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iUue Reports of the attempt by freshmen councillors to join the budget committee and failing this to at least attend the finance meetings of Acton council as observers reveals the split between the veterans and newer members of town council But it is not fair to assess the situation from the comments gathered from one confrontation between the two groups The issues go deeper Councillors Marks and Coats are spearheading attempts to allow members of the finance committee to attend budget sessions as observers with Councillor Chapman and one member of the committee Councillor McKenzie lining up with them O are the comm ittee chairman Deputy Reeve Tyler CounullonMasalesind Greer The mayor lined up with the nays and cast the deciding vote on the second resolution Crux Marks Coats resolution was the allegation that they could not vote intelligently on budget night unless they had more information about certain items They felt tuey would not hinder the budget if they could attend as observers but first tried the more direct approach of making every member of council a member of the fin ince committee This alienated veteran members of council who remember long sessions in the early hours of the morning They suspected Messrs Coats and Marks felt the budget committee was not capable of doing the job without them to assist Traditionally its on the finance committee gone to those who are the most experienced in municipal matters and rightly so in our opinion Once you have been over problems and been involved closely with settling them you are better qualified to vote intelligently on the financial end of it However every member of council votes on money issues budget night and to depnve them of knowledge which they could use to vote intelligently smacks of outdated autocracy We doubt if veteran members of council have intentions of depriving neophytes of information They come up through the system They feel and know from their own experience that they must depend on the good judgment of fellow councillors to come up with answers wnen they are struck They also feel the present system of has streamlined the unwieldy methods of the past They remember with distaste long budget sessions when nothing was resolved in spite of meetings which included all councillors long into the morning If everyone is on the finance committee then there really is no justifiable reason why the entire council should not be on every committee In spite of this we suspect those who voted against allowing the Marks and Coats faction to sit as non voting and non participating observers must feci sheepish about the entire affair It has made the nays look bad in the eyes of the public when really they acted with the best motives Of course the newer councillors feel they can do a better job than veteran incumbents This is one reason they ran for council in the first place We feel they should be allowed to sit is observers for budget sessions just as we feel that any member of the finance committee should be able to cross the threshold and sit in as in observer on other committees although we know of some sad experiences in the past But we also feel it is an internal issue of council and one they best settle themselves Is the fashion conscious woman a to the fashion Women ire one heck a time in iking up their minds about whether hey should go mini maxi or Ret store executives accord to the Post are what they should buy to please hesitant women One in rjor in in department store laid hem lines on the line saying We believe short lengths will continue for the coining season We do not generalise in me knowing your current wirdrobe it my tune evolves with your person Which to our wty thinkmt is for the I idles to ready lor all occasions with seven to tit I his in suit the averse women personality and taste but it quite likely would be extremely hard on the married man poekctbook This spring and sum mer however the Post writer expects th it the longer lengths of hemlines are going to experience trouble market For instance when midis were shown recently it a in fashion show the response was so th it the commentator felt obliged to say Never mind lidics this is what you will have to wear any w Now this is the kind diet the female proletariat should kick out without delay Tell the clique that you are going to pick out the clothes that suit your personality not theirs It is one of the of the fishion world at the present time th it wink the nuns of the world arc hemlines the laity is trying to get tht ladies to lengthen their lit ins Meanwluh the stage world is toing nuts ovtr nudity Never mind lengthening the hem line ladies the barricades I hrow the manacles off and proclaim the choice the Birch Screen ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY MARCH s ugar and S pice by smiley Beginning of Mirth and our neighbors still have outside is lice lights glowing Glowing iage Glowing with passion No re just glowing because the snow is so deep they cm I out to unplug thing then should of in the miser iblc month of March lucre must he something in this sad rotten mixed up world glow Let find it you ind I together So what glow The so i People sun or people asetoglu a they re dead Ashes Dusi BYGONE DAYS are reflected in this old photograph lent by Fred Wright Gone are the Storey Govo building and old Kenney home in the background the dirt street and the horsedrawn milk wagon The picture taken on Bower Ave where the post off is now Just as our neighbors tret lights ire still glowing because they can l get at them for snow oui spirits and yours I hope ate glowing because they too an still plugged in and no amount of snow and icl is going to slop Hum from casting their light TIilic always something to glow about though at times our light seems to be hidden is is sick as she Slit inker Unglow But my sister and her Munruc of London Out seith whilst sister Jean I was madly in km in Grade and Mrs Rhodj of hive written tailed I express alarm and And her old teajitis and a neighbor both And great out day and foil of beans and plans and snuks Glow And Hi it very evening slit completely pooped and utterly depressed And my wife alter J ol worrying and sweating the kids unglow because they don have life insurance lias decided Hut it high time she suited worrying and swtating about me Glow There j Ms e things to off and on besides belated Christum Cetera One of the excellent reasons for taking DDC the Defensive Driving Course is that every normal driver shares the road with lots of people who have no right to be at the wheel of a car and whose driving is unpredictable alcoholics drug addicts people who are sick in mind or body By illustration the Ontario Safety League quotes this sobering statistic from an insurance company there are now three million alcoholics holding jobs in the United States and per cent of them drive There the st ite health for ex imple If you in get along on anything less thin ill fours you re business Ask any There the ite of your mind If you have an of relax it probably higher any mark you ever got in IfyoulnvcinlOof ISO relax Who needs it in tins push button world And then here s your life If you believe lint God saw the little fill bully for you And if you wonder why Me didn do something it you got plenty of company And of course pollution the poor man Communism It s the capitalism of the 1970s is it Except the big industries and the hydro and government the town that wants new industry it any tost No glow And there inflitioji Tins products a very definite glow especially among the middle Some of them are glowing so brightly thty re ipt blow a fuse But there always Hie Just Society Just what jum where and just when li ivt yet be re but there s no question that we have Jusl Society Just as long as re in the 20 bracket No definitely glow ill glow occasionally Let try to w a hide brighter Hut who glows ill the time slu old take a Id shower she is wonder pi glow my wile is Sometimes And sometimes she just the best Tiy it THE ACTON FREE PRESS PHONE Ed tor Office am MM Cola Do and Pepper Last week we left our heroine Maggie Stiltlegs sitting on a bench at Toronto ultramodern new city hall disconsolate because she had caught no sight of Just plain Bill who left her in the lurch many years ago But just before she pulled out a handkerchief to dry bitter tears she recognized a voice enquiring about the mayors office Her heart jumped Was it just plain Bill She peered at the bowler hatted man with near sighted eyes with no sense of recognition But the voice was familiar It turned back the years The stylish doffed his hat and asked in a well modulated voice And whom do 1 have the pleasure of addressing Maggie forgot her innate shyness as the moustache turned in her direction There was something familiar about the man deportment tits of consciousness about his fine clothes but she quite phcclum She answered in a voice which seemed to originate from somewhere outside I Maggie Stiltlegs and 1 just arrived in Toronto so I really ciri t direct you to the office of the mayor But no doubt it is somewhere in that horror She gestured towards the city hall pisl the magnificent Archer enshrined in he court yard Maggie hid a dislike of modern architecture Too reserved to admit it she was fond or the old city hall with its tall clock tower booming bell Al this moment the clock tower started to toll the hour It moment inly distracted Maggie When she turned to face the well dressed gentleman ig on she noticed i look of surprise on Ins ficc Maggie he exclaimed in an incredulous voice Not TIIL Maggie from little old Acton Why yes M replied her checks rosy from embarrassment as sever il people stopped lolojk You re my recognize me he cried out as he grabbed her around the waist and hugged like a bear Maggie just stared incredulous at this chance meeting C Maggie I fearless Crane blood brother to just plain Bill Crane and a cousin to Hie man who wrote taps Crane taps get it hen I knew I seen you somewhere before What a surprise to Fearless Phil explained he was in from Monireil I haven seen that rascal Bill for ye Since I vc made my fortune with cookies I thought look him up and swap stories about old times I was just biding tune till the next bus to Acton No trains you know Maggie gulped You haven seen just phm Bill for years But fearless Phil haven t seen just plain Bill since he disappeared down the second line one foggy February Fearless Phil quaked Maggie he said just plain Bill hasn written since he left the I thought you and he were running the perfect We served with the Lome Scots wcr oversets and he always spoke of you with concern and tenderness After the war just Bill wait until he got back to Acton and you What ever Fcirless Phil stood up m in expulsive gesture He told me he been a cad when you lived on Will St promised to reform when you moved to Mill St but fell back into old the move to Scene St the army cured him of that Why just Bill was decorated by Bullhorn for and belie the ill of duty fearless Phil told Maggie Something h is since the time he w is diseh and the time it takes to get to fcirltss Phil said mysteriously 1 Hunk 1 know what it Continued next week 20 years ago Taken from the issue ot the ret Press Thursday March I9S0 A packed house the Commencement exercises of Acton High School in the town hall last Friday evening The school orchestri and Glee Club under the direction of Mr A presented several delightful numbers Accompuust was Crawford Douglas Greetings from the North llalton high school were brought by G A Dills and invocation by Rev Secondary honor guduition diplomas Mere presented to Joan Ronald lfemsley and secondary school diplomas to Delia Maevc Porty Button and James Spiclvogel Miss Muriel Bums was presented with Hie Valedictoiun medal by Jean Sinclair Proficiency prizes various grades went to Joyce Lambert Viola Johnston Brit tun Porty Olive Mu Muriel Bums and Ronald Girls medals presented Anna Mane Jacqueline and boys athletic medals to Jim Gunu Donald Davidson Crawfoid Douglas Never Lait Never Absent certificates went Helen Ida Archibald Margaret Foster Marjone Mcbncry Irene Nelle Jean Armstrong Jo Ann Veldhuis Lcno Anthony Mildred Armstrong Braida won a prize for crest design 50 years ago Taken from the issue of the Free Press Thursday March II 1920 Saturday the and Co hockey of the Toronto office journeyed to Aclon with their supporters to play a return game Referee M came down hard on the Acton boys and was liberal in his retirements to the bench This assisted the Toronto boys in their big effort and this final score was After five minutes overtime the score was Then it was decided to play until either team scored and Acton was successful The Toronto group were entertained at the pinsh hall by Bcardmore and Co At the annual meeting of the O D E officers elected were Mrs S Smith Mrs A honorary regent Mrs M MacDonald Mrs Dr Bell Mrs Jos Holmes Mrs J Gould Miss M Bennett Mrs G A Dills Mrs A B McLean Mrs Arnold Mrs Mdls Mrs Jolmsti Mrs C Russell Mrs A Conway Mrs Henderson Miss Stalker Miss Miss A Wallace Mrs J is Mrs II Holmes Bricklayers ire asking SI in hour for the 1920 season Mr and Mrs William have i home in Toronto and expect lo move thcit next mouth The Line Hat Shop will hold a spring open Tuesd and Wednesday Myrtle and tvi Cooper hive a beautiful display tailored and models The Great War Veterans have moved from their rooms above Noble feed store to Villa 75 years ago Taken from the issue of the Free Press Thursday March 1895 Toronto was visited by another great conflagration in the heart of the business centre and broke out in the large new seven storey building erected by Mr Robert Simpson The three other corners of and Queen were also destroyed Eaton great store was saved by firemen and employees A firebrand caught Hie steeple of Knox church it burned and fell to the ground The gentlemen who had charge of the erection of the new Knox church are building committee Rev John Stalker Dr McKcague A T Mann James McKenzie Charles Davidson At a meeting held in Rockwood to establish a Mechanics Inslititc a group was formed with a membership of It is expected that Dr While law the nurses and young OAC student will break up housekeeping at the smallpox hospital in week A flag pole contracted for the new Parliament Buildings in Toronto was drawn into Milton last week by a four horse team It is of pine feet in length and tapers from to about 10 inches George Holmes will for the piece The present winter has been more prolific in storms which have blockaded highways and railroads than any in the history of the country A large sleigh id of ladles and gentlemen of Eden Mills went to the Arkell council entertainment On their way home they had the misfortune to tip in three feet of water and they had two miles to