Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), July 26, 1972, p. 4

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MiniComment The Government of the Province of Manitoba Is taking steps to ensure that residents of the province will be able to attend Winnipeg Jets hockey games at reasonable cost The plan is to provide tickets free or at greatly reduced cost to many Manltobans who might not be able to otherwise afford to see any games by using amusement tax revenues to pay for them The experiment is designed to assist the Jets of the newly formed World Hockey Association as well as those who could never afford to attend a game reeve Tom Hills suggestion about an all truck route for gravel trucks using Esquesing roads merits more than passing notice As long as the trucks are using township roads there is going to be friction between residents and quarry owners Fourth line residents those on l and might be if the trucks are sent off In other directions but the township council will Mart collecting from people along alternate routes The sane solution is to provide a road for use of trucks only Any expense should be shared by the province which licenses the trucks the and the township in an Oak- Uc paper as saying Acton has no of replacing its municipal rf the Provincial town force even Ac town has passed the WW We onto the as he is quoted as The tcwra excellent police at a cost lower than the town get with its own force he told reporters And he might hare added not have the problems associated with recruiting a force You have got to have some pepper to he worth your salt says the neigh borhood wag The village of Erin has joined the war against in response to Environment Minister James plea to clean up the province We wish luck in their campaign to check liuerers Acton has had little success Last week the towns mam streets were spotless after the rain and the town works force cleanup but it didn take long for the to spoil appearances By the weekend they had done their work well and gutters were full of debris Wc arc indebted to new Erin editor publisher Bill for tipping us off about the outbreak of infectious hepatitis in the Ospnnge area Bill has just taken over the reins from former publisher Charlie Hull and already the Advocate has begun to reflect his personality Afraid of the dark According to the Ontario Safety League you should be when driving The chance of disaster is twice as great after dark Slow down at sundown the League advises Welcome Mr Stanfield Tho Acton Froe Press Wednesday July 1972 RECOGNIZE THESE VIEWS of Acton Top is the picturesque railway bridge which spans the School Creek in its upper reaches Middle shot was taken along Elgin St and the bottom along Church Gardens in Acton are at their loveliest now with bounteous rain and lots of sunshine and Dave Pink who took these shots with the Free Press camera says he could take dozens of photos and never capture all the midsummer beaut Cyclists must obey laws THE ACTON FREE PRESS PHONE Businessand Editorial Office Like the Construction Safety Association of Ontario we worry especially about the many on the roads these days who seem to have no conception about safety laws They on the wrong side of the road on sidewalks over lawns make turns without signalling disregard traffic lights stop signs and fail to make allowance for motorists We are worried that there are going to be casualties before the summer vacation is over A cyclist is considered a vehicle under the Ontario Traffic Act and as such must nde on the right hand side of the road with traffic A worms eye view of fishing We decided we d go fishing Although it was too hot We sit beneath the maple tree Our favorite fishing spot We gathered up the tackle Then looked round for a worm They were all asleep way down deep Acooling their sunburn We worked quite slow with Die old backhoe We piled the dirt in turn We got a shock we hit bedrock Before we found a worm He was wrapped up in asbestos He gave a shrieking shout He was out to beat this awful heat Tongue hanging out We took him to the water And tied nun on our hook lb catch a trout we threw him out not look Whin he surfaced he was gasping His asbestos suit was gone He had pulled up his Bikini With the top part hanging on The brown trout started laughing And chased him for a mile Then nosed around the belly And tickled him awhile He decided that then hed eat him So he dragged him in the mud With the worm inside the fish was fried It re ill tasted good Victor Smith RR Rockwood People from Acton and district will welcome tho presence of the Leader of the Opposition Robert In their midst next Tuesday morning no matter where their political affiliations Mr low key approach to the nations problems has never been fully appreciated by the nations media but his persistence In speaking out In what he believes is attracting a growing following His image suffered when he first accepted the leadership role because of premature appearances on TV where bad advice made him look ungainly However former premier of Nova Scotia Is a battler He came back swinging when many of the party stalwarts were consigning him to the wastebaskct It took several years to groom Mr Stanfield for the job of being leader of the federal lorlcn In hi slatomiiniK ho ha knowledge of tho but little of Mr to virtory in the lout election It muit fin- party to plot Mr campaign Unlike Mr I not exactly mod In appearance must be hood In an effort to devise a way he would appeal to young votoers who could determine the course of the next election which the filberts uy will bo in the fall Personalities may bo Important but we think the Canadian people will be very much interested in straight appeals to their common sense rather than to the vigor anil of the leader Although times have changed one only has to dip a few years back history when Abraham was reviled and ridiculed when he sought he leadership mantle He was unfit for the office by of Appearance education and fur morn weighty reasons than advanced against Mr turn of lb mart revered lend tit ever had if MijrtMnx do with Mr that is where would rtftwfth the common irtjrb and common seme would Inst roots approach Perhaps that is why Mr Is coming to small communities such as where few of the nations leaders art- ever seen Maybe party strategists are developing that approach In any event Mr We hope you enjoy fay he Will garbage dumps be parks rhc gloomy predictions of who prophesied the world may soon be buried under its own garbage have received their comeuppance from University of scientists this week It was announced the University has grown an acre of thriving corn on old sardines and grapefruit rinds plastic bottles newspapers old bones table scraps and sewage sludge The garbage was chopped up by St Catharines plowed into the and laced with varying amounts of sewage First of all experimenters from the university grew some rye on the high powered mixture It thrived Corn was planted this Spring and it is growing as well as the normally grown fertilized corn Professor Webber of the University says municipal lies must dispose of three pounds of garbage and the same of sludge per person per day If it cm be disposed of by mixing it agricultural land and producing crops it is a logical and beneficial solution to a problem that the doomitcrb jumped on with glee But they may be partially right We may be buried by our own garbage but it will likely be mixed in to grass growing better rhc release from the University never mentioned anything about odor but no doubt ft smells no worse than freshly pig mamiK with which the university is also experimenting ft hopes to rid it rf the rancid aroma by a process of aeration are other problems too correct proportions must be used so a rate of garbage decomposition can be created to allow adequate nutrients for crop growth without excess to form This is a One day we ma be selling or giving our garbage farmers so the can grow better food to feed nation And we could turn our garbage dump into parts Coles Slaw mails got crossed or old Bill Smiley decided to take a Sabbatical in Europe or Siberia or some other place where no typewriters In any event his column did not arrive this week and was suggested that this fuzzy cheeked scribbler should come out of the pasture bash out tome substitute words which would fill the pace Smiley usually occupies It makes me feel a lot like the preacher in Georgia who advised the congregation that it being Caster Sunday sister Johnson would soon be coming forward to lay an egg on the pulpit If I lay an egg here it will be less recognizable than the one on the pulpit It is quite likely the yoke will be on me if you li pardon the unpardonable pun You see eggs are one of the things my cool calculating better half says I would be much better without Too much cholesterol Besides you are getting a bay window bigger than Arthur Hitchcock which is no mystery considering the amount of food you have been washing down your gullet lately she calmly observed She speaks from a position of security A few months ago she joined with a large a club called Weight Watchers where it Is guaranteed you 11 slim down by eating more Impossible you say My exact words But she proved I was as ill informed as the lady who wrote to the welfare department complaining about the leather who found her son was illiterate is a lit the lad I was married to his fathtr a week before he was born My told you so side of the marriage con true started to peel off weight so fast her told she would soon regain her figure My mother in law of course was right but slit mention anything about the fierce appetite this losing weight business triggered Iht Sunday roast already shrivelled by cooking would first have to be carved so the leanest and finest cuts could go to the weight watch Wt got the scraps While the rest of us ate ham burgs spaghetti and Dutch loaf my slender wife polished off steaks liver all kinds of fish and other delicacies washing it down with a concoction referred to as diet pop And her plate was heaped up with the stuff and she continued to peel off pounds My amazement at this procedure was tempered b my natural caution But I was a trifle surprised last week when at Saturday breakfast she suggested it would be a good idea if I joined the diet not as a member of the fat club as her son calls it but as an adherent who sticks to the foods recommended in the era hire Naturally it would have been a serious blunder to have agreed to anything so radical consulting the bathroom scales bedroom so my wife can weight herself tunes a day and gloat So took a quick trip upstairs On I stepped Look at that I gasped Who needs a diet a svelte pounds of muscle and lean Put your other foot on now came voice from behind who turned out to be you know I noticed her sneaking up behind and presumed I was talking to myself It was too late I was caught in my own trap I hesitantly stepped on fully The indicator climbed I stepped off saying simultaneously See Hardly any dif ference had better go on a diet came the voice again as I disappeared down the stairs There the matter stands at loggerheads If I go on the diet all the choice foods are forbidden The darn list doesn t even let you cat potatoes on which I was raised No gravy No beer No sweet stuff What would you do A cyclist is a young driver and must obey the rules of the road including stopping at stop signs obeying traffic lights and signalling all lane changes and turns Are you sure our son or daughter knows how to signal his intentions knows his left from right and understands rules of the road There should be no doubt in the minds of any parent When it comes to pinning the responsibility for a child s knowledge of the laws the buck stops at the parents door 20 years ago 50 years ago 75 years ago Taken from the issue of the Free Press Thursday August On a W trip about 2 miles east to compete for the first tune at the N the of Swift Current boys band has Acton Citizens Band invitation to visit Acton and a concert here With the polio season approaching Mayor contacted the M O for a test of the water at Fair Lake Tests show the water is safe for swimming Some of the properties adjacent to the creek which he felt might have contributed to pollution in the past are now hooked up to the sewers the was shocked to learn of the sudden death of Joe Kentner at his home on Victoria St He had attended the lacrosse game and seemed in his usual health Mr Kentner was one of the finest sportsmen to live in Acton and was on hockey and baseball teams St was not large enough to accommodate the crowd at the funeral Friday About bricks enough for an average house arc being salvaged this week as the big brick chimney of Acton Public School is being demolished The days of tall chimneys necessary for hand firing and smoke nuisances are going William Henry of Everton died Monday He has been wellknown In the nulling business for many years Acton council did not meet this week as expected There was no Important business on the agenda and council felt a meeting was not ncessary All the work at the new addition has been completed except the painting inside It is expected this will be completed Inside of two weeks and the school will be ready for oc cupancy In the fall Taken from the issue of the Free Press Thursday July Of the 39 pupils who wrote the lower school examinations passed all sub jects Special menuon might be made of Smith who obtained class honors In five of his subjects Others include Madeline Gibbons Nellie Hall MacPherson James Matthews Nelson Jean Bemice Held Marguerite Ryder Maurice Stark- man Earl Cooper Minnie Blatr Jean Barber Agnes Mann Olive McLaughlin Olive Cooper Beauice Blair Margaret Young Helen Coxc Joseph Hurst Emily Young Ada Wednesday Acton Citizens Band gave another concert The band has been fortunate engaging the services of Mr Amos Mason as bandmaster Mr I Gregory has sold the New Wonderland theatre to Mr John Clayton of Brampton The sale Includes Mr Gregory businesses at Georgetown Erin and Georgetown In the selection of pictures Mr and Mrs Gregory have alwavs been careful to secure the best available from a moral standpoint Questionable or suggestive films have been rejected Important improvements are being made at the Roman Catholic church In Rockwood and services will be held fortnightly rather than monthly A new organ has been installed At Mdton council a deputation of influ ential ladies asked for a curfew because of the numbers of boys and girls running the streets at night It is also said there that prohibit the sale of ice cream cones on Sunday Taken from the issue of the Free Press Thursday August S Mr Lindsay of underwent his third operation for appen dicitis this week and is doing as well as could be expected He has been suffering from this trouble for seven months It looks as if the dominion government had In prospect the selection of a Canadian na tional Dag A sample flag has been received by Admiral Erskine for his opinion It Is a BRITISH flag with a Union Jack in the usual place and a white diamond on a field of green with a maple leaf In the diamond Henderson and Co Acton Greatly reduced fancy ribbons flowers and straw shapes In the millinery department parasols muslins and ginghams gloves hosiery ladies collars and cuffs Gumey Mill St Acton Store doses at heavy cotton hosiery 10c canned beef 12c a can salmon for box Sunlight Soap 15c lb brown sugar for Si quart sealers per underwear s Hair Vigor Witt go right to the spot and bring the hair back I ft Hake Hair Grow BollertandCo Guelph Straw sailor hats half price Childs embroidered tarns 50c as an friend are our Unco and canvas corsets of French make Children refuse to go barefoot fast of tbe luxury of wearing oar cheap stockings Mr A McEacbera of to the Brat thresher to make his ap with bis new Waterloo

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