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page tp70- the acton free press acton ontario thursday march 1st 1056 i v 1 arlnh jffwe jprpbb tbe only piper ever pabushed in acton founded in 1875 and published every thurs day at 56 mill st e acton ont member of the audit bureau of circulations tbe cwj n a and the ontarioquebec division of the cwn a advertising rates on tequest sub scriptions payable in advance 300 in canada 400 in the united states six months 175 single copies 7c authorized as second class mail post office department ottawa rahlarima by the rabushiar oe united g a dills editorla chief 4drniproduetion manager james dills john black associate editors business and editorial office pb 174 acton in ottawa your editor spent a busy two days in ottawa last week and not a moment did we have to spare to go up to the parliament buildings where the house of commons is debating sometimes mom entous questions on the affairs of the nation in this great task of guiding the nation one finds in ottawa many groups quite helpful in presenting phases epreseruatimeolrnanyflrq o canad- ians not all the work of parliament is done on the floor of the house or in the senate j besides morning and afternoon sessions of our group of representatives of canadian weekly newspapers there was opportunity to meet and hear government officials and cithers at least a score of officials were present at various lunch eons at one luncheon we enjoyed the company of aar w j turnbull head of the- canadian post office possibly we got a better understanding of his problems in the conversation than could have been a i a v tr his nffirw or a formal on file the second thing we made inquiry about last wednesday morning when we returned to acton was the fate of the hearing on the maria street bridge we were delighted to learn that this political football would no longer be heard about in actons municipal arena the wisdom of the decision of the municipal board that no vote was necessary on the question was substantiated by petitions for the towns building program and the almost negligible opposition the decision and hearing by the municipal board has more bearing than the matter of 15000 expenditure to be paid over a short period of years it means a healing of feeling and a uniting of all sections of acton into one com munity a job that could not have successfully been done without a complete airingt we were pleased last week to be able to pre sent a full report of the proceedings there can surely no longer be any doubt of the record being given the public down through the years the free press has been happy to record and leave open to the public all matters of public interest who knows another group of residents may want to refer to the file copy of february 23 1956 gas or dogs the decision of the fuel board regarding the serving of acton milton and georgetown with natural gas has been settled with official an nouncement that approval has been given the united suburban gas co with provision to use local supplies the important thing is that the three towns interested have had the benefit of joint action and consideration in the long negotiations and factfinding the united action by the urban board has been most beneficial the companies anxious to provide the address we learned unofficially why toronto is the biggest bottleneck in postal service and some of the approaches to the solution mr turnbull is soon to retire from the service but before he does so he will head up the conferen of world post masters which- is being held in canada for the first lime this year also heard the dominion statistician tell about the quintennial census of canada to be taken this year its going to be more simple than the last census and the facts revealed will be made avail able sooner estimates of canadas growth in the next ten and 25 years would seem to indicate that home building and planning are not being overdone at our present rate indications that canadas estimated 16 mil lions will reach 24 millions in the next ten or 15 years are freely put forth and the 25 year period envisions a population double our present num ber of citizens farmbusiness and seaway from mr h h hannam and officials of the canadian federation of agriculture we learned of the plight of farmers and the foreseeable future we gathered that while farmer markets are not enjoying the same prosperity as the manu facturing field or comparable to 1948 the crystal ball does not foretell any further drop we might in 1906- taken front the issue of the free press o thursday march 1 19667 tlipjtercstinr character of tht- tprnfmlinga if th munieirml march breezes in but winter is still with us in the last few weeks enough snow has fallen to keep everyone well remind ed of the time of season and through the countryside scene after scene like this one with snow and ice the salient points of view serve added emphasis to the way of the weather rememjber thosej j qtmd old 5ba4fi jf cbuncil has not yet commenced lo flag mondays meeting was not without its spicy sallies i 1936 taken from tbe uaue of the free frtii it thursday march 5 1936 the three rmmtjim school in-ng- ricullure and lunm economics or- ijnnized and conducted by the loc al branch of the ontario depart meat of agriculture wua brought tlie meter system for the electric j to i successful conclusion at a ban- the bible bbv g r parson district secretary upper canada bible society light plant gut another airing tho matter of the number of drunks on the streets ugaip was spoken of on saturday af ternoon a quartet of five year old lads wys playing on corporation pond when one of their number master winston grace son of e w grace hut- cher fell into one of the open spaces where the icemen liod been harvesting two of the inds werefrighttencdahd rarttwnytrut master mclvin williams son of cxrecv williams pluck ily stayed by his little companion and by ly ing flat an the ice was able to pull him out of his place of peril mr and mrs grace called at the wil liams home on monday evonink and presented the little hero with a silver watch and chain peter anderson hornby son of william hornby watchman at storeys tannery returned home after on absence of five yeurs and some exciting experiences in 1000 hestlipped on a yacht at new york and went to australia new zealand and other antipodean points he was reported drowned after uhc ships boilers exploded following a spree the plan is under consideration for a new brick skating and curl ijuct in palermo acton eliminated fergus by win ning both of the guinea in the o 1ia group pluyotfs acton is un beaten this year in lo games mrs john storey celebrated her ninetieth birthday in milton on tuesday she was uom in esiues- ing township members and friends of st al- bons young people enjoyed an interesting literary and musical program on tuesday in the parish hall of special interest was the boys choir of the public school conducted by miss t f hunt hughes cleaver mp for hnlton hus been appointed to the follow ing select committees of the house of commons agriculture and col onization and miscellaneous pri vate bills monday evening was one of the highlights of musonic activities being the official visit of the dis trict deputy if wellington district to walker lodge acton right worshipful bro roy findlay of guclph is this yeur the represent ative of the grand lodge acton womens institute held their meeting in the ymca gymnasium and the room was fill- trie birch bark talks with these words the indian braves of canadas far north expressed their amazement when they found that the magic signs before their eyes told them stories actually the characters which look like egyptian doodling were the simple system of syllabic shorthand devised by a missionary who found their language too dif ficult to reduce to writing in al phabet form- by this simple method invented 1- 1 over a hundred years ago james add an observatidn of our own that the subsidies l evans was able to teach a clever indian to read in a few hours the system was built from nine syllabic characters faoini in four different positions representing 06 different sounds 11 has been used throughout most of northern can ada across the years since it was created for the cree indians to put the peculiar geometric writing on the birch bark evans first copied his translation of 1 bible portions by hand since this method was slow he decided that he must print them to make type i he first melted tea chest lead lin es 4 117 wednesday james 5 1- 20 thursday exodus 20 117 fri day psalms 51 119 saturday psalms 96 113 service have had to deal with three towns as a unit the towns have had the benefit of joint hearings before the fuel board and yet the free dom of individual preferences whether its gas or a dog problem the north hatton unban board is doing a service in many ways in solving common problems that prove co operative consultation can be beneficial to all big print it is positively amazing to watch the way this country is being propagandized by governments first radio then tv became govemmentinstru- ments to educate the people and now the federal government hay gon i p in a and costly way over in hull handy to the politicians the government bought property for their new na tional printing bureau they paid 564991 for the property and another 150000 to landscape it the new building has cost another 13035- 009 on top of that and they still have to buy printing equipment printing equipment today is so costly that weekly newspapers are having trouble showing a profit yet the federal government sees fit at such a time to construct the biggest and fanciest printing shop in the nation about 95 per cent of the pamphlets it will print might well be allow ed to go outofprint the balance would be print ed by private printers at a fraction of the cost readers would never guess that they came from print sh nrt w 159 fino lunry ing being paid farmers on their price supports are not as great as- that being enjoyed by many others who operate and cannot make ends meet we also heard from mr a m henderson vicechairman of the executive council of the chamber ofcommerce this body has been bus ily preparing a brief putting forth the viewpoint of business and recommendations for considera tion of the government at the concluding dinner on tuesday night we iirai iiiam heard hon george c marler minister of trans- ings and shaped ihem in clay j a t imoulds impressions in the clay bortpeajlopjhjitjesent g hand carved wood blocks later he carved the type frommusket bullets a press used for treating furs was turned into a printing press however he still had no paper and no ink birch bark gathered by the children and squaws served as paper chimney soot and fish oil were mixed to provide ink the good news was printe and the soft bark pages were sewi together with leather thongs anc bound in soft deerskin xhe birch bark talks said the indians it speaks the words of the great spirit today the entire bible is available from the britis and foreign bible society in can ada in cree in a script invented by a white brother suggested bible readrng the week sunday james jrl3b moo- dayt james 3 116 tuesday jam- can project the st lawrence seaway on grain alone it is suggested that with completion of the seaway a reduction of five cents a bushel may be possible in overseas shipments what the seaway will mean to shipments of iron ore from labrador and quebec to the united states steel mills can scarcely be estimated at this stage the electrical power that will also be develop ed by this project mounts into the millions of horsepower and gives some indication of the im pact this project will have in the development of canada and especially in the provinces of ontario and quebec i ottawa is always interesting but it cannot be judged from the talk which comes rom parlia mentary debate announce glass plant for town a plant for the production of glass usci in the manufacture of lamps will be built at oakville by canadian general electric the company announced says the can adian press at present the announcement said canadian lamp manufacturers import glass components from the united states and europe e h lindsay general manager of the companys lamp department said the new industry will require skills anl manufacturing leeh- niciues he added that introduction of this type of specialized glass man ufactured in canada involved considerable risk but it was be lieved canadian growth would justify it- jyansfr the initial unit are now under way ultimately the plant is expected to occupy about twothirds of a seven and onehalf acre site and to involve a multimilliondollar investment ing rink with a reading room at- with visiting n ij 1 bannockburn and ospringe and the acton ladies mrs withcrspoon of hamilton gave the address on canadian industries mrs l ma- chcll drew the lucky number for the major prize nassngaweyn has reduced the poll tax there from 2 50 to 1200 the womens world day of prayer was observed in st johns church rockwood with a good at tendance each part was conducted by the president of a church group mrs charles stovel mrs j d mcnabb mrs robert williom- tached a most delightful function was the at home given by mrs d henderson last thursday after- noon about iso ladies were pres ent mrs henderson who was gowned in black silkeoline receiv ed in the drawing room with her daughter mrs mckcague who is returning to winnipeg sl albans church concert in cluded two farces cool as a cuc umber and cabman no 03 in the casts were messrs j wood j 1 saunders j b lake and misses 1 gertie statham and madge chap- son prayers were offered by mrs man ir the first and messrs loon- i ure mrs w j taylor mrs j e 1 ard hobson and j wood miss pearen and mrs danby mrs t florence chapman and mrs j b jackson contributed an appropriate lake in the second solo isc professional directory and travellers guide medical p oets corner saw in the azure far away a preview of a womans hat a golden crescent moon tilted lay above saucy winkingstars that knew i would shop the following night and see my golden hat turned up then find neath the stars and brignt moonlight greater peace in the upturned cup thalia a hochlitz dr w g c kenney physician and surgeon olfice in symon block 43a mill st e acton office phone 78 residence 115 church st e phone 150 dr d a garrett physician and surgeon corner of willow and river sts entrance river street acton ontario phone 238 gf- at tme keeping pace after a two month period of working one linotype day and night the mechanical part of the newspaper is getting back to normal on friday a completely rebuilt machine took its place again beside our second linotype it was awelcome home again that was appreciated that was its first holiday in 38 years and now its operating just like new some other printing office furniture came in on monday to make the flow of work smoother tasrweek we also unpeckedanother machine from switzerland- evidence of ww it can do in brightening up our commercial printing and add ing color will b evidenced in the months ahead way ate frying to keep pace with g trends but sometimes it becomes strenuous united church of canada aetae ontart rev gordon adams ma b d minister parsonage 29 bower avenue phone bo mr george elliott organist and choir leader 76 bower ave acton phone 6 sunday march 4th 1956 950 am junior church 955am church school 1115 am morning worship 700 pjtn evening prayer presbyterian church in canada knox church acton rfv robekt h armstttong ma bj- mtnbter sunday march 4th 1956 945 ajn church school 1100 am morning worship 700 pm evening service they that wait upon the lord shall renew their strength brief comment the business of exporting rags brought canada- 2000000 in the first six months of 1955 disquieting feature of the whole bus iness is that canadian rags frequently find their way back to this country in the form of import ed textiles napanee ont postexpress blessed are they that cooperate with the edi tor in his efforts on behalf of the community for the community shall be known to all men as a good place in which to live and do business- and blessed are they who dont think they could run a newspaper better than the editor yea thrice bjetssecjafe they because there are so few of them springhill ns record we often wonder which is making the city more money the parking m or parking fines we cannot afford to make the public disre spectful of the law the passing out of 414 park ing tickets during november would tend to show tha a la n o m dorwt ing classified as criminals north battleford sask newsoptimist over in indianapolis the other day a press photographer jhad his camera damaged by an official the judge in fining the official made this interesting comment as an elected public official you are news arid you surrender privacy you might enjoy as a private citizen ifs some thing you must expect when you are elected to cash income from tbe sale of itarm 130 pjm- evangelistic service o products with saskatchewan see- wedoesdiy pjblcottete pray- oidl 1 r meeting and bible study the angucam church of canada st alaaars caarcav aetea rev evan h jdnea ba lth baptist church acton raj h costerus pastor parsonage 115 bower ave phone 206w 3rd sunday f lent 900 ajn holy communion 945 ajn church school i 1100 a jn beginner cls uoo a-ni- choral communion and sermon 415 pjn holy baptism 7fli6 p 5ri evening prayer lenten service wednesday j march 7 8 pjn commination service sermon gluttony sunbay march 4th 1956 1000 anrj sunday school 1100 ajoo morning worsliip- 7oo pjn evening service 8 pn mid-wtek-sw- viee- acton pentecostal assembly meeting in lojl hall crewsona corners pastor rev kj reid 81 cook st telephone sw j tsunx ay march 4th 1956 1000 am sunday school ontario normally has the t largest 1100 ajm morning worship dr robert d buckner physician and surgeon 39 wellington st acton ont phone 679 office hours 68 pjn legai cf leatherland qc barrister solicitor notary public office hours 1100 am 1200 am i 00 pm- 500 pm saturdays by appointment only office 22 phone res 151 acton hoskin 51 main st n brampton phones 247a victoria st toronto em 49131 dental m e aaanderson ba barriater solicitor and notary public 4 main st s phone triangle 72464 dr a j buchanan dental 8arreon officeleishman block mill st officehourspo am to 6 pm xray telephone 148 dr h leib dental surgeon officer corner mill and frederick streets office hours 9 am to 6 prri telephone 19 acton 11 p miscellaneous ruaaley funeral home heated ambulance phone 699 night or day optical e l buchner ro optometrist 46 mill st e phone 115 office hours wednesdays 130 dsoo p m evenings by appointment veterinary f fe oakes bv sc veterinarian office and residence 24 knox ave acton phone 130 serving the community for 46 years olive m laaapard at cm rmt teacher of piano acton studio st albans parish hall 14 park ave guelph phoni- 296 travellers guide gray coach lines coaches leave acton eutbonnd i 638 am 6 58 am 1133 am 208 208 p m 508 pm 633 pm 813 pm 1008 pm sun and holi b d young bv sc c l young ovaa veterinary bargeona office brookville ontarlb phone milton tr 89177 west be and rio27 am- 4 252 pm li pm 527 pm 727 pm 912 pjn 1132 prh 1 12 m fri sat sua and hoi 1 seal estate and insurance f l wright 20 wilbur st acton ontario -phone-95- aaaralaer baal estate w r bracken phone- 26 actoai list your farms business or house with us we invite you to use our- facilities in securing a purchaser for your property a public office r f bean limited eal estate aa4 laanraae 83 mill st acton v canadian national railways standard ttate daily 6 40 am imlfvxc days 1000 am 713 pjn sunday only 801 pjn daily except sun day flyer t georgetown 802 am 637 pm daily flyer at george town 1011 pjn dauy 1l4- pjn- utaily except sunday 84t am 55 pjn oai- stop749 pjn saturday only sjl pjn sunday only 943 ajn iotm- bjw j urn ii pjn sunday only 943 ajn 1 stop sunday only flyer on guelph 70s pjn daily except sat and sun to detrain from west 10 1 sun fuo pjn lm117 vacrin on 1 to detrain u est toronto and beyond daily except sat and at guelph j6 pm nci ill