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un at 3a4 ki bf htitfrii mb be h1h add mother bmml- meat to bar ctaontcte of baslumrfad his tory the first storewas opened at ballina- fad by james and thomas stevens this store was on the north corner just across the seventh line from that iog school i have lately learned the names of three teachers who were there before mjss sella young namely miss cowan miss rutherford and miss grant also two other pupils david and esther mcenery she received a certificate on february 14 1867 as a reward for diligence and good behavior miss grant teacher esther later became mrs robert cole j i cannot describe the first store but can describe the one i saw in the early 1880s it was a large rwostorey frame build- ing with a very good general store oil the main floor and a post office in tlidjlast corner with kitchen living room and bef rooms upstairs mr and mrs john mckee were the store keepers she was a sister of tom maggie and tena young their family maggie lottie and fred went to blue mountain school when i did directly back of the store was a large storeroom for barrels bags and other material coal oil etc a door opened into this from the store the barn was just north of it in which to keep a team of horses a demo crat and a sleigh and hay marl had to be delivered to george town every week day and mail brought back this was called the stage those cm farms had milk butter and eggs for their own use 5ut what they could spare was taken to the store and exchanged for groceries what was not sold to local customers was taken to georgetown along with the mail and sold there or shinped to toronto on the train the incoming mail was picked up in town also supplies brought back for sale at thestore on each side of the store were rows of shelves on the south side groceries and on the other dry goods and numerous other articles with a counter in front of each flour was sold by the hundred weight as most women baked bread buns and cookies sugar oatmeal etc were weighed out in paper bags according to what the cus tomer wanted or could afford very little food was in boxes or tins at that time farmers and others with a garden grew their own vegetables and fruit too such as apples plums cherries and black currants but what about the pioneers who had no fruit trees the store was heated by wood stoves upstairs and down coal oil lamps and lanterns provided light mr and mrs mckcc were there in the early 1880s and for several years after they sold the store and business to mr frank betts and wife a miss mc- ermid of georgetown their family was helen ruth and jessie jim ismond nathaniels son drove the stage and chor- ed for mr f betts for a long time after some vears he sold the business to his brother ed betts and wife their family was ray edith and reta mr ira roszcll drove to town and back every day looked after the team and did other chores around the store many children through the years rode with the stage drivenoblue mountain school jennie binnie lived with her mother mrs george binnie in the fad first in the brick cottage and then in ella moenerys house later known as miss m youngs jennie helped mr ed betts in the store there was no help self service years ago customers had to be served on an early summer afternoon in 1905 a fire started in the store room a strong southwest wind was blowing and as water was very scarce little could be done to save the buildings so they began carrying things out rev milne was living at the manse at that time he and many others in the harley to halton by harry harley m p the stalemate on interim supply con tinues in the house of commons the conservative party states that it has no in tention of letting itcrim supply pass until they receive the assurance of the govern ment that the bill on unification of the armed so vices will be sent to commit tee prior to second reading this is a rare procedure and is used only when a government is not sure that the pokcy of its bill is correct in this case however the government is convinced that unifica tion is a progressive move and like other government legislation will stake its pol itical future on it of course the dispute itself is nqt on integration but on interim supply which gives permission to have the government pay its bills and meet other financial com mitments it is expected that approxi mately 100000 civil servants will not be paid until such time as interim supply is granted there la no reason why this matter can not be discussed hen the bill on unifica tion is before the house of commons and the conservative party at that tune could make their same objection and have it brought to a vote in the usual democratic manner interim supply is an issue not voted on until everxone stops talking al this stage all that is required to bririg on another election is for the debate to continue and i would think the crisis would be reached bv the end of next week if this is so there appears to be no doubt that an election would have to be held and it would hue been forced bv the conser vative partys unwillingness to grant in terim supplv jt would be very difficult at this time to hold a general election with redistri bution of the federal ridings now in effect many of she areas are without re turning officers and without poll divis ions and it would be some weeks before this administrative work could be carried out if an election is called iuvre ptunkett jtadif fad rushed to get out what they could all their buildings went up in flames the horses were saved a frame house and barn on a lot just east of the store also burned to the ground others at a distance sceingthesmoke rushed there as quickly as possible but all they could do was wajch harry shortills frame house across the road and also watch mr richard shortills house and barn on the hill to the east did not burn from sparks flying cam and ernie mc- enery have lived there for some years there were no phones cars nor fire brigades 61 years ago it was a great loss to the betts family and to mr and mrs arthur hilts who liv ed in the frame house they got very little out mr and mrs hilts were offered the use of a house down the seventh line across from mr george campbells and later lived in ira roszells house in the fad whajjew things were saved from the store andpost office were placed in the lower half of the briok cottage to the north and they carried on from there mr frank betts returned from the west and decided to build so farmers took their teams and waggons and clean ed up the rubbish and drew stone from the surrounding countryside and helped get other material there for a new build ing some blasting had to be done to make a better basement and so the work began the swindlehurst brothers william jam es and alfred were engaged to do the mason work for a two story building each stone had to be trimmed especially the part facing out no cement blocks in those days the work was well done and after 61 years is still in good condi tion a cement platform was built along the front and two large windows put in with the main door in the centre there was a side door near the cast corner lead ing to the stairs and to living quarters above a furnace was placed in the centre of the main floor with pipes to the hot water rads upstairs a wood or coal stove yas used for cooking a new barn was also built for the horses and democrat and sleigh as that was still the mode of travel when the work was finished mr and mrs frank betts moved in and continued as store keepers for some years then sold to mr and mrs richard hewins to be continued at baixinafad store by frank betts a circle gathered every night say twenty odd or more around the big invitin stove in betts general store nail kegs and cracker barrels take the place uv fine settees an here the circle spends it time in most luxurus ease heres where the farmins carried on heres where the hay was raised heres where the cords uv wood are cut heres where the monstrous claims are dug instead uv long the shore great deeds are done around the stove in belts general store the women folks around the town low if these great affairs would onlv happen close to home theyd all be millionaires but while thevre luggin up the ual or wood from out uv door their men are talkin still in betts general store the nights they come the nights they go spring summer winter fall and still ihev meet there regular the settlers one and all id tell vou more uv what they do and rake them fellers oer but i must go and take my seat in belts general store the plunkert report is getting a lot of study lately at municipal educational arid utility level a county committee with representatives of each municipality has now circulated a request for com ments under specific headings from each municipality the duplication of efforts seems un necessary if the county committee rep resentatives of all municipalities want to forwaxd comment to the minister of municipal affairs fine but they should not have pick the collective brains of local municipalities to do it let the change ahead the conversion of the acton free press and milton champion to the most modern method of offset printing is prck gressing although you wont see any visible signs until december 7 mean while we offer a sketchy progress re port the large new maor piece of equip- ment was shipped from chicago last fri day and arrived tuesday erectors will come to instal it here this will take several weeks technically its a goss threeunit community web offset press but installation of this press is only committee do its own thinking several groups have started n agi tation to have the deadfffie for receiving comments by the minister extended it was originally set for the end of the year there seems little justification for ex tending the deadline into the new year it may only serve to continue the state of limbo that government finds itself in at present everyone is afraid to move to plan to progress in case all is lost in the final shakedown of the report part of the story there are smaller presses light tables and other pieces of photographic equipment that are allied to trje different method of printing basically what we intend to do is photograph all material to be printed rather than print directly from raised type for the staff quite a lot of technical retraining is involved our first offset issue is scheduled for thursday december 7 if were late or the appearance of our two papers isnt all we had hoped for we trust youll understand during the first few weeks 1906 stage coach is seen toadingat- the ballinafad store shortly after the building was erected indentified in the photo are frank betts and jennie binnie standing on the verandah while mrs betts looks down from the upper veran dah stage driver is jim ismond with phebe hilts three of the betts family and three of rev milnes family on the stage sugar and spice by bill smiley ancient romans tised to throw chris tians lo the lions modern canadians throw lions to the christians as the lions are somewhat scarce in this country they often have to resort to lambs this is known as laymans sunday last sunday i was the sacrificial lamb i preached a sermon you think those earlv chnstianshad a tough time the lions laymans sunday is a special day usually i look forward to it its a chance lo get into the choir wilh the other lavmen and belt out the hvmns serene in the knowledge that most ol the others loo are uffke normally i pray fairly fluently ask ing for all sorts of ridiculous things like a kid writing a letter lo santa claus last sundav before i mounted to the pulpit which is 84fcet high all that would come out over and over was lord help me what is j lavinan anwvav the cler ical definition is one not in holv orders the worldlv definition is one sho is not an export i vvas fullv qualified a clear case of the blind loading those with 2020 v ision lets have a look at the tvpical lav man usually hes an ordmarv soul a bit battled bv the tnals of the twentieth cen- tur- kids wife job and society the kids are expected to bloom like roses hut thev inevitably have thorns the wife is supposed to be a gentle for bearing creature a good mom and faithful helpmate too often she is an old harpv the job is suppose to be a vocation of which the lav man is proud because of his particular skills too often it is fraught with terrible tensions society is supposed to be a welloiled machine which enables him to live with grace case and dignity too often he finds the only wav he can stand the machine is to keep himself welloiled upper class of grade three lavmen arc the types who are treasurers elders fundraisers that sort of thing they dont have to be religious they merely have to raise the loot pav the bills pare the expenses and fire the preacher when he becomes intolerable they rather enjoy k down one in the hierarchy is the grade two lavman hes the earnest soul who gets stuck with the scout group or the bible class or chaperoning the young peoples dance hes usually reasonably religious but definitely not the executive type or hed be grade three farther down is the holv grade one lavman he looks on the church as a slightly shabbyserviceclub but is willing to drive some kids to a vouth conference or tell his wife to make scalloped potatoes for the laymens supper or serve ice cream atthe sundav school picnic apt ao be a keen curler or golfer but always eheertul his philosophy is ill leave the church aloneit theyll leave me alonci and al the bottom of the heap slnv- ing with rm ins might to remain there and out of sight is the giacfe 0 lavman he- takes up the collection bumblinglv 4vvice a vear he falls behind with his financial pledge he crosses the street and looks in a hardware store window everv time he sees the minister approaching and he is too stupid or too cowardlv to laugh heartilv and shout dont be ridiculous when the latter has asked him to preach the sermon on lav mans sunday as a grade 0 m admiration of the chaps on the higher echelons is unbound ed but the guy i really envy is the lay man ol 2000 vears ago what a snap he had he turned up at the service with his ottering a loaf of bread or a couple of onions worshipped then went home and counted his sheep his daughters and his blessings no golf no summer cottage no ski hills no tele vision nothing lo do for the rest of the dav but meditate upon what a good lay man he was its a little tougher todav but were tougher people anvone who can stand up to television votnmercibls the price of beef and the threat of instant annihilation can cope with anything well we can do the chores anyway let the rector handle the alkies and the infirm and the broken homes and the menially ill after all thats what hes paid for and in some cases he makes more than a truck driver 20 years ago taken from the issue of the free press of thursday november 14 1946 skies that poured rain faned to damp en the remembrance day observance in acton on monday there was a splendid turnout of legionnaires and veterans of the wars of 19141s and 193945 employees pf beardmore and co acton topped the list for two counties in purchasing canada savings bonds with a grand total of 53000 in bonds this is the largest purchase of employees of any industry in either halton or peel counties the monthly meeting of the wja of the united church was held at the home of mrs j symon with mrs l- agar presid ing after the business was disposed of mrs svmon assisted by mrs fosbury and mrs w evans served lunch the officers for the coming year are president mrs l agar first vicepresi dent mrs j symon second vicepresi dent mrs s reid secretary miss e hawthorne treasurer mrs f cleave a three hundred pound five point buck deer was killed on no 7 highway about five miles east of acton early sun day morning when it vvas in collision with a car driven by chas d currie of toronto mr harrv boulton who was coming to acton from toronto notified provincial constable ray mason shipment will be made this week to those who recently placed orders for actons earlv days there are still ten copies that may be purchased at 3 each 50 years ago taken from the issue of the free press of thursday november 30 1916 the new governorgeneral the duke of devonshire has manifested his inter est in the work being carried on by the canadian patriotic fund by consenting to become president of the fund this posi tion was held by the dukes predecessor the duke of connaught from the incep tion of the fund until his departure from canada pte george caswell arrived from the militarv hospital in toronto by the 510 pm train he was met at the station by the reception committee at 8 pm a reception was held for him in the town hall when he was pre sented with a gold watch bv h p moor on behalf or the municipal council and citizens pte caswell expressed his thanks and told of the engagements at yprcs and somtnc the woods around churchill have been resounding with the reports of the sportsmens guns and the tongucing of their dogs lately rabbits have been plentrful and an occasional fox has been secured mrs george havill representative of the district womens institute and mrs w laird representing aotons womens institutes were delegates to the provinc ial convention held in toronto last week they also attended the reception of lady hendry at the government house 75 years ago taken from the issue of the free press of thursday november 19 1891 the earl of aberdeen speaks in en couraging terms of- the great country in the northwest which is waiting to be peopled by agriculturalists from other lands his remarks will do good as he is known in the old country as a man of standing and one who would not lend himself to the booming of land companies or other speculative schemes there is room and to spare in the canadian north west for many millions the recent municipal census of tor- onto makes the population of the city 188914 remember the snow bylaw citizens your sidewalk must be cleared of snow after every storm miss hattic cook daughter of david cook esq was married yesterday to mr lhidsay of the seventh line erin the new presbyterian church at campbellville was opened on sunday ser mons being preached morning and eve ning by prof mclaren of knox college toronto in the afternoon the pastor rev mr blair occupied the pulpit the new edifice is commodious and handsome a member of the cabinet stated on tuesday that the government would at once renew negotiations with a view to the earlv establishment of a fast line steamship service between halifax and great britain equal in point of speed arid equipment to any of the atlantic ocean greyhounds sailing from the port of new york the acton free press phone 8532010 business and editorial office rounded in 1875 and published vtn thursday at 3 willow st acton on inrlo member of the audit bureau of clrcul itlonu the c wna and owjia advrrtlslna rates on request sutmcrtp- m 00 in canada ik wii raj tlons payabletri advance vanaoa s700 in all countries other than canada ingle copies 10c authorized as second class mall poat office department ot tawa advertising la accepted on the condition that in the event of typosraph- lcal error that portion of the avertltn space occupied bv the erroneous item together with reasonable allowance tor signature will not be charged for but the balance of the advertisement win be kid for at the applicable rate in the ent of a typographical error advertising goods or services at a wrong price goods or services may not be sold advertlains la merely an offer to sell and may be withdrawn at any time eabllahed ay the dills priatlag and pabllsklag c 1a4 david n dills managing editor copyright ibm bethel christian reformed church acton ontario rev wicbc van dijk phone 8531585 sunday november 20 1966 10 00 am english service 230 pm dutch service 345 pm sunday school trinity church the united church or canada minister rev dwight i engel ba bd 1 organist mr george elliott ma phd sunday november 20 1966 church school church school juniors up to gr 4 at 10 am seniors gr 5 gr 8 at 1115 am divine services 1000 am tnnitv church nursery ser vice provided 1115 am churchill churchill rd n sermon title satans costumes sundav 8 p m classes for adults for chinch membership or learning about biblical interpretation church history denominit ion jlism doctrine morality tuesday 8pm mens night at knox ihurch all welcome the church op st alban the martyr anglican corner willow and st albans drive rev ritchie mcmurray ma st3 the sundav next before advent sunday november 20 1966 1030 am holy eucharist 1030 am church school 1030 am holy euchuris next sunday st albans will hold its an nual advent carol service at 1030 a m presbyterian church in canada knox church acton rev andrew h mckcnzie ba bx minister mr e a hansen ba organist and choir master sunday november 20 1966 945 a m church school for ages 3 to 15 945 a m teenage church membership class 1100 am and 730 pm 121st anniversary services guest preacher rev donald c macdon- ald ba st pauls church simcoc sermon themes jesus looks over his church morning and lifes musts evening guest soloist norman elliott and guest choir st davidb church camp bellville everyone most welcome acton baptist church founded 1842 pastor rev stanlcv gammon res 144 tidey aveph 8531615 sunday november 20 1966 9 45 am church school adult class 1 1 00 am morning worship fillhy lucre ttemng service cancelled for presbyter ian anniversary service 730 pm tuesday nov 22 mens fellowship knox presbyterian 800 pm wednesday prayer and bible study 7j0 friday bhf 700 all visitors welcome to our service doctrines we preach and believe the virgin birth the diety of christ his bodily resurrection the second coating make avenue baptist church georgetown sunday november 20 1966 945 am sunday school 1100 am morning service 700 pan evening service wednesday 8 pjn prayer meeting acton 8531956 georgetown 8776665 evanoel pentecostal tamrnacu paoc 33 churchill road rev s m thoman pa 8532715 sunday november 20 1966 1000 am sunday school for alt age 1100 a jn morning worship service 7j0 pm evening service tuesday 8 pm prayer and blbtesftudv thursday g pm ca service friday 645 pjn crusaders