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house seek more county facilities awaiting the needed facilities to be provided by the new court house registry office and county administration building now under construction hal ton county council last week went looking for temporary space to house the civil defense office and juvenile and family courtroom the building committee had a deputation from the childrens aid society seeking better faci lities for the juvenile and family courtrodm und the committee agreed to seek quarters in a va cant house on oueen st near the present health unit arrange ments arc to be sought for a one year rental also at tuesdays november meeting council approved a committees re commendation for a 47h hour work week for road employees a well as a new woge rate laborers 155 per hour truck drivers 165 per hour machine operators 180 per hour and foreman mechanic 190 per hour agreed with the appoint ment of wayne hardy of milton as clerk in the assessing depart ment and mrs k loomis as full time secretorystenographer in the clerks office confirmed a recommenda tion of the legislation and bylaw committee adjusting he fees paid lo court of revision members to 20 per day effective january 1 1961 ittfcwftcitjeivrtrm farm produce big business in niagara institute learns mrs l tryssenaar was hostess to the greenock wi for the nov ember meeting the program on canntllan industries and agricul ture was convened by mrs trys senaar and mrs wm johnston ontario tho fruil and vcgc table basket of canada was the title of the topic the niagara fruit belt produces huge quanti ties of fruit and the greater part of this crop is canned and proces sed in the same district farm produce is big business in the niagara peninsula holland marsh and leamington districts employing many workers on farms canneries and cold stor age plants things come lo pass wril- poft appliance and tv kkpams manning electric call 330 ten hy padre young was enjoy ed also a poem the farmers girl group singing of old favor ites was accompanied by mrs w johnston with her guitar laura and joyce tryssenaar song a duel very sweetly business was presided over by the president mrs c allan members answered the roll call by naming a famous person born on a tarm the greenock branch are joining with other district branches in sponsoring a needy child in the foster parent plan mrs c aitken reported on the di strict executive meeting held at fergus contests for the district annual include plain tea biscuits lemon pie and a flower arrange ment suitahle for a dining room table each branch is asked to contribute two articles made of wool to the hobby show following the meeting the hostess and assistants served lunch mrs c allan expressed ap preciation of those present to the hostess teens childrens babies specialty shop wear revolving credit 200 down up lo 36 wmics to pay junior modes 14 mill st e acton ont changing farm family is radio forum debate the farm family how it has chanted why it hai changed are these changes for the better was the topic discussed by farm forums on imonday november this subject was a decided change of pace from the econom ic issues usually tackled by the forums however even though the topic was of a social nature the changes involving the farm family as outlined by the forums showed a definite relallonship to the economic factors of farm ing today twothirds of the forums re porting agreed thai most changes were tor the belter they list ed ihe following as changes hav ing affected family life lo ad vantage educational opportuni ties were more accessible uh wider choice of vocation im proved communities and tran- sporlation plus ihe numerous or ganizations catering specifically to young people have broadened the horizons for children living on ihe farm today nostalgic look due to hydro and other modern conveniences the farm home is jusl as comfortable as those en joyed by iheir cily cousins re ported ihe forums on the other hand there were many forums lhat look back with nostalgia lo the days when the farm family was a closelyknit unit lhat work ed together ployed together and prayed togethiy they said there are so many organized activities in each age group that as a fam ily the farm people seldom ro out to the same tilings or do anything together in considering what could be done in the community 1o strengthen family life the forums suggested more socinl events in volving the whole family all flic youngsters should be encouraged lo take part in 4h projects and become members of junior farm er groups the building of community hails that would include fnciljugs for recreational activity the crea lion of parks for sporting events and picnics was also suggested by tile forums as a means of strengthening family life the final poinl discussed by the forums was whether or nol they believed farm young people wouu be better off in the town or city than on the farm well the majority of forums stated il was up to the individual to make this choice guile a few said ihe country was still the besl place io raise a familybut due lo ihe increased cost of starting to farm young people often had a belter chance of getting es tablished by working in the city wfth the acton boy scouts by bruce williamson a happy scout troop isnt something readymade to be pur chased in a chain store its a handmade oheofrikind strict ly original affair with parents and scoutes as chief designers it cannot be built in a hurrv it cannotjbe hammered into shape it must be molded gently with knowledge patience and care often the job will scorn thankless sometimes fatigue will blur our vision and f very often we will fear lhat none of om dreams are being accomp lished but the final shape nf a happy troop can be seen only in mem ory when the scouts have grown up whether our children arr suc cessful mature happy adults whether they in turn create hap- py families of their own will depend on their memories ol their grovvingup years every effort we make it build a happy troop contributes lo their lusting peace and happiness and to the happiness of all ihe world as well no one will give you a medal but in your own heart there will be an indelible satisfaction in our later years nothing can take away the pleastitc we derive from knowing thai we tackled a hard job and never gave up union asks for employment a representative of the nation al union of public employees ask ed malton county council tues day november 21 to rehire three road department employees who were laid off november 16 john b maskell charged the three employees had been laid off while four staff members with less seniority were still on the job he said truck drivers willis peltibone and james preston and laborer jack goujd had four three and five years of cmploji ment with the county respective ly ye i were laid off when four men with lesser seniority remain ed on staff community tuberculin testing and xray schedule at acton town hall skintesting dates 200 500 pm 700 1000 pm wednesday nov 29 thursday nov 30 friday dec 1 200 700 500pm 1000 pm 200 500 pm 700 1000 pm test reading dates monday dec 4 tuesday dec 5 200 500 pm 700 1000 pm 200 500 pm 700 t 1000 pm wednesday dec 6 200 5004m 700 1000 pm protect yourself take advantage of this free service ittim sttt tt eightyseventh yearno 23 acton ontario thursday november 30lh 1961 second section free living draw again mrs j loutett winner mrs james loutett 227 mcdon ald boulevard received vouchers totalling 60 on behalf of her hus band who was acton mcrchnnts first winner this year during their free living draw ut the post of fice saturday paul neil sen mill st clothing merchanliconducted the draw as men women and children filled the post office corner when the clock hands neared the three o clock mark everyone surged onto willow street to eagerly watch the draw and sec the delighted winner at the draws last year winners were presented with j60 cash but this years sponsors donate mer chandise vouchers redeemable at any of their stores blackface booster on hand to promote their min strel show and nid merriment to the draw were three blackface lions club members selling tick- els and joking with the anxious crowd awaiting the draw itwas hard to recognize ray arbic bert halladay and charlie thompson after the draw winner was an nounced police assisted the crowd across the busy intersection by stopping the traffic after the crowd had dispersed the down town business section resumed its normal saturday afternoon ap pearance with people strolling chatting and making purchases sponsoring merchants this year the following merch ants are participation in the week ly draws which ticftun inst satur day anil will continue until before christmas pauls mens and boys wear rachlin jewellers paulettc fashion shop cameo style shop junior modes custom cleaners gordon hardware brad leys meat market drons meat market lovell brothers meat market and ledgers iga hlmtf photo no dark horse was the firs winner in the acton merchants free living draw saturday aft ernoon but two sideline boosters appeared to have received too much sun pictured above are ray arbic and bert halladay dressed in their minstrel show costumes as paul neilsen local merchant congratulates the draw winner mrs jiimes loultet the winner received 60 in vou chers redeemable at any of the participating mjrchmts the youngster in the foreground just popped into view as the picture was taken hj is unidentified but is just curious to see the funny men student drivers 66355 survey in favor the hal ton county federation of agriculture insurance commit tee conducted a survey at the three fall fairs recently in acton georgetown and milton people 21 years ol age and over were invited to answer yes or no to the following question do you think that driving in structions slum id be taught in uur high schools to stimulate pony prize ol the w the interest in the project and carl were ottered as milion j bimvn chairmai insurance commit tee drew winning card ol r armstrong rr 4 acton at the milton fair the results of the survey indi cated an overwhelming ma jori 663 in taor of student driver training with onlv 5s rcplic- op posing such a program eden mills skate exchange trade in your old skates for new gordon hardware mill st limited acton phone 76 reasonable trade in allowance boy scouts euchre draws crowd to hall intended for last week a good crowd attended the boy scouts euchre held in fdcn mills hall saturday night prize win ners were high score mis henry borden lone haiuls m j gil- bcrtsou tov0s7mrs ron martin for the men high sam cilaicr lone hands allan tims low h bucham a delightlu lunch was served afterwards mi ami mrs mansel lowrie are spending their holidavs visiting tiiends at coldenand cornwall curclcttc wlnnerk the cardelte- club held their monthly cue lire at the home of mrs pat wickhani on monday evening prize winners were high marg ivrrv lone hands marg i hlukhmk low hettv marshall j mr ivier kidd rcaf station new staffer makes news in belleville the latest issue of the can adian rhe newspaper of the ontario school for the deaf at belleville proves interesting for the free press staff because it seems no ones name appears more often thn that of john wright the newest linotype op erator at the free press mr wright studied the linotype at the school and works nights here with another linotype operator who lost his hearing as a hoy dick ecllerheck both went to school at belleville mr wrights picture appears twice once with the lineup of voting men who received their certificates of merit and gradua tion diplomas and again with three others who won special superintendents i wards sport champ in sports his name appears with badminton and basketball i champs and he was runnerup as i senior boys track and field i champ fit ad ttrmthcr it clinton visited fridav with mrs kav steven mis bei vl wright nn his way to trenton lor three weeks leave jiiesls at mrs kav stevensons home tor the weekend were mr and mrs bert stevenson ciuelph and miss loinu stevenson ham ilton reads just as the coach of a j hockey or football team must i rebuild lor another season so j must mr morrison printing in- slruclor prepare his present gnjup ol boys to handle ihe ype- i selling and press work for the presem school year the names j ol ihe young men who have left lo lake priming jobs followed l including that or john wright a linotype operator at the acton vic press acton ontario the magazine was lent to us by mr and mrs johnny goy and theres a picture of their son veiling i jell in n and i voungstc nig lids class where all the wear individual hear- manv i the under ig ilk a guv his die hahtt ol well im gomg to tell until nlikes me v lfit he has been tell- a ciiy set t s how old crop- lentivel the poi m- nilttkrfly bother lirmer was explaining i woman what a menice lie to larin products uiin hoi ci s dcsi rov corn jmitato hugs ruin potato s the tiiv cutie listened at- then exclaimed and tlurv people how ihe bntlei tiles tliem must bother it takes longer to stop when roads are slippery at 20 milt an hour stopping tpkvt 10 hmi os long on ice or ilt as onjj fry rood i if you want to avoid wintmr occjcfentt slow down kpyour wlndshuid froo of lea and tnowr follow ol a safe dltfanco if you do hovo lo slop in a hurry pump your braltos donl lam thorn powor brako naod vanftw pumping safe driving week december 17 cia cooperators insurance association