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WINTERTIME WESTERN style looks warm and friendly in the abandoned movieset town on a district farm where shades of cowboy days arc offset as tracks of modern automobile tires can be seen running through the village stead the typical shoes Vandals have been a problem in the make believe stores and of the property have had to hoard up some windows Who gets stuck with the bill In May of a Free Press editorial warned residents of Acton and they could end up helping to pay the bill for a new million Georgetown recreation complex if the proper safeguards were not included in the bill im piemen ting regional government Recent events indicate the in the editorial is now coming to pass Only the million cation complex has escalated to million and a addition to the library in Georgetown has been added Councillor Duby of Ward One this week voiced his about residents here having pay for another quarter or a million dollar library facility when have only three more years to pay on their own library 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frightened away empty haded by the screams of Mrs and quick action of her son in law police were notified At a meeting of the local Retail chants Assocntion Monday night question of changed hours of business was aired bj of the members According to president Bradley There s a lot of divided opinion on the subject Some prefer Saturday night closing and others faor Mondat closing the third group like the present hours Questions and answers regarding drainage problems in Warren were further attention by members of Council and a four man legation for he subdivision Monday night when it was the projected sewage system there Is strictly a sanitary fewer and that cellar drainage cannot be guaranteed for all homeowners who dig basrments Forming the delegation were Duval Dills and Masters Saturday Bill MeCanish made his last run on the railway He is of who spent his early years in Acton and district Mrs James Wilds of Acton is a sister and greeted him when the train pulled in to Acton with her son Wilds He has had 17 years in railroading Joanne Julian and Norman Turner were j married In Thistlctown United Church Mrs Ralph Turner Ralph I McKeown lanBahlsallandDr J Julian were In the wedding party Sheila Paul placed second in the festival in Toronto years ago sumss of the dress mil mix as in inn at rink on must been hi m in iemt nt is it is iruirattcr I tors skaters and the judging ihirt wis i jolly party Ik Gordon Cooper Itt took II Hall leori Mason iwipk hi Johnson Miss lluntir lua Bishop lady Scott Jessii Gamble ten linti ifc turned dancers Oil stnni Fred Stella MiLam l to Bishop race winners Arthur Henderson Addic Hurst John Jean Kinnedy ibstdtli J MtGrejor Cook Km list week while descending the stairw at thi high school Mac 1 son of thief fell and his ankle He is prisoner in the setting the pace mm in the mailer of sating ready lor it petted on the Tem pt viry interesting and meeting was held in Knox Church tor purpose of rcorganuinR the Women Christian Temperance Union A enrolled and officers arc Mrs Rev W Howard Mrs II Moore Another was held will be made to have the wins mothtrs sisters and daughters of Ihi for the cam bears of Jealousy it the Wonderland tonight the auspices of the Women Institute Melodrama of the Soulh thrilling and educating 75 years ago told snap of thi past twoweiks was ixpenenntl in thwi On the Implied to J2 rees below Cellars that frost was niter known to inter before has frozen etc during the Vis wiring for light is ripidly The sole leather tan was The light was on it Methodist Thurs is now utilized it ittmnj lor services ton rust this and the former coal oil is reit ind an test of the improttmint is tht fact hat a with print may be read any plate in with Thorn is Wilson of London in illustrated on Can in tht South itas in The was intiresling as Well as lit of vount fillows who went lo one niht last week lost their horse it and came home with out him Ik was found comfortably housed a it librarian s report showed 138 numbers New books will be purchased to value of Rifles will hate new a russet colored valise to replace the old knapsatks and belts of the same color Rifles is one of the rural iorps to which the new equipment will be issuid Mrs Crawford wife of the pastor of the has been very ill Much sympathy is felt for them strangers in a strange land having but recently arrived Ohio benefitting municipality as derstoud when promises from Park were being out regarding regional govern fortunately his voice may be one in the wilderness There are other members of council who feel all capital expenditures should come out of a common pot and they may be in the majority Although the town of Georgetown approved the two projects before the final approvals were left to the new council of Hills Some councillors are alarmed to think the million needed for the new arena theatre proposed opposite the Georgetown plaza could cost us high us million before the debenture payments are completed Obviously the taxpayers of Acton and who had no such ambitious projects on the drawing boards will suffer although it certainly is true some parts of the former township would benefit from the new facilities But where do you draw he line And who draws if That may be the argument which breaks the camel s back and adds more than a few mills to the tax bill of Acton residents who will never benefit from the new arena lull or the library because the Acton facilities exist and are paid It is time we let our represen know we support them their determination to keep costs where they belong in the benefitting wards of Hills These projects should be financed as loe il improvements without involving those who will never benefit from them B2 The Acton Free Press Wed Fob 1974 Is Canadian hockey outdated well known hockey en who publishes SporLs and Physical Fitness and Howie Meeker former NHL star who now con duets a hockey school on television have expressed fears that national game may soon be a sport in which Canadians can no longer excel remarks were occasioned by reactions of some professional coaches and managers to the suggestion that North American hockey trainers should pay more attention to the Russian style game A coach who recently took over an NHL team explained his philosophy by saying that what is needed is not fancy European concepts but a better job of playing the game our way Meeker is of the opinion that coaches and players in minor hockey are well aware that new methods and techniques are required but the establishment is not coming up with the answers They re hungry for knowledge but the vehicle through which such information is given to them just isn good enough Hockey Canada and the CAHA are trying but there s no way that weekend clinics once a year are going to get more than percent of the message across They re a waste of time The Canadian hockey proponents who would like to see change in the way our teams play the game point out that the Russians are developing players who are actually standouts and insisting on tremendous physical condition fast and agile skating presumably because these abilities are more effective in winning games than are weight and the ability to hit the opposition hard and smash in a cannon ball slap shot publication also car in its latest edition an in depth commentary on the role of parents in the minor hockey field which pointed out that some parents do more harm than good when they follow the oft repeated admonition to take not send their boys to the arena The article mentions the interference with good training which is created by the irate mother or father who keeps in sistmg that their son has to be given maximum ice time regar dless of the strategy worked out by the manager and its need for specific players at any given time Mention is made too of the terrified kid who is actually afraid of his father contempt should he fail to make a good showing on the ice No doubt the great majority of parents are intensely interested in the opportunity offered for their youngsters and their love is suf fluently forgiving to let the boy know that his best effort is all that mother or father expect but anyone who has attended a minor hockey game has seen those odd ball parents who become screaming banshees demanding blood from the op position important purpose of minor hockey is to teach youngsters the merits of co operation with their fellows the value of discipline and obedience in other words those aspects of a fast and exhilarating game which will build character and courage Winning at all costs is not or should not be the number one objective Wingham Advance Times MiniComment county board of education has decided that Milton new public school will be named after Robert Baldwin All well and good but the Milton Champion no doubt echoes the sentiments of most of the townpeople when it asks the board to reconsider The other schools J Denyes and I Dick often named after revered members of the Community and the Champion would like to see this continue Perhaps in the over all scheme of things the board t regard the use of local names as wise says the weekly paper but IN Milton the practice was initiated and we feel it is worthy of con turning Acton is in the same situation with our two public school bearing names of revered citizens Let hope we could name our next school ourselves It take much thinking to produce suggestions already Wanting to make phone calls to Georgetown we arranged to get another telephone book which arrived this week The book that includes numbers for the other part of our new town is called Halton and Peel Regions and includes the type on the cover Brampton Caledon Hills Milton Mississauga and Halton Hills good So we look up a Georgetown number Inside the book there no listing for Hills Not even a clue in between Grand Valley and The numbers are all listed in the old way under Georgetown Okay We move on to Milton our next phone call No Milton But at least there a clue Just before the book tells us Milton see CampbellvilleMilton enough there are our Milton friends under the Just as well we t in that Halton book ostracized in the Waterloo book at least Acton comes under the A and first in the book THE ACTON FREE PRESS PHONE Business and Editorial Office OUR READERS WRITE Dear Sir This is an open letter to Hilton Terry Connor regarding the National ripoff Come off it Terry Heritage is another ripe fruit picked off the political plum tree Previous plums were picked by and not to speak of windfalls that fell into the laps of Bales The big Blue Machine has turned out to be a big Green Machine working full capacity lo further the finances of the party elite and the party bag men For lesser fry it grinds out jobs as Regional Chairmen seats on the Niagara Escarpment in general jobs for the boys Getting back to National Rentage apart from he financial finagling of the com pany I question the claim that no other company could build the fort Had the Job been subject to tender other teams may have been assembled for instance our craftsmen may have shown interest As taxpayers we have the right to an honest job for an honest dollar with no strings attached Johnson R follows a copy of letters sent to Mr V Davis Premier of Ontario Peel and John Root Wellington and interested par Dear Sir you are awari Ihere is a major con between commercial gravel companies and the citizens of Erin Village and Caledon Townships As our Association feels you are abreast of this situation because these potential pits ill hav a great effect on your constituents in and Belfountaln and points south we request that you inform us as to your position on this controversy We realize jou are not our elected representative but would hope you back your electorate who have indicated to us by means of their Ratepayers group a very strong opposition to commercial gravel pits Yours truly Wright Chairman