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Tin Acton FicoPresb Wednesday Jan Don McDonald Publisher Founded in 1875 Mows an Tl Indepcn on Ho iho erroneous lorn lypog oil or 1 not bo sold Burnt Tho Conadun Co Weekly Assoc al EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Ed lor Go IrVurmy A nil Conulbutai Hoi t Darkioom ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT I Cook Solos J fir Bar CluaiiflodAdvorlliino Pot a BUSINESSACCOUNTING OFFICE OH nf I Ca CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT TELEPHONE Business and Editorial Citizens of year every day Four Acton Volunteer Fire fighters who among them had compiled over years of service to this community retired last week The contributions to Acton and area of Sam Tennant Don Van Fleet Doug Mason and Otterbein have been priceless Being a volunteer firefighter here or anywhere else for that matter is no easy job of all there are the many hours of work each year just roaring off to fires at all hours of the night and day Add to that the countless hours the men devote to working at the Bower Avenue firehall main taming the rucks and equipment drilling techniques and field training Some weeks being a volunteer fn is really a full time job the men who protect us from blazing destruction do in addition to whatever occupation they have to support themselves and their families Add to the long hours cf work the emotional strain of being a firefighter when listing the sacrifices these man make The men go out frequently in the middle of the night never knowing if they will have to suffer the mental anguish of finding the body of a friend or neighbour in the ruins It must be a terrible ordeal for the firefighters to see the looks on people s faces as they see their home and belongings licked up by the flames The volunteers battle the flames and vet sometimes are helpless to save people s property Those moments must be quite painful There another strain too rarely discussed but always there for consideration These men risk their lives and chance injury every time they respond to the siren swail Then there is the continual sacrifice in terms of family life by the volunteers Perhaps it should be their wives and children who are really honored when the brigade gets together to thank the four retirees There is no doubt their families suffer Many hours other men devote to their loved ones the volunteers give to the department and community The taxpayers obviously owe the volunteers a tremendous vote of thanks The saving to ratepayers is huge The firefighter s devotion to duty and community cuts fire protection costs here to the minimum It is such a costly item municipalities in both Canada and the United Slates are reverting to volunteers after paying the price for years for a hired department A few years ago the volunteers received a richly deserved honor They were chosen Citizens of the Year But men like Mr Tennant Mr Van Fleet Mr Mason and Mr are really citizens of the year every da of every year Crisis what crisis Crisis what crisis This country have an energy crisis John Bulloch head of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business said recently on television All we have is an imbalance Canada only problem as far as energy is concerned Bulloch says is an on crude oil He notes Canada has an em barrassment of riches in natural gas coal nuclear and hydro electric energy AH we have to do is shift our dependance away from oil to one of the aforementioned resources Bulloch observation would appear to be accurate Conventional oil is the one source of energy which we don t have gobs of at least at this time But unlike many nations prospects are bright for recovering considerably more oil in this country Unfortunately mining of liquid gold in the tar fields Western Canada the waters off the and both the land and sea of our Arctic will be very costly and time con suming There are also environ mental risks Bulloch reasons the way to solve our energy imbalance is to make the cost of oil for operating our transportation systems heating our homes and powering our industry so prohibitive that conversion to other energies becomes economically essential This would reduce our depen Reader writes Cant understand letter 273 queen SI Acton Ontario January Dear I have a question con an editors responsibilities pub hulling Itltera from he public Would not Ik a tesy to letter writers if they were Informed by the editor that their cor rcspondcncc was intelligible I am referring to letter of January Still no understanding after years After several readings of Mr Kiminingas letter I was still unable to understand what message In wis trying to convey to readers Assuming that there were no typographic errors then perhaps it would be wise for Mr to have fut ure letters I Snow business is no business Couple of oldsters take pot shots at Smiley dance on oil dractically cutting and possibly eventually eliminating importation of the resource Once the shift took place there would be more than enough oil for transportation heating and fueling industry which couldn readily convert to other energy sources Bullock figures The big question facing Canadians in the weeks ahead is deciding how this conversion can best be achieved without hurting industry so much people lose their jobs or consumer conversion at home is too costly for low and middle income families It would appear at least in the early 80s little oil can really be saved regardless of how expensive it becomes in the transportation sector since this is such a vast land and so many must travel long distances to work The other major question is how the money from higher oil not all energy but just oil istobedivied up and who will spend it The politicians will be selling their various remedies for both reducing our on oil sharing the costs and sharing the revenues until February Wise politicians would forget about partisan opinions on the eneigy question and simply the best of all ideas regardless of source for compre hensive packages the electorate could assess ignoring regional vested interests sure that either funnily members or even Mr Knmntmga minister would fondly assist if asked I no malice to ward Mr I only like to understand what 1 read Yours truly It Is the Icy of his newspaper to allow letter writers to ex press themselves ihcy wish Well our children ire and our ehildren children ir In tell it i they left us A it willcl A bowl of sunflower seeds ith a hole in body A telephone Hi defies tin Hut verflows so on Hut ill need is love As sa Will is I sit here remembering the it is ii in bus il at turn I mi forced to wonder Were old I irhts who kepi screaming ibout full of hue Or hose I teen who kept the old ind the elderly ladies Suite I d even ml lo think about under Hit ige of for six in ii His I Itivt I mention tint got her suitcase n e bus ind sou himself on the diughlti was not on with all the re si of tier lucf est It bus bus siek the int to in this lioiim with of oldsters them lakes very dim view of the other lakes a gleeful healthy look it hie I or ears I been rccciving Christmas irds from someone signs our lit pair It dim me l little nuts the messages were ilw and silly and blunt I his ye ir the 1 V Hep came out of Hit closet Hut nil completely lie still I sign his name In the inn I received copy of a lone letter written to the editor of the Gazette Reporter Man it letters dealt with column I written Compiring them might give the gentle reader a cross section of the philosophy of Canadians 1 II print parts of them sticking my own oar in whenever I dam well feci like it litres Hit Repair Man Hello I don watch much pro hockey ire till sure the antics of Pal Hal and Punch ivt piqued my interest a little this en to itch couple of periods of the on Street over the tube Hut I find Hie brand of hockey offered by he these days lo be pretty The vast majority of the players hive few or skills Most of the corns id i o business ever being assembled he ihly of phy admittedly improves in the latter stages of the playoffs even Hit I don walth much Who wins Ihc Stanley up stems so inconsequential I don I cart for pro hockey ire I prefer to remember the North in ime us it was when skills were in the hie and early 60s However whenever we the I 1 1 rope ins the Hussions yon in me away from the set Intern il lotkev is beautiful not just bet of the skilldisplayed but also the level of emotion involved is thrilling In Iking an ardent booster I haven found muth to cheer about of late I hose match between Russian cams and we ve been stems since the middle of Ibe last dee have bet a bitter disappointment wc ve been clobbered most of the time Until last I- when the NHL best was humbled by Hit Russian Nats I least thought when our lop were together could best he pretenders to lie world throne from across the Atlantic When lost he Challenge Cup I figured it w is oil over for Cunnda Only a drastic revamping of the game the minor Smile It II it time igmn rtillv si with this ir s minimi I hive liwavs looked forward to and ward tint me Armistice is he import in except is si friends in rid wars You siid vou tin you soul it ill then wound up Willi lie lit si of ill have never sud it irevtrwdl I line enjoyed jour column r so e d like Id w ide through this I 1 1 ike long tin scrape s Hist I mold mm Hell boy I more TV repair in vou are imc bird I Hit tsl nun in the world if vou count friends in I count friends live in a I built myself ind I need or wint enough tint I can help people now then ill need it like vourself I tint my pride indjovnndopcntd up a whole new lift for mt I hem lo swim fish skate garden and like you am proud as hell of them If thai forgcl it happy guy the old The olhtrleltcr is full of cliches mother word with terrible price home and fallen tic level would ever propel us lo the top Hut the sound thrashings and recently to the Moscow Army Inve left me op Army is the club in It supplies the of ilcnt for the Not only Hit Army was bolstered by Hit top line of the the Soviet Ibis leids me conclude Army is almost as is downing ihc Russian Nationals As for Moscow mother top club from Hit Itussian well such powerhouses is Hie Olympic Vancouver Canucks and showed exactly what is made of Not So based those matches I feel now I was in us off I here is a lesson in the Cup the rettnt invoking which I the deans of pro hockey haven I missed ind will lit thinking when they formulate plans for Hit second up this fall All star teams to cunt out on lop of Hit disciplined Injjily eon dill well drilled and uses like and Czechoslovak Strong established teams arc the an are the best route world hoping the Stanley Cup chimps the maple leaf this fall host Russians Czechs Swedes and illt imr ides my bum They didn fall Mr of Harding Man They were killed ire of the same pap Where was Mr Smile whenlccn were dying on the it Benny I presume he mems Well Mr I was ibout five at shot ting and bombing the daylights out of who wcrt dying on the Some Where is he when Hie children were coming out of while it was being bombed hungry children done afraid with nothing but a black sky full of told rim lo succour them Mr after Caen about eight times and being to shreds in he process I was in i jeep visiting Caen and giving those kids lie rations and getting them out of it hell hole I Mr really believe that it is time to forget he para troopers of the Third Division Water Hats the Heel Devils of he First Division or the heroes of he Second it Dieppe Yes I is down shortly after hem A parol roop doctor bound my plaed kneecap I met some of the I hey were a tough bunch of triumphant in daunted heroes at Dieppe were a poor bunch of misled misinformed derlr lined kids led into an impossible alt ick by stupid commanders I teenagers like the ones he is now die In the mud at i misspelled and their last thought was yearnu g for home Canada Well Mr I teenagers go down in flames plunge into the ocean and though I didii I have an ear lo their chest as you seem to had 1 their last thoughts sometimes on radio Jesus Mom Help me Mother Help the Canadiens rebound from a sub- par win the Stanley Cup Canada should take that roster strip it of the like Hick and Rod replace them with a couple of ill stars Next the roster to players for the tournament I he extra spots could also be token up by all stars preferably a lop defensive duo from mother contender as well as a complete line like the Bossy Gillies trio as well as a front line net mmdei Then with stars fill spots on the Montreal rosier usually taken by any phyer win is still recovering from off surgery give coach Claude some helpers like Scolty Bowman Don berry and Roger I his phn will give Canada a team compiled mostly of players who know each other and play as a unit The up champions will be bolstered by star wh i can remedy any of their weak spot and also afford lineup protection in the event of injuries common early in any the time when the Cup will be played Gelling together a team of will mean one man burdened with plotting ill of our strategy This method worked well in 1 this kind of plan should ensure i super team serving up super hockey I hen if the send the best teams they can possibly assemble and we win we can say we are the lies in the world At least for And that be a for Canadian unity In arm Back Issues 10 years ago Taken from Hie issued the Thursday I 1970 Actons fourth bank a brineh of he Toronto Dominion will open a new building on the site of the old post office if com of adjustment accepts planning board recommendation popular spot Saturday night wis Mills Community Park where the tree burning look place One of the most active adult recreation classes is badminton About enthusiasts ploy the game on three courts in the school gym President of the club is Vic M rns with Join Morns treasurer and George Lee director of play Henry Wheeler has resigned is road superintendent of township The bulk Miss service was introduced into for the first time at Johns church Acton now has a of the Peace Bob Hart appointment was effective January 15 There been J here since Jack left 20 years ago rv IJWI manager of the P Green plant imiounced he company has received the contract provide lories for the Saturn Cape Cmavenl The ice and are duelling for control of he post office clock Aclon board of parks management re turned ft It Parker as chairman and Mrs Fryer as secretary Anne Vile in Z student will represent Acton in he public speak St t received he rophv She competed against six finalists Diane Shultis While Jill Hurst Mane and Din Stan Hall told the Agricultural Society what needs is i community centre Mary the girl who attended school here for i year is the skimo m igazine art editor for the Depart ment of Norlhcrn Affairs A drive has been hunched Georgetown for i there 50 years ago councillors met at Stewart town and took their oath of office Geo Cleave Reeve Geo Currie Deputy Reeve Wilson Appleby and L Councillors The call to the pastorate of Cfnlmcrs Church Toronto lo Rev A Stewart has been ipproved after tight years of sue and faithful ministry Knox church Last Friday was the opening night of the new curling rink The I of putting up the first pair of slones fell to Mr A who is the veteran curler of Acton Norton Motors made their first showing of the 1930 Ford has been much admired Jr I O Pancake Tea and bake sale in the council chamber Saturday The annul meeting of Acton Fair showed growth in every department J Kennedy was elected president first president WR Kenncy second vice president J secretary Ire surer Mr Harvey Norton have been operated on for appendicitis The week of prayer services at St John church were well attended years ago Taken from he issue of the tree Press IS I rozen meat from Australia is be the next novelty on the market Saturday being a very bright and plea day a large garnering of farmers and others attendee Mr Armstrong sale of farm farm stock and implements The farm was sold lo Mr Robert Warren for is considered very good figure Mr At some pictures of landscape scenery in his oyster parlor which have a pleasant effect During year 1878 Mr JE register for this municipality registered Births Mirrioges ID Deaths II The first regular meeting of Division Grange Patrons of Husbandry was held in he Good Templars Hall Hull inn fad At conclusion of Hie meeting a grand dinner was provided by the Ladles of the Grange The Assessor will soon commence his tour