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acton ontario wednesday november 5 1w 12 jtree tyttz editorial page jhtjajmai park rejcte development of the industrial pafc on main st north could be realized if acton councils resolve is matched by constructive action a resolution passed last week from those on council who favor developing the almost soucre area immediately coincided with a similar plea from the chamber of commerce that council do something r get rid of the property the chambers submission was well presented and to the point especially where it emphasized if the park hod been developed the municipality would now be in the enviable position of drawing revenue from the area the land has been titling like the proverbial dead duck since it was purchased six years ago with sporadic bursts of interest from those entrusted with development it would be foolish as well as false to say that council or the industrial development committee have opposed the development of the area opinion on how it should be developed and lack or working capital has definitely played a part in slowing it down there have also been members of council who were loath to spend a cent in making the industrial park more attractive to industry their opposition further dejayed any positive action construction of a road through the industrial park was a long drawn out process because of the opposition from some membervf council who honestly believed it was not in the best interests of the town to spend money on that area when so many other things were needed we think they were wrong but they had both the right and obligation to oppose action when they thought it wton that is part and tfarcel of the democratic process we ure fond of referring to in canada the chamber of commerce was also justified in making their presentation because it is not good business to let an investment in which a lot of the taxpayers money has been sunk to tit when there are so many other facilities needed for instance all the money tied up could go into sidewalks and roads that would only solve part of the problem council has repeatedly found that any time they venture into the real estate business they get stung but their experience is adding up and they may yet emerge from the industrial park smelling like roses gird in the kakd the burning question about industrial park development last week was not whether the area should be developed but whether any action should be delayed for two weeks until a report was received from a meeting between the industrial development committee and building products of canada the acton company is located on the northern fringe of the park and is presently in the first phase of expansion which may entail purchasing more land they are alio proposing to build u railway spur to the main st n plant which would pais through land in the industrial park there was some conflict about whether it would be right to go ahead with plans when this industry which employs a large part of the towns labor pool needs park land for expansion really we cant see where there should be any friction the existing company should be given every encouragement to expand but it should not jeopardize the future of the entire area conversely new industries naturally will be given every support to locate in acton but not at the expense of the industry already located here a bird m the hand is worth two in the bush as the old saw says and this no doubt has and will influence thinking by both the development commission and council on any plans for the industrial pork no matter what the wording of a resolution sugar and spice b y smiley theres nothing more boring thin listening to a group of old sweats talking about the war unless you yourself happen to be an old sweat as we old swells are called then its fun this year i was asked to speak at two different remembrance day banquets i was unable to accept either and was knuinely sorry about that theres nothing e a crowd of old sweats lying their heads off on remembrance day dont think of u as a brood of middleaged and elderly men sitting around all day nov 1 1 hi remembering their fallen comrades lugubriously oh they do that but it takes place in the morning at the cenotaph at ii am when the guns stopped firing in world war t and the stunned survivors looked at each other and every nun alive could scarcely believe it and thereisiicitjjiiuj lugubrious or mournful about the ceremony theres a certain pride as the oldsters step out in something resembling their old quick march theres a poignancy as the colors dip and the lan poll sounds theres a lump in the throat und the odd contorted face and a few tears in the two minutes silence but then theres the triumphant jaunty sound of reveillee and off they swing purged once more and ready to get down to the serious observance of remembrance day back at the legion hall a few of the smart ones the timid ones and the wifescared ones go home for lunch but most of the old sweats have planned to make a day of it even though they might need plasma the next morning i dont mean its an orgy far from it but it is a shucking off of the daily rut and routine a onceyear gettogether whew you can retell old stories with fresh embroidery and laugh a lot and recapture tvwmentarlly the feeling that youre 20 gain not so or 70 psychologisls veterans wives and other nonold sweats may well look down their noses and call the whole thing childish of course it is but theres a bond there and it doesnt matter which war you were in that you cant find anywhere else its not nearly as childish as university class reunions at which a lot of middleaged people who never did know each other very well get stoned and maudlin and nostalgic trying to recapluic something they never had nor is il as childish as business conventions where a lot of people get drunk and try to capture something they never will have thats because these men did have something and they retain some pjrt of it even though it might be 50 years old or more lice mud molly officers and a military system of incredible stupidity could not quench them the only thing that could do thai was death and they licked death so they have something to he about and laugh about and bandy insults about and just plain celebrate canadian legion celebrations have nothing quasimilitary about them there are no officers and other ranks there aie just legionnaires whatever their color or creed there is no linking of arms and singing old war songs as you might find in a german veterans organization anybody who tried to ting its a long way to tipperary would probably be slung out into the alley theres only one thing thats beginning to cast a shadow over it theyre beginning to let the women in on it this is going to enrage the ladies of the legion auxiliary but girls why dont you just get a big dinner ready clear out at 6 pjn and come back and do the dishes in the morning i even if your husband is a little green the dutch remember do you to canadian soldi1 us i1urii i in holland h lauru siltipptrs hrittht flowers adurn cnli maple i caved white stone under which rest in peace these boys from far away forever will rest the soil they helped fight free be precious lor the blood of those for whom we pray we heard in darkness deep them movinp through the nights their rattling tanks our hearts were full of fears and thinking of the homes where they were loved so much we felt our eyes get moist and could not keep our tears wc never shall lorgct you dear good boys we know too well how much lor us you gave your aims your strength your love your whole life- lay buried with you there in that beflowered grave but for the noble valiant pirt you took in our unall countrys priceless liberation muy we ut least reward the heritage you left with all wc can express in loal dedication may what you did lor us come back now to your land which has deserved so high our peoples pride and faith and may our love for it onie prove us worth the great uniting sacrifice you made vantikihq fatwr the ontario deputy minister of agriculture predicts that 65000 of ontatios 100000 farmers will leave the land within the next 10 years because their larms arent large enough to be economic if everette biggs expects a general exodus to the cities hell be disappointed most farmers are lar too intelligent to be in a hurry to exchange lou housing costs comparatively low taxes clean air und plenty of living space for city living what likely will happen will be the same process thats been going on for the last decade as larming alone becomes uneconomical many farmen will find work at the nearest industries mines or towns commute from the larni to work live days a week and run the farm on weekends besides continuing to provide part of the lamilys living the farm produces an accounting loss for an income benefit a farming declines as a fulltime occupation however much land will inevitably become vacant particularly in regions remote from employment opportunities and in areas of marginally productive soils just as inevitably a large proportion of this land will be bought by city dwellers as is being done now for weekend vacation around the gills next day and you dont speak to him for two days i think hed appreciate it taking women to a legion parly is like taking your mother on your honeymoon on remembrance day remember its only once a year give the poor old devil a chance to be 20 again for a few hours and retirement purposes the toronto telegram advocates that areas where marginally productive soils discourage farming could profitably be turned into woodland under the present woodland improvement act landowners may enter into arrangements with the government tor land reforestation and management the man who does this of course should be rewarded with a substantially lower and incentive producing rate of avsessment than the speculator who grows a bountiful crop ol weeds the acton free press phone 853 2010 business and editorial 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recently at a nephews for a 1 wedding when abrasive ijiifcrcnce between trench and lnglich became evident over ihe saturday ntghl hockey hjiric in tlm particular pari o ontario it ynu dont cheer for the toronto maple leak to clean up on everything in mm youre conudered unpjtnotic parlor pmlmlr and vlighlly ubveitive not chcoung for tin leafy it almntt a bad a not applauding when tfic hih llighlanden mauh pjtt so when he lime cimc lor the salurdjy nipht frame to come on he mattk ijntern he liott naturally tut hi j to the channel where the leal were bcjting the bcjaher out of the st l oim ulue die audience gradually became ijrger av wedding gueti filtered in to vee the fun included among thou who turned up wji nne luavc looking young man with gallic features who observed the vecne willi inieretl and plopped hunurll down on a chair beside the mother in law she nodded politely he vmiled bak then all eyct went back to the game where the camerai swung from a birds eye view of the ice back to ihe commercial the audience relaxed while ihe announcer extolled ihe virtue of a particular brand of amber liquid which vcveral guests clutched in ihcir hands al this juncture while evcryunc was olf guard the young man with the suave took got up oul of his chair strode in the iv and turned the channel let avc a look at what canadiem are doing tie suggested sure enough what uiould come on but the montrealchicago game from ihe forum in montreal the black hawks were scalping he ihibs in a real upsel 20 years ago taken from ihe issue of the frcc press thursday november im many months of hard work and planning were brought to a climax friday when about 200 workers financial assistants and interested citizens gathered for ihe official opening of actons scout house hodcnosawnce chairman of the evening was j h goy the deed for the land was presented by tom jones to mr goy chairman of the group committee w middleton accepted the deed and in turn placed it in the custody of the trustees of ihe building j goy i dills and w wolfe the building was officially declared open by mr goy with mrs goy ceremoniously christening ihe community project hodenosawncc hodcnouwncc was given an interpretation through george blliotts research and james dills reading the iroquois word means people of the long house the council place of he scnecas scout bill coon led those assembled in the scout promise a high honor was invoked by the scouting world on w coon b davidson g a dills j h goy k gardiner theron jones ted tyler a lcishman k mackenzie j mcmullcn s norton mr norton sr s pobjakovies s snow m symon l thompson a van gils m van gils t wat ion and c wilson when they were presented with what is known as lie thanks badge for their eflorts in the erection of ihe building roses were also presented to the wives of these gentlemen and gold sta charter membership curds to mrs agar miss kay brown mrs w coon miss s blliotimn g a dills mrs j ii goy mrs w middleton mrs theron jones mrs a kirlness mrs c leishman mrs g mckenzie mrs r macarthur mrs w d t smith mrs s snow mrs t tyler mrs a van gils mrs s norton mrs t wutson and mrs c wilson secretarytreasurer w middleton was presented with a beautiful lighter suitably engraved in recognition of his outstanding services and he was congratulated un his work and enthusiasm 50 years ago taken from the issue of the free press thursday november 6 i 1 9 with splendid spirit of unanimity the people of acton gave heir endorsement to the scheme to install a system of waterworks at the polls last friday voting for the waterworks at the town hill and speights were 205 voters against 56 some dastardly work was done at dublin school on halloween the trustees are greatly incensed owing to the disordered state of the school there were no classes held for several days capt w g c kenney of the imperial veterinary forces arrived monday at the home of his father w r kenney jj after being en route from cairo egypt this ut well with thou who gathered around the tube bui the host was hiving none of that turn back to the other chanenel he ordered smiling the young man whom we will call pierre turned back to where the leafs were once again giving st louis the blues iherc the whole thing miht have enlcd but for the commercials fcadi time ihe host left his chair pierre changed the channel back would come the hojt and the battle of the plaint of abraham was nearly trfoiirht with a new cast but a lunny ihmg inppcned on the way back to the toium sitting back observing the pe r i or in a rice wa rny dear old nuiilur in law sensing that pierre wal outnumbered among the leaf supporter she observed thai the habt and canadiem were favorites of tiers and had been ever suuc handsome rocket richard used to explode em the ice wilh clusters of goals as a mailer ol act she declared with mounting indignation at lar as the stanley up went she didnt care who won it m long as il was montrcit or toronto and the cup stayed in anada ihe efet was electric ii was like running up the mfchte leaf flag and everyone at once relled they were all anadians tension mchnl pierre grablwd my mother mlaws hand and gravely bent over and pinned a kiss on ihe back m appiovcd cavalier fa ui ion my untiments exactly he beamed ihe mother in law smiled and extended her other hand ive got two you know die uid picne gallantly bent down and pressed his lips to the left one plcjsed my mother in law climbed out on cloud nine i cant vouch for this bul i dont think she has washed hove lundt since would you back issues j since august he has been with the imperial army four years and tx months at one lime on ihe boundary between 1 gyp id palestine he had 2500 horses mules donkeys and camels under his command in im 7 he rode through the holy city of jerusalem with ihe victorious troop he was invalided to hospital several times capt kenuey is eighth and last member of the free press honour roll of former employees to return home capt w g kennedy and bugler moure sleep in the canadian soldiers cemetery at flanders his younger brother capt arthur kenney is still at vladivostok siberia for a quarler century or more it has pleased a certain clement among ihe older halloween pranksters to decorate ihe free press office with empty bottles which had contained liquid refreshment of alcoholic strength but last friday night there were none of the usual bottles there were gingcrale bottles soda ursapanlla coca cola and boch beer bottles but nary a liquor bottle among them evidently the stock of strong liquors has about run out and that prohibition prohibits is actually a fact c 75 years ago tjiccii from lie isiue of ihe frtfr press thursdjy november k ib94 the pupili who stood highest in the monthly cxamuutioni at the school are mjfulic laud muggie wallace ada francis gordon hendenon annie hyndt ettie lord jos stewart chili mclam edwin francis wm slewjrl jessie harvey edith clurles cljra cobban thomas henderson edison smi ih rerllu speight dennett clark jane gurncy ethel anthony robina wallace mjhcl moore charlie holmes mabel mann aithur mcdonald john ruddick willie uird oliver cook nelson ryder bertha williams wesley bingham mabel super ettie mcdonald edna swacklnmer clara ebbjge ida laird josie stephenson llmiiu ruddicl alice lewis maud chambers jennie mcphersun pearl siewart ethel coleman jennie grant alice bescoby tilhe bingluun annie mccann tejchers were t t moore c mcphail belle peters and m e nelson guy fawket day on monday without ecitement guelphs new s48000 opera house his opened the usual gate and unsavory pranks were perpetrated by mischievous boys on halloween no arrests were made mr dwiglit l moody the famous chicago evangelist arrived in toronto very quietly and unostentatiously on saturday morning the great massey hall was packed to the doors on sunday for his inaugural service thousands are said to have been turned away a chess and checker room has been set lip over the feed and flour store