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the acton free rei wednesday april 5 167 a3 jmy responsibility as a canadian a r bar a cook wins essay competition 25 winner of the canadiah weekly newspapers associa tion essay competition sponsored by the acton free press is barbara cobfc a former acton student who now lives at malton and attends school there her father walter cook is a former acton mayor v subject was my responsibility as a canadian she receives 25 and her essay is published here it will be forwarded for provincial competition and a national winner will be declared eventually it is with pleasure the free press presents the winning essay by this thoughtful young student i meetings between the ages by trying to talk youths lang uage what is needed is to un derstand their thoughts first listen then understand adults today cannot look back into their own youth to reach decisions influencing the youth of today because the entire environment has changed they can however ripen the thoughts of youth with the wisdom they have gained through the years youths and adults must go on together increasing in men tal ethical and religious stat ure it is not sufficient to be educated we must gear edu cation to ideals we need to learn continual- ly moreover we need to con- my responsibility as a canadian by barbara cook no impetuous vitality will carry todays youth through the unique world experiences we will embark on we need willpower and faithfulness to succeed we who succeed will be the ones able to attain our goals in the most efficient way open to us we will not miss nor will be missed by the skep tics who are busy spurning work in their infantile debates about remote utopias we young canadians re quire minds that can think wisely and hearts that can fee warmly what goes on in our minds and hearts is more we cannot help being involv ed in the concerns of other nations powerful forces which affect every one of us are at work in the world the efforts being made to ward economic revival the aim of social improvement and the urge by countries to dominate all these have im portance for canadians we have to be prepared to day to defend our country and to aid the free nations of the world in defending theirs but our defence must be more than physical we must main tain equally ideas and practic es of freedom the country that loses these may just as well resign itself to dwell in slavery the loss of freedom indicates the loss of the right tp think and with the loss of the right to think man ceases to be man we know that it is from nationalistic greed that wars are born we know that war anywhere forbodes a world war we need only to attain complete intellectual develop ment in a society without fear certain that our very human ity is the sole obstacle to the best life offered to us by the early greeks i we cannot attain such a world by having people run to their homes and lock the doors cynics say that no ef forts have ever succeeded in bringing nations together to prevent war and therefore ne ver will many of us in canada dream of staying neutral in case of war but even so it is impossible for our geograph ical position will almost cer tainly involve us this being the case what important in deciding can adas future than what hap pens in our factories and lab oratories we must get along with one another even experienced suc cess if acquired at the ex- pehse of goodwill is bought at too costly a price it is not essential that ad ults distress themselves in nect what we learn to the re alities of knowledge and prac tice therefore education in our adult life will contain as much unlearning and relearn- ing as the tackling of new sub jects if we do not do it now we will walk into the future as do the blind who walk into a familiar room where some one has moved the furniture news of the district georgetown i right on the heels of a pro jected residential expansion in georgetown- word came last week that sid silver intends to build a large business block adjoining his store on main st in the block will house a number of retail stores and offices another new build ing is also planned by halton and peel trust and saving co just to the north resmenu m the middle sec tion of glen williams village will have natural gas made available to them later this year it has been disclosed by united gas co the service will be extended to that area between the west branch of the credit river paralleling the ninth line and where it passes through the middle of the- village georgetown jr c raiders could lose as many as eight members of this years club if a new age limit being con sidered by the ojhja is in troduced the oha is con sidering setting the 20 yearold limit back half a year rod presswood jim blair terry lane tommy ayres don nor ton mike cummins and ron stewart all played their last game in a raider uniform when they lost to aurora kent robinson is the sole player sitting on the fence erin a 54000 addition to erin public school has been approv ed the new addition will in clude two new classrooms and the installation of fire doors in the halls of the old section of the school contract has been let to landoni construct ion of fergus three hundred men were present to enjoy the spicy stag party entertainment and the excitement of the elimin ation draw at the enn district lions club draw dinner the final grand prize of 245000 was shared on five tickets some of which were held joint ly winners were i gordon simpson and nelson rath- bun 2 norman nixon 3 ken jackson 4 vince mountford jim mundell tibb miller bert atkins 5 jack mckinnon of guelph hillsburg ilderton took the second game of the orha inter mediate series 64 in the lucan arena ilderton took a 32 first penod lead stretched it to 42 at the end of the sec ond both clubs bagged a pair in the final chapter htlls- burg goals were scored by don mckenzie lawson montgom ery mike kalapaca and g mcarthur ten of the 18 pen alties went to ilderton milton milton council accepted the proposal for a 1309000 ad dition to the high school subject to more than 900000 in construction grants it will make the milton district school fully composite and able to serve 1100 pupils the finance committee of council estimates the debenture issue of 417319 required will cost milton taxpayers 15773 04 an nually after grants a likely boost of nine mills in the town tax rate was for- cast following a budget sess ion but subsequent meetings were expected to achieve some cuts in the spending last i years mill rate was 75 95 for t residential and 83 15 for resi dential and industrial retorting of the site at omagh for the proposed burl- oak airport venture was ap proved at a- special meeting of oakvillc council tuesday even ing on an 83 recorded vote despite a vigorous protest from ward 1 ratepayersas sociation spokesman bill kel ly council adopted a recom mendation from the planning board to rezone the 300 acres for airport use halton mp dr harry harley attended the meeting and promised to lend support when the project comes before the federal gov ernment the ratepayers ob jections were based on the poor location the high cost and doubts that it would be used enough to warrant the heavy expenditure burlington water consumption here last month was 121 500 gallons as compared with 115370 gal lons used in februarv 1966 so far this year the public utilities commission has pump ed 255870 gallons ioa stores celebrated 16 years of ig a in canada with birthday celebrations last week acton i g a served birthday cake and coffee to customers as well as holding a draw for groceries joan mccristall serves mrs c snoek acton while store manager harold manes looks on staff photo acton fire brig aid helps swell muscular dystrophy fund j j c evans president ol the muscular dystrophy asso iiaticn of canada announced today that for the first time in its l3ear historv the associa lion had raised over h ill a million dollars through its an nual campaign and other sour ces an interim total or ss45 000 to date said the president represents an increase of 53 000 over the previous vear s in come mr evans estimated that about 75 per cent of the md acs income would go into medical research in a program that involves everv maior uni versity and medical school in the country he expressed his thanks to the manv individuals and organizations that have helped during the campaign these included in addition to mdac s regular membership members ol over 500 profev sionai and volunteer fire dc partments including the acton fire department th i ode the catholic womens league the roal canadian legion zonta clubs womens insti tutcs bov scouts rotary clubs and manv other service clubs and organizations saving for cold day the watermelon mrs j p harrelson sr of spartanburg n c cut into on a cold winter dav was almost as good as one just plucked out of the fields she reported she had kept the watermelon under a bed in an unheated room stitta stationery 56 mill st e acton tel 8532030 let us assist you with your plans for that all important wedding day loue in and see ol r compute selection of isnrtios anol cevets mforuals accessories yomr cotct ofranouspmptr storis tpe tiyin mj tun ask for v select jrour muig inwutiora announcements and accenonn with complete confidence as lo quality and correctnett of form e also have personalized wedding napklns matches and cake boxes canwe do about it we need to study geography not the geography of naming capitals and defining islands bays and peninsulas but the geography of people and how they are linked with their nat ive land we need to under stand people in other lands and learn what makes them different from us we do try to get newcom ers from other countries to give their arts skills and phil osophy in an attempt to make canada the best land in the world a land in which we may live wholesome varied pleasant lives the greatest loyalty to canada is decided not by what we take out of it but by what we freely put into it the late president or the united states john f ken nedy spoke for men of all countries when he said to his fellow americans ask not what your country can do for you ask what you can do for your country we are proud of our wealth of natural resources but we cannot get on without the rest of the world fcconomlc world cooperat ion is required because the economic activity does not consist of the single family or the single national state but the entire living generation of the human race commerce between nations is necessary to keerf the world in running order if all means of trade and transportation were terminated millions of obituary ballast bags were useless four 50 lb plastic bags found in a farm field in es- quesing township last week caused a bit of head scratch ing around milton o p p head quarters when it was learned they were the type used for airplane ballast but the problem appears to be solved the four bags con tained a black tarlike sub stance and when thtiy cropped up in a farm field everyone began wondering if a plane had dumped them there how ever airlines officials said the ballasts were useless because -their- containers were broken and suggest someone connect ed with the owners must have ditched them there imodern discipline knowing when not to talk back to chil dren mrs h c winn dies in states emma isabelle wmri form erly of acton and wife of her bert c winn died at her home in charleston south car olina on tuesday march 21 she died after an illness of several years the funeral was held in south carolina mrs winn daughter of mr and mrs benjamin watkins was born near norval as a young girl she moved to lot 31 first line esquesing with her family and there for a short tim attende lo school she trained for a nurse and received her r n degree at guelph general hos pital after which she went to ttffew york city where she nursed for many years she is survived by her hus band herbert c winn and one sister mrs maude hamil ton of toronto as well as sev eral nieces and nephews among whom are john d watkins and mrs isabelle win- field of acton and wilmer wat kins of r r i shelburne robt r hamilton optometrist 116 mountain view s georgetown 111 mill st acton monday from 4 pm for appointment 8773971 no toll charge people would die from want of the necessities of life new markets are required by nations which produce ab undantly canada has been forced to build up an econ omy which depends on the outer world the world cannot be united by an ordinance or charter the world can be united only when human beings insist that their governments fulfill their world duties we can no monger remain unbiased as to what is hap pening in the world but we do not have to stand inactive despairingly twisting our hands with goodwill honest intention and effort we can achieve our goal we of the democracies be lieve that there is a scale of values in life from the simp lest satisfactions of ordinary living to the highest satisfac tions of love morality intel lect and creative accomplish ment we believe in 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