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afl the acton free pratt wednesday novemb 27 1968 n t need dickakunarif a canadian board of education reports the north hills newsrecord of pittsburg pennsylvania will experiment with a new teaching alphabet with about 100 youngsters the alphabet devised in england is supposed to be a tool by which children learn to read more quickly heres an example wuns thaer wos a man in an oeld house to many a harassed businessman it seems that students already are graduating from high school and going into jobs with that kind of spelling entrenched why encourage it at theprimary level surely it is just as easy for a child to learn to write there as it is to write thaer and old is simpler than oeld true some of the words in the english language arc complex but it would seem that the experimenters are seeking the easy way out until the stage is reached when nonteaching is the fashionable thing then each- child will have his own spelling style after all if wons thaer was a man is accepted what is- wrong with wunce thcr was a mart and everyone is his own dicksluinary or should thatbc dixshohcrrie editorial page ks- i ealtitic plan tenants of 70 subsidized housing units in guelph will be given a chance to buy their houses with as little as 475 for a down payment trade and development minister stan randall announced last week the guelph plan is a pilot project of the ontario housing corporation aimed at giving tenants in low rental housing units the chance to become home owners to qualify a tenant must have occupied his house for at least a year be up to date in his rent have at least one dependent other than his wife and be financially capable of meeting the payments price of the land and house is 16000 if it is bought for cash or the purchaser remains an occupant for five years a 2000 forgiveness allowance will be deducted from the price monthly payments run from 73 to 9480 according to the length of the mortgage and the plan the house is bought with there are four options available taxes amounting to 330 annually arc stfrtfll vw- jm acllltich arthur kocstler prizewinning european novelist and journalist spoke bluntly at a symposium at queens university recently the greatest superstition of our time said he is the belief in the ethical neutrality of science no teacher or writer or artist can escape the responsibility of influencing others whether he intends to or not whether lie is conscious of it or not and this influence is the more powerful and the more insidious because it is transmitted implicitly as a hidden persuader and the recipient absorbs it unawares mr koestler said this new ideology that claims to be scientific but which denies value meaning and purpose is the invader within western society and it has caused a worldwide mood of rebellion the invasion has come from within in the guise of an ideology which claims to be scientific and is in fact a new version of nihilism in its denial of values purpose and meaning mr koestler exposed the causes of choas in society today but he had no solutions to offer where do we go from here he asked offl the cuff need a change from constant reminders of the number of shopping days before christmas how about four more issues of the free press before christmas december 4 ii 18 and 23 some people may hate to sec snow but snowmobile buffs and skiers would like to abolish summer leaden autumn skies brighten brlof- ly arid thon pour mixture of snow and rain down on country flolds tho bar landscape is relieved only by the ttill evergreens or blrchos which retain tholr while coats in all seasons staff photo extra this is the most realistic move the ontario government corporation has made for those in the low income brackets who wish to buyt houses although we think those who live in the development are likely middle income people payments are fairly moderate and within the reach or most buyers but it is the low down payment which makes the scheme most attractive families with children have great difficulty raising the large amounts asked for down payments on new houses older houses arc usually out of the question however in many cases the monthly rent payment would not exceed what it costs to carry the house on a purchase it is too bad there are not houses of this type in acton they are the type most possible local buyers would ask for if they had a choice most houses being built in acton now are well beyond the reach of the average wage earner sugar and spice by bill smiley cheer up after winter conies spring seven prayerless days makes one weak recently 1 wrote a column about remembrance day it may have had a touch of bitterness in it but so many things have come up since then that i thought you might be interested first of all a light nute a lady in ontario remembers something from away back there during the first world war my husband came home on furlow from belgium although his pass said he was clean and tree from lice while we were riding on the underground in london i watched the lice crawling up and down on his coat collar so i had to scorcli all the seams of his clothes as soon as i got him home and shave all his hair off him everywhere to get rid of them next at our school we had the usual remembrance day service but it wasnt the usual one this year we let the students plan it they threw out the draggy old hymns and a lot of other things instead against a background of old songs from both world wars a student read a commentary he had written himself it began with in flanders fields the poppies blow it was simple and moving and honest then everybody sang hat haunting folk song where have all the flowers gone they went to young girls and the young girls went to soldiers and the soldiers went to graveyards and the graveyards went to flowers then the roll of honor from our school some of the older teachers cant take this they went to school with the boys on the list last post silence reveille over the students were silent and solemn and involved afterwards in the classrooms we discussed the service and the day id brought along some photos and souvenirs they were fascinated after an incredulous look at the cocky young blackhaired fighter pilot and then one at the harassed grayhaired teacher they pelted me with questions ct cetera fittttej frw the paat mtst snowfall of the yaw brought out a trio of warmlydressed ladles for a stroll along the sparkling shore of fairy lake tha aquatic club i in the background included in the group are mr a t brown left and mlu bertie speight right when two women suddenly become friendly it is a sign some third woman has lost two friends first it was glued meat then it was glueless meat using the meats own natural protein as the glue for assembling individual pieces of meat now the financial post reports it is meatless meat its another soy product for which a patent has been granted additives to give the correct taste color and texture are first incorporated in a fibrous soy bean protein material and then the mixture is compressed so that the final product resembles a meat product the perfect companion for a glass of soy milk you can deck the halls with f topgrade holly this year reason vancouver island growers report the crop is excellent oldstyle wellberried holly is coming back in favor at one time the silver and gold variegated holly was popular now people are going back to the dark green then came that magnificent tbc documentary on world war i with raymond masscy old soldier wounded on those fields narrating it was spellbinding and horrible i kept looking for one of my five uncles who were there driving mules dragging through mud finally came the following letter because its personal no names no address dear mr smiley i have just read your article entitled i shall never forget and i must write to you i am 33 years old and 1 do not consider remembrance day a drag a sentimental journey for old and middlcagcd squares my father fought through many of the worst battles in world war 1 he was a machinegunner he never talked about his experiences except for once when he told me of a little village that he had seen far below him in a valley in france he said only that he wished he could have died and been buried there he never said anything about the war but he drank life was hell for him and for all of us mamma said he was terribly changed when he came home from overseas he died when he was 61 and he had a military funeral and he was as much a casually of the war as if hed died at verdun he just took longer iodic i was 18 when he died and up until i was 16 1 almost hated him for the drinking and the trouble but i began to understand him and by the time he died we knew and liked each other since than ive learned more about the war and ive made certain that my children know about it too so on remembrance day we go to the parade and pray at the cenotaph with the veterans and the kids know that it is notjust lor a grandpa they never knew but lor all the people who fought and suffered n all wars and even the youngest boy lour understands a little bit of it all it will be a long time before everyone forgets thank you so much for a very touching article thank you for a very moving tribute the acton xtslfj free press wone b53mi0 butin nd editori off fuuikbd m ii uj duujmj wry wfautdh i w vdlkiw si atiun 0uuu ifcfefcwr of uw 4uji buru ul circuulu ik cwua tnrt cm hi a ajiariitiaj r4 ui rwutu lubuh iwju futtu- mi ajtmf u6d m cwud tm ul ji lounliwk ultuf ljui cd tuaftw cots 14 auikonmj tsianj clue kiwi hl omtu cwportnwki qiu ajiwaj i vcld a ik cufejjlu ilui m ikv vftl ul lyfjofwaetkita tttqi ikm puilwmi ol ike wwhtuav tatm cujmetj fc llv trtlenisatll leaaal ittayalttte v4ilt fati il to ufmium mil tsm w kjjrarj it but ik kieiw at ik trhlftrtnl uoi k jj tut i ik jajlitifcu rh u uj ttsmi at a itftitawkajufaj mfw kthj ljl or wrht 1 urtmj pritfl fraud ritm nut tw w uud utmtumaj u tafefnty m onf to wll aj tw vtlkl i v it 4w- mmki tj j c ual tt4j tkift kutdw hajiwv cou tkw hyew citnhi iw7 wv mi i 20 years ago taken from the itsue of the free press thuriduy december 2 i4h due to tin increase of 3 pet cent in the power allotted lo acton the blackout ut certain houm hud been lifted for u trial period if the quota is exceeded the cufoffwll have to be resumed jhirty crtlens iittpuded nomination i in the town hull friday evening theron jones was acclaimed as reeve all other positions will be contested much volunteer work is being done on the iiew scout ual secretary w middleton will he happy to accept all contributions a good time to change your summer driving habits anil make allowance for the ice and snow of winter and the inability to slop quickly and safely as on dry pavements the badminton club al ihe y is nowin lull swing and many outings have been arranged with oul of town clubs as well as many social evenings al hoiiie victor ii riimley has sold his furnishings store lo miss lima llralda and mr rue wesl he intends to continue with his undertaking business last sunday the acton hoys and jirls band presented their seventh anniversary concert lo a small hul appreciative audience 50 years ago taken from the issue of the free press thursday december s lk travel is freer now between canada and the united stules than since the war commenced during hie past two years people of military age leaving canada were required lo secure permits this order is now rescinded and instructions lo that effect were sent out from ottawa last week lo officers at all border points the relations between the people of canada and hie united stales will be more friendly than ever now owing to the pari taken by them in the war the star says dundas doctors issued hi 6 orders for liquor during two weeks in october thai the fee for an order is si and thai consumers who gel into trouble testified in the police court thai they had got their liquor on doctors orders the star thinks the influenze epidemic was overworked for a justification for liquor orders the ban against sunday sale of gasoline has been removed if users would be thoughtful of the dealers comfort there would seldom be any necessity of sunday purchasing miss lillian thompson teacher at school no 5 nassagawcya was a guesl of rev and mrs moycr over the weekend mrs james moore and miss lottie speight spent a few days during the week with friends in toronto miss olla b armstrong visited with friends in brampton on sunday 75 years ago tuken from the issue of tho free press thursday november 10 ihv this is salvation army sclfdenial week the chimney ut storey and sons tannery was blown down during a gale one day laslwcdk ii is being replaced wjih a tine brick uhitnney mondays ruin took off the snow and polled the pond forskating three inches of mow fell yesterday again however and hie sleighs are running one of hie freaks of the season it j bunch of wild strawberry plants in full bloom i hey were found on crdar creek jjirtii thi home of mr juntes l warren and vent to litis office on tuesday by mr robert bingham several crossings in towil should have the attention of the streets and walks committee before frost finally sets in those- on hie south side of mill st al flgih and john sis are defective and unsatisfactory those inlcresled in local education will he pleased lo learn that all the teachers on the staff of acton public school have been reengaged for next year there will consequently be no disarrangement if present plans in several departments thomas c moore has removed to ins new residence on lake ave christmas is three weeks from next monday 100 years ago taken from the issue ol the canadian champion milton november 26 ik6h we mentioned lately that councillor t hume had tested the legality of the 7th line tollgale fsquesing by running the gate the company after demanding an apology and getting a blunt refusal at least mustered up courage lo prosecute the case was tried in georgetown before a full bench of magistrates and the defendant was fined hie nominal sum of 20 cents the company we are informed per g k chisiiolm promising to continue the road to ashgrove there will be an exhibition of the grammar school in the orange hall this night the audience will be entertained with dialogues readings tccitations and vocal and instrumental music the hall will be decorated by the scholars for the occasion from the selection of pieces and the care taken in the training of the speakers we can confidently promise those who altend a rich treat the proceeds lo form a fund for prizes and apparatus for the school we bespeak a large audience at one oclock on saturday afternoon patrick j whalcn now under sentence of death for the murder of mr mcgec arrived in toronto he was in the custody of sheriff powell of ottawa and seven of his officers and the parly had a car especially provided for him salt and pepper by hartley colei ever try lo write a column with a flying saucer overhead its like preaching a sermon while the choir is singing and the congregation is attempting to stem runny noses plain distracting its down now removed i presume by the same wag who made the model and then hung it by a long thread from hie light fixutrc above my head it appeared as arguments raged back and forth over the coffee cups whether this ufo craze was a case of megalomania or the result of too much irish coffee it all started a few weeks ago when i mentioned in this column that i had seen an unidentified flying object which no one else could see strain their eyes as they might on a bright fall afternoon i should have known enough to keep my mouth shut about il but had to go blabbing the news all over the plant the boys in he back shop didnt say a wordjust looked at one another outside of a few uncalled for remarks and allusions regarding the state of my mind the incident might have passed off and been forgotten except for a bright autumn night when i saw another one i was home minding my own business when the phone rang it was harold townsley look yonder he laid in the sky over lindsays mill theres a ufo up there i snuck outside and ventured a quick look sure enough there was something up there pulling red and blue lights not trusting my own vision i called my wife and motherinlaw lo come and have a look they concurred with my estimate ii was indeed something different than the usual flotsam and jetsam floating around in the sky a flying saucer who knows after the first incident i should have known enough to keep my big trap shut for good but i casually mentioned the new sighting the next am at coffee break to buttress my case i kind of threw in the fact casually that several other people had seen the same ting if youve ever seen an ostrich lay an egg youll have some idea of how awkward i felt dead silence greeted my testimony then a voice at the end of the bench said must have been quite a party some of the more polite printers held their hands over their mouths to suppress smiles most of them couldnt stop laughing life hasnt been the same since snide remarks about my credulity are passed at every coffee break one morning i came in to see thai miniature saucer dangling from a stung swinging back and forth the final insult but the pendulum has now swung the other way only a few nights later a report from ottawa said canadas national research council has been carrying out research on this saucer subject they ate getting 10 to 20 reports of sightings every month there is no doubl at all the head of research said there are some sightings that cannot be explained by our piesent knowledge of science so there you unbelieving unseeing saucer scoffers saying you dont believe in saucers around here now is as bad as saying you dont believe in gliosis you donl believe in gliosis my word merry old england is full of them just last week a toronto newspaper carried an account of a spook at levens hall near kendal westmoreland the notorious grey lady appears in broad daylight in the driveway of a creaky old house that dales back to the 1 2ui century she usually alarms visitors by stepping in front of their cars when the driver stops aghast convinced hes run over an old lady il turns out theres no one there she was last seen by a member of the family that owns the house he bicycled through her dont believe in ghosts you might as well not believe in flying saucers