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1968 j the acton free press wednesday february 14 canadian at olympics we are in the midst of the quad rennial groaning season when canadian athletes participate in the olympics canadians dont as a rule expect too much from the summer games but the winter olympics in grenoble france is a horse of a different color since we are a landf ice and snow we eiipect our athletes will db waif in ihe frcfien sports nd they do but youd never know it from the criticism j we directafour representatives v 6ince 1 900 wnenvexfjatrlate carv uikdr gorge ortpn won thersteeple chase ef the paris olympic garrie- lell wearing he colors of the ujs t canada his been well represented 1 every summer -and- winter olympiad buttwrofe historian henry pox- borough canadians often refuse t6 gamofl2e their own achievmenti dur- successes have beem far greater than we realize saventytwoalhletet represent can ada at grenoble in six sports at the summer games in mexico city over 140 canucks will compete in 13 sports cost of the program underwritten by the canadian olympic association is 500000 compare this with the esti mated 22 billion the russians spend each year on sports facilities and devel- oprnentof athletes we are pikers v money for 0 olympic builget comes jfnvo vtfluntajty i contiibutlpr which unle government grants really snow the suppqetof the country rigors of inlerhalfonal competition cfl for sacklflcw hv some cases- normal social life for dedicated athletes is over for months ypu can show your monetary sup- por which is both tax deductible and worthy with acontributionto the jan adlan olympic association r every canadian contributes just twoandahalf ceres the objective will be reached iijio editorial page sutif pcuer tinea ours is called the most technically advanced civilization ever known but even so we seem more vulnerable to the weathers vagaries than our grand fathers were this was painfully brought to mind by the ice storm that struck canadas most denselypopulated section in midjanuary the interruption of electrical service across much of southern ontario left thousands of families without heat light cooking facilities hot wafer some for several days fallen power lines are serious en- ough for housekeepers but thereat also the shutdown of schools stores factories and offices the hazard of con tact with live wires the cost of repair ing wires and poles in ontarios jan uary storm the cost of hydro repairs was estimated at several million dollars toronto mayor bill dennison re quested the ontario government to share this expense with the municipal- oft the at ft i can state emphatically there is no belter beef than canadian the next time you hear the manager of a hotel or restaurant say he imports beef from the united states becausp it ts better tell him his statement is bologna thomas d burgess professor of animal science at the university of guclph i know now why they made february the shortest month in the cal endar its the dullest the duke of devonshire when ask ed what was the best thing about being one of the 26 dukes of england replied sithe best thing ts that you can always get a good table at a restaurant im glad i like sports otherwise it would be pretty dull in front of a tv set these weekends cheer up ladies you get the soap oporas all week ties concerned the suggestion was hardly reasonable it would be inequit able to tax farmers and townsmen far removed from the scene or those in affected areas who use gas or oil for most of their energy needs for the ben efit of a particular group of industrial and residential hydro customers another more reasonable suggestion after the storm was that all hydro lines should be put underground of course this is desirable for esthetic reasons streets are mora attractive when not cluttered with poles and wires there are instances of course whore electric service lines are being put underground but they are usually restricted to newer parts of cities and towns perhaps some day a crash program of burying unsightly wires will reduce the fear ice storms create now until then well have to put up with the in convenience they can cause playoffs are here for some local hockey teams and others stand on the threshold of the annual elimination con tests good luck to all a car driving along with windows fogged up on the inside through con densation adds unnecessary danger to the streets says the ontario safety league it may indicate that the driver is also a little fogged up mentally if he opened the window a crack the misted glass would clear teacher johnnyl what are the great canadian parties johnny liberal conservative and cocktail she i dont think i look 30 dear do you he no pet but you used to pkette frw the pajt hmv of j01v firemens parade comet weal on mill st in 1904 as spectators watch from the wooden sidewalks th head of the parade is passing mrs sacorcfs aardert where a8 surutrmar- kat is now mr and mrs george mus- selle who own the old picture think the man riding the horse might be ed die gamble back issues tangled weeds and fallen logs be come lacy fringe in the aftermath of a winter ice storm tho black creek noar the sewage plant glistens as tho suns rays soften tho snow and turn trees into glistening necklaces hung on the valley staff photo sugar and spice by bill i i e y well tho old flu bug or something equally virulent hit mo on tho weekend this column comes to you via gobs of aspirin hot toddlos anil shoe r willpower sunday morning i woko up fooling uke a mackorol not just out of tho sea frosh and quivering no one of those that have boon gutted packaged frozen and then cooked over a hot fire and refrozen and re coo kod uy wlfo had several theories as usual first i had a hangover plain and simple theres no such thing but i reminded her thai wed spent the previous ovoning quiet ly watching television and fighting as usual proof positive camo when she offered mo a hair of tho dog and i rocollod in horror next sho decided i was going through the chango of ufo with thoso hot and cold flushes i polntod out that my breasts hadnt grown and that i wasnt growing any more hair on head face or logs which havo always boon like an airedales sho was dlscombobulated finally shcproclaimod it was foodpols- oulng because kim and i are always thaw ing fish and stuff and thon re freezing it for some reason obviously id had bad fish turned out wed had steak all fresh couldnt convince her ilia i might have the flu which- has been knocking people on their kelstors for weeks atatlme around here all winter thats because i nover got sick or rather im halfsick all the time but never take a day off when i do about evory throo yoars sho panics and starts demanding to know whore the insurance policies are i never have a clue so i just groan and say loommoo- lonel which ineroasos hor anxiety prob lems which are already grade a whatever it was i take back all my pub lic and private utterances about people whove had the flu this winter in public pampering yourself take some whiskey and an aspirin or to myself what a slacker do anything for a few days off work i didnt have a headache i wasnt sick at the stomach i didnf have a aore throat or the snuffles or the sneezes but i havent felt like that since october 1944 when five burly germans set about me with fists boots and riflebutts for some trifling crime which i cant even recall and i took the same escape this time that i did that time i read that time alter they cooled off the germans brought me a couple of books but i uy there laa boxcar on a siding in the utrecht etationyard in holland and read upton sinclair since i was a danger ous criminal my wrists woro wirod to gether as wore roy ankles thoxo woro no handcuffs it took somo physical marioov- orlng and i could soo out of only ono oyo but i road and tho pain floated away about the third night tho feldwobol in charge actually brought mo a tin of pois onous coffe and wo talked in a garble of english gorman french wo had only the most rudimentary ideas of what tho other chap was talking about but it bucked me up i think ho felt hotter too it was about tho samo last woqkond i road i cold read tor only about ton min utes at a shot without halffalnilng but amidst tho fever and tho cups of coffeo proffered by my personal local feldwobol i roroad tho last enemy by richard hillary and tho new and now horos max by max ferguson cbc and free lance radio comedian hillary was a young englishman oxford upperclass egotistical selfcontrod who realized through his own suffering ho was shot down and torrlbly burnod mans in humanity to man tho unlvorslty of suffor- lng it was his only book he was id lied lator in a nlghtflghter it took mo back into a world of training and nlghtflylng and spitfires that was like rouvlng an epoch fergusons book is consciously funny but it is funny and both writers aro in dividualists who offor somo hope to all the rest of us who fear we are being ground between the upper and notlior millstones ottho twentloth century got the flu read simple 20 years ago token from tho issue of the free press of thursday february 12 1948 a very pretty wadding was solemnized in st josephs church when bertha shirley daughter of mr and mrs wesley march- merit became the bride of rwrnard brow of milton rv theys mejiii clirti skating carnival program- in the atona was jfrlnfarestml one but actoris population thusf havqbeeiv home keeping warm wlnnos iri the joeed skating contest wero oarbt tyler may- spfars grant withers gregory barr mensrafco fred kqctnsr winners in fahcy costumes youngest girl- ruth lantbfboroigh helen landsborv ough marjffe winter elaine arblc bob landsborougti warren wagner john cafn- or on rodney foiico a game of broom ball was played -be- tweenthovfsmpir and high school girls when the girls led by one goat tho referee had to fire tho gun to- keep tho wildys men under control we are very fortunate that mrs may dumarsh has taken ovor the junior girls class at tho y as sho had a great deal of oxperlonco in tills kind of work in kit chener 50 years ago taken from tho lssuo of tho froo pross of thursday fobruary 21 1918 advortlsomont when you own a ford you can do away with many articles that aro a sourco of continuous ovpohso for instance not only your drivinghorse and buggy but slnglo harness blankots whips currycombs brushos horsoshoos pitch forks food bins otc in tholr placo you havo a spoody depondablodlgnlflod roomy ford car it is vastly superior to tho narrow crampod buggy and whon it is standing idlo it does not oat throo moals a day prices from 405 to 910 tho drama of tho doostrlck skulo prosontod in tho town liall undor tho sup ervision of the intormodlato rod cross girls was a highly gratifying succoss mr dan ritchie lmporsonatod tho oldtlmo toachor and in tho cast of scholars visit ors and commlttoomon woro boyd clark nell mcnabb mrs a g clarrldgo miss martha graham miss olla armstrong miss laura atkins miss e graham miss mary mcciuro wm laird miss myrtlo sopor mrs w v colllor miss dora clarko miss daisy folstor mrand mrs w h stewart miss joan mcuod miss e ronwlck mrs wm laird miss alva harvoy miss madgo chapman miss bos- slo mullin miss margery hope william cooper w v collier a g clarrldgo gordon mclood tom savago adam orr harry harwood miss l m royce miss bertie smith miss poarl bakor harold wlldgust thos mcciuro aiox mann jam es smith miss m z bennott h swack- hamer jamos mcintosh the acton free press phonf 853 2010 buvneii and edoial offi jl v ki n 4iji u mki j trw 4 liti iht- cwn4 4nj uun j n- ui- rs4ur i ssihmv 4jwlf til 1 4k4j4 7 00 ih ilj i 4 jji 10s wurtj i u s mm pi offur osp4iimfi oil j 4jt rlt 4rpisl ti ittv jiiiu ii 111 t r tin i nl mtl4h- 4l pullt il 1 itu 4sl itw tltir uith iuxub thjitfj hui it imuih sj th jvruwmnl will tx fuu jin 1 thtf a iw l in ih m fjiihujl 41w hun su1 ajul vl n oil ui tfll j nut iv utihj 1 41 v time ouu kmftmuf 44 rumlahlflj co ltd bktj b utllt fuwisiwi hittuf cuit ton ltvir bjuiot cuiilit t aj u4ir jfrtt jress the church of st alban the mahtyr anglican corner willow si and st albans drive rev ritchie mcmurrny ma stb sunday february 18th 18 900 am the holy eucharist 1030 am church school 1030 am morninn prayer bethh christian reformed church minister rev p brouwcr acton ontario sunday february 18th 1068 1000 am english service 1110 am sunday school 230 p m alternating dutch and english service saturday bible classes 10 12 am everyone welcome maple avenue baptist church 81 maple ave georgetown pastor rev robert c lohnes sunday february 18th 1968 here is our sincere invitation to the whole family to attend church 945 am sunday school all ages 1 1 00 am morning service 7 00 pm evening evangel 745 pm wednesdav prayer meeting acton 8531956 georgetown 8776665 presbyterian church in canada knox church acton rev andrew h mckenzie ba bd minister mr e a hansen ba organist and choir master sunday february i8th 1968 945 am church school for ages 3 to 15 years 945 am ministers church member ship class for teenagers withdrawn this sunday only 1100 am public worship o god sermon theme why attend church everyone most welcome 75 years agb taken from the issue of the free press of thursday february 16 1893 on friday last the store at moffatt waa destroyed by fire caused by alamp which the proprietor accidentally let fill the mall wa 8ayetbuteyeryimngblselaclud- lmjs00wasjost lalhgbros will give one of their popular phbnograptilc concerts in gurti williams thla avanlng and in eden mills jmonday acton kortlculturaianslagriuhuralsocr iety wtll now receive government ad mes srs john duitf president and jamas-kirk- woodlpp waited ilplt hfvlnister 6f agriculture to presenlthcie mow the doslcifdrecbgnltlbp has been secured and thetsoclety 1b orr an oqual basl flhahclally u with similar exhibitions 1- ttie society enters ts newera under very fayotable through theex- urtlons of its rhahagemoht and the liberality of itsfrlonthl it 1 out of debt president is jolmdutf vlcjpresldent aj currle soc treasurer goorge hynds directors messrs j h matthews john williams john harvey t h harding and william hemstroot honorary dlroctors are g c clarko r agnow l g matthows w h storey and j e corry quito a number of boys are having jolly times with tholr itarnossed dogs and sleds st valentinos- day passed almost total ly unobservod mr jamos mathewswho recently pur chased from mr a b wright the property known as tho gore has a number of men taking wood off it 100 years ago takon from tho lssuo of the canadian ghamplon milton fobruary 13 1868- durlng tho past weok a now and fatal tus- oasu has appoarod in east flamboro amongst horses which ontlrely baffles the skill of- tho most export vets alter being attacked by tlio dlsoaso tho horses tongue bocomos swollon and apparantly paralyzed and doath follows in a very few hours from suffocation mr reuben sparks of the sovonth concession has lost four valuable animals during tho past weok and as the dlsoaso appaars contagious too much care cannot be takon to provent the spreading thoroof tito post otflco of lothian in tho county of ilalton has boon suspended bonjamln jonos fostor streot near the post offlco returns thanks for past favor and bogs to inform tho public that he la proparod to furnish any article in his busi ness as cablnotmaker and undertaker and now has on hand a large stock ofbedsteads chairs mirrors tables otc and has also on hand copps patent spring mattresses which he will soli cheap for cash he can now supply along with coffins in oak and cloth and an elegant hearse which can be hired for reasonable charge to any part of the county church notices zkh trinity church the united church of canada minister rev gordon b turner ba bd organist dr george elliott ma phd sunday february 18th 1968 1000 am morning worship nursery provided sunday school 1000 am junior school to gr 4 1 115 am senior school gr 5 to or 8 acton baptist church founded 1842 pastor rev stanley gammon res 144 tidey ave phone 8531613 sunday february 18th 1968 945 am church school and adult bible class vlurnini worship reverts lo 1100 am the inescapable christ 7 00 pm evening service hirst ot pauls missionary jour- nies wednesday 700 pm prayer and bible study wednesday 800 p in teachers meet thursday 630 pm explorers thursday 8 pm choir practice friday 7 pm bhf where shall i go item thy spirit or where shall i flee from thy pisaa- ence psalm 139 7 note change of uforning time sunday february 1 8t i evanoel pentecostal taukmacu p aoc 33 churchill road rev s m thoman pastor 8532715 sunday february 18th 1948 lopo a m sunday school 1100 am morning worship 700 pm evangelisticservice tuesday 8 pm prayer service and bible study thursday 8 pm christ ambassador friday 7 pm crusader