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acton ontario wednesday october 29 i960 4tree pttez editorial pagerk faht heed i0 mi we are beginning to suspect that the halton county medical association u trying to pull the wool over the eyei of ohsip subscribers the doctors decision to reject the 90 per cent payment plan in favor of collecting the extra 10 per cent of fees from the patient seemed reasonable it appeared to be asking too much of the medical profession to accept a 10 per cent cut in fees which is much like asking a working tiff to take a 10 per cent cut in wages it was our impression that the countys doctors were partly justified in calling the ohsip rates a completely unjustified form of taxation we have completely reverted our opinion on the matter now however after talking to a representative of the insurance company which formerly assumed coverage for our medical bill we now believe the ontario government was completely justified in assuming the provinces doctors would forego the remaining 10 per cent of the fee schedule since there had been a is per cent hike in rates this year at the doctors request to offset the 10 per cent they were expected to forego this means in effect that the doctor are not collecting 10 per cent less than last year under the current ohsip fee schedule but s per cent more collecting the extra 10 per cent would set their fes is per cent higher cries of anguish from the medical profession over the governments decision to accept the medicare scheme hardly seem appropriate in view of these facts the most legitimate complaints about the scheme come from those who formerly enjoyed better coverage under private insurance schemes than they do under ohsip at less cost the government has even made it illegal for the private companies to pay the remaining 10 per cent of the bill which halton doctors apparently aim to charge further complicating the picture penniej tfw a hex why carry a unicef box by their nature children are inquiaitlvethey constantly ask questions from answers they get from examples they are shown will grow attitudes in later life our education programs are trying to teach our children to respect their neighbours their friends we profess that all within our society must be given equal opportunity and we contemplate happily the tolerant and free world we live in can we in all good conscience draw a geographical line and say to our children its just north american children we are tenie tfw all impressed is the only word to describe the reaction at the free press when robbie boucfield came in personally and thanked the publisher for donating the bastjbull trophy he won as part of the acton minor baseball association championship team businessmen and others who donate trophies and scholarships are ff tf what this country needs ts someone who knows what this country needs one of the few thing we can still get for a dime is the wrong number worried about let other countries look after their own it has become acutely uncomfortable to live in a comparatively affluent nation next door to starvation degradation and want therefore we want to give children a sense of commitment to the world if your child carries a unicef box on halloween night he will feel that he is part of a society he cannot ignqre if he understands this as a child he will reach manhood without effort ready to make the world a better place to live is not that a good reason to carry a unicef box on halloween nighp perennially asked to contribute towards awards but few are privileged to receive a word of thanks from those who receive them young robbie bousfields gracious thank you was a tonic for all concerned and partially compensated for the ingratitude of the many who accept and forget the old believe everything the middle aged suspect everything the young know everything you dont have nights to become a stay awake days to stay awake success just soil and pepper the canada savings bonds youve been buying are helping to eradicate one of the countrys worst scourgesbirthmarks dont laugh i have a friend who has a map of ireland in port wine stain on his back it turns green whenever he swims which is certainly the appropriate color but the dam birthmark is embarrassing for him he haint even got an irish relative now thanks to research by ovemment scientists he can have the entire map eradicated by a newlydeveloped instrument and a substitute more in keeping with his nationality painted on treatment adds both contour and texture variation to the tkin a problem which plagued plastic surgeons since they started to remove the reddish purple discoloration the procedure calls for the surgeon to inject pigments that combine with the reds of the stain and forms a tone that blends into a normal tone in the skin those of you who have mary tattooed on your chest and your wifes name happens to be helen know what an embarrassment birth marks can be some old sailor types have solved the problem of tattoos which invariably seem to name some girl by adding more words for instance one grizzled naval veteran had a luge heart with the word josephine entwined through the spot where ordinarily there would just be valves and arteries he broke off his love affair with josl by adding is a fink right under the heart this certainly squired things with joyce but it is doubtful that josephine whenever she is would approve and just to prove his heart is in the right place he had joyce tattooed on the other ana this could also cause him some difficulty if he happens to have his differences with her but as he says these are problems that must be met as they crop up and his ingenuity has pulled hint through so far after the snow storm sugar and spice b v ley well thanksgiving hat come and went and here we are heading into dismal november and im farther behind wilh everything than i was last june on the second day of july i began cleaning up the basement and i can prove it theres still a sordid little heap of dun detergent and other basement garbage sitting there proof positive that i got one corner swept out its in a direct line wilh the washer so that you have to walk around it every time this create some interesting comments my major project of the summer was lo have been putting a new top on a little back porch under which we put our garbage cans theres an ingenious lid that opens made of twoby fours one hinge was going and a couple of the timbers were loose with winter coming on both hinges jie broken right off and when you want to put something in the garbage cans you dont lift the lid you lift eight twoby fours singly pile them up put the junk in then replace them it takes only about five minutes and every time you go through the operation its raining another plan was to rent a chain saw and cut up all the huge oak limbs piled along the fence for use in the fireplace theyre still there speaking of lences there was to be a new one this year but i tattoos have always been popular with the tailors probably because they had the opportunity to let some of the real needle artists work on them in some of the lobe s exotic countries 1 have heard rumors that one old salt had a girl on his forearm who could do the dance of the seven veils aided only by a silk handkerchief and some adept arm manipulation his performances are perfunctory now wouldbe audiences complain they can see the same thing in any tavern with gogo girls tattoos of course go right back into the dawn of history primitive peonies figured that the more tattoos warrior had on him the more handsome he appeared they had tome vivid dyes with which to embellish their tattoos their skill as artists left something to be desired however as any old cave drawing will testify and this left the most beautiful specimens looking like something out of the friday night horror movies the only tattoos this battered scribbler is interested in now are the type with military bands in them and to get back to birth mirks i can only add that the skin is heir to many diseases they occur in many instances where most people have no business looking anyway but we are gild they hive come up with something to aid those who were actually disfigured by port wine stains in places that show couldnt gel at the old one because of all those oak limbs piled against it pretty frustrating then there was the hedge i was going to tear it out and plant a new one the old one was getting rotten in spots its still there i was going to play a lot of golf and get fit i even asked my wife into playing and paid her fees i played about eight times and got fit all right i now fit size 33 pants instead of 31 but my wife had a great season she shot her first game last week five holes at 16 a hole and the club is closed now with such an active strenuous summer behind me it was good to get back to the orderly job of teaching where you have to do things whether you feel like it or not and ever since ive been asowly as a wolf with a toothache because we have a new system theres nothing wrong with the new system except that like every other new system its lousy compared to the old one which was also lousy as i prophesied a year ago costs have escalated in direct proportion to the increase in red tape and inefficiency its something like the book of kings paperwork begat more paperwork rules begat regulations at an alarming rate and committees begat committees like so many rabbits there goes my chance of ever getting anywhere in the profession dont worry i can stand systems i wasnt in the air force for four years without learning how to beat them you dont defy them you just chew away from within like a termite until they collapse thanksgiving i looked forward to a chance to get caught up on everything get out in the open and relax see the colors of fall and forget about the system after all just a lot of honest men trying to do a good job no women strangely enough so my daughter came home from first month of university bewildered full of hangups about courses and desperately lonely for the past two years my most frequent comment to her was now you be in at a reasonable hour this time we couldnt get her out of the house on the saturday i drove her downtown and said get out of the car and go and see somebody she was home in an hour and now its the ruddy leaves no pun intended i have ten maples three elms one butternut and two vasty oiks the maples come down like a shower of dandruff elms and butternut trickle down with malicious perversity and the blasted oiks wait until everything else is raked and the snow is falling before they condescend to contribute their confetti oh well life is the only one we have but i can tell you one thing therell be no more 54 phone bills for one month of wifeanddaughter talks about nothing 20 years ago taken from the issue of the free press thursday october 27 1949 the greatest night in the history of masonry in acton marked the 73th anniversary of walker lodge a f and km last friday evening over 300 masons from all over ontario participated and enjoyed a banquet that taxed the seating capacity of both the gym and social room of the y the lodge was presided over by wm w j beany the so year jewel was presented to v wor bro wm cooper by w bro chat darby a sword was presented in memory of hugh walker the founder of the lodge and a set of working tools in memory of the late bro daniel taylor the crowd was disappointingly small when the rotary club presented a rodeo in the arena police duties in acton have been taken over by the provincial police and three men were put in charge of acton by inspector knight jack kay of stmcoe is the senior officer on the acton detachment and jim wood also of suncoe and art forester of dundas make up the force headquarters have been set up with equipment in the town hall and a police telephone is being installed a police cruiser equipped with a radio will be used and in direct communication at all times with the provincial network clerk mcgeachle says the cost of police work will be about the same to the taxpayer as the municipality will now qualify for a provincial grant we have not had sufficient copies of the free press to meet the demand the past two weeks newsstand tiles have reached 500 circulation is an alltime high of 1500 circulation in 1969 is 2350 and newsstand sales 1810 in celebration of the 8th anniversary of the boys and girls band a testimonial banquet was given them by the w i j spielvogel proposed a toast to mr chas mason and miss s ralston presented him with a lovely mantel clock a toast to the band was proposed by ken allen and chas kingsmill responded the acton free press ro phone 653 200 bunnell and editorial offic found llt wl powihd ovorv vitsttdtv t ea wihawr si atlo 0lf0 umbv ol ik aimm buroiu ol ocumtot lh cwha w 0w jutwottiuftt ft quaslt ssjtkcftstsoat pjvtblf t aafejjac m 00 hi cttftjklj u 00 n ll counlih mmf thy cayudj wvicaom lo cavm- bcond cuti msj fu4imtsv ijjn 061ft advtwi ung m oud on lk awl hon tfl n iki mitt 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50000 has been spent in acton for new buildings and repairs since the new bylaw was passed five months ago on permit was to beardmore and co for six houses value 12000 the annual family pig killing time is fist pproaching then well have the homemade sausage spare ribs and buckwheat cakes the fancy fair in the town hall for four days and evenings last week under th auspices of st josephs church was a great financial success rev father goodrow and his workers spared no effort to accomplish this end the booths tea mom fish ponds drawings and wheel of fortune were well patronized entertainment wtd provided each evening vote for the waterworks and the tho factory tomorrow women may vote if they own property and are on the list proud voters at the polls last week wer mrs arch mcnabb whose tint vote was four joyous noes and the beloved mother of the editor of this paper mrs elizabeth mooregray 81 who came from toronto for the purpose 75 years ago taken from the issue of the free press thursday november i 1894 monday there were two cases heard by squire strange at rockwood the first was over a slight difficulty between w bennett and john and joseph crewson concerning dog that had a bad habit of barking at passersby for shaking one of the boys bennett was fined 4 25 in the other cut a local spinster was fined si and coats which amounted to 3 85 for disturbing the peace by entering one of the stores ana raising a row with the proprietors mm etta laird returned home last week after spending several enjoyable weeks with friends at hamilton and niagara falls the hamlet of balluufid is moving along about as usual everyone it trying to mind their own business mr w judd of eden mills pulled a greystone turnip that weighed 27 pounds and measured 39 inches in circumference last week john matthews it about to retire from hit feed and flour ttore edward and adam kingsbury arrived home in crewsons comers from southern manitoba list week they report times very dull in the north west an epworth league his been organized at everlon through the good efforts of rev henry caldwell officers are miss amy leslie w g gamble and john i snyder miss ella snyder richard johnson there is a fair list of members