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GOing Acton band plays when GO train arrives Bill SMILEY Up betimes alter 14 hours sleep and loitered down to the dining room smelling for coffee eaten for hours And it was there sipping a coffee and In on effort to get the bones lag that my kid brother the Colonel found me at a We exchanged our us fond greetings Him Hello you clot Just up Suppos to be on our way The contrast between us was never gleaming ready to nit fresh shaven lull of beans ready the Ms base was in a rumpled flannel shirt sock feet unwashed unshaven uncombed and ready him for showing up so early He always like that And I m always like that He comes flying out of nowhere talks a blue streak tells a hundred stories and goes dashing off to somewhere I come dawdling out of somewhere sit around as taciturn as a turtle and go dawdling off to nowhere He a hustler I a poke Perhaps that why he a colonel and I more of a kernel Anyway it a great combination to throw together for a threeday crash course on Germany a hustler and a poke I must say we dldn a cross word those three days Although I admit I tnought he was going to have a baby when he came to pick me up for lunch with the Commander inChief a four star general and found me still in bed That was at lunch at twelve noon sharp And you don keep generals waiting and we have fifteen miles todrlve We made it with seconds to spare And he wasn t exactly chortling when we started off to catch the plane home and tcr we d driv en like a bat out of hell for ten minutes I observed Gracious to good ness I left all my money in your apart ment vvellhavctogoback a word but there was steam coming out of his ears and I think he lost a fair bit of en off his molars But that was later Let s go back to where f left you breathless to read what would happen next There we arc He is hustling me out of the hotel and I am dawdling and poking in his wake The town itself has about 17 people plus Canadians on the perl phery A big Industry for the town There are about Canadians in the military The rest arc made up of families teachers and assarted odds and sods Canadian forces there make a real of fort to get along the German and are closely knitted with it Interest the Canadians do all their dealings in German marks while the Americans at their bases deal in S dollars At the Canadians publish a lively dally newspaper have their own churches excellent schools and sports facilities galore Hut of course it in t homo And the troops never forget that they arc there on serious business not on a uro holiday I impression that the Canadian forces feet that they arc somewhat forgotten that the folks home ore rather about the in dark green the violent obedient ones out there on the periphery with guns This Is not exactly assuaged by the heavv cuts in our armed forces in Europe have been cut approximately in two from 10 to The land forces are down from brigade to a brigade group The air arm has been whittled from twelve squadrons in IBM to thret squadrons of at tack fighters in 1974 This hurts if you arc in the service But is high despite the undent ion tanks and we have cracking troops in the front line made up of tanks commandos and Infantry In the air we have to quote a well in formed source Imy brother The best pi lots in and he means it with no blarney They arc all fighters and they have a role called first attack More of this later But let gel back to and get on with this wretched trip of mine My brother Is now hustling me into his car The town is pretty with spring flowers everywhere change from There is a branch of the Bank of Montreal And there is Jack Thomson his wife He s a first cousin of ours They live in Winnipeg It could happen only to me I fly four thousand miles to savour the ancient host dries cathedrals and castles of old Germany and I wind up sitting at a kitchen table talking and drinking with a cousin I ve met once before in my life Social note for Western readers Cousin Jack was in his underwear and his wife in her nightie when we arrived OUR READERS WRITE Acton park cluttered with litter Dear Sir It is a shame the regional lakeover has organized it overlooks things socles i to people and their way of life lot of Acton make full or part use of the recreation facilities at our once airy Lake park 1 find it a dis grace to drive through the park gates and papers broken limbs garbage con lui in and a lot of broken bottles that have been there all Spring this far After making a few calls about the situation I got no where It was embarrassing to have people from out of town ask Do you live here and with the answer of Yes have the popped What happened This particular man said he had been coming to park every year for the last years and this is the worst he has ever scenit for garbage It is my opinion the works department should look after the living kids feet rather the dead man lawn first They are loo busy with cemeteries If the department is too busy why not have a couple of high school boys and girls work a couple of nights a week to do this Let them work under the direction of the arena manager who has made sure grounds were kept in good order in the past I would like to sec the park turned back into a respectable recreation am is my opinion Let hear yours Write tile rec press or phone the works depart A Concerned Citizen Wont exhibit IXjr Sir v is deeply concerned in reading a recent copy of the I rec Press that Acton is to be extended over Sunday and that there would be a beer on the Wounds Up to now the air Ins been wholesome family Why does the of intoxicating beverage have to be introduced It seems to me that there ire plenty of outlets for those who wish to drink without it being available at the air for the program extended over with the blaring of midway music and the presence of beer on the grounds the Biblical law of Remember The Sib- bath Day to Keep it Holy will be sadly broken have been exhibitors for a number of but we do not intend to participate this year under this set up regular exhibitor Turning Fair cheap and shoddy Dear Sir Re Sunday tall Fair and Beer Garden I am writing about the desecration of Sunday by our local fall fair It is being turned Into something cheap and shoddy when it Is necessary to open amusements on Sunday and have the distribution of a product on r days which the world calls the brew If people wish to cheapen the God made themselves by partaking of such it certainly should not be done openly God Word should be our guide that this town would become a Christian town and our children come to know Christian There Is far too much evil being put before our young people We need to wake up and be counted for God Mrs Charlotte Mirchment Terrace Acton MiniComment The Free Press is now being sent to mail subscribers in flat brown paper envelopes instead oC being rolled up inside a wrapper bo far we ve only had compliments but we like to know if there are any problems or nonarrival of papers Other than due to the strike of course Fair weather fishermen found the opening weekend perfectly to their liking The avid fishermen are going to fish anyway and many of them did travelling miles to get a favorite spot But little district streams and the shores of Fairy Lake were dotted with happy youngsters who celebrated spring in perfect weather and brought home some tiny very tiny beauties on long long lines THE ACTON FREE PRESS PHONE Editorial Office COMING Acton pleas to have GO unheeded Editorial B2 Acton Free Wed I Cyclists must observe law Two bicycles streaked down an Acton street and heedlessly went through a stop sign The driver of the small car hit the brakes an effort to avoid hitting the second cyclist He stopped just in time Tlit lad on the bicycle confused- lost some control and hit the guard on the bridge over the school creek Not an uncommon incident on Acton streets with so many cyclists Some don t observe enough caution just as we motorists sometimes tend to become careless Bicycles are vehicles which must observe the rules of the road or we are going to have tragedies along Acton streets Cyclists just as drivers have to know and serve the regulations laid down for their own safety Many of the school children have attended bicycle safety clinics and it is apparent in their attitude while lessons are still fresh They are courteous signal intentions watch for motor vehicle traffic and deport themselves with common sense However it seems after a short time they become careless and go their own way trusting motorists will see them in time to avoid metal crunching on flesh and bone It is a dangerous game playing tag on bicycles unless they afc somewhere where no other vehicles pass such as a acre held streets of Acton are no longer the quiet sanctuaries for cyclists they once were Motor vehicle traffic is heavy especially on the main arteries Cyclists must observe the rules Motorists are also going to to be more cautious during the summer months Being human all of us tend to forget the dangers of the road until it hits us personally LIP IsbfeM tun The future of the government Local Initiatives Programof late better known as Liberal tivcs is at its bleakest these days says Jennifer in The I inancial Post Next winter if Ottawa s season job creation does return it may have to be altered to calm the en tics The government won make decision until late in the sum but the strikes against LIP criticized as a pork barrel and as a thief of labor may be too much for it this time around Manpower and Immigration Minister Robert Andras faced with statistics which show that Liberal ridings received twice as much funding as their Conservative neighbours still says criticism of political patronage is overrated He also disputes a claim that this year allocations were held to maximum or minimum change of percent of the previous year However he does concede the was used to smooth out the shifts Despite attempts to downplay the obvious political ele in the program one source ruefully admits It s gradually moving to more honesty Projects under the million program are starting to close up now and the government has been adamant in saying there will be no extensions ds in other years Stricter rules were applied this year to cut down any competition with industry for workers However there is still strong criticism LIP is attracting young people away from regular jobs A continuing high job vacancy rate in face of high unemploy ment is fueling the argument against LIP Its supporters who praise the program success fit providing a new range of social services are frankly worried that the Liberals will disband LIP The Post says Its replacement might be an old style winter works pro gram which is less innovative but less prone to political disaster lends some weight to that theory when he says the im pact of recent energy develop on unemployment in Canada is less than originally expected In addition he thinks LIP should have a back up role in solving seasonal unemployment problems I think it should be used as a residual tool after improved tradlr manpower approaches and private sector job matching he 20 years ago Taken from the issue of the Press of Thursday IBM Bruce Shoemaker was elected president of the Acton Tennis club at a recent meeting in the scout hall Bob Is icepresi dent Carol secretary Jackie Chew treasurer Dons Graham social con Mac marsh membership con William grounds con Soccer Club last week were May Tyler president Mike secretary sen treasurer Jim manager Lea is captain of the team and Jock is vice captain Thieves broke into the office of Acton Creamery and after smashing the till and opening another made off with about in cash Eighteen Acton s Men were in last weekend for the district confer One of the was the election of Actons Garnet Pat the position of District Governor The mobile chest ray clinic has been in town Under the auspices of the fish and Game club films were shown in the town hall with a large attendance Don Hilts had charge of the projection machine No serious damage resulted when a chimney fire broke out at the home of T Cutting Mill St The fire brigade was sum and arrived speedily Stone farm forum arranged to meet once a month in the summer 50 years ago Taken from the Issue of the Free Press of Thursday May I Rev John Joseph who was for 10 vears the pastor beloved of the flock of St Joseph s church passed away at the House of Providence He was a popular v oca list and his favorite song when pressed to add his part in an soci able was the classic Irish song Father The name of will be reverenced by many people in this community Stirring sermons were preached in the churches In town last Sunday on the of the fourth commandment Picas were made for the restoration as for as si bio of the quiet rev Sabbath of ear Iter days The congregations were exhorted to refrain from making the day of pleasure alone The radio grows in popularity More out fits are being installed Acton has run out of surplus houses again notwithstanding that about new ones were erected last year none are now available for rental Families are doubling up all over town The Choral Society with voices gave an excellent rendering of a beautiful Easter cantata Over bottles of home brewed beer seized in were emptied into the sewer at the police station Friday The tennis season has opened on the grounds of the Acton Athletic Association Mr A Bishop the gardener has now completed his second greenhouse 75 years ago Taken from Issue of the rec ln Dur Tuesday night the frame house on Main St just outside the southerly limits of corporation with its contents was at roved by fire The was by Hugh Ryder and family who went to to friends building was a cheap one of little v in poor repntr and tht tonltnts wire not very extensive Only j few citizens saw tht fire and building being brigade was hot called out Cause of the fire is unknown Wt incendiarism is hinted at There is a on foot to Ihe stores closed thret nights a week during he summer Mr Johnson has been appointed caretaker of Knox church at a saliry of The commandment Remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy is evidently by a number of bicyclists these days The Misses Mc Arthur late of Erin opened dressmaking rooms store Clean up your premises this week and forestall the sanitary inspector A number of the raid medals will come to county Wanted Boy accustomed to horses and willing to make himself generally useful S A McKcaguc Fresh milk cow wanted at my dairy James Barry Printing dp- prentice wanted healthy boy of 14 or years who has passed high school entrance examinations Free Press office