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thm adon fra prstsa wednesday nowwbtfm 1969 di tori a i page 4 flaa truce the rtorm eequeting council railed by urging cut in honoraria for school board member and reduced administration salute has not abated now the secondary school teachers have joined the fray asking that administrative salaries be reduced to the level of the teachers and that administrators be obliged to tpend at least part of their time teaching it is obvious both from the storm raised by the eaqueslrig suggestions and the reaction of the secondary school teachers that there is more dissatisfaction with the new county board or education than was realized but we are beginning to think that the entire issue etquetlng raised is being clouded over by internal disputes and indulgence in petty backbiting the real issue as we see it is whether the community can afford the amount of money being spent on education if the cost of education is so great that a municipality cannot afford ordinary maintenance on roads sidewalks and needed extensions to services then it is too high if education costs have soared to the point where the taxpayer has difficulty meeting the commitments on the education end of the tax bill then there should be some serious thought given to cutting costs we dont doubt for one moment that if some of the administrators ort the county board were in similar jobs in industry they would receive less money in their pay envelope no doubt others would be making more money but these are intangible which cannot be resolved by wrangling the province is committed to the new county school board and it 1 likely we will never go back to the old system whether or not we are convinced it was better so we are going to have to make do with the existing situation in many respects it is superior than the old especially in the realm of providing equal opportunities for students sometimes we are going to be upset by pompous and overbearing pronouncements from all tides of the educational spectrum but lets not get too upset boards and municipal council should be able to cooperate and confer on problems without name calling and dragging in personalities lets call a truce and see if something cant be done to solve some of the problems in the educational system and then begin to put education in its proper perspective there are still many people who have difficulty finding enough money to meet the rising costs of living without having additional worries over soaring taxes and squabbling authorities what a yirl tc 4c we often hear the comment that there is nothing for girls to do in the town and district that all the recreation is geared for the boys this may be partially true especially when it comes to contact tportt which stress physical endurance or athletic which require muscles but people who make rash statements should qualify them there are activities for women and girls such as skating badminton bowling gymnastics sewing cards bingo dancing and chasing boys here and in the district perhaps some girls are not interested in any of these activities maybe they would prefer more sophisticated pursuits like debutante parties ballroom dancing tennis a good game of post office or spin the bottle 7e candid duke when the duke of edinburgh suggested canadians should make up their own minds about the monarchy and pari amicably if parting were their wish a section of the british press was quite upset the financial post comments some ultraroyal britons moreover felt that prince philip was treating monarchy and commonwealth much too lightly this reaction is in sharp contrast to the relative indifference of canadians to the consorts remark it was not always thus if the evidence of the late lord tweedsmuir may be believed at the lime of the simpson divorce followed by the abdication of we must admit there does seem to be a dearth of places to participate in this type of recreation and the future doesnt look too bright either used to be that all a girl wanted was to stay home and help her mother the odd tearjerking movie was thrown in for recreation there was always plenty to do at home and the lady of the house always appreciated help now with the modern labor saving appliances a gal isnt needed nearly as much if she wants to see a sad movie she has to go out of town there are no movie houses here it is ironic however that even in the large cities where recreation and amusement is available for every taste they still complain there is nothing to do edward viii in 1936 tweedsmuir then governorgeneral of canada wrote canada is the most puritanical part of the empire and cherishes very much the victorian standarts of life she has a special affection and loyalty for the king canadas pride has been deeply wounded by the tattle in the american press one may wonder how much tweedsmuirs judgment of canada was influenced by his contact with its prim prune minister mackenzie king after making all allowances it remains obvious that kings canada was much more shockable about the monarchy than is trudeaus phctca frw the pam sttt pttzz back is sues titi clean os hie driven snow sugar and spice by bill smiley cauthumpian varade ol ywr agp was ttfts0cjpnj as tha acton band rounded a oomar this picture is on of tsvaral tent for this tdkorts peg earner with tha notation it need not baraturnsd moit teachers become very fond of certain students and believe it or not some itudenti become very fond of certain teachers thlt wai nude painfully clear to me over the weekend i became involved with a veritable ipate of my former students theyre all at univerilty now and each was going through tome part of the particular hell that hut involves it began on friday afternoon gerry appeared at my classroom door looking like a rabbit that has juit had a run in wilh a wolf while the class i was about to teach chattered about what they were going to do tonight chewed their gum waved their mintstarted legs or dropped into a deep slumber gerry told me his troubles lie is one of the nicest boys and one of the weakest english students it hat ever been my fate to encounter ties the kid who rushed about bit june and bought me a bottle of burgundy and six golf balls after receiving the incredible news that hed passed in english ills only problem friday was that he had three essays to write in six days tie was looking for a life belt i was fresh out of them liut gave him some reference books tome sympathy and tome ideas on how to tackle lus essays i dont think he has a hope in heaven of passing hit semester under those conditions but het learned something you dont wait until an essay is breathing down your neck before you write it that very night another former student called her mom who lives across the street from us she wanted to know if the smileyt were going to be home for the weekend if to the was coming home because she had to tee mr smiley she has graduated and it attending a college of education purportedly learning to be a high school teacher iter problem wst a little different she had to teach tome poetry this week at part of that 20th century form of the spanish inquisition known at practice teaching this involves facing a class of strange ttudentt with an eagleeyed professional teacher watching from the back of the room harrowing is the word so i spent saturday afternoon going over the poems with her and getting her all muddled up but she left with a pile of notes and the feeling that the could survive the ordeal tferae jexje lite quickest way to become convinced that spanking is unnecessary is to become a grandparent the best way to wipe out a friendship is to sponge on it just because the speed limit signs on highway 401 say maximum 70 doesnt mean we have to drive at 70 mph most drivers travel at the speed that feels right to them according to prevailing conditions sunday afternoon i met two more former students under different circumstances i couldnt help them with their work it was in a funeral home and their mother was dead tragically after a brief illness i kissed the girls and hugged lliem there wasnt anything else to do or lay sunday night one of them liz closest friend of our daughter since grade 7 came around and spent two hours talking with my wife and me not weeping just talking in her sensible sweet 19yearold way and latt of all there was another farmer student my own kid kim staggering around in lliat horrible duos of firstyear university bell telephone stock took another good tliot in the arm when her mother called her sunday night she had just discovered that shed been misting two biology lectures a week all fall because they werent on her timetable and maybe this was the reason the wasnt doing to well in biology and slie has an exam in it this week and she knows shell fall and shed like nothing better than to quit the whole silly business and gel a job as a waitress and thats the way it goes if youre a leaclier ive been at it for only ten years but in hut time ive found very few youngsters who are vile or despicable there are some but most of them are funny confused lost brash shy aggressive kooky- its only when they become adults that they seem to turn into pompous bores nagging wives stuffed thirls shrews gossips and all manner of unpleasant creatures of both sexes per tups theres a great universal truth in there somewhere but i cant find it however it makes up for a lot of the frustration and nerverending days of teaching when the blase sophisticated teenagers come back to see the old man when theyre in trouble the acton free press phone 853 2010 business and editorial office roudd ran ouwjd mv wdl w wjlaw si acun otuio unb ol iiw aud1 suttiu ol craiuiion im cn at oh- wm suxoiolhwuiuwbui uw uooucaurf uooiouleagmxuimm hn cvud ultw0llscau tkmdclium iu4 mjxw mis lii otw- oi iw 01 ml ivo tint iw ojiiiok ol iw dli loot e i b im hiwiiii lo- m tuom so tmu wtu mt b cfcj lo bu th tulm ol im fctolww u b fttal sof h tfca aeoujow n 1 ivo ojmt dle tftrf ot uiwm m 0 uttk of whom m1v m4 b iou ajfctl4 u jmomiv volw wmll wwloivbmriliv puj ri i ih o uj 20 years ago taken front the bale of the free tint thursday november 24 1949 another of actons industries has found larger quarters for tha expending business fbstonk ltd which has operated b tha time building with uiao flattie since establishing lis acton has taken over tha ease door premises of mr e setudnp roy lambert who hat operated tha acton pus has gone to drayton tha building was tha first ford agency id act oil at the council meeting the clerk gesenled tha official orders front tha untclpal bond erecting acton into a town and tha approval of tha zoning bylaw acton it now a town known at the corporation of tha town of acton acton public utilities commission learned a new pump hat been intuited at thesprlng the llome and school association meeting had two tpavtit ms w mlddleton who spoke on the school board and mr skuce public school inspector the playground equipment project committee headed by mr ii skilling wat authorized to tpend up to s75 for equipment a former resident of acton mr james talnun chief librarian or tha university of western ontario wst the gued speaker at the rotary meeting at a meeting i his week tha building committee of mettrt r r parker william coon k mackenzie and theron jones were asked to get plant ready and an approximate cost of tha acton swimming pool and present it to council january ib lome gainer litis week opened his new srage at the corner of main and west wer ave he hat the general motors line lie purcliased the burinns from bert woods 50 years ago taken from the issue of tha free press thursday november 27 1919 edward prince of wales has left canada and says in hit farewell message to the governorgeneral tha last four months will influence the whole of my life and i shall never be happy if many months elapse without a visit to my home on this tide of the atlantic officials were here latt week inspecting the radul station premises they decided that a freight shed it to be erected in the yard east of the station tha growing express and freight business has necessitated the extension of the station platform 24 feet eattward a superior teacher mist pearl z- baker hat resigned from her position at assistant to the head master of tha tugh school acton must be retarded as vety oathable point on the csooprovinca route for an aerodrome tha free press received tha second utter front gimhim joy secretary of the aero club of canada expietslng tha hope that the nutter of a municipal aerodrome it receiving consideration the site of ground raquaed is not less than 430 yards square housing accommodation for aaroplinei at the rale of one aetopun for ach 2 000 population is desired where possible fk grounds may be ulluied for fair purpose it is recommended that at least oat aerodrome be built in tha immediate future but acton will likely bide a wee fai tha highflying matter mr fled wildt who wit at dunchurch hunting hat brought home a fine do 75 years ago taken from the issue of the free prets thursday november 29 1894 several venturesome youths went- through the ice on hendersons pond the season for the annual public ptherlngs of lite various sunday schools it now rapidly advancing practices commence next week at the methodist church a committee of acton temperance union hat arranged for a visit here of miu fsuluie johnson the well known indian poeteti and reciter she will give her recital in the town hall thanksgiving day passed off very jiuletly in rockwood there were very few rom outside to lake advantage of the hunting in the vicinity one of the holidays attractions was the public school commencement exercises held in tha hall in the evening a pleasing feature was the broom and doll dnll by the htue girls rev mettrt strachan sabine and baker gave short addretset and presented the certificates to the successful candidates in last julys examinauons the fact is regretfully admitted by those dote to queen victoria that her majesty must remain a cripple almost the rest of her life due to arthntis due to lack of attendance at practice and meetings and disloyalty to tha officers the members of the fire company asked council to relieve them from further obligations no official action was taken for reorganization and acton is again without fire protection the navigation season being over on the lakes mr wm coleman who hat been tailing this summer it home at crewsont corners again the problem of why there it pain and suffering in the world hat always puzzled mankind one well known toronto newtpaperman and broadcaster came home from india convinced there wat no god after teeing the suffering and poverty there othert horrified by experiences where all the bitterness and anguish of the world have been dug up for human consumption ask how a merciful god could allow this sort of thing most of us are bothered by thoughts like these through a lifetime the ironic part is that it seems to have a directly opposite effect on different persons one man will much like the story of the samaritan in the good book turn hit head the other way and pretend he doesnt tee the horror he passes another man will stop and see the human condition and hit heart will fill with pain how dare you turn your creatures into wretched aninuli their days filled with pain and mental anguish he asks of the void where there it no god and yet another man will stop and listen for all the pain and suffering of tha world and try to do something about it that it how we get the albert schwelturt the tom dooleyt the vincent de pauls the wdliam booths and thousands of othert who uittead of turning their backs on problems wade into them and do the bett they can for the suffering sometimes when we are reading we come across an article or story which illustrates the problem well and gives an insight into some of the things which bother us this one is from presbyterian life australia and it is good food for thought i walked today through the slums of life down the dark streets of wre and of nain i trod today where few have trod and as i walked i ravauenged god i taw the sots in tha barrooms i taw the prostitutes in the dance halls i saw tha thieves at they picked pockets i taw men and women devoid of life living in worlds of sin and above tha din i whispered why god why i walked today down the lane of hate hearing the jeert of bitter men hearing tha names they cursed and spat dago nigger kike jap i saw the dejected men they stoned i felt the anguish of their cries i taw them at they slapped the lonely as they turned their backs on human needs these god called his torn gasping for air i cried why god why i walked today through wars grim dregsover fields of blood over grsvelett men i taw the dead the crucified tha headless the limbless the pleading the crying i taw the pain tha waits i swelled tha odour of rotted flesh i saw the children gatharad roundwatchlni naked hungry weeping diseased dirtythe baby trying to nuts from a dead mother tha rulnttha agonythe despair disasterdisaster all around blinded with tears i had down these ttreett i ttumbled than stopped i shouted why god why wlty do yott 1st man tin hate tuffer urirncrdful father cod art thott blindart thou wicked and cnastt gotl canst thou watch and do naught wtqt must this be ttawofuttwtssttuil the tilancwaraisnyittrtaltot i waited lopfbalf itmrlstg avatfj tlsenlrssaadtroadossibatttg