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The Acton Press Wednesday Oct 1 Don McDonald Founded in 1875 Ttliiilo- Sub Acton is of Inland Publishing Co Limited of which AjaiiWliilbyPickoilnrj News Advon Tha Brampton Guard Ian Burlington Post Burl Post GoiDtio town independent and Sun Milton Canadian Champion Tho The Nowmaikat Aurora Era Oakvilto This Weak This and Tho Tribune I advert sing if error with EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Editor God Murray Eric Sports lor Contributor Murray ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT I Cook Jonn ilef ClaMlf lad Advancing OFFICE Manager Shirley Jocquo Carolyn An CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT TELEPHONE 853 Business and Editorial Office Ottawa has bad timing When it comes to bad timing and wasting money Ottawa takes the cake A few weeks ago this space contained comments about the federal governments advertising campaign which outlined Ot tawas position on constitutional reform and explained the national governments role in Canada We werent impressed We joined Wellington Duffenn- Simcoe MP Pemn in branding the ad campaign which will cost about million a waste of money Well Ottawa has a new set of commercials on the air waves This one shows a bunch of real cute little beavers holding the signs for various government departments like Canada Post Energy Mines and Resources Corporate and Consumer Affairs Fisheries etc Its meant to show Canadians just how many things the federal government is involved in Why if Ottawa has been in doing its job the last 113 years we need to be told what the senior level of government does besides build up huge deficits is anyones guess Anyway the cute beavers commercials concludes Canada a lot of people working for you And this is where Ottawas knack for bad timing comes in This commercial was on several times Sunday night just hours before the federal clerks went on strike shutting down many essential services Those commercials were seen the same day as air traffic controllers at Toronto International Airport walked off the job in an illegal labour action Yup those beavers are right Theres a lot of people not working for you today Where is police riot squad Some Hills councillors were justifiably mystified when Mayor Peter Pomeroy asked for a special fund to hire offduty policemen to prevent racing and wild parties from happening for yet another weekend at the for mer Toronto International Theres no question something had to be done about the situation But why couldnt onduty of ficers handle the trespassers several councillors and no doubt many taxpayers wondered Fortunately the track was removed so there was no need to hire offduty officers to keep the peace However the incident raised a lot of questions about police protection in Halton Hills Most weekends this past summer the was swarmmg with young people who raced their cars on the track and from all reports held some pretty rowdy parties involving drinking and the use of illegal drugs Police and politicians both heard repeatedly from residents in the vicinity of the Fifth Line drggway which will someday be covered with estate homes about the noise careless driving and vandalism One of the advantages of regional government was sup posed to be a larger police force which would be better equipped and manpower could be shifted around Halton as needs arose The Halton force was supposed to be a big advantage over small ill equipped local forces or in the case of Acton a small OPP detachment People here have long held the view the regional force is a step backwards not a leap forward The fact that all summer police did nothing about the problem at the seems to support the view The fact the mayor and other councillors even had to consider hiring offduty officers indicates we arent getting the police protection even in an emergency that we need The police say they couldnt do much until they received written permission from the owner of the property that they could go on and arrest trespassers However by all accounts from residents there were numerous laws being broken right out on the Fifth Line Frequent patrols might have produced many charges out on the public road Police said they patrolled the area but of course couldnt be there all the time The mayor wanted offduty officers at the gate to prevent the youths from going onto the dragway land He didnt want the police going in after there was a crowd because he feared a not situation But if regional policing works then the brass could have sent extra officers up from the south to the dragway to keep patrols on the road constantly thus achieving the same goal which might have cost for a service they have already paid for m their regional taxes If they couldnt prevent the youths from starting their big party certainly the Halton force could have brought a large con tingent of men up to the dragway to squash a riot After all the same police force was quick to send in the not squad to handle a much milder problem in Acton during the fall fair a few years ago Drag racing drinking drugs and dangerous driving on a public road should have been enough provocation to bring in the riot squad sometime this past sum mer Band enjoyed fair parade Sept 22 To the Directors and Organizers of Acton Fall Fair On behalf of the members of the George town Girls Pipe Band I would like to con gratulate you on your excellent fair held from Sept IB to which it was our pleasure to attend The setting was the grounds superb for displaying the many interesting and colorful exhibits and this year the weather cooperated to make It an all together event Particular mention must 1 fedbe made regarding the parade held Saturday at noon It was well organized without too much delay It was perfect length and the spectators along the route were most responsive We attend many parades In the course of a year wanted you lo know this was one of more enjoyable ones Your efforts and our reception were much appreciated Sincerely Mrs Virginia Pipe Major Georgetown Girls Pipe Band long time to be married to a strange woman One of my father favorite Jokes before the word corny had been invented was It s a long time to be married to a strange woman wedding anniversary and I can a till remember my mother eyes rolling up the way womens eyes roll up when their husbands are telling a story they ve heard times before But it pops into my head every time I think of my own wedding anniversary which Is usually about two weeks after the event This year I remembered about two weeks before the event but by the time It appears In print I II probably have for gotten completely My wife Is no better She can be ho sent I mental It downright disgusting over such trivia as her children her grand children her father her house a part Icular party years ago a friend who Is in trouble and very occasionally about me But when It comes to really Important things she cares not a whit The first cation of this was when I gave her a flower on Mothers Day many years ago She said curtly Im not your mother Birthdays same deal She was bam on Feb surely easy enough to remember with its connotations of Leap Year I forget She does too though Im not sure hers Isnt psychological a year older This attitude permeated our family Our kids certainly knew what Christmas was little greedy guts And Easter church with Joyous music hunt for Easter eggs probably a visit with grandparents But Im quite sure they don t know why the first of July 1b a holiday have only the vaguest Idea what Remembrance Day and Thanksgiving are all about and exactly What do you get for the person who has everything Mabel of the townline has the answer A gold lady bug Mrs discovered the unique insect on her foot Blue Morning Glory The morning glory runs up her television antenna Maybe the bug was was trying to Intercept TV signals Now that fall Is here with winter ap proaching too rapidly for many a lot of folks will find themselves with nothing to do with their evenings Susan has the thing Adult Recreational Volleyball has now negun at Middle School on Monday nights from to 10 30 The mixed teams will play until May and which day is their birthday though they know the month they were born In because that ties in with astrology In which they fairly firmly believe But my Dad was right even though repetitious It a a long time to be married to a strange woman Especially one you t even know before you met her If you follow me I met this strange woman at university when I came home from the wars I thought she was demure beautiful and shy She thought I was brash swaggering and far too unheeding of the universitys rules which I was After many years of togetherness weve each retained only of these objectives She is totally lacking in demure she is still beautiful and she Is about as shy as Muhammed All I have completely lost my brash have nothing to swagger about but am still far too unheeding of the rules of the establish An odd combination youll say to get married And it was She thought me boorish and uncouth especially after I fell sound asleep in the middle of a lecture by the late great poet J Pratt She realize that I hod been at a lunchtlme reunion with some old Air Force pals whod Just arrived back from overseas and that it was only great gallantry and iron will that had forced me to make the lecture I thought she was prissy prudish and dumb because she never missed a lecture wouldnt even throw one Inviting look at dashing young ex fighter pilot in her class ventured no opinions on any thing Oh well Chemistry I guess I wont go into the details but a few months later we about ten more people are needed For more information on the free night out Call Susan at 853 We said goodbye to our composing room foreman Alex on Friday Alex has gone Into business for himself in Kit chener where he makes his home Hell be missed by all of us here at Willow St Clark of Elizabeth enjoyed a three week vacation visiting friends and relatives In England recently Mrs Clark stayed with her brother Don near Condon for a while before heading on to visit cousins In South Wales and Somerset The highlight of the trip was attending an evening church service St Georges chapel at Windsor Castle She sat in a choir stall over the vault where Henry VIII and his wife Jane Seymour and Charles the First are burled In the two years since her last visit Mrs Clark said prices had skyrocketed What was once reasonable price Is now out of reach she said She was better able to understand her brothers observation while visiting Canada last summer He said eating out In Canada was extremely with England Mrs Clark learned first hand what he meant While coming through customs In were exchanging furtive kisses in the lib rary stacks groping embraces in door ways and skipping lectures right and left And a year later we were married with no pomp and little circumstance poor as but head over heels It was better to marry than to burn as Paul told the Ephesians or somebody And about ten months later we had a little stranger in our midst and were poorer than church mice But still head over heels That little is now 33 Now I m not going to tell you which anniversary this is I don t want a flood of mink coats and gold and tencent cards coming in Suffice to say that we wont celebrate It together but we be together There nothing quite so disgusting as the married couple dinner or throw a big party on their anniversary Like most couples weve grieved and wept together laughed together helped each other over some rocky roads loved together fought with mutual fury taken great Joy and great heart aches from our children Idolized and spoiled our grand children and managed to muddle along day to day in this peculiar life that throws up roadblocks and rainbows groans guffaws tears and terror death and taxes We still constantly worry about the wel fare state of mind and health and golf score of the other We still fight frequently although I have called and asked that my wife be taken off the list of Husbandbeaters She t thrown anything bigger than a glass of water at me in months My day was right Its a long time to be married to a strange woman And may yours be as long and as strange Not your wife your marriage Toronto on her way home Mrs Clark greeted by a customs official who actually recognized the name Acton most of them are lucky to know where Canada is The chap sold to her Oh Acton thats a suburb of Georgetown Isnt It Mrs Clark a staunch supporter of her community simply said Watch it and scurried on In another small world department Was up home in Colllngwood this past weekend visiting my folks had to do a bit of shopping While I was in the local Woolworths store I Peggy and her daughters Colleen and They were up for a basketball tournament at my old high school The girls won their but were put out In the second Other Acton faces Ive seen In Colling wood over the years have been Bruce and Wilf Duval both up for hockey tournaments and Lawrence Hcmstey an employee for Tyler Trans port who lives in of Georgetown was Christmas shopping in the last Christ mas eve Back issues 10 years ago September Steven Paplllon receiving one of the highest awards in Scouting thcSilver Cross badge for his action in rescuing Susan Hill from Fairy Lake township passed a bylaw to allow Sunday sports in all in spired by complaints over the Golden Horseshoe dragway Mr and Mrs Jim Morrison celebrated their Hi wedding anniversary Brendan A heme has been appointed manager treasurer of Credit Union Ladies night for the Tri Angle Men s Club brought a vivacious woman speaker controller Ann Jones of Hamilton Joan Pratt Introduced the speaker and Penny thanked her Roast beef dinner was served by Watson Restaurant There were familiar faces when James Talma n came back to Acton He is former chief librarian of the University of Western Ontario and he is a member of the Order of the British Empire When he went to school in Acton he walked five miles daily from the family farm In Speyside A former Citizen of the Year George Musscllc has died 20 years ago September I960 Faced with discontinued ambulance vice in Acton council welfare committee under the chairmanship of Les Duby is exploring ways and means of providing a service for Acton residents Memories of wedding vows taken SO years ago were recalled by Mr and Mrs A J Murray R 3 Acton when nearly friends relatives and neighbours called on them Saturday to offer congratulations on their anniversary Determined to further the art of dancing a Danishborn Canadian citizen Henri Han sen Glen Williams is expanding his dancing Instructions for school In St Parish If at I Tuesday Oct The tinkle of the telephone Sunday morn ing brought warm greetings to Mrs John the former Margaret Ware when she was informed her ticket had been drawn at the Fair and she was the win of a shiny new NSU Mrs Bud Evans won the prize offered by Acton Night School for the best original oil painting at the fair Her entry was an attractive country scene Miss Janet Buckner flew from Malton to Scotland Tuesday on a jet flight which took Just six hours She will spend a year in Britain 50 years ago October 2 1930 After serving years as the Governor of the Halton County Jail Mr Archie has resigned He is in his year Governor McGlbbon has run the jail In the most economical manner the cost per prisoner being the lowest of any Jail in the Dominion The Induction of Rev J Grant took place at Ospringe A large crowd was present Supper was served by the Ladles Aid Under the auspices of the Women Association of United Church a concert was held in the Town Hall when Parkhouse of Fergus spoke on the subject Easy Street Other items on the program were a quartette composed of Mr George Peal Mrs Mrs and Mr George also a male quartette composed of Mr Frank Moore Mr George Mr George Peal and Mr J A Little solos by Miss Mae Watson and Mr George and recitations by Miss Edna Eden Mills Women Institute met at the home of Mrs Max Milne E McCullough of Guelph spoke on the subject of the cleansing of the blood The teachers convention will be held next Thursday and Friday The pupils will be given of two days holiday Harold will manage the St s indoor Softball team this season 100 years ago September There arc some indications of a revival of prosperity whatever parly is in power Mr John Moore has pur chased the flouring mills In that village Burglars entered the post office store at and carried off all the postage stamps yards of tweed a piece of cotton pairs of boots a box of tea and about worth of sugar Mr CS Smith of this age with two American stock buyers was returning from his farm in a single side spring buggy and when turning the comer of Mill and Main with buggy swayed with the weight and capsized Mr Smith broke his left leg He had not fully recovered from being thrown from the buggy last spring when his arm was injured A number of cases of petty larceny have taken place In our village and suspicion has fallen an name given but no evidence could be produced on which to commit the girl During tho past month however it seems she stole a pair of gold bracelets and she has been taken into custody We think the only proper place for the girl Is the Ont ario Reformatory if she is sent to the common jail she will come in contact with every class of evildoer