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iere than lip malice i- it is popolar to suggest that be- cause county government developed in the horse and buggy eg it should be scrapped for the glittering new regional government concept it is argued the county system has not been updated has not been expanded into new and logical areas of service that would complement the total municipal government the plee from some of the politic ians is for something bigger that would cover thousands more acres and reduce the friction of boundaries we are among those who feel that logical services that could be handled efficiently over the larger county area have not been developed but the problem is not with the county govern ment it is with the local municipalities who have formed extensive depart ments to cover specific services end seem unwilling to part with themhow the formation of a huge regional sys tem of government will convince the local governments to cut down on their local empires is difficult to imagine a county welfare system replac ing the parttime efforts of local clerks and the wellorganized departments of the larger municipalities has been a the larger municipalities has been pro posed in the smaller municipalities there has been a generally ready ac ceptance of the proposal but the opposi tion has been felt from the large south ern municipalities a county planning board was once proposed one of the arguments for regional governments is the possibility of integrated planning that would spread beyond todays limiting boundar ies what resulted was the watered down formation of a planning associa tion that serves as a forum for discus sion and exchange of views with no power there was the proposal this year for a county board of education made after an exhaustive study by know ledgeable men and it was refected yet the plunkett view of regional govern ment calls for such a super board of education over a much larger area currently there are discussions on the introduction of a county assess ment commissioner system it would involve a single department at the county level that would insure equality of assessment throughout the county the proposal calls for branches in the local municipalities there have been new services in the county recently such as the family counselling service but the addition of fields of common interest to- all munici palities seems to be more resisted than invited and chiefly at the large local government level in the meantime the province is encouraging through its carrot-on-a- stick grant structures a definite drift to what is currently understood as regional government one example now well established is the construction of the regional detention centre to be buhtir the hornby direction by peel and hal- ton counties with financial encourage ment from the province then there was the recent encour agement offered to the halton health unit to study a merger with the peel unit because the province was willing to pick up a bigger part of the cost of operation if the two could form a more economical unit it appears to us that the desired end of regional government by pro viding larger areas for a common ser vice could be met through existing county government if local officials chiefly in the larger municipalities would pay more than lip service to the broader concept of administration editorial page pettcurri e a tip of the editorial hat to parks manager harold townsley and his staff for the attractive appearance of pros pect park although mr townsley cites abundant rains as a contributing factor theres been a lot of hard work involved as well the softball diamond in particular has never looked better barnacles on the dredge at fairy lake bring to mind a story about biolog ists at the university of akron theyre raising a crop in an aquarium in hopes of discovering the secret of the adhe sive and eventually synthesizing it any sailor who has ever chipped a hull will attest the little marine organisms manufacture what might be the best glue on earth weeds around some places of business detract from the neat appear ance of streets and give the impression the businessman isnt concerned about it maybe a few attractive looking garbage containers placed in convenient locations would discourage litterbugs around town some communities have partly solved the problem this way a tourist leaflet on the northwest territories recommends that your guide build an igloo for your overnight lodg ing however says the leaflet this type of accommodation is limited to winter and early spring because igloos become very damp in warm weather copious amounts of rain this year bring out the irony in the overall weather picture in canada while farmers east of the lakehead have had more rain than they know what to do with the western provinces have had below normal precipitation for the past two years when rainfall has been good in the west crops in parts of ontario have been parched zfij centennial picture j alien mason pamry is pictured in this fad ing photograph lent by mr and mrs ramsden buffalo new york it was taken about 75 year ago in the front row are the twins lottie and hazel mason in the second row mrs isabel mason mrs agnew mrs frank mc intosh william mason back row frank mason who died at the age of 122 charles mason bert mason and amos mason the family has played a pro minent part in acton affairs for many years rv r aj isfe ifc tunnel 0 tree rsp sugar and spice by bill smiley with summer on the wane and boy how it waned around here ive made a discovery with the minimum ot encour agement i could spend the rest of my liftj as a beach bum never was much of a hound for the beach life before as a boy i swam in rivers and lakes but not at beaches any way kids are too busy swimming and diving and horsing around to be bothered lying on a beach as i grew older beaches still had little attraction i just cudnl like sitting in the sun i dont tan i just sort of turn a burnt orange beaches were for women little kids and old people i preferred golf or fishing well pm not a woman or a little ud so i must be turning into an old people someone will think unkindly no doubt that its the advent of the bikini that has prematurely aged me this is merely a halftruth pm not particularly addicted to the sight of navels though some of the other stuff displayed is mildly interesting no if s the other sights and sounds that fascinate me now i dont like the huge crowded commercialized beach it in spires in me with its noise and clutter and bawling transistors and screaming humanity nothing but nausea but the beach we go to almost every day the sun shines is not bice that it is clean sand and cool blue water and friendly relaxed people there are no loudspeakers bellowing the latest beat there isnt a hotdog stand or a motor cycle or a beer can in sight that doesnt mean its as quiet as a church the gulls wail the mamas holler at their children the kids scream and fight and cry but when you stretch out on the sand after a dip and the sun bores into you taking away the aches and the tensions its as though you were hearing it all through cotton wool for some reason our beach has be come a mecca for newcomers to canada foreigners as we used to call them in the old unenlightened days you can lie there all day and scare ly hear a word of english and what a pleasant change that is you could be at odessa on the black sea my hungarian and polish and german haye improved tremendously but theyre great people they love the sun mind their own business and pickup their junk when they leave which is more than can be said of a good many tenth generation canadians its fun to watch and listea over here are a couple of italian grandmothers in black dresses both built about five by five yattering away eighty miles an hour just over there is a majestic young woman with slavic features a baby a bikini so sparse you couldnt blow your nose in it and a bust that would knock your eye out maybe both of them back up on the sand a bit is the teenage crowd they too have discovered our beach this summer about sixteen of them sprawled in a loose circle heads together indulging in harmless sexplay laughing punching smoking and making their intri cate plans for the evening but theyre decent youngsters who apologize when they hit you on the bead with their foot- no hippies thank the powers here comes an elderly german gentle man who must tave drunk half the beer west of the berlin wall to produce that magnificent pot theres a young jewish father spoiling his kids rotten theres a hungarian couple tanned the colour of tar with two beautiful blonde urchins and speaking of urchins this is the real fun of the beach they are through over and around the prone bodies they build castles and dams and forts they hurl themselves into the water shrieking with delight and theyre all so brown and firm and smooth you could eat them why do all those darling chubby five- yearold girls have to turn into bored neurotic harassed women why do all those careless sturdy happy little devils of boys have to turn into hard suspicious ulcerated men a good question but i still havent told you why i like the beach so much ive discovered that its the only place in the world where my wife will shut her mouth for two or three hours at a stretch 100 years ago taken from the issue of the canadian champion milton august 15 1867 it is our painful duty to record the loss by fire of the house situated in the east end of town owned by mr farley the fire took place about three oclock this morning and notwithstanding the greaten- deavours of our townsfolk it was impos sible to check the conflagration it was with great difficulty that mr and mrs farley were saved but they were got out and kindly taken care of by mr mcguton the building was occupied by severalten- ants and was we believe uninsured the acton free press phone 8532010 business and editorial office founded in 1175 and published cer cdrediy at 5 vtiliom si ailun ontario member of the auda bureau u cupula ton the cvana and cms a advertivinf raie on rcqursi subscrip tion pjvablc in adintr 4 00 in canada s70o in all lounwi other isn cnd ungl copies 10c auiborired a sexond cuu mail ll offtcc depart men i ottawa adxemunft it accepted oil the vendition that in the oent of trwtraprucl error that puritan of the advert tun- pac oc cupted b i he erroneoui item tojeiner with nratonabte allowance for uarnature mill not be charted for but the balance of the dverlietnenl will be paid for at the applicable rale in in cxeni of a tvpographtcal trror adtermmg goods or erice ai a wrong price goods or services ma not be ow advertising i merely an offer lo sell and mav be nuhdrawn al an lime du rrteoj aad fll fcgig cav uf david ft dili pubuslwr hanasy coin don goayrifait 1mt dv st i ryder miiiaai 20 years ago taken from th tn of the free preset of thursday august 14 1041 results of upper school eliminations for acton high school wars released ibis week by the department of education csrttfl- catea art being malted to john afar ray- mood arbic aldo braids armani braids george elliott joan gononmle and ernest wast in umm avettering days when the swim ming facilities at fairy lain ara oat of bounds the arrangements nuds by act on ymca to bars a day in the tig tank at west end cunp at moral sr certainly to be commended through tbt courlssy of beardmore and co arrangements wars possible to laks a load of children each thursday they are in charts of johnny gray the shareholder the trade msgstlne of drug trading company features in its store planning- department coopers drug store acton very tow town of 2300 can boast s store such as coopers drugstore the article says two years ago today vj day was cele brated the citizens of rockwbod received a shock when it was learned llr cyril c anderson 43 had passed awiy since us return from overseas be had been section foreman of tbt cnr on saturday rev h watt who had been in declining health passed away at his home in rockwood prof wd tolton of the oac was special speaker at brookvilla hall whan a urge crowd attended the nassigsweys fed eration of agriculture anmul field day the game of horseshoes was won by james simpson and henry macleod race winners were marjory elliott wayne easterbrook teddy britton bruce richardson judy els- ley audrey howie katharine elliott joan archibald martin davenport ralph bar ber aubrey richardson kenneth elsley freddie archibald ivan macleod and el- wyn service mr ce davenport was mas ter of ceremonies mr ted hansen has been successful in passing his year at the university of tor onto 50 years ago taken from the issue of the free press of thursday august 16 1017 on friday afternoon two aeroplanes flaw over town apparently en route from camp borden to toronto their route took them directly over the town and they presented arranged in circles throughout the building tat last possible dollar the ruling price of eoal has caused so increase in the cost of heating of 100 the estimates are reattptat legislative grant high school 9 sjoj county grant hlgb school 530 legis lative grant public school f 220 high school jees 240 nonrestaent sees 14643 tote raised by taxation 8350 total 722643 payments salaries or 1817 6325 fuel 800 building repairs 100 maps books and apparatus 78 insurance 81 supplies 79 continceneles 7043 total 742643 the engagement of mlis janet mcleod for third book and boys physical education at 600 and miss bessie elliott for junior primary at 580 were confirmed new motor ears continoe tocometotown dr coze agent for the ford has sold for ty ears this season aj isckumon wm mcnabbcbas win- terbon and jos gibbons have been bowling in the big dominion tournament in toronto this week the bell telephone co can hardly feel much pride in the unsightly crooked pole they planted in mrs taos ebbages pretty lawn an antidraft meeting was held in wash ington 75 years ago taken from the issue of the free press of thursday august 18 1892 general sympathy is felt in this section for mr john mcduff in us sore affliction in the loss of his wife the remains were laterred in falrvlew cemetery in the pre sence of a very large coacours of friends and neighbours mrs duff was the daught er of john stewart formerly of esqueslng who took a prominent part in the mckenzie rebellion 183738 the rural schools were reopened on monday eightyfour years ago last saturday the first white baby was born on the spot where the thrifty town of berlin now stands kitchenerwaterloo it was the late isaac eby who was born one year after bis par ents came from pennsylvania with the us loyalists d slrton lds will insert teeth at 6 and 8 per set extraction free special care given to filling matthews block acton general contributions from canada fol lowing the disastrous fire in st johns new foundland cannot fall to have a good effect on the islanders and may do away with some of the bad feeling which has existed between the two peoples the congregation of knox church gather ed to bid farewell to dr lowry and family the seating capacity of the church was tax ed to the utmost limit the chairs were a very graceful appearancet the first flew at an elevation of only a few hundred feet but the second must have been up a mile or more the noise of their motors gave am ple notice of their approach and hundreds of our citizens went out to view the rather rare spectacle locally mrs thos marshall who is getting set tled in her new borne at the corner of mill and wellington sts will be at home to cal lers after october first the board of education had the import ant duty at its meeting of preparing and bringing down the estimates of receipts and expenditures for the year it is fair to the board to say estimates were pared down to which tended to make all present more so ciable an address was read by d hend erson mp signed by himself james w rae moderator of session and at mann chorister a gold watch especially pur chased in toronto and a valuable one was presented to mrs lowry with a gold chain the gift of a few lady friends in umehouse the sunday school presented mrs lowry sr with an elegant rocking chair finished in old oak and beautifully upholstered and when at the urgent request of friends near by she took her place in it the building rang into cheers the undertone of sadness was lost in the contagious kind feeling that swept all before it church news trinity church the united church off canada minister rev gordon b turner ba bd organist mr george elliott ma phjd presbyterian church in canada knox church acton rev andrew h mckenzie i ba minister mr e a hansen ba organist and choir master bd sunday august 20 1967 combined summer services in knox presbyterian church preacher rev andrew h mckenzie 1000 am morning worship 1115am churchill united church churchill rdn morning worship bethfl christian reformed church acton ontario sunday august 20 1967 10 00 am english service 11 10 a jn sunday school 2j0 pm alternating dutch and baa lish service saturday bible classes 101230 ejnu everyone welcome map1e avfnue baptist church 81 maple ave georgetown pastor robert c lohnes sunday august 20 1967 9 45 amsunday school 1100 a jn morning service 7 00 pjn evening service wednesday 745 pan prayer meeting- acton 8531956 g 8774665 tvanoet pemtecostai tanrtmacu p aoc 33 mm i me stead rev s m taonaan pastor 8 sunday august 20 1967 1000 ajn sunday smto 1100 mh momma woratrip 700 pjn evangelistic service tuesday 8 pan prayer and bible study thursday 8 pan christ ambassa dors acton baptist church founded 1842 pastor rev stanley gammon res 144 tidey ave ph 8531615 1000 sunday august 20 1967 am church school and adult class 1115 ajn morning worship speaker mr ivan muller guerph no evening service during august wednesday 7 jo pjn prayer and bible study in charge of deacons thursday 7j0 pjn choir practice thought for the week i was glad when they said let us go unto the house of the lord pa 1221 thr church op st auan thi martyr anglican corner wulow st and st albans drive rev ritchie mcmurray ma sta sunday august 20 1967 trinity xiii 900 ajn the holy eucharist 1000 ajalf the holy cucherurt