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The Acton Fro Pro Wad A Island of compassion Jim w In Vancouver Airport Sunday when I ho planeload of orphaned h the VIU Nam arrived These are obser vations The usual hustle of the airport look on different dimension There wore the and the lines for passengers check ing In and the groups around the luggage carousels but there was also a tiny Island of compassion A group of Viet Nam or phans was arriving on he IT Air jet ns I found myself in the Vancou ver airport waiting with others These youngsters seemed like a special group An island of com passion surrounded them it seem ed Camera crews were pressing to do their job reporters were anx ious to interviews with adopting parents but there behind glass enclosure were the young sters themselves snatched from the orphanages and placed on the plnne in advance of the pushing Viet Cong Among the group on island of were who had miraculously survived ihe crash of an earlier plane Protection was the for the group of arriving children and workers volunteers and adopting parents Security was at Us peak as customs procedures and red tape was cut or trimmed to see children join new parents or be w on to Montreal where more parents were waiting Looking through the glass win dow to that tin island of people you could see young lives taking new direction The haggard look on the faces of exhausted volunteers told something of the hell from which the youngsters had been snatched The children been moving through adoption procedures in Viet Nam orphanages but the paperwork had not been finished before the pressure of the driving Vict Cong added new urgency Now that time was running out the paperwork would have to catch up later Bundled Into bus and onto a plane the children moved rapidly closer new homos and the love and compassion of waiting anxious parents The little ones were being fed and attended to name tags were checked and new links established The trip was telling on the children many of whom still had hundreds air miles go to meet adoptive parents in Montreal Reporters were asking a government official about the wis dom of such air lifts whether they would be continued and how many children could be accommodated In Canada couldnt get very inter ested in the Hue of questioning All I could see was the compassion of people loving people- providing hornet for these startled young sters who were in need of aid people who were obtaining hope fully some new happiness from having reached out to provide hap piness for others Amid the faces behind the glass wall were faces of happiness mix ed with faces of wonder and uncer tainty faces of excitement faces of tiredness and faces of confidence Im not naive enough to think there are no problems ahead for the families and their new charges What emotional shocks are there to overcome what frustrations to face what chal lenges lo meet But surely such a one to one re lationship paves the way to belter understanding our world shrinks in its global village concept Through the glass windows of the Vancouver Airport I caught a refreshing glimpse of human compassion taking precedence over the hesitation and timidity which so often keeps us from ac tion Certainly it was compassion with courage and a sense of deter mination by a few who made pas sible a new start a new life a new opportunity Jim Dills Our readers write Few spoil carnival April l Pear I or Please com our congratulations to the Figure Skating Club for giving hi a vcrv zoning on Saturday The attractiv costumes wore most nnd Ihe of each skater was proof of the work which was put tor lb during the winter Thanks orach and in the Club for giving Alton such a pleasurefilled evening were many spectators allowed to spoil the whole evening for the the Master of Ceremonies cautioned the audience at least tune against throwing articles on the ice bubble gum popcorn and paper still found their to ihe ice causing some of the skaters to fall and injure themselves Thoughtless people can surclv not realize the skill that mam ol tic Jumps steps risnure without having ice surface bandit their est realize the verv real danger of broken hones which is ever present while a skater is performing Also whv did many spectators both voung and old bother going to the show when they were not interested in itching the v arums acts or listening to the description of the forthcoming acts The noise shrill whistles constant move ments of these imbeciles detracted our ittenlion from the show several times during the evening What can be done about lack of respect for other people which was shown too ilearlv evening I would bale to see the Skating Club inner their annual thow Sugar and Spice by bill smiley 1 hi mi 11 lb SI IMlllil end Kb Willi till Ml pom mg down dittos Hi ill ID llngiiii the shld HITS ami Hint sn 111 ii cm Ii Unit includes spring It It all Mill si and In tern p iitine llie saving lion mi It I links like Mint oil llul ill this if ii ml lliiV is of lie ud ill the land sliiih Iv with Hie jubilant it hit mil Die have inn igti in ism hist delight i mad ltd With the rel ol Ihos tent wi i luvwue an kid mlo iteisand starves ire Inn led liiio i lost is s are plunged wi all mine down with spring mid thai worst limn the vicious one wi mused all vvintei lvpicil Simple Tins was girhige lust the sun shining and it snow mg I nipped nut in mv pajamas and slippers deposit the bans was i trifle but the sun was shining ami there is thai ineluctable in the air I winked at sew squirrel in the tree 1 made a V for al Old Sol 1 hallooed at i beautiful trow I slopped to stroke threat who was lung in the mud basking And I been and blowing ever since MISS MINNIE Z Bennetts junior fourth class in Front row left to right Jack Symon Bob MacArthur George Cook E Tubman Dorothy Smethurst Holmes Kathleen Kelly Hazel Coxe Mildred Hollinger Vi Phyl Tyler Lit Burns second row Hazel Smith Gladys Linham Rita McNabb Jessie Mann Edna Howard Rose Marg Price Meryl Isabel Peg McDonald Nell Barber Mann Dorothy Campbell back Gordon Smith Gordon McDougall Jean Smith Jessie Atkinson Annie Smtth Miss Bennett Dot Dons Eva Wheeler Muriel Mabel Howard Velma Murray Lois Malone In over 1 hose long nights and those white lie gone another six months and in ml m fill up the bowls and let iiigii we straggle Into with nothing mure lillnrloiiH than a slight lessoning of despair this year old holy and ended winter with a gallant fillip Some would mil it a flip As von know If Mill are keeping up with the social news we look up irons skiing litis spring Most people lake up spnrls during season we operate lint way As I retail we took up golf In the fall after leaves had In tumble Anyway we took in skiing like a ml lakes nip and in no time we were arguing admit what kind of wax louse we have two kinds red and black and lumping around in our boots like real Our timing was perfect In what turned mil he ihe last day of skiing for season we look a at a hill Or may he it was the way around It long straight hill no trees no ioiks nothing that a capable six year old iDiildu handle with both hands in his We were certainly polite enough was You first youre man And No no dear lndics first you know As usual I was out manoeuvred I steeled myself with recollections of driving a head on into a cow during an English black out of diving into a hell fire of German ant aircraft fire I took off One thing I dislike about ski is that there are no brakes You cant even drag your feet Well sir he only way f can describe descent of that slope is hell bent Squatting like a kangaroo in labor eyes rolling I w n there at vv hat I reckon was bout 140 And I made it No ignominious tumble No splits Thirty feet from the end of the run all danger behind I straightened up waved one ski pole nonchalantly and turned mv head to see if The Chicken was impressed Just the snow with unbelievable crust rose up and smote me a mighty smite on the head cap flew off I knew hell hut I sure felt bent I lay there quietly uttering words I havent heard since my Dad used to go down and heat the coat furnace with a shovel I heard scream At least she knows dv I thought bitterly Bo is she going to be sorry for some of the things she said to mc over the years Then I heard another scream Bill get out of the way Im going to run over you Wrenching my broken neck around I looked uphill There was a dark figure flying toward me It looked like a witch it was two broomsticks instead of one Then the broomsticks began to part in what seemed slow motion and I knew the itch as going to split right up the middle unless nightmare ended The Free Press Back Issues 20 years ago loial Inxluih dtlvei ported to mII week Dial a deer lioundid highway early Sunday morning of Cor tiers and llie side of In- tar I lie ioIHhIoii wreiiihid control from driver and cab ended up in dltdi damagid to the extent of Ihe was killed by the Impact IteslKiialionsof Pointer Mm M ItlngliT and Ml wi re i by At Ion public hi hoot hoard Its regular Hireling on Wednesday evening of this week Poller Is alio leaving end or term to attend Normal School reielve her certificate Sunday morning Joined Ion United ilmn HI by transfer and on of fallh Four were baptized Winning close in last Salur days Irish In mil going make miiih difference In lives of Mr and Mm John Motility lucky winners I he Sunday room of Alton United church was filled for he regular fireside on Sunday evening M Coles introduced the group his lev Slewart Coles of Knox church was strictly a social evening when he Men s Club of United met Monday evening James included board darts tennis and crokluole and mumi also added lo the program 50 years ago Dear I received a jolt today when on receiving he Free I was reminded hat our subscription had expired week before I lake great pleasure in renewing for another year postal note for W We enjoy reading the paper today as much as we did when wo first subscribed thirty four years ago The Free is always a welcome guest in our home Minnie took Grand Mich Tuesday afternoon little Wilma Watson the eight yearold daughter of Mr and Mrs Victor Watson Frederick Street was token ill in school The teacher sent her home and the mother sent for t lie doctor He diagnosed the trouble as appendicitis and at once motored the little Hospital Forster who was referred to by The Old Man of he Rig Clock Tower his column a few weeks celebrated his ninety fourth birthday last Friday at his borne in James Mills tester for Co had his fool painfully crushed one did I woke up The witch was dead One broomstick pointed straight up in the air The w as pointed back up the hill There was silence Then Are you all right And I don know Arc you And I dunno think Im gonna cry That was me Boy am 1 glad its spring and theres no more skiing until December But skiing certainly tones you up I can nowtouchmytoeswithnoproblematall I use a And my wife can knit like a demon with one hand She got good at it while her left arm wai In a AN INLAND of the and IkhIIiui irrlviJ itiiitfjJn baby llfl Sunday Jim photo at Vancouver Airport when- and volunheni din- lrn to new in wrsUin mid anuria lust At Hi was through in illi way when In loot lln win 1 lots badly Injur Mi David Slr I bin Ighlyflm birthday on Sunday uiioiiudeIbylJif iiir inljt in of wen Mr John Williamson a from Ilurlliiglon Mi Mm I red Williamson and Mi and Mi it Hoy Warn borough I oi onto 75 years ago Mr I I llllotl has pun Iiasul from I Smith on Mill and lohn Streets and lluwet Ave hit hiding and large barn I he urn e pair was speilal in la- are still in Hi and lid in A own have Itev A Mai bed a most ssivc latii I rltlay meellngi have nut tl to than the jriMTil week A baby c lb for apply lo Mrs I I At ton Miss Ida Street has turned after a loilnle of pie isant with friends In and I Mr and Mrs John of to town last spend a few days the home of Mr A Smith Mm who was from a slight allack of poisoning In om of hands is still al part home A new on in person til Mr and Mrs jeorge Mrs would advise the lidii and leave order for they want I hem by skirts and I a I hose who contemplate monumental or work of any description for their erne cry plots should order direct from the old reliable granite and marble dealer I Hamilton uelph Ontario THE ACTON FREE PRESS PHONE Business and Editorial Office