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Acton Press Wed October DONT KNOW wHy you on coming ALL THE WAY OUT HERE To WRITE STUPID Protest vote even IF MICKEY mouse ACCEPT THE JOB VOTE HE HE WOULDNT The hills of home No Hal ton Hills Isnt a golf course Its home The name that came an a recommendation from Georgetown is going to be with us for a long time North Halton was Actons choice taking 634 votes In town to Hills 60S And the old traditionalists who favored Esquesing trailed In Acton with Joe Hurst had put it eloquently at the Meet the Candidates night when he stirred the placid audience with his hopes that the region would keep its fine old Indian name land of the tall pines had two calamities befall it in course of its history Mr Hurst told his audience emotionally First Mt it village In Its ownriftht ton did the same darn thing He liked the thought ion back again on under the old name But there enough voters there to he swayed by Mr Hurst well known eloquence Only com fort the dyed opponent of his name can take is that 1 didn t choose Hills com pared to the ft who did But ter all it the same in all elections A number of good people offer themselves for public office and the talents of the losers are lost The most pedestnan of the choices North missed out Halton Hillians together I promised there d be no more columns about England This one won he but It will be about people met there Half the fun of travelling Is the people you meet That why I t be too keen on taking one of tnose tours where you go everywhere with the same forty or so people and are with them for three or four weeks and don t meet anyone fresh For example while we were in London I It pleasant to stroll down to the bar for a pint while my wife was muddling around in the room worrying about washing her hair or something For several days wc formed a congenial group there A farflung group There was old Jack from South Africa with one aluminum arm and one ditto leg He d ivhack his artificial leg with his cane to emphasize a point There was Ron an Australian dealer in stamps There was a Highland Scot There was an Irish bar lender And there was your blueeyed boy from Canada Yanks and Canadians were excluded Other Canadians that We got along first rate and there was an tolerance that I noticed during the war ft hen there might be bodies of ten different nations on one squadron I t go after Jack about apartheid or Ron about Australian treatment of aborigines and nobody went after me about our The Irishman and the Scot were a bit hostile but only about the Rather we about the Important things in life heating bills about a year in S A and less In Sydney housing costs about the same everywhere wives Bill Smiley comfortable easy conversation no strain or stridency Then our wives would arrive and the commonwealth conference would break up until next day at noon We met dozens of Interesting people like this easily and amiably The pub Is the great leveller In Canada people inn bar sit in their own tight little groups at a table a waiter serves them and they arc like an island no con tact with anybody else Or if they are alone they sit at the bar and glower Into the mirror or into their drink gloomily In Britain it just the opposite If you re at a table you fetch your own drinks and anyone is liable to sit down with you Very casual thing you know you re chatting Next thing you know you re bosom chums One night after a show wc went Into a pub for a drink and a steak and kidney pie Three people sat down our table chattering In what sounded like German It was Dutch A girl newly married and living in London and her parents first time in England Father spoke a little mother had a big In five minutes we were chatting away like old friends Father fetched his wife a gin Came back looking ruefully into his an ounce Said Just bottom of glass In Holland and he held up thumb and forefinger about four inches apart We parted In half an hour but only oiler the girl insisted we come and sec her in London and gave us address and phone number It t happen here Our watering establishments are built for or people wno have good night vision and can sec in the dark They re not for com panionshlp and friendliness Example Wewcrehavinglunch ina pub in North Wales at the bar Four brawny dirty Welshmen came in and started hooting and hollering at tremendous volume teasing the barmaid downing pints and drowning out any attempt at conversation My old lady who is not noted for her prudence modesty or reserve turned around and snapped Shut up Their jaws fell The barmaid silently applauded I thought one of them was going to wipe her off the stool with a backhander He was only little guy about six two and pounds That cost mc four pints while babbled that she was only kidding and was really a delightful charming girl at heart Twenty minutes later they were com that wc d missed the great in 1 an annual competition of choirs from all over the world held right Iherc the bus service was slow one of them packed us into his von and drove us twenty miles to Wrexham a Tarty mile round trip for him It may sound like glorified pub- raw 1 It are BOO pubs in Greater misted most of Ihim Bui if you want to meet people no better way Back Issues of The Free Press 20 years ago Talun from the October IS Funeral ice was held this afternoon at the funeral home for who died In a motor Monday evening Two were killed vbeo driven by Mr Ma worth and car ttx teenaged girls and boys No It highway at the Cynthia of aUo The Home held it find meeting president J Wolfe vice Mrs Mm Talor Mr I Price Mr Mrs J Hun Mr Mrs MiKnuw V Smith liana were mad for the tea today with ft a rummer heard plan for the ahead from V lick at the opening Right of the Both children and impeded the alteration an renovations The Men donated WOO toward renovations The group with the large registration Junior boy Mary Irene Evans and Victor Donald Masters were married by A Mr and Mn were their attendant Braid became the bride of Raymond Arblc at St Joseph church Attendants were MUa Elm Braid Mra Norman Linda Bratda Norman Russell Nino BrakU and Wayne went wild on Saturday to welcome home their conquering heroes with their first provincial telle the O A Intermediate C championship There was a giant bonfire In the park when the bus returned from about midnight Mr and Mrs A V Ironside announce the birth of their fifth child a son Beverley is happy to announce the of her sister Christine Marie years ago Taken from the the scored another fine success The exhibit the hall were away above averages The exhibit of butter tin si seen in many Another sett ion surprised directors and v iHitortt was the splendid display of plant flowers and cut flowim It was heal ever ween Tin entries in Indltn work umful nnd vry There won gratifying volume of tint and dcmnitlvi iris nil work Trull department had fine apples and pears but entries burn In lots wire ml her meagre John Horn and attractive exhibit of furniture and pfanoa other muskal were shown Mason and of and A Martin of llrnmptnn Hand did Its full share In excellent music timing of the first day and all afternoon yesterday The midway had varied attractions which were properly supervised by the town and provincial police The lor lite races were Increased to the attendance wait not In thereby would seem to be the fair thing now to try aome other than horse rare may be secured at one half thi Allendance at Mr A T had a radio tent anil trecious had a radio booth and heir outfits were unite attractive pupil paraded carrying a flag Chief guarded the peace of the town with splendid success The neatly executed fretwork of Alfred was very much admired 75 years ago Taken from the of the September MM No important business was transacted at council meeting Only three members were present Considerable discussion was gone into over the new drain on Mill St Comers correspondence We believe that Crewsons Corners will give a substantia vote in favor of prohibition on the Inst and we hope and believe that the Canada will do It is high time that the curse that has ruined so many homes In this fair Canada of ours should be abolished forever are making a great shout about direct taxation but anyone with common sense knows that they are doing this as a last hope Would II mil Ik In Ittr for to pay tit to favor a Hfi than pay INN for lie of onions asylums poor holism i It mused by Ihi iuri of strong drink I us world taken ad liberty Justice and Utter laws for Iht prohibition of tin liquor A lovdy linu A lively llu holiday I visitors writ on grounds and over half r concert in tin ivtnlng brass hand fur iiinhedthi The of of our lads and was devoid of the and vulgarity too In processions was football war rates fulmansract vaullink mil Tht hunt hull between the married and unmarried men had to be postponed THE ACTON FREE PRESS PHONE Business and Editorial Office Did IMH Parochialism which voters were warned against is apparent in voting results to no ones surprise Certainly loud and clear for their own reeve with Acton echoing the call More surprising is Georgetown s support for an out side candidate especially in their ward three where six polls of 16 marked him the victor George town residents seem to have any particular local issue that had pointed them away from their own townsmen Certainly they couldn be blamed for parochialism there First results in were all from Georgetown and Smith was ahead at some times during the tense evening But the man the middle of the area pulled ahead He had indicated at the Meet the Candidates night that would be available for area organizational meetings in the Esquesing township hall The good wishes of all the MiniComment According to the Fergus Elora News Express future historians of Ontario will decide that the inhabitants were preoccupied with sewage For instance in New Hamburg there are people eager to build apartments and others to live in them but the sewage lagoon is overloaded Elmira is approaching its limit of 6 people Fergus and have but a few years to go and seems to be being dragged kicking and screaming into expensive sewage works The paper could have added Acton also is approaching the peak load of 7 people plant By the time history takes over we will have had to invent better techniques or like the Chinese learned to use our sewage the paper comments General Motors of Canada has come up with a device to further frustrate auto thieves a key that unlocks only the vehicle s ignition It will be introduced on all GM tars and trucks We hope this Is the key to the problem but quite likely will just be another key to lose A wife yelled at her husband There are more than 100 empty whiskey bottles in the cellar Where did they all come from Husband s reply Don ask me I never bought an empty whiskey bottle in my life A poster distributed in England shows a small child in a high chair puffing at a cigarette and bears the legend How many cigarettes a day does your child smoke The poster goes on to explain that when a child breathes air filled with cigarette smoke it can be as bad as if he or she actually smoked the Also it sets a bad example to the child Osier the great Canadian born physician said Alcohol does not make people do things better it makes them less ashamed of doing thtm badly Two Free Press phones rang constantly till after midnight Monday Adding up totals as nearly polls reported one by one was a f fflla have a certain AM people write a let at ii after January Vim wy name Acton will dls appear Hot with duplicate in Acton and George What Ontario ton have a Main St Mill St St Church St Queen St ft of the names we now long a the federal govern jurisdiction the post of for Acton will still be here If we had a railway station its sign would read Acton as George town continues to name the stop In Acton we II remain but in Acton Hills Halton Region Ontario sound bad and the apprehensions of many are with this charter council as they begin their deliberations They 11 be groping for a while there are many questions still answered It likely take the full three year term before we know whether the system properly And then we trust as we ve been assured things will be better than ever We 11 be just one small step from Utopia horrendous task for the man with the adding machine Some say they called in 15 times then quit We must remember to arrange for another phone line three years from now Our readers write The school or Sun shine school IikiUsI in llornh needs I dp ilb pupils to mil to 1c its Is how 1 pi lonvirs how things Hi Ihur hinds dints require t if iihool si high studints are pre pared keep ip with ir school work involved with for students it llornbv Ik it liv rt ins I ruction their Kill iitivitics plus in for rorini it nt il pool on I rid Vi a problem getting our students to in I from I tt need I Ik willing fit 1 vim I i ther or ion rigutir lease ill II SECOND PLACE entry in the Free Press photo graphy contest at the fall fair was this pleasing study of two youngsters entitled Sisterly Kiss It was photographed by H Haslett Acton