of four lanes who ns sted on keep ng n the centre lane and having faster cars pass him on the wrong side he was eventually nudged over however by a motor st who came dangerously close behind him and after repeated horn blowing persuaded him to get n his r ght line the motor car today s a marvel of mechan cal manoeuverability consider ng the great number of dr vers of all degrees of knowledge about dr v ng there seems a m n mum number of mach nes on the road hav ng mechanical d ff cult es even the trouble does not seem as frequent as t ised to be it may be that motor sts have learned that the best way to have enjoyable travel s to have the mechanical defects attended to before royal familj on the balcom ah sixteen mile creek this while it was raining but vou couldnt get wet exctpt on the top of our head because we were jam med so tight at the windows their flash of jewels as thev drew back the curtains to look out was absolutely blinding luckily she got a flight home right awa but it was worth it and would hae been ecn if i had been stuck over there for a month which was quite possible deeoram and smoke tells the burlington gizcttc burhngttn now has a smoke b law or at least will hae once a ilight trchmcaliu has been o er ome as well a smoke inspector has been appointed and according the by law prosecutions may follow any excess of smoke whether from factory smokeslacks ho chimneys or even bonfires all this will come into force legally if the town fathers dont two wheeled loe the vicar wis talking serious to one of the voting men in the parish john he said i hear that you hae been raising false hopes in maiden hearts i don t like such behaviour rumor whispers that ou are engaged to one girl in this village another in little mit chin md a third in brcnchh v how can you do such a thing john looked a bit sheepish as he replied well sir ive got a bicycle rest in peace it wis a fine old bishop who ars ago worrying his heart out er what seemed to him the evils doomed wor tossing on his bed at midnight nought he heal the lord say go to sleep bishop 1 11 sit up the rest m the night hp at ueorcms start ng on the road garageshave apparently cld the r services effectively jsfxrtiiit 31m irbb the only psper iw pnbtisncd tn acton founded in 1bt5 and published every thursday at st mill st e acton ont member of the audit bureau ol circula lions the c w n a and the cmtanoquebec division of the cwna advertising rates on request subscriptions pay able in advance 250 m canada cm in the united states six months si 50 single copies 6c authorized as second class mail post office department ottawa g a dtlij editor and publisher business and editorial office telephone 174 united church of canada acton ontarts a friendly church rev e a carrey ba bd minister parsonage 28 bower avenue phone 60 miss o m laanpard at c m organist and choir leader stnda june sth 9y 10 00 am sunday school t dir eel our paths 1100 am morning worshp sub jeci john wesley mightv m- of god 1 pm ev w ttww service evening message t the rev erla currcy nf on thowohi for the week there are no atheists in foxholi and rubber rafts aaltlst church acton dnmthl l patterson pastor is wilbur st phone s3 thursdav 80 praver meet ng and bible study fridav 85 bypu suvday june 28th 1953 10 00 am sunday school 1100 am morning worship 7 00 pm meeting with the other congregations for comb med service in the united church i toes otad trhen they said nnro lei tu 90 into the house of ihe dental dr a j buchanan dental surgeon office leishman block mill st office hours 9 am to 6 p m x ray telephone 148 dr h leib dental suraeon office corner mill and frederick streets office hours 9 am to 6 p m telephone 19 acton legal c f leatherland barrister a solicitor nstary i office hours 10 00 am 12 00 ajd 100 pm 5 00 pjn saturdays by appointment only office 22 phone res 151 acton lever hoskin chartered accountants successors to jfnkins and habdt 1305 metropolitan bldg 4 victoria st toronto em 49131 gerald a candler chartered accountant monday to friday 79 pa saturday from 9am veterinabt miscellaneous the victor b rumley funeral home funeral horn heated aaabnua phone 30 night or day serving the community tor 46 years b d young bvsc c l young dvm veterinary sur sua office brookville ontario phone milton 185r21 f g oakes bv sc veterinarian office and residence 24 knox ave acton phone 130 chibofkactob presbyterian church in canada kvox chukch acton be robert h armstrong ma bd minister fndi j ine 26 fl pm prrparat slnday jlne 28th 19j3 commmiion sunday m amchurch school 1 1 00 am the lord 5 supper 00 p m service in the lnitc i a warm welcome awaits oj they itp t lo-i- shall renew their renpih st albany church angueasn folrth sunday after trinity june 28 13 1 1115 am matins and sermon j 7 00 p m service in acton un ted church j saturdat june t annual church school and congregational pic 1 nic at the old mill guelph can will leaxe the parish hall beginning at 1 p m this is an outing for the whole parish come for fun fellowship and i frolic a happy healthful summer fo tt olive m lampard a t c m rmt organist and cho r leader lmted church teacher ef plana st idio lnited church thursdays stud 1 h park ave guelph telei hone 296 real estate ad inblrancx wright real estate and 1 insurance f l wright n b wright 20 wilbur st 69 macdonnell st acton ont c uclph ont i hone 95 phone 4b15w sloaton realtors inaarars mimber appraisal institute of canada members guelph and dulnct j3ealesialc board members guelph and district insurance agents association w r bracken real estate unnsci phone 28 acton list your farms business or house with us we invite you to use our facilities tn securing a purchase for your property usyd e asdtfre rr no 6 guelph phone hespelcr 701 d j armstrong doctor ml cbirapraeuc 15 frederick st n acton phone w0 travellers guide gray coach unes coaches leave actok dayl ghi savmg time a 638 am b 58 am 20r pm 508 pm i i b958 pm westbaand 10 27 am 12 52 pm 2 37 pjnv s27 pm 27 pm 9 12 pjsv ii 32 pm 1 12 am sun lo kit chener onlv a daily except sunday and bolt davs r f bean general tnaaraatos 260 mill st acton phone 585 office hours 9 am 3 pan 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