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heed leaked after acton council decision to proceed with the ontario homing corporation gearedtoincome rental housing project i the fint tcp in providing badly needed accommodation for families slid senior citizens in town although there are homes for sale in acton most are well beyond the pocketbook of the average wage earner it is unfortunate that the sensor citizen units could not be located closer to the town centre the unavailability of suitable land was a problem oiic officials could not overcome ontario housing corporation officials nude a survey of the need for low rental liousink in acton during 1967 and presented a report in november that year to council it recommended 12 family and six senior citucn units be built since then the need for additional senior citizen units became apparent the number was increased to 1 2 the experience of other municipalities where oiic hotcmo has been erected has been good oiic look after the houses well tw presence of a project tends to rjiu rather than lower the value of hours around it perimeter fencing is erected which in our opinion tends to create a ghetto but perhaps adds to th attractiveness of the project although it is generally referred to as low income it would be more correct to call it geared-to- income housing you pay according to income ohc development officer sidney kaye said man nuking 5000 a year would pay approximately 108 j month rent thats hardly low rent it can take a pretty fair chunk or the pay cheque however for tlut amount you get a new house with tull basement and at least 1040 square feet compared to private accomraadatiom available the price utertainly modesty lacli tenior ituen ansttv self contained with one bedroom and the building it equipped with other amimtics desigrlid to help those in the golden years if this type of actpmmodation proves a success in acton there is no reason why the town shouldnt have enough to meet the demand especially since the province this week announced it has agreed to sec bigger tax revenue goes to municipalities for senior cittens units lamily units piy their own wjy taxwise editorial pag the berth dwa exijt like the milton canadian champion we arc a little perturbed that the new llalton county hoard of education has seen fit to schedule their meetings for the south end of the county the initial meetings were held in the county administration building at milton geographical centre as well as being the capital of llalton trustees found however that the county council chambers because of its nature made meetings more- formal than they should be the director of education also wished to have access to maps and other paraphernalia which would enable the board to expedite business more efficiently these of course arc valid reasons for setting up shop at oakville where facilities are available as well as being closer for the majority of trustees however we also feel like one of the trustees who expressed themselves at the last meeting that people in the north end of the county will identify education as being a window with only southern exposure if the board wishes to establish a rapport with the northern part of the county we would suggest that the rotation of meetings ut the various centres would tend to discourage this attitude we would think that trustees are aware that a ratepayer in acton bsqucsing navsagaweya or georgetown is just as important as one- from the more congested south we dont want a patronting attitude to develop we would like to feel the new board of education represents our wishes as well as those of the more numerous ratepayers from oakville and burlington perhaps the southern trustees will have to excuse us at times when we appear shocked at the large salaries some of the professional county educators are receiving as the canadian champio i commented editorially there are no empires in the north end of the county it will take us some time to get used to the idea that education as it is being administered in its present form is no longer a strictly local concern qfc phu from the ftam bright sunlight on a frozen lake create a shim merino mystical illusion on a crisp winter day sugar and spice i e y you know those people who have been going around for he past 20 years complaining remember the good old days when we used to have real winter with lott of mow id like to calciilrc next person who lay i it and sticknhim upside down anywhere in our backyard all youd sec would be two feet trying to semaphore sos and you wouldnt even see that unlets he were six feet tall or more quite a winter in our town you can park the tar tn front of the house and you wouldnt know it was there except for the radio aerial because of the flu and my bad back and all those warnings about heart attacks and bone laziness ive been hiring boys to shovel our front and back sidewalks about 90 yards of them remember the good old days when you offered to shovel somebodys walk and worked like a little beaver for two hours knocked at the door when you were fin i sited hoping for a dimo or maybe even a quarter and some gentle little old lady would say thank you little boy and give you a cookie things have cliangcd the kids now work for a straight dollar an hour if you inflation when nobody has enough money beuuiu everyone has too much in the old days there were tjreles drivers too hut the horses had more sense fire brigades from tha district thnd in acton for a colorful pard in 1008 that two picture of tha parada now owned by roy brown bowr ave were probably taken by amateur jtooraphar a t brown in both pictures tha parade movac wast along mill between john and willow in the top picture donald mcgregor drive tha decorated actoh tam acton band pvadw past in tha lower photo the acton free press phone 6533010 ftuimets and editorial office flkudj i lm mj tajifclitlatsl fjliu 1 m ukm l acun oruwa ttwr tl tltf auj1 httmtit of circuulub ikl cwma wad otfcma ajtwouju tlw w hfjumi siawn ifctuu m4u i 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gentle snow falling and theres about an inch of it and its seven oclock on a sunday morning he phones to see if i want him if its snowing as if there was a big hole in the sky and blowing like a banshee and drifting deep you couldnt get hold of that kid if you got the whole police force looking for him much the same happens with the chap who plows the driveway if theres three imhc of light snow hes right there if theres eight inches of heavy snow i ii swear he just goes home and sits by the fire and whichever he has an unerring instinct for cleaning the driveway just three minutes before the town snow plow comes along and tills it in again it s sort of fun driving in this stuff though it brings out the cosuck tn the mildest of motorists first you eye the pile of snow at the mouth of your driveway looks fairly light und only two feet deep you get the old crock going mually start slowly backwards out of the garage then give it the gun and try to buck through the drilt on sheer raw courage und plain stupidity sometimes you even make it sometimes theres a foot of iron ice under that surface of fluffy stufl hut its the nearest modern equivalent o a cavalry charge that i know except that youre going backwards uli at gives it a little extra spice is that because of the huge hanks you cant see a thing tn either direction as you hit that enemy line the other day 1 nearly tallied two snow mobiles that were whiuing past and the next day dn oil truck would have got me except that this was one of the times 1 didnt break through the drift you cant heat the modern methods of mow removal though they used to lug it away in trucks and dump it in some patch of wasteland t6day instead of t tucks we have the snowblower and in the spring when the snow is all gone you go out with first a shovel then a rake and finally a stiff broom and remove about four carloads of salt and und from what used to be your nice green lawn its our own fault of course people used to put the beasts up on blocks in november today its not only vital but a matter of pride to keep the car in action even though we drive only three blocks to work were caught on the horns of our own dilemma juid its painful but it certainly keeps us on our toes when winter decides that theres a lot of life in the old boy yet and proceeds to prove it 20 years ago take from the issue of the vtte vttu tjiursday january 27 94 a complaint hat been received to the effect that persons mostly school children are ikaling and playing hockey on he tennit court and destroying property there litis h not permitted and must ceaw immediately born nan and joe i lout zu juppy to announce the buth of j oa tl torn at andrew at tuelph ceiterjl hospital on jamury 2b bom mr nd mrs g w mfken we luppy lo announce ihe birth of their daughter i i j be tit rwhryu jj cuelph in neiaf hospital on januai 24 rvir saw ut many backyard tkjting rinks j lit if jic in auwi ibis year the tmyi add giru au having fun ui all of them hut yeste day snow was a reminder that ui villi luvi wind i monlht to come the public llihlu omnmtioii has ttten opt la ling al a dtficii since ilie hydio shortage it was discovered at a meeting ihiv week after llutthmilmy bill for hydro has been paid lime is not enough tuiplut money left it pay the wjges of the workers it is hoped the matter will be cleared up shortly willi lie growth that acton has experienced he lasl few years il is time the poal service was incicaced for ihe bene hi of cilicns al least half a doen postal luxes are needed in come sections so that people timid mail letters wilhoul having to go downtown to ihe post office 50 years ago taken from ihe issue of the i rce press thursday january m l applications will be received up to i ebruary 10 for ihe position of lerk and treasurer for ihe village of acton salary 400 per annum the editor picked a bout on mere of pan sics in bloom in a moorcroft garden on january 21 not much lady of the snows about that reeve barber and hie new council seem more interested in carrying out their preelection promises than in the conducting of the business of the town an inordinate length of time was spent on such matters this week a most enjoyable evening was spent last wednesday by the kings orderlies at the home f mr and mrs n i moore mam st upwards of 10 men were present a graphic description was given by i t the t ford of his experiences on a sailing ship from bn gland to australia mr william thompson has purchased from miss minnie melton her home on willow st which she purchased a couple of years ago from mr john l oleman who went west there has been a suggestion made that no more individual receptions be held for returning soldiers from overseas this has met with very strong objections there are good prospects of considerable building in town this coming season salt and back issues 75 years ago taken from the uiue of th free prets thursday jinuary 25 1804 the county council met for ofgahtxatlofi tuesdiy afternoon the letult of the fint ballot gave the position of warden to john warren dcputykecw of liqcuung he his beeti a rfepected rtiidcnt of the township for hklf s cutury he was first elected to council in lk6k after a quiet chit on tke weather and other kindred totter acton council met to iwar niuiutr jnd bis accounu for coaj nj lamp fcjjues pfmtin books potjtr and feeding ramps aavounting to s2s 2h dancers will luve to pay for more than the piper the charge for the town hall when used for assemblies was increased to eiht dollars from four dollars after its first meeting the board of i ducation retired to the parlors of mrs adittn for an oyster cupper much satisfaction was expressed with the new school and the successful work of the teachers reese pea rum hav cauffd a meeting of all interested in the formation of organised companies for protection from fire si joseph s clturch narrowly escaped destruction by fire about half an hour afler a wedding two girls found the altar all ablae although the church bet i rang no one responded supposing it to be a sendoff for the wedding party the young ladies with rare courage quenched the flame all alone 100 years ago taken from the issue of the anadian champion milton january 21 i kfv several ladies voted at ihe school trustee cleclions in toronto on wednesday one prompt and fearless female who was one of the first at ihe polls being asked who site desired to vole for replied that it was immaterial to her all site wanted being to record her vote and thereby assert her rights having recorded her vote in this indiscriminate manner and thereby asserted her rights the strongmtnded female retired with the happy consciousness of having won a signal victory over the tyrant man congress has thrown out the bill froviding a governor secretary egislature and judiciary for alaska oon lis being represented that there were only 50 white men in the territory that its chief feature is icebergs and its sole industry the seal fisheries it was thought advisable not to erect a too expensive government sewards purchase is not likely to prove profitable for some years to come the board of common school trustees for milton met on monday last members present messrs i agcr smith hatton wdlmott rreeman and matheson mr tager was reelected chairman mr smith t re a surer mr dewar local superintendent and wr jones secretary pepper by hartley cola this journal had haiilly got nut ut btil and nn ihe street when i stalled felting enquiries asking if i irudn i gut cud liver and tastm oil mixed up in last weeks column hardly got home and tossed my hat mli the closet before my wife mother in law niece daughter and son jumped al me with the same aicusatiun before i plead guilty and say mane things such as i wanted to see how many were reading this column or that i planted the mistake lo get the icaition lei me say it could have been olive oil for all i know all i m sure of is my reaction at the time its still very vivid it iinild have been pennsylvania 1010 because it worked in all kinds of weather yes it could even have been crude oil whatever it was the oil always seemed tu have the desired effect now you can see why im in the newspaper business instead of being a pharmacist do i hear bui yundl saying amen speaking about confusing word in the english language the world book dictionary reports we are in the midst of what might be called a language explosion the new dictionary contains 14000 more jnprds than last years well soon have to be buying a new dictionary each yearto keep up with the language j poor newspaper serfs like myself now have to find 14000 more spices in a head already cranunedwith misspelt words where do the words come fromv it seems as though coining new words is everybodys businesspoliticians scientists economists teenagers and the man on the street for instance politicians have come up with the phrase conspiracy of silence which means a conspiring to keep something wrong damaging etc from being divulged and how about gapotisf that means any coiuplclousor abnormal gap deficiency etc when you read about credibility gaps yuull understand gaposis you can depend on the scientists to give us a word like endoradiosonde economists came up with microeconomics and the fashion designers bless them came up with mimdreu and miniskirt the man on the street he cume up with such gems as chinfesl which of course means sitting down and talking uying what you mean teenagers gave us fud glop and glug heres some more some of which have been around for a long time as slang but have finally nude il to the diclionary aerial jeep alateen ballhawk beat nun beefcake body check bumpicking british bnghsh campy car jockey center left chicken colonel cliffhang colonel bogey cutesy down patrol daymare deep six defang didact diploma mill disadvantaged dodo ball ducky dysphemism earththaker easy miy endtun bscoffier eyepopper familygram fifth estate file 11 flab flappable freedom walk funk ghost turgery class cloth goodie gramophlle groupthink gucky head start hobbit uvjoke inner space instant replay lthou jane q public jet bus knuckleballer lachrymltt lotusland makedo medicaid megaclty meshuga mltty nebbiah nfl nudnik offhour oldihoe ordered pair plalmlane r and r readin rice christian roadeo schlepp schlock sheila thookup ski bum tunguage space gun squaw wlntef suitcase farmer iwingbacv synanon telephonists tenpercenter tin god tin pants underground film video recorder vietnik walling wall yoohoo dont know what some of them mean loin the club