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4 The Acton Free Press Wed December 1 1976 Can we change things Regional government can we get out Can we even change anything People running for office here this election all seem to recognize the unhappiness Acton and trict with the new system imposed on us from on high In Acton a group of people con about the question have met quietly to initiate a study of the situation They will be able to find some answers to the most trying questions of the new system Judging by the comments of candidates at last Wednesdays meeting any of them would be sympathetic to the report of such a group and would try to proceed to institute changes which would help Complaints are easy It s a time for serious thinking election time It not a time to have the brain ruled by emotional issues or unreasonable accusations Federal provincial and municipal elections all find the same situations challengers who have ready complaints and criticisms What a terribly difficult task for the voters to try to figure out if the challenger would really be able to change anything The people with the most intelligence are obviously who we need in office already or not Complaints are simple Solutions are not Too late for letters A letter to the editor has been received on the subject of the election The writer in fact states the names of three candidates he feels should be voted for It is the policy of the Free Press not to print any letters to the editor on the sub ject of the election the week before the voting By limiting letters to weeks before the election we give the people involved a chance to reply Candidates communicate Candidates are using all the methods at their disposal to reach the voters The Candidates Night was one of course but the per of voters attending was low Folders and cards left at doors is another way being used by the candidates as they hope to tell people their platforms Some are making door todoor calls Posters on the roadsides on lawns and windows is another way to make names known It s turbing to see some signs ripped down Rather unusual is the story of one candidate stapling his own posters right on top of another man s sturdily mounted sign Election notes The liquor question being put to voters is apparently not inspired by an application for a new dining room with entertainment in the area It s just to equalize the right to decision throughout Halton Hills Electors will find all the names for mayor councillors and school board on one ballot on Monday However it is not required that a vote be cast for each section of the ballot For instance a person could put an for only one section end this would not spoil the ballot Main thing is to make the effort to vote If you find your poll is a walk this time say to the Legion check the ads and candi dates folders and phone for a ride It s a service gladly provided and doesnt in any way tie you to a specific vote Detour but not for long Sugar and Spice many others I was completely astonished by the sweeping victory of the Parti in La Belle Province I was also just dreadfully dreadfully upset at the thought of that darn old si par atorateest Rainy levaek taking as Prime Minister of Quebec and exercising his rights to exorcise that fair province right out of the body politic of Great Nition In fact I was so disturbed by the whole thing that when my assistant department head Jeanne Sauve came up to mi in the hall grinning fiercely and said Gaulle 1 just gave her an icy look and v a Iked made myself scarce when my old partner Bill looking for me for our usual noon hour game in the staff room No way am I going to be buddies with some guy who is pro bably an underground agent for Rainy However I got my own back in a sort of sneaky and you might even say sadistic way I asked my Tour year Grade lis if they heard the news that the government of Ontario was going to put everyone with a name in concentration camps just as our federal government In its infinite stupidity did with the Japanese after Pearl Harbor Boy that shook them They started look around at each other Half my classes arc made up of Cadcaus Bourgeois and so on I said It certainly be nice to have smaller classes Their mouths were open Then one guy in a front seat with a good by bill smiley Scottish surname started lo grin and said in the impeccable English I instil In my students sir I heard there broadcast all They changed their mind They am t in camps They re gowna line cm all up and My cold stern look begantocrumble and pretty soon we were all laughing is they realized they been had once more by Old Smiley Then we talked about what the of Quebec would mean The kids as usual too perturbed Dynasties can come and go as far as they are con as long as they don got a home work assignment out of it The only thing that upsets them is a cast of unrequited love or the breakdown of the TV set just as the big sex or violence scene gels started The possibility of Quebec separating from the rest of Canada upsets me just as much as it does the kids I love ana da as it is but I don t think that Confederation ill that jazz is a sacred thing It was put together by a bunch of politicians for reasons lhat were not en lirely altruistic and if another bunch of politicians wants lo disband Ihe so be it The original plighting of Iroths was i eonvenicnce After more lhan a hundred years of marital dis harmony if one of the parties feels Ihe union is incompatible why not get a divorce When I wis the ige of my students the British i- mpiri stretched around the world the sun never set on it Today mighty Empire has shrunk to i liny beleaguered Britain financially on the rocks Does anybody People love frightening themselves and each other Political columnists are having a hey day speculating on the Balkanization of Canada After Quebec drops speculate the worry warts B C and Ihe Maritime will probably became part of Ihe S Ihe prairie provinces will secede and form a country called Manal or something and Ontario will be left silling high and dry the only remaining bastion of the trueblue WASP Canadian Nobody seems to worry much about Ncwfy Maybe it time this country had a jolly good shaking up We seemed to have changed in the last few decades from a vibrant and vital young nation with lots lo be proud of and plenty lo look forward to into a sour crabby and suspicious middle- aged country beset by Inflation unem and strikes We run down our leaders We seek security rather than adventure We whine about Am en can domination and do Ing about it We bitch about playing our part in NATO and giving money poor countries and letting in too many grants and anything else that is unselfish Despite high unemployment we have one of the most erratic labor forces in the world Despite our tremendous natural re sources we let the Americans and the Germ ins and the Japanese do the invest ing In our development because we haven I the guts to take the risks our selves Maybe the threat of separation by just Ihe jolt this country needs to get the old adrenalin flowing once again This is a great country but il won be for long If it is inhabited by a nation of Or Life is change Things that don t change die Let remember lhat and not panic when there arc indications of change how ever great it may be Corridor exposes raw nerve SNOW MAY NOT BE HERE yet but the ice definitely is Just a few spots of Fairy Lake are not frozen over Old man winter is up to his artists talents with ice formations along the shore Halton Burlington MPP Julian Reed touched a raw nerve in At General Roy last week with a question in the Legislature which the Attorney General construed as innuendo against Solandt and his Ministry Mr Reed told this newspaper he was taken back by the angry response from Mr McMurtry He felt his question was phrased so would encourage only an vestigation and answers from the Ministry But Mr McMurtry who has been in the news much lately over violence in hockey and common law relationships shouted a reply accusing Reed of innuendo about people who are serving the public to the best of their ability His bluster showed he either knew little about the questions or criticism of his office is beginning to rankle him Mr Reeds question was Since the BradleyGeorgetown corridor hearings of necessity were called off at noon yesterday Thursday to obtain a judicial ruling on of evidence would the Attorney General avail himself of the time between now and next April date of recall to study the revelations made there in the last few days namely the evidence that Solandt owned property close to one of the corridor options in his study an option dropped and 2 that the lawyer representing Hydro is on loan from his office of the Attorney General as is the hearing chairman and no such loan was offered to the farmers and land owners And would he satisfy himself and this House that these revelations do not constitute any conflict of interest The hearings in Acton over the corridor which will march 160 foot high towers down the Fifth Con cession of Halton Hills were ad but not before the two items in question were brought out They obviously need answers and the Attorney Generals refusal to withdraw an angry statement he made is either an admission of guilt or irritability with the disclosures made In any event they should be answered Liberal leader Stuart Smith who often has his foot in his mouth was quite right in asking can opposition members not question the Government about events which could involve possible conflict of interest about which we do not have information but simply suspicions from time to time can we not raise these questions without accusing anybody and not ourselves be accused of muekracking We doubt Solandts reputation would be impugned by scrutiny We believe his integrity is beyond question Surely answers from Mr McMurtrys ministry will serve reputation far better than evasions Of this and that Why is it easier to believe something bad than something good As soon as the rush is over Im going to have a nervous break down I worked for it I owe It to myself And nobody is going to deprive me of it The way Bernard Shaw believes in himself is very refreshing in these atheistic days when so believe in no God at Israel He flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all direc tions Stephen The Free Press Back Issues 20 years ago Taken from the Issue of the Free Press of Thursday November 1956 Tragedy was narrowly averted late this morning when twoyearold Rosalind Hall Blvd was discovered floating face down in a creek back of Wallace Ave houses The child was reported recovering satisfactorily when transferred to Genera hospital by ambulance Neighbors noticed something red floating in about 18 inches of icy creek water and rapid Investigation proved ft to be the Hall child daughter of Mr and Mrs Hall of the McDonald Blvd address Screams for help brought assistance and the child was taken to the home of Mrs G Hargrove Mayor Ted Tyler was acclaimed to the position again for 1957 at the annual nomination meeting on Friday evening township will hold no municipal election this year as Reeve John A Milne Deputy Reeve Charles Thomson Councillors Archie Service B D Young and Arthur Padbury and school area trustees Dr Clifford Young and Arthur H Gibson were all acclaimed to fill the vacant positions Mr and Mrs Stan White Richmond Hill spend Sunday with Mr and Mrs Roy Peel St 50 years ago Taken from the Issue of the Free Press of Thursday December 1926 The economic and businesslike ad ministration of Reeve Mason and his councillors was amply vindicated at the nominations on Monday This is seen in the election by acclamation of Reeve Mason withnoother name put forward The school trustees were also elected by acclamation C H Harrison John George Mann and John Scarrow and the Hydro- Electric Commissioner J Hassard The ratepayers will not take kindly to the fact that Mr Nicol forced the town to the expense of an election which seemed ab solutely unnecessary Nominated for council are John Ntcol Atkinson T Theliord Frank Holmes and Chas Parker The public meeting In the Town Hall was one of the largest and most impressive ever held im Acton prior to a general election The hall was crowded to the doors The seating capacity was altogether inadequate The Mason Orchestra gave a generous programme Mr R J Kerr was chairman The Hon E C Drury who motored to Acton afer addressing a meeting in Milton was accorded an ovation upon entering the hall and he spoke in the interests of Mr Henry Mrs Isabel McCorkindafe of Australia a lady speaker of rare of thought and expression delivered a most eloquent address School children and others generally polite to their ciders often reply to the respectful salute of older people with Hello A much more seemly reply is Good Morning Good Day Good Evening or How Are You The abrupt Hello savors of lack of due respect 100 years ago Taken from the issue of the Free Press of Thursday November 30 1076 A correspondent in a Detroit paper says Canada and the Eastern States are sen ding their unemployed West under the Idea that work is brisk and wages good Detroit is easily reached from Canada hence we may expect a tide of unfortunate Immigrants who will be doomed to disappointment We have hundreds of strong ablebodied men and women of our own who arc able and willing to work and cannot get it Christmas is coming Many patterns of china tea sets ladies beautiful fancy china cups and saucers gents fancy moustache cups and saucers in great variety flower vases celeries mugs glassware sick cups and sick feeders no house Bhould be without them lamps of all kinds Everything imaginable in granite and common ware the largest most beautiful and cheapest dlsply we have ever brought to Acton at Bros The superiority of the Canadian Cheese over all the others is thus borne out by a letter from one of the Jurors on dairy products at the Centennial The finest S cheese did not come up to the best 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