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Maybe a budget this week PETER camera records the twisted into cemetery property to improve the steep grade and sliced trees being cut along the perimeter of created at the back of their subdivision land New cemetery HiUs council gave trees are to be planted developer Hills Estates permission to go Well though this- column would re esniir tiauhnr I bud w lor the Mi jiiuur hat in if sleeping in the ii be Bill Smiley in iiTlrvc in- tor baching iiunii ideal About the from Belgium Berlin A tun A mere bags tell to has it out a oi Pans a smash at a ithals a twit joy hate to keep wets up into Frankfurt or lsnrtunatrl most of our this Thais ill can afford and thai il once a week There an old which doesnt ecn For of a nail the shoe was for want of a shoe the horse lent or want of a hone the battle was lust for want of a victor the kingdom was last something like that I quoting from I read it the Hook of Knowledge when I was eight And along w all nails ami short a Rood bit of m has been lost Thats Im not writing this column from the Eiffel Tower in Pans or Gods in Germany It ill started with he Good Samaritans You may recall that wrote a column a few ago about some former students who came around and fixed m garage door for nothing They absolute refused to accept a cent gave me quite a warm glow at the time Not their fault Its my wifes Shes been saying for about two Bill got to get Dm house painted I always agree Yep Sweetie next summer for sure No our house is not something you paint on a holiday weekend buy a wis of beer and get some of our old buddies to come in and help Its a twoandahalf storey edifice of brick Driving past you might say Hell Id paint that for Theres just the trim that needs painting you see But that us some trim There are thirteen storm windows thirteen screens four shutters two French doors and at least blackbirds in a fir tree Thats before you start painting lie trim in a burst of sentimentality old lad suggested wo give the the job of painting the trim I would have given them a case of beer and felt I was all even The trim is costing me two Fair in these days I could have done it myself but Im not going to climb a 50foot Udder unless theres a fair damsel at the top And all they found was a hornets nest Next The boss who still calls me Mr Smiley or Sir bless him said Sir got troubles with that roof My heart sank Ive been through it before Well I dont have to go into detail Any homeowner knows the rest The roof is shot every thing is rotten it hasnt thing leaking is the downstairs toilet just after weve spent having it fixed I shouldnt complain I guess Suppose those boys hadnt come to fix my garage door I might have been lolling around In Copenhagen saying Pas de null instead of answering the door ten times a to loan the construction gang a screw- dn er Its going to be a summer holiday At home It turns out that the garage has to be painted too and the back porch Bather bitterly I asked one of the boys if they shouldnt paint the woodpile as well to go with the decor And with a nice twist of wit he said Would you like us to paint the cat as well He sleeps there Why nor Green Shutter green With a high gloss Our inflation plot In our inflation garden In our straw hats and jeans We take it slow and ply the hoe And cultivate the beans Its saving on the money So we can pay more TAX With prices high we have to try And realize the FACTS It also keeps us healthy Gets rid of excess freight Its a lovely spot our garden plot To leave behind some weight But its always full of insects With some that carry stings They catch us where flesh is bare So we cover up our things One day they caught me bending With a bare spot in my jeans They got me where the flesh was bare And how they stung the beans They never have lo go on Strike To get a hike in pay They stay on guard in our back yard To chase bare bums away But the Lord assures my Harvest Its been so from the start This Masterplan feeds every man And his creatures do their part Good health is gained by labour We put our trust In GOD I dont despair I get my share Of things from the sod Taxpayer Mm amount of will pay town mi wouk if ttw olid can hut Iff ft Hal tun I Win council would Ik to Hit down night thin and it but tho to tlxtlr Dm Proving IwiiJ no about tho roylon In to Now If nil I flit a of and ill lift should to follow Hull on IlnifRflay Tim in dim iHidHot cent In regional but tlio could do an cunt off thilrullotmftiit It a hut mil- MUH bo In with tfm mm of f t tot in oof two will jf trfim Mm will bo ho of of ood Mi f 1 hum of frttrn by fur will tin tlmo iliorc will art jolt net a in that It will In Mio neltdihorhoori of tail ft the Ai roll four In any overil ffalloti niiint fiiocr to Lit thai I1iirc it a tin will wiffM- In year it in would mil tut It irfVtflIfll me tiny fft- regional rather unit lit f4twt 8 Acton Fran Wed Jul fee unfair to some Hal ton Council may good objective In their determination in making the sani tary landfill of the region elf- but the dumping fee they for Actons site Is un fair ta those who look after their own garbage collection In effect it is penalizing mer chants businessmen and industry who absorb he complete cost of collection thereby saving the muni cipality time effort and money There was no fee for dumping in Acton dump previously When Acton was a separate municipality the town had a very good collection and fill system which the taxpayers were able to handle easily their taxes Now theyve started building em pires on garbage hiring contractors to do a job easily handled by the municipality Fortunately there is no fee for those who take cars or trailers full of garbage to me Acton dump or even for the first pounds in a pickup truck but after that you are obligated to pay the 3 dumping fee We understand the regulation is in effect to control those commer cial operators who bring in gar- Canadian aid for US While we hear a lot about Canadas welfare program for developing nations we havent heard so much about gifts for the United States It is interesting for both the Americans and the Canadians to learn that The Canadian Embassy in Washington sponsored a Canadiana project in which collections of books were distributed to schools throughout the United States The gift collections were designed to carry a broad spectrum of Canadian culture ranging from things like Eskimo art to the Canadian economy About ten percent of the books are in French to reflect Canadas bilingual character The project cost about In addition the embassy sponsored an awards program at a cost of in which students and teachers from schools showing the most use of the collection were taken on a two- week visit to Canada It would be gratifying to be able to report that the program was a great success and that American students are experts on Canadian affairs as a result of this effort However it was difficult to find teachers qualified to teach Canadian studies Some schools have no report of having received the books Other schools have placed them on the library shelves from outside the region well as helping to pay for the dumps but it still discriminates against those who look after their own collection They now will pay twice for garbage collection through their taxes and the fee collected at the dump Certainly commercial collectors are going to charge fees back lo cus tomers is not much the but it is just another reminder that while only trucks full of garbage need to pay now the regulation may one day extend to cars and traders for reference Some awf the material A Massachusetts high student set up a book exhibits a school in Kan produced a travelogue about Quebec and a high in Cleveland studied about the Eskimos This is probably as high a return as get for a good deal of the money invested in developing countries and gives an answer when someone Gordon Sinclair asks we have done for our good friend and neighbour the United States Dominion press back issues 20 years ago Taken from the Issue of the Free Press of August Although branches crashed to the ground one striking a power was disrupted in Milton during a violent elec trical storm on Saturday there was no damage in Acton The rain on Saturday and Tuesday was welcomed by country and town folk alike as both fields and garden were parched Southern Ontario crops in danger of becoming a total loss due to lack of rain have taken a new outlook On Saturday Lome Scot band was the official duty band at the Legion Biennial National in Toronto Playing with the band from Acton were Charlie Charlie Kittgsmilt George Smith George Elliott and Rudolph Spiel vogel Local employees of the plant are holidaying during the annual shut down from Friday July 30 to Monday August 16 The plant has been shut down twice before this summer Bom- DeHaan Mr and Mrs nee Mary DeVrieJ RR Acton are delighted to announce the arrival of their son William Lucas on July 1954 at the Acton Nursing Home Mother and baby doing fine The SmithBell reunion was held on Civic Holiday at the farm borne of Mr and Mrs R Davidson near Acton A good crowd attended 50 years ago Taken from the Issue of the Free Press of July The centre of the roadway on Mill Street received another coot of on Tuesday morning Another lot of fine ground stone was added to this coat and is being worked into the The road was necessarily closed for a day or so Last Wednesday evening a new Chevrolet coupe with balloon tires was burned during the night on No 5 near the fiflh in township The car had come from the direction of Rockwood or and after being burned was on the road and had to be pushed off to allow traffic to pass Thenumbcrplateshadbeen removed and the owner apparently thought the remains not worth looking after The Acton Driving Club has arranged for another afternoon of racing in the Park next Saturday and classified races will be run starting with the first race at two oclock Eight horses have been en tered for the two events Coming on Saturday before the holiday event will round out the weekend of entertainment provided for holiday visitors to Acton 75 years ago Taken from the of the Free Press of 1 A farmer on the fourth line reports that last Sunday morning as the family were sitting down to breakfast their was called to a man passing with a team and hayrack An hour or so afterwards he returned with a load of hay and turned at School toward Acton There can he no excuse for this Sabbath desecration and the lawabiding observers of the fourth commandment in wis vicinity do not relish such a spectacle on the Lords Day and will not permit it without protest Both exterior and interior the power House have been transformed in In the interior the celling and floors have been painted and the walla oiled and varnished Outside the front stone has been built up and a stone tablet inserted the centre bearing he inscription in large letters Power House 1899 the maors are engaged in building a stone coal house and oil room to the rear They will point up all the stone work when new building completed Miss Rub Clark a spending few weeks with friends at THE ACTON FREE PRESS PHONE Busmessand Editorial Office iuiMarmtr