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MiniComment According to information in income document the government largest U of tax melon health and social welfare proriwe white per cent goes to economy wKtw support anothw on the public debt eight per payment to provincial pw cent to transport wwnwwikttw pet to fiw per cent to servicer tow three- pw t to affairs and two t to support of recreational and programs It to we the bona maw thrust to tot the but one waters how much the money transferred from one- pocket to another Bears are nutans real pests of this summer in the parks and along canoe routes to man of vacation lands so It viable or campers to pay special attention to housekeeping habits garbage in hags secure fastened and put them out for trucks- Bean can food even tn an insulated and closed tee box leave food or an we box teat t just asking trouble the form of Bruin the wot Richard tbere is much concerned Sciaasabrt- passable pollution in this Earth Oar rani- Sod en the made tad en the tad if Aral do something end e Ae r water aafi fcaU that are fought a better off Aid Tin not If we jural rait sheens and Dowers take its course TVs tot backyards parts 1E be of comes true doubt it Ibex all be beoer off the wand will be it Well miss Corp Ray Mason tec imJc shed his lb ppw and ant fcne fejt house the ink the dell Tin even frapTr smell da tuii car op tmn Hit- lorn uot oimd ir taxes 3b- n it n dawn heart a jkihk tiuar did Port lunieri She A tin men tier turned die them Then perfumed lost his mure The UlfcCT her ami and fauru lo rest pot burnt- pa rtidd bin her back of old Her lender orv bacon strips He wished he bad nut TOVMLE findshcrsclf some different pets from time loumc and this year is no exception Her father Harold Pirks minnger hnd to this duckling a helping hand into life recently and took it out for thai Little has since been returned to his mother at near the arena Photo by I Counting your chickens THE ACTON FREE PRESS PHONE Bus and Editor a The Glengarr News recently earned this little gem which came from s Law Journal There was a man who was the business of raising chickens However he raised no com to feed the birds and the hens refused to eggs until they were fed Nearby there was a farmer grew large quantities of corn so chicken farmer went to him and offered to work one each week for a wage of agreement was made The chicken farmer wnt to work each week earned and gave the money back to the farmer In return for five bushels of com For a time was The hens got their corn their owner earned a week and the farmer had the labor of the chicken farmer one day each week Then one day the chicken farmer to the farmer and said The price of is going up so much that cannot work for less than 7 50 a day The farmer agreed that seemed fair enough but added I agree that prices ire going up and that you should get 50 a day but prices have gone up for me too and I can sell you bushel of corn for less than The chicken farmer agreed that was fair so he worked for a day and paid for five bushels of corn he got a day and paid a bushel for corn And the farmer was happy and said to his wife Things are good I get a bushel for my corn And the chicken farmer said to his Things are good I get a dav for my labor And the statistician said this wonderful National incomes are at new high levels And the politicians bragged about it and said It was our party that did this for you Everybody felt so good about it that they voted for the politicians The sudden death of Corporal Hay Mason last week came as a shock to this community Somehow policeman is thought of an being immune to the afflictions that plague us ordinary mortals When it Is revealed they must do a trying job subject to the same frailties that afflict us all it somehow comes as a surprise Ray Mason moved to Acton over years ago and immediately became involved in the community We remember the years Acton hod excellent intermediate baseball and teams In which Ray Manon was one of the sparkplugs along with I red Dawkins and Jack who owned the Dominion Hotel can renumber when coached Legion minor hockey at the arena the encouragement used to give budding hockey players When hockey was revived In Acton Biter flog famine It was Ray Mason who was picked to head the new version f4 he Acton Tanners We know of many funeral that wire guided past the town by on officer of the tew that never felted It was Mason We expert police to toe Mindly kind and courteous on of us crawls hind ml of a tar We let us get away tilings W expect hem Ihievr look our i traffic Iuwk a mimirum with of Hit law expect htm to look after the town and on hour seven day something none of us are si our own Jot We Mason would be fjrvwiiw yet as head of the of the Ontario We expected he to retire among us to if ft years as a en often d last it tie us in i both as a iruiWled respect for the itmJ who would if No more nomination meetings Few people are aware that the Ontario Legislature has given two readings to a Hill that when passed will put end to nomination meetings for municipal election purposes Apparently Queens Park feels the nomination meeting has outlived Its usefulness I towns villages or cities have had successful meeting for many years Attendance been poor at most and at times dismal rhe changes to the Act have been informed correctly could mean that nominations for office will be done merely by submitting a name at the town office with signatures attached indicating a candidate will run for office Sad response by people of Acton Dear Sir 1 am writing with regard to the Acton Market run by nine students on a grant from Opportunities For Youth market has been running en weeks now every Saturday 30 to 2 in downtown Acton The market has been fairly successful but we lack support and spirit from the citizens of Acton a population of only 100 or so people show up to visit the market on is a sad response for a town of our As a student and a have heard a lot of from adults about the jounger generation being and lacking initiative But when we try to do something even something for the community we receive no support is a sad plate to live when so many residents are quick to criticize we want is a bit of spirit and involvement they turn their backs I never realized people could be so terribly stuck up Sincerely yours Karen Pierce Acton Country Market of uV on rtvied Good Tit Wt arc not so munitipjlity li Ix ibii diction it with the tot t- farts wili iter fix old fashioned W would w It tnir sit wardship expected lengthy reprru town position fen c of jn Or offict when we tut on ji i the like ww ess- Art ffts and trjvt in nil rir afrit it is arfil i ui rtU4fpa- Stan r it than itut til Bill Smiley Somehow I con I net too excited these days Senator or Bobby Hull playing against the Russians or any of the other hysteric events in the press trouble is wc re for a week at l which is not conducive to getting about anything a radio and television set and a party line telephone but no bod much attention to any of them On the other hand there is no roar of traffic no the door bell at am demanding his week s no honking of horns or squealing of lircs no raucous sputtering of lawnmowers Nor is reck of exhaust fumes smoke melting asphalt rancid fish or polluted water ITil reason Is simple enough lives in a handsome stone house about GO from a quiet country road which you can barely sec from the house hidden as it Is behind trees and and shrubs About four cars and a couple of small trucks and one tractor b each day No blotting motorcycles buses and grinding bit trucks The lawn mower and nearest neighbors are ZOO down the road out of and sound No daily paper so no cheeky paper boy ringing and ringing yKs azzfiffiz sounds are the breeze in the the somehow mutter of a his ha the buzz of an odd and wife talking to her father smells are roses freshmown and what cooking for dinner heaven The roadisfravcl so there no sunk of asphalt chips are four miles nearest factor is Si miles nearest water is a huge bay deep dun told and unpolluted I sitting t ping this at Grandad desk with indow right in front of me Looking out Isil nearest a magnificent bed of roses red white Btond that a huge maple tret it an old apple tree with a swing I for the grandchildren AndbeonJ thcit tht sol jrten of other trees looking out the other window to thert a mass of flowers then a white fen thtn a ha often with kids horses in I btioH that a last expanse of blue blue water white cliffs on the other side of hun mad a j old peam ilft a I I t mriic niof to Half mile turn stream into tftp the flatting ring trairs to of a boy who has r aught anything hut a Hun ire Is of Ok fail and fit fitting because a lot to the spawning rmam mm far a J a wharf here g to fewi A I way of Use tr and up to tie a and a doe from We stared at otter in for about until they tunwtd their while tails and back woods without panic A A of mire who cattle on the adjacent property was out bis beasts one da when be saw a bear amble across the property south of this stroll up the fence line and disappear m Pig Ftvtl 20 years ago 50 years ago 75 years ago Taken from the the Free Press Thursday August 14 1952 rare stone formed by nature about a million years ago Is pictured in the latest of the family Herald with its owner Harris of The stone is a roundhead that was whirled round and round on and into softer rock to form one of the potholes in the area Mr Ihrns is sure it is a genuine roundhead You can tell them easily enough for they II spin he explained These stones used to be found frequently but the have been carried off b people visiting the potholes The stone weighs over 100 pounds Upper school marks are announced for Brunelle Douglas Davidson Jane Carolyn Oakes rle Thompson Do roth Wame Prominent builder and businessman of Acton Leishman died Monday in his ear He built many of the buildings in Acton and opened up the survey at the east end of town which has or fine homes on Queen Peel and Arthur Sts Two routes between Acton and Milton for the new Windsor Toronto highway have now been surveyed The route is about a mile north of Milton The second has now been sun about three miles south of Acton Completion of the project may take to 10 Winner of a leather overnight case at the draw at the tennis club was little Beverly The dance was held on the tennis court Wednesday with dancing to the The first case of polio in town this season has been reported There Is fortunately no paralysis Involved Taken from the the Free Press Thursday August J Brown BA of Veteran Alta addressed the Methodist School of which brother Mr A T Brown is Super intendent on Sunday afternoon Mrs Brown was for many ears pianist for the Sunday school orchestra week Mann Bros on the Acton crossroad sold to Sir Adam Beck one of their Needless to the animal was a very fine one that suited the tastes of Sir Adam and the figure paid was a fancy one Miss Margaret Bennett who has been teaching in the schools of london the pastear willsadforhomeonlhellthinst Prior to leaving for Acton the people of that town tendered Mr and Mrs Peter Smith and family a public fare well This took the form of a trip on the lake accompanied by the citizens band and many citizens participated Mr Smith has resiyied as mayor of now comfortably settled in their home at Hill Hall The eldest son of the home of Mrs John Or Bower Ave John passed away last Wednesday with pitiful suddenness When his father died he had been left the head of the family and with a view lo betterment of their fortunes the family dedded to move from Ireland to Canada In Among his other good qualities the new Methodist minister Rev Hackett is appreciated for his minute sermons Out of respect for the memory of Alexander Graham Bell every telephone on this continent was silent for one minute on Saturday during the funeral service Taken from the of the Free Thursday UVT Or A 1 of Port Huron is a genius and has invented many surgical instruments of value The most wonderful is one to save the eyesight of women With a slot in a thimble he threads needles with lightning rapidity The doctor holds that no tad should look at a needle while threading it stigma tisms of the eye is an affection that leads to wearing glasses and is largely caused by straining eyes while threading needles McLaren was bom and brought up at The friends of Mr John who has been on night duty at the depot the past two years are much pleased be has been appointed day ticket agent The government is considering the appointment of an administrator for the Yukon gold fields Civil and criminal courts will be set up immediately and extra detachments of the Mounted Police are going up with a couple of Maxim guns Died Mary Duff aged infant daughter of Rev and Mrs Sarah Jane Smith widow of the late Smith age M Nora May Ryder three and day Though as veWctei of are fine and fleet as a vehicle of the old top buggy cant be beat If the counai cannot have the bra and portions of the Ore any other way they bad better have a dm Id accomplish It And that el cedar slabs has SSm the side of the town town an