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The Acton Free Press Wed April Murders in our homes A commission to study violence on television cant help but do some good even if its report is tucked away and never acted upon The publicity given the commission and the complaints about it all draw the attention of parents to the subject We all be taking a closer look at the television set now If parents put down their paper or leave the kitchen at the sound of gunfire sirens and horrible screams and take a look at what their children are watching we can soon see for ourselves how much violence has been unleashed in our own homes Certainly young children must be developing a horridly unreal con of living There can be no doubt youngsters brought up seeing murders in their own homes will accept them in a fact way How could it be otherwise Thinking with drinking Why do people say Come over for a when they simply mean Come over for a visit The amazing increase in the use of alcohol lately has resulted in an information campaign from the provincial government Mix some thinking with drinking says some of the literature Not years ago liquor was seldom served at public events in Acton Mam dances were success without anv liquor license In the last years here the change has been vast Drinking rye or beer instead of tea or coffee hasn likely made showers or club meetings any more friendly And related to the drinking are new problems of accidents attnbu ted to alcohol levels in the system family disputes hours off work And all for whaf A feeling of happiness and friendship that is probably all an illusion Mix some thinking with your drinking it s a good slogan Award for a weekly The weekly news paper The Dominion was recently honored the town s recreation committee Along with the local branch of the Canadian Red Cross and the Horticultural Society the Dominion was pre sented with a certificate of for outstanding contribution to the community Murray Scovne the owner and publisher accepted the award at a special banquet Murray used to work at the Free Press and his wife is the former Doris Allan of Acton district The weekly paper in has a long history Late in the 19th century the town boasted five newspapers each one strictly a political enterprise By 1917 it was down to three The picture taken at the pre sentabon shows Murray with a grizzled beard It s centennial year down there and many of the men are dressing the part Friends here add congratula to Murray and Dons who both do a fine job on their news paper Friends are leaving The Free Press adds its personal words of thanks to the Ontario Provincial Police who Saturdaj were honored as the town s Citizens of the Year We have had the best of co operation over the years We know other newspapers whose reporters have obtaining accounts of accidents and other charges laid Not here The details the public may know are set out and both the staff and reporters know the limits We have also chosen over the years not to publish the names of persons charged unless the circumstances are very unusual or the case is a major one We have had both praise and criticism over this policy but not from the police We have always found them to be friends and we will be losing friends when they leave us this summer OUR READERS WRITE Most parents want children Ont April 1975 To the Editor Dear Sir In the local press recently Renaissance leader Ken Campbell asked a question I wonder where all the people went after only people showed up at the much heralded Renaissance anniversary Surely he is begging the question The Renaissance started with a bis bans People were and are concerned about education but the Renaissance committee became sex educationally obsessed When sex education film that was being shown to students was shown to parents objections were negligible Parents for the most part found little to get excited about proving most modern thinking parents want their children to have sex education in school and did not want to be associated with a group that was committed to cur tailing sex education In the same vein Mr Campbell an nounces he is suing a certain group and individuals responsible for education He points out he is sending his children to a vate school My only comment is spreading the gospel must be a very lucrative business if one can afford per year for private tuition for his children education I know that if was dedicated to a cause be it religious or whatever I would not spend any stipend derived from that cause or any private monies I had furthering my own personal grievances I would use it to help less fortunate ones particularly if I were a man of the cloth Rev Campbell will not be collecting from the Board or Education or the Ministry of Education should he win his court case He will be collecting from you and I the already over burdened tax payer William A Johnson Will ten people read this Knox Ave Acton April 23 Dear Editor and all you nice folks that are rafttitagthls As you am tell I am trying and hoping Out I am to butter you up You Mt IimtM yean old young and I am Interested In art and drama So Mr Cooper of the recreation department for has said if I do a survey and get ten names of ten people that are interested and a supervisor be will start a club In Septem ber So I nope my worked and some ten people are interested plus I hope ten people are dumb enough to read this tetter besides the would they call me at 8S31447 Steve Saxon A patient angler on the first day of the season in ac j tua the lnlfp far week find a half SATURDAY WAS a perfect day for the opening of the fishing season Lazing in the sun while he tends his fishing line is Bobby Ice has only been off the lake for a week and a half and the wildfowl are spreading out after wintering at the dam Sugar and Spice by bill smiley When people ask me about my column at one point or another they say Boy I bet you get a lot of mail Well yes I do But I don I exactly have to hire a secretary to send answers along with an autographed picture I solve the problem by not answering most of my mail As a result I frequently feel guilty for long as three or four Ninetj five per cent of my mail is garbage and is disposed of as such Along with the junk mall flyers broadsides and special offers that everyone gets I get quite few letters from nuts Atikikan seems to be a breeding place of this species with apologies to all the fine who I m sure abound in that fine fresh northern community Years ago I had a running battle with some kooky minister from who accused me of th I d have been delighted to be able to do As I recall he thought I thought I was a rake and I had to convince him that I was a hoe Then one summer evening a stranger walked Into my backyard and introduced himself as the former linotype operator from the paper He wanted a reference for a Job and he wanted us to join forces and bring down the tree enter prise system or the Women Christian Temperance on or something of the sort He local job lasted a few weeks and the only thing we managed to put down were a couple of beers Recently I received another letter from an For eight a half pages he belabored me about the in efficiency of private se because of a remark 1 d made suggesting the Canadian postal service be turned over to guy agreed that the postal service was rotten but he told me with many ex that private industry also is completely inefficient I agree man It lousy I know I once worked for a summer in one of North America great industries and have never before or since seen such skullduggery among the workers and stupidity management But whit hurt was when he called my remirks a figment of the imagination of a naive inexperienced sheltered such as yourself All the nasty words were underlined Well I ve got news for you Any guy who has worked on the lake boats in Industry gone through a war engaged in that toughest of all free enterprises the weekly newspaper business and staggered through nearly 30 years of marriage and child raising is not exactly naive inexperienced or sheltered He may be a shattered wreck but And I resent being called on academic Ottawa Report By Dr Frank Phllbrook MP In these days of inflation and business uncertainty with unemployment higher than we like It the government Is taking measures to help productivity through foreign sales The policy of the government is to rage the further diversification of Canadian trade a number of important foreign markets while at the same time matnlai nlng and enhancing our trade and economic relations with our traditional trading part Canadian firms are increasingly active in the United States market Many of these firms receive assistance In their marketing efforts through a variety of programs of the Department of Industry Trade and Com In addition the services of Canadian trade commissioners and qua trade staff are available in major business centres The Deportment of Industry Trade and Commerce actively encourages and assists businesses to attend and participate in Important trade fairs throughout the world The Department financially assists com names to visit foreign countries for the pur pose of increasing their trade This is mainly accomplished through the trade fairs and missions program as well as the program for export market development Canada exports have increased to a number of important markets such as Japan Iran and the European Economic Community where the Department has undertaken a considerable number of trade promotional activities businessmen who are interested in the Department programs should contact me or write direct to the Honourable Ala stair Gillespie Minister of Industry Trade and Commerce There are civilian war allowances and war veterans allowances handled by our district authority and arc being distributed to veterans in Ontario as of January 1 1975 The Minister of Vete rans Affairs Is the Honourable Daniel J MacDonald He made his information available earlier this month and I thought it might be of interest of veterans living In riding April 19 my wife Midge and I attended the new Oukville professional soccer club inaugural I eld at the Power Boat Club The local organizer is Reg Gnffen This will be the first time Oak has had a professional soccer club They presented me with a soccer ball which lias already had a good workout In my gar den with the help of my three children On Monday April Midge and I met Prince Charles in Ottawa He really is a prince charming This was a particularly memorable event for me because met his father Prince Phillip In Pakistan in 1965 when I was medical officer for the Dam a world bank project I was the only Canadian doctor there at the time On Wednesday evening April we the opening of the new Chisholm school in Charnwood in East On hand for the ceremony was Ken Chisholm whose family founded the town of and naturally for whom the school was named Some readers have wondered why I men lion Hills Georgetown Erin Oak and Acton in my weekly letter The reason is of course that all of these com are part of my riding of and so are Hornby and I a school teacher Neither proud of it nor ashamed of it I don try to mold little way they should bend Nor do I try to urn out a product that our society w ill be proud of I just try to leach younger people something of what I have learned about life The letter mentioned was signed but above the signature was a fairly desperate You can I use my name with the can underlined three times I should and have you fired as an atheist woman boozer and Marxist but I won t It Boy here another letter I don know what to do with It from a chop who tells me I m all wrong about the Post Office and then proceeds at length to tell me what a dirty deal he got as an employee of that moribund corpse File it I guess He too cant be named a pleasant one from a lady whose daughter must live in sin or lose university grant If sht gets married her husband will have to pay her fees is a blatant inequity in my eyes but a sub ject for Women si lb which could certain ly use some intelligent causes for a change And here a dandy from a fellow who has written a book He sent me a copy and says After you have read it would you consider giving it the same mention in your column as was done with Ten Lot Years He says This book is similar perhaps more profound At least he honest If you would it may give it some extra sales impact required at this time Sorry Noway It is a dull book Ah Here a lively bit of correspond Its my weekly news sheet from Imperial OH Fifteen years ago at a rather bibulous reception I met a charming young lady who worked for that company public relations department When she learned I wrote a syndicated column she wanted to know if I like to receive the regular Imperial Oil news Sure I gestured expansively Send along anything A quart of oil here a gallon of gas there your sister If she not busy Ever since 1 been getting that hot little item from Imperial Oil the weekly news release And it inevitably kindles a little glow In my fireplace Oh Hen another great sheaf of correspondence from that perpetual nuisance Ihe guy who had his name changed officially to Mr Midwife He is now President of an organization called International Scientific Lay Non Medical Mldwives Now 1 can swallow Non medical Mid wives But I find it hard to conjure up an International Scientific Lay A day for hiking Sunday was Ontario Hiking Day sponsored by the Federation of Ontario Hiking Trail tions designed to point out to stay at homes they have a grand system of hiking trails and footpaths on their doorstep It was a great chance for all to discover the plea sure of hiking through some of the province prettiest countryside and even the weatherman co operated by bringing a beautiful warm sunshiny day Hiking is cer popular in Halton thanks to the Bruce Trail which crosses the region along the escarpment and it was heart warming to see so many out enjoying a hike on Sunday The Free Press Back Issues 20 years ago On Sunday Acton scouts and cubs held a church parade to Knox Presbyterian church with their leaders David Dills Murray Scoyne and Gordon About 45 boys sat together in Ihc church for the service This year there is an additional award for the winner of the regular Free Press fishing contest Symon Hardware will award a reel to the district person who reports the largest fish caught this week end the first weekend of the trout fishing season A pica for contributions to the ft Saunders Memorial Fund entered through ihc with the of the Ontario Municipal Electric Association got a deaf ear from Acton Public Utilities com last week when the letter was ordered filed Dr Archie Bull Medical Officer of Health for County Health Unit Is progressing satisfactorily It Is expected he will be discharged from the within a short time but it will be necessary for him to use crutches for a while The C G I T of Knox church met on Monday In the Sunday School room They played French tag sang thrir hymn and repeated the purpose Armstrong Sharon Gervais and Flla took In the service conducted by Norma r The group divided into three groups One group did while the wps ha discussion on tilt Hindu filth 50 years ago Mr and Mrs George Cook who have resided in Acton for upwards of years nave removed this week to Windsor hcre Mr Cook has secured a good situation During their residence here they have been good citizens and they will be- ally missed from St Alban Church where they were active workers Miss Phyllis a member of the choir Master George and Miss Thora were favorites of many Mr Cook served overseas during the war and was the distributor of the soldiers socks wh the Acton Red Cross forwarded The best wishes of their many friends go th them to their new home A spring has developed near the centre of the roadway on Ma nStreet le Mr A Henderson property As this is but a few yards from the intersection of the way with Main Street there is a great deal of traffic at point Old road builders say the difficulty can be overcome Running down the road keeps It in an condition and tends to damage the roadbed further along Dr J Former has sent to this office copy of the St Petersburg Florida Times giving an account of a fatal accident when gigantic projection screen of the drome Theatre fell when 400 spectators were in attendance One person was killed and four seriously Injured and Mrs Farmer were In attendance and the falling screen Just grazed them The doctor says theirs was a fortunate escape 75 years ago The reunion of the pupils of the late Robert Little pr ncipjf of Acton Public School 18C3 1872 was held on the th July IH94 with viry pleasing recollections by all who participated in the interesting event It was one of the most events Word has been received from boys who went to ault St Mine lost week lhat they have received good fobs at si per day The name of Mr John McDonald was omitted from our list last week At a special meeting of the Municipal Council after hearing the opinion of the solicitor It wis decided to widen II Street at the point where the new block is to be eroded A by law will follow arranging the street upon the line of the sur vcy from John to Main streets Action will probably be taken with individual properties as present buildings may removed or new buildings may re moved or new buildings art contemplated Mr William lost valuable milch cow on Saturday night from paralysis He had sold her for but was not to deliver her for a week The loss is a heavy one as Mr is on the eve of moving to Michigan Ground was broken yesterday for the new block at the of Mill Willow Streets Mr John is ng the excavations THE ACTON FREE PRESS PHONE Business and Editorial Off Mvni twig on But typographical afror Mt pardon of lino tarn I M Mr out of atfrart paM rata at a aTor at a or nay net M O Mil an may withdrawn at any Now David Copyright