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Old dogs still have a few tricks Canada Council doles out 70 grants The Canada Council announced a first series of grants worth 922 Its new explorations program The award winning people were chosen from ap plications Projects supported range from experiments In cultural animation to biographies of such well known per sonalities as Mart Kenney and His Western Gentlemen For Information purposes we have selected a few of the Ontario awards to allow readers a chance to sec where the Canada Council doles out its money Results of a second competition which closed In September will be announced in January and the council Is accepting ap plications for a third competition until December 1 It worth noting most projects will reach the public in the form of articles or books broadcasts film theatre or videotape but most of us likely will never have an opportunity to see the results unless someone from this district Is In volved Here s a few examples of grants in Ontario Ross Aurora to write the story of the popular Canadian dance band Mart Kenney and His Western Gentlemen from to 1970 George Barrett Peterborough to prepare a book on the development of organized labour In Peterborough since Confederation Graham Cotter Toronto 900 to write two stories for children using the geology and history of the county of Northumberland In the development of the plots Donnelly Productions Toronto for the production of a play for rural audiences about the Donnelly murders which took place near Ontario In 18W Carolyn Gossage Toronto to complete a study of piovate schools in Canada from 1788 to 1973 Elizabeth lnglofsrud Toronto to prepare a book on cabinet makers in Ontario in the 19th century Ottawa book on her experiences tn politics Clyde C Kennedy Ottawa to prepare an illustrated book of general in on the of the Ottawa Valley John Toronto to ex on a method of adapting 16 mm film for theatrical release Mark Manson and Stephen Markson Toronto 700 for research on the relationship of Canadian art to technology THE ACTON FREE PRESS PHONE 853 2010 Business and Editorial Office leading to an experimental theatrical production based on the finding Jules Martcl Ottawa to write a book on arts activities In Ottawa up to the opening of the Notional Arts Centre In Donald McWilliams Dundas to write a biography of Norman McLaren the Canadian film maker Romany Miller Ottawa 000 to produce a children program for television In the creation of which children themselves would participate Native Arts Guild London to workshops for nathe Indian artists and craftsmen and to conduct interviews with them as part of a project to study and encourage native arts In Ontario Poolman Toronto for a documentary film on an Indian pow wow In Saskatchewan showing Its social and cultural significance Nicholas Toronto 000 to write a book on the experiences of a Ukrainian Immigrant to Canada after World War II Richard and John Satterberg Toronto for a photographic study of the corner store as a social economic and visual focus of residential neigh in Toronto James Stevens Thunder Bay to prepare an illustrated book on the Hie and work of Nerval a con temporary OJIbwnv artist Studio Lab Theatre foundation Toronto S3 to stimulate community interest and involvement In theatre in several Ontario communities Morris Wolfe to compile a bibliographical guide to the major English periodicals published in Canada since its beginnings Bill SMILEY For years Canadians small towns have watched the drying up of passenger train services Community after com munity has had Its rait services cut Passenger sen In this country is now about on a par with that in Outer Mongolia Many fought hard to retain the tram service but the locals were no match for the railways with their public relations men lawyers experts and the in- liable figures There is mm of the romance and excite ment of Canada early railways these figures There is no sentiment They show that the line is the railways They mention that there seemed to be a deliberate plan to let the tracks and the coaches fall Into such disrepair and shabbi- that even an Outer Mongolian would prefer to travel by yak There was almost no attempt except on the big transcontinental trains to provide faster more comfortable reliable service The railways are perfectly happy to pro- good sen tee for cattle and hogs but they Just don want people riding on their trains our postal senice Romg the way of train service Is there a seen conspiracy high In the ranks of our postal department to discourage Canadians from communicating by mail Are postal authorities being bribed by the Bell Telephone the railway telecom to put the brakes on postal delivery to the point where it will diminish to a trickle then halt completely One would think so on the People in business who depend on the so- called postal sen ice in this country must be losing their hair their minds and even their businesses these days Last summer when we were in England I mailed two columns back to Canada No problem They were there right on time My wife wrote some postcards Not much point I observed We be home before the cards get there We But have you tried the Canadian mails lately Don unless there is no other way Last night my wife came across an old love letter from me and read it to the accompaniment my Mushes and snorts That letter travelled more than 200 miles and took two days to get there and cost four cents postage This week we bad a letter from our daughter She lives the vast distance of miles away You could walk it in four days Yet the post office with its computers its fancy codes and its fast modem trucks took the grand total of four days to get the letter from there to here That really whippy service Twenty miles a day And it cost eight cents Twice the cost less than efficiency This column to nulled from here to the city on Tuesday for processing It should be delivered next morning the people here tell me It t Sometimes it gets there Friday Sometimes it Alter some complaints from the city end I took what I thought was drastic action I sent the column by certified mail That sounds impressive It consists of putting your envelope inside a special envelope and paying forty cents for the privilege Thatll dolt I thought comfortably It Three days later the city was on the blower No column I explained what I d done They said they go to the post office They did Nobody knew anything about it After eight days the whole sordid little unimportant story came out Certified mall must be signed for The elevator In the office building in the city was not working The recipients of the column were on the third floor No was going to walk up three flights of stairs So the certified letter was not delivered Worse MID was the Tact that It was dumped somewhere In the post office and ignored Eight days after It was mailed it turned up Eight days eighty miles But by gosh the price to right Only forty cents Ive no grudge with the local people They are helpful and obliging But some where out there Sending a letter these days Is about as effective as writing a note nutting it In a bottle and dropping It in the Pacific Ocean Except that the latter Is a lot cheaper If you happen to have an empty bottle Unchurched editorials a ser vice provided by the United Church for newspapers points out that mere than per cent of the worlds great achievements have been produced by people over destroying the musty myth about old dogs never learning new tricks It Is true How many discoveries have been lost to the world how many skills left useless becouso of policies which demand men and women retire at or younger For the man or womnn who wants to retire all well and good They have many years of toil behind them and are entitled to spend the rest of their days leisure or aB they see fit But for those who have no desire to throw in the towel at that age policies which call for early retirement are often more or less one way tickets to oblivion Tests the scope and range of life exposure enables the older worker to more easily avoid fads that entrap the young A mature persons rich background of experience Is useful In solving creative problems The capacity to think learn and innovate continues to grow after middle ago Learning rates dont slip until age and then the rate shrinks only a minlsculc one per cent a year until It reaches the level It at age Contrast this with the short attention span the preoccupation with status and advancement of the younger man or woman A Pittsburgh business executive has said the only thing holding people back is negative attitudes Everyone expects them to retire gradually fade away The shame of it is they so often do And yet Jules Verne produced his most imaginative stories at age George Bernard the crusty Irish playwright won the Nobel Peace Prize when he Winston Churchill rallied the British and directed a war while in his 70s Konrad Adenauer was chancellor of Germany from the age of 73 to directing the amazing renaissance of the country from the ruins of war Locally think of George Currle the politician who was still carrying on strong when he was nearing his wit hardly dulled Old dogs can learn new tricks if the opportunity arises and shame on a society which thinks they should retire when their creative years might still be ahead Wedding accounts appreciated Although some males are turned off by wedding stories and pictures until it actually concerns them we hope readers note that the Free Press carries full counts of all the nuptials from the area We are always glad to get them unlike some newspapers where space is so tight they can only print the bare bones and that usually for a fee Most people want to know what the bride and her attendants wore etc who attended and all the other details that go towards making the day a red letter day for all concerned However the detail with which weddings are written in the Free Press cant compare to the following account which ac tually appeared In a weekly news paper many years ago and which the Seaforth Huron Expositor reminded us about last week Miss Jennie Jones and Bob Henry were married at the Jones mansion last night The bnde is a daughter of Constable Jones who made a good officer and will undoubtedly be reelected this spring He offers a fine horse for sale in another column of this issue The groom runs a grocery store on Mam street and a steady patron of our advertising columns He has a good line of bargains in his ad this week All summer he has paid two cents more for butter than any other store in town They were married by Rev Butterworth who last week called at this office and gave us a nice order for handbills He is also going to give some time to the real estate business and will write fire insurance So say the business cards we recently printed for him Jennie and Bob left on the 10 o clock tram to visit the brides uncle who we understand has lots of money and a cancer Back Issues of The Free Press Taken from the Issue or the Free Thursday November About registeredTuesday in the first community night school classes to be held in Courses government sponsored have been held in Milton the past few years 18 registered in plastic which will be taught by A peers of We The beginners oil painting class will be taught by Miss Wllinn Mull of Georgetown with in the group A retired artist from Toronto who lives in Georgetown Frank Black is teaching the oil painting class of Several ore still motoring to Milton for classes there June Gabriel and Douglas Davidson were married in Knox church chapel Mr and Mrs from Kendal Westmoreland where they have been visiting for the past year and attended the Coronation festivities Sunday evening attended the final service of the week long preaching mission in Knox church council has paid an alarming livestock claims Tor da mo Res this year A resolution has been that council will pay a bounty of for each wolf destroyed Over 160 iltcnded the November Home and School meeting films were shown and the Milton junior farmers square dance club performed Grade mothers were in troduced constable Clayton was best man for a wedding believed performed closest to the North Pole in Cinadian history Cons Fryer and the groom have been stationed together at Flics me re Island for two years the only two white men with over a dozen Eskimos Now he is married Cons Johnson is moving TOO miles south to Baffin Island The bride came on the government ice breaker and the wedding was performed on the ship Hundreds of citizens gathered at the town hall at ten clock on Monday morning to ike part in the commemorative ices the filth anniversary of the armistice Jeremiah Bell took the platform accompanied by the ministers of Ihc ehurches Rev gave a fitting id dress The procession to the Soldiers Monument included the officers of the Senior and Junior O D E with wreaths command of Major Kennedy members of the E fraternal societies citizens Rev Ha eke It read the names of the soldiers Rev Howard gave the address At eleven clock the two minutes silence was most impressive Never was there manifest a more impressive reverence Mr Davis whoh building the three brick cottages on the ashy property on Bow has finished They arc built on similar lines but a different color of brick The ministers of the five churches in town ire conducting a with a view of placing on record the entire population in reference to church affiliation Sir William Mackenzie is seriously ill at his home Avenue Road Toronto from pneumonia When his daughter Mrs Beard more resided in Acton Sir William was a frequent visitor here lieing partner of Sir Donald Mann one of our citizens naturally have an him Toronto motorists are now at a gallon The thoughtful kindness of the school trustees in hiving installed a new coal oil stove to he used in serving hot lunches to the school children Is much ippreciatcd be light So the people said j the ballot box last by a large mojonlv Volingwasatthetownhallandat Speight shop with votes for the by law and4t against Then were l35votcscastof which over a dozen were lady property owners touncil has been very activeln In open I ions with a view to the of the power house and installation of the plant at the earliest possible date They completed negotiations with W A Storey for the three lots and water privileges on Willow and It Her until recently by the pinning mill of and glove leather tannery of councillor franc is Ely the town having control of water privileges in the pond the level will never be reduced in the summer to point where decaying vegetation is likely to breed or other diseases Owing to the crowded conditions of the junior room it Ihc school there being over the board deems it is to open by the first of January a fifth room the large room in the old school building now vacant Next year staff and were determined principal T Moore Miss McPhail 2nd Dept Miss Ida 3rd Dept Miss eat hers ton Dept Miss McQueen One of natures noblemen Alexander Russell died at his home He has been regirded as the mainstay of the Churchill church Cold impresses one of the needs if the times J a dies heavy ribbed under wear fine merino shaped heavy wool misses heavy ribbed union men heavy double fronts plain knit importedScotchundcrwearll veryflne fancy stripe It Penman finest make natural ind Co