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tw cm k acton j report from communities far and wide in canada indicate centennial year celebrations are being wall received despite widespread skepticism when the new year rolled around over the degree to which people would get in volved events are being done up brown by enthused people who represent al most all levels of the community recently the township of nassaga- weya took the lead in this area by hold ing a large scale celebration which would put to shame efforts of some of the larger centres prtlcipation in the events did a lot to heal some cleavages in the community which threatened to disrupt cooperation for years to come however nastagawegians got caught up in the centennial spirit and forgot political differences in their mu tual concern to celebrate their own countrys birthday on a scale never at tempted before unfortunately as far as we can make out not much of their enthusiasm rub bed off on the people from acton and the immediate district although plans to celebrate cana das centennial are being condensed into the four day period of the fall fair we can detect little enthusiasm nor much action outside of the fair board to make the celebrations something which would do credit to town r and district the chamber oicommerce in co operation with trwsportsmen of this district is holding a sportsmens show in conjunction with the fair the lions chjb is planning to roast a steer on th fair groundt friday at part of the fair written invitations to former residents of this district are being extended to attend the celebrations at far at we can make out these are the only extras planned outside of the usual fair pro gram except for a sunday church ser vice and a band concert this isnt enough we think there should be total in volvement by all the organisations in acton including unions service clubt church groups elected and appointed officials to make events a success the fair day parade in particular could be one of the biggest ever in acton if cooperation from all the groups in acton was forthcoming come on acton there isnt much time left lets get behind the fair board and their committees to really do this years fair up with a big blue bow z 4free rcss editorial pagm jmohhaw raevrv 8hassebii heuapaper beat medium the newspaper is the most popular choice as the best medium for finding out about advertised items according to a survey disclosed at the recent international marketing con gress in toronto and reported in mar- i keting the local newspaper was chosen for six out of the 10 of the 120 items 58 per cent named in the survey tele vision came next leading in 32 per cent of the items and radio in one per cent or about the same as word of mouth frank orenstein of the bureau of advertising american newspaper pub lishers association who revealed the survey results said the people most in terested in a product turned consistent ly to printed advertising for informa tion about it because of the more de tailed information in print ads and the fact that print can be examined at the convenience of the consumer setueen iu cities a a reports from friends of the speed and convenience of the rapido between montreal and toronto arent exaggerat ed it takes lets than five hours to tra vel the distance and service is excellent especially in the parlor cars it impressed two english visitors who sat near me on the way home from expo on their first trip to canada they were pleased with the country and the trip on this particular trip there were a lighthearted crew of waiters in the din ing car most of them french canadians they chatted and joked with the diners and after the rush was over three of them stood near the centre of the car and serenaded those still left with a lilting song in french about montreal one had a particularly pleasing tenor voice and the head waiter explained to the englishcouple that he was an ar tiste a performer on his time off the couple was delighted they just couldnt get over the democratic at titude of th travellers as they laughed and joked with the waiter in england they said the help just wouldnt do this sort of thing before they left the couple posed the singing waiters for a picture to show to friends back home in case they doubted the story they would tell one of the waiters explained to me his confreres werent in an unusually ebullient mood that morning the sing ing wasnt part of their usual service but he like the others was pleased with it we hope the english visitors found nothing to cloud the picture of canada and canadians they found that morn ing if all service could be so lightheart- ed and gay the country wouldnt be large enough to hold the hordes of visi tors wed undoubtedly get xffi centennial picture calletu revlew ham of 1911 front v low left to right john wood late hus- band of mrs helen wood the late charles holmes father of frank davie chatte and bplji holrnes of acton nets i w to live in what is now york house- se row first man left r m murray macoonald late husband of mrs macoonald willow st second last man on right sidney gunton last man in row neil mcdon ald julys hot humid weather has con tributed to the discomfort index for livestock as well as people this horse and a herd of holsteins feel the shade of a leafy maple is preferable to lush grass under a hot sun and they dont venture far from it on a recent sunny afternoon staff photo sugar and spice ley m4 by bill s i think i can say without fear of contradiction that i am the stupidest english teacher in canada if not the whole of north america i may add that i am the most dunderheaded columnist between vancouver and marysville new foundland why aside from the things that na turally spring to mind its this crazy col- lumn contests thats why english teach ers spend their winters muttering and cursing into the smallhour as they read and mark what are jocosely called es says at the end of june the intelligent ones begin their holidays or run off with somebodys mistress or get roaring drunk the stupid one starts a guest- column contest and spends his whole summer muttering and cursing into the small hours reading columns that make him extremely insecure about his future a a columnist well t guess vou know what all this is leading up to thats right chaps i still havent picked the winner of that fantastic prize of 50 fish like a jerk i didnt put a deadline on entries and the darn things are still coming in but thats not the problem theyre so rotten good readers of sugar and spice or at least a couple hundred of them are among the most literate ar ticulate and witty in the land how would you like to be asked to iudge a beautv contest in which every entrant was a knockout and also the daughter of one 6f our best friends thats how- i feel a person with some method in his madness would probably sort the entries into groups excellent verv good prettv good a definite potential lousv stinks and so on then he would put an elastic band around each group he then put aside all except the ex cellent h would then peruse them for the eighth lime narrowing down to two and he would make a decision and ev- ervbodv would be unhappv ever after wards except the winner i dont operate that way i am rack ed harrowed tortured one da i think i have the winner mv wife agrees the kids doni like it or i suddenlv remem ber a better one that i read last week cditctiat hctej take a good long look at the mim- skirted gals the financial post suggest it may be your last chance with sktrts going back to a more decorous one to two inches above the knees in the fall trend is away from the kooky look to a more classic look the acton h free press phone 853 2010 business and editorial offjce fihindcj n i jikj pub nhcd cverv fesrdncwlay ji milum u 4 n ontario vumlxr of the auji bureau i grule ion tttr cwa and w jurn utc on return subwnp- ttui puj- ir jjvjrui moo tn catifcl 17 00 tn ji uun trwr oin cr2 tingle c opart i0 xulkonvj j- stwnd las mjii full office dvpjimn oi juj jirrtiinj is accepted on the mnjuiun ihjt m the ornt ot pufrphic rro ihji portion of ttx ajertistnj pacc oc kuparj b tru crrunfout item together vith ri-jofijb- iumjntf lur ngtviiurtr vill no be hrfcj iw but irw bunr of irw jdtvniumcni vill sir pjij tpr ai the applicable rale in the cttfni of j ttpotfrjphkal trror advertising goods or rkrs ji a rung prue good or iencc nux no tw void adttfrtimng is mervlv an offer io and mav n- uhjrjn el m time ouia frtetibigj ae1 is i hi hi c lltl datid r dills rublisjmt hartley cole editor 20 years ago 75 years ago and spend two hours searching for it only to find that it should have been in the stinks file another day i have everything nar rowed down to the top ten i place them carefully on the floor beside my desk and my wife tidying up while im not around puts them back in with the others shuffles them and i have to read the whole mddy lot again in the process discovering several which were much better than the top ten mv cars arc already burning because i can hear the shouts of indignation from right across the nation when the winner is announced it will definitely be for all other entrants the worst column thevve ever read ah the heck with it here i am an old fighter pilot who dived into the blading flak at caen scared stiff because im a clod tor not picking their column next week the winning column will appear in this space even if 1 have to write it mvsclf and donate the prize to the stupid english teachers associa ion now heres what to do if vou want your manuscript back and havent al ready indicated so ploase write to me at 303 hugel ave midlanj ontario and it shall be sent then take it to the editor of your local newspaper just sav this column won honorable mention in the smilevtoetpo contest hell print it if he doesnt hes a cad and ou can tell him so from me there is some absolutely firstrate stuff in the heap and in almost everv w case it should be printed taken from the issue of the five ihnwa of thursday july 24 im7 last saturday a group from acton scouts went to pcacehavcn camp at drumbo in the group are john mowat leo marchment carl deforest fred eurmger donnie davidson jackie dav idson donnie anderson doug dvldon assistant scoutmaster montv uanney crawford douglas gordon lawson jam es dills and mike korchowtcc tall tapers and white flower made an impressive setting in trinity college chapel when kathleen avln campbell be came the bride of edward anderson hansen the bride wore a gown of ivorv siiln and carried a cascade of red rose and bouvnrdia the bride attendant wore mrs william whitewav and mr trevor smith the groom wan attended b rev capt j anderson when in acci dent prevented mr hnrvev hnssnrd from it tend i nil the reception win held at the old mill a verv successful daily vacation bible school was held at churchill unit ed church conducted by rev o r and mrs flindnll with 28 pupils there is no place in acton to go swimming medical authorities have wirned against the old swimming hole ind the prk has been condemned i on mondav afternoon funeral ser vices were held for hazel elizabeth stewart wife of dean leslie who died at her home rr 5 milton intermenr was in greenwood cemetery george town clearance sale m pallanl mill st ladies dresses 298 childrens dresses 98c childrens socks 15c 50 years ago taken from the issue of the free press or thursday july 26 1917 miss bertie speight secretary of the red cross society received a letter from pte j f riley in france it was printed in full thank you for the parcel of socks if you have a top shirt i would be glad to have it it is hard to keep clean as we cannot always get water i am the last one from acton in the 5th battalion i guess i am lucky to be al ive saper j victor coleman sent a very interesting epistle from sussex printed in full weve had our six days landing leave i spent three days in london two in edinburgh and one between we are now settled at camp to steady life nine weeks ago thomas alger met with a tragic accidental death in toron to last week his brotherinlaw wil liam waterhouse died after a long period of illness they came together to actqn from england ten years ago mr alger brother a month before his death was killed in an explosion in england mrs waterhouse is left with a family of ten children several of them able to work the funeral wednesday was conducted bv rev c h e smith of st albans church american tourists are free now to enter canada without passports on monday customs officer r m mcdonald was taken seriously ill with abdominal pain he was taken to guelph general hospital but he has since comp letely recovered the finestpotatoes exhibited here arc grown by mr fred helm corner mill and guelph sts georgetown merchants got into line and inaugurated their first thursday halfholiday for the year taken from the issue of the free press of thursday july 21 1192 acton rate of taxation ha been fix ed at 15 mill a drove of 13 head of cattle i in the pound william hetmtrcet auctioneer now drive a fine pair of matched steel grey roadster sunday wan one of the hottest days of the season the church service in town lot sunday evening were among the briefest on record they averaged from 45 to 54 minutes the thistle crop in the townships are altogether too luxuriant the appli cation of a few sevthc would be bene ficial- and complv with the laws require ment a counle of our local aldermen pre sented rather an undignified appearance on mill st riding behind a frightened colt which the two of them could not hold a couple of telephone men stop ped the terrified steed at the rahway crossing no damage done the dash was the result of carelessly adjusted strap intelligence of the marriage of mil julia cleveland late teacher in acton public school and mr adclbert r bal- com of st paul minn was received here on mondav miss cleveland friends will hide their surprise and extend congratu lations her trip to the west in search of health was a verv prettv and success ful ruse the telephone men will shortly be in town putting in new and higher poles new wire will be strung and a new met al ic circuit which it is claimed will ren der conversation much more distinct and satisfactory will be introduced the central office is to be supplied with a new set of instruments mr j v kenna- win is the enterprising local manager mr gladstone takes office as prem ier of england next month brewery stocks are falling bouchard the daring smuggler hat at last been captured 100 years ago taken from the issue of the champion milton july 23 lse7 mr wallace has lowered hi stage fare to georgetown to 25 cents so that one can now go from georgetown to milton and thence to bronte for the trifling sum of 75 cents who will not avail themselves of the pleasant wea ther comfortable covered carriages and fast nags of the wallace to take a trip to the lakeshore the celebrated stallion touch stone the winner of the queens plata will remain at his own stables near bronte station for the remainder of the year parties wishing to improve their stock can do so by applying to james white an effort is being made to procure a library and reading room for kilbride and a considerable amount has already been raised at j2 per share we trust that the effort will be successful as a library will do a great deal of good in the neighborhood those who feel interested in the movement might contribute by books as well as money mr conrad receives the correct ha milton time every monday corrected by osbourne jeweller for the great west ern the town bell is rung by this time trinity church the united church of canada minister rev gordon b turner ba bj organist mr george elliott ma phj presbyterian church in camaoa knox church acton rev andrew h mckenzie ba bd minister mr b a hansen bjl organist and choir master sunday july 30 1967 combined summer services in trinity united church preacher rev an drew h mckenzie 1000 am morning worship 1115 am churchill united church churchill rdn morning worship bethft christian reformed church acton ontario sunday july 30 1967 10 00 am english service 1110 am sunday school 230 pjo alternating dutch and eng lish service saturday bible classes 1012jo ajn everyone welcome mapi avenue baptist church georgetown sunday july 30 1967 945 am sunday school 1100 jo morning service 700 pjn evening service wednesday 8 pjn prayer rn re ring acton 8531956 georgetown 1776665 evanoel pentecostal tabrrmacu paoc 33 ontrohio road rev s m thoman pastor r sunday july 30 1967 1000 ajn sunday scfaool 1100 am morning worship 7j00 pjn evangelistic service tuesday 8 p jn prayer and bible study thursday 8 pjn christ ambassa dors acton baptist church founded 1142 pastor rev stanley osarmnsi res 144 tldey ave ph 1534615 sunday july 30 1967 1000 ajn church school p4 ctoss j 1115 am morning worship a strange compromise communion for au gust on july 30 no evening service during july and aug wednesday 7 jo jpjnv prayer and bible study in charge of deacons thursday 7 jo pm choir practice thought for the week i was glad when they said let us go unto the house of the lord ps 1221 the st alran tm martyr corner willow st rev rjtalue 1000 actu3ba sunday july 30 ibs trtoftyx flt