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The Acton Free Press Wed April 1976 Losers can be winners Acton is full of pec with Wintano tickets but so far no money has come here to assist with any of our cultural recreational and sports activities Theres plenty of money in the pot now since the plan has turned out to be a far greater success than anyone could have foreseen By this time next year the profits will be about million But more than half of it about million will still be unspent And communities like ours are waiting for some benefit If we can get personally for our dollar least the town should have something we can all benefit from A local problem is the fact the town must contribute a share for recreation or cultural projects and the budget is later in being finalized than many communities The recreation department has some ideas up its collective sleeve according to Glen Gray Let s get some of those millions up our way so all the lottery losers can be winners Editorial Pag Off in the sand trap Map makers are still having trouble getting Acton in the right place A map in the Sunday Sun in golf courses in a large section of Ontario could leave some puzzled golfers far from the greens This map has Georgetown where Acton should be the same error made in me recent Festival Country map Acton Meadows is listed it s just located at Georgetown according to the map well east of Georgetown courses Probably the confusion begins with the institution of Halton Hills but this regional moniker even mentioned Words for bike riders Bicycle riders of all ages are bringing bikes up from the cellar or out of the garage and are taking to the roads for exercise and enjoyment All bike riders should be aware of the bicycle rules signs and signals that make for safe smooth cycling St John Ambulance tells Acton and district people The size of the bicycle affects the ability to reach and use the steering pedalling and brake con trols The rider should be able to reach the ground comfortably with the ball of his foot when sitting upright Bicycles must be kept in a safe operating condition Check and repair cut or bruised tires loose handlebars bent or missing spokes dirty or weak chain links and malfunctioning brakes The law states that all bicycles must have a white or amber light on the front and a red light or reflector on the rear for riding after dark or when visibility is poor Bicycle riders must obey all traffic lights road signs and safety rules ride in the same direction as traffic signal all turns and stops never carry passengers on a bike keep hands free by using a carrier always ride in a single file This district is crisscrossed with many highways and busy roads Bike riders have a lot to contend with Views on barbarism Unwanted children are a sub ject that is the cause of endless debate lately One good thing about it many people feel the subjects of birth control and abortion are not too embarrassing to talk about any more The matter is out in the open after years of whispering behind dosed doors In Italy there is even the the government might fall over the subject of abortion More than women took part in a demonstration against a govern proposal to restrict abortions to victims of rape and therapeutic cases The Vatican siding with the government recently called abortions a regression to bar Yes these barbarians were well aware of unwanted children too But we don t want to resort to their solutions surely In the ancient world there was a standard procedure for unwanted infants They were simply placed outside until they died In the days of early Rome writers tell us the birth rate was low There were drugs for producing sterility contraceptives douches and skilled abortionists In spite of it all a few managed to produce babies The custom was to lay the child on the ground the moment he or she was born for the husband to or disown if it were disowned then the child was left exposed to die unless someone else took it in and cared font In early time matrimony didnt mean faithfulness Children were not held in high regard in ancient Britain In fact they were treated very poorly Wealthier families often sent their children away until they had grown Both these pre Christian cultures abounded in cruelty in many forms The practice of abandoning newborn babies is common to other too China was one of them Children have been sold for as much as they can fetch over cen tunes by families who could not afford another mouth to feed Horrid methods of preventing birth abound in female folklore Some of these methods must go back to the early beginning of the human race they are so simple Others have been tried steadily since then but the ingredients and addresses have always been highly hush hush It was hush hush when the young women died too Now medical expertise has made it possible for women who do not want a child to have a quite safe procedure done in the early weeks of pregnancy in clean surround This is barbaric Of this and that The person who makes good use of his time is the one who has the most to spare Kit flying is fun but Hydro is sending out warnings to all th newspapers this week Don let your kids fly kites near power lines Daylight Saving Time brought with it an hour less sleep rain snow slush and sleet Sunday morning Getting to church was a struggle all right April in Ontario is nothing to get smug about after a few beautiful warm days on Easter weekend It good to see a flag flying atop the flagpole at the post office again It had been missing for many moons But how did the pole come to be so crooked The Leaning Pole of Post Office seems unlikely to have any value as a tourist attrac tion Theyre still searching for a bus depot for Acton Our community needs one i Leaves and flowers shuddered Sunday Sugar and Spice by bill m in lo totter through l i it is euphemism i 1 ltd 1 lys middle in supposed to lie ible slim low tiki it isy injo ill those tilings li id turn for ill your kids in grownup now tin ir own The is ml off iirni sun is not ixictk spent but lit turn to jilk sight f if liuimm If jour hi illhisri line mellow hunt ilii id n nil ill ill Ixx to own shuffled in his lb like or nils nd IMridisi I im hen tost iti hill with jnm firm it tins in iitu of tin I us tr itid by ly in tiny in riisint their It lot itnps 1 line ill fun on wink jou re I bin I iki i ye iff Do it w nit now hit urn won I time when middk sit down hen for i minute to slop my hi id mil it mi Out it the first eh met hid lo down it m if lift for 1 id is nut ex ji inifl whirl when iged It s i a si Hit blind si lust for i If we not running one direction lo see our two grandsons rt runnine in mother lo set their ir old it gr in ivc of to it my daiinler her bind a out students and never gel out So I hawked up the pnet of dinner ind show inn old limn d he lo I Fine in would do it iiut il w is to disaster hirst horn lriudlih was so wild with it siting his norm toys ser ints ind nits tint lit rui inund Hit ipirtmuit i minted chipmunk up inddowuovirlhi furnilun li lo rniL I and roar in with did mi it effort eool him down tin the fit one is Ik dusnt ivin it Hit drop i it Ik bawls it will it Sum s wifi I Will voting eouple left it SO isl the wis at it Two hours 1 iter hi wis still it il in llien I d m inigcd sink out dinner i fni7inchickin pit in tin oven iltUO my w was sitting with him i one iml in I spear bit of pi other from I sit on knit feeding him urn suund bill of in me portion hid them both asleep We Mini ind bit ihdfnrtilU III stonis iht fin it sty it w is i ivinin liul tint is Most of lift is unity tranquil in lone Will tint swlmt you think llusttr I didn this pail winter st li id blow my nasi Right now isidt from full lehiri 1 urn doing the advertising and publicity for tht school Open House pre to hi a guest on panel discussion for in art class- in spare linu mark papers and prepare lessons Modelling didlsayMep model lht department at Hie school wanted a live model I lit conned mi into it by pre tending Ihty wanted somebody with char iclir in his fate Well I have lots of that wrinkles broken nose bloodshot li I I I discovered Ihi i ehosm was because I is teacher wh id span il period except for one worn in ind she refused to model in dent punters Hut puritanical old ad wouldnt allow it They were d students faint me ill oir He place in awe In ror So I to do it i loincloth with a in over eyes so they wont know who I ml Hunk 1 m to see wifi from her rtguhr house work she teaches piano knits and pre tax return chooses and ind runsaround Irvine to find clothes for two grandsons ind illi to Simpson s order office to return lhinLslhrei week it was who put s out of niss wt ivm t on the So Just a word of wisdom to you Don that bromide sereni middle II as serene is S iturdav in the corner rosebuds wink ye may wm I have time when ye re old and OLD PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS the group attending St Sunday School picnic in Berlm now Kitchener in 1913 or so Katie Caswell Sutherland lent the picture and identifies some of the people Bottom row far left Mrs Green and grandson third row sixth girl Helen Caswell furtfier along Gladys Holmes Emily Caswell Anne Caswell Florence Redman fourth row fourth person Katie Caswell Mrs K Sutherland Daisy Holmes Mrs Kingshott fifth row possibly Pearl sixth row fifth boy George Caswell seventh row second Mrs C Green far left Mrs Green with infant daughter top row rear left Mrs A Others possibly in the are Ivy Lottie Green George Green Leslie Green Charlie Green Zenie Green Edna Green The Free Press Back Issues 20 years ago Taken from he Issue of ihe Free Press April 1956 son of Mr and Mrs 173 Main Street South has recently been awarded a Shell Oil Com Research Fellowship valued at and an Ontario Research Foundation scholarship valued at In he graduated In chemical Engineering at the University of Toronto and attained his B Sc degree He is now working towards his Masters of Applied Science and Eng ineenng degree and will continue his studies towards a doctorate degree Born in Acton he attended public and high school here One of the district couples now living to celebrate their diamond wedding anniversary Mr and Mrs Edward Free man Esauesing look back on years of married lift of them spent in this Sunday Hie celebrants will look forward meeting friends and well wishers when family and neighbors gather at the home of Mr and Mrs Freeman son Prank who lives on the farm north of his parents on the lint Two grass fires in Actons rural fire area following two similar blazes last week again brought local firemen out this week to control flames spreading over drying grass A minor accident occurred at the cor ner of Mill and Main Sunday evening involving two cars Constable M Harness investigated a collision of cars driven by M Guelph and C Blackford St Catherines About damage was caused the Blackford car 50 years ago Taken the Issue of lht Press of Thursday 1926 At a meeting of WCTU the following officers were elected for the year President Mrs James 1st icePresident Mrs Thomas 2nd Vice President Mrs C Stewart 3rd ice President Mrs R E man Mrs A Brown Trea iurer Mrs TheKord Press reporter Mrs Moore Guelph Celebrated its birthday I- Acton is just one year ahead of the City The drinking fountain at the Govern Building ma safeh be put in com minion now The danger of frost is just about The best appliance on an automo bile is a careful man at the wheel Mr George Super is building a com poultry pen and shed at the rear of his at Wallace and Bower Ave Mr T Brown who for years has been the of the Canada Bible Society for lias been placed on the Honor Roll of the Society Mr V Dairyman is haung his residence on Mill St remodelled and improved Fall Fair will not be held this and arrangements are being made to dispose of the grounds and buildings 100 years ago Taken from issue of The Press of Thursdas 1H6 The continued crush upon our advert columns suggests the necessity of having to enlarge our paper soon There were four pages I Its enlargement however would involve an outlay for press and material besides con increased weekly expenses and we hardly feel warranted in doing it just now The first year will be completed at the end of June and then if the results of the years operation prove sufficiently encouraging we wilt endeavour lo make the improvement Perhaps the handsomest commercial wagon that was ever turned out in this sec lion of the country has been just put on the road by Messrs Storey and Co of the Acton Glove Works The wagon was at the Carnage Factory of Mrs James Ryder Acton at a cost of and certainly reflects credit upon his est The subject which has incited more interest than probably anything else lately is discussion concerning religion Mr a missionary of the Disciples has been holding meetings every evening and twice on Sundays and has succeeded in making quite a number of converts A leading feature of his doctrine is lhat im is necessary This having reached the ears of Mr Calvert pastor of the Methodist church he determined to com bat the ideas forthwith He preached in the Presbyterian church the Methodist church being too small and it was filled to excess His discourse continued nearly an hour and a half Mr who was pre sent taking notes did not reply THE ACTON FREE PRESS PHONE Business and Editorial Office TCom Acton WHk Second till mill J ling li on IntcDKlllKn win