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The kids get the blame A WHEEL WITHIN a wheel hundreds of wheels in the M Z Bennett school parking lot Bike racks are filled these fine mornings as the young scholars pedal End of summer notes buck to work babies the speed limit and anything else that crops up Its Rood to Ret back to work For a month At first there a general feeling of excitement as the fall term begins at school Bonhomie among the as summer experiences are exchanged and tons are compared The challenge of facing a hun drcdand some new faces in the classroom The fine September weather Even the students arc happy to get back For a month They too exchange summer anecdotes greet old friends and begin making new ones There is a feeling of live liness in the air One of the favourite pastimes for the students as school reopens is sizing up the teachers She a good tenchcr knows her stuff but she so dull no humour it makes your teeth ache And so on They re usually pretty shrewd In their assessments what they don realize lh that their teachers arc doing the same There a bad little devil to keep an eye on him Oh no Joe re peating his year Why did they put him in my class again There a bright girl good looking too And so on Utterly bewildered for a month are the new kids in Grade They come in all sizes from liny shrimps to hulking giants Some of Ihom from small schools To be dumped in huge complex building housing daily about people including staff is rather frightening for them They get lost That reasonable even some of the teachers get lost But the kids lose their books forget where their lockers are or if they find them have forgotten the combination for the lock They have to un ravel all the do and don ts of a huge and baffling new system But they gel sorted out and after a month they re old hands just cocky as ail the others Now for babies Thank goodness I not a mother We been having a isit from our and when it was over 1 felt ten years older Unfortunately his had cracked ribs was in considerable pain and could scarcely hold him or lift him As result she wasn much good as an over sized toy That oil grandparents are when you re eight months old re far better than a rattle They re softer more wavs than one they make the appropriate noises they pick you up and kiss en fall down they sing to you and joggle on their knees and so on loves his grandad The women would coo when tied crawl straight to me look up imploringly and begin to ascend me as though were Mount Everest His technique was impressive I was wearing nothing but shorts most of the time He would reach up from the floor grab me by the hair on my logs with a crip like an pull himself to his feet grinning with triumph and sway around ready to fall bump his head and start ling Another beseeching look and 1 hoist him onto my knee Then he turn around grab me by the hair on my chest and pull himself up for a little jump jump jump facing me When he got tired of thai he start grabbing my nose and trying to out or poking at my eyes or tearing at an car to class An editorial on this page warns of the dangers of bicycling and offers some timely advice down On the floor he d held startling speed and with a demonic grin straight for a standing floor lamp He loved it because when you shook it from ground it made a nice jingling sound It is also heavy In brain baby So across the room anil grabs the lamp in the nick of time points the kid in another direetion sinks wear into his chair Sixty seconds later he feels a painful twistine of the hair on his legs and off we go igain One of us never got tired of this little routine He a happy hut on the when he t you could hear him two blocks away Whenever his Mum went shopping I baby sal ind enjoyed it thor but did my sitting in a constant state fear that he get unhappy I glad once again I not a young mother hut an old grandad Finally the speed limit There is i pro posal that it be reduced from on the big highways to m h This w is done in Ihe and Germany among others dunrig the oil crisis There is quite a lot of tionhcrc I mall for it s been proved that it cuts the earnagc on the highways Save lives save money save energy How can anyone be against it And what the big rush anyway Its time we slowed down OUR READERS WRITE Suggests Acton pull out Dear Editor The Federal Provincial and Municipal Revolt happening today in Aelon and other towns cities and villages in Ontario recalls the older days of the Seigneur or Feudal stems which and most of us were led to believe had ceased when King John was forced by his Barons to sign in 1215 The Magna Carta or the Great Charter I am proud to say was born raised and in Acton married there raised my and made my living there and was happy had no Regional Government then and I for one do not feel need it now Acton was Alton not a pawn in a tame to be moved or pushed a few seem to desire At one time Aeton was an bustling town who operated under er own steam and on her own resources It no secret Acton had problems but many good people solved without help from any source and did it well too Why then should it in the twinkling of an eve or on the whims of someone else be changed now Many centers have lost identities in order to please a few but why Acton No one w to hamper progress nor do we wish to re turn lo the dark ages either should Bicycle sales have tripled during the last decade Deaths and accidents on bikes have doubled Biking is a pollution free way to travel It can also be fun healthy and cheap But our auto addicted society has built very few bikeways so far Cyclists have to straddle car traffic these dayb as so many ride to school Bike riderh arc supposed to observe most of the regulations and signals meant for cars But too many don A recent study of accidents involving bicycles and cars showed that bikers had violated the traffic laws in almost percent of the cases The most common violation was not obeying stop signs In another report it was ap parent that bikers made far more errors than drivers did Most happened because bikers t yield the right of way used the wrong arm signals or none at all when they turned rode on the wrong side and ignored stoplights And last year a study of 600 bicycle accidents which was conducted by a Safety Commission showed that two of the accidents resulted from riding double on bikes designed for one performing stunts losing control of braking and hitting bumps and ruts Safer cycling is possible Ob serving regulations helps a lot Seeing and being seen by cars pedestrians other bikers is ab solutely essential Bright bike banners on tall havebeen seen in Acton tape that is fluorescent day and night is coming into use Keeping bikes in good condition is important too 4 The Acton Free Press Wed Sept 11 September is for pride September always seems a better time for beginnings than New Year s Certainly for all the children back to school it Happy New Year with new teachers new rooms and new clothes Acton too has a really amazing group of firsts for its Septembei There the centennial Legion hall the Centennial swimming pool the tennis courts and postal delivery Walker Lodge will mark its centennial at a huge affair the end of the month and the fair is adding some centennial spice For the first time music is being taught at the high school It s a hefty slice of innovations for a town our size and each of these things alone should generate a lot of pride in our community Every month we hear com plaints How about making September a month of praise and pride The Free Press Back Issues MILL ST was shady when this picture was taken years ago It was lent to the Free Press by Mrs Daisy Kingshott The photographer is standing about where the town office is lookingtowardtneMiUMaincorner abot or my oil center he foreed lo ibdi to the whims of a few opportunists or on spot manipulators or such like Some centers are larger and some hut this gives no one the right In elimii ate or In delete any All of us are docile we he dormant we say when we mean no and wc allow the rmchine to us in bits I support rather on swam in many ears no fuss so hy any needed now As for smell it was in Acton before we had industry Noise smoke and pollu lion tot Si why for it True I no longer in Acton but 1 am pari if and always will be Asiormcr r what it s worth I would suggest Acton rget the new order pull out before too late ind be ire Ac ton gets swallowed up our own fire stem sewer hydro and collect our as we did in the past also our own police Regional Government is OK for the ones but not for the small ones We elected Mi or Reeve Deputy Reeve and our Council We did it before it work we all were happy Wl not do it again It will more economical than now Be fore wc knew where we were going wi do not Editorial notes The Free Press invitation to attend the inauguration ceremony for letter earner service didn arrive in the news office till after the whole thing was over It was mailed Wednesday in London Whether to laugh or groan Take your pick And summer lease hath all too short a date said Shakespeare Right on Bill But it was good while it lasted 20 years ago Taken from the Issue of the Free Press of September 16 IBM School traffic is much changed this The public school children go to one end of town and the high school students to another Don forget the midway will be all set up if this ycir It hoped thai the children particularly will enjoy this new of Acton fur Allen 19 of is the winner of a DominionProvincial bursary w rlh Graduated from Collegiate Vocatioml Institute he is electricity at Institute of lechnolog Toronto Storey Born Mr and Mrs Wesley Storey are happy to announce the birth of daughter Lynn at Peel Memorial Br imp ton on Salurdiy Sep tember 19j4 choir practice at Aelon United on Thursday evening last week the choir members gathered in the Sundav school room for a visit lunch Thi troup was bidding farewell to two faith choir members Mr and Mrs Rob bins who are moving to Richmond Hill Mr w as unable to be present as he had ilready begun his duties as police chief there West spoke a few words on behalf i f the choir ana then Miss Lambert presented Mrs RobbinS with a hammered ituminum tray Mrs replied thinking the group OUR V on topics of general interest Please keep them short and be sure to sign vour name Pen names arc acceptable for publication but are not recommended 50 years ago It may not be generally known but it is illegal to ship corn out of Hallon county The mon Department of Agriculture is endeavoring to stamp out the corn borer pest Peel and twenty other Ontario counties are in the same position There was no uncertain sound from the pulpits in town when the announcement was made on Sunday calling the people to a county convention Milton yesterday as to the duty of Christian people to stand firm for the Ontario Temperance Act at the coming plebiscite The ministers each is to the actions right thinking people should lake to hold the position Limed fiftyone years as a Masonic Hall the quarters on Main Street in Kennedy Block ire to be converted into a residence Walker Lodge A was instituted there and many residents have been made Masons within those walls The lodge has leased the rooms over Russell s Store for a period of years and will fit up the new premises converting it into an attractive lodge room These premises arc more commodious and will permit conveniences not possible in the hall W and his officers expect to have the new hall completed and in fine condition for the annual visit of ihe District Deputy Grand Master at the October meeting 75 years ago During the past week thousands of visitors passing on the G T trains have viewed with much interest the immense electric sign which adorns the Canada Glove Works People are talking about this oil over the country and Mr Storey will be amply rewarded for his inventive skill and enterprise by having Storey Gloves more than over a household word throughout Ihe Dominion After the long summer vacation of nine weeks the Public Schools reopened at nine clock Tuesday morning The teachers were mutually to meet each other again and the staff cordially welcomed Miss Jean McPhail A the newly engaged teacher of the third department The scholars really seemed glad to get back to school again and their bright well faces active movements gave evidence that the holidays have been productive of both pleasure and good health The janitor during the vacation had given the various rooms thorough cleaning and as the schools assembled everything was sweet and clean and in a sanitary condition THE ACTON FREE PRESS PHONE Business and Editorial Office N7 HILLS SCHOOLS ARE MOW OPEN MERCY ON US OLD FOLKS ON OF THF