The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

The Acton Free Press Wed Novembe 12 Editorial A family to remember Members of the Kenney family have been a part of Acton s history since about Just this year with the death of Nora Kenney that chain has been broken John and Eliza Kenney came to Canada from Country Antrim Ire land and lived for short periods of time at Arthur and Georgetown be fore settling in Acton Particularly well known were two of their sons who had a store here for many years In the next generation G C Kenney who was a veterinarian in World War I re turned to finish high school here and then proceed to graduate in medicine He practiced here for many years with a devotion that is thought to be long gone He seldom had a holiday until illness forced him to retire He was honored as a Citizen of the Year Nora Kenney had a very career in nursing follow ing her graduation in the first pub lic health class in Canada She served as a nurse in World War Trie files of the Free Press are filled with references to this res family The family home will soon be sold and memories will fade Thoughts on remembrance Acton remembrance day church service couldn be called an interdenominational one al though many of the con in to whichever church is sen for the service that year In the people of all denominations gather in the school on Remembrance Day and that seems a good idea But as one Legionnaire sug why not have our service for everybody the new Legion hall Clergymen of all churches could participate probably in the afternoon of the Sunday preceding Remembrance Day Coffee and doughnuts afterward would add to the friendly half hour that would follow The impressive Remembrance Day window at Home Furnishings store was missing this year And many missed it It presented a touching remind er of the meaning of Remembrance Day for a few more days than us Hope it back again next year Seem to need the weed Smoking habits of Canadians have remained relatively unchang according to newest statistics The latest figures show that smokers outnumber smokers in Canada 53 percent of the popula 15 years of age and over does not smoke at all and percent of the population does not smoke arettes regularly that is every day The latest figures include 1973 A slightly greater percentage of Canadians women over the age of 15 were smokers 3 per cent than in 7 percent continuing a trend evident since 1956 especially the age group to years In 77 percent of Canadian girls in this age group were non smokers compared to 67 percent in 1972 and 9 percent in Statistics indicate that those who do smoke appear to be smok more cigarettes per day There has been a in the percentage of smokers having from 11 to 25 cigar ettes a day and a decrease in the percentage of the ones smoking from 1 to cigarettes a day The change of the percentage of heavy smokers more than 25 a day was negligible The increase of the number of cigarettes smoked every day by regular smokers and the fact that few smokers are able to stay in the category of occasional smokers shows a strong dependency on the weed Budgeting for food The grocery store ads in the Free Press are really inspected carefully by canny shoppers A week ago we watched a smart looking young woman sipping coffee in one of the restaurants and checking every Acton store ad clipped out of the paper as she made her list She s one who doesn t need any advice from anybody on how to shop wisely But here are a few tips as pro vided by the Food Advisory Services Agriculture Canada and the National Association of Food Chains for the man woman or young person in your house who does the marketing establish a food budget within which you can realistically feed your family and do not exceed it This budget should include only food and not those food items normally purchased at a super market Make a shopping list of what you need Organize the list by categories e canned goods meats fresh vegetables and fruits dairy products and bakery items etc But only what you can store properly Make sure your shopping list is complete and that you buy just what you need a plan a weeks menu in ad vance check supplies already on hand c keep a scratch pad in the kitchen and note items as your supplies get low Check newspaper ads for specials on foods you need In the store avoid shopping when you are in a hurry or when hungry follow your shopping list Avoid impulse buying select perishable items such as fresh fruits vegetables milk ice cream and frozen foods last read labels and learn to understand their meaning important information on labels includes grade net weight or volume and a list of ingredients for nonstandardized foods compare the difference m price between name and store brands select the product grade best suited to your end purpose Canada Standard or Choice grade are as nutritionally rich as Canada Fancy or Extra Fancy and can be used when appearance is not a factor in the final dish compare prices of fresh frozen and canned foods Depending on the season fresh foods may be less expensive than canned goods or viceversa compare unit price the price per ounce of foods of equal quality Lest we forget Who wants Go Ask Alice Let get with I who wants Ask Alice Could it be we ire living back n the woods part of log houses and paper shanties On not literally but in reason and thought how far have we really come in this modern What about the Celsius degrees the Metric System and preservation of energies energies that today minds cons will be recaptured and come back to us with ever increasing velocity plus resourcefulness Hold it One moment before you discard the what follows terns with a possible wholly or enlightening inter on Why turn the responsibilities maturity to the shoulders of youth It true teens are looking for the answers to ever Increasing confused meaningless promiscuous oriented society But come now who after all should make the decisions concerning this controversial book Co Ask Alice the or the Student Ihe Learned or he Learner the Mature or the Novice the Parent or the Child Obviously it is rldl immature to turn to the Student and ask in essence tell me what should I teach Methods are not so substance is all important Come faculty school boards parents let s get with it and do our job We arc to have the answers Why not take off our field glasses and stop with unreal fantasy into the far away places A closeup reveals we must admit facts likely to work a miracle in upgrad morals or behavioural attitudes These books do not carry the or discernment of proper omissions or lions In other words the bizarre foul language crude exposition quoted in Go Ask Alice is an insult and injury to the Trustees shelter under umbrella Avenue Oakville Ont Nov 1975 Prejudice Dear Sir At the October Board of Education meeting the following quest on was asked by a lady I ask each personally whether in his on the reading of Go Ask Alice in the English Literature class furthers the students command of the lish language This question courteously asked and directed to each member of the board should have received an Individual re sponse from each trustee It would seem the questioner asked her question in English and the chairman of the board was listening in the Chinese That would appear to be the only excuse for the method used In answer ing this perfectly straightforward query Chairman Judy Alexander adroitly avo ding the pinpointing of Individual tees on a specific question suggested that quest oner contact each trustee after An unseen disease the meeting was over completely ignoring the request for each trustee to speak for themselves It seems to me as an observer of the last month at board meetings that J Supt of Education was rescued in much the same manner by Judy Alexander as a few weeks ago when he was asked to read aloud the controversial material from Go Ask Alice It would appear from J s of view that it is perfectly acceptable for a high schooler to study obscenities in or to improve the students vocabulary as long as he Mr Boicht did not have to read the obscenities aloud Not too long ago hy sy was a thing to be avoided if at all possible Today II seems to be some sort of qualification On October 16 I asked Mrs Gooble my Ward 3 trustee to give some sort of ration ale in print defending the spending of my tax dollars on paper back sewage for school coasumption Incidentally if any parent wants his or her child to read obscenities field To implement such usage of Ihe ngllsh language is to infer to the student that It is acceptable or it woul not be quoted in our supplementary reading Many of us have Indeed grave reasons for concern The rend In society is to the unacceptable If the purpose of a book is lo teach good morals and upgrade then may we choose to refuse or Ihe down grading material which after all only submits contradictions and ultimately frustration Why set our standards low Why not accept a challenge for decency d gnlly and morals Youth of today are looking for a challenge Why not present the challenge of Truth Knowledge and with out the sordid mixture of compromise and error be my guest Just don ask me to buy it for you Mrs my Ward 3 Trustee told me at a meeting following my request for a ra In print that she did not answer through the newspapers and would tele phone me I am still waiting As a parent I have attended Board of Education meetings to observe methods and procedure For the past month at these meetings I have been impressed Not by the Professional Educators and their meaningful jargonese Not by of Education reading the not act Not by Superintendents of Programs in dulging in talkathon ego trips But certainly impressed with how many trustees at one time can shelter under the umbrella of off as happened on October If they must turn the question period Into a farce they should have the decency at least to dress like clowns Yours truly Hurley Hypertension can be treated David Woods Many people be eve that on has something to do with nervousness or anxiety It doesn It simply means h gh lood pressure It estimated that about per cent of the adult population has blood pressure And that means somewhere around half a million people in Ontario alone Contrary to popular opinion these hypertensives are not all high powered executives under stress nor are they people who shout and scream and throw things You can have a low profile and still have a high blood pressure The important thing about hypertension is that it an disease and not only is it unseen it unfelt the person with an elevated pressure usually is unaware of Ihe fact Two measurement The only way to find out Is from doctor That band he puts around your arm is connected to a dial that records the pressure in a blood vessel This allows measurement of two pressures the systolic pressure which represents the pressure developed in the arteries when the heart contracts and the diastolic pressure which represents the pressure remaining in the arteries when the heart relaxes A normal read ng for a 35year old man might show something close to 120 BO Despite the fact that untreated hyper ens on can lead lo severe damage to such target organs as the heart the Drain and the kidneys people are casual about it preventive medicine estimates I the people with hypertension don know they have it of the half that do know only half are being treated for it and of these only half again are taking the treatment consistently and properly In other words here we have an easily identifiable easily controllable health problem but it s being taken care of adequately In only one eighth of the cases Possibly because the disease invisible people lend be too casual about it The same says that less than six months after medication is started to control hypertension only about per cent of the patients are taking enough of it to do any good Pressure can vary In about per cent of cases high blood has no known cause We do know that overweight people are somewhat more prone to it nan arc those of normal eight we also know that the in dividual blood pressure will vary from time to time as a result of strenuous exercise or fear or some traumatic ex penence Also blood pressure increases during the normal aging process so that a reading of 140 90 might be normal for someone In their 60s but high for a 20yearold In summary hypertension is common easily detected and treatable Untreated high blood pressure can shorten a lifespan by an estimated 16 years This is one area where you can exert a truly positive effect on your own health have your pressure checked If you re one of the three in people with a high reading seek treatment And follow your doctor advice about it faithfully The Free Press Back Issues years ago Taken from the Issue of the Free Press November IT IMS Miss Frances the winner of the Bo la ry sponsored trip In connection with the Peanut sale Inst spring told club members of her trip to New York She was a special guest at the meeting Ihis week men club celebrated its birthday Saturday night and Included those of the International resident Malcolm Bowman of Niagara alls who wan guest speaker Some of those present were the total Y Men resent Imer Smith district governor Pat and Wllf Roberts inter national director for Ontario The North Hal Ion public speaking competitions Including representatives of Milton Aeton and Georgetown were held at Milton high school on Monday evening of this week with 10 contestants paling The wo winners boll hoys are of Georgetown and I of Aeton The Woman s Missionary Society of at the home of Miss M Miss Bennett pre sided The meeting opened th a hymn and prayer and Ihe worship service was taken by Mrs It Arnold and her group with Miss I- Shoemaker taking the scripture readings Mrs Arnold heme talk was Coming Our Way and Home Missions FLAGS OF color party dip low A J Buchanan at the cenotaph Hundreds gathered for the ceremony slowly brings down the poppy flag and The Last Post is many of them marching in the parade A service of sounded by Bandmaster George Elliott Sunday morning remembrance followed in the United church OUR READERS WRITE 50 years ago Token from of the I- Press of Thursday The annual Armistice Dance of the Duke f Devonshire chapter of he I t will be held in the town hall tonight The carpenters are making necessary changes to he choir gallery and pulpit pint forms al Knox church for the Installation of the new pipe organ The various officers of the School were Installed on afternoon If president Miss president George Mason vicepresident wen recording secretary Frank Cook corresponding secretary Olive Cooper treasurer Muriel editor Neville assistant Marjorle reporter Archie Kerr auditor Mary Chalmers censor Miss Nephew form representatives Ivan Kirkncss Fred Day Irene Dunn sergeant alarms Charles Hell he meeting Merle Grindel recited Song My Paddle Sings The program was of a literary and musical nature Aclon merchants keep heir stores open about hours per week Vet most of the employees or our factories feet that they have put a full week when they have worked for H hours If a little compromise were made the stores could close at seven on Saturday evenings then the merchants and heir clerks would be putting in hours compared to the factory people One day last week Chief McDonald decided to test the efficiency of he fire drill at the Public School All pupils were out of the school In j5 seconds The pupils marched out in straight lines without con fusion Acton needs a number of new houses Just now There is now a population of 100 years ago Taken from the Issue of the ree Press Novembers We expect our new printing office ad joining Mr Matthews store will be ready for mov ng into In a few days The news of the result of the e on Tuesday evening caused many of Mr W D Lyon friends here to wax jubilant Wax candles were in brisk demand for and old boxes were waxed around pretty lively to build a fire with The Lyon was rampant He is a leading merchant in Milton It would seem we have committed a most grievous offense by expressing our personal views concerning the personal fitness of the two candidates Three or four of our Conservative readers have even gone so far as to return Iheir copies of the paper with scurrilous remarks written on the marg clearly exhibiting the narrow minded bigotry by which they arc con trolled It would be a waste of words try to convince men of his nature lhat we have not published a syllable which could by the greatest strain of the imagination be construed as anything but political neutrality The messages including spelling errors authors were shed I keep your paper for the futer As do not it Any more T C There was a large attendance at the Monthly I air Thomas Bennett sold six head of cattle to John Storey for We also noticed a qua of pigs and other an ma Is but d d not hear whether they were sold or not THE ACTON FREE PRESS PHONE Bus ness and Editorial Off