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The Acton Free Press Wednesday April 20 Editorial Library now debtfree Acton library our towns con tenmal project The ten year debentures are all paid off The attractive building cost about with 1 per head of it pro and federal The remainder was pan taxpayer had tven situated before te and the be w pari another ivr-A- Stf w in V cte- wlr ppvr w than that of building the in a a not to exceed the board ijthec of raising too to expenses Acton library Is due to be as well The chief lib is recommending that the childrens section be moved down slain which will require the of a stairway and special window fixtures for an emergency exit and obviously more super The need for a road to the library for frequent deliveries and wheelchair users is being con Metered The board room is to be panelled It interesting to see that money ill be spent on Acton library at the Mime time as the new building is built in Georgetown But we cant help but wonder if the time is right for more expenses In either town The library serves us well and is not ded often Spending to provide ourselves with the very best of everything has apparently become the But is it the only way Smiles and such From the publication elemental teacher recentl prepared a humorous tide for an aircraft industr publication based largely on m formation gleaned from his students essavsandexaminations In commenting on the duties of a flight navigator one youngster wrote The navigator figures out the latitude and longitude Latitude tells him where he is and longitude tells him how long he can stay there And did you know as one advises that the three principal crewmen on a plane are the pilot navigator and per cola tor Asked if they knew what two navigational aids were one youth replied I know what a sextant is but I had rather not say And another answered a gyroscope is something only encyclopedias know for sure This is the teachers favorite A visa is a passport that lets a person fly to another country For round trips you need a visa versa Of this and that If all the economists on earth were laid end to end they wouldnt reach a conclusion How to avoid being billed for water at the new higher rate see Clarkes helpful letter to the editor Intriguing old class pictures have been appearing in the Free Press on the editorial page the past couple of weeks Bert Hinton who loaned them has a good idea to pass on He suggests people with old pictures letters documents etc could write on them that if they are not wanted by the heirs they should be given to The Free Press or the library There are some things that try as you may you cannot change You cannot change the weather you cannot change the past nor can you change another person against his or her will Be smart save your energy Stop trying to change things and people accept them as they are Things we can change we should especially ourselves We can change our attitudes our personality we can change bad habits into good ones you can change your job Yes we can all change ourselves to be better persons If youre on to energy con servation here s another angle A clean light bulb is more effective than a dirty one In Huron county the Board of Education took an unprecedented step to cut costs They did away with the supervisory positions of superintendent and an assistant to the administrator and returning the two men concerned to schools as principals The move came at the time of retirement of two principals and there is also dining enrolment in the district The decision at least makes more sense to taxpayers than the Halton dispute over chairmanships or department heads which also in vol money SKATING CARNIVAL highlights Above one of few spills of the show came during The Best of Disneys Indian number when one of the natives hit the ice Lower right cow boys at the bottom of the stairs before making their entrance into the spotlight Lower left the Seven Dwarfs carefully circle Snow White The arena w is packed for the two performances Nostalgia on ice 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throats of iw suits did 1 get one of host turkeys to call in the the car low it si wo losils ssomm from up north bless their good souls this took us into tht city thimsclsis thorough lost in the Taxi to site Daughter l ss outfit Missed I taxi hill OK No morning phone to svhich Sun hi cm fix No problem up Hi fore noon I noon taxi 4 miles north no bus to giriLi fixed Hill sson iiiipt though sign in ssmdosv he ssill enough from lo lH out of hock Decent i tookilietiui ss is sympithetic His ih bill ir ill back to llung ssrong dotsn stur Whole shot Arrive hole no parking spiice lift it the inn I skipping over the bad parts I m sun this littli tale has mechanics slapping their knees in But I m it left a slightly rotten istt in mouth One serviet station made mess of the jrih in the first The second one ad virlised servin gave none The third hosed mi to the hilt because I ssas eomp helpless ugly it into I sun then an some good service st itions somewhere I like to come out And maybe there is one among Hie in my oil m inada which is more Interested in sirs ice than selling gas Our readers write Read water meter now HERES ANOTHER of Bert Hfntons old class pic tures so pick out who you Front row left to right Bill Johnston Carney Burns unknown Jack Skilling Ted Harrop Chris Swackhamer Precious Bert Hinton Gordon Leslie second row unknown Kathleen McComb Smith Smith McKeown Kay Stewart Lillian Perry Bruce Barbara Guthrie Eileen Clarrldge back row unknown unknown Bill Harrop Gordon Cooper Miss Frances Hurst Miss Margaret McDonald Miss Bertha Nephew Isobel Lantz Clarice Morton Katie The date is 1928 Ik Hit r itis sse ire told will Limit mli on 1 hit mi risidcnts unnecissnnly hard ire have Inside water are sshen Ihe meter idtr tails and elthir fail to return he mt reudlnL card at all or tlo not realize Hit rt is a span on tin for the iiliug an a minimum bill until Unit as lorrccl rending Is received all accumulated consumption is This often causes some consternation at ins hut if it should happen just when tin niss are introduced It could cause hardship Therefore if a meter iding card is left at m home during April tor May the customer should mike certain that the iter meter nailing is filled in and the ird returned ssithout delay not forgetting hit these cards now postage if mink d I his should any gallonagc being hild over to charged at the new rate Yours very truly 124 Drive Ontario April 1977 The Free Press Back Issues 10 years ago Taken from the Issue of the Free Press April ID 1667 The long awaited stop lights installed at the Mill Main St comer will be turned on Monday morning at 9 a At the same time parking regulations as posted by signs will be enforced Burned bed mined bedding and a damaged room resulted from a fire Wed of last week at the home of Rev and Mrs Jeffrey Ave Children playing with matches were blamed for setting the bed on fire Preparing to meet the exciting challenges that are fast developing in the construction industry Building Products of Canada Limited is making significant capital improvements to its plant at Acton Already the largest plastics extrusion plant in Canada the Acton complex will play a key role in the future of the company as a leading manufacturer of building materials The Dominion Hate threatened by a destructive blaze which started in a chip fryer and crept up wall participations was saved from destruction night by a team of Acton firefighters Sunday afternoon Acton firefighters had a run to where a fire had burned out of control The flames were soon confined 20 years ago Taken from the Issue of the JrerPressofThursdaj Leslie Ann and Margaret Davidson both aged 12 placed first with points to defeat seven other entries in the duel class at the Georgetown festival The Aclon Branch of the Canadian Legion has purchased the Burns property ad joining their present site The new property will be used immediately for parking facilities to relieve congestion A through way can now be provided from Main to Willow Streets Mr and Mrs H returned from Toronto sshere they were visiting Mr and Mrs C Burns and family and friends Mr and Mrs J Wood and Mr and Mrs G and David visited on the with Mr and Mrs J Wood in St Catharines Mr and Mrs Bud Anderson and Mr and Mrs Colin MacColl attended the dog show in Buffalo over the weekend Buds dog won first prize E returned from a vacation in Ion da on Saturday Mr and Mrs Hoy Arnold returned from a vacation in Florida last Saturday Mrs Van Norman Mrs Jack Morel 1 and Mrs Gordon visited friends here last Wednesday 100 years ago Taken from the issue or the I- rce Press of Thursday April IS IK77 The steam whistle at Speight shop may gain be heard as of yore at morning noon and night We hope it will keep good lime tashionable tweed suits made to order at East End Clothing Store Acton Acton now boasts of five lodges of secret societies They comprise the following orders according to seniority Sons of Temperance Free Masons Grangers Knights or Pythias and Odd Fellows All of them are said to be in flourishing condition An able bodied man ssho is not a member or about to become a member is now difficult lo find The stone hotel corner of Main and Mill St has been occupied the past few weeks by Mr McQuarne recently of Rock wood ssho is awaiting the decision of the sing Commissioners respecting the granting of a hotel license If the com missioners see fit to grant the license have no doubt it will be kept in a respec table and orderly manner Mr James Gordon whose remains were buried in Acton recently one of the pioneer settlers in this vicinity He a great lover of Canada which he knew in Its infant state He had his share of trials and privations of the early settlers but lived to sec Ihe land developed He was one of the now few survivors of the marked of men that form an element in the Presbyterian church linking as they do the present with the past and whose place when they all disappear can never be filled THE ACTON FREE PRESS 2010 Editorial Office Copyright 1977