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i lujhttiyuv- f flb r r- the acton free press aton ontario i jn ottawa last week the editor spent a couple of days in ottawa at the meeting of the directors of the l canadiarv weekly newspapersassociation this semiannual board meeting is always hew in ot- fawa not necessarily for the same purpose that other groups gather in the nations capital for there were other groups there those days whom we- presume would be seeking some considera- tion from the government there was no pre sentation from the weekly press on their behalf or request for a subsidy oftawif and the chateau laurier and parliament buildings have otfter things which are more interesting than the de- bates in the senate or house of commons at one luncheon our group had as hosts the canadian federation of agriculture chief repre- sentatives of which were messrs h h hannam and colin groff it was a most interesting time mr hannam recently made a trip to kenya and had taken colored movies of his trip he fold of the mauaaau and gave the background of the movement and the effect it is haying in this land his contact 9ave all who listened a better intimate understanding of the problem this african coun try is facing and its effect oh worl4 affairs with mr coli hadaluncheoncon versation which was purely newspaper he had owned one of the four orangeville papers in the early days and is former printer of the era when wages were lower and hours were longer he knows from intimate experience the early trials of aweekry newspaper editor on other occasions we met representatives of the canadian chamber of commerce government officials from many departments representatives of the canadian banks association and the rail ways of canada the budget one would think that at this time when every one is guessing about the budget possible tax re- ot visions etc that hon walter harris minister finance might be a bit reluctant to address a group of newspaper editors but like his pre decessors in office mr harris can give a most in teresting address without betraying any budget secrets he comes from a small ontario town markdale and he was quite at home with editors of weekly papers like many others in the group we enjoyed a chat with him prior to the dinner he discussed most everything but the nations finances both in conversation and in public speech the minister of finance is optimistic for canada in this year and the foreseeable future his optimism was soundly based on the cana experience of-tfte- past perhaps if mr harris made any predictionsof busy at some other duties and we can vouch that they missed nothing inthe debate that was con ducted that evening the only spirited and gene ral participation part of the proceedings was the adjournment at jo oclock like every other part of the procedure however the spirif is soon ex tinguished and the speaker and officials hayp i way of closing the debate vyhich wouldbe a re velation to those who hold iff ice in lessea gov erning bodies in our municipalities we dont suggest for v mornerit that municipal officials give too much attention to the rules for regulation of government the book which we borrowed and brought home for a perusal of a man at home gave the instructions in concise form of some 500 pages our brief walk back to the hotel before boarding the night train for home was refreshing they have much more snow in that part of on tario than we have and the sidewalks are no bet- ter kept perhaps not as well as those in our own community v we pay for our wants the tendency to have the things we want and do not desire to pay directly to su foisted in snmij level o government has always been thursday match ai iass present and thefee days it is not abating of course its a crazy notion because all that is accomplished is to shift the load tpa lot of folks wh6 do not want it but mwsrpay for it in taxes all moneys received by any government at any level are those which the taxpayers contribute take the trend for television that is the latest whim sales and excise taxes on radio and tele vision sets in the last 10 months of 1954 amount ed to 1 5005309 on top pf trsis of course there is the little matter of the cbqs annual sub sidy of 6250000 just recently in brampton the owner of one of the hotels there suggested the town might pur chase his hotel for 150000 or lease it at 15- 000 annually the suggestion is taken with mix- v staff photo snow pathway is provided for two sunday afternoon strol lers by- the esquesingnassagaweya township line where a light fall of snow has covered icy ruts and tire marks just eep enough to make walking pleasant without difficult the oooo old 0ays l mat haveseemed better being e ast or t h how far and where in milton last week the milton- north trafalgar planning board put a freeze on all subdivisions then set to work in carnesito pre pare the land use map and an of ficial plan for the town under growing pressure from subdividers and wogldbe subdividers the board ha called a halt at least until m 1 until it finds out jus how far and vphere milton is grow ing mischief in the night in erin thieves broke into a jocal garage recently ransacked the place but emerged only 7 jo to the better for their nocturnal mis chief a few nights previous some enterprising wouldbe cjrook tried tn gain entry to a local drug store s o u t h back in 1935 from the line of the free rrcaa of thursday muck 1357 tinder the auspices of acton womens institute a light comedy skit was presented on friday fast fourteen members of the branch had parts in mrs jones enter- tinsv mrs j c matthews who ably trained the group wa9 pre sented with a basket of spring flowers as a slight token of appre ciation for her troublef the number of tmasierrts who occupy the room at the town hall doesnt diminish any among the musical students who were successful in passing conser vatory examinations recently was urana mcdonald of acton who secured first class honors in the introductory test margaret har rison passed grade ii theory examination the play skidding presented by the basilica players under the auspices pf st josephs church was received by a fairly good crowd on tuesday night acton hockey team has won the first round in the ohta playoffs by 113 the second round will be with durham after the first game intheacton- brantford round here and a four- goal lead on the round the locals est wltats in the wind in burlington its reported a court action for 100000 taxes nel son township over the townships refusal to go through with the sale of industrial land for meat pack ing plant and obbatoir this fact stunned the council members in a letter read at monday nights meeting says the gazette as if the councillors had no idea anything was in the wind no news is news in oakville with one paper at least no nevus is news is becoming an dbsession to the point of repeti tion oakvilles annexation appli cation is the cause of it all and afte some five months of waiting and waiting and waiting theres still no decision the same paper had little to ear in me return game in brantford last fridaysbox the goalie was called on o do the heavy end of the work for brant ford- even to scoringtheii on goal of the game we admit it looked genuine to us but the facts of the matter are that the play ws made up when the brantford goalie visited the acton dressing room after the second period and asked that he be allowed to score a goal the only mixup was thai not all the team heard the plan and wheri he started down the ice he was checked and acton scored an extra goal on him woods grocery 1 lb domestic shortening 12c 7 lbs monarch flour for 27c 1 pkt corn flakes 9c 2 lbs cream of wheat 9c flapper looking nervously at boy with dog dont let him bite me small boy you cant go by that miss your sho your l but i dbnt suppose youll kick the water pf the first of spring didnt get away very well from the streets back i1tt905 front the larae of be free f thursday march 2 ims the need for the adoption of a new system for the construction of better roads in the county was stressed at a roads convention r milton- with representatives- pf au municipalities present in the lart live years timber and plank have been abandoned in the building of bridges sluiceways culverts and sidewalks and are being replaced with iron and- cement statute labour mas become un satisfactory particularly for the most travelled roads and many counties have adopted the county road sysjent y councillor walbrook of trafalgar thought that the county needed an electric road as well touching acton arid milton in this electric age this could readily be accom plished- reeve mahon of nassagaweya was proud to say- that fpr the most part the township already- has superior roads the acton tanning co recently commenced the manufacture of fin shoe leathers and during the week made the first shipment a staff of expert tanners and finishers is engaged on this new line which is expected to develop into a large output a quiet wedd tuuk place at ther3f 4d toronto- m feb 23rd when miss alice m thompson of ballinafad and mr alexander b cheonof thwtplaceweretinited in the bonds of holy matrimony the bride was gowned in cream cashmere with sequin yoke and silk trimmings on their return to the home of the groom a delightful reception was tendered them guests numbering about one hun dred the presents were numerous at oakville behaviour of young people in the post office is so bad the some of the ladies are afraid to come in for their mail a deputation consisting of lor calbert matthew beattie murray crawford and david black repre- senting the citizens of campbell- ville wqited on nassagaweya coun cil asking fo a grant of 300 to lay granolithic pavement in campbetl- ville the citizens toeing willing to pay a like amo campbell villes enterprising and plucky citizens deserve encourage ment council is considering the matter ed feelings in the neighboring town down in smiths falls the community centre last year suffered a loss ot 13600 qnjts opera tions this story could be repeated in many other towns after the first three years of operation operation of things we want but cannot af ford is very conveniently collected in mny ways by taxation as long as the trend continues lower taxes can not be anticipated and in mostxases the public as a whole is entirely to blame for the high level perhaps if we learned to do more for ourselves and became more independent individ ually our progress would be more solid and many of our wants would be found superfluous qld books the year aheadtheymightbe summarized in his closing remarks the experience of 1954 shows that the canadian economy is strong and flexible enough to adjust itsetf to changing conditions at home and abroad in an orderly manner without confusion and dislocation without calling for rewcnetirretgency measures jherere still prob lems to be solved there may be more troubles in the future but the experience of 1954 suggests that there is a basic strength in our economy which can provide a shock for anyonewho sells canada short not a hint of how the minister plans canadas finances to bedistributed or collected did we re ceive but a good background upon which any- wie could make their own deductions and a con tagious faith in canada- night debating our only excursion outofdoors from leaving toronto on sunday afternoon until returning early wednesday rnorning was a trip to the parliament buildrftgs for a half hour on tuesday evening to get a book from a member of the house and to listen to the debate there was no scarcity of seat ing accommodationr the galleries or on the floor pf the house it was almost unbelievable to re alize that some 245 representatives are sent by the people of canada to the house of commons we havent a doubt that mapy of them were- during the process ot making some building changes recently there were unearthed some old books and papers that had gotten into ordinarily inaccessible places there were a couple of prize lists of fall fairs in 1910just little 12 page book lets two other books intrigued us one was pub- lishedin 1882andwas entitled the american- printer and contained practical directions for managing- all departments of a printing office that one is of personal interest the other book was entitled traditions of edinburgh published in 1868 not having much scotch ancestry it apreared perfectly safe tope- ruse this volume paragraphs picked where the hook fe o were most en there got scared off in the process of jim mying the lock and scooted away emptyhanded stcsun if the rescue in oakville recently townsmen came to council with complaints of frozen culverts causing a drain age problem at the same time trafalgar township works em ployees were alleviating the same trouble by a new method called to lend a hand at fixing oakvilles difficuttyr township wdrlcmen res ponded with live steam injected at 120 pounds pressure into the ice clogged culvert a centre in bronte irv bronte ways and means are being studied lqhave the owner ship of the bronte a field trangf t the villag a -cont- mittee under the leadership of the police chief is seeking to make a com centre project out of ruefully recalls that the town was promised an early decision say nosmng about fire in milton a shroud of mystery still hung around the arena at the weekend a mysterious fire caused some 25000 damage earlier in the week and efforts of the public arid press to gain more information have been put down by terse re fusals from the fire marshalls of fice which is still investigatin of situation it is rumored an explos ion was heard just before flames shot up the field and to do this andbe eligible for certain applying grants the village must hold the area in its name numbered in trafalgar in trafalgar township the southern part of thevbooming ruril municipality anyway house num bers will soon be added to all homes in builtup aivus in a few months time mail delivery will be made by postmen on a once-daily- round a contractor is starting to work onputting up numbers now at si 25 per home ptnosli aftermath in bronte an immigrant from lakeshore trailer camp was threatened with deportation in magistrate langdons court last week when he was in court on hours labor buys more products now it is important that our urban friends should realize that one -hours- labor in 1954 would purch- ase more farm products than that same hours labor would do in 1924 that- statement is true of milk bread eggs beef pork butter and cheese to mention but a few for example one hours labor in 1924 would buy 38 quarts of milk and in 1954 that same hours labor would purcha 73 quarts in th- caseof bread bb lbstn t924 and 124 lbs n 1954 in-the- case of egg 15 eggs in 1924 and shghtly over 30 in 1954 in the ca of butter ll lbs in 1924 and 25 lbs in 1954 the- figures quoted are based on dominion- bureau of statistics was a description of the hell fire club and the sweating club we just read two paragraphs to find that pecks bad boy which was banned for young folks ar- the turn of the century may have been founded onsome scottish traditions drink ing is not an innovation of our present day and the stabbings and brawlings that are common place in our daily news had their rpots well em bedded more than a century ago some day we would like to visit scotland but before we go we want to complete the readirjgof traditions in edinburgh which carries one back into the history before 1868 and is most intimate th its personalities and description of early events yes even house cleaning can prove in- teresting if its left long enough charges of assulting a 14yearod boy when a fuss flaredup around a pinball machine in a nearby lunch spot good match what on earth are you going to do with that nag asked the farmer oh replied the cocky young sportsman im going to race him the farmer took- a second look at the animal well youll win he said a at 1hi professional directory and travellers guide legal c f leatherland barrister scjiciter natpiy pih office hours 1000 ajn1200 sun 100 pjn500 pjn saturdays by appointment only office 22 phone rea 151 1 acton lever hoskin chartered accountants successors to jenkins and hardy 1305 metropolitan bldg 44 victori st toronto em 49131 veterinary f g oakes bv sc veterinarian office and residence 24 knox aw acton phone 130 bd young bvsc c l young dvm veterinary surgeons office brookvilte ontario phone milton 165r21 medical dr w gc kenney physician and sur t office in symon block t 43a mill sl e acton office phne 78 residence 115 church 81 b phone 1m dr d a garrett physician and surgean corner of willow and river stav entrance rivar street acton ontario phone 238 dental dr ay j buchanan dental surgeon offce leishman block mill st- office hours 0 am to 6 pm xray telephone 148 dr h leib dental surgeon office corner mill and frederick streets j real estate and insurance a 3ty ar ton wxit ijreba the only paper ever published in acton foundedin 1875 and published every thursday at 56 mai st e acton ont member of the audit bureau of circula- tionsi the cwna and the ontarioquebec division of the cwna advertising rates on request subscriptions pay- v- able tav advance 250 irv canada w50 in the united states six months 150 single copies 6c authorized as second class mail ppsvoffice department ottrwa r- published by the bills printing an publishing go limited g a dills editorinchief david r- dills production manager james dills john black associate editors and editorial offixe telephone 1 74 busi new united church of canada aeun ontario a friendly church rev e a currey b a bd minister parsonage29 bower avenue phone 60 mr george elliott organist and choir leader 76 bower ave acton phohe 6 i sunday march 6th 1955 1000 am sunday school 1100 am morning worship 700 prrr evening worship presbyterian church in canada knox church acton rev robert h armstrong la bd minister suntjay march 6th 1955 945 am church school li00 am morning worship 700 pm byening service a warm iweleome awaits ycu f l wright 20 wilbur st acton ontario phone 95 appraiser real estate lnsnrsnce st albans churcrt angucanv j w r bracken real estate insurance phone 26 acto list your farms business or -nous- with us we invite you to use ou facilities in securing a purchase to your property by h ashman v phone miuor 146r42 r r 1 campbellville 1 salesman j iv baptist church acton ray h costerus pastor parsonage l 15 bower ave phone 206w rev evan h joree ba rector lth sunday march 6th 1955 j 1000 am sunday school 1100 am morning service 1m pinevening service ii charge of the annette st by pu toronto j 815 pjn ibxxj i wednesday ioo missioa band 800 prayer meeting suxday- march 6th 1955 second sunday in lerffi 1000 amchurch sjbhool 1100 a jn beginners cl3ss- 1100a4rltrharai communwn and sifrmon 700 pm eenlrupvayer and sermon thursday march 10 8 jpm in duction qtlihe rev evan h jones as rector of the parish r5ce0tioh afterwards in the parish hahwah welcome tor at- tend r f bean limited real estate and insurance 83 mill st acton phone 585 r h elliott real estate 76 bower avenue phone 6 representing g w goldstra broker milton phone 349 complete real estate service covering halton county ue our pacfllues x v office hours 9 amt to 6 pjn telephone 1 9 acton miscellaneous ruaaley funeral home i heated ambulance phone 699 night or day serving the community for 46 years travellers guide gray coach lines coaches leave acton easlbeodd 6 38 am 858 am 1133 a jn 2 08 pm 508 pm 633 pm pm bl013 p m westhoiuhl 1027 am 1232 pm 257- pjn 5 27 pm 727 pm 912 pjn 1132 pm 112 am sun to kit chener only i l adaily except sunday and holi days bsaturday sunday and bou- days canadian national railways sundard time eastbsauid j daily 640 am daily except sun days 10 00 am 713 pm sunday only 801 pnu jqajl except sun day flyer at- georgetown 902 am 637 pm danyftyer at george- town lqll- pm westbound daily except sun and mon 128 am sun iintl mrt nnlt 2vf am dally except sunday 848 a r m 655 pm flagstop 749 pm saturday only 1xi pjn sunday only 943 am tflagitop sunday onlyc flyer at guelph 709 pjn dailrexcept sat and sun flag- stop acton 610 pm a sztve3 sttsl jhswss3ssa ucayj ivfitlfrbi