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agk two the actpn free press acton ontario thursday december 22 1065 le arton jffrpp jrpaa the only pmwt ever pabljbhed la acta founded in isis and published every thurs day at 56 mill st k acton ont member of the audit bureau of circulati the cw na and the ontarioquebec division of ttae cvka advertising rates on request sub- aoriptions payable in advance 50 in canada 150 tin- the united states aix months 150 single copies 6c authorised as second class mail post office department ottawa paktjshea by the ca g a dills editorinchief david r dills production james dills john black associate editors r business and editorial office ph 174 acton joyous ever once again that glorious season of christmas- tide comes to a climax on sunday when all the planning and the secrecy of the month or more before is revealed when all the messages of good will have been opened when sometimes greetings are communicated between friends which may not have been exchanged since a year ago marking the birthday of christ it is a birth day when all the world participates in giving when the people of all tongues and nations sound messages of good will it is always a pleasure to take part in this worldwide exchange of good will so your editor and the staff join with the multitude in wishing all bur readers many friends and in fact everyone the very merriest christmas for 1955 for the many things which have brought joy throughout the year in the office of your home town paper we who have had guid ance take this opportunity to extend our good will christmas music one of the warmest traditions of christmas is the christmas carol people have been singingj carols for nearly 2000 years but they perhaps have a wider appeal now than ever before the first carol was heard by the shepherds in the fields 1955 years ago when suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising god and saying glory to god in the highest and on earth peace good will to men the older carols forever hotel their place but it is noteworthy how carols of high popularity have been written in comparatively recent times and behind the newest carols are some of the bestknown which are of practically modern vin tage hark the herald angels sinjg was written by charles wesley younger brother of john yiho died in 1 788 john byrom english poet who died in 1763 wrote christmas awakeand while shepherds watched was written by nahum tate irish poet who died in 1715 he however put words to a tune that dates from 1592 thewordearol omes from the italian carol- to eliminate the gimmes the gordon comnpission would be doing a real service to the country if it could come up with some suggestions on how governments might reallocate sources of taxes so that they may get suf revenues to carry out the tasks each level of government federal provincial and municipal is best fitted to carry out efficiently and economically it would be a godsend to this country if we could only get away from this constant screaming for more more more this business of the cities accusing the provinces the provinces accusing the dominion of being niggardly and selfish were not sure politicians would like a re formed fiscal system it would leave smaller room for excuses and alibis it would not then be pos sible for aar bennett say to excuse his acts of omission by crying that he hasnt the money ot tawa has it all there are some spheres of public investment no doubt where it is advisable for various levels of government to participate jointly these areas should be better defined the whole search should be for a formula of taxation that would make it more difficult for politicians to pull the wopl over peoples eyes vancouver sun students spending in cities canadas high school students have an ave rage vj pocket tyioney weekly but put nearly 2 a week info savings these are among the inding of acontinutngrsurveyofyoutrr spend- ing and product preferences appearing in the business newspaper marketing boys in the 1619 age group are the most lavish spenders according to the survey soft drinks cigarettes taking girls on dates and other daytoday expenditures account for 617 of their total weekly income of 927 the remain ing 310 goes into savings for christmas pre sents vacations and other major items girls in the same age group find soft drinks candy cos metics and other daily necessities absorb 540 of their weekly 760 savings account for 220 taking in the complete age range covered by marketings survey 12 to 19 boys are in the highest weekly income bracket with an average 66 t the girls have to be satisfied with 524 more boys than girls earn part or all of their income 34 parcent of boys are entirely depend- ent on parttime jobs such jsnewspaper routes working in supermarkets for their spending money compared with 15 per cent of the girls those both receiving an allowance and earning money range f rbm 24 per cent for boys to 1 8 per cent for girls however 42 per cent of boys and 67 perycent of girls rely entirely on their a lowances l ratio of earnings- to allowance rises as stud- are meaning to sing and dance inja ring and dandngandirigtngwere port of the religious festivities long before christ they all have one thing in common to praise god and give thanks for the blessing of the saviours appearance on earth i forward or reverse the minister of highways right in the midst of a drive for more safety on the roads announc es a new regulation which will allow drivers in debted to the unsatisfied judgment fund to con tinue to drive as long as they are making pay ments on claims one sometimes wonders when thetegualtions are forward or in reverse every driver of a motor vehicle is obliged to contribute to the fund every year whether he carries adequate insurance to cover his or her liability in repayment 300000 has been paid out of the total of 800000 paid from the fund at present there are 2440 persons prohibited from owning or operating motor vehicles until they make arrangements to pay their debt to the fund wouldnt it be much more simple to require every applicant for a drivers permit to produce an insurance policy showing that he was respon sible for any damage that might occur due to his negligence remove the irresponsible from the highway before an accident occurs and exempt all drivers from the present levy who can show adequate insurance coverages its not fair to pay twice safe driving cannot be accomplished by re moving restrictions and making it easier but more rigid enforcement is needed if the highways are to be safer the ministerial association of acton is pleased to have this opportunity of wishing our people all tip lbbitu0 xtf a ijuyuufi utjriatinafl we invite you to join the millions of christians around the world who will celebrate the birthday of the christ child by worshipping him in the church of their choice gordon s j adams aaa bd the united church of canada robert h armstrong ma bc the presbyterian church in canada ray h costerus the baptist church roetef groeneboer ma bd the christian reformed church evan h jones ba lth the anghcan church olcanada kenneth j reid the pentecostal assembly the bible rev g p parson district secretary upper canada bible society j 4iv the good old days may have seemed better ji to the path back in an effort to put intermediate hockey back we read in the gravenhurst banner the following plan which isnt unique to some of us who are a bit older but may be unique to those of the pre sent generation we quote described as the first move in ontario to get away from the high costs of intermediate hockey four centres in muskokaparry sound have form ed a new amateur senior league teams from gravenhurst huntsville mactier and parry sound will open their schedule in january for gravenhurst it will mark the return of adult hockey following an absence of one season i the local team will have its first practice on friday night anyone not playing with an oha team is eligible to try out league regulations bar imports the execu tive will include two representatives from each team plus a commissioner the teams willbe kept strictly on an amateur basis in an effort to return to the oldtime intertown type of league the players wifl be obligated to provide their own equipment both veterans and young players are urged to turn out to make the team a success tibet is one of the strangest plac es the bible has penetrated cur rently it is reported that red chinese soldiers are using copies of the tibeuin bible for the pur pose of lonrninr the language of the country they are doing so be cause it is one of the few books a va liable there they read it with the chinese bible and compare the written forms the story of the translating of the tibetan bible has the marks of a suspense thriller its beginning can be traced back to the murder of the dalai lama head of the state in 18556 his political advisor was under suspicion he was in danger r being sewn up in the skin of a yak and jthrown do a deep ravine gregan ihb- name was a well educated and cultured iruin he migrated into kasmir for safetv j and wettled there i two missionaries who had irt veiled for 2i years across india finally reached this remote vallcv he hfcnrnf their trttchtr and litjv- ed in translating the tibetan btbli- by 1883 the gospel of si john was finished gregan died in i 1890 with the great task unf nilind his small son tiad become in- trigued toy the book with which his father worked early this boy be came a christian he became an authority in his native language in i its ibest classical form as well as n authority in english urdu kash miri and other indian languages the british government offered him a lucrative post but he refused ihem all saying no i have given my life to the lord jesus christ to j serve him since his messengers are not allowed to go to my people i will devote myself to translating the bible so that it can have legs and go into tibet and preach to them beginning his labors wit the age of 23 hoseb gregnn the son toiled until he was 50 when witfi mis sionary help he had completed the wihole bible tlefrre this tremend ous taslo had tweil finished and the bibe tmblifjufi just over two years agtidie had risked his life in treachmmws mountain passe- and through wilr infested areas of the fast his travels took him through temjerauires ranging from snowy noiiiitun frsls to 114 degrees of heat al to carry his precious man uscript oil xout much of the af-ay- io uihere they could be sent to the british end foreign bible society in london for printings this trans lation is now in its second edition suggested bible readings for the week sunday ps 39 113 monday fv 84 1 12 tuesday ps 85 1 13 wednesday ps 112 110 thursday isa 1 118 friday isa 2 15 saturday dcut 30 114 back in 1905 taken from tie taoe of the free press thonday december 21 195 the fire on sunday night re moved the last landmark of long ago days from the gtr station when the freight shied was twinn ed the fire alarm sounded at five minutes after eight and all the congregations in town were un ceremoniously dismissed yafid without much jenedicuon v the fire brigade was able to confine the blaze to the building under the pseudonym of maxo de la roche a talented young lady residing in town contributed a pretty french canadian story entitled thesecret f the river to the last number of the short story magazine on friday evening last the children and grandchildren of mr and mrs ridhard hetnstreet gaffieredatqtcri home in milton to celebrate the 60tth anniversary of their wedding mr hemstrcet who is a brother of william hem- street of acton was born in the state of new york in 1819 and came with his parents to trafalgar in 1823 to the farm on which he re sided until retiring a few years ago three incendiary fires in this community within a week tsierc i is room for some detective work here principal stewart received the sad news of the death of his mother at bluevale i mrs john agnew was a dele gate to the womens institute con- vention in guclph last week landlord wcgibbcm of the clark house georgetown is ill with typhoid fever 1 among those home for the noli- days are mr e j moore from victoria university mr will daw son of winnipeg mr park dills miss daisy nioklin mr john ar thurs of winnipeg miss ida mr- nabb from chicago miss sara liurd of prairie du chene wis and mrs g mnrwiclc and miss al berta of medicine hat parents whose children absent themselves from school are liable to a fine for truancy back in 1935 taken front the issue of the free press thursday december 24 193 with a good coating of ice in the arena that centre ia in full swing the boxing and wrestling ring at tlhe ymca is quite popular these ovenings the free press is published on tuesday this week with four -pages- sole of one cent postage stamps at the post office oh monday was 400 pupils of acton high school teachers and friends gathered last thursday evening at the town hall where the annual at home wos the feature the premier at traction was dancing with music by andy franks sixpiece orch estra the play kidnapping bet ty wtat a delikhttul presentation during the evening principal macraii was niniembered jjy- the rughy team with the presentation of a gnft on their behalf by ger ald iargoter mis mortimer by the basketball team presented by esther taylor and miss bell by the bvveball team presented by kay chvman on sunday everting at the ser vice of the united church the oanlaui the dliristmas king was presented it was under the direct ion of the choirmaster bert ma son witli special taken by miss ruth gibnon mrs j k gard iner mrs h f mowat mr dan taylor mr ted clifford and mrs j c matthews miss fern brown and mrs r arnold played the ac companiments last night christmas excitement broke out at knox church in a burst of entertainment a one act play of real beauty was put on by mr j hurst mm desserault mist f hursl mr j ross miss e orr mr c icirkness and mr c hend erson wednesday evening last the an nual ohristmas tree and entertain ment was lield at the baptist churctlt gasoline thas dropped another cent a nation roads have leon splendid for loth sleighing and wheeling weei klv at bawa j leave for germany professional directory and travellers guide medical dr w g c kenney physician and surgeon office in symon block 43a mill st e acton office phone 78 residence 115 church 81 e phone 15 wawa onl iopi this iron- mining town of 3000 situated 100 p f w p mile north of sanlt ste marie lor i wo 1gbt otav new has its awn weekly news several parties were given in paper the wawa echo owned nonor f mrs delaine rogers nee and managed by mr and mrs g and little miss madel- bernard a turcott and raymond eine joy rogers or rook wood be- sprercg wawa merchants one ofr lhey u for germany on the aims of the newspaper is es- j monday december 12 to join tabhshment of a highway link to husband and daddv for two years wawa- now served by the algoma he is st in e armed force central railway and a private there flving service i y- 1 n on several occasion- mrs rog ers and ixiby madeleine were in a year about 15 billion is m- showered with many lovely gift vested by manufacturing industry 1 everyone wished her a good voy 111 maintenance plus new plant and j age and a happy two years stay iiiiitncnt m soest germany dr d a garrett physician and snrgean corner of willow and river sts entrance rivsr street acton ontario phone 23s dr robert d buckner physician and surgeon 38 wellington st acton ont phone 679 office hours 68 pm brief comment just two days more until christmas the day thats been anticipated so long and so eagerly casualties among the turkeys have been heavy the past week and those that didnt lose their heads at christmas are doomed before new s f at the dental dr a j buchanan dental sarron office- irishman block mill st office hours 9 am to 6 pm xray telephone 148 dr h leib dental surgeon office corner mill and united church of canada acton ontario rev gordon adams ma bd minister parsonage 29 bower avenue phone 60 1 mr george elliott organist and choir leader 76 bower ave acton phone 6 christmas ev in the church at 800 pjn carols by candlelight the choir sunday december 25th 1955 1000 am childrens service in story and song 1100 am christmas communion presbyterian church in canada knox church acton rev robert h armstrong ma bj minister sunday december 25th 1955 945 am- church school 1100 am morning worship 700 pm carol service a warm welcome awaits you they- that wait upon the lord shall renew their strength in order to be assured that we do not receive any doityourself kits or home- helps for handy men we have completed all the tasks before christmas that might make that gift seem neces sary the anglican church of canada st albans church acton ont rev evan h jones ba lth rector baptist church acton ray h costerus pastor parsonage 115 bower ave phone 206w nobody really has to fear the machine or to work fewer hours to conserve the jobs or to be christmas eve saturday december 24 m30 pm festival choral com munion christmas day sunday december 25th 1955 j paid for doing nothing at all our expanding am choral communion sunday december 25th 1965 1000 amrsundav school 1100 am morning worship 700 pmrevening service wednesday 8 pm midweek ser vice i- 1 world seems to supply enough jobs for anyone xc sc oh christmas nnri tij j who cares to work at them dawson creek bc i peace river blocv news day st is reflected in fhe figures collected on students shopping habits we should mention of course that the survey vitos based pn600ir4ervwsntorohtoraaont real and edmonton and was made jby canadian high news exclusively for marketing the other day a millionmile accidentfree driver when asked to what he attributed his re- johns church rockwood ont acton pentecostal assembly meeting in lox hall crewsons lox hall confers rniiktwi mv st g v t a sunday december 25th 1955 1100 ajt festival choral com- t- r munion sunday december 25th cord said i drive as though everyone else were every communicant member of the look st telephone 649w 1965 frederick streets office hours 9 am to 6 pm telephone 19 acton optical e l buchner ro optometrist 48 mill st e phone 113 office hours wednesdays only 130 600 pro wednesday 1 evenings by appoint ment veterinary f g oakes bv so veterinarian office and residence 24 knox av acton phone 130 b d young bv sc c l young dvaa veterinary surgeana office brookville ontario phone milton 185r21 real e8tate and in8uranc1 f i wright 20 wilbur st acton ontario phone 95 appracr baal estate and w r- bracken real estate phone 26 actor ui jum fiinyi tiimlnrm nr houay twith us wc invite you to use on facilities in securing a purchase fr your property -t-hat-hardlya-tribute-to-rnodefti-dfivers-l- or modern driving habits aaelfort sask jour nal 1000 amsunday school one of the times in the year r when he makes ttia commun- 30 pmevangelistic service icjn let us all kneel at- the wednesday 8 pm cottage pray- lards table on his birthday er meeting and bible study fbeantlmtted 83 mill st acton phone 565 legal c f leatherland barrister solicitor notary paau office hours 1000 am 1200 am 100 p m500 pjn saturdays by appointment only office 22 phone acton rea 1s1 lever hoskin chartered accountants n 51 main st brampton phones 2478 44 victoria st toronto em 49131 m e manderson ba barrister solicitor and notary public 77 mill st phone 580 office hours tuesday 15 pm thursday 15 pm gporkrtiiwn office by appointment 4 mum st s phone triangle 72464 miscellaneous ruwley funeral home heated ambulance plionc 699 night or day kvrvink the community for 46 years olive m laaapard a tcm rmt teacher of piano acton studio st albans parish hal 14 park ave guelph phone 296 travellers guide gray coach lines coaches leave acton eastbound 63s am r5r am 1133 am 206 prn 508 p m 633 pm km9 p m bl013 pm westboona 1027 am 12 52 pm 237cpjnl 527 p m 727 pm b 12 pm 1 132 pm 112 am sun to kit chener only a dally except sunday and holi days b saturday sunday and holi days canadian national railways standard lime daily 8 40 am daily except sun days 1000 am 713 pm sunday fts-a- rjtt1 daily except sun- fayflyer at georgetown 901 ajn 637 pm daily flyer at george town lflll pm im ll ulii try kvmvr sunday 848 am 6i5 pm flag- stop 748 pjn saturday only ib pm sunday only 943 am flag- stop sunday only flyer at gue tob pm dah except sat and suti to detrain passengan from west toronto and beyond 610 nan daily except sat nd sun flyer at guelph 436 pjn