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B2 Acton Pre Dm season to be Christians Christmas is one of the seasons of the year that unites all Christians But In Acton as everywhere else theyre united but In their own separate eight town churches not to mention the rural congregations Talks of union between the Anglican and United churches drag on the participants expressing plenty of apprehension To come up to date the Remembrance Day service was again held in one church despite a suggestion of a community service in the Legion hall In the whole community gathered in the school for a church service The Clergy Speaks Out a column instituted a couple of years ago with high hopes has foundered again w of the town clergy has met Awwlntiwi occasionally what do hoy do What cornea of Surely Christum the time to think of how the Christian of the eight churches could have contact with each other Why not a community service The last one was in 1967 centennial year and it drew a huge crowd to the community centre Why not pulpit Intercongregational visits A float in the Santa Claus parade showing the real meaning of Christmas The Free Press would like to hear views on this subject More driving more danger Its Safe Driving Week And while another week to promote some cause isnt anything new there are good reasons for this one Canadians are driving greater distances every year four times as many miles as 2D years ago There are three times as many drivers on the road and three times as many vehicles More than half of working Canadians drive alone to work The problem of alerting the public to the seriousness of the alarming traffic accident problems is one that is escalating in importance with each season Everyone is urged to follow the rules of road Drivers know them but dont always heed them Give work a try Three fathers in Ontario are protesting that there is discrimination in giving support through the Family Benefits Act for a mother to stay home and look after her children but not the father Perhaps there is a reason for discrimination A man can usually get a better paying job than a woman This provides extra income for babysitting or day care Many working mothers do their jobs during the day and return home to another fulltime job with housework cooking washing and child care Maybe some more men should try that Preventive medicine best Its hoped there will be a good turnout when the Health Unit holds a senior citizens health screening clinic here for the first time Dec It sounds as if its a splendid way to detect small problems and do something about them before they become more serious People who are feeling well are encouraged to go as well as those with any problems The nurses will not rush them and will take time to talk If attendance is good perhaps these clinics could be held regularly Of this and that The problem of dogs has been earned a little further with the story in last weeks Free Press which records Milton ad ministration committees decision to recommend new dog legislation there It would be illegal for a dog to soil other than its owners property There have been complaints there as well as here Many a good newspaper story has been ruined by oververifi- cation S Sugar and Spice by bill smiley One of my real pleasures in lire is batching it Ive Just been through ten days of It and have another retch coming up I look back on the one with nostalgia and forward to the other with anticipation afler themselves Some of them would literally starve to death if there were no restaurants Others actually miss their constant babble And there are a lot of women who are convinced that their poor weaklings of husbands will be hard done by if they leave them to fend for themselves for a few days There are also a lot of women who are convinced that their husbands are going to miss their presence dreadfully Both conviction are erroneous in my 1 love my wife but oh you happy carefree days of batching it I reel the way I used to about nine years when school is letting out in June For one thing theres no teacher at me all the time trying to make me behave dean up after me and learn something new all at once This is hard work and Im Nope when I put the old ba tUeaxe on the but or see the car drive off I try to look mournful and wave a fervent goodbye then I give a great sigh of relief and feel like a fellow who has Just walked out the Im not saying that marriage is synonymous with prison though It is a life sentence Im just saying that its nice to get a weekend pass once in a while for good behaviour First thing I do when the old girl disappears over the horizon is kick my shoes off settle down In a comfortable chair with a beer and the evening paper I read it through with quiet enjoyment no interruptions Nobody relating how she changed the beds did two washings called the plumber Nobody wanting to talk about decorating the spare room Nobody telling me I had to go over the bills with her No just me and the paper I read front page editorials columns sports and entertainment Nor mally I never get past the front page Nobody saying Dinners nearly ready don t open another beer which would you like canned peas or frozen spinach I have my dinner when I Jolly well feel like it Maybe nine m or ten And when I do Its a gourmet spread Unlike some of those snivelling wretches who cant boil a cup of water without spoiling the flavour I was brought up In a targe family and was a pretty good rough coot when married A far better cook than the bride I might add voce And since then Ive Med off a number of the rough edges and can turn out a good ICE CREEPS out to surround the many birds on Fairy Lake these days They break it open with their wings as long as they can Tout theyll soon need the help of the bubbler Canada Geese are Mill here adding to the numbers of wildfowl greatly tills season This week the swans so clumsy out of water Iced in at the far end of the lake away from the other birds and feed Hundreds of pounds of corn and bread are fed to the birds by Esther Taylor and other interested bird watchers They are concerned this week about the encroaching ice and apparent lack of shelter Our readers write Writer concerned about grain costs Dear Sir In response to the article written by Jennifer In the Acton Free Press Wednesday November 1374 on the topic of high price of feed grains for livestock I feel that not oil reasons for these price increases were presented The years through to mid were Sears of abundance for grain suppliers in America and Europe Thus the over production forced down prices to below cost in many cases Many cash crop farmers were forced out of business due to low prices Much of the land became idle or went to food producing uses such as recreation horse farms industrial and residential development etc At the same time Agri business was reeling the pinch from over production and lack of sales of their products Many fertilizer plants and chemical companies folded In the fall 1972 disastrous rains struck the S midwest preventing the harvest of thousands of acres of corn soybeans and grains etc thus forcing feed prices to come up slightly The cold wet spring of 1973 again prevented an adequate acreage being planted and at the same time due to summer drought in the S and Canada yields were down We were then unable to build up an adequate reserve for ourselves and the rest of the world The year 1974 has again been disastrous for crop production The Canadian west and American midwest had an inadequate snowfall to build up moisture levels early In the winter When spring did arrive and planting was to begin the S midwest had loo much rain resulting in widespread flooding or prime agricultural land It was also a cold spring delaying planting by approximately a month the crops were planted in wet cold conditions Ihe summer turned hot and dry burning up the crops in the hard baked ground As if this wasnt enough the Canadian west Ontario and the US had killing frosts in September destroying a crop meal Chops and sausage bacon and eggs are childs play along with steak I can turn out a creditable turkey ham roast of beef I can make stuffing bake a fish So when Im alone I dont go hungry Oh not that I roast a beef or turn out a golden brown turkey Thats a big much for one average appetite But I dont settle for the baked potato fried pork chop and canned com routine either Thats for workaday cooks and workaday appetites and workaday marriages Nor am 1 one of those fancydans who fool around covering the essential bland of their cooking ith a lot of spices and Im more apt to turn out a nice mixed grill bacon a small fresh lamb chop a sausage or two a bit of liver and a gram or two of kidney If theyre not on hand I gel the latter two items out of a can of cat food has a distinct unique flavour When all is sizzling a la perfection as we I carefully put the meat on a paper towel and fry two Urge slices of golden brown bread in the drippings I top these wilh tomatoes and melting cheese this time my stomach can scarcely stand the aromas mingling Then I put the whole works into the cats dish open the refrigerator take out a frozen chicken pic heat it and eat it garnished with a sprig of cabbage The cat and I are both happy By this time its JO p so I watch a lale movie or two with no one saying Isnt it time for bed I climb into bed at readfor an hour and sleep until am Every time my wife comes home and been batching it she is appalled by my appearance Your eyes look like two burned holes In a blanket They do but I enjoyed every burn Then the inevitable question Did you me Hah Miss her my foot I didnt miss her any more than I would my teeth or my right arm that wasnt fully matured The result Is one of the lowest yields In North America since I930i This coupled with crop failures in Europe Asia and the southern hemisphere has left the world with a precarious food shortage Unlike a few years ago when there was lots of grain we now nave the livestock competing for grain that meant is for human consumption thus forcing the price up and driving livestock farmers out of business One would be led to believe by the above information that the cash crop farmer is going to make a killing but this isnt so It is true that grain and corn prices have doubled or more in some cases Also though dry fertilizer has increased in cost by over per cent from per ton to over per ton in two years Due lo lack of processing plants and new Anhydrous nitrogen has increased per cent fcomJlOO to per ton due to an inadequate supply Seeds f nave Increased as much as per cent due to crop failures and lock of suitable quality seed Machinery and parts are up as much as per cent if available due to In creased demand to meet a food shortage Competent labour If available cost per cent or more to hire and land costs have risen dramatically due to the demand for non agricultural uses To top the rising cost of materials equipment fuel and labour to produce a crop yield has fallen in many cases by per cent due to weather con ditions The dramatic price increases are bad for everyone farmers and consumers When the price of certain products goes up there is a tendency lo over produce on that product then causing the price to go so low that he Regionalize all services RR To Ihe Editor Nov 29 1974 Dear Sir It seems to me that if we are to have Regionalism It should be implemented with no half measures Fire protection Police Finances Solid waste Sewage disposal Hydro Roads Education Planning etc even Ihe telephone system should conform to regional boundaries The local calling areas within the region should be loll free Each of the above services should come under one Depart ment Head who should be responsible to a Commission consisting of our elected representatives who in turn should advise Queens Park Today we are in a sorry mess Bureaucrats have much more say in our affairs than our elected representatives Police and Fire Protection are needlessly duplicated Bell Telephone is in utter confusion Acton is a toll free area to Georgetown but not listed in the Georgetown book the Campbellville exchange has only what can be described as Smoke Signal service Surely the only logical way to run a region is for all services to be regional services Today for instance I Ined lo phone Ihe Ministry of the Environment a Zenith loll free number clearly listed as for Milton and Campbells callers to be told thai the loll free did not apply to Campbellville a supervisor made the call after I registered my complaint It was accepted as a collect call by the Ministry It is inequities such as this that frustrate people It has been announced that in early 1973 Acton Milton and Guelph will be in an extended toll tree area On enquiry to the Bell I find that Campbellville will not enjoy this service Are we not now the Town of Milton I realize lhat boundaries have to be set I maintain these should be regional boundaries and each region should be toll free William A Johnson What happened to ratepayers Nov Dear Sir Whatever happened to the Association Did ft wither and die after Ihe Hydro Line controversy It seems me that ihe initial meeting a steering committee to run things for a few Save Christmas stamps months and then elections were to be held There are many issues affecting Natsagaweyu Housing developments land their services Nonconforming uses of land and residences telephone service Roads etc etc I think another meeting is long overdue William A Johnson On I The Editor Want to set the real benefit of the season of Good Will Please try thin method give a little of your time Soon the first Christmas cards will be coming In This year dont throw that en velope Get out scissors instead No Dont cut it up Just cut out the stamps save them in a new envelope on which youve put one of the addresses below Why The stamps are sold by weight to provide wages for an overseas worker or to buy equipment for the lepers Really do someone a good turn First address The Leprosy Mission Room SI Toronto I Other address Canadian Bible Scoiely Suite St Toronto 295 Share the love this year Yours truly Mrs S Box 43 formers are forced Into bankruptcy or they Just get discouraged and quit In the meantime the product lhat they were for merly producing then leaps up In price due lo shortage A further cost of production is created when farmers have to rearrange their operation to meet the new demand In many other forms of business a person knows before he starts how many units of production he will have In agriculture and particularly in crops we nave a peak production mark lhat we are shooting for a high one because the only profit is inefficiency Unfortunately though we are subject to the climate sometimes causing production lo fall short of what is required and to even break even financially Crop insurance has helped but it still doesnt take the full brunt of he loss Bolh a world food bank and possibly a Canadian food bank would probably keep the prices at a more stable level This then would help Ihe farmer maintain a living and at the same lime keep the cost of food reasonable for the world As we all are only too aware food costs at the super market have risen dramatically with many consumers pointing the finger of blame at Ihe farmer There arc many things between he farm gate and store that have forced food prices up Labour trans portation services etc But I can assure you that the farmer cash crop or livestock man is not looking for your last penny just enough lo pay his expenses and nave a livable income Yours truly Frank Anthony Ontario The Free Press Back Issues j 20 years ago Hie calibre of road tons rimiin and more howl In won Monday on County It by rutrpuyiTH of township who aiming llv Archie Service for grew rather healed in llielr an- extended John who will be VI yearn young on Mr Gruff ha lived In hi fur lasl yearn and prior to Hint If In and one of tlic In area lie In still whole and hearty got for walk every day for in- lime he Royal Winer Fair Miss Hetty Ann Kerr of It At pin ted fourth In ladles ring in old fashioned of Die ladle in Ihii class wore evening Miss Kerr wore a blue dress blue hat members from a slate of candidates the November meeting of the Alert Auxiliary was held In Knox church parlor president Mrs Alex Mann In A period of meditation was In tribute to soldiers who paid the supreme sacrifice and concluded with a worship service taken by Mrs George Winners of the lucky draw held in conjunction with he opening of Manning flew More are radio Mrs MtCutcheon floor polisher Mrs George Toasters Turzwefl Mrs Annie Mrs Elsie and John nil of Acton and Mrs A McDonald of R 50 years ago Taken from the issue of the Press December On Tuesday morning fire started in Ihe sun room of Mrs Warners house in Esqucning Township It was caused by a mouse matches and a celluloid comb Belting fire to Ihe bedding and mattress of ihe window and the fire quenched The action taken by Acton council and the endorsement given by the ratepayers of the town when Inc bylaw to guarantee the bonds of Thomson Motor Supplies Limited for for ten years was Iwo years ago has proven eminently satisfactory Only two years have elapsed and the whale of the issue of 10000 has been called in and liquidated by Thomson Motor Supplies Limited and the Aclon Machine Company which took over their property and contract last These debentures were not due for final payment until the year 1932 The regular of the Womens Institute will be held in Ihe band room on Friday December three oclock Reports of the convention will be given and a program Mr J Rogers on and family have removed from Glen Williams their new farm near Mr Moore gave a brief review of the visit of Mrs Moore and himself over seas summer at the meeting of the Young Peoples League on Monday evening 75 years ago Taken from the issue the Free Press November 30 18 The name of County Councillor Wriggles of is receiving prominent mention for Ihe of the county for Mr has a splendid record as a municipal officer A long term in the Township Council as Councillor and Reeve and subsequently as a member of he County Council has specially Filled him lo occupy the posilion Of Warden He will give the office both dignity and the fruits of long municipal experience A number of men have been laid off at the Aclon Tannine Companys works business being somewhat slack in one of the departments there The Provincial Educational Council has appointed Mr J S Deacon public school inspector for as one of the examiners in Normal School examinations for the year An excellent appointment Mr Humphries miller has removed his furniture to Acton and taken up his residence on Church Street west of Main T P Smith eye specialist will be in on Thursday December 7 one day only rooms at Agnews Hotel If you have any defect in your eyesight It will pay to call and see him Examinations free Call early or you can make appointments at A T Browns Drug Store A new addition is being made to Ihe dwelling on Main Street next lo the Ken nedy stone house has its reasons with them only folly will reason THE ACTON FREE PRESS PHONE Business and Editorial Office