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MiniComment The tragic drowning last week in Fairy Lake should be ample warning to swimmers never to enter the water alone or to swim In unsupervised areas unless they are sure of the depth ob structions and sudden Fairy take has many areas where the beach area may look safe but close in vestigation reveals sudden intodeep water Be careful Save a life It may be your own It is interesting to see the reaction of different newspapers to population growth figures The Milton Champion last week noted that the latest statistics show Milton jumped from In 1966 to in white Acton experienced a modest growth from to in the same period Miltons jump consisted of people or a six per cent Increase Ac tons modest growth of people amounts to an 113 per cent hike Not that it matters because more people live within the boundaries of any given municipality but it looks like they got their verbs misplaced Georgetown of course took the prize for the most growth In North during the five year period leaping from 11832 in to a whopping 17053 but the Herald notes that a scarcity of residential lots in Georgetown will bring house building to a stop shortly It seems strange that on the eve of Go Train service the town should run out of available building lots To expand Georgetown will have to take in more land a move the township no doubt will resist strongly as they have Actons annexation bids Councillor Norm Elliott is right Weeds in Fairy Lake are the worst they have been since the lake was dredged and the school creek which was cleaned out last year with a shovel also shows another crop of weeds despite all the efforts to keep it weed- free It is a good year for weeds on land and in the water and obviously the only solution is to have them cut Hardly a holiday of any note escapes some sort of local celebration Civic holiday is going to be occupied by a lacrosse tournament with the prize for the winning team a trip to Ed monton to play the western representative And how about that Gay Nineties Night the combined junior hockey and lacrosse clubs are planning Should be a gala evening with lots of bowlers and handlebar moustaches Man of the hourthe one whose wife told him to wait a minute Our neighbor tells us that the best cure for water on the knee is to give the baby back to the mother The goose that was lent to the village of Bolton to add color to the towns centennial has been sent back to the farm he came from Reason The bag fellow honked so much in the early hours of the morning lightslcepers ob jected to the town fathers Now hes a gone goose THE ACTON FREE PRESS PHONE Business and Editorial Senior citizens are welcome We fully endorse the efforts of Acton Council in having the Ontario Housing Corporation conduct another survey to determine the need and demand for additional senior citizen housing in Acton Much of todays emphasis in on youth so we feel that no effort should be spared to see that senior citizens living in town should have to contend with inadequate housing or which Is beyond their financial capabilities We think the OHCs senior citizen Many faces of summer When the warm humid weather finally arrives it brings varying reactions from the townspeople Upper left Anne looks cool as she strides down the street What better place and weather to discuss problems than beside a baby carriage and Mrs Gord McCutcheon and Mrs Pete Turkosz enjoy a chat Middle left Craig Wcldon smirks as he spies Dave Pink with the Free Press camera Hes just finished carrying out groceries Charetto centre right frowns as she pulls up weeds In the Opportunities for Youth creek cleanup Bottom Danny Schonnop has a sly look as he passes anglers Murray and Eddie Allen cither on their way or returning from Fairy Lake Photos by Dave Pink apartments are excellent accommo dation for our senior residents They are redtoincome so that residents do not have to pay through the nose for accommodation that may be well beyond their ability to pay They are bright and attractive with adequate room for most activities If the survey which begins July does show a need for more senior citizens housing it will likely be an apartment building although con sideration Is given to onestorey units which do not require stairways If It is possible and suitable land could be found it would be ideal If one- storey units were built so senior citizens from town could have a choice Some no doubt would prefer the apartment others the onestorey units We would urge all senior with a need for adequate housing at a price they can afford to fill out the questionnaires provided for their use and return them as soon as possible If there is a need the sooner the new housing is built the better City life more cultured Somehow says the Signet a set of myths has developed that city life is more sophisticated more cultured and generally superior to a hicktown existence Then In a well written editorial which we reproduce in part the Signet shoots the big city theories full of holes using facts for cannon balls It is a tragedy that government leaders and the bureaucrats and planners who lead the leaders almost all live in cities especially big cities Toronto says the Signet They cannot conceive of growth development or a high standard of living existing but in big cities It is easy for them to direct growth to big cities because the forces of private enterprise will concentrate their efforts there regardless Officials can take credit for something which happens anyway Many businesses and industries relocate or expand in large urban areas simply to be near the market and this trend Is selffeeding While all this planned city growth is taking place there ore hundreds of and villages well away from the cities that are slowly dying The agricultural economy is fading and there are few local employ ment opportunities to replace work associated with the farm Somehow a set of myths has developed that city life is more sophisticated more cultured and generally superior to a hicktown existence They really arc myths and a lengthy explanation is unnecessary It is sufficient to note that a very small minority of selfprofessed swingers does exist but these people tend to live right downtown not in the sprawling Theres nothing quite like a summer In Canada have that winter that just goes on on ami Then suddenly about the of June its spring The temperature wars the gross grows violently we kick off our rubbers with guy abandon Two weeks later everybody has cold the roses are nipped by the frost the furnace Is still rumbling and the weatherman announces triumphantly that or an alltime low of degrees on the umpteenth of June By the time this appears In print well probably be gasping tor breath and wondering when this unprecedented heat wave will Dont worry It will Just about the time you start to get the poisonous juices of winter soaked out of you And then it will be fall and Idiots like me will be writing columns about that refreshing nip In the air Nip in the air Holy old There was so much nip In the air early this summer that a needed a nip of of anything else Oh well I guess its better than living In the sweltering heat of Israel or Egypt Though it certainly isnt any safer as those who nave been on the highways recently will attest Why does my wife remind me of a flicker A flicker is a bird with a red top knot We have one in our backyard every summer It flops out of a cedar tree or maybe heaven and flickers away all over the grass sometimes within feet of us I think its a flicker though Im no expert I can tell a robin from a sea gull on a clear and thats about it Well why does she She doesnt hove a red lopknot But she acts like a flicker The bird runs across the grass at a great rate It stops looks about bangs its beak into the ground about twelve times repeats the process for some period then flies off Bill Smiley apparent And thats why my wife reminds of a flicker Thats how our vaunted holidays began this year I had one day off after ten months in the sausage factory It was a Saturday which I have off every week anyway 11 seems we had to go and see our daughter the bride Right away Holiday weekend with all the horror that entails but never mind Wedding pictures Late gifts How is she Is the marriage working out Motel room Just like a flicker banging away at the grubs in the ground was caught by surprise Just as a grub la by a flicker No money the banks were closed The car needed a muffler I needed about three days of Intensive care During the same IK hours the flicker had phoned friends of ours whod Invited us down to lie around their pool She had agreed that as soon as we had spent a day or two with the bride wed go straight to their place The bride is about miles north in the resort area through hairy traffic The friends lie about miles south through hairy traffic trying to get north No problem The flickers mate does the driving And right in the midst of all this flickering who calls up to see if I want to go out bass fishing but my old friend Capt suburbs and the new towns The rest of the people in the city live there because they must find work They would gladly live and work In a small community if they could They would quickly drop any superior city notions and happily join their friends at an oldfashioned church supper and thoroughly enjoy a variety program afterwards The only way short of ordering industry where it may locate is to change the realities which encourage business and industry to locate in the cities near the greatest portion of the market It would astound government officials to realize how many people could be accommodated in existing communities without radically changing them Hudson Ill give you three guesses Where do you think I wanted to go Well wc flickered off north Nice day Traffic just below manic level Arrived late Ureal dinner with new inlaws Mote room surrounded by green with falls rushing in background Idyllic Next day cold Motel toilet hacking up Kids visited Went for chilly swim In lake Blew kids to terrific smorgasbord at hotel Drove them home to apartment with mother cat and four kittens Mother flicker some what horrified Invited kids to lunch next day at motel Immediate acceptance Midnight Temperature about Couldnt get motel window closed falls now sounding like locomotive in Next morning Motel room just above freezing Cold wind Rain Tottered up to mom lodge for coffee Discovered no lunch served Sundays and holidays Kids arrive noon starving Give them two breads ticks stolen from table night before Atmosphere cool Mother flicker starts pecking grubs again Grubs are kids Kids resent being grubs Show us their studio Have conned government into art program Looks intelligent but dont ask me to explain It Forms colors shapes Finally head for home in rain and bumpertobumper No breakfast No lunch No brains Nothing but intense desire to see normal abode of habitation Arrive Collapse revived by hot soup Sleep thirteen hours Up this morning to find own toilet hacking up or is it a dream vacuum cleaner on blink and mother flicker already making new plans for further forays 20 years ago Taken from the Issue of the Free Press Thursday July 1952 Even body loves a band and an Saturday night some proved the truth of the statement by attending the Band Tattoo of Acton Citizens Band In the park when the local band played host to six bands and more than J00 bandsmen Climaxing the event was a colorful display of fireworks Bands here were Oakville Hi lis burgh Brampton Burlington Community Band and the Scots pipe band In the park a singsong was presided over by Master of Ceremonies Jones Mayor welcomed the bands Bands took their place in turn on the bandstand facing the crowded grandstand and the highlight of the evening was massed numbers by three massed bands Burlington had a band with color guard and IS majorettes taking up almost a full block in the parade Proceeds from the tattoo are to buy additional uniforms for the band With a sudden crack lightning Monday ducked a tree and dived at Jack garage that adjoins his Willow St home About neighbors and friends gathered at thehomeof Mr and Mrs G S Matthews No highway on the occasion of their wedding anniversary The congregation of Ebeneier United church gathered recently to bid farewell to Rev and Mrs The new minister Mr and his wife have been welcomed by Eden Mills and Arkell families on the circuit Anew simulated stone front has been put on shoe store 50 years ago Taken from the Issue of the Free Press Thursday July 1S22 Just as we were going to press the County Inspector phoned the names of the pupils who passed the High School entrance examinations They are Fred Anthony Nellie Bard Charles Bell Elmer Coxe Nellie and Violet Chapman Mary and Darby Annie Dunn John Dunn Reggie Finmen Thelma Gamble D Gibbons Frances Gibbons Leslie Gregory Addie Hurst Gordon Johnstone Charles Lap pin Jean Mc Donald Jack Angus Mc- Stanley Mackie Madeline Masales Kathleen Miller Archie Moffat Jessie Morton Laura Murray Nellie Stanley Robinson Marjory Annie Stewart Harold Matthew Tyler George Wallace Marine Webster Sir Donald Mann one of Actons sons who is visiting in London England is the subject of an article in The Times It narrates the romanceof the Canadian Northern creation especially the part taken in it by this giant of a man with the softness and suavity of an ambassador to Royal Court covering stern iron strength We dont give half the recognition they deserve to these great men of our race who are building up outside the Motherland a vast new empire In our great sister nation overseas Father is leaving St Josephs and his successor is Rev Father Mr James Louttlt has returned from military hospital Toronto He is still feeling the effects of the gas in the war 75 years ago Taken from the issue of he Free Press Thursday July Not for years have we had such generally excellent crops said a prominent agriculturist to the Free Press The farmers are likely to have fat pocket- books this fall and everybody will rejoice that appearances are so favorable to them It is high time the policy of the Streets and Walks committee in keeping the town in darkness during the nights of the summer months should come to an end The idea of forcing citizens and possible visitors to grope their way through town on nights when there was such pitchy darkness as Monday and Tuesday Is preposterous It is not only a discomfort to pedestrians it Is positively dangerous to life and limb and it is an advertisement most adverse to Actons good name Let there be light If we must adhere for a few months longer to the ancient plan of the streets with coal oil lamps let them be lighted when necessity demands The saving of a few gallons of coal oil is penny wise and pound Foolish economy and is regarded as absurd by ratepayers and outsiders Landlord Clark now sports a fine pneumatic tired sulky in practicing his speedy steed Exmayor Thomas Watson of visited his native town after an absence of 14 years He expressed pleasure with Actons progress and Industries but on the other hand was surprised electric light bad not been adopted for street lighting and that asphalt pavement had not been introduced for sidewalks has put down 10 miles of the latter