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bo The Acton Prow Wednesday Scplombof Checkerboarding not uncommon IMPROVEMENTS AT THE SCHOOL CREEK and public reflects surrounding trees when Jack Carpenter caught the library were possible by a joint effort by Acton council and the serenity with the Free Press camera early one recent County Board of EducaUon and once again the creek Is morning The town hopes to Install a series of small dams at a beauty spot Banks were sodded and the placid water different levels to give creek more appeal Smiley September Is bass weather and last Saturday I had one the most interesting bassfishing Jaunts I ve ever enjoyed My old Russian billiards partner Captain Dalt Hudson called about noon and asked me If Id like to go out for a little fish The situation was a little tricky as It was my wedding anniversary and I thought maybe I should stick around But the Old BatUeaxc and I had had a big fight the night before and she had told me not to come sucking around with a bunch of roses or anything else to mark the occasion or she throw them in my face Even so I had the decency to tell her that Cap wanted me to go fishing Go ahead she snarled and burst into tears Many a man would hare been but I steeled my heart tiptoed around gathering m gear and prepared to make a dash for the back door She was weeping silently now tring to make me feel like a heel She failed Ihadnt been fishing all summer And don bother coming back she fired at me as I out Picked up the skipper who had a basket full of worms and down to the dock He has a fine boat inboard motor that runs a Cadillac and seaworthy as the most frightened old maid could wish It was a beautiful sunny September Day and whs in good hands those of a retired captain who had sailed fresh water and salt for about fifty years We had a pleasant run up the bay about ten miles ana arrived See that little reef he said Well anchor about 150 yards sou- souwest I slung in the anchor doubting as I always do when I go out with someone who knows the spots that there would be a bass within five miles We had a quarter bet on who d catch the first fish was telling me how to tic my line and fiddling around filling and lighting his pipe I tossed my bait overside the before hed got the pipe lit 1 had a dandy about pounds It was one of those days you remember We sat in the sun and bartered lies about the days when we sailed the lakes His lies were much more picturesque than mine He told of strikes and storms and colorful characters I told about scrubbing out lavatories Finally we had our limit and It was time to go TheCapPiin turned the key to start the engine Total silence Dead battery I wish I had a movie of the various expressions of the Captains face There be a sound brack with it though because he was blistering the paint right off the deck We were only about yards offshore so we started to paddle It was like paddling the Queen Mary Two feet ahead and the wind would push us three feet back were lucky We could have sat there all night anchored because the place was rife with reefs But there was one boat in sight fishing Just offshore The only sign of human life in that vast bay The skipper made a megaphone out of a chart and hollered at them They waved We beckoned them They waved back friendly as you could want The rest of the story is anticlimatic They finally realized we were in trouble The chap In the other boat went to his cottage for a booster battery It didnt boost He towed us ignominlously to his dock 14foot skiff towing a 30foot queen Cap muttered all the way in The shame was almost unbearable We got home about 10pm and I thought my wife would be out of her mind with worry She wasn t She was Just out visiting friends 1 tracked her down and craftily brought a big plastic bag with twelve bass In it offered all they wanted to the housewife and she cleaned the whole lot It was a grand day but the moral is never go fishing with an expert back issues 20 years ago 50 years ago 75 years ago Taken from the Issue of the Free Press Thursday October 1351 Lome Scots band and the county unit have been chosen for duty in Toronto on Saturday morning on the occasion of the visit to that city of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh This Is quite an honor as they are the only band outside Toronto that will take part in the parade in the city High school notes By Carolyn Oakes Thursday morning the cheer leaders held an assembly In Room 1 The student body practiced cheers and then Muni Perry sang a solo accompanied by Mr Hansen Mr Heron introduced each rugby player Fred Gordon Ron Rolston Richard Mason Rod Fore BUI Somervllle John Wayne Desmond ORourke Jack Davidson Don Frank Benton Ross Morton David McVey Paul Lawson Joe Jerry White We boarded two buses for Milton in the afternoon The Milton boys came on the field first and a few eyes popped at the size of their team Then our team came out and we all cheered They practiced for a few minutes and BUI was carried off the field before toe game even started Our boys couldnt keep up the pace the Milton boys set The dial score was We must consider that only two of our players had ever played rugby before Taken from the issue of the Thursday October Last Saturday the commissions of three issuers of marriage licenses in town terminated when the new act came into effect placing the issuing of marriage In the hand of municipal clerks James Matthews issued licenses for over half a century and George and H P Moore for over 30 years These three could relate many strange tales growing out of their experiences All three have had the request Please take the license back as my girl has gone back on me The Great War Veterans Association provided our citizens with a series of high- class entertainment last winter which were greatly enjoyed There was not much remuneration for the veterans for their entertainment less they have contracted for another series for the coming winter which will embrace five of the best entertainments of the Chautauqua Lyceum Bureau Ten of the members of the Duke of Devonshire chapter of the Daughters of the Empire entertained at an enjoyable sociable at the home of Mrs Joseph Holmes Misses and OUa Armstrong gave musical numbers Little Miss Ivy Precious was awarded the I O scholarship for the year Mrs L B Shorey the regent graciously made the presentation Taken from the Issue of the Free Press Thursday October ISM The tenth annual exhibition of Actons Union Society last Thursday and Friday was favored with Queen weather From the serene heavens the sun shot down his benignant rays in the of autumnal The inside exhibits never looked more handsome Chinese lanterns and other illuminations were brought into service in the evening Between and entries of butter were shown with the greatest number S J Locker and Mrs Annie Morrison There were over entries of apples winners including Geo Graham L Matthews A Waldie John Gordon BenJ Wilson James Black George Leslie Two exhibits which attracted general attention were the piano and organ exhibits of C Kelly Guelph and John Moffat Acton Their pianists were always the centre of appreciative audiences The big entertainment In the town hall was crowded to the doors and there was consequently more or less of confusion through the entire proceedings The Shaw Entertainment Company proved themselves chaste varied and creditable President Duff and secretary T Harding were in ecstasy at the success of the entertainment In the furor produced by a Toronto newspaper about the operations of Estates and the titles of its buyers the NewsRecord mentions that the medio have paid little attention to the that Reference Plans the socalled checkerboard system of allotting deeds has been general throughout Ontario In most of the townships of Wellington County If deeds of purchasers are so probably ore thousands of others throughout the province News Record says The devices have been used quite frankly lo avoid delay expense nnd uncertainty of netting entangled with Ontarios Planning Act Its rapid fluctuations The Act was rcenucted In 19GO amended In the years 1961 1066 1WI8 reenacted In 1070 amended In In 1010 municipalities were authorized to pons bytaws restricting Halo of land subdivision control exempting hales of ten or provided the vendor retained least ten acres In tho ten acre exemption was removed any Uiut is sale of a piece of land while the owner retained abutting IffffnThnd lo bo approved cither by Twill committee of Adjustment if one existed or by Ihe Department of Municipal Affairs This left grant many people stuck with tenacre parcels too for forming too big for landscaping It also loft a considerable number of ureas where the local council had not enacted any subdivision control by laws and in Queens Pork tired of waiting placed the whole Province under subdivision control to lake effect June On June and registry offices across Ontario were humming registering transactions that would get under the wire In those areas A high of these would come Into the class on which legal opinions now worn to be at loggerheads Latest word is Ihot the provincial pin ruling authorities arc breathing down Ihe necks of the local committees of adjustment will In future super vise their decisions While Planning with a capital P In now right up there with motherhood as Good riling would help if we were clenr an to Its aims and policies To the uninitiated it looks as If we are trying to discourage developers while the same lime moving steadily toward a situation where only big developers with financial reserves are able to do any amount of building Editorial Unemployed teachers multiply When school opened this month there were several thousand qualified teachers outside the classroom looking in There werent enough Jobs to go around Only a few yenrs teachers were in short supply Now there Is a surplus most of them recent graduates of teachers colleges According to The Financial Past the culprit in the teacher unemployment picture is the slumping Canadian birthrate It dropped from to per thousand in the period before levelling off teachers are the nation professional group and one of the best organized Still this has not prevented massive unemployment lists which arc among high school and women elementary teachers Male public school teachers are still comparatively few and In demand as potential principals Figures across Canada listing unemployed teachers are estimates rather than accurate They say in British Columbia alone 1500 teachers arc looking for jobs In June 1900 primary and secondary school teachers were without jobs in Ontario Quebec has an estimated teachers who will not get positions this year expects as many as per cent of the new a will nnTgTH a position Although then Is much and philosophizing about tin improvement In because boards ran afford fee about whom lUy hin instruct it does Utile for the who unable lo thr- they chose It must Ik a great for certified teachers whin they art forced to go into other work or other profession for which they may not be suited We know of three or four young ladies in this area who in our estimation would have made sincere dedicated teachers who are unable to find positions They were forced by economics to accept other positions The Teachers Federation has been aware for some years of the trend to smaller families and the fact fewer jobs would be open They hove also been tremendously aware that surplus teachers could also mean Increased competition for the jobs available At one time a surplus of teachers meant school boards would start tightening screws on salaries and reducing favorable working conditions Fortunately this is no longer feasible The teachers consolidated their position while demand was strong so tiu surplus still have a volrt in negotiations working conditions So long farhwA or- reasonable wi fan mi wrong with the but If they continue to rip nLa of the economy on will be vow a of diswnt from who pay shot The public purse is not a pit some choose to believe taxpayers are taking a second look at the fact that instruction the greater part of the educational budget In sports there are separate bodies which gome choose to call outlaw leagues because Ihey elect to leove the main body and start up something on their own They gobble up all the available players and compete with the professionals It Is conceivable unemployed teachers might well band together and form a federation of their own if numbers Increase Could two federations compete for recognition with one offering to work for less than the other It doesnt sound workable or possible but could be an alternative if teachers and taxes continue to multiply From the editors desk One of the ironies of being IB able to vote and drink beer at your favorite watering spot is that you still have to get dear old Mom and Dad to sign your report card Students now at the age of majority must rankle at the thought but it is a concession no one has granted We suppose some will consider it a relicof the feudal age because the hands that fed clothed spanked and washed them must still sign their name to a report card But we really cant get excited about the injustice of It all After all dear old Mom and Dad still take an interest in Johnny and Betty and how they are coming along with the books If they don t get a look at the report card it hardly seems fair after the effort they ve put into educating the kids while they were under IB Is it too much to expect that the kids in turn will reciprocate for the time they have left high school Sign in a churchIf your knees are knocking kneel on them That inquiry into charges of information leaks regarding sale of acres of land at nearby Forks of the Credit to the Government has exonerated directors of Mountain Estates Limited The Commissioner charged with the inquiry has found that the directors of Caledon Mountain Estates Limited had no knowledge at any time of the contents of the Confidential Gertler Report which recommended the Government buy the land There was no unusual or improper influence or pressure exerted political or otherwise by any director of the Mountain Estates Limited or on behalf of the company on any civil servant or member of the Cabinet or of the Legislature connection with any aspect of the purchase of the acres by the province the report stated However the commissioners findings determined there was and negligence in the handling of the report by many people in the civil service and security measures taken to protect the confidentiality of the report were haphazard and seriously Inadequate He also thought the province paid too high a price for the land As a result of the Inquiry Premier Davis says that a separate aid independent land value appraisal will be obtains in future transactions to avoid the same mistakes The government intends to proceed In acquiring more land for recreational and related uses along the Niagara Escarpment and elsewhere A press release from advertising came across this desk last week warning or Informing us that there is an impending invasion by the Jesus People movement into and area Theyre coming with rock music spontaneous streetcorner revivals longhaired evangelists and an army of jeanclad youth for three days from October 1 3 Who are the Jesus People Apparently the movement got off to a running start simultaneously In Seattle and California an outgrowth of antiwar sentiment or the flower people and from there spread northwards and eastward Dont knock them Their antidrug THE ACTON FREE PRESS PHONE 853 Business and Editorial Office hate theology is believed and lived And apparently they have an astonishingly large group of converts eager to share their life and beliefs Theyve g no established ritual says the release Just young people telling young people about their Beliefs brotherly love and the conviction that Jesus is Lord Spearheading the and area Revolution is Rev Ian Schafter a young evangelistminister from Morriston United Church He tells of the Jesus Peoples wild fire sweep of Toronto picking up and converting drug users and straights alike from street corners and high schools California is well known as the home of nut religions but this new fad has bad some real influence on young people which has perplexed people from the traditional churches A Sheridan Journalism student for instance who spent six weeks with British Columbias Jesus People has an interesting story to tell in this weeds issue of the Sheridan Sun Hes convinced the movement Is no passing fad In an article by Chris Zelkovich OReilly says he was attracted to the Jesus People by their friendliness and honesty The Idea that a of former drug addicts could be converted to Christ really interested me he testified He joined a group of 30 near Abbotsford B and was baptized in a lake OReilly says the Jesus People believe that Russia will launch an attack on Israel but a powerful leader will rise in defense of the Jewish nation and defeat Russia This leader will then take over the world and force everyone to have the numbers 666 inscribed on their foreheads Those who refuse will be tortured or executed At the same time an antiChrist will appear and perform miracles subverting Three years after the prophesied Russian invasion the true Christ appear and the world will end O left the retreat feeling main Influence the Jesus People had on him was that be now has an established belief in God I now believe God is the only way he told the reporter The most significant comment on the movement in our opinion was by the Rev Andrew Greeley a sociologist He said Last year we had astrology and before that Zen This year we have the Jesus People may be a flash in the pan or may be for But the primary significance It that ft reflects mans abiding hunger of something to live by oaDiw irrid