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Office Manager Jean Shewn CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT it Too much haste Were worried that the plan unveiled for a municipal com plex last week by Mayor Peter should have appeared at this time only two weeks after the municipal elections It suggests the mayor and members of council who are in his confidence deliberately waited until after the election before they revealed it to the public We are also worried about the legal implications of making a deposit as an option to purchase the nearly 30 acres of the Stevens estate in Georgetown as a possibility for the site of a municipal complex Although we have been assured by town officials they investigated the legalities before proceeding we suggest that the intent of The Municipal Act which says threequarters of a council must be returned to office before they can proceed with any major move is intend ed to act as a curb so lame duck councils cannot bind new ones The deposit makes it dif ficult for new members of coun cil to turn it down without look ing as if they have tossed down the drain Judging by the reaction from some members of council the request from the mayor to pro ceed with a deposit on the pro perty was also unexpected at this time Only Councillor Marilyn Serjeantson voted against the proposal because she felt there was not enough information about the feasibili ty of expanding at the present site on Trafalgar Road a com mon sense reaction We doubt that any councillors have enough knowledge to vote intelligently on the matter unless they are witholding some information from the public In view of the backlash which occurred the last time Halton- Hills council tried to go ahead with a municipal complex we think the public should know a lot more about any council plans to proceed with another We suggest first of all council must prove there is a need for a complex Then there is time to proceed with plans to select a site This whole deal suggests haste and a deal cooked up behind closed doors and we dont like it one bitHC Dont need more MPs Do we need more MPs in Ottawa We dont think so Weve published this opinion previously but in the wake of the announcement of proposed federal riding redistributions it bears repeating Estimates are that it costs taxpayers about for each MP including the politi cian and his staffs wages of fice and material costs etc That means if more MPs are added to the House of Commons these extra representatives will cost taxpayers about million However since these extra seats wont be added until Canadians have voted nation ally twice more the redistribu tion wont be In effect until sometime after so the cost will likely be much higher than million by then be cause of inflation And what purpose will be served by adding more MPs Backbenchers have little enough impact now on the workings of the federal level of government Also we doubt many people in Acton would be able to say political considerations aside that service from the present MP has been better than con stituents received from MPs who represented riding when it included Georgetown and Erin areas Since the last redistribution thousands have moved into the riding but con sidering the relative small geo graphic area of we doubt that the burden has be come so great with additional people that Otto or in fact any other MP couldnt handle the job We hope lots of MPs share view that more seats arent needed and Ottawa re jects this unnecessary extra cost Thanks parade helpers Dear Sir I with to say big thank you to everyone ho helped to organize and Pit on the 1962 Acton Santa Claus Acton men organized the parade firefightersmarshaled the parade Acton Men Aclon Mennetes Ladles Legion Auxil iary and private financial suppor ters Regional Police traffic control pi us the groups who entered floats all those people who marched or were on floats And of course Ron Douglas I Santa and Bert Robertson I Santas driver My special thanks go to the fire fighters for their excellent turn out and the Acton Free Press for your publicity In these hard limes the citizens of Acton should be proud of the amount of entries that were In this years parade The date for next years parade will be the last Saturday in Novem ber Bev Jones Chairman Acton Santa Parade 83 From the editor s des Oops Argos fooled me slaw- by Gord Murray Free Press Opps The fooled me And I thought was taking a rough ride before the Tiger Cats were bounced by Ottawa and then the Argos won the Eastern Final As 1 told you a few weeks ago I was a staunch fan tor IS thoroughly mosUy frustrating seasons At the start of tius season I vowed to bite the bullet and not go on the emo tional roller coaster of another Boot- man campaign much to the chagrin of several fans at the Free Press Every week I was taking shots for my lapsed loyalty But I stuck to my guns even after they finished first despite the mounting pre ssure of supposedly staunch fans coming out of the closet and dumping on me for my lack of faith I was sure Hamilton wouldnt let Ottawa be a Cinderella team again and figured there was no way the Boatman could overcome the Oskle Weewee Jinx Of course In the year of the couldnt get a break Ottawa beat Hamilton Then Toronto bombed the capital Where did all these previously quiet fans come from anyway I said wasnt fooled by them this year I guess the Joke was on me 1 dont think I gave into a temptation other Double Blue followers havent succumbed to cutting them out of your life for a year After all after what fans have gone through everyone deserves a break now and again I Just picked the wrong year to sit on the sidelines and maybe was a little more stubborn about my season long time out than logic dictated after they per formed so well for so long Then again maybe I handled a good year the best way It should have been handled Waiting all year for them to blunder must have been agonizing Weve got a guy here at the Free Press Dave who Im sure bleeds Double Blue He was telling me he wasnt nervous once the Eastern Final started it was the he didnt handle well Too many butterfly to eat his lunch What a way to go through a football season I was reading an article in one of the weekend papers by a guy who has writ ten a book about the Argos between 1952 the year of their last Grey Cup and their lowest of low points last sea son Anyway he had a theory that the old Argo bounce before 1952 a feared lucky bounce was back as good luck after years of meaning dismal failure The author of the story traced the return of the Argo lucky bounce to some fluky catch Martin Cote made last year and followed Its resurrection through this season Trouble was I didnt know the bounce was back After the Grey Cup and all those fum blcs Edmonton made and recovered themselves and Minters bobbled pass reception which was questionably called a fumble It would be hard to con vince many that the bounce is back for good on the plus side Now I have until next July to decide if Sunday was a temporary setback for the good bounce or it Its resurgence was temporary plotting my strategy for next season Before I draw the curtain on the Argos for this space for some time I thought Id stroll down memory lone a bit more Ive been going to games for years I covered them the last time before Sun day that they went to the Grey Cup as well as the dismal next season when Cahil was fired for the first time 1 watched from the CNE press box for the and papers at where I was taking jour nalism It was a great learning ex perience not watching the or in school rags about them but by watching and listening to the veterans who had scribbled about them for years Since moving out to this area eight years ago Helen and I have gone to dozens and dozens of games always sitting in the area behind home plate or the along third base line for baseball The reason we sat In such lousy seats was simple they were cheap just cents at a chain food store firmly believed and in Helen agreed that If you spent more on tickets than parking you really being ripped off Of course we didnt go to many games after Labor Day football in fall or worse yet winter Just wasnt accept able to Helens book And besides I couldnt see much point in going to many fall games theyd already won the Grey Cup early in the summer and lost It by the end of the summer on an almost annual basis by Thanksgiving at the latest Id been trying without much success to explain the finer points of the game to my wife mostly she sat the confused and bored until one game against Montreal when we had seats high up In the end zone Suddenly partway through the second quarter Helen piped up and announced she now under stood what was happening on the field and yes I was right all along the Argos were awful Itwasagooddayforsucha revelation the Boatmen were so bad that afternoon Cahlll was fired for the second time Seems Helen couldnt grasp the game until she was sitting above the action and could see things being played out The most memorable game was my first date with Helen We were both taking journalism at Sheridan In ville had seasons tickets with my Dad the only year I had seasons tickets Anyway he couldnt make it to the Eastern semi final so I gave Helen his ticket It was a tremendous game two quarters of overtime before Toronto finally lost And It was cold and snow ing and Helen was far from Impressed She was so disappointed when she learned football games arent called because of snow She drank gallons of hot chocolate complained continually about what a silly date It was and couldnt we please go Between the first and second over time quarter we went to get more hot chocolate there was a crushing crowd in the concessions area and I lost Helen though I could hear her howling Cord Ive never lost little Helen In a crowd again at that Argo game that looking all those knees causes her to fear shell be trampled In crowds The more I think about It the best memories Ive collected didnt happen on the field Theres a treasure house of stories out there to be told People have called or buttonholed me bout how they like to see articles In this column about some of the happen ing of days gone by A neighbor was Annoyed because 1 wasnt borne when she raced miles in her car to give me a scoop on a threatened homicide she said she would like to see something besides slats and taps when she read this column Since It called Coles Slaw which Is made up of Just about any ingredients the writer wants to put in thats the intent of this pillar to muse over any thing strikes the fancy Anyway last weeks cohami about tin demolition of two houses on Church St to max way for a parkins produced some surprises Jessie of Georgetown calkd to say that the Walters family of which she is a member batter Um George Walters who bum and resided to the home where Uw bakery boated was a grandfather of Harvey who also lived there until his death a few years ago The Walter family knew they had desended from a man who came from Mirimachi New Brunswick and he had first come to Acton They have Identi fied his grave In Cemetery Harvey Walters of course married Lucy Edwards of the bakery family and was a well known plasterer in Acton and area His brother Lome Minute Walters a popular athlete in Acton where he played robust hockey for the Tanners Both came here from Geor where the Walters family moved after first settling la Acton It was coincidence that Harvey should live to his grandfathers bouse Others who mentioned stories about Jack Dang Kcntner many of which cant be printed here but Bob Mar shall who suited up with tbe Tainan recalls that Dang wouldnt change his hockey underwear when the his team mates were glad when they lost a game Of course many athletes are super stitious When I covered sports ft was unthinkable for any other player to hit the Ice before the goalkeeper who carried a puck in glove and let it slide to the Ice Woe to the player who failed to observe the proper order of appearance Others have also told me that Jack Kentner had all the attributes of a grea t hockey player but that older brother Joe was pound for pound one of best players in Acton Clarence and Fred were also good players a trait that seemed to be part of the family Jack killed In a tragic truck accident while still a young man was a skUkd hockey player who also made his mark in He bit a tremen dous home rat toning of an playoff game land Tigers to Torontos viaduct Park one sunny afternoon In a Ran many believe led to the Ontario Baseball Championship for Acton in 1947 Fred Kentner also inherited much of the family talent for hockey He played with Washington in the US and In Scottish League In barmy Scotland before returning to the home ham It was a pleasant surprise to see the farm of tbe late Mr and Mrs SG Bennett has been bequeathed to the Queen through the Ontario Heritage Foundation for use by the public The Bennetts were public spirited citizens and their last gesture will never be forgotten Of course everyone asking what tbe Ontario Heritage Foundation going to do with the beautiful farm Scotadak where so many champion is is the of an manor and adjourn estate some of choicest farm land In the area The farm Is located on Trafalgar Road about midway between and and extends from the Seventh to the Eighth Lines It has such a picturesque setting the Carls berg Brewing Co made commercials there with their famed draught horses When Jennifer Barr interviewed the Bennetts two or three years ago for one of her personality articles she was struck by the gentility of both Mr and Mrs Bennett She noted they took an active Interest in the children of the people who worked for them and In the swans and other birds on the ponds within their estate She felt they were one of the most gracious couples had been her pleasure to Interview hope Ontario Heritage Founds can find some useful purpose for Scotadak ao public can enjoy the farm which gave the Bennetts so much pleasure white they lived years ago November Acton Rotary Club and Branch Royal Canadian Legion combined forts again this year to stage a Christ- J mas dinner and entertainment for members of Actons Golden Age Club Mr Nino was presented the Agricultural Service Diploma by for mer member Russell Murray and J thb years top Member Cathy Bo vis Homes Intends to build 31B new homes at the Acton Meadows sub- i division and the model homes can be seen on Wallace Street J The first 76 unit phase of Hill Estates on Actons southern boundaries Is partially ready for oc cupancy Forty of the condominium townhouses are sold Council has added its voice to the proposed twophase In crease by Bell Telephone 20 years ago November MX Opening night of the popular Lions Minstrel Show nearly filled the Robert Little auditorium last evening and sell outs arc predicted for tonights show There are IB candidates seeking 11 seals as voters go to the polls on i Tuesday December I The new public school In picturesquely located on a bluff In the village will be officially opened J tomorrow night Friday Four Acton Men played in the Mens bonsoiel In Midland last Saturday Waller Dubois Don John Cutting and Somervllle Friends of Miss Sarah Sinclair were glad that whe was able to return home after a stay at St Josephs Hospital The new shopping plaza In the Glenlea subdivision attracted many customers this week as a Barber Shop Beauty Salon and Smoke Shop opened their doors 50 years ago November Mrs John who has been In the Hospital in Guelph for the past month or so was able to return home this week Friends wish her a speedy recovery Specials this week at Pattersons Meat Shop are sirloin roast cents lb side bacon IS cents a lb lbs of homemade sausage cents a lb and choice rib roasts 14 cents a lb The Bower Beauty Parlor will be open again for business on Wednesday November Phone Mrs Ada Near Bower Ave Skating on Corporation Pond ana Fairy Lake has been quite popular thq past week The walls are up and the roof is now being put on the addition at the Maun Knitting Company plant In Aclon 75 years ago I Messrs H Jeans G and James Smith assisted the Regt Band at Col Allans funeral last week For Sale 12 farms In the county of ranging In price from to Apply to W Denny Ontario f Herb Is likely to be on one of the big hockey teams of Toronto this coming season Miss Bessie McKcown who has been a very successful teacher at Dublin School the past three years will lerm her engagement at the end of the year The fine Johnstone block which supplanted the old Ransom Adams residence at the corner of Mill and John Streets is about completed ColorSergant Jos Com pany Lome Rifles has captured the best shot medal Tor 1907 by his splendid shooting at Camp Niagara last June Wanted Experienced Cook Biggest wages paid apply at the Dominion Hotel years ago December 1KS2 Hughes Griffin sell mens Fine Straw Hats at cents and upward Fine Christy Stiffs at styles Suits and overcoats at tow rates and made in latest styles Be sure to call and see them J Acton Mr George Hynda tells you in mammoth advertisement where to get Christmas presents cheap Mr James Moores fine new residence on Frederick Street Is a completed and is certainly a credit to the architect and builder Mr John Mr John Nelson j store and residence was burned down few week ago has purchased the store nearly opposite post office In that Slncs the arrival of grain market baa been a little more Only but remain the same