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the acton free press wednesday april 24 1968 sttt jjtfess editorial page resejsxffi srickbata and bouquet the feet that acton almost held the mill rale for t96 in the face of rlsfno costi should be the cause of moch re- v iojclng itifhe taxpayer qmp howeyer j before the celepratlon ifrnlght be vvjse i jo osk ifil is not fatse economy tcrwive mdney tfius year in- qroferitocbjiipoond nektywfps problems some of the items budgeted for arid j then chopped by council will itijlbe i arburid nexfyeer to pay and jhoy will w other brothers and sisters with them ii i if costs continue to rise and they give eery indication 6f it then ihetaxr payer winds op paying more when theres a delay on improvements and repairs- council is sensitive to public opinion when it comes to raising the mill rate and who can blame them unlike the largo metropolitan cen tres where joe bloe hesitates to accost his alderman or councillor the small town councillor knows hell meet a knowledgeable ratepayer on the street taxpayers here have no compunction about voicing their opinion about local maljers to their elected reprejentatlyesv nlo matter how weas individuals feol about jhe mill rate pernaps spmey thought jlsriould go down there shfjuld be no dovbt about the sincerity oriheontlrecouncr to strike reallitic tuclget within the moans of podptolhi acfohr z wed like totos s bouquet 4rt their direction while they recuperate from the late nights endless meetings and spec clal brands of hoadacko- which gbwitti- budget time i at- one point in the proceedings it looked like overyone from tke mayor down was going to refuse to accept the oxtra remuneration thoy had set for thomsolvos because of all the work in- volvod in a growing town it is our opinion thoy are entitled to it wed go along with councillor drinkwallors ob servation that it is long overdue it would take a much larger amount to compensate for all the extras involvj od in municipal work thoso days frictfoh mt unique disturbed by the friction between council and school board over the rising cost of education dont bo its not unique or confined to acton milton georgetown and fergus are also feeling the pinch milton council sent both the high school and public school budgets back to the rcspoctive boards with requests for thorn to chop off 35000 and 10000 tho alterna tive was an eight to nino mill tax in crease fergus council sont a request from the centre wellington district high school for a 141 mill incrosso back to the board requesting it be cut consid erably the increase a whopping 145394 over last year would have meant an extra 50 for tho average tax bill georgetown public school board meanwhile is attaching a largo sharo of the blame for delay in construction cost on their own council tho board can forsee staggered classes at the schools as a result of delay here in acton of course council asked tho public school board to cut 30000 off their budget but it was rofused tho board said it had already trimmed tho requisition down to a size smaller than their actual needs increas ed cost of instruction was blamed for tho almost five mill increase over last yoar in order to save the taxpayer money and in lino with the policy of the on tario municipal board council here cut ihoir own general purpose budget theyvo actually only got control of 30 mills of tho budget struck at 78 the rost is controlled by school boards and the county the thing to remember is school boards are caught in the lame squeeze as council theyre concorned too whats the- answer to keeping edu cational standards high and costs down its a problem which noods much thought and certainly no slick solution exists until if is worked out therell continue too friction botween tho new county school boards and town councils tmcum ktyktoaif hazard farm tractors woro involvod in 246 accidents with motor vehiclos in 1967 according to statistics roloasod by tho ontario department of transport hal wright provincial farm safety specialist with tho ontario dopartmont of agriculture and food nolos that many of thoso accidents might havo boon prevented if tho triangular slow moving vohiclo signs had boon used by the farm tractor oporators tho statistics show that seven farm tractor oporators woro killed and 48 were injured while throo persons in motor vohiclos were killed and 90 woro injured total proporty damages was more than 210000 most of the accidents wore appar ently caused by carolossness or lack of courtesy onthopartof the farm tractor oporators since twothirds of all the chargos laid by investigating polico of ficers wore made against tho tractor oporators as thoso statistics indicate farmers should exorcise extra care when on the road with farm oquipment mixing with fastor moving car traffic creates a haz ard which farmors can minimize by tak ing adequate precautions and using slow moving vehicle signs phttta fretn the past bmtmr staw of the acton free press was photographed in 1927 miss clara moore earl vincent g a dills bob macarlhur cam currle and h p moore four of them have died including mr moore his successor as editor mr dills miss moore and mr vincent mr currle works in gait bob macarthur is still here with me staff grown from six to- over 20 fulltime miss emma robinson lent the picture pick your bicycle from this parking lot at one local school no problem for the children whoso instincts guide thorn unerringly to tho right cycle des pite the similarity between bicyclos of tho same make the lesson horo is ob vious in a few yoars the cycle will bo replaced by a car which young adults will bo forced to pick out of huge park ing lots staff photo sugar and spice by bill smiley everything that could possibly havo boon written about the liberal leadership con vention has already beon written but its spring almost and we have a new prime minister almost theyre both pretty green but summer usually follows no i didnt bet against trudoau but i cant see guy called winters evorwlnnlng an election in tills country wo got onough of that nonsense about eight months of the year as an english teacher i always look at names for symbolic suggestions winters has already been dealt with hellyor sounds slightly uko hell with yer ill do as i please paul martin i think a martin is a small bird and he sure got it from the eagles and falcons but ho was a gamo bird des pite the fact and doservos a salute for dignity and courage i mot martin years ago encumbered by a couple of plastered liberals from the sticks and he had the same dignity then theso aro the people who let him down after hed made gruelling trips to hayfork centre to speak for some local jerk turner didnt live up to his name tough no turning watch out for him in future ho wants it all or nothing maceachon was a disappointment hes a man of intelligence and integrity but he ran his campaign as though he wore running for reeve of juniper junction and even made a bollix of withdrawing from the race a pity joe greene is joe greene ive seen hi m in action before a dangerous orator of the old school emotional convincing but a pretty fair minister of agriculture when you penetrate the verglage sharp was sharp and always has been he made the right move at the right time and hes famous for this despite a couple of abysmal lapses during the economic crisis and etf filentif how many people realize they are ming in the richest province in canada ontario accounts for 78 per cent of canadas fully manufactured exports a survey by the provinces department of economics and development has reveal ed fully manufactured exports from the province totalled 1803038000 in 1966 the year of the latest complete tabulations while the canadian total was 2300803000 of canadas total exports of 10- 325320000 in the same year ontario accounted for 3762722000 this in cluded 28 per cent of live animal ex ports 16- per cent of the food bover- ages and tobacco category 24 per cent of crude materials 28 per cent of fab ricated materials 41 per cent of special trade transactions as well as 78 per cant of fully manufactured exports klorans made a great fight but who really feels sorry for a millionaire whos going to wind up in the cabinet and didnt havo a ghost of a chance in tho first placo stout chap though you cant make much of trudeausname symbolically however i think hes just possibly a bettor choice than that chap called laf rambolse from northern ontario i have a vague idea laframboise means the strawberry and whore would we bo then internationally eaton with sugar and cream thats whero all i hope is that canadians wont go sour on trudoau whon the gallic shrug tho quirked eyebrow and the chimpanzees grin disappear aftor a couple of months of dealing with all the garbage a prime mini ster must put out to tho constant disgust of my wlfo and daughter i knocked j f kennody constant ly after his election i kept saying sure hes cute sure he has a beautiful grin sure he s witty suro everybody loves him except 49 percont of the us voters but hes a ruthless politician when is he going to do something- besides charm people i feel the same way about our new prime minister hos clever charming rich hes a bachelor which probably accounts for the rich and charming i wish him woll i hope he breathes into canadian politics that fresh new breeze evoryone is predicting but i wouldnt count on it most of the boys in tho press gallery touting him as the salvation of canada were saying the same about dlef ten yoars ago and theyll bo tho first to start cutting strips off him when he falls to produce immediate miracles good luck pierre elliott trudoau i think you might just do it and finally goodbye lester pearson i think you were a dandy despite your faults and i think history will record you as such the acton free press phone 8532010 business and editorial office ttiunijij hi i 4ij tublivhcj try urvdncajiir ji w v aon unuij uiiiilwf ul irut ujn uoru m tnuljiiuo ihc cwn nj oma miui ijic ud frtjurii siibwnp- nn pjjm u jj woo m 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hit an mpilh bottle skihdrtdge players said acton was the best team they had ever- met acton player hehj woods erip mario ben baylies dude uhdsay rus brush george rlddall grant gillespie alio mario ted hllson norm morton johnny 5oy uno mario sonny towttaley jack kfintnerfvank terry kerwinmc- phallbob fqptlh bobby anderson for good management thank j j royston f dawldns ray mason rl jolley v b-hurri- ley and the acton athletic association at the social night arranged by the acton fall fair the certificate of agricultural services was presented to duncan waldle by president edwood johnston hie mario will receive the oha trophy for the most valuable member of his team 50 years ago taken from the issue of the free press of thursday may 2 1918 at the annual meeting of the farmers club whose headquarters are at hills store the officers for the year were elect ed president robert kerr first vice- president r n brown second vicepresi dent blake vannaltersecretarytreasurer w l mullln executive duncan mcdougall john mcgregor thomas kennedy bert mckeown and c m beswlck the club handled about 10000 worth of flour feed seeds sugar binder twine etc during the year post office revenues continue to grow horo the sale of stamps reached 56b- 93 and there were 3675 money orders is sued the commission paid the postmaster amounted to 25123 the postmasters salary last year was 1752 out of which his two assistants are paid messrs david robertson and percy col lier augmented the rod cross funds by 33 at wonderland picture show mr robertson sang and played the oscarlna and at mr colliers suggestion a collection was taken for the red cross with the cheer ful permission of mr gregory back issues 75 years ago taken from the issue of the free press of thursday april 27 1893 mr william williams boot and shoe dealer has purchased from robert creech of woodstock the wire on mill st which he has occupied fet a number of years and the smaller shop and dwelling in connec- tlon the consideration wasjj350 mr h h worded has- purchased the 50 aore farm from mr john mclrjafi the west part of tat 32 in the- third concession about mile north cf aetdn tonsideratlon about i3ooo the local boarfof health roetjwithmemv bars present j b pearson reeve thosv t moore clerk and messrs wr kenoey h p moom and robert wallace the lime was fixed for the sahlary inspector to make his annual inspection and allcltlzeius 1 are required to have their premises clean- sed of flth he will also make a monthly inspection of the slaughter houses right rev charles hamilton bishop of the diocese made his flrsf visit to st al- bans on a sunday and to st johns rock- wood for its requested grant of but 50 acton cornet band is prepared to play for the citizens on alt saturdays and holidays throughout the summer during thursdays terrific storm a tra veller at dublin reported telephone wires were so thick on the roads they wound around the naves of the wheels when he turned around he had all the telephone sys tem attached to his buggy esqueslng horse fair at georgetown today pedlars and trampsireunusually numer ous now 100 years ago taken from the issue of the canadian champion milton april 23 1868 on tuesday la the members of the established church of scotland hilton gave a call to the rev peter ferguson for many years minister of the same con gregation the rev robert burnet of ham ilton delivered an eloquent discourse from the first verse of the 12th chapter of rom ans he stated that it was uncertain wheth er mr ferguson who is at present at kincardine who accepted the call the clergymen present were hev mr stewart of hornby edmison of watordown rev mr plijesple of esqueslng and messrs blacksibck kay and brock of milton church notices the church of st alban the mamtvm anglican corner willow st and st albans drive sunday april 28th 1968 easter ii 900 am the holy eucharist 1030 am church school 1030 am morning prayer rev ritchie mcmurray guest clergy btthia christian reformed church minister rev p brouwer ba bd acton ontario trinity church the united church of canada minister the rev gordon b turner ba bd director of music dr george elliott ma phd sunday april 28th 1968 1000 am english service 1110 am sunday school 230 pm alternating dutch and english service saturday bible classes 10 12 am everyone welcome evanoel pentecostal tabernacle pa oc 33 churchill road rev s m thuman pastor 8532715 sunday april 28lh 1968 1000 am morning worship nursery provided the padre of the pubs the rev gordon winch ba bd will preach outside the stained glass 1100 am corfce hour and dialogue with mr winch on his work and the mission of our church churchill church services and sunday school cancelled in order to take- part in trinitys service with mr winch sunday school 1000 um junior school to gr 4 1115 am senior school gr5 togr 8 acton baptist church founded 1842 pastor rev stanley gammon res 144 tidey ave phone 8531615 sunday april 28th 1968 1000 am sunday school 1100 am morning worship 700 p m evangelistic service monday 8 pm rev john spillenaar hying missionary of the north land mission will be our guest speaker featuring colored missionary mov ies of the north including animal lift- polar bears etc also eskimo and indian costutacs tuesdav 8 pm prayer service and bible study thursday 8 pm christ ambassadors friday 7 pm crusoders blessed is he whose transgression is foryiven whose sin is covered psalm 321 maple avenue baptist church 81 maple ave georgetown pastor rev robert c lohnea sunday april 28th 1968 945 am church school and adult bible class 1100 am morning worship no evening service wednesday 710 prayer meeting and bible study thursday 630 pm explorers thursday 8 pm choir practice friday 7 pm bhf if christ be not risen your faith is vain you are yel in your sins i cor 15 17 presbyterian church in canada knox chuiich acton rev andrew h mckenzle da bd minister mr e a hansen ba organist and choir master sunday april 28lh 1968 here is our sincere invitation to the whole family to attend church 945 um sunday school all ages 1100 um morning service 700 pm evening evangel 745 pm wednesday prayer twmj acton 8531956 georgetown 1776665 sunday april 28th 1968 945 am church school for ages 3 to 15 yean 945 um ministers church member ship class for teenagers 1100 am ost divine worship 800 pm a choral evening in which acton church choirs and the legion choraliera present on inspiring pro gram of sacred music the entire community is cordially invited bveryoae most welcome this la an invitation to attand the church of your choio on sunday- j