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two the acton fref press acton ontario thursday january istb 1kb imfe arton jfrre pre as inaetaa vjviv founded in 1875 and published every thurs day at 58 mill st k acton ont member of the audit bureau at circulations the cw na and the ontarioquebec division f the cwjja advertisins rateson request sub scriptions payable in advance 090 in canada 400 in the united states six months 175 single copies 7c authorized as second class hail post office department ottawa pamailtal by the- duai prbrttnc aad rrtushlaw co 1 g a dola kdltorinodef david r dslls production manager james dills john black associate editora business and editorial office ph 174 acton horsepower confusion perhaps the urge for more horsepower and more- cylinders in motor cars will be curbed by the new scale of license fees which has been up- ped quite materially for engines of over 35 horse power it is quite apparent that more power and speed are now built jnto cars than the average all differentall similar imosr see 30 o 40 weekl newspapers that come from various parts of cana da its a weekend habit which has developed over the years its surprising how much in com mon there is in canadas smaller centres and how similar are the problems in large and small com munities sure- we are different from what they are in the west or the east but a pattern runs through the whole country last week every town has had its new coun- cil a boa taking nffire i ik thfo years re- solutions their plans are put forth in keeping with communitys interest theres the common ground of growth and the equally important item of watching finances not all of these plans will be achieved but to the progressive places some of them will become realities before the term ends some of these hopes may take years to bear fruit but the visions of the present are the realities of the future later in the year the towns will be all grap pling with tax problems and acquiring the funds to meet the demands of the citizens as the year progresses there will be more problems develop that werent even anticipated at years beginning these are not scattered cases but those who grap ple with them may find some consolation in the fact that they are not alone the failures of other years plans may come to fruition under their guidance and the disappointments of the en deavors of their year in office may be fulfilled in the years to follow the trend is modern every so often we hear a lament for the old- fashioned country store- some fellow over 60 years old would like to browse around a shop ping spot where they have dry goods on one side and groceries on the other they yearn for that aroma of old cheese vinegar onions and salt fish combining with the smell of fresh prints and ging hams to give the right atmosphere there must be a potbellied heater in the centre of the store to make it the common fohjm well for those who crave these spots rather than the big shopping centres they are still to be found we saw one not 75 miles from here the other day the store was on the main street of a fairsized village and even had the wooden veran dah over the sidewalk the box of frozen fish was outside as proof that there was no deep freeze inside if you really want to see these stores of earlier days you can find them dotted all over the countryside and still making a liveli hood funny part is though that youll find the crowd in the big modern store further down the street and the biggest armloads of purchases coming from the spots that are more in present day trend most shoppers must be under 60 one ofthe great january lthisthe250th anniversary of the- birth of benjamin franklin he was one of the most remarkable and versaftfe men of this conti- nent his- first job was at the age of ten as an apprentice candlemaker in his fathers soapboil ing shop at boston two years later he was ap prenticed as a printer to his brother james it was ir the printinghouse that he got his chance -toreowiielytownte-afki-r0think-r-asa-voung- motorist knows how to use the question why pay for nonessentials recent statistics show that 70 per cent of canadas motor accidents are caused by driver error ah analysis of driver error shows that 46 per cent of the accidents are attributable to speed 19 per cent on wrong side of the road 15 per cent to recklessness eight per cent to no right of way seven per cent off road and five per cent to other causes injennsylvania and manitoba where strict enforcement was put into effect figures prove that accidents can be de creased where strict enforcement has been tried on highway traffic laws without fear or favor results have shown that ontario can have a better safety record orie of the confusing thtrigsaboutautomobile power is its ability to confuse in rating a car for license purposes the department lists f forcars- up to 35 horsepower there is hardly a car hstecf by a manufacturer today that describes a car of less than 200 horsepower and they range in claims to over 300 horsepower engines its all very simple to explain in mechanical terms but why so many kinds of horses have to have rating in a mechanical apparatus is beyond us weve read enough fall fair prize lists and auction sale bills to realize the difference for ponies saddle horses hackneys percherons belgians clydes- dales and such categories bu weve always understood that a horsepower rating was a mathematical rating it might clarify thepublic lio if th m m re t their standard as pony power and the depart ment of highways in their licensing as clydesdale horsepower we rural folks would at least under stand then the difference between 35 and 205 hp rf- the good old days may have seemed i li back in 1906 from the issue of the free frew f thursday january it mm three years ago when the war betwen russia and japan was at its height morris saxe a strapping young russian soldier of 21 was among the troops sent to the front the 25th year eighth month 14th after enduring the hardships of war and being out of sympathy with russia he deserted with some comrades crossed to china and from there to england realizing death would be the penalty if he returned he came to canada when r e left russia he bade goodbye to his sweetheart thinking never to see her again the fortunes of war al ways being so uncertain however he contacted her and she arrived in canada last week oh wednesday a hebrew minister made them man and wife and they plan to live in acton there will be next week in the town hall a unique entertainment for the biggest cavern the ottawa journal published this item be low and we reprint it for the merit it may have and the thinking it might provoke we see by our favorite newspaper that the worlds largest known cave has been discovered in kentucky this could be put to interesting uses and many will come to every mind space could be found for television perform ers who think cuteness is wit and for tv artists who drag in their families under the bright lights far in the innermost recesses of the cave we should place people who whistle in trams young reporters who write of aged men and women in their 50s plump women who wear slacks in public places automobile drivers who think only a sissy signals a turn youngsters who sit com fortably in street car or bus while women with baby or parcel stand the kentucky cave could accommodate in addition to all these politicians who talk of the jrreplaceability of arty public man and alongside they would stand store clerks who recommend a tie or a hat as the very kind i wear myself the sweet young things who leave lipstick stains on restaurant teacups and dashing young men who comb their hair over the lunch counter all these and many others never would be missed and still there would be room in this most enormous of caves for the family portraits that used to decorate every living room piano for every last statue of a naked woman with a clock in her stomach for the atrocities in china and glass which infest such vacation resorts at niagara falls ny and room at last for the good resolutions made and discarded when they cool off photo by either taylor these curious cats having come to some agreement that two can sit on the top of the post as well as one are raptly attentive to something- or other- they might be looking for spring a free meal the neighbors dog or a low flying spar row whatever it is they dont seem to realize that the camera is looking as intently at them jhebibl rev g p parson district secretary icuuf upper canada bible society the structure of the scriptures one book of history 21 epistles or has been of great interest to bible j letters and one book of prophecy lovers for centuries perhaps this is psalm 1 19 is the longest psalm man he started a successful newspaper and pro duced mapyssays and almanacs in his subset quenrptareer he achieved fame not only as a mas- terprinter writer philosopher businessman and statasmanbut also as scientific investigator for his researches in electricity he became known all over the civilized world ni was loaded with honors he served for several years as the us minister to france and in 1782 was one of the signers of the treaty of inoependence he died in 1 790 leaving an autobiography which takes high rank for its interest and literary power could almost start anytime to sum up the ac- cutecy of the predictions about this years winter might as well get forecasts come up we know one group of fore- brief comment driveslowlyjn buildup areas oueno right to splash mud in any pedestrianseyer all our precautions against fires and air our safety building regulations seem to leave much to be achieved if the loss of life and property is to 6e reduced slick salesmen with doubtfulnerchandise are why we have inherited a quantity of unique detail not available on any other book many amazing facts about the physical composition of the book of books are known the bible is comprised of 3556480 letters 773693 words 31102 verses 11b9 chapters and 66 books the middle verse is psalm 118 8 the 21st verse of the seventh chapter of ezra contains all the letters of the alphabet except j the longest word is in isaiah 8 1 mahershaldhashbaz the word lord occurs 1855 times and the word and 46277 times- 180 direct quotations from the old test ament arc found in the new testa ment the old testament contains 39 books classified they are five books of the law 12 of history five of poetry and 17 of prophecy the new testament consists of 27 books here there are four records of the it has been referred to as a halle lujah clioris of 176 verses its con struction is an ingenious acrostic of the hebrew alphabet except for two verses all use some name of the bible the original manuscripts in heb rew and greek were not divided into chanters and versos these caiiic later and were devised io mark sections suitable for public reading and easy finding of favorite passages capital letters only were use in the original copies and there was no space between words this made both reading and copying more dif ficult in english the following is how a verse would appear if printed this way beyekindonetoan- other suggested readings for the week sundav matt 2 11 1 monday matt 2 1223 tuesday matt 3 1- 17 wednesday matt 4 122 thur sday isaiah 40 111 friday isaiah life of christ called the gospels i 55 113 saturday psalms 3 12 in trafalgars economy for farm assessment is 5219100 or 1663 per cent compared to 9614175 indust rial or 3065 per cent of the total the ideal 6040 ratio is pretty well maintained as residential assess ment accounts for 48 per cent of the total whereas the danger point is 60 per cent trafalgar population increases to 11846 trafalgars population in the last three months of 1955 increased by i 44s to a new high of 11846 assess ment commissioner ed dunham told trafalgar council last week i the rateable asssessment total at j t pulp and papcr industry years end was 31370685 ward 3 fp more on protection than the in which is the ford oakville provincial governments the owners plant accounted for 40 per cent of me forests the mills have a of the toul with ward 5 east of i greater investment in fire fighting oakville producing another 275 per equipment than the provinces they cen have built fire towers and w vested the figures indurate that farming j in access roads to aid in- fire pre- has slipped badj to second place vention put mi bythe young lames rr it albans anglican church it will be a spinstervlea the young ladies will observe certain rules and any young man found taking tea with his right hand passing anything or making remarks will be fined five cents for each offense twentyfive or thirty cars of hemlock bark are coming in regu larly at present miltons new town council is composed of a doctor a druggist a saddler a school inspector a veter inary surgeon a brick manufacturer a gentleman and a flour and fe merchant the million kelormer well well only one gentleman among them george r thompson h been r back in 1936 from the issue of the free press of thursday january 231936 king george v ruler of 500000- 000 subjects in the farflung british empire died on monday night 4n day and 24th hour of his reign with the last heartbeat edward prince of wales became king although the official proclamation was not made immediately when news came on monday ac ton joined in special tribute to his memory social functions of var ious orders already arranged were promptly cancelled the canadian legion have arranged the service at council a letter was presented from the resident engineer at dur ham to the effect that no money would be paid by the department for clearing snow from the highway through town the streets and walks appointed assessor of esquesing township at a salary of 150 passable sleighing again turnips arc being loaded here in great quantities no fear for the failure of the ice crop plucky traveller sidney bc cp miss h m williams who crawled two and a half hours down a logging trail after breaking her leg in a fall from her bicycle is recovering a motor ist picked her up just as she was losing consciousness committee wa3 in u to c the snow from the roadway and curb and part of mill st as an ex periment if the cost is not pro hibitive the business section will be cleared the work is to be dope by relief labour mr james r anderson who has been caretaker of acton post office since the erection of the new build ing over 20 years ago has been granted absence from his position due to illness- mr cameron leish- man a returned soldier has been appointed to fill the position mr leishman is a you man and will very ably fill this position the junior hockey club held an amateur a in the town halt ono- of the highlights was alexanders ragtime band with jack mcgeach- ie jack reid bus morton thos gibbons ted harrop pete mc- nabb jim mcgeachie bus nicol bill harrop and ted clifford gor don cook was the conductor of this noisemaking outfit from it to 14 below were the rev ports on last nights temperature a letter to the editor decries the loudspeaker at the arena as a new fangled arrangement replacing the band professional directory and travellers guide medical at the united church of canada aetoax ontario reyusonjftnadams ma bjj minister i parsonage 29 bower avenue phone 00 mrgeorgeniiot organist and choir leader 76 bower ave acton phone- 8 1958 cast w wbu hint trying these days as always to make fast dollar better investigate before you invest beware too of cashing cheques for strangers on thing that the assumption of responsibil ity demands is the ability to think clearly in this education plays a vital role its task is to train the mind to develop the godgiven right of every man and woman to think as an individual trenton ont courieradvocate i in the soapanddefergent sales race deter gents are getting the lead last year there was nor soap sold irtfotalbut detergent production rose seven per cent while soap output fell nine per cent compareefwith 1953 in 154 detergent val a millions soap production 165 million potwds worth s36 millions sunday january 22nd 950 am junior church 955 am church school 11 15 am morning worship 700 pm evening prayer in knox churchrym craservlce speak- er dr r s hosking annual congregational meeting wednesday january 25 at 8 pm presbyterian church in canada knox chdkch acton rev robekt h arm8tkonq sla m sundaysjanuary 22nd 15- 1100 am morning service 945 ajtl rchurch school 700 pm ymc a service a warm welcome awaits you they that wait upon the lord shall renew theirstrength baptist church acton ray h costerus pastor parsonage 115 bower ave phone 206 w the anglican church of canada st albaaa chart acta oat rtv evan h jones ba lth 1956 sunday january 22nd 1000 j sunday school 1100 am morning worship 700 pjn evening service wednesday 8 pm midweek ser vice mission band will be meeting mon- day instead of friday this year dr w g c kenney physician and surgeon 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 river street acton ontario phone 238 dr robert d buckner physician and surgeon 39 wellington st acton ont phone 679 office hours 68 pm legal dental dr a j buchanan dental surgeon office leishman block mill st office hours 9 am to 6 pm xray telephone 148 c f leatherland qc barrister a solicitor notary public office hours 1000 am 1200 am 1 00 pm- 5 00 pm saturdays by appointment only office 22 phone res 151 acton lever hoskin chartered accountants 51 main si n 44 victoria st brampton toronto phones 247a em 49131 m e manderson ba banister solicitor and notary public 77 mill st phone 585 office hours tuesday 15 pm thursday 15 pm georgetown office by appointment 4 main st s phone triangle 72464 dr h le1b dental surgeon office comer mill and frederick streets office hours 9 am to 6 pm telephone 19 actort miscellaneous ruaaley funeral home heated ambulance phone 699 night or day serving the community for 46 years optical e l buchner optometrist 48 mill st e pfficejhouri 130 ro phone 1 00 olive wv laaapard atcm- rmt teacher nf plan acton studio st albans parish ball 14 park ave guelph phone 296 t wednesdays only i3u sou pm wednesday evenings by appointment travellers guide veterinary f g oakes bv sc veterinarian office and residence 24 knox ave acton phone 130 b d young bv sc c l young dv aa veterinary surgeons office brookville ontario phone milton tr 89177 real estate and insurance sunday january 22nd 1856 3rd sunday after epiphany 9o0 aun holy communion 1oo0 tun church school i 1100 aun beginners class 1100 am morning prayer and sermon j 700 pm ymca service in knox presbyterian church vtuebec has the greatest fresh- water area of all the provinces acton pentecostal assembly meeting in lol hall crewtoni corners pastorrrevk j reid 81 cook st telephone 4w sunday january 22nd 1956 1000- am sunday school 1100 am morning worship 7 p m- e f l wright 20 wilbur st acton ontario phone 95 appraiser w rcal e lomvm r bracken wednt er meeting service pm cottage pray- i bible sttsdy phonvm acton list your farnwbllfipemjuhaael with us we invite you to use our facilities in securing a purchaser property r f bean limited 83 mill st acton phone 585 gray coach lines coachem leave acton eaatbaund 6 38 am 838 am 1133 am 208 208 plm 5 08 pm 633 pm 3 pm 10 08 pm sun and hol westbound 1027 am 1252 pm 257 pm 5 27 pm 727 pm 912 pm 1132 pm 1 12 am frl sat sun and pm hoi canadian national railways standard tu fiatbe daily 640 am daily except sun days 1000 ajn 713 pm sunday only 801 pm daily iniil tilt day flyer at georgetown 908 anv 637 pm dally flyer at george town ipll pjn we daily jlpinr daily except sunday 848 am 633 pin bag- stop 749 pjn saturday- only 2jx pm sunday only 943 avm flag stop sunday only flyer at guelph 705 pm daily except sat and sun to detrain panwngara f wert t and heyod 610 pm dauts- except sat sun flyer at ouelph cvscpon ibsragkirrtjfrraa