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tha acton ire press wednesday april 9 169 mttt fjiitfis editorial paga a ee4 tfcr veto hlatk i recent revelations encountered durln flnalirarton ot the county board of education budget make iitf wonder if the department of education doesnt need a coyne in new matri unfortunately the problems encountered may make the population collectively throw up its hands while condemning unfairly the newlyadopted county board system far be it from us to suggest the new county board system is perfect but we do fecf steady progress is being made and the problems encountered in bringing in its first budget should not be attributed to the board the first batch of problems encountered were handovers from hut year in acton for instance as well as in milton it was found computer errors at the department calculating last years grants short changed the local boards by about 20000 each in addition to this there were the problems of boards beginning the year with surpluses and ending the year with deficits while local boards must assume a share of i responsibility the department is involved to the extent of the shorter allowance on grants the balance is the responsibility of councils that imposed unrealistic budget cuts the next problem encountered by the new county boards this year was the delay in announcing the grant structure by the department of education the budget for the halton board was completed on schedule but adoption had to await the completion of the revenue side grants from the v which includes department finaljy there was xie discovery that application of the department formula set out in legislation resulted in some drastic apportionment of levies to the municipalities since reassessment had taken place in all but one of the halton municipalities a second round of discussions was necessary to come up with an elusive provincial equalization factor to be used which would make the necessary allowances for this change in assessment the county hoards have lud jnd are continuing to have budget problems across the province llaltons budget has increased about 13 per cent by comparison the 10 boards operating in halton last year increased spending about 23 per cent between 1967 and 196r certainly education costs have not declined in dollars but it may be they have not increased as much this year as they would have had the boards not been merged the complex formula by which the apportionment of costs to the various municipalities is made is virtually impossible to explain simply and the tusk of interpreting the budget is made that much more difficult for trustees and officials perhaps the department by some grand new math could eliminate the computer errors jnd concentrate on developing an understandable grant structure jnd apportionment table for next yejr weekend retreat weekend furmers are becoming more numerous in this part of the country as any weekend drive will verify this fast growing fraternity of business and professional men spend five days in the city and retreat for the weekend down on the farm there are a variety of reasons given for the exodus from the city for the weekends but the most popular by fur is the desire to escape people anil cars and get plenty of exercise in good clean air one toronto journalist who bought such a weekend retreat on farmland far from the maddening crowd and the problems he faced were featured in a recent issue of the financial post theres no doubt the weekend furmer pays plenty for land near the cities faces water problems and gets involved in serious fence arguments but theres some compensation in the tax deductions he gets the financial post notes the revenue department is getting smarter however most of the gentlemen who pursue weekend farming dont expect to make much money out of the venture but the satisfaction which comes from owning their own plot and getting back to the basics of living is reward enough it seems there is still a magnet drawing even the most affluent back to the furm or to paraphrase un old song how you going to keep them in j city pad after theyve been back to the barn swhtlf ch jktihkj skunks are as unpopular us u o in goderich the town has been experiencing such a problem with the striped back perfume plants that it has become necessary to pass u byluw granting a 250 bounty for every skunk killed theres one hitch disposal must be on the residents property he or she must sign an affidavit tc claim the reward the medical officer of health for huron county has termed the skunks a health hazard adding to the concern which no doubt stems from the powerful stench the animals dm raise at the slightest provocation goderich council approved the bylaw in a rush to stop reproduction before spring breeding starts residents claiming to have disposed of skunks prior to the passing of the bylaw will not likely receive any bounty it appears that the town fathers in prescribing that residents should sign an affidavit rather than produce the evidence of skunk disposals were charting a wise bourse can you imagine the scene if proof consisted of the skunks carcass being presented o the town clerk naturally it would lead to the hastiest desceiitrjlizalion in godenchs long history spring sugar and spice hy bill smiley if you hear hat my house has been burned or that student rioters luvc octupicd my study and taken axes to my typewriter dont be surprised the student militants arc after me their haiklcs were raided whui i uiggested in a recent column that thty get away with everything but murder i said it and i mean it there shouldnt be one law for the rich and another for the poor and there shouldnt be one law for tome poor devd of a lid who gels six month for stealing something worth sss and another law lor students who commit arum destroy property and arc hailed as martyrs i rem halifax one llarrie sandham launches an attack after condescendingly telling me that he is not a regular reader of my column but glances over it once in a while wlulc admitting that he is not one of them he defends student activists without them says he nothing would be accomplished in getting rid of the dead hand of administration in the universities in that case why arc you not one of them young darnc are yoli one of the hundreds of thousands who sit back and let u few do the dirty work and then get on the gravy rain when the smoke has cleared theres a mixed metaphor i dety even an irishman to better mis tetter is too long to quote but he adopts a lamihar type of logic in it when you cant relute the argument attack the speaker so he accuses me of writing something serious being a subscriber to time magauic hiding behind someone elses opinions writing for rightwing fanatics mud slinging and worst ol all probably being douhlichmncd tlut gives you an idea ot the coherency ol the tetter dear boy mi are 120 per cent wrong i often write seriously never read time except m the dentists olhcc never hide behind others opinions write for canadians irom plumber to politician doctor to ditclidigger teacher to teenager dont sling mud though sometimes rocks and have a chin like a shovel dials 1h per cent the other 20 per cent is for ipelling and grammar errors though perhaps this is unfair as you arc obviously a college student as though this werent enough comes a scaring letter dripping with saicaun from a yotmg lady in kcd deer alia it enclaves a paragraph from my column out of context and is on behalf of all militant students somehow i emerge as the villain we have destroyed parks universities and computers but you and your gleeful following have broken the mental barriers and destroyed the values and inhibitions that held us back someone had to unleash the hounds and i dont think they should go unnoticed who the hounds then she compares me with her dad who apparently wasnt strict enough then we kids let ourselves go sometimes but what an orgy of unrestrained jealousy your generation has had dear girls ky it isnt so i havent broken a mental barrier or destroyed any values or inhibitions including my own for years and i have never yet unleashed a single hound 1 too let myself go sometimes uut unrestrained jealousy pity is the emotion i feel most often toward young people then she attacks newspapermen you sure know how to use the old axe if we stole their politicians car theyd have it back tomorrow you can take their name and reputation and get paid for it nonsense love if you stole a car youd be arrested if i stole a name or reputation id be sued for libel rmal excerpt the smart ones work behind the scenes and let others go to jail besides youvc solved the problem of eternal youth im afraid i dont get he connection hut id be happy to serve a jail term il he latter statement were true you should have my bursitis kid along with my falling hair teeth and arches all i can say is student activism yes student terrorism no jjj phctcj from the part the acton free press s phone 853 200 business and editorial office bower ave boklno mt from the comar of bowar and willow sts made an attractive aummar picture tha storey glove factory and the kenney house next door were razed to make room for tha new pott office fountmd in i8t6 nd publish avavv wwiiv i so willow st acton 0uno tlwnb ol lh audi i buruu ot ctrcuutuwi rs cwna ovtna advwtmno lata an fqual subtcf iptriuvt oivttjm dvwc sb 00 m cavutu t0 00 1 hi couauim oihw kn cwud ulcu16at skmwi cutt mil n4nilkon no orjis aajwiiuaq u tcttottd on irsi uwdilbon tktl wt tn wwil ol ivwktkical mfor ikll oomion ol thj tdvuttsmf hum occupwl bv lh wfonaaut llw u9thf with mtonabl jtoyuwic to ufnitut will not ba chtfaut for but tfc tuurte ol ik fcjurtimmal wui bt p lor u tf leelsubu 4m in lh wrtat ot tvttakkal svttv ttkmtulni toot or unlaw m awonj priot femdt of hrvkm mv ml b told adawtulafl u mavwly olw to mil mdkuvb withdrawn utny bah h llaj wj mmithg c ua cuvid dill rubluhx twtwy col dwtttvdw 20 years ago taken from the usui ofthtf acton he fret thursday april 14 1949 hit public school board consider it is very evident that additional accomnmditlon will hwe to be secured for september m mcketuit repotted h nopil load is now 3jt i pet ucua intpcclw skuc recommends immediate tefiou uioufcht to 9 hew school actons new telephone exciting wdl commence operation next wednesday according to j i hgtidcaan bell telephptte n4rjgtr for ihu icpon the oreieut njfcrto dkchjiifte will go dead conneclioni are cut iiitd im toon ai workman remove the cutover plug the new switchboard will be in operation th entire operation will take leu than two niinutei after the cutovel actor telephone users will no longer turn a crank to call ihe operator or to ring off after a call telephones will he replaced with more modern eonipact sett after the cutover a light will glow on the switchboard telling the operator there is a caller on the line i lie highway sign sill i give acton t population at 2100 rather than 2ms tweiidohne i lirke hat now been writing her regular weekly column for the i ree ires for 20 yean that t the twtt news ive heard today laamcd warden mrs mary ieltit when i lallon nuuly council decided to conduct a preliminary survey for ihe purpose of instituting a new home for the aged in llallon county 50 years ago taken from the issue of the i ree iicst of thursday april 10 l there arc four questions in ihe prohhition election they are somewhat contusing hut ontario electors will say emphatically no to each there will he no barrooms never again after three months consideration the council has at last secured a clerk and treasurer harold nash farmer who succeeded to the legal business of the late a j mckmuou in january received the appointment he will receive a salary of suk per annum a deserter from amp niagara who came to his fathers farm here told authorities acton was so far from civilization he found it absolutely impossible to let anyone know he was well enough to return o duty pretty hard on salt and pepper hums so much ink been ihmwn jt iuiuh linhdi jnd llic toronto maple lcju over ihe ijii few days il luidly ttemi riling to bring up umietliing as humdrum m j birllidjy while all llinie people who loudly derided old punch all the lime he was al ihe helm of he falling leaves now roundly denounce the leaf brass for giving him ihe bounce wed like to slip in a happy word about an ix yearolds birthday nevertheless youre only 1h once it is only proper there shuuld be some uut of recognition i this case it was a nephew of mine who icached tlic charmed circle you know how it is when youre i think youve got the world by the tail and all ihe women in the world are falling over themselves trying to get ut you mcjnwlule the adults who all widi they weic i h again look you over with a myopic stale and pronounce jphonsms such as my hut young mike is sure sprouting up i cjn remember when he wasnt much bigger than the dug over there and ihe girls who youve been ignoring lor ihe past ik ycais outside of a quick glance ulun you thought no one else was looking pass such observations as gee i suie wish hed give me a tumble before i get to he an old maid an my iqth birthday i can icmember when i as ik although my daughter doesnt believe anyone can lemembet back that far if a girl looked al me with any kind of interest i figured the had me tagged for service as a date in the event no one else was handy naturally i shrank up like a withered violet youd never have got me to a birthday party and i wasnt alone believe me most of us depression babies were the tame about the only thing we could talk about with any degree of confidence and without acute embarassnient was sports we were expert at that knew every player inside the gum wrappers never missed a hockey game on radio followed the local ipdrts scene like fanatics hung on every word that came out of the mouths of athletes 4 ambition wed all like io have another syl apps or a teeder kennedy rocket richard wis another hero no one else was acton with ten mull a day steam and electric railroads telephone and telegraph lines and wireless if necraaiy the cilluna reception committee b planning a reception for seven or eight or our heroes who have relumed recently fpworth league elections honorary ceudent rev mover ptesldent miu utnie bennett miss clara moore mrs mover j c mjlthewi bertie speight robert stewart lijith dennis roy brown pearl baker pembfown lditie mason neil mcnsbb the monthly wmting of the womens initilul was held in knox church with ho ladies present mii mcintosh district secretary fn peel county gave an address that showed llul for the betterment of the rising generation medical inspection is necessary in ihe uhmai 75 years ago taken from the issue of the free press of thursday april 12 ihm the members of ihe hoard of health met for organization the members reeve pearson clerk moore w r kenney robt wallace and ii p moore were all present instructions were given for the usual notice to householders to have their premises put in satisfactory unitary condition the inspector will commence his duties on the loih may actons citizens have complied wilh ihe provisions of the public health act cheerfully in the fiail wilh the result that oui mumciplaity it uglily regarded for its excellent unitary condition and no epidemic of disease has ever invaded our borders the post office authorities are pursuing an energetic campaign at present against those who violate the law by writing letters or brief notes on the margins of newspapers and posting them to their friends when people want to write letters they should use envelopes and pay ihe proper postage irk i ggs aie selling for nine cents potatoes are down to is lcntsahag spring pits arc selling for si each linmulcd dogs are being shot on sight m berlin and waterloo thomas perryman ir has sold his house and lot corner frederick and agnes sts to david mills for sdoo mr john hisliolm jr lias sold his brick house on iake ave to mr jodiua norrish for si iso ahram mauffer has removed one of the buildings from his tot on fclgtn st to the corner of church and llgin it will be used there as a blacksmith shop by w mason the annual meeting of ihe officers of the 0lh uune rifles was held important anyway times like uncle george s underwear changed almost weekly the day of the unsure pimplyfaced teenager have passed take my nephew a carrot topped giant of a kid whom all and sundry of the relatives agreed was relatively shy passed his 17th birthday without incident then bang cot himself a gill friend started talking a blue streak kepi growing started wearing his fathers socks and then graduated to his shirts he turned hi last sunday and ihe family threw a big bash to commemorate the event he wasnt even embarrassed never flinched when ihey brought in the cake grinned when ihey sang happy birthday opened his presents without a selfconscious thought and then went over and cuddled up beside his girl friend on the chesterfield id have been so mortified al that age id have run around the block and spit nails he handled everything as if he did it every day of his lifeand wearing his fathers socks theres no doubt about il the 18 yearolds these days have poise and more power to them down through the years that he was editor of the saturday evening post george horace loruiier never permitted an improper suggestion to appear ui the magulne then he relaxed the rule in a series written by a wellknown novelist the first instalment ended with the secretary in her married boss apartment late al night no wife present and the second instalment began wilh just the two brealdaulng together in the tame locale post readers bombarded the editor with protests how dare he permit such goingson in a family magaiine in a form letter to use consplainants lorimer pointed out that the pbtt did not permit such goingson in its r however he added we cannot be beld responsible for whit our atrial characters do between tostataenta