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xeaoe acme tcniykt the importance of actons annual nomination meeting is stressed here year after year and attendance remains about the same maybe this year with our representatives to be elected for a two- year term attendance will be more rep resentative of the continuing interest in town affairs this is the time to ask questions and to learn about anything that bothers you reports arc given as a matter of course they have been prepared in advance with care by council hydro school boards and other bodies they are factual and comprehensive the atmosphere is informal enough that no one would mind asking a ques tion and you may be sure you would be answered with our municipal officials usual courtesy you see the usual people- who are interested in the town there year after year and to look at the group youd think women around here hadnt been granted the vote yet the library the hydro building the stop lights the amalgamation of parks board and recreation committee m z bennett school addition these are a few of the things that our elected representatives have had to make important decisions about this past year- on our behalf back them up by attending the meeting after nominations show your interest by considering carefully who can best continue the fine work of the past and take part in the nomination meeting which precedes its tonight thursday at the robert little school editorial page politico dhf peliticiah the growing disillusionment with politics and politicians was surely in creased during the past week by the events at the progressive conservative annual meeting in ottawa the picture of a leader snubbed by many of his supposedsupporters public ly lashing out at those who disagree with his leadership is hardly one to stimulate confidence in those who would govern this great broad country it is hardly the kind of picture that would lead young people to dedicate their lives as politi cians the party system of government has endured many tests during canadas first hundred years but displays of the in fighting and survival tactics necessary in politics are not stimulating they are sickening we are among those who have felt that john diefenbaker has outlived his ability to lead a party effectively and dynamically although we have great ad miration for his oratorical skill we have a soft spot too for his determination and doggedness ideally of course he would resign and permit the nowdissipated party to rebuild and unify he is not one to resign without a fight however and the extent to which he will go to satisfy what appears to be personal ambition is yet to be seen the situation is one which will have its effects on all canadians since the leader of the opposition has a key role to play in the parliament of our country how effectively he can play that role knowing of the divided support he has within his own party will be open to question not only will the party suffer but canada suffers too fle jfeaif unwanted as the time approaches for municipal groups to submit their comments on the peelhalton local government review it is not surprising that there should be some agitation for an extension of the deadline we feel the provincial govern ment should however resist the temp tation to permit the local legislators to procrastinate the report detailed radical and con troversial was presented to the munici palities on september 20 the deadline set at that time was the end of the year three months away initially there may have been con siderable conjecture on whether the re port was actually real it had been in the making for a year and perhaps most had been inclined to consider it still off in the future realism has perhaps been slow in coming but it is now generally accepted the report is not some intang ible day dreaming it is here now and must be dealt with a meeting of school officials from the two county area has urged a two month extension in the date for the sub mission of the comments- to the minister of municipal affairs the county coun cil hedged its request for an extension with the suggestion it be permitted only so 1967 councillors perhaps newly elect ed would have the opportunity to com ment the council maintained however the 1966 councils should not be permit ted an extension for their comments three of haltons seven municipalities grc on two year terms for council and this is not an election year municipal councillors are no differ ent from the average individual they will procrastinate if the deadline is ex tended just as individual organizations who are studying the report would those charged with the responsibility of municipal office during 1966 when the report was largely prepared are in the best position to offer constructive com ments and suggestions new council lors learning fher intricacies of municipal administration would be hard pressed in the first two months of a term of office to deal realistically with the pro posals of mr plunkett municipal officials should be able to reach some decisions on the advantages and disadvantages of the plunkett pro posals then outline them comprehensive ly in time to meet the deadline the pall of uncertainty that hangs over municipal government in halton and peel is not a healthy thing length ening this period of limbo will not con tribute to the benefit of taxpayers the uncertainty frustrates the making of re sponsible decisions on growth and devel opment it may lead to unwise decisions mat are perfectly logical under present patterns of government if the municipalities are to be grant ed extensions in the time for their con sideration the province cannot be expect ed to do other than take its own sweet time too it was in july 1965 thai mr spooncr told mr plunkett to begin his study after outlining the terms of reference the december 1966 deadline for local com ments on the report takes the matter to the 18 month mark granting the pro vincial government six months to take some action would put the period of un certainty to a full two years while we realize that the month of december is a busy one local legislators have a responsibility to meet a deadline on a matter as important as the plunkett proposals we sincerely hope there will be no procrastination locally or provin- cially in lifting the state of limbo in which the two counties have been plac ed cjitorial vote j were glad to see santa claus is comiivj to town agam for a prochrist mas appearance hell be at the post office anything that directs attention to our town during the christmas shop ping season is most valuable and the chamber of commerce has recognized the fact the typical weather of past weeks brought back to mind the travesty of an old verse dirty days hath september april june and november from january up to may its sure to snow or rain each day all the rest have thirtyone without much chance of any sun and if one of them had rwoandthirty theyd be just as cold ind twice as dirty sugar and spice by bill smiley my heart aches for the pareqts of young children al the parents of all young children they are like soldiers who have done their basic training but have never heard a shot fired in anger the real war lies ahead i know there are some young mothers with several children who think they are going through a rough time right now but this is merely purgatory hell comes later and is hotter little kids are lovcable as babies they arc soft and warm and ix changed frequently smell good they grin they creep they gurgle and they cheep arid every day in every way they grow smart er and smarter life is full of landmarks the first tooth the first step the first word the first fistfight with the little girl next door the first day of school the first big crush on a member of the opposite sex theyre very funny and theyre very sweet and theres always a big occasion not far away there are halloween cos tumes to make and the thrill of that first time put in the eerie october night one hand clutching a huge paper bag the other clutching firmly the hand of the bigger girl from next door as the rounds arc made theres christmas coming and the growing excitement of carols and the part in the sunday school pageant and rustley papers in closets and in the hairraising help they give in decorating the tree and theres valentines day with the great social decisions to be made about who gets the fivecent one and who gets the 10cent one and theres firecracker dav when they have to stand in a circle and watch their falher bum his fingers and watch their father burning his fingers shows them how careful thev must be all in all little kids are about the greatest single blessing wo can find in this vale of tears theyre a laugh u dav thev can make vou feel big and strong and capable and honest and whole theres onlv one thing wrong with little kids inevitably inexorably relent lessly they become big kids anil as they grow their parents shrink physically mentally spiritually and financially the tendons of the family body begin to stretch under constant pressure the family joints begin to creak under con stant strain not to labor the analogy lets just say that your cherubs have become teenagers mommas tolerance thins with the same rapidity as dads hair daughters lippincss increases at the same rate as sons surliness what was once merely an exercise in exhaustion getting them to bed be comes a superhuman- ctforf staying up til they get in but this is just the home life some thing to be borne like ingrown toenails or varicose veins what reallv grabs you is- the influence or the outside world everybody from the prime minister to the local plumber tells your kids they have to stay in school it doesnt matter whether they have the brains of a louse a dropout these days is practically a felon in fact dont be surprised if all dropouts are sent to the moon as soon as we have established a colony there similarly your daughter has an ir- rcsistable attraction toward hoods vain ly you nudge her in the direction of some cleancut honorstudent son of a wealthy wasp doctor her reaction that fink and die makes a date with some long- locked yamahariding character who is in his fourth year in the twoyear technical course makes 25 a week in his parttime job at the supermarket probably drinks and will be rich by the time hes a and your son same onlv more so he look- on lsd with the same interest with which vou looked on literary social and debating clubs when you were his age he helps himself to a beer with the same nonchalance with which he used to take a banana but cheer up parents theres one satisfaction if vou can hold out physical ly youre going to be able to sit around and laugh yourself silly when your kids arc bringing up their kids htitchf o ja4 mete continue the second instalment of the account of the store at ballinafad is published today writer is miss bea hilts of ballina fad my first story about ballinafad store to the acton free press ended after mr frank belts had a new twostorey built in 1905 and remained there till he sold to mr and mrs richard hewins in april 1910 their family was two young lads bryon and elmer mv brother will drove the stage all one winter and did chores around the place mr john mckcchnie ot ballinafad did the same work the rest of the time mr hewjn was there miss edna savers also helped there mr lpwins sold to messrs ab farncll and gardner around 1913 a few years later thev dissolved partnership mr and mrs ab farnell continued their son graham was born while thev were in the fad and later attended blue mcmnain school mr john mckcchnie drove the team to town for them mr and mrs james kirkwood bought the store around 1928 their family jim then a missionary who became a minister and shirley manv good games of check ers were plaved in mr kirkwoods store in the evenings jim used gas lamps in the store for a time then had clectric power put in mr and mrs mlrriam boutrht from mr kirkwood in october 1936 their faul tily was grant and grew the lurnace was still in the middle ot the store with a cook stove up stairs so thev decided to modernize coal or wood had to be carried up two flights of stairs- and ashes carried down one hard water also had to be carried ip others before them had to do the same as the heating system was not very satisfactory thev had a new furnace put in the basement with a new hot water heating system i iter thev enlarged the cistern hv chiselling out rock as it was too near the huildtng to do unv blasting i iter thev had a bath room put in l- the same plumbing firm then there was hot and cold water in taps upstairs also sott water what a saving ot time and cncrg new meat counter was placed in the store then a variety ot meats could be kept when parties were hold in the old hall that store was a comenient place to pot material for sandwiches cake and ice cream etc around 151 thry decided to give up the store and sold to mr and mrs robin son they had one boy brock after being there fie years they decided to sell as she could not be on her feet so much or go up and down stairs mr and mrs eddie smith of belhvood heard this store was for sale so came to see it and decided to buy so on nov 10 1956 tacy niocd in their family was donna doreen diann bill gordie and stephen diann helped her dad for some time in the more and post office and was able jo take full charge one summer while dad and mom and two young brothers went west to visit relatives the girls have homes of their own now each one who had charge of the store here added more conveniences and sup plies as the vears went bv and even- one of them has been very congenial and ob liging for the past 15 vears or more it has been a self serve shopping centre vou can get almost everything vou want right there rural mail delivery began here in march 1914 each home had to buv a metal box with a small door and have their name on if and had to put in a post near your and fasten the box on it the mail carrier drove a horse to a buggy or cutter from georgetown up the 7lh line to ballinafad and leave a mail hag there and pick up one to take back to town after leaving ballinafad he diove up to peacock corner across to the 8th line and down to georgetown leaving mail for each family as he drove along this route is no i georgetown that is 52 years ago march 1966 the first mall carrier was mr nivn next percy hurst mr barker and mr fted near mr jake miller delivered tor a num ber of wars he drove a team to a demo crat because ho dealt in more business than just delivering mail he and percv hurst cot their dinner at mr sam mccuirev lot i erin town ship next to mr hvde sr while he took a trip overseas percv barker took his place till mr hvde returned and con- ttnued for a few years mr cunningham came next he and mxjildc delivetxd mail for several cars i think those two had ears when delivering others before them did not mr bill of the glen taxi delivered for some months till mr ken kirkwood be gan in december i9r and is still on the route november 1966 even after the rural mall began to be delivered the team had to go to some town to pick up supplies till trucks began deliverinc all kinds of material to the stores then a team was no longer need ed just wait dnd see if we do not have an apartment house in ballinafad one of these davs some homes had phones in earlier hut in the vcar 116 many homes were getting the bell telephone in some years before this a phone had been placed in the store anvone wishing to phone could go there and use it by paying a small fee shop at home for what would we do without a store and post office at bajlinafad 20 years ago taken from the issue of the free press of thursday november 21 1946 the meeting of the public utilities commission was held thursday evening chairman c m hansen presided and reeve c l kirkness and j r mcarthur were present beardmore and co were to he sup plied with an itemized statement cover ing the share of the installation of services on guclph street at the new subdivision this was necessitated by the rear of pro perty installation desired by the company a letter from e rognvaldson sub mitted his resignation from the commis sion staff at the end of november six halton junior farmers commented in the public speaking competition stag ed in the milton high school friday november 8 president george s atkins was in charge of the program norval was represented by jean chester and john lyonsr acton by donalda- switzcr and ernie west milton by cedric harrop and palermo by erla windover two entries in entertainment were miss blanche mckin- non soprano soloist aclon and a six piece orchestra from milton the winners in public speaking were girls jean ches ter norval boys ernest west of acton changes in the election act this year affect more than the date of municipal election one of the new changes affects nominations specifically and states that a person cannot be nominated for two or more elective offices and then wait until just before the nominations close the following evening to decide which he wishes to contest a candidate must make his or her decision immediately after the nominations otherwise the first nomina tion received will only be accepted by the clerk man annie snyder mabel robinson vio let smith class 3 stella imclam annie martin willie ross gladys mclaughlin laura mcdonald harold kennedy alice johnstone lucna campbell ida craw ford delcinc gibbons herbie ritchie highest in arithmetic mabel robinson ethel sparkman spelling adam orr form i class i kenneth henderson elsiestewart betty lowrie clara lantz isabel elliott jack waldic class 2 mar garet britton bessie woodhall florence robertson gladys huffman duff wilson alice stewart neil gibbons class 3 ed na johnstone jessie mowat mac moffat mary mcevoy ray agnew lloyd kcn- ney lucy edwards lizzie moffat laur ence gibbons hugh williams highest in grammar jessie mowat in history puff wilson in arithmetic kenneth hender son elsie stewart w h stewart principal pearl z baker assistant the first anniversary of the open ing of ebenezers fine new church last sundav and monday was an occasion of great interest the silver anniversary of the acton auxiliary of the mefrrtkiist womens mis sionary society was held thursday even ing last in the schoolroom of the church mrs a t brown president presided the charter members present were mrs thomas easton guclph mrs james moore mrs a mcnabb mrs h p moore mrs a stephenson and mrs g h ibrown acton the first president was mrs thomas easton followed by mrs c c speight mrs hamlin mrs r g rrown mrs william brown and mrs brown 50 years ago taken from the issue of the free press of thursday december 7 1916 the winter fair now in progress in guclph eclipses in many respects all previous lairs a st albans church bazaar will be held in the parish hall on fridav and saturday of next week on account of the war all things for sale are being marked down to the lowest possible figures and manv bargains will be obtainable by eiilv purchasers the regular meeting ol the acton hiirli school literary society was held on fri day afternoon current events were read bv missgladys mclaughlin imd miss stewart brief speeches were made bv adam orr and miss annie snyder a reading was given bv miss isabel elliott followed by an interesting recitation by miss annie martin miss bennett then lavored the meeting with a very interest ing address on alexander school tor- only h monthly honor roll high school de partment form 3 class 1 letlie scott olive mowat marguerite stewart class 2 roy brown class 3 george anderson george agnew highest in ancient hist ory lettie scott in algebra lettie scott form 2 class 2 adam orr ethel stark- the acton free press phone 8532010 business and editorial office founded in is7s and published every thursday al 39 willow st acton on tario member ot the audit burewu ot clrculittona the cwna and owna advertising rules on request subscrip tions payable in advance moo in canada 700 in all countries other than canada single eopleit 10c authorized as second clans mall post office department ot tawa advertising is accepted on tha condition that in the event ot typograph ical error unit portion of the advertising spice occupied by the erroneous item together with reasonable allowance for signature will not he charged for but the balance of the advertisement will b paid for at the lppllcahle rale in the event of a typographical error advertising goodi or services at a wrong price goods or services may not be sold advertising li merely an offer to sell and may be withdrawn at any time fabluhed by las dills printing and pukllahlng ca ll david r dill managing editor copyright ims 0ttt fdftffs church notices bethel christian reformed church acton ontario rev wiebe van dijk phone 8531585 sunday- november 27 1966 1000 am english service 230 pm dutch service 345 pm sunday school trinity church the united church of canada minister rev dwight i engcl ba bd organist mr george elliott ma phd sunday november 27 1966 church school church school juniors up to gr 4 at 10 am seniors gr 5 gr 8 at 1115 am divine services 101 a ni trinity church nuiscry ser vice provided 1115 am churchill churchill rd n sermontitle family connections sundav s p in classes tor adults for church membership or learning about biblical interpretation critrfcft history denominationjlisni doctrine morality all welcome acton baptist church founded 1842 pastor rev stanley gammon res 144 tidcy ave ph 8531615 sunday november 27 1966 945 am church school adult class 1100 jm morning worship rev cam eron orr of mission to sailors will be with us 700 pm evening sen ice preparation for worship 5th in a scries tuesdiv finance committee meets at 800 pm wednesday prayer and bible study 7 jo friday bhf 700 all visitors welcome to our services doctrines we preach and believe the virgin birth the diety of christ his bodily resurrection the second coming the church of st alban the martyr anglican corner willow and st albans drive rev ritchie mcmurray ma st3 advent sundav sunday november 27 1966 900 am holy eucharist 1030 am church school 1030 am advcnt carol service tuesdiv november 29 ember day 10 am holy eucharist wednesday november 30 st andrews 10 am holy eucharist presbyterian church in canada knox church acton rev andrew h mckcipe ba bd minister mr e a hansen ba organist and choir master sunday november 27 1966 9 45 im church school for ages 3 to 15 945 im teenage church membership class 1100 am dimc worship sermon 1 heme obstacles thai the gospel overcomes even one most welcome maple avenue baptist church georgetown sunday november 27 1966 945 a m sunday school 1100 am morning service 700 pm evening service wednesday 8 pjn prayer meeting auon 8531956 georgetown 8776665 ivangltllntecostal tabernaclat pjvoc 33 churchill road rev s m thoman pastor 8532715 sunday november 27 1966 1000 am swimay school for all 1100 am morning worship service 700 pm evening service tuesday 8 pm prayer and bible study fhursday 8 pnj ca service friday 645 pm crusaders