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The Acton Frw Wad Praise warms officials Booths displays arena brought crowds One thing thnt war mod tho temperature at tho fair Saturday and Sunday glowing proton for this years fair Fair hoard officials ore tired out but still basking in that glow A town with diminishing identity found itself on the weekend and It seemed tho entire population of Acton district flocked to the fairgrounds la upend a few hours together There seemed to be more from town than over resulting in a kind do It yourself reunion failing an organized one were broken at the gate and crowd on Sunday wan a Sunday tamplotfly there would been the if we hud had mill Ah It tlie who did tho official Hie future and they Mini planning for next year I and been opt again Sunday I In variety could be there are several Inviting XHHlbllltlcx Innovation tin I refreshment tent watch that word that bo used was also successful Sunday opening and the Lions project had produced some when first suggested We doubt if many complaints remain extension of the fair to Sunday differed from Miltons three day concept which this year Included as well as and Saturday Surely Sunday Is the more fumlly day It it great three days for the town centennial Editorial notes Were sorry to lose Jennifer breezy column Lets Talk About Horses this week It reflected the groat Increase in interest In horses in this district an Interest shown in the horse entries at this year fair Jennifer has too many other Irons in the fire right now But she continue to write feature stories and take pictures In the district She was right out in the middle of the fair horse ring on the weekend taking pictures of the winners for the Tree Press And she led her two darkeys the full parade route another real tic for everything I All of people art ex peeled at the International plowing match this week three south of Georgetown and plenty of them will be from this district Hills will have a display and brochures will be handed out so people from other places can gel to know us And maybe we even get to know ourselves a little better How many people in Acton or I qui sing for instance could name all thi Hills liafiet will tell you new minister at Trinity United Trie Nelson really made his mark in Acton in no time He came up from his basement study the church his on a sermon no doubt and stepped right into the middle of a newly laid ment step at the front door The Free Press Back Issues years ago 50 years ago 75 years ago entries at Acton fair Saturday afternoon were excellent I vc just finished a book called Ten Lost Years In my opinion 11 should be required reading for every Canadian under twenty five ana pleasant if occasionally bitter reading for everyone over fifty The rest are too old to care and too late to save With another depression coming up and remember you read It here It might serve as some sort of survival chart for the young people heading Into the next depression and a Justification for the older people who arc so about such things as electric lights that t turned off food scraps that are thrown out and clothing that Is good but ten years out of style It Impossible to tell young people about your own experiences in the Great Dcpres And it deserves the capital letters When you try to tell the rising generation about your own Depression experiences they merely groan roll their eyes and think Here goes Dad or Grandad again whining about what hard times are really like What a drag That why the young people should read They simply can realize as they scoff their twobits worth of french fries that grown men worked ten hours a day Tor that same twobits during the Depression capital C to wash down their fries thai If you took out girl during the Depression and had a quarter in your pocket you were rich According to the book the hardest hit areas were the Prairie Provinces the Mart times and Quebec Ontario and C were the provinces in those in really desperate condition and they were bad enough This is a very credible book to anyone who lived through those Ten Lost Years The author went out with a tape recorder and interviewed hundreds of people who went through them The results are funny tragic ana extremely Canadian It could never be misunderstood as a British or American book though these countries suffered equally Canadians then in their stubborn and often stupid pride would go to almost any lengths to avoid going on relief This was almost a sin and always a last resort And relief could be ten or twelve dollars a month for a family A nickel had to do the work of a dollar After three years of drought and grass hoppers many prairie farmers lust walked away and left everything house and machinery The average cash income from fanners In the MariUmes Including the wealthy ones was something like dollars a year What a modem kid from a middle- class family would spend in a month on clothes and treat People died not of star but of malnutrition Oh 1 remember I was only a kid at the time but I remember It all happened sort of gradually My father was a fairly pros merchant but ho was too kindly a man bless him to crunch people who were hard up He gave them credit He lost his business He had too much money on the books and not enough in the till to meet the mortgage Stunned in his late forties with five kids he sank into depression There were no Jobs for anyone let alone middleaged men My mother took over She look in boarders In tho rented rooms to tourists A clean bed and a huge breakfast for SI She sold home made baking She was an Avon lady And we went inexorably into debt the but the grocer the coal man But there was no way WE were going to go on relief It was shameful Somehow we staggered through My older brother got a job In the bank at six dollarsaweek My sister got a job in a store at eight They kicked most of it back to my mum That was the deal in those days pulling together But THE ACTON FREE PRESS PHONE Business and Editorial Office ItlPrtltfMtMdNtiMinCB was mighty hard on the young workers who today would be going to college on government grants We never went hungry A lot of ham burger at three pounds for a quarter A lot of baloney A big perpetually simmering pot of soup If the wasn I finished It went into the soup pot In the morning And I remember the odd time when we had something I never tasted since This was when the butcher would no more credit and there a cent in the house Potatoskin hash t mind i good feed of that to night You take baked and put them through meat grinder With the color of the potato skins It comes out looking like meat and potatoes Fry it up in a pan with some onions dirt cheap and you had a pretty good dinner Top it off with homemade bread and raspberry pre serves and you d had a gourmet dinner It beat hell out of the modern frozen TV dinner both for nourishment and flavor and was probably better for than most of the garbage modern kids eat No we never went hungry and there was always a bowl of pea soup and home made bread for the hoboes who arrived at the kitchen door half frozen and half starved But I never realized what miracles my mother and father rjerf in those days and I wish I had sooner Its a good year Likely only one more event will be tied in with Acton s centennial year the opening of the pool The year s events have been a far cry from the first bright hopeful plans formulated by an enthusiastic committee over a year back And Acton has done much less than other towns our size to celebrate the milestone It hard to tell what caused the change The switch to regional government and the lack of a council of our own surely must have been a big factor Anyway our centennial year continues to be a good one Work started yesterday morning on one of the several new subdivisions for new homes in Acton Building Co of St Catharines moved in equipment on the subdivision on Queen Street west locally known Cobble Hill Ten will be constructed In this section in the price range under Seven of the night school courses offered In Acton will beheld It was decided at a meeting of the night school management committee Tuesday evening in Milton high school Of the total of applications received in Acton Milton and Georgetown 109 were for classes In Acton Police investigated four auto accidents in this district Sunday Involving nearly property damage and three others before and Thanksgiving week end No serious injuries were reported It was learned arrangements have been made in the district for one of the color tours sponsored by a Toronto paper to In elude parts of county this week It Is expected the tour will include Eden Mills Rock wood and Campbcllvlllc where an outdoor church service Is planned for p Depending on the weather one to two cars may be on the lour A syndicate composed of Ontario and New York men has acquired property at Terra and hopes to establish a million dollar industry there It Is expected that a brick plant will employ over men and will be in full operation by next spring It was announced in Saturday ly lit of the Hint William I Hacked of the Collegia Vm has been awarded the John Scholarship the value of which is jpprox SI cash This rship wjs Gut High School J Wittrs of wis the preacher at the seventy ninth anniversary of Knox Church last Sunday Tit lias been a very succtssful mtdicdl missionary In India for ably seconded by Mrs His in formation concerning the His pursued In reaching the people with the gospel mil the success achieved give a very vivid glimpse of the romance of modern missions Last Friday afternoon farm house of Mr William J Ritchie lot concession was destroyed by ire It is thought the fire originated from spark from the chimney falling upon the kitchen roof A small quantity of the furniture and effects were removed but the lost of hold goods is heavy The house and contents were insured A phone message was sent to Messrs Beardmorc Co tannery for assistance A crew of their firemen responded at once with their chemical ex but by the time they arrived fire was bevond control The Ritchie property is near Mr John the homeless family have been made comfort able there for the present Mr Ritchie will erect temporary quarters until they mike preparations to build a new house next summer The Twentieth Thanks giving movement was put Into practical ration here list Sunday and the results art highly satisfactory ana encouraging were preached morning and evening by Carman General Superintendent of the Church Sub and collections were taken for Twentieth Century Thanksgiving Fund which in all cases are above and distinct from ill offerings for the regular circuit and funds The thus recently advanced from Miss McPliail room to the principal made the firnur the recipient last week of a very nrctly gift in the form of a set of glove collars and cuffs boxes pin tray Miss Met hail appreciated very much their kind nets of heart Mr A P Symon whoisabout to remove his family to the southwest will sell his by auction on Saturday at the house of Mrs Ross West Bower Avenue auctioneer The Municipal Council met on Monday evening in regular session and transmitted all necessary business seven minutes All members were present except Coun Murray In addition to the eight new street lights which the tire and Light Committee are or a number of private lights arc being put in and other are con ihe matter Rev Carman address to the Sunday School last Sunday afternoon Is one which the scholars and worker will long remember both or its loving sentiment and impressive exhortation to choose Christ