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Acton Free Press Wed March g Editorial Pagr Hydro corridor concern The many people very near Acton whose property would be crossed by the proposed Bradley Junction to Georgetown hydro corridor continue to try to make sense of reports they read about the present state of the project Last week the Hon Dennis Timbrell speaking to the Pro nominating convention at Milton said the En vironmental Hearing Board did not recommend any further studies for the corridor In fact from what observers can figure out the Environmental Hearing Board did not recommend any further studies of the Bradley to Georgetown corridor because the guidelines set out by Mr Tim brell himself did not allow it This was stated last summer at the hearings in Hillsburgh Environ mental Hearing Board chairman D S Caverley said further studies were the of Mr Timbrell not the board There has not been an independent study on the Bradley to Georgetown corridor only the study done by Ontario Hydro It was said last summer by the board that it might be possible to find an acceptable corridor between Bruce and by paral leling existing kV lines and crossing the Niagara Escarpment in the vicinity of highway No 69 This route would be shorter and would cost less The board also felt hydro could have arranged for more public participation Now Mr Timbrell says delays in the Bradley to Georgetown route are costing money Observers believe the other route would save millions The local people who have become so involved in the power line do indeed think there should be an independent study before a decision is made that those giant towers would stride through prime farmland just east of Acton Long wait for spring The first hints of spring brought people outside on the weekend savoring the warmer breezes and the sunshine Streets and roads that had been bare of people all winter suddenly were more alive with activity School break had the youngsters out combining winter and spring sports by playing hockey and hop scotch on the same block The skippers were out too Bicycles came out again as the ice receded from the roads back into bushes and the shady sides of houses Some have been especially happy to be able to start cleaning up their gardens Melting snow always leaves an amazing supply of garbage beneath Where did it all come from In the countryside on the week end the roads contained a mixture of cruising cars people on horse back hikers with dogs and walking sticks and bicyclers mimbikers and motorcyclists The weekend brought the first breath of spring And it has been a long long wait Hope April was good For a year s subscription rate of a former can receive her home town newspaper regular a month late Mr and Mrs J Beatty were visiting their daughter Eleanor in California when her Free Press arrived a month and a day after the Wednes day it was sent to Acton post office And the Free Press staff sorts all the papers and puts them in the proper labelled mailbags before they ever go to the post office too It was just his year that the tremendous increase in postal rates necessitated our charging the astronomical 25 a year to readers in the U S A The Community Newspapers Association is appealing the post age increase under the inflation guidelines Until this year a years subscription to the States was 10 So lets all old friends say hi to Eleanor and her new grandchild and hope she had a pleasant April Remarks in March Another week marked by an un usually high number of deaths in our small community has brought sorrow to many families The inquest on the horrifying accident which seven begins today and the tragedy will have to be reexperienced by the families of the young victims A flooding sense of sympathy remains palpably in our midst March a good month to be over Let it rain Let things grow The fight against cancer The cure for cancer is probably the most eagerly anticipated medical breakthrough of our time Cancer research has certainly consumed more time and resources than any other investigation of disease Yet it is unlikely that the eventual defeat of cancer will take the form of one spectacular cure Cancer is not one disease It is a complex system of diseases each presenting unique problems and all characterized by the disorganized and unregulated growth of cells Thus cancer research is directed in a multitude of channels Canadian scientists are involved in some of the most sophisticated investigations in the world In Quebec Drs S 0 Freedman and Phil Gold have developed a blood test for cancer of the lower bowel a test which may also be effective in detecting cancer of the lung and breast Still under investigation at University it has opened up a new avenue of research Several scientific teams in Ontario are working on various aspects of leukemia Dr and A Howatson of the Ontario Cancer Institute have earned international distinction for isolating virus like particles from the cells of leukemia patients Among a number of projects in Alberta is one on the control of tumour antigens British Columbias TRIUMF project will expenment with the use of a new type of radiation negative pi- mesonswhich holds great promise These are a mere sampling of the research now underway in Canada Many Canadian scientists doctors biologists chemists surgeons physicists bac teriologists and technicians are devoting their energies to solving the mysteries of cancer society members tell us Gradually progress is being made and today some cancers no longer pose the threat they once did Skin cancer the most preva- lentkind is almost 100 percent cur able Some other cancers if treated in time have encouraging survival rates Continued research promises to bring more forms of cancer under control but Canadian scientists need the financial support of the public Last year a record total of was granted to research worker by the National Cancer Institute of Canada This was an IF PROPOSED ROUTE were followed huge hydro towers would pass through the peaceful farm of Mr and Mrs Clarence Coles just east of Acton on High way No Owners of land all along the route feel threatened and concerned The only route study has been done by Ontario Hydro and many feel there should be an independent study of winter March usually has a tail in like a tiger and then we re into the mud and chill winds unci rain April Probably the worst time of the year for Canadians Curling season is over golf season l begun it loo early for gardening and too late for skiing There nothing much for the sport fan to do but the weeks of btah constitute the professional hockey playoffs I think it particularly bad time for elderly The days are longer but Ihc weather is too deadly to enjoy the outdoors yet They come through another long dark winter of survival arthritis the flu being indoors most of he time In a few weeks they be grinning as the sun begins to warm and they know they ve licked life lor death for one more winter but right now Ihcy re a Utile low in spirits One of the mosl obnoxious features of this time of year Is the return from the south of those lazy rich rotten selfish people who have enough money lo spend the winter there Is there anything more boring than their excessive chatter about playing golf every day and swimming in January Don think I envious I wouldn go down south in winter if you offered me a thousand dollars But don t make it SI Nor am I slightest bit jealous of young swinging teachers back from Ihcir March break in Spain or the Carib bean as smug as they are tanned Talk lo and you 11 find all they did was or dnnkingrum or taking in some historical sties Any idiot can do belter than that being herded like so many Canadian on to jet plane into a posh My wife and I almost invariably go south in Iht March break But don t ait around on any silly beach getting a pain fulburn go to the city and get a slow burn from the prices in the hotel Neither of us drinks rum But if we want lo take In some historical sights we just take a look at each other About the only people who a bit down in the as winter drags lo its weary end are Utile kids There is mud to play in deep puddles lo test your boots in dirty remnants of snow to push each other down into What more could a kid want Their mothers are not quite so Joyous about now The occasional sun reveals dirty windows shabby wallpaper faded drapes increase of percent over The which directs cancer research in Canada is funded by the Canadian Cancer Societys annual public campaign When a friendly canvasser from the Canadian Cancer Society calls on you during the April campaign be generous Dont just sit back and wait for cancer to be beaten join in the fight Actons campaign has always been successful and no doubt will be again Sugar and Spice by bill smiley When they go out their winter clothes ire too heavy for shopping in the hot stores but the weather is too foul to try on the new spring outfit Result Winter end Man of the house exactly bubbling over either just added up the fuel bill which is roughly twice what it was six years ago He has received this year tax notice which is just about twice what it was years ago And he heading right into income tax time which is just about twice is complicated as was many years ago No joy there all University students are scarcely rap turous at this time of year The that looked so long last September suddenly has a week or two go There are essays due fmalexamsahead There is anguish in the of days and weeks of near idleness during the past two terms There is panic at the realization of the minuscule amount of learning actually ac quired The mind skitters like frightened mouse but there is no hole in the wainscot mg to dodge into It time for the hot fee the benzedrine and prayer none of which will help much For students graduating this spring it s not exactly Christmas either After three years in the cocoon they must come out and discover whether Ihey are cater pillars or butterflies There are no hues of employers eager to sign them up There lie no more cheques from Dad There no thing there but a vast indifferent system into which they must kick and squirm and claw to make a niche for themselves Does all this sound depressing Heck no It sjustthewayof life in this country of ours this time of year There are lots of happy people living a day at time And there ire lots of joyous people looking forward Girls who are go ing to be married in June Young nants looking forward to their first baby Ancient gardeners already out kicking asidelhelumpsofmudandice looking for crocuses scarcely able to wait to get their hands into the soil Golfers who have men tally ironed out their swings during the winter Sailors who watch eagerly for the breaking up of the ice And there are lots of ordinary guys like me full of arthritis not many teeth left in the head but happy as simpletons mentally incapable of being depressed jusl glad to be alive Joins us OUR READERS WRITE On the question of Rhodesia Editor Aeton tree Press Acion Ontario Dear Sir I should like to let you know how proud I am of you and your staff and family for winning the many prizes at the Ottawa Weekly Newspaper Convention recently Many of us appreciate the service you give us it especially gratifying to know arc also given quality service The same editorial page also mentioned another item for which I am thankful I- rank Phil brook concern for the possible situation in Rhodesia revealed that he is a far sighted and sympathetic human being He Is an unusual person to so stand up far the pollcllicians are too willing to throw more rocks at the citizens of that country is a man to be commended the electorate are forlunnta indeed Canada is a fortunate country to be so well served by a special press and a special Member of Parliament Let us count our blessings however I see very little news except fust one view point on the question of Rhodesia It seems to me that hear only too often or the strident accusations or demands of the opposition It makes good copy for It is blood thirsty and threatens violence for the men who send out this report know that most readers arc easily influenced they are rained In mass media techniques in the best raining grounds of Peking and Moscow Our Innocent readers arc gullible and believe that liberators arc not wicked Terrorists when trained actors and orators claim they arc ill treated by the white racist colonial government Readers have heard the terms racist whites used so often that even believe It can only be evil they arc sure anyone fighting this evil must be honest it is hard to consider a freedom fighter as anything but a hero What the readers may not see is the infrequent accounts of the violent treat these guerilla fighters used on their own people These men are truly Terrorists for they use the most gruesome methods to force natives to belong to their groups they are not interested in improved lives for their people but only in their own leadership opportunities They they will have dictatorships If they succeed in removing the whites they will have Jusl as little free dom for their people as that of the black states to the North The outlook for the primitive black far Is very bleak under a black govern ment disease and famine will increase as will loss of freedom and there will be no for him In the new Independent state The blacks may not be satisfied with the situation in Rhodesia but neither are they pleased with that of their own land so they move to Rhodesia for the better stand arc of life that Ihey will get In that racist slate The situation in the independent black states has not improved as promised their black rulers have become racist them selves hove bowed lo the new Imperialists and have removed all the promised free doms from the constitution so proudly dis played at their Independence They vie with West or East for favours fight for their positions with rivals all to no avail for their countries are a failure Frequent dent accusations of the whitecontrolled countries arc used to direct their people attention away from these failures thus their lands are kept poor buying Imaginary enemies Now the four nearest dictators roar In chorus for blood We readers must read the lines and see the true state of affairs If we truly wish what is best for the majority of the poor blacks then we will not allow our government to aid in the downfall of a well run If imperfect state We may move them from the frying pan into the fire If the reader feels himself annoyed at the above comments he can know he too is brain washed by endless propaganda Yours truly Mrs Drljber More letters on page The Free Press Back Issues 20 years ago Token from the Issue of the Free Press of March Acton Legion celebrated its th birth day over the weekend with three days of events which focused the towns attention on the quartercentury anniversay but on the opening of the branch s addition renovation to Its quarters day night between 350 and dancers provided a house warming for the hand some new hall Saturday evening a banquet drew together present and former mem bcrs hear a sparkling address by a for branch chaplain Sunday was open house when tours of the gleaming building were followed by a service of dedication and parade to the cenotaph Mr and Mrs Alex Pringle 1 Aeton have returned from a three month visit to the Pacific coast where visited their son Donald W Pringle of Copper Mountain and then Vancouver San Francisco Los Angeles and Tucson Arizona where they spent several weeks Their daughter Mrs J A Theobalds of New York who accompanied them is staying on at Tucson for some time Three Acton athletes who competed in the annual Cinadian Amateur Athletic Union indoor meet at Montreal made creditable showings indeed Frank Cooper placed third in yards and third in the Canadian open Frank placed fourth in the midget yards Emerson Baxter placed fourth in the juvenile yards and in the yards 50 years ago Taken from the Issue of the tree Press of Thursday April I 1926 wedding took place on day March at the home of Mr Mrs Peter 3rd line Esquesing when their only daughter Beatrice Isabella became the bride of Mr John Robert youngest son of the Robert and Mrs Sprowl The bride who was fciven away by her father looked charming in her wedding gown of sandalwood satin faced canton carrying a bouquet of Ophelia roses The bride and groom were unattended Rev A C Stewart pastor of the bride and goom wis the officiating clergyman The wedding music was played by Mrs Herbert Melsaac A dainty lucheon was served to guests which the bridal couple left showers of good wishes for Drayton and The bride travelled in a gown of ruslsatin faced can ton and muskrit coat with hat of wood On their return they will reside on the on the third line The public was in a good position to judge of the value of present day improve ments and privileges during the big ice storm All long distance lines were put out of commission The trolley ears from Guelph were stalled for hours Machinery was at a standstill in the tanneries glove factories shoe factory machine shops and knitting mill and the typesetting machine and presses was all stalled The half householders who depend upon electric current for their ranges were obliged to adopt a 11 kinds of subterfuges in the preparation of the noon day and even meals 100 years ago Taken from the issue of Ihe tree Press of Thursday March Mr Moses Roper a largesized repre sentative of the African nee announced a lecture for last Monday evening The consisted of five persons three of whom were deadheads Mr Roper didn choose to waste his sweetness in the desert air The 20 cents were reinvested the hall vacated the lights quenched were the inhabitants of this burg deprived of the brilliant scintillations and eloquent of the eminent genus of color Messrs J A Mann sawed for Mr Michael Lamb last Friday cords an hour a mahchine manufactured by Mr John Stewart of London This is con better than the job recently recorded in Lonflon The demonstration last Friday evening under the auspices of Crewsons Corners division of the Sons of Temperance was a grand success In every respect The temperance Hall and Methodist church it that location were utilized for the occasion and both buildings were crowded lo excess The tables in the hall were filled with pro visions in rare profusion several times Ml ween six and eight clock after which the company adjourned to the church to enjoy the intellectual part of the evening The ju venile choir was directed by Mr W Si Crewson There were readings dialogues musical selection and speeches The of a lady candidate for a Ivcstory cake followed with Miss Clara Watson of Acton receiving votes and Miss Margery Mann votes Each five cents counted for one vote THE ACTON FREE PRESS PHONE Business and Editorial Office Copyright