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Editorial Pag The Free Press Wed July 1976 Part of town history The modest frame building which housed Hotchens Bakery until last week echoes with Acton history It must date back to about It was known as The Post Office store when it was built and it was located on Mill St Postmaster James Matthews set up his post of fice and telegraph quarters at the back of the building and his ery and china store at the front It was the town gathering place in those days In 1877 Hynds Jewellery store opened in one section of the store Upstairs in Matthews Hall council meetings were always held until the town hall was built There were concerts here lodge meetings and exciting political meetings The Free Press rented space up- stairsandJuly 1 the first issue was published The upstairs location was a pro blem for the newspaper and when a small building was built beside Matthews Store the Free Press moved in there In 1879 the Free Press moved into its grand new building further down Mill and the post office moved small building When the big new post office was built at the corner of Mill and Willow in 1913 this frame building was moved further down Willow It was used as a recruiting station during World War I was later the Public Utilities office and then Evans meat shop For the past 32 years it has housed Hotchens Bak The building s fate is easy to guess at It will be sold and go the way of the stately post office the United Church the Storey Glove factory and the railway sta tion to the wreckers Town and country meet on Mill Of this and that Yes we welcome letters to the editor on topical subjects written briefly and clearly Writers must sign their own name and address For publications pen names are permissible but are not recom mended since they reduce the ef fectiveness of your message The photograph of a group of tannery employees in last weeks Free Press was taken in Brace bridge between and 1914 says a reader That makes it earlier than we had thought Probably only some of the men in the picture came to Beardmore in Acton among them John John Gibson Braida and James Has anyone else any comments A couple of weeks back The Free Press had a touching picture on the front page of former resident Eileen and Sunshine school principal Jeffares greeting each other with a hug The event was Mrs Jeffares retirement party After receiving extra copies of The Free Press Mrs Buckner wrote back and thoughtfully enclosed some clippings from the Picton Gazette They cover activities of the Wellington Fitness Club which Mrs Buckner now leads These lively senior citizens do exercises to music Mrs Buckner special ty and also have a program of song rhythm band numbers and jokes Mrs who seems to be just as full of pep and en as when she was in Acton says the Fitness Club not only pro longs lives but warms hearts too Dr and Mrs Buckner now live in Wellington Ontario and it s good to hear from them again Anyone writing to express opposition to the municipal com near Georgetown must get the letter in by the end of this week It should go to G Pntchard 36 Main S Georgetown In Georgetown a group of citizens has banded together to oppose the complex They are hoping to collect thousands of signatures this week and are try ing to locate some people in Acton to follow up their lead Summer holidays will be delay delivery of picture orders Don expect prints ordered now before the middle of August Des being short staffed in the next few weeks The Free Press will come out But not the print orders ar a nd S pice by bill smiley be in I of pirliiment tirsl lhe were forced lo vole on moral question the of e punishment in wh it must ive been in ex munition of eons eienee versus expedience for in Despite the f ict lh it the bill through most I must know Hi it most in id ins in it And it dial inn tint elects those Ml to mike i in lose i little sleep eh Next llit tompintivils sin ill roup Hie phis Ihimibinc their noses it the is nth it me 1L1IH was obvious i mijinlv w is behind the Is is little diiibl tint will lie to out of tin inssuri cooker Hi iw is turned nut to In this ir mil to their own lor i of months feme bub kissing and ill the other activities of politician on his limn grounds lie is not or our I im more in hide disturbed Ihi two incidents Hi it ive to their in the past few months tin first issue ipil il it is re from tin close of the in 1 ills lh it ihi is lit right downllu middle on the issue suit I nihil nihil his in suppo Trie sole s not Mime to w mud ibis to the it ils it i ft murderers ire or lo de ilh with i it or otherwise id shit cull It the insider iIhiui issue 111 it bothers me or In hind tin pilots p iscr nee nunc d ilmisl to murk 1 hit is the ikitie in Sill 11 1 in In iLklishnf I i tin ni hitler id in ins opinion it is us in I if on television pirfectK eilinnswh I the pilots si even when person the strike lint is not i slrikf things like I sick of il shoved down Ihi is not the suite re son of litis hue lo see il in llns country which I lose si muili I i Hie I- re nth of in id hid shoved down i i lis I Im lht it New llnj lr in lt if piwrlunils 1 he isiiuif induLlv rieii hi nut it l hem from those tug Olympics ups and downs OUR READERS WRITE The history of the Olympic Games contains many and downs Lets hope that the treal Olympics has passed most of its downs and is headed into a couple of weeks of thrilling Thanks to Murray Scoynes Dominion here s a quick history lesson The Olympic movement tends to gather in radiant splendor all the principles that work toward mans perfection So said Baron Pierre Coubertin who founded the International Olympic Committee in 1894 which was responsible for the rebirth of the Olympic Games Hundreds of years ago games were held Olympia Greece The games of the first Olympics lasted one day and included one event only The race of the mm More events were soon ad ded As Greece went downhill so did the Games Top athletes were bought by cities so they could have the honor of claiming a winner Slaves the chariot races started cheating when their owners prom ised them freedom if they won The games ended in 393 They were re born fifteen centuries later in Athens Baron De Coubertin was most impressed with the English public school system where sports and academics were both fostered At his suggestion in 1894 represen tatives from thirteen countries de ctded to reinstitute the Olympic Games have been scandals and problems The Antwerp Games in were the scene of the biggest scandal In the history of Olympic football In 1908 in London when a United States runner was disquall fled all the finalists who were all from the United States withdrew from the event and the British run ran alone That same year the Italian runner made the usual right turn at the finishing line instead of left where the line was set before the reviewing stand Someone helped him and as a result he had to be disqualified But next day Queen Alexandra gave a gold cup acknowledgement of his courage The games in Berlin were intended by the Nazi propaganda to show the superiority of the Race That dream was shattered by a black American Jesse Owens The Olympic Games in Munich were the most lavish in the history of the Olympics The Soviet Union finished first with 99 medals the S second with 94 For the Games in Montreal the buildings that have been built leave the visitor breathless From the air the seat stadium looks like a giant flying saucer Behind the stadium is the velodrome At a cost of million it is perhaps the pest bike racing track in the world The Olympic competition pools each have their own seating area Olym pic Village where the athletes will be housed are made up of two mas sive tiered apartment buildings Although Montreal is the main site for the 1976 Summer Olympic Games it is not the only one Com petitions will be held in several other centres including Toronto Ottawa and Kingston Most important Olympics city next to Montreal is Kingston site of the yachting events Some foot ball preliminaries will be played at Torontos Varsity Stadium Ot tawas Landsdowne Park and the Sherbrooke Stadium Spend money where its needed In line with the appearing in last week roc Press I take op portunity of expressing my vehement oppo sition lo the plans of Hills governing body a building on the Seventh Lint a I Georgetown There are many ireas in Hills where this money could be put to much use Hum the creation of a center where by contact is removed from the areas served due to already bureaucracy We are aware thai our Police Forte has a personnel of dedicated intelligent and in many casts well noncommissioned officers and constables many do not know is that efforts arc being hampered by their superiors and not only their efforts but Iheir lives are be ing put in jeopardy The Patrol Cars serving are standard vehicles bought from a dealer of course In the south end They have NO heavy duty motors NO heavy duty shocks or suspensions and as a result do not have engage in a high speed chase lo in capacitate them I have seen them in for whal seems continuous repairs and il is not duo to poor driving on Hie part of the of fleers North of highway is a different While we also have rough try roods that warrant the use of vehicles having not only these Extras but also tbey should be equipped with SIRENS I was dismayed to find thai none of the veh icles serving are so equipped be cause the Chief while chief in Burlington had his car sirens silenced there and this has been carried over w llh his appointment as Chief of Regional Police This Is a wonderful tool for getting through traffic If it is abused by an indlvi dual officer blame the offender Do not deny Its use to the force at large The Ontario Provincial Police have Just recently equipped ALL their vehicles with the multl purpose siren Originally Acton and Esqueslng were to a nun commissioned Officer men In the few weeks instable has been covering ind at times Georgetown In Ac on we him four banks a Credit Union a jewellery store and many businesses Add to this the number in Georgetown and it Is frightening Some day in the not loo distant future some group of are going to nuke tut and we may have the guy in blue who wast upon to hold the I feel my fears are justified in our officers working under con dilionsas they are with Hie equipment they now have will lose heir desire to serve and will off into oilier lints of employment MX on a new building Let us give this area more of the men and womtn required to do the job adequate with the tools carry on in the in which they have been trained In closing I my opposition to a new mumtipal complex A Cotiicriicd Citizen Mail delivery improved Stratford tree Press Willow SI Dear Sir We are very pleased receive our tree Press the day after it published When Ihe paper was firsl sent to us we got a week later Now arc getting them in our Thursday morning mail of the same week hank you for the quick service also lo the post office Yours truly Mr and Mrs G Couture speaking who arc biased bigoted As in most bigotry ihe retorts are on ignonnie Civil servants too stupid or tool izy learn trench arc afraid for jobs abhor tht rise of Home even though most trench in ins these ijs ire more llian Hit Protest nils conservatives fear am in tht comfortable pattern of imifi in lift in for generations a wis i trot to be looked down on ivbt I out of touch but 1 haven noticed Irving lo shove trench thro it I hold no brief the province of I is sick of Us whinini and de m mils is next guv I think its politics ire mil been more than any f the provinces which I saying much don I veil tare lint deep bout Jin lei ir it inf from ihe rest of inada none of lb it is to do with Ihe trench I I thought inadians win up It irnmf loltrance be i online mi re sophistic itcd more fair Hut I ilcsl developments make me wonder i bunch of red necks it he irl Who did evaluating lfi ihe telilor tree Press lUferrniL lojour on of I But Killing Devices w is on report mil of in id i n Inline flies and m Ihe person who eould evaluate such i i on or one hour test e minutes sunset would be m inuf of itrosol inset ripe lb ills Most go much ire Her lengths their toffee lire iks Enjoy beauty creativity Number Ten Oner Street Anm P tdiior relumed from delight ful ire i I w to let and jour read know how much we enjoyed Ihe beauty and thriving in your proximity To the west of mj daughter I slopped tot ilk with some of citizenry warm and beautiful Itockwood were impressed with open hospital I interesting to us was our visit wilh potter Maureen Her work is fresh and of fine irtistlt We were imaged lo discover indepen tttnl artisans pursuing Iheir forefathers ideals or quality creativity Hi inks to all for a pleasant time Sincerely Patrick Donovan Of this and that Things to See and Do in Festival Country is a brochure published under the Ministry of Industry and Tourism by the Niagara and Mid western Ontario Travel tion It includes Halton Wellington Waterloo Brant Niagara and Haldimand Norfolk counties and lists events from April 1 to March 31 Actons listing includes only the fall fair and the nearby Railway Museum Officials at the Travel Association office have previously told us they are happy to include any special events from any town as long as they are told about them Copies have been sent to the Free Press and are available at the counter for anyone interested The Free Press Back Issues 20 years ago Taken ram Ihe Issue of the tree Press July 19 First reading for a by law which would provide Acton Public School Board with some for a new six room school was heard last night at a special meeting of Council The meeting was called expressly for this purpose as Irustees hurry efforts lo complete legal formalities prior to a hoped for on new building this summer Mi J Supervisor of Nurs for the County Health Unit lay told this newspaper thit no cases of pol on have been reported in the y this year In this parlicular case it I wtll lo assume the old saying that no w is news his this week joined the business office staff in Acton of Dills Printing and Publishing Company Limited Mr iu is well known to the citizens of he has been manager for the past six of the Itoxy iheatrc here A Gray tenth bus driven by John Troop ish of Toronto a tar driven by Arthur Holland Waterloo were involved in a rear end on No jusl wtsl of tvcninc las week A bride jf last weekend Miss Joyce 1ambert is the of honor at several ilbcrings Six showers were held for her A trousseau It a was held the home of her Mr and Mrs t irl I Brock Si on 1H 50 years ago issue of tin I rec Press j A evening was spent at home of Mr and Mrs on Park Ave the members of United church choir They spend a this two of their number who were joined in holy wedlock Nellie ind Ba wtrc presented with an loisler The Ladies of Hit United Church presented set of three verv fine pulpit thairs lei Ihi thurth isl wetk set of communion plates w is presented by the I 1 Thcv were used for first time on morninj The Women Institute will hold on Hie of Sutherland House Proceeds will be used in Hie inter esls of Hit Milton is ihi rendezvous for Orange men on Glorious LOL made a tint headed b their own drum band II is ar rived in Milton special run Mr and Mrs Bauer who moved returned to v old home this week They came by motor makinjlhi milt trip in one day Mr is quite proud of his se dan having found satisfactory and economical in Us consumption of gas and oil terribly sudden ind fatal accident it the raising of Brown new when Peter Murray fell and was in stanll killed 100 years ago Tiken from lie issue or He tree Press I I small child fell into the creek the bridge on west Mam SI the oilier was rescued b his mother from an end in ihe field Bit crop local items ver scarce this week Drowning Catastrophes Record Details given of eight drownings in Ladies who ire planning lo visit the at Philadelphia will do well to dress simply sensibly Nice garments arc almost certain to be injured In some parts of grounds dusl is ratine isph ilium walks become under sun In the main build Hit pissigts arc sprinkled to lay the And to bee long dresses trailing through the water is not disgusting such seriously interfere with the comfortable locomotion of crowd short walking skirl is indispensable com fori and If Bazar Shot jealousy At Columbus 1 milts from Port Huron Michigan Henry Wheeler shot it is feared f Hall wounded ttm Jones Ik has long suspected improper intercourse between Jones and Ins wife II is reported he shot at him be fore when came in the garden to wish Wheeler fired at him details six persons perished when the propeller St Clair burned on Super THE ACTON FREE PRESS PHONE Business and Editorial Office Editor 1976