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B2 The Acton Free Pro Wed Mar Editorial Page A limit to growth Actons population will atop at 10000 according to limits of the pollution control plant addition This absolutely rules out the monstrous subdivisions that had been proposed lo council many months ago two residential suburbs were designed to fill up the and Sprowl farms to the east of Acton Nqw theyre completely out of the picture for at least five years This mechanical restraint relieves the planning committee of council from making decisions on how Acton is to grow for a while at least Ely the time technology permits more houses and more people here the planning departments proposed survey of Acton will all be done ami tabulated This plan will take two planning students all over town asking special questions They will determino what wishes of Acton people arc and form a vision of what we would like the town to be like years from now sense of com muni and friendliness that are still ours will last a little longer anyway What thobo huge new dormitory suburbs would have done was a concern Quarries are necessary The people in the quarry business think their product has been taken for granted for too many In there was plenty of aggregate material resulting in the best material being used and abandoned pits marring the landscape The Pitt and Quarries Act which came into being in has changed things Quarries must have licenses and meet requirements The aggregates were here long before we were Due to tho glacial period as recent as years ago deposits formed of sand gravel and llmestono The aggregates are used In construe ting roads and buildings and in indublry In Ontario one house consumes about 300 tons of this nan renewable resource This Includes the foundation landfill plaster driveways curbs gutters and roads The aggregate has to come form somewhere How we help others Let i pay our income taxes cheerfully says A C Forrest editor of The United Church Ob server The Canadian government contributed 175 million worth of aid to the Asian state of Bangladesh since Most of the aid the form of wheat and highly qualified personnel appointed in the High Commissioners office He went on to say Lets support our churches and let our churches in turn support the non government agencies in the field listening to their advice Education and wisdom requests and plans We believe development aid must be done by well trained highly motivated patient people using sophisticated scientific research and techniques He warned the Canadians to remember that they are consuming more food than they need and wasting their resources If we had as many people per acre as the Bengali have he said and wasted as much as we do we should have to change our ways or go hungry too The highly educated person is not necessarily a wise person The usually clever person does not ways show wisdom in his clever You can have a high I Q and still not be wise Wisdom real wis dom can come to persons of quite ordinary intelligence Wisdom is not so much a matter of intelli gence as of what is done with ligente Teachableness is as significant as intelligence in the attaining of wisdom And that is not simply a capacity to take formal instruction and pass examinations although such things can be significant A Whitehead one of the most influential of our time this A merely well informed man is the most useless bore on God earth He added Now wis is the way in which knowledge is held It concerns the handling of knowledge its selection for the determination of relevant issues its employment to add value to our immediate experience In any education that is to count there is an inescapable element of slieer dogged grinding If you wish to advance from milk to meat you must be prepared to chew gristle And you mustnt expect to be spoon fed as the novelist E put it Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon What we do with our educational opportunities has much to do with the degree of wisdom to which we attain Stephen once said An education when it is all writ ten out on foolscap covers nearly ten sheets Leacock made an important point there much of the real value of your education is to be found in what remains after you have forgotten much of what you deliberately set out to learn And in that can be an essential source of wisdom Unchurched editorials This Sunday is Palm Sunday the sabbath the Christian Church traditionally set aside to announce events to come the agony of Good Friday and the triumphant resurrection of Easter It is called Palm Sunday in remembrance of Christs triumphal entry into Jerusalem when the people welcomed him with palm branches The custom is still observed in the Anglican and Catholic churches of blessing palms and distributing them Palm Sunday also marks the beginning of Holy Week and ceremonies ushered in with the Passion of Christ The lessons of Palm Sunday and Easter are still with us after almost years People welcomed Christ on Palm Sunday rejected Hun on Good Friday and didnt believe He rose from the dead on Easter Sunday Popularity can soon be hatred and earthly fame often fleeting but more than that it shows how passions can often be directed by those with self interest at heart when they would crucify Goodness in the name of God The Free Press Back Issues 20 years ago iba Urn would not wind flrx uprated on dm lo Vtn Aptrtranlly km having by lightning It trrntx urn Mill lh I Jail Who says Swan Lake wasnt written for swans Suga This Is the lime of year that everybody wishes Homebody would do something about but nobody does Ides of Murch Some people think the Ides arc Utile creatures like leprechauns who bore holes in your rubbers and whisper Into lots tars that that Inch puddle won t go over the lops of their six inch rubber boots Others like my wife think Ihey are malevolent beings who enjoy scaring the liver out of you The night there was a rumble a crash and all the light went out I thought was maybe Ihc second coming She leaped a foot Us Oh Ides of March she screamed As a matter of fact it was the Ice off the roof which tore away tin main cable into the house But It could Just as have been the Ides Around the first of March wo decided wed start crosscountry skiing Bought Iwo sets of skis boots the works It rained for the next week That was Ihe Ides It s been gaining on for least years Us first victim of any import was Julius Caesar Now Big Julie was no slouch as an emperor He had in his day a bigger empire than Queen Victoria had although he He had penchant for overrunning and- overhearing He over ran Ihe Spaniards the French the Germans the British and the Belgians not to mention the Slobs in Ihe cast And he over heard It was his custom to among the at night and to his disgruntled veterans He dldn t bother much with the veterans He did It of course Incognito He wore a extra long to cover his pot and his knees On his head to mask his baldness be wore a German helmet captured in the epic bntlle of Schcisslnkcllar chest was disguised by a chest disguiser cap tured from an Amazon who bad joined Women s Lib and decided to go bra less It Is tempting for the dedicated historian to digress here but I will make only two concise points One the kilt was stripped from a Scot who had strayed south to found the Bank of England had been conscripted Into the army of the Ancient Britons and had died gallantly shouting Usquebaugh and Andrew Carnegie The helmet bad been lorn from a dead squarehead and was rather comfortable until Julius discovered that was hollow and contained 13 ounces of schnapps From that time on he found It comfortable Of the Amazon breastworks I will say nothing There enough sex and violence in history without dwelling on it Besides It is or was pointless At any rate strolling anonymously Oh Oh here comes Himself he overheard the rumblings of discontent among his troops It was rather difficult to distinguish Ihcm from the other rumblings associated with the rude and licentious soldiery but he had a Trained Ear as well as a Roman Nose He and his legions had just put down the seventh uprising by some Belgian tribe One grizzled veteran was heard to say Belgians Belgians I sick of looting Belgian towns All Ihey got is gloves ana tapestries My old Trouble n Strife back tapestries Sphinx Another veteran equally grizzled agreed Me too And them Belgian broads I swear they got fetlocks In another 1 years be em A third veteran legionary even more grizzled than the other two concurred Right An that then Belgian beer So watery drink it In the latrine or caught short Id give my eye tooth to get a whack at some limeys or r and Spice by bill smiley I rogs or KrautH a change Wooden even mine and wipln ilpsommn I hem Wops we re workin for It might be noted in Ihe Interims of historical that the third legionnaire like so many of them was not an anclenl Roman He was an Old who had been conscripted after hi had been shot out from under his horse during an on Wviihldnschvl Anyway overhearing his grirlid frizzling veterans Caesar decided to act le made a speech to his legions that had then In tears This was after a double rum ration Then lie put down the Belgians for the eighth lime and to make his intentions dear cut off right hand of each male Belgian This was the origin the phrase putting me down and also the reason you set so many left handed Belgians Icrhapswevi Vcrywcll back to the Ides of Marin One day early in March back In or was it Julius was on way the Colosseum to make sure everything was in order for Ihe Games He had already cheeked with and Mayor bul you never know do you ll in his chariot with his wife tided by her maid I lorlda and on be running board were three old fiends of NiusIoUk and Brutus Suddenly a voice rang nut an stttitorl in s do Some ring out like a great bronze bell Others Junt ring out a sort of ding a ling Ibis was n ding ling type of the Ides of March he trilled Unfortunately was deaf in erne ear He nought the hats what tailed the ding a ling In Ihosc days was a snip salesman wiih a new jingle something about wanning with Tide ami he waved him away something about using nothing arctic power Some days right to the day the Ides of March arrived Well you know the His friend t crowned him with a cassock his pal breamed garlic in his face and his Brutus stabbed him in rotunda You might say Caesar came out of lint one heavy loser Ik wenl in at pounds and came out with IB daggers In So all I can suggest is that you keep an eye out for those Ides Writ approved u lew rnM regular had II approve id lb Milling itws Among Item flr and gr wit on In Mr with Mr Allen grmUt tour claw MiH i front near nd I Im Mr Minn Hindi from with Mr Alki At th rf tin thi- Mr Mr Davie MIm Hum Mr Fat KTny Mr Met retail Mr McMillan Mr J Mr fk 50 years ago Mr Jack Lewi sang a much appreciated solo at Knox church on Sunday at the evening service Mr lwli chose the Twftity ihlrdPsalm In a beautiful setting for hi solo Mr J High School has been appointed Chief and Administrator of Itndon school a salary Mr been inspecting Contlnuatlon school here for a number of I year and Is highly teemed by the leachers Mr Norman McLeod who has been a member of Ihe Acton tire Brigade for twentysix years has a record for faith fulness He has never missed responding to a fire alarm in twenty six years The Rev It Baugh cordially In vitas all members and friends to profit spiritually by Week Mission to be held in St Albans church attending the services commencing March to Service each week night at clock The Misaioner 1 the ven Archdeacon Mackintosh D of Mr A O Beardmore is now Vice Chairman of the Industrial Accident Prevention Association of Ontario working In connection With the Workmen Com Act OUR READERS WRITE PR men turn Willie off Dear Sir Sometimes I get the feeling of hitting my head against the wall bucking provincial government municipalities and some stupid politicians on environmental problems but smill successes seem to spur me on My main frustrations seem to be caused by public relations people For instance claims lhat Ontario plans for Energy Producing Plants are a world first that North Plant will other jurisdictions to urn to this In nova I ion For future technology Infuriates me for In my files I hive evidence of technology far in advance of anything this province has planned Ontario is planning 100 to tons per day plants Louis is building per ton per day plant Long island has awarded a contract for a on per diy plant indeed here ore over such plants on his continent Here inflation much has been said and written about our reclamation plant The drawback to our plant is that Queen Park has put the cart before the horse Today a problem is the public and environmental of garbage If inert materials ere put in quarries or pita twith the object of mining them in the future there would be little or no objection This is not happening we Intend to landfill Lhcorgnnicmalcrial ihcpoUutanb those lhat attract vermin cause gas and poison our water The obvious solution should have been the incineration of the pollutants for energy Phase and provision for reclaiming secondary materials as Phase William A Johnson Chairman Group United Against Rural Dump R Rockwe 20 acres fools paradise 75 years ago The Globe acknowledges the following I subscriptions to the patriotic fund from a few friends at Acton received on March are J A McGrail Geo W A Storey John Mitten A J It J McNabb W Speight Joseph Lashy John Clark Fred Eastwood cents J J Lawson cents Master Frank Havlll cents A total of the new companies Incorporated last week is the Dominion Fence Company head office Toronto cardial The name of Mr David Henderson M Acton is given as one of the directors Messrs John Symon and J Campbell left on Wednesday morning for St Marie Ihe scene of thlr future business operation Mrs Campbell and Master Charlie leave tomorrow The best wishes of their many friends follow them J Mr George Snyder and Miss Helen returned last week from a two weeks vis at their sister Mr Fred Stewart EUrida A very successful sale of stock and Implements was held by Mr Michael Lamb on Wednesday Mr Lamb win shortly move lo and Mr James Moffat will take possession of the farm Ex Mayor John Donoghue and his daughter Hits Mary Helm of Stratford a days this week with Mr Muiholland and other friends Dear Sir would like lo comment on the views expressed in letter from Mr Vi Dale concerning urban sprawl Whilst agreeing that density levels should be clearly would take issue with the assumption lhat only should be considered Tharca specifically referred 1 15 at consists largely of homesites of a fairlv substantial acreage Whilst I agree thai is is highly undesirable lo row of houses alongside the road would it not be sensible to insist lhat new homes be constructed well back on the properties thus hidden from view and not filling in thespaecs and far less likely to upset any balance of nature I cannot help but feel that with today a projection of future world population ho believes that a ratio of acres or more for one family s sole enjoyment Is indeed living in a paradise but a fool one Yours truly Christina K Brookes RR 1 Acton Susie is a Postie Susie is a Pas tic A most smartly dressed female But she 3 gone on strike for a wages hike And won deliver mail She s demanding Liberation And more money after tax With all her pals and other gals Refuse to fill their sacks She say she wants more money To help to raise her brood With the tux on clothes and hose There s nothing left for food Then takes it back with tor their grcedv way she ha to pay There nothing else to do So for the sake of We all will have to pay And if we fail we get no mail And she don t get her pay Though re better educated We got a lot learn To squeeze more tax ft Won help our Susie Victor Smith THE ACTON FREE PRESS PHONE Editorial Office