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J Acton Free June Back Issues of The Free Press years ago Taken from line of Tnnredty June Lacrosse opened with a bang and a parade as the sport was revived after an absence of years Seated in places of honor in a convertible were oldtime players E Ryder and Mcintosh In BHlve sweaters all set to greet the season Acton Citizens Band provided the music with decorated bikes and trikes and vehicles from Lome Gamer Masales Dairy Thompson Dairy and Roys Tail The lacrosse team was mounted on the Acton fire truck Score of the opener against BrantNorfolk was 1M for Acton players were Norm Young Tom Howell John Haines J Beaumont J Krapek J Zeke McCandless Walt Alexander Arnie Hazel Bob Wilson Larry Bill Louth Doug Red Howell Miss Margaret Garvin died suddenly last Thursday A recital by the piano pupils of Mrs Mary attracted a good crowd to Knox church Tuesday Coles and Linda Mrs Gowdy who is leaving Acton with a travelling clock and evening purse The Ruth Nelson Mission Band held its annual picnic on the United church lawn honored by the presence of Mrs Robert sister Miss Ruth Nelson after whom the band is named She is a in western Canada Marie Lambert won most points and was presented with a prize by Mrs The high school board will now supply books for students in grades and Paving on Main St is completed and Mill St partly done years ago Taken from the Issue of the Free Press Thursday June IS The annual convention of Hal ton Women Institute was held in the Methodist Sunday School room on Thursday District president Miss Appleby of repeated the words of Falconer when she expressed the desire to bring back to our women the joy in work that women used to have Id the afternoon Mrs Parsons of the National Council of Women Toronto apsfce on Mother s Allowances Much credit Is due Mrs Parsons for the wonderful work she is doing The fans turned out in good numbers and journeyed to Milton with the Bali dub on Saturday The were disappointed The Acton boys were completely off for the day The threw wild fielded badly kicked the ball and Kenney the Milton pitcher made them think they even bat were able- to get just one run a bonier Nelson and that was only possible on account of the abundant hay crop on toe outfield and the neglect of Milton pare to gamer in the harvest of from Acton Brampton and Milton called to a disastrous Ore in Georgetown on that threatened to wipe out a complete block of Georgetown main street The escalations for Mr J Iosh turn new block on Mill St are complete Mr Harold has passed his fourth year medical examinations Canada has motor vehicles and the number increasing A tour piece orchestra will play The at the night performance years ago Takes tram the f the Free Press Tfconday so event has ever been carried out In Acton which more genuine Interest has been taken or which will be more memorable than the Public Schools celebration of the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Victoria Throughout the proceedings the scholars were freighted with happy spirits Tothemtheotvasion will remain as long as life lasts marked with a white stone In the memory Flags were waved songs sung and the reins given to a happy abandon which no formal teacher tried to limit or suppress Names of all marching scholars were given including Clark A M McPherson Myrtle Dills and Lottie Mason Charlie Matthews Willie Ernest Vida Lyle Roy Arnold Myrtle Matthews Fred Wilds Mary Harvey Edith McDonald Charlie Hynds Nelson Ryder Over a quarter thousand of the registered students of the school gathered at the town hall An event of memorable interest was enacted in on Jubilee Day when the nuptials of Miss Annie Laurie one of the town best beloved maidens and Rev T Albert Moore pastor of the Methodist church were consummated at the residence of the brides parents Her wedding robes were of cream satin and lace trimmings The bridal pair left by the evening train for the north and several hundreds of citizens to extend congratulations Corners correspondence Jubilee Day was In here with the of pan ringing of bells and the flapping of the grand old Union Jack Victoria began her jubilee at the attar of faith all In black with a whit toft of lace Editorial Page Two important milestones will play prominent part In almost everyones summer ac tivities I youngsters enjoy thi mselvei at the Conservation Park water and Momma duck and littk on the placid waters of Fairy Have fun will the this summer but observe the safety rules Never swim alone follow tin example of the Its Whin boating exercise caution MiniComment An egotist says a friend is one who is always medeep In conversation THE ACTON FREE PRESS PHONE Business and Editorial Office First Issue of the News Express appeared last The paper is an amalgamation of the Fergus News Record with the Elora Express under owner Margaret A tabloid the newspaper is a hybrid name and probably a hybrid paper explains the lead editorial In plant culture hybrid connotes extra vitality and the NewsExpress expresses a wish that it will fulfil that role for both communities as well as promoting understanding and co operation What is left unsaid is that the publisher also would probably like to heal some dt the traditional ill will that exists between the two communities long noted for their rivalry Some people are asking when the long talked about Bower Avenue improvements are going to be made We do not know cither outside of council talk hoping to get it going early this year Secretary on phone Our automatic device is away for repairs This is a person speaking Acton had the distinction of having two clergymen celebrating important milestones in the past two week Rev Walter observed years as an ordained minister Sunday June when his congregation til Churchill Community Church honored him with a reception Sunday Father Vincent J Morgan celebrated tin With anniversary of his ordination to Urn priesthood with reception tho music centre Mr s yearn us ordained minister were itli by another 10 as a lay preacher two vocations which have titen a storehouse of both spiritual and material knowledge for this rtsperttd and well liked minister of lhc III llv tin vn Kg toil vfit whim burr hill It thinking on many wi known ftwy two Out Urn 10 flirt mnli I In Afo in r4 ft Ida wit and for Ihe fiplrlniuf known Ixitb his own Ihow of faiths Una friends ft W ftkh have MM of all serve A all and w tit A fit 10 til ft In fiwtft fAruUup they ls- ft d arc HA th- laborprs rtfiftu Return of pedal power Pedal power Is in After playing second fiddle to the automobile for half thi bicycle is making a comeback that could return it to a place of eminence Entire families are investing In bicycles and hitting the open road for recreation exercise and you name It The result is the bicycle manufacturers and retailers are turning out two wheelers in all shapes and sizes Pressure groups arc tab bying for bicycle roadways many towns and cities Look for pressure on the provincial government to establish bike paths along the major highways return to pedal power after decades of depending on the internal combustion engine can only be good Iju us some put it does have its and dues it Hi I have a beloved aunt and a beloved until She was widowed a couple of ago and he became a widower some years ago wire very close was living in a good sized house The final to pool ri sources sell heir houses anil live in an apartment as company for each other lhc went off to Florida this past winter In die mail I received news that she was 111 with terminal cancer and lie at BO was getting married Will I ife is the lift as daughter said when she was about We thought it a pretty philosophical statement that age It tours a lot of ground speaking daughter the She and lier husband made it to Vancouver mid halfway urn in a It ear old which is the same lis an 80yearold man t til is going to Vniitouvtr for his honeymoon Kim rolled the at lUgina on the way home en t got tin details but of imirse it tin fault They got for unless for a good reason tins prelude as usual leads me directly into theine making My iLiuehUr I made a speech mj uncle made a speech and haven made a And therein a tail Ha tail hangs between the legs of a good a ml of mint Five weeks ago ticuskedme if make a speeth Just three or four at a to mark the rtiinmeiit of a tttnr frit nil and colleague lUluiKml I I hate making However tins was a special Hie lady who is retiring is a fine a wrson beloed by her thousands of students of Irish descent a good What more could a have who one a drive ran now tiki ran pedjl the or grocery can cycle thrir JO to flchool The has a hundred ujics is a form A preventive medicine recreation for all as well as being a means of getting fresh air is no pollution from a bicycle chain There are drawbacks Cyclists can be a real menace to themselves on major roads where traffic Is truck and the speed limit is high What driver hasn t overtaken a cyclist heedless of the huge machines weeks later my good friend who was in charge of lining up the occasion asked me if I would make a short speech at the ceremony Rather puzzled I told him he had already asked me Hrr assured me- that the speeches would be short there were only four speakers and 1 would be last This suited me He who lasts last laughs last or sometlung Another member of the doughheaded committee in charge of the big event kept reminding me that was to speak and needling me about having the speech ready I replied with a certain hauteur that I failed to deliver and that the speech would be ready And It was At am on down and wrote a light but loving tribute to the victim Ihe ceremony began at It was a huge success The retiring lady was almost overwhelmed She had expected a tea with perhaps forty or fifty people and some kind of a gift Ma be a watch or a or an oil painting By p there were over people in the place some of them from over miles away Then the speakers began They ranged from her first principal who plodded with kindly intent but size through her earl life her age and various other unmentionables He was followed by a couple of former students a couple of former colleagues the local member of parliament for whom she t vote if It meant she was damned lor eternity and a temporary colleague wung out In him her own rung my of and strict frty in a when the argument with a car truck or bus it will be many years before paths are in this country The great winter will discourage even the most enthusiastic cyclist Despite this the swing back to bicycles will help to keep some cars off the roads exercise muscles that have not been used for years and take Canadians to the outdoors We like it The temperature in the how do you like that word was about The were great of murmuring arose from the back of the hall where people couldn hear a word and started having a reunion The speakers were interspersed by the reading of telegrams from the Monster of the Minister of the province and Pierre Elliott Trudeau whoever he is I was sweating about a quart a minute not from fear but from humidity My wife started to get hairy as speaker after speaker mounted the podium She shot looks and hisses at me and murderous looks at the chairman My speech rustled In my breast pocket The gifts were fabulous an oil painting set a French poodle live and an in- perpetuity scholarship in her name for students of French It ended and the mob murmur became a roar My wife leaped up went to the chairman and said something probably not worthrepeating She came back to me eyes blazing and blurted I going home Right this minute And she did She stomped out which as a lady she dneer have done This is how you know your wife loves you It bother me much I hate making speeches my manuscript to Dear Grace On Monday she wrote me a note thai can only be called by that oldfashioned adjective beautiful It meant much more to me than a thunderous And my good friend who had fouled up sleep all that night Before me I have five invitations to speak at various affairs right up to May I bum them Bury them Accept them and then find out I the speaker without a speech Life is the life PS J Si THE KNOX orchestra was pictured in George King John Hill Rudolph Spielvoget Chester Portraits of the Not to be outdone this week we have the Matthews Back row Lottie Mason Ernie Brown Ethel Methodist Church Orchestra of in a photo lent by Rudolph Coleman Nelson Moore Hazel Mason ell In the front row left to right are William Laird Actons musical circles