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attntfe canuck tetter c uat week in these columns we dis cussed trading stamps and whether they were instrumental in raising food prices this week theres mora encour aging news from a ferm conference at the university of menltobet according to dr a wood an agri cultural economist the cost of food has fallen substantially relative to income in the last 12 month period food prices and wages have chang ed in such a way that the same food can be purchased with 20 per cent smaller proportion of the wages receiv ed by canadian in absolute terms the price for all foods combined has in creased by approximately nine per cent during the past 24 months and about 17 per cent from 195544 comparative figures from five other countries show that food prices over the 195564 period had risen least in the us 13 percent jtollowed by can ada 17 percept australia 20 percent germany 21 percent japan 35 per cent and sweden 49 percent whan food prices are combined with the gen eral price index for each country it was shown that the relative increase was less for canada than for the other five a comparison between food price increases and national per capita in come increases shows that in canada united states australia and sweden the trends are similar consumers in these countries are now spending about 20 percent fcss of thslr income for the same amount of food relative to 1955 dr wood also pointed out that price change alone are not enough to assess the impact of change on consumer wel fare nor do they explain why prices change as they do the analysis doe point out however that food price in creases have not put the average can adian consumer in a worse position in terms of current dollar value the purchasing power of increased can adian incomes has mora than offset food price increases i today compared to two years go the income to food cost ratio or the amount of work re quired to bring home the bacon has declined by five percent the weakness of this entire argu ment however lies in the word aver age when applied to the canadian consumer unfortunately many people have fixed incomes which do not quali fy for raises in salaries and wages for them a rise in food prices means what it says there are others living on the sub sistence level who will need increased assistance to keep body and soul alive they are very much affected by spiralling costs the economic gap between the average canadian and his poorer bro ther widens every time prices rise z jfrtt pftss editorial pag sncenaiderate parking one of the most annoying things to contend with at an event in the com munity centre is inconsiderate parking often during the current season ve hicles have blocked others from leav ing in one instance a car had to be towed away when the driver failed to respond to a plea to move on the pub lic address system it was most annoying for the driver of the blockedin car he arrived late for en important appointment another instance at a hockey game invo shift w who had lor leave early for his job someone care lessly parked directly behind his car so ha couldnt move it one way or the k centennial picture fatter lovely restoration tni iovhy oui harris home situated on fells st overlooking rockwood con servation area ha been restored and renovated by the present owner mr and mrs burton hill mr wm harris and hi son edgjar owners of the wool len mill in the valley lived there until the father died and edgar continued to live ialone the house is still in the family a mr hill is a first cousin of the late mr harris staff photo h 20 years ago 75 years ago other after repeated pleas over the p a for the offender romove his car it was done but not before the man was late for his ob officials at the community centre were most lenient in both cases they could have merely phoned a tow truck operator and told him to tow jhe of- fender away they considerately figured it could have been merely thoughtlessness on the drivers part which is quite pos sible but it isnt only at the community centre people are inconsiderate of oth ers when they park it seems to be com mon no matter where you go sugar and spice by bill smiley taken from the taeue of he actoti frae prase thunrky march is 147 ernest wem 16 acton winner of the lions club oratorical contest for gone six agiin carried off the honors in the pumttspeaklng contest held in the audi torium of the high school- at oakvllle competitors included secondary school students from acton dundee ahcaster brampton arid oakvllle bill davis brampton was second and betty flem ing oakvllle came third mr and mrs d d morrison who re- sldtfa few miles east of acton marked the 60th anniversary or their wedding on saturday when members of their family were all home the annual meeting of the halton junior farmers was held in milton on saturday evening march 1 the el cot ion of officers for the ensuing 12 months re sulted as follows past president george s atkins bronte president edna ait- kens acton 1st vicepresident cameron wilson milton 2nd vicepresident is- mey kean georgetown secretary gor don leslie acton treasurer j e white- lock mhton 50 years ago taken from the issue of the acton free press thursday march 8 117 mr percy howarth who has occu pied a position on the staff of the mer chants bank here for the past three years has been promoted to the hamil ton office mr howarth is a bright young man and will make a name for himself in business circles his many friends wish him every success in his new position mr john barber died at his resi dence at georgetown on saturday morn ing after a prolonged illness in 1880 he succeeded his father as proprietor of the georgetown paper mills which he suc cessfully conducted until he retired from business a few years ago he was also president of the barber and ellis co of toronto and the toronto paper co of cornwall pte m kaley of the 164 battalion of hamilton was home for sunday pte perry watson of the 164 ban who has been ill with pneumonia for some time is able to be about again kingston city council may tax cats counting on raising si 000 revenue that wav taken from the law of taw pre ttairerjay march i ittt the council mat on monday evening and a short session sufficed for the business which came before members minutes of test meeting were read and confirmed the committee on finance presented their fourth report recommending pay ment of the following account domin ion lamp co 24 lamp globes and fix tures 9938 clerk registration fees s5i0 total 10446 moved by a o beardmorc seconded by alex second 1 that the report be adopted carried council adjourned at 830 pjn the brethren of walker lodge af and am had an oyster supper at the dominion hotel on monday evening the educational committee of tor onto city council expressed their gratlft- cmlon at the action of attorneygeneral mowat in introducing a bill before the local legislature to prohibit cigarette smoklnsnmdauo the sale of tobacco to persons under 18 year of age 100 years ago taken from the issue of the canadian charoplon milton march 7 187 we hod the pleasure of being one of the cxnminers ol nassagaweya com petitive examination saturday the town hall was crowded with parents and friends of the pupils and the warden and the rest of the council and reverend utile superintendent were present and took a deep interest in the proceedings mr mclaren ol puslinch and mr camp bell of milton were examiners the pu pils passed very good examinations and displayed increased proficiency in his tory chronology and other branches we have not yet received the list of those taking prizes but hope to receive it next week captain bastedo commanding no 6 or milton company of the 20th battalion received orders last saturday to serve out to each man of his company 60 rounds of ball cartridges at once most of tne members have been supplied and are anxious to get a taste of frontier ser vice which at present they seem likely to get we believe the other companies of the battalion have received similar ord- my daughter had a birthday this week- her sixteenth thats quite a mile stone in a womans life rather like the fortieth milestone except in reverse life is beckoning not waving id give mv right arm for that girl even though its ready to drop off from bursitis and ive already offered it to the highest medical research bidder and shed take it i can still write cheques with it and it mill works well enough to reach for my wallet ah i shouldnt be cynical about my habv shes the only one i have thank god shes been causing me painful plea sure since the dav she was born any normal kid as vou know is born at 4 am kim popped literally popped into the world at noon and my wife has nev er forgiven me the old girl began to grunt and groan about 4 am but didnr want to disturb the doctors sleep and told me it would be about 24 hours before any thing happened she knew all about it having already had a son who took about 36 hours getting out of the nest i knew from nothing so we drove sedately to the hospit al about 9 am and booked in she sug- gesod i go to work as there was no point hanging around hangdoggedly i said fearfully bu with tti nimikt r she claims her parents wont even try to communicate this invariably occurs just at bedtime shed love an ex tra hour of communication pronounced jjossip hci choice of apparel is putting her mother over the brink rather than wear the nice matching sweater and skirt she got for christmas shell haul out an old turtlcnek i got from the red cross when i was overseas navy blue match it with pink mesh stockings and an an cient mustard suede jacket that even her brother threw out and sally to school nothing warnings threats and ap peals to deity stop her from waltzing around the house in her bare feet but she still has an endearing qua lity from her childhood if she reaches for the salt she spills her milk if she makej a batch of cookies it takes three days to clean up the kitchen what does she want to be a nurse aght a teacher yeuch i think her sec ret ambition is to be a longhaired shout ing singer with a group unfortunately her hair is so curly that if she let it grow long shed look hke a zulu warrior but she sure as hell can shout especially when shes in the wrong evangel pentecostal tabernacle paoc 33 churchill road rev s m thoman pastor 8532715 sunday march 19 1967 1000 am sunday school 1100 a jn morning worship the mes sage will be 4he third in a series of 1 new things 700 pm evening worship evangelis tic service tuesday 8 pjn prayer and bible study thursday 8 pjn christ ambassa dors friday 645 pjn crusaders presbyterian church in canada knox church acton rev andrew h mckenzie ba bj minister mr e a hansen ba organist and choir master trinity church the united church of canada minister rev dwight i engel ba bd organist mr george elliott ma phj lief youre sure you dont need me she retcrted bitterly i learned later dont be silly itll be hours this was about 10 am i phoned the hospital at noon to ask if it was ok to drop in on my wife and hold her hand the nurse chortled con gratulations you have a fine baby girl and the kid has been getting me in dutch ever since theres nothing basically wrong with kim except that shes too much like her mother as far as im concerned and too much like her rather as far as her mother is concerned aside from this shes a perfectly normal infuriating teenager that is she inhabits the bathroom only about five hours a dav she hates school but her whole social life is cent ered there she loves privacy with some infernal machine blatting beatnoise she thinks her parents are the square root of two the only concession she will make to mathematics on my daughter i wouldnt trade her for a brand new cadillac id have to hav somebody offer me a rolls royce speaking of cars i guess ive no kick shes been 16 for two whole days and still hasnt asked me when she can get her driving license a real scatter- brain sunday march 19 1967 palm sunday 945 axn church school for ages 3 to 15 945 a m church membership class for teenagers 1100 ajn ipalm sunday worship ser- th a hay for rtnnwrys the acton free press phone 8532010 bunnell and editorial office of mill st both looking east show the changes six decades brought the top picture is taken from the millmain corner where w m coopers tailor store on the left faces wbodheirs store on the right the pic ture below was taken further east along the s block showing the corner of mill and willow sts the post office had not yet been built the building on the nin we corner was demolished when the bank of montreal was built but the building on the northeast cor ner remains now housing the cameo shoppe note the buggies approaching these pictures were originally post cards and were lent for this series by e e perryman rr i georgetown he has a good collection of early post cards from the 1904j910 era and others wifl appear here later liver oysters mush rooms vegetables salad onions or cur ry which makes for a bland diet at our place she ikes steak imported cheese and any fruit that is out of season which makes for an expensive grocery bill like all teenage girls she gets along beautifully with her mother they agree an everything except just about any thing you can name like all teenage girls she is not temperamental you can rely on her moods either furious or radiant 8 00 pjn first of 3 community holy week services in trinity united church rev dr d c smith guelph guest preacher everyone most welcome the church of st alban the martyr anglican corner willow st and st amans drive rev ritchie mcmurray ill stjb sunday march 19 1967 sunday school 1000 am junior school to gr 4 1115 am senior school gr 5 to gr 8 services 1000 am trinity church acton nur sery provided 1115 amchurchill church churchill rd n sermon subject wheels within wheels 8 00 p m first community holy week service in trinity united church other holy week services tues day at 8 p m thursday at 8 pjn friday at 10j0 a jn monday 8 pm adult class subject doctrines of immortality and grace all welcome bethtt christian reformed church acto ontario sunday march 19 1967 1000 am english service 1110 ajn sunday school 230 pjn alternating dutch and eng lish service saturday bible classes 101230 ajn everyone welcome maple avenue baptist church georgetown foumdrj in im md pwbtnlmd i at w ilk si acton oauna mncr el ita udi imai u cinuulo iw cwna 1 04 va ajxrntunf a raqun swtectl tin pblr ui atftmk mm i s ioc juitlkorurd mx wctmd claws ssust foe offsc parpj oil aohtl is ihr cundslsoat ikm an ike ctt of error ihl gaortto at lis aeti crtiisgfj osgasrd d iii wednesday march 15 730 pjn evensong address the life manifested the wednesday evening services during lent are being conducted by the reverend eric mills the new rec tor of st georges church george town sunday march 19 1967 palm sunday the beginning of holy week 900 ajn holy eucharist 10jo ajn church school 1030 a m the holy eucharist with the dramatic reading of the passion of our lord jesus christ the distri bution of palms 800 pjn acton ecumenical service our choir sings at trinity united church monday march 20730 pjn the holy eucharist tuesday march 21730 pjn the hory eucharist wednesday march 2210 ajn the holy eucharist 730 pjn the holy eucharist our guest celebrant the rev kenneth patterson rector of palermo sunday march 19 1967 945 ajuv sunday school uh0 ajn morning service 700 pjn evening service wednesday 8 pjn prayer mnrttng acton 8531956 georget 8776663 acton baptist church founded 1842 pastor rev stanley gammon res 144 tidey ave ph 8531615 sunday march 19 1967 palm sunday 1000 ajn church school and adas class ii 15 ajn morning worship the great proc 8 00 pjn sunday evening service first of holy week services united church speaker rev c smith see special notice for all holy week no meeting wednesday man 22 thursday explorers at 630 text so then every one of as stall gtv account of hmsesf so god m42 t r l rwtsssg