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the acton free press acton ontario thursday octobfr nth i4 it hits horn we have been follong with more than passing interest the presentations beings made before the tariff board by the textile industries the reason for the deep interest is of course be cause our town has many residents who are gain fully employed in branches of this work its pros perity or lack of orders is quite a factor right here at home marty towns have been more seriously affected than ours about 26 wool textile mills some small inde pendent companies and some branches of larger companies have closed in canada during the last three years most other mills in the industry are only working part time about 5 000 men and women in small communities right across the country have as a result lost their obs it is pos sible that one or two of the closed plants were marginal producers who would have been forced out of business by any slight recession it is irrf possible to believe this of the entire 26 mills we fully appreciate the problem confronting any group hearing the presentations on such a question the fact remains however that there ts a big investment in buildings and machinery and many towns ana built around the textile in dustry during the war when it was impossible to secure products from overseas there was a great need for all the capacity we could muster prion ties for cloth for the armed services and civilians had high rank during this period of readjustment of world markets it will indeed be folly to allow dtsintegra tion of this textile business that has been built up in canada it will be disastrous to many com muni ties it will leave us very vulnerable if over seas supplies should ever again be interrupted what is our concern at the convention of the canadian weekly newspapers association in toronto one of the outstanding messages came from mr j s dun can president of massey harris co here briefly are the seven points of his address which we pro mised some time ago to give our readers our thoughts turn too easily to social security when they should be on productivity they turn too easily to leisure to holidays to short working hours to long weekends when we should be thinking of more and not less work we should be concerned over our growing production costs which spring from factors 1 have ust mentioned in a country which lives by its exports to the extent we do we must rema n competitive i am concerned over the fact that we are not getting excited over germany s 52 hour week at 50 to 55 cents an hour and the fact that she is in vadtng and sometimesrcaptunng the export mar kets of the world we do not worry because we are prosper ous because we are relying on our great natural resources to see us through but any country s greatest asset is the character of its people and f we become soft and rich and indolent we will lose out to others i am concerned over the excess of our pur chases from the usa w th our adverse balance of trade of 700 millions last year we are taking the easy way we should orient our purchases to the western hemisphere to our tradit onal mar kets to the customers which n fair weather or foul purchase from us prov ding we give them the opportunity of earn ng the dollars n order to do so by buying from them i am concerned because we are too young as a nation not suff ciently well establ shed to le back on our oars and dream of leisure and soc al security the foundat on of our nat onal prosper ity was hard work and dedicat on it w ii tave ust that to keep us great in these days of ever ncreas ng governmental spoonfeeding of both nd v dual and bus ness enterprises t is indeed a noteworthy occasion when a man seeks out an ndependent path and strives manly to follow t nstead of g v ng way to the metoo attitude port un on nfld 1 f sher men s advocate kmwting bfwn th unti annexations right and left and all set in the name of progress its autumn the sweeter the tang of sap the redder will be the leaves in autumn that s an old saying which many canadians recall about this time of year as they watch flaming gold and crimson spread across the woodlands the maples most vivid of the trees in autumn garb produce the sweet sap that is turned into maple syrup in a valuable springtime industry fruit trees which have a special sweetness of sap also run to colorful autumn leaves for a brief spell before their branches are swept bare by the wind just as the sugar in the sweet juice of many of the trees seem to influence the coloring of the fall foliage the tannin in the makeup of some others also plays a part the oaks traditional source of tannin also bear the deepest reds and the strongest purples in the autumn hills it s a matter of chemistry the matterof fact scientists say the color change has to do with oxidation with pigmentation and with chemical change more and more folks are getting great sure in autumn trips throughout the country many think that autumn has the most beauty of any season of the year the canadian govern ment travel bureau says highways are uncrowd ed accommodation plentiful without the need for reservations the air is crisp and stimulating sun shine bright and warm and the nights cool enough to make a top blanket advisable there is no doubt that the glory of autumn is best portrayed in those parts of ontario where the trees are the most abundant but if you cannot travel to muskoka and the northern expanses you can get some mighty free autumn views close at home right here in halton county try some of the roads off the main highways it s getting a bit late for this season to see it at its best but autumn has a charm which calls canadians to be outdoors to enjoy its all toobrief delights hang great pies annexation proceedings are not uncommon news these days a generation or so ago submissions on the part of urban municipal ilies to annex parts of rural municipalities were rare boundaries set by law usually embraced at the time or in corporation sufficient area for all the industrial and residential ex pansion in the minds and desires of citizens and their public rep resentatlves how different today acton is presently seeking to annex 506 acres from the township of esquesing at the first phase of the hearings last month evidence drawn out by the town held need for industrial expansion lack of ad equate new housing lands and con finement of natural growth as glar ing arguments for enlarged limits georgetown is reportedly on the verge of a 1000 acre industrial commercial and residential planned development and will apply for that number of acres from the same township oakvilles long drawn out annexation contest with well heeled trafalgar township is moving toward its inevitable end bronte may swell some 10 000 ac res h mooted plans for a town de velopment scheme under private investment materializes milton last ear annexed over 500 acres and is currently growing at such a rate that population has increased by a quarter in the last year and this is in halton county alone the ontario municipal board whose reach of decision is m the thinking of many municipal gov crnments extending too far for de not alone many years ago we gave up the goal we had in earlier years that we would produce a news paper that was suitable to every reader we still strive for that ideal and we find our readers and advertisers are very understanding when errors do occur there are so many things than can hap pen from the time a news story or an advertise ment leaves its source until it appears in print that it is a wonder more do not occur there s been quite a change in printing since the days when 32 lines of type were set by hand in an hour to machines that produce 420 i nes in the same time we are always str ving like every other news paper to keep errors to a mm mum and delivery of the home town paper right on schedule but the most frequent complaint we receive is in the matter of delivery of our papers in the mai points a few miles d stant get delivery on the tuesday following publication while all the papers for toronto go in the one bag readers re port receipt anywhere from friday to the follow ing wednesday we are very sorry this is one place in which any improvement is beyond our power we do know that the papers are m the local post office and are d spatched from there every thursday night m time to catch the evening mail trams what happens from there on is of concern to us but beyond any control by us we re sorry that it takes four days to go to moffat and in some in stances the same t me to toronto and oshawa but we know that n some nstances papers are del vered at po nts 300 and 400 miles d stant in one day ed t ng and pr nt nq a paper s a complex ob but apparently t sn t the only problem that de- f es explanation for ts shortcomings there have been changes elsewhere since the days of penny postage a m n mum of leg slation and a max mum of educat on should be the object ve of any democ racy and generally speak ng you cannot leg slate people nto doing something wh ch they do not want to do n the f rst place carleton place ont canad an mocratlc assurance has an im pressive schedule of annexation applications lo mediate and settle and the province wide list grows if ngcr as the country s economic buoyancy itays favorable it may be too early to imagine handwriting on the wall but how far can the flesh of industrial and residential substance spread over the frame of arable lands how far dare the basic economic balance of land usage be stretched in the name of progress before it snaps southern ontario is undoubtedly the industrial hub of the nation but southern ontario is also vest ed with the richest food producing soil in canada the paradox im pllcates a serious responsibility for those who would champion ex pansion or its dramatic cousin in dustrial progress everybody who wants to build wants to spread out nobody wants to go down and few want to go up how strong among those who oppose urban inroads on rural holdings is the concern for this threat to the most important of all raw materials in the production of tood the threat to land not very strong mam worries are higher taxes loss of privacy loss of class identificition and some uch similar vanities and its cinch the exponents of annexations aren t worried about upsetting the scales of land productivity when more money s to be had for every body collectively called the mun icipality by products of industry nobody s too concerned about a bare cupboard someday but then rmybe by that time science will be growing food in the sky the good old days may have seemed better n w routh praise for trade fair burlington lavish words of praise were lathered over the clos ing moments last week of the second trade fair sponsored by a local ser ice club said the local gazette everywhere there were words of praise at the manner in which the three dav event was staged th wonderful booths exhibited prod ucts and sales of firms in burling ton and district big development news in georgetow n a hich could doubh population within a fiw vcacs wis mounced pubhclv last week when was learned delrex developnunts limited are prepared to convert seven farms into fnctorv commer cial and resident ill ina on th tist rn edgi of town one thouand acres of esquesing township pro perties ire involved and there w 11 be submitted for annexation milton population rises in milton the town is growing as sessor f mcnivcn announced last week that the population of milton has rt ached 3 310 based on the as sessment roll completed for 1953 taxation at the same lime inst vear population was rtprtcd it 2670 an incrtast of s40 citizens or some 24 per cent texas jaunt success in oakville the towns mior mc arthur and consulting engineers re back in 1934 from the taane of the free press of thursday october 11 1934 george walter beardmore of to ronto for many years head of beardmore leather industries died last night in his mth year the need for assistance in western canada is still very urgent again this year the dry weather has left many families destitute and wholly dependent upon the gener osity of the east the united churches of the district have ar ranged to send a carload of pro visions the shakespearean plays the taming of the shrew and mac beth were presented in the town hall on tuesday evening by the richardson shakespearean players to a well filled house on monday mr and mrs wil hams moved to toronto they are actons oldest couple and are both 86 years of age christmas next they will have been married for sixty five years the opening nueting of st al bans ay pa was held last mon day night in the parish hall the following officers were elected for the coming year honorary presi dent rev bnllinger honorarv vice presidents mrs ritchie mr lowne president mr prest vice prcsdont miss lillian perry secretary miss olive rookca treasurer mr h rogers scribe miss esther taylor the installation of officers of acton io of took place tuesday among the officers installed were pge coles ng charles lands borough vo g babcock rec sec f kennedy a g kirstine for i number of cars agr cultural representative for halton countj has been retired and j e whitelock of the depart ment of agriculture has been ap pointed as his successor development i from a trip to ttxas where the towns thcv m thi 20 million gallon per day biosorption sewage dispos a print in operation all of them reported enlhu aim over the pro cess and its applicabtlitv to oik ulle purposes trafalgar money heavv in oikvilk a mw one was report ed when it wis revealed thit tnfit fiir township loidcd to its fat c f fers with momv had offered ind had iccepted i loan ot 100 000 to the bank of toronto the bank w 11 pay the industrial issessment heavv nd half ptr cnt on pa for councillors in erin council numbers got to discussing salaris it a rectnt meet ing discovered thtir own council it wnship pav bv liw was incomplete ind the loan summanlv passed i motion prov id to debate big project ing rites of pav is follows 5 ptr i bronu a 50 000 000 develop reguiir session rttroictivc to jin l project proposed bv a toronto cc mpanv for n 1 000 acre in a east uarv 1 plus 100 for specnl meet injs and lost time cann bronte council in bronu an ambitious hirbour program in tin form of an offer to invtst 250 000 in purs promtmdts and spacious and costlv club house ficilities was considered bv council recentlv but with a cannv eve a how much the venture bj awcalthv local industrialist would the financial will being municipality s tax coffers f the town will be de bited b the township council thr week the project might mein growth of some 10 000 in populition ovir this area it was submitted sells bonds al premium in milton pleasure was reflected around the council tible last week when sale of some 120 000 in public nhance school debentures at 102 01 on four of the t n half per cent was midt not ed the local paper lndicat back in 1904 from the bane or tbe free prem at thursday october is 19m thee are busy days for the pol tldans and the candidates arc buoy hustling through the country mr deacon and mr henderson are both well known in the county the toronto feather washing co have put in a plant for reno vating feathers in the store on main st opposite knbx church the company will purchase old or new feathers one of the finest vehicles exhi bited at the fair last week was three seated covered carriage lit j w kee has purchased it and added it to his livery the meaty little beechnuts are now dropping in fruitful rain into the miniature hollows under the beech trees filled with autumn leaves are you fond ot cushion top we have some six different lines of tinted tops each with the word acton printed prominently on them iet us drop a h nt to the lidies that the r gentlemen friends would ipprernte one of the acton hockey club topi nil nicely worked ind as for looks they are some of the swellest tops we have there is also an acton pitriotic top of linen with crossed flags each 30c c f good v and co the jo nt meeting of the epworth league and praer meet ng in the methodist church was utilized as the occasion for a presentation to dr and mrs a p husband miss lottie speight and mr lloyd smith presented them with a beiutiful mantle clock in an ebony case and a liver fruit dish with glass bowl they are moving thi week to their new home at manor nwt mr alex secnrd is having plans propared for converting the old bapt st church into iw dwellings lcis s have already been offered b prospective tenants professional directory and travellers guide medical dr w g c kenney physician and surgeon office in svmon block 43a mill st e acton office phone 78 residence 115 church 8t e phone 15 dr d a garrett physician and surgeon corner of willow arid river sts entrance river street acton ontario phone 738 legal brick works rev ives strong financial position for milttn in ceorgtuwn last week it wasiand a rood bond market were felt anniunced on the hctls of the j dangerous stints towns own developmnt program i atmr possibilities thit neirbv t rra cot 1 kamloops bc icpiappre ii industnilh mcim mnct the hensve residents saw tw children halton bnck companv w is a dr on top f a 100 foot smokestack prtssun cisuiltv will be th sit of obcving i pl ccman order to i milli nd uir trick indusirv under come dun r chird 10 ind cn suidince t an ont in ind nem unc miter 8 udtruv wen hunt rk svndint n p b r t nr at n qnxmmes lift artmt 3xtt xtx the only paper ever pahhshed in acta founded in 1rs and published ever thursdav at 56 mil st e acton ont member of the audfl bureau ot clrcula tions the c w n a and the ontarioquebec di iston of the c w a adv ertising wtes on request subscriptions pav able in advance 250 m canada 3 50 in the united states six months 1 50 single copies 6c authorized as second clas mall post office department ottawa published by the dub prtnung and publishing co limited g a dills editor in chief d id r dills production manager james drils john black associate editors business and editorial office telephone 17 4 united church of canada acton ontario a friendly church rev e a cnrrey ba bd minister parsonage 29 bower avenue phone 60 mum o m lampard a t cm organist and choir leader suvda october lth 18m 10 00 am sunday school fo fin er c urenship 11 00 a m morn ng worship spea ker the rev dr e e kent of ttiornhill ln ed church sub jert hope does not disap point us 00 pm worship in the baptist church rev mr gower prea chmg st albany church anglican ew h j rf b it hi vest fest vi scrv es thusdav oclnbc 14 8 pm vist serv ce suntkv october h 1 lfioo j m church scroo 1100 a m bettirrcrs c 1100 am ch a com mun or 00 hai t fc al ce presbyterian church ih canada knox chckch acton rc robert h armstrong ma bj mlnwer suvda cctobehtth 1954 9 45 am church school 1100 am morning worship 00 pm baptist annnersarr warm welcome awa ts ou thej that wait upon the lord shall renew their strength pa baptist church acton rar h coterus pas or iagf 115 bover ave phone 206w sitvda 112th 10 00 im sunday school 1100 am re cba r cower 00 pm rev cha r gower w edredav i pm m ssion band explorers paier meeting 9 p rehearsal frdav 8 pm b1pu chou c f leatherland barrister a solicitor notary pnblfc office hours 10 00 am 12 00 air 1 00 p m 5 00 pjn saturdays by appointment only office 22 phone res 151 acton dental dr a j buchanan dental surgeon ce i eishman block mill st ffice hours 9 am to 0 pm x ray telephone 1 dr h leib dental surgeon office corner mill and frederick streets office hours b am to 6 p m telephone 19 acton veterinary f g oakes bv sc veterinarian office and residence 24 knox ati acton phone 130 lever hoskin chartered acconnunta successors to jenkins and hardy 1305 metropolitan bldg 44 victoria st toronto em 4 9131 gerald a candler chartered accountant travellers guide b 0 young bvsc c l young dvm veterinary sargeona office brookville ontario phone milton ift5r21 miscellaneous victor rumley son funeral home funeral home heated ambi i phone 899 n ght or day serving the community for 46 yean olive m lampard atcm rmt teacher of piano studio i niled church thursday prk wz guelph ph ne 296 rf al estate and 1nburanc f l wright 0 w bur st gray coach lines t oachfs lfave acton eastbound 6w m m im 1133 am wpm sflh pm 633pm mx t b ill t m weatbonnd in 2 a m 12 tt pm 2 57 pjn j p m 2 p m 12 pjn 1 s2 pm 1 12 am su n to kh timer onlv daily except sunday and bol sunday and noli canadian national railways standard ttee dailv 6 40 a m dai v except sun daw 1000 am 13 pm sunday r s01 pm daily excep sun dat fler al georgetown 9 03 am tr pm daly flyer at george- tor 10 ii pm dailt except sur ard mon 128 am sun and mon onw 1228 pm daily except sunday 8m a m 6 55 pm flgsopl o pm saturdat onlv 137 pjn sunday orrfy 943 im iflagstop sunday only flyer at guelph 05 pjn dadt except sat and sun flyer at guelph snpm w 1 bracken real ftate lanraact phone aetna il vour farms buimes or houaw th is we invite tou to use oar icihties in iccunng a purchase tor nur property e h aahaun phne m on lr42 r r i campbe k lie fuleunaa r f bean limited real estate and inavraaco b3 mill st acton phone 585 r h elliott real estate fi bower avenue phone rrprejent ng g w gold raw b oker miltor phone 349 complete real estate service covering halton county ue ou fac 1 t e j r holmes m church street phone soton representing j e gfcabv twronta broker