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xcff the acton free press acton ontario rriw- thursday june 30 1059 la just started to roll tomorrow is ooninion day and the 88th birth day of canada in comparison with other count- rtiestirrotld canada at 88 is young and with a great future before her for all citizens new frontiers are always opening many 6f us c8h re call when all weit of winnipeg was a challenging frontier to develop now two of the western provinces are cele brating this year their golden anniversaries and the frontiers to the north give a challenge to more pioneers to seek out the riches that are there and ready for development these are eventful and exciting days in a country that offers so many op portunities others are also seeing the challenge of a young country like canada and coming from older countries to a land of opportunity it g to b li a s in the c da of today and the promise if holds for the fu ture livery sections seerrts vibrant with progress end enthusiasm every one of the provinces hold opportunities for those with the daring to go after them at 88 canada seems to be just getting start ed may the years ahead see continued growth and our people give leadership in the good things of life among all peoples of the world a young country such as ours has challenges that reach be yond our bwh borders and the pushing forward of new frontiers in canada alone quality not quantity sunny warm weather has at last come to the west reports the financial post canadians all over the country have a stake in it if it lasts for another month with clear skies and higher tem peratures the west may yet get a goodcrop this yea and if the west doesnt get a good crop this year the effects will be felt in the east as well as here farm spending all business observers agree cannot keep up through a second bad crop as it did through last years yet it isnt a big crop that businessmen or farmers are praying for what we need this year ts good wheat rather than a lot of wheat canada has plenty of last years poor wheat grading no 5 no 6 and feed the united states is loaded to the gills with it but the stuff which canada can sell without too much difficulty the stuff which brings the best pricethe stuff which the us can not supply even by giveaways is the prime hard northern grading nas 1 2 or 3 this is what the world wants to make its flour with and if we can only get a fair crop of highgrade wheat no body will be too much worried about the quantity cf lowgrade wheat harvested starting at 80 with the current issue of the free press we close 80 years of publication of acton and dis tricts hometowrrpaper andwltrrtherffrst issue i july enter our 81st year it was on july 1st 1875 that older folk tell that joseph hacking canvassed for new subscribers and exhibited the first issue oflhejrveepress therehavebeemnanyxha es in the tpwn and district in the intervening years and oftnese changes the files of the free press give a valuable record it is 46 years since first the present editor smelted printers ink at the free press and those years that we recall have seen many changes practically none of the equipment which was in use then is now in the office automation has been comingin this industry all through the years and is not a new thing the original building has getting on the map some of the nicest places in canada are the hardest to find or to identify they are those charming hrrfe spots off the main roads and not marked on highway maps which neither put up signs bearing their own names nor tell motorists how to get there they are the sort of places one sees on a sun day morning drive through many a rural district what a beautiful little village the drivers wife will- exclaim admiring a settlement which nestles in a peaceful valley i wonder wrvat its called she looks vainly for a sign makes a quick but m futile check of the road map and by that time the cafr has passed beyond the community and its oc cupants attention is orr something else of course avname on a road sign isnt enough by itself to bring toumtbjsiness to such villages many of which would benefit from-extra-dollars- but its a first step toward catching a strangers eye signs directing visitors to a community and marking its approaches can carry a welcome mes- sage advertise its best points and indicate featur es of historical interest travellers are always on the lookout for something different whether it is fossils in the rocks the site of the first grist mill in the province or an eld tree on which hcrse thieves were hanged a simple road sign can iep put such a local ity on thernap been increased in size twice in that period and only a small portion of the lot is still available upon which to place any more building in spite ofthis use of modern machines the staff is three times as large as in the days before automatic equipment was in use annjvetsaries are a time for looking back but more important as a time fbtltfqrward look now a the free press enters its 81st year we want to express our appreciation to those wrfo have been loyal and helpful to our predecessors and to us in the maintenance of actons newspaper the years have brought and cemented many friendships and loyalties which we cherish may we express the hope that these will con tinue in the future and in turn we give the pro mise that it will always be our endeavor to sus tain and encourage those things which will be in the best interests of acton and district fnoto by esther taylor schools out theres a big day this week for schoolage youngsters annual summer vacation representing two months of fun and sun for public school pupils started this week with many a whoop of joy high school has been out for a weekr while college students most of them now hard at work have been out of lecture rooms for overa month wvvv n orth e w est ast s outh problems for all canadians recently agroup of manufacturers of rubber footwear visited finance minister hartjs at ottawa tc tell him of their plight and ask forlfhelp it seems that products made in canada cannot com pete pricewise with those made in hong kong the reason given is that wages there are 45 to 75 cents per day compared tosenedtan wages of 145 an hour one result is the almost complete loss of the export market of the canadian manu facturers and now the invasion of the domestic market that briefly is the problem of these canadian manufacturers and they requested emergency measures the group urged that the government fix the value of imported shoes in relation to canadian costs or as an alternative place quotas on imports of canvas and waterproof footwear apparently there is resignation to the loss of the export market the problem now confronting this group is one that iscommon with many other manufactur ing processes in canada suppose we apply the pioposed solution of price fixing and quotas in every line that has markets is it a solution to our canadian economy no one wants to lower wages or the standard of living in canada it might be well however if unions in making ever increasing demands for shorter hours and hjgher rates of pay would re cognize the plight that is now being faced in canada in maintaining production not only in our export trade but in the selling to our own people against the items which can be produced at lower cost elsewhere in 1947 this canadian rubber goods industry exported 6000000 pairs last year less than 92000 pair6 were sold outside canada there are causes which are the problem of every canadian and cannot be solved by finance minister harris to stop speeding in georgetown not that council wants a new supply of revenue but gust that it is out to put an end to inlimits speeding members nodded heads in approval last week as they watched a speed trap dem onstration and ended up putting in an order for one of the units the towns new police chief was also on hand to witc1i the trap do its stuff wlhose fare it red in bronte last week the loe 1 police chief alert on his job tag ged a fastmoving car through the village for speeding when entry of the cars number was made 01 the police blotter th- crown at torney took one loik and told the chief iu furseliu thecar was the property of the russian embassy a summer warning in oakville scoring the town fr its apparent lack of interest a id initiative in providing adequate safety facilities for children who use oakvilles lakeside areas f bathing a towrsrwoman reported two neardrownings laftweek and warned more could welt happen before summers out tfielourna backed her up with a fpuntpago article s swelling every week -in- georgetown lasit- week- one f councillor was told not to worry too much about the congested p elation that the town just isnt too sure where the sewers are going as well the overall cost figure isnt quite pinned down yet trailer camp hassle in burlington its reported tvv lakeslure trailer camp operators face pcxssible jail sentences as thtfy come to court this week on charges of contempt about 70 trailers are still occupied on the camps which had been ordered vacated the order came after and through a long hasrle and the hassle isnt over yet as the residents are still there parking conditions around the post i office the mayor reminded him that housetohouse mail delivery is not too far away for gejrgetowi georgetown seems to be swelling in size week by week aside from the wings in burlington a local theatre manager has apparently had little traffic with good3dtangled bii eaucracy hes torn between con tradictory government rutires about building fire exits which to him seems strange the contradict ion on top of that he reports un favorable publicity has unneces sarily depleted the theatre of 1 usual good attendances bonanza at midnight on milton one night last week i bewildcrd district farmer owen marshall was wkfned by mem bers of the rotary club to be told he was the new owner gratis of a 1955 hardtop model car marshal won the draw at the annual sant claus fund fair in the agricultural grounds which drew a big crowd passed out many other lesser prizes such asan alexpensc paid trip ti xv york all in a short while in milton last week in a short session council approved some dis puted building permits which have been hanging fire for a whiio agreed tj a special meeting to iook ver the new tbwn- plan with ner p a deacon discussed the good old days may have seemed better vvv w back in 1935 from toeissue af the free press of thursday july 4 ims this is th sixtieth birthday of the a free press the iss of the paper carries pictures of the five editors j hacking the founder 6 w galbralth rev dr t albert moore h p moore andq a dills atpresentonthefrcepre sta re robert macarthur e 41 vin cent jas mcgcachle miss m s nelson and mr dills back in 1905 from the iaaae of the free press off thursday june 29 ims another bouquet for actons y- tem of fire protection and for the brigade was earned on saturday afternoon when the old gtr -sta- tion the building which for years has been an eyesore and a disgrace to the town caught on fire if thia had happened five- years ago or at any time in the interim the news would have been received joyfully but fe were exui essed fu the safety pf the almost completed new statipn which stands only about six feet west of the old one agent holmes had all his files and instru- one of the largest and most unique gatherings of its kind ever held in this district was the reunion held at leslies school section mo 8 erin township july j when well hrttcnts out of the office in less than over 1000 persons assembled at the school grounds to celebrate the dia mond jubilee of the pttgsent and up- todate school building the com mittee in charge consisted of chas mckeown john allan fred john ston j e pearen and thos mc- mccuicneon at a meeting on tuesday evening the acton ball club and acton citi zens band took the initiative in organizing a big threeday event for acton for civic holiday weekend there will be ball games calithum- pian parade joint church service and band tattoo the summer pilgrimage of knox sabbath school in its annual outing turned this year to edgewood park baseball this year seemed to be the strong sporting event about 300 men women and children sat down to supper the shower of the day came at seven oclock and reminded many there were cows to be milked willard britton and other resi dents of that district saw a pair of baldheaded eagles in nassagaweya last week near the farm of mr thos storey the sixth eastern sectional rally of the womens missionary society of the united church was held at wesley church sniders trafalgar with mrs earl wilson of ashgrove presiding mrs george aitken of ballinafad conducted a round table discussion five minutes water with excellent pressure was turned on by the bri gade about nine minutes after the alarm was rung then the frolic of the flames found a short ending the excellent pressure even blew holes in the walls of the building the new building was not even scorched the acton bowling club has re ceived an invitation from the west- mount club montreal who mention as an additional inducement that the novelty of playing on an elec tricallylighted green may be en joyed there mohtrealcrs evidently do not credit the enterprise of west ern towns the acton cltib had their green lighted by electricity last year and are just as uptodate as the big club down east an enjoyable entertainment is as sured for this evening when piano pupils of miss thompson give a re cital in the town hall with miss florence waltoft of toronto talent ed vocalist as guest artist r b scotts specials for the civic holiday straw hats panama hats fancy colored underwear fancy vests summer suspenders open work sox silk handkerchief to match any suit acton branch of halton womens institute enjoyed a meeting on miss lizzie moores lawn on friday miss delaney of toronto gave a pleasing demonstration on mailing cream sauces and cool dishes for summer professional directory and travellers guide medical the danger marked out of flooding on near the creek lots committee plans weekly lunches high scorers in last thursdays lawn bowling jitney were mrs james irglts and jim fleming the committee plans a lunch for i once a week and last tuesdays tyas seasonally delicious straw- berrv shortcake dr w g c kenney physician and snrgeon office in symon block 43a mill st e acton office phone 78 residence 115 church st e phone 150 dr d a garrett physician and surgeon corner of willow and river sts entrance rivar street acton ontario phone 238 dr robert d buckner physician and surgeon 39 wellington st acton ont phone 679 office hours 68 pm dental briercomment heading in an exchange from an ontario town last week read beverage rooms give town s574 council to rebuild sidewalks theres the solution to municipal worries if you realize iusf how ijttle sidewalks can be built for 274 rotating post kingston ontkp a new j system of rotating the post of vice- ironing and pinning principal at the new jquecn eliz- jn bronte the sewer vote pos- abeth high school will be tried next poned mare times than enough ac- fall w r kidd an english teacher cording to some residents ha been will alternate the post of vice- held over again s that all i principal with the directors of the lutchei can be ironed out the l vocational and commercial depart- hitches prove to be r the rev- ments at jht dr a j buchanan dental surgeon office lcishman block mill st office hours 9 am to 6 pm xray telephone 148 dr h lejb dental surgeon office corner mill and frederick streets office hours 9 am to 6 pm telephone 19 acton veterinary f g oakes bv sc veterinarian office and residence 24 knox ave acton phone 130 b d young bvsc c l young dvm veterinary surgeons office brookville ontario phone milton 165r21 optical e l buchner ro optometrist 48 mill st e phone 11 office hours wednesdays only 130 600 pjn wednesday evenings by appoint ment legal miscellaneous rumley funeral home heated ambulance phone 699 night or day serving the community for 46 years talk about scnool fulls in wingham the high j echoed board is going to build four tennis courts at a cost of si 0000 sortie of us sure graduated too soon and long more and more for the good i eld school days deuce united church of canada acton ontario rer e a carrey b a bd minister i parsonage 29 bower avenue phone 60 mr george elliott organist and choir leader 76 bower ave acton phone 6 baptist church acton i ray h costerus pastor parsonage 115 bower aye phone 206w sunday july 3 1955 10 00 a m sunday school 11 00 3 m morning worship sunday evening service at albans church st bfftr- atmi tefnaa tw only paper btct puullism act founded in 1879 and published every thursday at 56 mill st e acton ont member of the audit bureau of circula tions the cwna and the ontarioquebec division of the cwjila advertising rates on request subscriptions pay- able in advance u50 in canada 8350 in the united states- six months 8150 single copies c authorized as second class mall post office department ott wal jnjwjrtt o- a diut editorinchief david r dills production manager james dills john black associate editors business and editorial office jeiephone 174 i ht sunday july 3 1955 9 55 am sunday school 1115 am morning worship i 7 00 pm 4evening worship joint service of all protertarit church es at st albans church acton pentecostal assembly meeting in lol hail crewsons corners pastor rev- k j reid 81 cook st telephone 64bw r estate and 1n8peanc1 f l wright 20 wilbur st acton ontario phone 95 appraiser real estate and iiuurenre w r bracken real estate insurance phone 26 acton list your farms business or hou with us we invite you to use oui facilities in securing a purchase to your property presbyterian church in canada knox cmia acton rev robert b armstrong ma bj sunday july 3 1955 10 00 am sunday school i 1 1 00 am morning worship j 730 pm evangelistic service wednesday- 8 p m cottage pray- er meeting and bible study 54 9 st sunday july 3l966 946 a sphoql liq0 am morning worship 700 pm evening service in albans church- they that wait upon the lord shall renew their strength warrt velcoone awaits you r-v- st albans church aagucaat rev evin h jones ba lth rector sunday july 3 1955 trinity tv 830 am holy communion 1100 amchoral communion and sermon 415 ptn fitojy babtism 700 pjn evening prayer union service fop all acton churches r f bean limited rcaf estate and tnaaraac 83 mill st acton r phone 585 r h elliott c j leatherland barrister a solicitor notary office hours 1000 am1200 1 00 pm500 pjn saturdays by appointment only office 22 phoneres is1 acton lever hoskin chartered accountants successors to jenkins and hardy 1305 metropolitan bldg 44 victoria st toronto em 49131 a e aaandbrson ba barrister solicitor and notary public 77 mill st phone 585 office ho tuesday 15 pm thursday 15 pna georgetown office by appointmenk 4 main st s phone triangle 72464 travellers quid gray coach lines 1 78 bower avenue phone representing g w golditraw broker muton phone 348 completereal estate service covering halton county use our facilities high tax saint john nb cp this citys tax rate for 1955 is the highest on rec6rdrs48 for every 100 val- uation compared to a general rate of 528 jast year the poll tax was increased from 2 to 30 coaches leave acton eaathound k3r am 858 am ft 33 aja 2 08 pm 5 08 pm 833 pm tn p m blo 13 p m westbound 1027 am 1252 pm 257 psl 5 27 pm 7 27- pm 0 12 pm 1132 pm 1 12 am sun to khv chener only a daily except sunday and houv days b saturday sunday and days canadian national railways daily 540 am dally except sun days 1000 am 713 pjn sunday only 801 pjn daily except bu day flyer at georgetown 903 am 837 pjn daily flyer at george town 1011 pm i daily 1144 pm daily- except sunday 84 am 6 m pm flafi stop 74 nm saturday only lj pjn sunday only 08 ajn tmav op sunday only flyer at guelph 7x0 pjn daily except sat and sun to detrain pasaettgera front west toromotriia 531 pjn daily except sat i son flyer 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