The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

winter wonderland the good old days lines of communication one of the greatest difficulties of local government is in maintaining clear lines of communication between the various boards and agencies so often disagreement and misunder standing develop simply through the lack of communication between one group and another every town acton included has a num ber of boards and committees in many cases the council may make appointments to the groups and never hear again from their re presentative on the progress plans or ac complishments of that group this lack of communication often leads councillors to wonder just what that particular agency is accomplishing in the meantime the agency may have grown upset by the fact the coun jjfl deeded not to act in a certain direction neither knowing the situation of the other they grow apart and accomplish nothing the only established line of commumcat tion is through the members of council who serve on most of the various organizations their conveyance of information from council to their agency and from their agency to councincan often clarify issues and answer questions before misunderstandings develop the complexity of the problem can be understood when you look at a list of the various organizations operating directly as municipal groups there is the acton plan ning board the cornrwirfee of adjustment the public library board the public school board the high school board the hydro commission the credit valley conservation authority the county council the museum board the firt department the bandht marketing magazine ann lander 17 yearold high school stu dent recently won the advertising federe lion of americas editorial contest here in part is what the wrote advertising gives us freedom of knowl edge every public means of communication is supported by the advertising it sells without the several thousand trade publications which cover individual segments of our industrial fields manufacturers would not know of new machinery and techniques available retailers might never learn of new products available for their stores and doc tors would have to leave their patients and return to medical school to keep abreast of modern medical research without radio and television we would be unableto hear the- voices of our national leaden during a political campaign the men for whom we vote can become as familiar lo vi n our femiliet end we choo our industrial commission and probably some others that we ve missed if the council learns of the activities of these groups only at budget time there is a strong possibility the i nes of communication are not open the clerk of hal ton has come up with a worthwhile plan in forwarding to each municipal council the minutes of reports and meetings of the county council th s opens up to codhcillors the opportunity to read first hand the proceedings and plans of that group tse committee of adjustment forwards to council the date of hearings of any applica tions before it and the eventual disposal of that application the cred t valley conserva t on authority has for some time d stributed minutes of their meetings creek conservation authority has for some time forwarded minutes of their meetings to municipal councillors f naturalh enough though the m nutes and other material are ust so much waste paper unless counc mors find the t me to read them or at least scan them to develop the necessary background for capable admin istration of course probably one of the best i nes of commumcat on for the groups to counc i or to the ratepayers is through the columns of the newspaper there their activity or in act v ty attracts the spotlight of publ city it is important that local government maintain clear lines of communication be tween its boards and agenc es it s icnpera live that these tines of commun cation be maintained for progress and accompl shment candidates confidently because we know themthanks to advertis ng med a without newspapers and magaiines we would have no knowledge of mror j t events which take place half a block or half acontment from our homes newspapers often sold for less than the cost of the paper and ink can give us acts from all over the world in a matter of hours magaz nes pub lished at a more leisurely pace but still sup ported by their advertising pages can utrhre their staffs and freelance writers to f nd the longrange trends or to explore subiects which will interest and teach the r readers advertising has been strongly cr t cized and sometimes weakly defended perhaps the greatest commentary on advertis ng as a force for democracy is that there is no ad vertistng industry behind the iron curia n dictators have much to hide and noth ng to advertise the acton free press pttbbelwd by tba dtba printing and publishing co ltd founded hi 1875 and published every thursday at 59 willow st actok ontario member of the audit bureau of circulations the cvina and the ontarioquebec division of the cwna advertising rates on request subscriptions payable in advance 300 in canada 400 in england and other commonwealth countries 1500 in the united states and other foreign countries single copies 7c authorized as second class mail post office department otuvst tba onhjr paper ever pabbthed to actoo jaam g a dills editorinchief w davtd rdou managing editor business and editorial office phone 853 2010 back in 1912 taken from the issue of the free frew thursday february 1 1911 melluit collier 12 ycjirold son or mrs collar brock street had ihe misfortune to break his arm while playing hockey on sinclair pond monday evening he had the injury attended to by ahe doctor and will be laid up for a while the acton hockey team were far supeiior in a match be i ween the torunlo beaters and jhc locils here last thursday when acton trounced the visitors ii to the- toronto learn seemed lo lick the drill that aclon display cdand as a result eouldn t get one putk in the net assurance was given this week by w h grant superintendent of construction of the canadian north m railway that the clce tne road i rum toronto to guclph would undoubtedly run through acton just when construction oi this sou ion of the road will be gin eould not be ascertained but it is quite cwdent that a number in this area will be given an op portunity to locitc employment during this period last week s told spell and sttad snowfall seemed enough to most residtnts who are look ing forward lo a change in tem perature but the youngsters arc certain l taking advantage of the situation and tnjowng the winter sport- robert joyce his been appoint td as assessor for esqucsing township and will be assisted in his dulies b james reid who will take one seetion both men will rettnc 85 for their work the past week has seen a fam ine fur soft coal a number of those m town secure their supply from w h storey and son and tht corporation power plant when they are eellinc in cars the cor potation had sccral cars on order but tht railway began to run shoit and confiscated the car due ten days ay storcj s supply ran shot l and lhe power house supply diminished lo an infinitesimal pile wood and hard coal were put mio usl and finally monday eve nint a car armed and this re lit led the immediate need a further supply is enroute at the piestnt time attordine lo reports horn the authorities word was received that pros petts of a new industry in town 1 ok quile good apparently a gcntlemin from toronto was in town lhe firsi of the week and has been making enquiries re garding a railway siding to serv let a prospeeiiie industry while nt thing delihite has been estab lished il is believed lhe enquiries tame from an authentic source c mccullough and r stand- ish hac been appointed as town auditors and arc expected to have the books cleared up within a lew dijs salary for these men imounts to 8000 mr n f moore presents the i ret pitss wuh a copv of lhe first published map of aclon urttd and drum for w f ind j t adams li shows only a t impirimc small portion of the town ind is more or less limited t iht ctntial pirt howcicr some places of intirest are lhe sicam shingle and staie factory the stenm tinners gnt mill and a sin mill back in 1942 taken from the issue of the free pre thursday february 5rl42 the fire brigade had a call on wednesday to the store owned by william talbot mil street and within a short lime had a stubborn blaze on the roof under tunlrbl apparently sparks from the chimney caught in the shingles and started the fire fortunately it was noticed fn lime and lhe alarm sent in nine passengers and the driver of a gray coach bus narrowly missed serious injury when the heavy vehicle collided with a guard rail near rockwood at ikc eden mills corner ten guard rails were torn out before the bus came to a stop in the ditch the driver received a severe hand laceration when he smashed the windshield in order to scramble out along with his passengers damage to the bus was limited to a few dents and the broken windshield rockwood school edged out acton 32 in a hardplayed game friday afternoon but the locals promise to give the visitors a trouncing when they return this friday sam brunelle and frank fowke were scorers for aclon white c rushmere entered into the picture by giving assists vic masters and kerwin mcphail played a steady game for aclon but couldn t seem to beat the rockwood goalie george hoi linger minding the nets for acton jcicked out a number of shots which appeared to be labelled for a tally last saturday was the biggest sale in license plates ever record cd by local issuer j k gardiner he worked steady from eight a m until 10 pm in the evening hand ing out plates from all reports the sale this yearexceeded that of last year and only a few were reported as having been picked up for not having their new licenses after the deadline the combined guerph acton combers edged out waterloo tues day night 10 in a fast and inter csiing game in the twin city percy neath minding net for the com bers got his second shutout in two games but his opponent in the net for waterloo played equal ly as well m spite of allowing one goal only two penalties were handed out bv referee beef mckav during the 60 minutes of play as both teams were deter mined to stay on the ice and play hockey the mccutchcon bowling team entered in lhe guclph commercial icopue came out with a win last atght to draw within one point of top place norm morton and bill corry were the two top bowlers for the acton entry with monty roote coming along in third spot chief e harrop is continuing to tram the volunteer civil guard and tuesday night lectured at the meeting of the halton county unit when thev met at george town a dog owned by miss esther taylor was struck by a car when it crossed the road on mill street tuesday evening and the animal was instantly killed last night s snowfall covered up the dirt and debris which has been cudent for a few das sufa and sftiu news rom around the district milton thieves broke into lhe new high school last weekend and feint a hatehel and trow bars smashed a hole in the sault wall mil tt iptd with otr 900 two davs later someone entered the buimms warehouse building and made oft with some beer blrl1ngton council has tnmmcd the size of the burlington ind suburban ana planning board from p to light and beefed up fn business deielopmenl commit tec b adding two members to the pit titj itit oakwlll the controicrsial question over the location of this town s tin hall shows more people faionng a downtown site in l in t rtmr t mn i ilhtr than the recommend location at the former li it ilvjr hall on tht seicnth line says the oakille journal brampton saturdas s opening of the new extension to peel mem inal r spital was will attended when the first results of years i m t int pi tnmng and unfailing effort were shown the public tin 100txd txttnsion is built in the form of acnm and includes thict pulling th atis strffts il1 f the opening of lhe manunoth skating nnk on the cmtu river neir here has eaused a fw headaches it drw 13j30q skaurs m i rruni sundas and ciused i traffic snarl so big that mn riu r krt srwk was calltd tn to direct traffic for two h ts tht mil 1 nig 20 atn let surface lias been lighted and clean- 1 hi t i ni unship trews jicr t l -vju- rmimuhw something from another land is roll call answer at institute th lad s of ore not k w i held their janujrs meeting at h h me f mrs b johnson ion with eight members ind in i nor present the presi d m mr c aim opened ihe mceunk with ehe insiituie ode mowed tn the mars stewart t lhett mrs a thompson read the vnpturt lesson followed by p ii tr fath one answered the roil il hi bringing something from an ther country tis f pcaren see retail n id tht minuics ol the lasl meet uig also ihc think vou cards after ihe nusiness was dealt with the meeting was turned over to mrs c binme mrs c allen read a paper teenagers urged to avoid al cohol mrs binme gave a paper on temperance from the stockholm c n r n t bi the rei john lin mr h mslci gave a reading ur i i io develop talents and sha i ii uorld leadership tru meeting closed by singing the queen lunch was served by the hostess and her assistants will send minutes to local councils beginning with last week ft meeting halton countv council wil forward copies of their mm utes bylaws and committee re ports to atl local municipal coun- eils m halton garfield brown dark of the countv council said tba move wac designed to give local coun cils a better understanding of the business dealt with at the countj iftd bybqilmoatr sometimes i wonder whether i ii ever reach thm high pluttliu of peace and l quiet and gracious living that beckons from alar or is it only a mirage when the kids were little 1 used to console myself as i staggered around in a welter or bottles and diapers illnesses andaccldenls that everything would sort itself out when they got a little older i could pic hire a pleasant sort of lift when the youngsters ceased being so dependent it was the same with my job as a weekly editor 1 was convlnc ed that no other occupation was so devouring of one s time and strength so intrusive into one s prlioie life 1 could think of 44 other jobs that would be easier more remunerative and more productive of leisure for peace and contemplation and it was the same with the old girl as she harried mc fronvpillar to post from base ment to bathroom as she tried lo improve my character as she flew into rages 1 comforted my self shell simmer down after a few years shell stop shov ing me her temper will im prove and she 11 realize that you can t make a perfect hus band out of a pig s foot what i had in mind was a grac lous and dignified middle age the kids would be well mannered un obtrusive brilliant and obedient the job would be interesting hut easy and would include long holi days and big money the old e j hassard buried was pharmacist here funeral senice was held at lhe rumley shoemaker funeral home on tuesday january 30 for ed ward james hassard well known retired druggist for 37 years he served acton and vicinity ab a pharmacist and after a lengthy illness passed away in guclph general hospital on january 27 he ib burvived by his wife the former margaret harvey and three sons harvey of ottawa martin of oukville kenneth of milton and ten grandchildren he was born in the farming community of caledon east m 1881 the son of the late james and eliza hassard and was the last survivor of their four chil dren he attended orangeville high and mode schools and then taught for three years in duffenn county after taking a years course at the school of practical science toronto he attended the ontario college of pharmacy from which he graduated in 1909 lo begin his lengthy business career in acton aciiva in town in addition to his business in terests he was active in numer ous civic fraternal and church organizations as a member of the public utilities commission he assisted in establishing tne origin al waterworks installation in acton in 1914 he was installed as master of walker lodge a f and am and received the fifty year jewel in 1961 he contributed to the life and work of knox presbyterian church as a mem i ber and as secretary of the board of managers for several years in the community he was well known as an ardent lawn bowler and curler and was first president of the acton curling club he enjoyed the outdoor life and companionship of hunters and fishermen and followed these pursuits in his retirement until his illness members of walker lodge paid final tribute to him in a masonic funeral service monday evening the funeral service was con ducted bv the rev a h mckcn- 7ie pallbearers were a m mac pherson 0 moran fred coles george young harold baxter and e ryan of toronto withgeorgc smith honorary pallbearer lady would bt quitt respectful and appittlalive of lhe prjiiltgt of shaiing my life oh 1 know what you re think ing hes just saving that til bet the kids are polite and nite and everybody knows teaching st hoot s a snap and i ve heard his wife is a lovely girl in every way well let me till you something my kldk are more trouble now thin they weie when they sal in highchaii s hurling pahfum ull oitr the kitthen and filling their dupe i s every time you turned vour back coping with 170odd lively teenagers every day is a short cut to the ctmtltry and my wife lias just finished buvling the daylighlk out of me fur ihe same old reasons let mc give you a rundown on the serene stdtnt iry life of a middle aged school teaihtr just a sample a typical week monday i worked all day came home and did my lesson plans wrote my column and let piper the e it out about 2 am she didn i come pack though i went four limes lohe back door tht last twice in my pyjam as and hollered into the snowy wastes kim who had brought htr home as a stray kitten a year iyi wept bitterly all next diy and blamed the thing on tuesdayj i came home from work shovelled snow for an hour did the shopping ran kim over for her music lessons shovelled more snow pitked up ktm looked for a cat prepared lessons and went curling my wife give me a horrendous blast for loitering a couple of hours at the curling club wednesday wis much the same altcrnalins snow shovelling wilh looking for cat we discovered that the torn from next door hid also vinished 1 consoled kim with the suggestion thai theyd eloped bed at lam thursday mghl was parents night at the school oyl i simply tan t understand johns english mark he works so h ird every night and he s such i good boy a little question nig reveals that john hasn t mksed a television program in it ur months except tor the thtec nights a wtek he plays hockey frldav morning the cit turned up looking ashamed after school on friday we took two busloads ol kids to the city to see a play on the way iwaic the bus broke down and ive sat un the highway in a blizzard fur two hours i deliiered the last student to her home at 3 30 a m four hours later the alarm cilled me to greet the same dav get hughs breakfast and dnic him lo the bus slop where he embarks for his music lesson in the city sunday was pretty quiet just a communion break lavl at 9 a m a trip to lhe ski club with hugh dinner to pre pare while the organist took off for a speeial service and lesson plans into ihe wee small only break wis a half hour telephone conversation with i mother who thought the teachers were pitking on poor sandra because poor sandra s best mirk was 19 thirty years from now if you r happen to sec a wiened up little old man going in five directions al once you ii know it s bill smiley running his grandchildren ill over the plicc pursued by the ndmonitiuns of his wife and still drciming of lhe dav when life will bt calm gracious and digni fied bsctakssraatsfflf professional directory and travellers guide medical funeral directors j pr w g c kenney physician and si office in symon 43a mill st e atton office phone 8532111 residence 115 church st f phone 8s3i664 dr d a garrett phvsician and surgeon corner of willow and river bts entrance river st aelon on phone 8534341 dr robert d buckner phvsician and surgeon 39 wellington st acton ont phone 8s31240 office hours 68 p m afternoons by appointment appraising and insurance f l wright 20 wilbur st acton ontario phone 8534720 appraiser and insurance over so ytars in acton dental dr h le lb- dental surgeon office corner mill and fredcri k st ret is offitc hours by appointment telephone 8530610 phone 8534350 nighr or day brute e shoemaker mgr optical and hearing aids e l buchner ro optometrist tontaet lenses lleanng aids 6 john st s aelon in acton wednesdays only 200 pm 600 pm for appointment phone 8531041 robt r hamilton optometrist 70 st george s square guelph for appointment phone ta 46180 hours daily except wed 60 main st north georgetown for appointment phone tr 7 3971 wednesday 9 am 9 pm mon and fri 7 pm9 pm travtliws ouid1 gray coach lines coaches leavk acton standard time eai bound 611 am daily except sun and hoi 8 58 am 11 j3 am 208 pm 508 pm 633 pm mj pm 1008 pm sun and holl elect don matthews to head jersey club don matthews of acton- was elected president at the annua meeting of the halton jersey breeders chib the meeting was held in st stephens anglican thurch hornby on wednesday january 16 dr x c rennls was guest speaker for the meeting in his remarks be developed the use of production records tn estab lishing herd improvement and outlined the research work pres ently being carried on in study ing the composition of milk he outlined different methods ol testing james bremner secmary of the canadian jersey cattle club brought greetings from the cana dian association dudley oliver secretarnnanager of the ontario jersey club presented an outline of the ontario jersey chib plan for the promotion of miht sales the election of officers present ed the following executive pres ident don matthews acton first ic4resideiit fifucenuton ner val sveond vicepresident f d charles georgetown dr a j buchanan dental surgeon office 5a mill street office hours 9am to 6pm closed wednesday -ifternoorr- tekphone 8531750 legal c f leatherland q c barrister and solicitor notary public office hours 10 a m 12 pm i pm 5 pm saturdays by appointment only phone office 8531 jw res 8531745 acton a braida ba bamiier solicitor notary public 173 main si s acton ont phone 8531160 office hours pm 9 pra 1 pm 9 pm saturday 15 cork st e guelph ta t42 office hours 9 ajn 5 pjn saturdays 9 ajn 12 am westbound 10 xi am 1257 pm 2 57 pm 527 pm 727 pm 912 pm 1 132 pm i 02 a m fn sat sun and hoi canadian national railways eastern standard time easibound 644 m to toronto dally ex ccpt sunday 9 33 ajn to to ronto except sunday 7jj7 pm to toronto daily except sat and sun 801 pjn to toronto sun day only westbound 8j0 ajn to stafford dairy ex ccpt sun 626 pm to stratford daily except sat and sun 707 pjn to statford daily except sun 1229 ajn to stratford 7 days a week 222 pjn to stratford saturday only ghnonuctos david w gohn oc 25 mill sl e phone 8531171 entrance on willow st office hoars mote wecl frt i to 9 pjb tue thur 9 ajn to pjn saturday 9 ajn to 1 njn