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Another wonderful fair The fine weather that always graces Acton fair seemed chancy this year with drizzling rain both Friday and Saturday nights and upsetting weather reports of low clouds and Celsiuses But come noon the skies cleared up each day to entice the crowds down to the park Again Acton fair proved to be a community event rather than one geared just toward the farming community There is plenty of entertainment and its suitable for everybody of all ages and occupations And everybody is who went to the fair Friends met friends children met animals It was a couple of days for reunions and chatting as well as for enjoying the many exhibits and competitions The threeday format proved more successful than last year More attention had been lavished on the Sunday program And no doubt in other years it will be even better now that it is well established as a part of the fair There was plenty of time Sunday afternoon for a leisurely presentation of the fiddlers contest and talent show in the arena and more room and time for the English and Western horse show outdoors The Miss Acton Fair contest has become a great drawing card The girls are great sports to enter their names and all say they enjoy the experience very much All were really winners Of course there were difficulties for the fair board members who work more gruelling hours than ever with threeday fairs There were the inevitable snags But the happy throngs of people didn t know anything about the problems just the pleasures Thanks for the fair board for another great weekend Editorial B2 The Acton Free Press Wed September Election trend hits Ontario Progressive Con servatives were sapped of their strength in the legislature Thursday in a rebuff of Dans rule and Burlington candidate Gary was one of those who went down to defeat He polled about votes less than victorious Liberal Julian Reed and the electorate here now find themselves the unusual position of having a representative who is with the house minority and his disappointed supporters blame his loss on the general trend in the province says probably they under estimated the strength of people s distaste for the imposition of regional government the green belt corridor the hydro line due to slice so close to us control to be enforced by the Niagara escarp ment commission and other issues A choice for ourselves Acton people have been com plaining about regional govern being foisted up on us About a lack of control About our work force coming up from Georgetown daily About school decisions About garbage collection About what Acton has lost Last Thursday Acton lost its chance to have a member of parliament the government in power and this time Acton people made the decision all themselves Sixt per cent of the people in Acton against their home town candidate M Z Bennett school principal Gary Forty per cent voted for him And this after what all party workers agree was a strong campaign A supportive cross party line vote in Acton could have put him in the house But it was not time for forgetting party and party politics The trend was against the government Especially here against regional government and against Davis as leader Here are the figures Hie a Burlington was 72 pet cent above the average the candidates had stimulated interest here The went out fairly well despite the din long ram Voting trends that the new riding formed from the former nding or and Halton West split the with former Jim Snow territory going Liberal and former George Kerr country going ConiervaUve In his natne Acton Gary won the most polls and apart of Burlington Julian Heed took the most polls in northern Milton and Georgetown The former Kerr riding included Acton Nassagweya and Burling ton The powerful Liberal upsurge here exceeded the provincial average while the vote was below the provincial average The Conservative vote was about even with the provincial figure In this riding the Liberals took 13 of the popular vote while taking only per cent pro vincially Conservatives took 37 percent here and The NDP took 23 here and 29 per cent provmcially supporters started election day confident their man would be victorious in his home town By the end of the day they knew better even if they dido t know why for sure Acton provided him with only a vote plurality while in Julian Reed had a vote lead Apparently Reed all down the proposed hydro line route Bill Johnson rolled up NDP support through out the riding with a number of close polls He won three polls in Georgetown two in his native Nassagweya two in Acton and one Milton but he tied or exceeded the Conservative vote in another polls He tied or exceeded the Liberal vote in polls This showing is strong and reflects the provincial swing Representative in opposition Its a change for this riding to have a representative in the opposition Recently the riding has had a member with the govern ment in power but this could have been due to the preponderance of voters in the south end It will remain to be seen how Halton Burlingtons new voice will be effective at Queens Park as the province changes to minority government There are already predictions of a short span for them all before another election is called Passing comments Horsepower in two shapes PULL was an innovation for the fall fair program Sunday It was held on the track with chilly spectators applauding the four plucky teams of competing horses I he straining winning team is pictured as it moves its highest weight pounds This amounts to tuo tons per horse After the contest assistants piled all the and them selves on the skid to see if Brent Marshall could pull them with his tractor He could Sugar and Spice by bill smiley lust a fen more notes on my trip ski I chew in If you are bored turn classified ids s not a wisecrack A western publisher who runs my column said Vou re right up there with the classified when it comes lo readers Thanks i lot I muttered rather dourlj Turns out it was a compliment The classified ads are he read port of ramj weeklies perhaps nicest thing I can ibout itehiwan is that I love go back ind with twoor three months to spend After I Rot I discovered I have a horde of cousins in Saskatoon and they re is when they learn w is there for a few days and I call thtm Hut that my problem and 1 set so mi of them at the ereat Thomson famil reunion the old on thi Calumet Island in the middle of the River next month It easier to gel from hen lo it is to git from here to Calumet but I going bust a gut trying to make it M grandfothir was then in eroat days of lumbirmg on Ihc lit iw mosl of my western kinfolk sprint from his stalwart loins of loins I I sec any in isk w in Hut I did sec a bald headed is will as i few bald hi ad it was a bald or a dirt crow who had just had his hair dyed As far as I concerned it was an just as that pike I caught not weighs just under 16 pounds And those western crows I spotted a vast bird skimming through in the name of dear is enquired Crow muttered our laconic guide ralher con Later 1 learned that these crows which look about the size of i Canada arc really ravens about of a common or eastern crow I also heard some wolves but they turned oul to be Indians and tin wolf calls wen directed pretty Indians of the opposite sex the I am sure realize thai he was named after i famous of virsi but he some of the Caught i real big fish last night he averred stmght f iced outlining with his hinds the shape of fish which was mon of i bird than i fish to thinking Lit s see what other great adventures did I have Oh yes I met i prune fir in his who wis up for the fishing German solid tvpe figured to be i m in and hi hid the most appalling string of profanitv since left the air Did you see a student try to change a flit tin on a bit bus Nne lad Had been in hi Mount its the crap of the upper echelons who an still in Victorian ili quit wis going through school thin was going into the lo to do something about it Stout chip and I hope hi makes it But he sun hid battle with that tire while we stood on and watched Ihe perfnt of starting their long trek south Away up there in the wilds where the call of loons and sport of i moose are to bt expected I was startled Another meeting scheduled for this week will see progress toward the opening of the multiservice centre in the The groups very commendable aim is to increase the availability and effectiveness of Social and Health Services to the Acton and area residents ANYONE identify these neatlydressed young women all with pleated skirts tucked and trimmed blouses high collars swooped hair and tight lips How about this guess Clara Moores Sunday School class to i lode with list of the wound up I and slimline pil with i nit fin in the I felt soil of dis mottled It mi 1 ip up I Ik ri Brought i r it w mi runs SI i i wick Ho it wick Plus is but fish fish frtimc mil food A is it Hud ill this for momv thinks to tin of ind mv Insts tin But on other hind it not rially if shirtd i roup Tint i Light or have and is furnished heated A trumbv collide in mo on an over trowdedhcith with no tost is much or mon Buk to iskatoon r i hour bus ride Some of westerners took for Oh it miles twinkled into lohster dinner when ill I is bid and i warm iss of milk lobster in sin toon is like to ind Brine mi i big ik Stupid Missul flight home the old who w is expecting mi i iLht 1 00 miles iw iv ist mi up in the morning with ihe chest i old feverish fooling hit I d been off to molhtr pi nut for i Hut I wouldn hive missed it for the wi rid It not iv iv you sec i hi ided Campaign manager comments number of hive with thi idi i twin m let limine of in him In reality ponul ition if like people in other in is those not to support I pirtv I fill Ihil our impugn lomnullet in a serious misjuikjumt in not mot this feeling in vU win well iwun of the nit in tht other immunities mike up knew the i lection w is be close and wi hoped that would a plurality of more than votes which would the between winning I personal felt this wis going to happen until I si Ihi results on night In addition Heed spent great deiloftimi At time I this ill of with in lid mi to be that we win loo entrenched Hut is knows the nkvin poll is taken on election dav The results show Heed J per tent of the in took slightly more than per cent The overall results in Ontario were good for tht Pi party but the were lor the Lain rals I hi I iberal parly ltd ill of the election day polls is third part in the parliament of improving this position in an election now expected for 1976 irtnotgreil I speak for but personally want another try Thank you red kins Campaign Manager The Free Press Back Issues 20 years ago from thr of Press IB55 Al tin high BUI Killing and I an the senior cham of hi lute champions Windy and rank Cooper and Junior are Hboroiigh and liitt I bowling learns were organic win interested mi t in the Yin was the prMllint of Hi Tilly In Irrniurer Th four team timet Hi crn May alms and I Sinclair dub held charter flu Mi an Max hill Don Harris I mil If flunk J- Hubble John rip I Im f I fir is Bob 1 thi president of find Auxiliary ml Nan Hurst Mm treasurer Mrs thel in Hi yi in ago that Acton wis It was a liiti A Murray that thi urn si village in world Wujnirs for id enroll and buggies at lb fur win a roll indler David fwin Bran I James Mason Brian Bar Wilson lien running through to Hilly hi dredging at the tru 50 years ago I ikin from thr iiui- of the Free 193 Atton Indies leim jour on and defeited Ml by score of J if the oldest businesses in Acton infid ownership this week when Mr purchased slock and business of tin train at Depot from Robert lilt I td Mr I has rented the i li ind will it as a storehouse This was built ilxiut 20 years ago and has owned during this time by Noble I to the i reclion of the pnstnt elevator a small building to the w is fir the Noble business in The I idles Aid of the United Church held list afternoon from three five clock The school room wis very prettily decorated with flowers During the Mrs Charles of Toronto contributed several soprano solos which was enjoyed ind Misses Jobaston and Fdna rendered piano solos Lunch served ind pleisant time was spent It wis i very enjoyable Decision In numbers of places town and frequently the Messrs mil to has given benefactions which are illy ippreci ited The latest evidence of their interest in Acton and Acton s activities is shown the past week whin Mr He lrdiuore had delivered to the fair grounds sufficient exhibition poultry years ago Taken from the issue of the Toronto City Council is taking steps toward muaguration of a for Ihi building of a of electric radial rail Ontario and radiating Toronto Ihe map showing the plans is named as a junction point the Judge of revision here last weik la names wen struck off the Acton lists ind idded The tannines stnkt the cause for the numbers struck off light at corner of Frederick whithwasalmost surrounded with trees has been moved to the centre of the street The loir is no more It has diginerated into a ftw marauding bands Major ant the indefatigable secretary if Society was in town on Tuesday and stated that Thursdav and Friday be one of the best ever held the sotiet The demand for the prize lists is unprecedented and Co fall opening was favored with beautiful weather and the ladies of the town attended in large num hers is Miss first season and mmed low and feathers are in greater thin ever for trimming Soldier ipes have almost entirely supplanted the sailors The showrooms give a most at THE ACTON FREE PRESS PHONE Busmissand Editorial Office IK tun Eitiw Mvan itwg Copyright 1975