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MiniComment According to figures divulged in the Ontario Legislature in June session the new GO train service between Georgetown and Toronto will likely pick up a projected 1 142 passengers in Georgetown The figure will reach 2389 by the time it leaves Brampton when it leaves 3 when it leaves 3 leaving Weston based on 1969 figures However the Ministry of Transportation and Com rnunicauons estimates the figure will now be 4500 passengers a day According to pro jections the new trains will be working at capacity as soon as they start GOing Owners of lots or tracts of land adjacent to the Credit Rivers and trfbutories are sometimes shocked to find large areas of their land classified as flood plain resulting In lower land values Land which might have been worth 10 to per acre may now be valued at about an acre and classified as suitable only for parks and golf courses Itisalltheresultof studies done after Hurricane Haul ripped through Ontario killing and causing million dollars damage No one objects to the Conservation authorities rejecting development on this flood plain land but the study made is sometime un realistic as land owners in this area can vouch Hurricane Hazel did not vent Its full fury on this area perhaps but it would take a hurricane or similar storm of three times Hazel might to reach some of the areas classified flood plain Now that the provincial assessment department is working on enumeration we can expect federal election enumerators to be along in their wake t it be nice if the two branches of I federal and provincial- would get together and have Just some form of census or enumeration that each could use Wouldn t it Just be a matter of combining the questions Since the spotlight has been on Acton s main street we been very interested in news from other areas where facelifting has been proposed or done In Petrolla for instance the mam street is getting the face lift from eight young men with a Federal Opportunities for Youth grant Old brick shops along the main street are being done over in hues of blue June yellow and brownall color coordinated to accentuate the unique architectural features of the buildings which include such rarities as stained glass windows fluted concrete columns and ornate ironwork The are rejuvenating the face of the town which was the oil capital of Canada and a thriving community of 10 at the turn of the century PopulabonnowisabouMOOQ Main street rejuvenation is not a new issue there It has been talked about for almost six years Paint and some equipment has been donated by merchants Ian Smith the project leader was quoted as saying I lived in Petrolia all my life but I never really noticed these buildings before but now I can sec that architecturally tliey arc really beautiful the h strike has affected some people in this area especially where new services are required but one district woman was delighted with the response the family got when they requested new services into their newly built home At first she had difficulty contacting anyone but a call to Ontario Hydro in Toronto straightened that out there it was smooth sailing and the service was in a week after the request was made in spite of diffic with the strike nicy could easily have ignored me pleading strike difficulties she said but instead chose to do all in their power to see we were accommodated A tip of the editorial hot to Ontario Hydro and a hope the strike is soon settled Reporter Dave Pink working at the Press this summer prior to entering the University of Western Ontario in the Journal course was amazed at the amount of stories and articles other papers c from the Free Press and use a week later He counted two of his own stories and noticed two others in one nearby paper without any credit to the source weeklies of course arc welcome to use each others stones thinks the source should recognized since he did most of the work The Passport to project got off the ground at a special luncheon and presentation at the county building in Milton which this writer attended We think it is a splendid idea to make people aware of their own county with little risk of becoming to parochial Acton Jack Carpenter was retained by the county to promote the project and Warden Jim gives much of the credit to Jack for his initiative and promotional ideas It is the first function we ever attended where someone took pictures of the news media people attendance Usually we are at the other end of toe camera M Hud Whiting will defend his seat far the liberals in the October federal election has hinted Prune Minister Trudeau will visit this riding during the campaign However was reluctant to respond to a suggestion made by an Acton supporter on the weekend that It might be nice to have the M in the northern end of the county this time The prune minister gained nationwide press coverage when he donned bathing suit and performed some daring dives from the board of Holiday Inn pool in during the 1968 campaign Conservative leader Robert Stanfleld has already visited Acton He attended a community breakfast at the Acton Curling during a tour of Southern Ontario in early August of course Is a constant visitor to this area in and out of election time All out of step but Milton His Nibs nibbles the niblets rhal darn cat of Jim Jennings is addicted to com and a camera only interrupts his momentinlv middle before he attacks the cob again gnat tug of air that across nation from coast to coast is not caused hurricane typhoon or It is the expulsion of breath from hundreds of thousands of mothers a in thru of relief school has started again there an in emotional reactions to the annua reoponint of school a few of them the mothers who have had three or our school kids on their hands for two of the longest most dreary summer months in decades During the past summer the sun has been as elusive as medals are for the lanadian Olympic team Ham overcast downpour humidity nunc it wove had it So mothers hid your brood underfoot most of the summer getting up at all hours at all hours whining there a to do been making peanut butter and Jelly sandwiches bandaged cuts and scrapes invented picnics which had to at The joint brief on regional government for Halton County an submitted by the towns of Acton and Georgetown and the townships of and Is too important and pertinent a document to comment on without a careful study However we would be remiss If we did not conclude that these first on record at which elected representatives from these met Jointly to discuss common concernshave opened many new doors for what has been called the inevitable imposition of regional government It is not surprising that the Town of Milton has not gone along with the proposals Milton has always felt it held a privileged position in the county and the representatives of the county town Intend to oppose any form of govern ment in which they would lose influence Recently through a series of astute political moves by incumbent mayor Best the town was moved from the slow growth of the Toronto Centred regional plan to faster paced Zone 1 where restrictions were fewer and actual growth encourage ment supposedly la made by Queens Park several years when little assessment was added to the town the 1072 dawned bright and glorious for Miltonplans for new Industrial As went on they were acted upon fuluro looked bright and vigorous for the county town suggestions from the TECO committee about the form regional government should take In were greeted with derision by Milton of as they were by Acton but there wai still no loss of Identity But Saturday a proposals advanced by the rest of North Halton towns and towaships the Identity of the town It Just did not fit In with plans first impression one would get from this is that the Milton attitude is one of vcrybody Is out of step but our but It goes deeper than that Milton wants to play It alone believing that the unbelievable good fortune which granted them many county and provincial plums would also introduce largesse on a larger scale You can blame them for that but it is dorn difficult for the other municipalities In the north to swallow They also have local pride and pretensions to gandeur which may never be achieved but would certainly be appreciated If we are going to have regional government then everyone is going to have to bury some of their parochial feelings and thinking on a broader basis than the boundaries of their own home community Instead of grabbing an Industry or business for Acton Georgetown or Milton or an enterprise In Esqucsing or Nassagaweya we must adjust our minds to thinking about North Halton as the new community of which we arc an integral part What is good for one part Is also good for another In today world of quick transit and easy communication that is not such an enormous task Hie only other alternative is to forget about regional and continue with an improved form of the present system which would allow everyone to keep local loyalties un tainted by wider thoughts and loyalties We arc not convinced that this would not be the best method but by the same token recognize the province will regionalize if docsn move and it will be on their terms not ours If decisions are made at Queens Park Disgruntled fans poor sports We can t let the occasion of the current Canada Russia hockey scries pass by without a reference to the poor attitude some socalled Canadian fans arc exhibiting towards those wearing Canadian livery however it may If the same NHL players were winning instead of losing the senes to the USSR we are sure the boos would change to cheers from the disgruntled fans Apparently we must win if there is to be any cheer from the bleachers Losing is not tolentcd We think the first part of the series was lost in the committee room when the negotiators set it up with the Russnns before they were aware of how strong the USSR teams were It t take much hockey knowledge to set the Soviet athletes were in much better shape physically than the imit signs by all means Following close on heels of an louncement by the Acton Liberal Association that it will not place posters or signs on trees and telephone poles in Acton during the election campaign comes a letter from Progressive Conservative candidate lorry O Connor proposing that all candidates limit Sign and poster use to private property both residential and commercial Perhaps all I am suggesting said O Connor is that we agree to adhere strictly to existing by laws which generally prohibit such defacing of public property He notes that scant regard is paid to the by laws at election time I feel that obligation to inform the election campaign tactic of great public support can be with less ecological blight than in past elections the Con servative candidite declares We could not agree more both with Liberals and PCs and are sure the will go along with the as well We never did think forests of on lawns and poles and trees did influence voters to change their minds bout where they were going to mark their matter of fact we have noted that the candidate who sometimes had the most signs also has polled the lowest number of votes It is difficult to pin the blame for this performance in the past on the Canadians and used it to advantage Certainly the first four games showed that Russia wilt one day equal or surpass Canada in the production of first diss hockey players but don believe that propaganda about them superior beings from a Communist paradise It is a lot of bunk still have two arms two legs and two eyes the same as anyone else and no ideology can change that because we have known the enthusiasm of an election campaign to generate some strange reactions from generally sensible supporters Perhaps the presence of a multitude of them assurance which they licked ibout the outcome of the vote In any event we think it would be even better if limited signs to one central place in each where all three could up huge banners or posters That would solve many problems chief which would be the easy job it required to remove them when the election is over which has been a sore point with many people in the past not with fedcril and provincial but municipal elections as well J Jennings Photo Back Issues of The Free Press horn ml driven to the v re the call you 01 1 Snarly 1or you wis Mir you eh Iren but love st things shout I be taken with mod n you got them all oil in tfirtliy sat down up lit a c sucked in your ind lit it out th i Whooosh You felt i ip love for teachers however momentary You secret thought you your education Will one reaction What about kids obvious reaction is one of iistust and school Who needs it to Jail But how do they feci in on that is to they re 1 and excited v are bored to the point of depression whether they re in elementary or hffh school The are sick of Old Snarly ha I enough of working if thiy worked or bumming if just bummed Ikspite the constant en tic isms of the unreal lid it school In my opinion many people far more real life thin th they do home day see old friends ones exchanging lies about lhi lid all summer and sizing up with I col store the new or tht yi students despite their attempt to be blase it means the end of that hi art summer romance But look on years ago Taken from the Issue of the Press Thursday September tair weather rang up gate receipts for the fair with crowd estimated at a an innovation horse jumping wis el from the evening performance in the and replaced by a series of cood vaudeville acts Bob Parker wis master of ceremonies and president Wallace welcomed the crowd Mrs Norm Robert son took the most awards in Prizes for bist deeorated doll went to Sandra Nancy Ross Bob Marshall Competition in th annual baby show was heavy winners wire Jimmy son of Mr and Mrs daughter of Mr and Mrs Diane daughter of Mr and Mrs I lduc Joan dauijiter of Mr and Mrs Cord Gibbons son of Mr and Mrs Robertson the cattle bit was nev er larger The Makers played for the fair night Cement bloek is up for the new A P plant the new washroom at the Baptist has been completed Mr and Mrs Wallace quietly their I wedding ann but led fair as they til ytars Miry Hunter 10 a cut on the head when one of the rides hit a fence which struck her requiring four stitches there Peter Dye was killed an explosion at Port Arthur 50 years ago Taken from the issue the I ree of Thursday September IK War is again in the air The rebirth of the military power followed by the expulsion of the Greeks from Asia Minor destroys the last hopes of the Armenian people war is deemed necessary to stem atrorilie of the terrible Turk Can Ida will re to do her share of I rin township before Moore charged by Inspector Moody stone filled liquor in his house He went into the box sown and he had purchased liquor for a sick cow from a man called I Mi He was fined fit pi ink driveway over the Mill St crossing is appreciated lij Irivers of both horse ind motor vchlclts Sunday was the sixth anniversary of the torn nto forci of the Ontario rimpennee few indeed are there who would c back to the days of the open barroom engineers who are building the throujji have hard at work on hill to tht east or the village making a cutting in or par lion for straighten nt the road and arrvwc to the north of the mill instead of throinjithehollowandovtrtheriver A fine lee is planned Stella Mclaim has returned to town to take a position in the Acton Tanning Co of the Can la Clove Works and for her the I homestead on Main N opposite the church was truly Home Sua Home iounul to In commended for putt down permanent drains where they iri to carry off the water from a in Die drains will last lifetime of permanence is A few years It was found stone for crossings was superior to pine or oak plank and it was introduced the next step forward will no be the introduction of permanent in thi shape of or asphalt In act thin is considerable agitation for a trial blocks fire years ago Taken from the issue of the Free Press of September 1897 friends in town enjoyed a very pleasant visit from Mary Brown daughter of Brown of who is a medical missionary in China Sorrow visited the home of our esteemed townsman James Clark Esq of the Roller Mills when his second daughter Miss Nellie was suddenly called home had been suffering from lung trouble and was with severe The authorities in Georgetown are against bread The says ail four pounds or two pounds and one local baker was four ounces short death of Miss Maggie Kennedy makes the first break in the ranks of the pupils of the late Robert Little since the rci in 18W She was a faithful employee THE ACTON FREE PRESS PHONE Business and Editorial Office