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wm wlif 9p wy fwrfvp i mm display i tk annual provlncarwfcto display ot prbtastwatiori appears oh the hori- w rr artn that the ultviuieimiiv komttes is lagging far tbwid lest years v owners are purchasing the plates et an evan slofraee thanjtto v yaagoacidng 4o tha- oefiart rtmnji of tfrtsport and that means long- ertrn evev linenips as the february 28 ovtabline draws closer a not only are the sales down but the number of vebicjes lb be registered is op by looood v lhjto january 7 only about 144 oar cent of the plates had been issued compared with 155 per cent at the same time a year ago probably the lineups will be start ing soort but the department seems adamant that there just wont be an extension editorial page perhaps it sounds dull and common place to suggest that one of our cen tennial projects be that of outdoor housekeeping but consider for a mo ment to saytharcanada is a beautiful country that- its urban and rural com munities its highways and its byways its vacation places and its waters have all been blessed by a bountiful nature to say these things is not to indulge a campaign to end litterbugging in canada could be one of the best of a centennial year projects and it is one in which every man woman and child could play a full part- it would be a way too for parents to impress upon their children that concern for the clean liness of their environment is one of the basic responsibilities of good citizen ship canada is a beautiful land in 1967 let us each help to make it even in cliches it is to acknowledge the truth yet how many o u through- monr beautiful ignorance or indifference mar the beauty of these riches by the careless litterbugs unite against our own way we dispose pf our litter thoughtlessness heu fa centennial two new features closely allied to centennial year begin in the free press this week added to our regular 20 50 and 75 years ago columns will be a 100 years ago column the free press wasnt in existence 100 years ago but our mil ton newspaper has files which provide a wealth of interesting facts about the whole district in those days acton was so insignificant we didnt even have a seat on county council j n 7v -siir- jolly old mr snowman is enjoying these wintry days just as much as the rest of us his hat is not so new his nose feels like a pine cone his mouth uwmt- photo by w merle ounby acts like an airplane propeller and his neckerchief isnt a very warm one but hes having fun just the same the second innovation is an old photograph on the editorial page the first of a new series if you have an interesting old photograph we would like to borrow it rephotograprr and use it in the new series it will be re turned intact we hope you enjpy the two new centennial yearfeatutes s u g a r a n d sp i ce by b i i i s m i i e y 9 v4 j vr- ririijiv a fharley ro haltoti by harry h a r i e y m p id like to tidy up a lot of loose ends this week if you dont mind first of all- thanks for the warm and personal notes about the column and the good wishes to the smileys they came from all over the continent many ol you will be getting your christmas cards at easter or possibly in julymyjivifjllost hjrjistoladiljses ft we had a refreshingly different new ycarseve tmvyear went to a skating partyon the bay we even took skates but fortunately we had to make a couple of calls before we got there and when we did the skaters were pooped i expressed great indignation before allowing someone to set me down before the fireplace with a small potion of herb tea nephew paul of lavalu appeared out of nowhere as college boys do father wants him to be a doctor he wants to be a beachcomber and hes lose his boots and his feet were soaking that kid has lost his shoes or boots over 18 years in south america the west indies holland and cape breton island but he never loses his good spirits bless him the house of commons has again begun work on the 1st session of the 27th parliament it is my opinion that the present session will probably last until easter which is late in march this year there may be a short recess and the new 2nd session will begin al most mmediately and carry on until june or july the end of this present session will probablv deal with the following i bill c231 an act in define and implement a national transportation policy for canada this deals primarily with the railway act and the past week in the house of commons has been tak en up with this matter the prairie members of parliament have been most concerned with rail line abandonments and the rates over the crows nest pass with this debate dealing with these mat ters of so much concern to the prairies i expect this bill will not pass much before the end of the month 2 bui c243 an act to amend the national defence and other acts will deal with the unification of the armed forces this is the most controversial subject on the order paper and it is enpected that the debate will be hot and heavy much has been written on this subject including in this column and it willbe again discussed after the bill is presented from the conversa tions i have had in halton the majority favor the unification of the forces 3 the mini budget will also be de bated for not more than six days which will deal with only the increase in in come tax to pay for the supplementary allowance payable to our senior citizens wilt qualify for it 4 biilc 261 to establish the can ada deposit insurance corporation which will insure bank and federally in corporated trust company savings up to a certain maximum this will insure these savings for canadian depositors 5 it is possible that motions to set up two committees will be made these will be the committee on the words for a national anthem o canada and the committee to recommend changes in the procedures- in the house of commons to promote the more effic ient and economical dispatch of the business of the nation in addition to this various small pieces of legislation will probably be dealt with if this session and as usual of course emergency legislation may be dealt with if it becomes necessary todo so centennial picture jalleri but it was a great party just aswe arrived a pretty young woman hustled in from outside clutching her pants and various other things shed been out on a skidoo on the ice and theyd gone through she was quite annoyed last time id seen her she was eight months pregnant this time she was almost in shock she said shed like to meet me under normal circumstances another feature of the party appeal ed to me instead of the usual maudlin rendition of auld lang syne followed by a round of sloppy kisses we all stood at attention and sang a maudlin version off canada speaking of centennial year some readers may have noticed a rather sar donic attitude toward this great nation- al occasion in my last couple of col umns please excuse it i dont really feel that way its a sort of backlash for years ive been trying to tell people how great canada is and could be kim had her first teenage party over the holidays she invited 18 and 27 showed up thats the way they operate nowadays she was adamant about her parents staying out of the way we did with hidden horror cordon sinclair columnisfsand tv personality and i havelittle in common hes rich jm not hes shrewd and crude pugnacious and pontifical astute and asinine i was about to say im not but on second thought wont but we are as one on the need for a holiday in feb ruary did you see him tackle the prime minister on that recently ive been shouting this theme for years its thegreatest centennial gift mr pearson could give this nation by mid- february everyone in this- country is so frayed and flogged that its amazing there arent suicides and axemurders galore 1 dont care what they call it but lets have the nearest monday to valentines day as a national holiday 5 ft cmrtamnui ttae tha free press ii run a series of old photographs taken in acton and district soma like tha one above will haw coma our way by chance it h only identified by tairy lake 1902 we would be glad to hear from anyone who can identify the bathing beauties- have you an old turnofthecentury picture to share please drop it in we will rephotograph it for our collection and return it intact but when it came time for the food she came to us hissing furiously arent you even going to cook the ham- burgers and we spent the next two hours feeling much like a couple of shortorder cooks brought in for the evening to do the catering the music was turnrd up so loud i was sure the cops would raid us kids kept wandering into the kitchen and demanding flatly got any cold pop but it was finally over we checked the living room not a burn on the piano only one hamburg with all the trim mings upset on the rug so were going to let her have another party twenty two years from now for her daughter son hugh brought us a special christmas present this year the an- nouncment that he was quitting school oh well you cant win them all but it doesnt make the goose go down any better even though you assure him that hes cooked his own and has to lie in it or whatever the saying is the acton free press phone 8532010 business and editorial office founded m 117 and published every wednesday at s willow sl acton ontario member of lb audit bureau of circulation the cwna aad owna adwnisiruj rain o rcooesl svbacrip- tioru pa v ble in advance m40 in canada 700 in all counirie other lwu c tinle copies lft authoriacd at srco6d cun mail foal often department ottawa adxertiuafl ts accepted oa the condition that in the cni of typographical error- that portion of the adxrrtiauig apftc oc cupied b the erraaacous item together with reaaonabic alkmanre for ugnaturv will not t charged far but the balance of jhe adwrtiarvaent will be paid for ai the applicable rate in ih evmi of a typographical error achentung goods or aerticcs at a wrong price goods or wr may not be sold advertising it merely an offer to avll and mav be withdrawn at any tiaae nahaaaamd by mm drtid k ulh slnagiiif editor coeyiifta iwi 20 years ago taken from the tone of the acton free prt tfcuraday january 23rd 1947 the wartime housing project was informally discussed by counch and clauses of agreement were examined the clerk was instructed to make in quiry r land available for these houses treeve and mrs arthur swaclcbamer erin were guests at a family gathering at the home of mr and mrs dirk van goozen john and mary acton on the occasion of their fortieth wedding anni- versary all the members of their family weie present for this event friday night last the acton model aeroplane club held it regular weekly meeting in the town hall the election of officers was held and the following members chosen to pilot the club through 1947 president wes fountains vicepresident harold smith secretary les duby treasurer fred turner the inaugural meeting of esquesing township council was held at 11 oclock on monday after subscribing to the oath of office the members took their seats g e cleave reeve george cur- rie deputyreeve george leslie h craig reid and wilfred bird councillors 50 years ago taken from the issue of the acton free press thursday january 18 1917 the regular meeting of the acton high school literary society was held last fridav for the purpose of electing riew officers the elections resulted as follows- honorary president mrs j s cole man president roy brown viceprestos dent marguerite stewart secretary stella mclam editress olive mowat sporting editor adam orr currentev- ents reporter herber ritchie report er gladys mclaughlin critic lettie scott 1st form rep jessie mowat 2nd form rep deliene gibbens 3rd form rep george agnew the meeting closed 5 with the national anthem the following newly elected council subscribed to the declarations of qualifi cation end office for the township of nassagaweya m j carton reeve j i moffat d r huchinson amos norrish and frank sayers councillors w j ak- ins assessor wm mcphail collector thomas moore and wallace lasby audi tors mr rl whitman who has been the mamger tof the merchants bank here since mr mclean was transferred to watford lasrt springy has b n to proceed to orillia to take the manage- mentof ihe branch in that town neitt week mr a j murray has movedjfrdm his farm on the second line erin to the arm he recently purchased from mrs malcolm mcdougall 75 years ago taken from the issue of the acton free press thursday january 21 1992 prince albert victor duke of clar ence and avbhdale died january 14 the prince was only 28 years of age and was to have been married next month the funeral of the late duke of clarence oft wednesday will not be of a military character the prince of wales objected to exposing the troops to the severe weather pringe george of iwales the new heir presumptive is to be created duke of kent his greatgrandfathers title d stirtou lds will insert teeth at 6 and 8 per set for the next three months extraction free special care given is fijling office matthews block acton the new gtr bridge over the stream at stewarttown when complet ed will give travellers over that point a sense of security which has not been fell for half a dozen vears oast i mr john kenney jr of kenney bros who has been residing with his fatherinlaw mr john nickel fourth line esquesing has moved into town his numerous friends hee welcome him councillor and mrs havill enter tained the members of the old council at thvir home on church st last thurs day evening 100 years ago taken from the issue of the canadian champion january 24 1867 at the annual meeting of the nas- sagaweya agricultural society held at michael lyons hotel haltonville jan uary 12 ihe following officers were elect ed for he year 1867 allan ramsey president- thomas filiotr vice presi dent john kcan secretary treasurer directors included james peddie john cargill peter gould christopher mof fat s r lister peter mcgregor nich olas norrish william burrows and t m taylor honorary directors are g a stark and lawrence smitton for the relief of- certain grumblers in nassagaweya we announce that the minutes of nassagaweya are finished and we beg to say the council are nut to blamcfor the delay we take all the responsibility upon ourselves the tra falgar minutes came in the day before and we had engaged to finish them first rafteidoimjysotwe fotinditimpossiwe tofihish the nassagaweya minuses i time or the election- from their great lepgth we dd not anticipate they will be of much interest- to ratepayers as the minutes have appearedjang ago fa the champion and the accounts are only brought down to december 31 1865 briefs the viet cong it is said are coming to believe their own propaganda a mis take cynical westerners never make what the individual wants is an ec onomical guidepost showing him the way to easy street theyll have trouble distinguishing between those going somewhere to start riots and those just going to demand their rights a small question is how friendly a friendly village remains after it has been plastered by friendly bombs trinity church the united church of canada minister rev dwighff engel ba bjx organist mr george elliott ma phd acton baptist church founded 1842 pastor rev stanley gammon res 144 tidey ave ph 8531615 sunday january 29 1967 sunday school 1000 am junior school to gr 4 1115 am senior school gr 5 to gr 8 services 1000 ajn trinity church acton nur sery provided 1115 am churchill church churchill rd n sermon subject a newer elder 800 pm adult class how the church grew up all welcome evangel pentecostat tabernacle poac 33 churchill road rev s- m thoman pastor 8532713 i sunday january 29 1967 1000 am sunday school 1100 a m morning worship 700 pm evangelistic service tuesday 8 pm prayer and bible study thursday 8 pan christ ambassa dors friday 645 pjn crusaders the church of st alban the martyr anglican corner willow sl and st albans drive rev ritchie mcmurray mjl st3 sunday january 29 1967 945 am church school and adult class 1100 am morning worship the tak ing of oaihs 700 pm evening service just a bit differentr wednesday prayer and bible study 730 thursday explorers at 630 thursday choir practice 7j0 friday bhf at 700 pm time change sunday february 5 morning worship 1115 text neither is there salvation in any other for thqre is no other name but jesus whereby we must be saved acts 412 presbyterian church in canada knox church acton rev andrew h mckenzie ba- bd minister mr e a hansen ba organist and choir master sunday january 29 1967 945 am church school for ages 3 to 15 945 am church membership class for teenagers withdrawn 1100 am divine worship sermon theme the severity of jesus wednesday february 1 at 8 pjn annual congregational meeting everyone most welcome bethcl christian reformed church acton ontario sunday january 29 1967 sexagesima 900 a jn holy eucharist 1030 ajn church school 1030 am holy eucharist monday january 30 700 pjn annual vestry 800 pa the holy eucharist com- memorating the conversion of st paul 830 pjn refreshments 900 pjn the vestry sunday january 29 1967 1000 am english service 1110 am sunday school 230 pm alternating dutch and eng lish service saturday bible classes 101230 ajn everyone welcome maple avenue baptist church georgetown sunday january 29 19a 945 ajn sunday school h0q ajnmorning senrios 700 pan evening service wednesday 8 pjn prayer acton 8534906 georgetown 877- v iiilfc wfi eejai mimtd jb jfc x