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ROCKfcOODr PEAR AFTER THE TOWN COUNCIL FIGURED OUT WHAT ITLL COST FOR THE NEW WATER MAINS WE DECIDED TO SPRING FOR LITTLE BIT EXTRA AND HOT AND COLD If RUNNING BEER Favor Parkway for steel curtain The Acton Press Wed September 1973 What others say HOW GOOD WERE THOSE GOOD OLD DAYS We have always been a bit suspicious of those old movie scenes from the pictures que good old days of the and buggy on the towns main street Tb get right down to what bothered us we always wondered about bow much horse manure there was on the streets We recall even In the last Tew years of even the most recent olden days that there was a fair around the feedmlU in our town And In the winter there was always a reasonable supply of manure available when you wanted to get a shinny game going on an ley road Now someone has come right out and said It Those old days werent good We heard a speech by Charles Gould of the San Francisco Examiner was speaking to the International Association of Advertising Executives This Is what he claims In there were 120000 horses in New York City The was the prime mover of freight food and people out the horse also created monumental problems They created traffic Jams of horren dous proportions said Gould Their Iran shoes together with the Iron wheels of the giant drays beat a merciless tattoo on the cobblestones and created a noise level that was deafening at times ever bear of noise pollution But that was Just the beginning Says Gould The removal of dung from the streets and from the barns was a logistical problem of major magnitude Gould goes on from there Flies he said infested the cities carrying epidemics of all aorta By 1MB about New Yorkers died each year from cholera and other dis eases spawned by horse manure and spread far and wide by flies Says Gould The good old days were not He cites a lot of other things as well about the good old days that we tend to forget He quotes a researcher from the SmTunWfusntosUtutlon with the facts that a century ago In the US the dime rate was twice as high as today that drug addic tion as a Byproduct of medication com monly used was far more prevalent than today that prostitution plagued all urban centres and was more widespread and harder to cure that hundreds of thousands of children under 13 worked 10 hours a day in factories on farms and in mines that welfare as known today was never was a world where death and dis ease marched In lockstep with human suf fering Guess you can count the rest of us in too But we still like the movies FROM HICK TO SOMEBODY The Banner Because we are all consumers none of us are too ecstatic about the present high cost of living However the high price of meat and other food stuffs has had one good spinon It has made a lot of people take another look at the farmer The man who used to be a nobody or worse still the butt of jokes has suddenly become a somebody Like the 07pound weakling who picked up out of the sand he Is now a force to reckoned with For the first time in decades the farmer has the opportunity to get an honest return for his work As a result he has assumed status in the community Words like hick slickers dedicating songs to the fanner We have sociologists telling us that the farmer because he can readily see and appreciate the fruits of his labor because Is In volved in a job from beginning to end has an enviable occupation Now instead laughing at their country cousins we have city children who boast about the fact that they spent a week or so on a farm during the summer And instead of heading for the beach many city folk are looking for farm a cations Yes time have changed and as meat and bread are rationed or disappear from our grocery shelves the fanners place In And why not After all the fishermen of Iceland arc among that countrys best paid workers In Russia a truckdriver in the north receives salary equal to the doctor in the city For too long we c been Judging people by the cut of their clothes or the color of their fingernails Its high time we learned that straw hats and overalls are as respectable as a business suit and brief case and the tractor as impress he a piece of machinery as the limousine Back Issues of The Free Press years ago Takes tram the base ml the Free Press Tbarsday ScsteMSer IK3 A sudden cloudburst scattered the livestock parade at the fair as wet weather hampered the day program and dwindled the crowd The fair set a new attendance record for Friday night for a variety program and band concert An Innovation was a square dance competition won by the senior North Halton set that were finalists at the Royal Winter Fair The Junior set also competed with music by Harry Ralph McKeown and Joanne Julian called off Judges for the event were Mrs Gerry Candler Gib Kingsbury and Alex Near On Saturday the band paraded In the rain Children were disappointed with the small midway Hall exhibits were above average but livestock exhibits were tighter because of the weather were Susan Marie David Blttorf Marjorie Barn Judith Anne Ritchie Robert Frank Crump AnaMarie Larry Holmes twins Dorothy Ann and Graham A presentation of money was made to Patters pa of the Baptist church who is preparing for missionary service In Africa He is being replaced by Ray Costerus Trie new dial phone is now In operation In and no doubt some will have trouble getting used to it Three night courses will likely be held in Aden this fall as as the counss In Milton Mrs J Beatty is chairman of the local committee Actons application for annexation of Ml acres has been turned down by the B Town officials admit being tunned and township officials are also surprised W I gardena display was In the hall Monday evening ana wen awarded for garden puts Bruce Pargeter was Judge years ago Brew the turn Free Press HO Mr Frank GuOd of who has mating his mark as a vocalist of ugh ideally net teacher Just at this epoch In the history of the school Last spring Robert Sprow third line was seised an affliction of the back from which be never recovered He died Thursday at the age of He was born on the homestead At the meeting of council business dealt principally with repairs to reads Premier Ferguson made the an nouncement that Samuel Webster had been reappointed sheriff in this county The action will displace A was appointed by the late government just prior to the election The premier said the appointment of Mr MacNab was obviously political made In the beat of a political campaign and should not stand Webster and his friends are quite jubilant The tender plants were badly frosted Sunday A motor car Is to be purchased for the use of town police by council McKay noted local fisherman landed the largest bass so far caught In Fairy Lake Il measured Inches and weighed ids The first funeral cortege which has passed over the new highway between Acton and Crewa Corners was that of the late Mrs Brock on Sunday afternoon 75 years ago rake from the baa si Ike Free Press September is tans The painting gang spent about a week ben and repainted the exterior of their old depot water tank etc There is an little more than halfway the clouds became black and the rain subsequently came down in splendid volume for the newlysown wheat With considerable pluck they continued their journey drenched and besplaltered When they arrived they presented a spectacle miserable In the extreme with their pretty summer costumes completely ruined They tarried until morning before making the return trip Fashion dictates from Paris London and Berlin black figured fabrics as correct this season Our leadership In black dress Is undisputed Also fine kid gloves and Co Mill St Upward of B00 tickets to Toronto were sold on the railroad during the fair This volume was never exceeded in any week since the R station was opened Dont forget Civic Holiday on the A grand concert at night The change in weather makes people like the vicinity of the stove these days appearance but our citizens that a town which gives au of upwards of deserving of more consideration A cost of paint is very Insignificant stttute for the taghopedfor new depot For the pest months Rev has bona pastor of the Disciples of Music Rochester Mr Eastman of Eastman Kodak has awarded those ready to enter a oven pastor church hare He bid farewell in an im pressive and fatherly sermon Sunday and Is moving wttn his family to North Carolina term persons have been Last Friday three Georgetown ladles decided to enjoy a whetting trip to Acton to visit friendsWhen THE ACTON FREE PRESS PHONE Business and Editorial Office There must boon Jubilation among those who worked to find suitable route for 500 KV Hydro corridor through thin neck of the woods when Howlett environmental consultant recommended tho marching towers should follow tho Parkway rather erec ting an steel curtain around North Halton It waB a suggestion which come from public mooting In Acton that stimulated discussion on a Modified Q for of towers that environmental consultant Howlett found followed a route which was preferred above three other alternatives tho study had uncovered It from John Schneider a resident of the Fourth Line Erin township who discovered that System which had been rejected by Hydro could be Improved In essence Schneider proposed the lines should follow 401 Highway and cross the escarpment at two points rather than the one outlined in system This would eliminate many miles of line and allow joint use of the transportation corridor Highway provides preferred to call It a Modified Q The power corridor originally was to have passed through the north end of Peel County and then take a straight line through the south end of both Erin and Eromosa townships before going off in a tangent across township Public concern over tho route by a known a of Citizen riwultad In thn province to fitudy lit miilUir In Juno man by decided Hydros choice of a routo Indeed lucked public acceptance and traversed area It hud no business In commlKKlon subsequently UHI a firm of environmental consultant headed by Bruce to pick alternate route for tho corridor which would be lens harmful to the environment Hewletts firm had successfully done work In the United State produced three alternate routes from the study and which Hydro rejected said In theory the best route would be the shortest have the least number of lines in the corridor the fewest substations least impact on the environment and highest public acceptance After many months of study his firm recommended the Modified Q as the route which meets the criteria best Well you would think that after all this study and public meetings there would be some consolidation of thought But even greater public acceptance is being sought Dr Solandt had proposed another series of public meetings to augment the dialogue over the preferred route He has said it is open for discussion and new before he makes his recommendations to the Government which In turn has to make Its recommendations to Ontario Hydro Already MP P Jim Snow has proposed that tho people in the Milton area oppose tho preferred route because It would encase the urea in wires It should be noted his home farm is at Hornby a few hundred yards from where the towers would file along If the preferred route is adopted So his concern is genuine and tinged with selfinterest as has been much of the opposition to any of the routes No one is neutral when It comes to a parade of tall towers in their area We hope that no political considerations other than those which already have shown up in the deliberations to choose a suitable route are really considered The hydro corridor must go along the shortest and best route which an independent firm has shown belongs In a joint transportation- utility corridor Since the Government Is already contemplating buying land for the Parkway this would eliminate the necessity of purchasing two routes one for the Parkway and another for Hydro lines The decision in this matter will be watched with some interest by the people of the province Has the work of BHI been window dressing or an honest attempt to find the best route for hydro power Ontario will one day desperately need Another outstanding parade Fair Only those who participate in the formidable task of running a Fall Fair such as the one in Acton Friday and Saturday can appreciate the multitude and magnitude of problems which must be faced before the event can operate from year to year on an increasing scale This years Acton Fair was as the president and officers had predicted bigger and better than ever another success There was a tremendous parade a successful arena show with its Miss Acton Fair the highlight a park full of events Saturday that taxed the midway and kept a large crowd circulating all day Saturday night another jampacked arena danced the final hours of the Fair away to the beat of the Shaynes Of course the weather plays a large part in making any outdoor event a success Despite earlier predictions of approaching rain the weathermen and had a change of heart Friday predicting the beautiful weekend which the Fair has enjoyed for so many years in succession And it came a sunny summer with a taste of Fall in the air There were disappointments No event with so many facets could run off without a hitch But these were small and mostly unobserved by patrons who passed the turnstiles in greater numbers than ever before One of the weaknesses which we noted and which has been brought to our attention by a newcomer to Acton concerns the people who lined the parade route in thousands not officials of the Fair at all That was the reticence and silence which greeted the outstanding bands floats and other parade entries which wended their way down Mill St to the park There was some smattering of applause at different points along the route but in the main only At least one child applauded silence greeted participants In the parade It was hardly an inducement for future participa tion A new resident of town called the Free Press Monday and said she always understood Acton was friendly town but she was beginning to have doubts when she observed the lack of enthusiasm for what she considered an outstand ing parade Dont they realize the amount of work that goes into preparation of floats and the preparation that goes into the parade she enquired goes into the parade she en quired The lady said she applauded when the Acton Citizens Band went by Others standing near looked at her askance as if there was a wierd on the loose There was little applause along the route we noted but we have always felt this was due to the natural reticence of people who dont want to be the first to applaud Now we wonder We dont want to be accused of the same negligence so we applaud everyone who had anything to do with making the Acton Fair another outstanding event from President Bert Hinton down to the boy or girl who entered a pet rabbit or wrote a poem in the school childrens section and perhaps never won a prize Bill Smiley Well bow did you find England after all those years This is the favourite question for people asking about our Jaunt I have a stock of stock answer No trouble at all We Just went where the pilot took us That sometimes shuts up Another retort Justkeptgoing until we heard a lot of Limeys chirping I save that Well I found greatly changed and much the same Despite the levelling off economically the old class system is still there and causes even more animosity than It used to That Is the poor are better off and the rich are taxed fniquitiouily so theres less of a gap financially But you are still labeled by your accent your occupation and your background There is still woeful inefficiency In a multitude of things and proficiency In others The standard of has risen a good deal but so have costs The papers are headlined with rising food costs and their real estate took an upward surge s few years ago A house there costs about the tame as a similar one here Food is a little cheaper than ours Drinks a little cheaper and a little weaker Transport is a bit cheaper and twice as as ours Thats because of the short the heavy population and the high cost for the working man of owning a car Through trains rocket along at speeds up to a hundred p Employment Almost complete if you want a job There are supposed to be half a million but a businessman told this represents only the ployables and those who dont wont to work Everywhere newspapers store win dows there are Help wanted ads Admittedly a lot of the jobs are menial but not all by any means The Brits dont want the more lowly occupations And thats why the blacks have moved in mostly from the West Indies They are the bus conductors sub way workers waiters and unskilled labourers there is resentment and racial But there Is a great shortage right now of both skilled and unskilled workers The Post Office Is desperately understaffed Postal workers are working overtime and some of them bleats a newspaper are foiling asleep at their Jobs That has a familiar ring somehow A chartered accountant told me that Its almost impossible to hire girls who can operate business machines desperaUon he cajoled a former employee a good operator Into coming back for a month She was seven months pregnant Slight catch She lasted one hour Couldnt get close enough to the machine to punch the keys A publisher in London advertised exten sively for a secretary He offered about a week a months vacation and a bottle of champagne upon engagement He got answers In frustration he printed 1000 handbills and had his staff pats them out on the streets to likelylooking candidates Result four phone calls Two of them were not interested The other two made ap pointments for interviews Neither turned up Another aspect of England that has changed sadly is the increase In violence I met two young feUows in a pub They were both employed sod making about a week Yet boasted of being Borstal boys reform school The elder who seemed seething with rage at the world In general and ready to start a row with anybody had also been in prison They were working class but hated everybody above them system London bus stop signs warn that Owing our stair an outbreak of fights at the garnet Ripping up railway cars and kicking In compartment doors and abusing on the match villages sickens to bear of Una sort of thing in dear old England Cor years one of safest most peaceful la tho world But its then