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B2 The Acton Free Press Wed February 1976 Have a heart The heart is the symbol of love as we will be reminded again this Saturday on Valentines Day But in its other role as a pump it has enemies as well as lovers Heart disease is the biggest single cause of death in Canada Enemies of the heart are obesity cigarette smoking fatty diet stress and hypertension Avoid able or controllable Cigarette smoking for instance narrows the blood vessels and forces the heart to pump more strenuously Smokers have three times the risk of not recovering from a heart attack Exercise makes your heart work more efficiently Watch your diet weight and stress Luckily we can help ourselves Keep the diet simple Get exercise walk instead of driving a couple of blocks Stop smoking And of course give to the Heart Fund volunteer who comes to the door this month A success story FLAGS HELD HIGH the color party heads the Scout and Guide church parade participants as they head along Mill St Sunday afternoon The service was in the United church with all groups in the movement taking part Scouts Guides Cubs Brownies Rangers and Venturers Jim Saxon set the beat with his drum The Dominion Press in has moved to a new location and Open House was held there last Friday and Saturday Owner Murray Scoyne and all his staff welcomed hundreds of visitors They showed how the weekly newspaper is produced and operated the job presses as groups watched with great interest Murray his wife Dons and their three children John Judy and Gary are all involved with the family business Murray was formerly foreman at the Free Press and while here married Dons Allan He later purchased the newspaper and printing business in his home town We Free Press people are particularly happy about the Scoynes success in Sugar and Spice A fine job for Bolton Veteran weekly publisher Werden Leavens has sold his newspaper the Bolton Enterprise to Metrospan a newish company which publishes weekly news papers throughout Southern Ontario Controlling interest is with the Toronto Star Werden is a good friend at The Free Press he brought his paper here to be printed every week and joined us for a leisurely lunch on Wednesdays after the weeks panic button is His father had the paper before him his family all worked with him over the years Weekly has al ways had a habit of involving the whole family and this seems to make the partings sadder The Leavens have done a fine job for the Bolton community Changes aplenty The Acton volunteer fire depart ment has come a long way over the years Fire chief Mick Holmes year end report to council shows some major changes in the past year including a new truck At one time in the town s history a person spotting a fire had to run over to the town hall and manually ring the large bell to summon the volunteers The fire engine was pulled by a horse or the men themselves Today things are different In the three bay fire station on Bower Ave sit three pumpers dated from and a The chief has a station wagon Fire chief Mick Holmes and his 30 volunteers no longer have to depend on the bell toller A dispatcher stationed in George town takes the phone calls and sounds the alarm At the sound of the siren the men rush over to the fire hall and race out to the fire Just recently Halton Hills purchased small pocket size alarm systems called personal pages for the men which will eliminate midnight awakening of the whole town with the wail of the siren Fire chief Mick Holmes said it is necessary to have these pages because the town is spreading out and some men in the subdivisions could not hear the siren As well as Acton and Esquesing parts of Erin township and the town of Milton Nassagaweya are protected by Fire Area No With the three pumpers a total of gallons of water is readily available for fires There are feet of various width hose 167 fire hydrants and 12 miles of water mains to assist the fighting of fires Acton firefighters were summoned to fires during with a total damage estimate of Their skill knowledge and promptness may have helped save thousands of dollars in damage and perhaps lives also Acton has a fire department to be proud of bees and regular improvements keep it in first class shape tor younL folks and city folks it won mean thine But or own and rural folks especially the older ones the end of laton cat is the end of an era Dunne of generations the dialogue the key to i storehouse of treasure I hilt would have envied ycirs ago for farm in isdilitl loe was is important as their television set is today i day of drudgery a through wis form of for the farm wife though there was no money for more tun the essentials she could dream over tilt illustrations of furniture clothing sets of dishes curtains that time it was literally one of the very few means of torn lion with the big world outside ven if you never received a letter from one years end to another you could be sure of receiving mail You carefully chose what you w inled from the catalogue made sure you got right number sent off your order and sooner or later there would be a pared in the mill batons was as reliable as the Bank of ngland used to be sides tin bulky bad dozen utilitarian values People just chuck out last years catalogue as ihey would in these spendthrift used as doorstops in the as I Hum it iee is for hockey stuffed msidt line Many a boy in those days when the only parts of a woman exposed were hands and her face learned all ibout women or had his first sexual experience if you by i look it eorsi i ails when his mother witching Many an older person of the gentler sex today spent happy hours as a little girl culling things out of the catalogue with scissors and pasting them in a or making paper dolls Other uses were half a down to start the fin in whin paper was scarce because there was no daily newspaper or pages cut in the shape of an insole and tucked into the boot or shoe with a hole in the sole But let not get sentimental and weepy about it catalogue is a hangover from the days of the outdoor Johnny certainly few mourn the demise of the latter m sorry for the many people itross the country who will lose jobs because the catalogue has become defunct And nnnv a housewife will feel a real sense of loss for a while be missed all that much The catalogue had its usefulness except as a strictly functional mcins of shopping It was no longer a cherished household article It had become about glamorous as the telephone directory I know quite a few people who will cheered by the news These art the snnll town and rural merchants who hid to compete against giant department store They simply could n and iny were bitter about it A merchant who had a stake in his community taxes and served his fellow citizens had some right to feel little sour when he had to go up against a impersonal titan eould operate from a hole in the wall called an order office contributed virtually nolhinf to the bis prices every me because it could buy in volume I know another group will be happy with the bad news that they will never again have an catalogue in the house Men like and they number in the thousands I don care If I never see mother batons Or Simpsons either or years I have been taking parcels back to tin aton order office My ife never takes them back and she rarely kieps she has ordered Its casual Drop this off at Eaton on your way to work 1 had to stand imeficed in the order office anions bunch of women ind mutter methme the three too small or the panties too 1 iree or the stockings not being sin i there the monthly bill My wife is been on a running battle with I s billing department for I wry month there s i mistake in it the old gets furious I have to listen lo Hit ihchtane0 on form hour She I is written letters which were brilliant ess is in satire She his written furious blunt letters Slit has written letters to the ictounts tilt jwhlit rehtions vice president the I us dent if tin wl It ibwiilU Shi his we I ith when been ignored md the impultr spews mil another bill up it I Hon dialogue m Bull for one say A note My how we ve grown Vic tow organizer for the Heart Foundation drives says it takes 75 canvassers now to cover the town He only required last year Have a heart when they call Of this and that Word from the high school no winter carnival again this year A few years back the mid winter blahs were brightened by the carnival which included a lively torch light parade through the town Hope for next year comes from the recreation committee Members are thinking already about a carnival for next year to mclude the whole town and district Past winters have seen carnivals and the Ys Mens snowmobile races Public schools think winter the Z Bennett school has a carnival this Thursday But some fun for the whole district would give many people a boost Its winter and thats all weve got So we might as well make the most of it The Free Press Back Issues 20 years ago Taken from the Issue of the Free Press February John V Savage former now resident at the Centennial Manor celebrates his birthday on Saturday February Although no longer able to read and write he is still able to get about His days arc made pleasant by visits from old friends the kindness of those around him and the wonderful care he is given A study of downtown parking problems in Acton may be started this year by the Chamber of Commerce in efforts to relieve congestion or provide additional parking space Mr and Mrs Fang and their family have taken over the operation of the Acton Hand Laundry on Church St They come from The former proprietors have moved to Toronto and ore going into the rcstaunnt business 50 years ago If the feeling predominant it the joint of the of Commerce and the council on Thursday evening is perpetuated ye ir will be one of the most progressive in civic interests for years The big discussion arose on the point of bringing industries to Acton There was the discussion of arranging Prospect Park into a suitable tourist camping grounds There are also plans for providing bathing facilities at either Fairy Lake or Corpora tion Pond was discussed A splendid evening was spent at the rink at the skating The weather was ideal and the costumes were very good Winners were Brougham Doris McDonald Cross Joan Hoy Jack McG Bert Gibbons Alan Mar shall John leanor ford Oral Chalmers best costumed liun Scott Ivy a Bishop Burl eoupleP and Kino Coleman and Mrs best McPherson Wall ice nation costume men race Not in many years has such loom and sadness prevailed it the school since the death of their indeed passed last it her beautiful home Place Mrs Diana Smith widow of the late Sidney Smith who her years igo Her father Col Mini settled here in 18G3 She itttnded he private of the Misses sisters of the wife of the Hon George editor of the Globe it the corner of Queen and Sts in Toronto This was he of railways ind she only had the of getting home by horse and carriage once or twice a year 100 years ago Taken from he lisueof he 1876 Erin township council met in the town hall Erin Moved by Mr Barbour that leave be granted to bring a bylaw for remunerating township officers Township Clerk 200 and no extras Treasurer Assessor and to attend Court of two days Collector Tavern each Coun each per day while in session and 10 cents per mile one way only council met at Clark s Inn The treasurer was authorized to pay Joseph the sum of being his iccount for coffin and shroud for tht late Love who died in indigent circumstances was granted loJoHn Campbell for building a bridge on the town line between Esquesing and Erin Erin paid a similar amount We would most respectfully suggest to the trustees that a complete catalogue of he library would be a very convenient thine to have Mr Ross headmaster of our school has 180 enrolled Total average attendance is ll Mr Hansom Adams horse became Tuesday and he was thrown to and rather badly injured We learn today he is in a fair way to recovery The horse had only been bought the day be fore The was smashed to pieces Some youths exhibited morals that would disgrace a Hottentot by investing twenty cents in a large dog ind proceeding to prictice on it with revolvers Some enjoyed the sight amazingly IN 1947 ACTON boys and girls band won first prize at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto In the band were front row Jean Wilds Lena Lawson Shirley Ralston Muriel Ralston Norma Muriel Burns Joan Coles Shirley Sutcliffe John Ware Jim Greer second row Donald Van Goozen Crawford Douglas Aldo Meb Blow Jim Spiel el bandleader Charlie Mason Donald Perkins Gordon Julian Zajac Ken Allen Don Matthews back row Charlie Kingsmill Ray Jim Dills Ken Marchment Gerald Perkins Armand Braida John Agar Andy Kentner Lome Simpson Donald Lamb Only is still with the band although sons of some of the players are now with Acton Citizens Band THE ACTON FREE PRESS PHONE Business and Editorial Office elm mall by will rllHmtnl will dPtlliMnCa HSU