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sttt jutiess editorial pagq jttj a team effort we would be remiss indeed if we let the occasion slip by without thanking all those who contribute towards making the free press one pf canadas top weekly newspapers the list of those who have some part in the writing aqd production of this newspaper each week runs into thi several dozens there are the writers and correspondents from the various districts who faithfully cover the district like a blanket in a manner easy to read there are columnists on both the light and the heavy tides who try to interpret the news and the other happenings of interest there are the press reporter from the various organizations and those who phone in leads or stories the advertisersgod bless themfor without them there would be no newspaper there is the advertising manager the staff in the back shop who translate the typewritten word into hard type there are the proof readers the office staff who cover up for our mistakes and take the raps on the knuckles there are countless other including the dealers and in town and district then theres the cooperation we receive from the town council township councils school boards schools churches clergy police and a multitude of other public bodies newspaper people are supposed to be immune to crilicumhard thick skinned creatures who would shrivel up and die ifhey werent criticiied hard and often dont you believe it weare a bunch of softie under this veneer of toughness wed rather field a compliment any day than a brickbat or a verbal dart thats why were so happy this week receiving your expressions of congratulations on this newspapers success in the canadian weekly newspaper association competitions it takes a community effort to produce a prize winning weekly and we really appreciate all the cooperation we receive it again strengthens our resolve to continue to make the weekly visits of the free press in your homes and apartments both a pleasant as well as informative experience the extra effort that goes into a prize winning newspaper seems all the more worthwhile when it is a tribute to teamwork rummer uhtai one of the pleasant sounds on a tunny sunday morning is the sound of the chimes from knox church as they sound the call to prayer it is nice to lie in bed on sunday as the old harry lauder song confirms knowing you dont have to go to your work that day you can smell the bacon frying the coffee brewing and the sizzle of the eggs as they drop into the pan the light wind rustles the trees and the birds accompany the chimes and they leave the tower of the church and waft over the town and country prtptum between 2500 and 3000 persons are convicted of fishing or hunting illegally in ontario every year they lose their equipment and pay fines which total more than 50000 a flying rumor never has any trouble making a landing youve got legitimate reasons for being suspicious when a doctor says you are as sound as a dollar customers who used to complain about getting only one meatball the financial post reports can now put a new twist to their complaint a canadiandeveloped meatball contains no meat but its high in protein can be produced cheaply and keeps well we learn from history that we do not learn from history time is a friend dont kill it the bells from st albans and st josephs add to the symphony as church goers hustle to avoid being late the hustle and bustle associated with the weekdays is gone people relax it is difficult to believe there are some who would like to make sunday just another day when people must work and hustle to make a buck but then perhaps they have never spent a sunday morning in a small town or in the country package designers for i q a smoking deterrent have taken a psychological approach by creating a package which closely resembles a cigarette pack in size and color reports canadian packaging magazine the idea is to give the smoker whos trying to quit the visual sensation and tactile satisfaction of handling a cigarette package whenever he feels the need of a smoke cjitwial mtea proof that man is not a vegetable is supplied by the sunny hot weather on which plants thrive and man evaporates if all the talk about construction and expansion for acton is correct well be living in a metropolis by 1970 jjj pkttca fom the ftam back issues sssmm weeds which uwd to choke the tepid ujmmcf waters of fairy ldho no longer euttt tince this neck of tho lake has been dredged springs released alter years of boinq choked by ult keep the water sweeter now and rotativoly weed free staff photo sug ar a nd s pice i e y eight teachers potad in 1037 for this photoflrphmrgt young martha on mia mcmillan ml m 2 bennett mbs bruce mhs fomtr mbs anderson and mis hunt my young brother and i a re very close we always have been we slept in the same bed for years shared the same teachers in school spent our summers together at the family cottage and fought funously about such things as who was going to get the bike that day even the war didnt keep us apart we both served in the air force and trained as fighter pilots sometimes at the same stations we were both shot down we ended the war with the same rank the only real difference was that he could put the letters dhc after his name dut i was able to counter that with horror talcs about prison camp yes weve been very close so close that we sometimes remember to send a card at chnstmas and we make a point of corresponding every three or four years and at least once a decade we have a visit it happened this past weekend theres a lot to get caught up on when you meet your little brother so seldom and boy did we get caught up he arrived fnday evening in his colonels uniform ablaze with ribbons that night we got caught up until sam on saturday saturday night we did even better getting caught up until 7 30 in the sunday a m and sunday night we got caught up unui i 30 a m when thanks to a merciful providence he had to leave to catch a bus to catch a plane back to colorado spnngs and the panic buttons i learned a tot of things that i still owed him s for my share of the bike that his only child has married a very wealthy knglishman and has cars dogs servants the works its the only money in the entire family connection as far as i knowbut i cant see how im going to get my hands on any of u and i learned this is how close our family is that a favorite uncle of mine had died over a month ago uncle omar had reason to detest me as an infant i had cried lustily and steadily throughout his nurnage which took place at my parents home but he forgave and offered a big helping hand on a couple of occasions when i needed it like plasma a muleskinner in world war i he worked hard all his life did well had a loved and loving family and died peacefully at 75 a good life ct cetera shakespeare let hamlet express his thoughts on pollution this most excellent canopy the air this brave oerhanging firmament qppeareth nothing to me but a foul and pestilent congregation of vapourshamlet my kid brother and i conjuicd up a host of forgotten faces and incidents most of them funny the incidents that is not the faces wc had sonic good sporl talking ottawa valley bnglish which is unique on this or any other continent wc recalled with pride mountain jack thomson a great uncle who was the terror of the lumber camps the only nun who could like him was his brother my grandfather perhaps i should onvy the young brother hes had an exciting roving life in t uropc and north america he is completely bilingual in excellent health and will be retiring on a fairly fat pension but i dont i wouldnt want to be a serviceman even a colonel put on the shelf in my prime he has no home a scattered family and must sort himself out for a new life at a time when most of us arc casing off j little does he envy mc i live a comfortable middleclass life own my home have a good job and only two rotten kids no he wouldnt touch it with a tenfoot pole and perhaps thats why wc get along so well no envy which can be a destroying element in any relationship just brothers who are completely different in outlook and temperament hut retain the warmth of childhood affection and shared experience another reason we get along well of course is that wc see each other so seldom there should be a lot more of this that is not seeing each other among families theyd last longer and finish stronger rut next time he visits i think ill arrange for a couple of hospital beds in advance wed never in ike it through another weekend of gelling caught up the acton free press phone 853 2010 business and edtforta office t0undi ia 1b5 awl pub d wv ljv t u willo si atlo ortur o umtof of th audit oufuu ol ctrtuution im cwna nd own jljvoniuno talm on raouml sub km mvlow wt ictvwc m 00 m cvuda 19 00 in il coonutm oihv 1kn crwj sjnocm15cnti bcwu1 cltu awl rtymultofi numb 061 advswthwx cj on iki condition ihat i m o lvrwwcl amy thai portion of lh timwsi uc oocupd bv u oftou t lomh wtlh mmonaw jlomtam for vsvutura will not b ctwrpd for but rm btunc ot ha lwrtiimt will bt paid or m tt asubw rw in iha v of a tvtwftfaetuc nor atfcutsunfl ftooda or twvicm u wrong iu fjood of lawn may nal bi tokl atkwiuiflfl manilv offer to tall and mm ba wtlhdrwn at av davld b dllll publlihm harilov col editor a mmaflaw capyrlphl imp 20 years ago taken from the issue of the free press thursday auguit 1 1 1949 a donation of 50 wai made by acton womens institute to the war memorial fund a special meeting of council was held to fcjve acton businessmen some first hand information on the tjewigt ditpoul plant the second purpose of the meeting was to hjve the men prgame a chamber of commerce or similar organization to deal wild the ituny inquiries coming tn about industries locating in acton about s businessmen attended mr anderson engineer explained the complete sewage system planned for acton an j a modern disposal plant piesentpnces indicate he work could now be done for 24000 the ttjects would be torn up and some disorganization occur a committee was uamed to arrange a meeting and details of mie organization of businessmen hie committee is it ii llinton cliairnun k bodwirt koyston t walson w cotes- x marks and v uustow ileity gibson sang at a concert at dunns pavilion in bala members of the womens institute with the help of their husbands and a few volunteers painted the booth at the park this week four cases of polio tiave been reported to the health unit some say il was 104 degrees last thursday 50 years ago taken from the issue of the i ree press thursday august 14 own i met in reguljr session jnd ik mills wjs fixed as actons rate for llns ycjr ihuisday afternoon the members of he methodist sunday school assembled on he church lawn ready to proceed to mr h ailcs llailcys splendid grove on the first line for the jnnujl piliut onveyances were numerous including a number ol jutos farmers wagon and hay racks supplied with hay and here were drays a tile on a grassy hillside under lordly maples beeches and elms wai chosen for the rendezvous for the success of the afternoon much credit ws afforded to rev m moyer superintendent fruik kennedy principal stewart mesags harry mcdonald and fred johnston misses bertie brown and tmnu hawthorne the board of education hat engaged mr j m rotel the new principal at s salary of 1 ho0 to succeed principal w ii stewart the ulanes of acton school now amount to 7hg0 principal roizel sik00 pearl baker assistant 1050 minnie bennett entrance sh50 jean mcleod 075 daisy i ulster 650 muriel lleury m0 olb armstrong t50myrtl royce 50 lubel anderson 625 75 years ago taken from the issue of the free press thursday august 16 1k94 the usually quiet sjbbalh in kockwood was divested of itt hallowed influence by the intrusion of an uncultured untrained and refractory bovine of the masculine gender the coveted prize of a prominent juelphite on the preceding day while en route to he royal city the animal exhibited samson ion qualities by elevating lie occupants of the vehicle behind which lie had been secured to such an alarming height hat on the jinvjl at terra firma one of he acrobjts actually declared that he was nude an eye wiinest to the bombardment of wcilljivvei and the repulse of the japs his revelation was verified by mondays press dispatches taurus repeated his performance of feats of strength during sunday forenoon after defeating 1 1 strong men in a tugof war he was at last overcome by the reinforcements of men boys and dogs he was taken to the abattoir owned by the village butcher and pjid the penalty of his cvildoing the following r railing peach social at dr mckeagues tomorrow night sponsored by knox ladies aid the fire which has been raging in the swamp on lots 27 2k and 29 in the first concession of i squcung the past month is still doing damage lo timber salt and pepper you asked for it at least some of you did i vowed last week column on hngland would be the last outside of a few more isolated incidents hut many people have asked me to continue the series for at least one or more issues ive relented and completely rewrote this week i never realized there is such a thirst for travel stones and knowledge about oilier countries until the past couple of weeks travel indeed is broadening and you only have to talk to people from other countries to appreciate your own more in o game of one upmanship with some english relatives over in the sceptred isle we were casually trying to introduce featurei which we considered best in our own bailiwick in the ensuing conversation i though id come up willi a gem in the fact that we bought our milk in bags back in dear old ontario in bags old boy asked a polite english cousin yep i answered silting back with a superior look in plastic bags well thats odd he commented almost like our beer what about your beer i pursued in the bland canadian accent ihat had them puzzled about my origins you can buy it in cans came the reply well whats so odd about that said i weve got it in cans too i smugly thought id won the competition two or three days later however another close relative miffed because he had to work late asked me to skip down to the village of carshalton beeches and get him a can of beer one can i asked surpnsed yes one will do he answered down to the village i went looking for the elizabethanlooking offlicence shop walked in to see a pleasant english lady who enquired what id like a can of beer i told her half expecting her to tell me id have to buy at least two of them but there was no hesitation the lady disappeared in the back of the shop and came out carrying a can and what a con ere you are she said politely right out of the cellar and with those words she started to fasten a handle of tape over the end of the eight pint can while i still stared with my mouth open she cauiioned about carrying live huge can wilh the lundlc better put your and under it ust to be safe my old man dropped one on his toe broke it and how is he i asked in my nicest tone of voice oh cs dead she replied mattcroffaclly i hurried out of the shop with the beer under my arm still wondering why the british put their beer in such huge cans but only bottled milk in pints do you suppose they like one better than the other britain is full of contrasts like that and characters i thought existed only in dickens books or caricatures in the movies the least hint of rain brought out all the brollies which the british engagingly hooked over their arms they love lo dress up fur any occasion fashions of courte in london are out on cloud nine but no one seems to follow them slaviihly mini skirls are in and if you ore scandalized by the look of a womans legs then stay out of england some of them go so high that the girls look like popsicles on the end of a stick my wife and i climbed over some of the roughest ground in cornwall to see the ruins of king arthurs castle at a spot called tmtagel which alto features a magnificent view over the atlantic after huffing and puffing down one side of the cliff and climbing the other past the mini of an old celtic monastery we arrived at the highest height of land lo glimpse no it wasnt old king arthurs ghost although there are some pretty strong tales that he hangs around at night no it wasnt a herd of sheep which seemed to be the only creatures at home on the terrain yes it was a girl in a micromini taking a picture with her camera my wife says that i spent 10 minutes getting a picture of the miniskirted blonde taking a picture of the deep blue tea and unknown to me at the time there was a german chap taking a picture of me taking a picture of the miniskirted blonde who was taking a picture of the sea i wouldnt have been surprised if a troop of the queens household calvary had ridden up the cliff on through old merlin the magicians cave which tradition says bores into the cliff at that spot but thats england