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geetie ley putting news that there would bo u three way race or the office of mayor this year from the present council alone without counting other possible entries will have a mixed reaction from voters here three experienced men running for the same office means two of them are going to be eliminated u hardship when council can use all the experience it can get but it was inevitable that there would be a parting of the wuys between the reeve and the roujor policies have differed widely in some cases dating back to the date when they took office it was no surprise either when councillor prinkwuttcr minounced his decision torun for maor he has taken issue with both the reeve and the may6r on severul occuions now fie has exercised his prerogative to try for higher office we were surprised however when reeve ilinton dourly stated that in his opinion the successful candidates policies should be supported by the rest of council this is tantamount to declaring councillors arc merely u rubber stamp for the mayor councillors will itill have the option in this democracy to cither uphold or disagree with the policies of the mayor or any other member of council they ate elected mi their merits us well as the mayor and should he free to use their judgment on the issues lis they ftiuy appear it is difficult to believer the rcuyc is not trying to pull our logs since he certainly has never practiced the policy he udjfouite minmnrtestsyj bjitorial page iflffafi rftjithtifc jftj jail 9air time only u few days remain until the s5th annual acton fair an event which draws the town ami district together ut least once every year fair board olticiuls and their helpers have been busy ever since last years event preparing tor a three day program which once again has lots ol vuriety with something for everyone m the best tradition ol fairs this years event opens with a triday night performance in the community centre the miss acton fuir competition is again one of the highlights it will be interesting to see whether one of erin townships beauties will wear the crown this year lasses from erin have dominated the competition since it was first introduced establishing a reputation for comeliness th it each set of judges has embellished it looks like the entertainment committee has lined up some top talent for the variety concert friday evening both from town and professional entertainers saturday the junior horse show starts the program rolling at 10 a m and at 1 2 noon the parade to the fair grounds from the railway station is the signal for large crowds to enter the grounds where theres something going on until midnight following last years pattern there will be a community religious service in the community centre sunday with a special speaker massed choirs from all the churches and music by acton citizens band the only thing needed now tor a successful event is cooperation from the weather acton lair is a place to meet your friends from town and country many ot them visiting irom out ol town lor the day we wish fair president wilmer fryer and his ollicials success in every lacet ol the operation irom exhibits to attendance and hope they can surpass every record acton i all tair has built up in ss years of operation og the cuffl political bed fellows those who live in the same bunk safety is largely a matter of give and take says the ontario safety league give thought 1aki care one blessing in being poor honest and hard working is that nobody envies you this weekend is the last one of the summer officully autumn follows on the tail of the tall fair the outlook for house buying has brightened as a result ol steps taken by chartered banks to improve the availability and cost of mortgages several banks have increased their allocations ol funds so that a rising swell of new money is entering the market ljjj motcj tftcm the pdat salt and uohtnino track bright patterns across tho rain sodden skies during some of tho summer seasons savors thunderstorms rockwood pholorjraph er don hills captured this bolt which lights up tho prelly rivorsldo park along the village main street sugar and spice by bill smiley today the punters come that sounds like lie refrain or the last line of a modern poem ll isnt today the painters came and tomorrow the relatives come willi then dog and children there doesnt seem to be much connection but ihere is the painters took all the furniture out of one bedroom and put n in another so dials two bedrooms unserviceable that leaves one for four adults two children and a poodle its going lo be cozy and last night i lay in the sand by a fire and looked at a star flung far flung sky ind kept brushing aside beautiful women who ottered me drinks and food mostly sandy hamburgers and today i have a head full of sand literally and figuratively and the other nigh i i sat by a roaring cottage fireplace on a cool night and hotly debated with old friends such world issues js rotten kids and dutch elm disease until 4 warn nothing was settled except the state ol my health the next day and the night before that a lady phoned and told us kim had been in an accident ind was in the emergency ward at the hospital all records were shattered gelling ihere a hang on the forehead two swollen knees k4 bruises and a three stitch cut is pretly lueky after a headon collision hini in yhts photograph ara all identified except for three in tha back row are the first unknown girl then margaret brown principal w h stewart mrs humphreys and a colas girl in tha next row toward the front are two unknown girls on the left then a muller daisy fblster bes sie mullen ann mcdonald nellie wllllami mildred mat- thaws nora kenney bertha brown mary macphevson in the short row at the left are dorothy nelson rata coles a gibbons girl isobel anderson edith evans in the thort row to the right are jane o brien margaret mcdonald dora har vey isma macpherson boys sealed at the front are jimmy gibbons jack chapman perry watson hubert mann ah kenney fred smith boyd clark elhelred white andy o brien and em brown and yesterday the same kim look off hitch inking with a friend for montreal her aunt washorrified that we let her go until my wife reminded her aunt that sfie had been married at lliat age and today thank the powers kim phoned and said she was safe if not sound she was car sick all the way and has a sly on her eye hut shes having an exciting interesting time while her parents slowly but inexorably turn gray and the weeds in my flowerbed stand tall and reach for the sun while he flowers peep between their knees like frightened children and 1 havent been fishing once this summer and ive played very little golf all of it rotten and i puff like a grampus when i swim and my piles are acting up and summer is on the wane however all is not lost the hedge is clipped and the lawn mowed they sky is blue and the sun beats down on my beady forehead and i set al the picnic table writing my column me elms are still sound my washing is on the line whiter than while my daughter wasnt killed in that crash my wife is charging around like a gazelle after an operation which everyone told her it would take from six months to a year to get over my banker hasnt got around to calling and my bursitis is temporarily quiescent c so what if summer is on the wane summer is for babies and bumblebees and baseball players and birds its merely demoralizing for us lovers of the spartan life the hard work the regular hours tomorrow i m going to beat my brother in law at golf for the first time in 20 years and the day after were going sailing with a chap who tips over every lime he soul this time he wont tip and tonight we ii have a barbecue and the kids and the dog will romp and gel in and out of trouble and we ii all bed down on the living room floor to avoid discrimination its either lhal or i sleep with the clog come to think of it i m one of the lucky ones think of the farmers slogging it out in the sun 18 hours a day and worrying worrying about the lack of rain or the excess of it think of the factory workers dripping sweat in one of those medieval plants think of the resort owner with a big mortgage who has just been through two weeks of cold wet weather and think of all those poor devils in the concrete canyons of our cities mushing from one air conditioned bar to another trying to retain their cool i take it all back im having a great summer just great pepper by hartley col if youre wondering how this collection ol words and ideas arrived on tho editorial page of this newspaper for two weeks running und could keep going until hie writer collapses you will have to go back to the lime of the pnalal strike llocauu hill smiley liiiniocniu pillur was held up hi fi inall there hud be substitute and fast hence the lihesuil und pepiker designed in throw you oil the truck tfle first column wa greeted willi general acclaim by jiiy relative und two flloiids who clipped ii out und sent ii overteus apparently so they wouldnt have lo look ul it us they skimmed through the paper alter a wellearndd boss please note rest i arrived hnnie lull of ideas and stories for ut least iwo more columns now the well his ruifdry due lo the pressure of other work weve decided i lie column cant lust any more than another year jir so anyway to fill in the time before its eventual demise if youve got u better uume for a zippy column than salt und pepper get on the hell blower ronlo and lei me know there haint been much lo tell this week alls quiet on the home front scollie hie dog huinl been bothered loo much with burrowing worms only pesl al this moment is the i uiry lake dredge its pumping silt out ofluiry lake to one spot und large trucks roar around all day taking it somewhere else this symphony of noise has a percussion section in the carpenters hummers and stone musons trowels erecting houses uhing limine drive now and again a blue jay blunders onto the site he stops for u hasty squawk and then moves on lo where his natural hubilul is nut where it used to he progress i guess doesnt include the birds we havent seen hide nor hair of that big fat coon since construction started either i dont know who well get to clean out hie bottom of the garbage can im the butt of some ill humor from my fellow workers since i claimed lo see a uto recently ll happened at the hardball picnic the mayor the president of the i ions and i were standing around looking al the grass grow when a large jet flew over all eyes looked up including my liael green orbs yes ll wus a big one uut ihe sun glinting on something ulongiuo hie lei cuuglit my eye travelling hi ihe opposite direction was u shiny sphereshaped object i pointed excitedly al il lor the benefit of the mayor und i ion chief straining necks und shading eyes they looked huld but didnt sea it i thought my imagination was pullintr tricks on rue when i lost sight of it but then i caught light of ll again i pointed it out lly tills lime several others had joined ihe ihrnug looking up into the clear blue sky and teeing nothing along cume u camera frorfi uilntlier llewspupef escorted by u lady and hie expressions were recorded oil film fhe hying saiicei vanished in lji tail my x ray vision wus unappreciated vague allusions were nude us to ihe condition of my eyeilghl the cruellest cut of all came hie next day a fellow employee usked did ihe saucer have a cup ui it in order lo wind up on a humorous nole we thought you would upprectule this letter hoy downs received from his cousin und printed m lasl weeks milton ouiiipion ll is selfexplanatory hazelnut ridge dear oiitin yur uncle has a job al lasl the furit lie has worked in over rune years we ure risli now 117 25 every thursday so we cent up to t i utnni for one of them that new fangled bathrooms like you people have in montreal it cum and we had her set and you should see her dies real purly over on one side of the room u a fjtk long while thing like the pigs drink out j only you can get in u take a bath all over at once the gadget on ihe other tide of hie room is a little while thing hanging on the wall called a uic this is for light washing like hands and face they also sends us a roller with willing paper but its kind of cheap stuff im thinking cause il dont seem like very good paper it would rip easy im thinking hut over in the corner wow they really got siniitliin its a thing you just put one fool in and scrub till it gels clean then you pull a chain and get fresh water for the other fool the lids came on the darn hung and we aint got any use for them so ma ll using one lor a breadboard und we framed grandpa s picture in the oilier so long for now cousin clarence 20 years ago 75 years ago taken fron the issue of the tree press thursday september 23 1948 mr and mrs j r macarthur and mri j c curne attended the fosterking wedding in toronto on saturday mr and mrs d g ryder are happy to announce the birth of their son david william at guelph general hospital on saturday september 18 1948 mr f l wright president of the guelph real estate board and mr norman wright were at bigwin inn lake of bays this week attending the convention of the ontario association of real lstate boards the halton county health unit announces that a child health clinic will be held in the town hall on the 1st and 3rd friday of each month from 24 p m mr and mrs howard d coles are happy to announce the birth of their son stephen howard on wednesday september 22 1948 50 years ago taken from the issue of the free preu thursday september 26 1918 the news from all war fronts during the week has been exceptionally reassuring the allies on the western front are penetrating the hindenburg line and pushing back the enemy in all sectors general allenbys forces have practically cleared out the turks from palestine and secured the radways and leading roads germany is having the greatest difficulty in endeavoring to keep up the spirits of her own soldiers and her allies chairman robert mcpherson presided am meeting of the board of education last wednesday evening with all members present upon motion of messrs john kenney and c c speight miss isobel anderson acton was engaged as teacher the salary is 550 and the duties will commence on november 1st miss jessie macgregor returned home on wednesday after spending two weeks with her cousin mrs a m campbell of slevensvdle exwarden and mrs george havdl of acton were in oakvdle yeslefday attending the marriage of their son frank havdl to miss tena bradbury rev i m moyer mr j c matthews mr c e bailey mr e beswick mrs james moore and mrs alice fleury attended the september meeting of use guelph district of he methodist church on tuesday taken from hie issue of the free preu thursday september 21 1893 the bricklayers are busy at the new residence of mr thus c moore and plasterers at that of councillor corry missers henderson and co announce their fall millinery opening for saturday next 23 inst miss stone who has had wide experience in luge towns will have charge this season the latest styles will be on exhibition acton temperance union continues to enroll members at every meeting the members wete entertained last friday by an interesting rehearsal of attractive features of the worlds fair by rev j tdge j a murray lost a valuable mare one day last week the animal was quietly feeding when mr murray went lo dinner and he found it dead upon his return to the stable the dynamo of the canada glove works was started for the first time last wednesday evening and the big establishment was brilliantly illuminated throughout many of our citizens have visited the glove factory the last few days and messeis w h storey and son have courteously shown them through the acton ssk free press phone 8533010 botmmft nd ecfctori cm faua fc i m uth d phuttjuj t vj w wuam 14 llwa oauawm lawaatfcaw ftf triad tuixj avajmu al cakuuuam faw ohiu tfj cmmam 4tmuf rwm mi f tirinria immu ui tmi mm w ft fm t ejj ssumlui ulw 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