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10 The Fro Proa Wedncsdny March What readers think of us Paper has many interesting topics The Acton Free Press has many Interesting topics which attract many people to reading it each week I gone through the paper and selected tho parts which Interest mo the most and the most important parts I con find and written In brief what tho section is talking about To start off the most Important of all is tho local news which counts In other towns of district and of course Ac ton When somebody is charged for some reason I think it is very considerate of the Acton Free Press not to print the person name One tiling I think is Important is what is happening behind those closed doors the council men sit and discuss happen and what s going to happen In the near future of Acton and our neighboring districts The another write- up in the Acton Free Press not necessarily on what a going to happen tomorrow or on what a going to happen next week but the results of the weather or storms if any happened over the past week The storm which we had not long ago was an important in the Free Press The Press usually has the results of the banquets or dances and money made to distribute for many causes or the winners to clubs which are organized c Club 1 like the report made by the which reports on the happenings through the week again no names arc mentioned unless an accident involves a dead person or other different The sports page I find very interesting to read to sec how much of a fight Acton and the other team put up to win The sod part about reading this section Is when a person gets hurt and had to be sent to the hospital or just to the doctor Classified Advertising contains the Births Marriages Coming Marriages Deaths Cards of Thanks For Sale Wanted and so on The section tells about tho title that starts it g Deaths tells who died Myself and people of Acton 1m sure enjoy the personals Free Press Briefs The Acton Council which also let you In on what happening we see News of the District which consists of special occasions from George town Milton Mills 11 many card games also interested many who play eg lts Play Bridge 12 consists of and Pepper Sugar and Spire Hack Issues and tars ago I especially like reading and 75 yean and Photo from the past because its fun to rend tho amusing and surprising pictures that occurred The District Pago and are also road 13 Women puge is read mostly by women but still Is read with interest 14 Another sport pago which many many people play and read is Spilling tho Pins by Ken and Strike at Youth Bowling by Margot at the Acton Bowline twines Of course the exciting up about Acton High and Just weeks ay the popular II was presented beautifully by pictures and writeups by A I students The Dog Races were also a fabulous happening at Acton High 16 Our Headers Write is also an Interesting topic to read and which gives people a chunee to write and speak tho they feci Wendy Thompson writes about The Painted Box which contains some of hers and others recipes IB to attract people to their sales openings of stores or Just the prices which arc to be reduced and need tho business People send in ads from nil over Georgetown and so on 19 The most important articles which attract many people are the pictures which help describe the articles expressed In the paper Of course I have not mentioned everything that is in Acton Free Press but if I did I would be writing all night There t one week that t go by without us buying the Acton i Press It is tho most interesting paper I have over read Kim Mc In tyre Grade Robert little Schoool Today is Wednesday Doesnt scare readers Wednesday Yes today Is Wednesday and you would most likely hear jail walked through our town I tniut get a I Press it eonus out toduv if you looking for big town excitement believe you are not opt to find it In tho edition of our local newspaper Tho Acton But after hearing it on Television and reading the dailies throughout the week it In quite unlikely this Ik your intention However if you want to know of and weekend then you will bo well satisfied with the loeal I reading mo town happenings and the events of the surrounding area I am happy to hear of new arrivals to friends and sorry to hear of tragedies I dan wish to Imply that tills Is a gossip sheet Die of our paper Is never to print names of persons who have been listed on Police Report To some renders this may be frustrating but I believe It protects many Innoeint In unfairly punished for the ritut of another member of tlulr family After all every family has Its problem and dirty linen Is private matter plan my weekly shopping list with tho Pre mi my guide mid if I am looking for a bargain It I may find it In our local Want Ads without much Naturally you cannot all the all the lime and some comments you an Sun t imieli In the r this k or after a we sun got our money worth today Hie 1 Press Is to bo for its if forts In bringing the latest reports on our town he It town polities the Age Reviews or tho latest at Klndc rarten Surely the aim of any town paper i to hive to the community news of the community and tills Press Is with merit an you really imagine a Wednesday without I ree Press Wouldnt it be dull Sirs in iiHporuft to fit of At tun I in 1 tits munis to tiu Will to iiu It ttu iiiMr wltlimil hold print tin wins In Vlittuuii and all the small wars tlu glint iind so many that thousands of iieopli Ilk It all Mm in running our In ovuitfl with an tlu si It iiiiikcs out 1 lax id to open injur an the I find out llwir tilings your Suit from I It Mills You one 1 that a a that dedicates a lot to own town and surrounding arum I specially liko tin Interest it slums In of out n No Is too small to win tin It a f a at or working on a Unlike a lot of in only I inymlf have had a limited iduuitlon ho when 1 It nut fiul warm tun eiin read about Hi and reports on are tilings of louil Inluuit reminded if tin of tin trouhlud world lough by other mediums such as 1 I that you con t run si fails and I not trying to hut It sure Is good to a paper lotion t hi are tin link out of si arc my for liking tin you and don t Yours truly Mrs I ljuulry Mill At tin Doesnt try to compete with doilies Roadrunners Claim hot dog championship Avid reader of papers An avid reader of newspapers I read some twenty local national and International newspapers each week Some of the reasons for my selecting the Acton Free Press as my favorite weekly as you will see are purely vain The first rough draft of my entry contained some two thousand words this with many omissions is the concise version I frequently write letters to editors of papers I read on subjects in which I have experience or have formed opinions It Is often galling to find a letter one has written edited right out of context I have written many letters to the Acton Free Press Every letter has been printed and printed in Its entirety The Acton Free Press is a family newspaper in more ways than one Its content is geared for family reading and It Is a family owned newspaper We In this area are Indeed lucky Today when newspaper barons own and control huge blocks of newspapers we still have an independent newspaper Newspaper barons tell us that their editors arc local people and have complete Independence but the editor who his job or who left himself open to criticism from the top by extolling views contrary to those of the publisher would indeed be foolish Being a relatively small newspaper the Acton Free Press travels on extremely thin Ice For instance to survive it must maintain or Increase circulation The more people who read it the more advertisers will want to advertise in it Often we read of a local person doing this or that and wonder why no name appeared in print not realising that the local person has relatives and friends who might be subscribers and subscriptions might be cancelled and the delicate balance upset Of course serious infractions of the law are fully reported The area in which I live Is serviced by three weekly newspapers two of which are owned by the same family I picked the Acton Free Press for several reasons Here are two them Last year In a dispute over the location of a horse bam and a nearby home the other paper editorialized against the bom owner He dldn t Interview the owner of the barn I did The Acton Free Press showed a pictureofthe house and barn but the editor left it at that There I think tho Joint publisher erred He missed a golden opportunity to foster healthy competition between both publications He should In my opinion have sent a reporter from the Free Press to interview the other party or both parties Once I opened the Acton Free Press to find letter and poem from my brother In the U K berating for finding time to write to editors but not finding time to write home I hadn seen him for seventeen years an had lost tough with him eventually this letter and my reply to the editor of the Ai ton Free Press turned up in Zap the end result being a letter from my sister whom seen for twenty years also berating me for not writing to her We all correspond regularly nor What I like about my favorite weekly newspaper In my opinion much of today s unrest can be placed squarely on the shoulders of the media and this Includes the Acton Free Press Frequently we hear of scandals political industrial financial even medical Commissions are set up and I mean set up to investigate these irregularities Acting within set guide lines these commissions seldom find any wrong doing and those being investigated invariably emerge clean as the driven snow or at the most guilty of indiscretions Crusading editors would crucify the of such goings on in kingsize print and on the front pages The only editorials we see worth their salt appear on picket signs The only protests are made by individuals driven to extremism by the complacency of the bureaucracy and partisan press To conclude I take a deep interest In local politics Being a shift worker I cannot attend all local council meetings These meetings receive excellent coverage in the Acton Free Press and keep me well informed William A Johnson R 2 OnL After ice fishing near Dorset nine members of the team arc claiming the Ontario hot dog eating championship They finished off hot dogs in one sitting Hoy Wood took the boys on the trip Jim Hurley Beano Bennett Dave Clutch McCutcheon Kevin Jordan Taylor Terry Holmes Guy Payne and At camp rhcy stayed at Bear Camp operated by Murray Dean a retired fire captain from the Toronto Fire Department Another Acton couple Mr and Mrs Klaus Schroeder of Elizabeth were staying at lodge boys arc members of the A team of the Acton basketball team Missing pair The fishing was not too good In Lake so three of the boys and Cons Wood decided to try another lake some distance away Off they went with Jim Hurley driving the Cons Wood behind and then two boys on a sled behind Riding through a small wood Cons Wood turned to speak to the two boys to Plebiscite runs into many snags Georgetown council plans to have a liquor plebiscite arc much like those of the Acton Chamber of Commerce they keep running into snags Originally planned for the December elections it was found a different voting list was necessary This year the vote was set for May but the town council found this was impossible It is hoped to use the census being taken by the Helton Peel assessment department but this will not be ready until June Legislation forbids holding a vote In July or August September Is the earliest date for a plebiscite but the assessment list will be accepted by the liquor Control Board only if the assessment commissioner assures the list Is up to date Now council must find a way of updating the list Budgeted for the plebiscate is realize thoy had fallen off at Inst bend some distance buck Afulrmnountof speckled trout was pulled through the Ice the largest lbs The group left town early Sunday morning March 21 and returned Tuesday night of last week i an lookui forward to with In our It Is tluit my picks up the ton I Puss mid two I want to read amusing columns lot page Wendy s recipes and rial Mac opens the want ads first then inovis to the rant Why ho In a small local paper Unit can hope to with the massive loronto papers or tin daily It tioesii try to compete We i an world and national news through many media but only through the do we hear about friends and see their printed s sometimes even ourselves keep up on how well our municipal tax dollar Is being force iLs job Were we wise to vote for so- andso A lot of people pnfer to contribute to a local where they can see the results of their donation flic weekly ad vises its readers of these chanties Not the activities Just nosey news of nil and dear or not so dear an the line may be It fun see tin first spring Imnli or Funeral service for W Gardiner A farmer In and district for many years Wellington Gardiner passed away March in General Hospital He wns in Mr wan born across from the store Hi was also in tilt construction business in and Milton areas turn nil service was held March j at the Shoemaker funeral home conducted by the Rev Gordon I were Bill Black Doug Robertson Harry Hugo Olson Henry Kelly and Bert was In a picture of a ilub associate falling off a home However the wuklv dots look afield tin well and does report and national niws for thonc whom only worldly In tin loeal One of the most important J of the weekly is reporting cultural news to help farmers their work Hit largi dally mainly an urban rcaikrflhtp and has to enur to their But most serve rural trvt tin in admirably tin an Important job In thin largi iintry Utile fellow In thi ill town a ihunrc to and I part of his own chunk tills It Is night again and I iniiHl finish this so that can Mac twinging homo the Ira In is Weekly and ah tin sicond welkin first Jt liarr it It North Halton Association For The Mentally Retarded GENERAL MEETING MONDAY APRIL 5 8 PM at flR Hornby A Film The Olympic will be shown 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