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th aden ft preta wednwdty novmbf 1 1969 golden age club members enjoy burlington zone rally btui rr i acton ontario november 17 1969 rslr trie ahray with feeling of inadequacy tail i rod about things thai eeem inevitable end 1 hesitate to write because from long exnetrmce i have noticed that with air major awe we the little people an but a voice in the wilderness beating our heads against a wall many more dlchei come to mind but i believe we art hill powerless or erewet i am referring of coune to the demise of the chs more specifically our groa i of aenim i remember the good m days when the cum offered the si jo saturday pedal and the platform we filled with actonltee off for a day in the city by the time it mched georgetown there were many landing p on that train but the cnjt still avowed that it war toting money and it w not proillable to maintain this terrice despite the fact that it wai going through anyway later we went told that it wai unnecessary to have paiaenger service at there wai an alternate route namely the grey coach but now the but it fin if ii it an express but from toronto to acton there it no tuch thing on a saturday and the nauseating ride home with all the slope and starts on bloor street usually man ait otheiwiie enjoyable day when i wai abroad ihli spring i heard an american buaines man remark that one of the reatoni he went to europe every year wai to limply enjoy the theer luxury of the wonderfully efficient train tetvicei a statement which i enthusiastically endorse local tralni in england out of london run practically every ten minute and are fait in france it li even better their punctuality li superb to uy nothing of their speed comfort and availability the old world can certainly teach the localled new world about public trantpotlitlon especially in the line of railway and tubwayi and yet here in canada we- could have unsurpassed service if the country really wanted it i do not believe the company it as much in the red at is profeisei lo be what about all iti other assets i suspect that it is simply not making at much profit as it would like i also think that ihe cnr should not be privately owned but subtidiud by the federal government we smalltown citizens are entitled and deseive public transportation especially since the highways have become so unvpacked one thinks twice before going anywhere of any distance what we need ideally is a gotrain system pethaps from kitchener to toronto or are we to have instead all the inconvenience of noisy whistles dangerous crossings wasted time waiting for slow freights on mill street etc but none of the conveniences have you noticed that there art more trains than ever passing through acton yours sincerely mrs etaylor monday oct 2769 acton free frees it it a shame that we cant have at least one doctors office open on a sunday credit to louis riel clendon college york university nov 10 1969 dear editor in your last edition dated nov s there appeared a letter from a certain mr woods regarding a new stamp honoring louis kiel the father of manitoba after leading this teller we thought we had better write and set the retold straight u too many people who are imperfectly acquainted with what they are talking about or writing about have frequently expressed opinions regarding kiel the metis who lived in whit u now southern manitoba in the i860a were halfbreeds both english and french speaking who never quarrelled over language and religion unlike their counterpart in the east in 1869 this area of land was owned by the hudson bay co and when that wide rich eountry became exhausted when the buffalo and fur bearing animals had almost all disappeared the co sold their no longer valuable possessions to the newly formed dominion of canada they did thia without consulting any of the inhabitants of the area metis scoll and indians but when these simple inoffensive people the metis who were being sold and bought like livestock saw that they were going lo lose their lands their language and customs pethips their whole way of life they unanimously acclaimed louli rial u leader he alio had ihe support of many of the white settlers in the area riel didnt want to fight canada but merely wanted to negotiate with canada the terms upon which manitoba wu to enter confederation he kept the union jack flying at alt times and he expelled many of the fenians who wanted to annex manitoba to ihe united states from his camp record has it that the governorgeneral of canada publicly thanked him for it riel finally got the rights for his people by whit ii now called the manitoba act 1870 and ihe province of manitoba entered confederation we have riel to thank for the fact that manitoba today is a part of canada this certainly doesnt sound like the renegade mr woods mentioned in his letter of course the canadian government at the time was alto shortsighted and it exiled riel from his homeland because his government executed thomas scott described by macdonalds aide donald smith as a rash hotheaded irresponsible orangeman whom noone cared to have anything to do with scott had been executed for stirring up trouble in th settlement but because he an english speaking froteslant had been executed by french epeakinghslfbreedt a stonrt of colest broke out in ontario and order to appease ontario and win the upcoming election macbonald bartlshed riel in i88s when the canadian government refused to do anything to help the indians who were starving because of crop failures and became the government wouldnt legislate against the slaughter of the buffalo it was louis riel who stood up for their rights it was alio riel who stood up for the molls and other white settlers who were victimized by various unfair land acts imposed on them by ottawa and it wu only when ottawa turned a deaf ear on the problem of the west did kiel turn to violence it is a known fact mr woods that riel wu armed throughout the entire rebellion with only a crucifix and he never killed a man in i88s the riel question which wu in essence of prairie versus plough a frontier peoples stand against progress wu again turned into one of race and religion by the prejudices of the east and the trail wu carried out by white anglosaxon protestant jury and judge from ontario no french wu allowed to the metis couldnt tettifv in their own language and after the hanging of riel in 1885 henry jackson his ontarioborn aide wu acquitted it this the justice of which mr woods wrote we think that we should be proud ai canadians to have a stamp in honor of the father of manitoba who fought for the rights of his people and for those of the indians despite the prejudices of the time a sump is but small payment for the man who prevented the annexation of manitoba to the united states yours truly york university history students- robert bonnette geoff brooks elizabeth cowan robert butler doug piper by mrs elsie reed thirtytwo m of the golden age dub went by bus on thursday november 13 to attend the 7th annual zone rally of united senior citizens the rally wu held in the beautiful senior citliens building built recently by the town of burlington the mayor george harrington welcomed the gathering and said burlington wu getting increasingly mote aware of its senior citizens and what they had done in building up the town the burlington council wu very proud of the senior citizens building and had given dollir for dollar to whal wu raised in other ways the building wu considered ihe best senior citizens centre in the province and other buildings no matter how you say it just last sunday morning one fellow playing hockey in an industrial league had to wait 20 minute for an ar bulance from guclph to take him to the hospital with a broken leg in two places no doctor wu available in town just three weeks ago the same thing happened no doctor when an industrial hockey player wu cut for six stitches supposing we had a crisis like malton or another hurricane hazel on a sunday we would be in a bad situation i plead with the doctors in town to try ind make at least one doctor available on a sunday yours truly rossbudgell wauls hat service dear sir re your questionnaire in the free pre i would like to see service maintained if the hours were more regular i would use ihe trains to go to toronto i have had a great deal of difficulty trying to get information and making reservations i would definitely like to see a go service between kitchener and toronto it would certainly ease the traffic jam on the highways and provide a needed service for workers and students that have to go to toronto or kitchener daily i have never had reason to use the express or freight service but i have heard local business men complain and have run into difficulties with mailorder service to eatona and simpsons yours truly mrs e browne 96 churchill rds acton ontario whiting delegate to united nations rud whiting heltons liberal mp is off to the united nations mp whiting has been rolnted a pailiamentary rver with the canadian delegation to the 24th regular session of the general assembly of the un in new york he reports he will be in new york from nov 17 to 29 and wu really looking forward to this experience i will be reporting on the events and issues which come before the united nations in a future column he promises t wen being built adjacent to it which would be very convenient for the senior citizens a telegram was read from george kerr mpp and a letter from jim snow mpp both regretting they could not be present owing to the press of other duties but both extended their best wishes for the success of the rally jack fulton london and harry cousins burlington of the united senior citizens inc both spoke and extended a hearty welcome and best wishes mr colbert president of the burlington club lead the 26 point which had been sent to the federal government from the national federation of senior citizens acton club wu pleased to know that all the resolutions they had forwarded weie contained in this brief tom bradley milton past president of the zone led in a abort remembrance program he asked all veteran of the boer war the first and second wold war to stand for recognition georgetown also gave a remembrance program a varied program of leadings solos and musical number and ting songs followed mis moore of stiectsviue gave two solo danny boy and bleu this house which were tremendously enjoyed by all she was accompanied on ihe piano by mr j richardson this wu totally unrehearsed acton contribution to the program was instrumental number of oldtime tuna with harold bu tiolin bob winton piano bert davidson baa drum they went heartily applauded tickets wen being sold on beautiful crocheted b by the senior citizens to raise funds to help send us burlington teen band to pasadena this young band had been invited to participate in the rose bowl parade and the senior citizens of burlington wen very proud of this and anxious to help them with the big expense or the journey after the program all had time to inspect ihe centre the kitchen craft rooms library and game loom and came away very envious of the facilities the town of burlington had provided ror us senior citizens and were more acutely aware of the heed of a timlur centre in acton winterize safety check your vehicle before hi toe latel hamilton auiomoeull liu okay 551632 school contract for georgetown the tender of a petersons limited for 552632 wu accepted by the halton county board of education for construction of the joseph gibbons public school in georgetown the firms bid wu the lowest of 12 received ranging to a high of 708000 the school will have 12 classrooms a music room two kindergartens general purpose room with change rooms library resource centre health unit guidance area administrative area and auxilury areas that will provide for later addition of 10 classrooms it was reported ihe s2i square foot cost wu high but it would be in relation when ihe school wai 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