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Tha Acton Free Pre Wed March 17 1976 Inquest will give facts It is beginning to become appar ent that the facts of the terrible fa tal accident will not all be revealed until the inquest is held at the end of the month For instance porters have discovered that diff erent people interpret such things as a high speed chase in different ways Corp Bob Arbour is still seeking information especially from those who might have been on the high way at the same time He has had good response from his appeal for witnesses last week but is still try to talk to as many people as Continuing conflicting reports add to the agony of the night and the inquest will be a gruelling but needed way to sort fact from error and make possible recommend to prevent a similar tragedy But sorrow still hangs low over the district just like the March clouds Centre for everyone It is good to see Acton gaining something again Last week saw the opening of the Community Services Centre in the Y with a full time coordinator on the job The people in charge have managed to make hopes a reality prepare the rooms and reports required They lined up a person for the job and made their presentations to many groups from local clubs to regional councillors Now they ha ve a good part of the money required and everything is set to proceed Coordinator Judy wants people to call her for a wide range of information The cooperation of the public is much needed now to recognize this service and make the best use of it The centre is certainly not just for people with serious problems Your question can be as small as asking where to buy tickets for a special event or where to get a babysitter The intention is that everybody can benefit from the centre in one way or another It will only be successful of course if it is well used Please call Judy BRAND NEW UNIFORMS are worn by the members of the Acton high school band The uniforms were purchased with funds raised through paper and glass collections and the sale of address labels The group in their new attire for the first time Front row left to right Cheryl Sprmgle Colin Marie Jordan Dale Anderson Cliff Bntton Carol Jordan Cindy Schmidt Sandra Jennings Thafhamster again OK you smart guy who wrote all the way from Ohio to twit us about our Pet of the Week hamster who looked so much like a cat Your assessment of the social business and political effects is stunning But you aint seen nothing yet Watch for these breed specialties which just might appear any Wed now Our Newfoundland joke dog who sings I se the dog who sails the boats the Canadian constitution retriever also known as the Of this n that In an effort to explain the uses of the new community services centre the Free Press will be running a series of interviews with the workers of the various groups which already use the centre- public health nurses Board of Education Childrens Aid Society family counselling etc The latest issue of The Ridgetown Dominion Murray and Ottawa fence setter the mud poodle common variety in spring the Maple leaf spangled spaniel bicultural black flies who bite in two official languages a tax department hooded robin a God save our a rare pic stadium crane a Montcalm wolf a parliamentary holy terrier an Ontario beer parlor swallow election bull a beloved Senate sleepdog not to mention three Free Press and other such tabby cat Dons Scoyne paper has a half page filled with pictures of the dis astrous results of the terrible ice storm there Lawns are covered with broken branches wires are down poles leaning at crazy angles Power was off for 59 hours It was a nightmare says the towns mayor The newspaper was published 18 hours late It was the worst storm in the district in 30 years Those Tones ore something This column will not appear until after their convention but I still going around shaking my head in amused perplexity Theme of the convention seemed to be Healing old wounds This phrase up igain ind again is the blood from the old wounds stcadilv no at lenlion lone of the convention from Hit theme Open new wounds And were visible pouring forth fresh blood Not ill tht pious prod millions of working together ind rt nil brothers in lhe parly could hide from viewer that carrying J was order of tht dij the time this appears in print I hint no doubt that Jot Clark new leader slick is seil when he took over will like u porcupine with ill Hum diggers slicking out of his Its thine weighs pounds At leisl i skinny is a smaller target for the knives What a scenario Robert w is stepping down ifttr eight harrow years trying to i crowd of mavericks to sense the best lender the has had since Robert So wh it do they do is opening for the convention They hold a laudatory dinner for John who has madi things as difficult as possible for since latter beat him out for the leadership Mr needed that dinner like be needed hole in the head He has been honored often enough as the Old Mm of And with his ilo he dotsn need anybody to tell him how great lit is Oh was a dinner loo but sort of i if he II pardon lht expression He hid it on the line Told Tones present had to stop the in fightinj indget together if they were ever to form a government That was about as much use is me telling class of students th it if they didn do their homework would fail Totaly ignored Next day the eats turned up for the farce The did everything Shakes peart warned the players not to do in the pi unlet Graft ind Patrick the air violently with their hinds shattered it with their mouths cast their entirely to groundlings This ifttr like Lcacocks hero leaping each on bis horst riding off in all directions John Fnstr detent looking with ibout as much is read i speech that would have Andrews Jennifer Buscher Middle row David Sale Jim Saxon Karen John Thomp son Susan Bruce MacNaughton Karen Hmk ley John Watson Mike Morris Greg Eunice Back row Gord Bruce Ian Thomson David Scott Malcolm Lynn Margetts Stan Janice Ellerby Dan Lamarche Carole Staley Peter I convention of the Pretty Boy Mulroney baiting his eye lashes at cameras smiled and smiled and made a speech that might have got him a fee on the banquet circuit Sinclair Stevens on old time image of a Bay St Tory bald and rich made the only attempt inject a little humor and it bombed with a crowd which seemed able to applaud only platitudes Richard from somewhere quit btfort the balloting began Horner should have stayed in a corner instead of trying to ride the herd hack into the ItHOs defeattd for the Liberal hotly attacked Prime Minister with vagut innuendoes and making an ass of himself by savagely attacking the press of which he is i Aorkine member James Gillies an economics professor sounded like one but had the good sense to get early Claude Wagner formerly beaten for the Liber leadership in Quebec and lurtd into Tory party with a trust fund proved master orator but said virtually nothing JotChrkc the eventual winner made mi studied joke then launched into an irnest dull speech managed to cover most of the diamond without touching many bases Mora McDonald to my mind made the most honest speech of the lot She was simple but eloquent warm but strong Next day bloodletting began never one to forget or forgive an insult real or fancied remembered OUR READERS WRITE Drug acoho abuse Suffering serves a purpose A good week has gone by already since Acton is dumped in deep sorrow with the sudden death of so many of our young people in the tragic accident Lust Sunday this was really commemorated in our church and prayers ascended that the caved parents may be comforted by the Lord We always ask why ind wt have the notion to get a guilt feeling Why is it for something we have done wrong I would like to convey lo you wnat our minister preached about It was from John J Read it for yourself There was a blind man from his birth Jesus came by with the disciples and they asked and this is our question often too Master who sinned he or his parents That hippens often in the Bible Jobs friends too when he was in distress They said there must be something wrong with you to receive this treatment Hut you know what Jesus replied Neither he or his parents sinned but tint the works of God be made m inifesl in him and healed him It means it serves alwiys a purpose when is suffering from it are we draw ing closer to God because of this It is tunc that people start reckon with God iain He gives love and eon take it away and He does it all for His glory and we may be in that kingdom Sure young in their twenties remember Jesus ime only himself in the flesh but he that in Him Will live eternally Ltt s live with Lord ogam There is only one God the ilhtr of our Lord Jesus Christ who revealed himself in tht Bible says have no Gods mt is no other God Wt all hope that all ihe bereaved dies may find strength in this knowledge God the wants to comfort you not let him stand in the cold with this love Touching poem on spring Lynn Marshall who was one of seven young people killed in a Iwocar collision wrote a touching poem when she was which her family shares with this week Very old are the woods And the buds that break And the graceful swans Have come back to the lake The gallant white snow That was once so cold lias melted and died By the sun that so bold Is now to set With its dark iging wood Tht gurgling stream Is as fresh as the dew As it sparkles and reflects The sky that so blue The shadows are forming And night lime draws near And the rustling of trees Is all you can hear The brilliant moon peeps Through the clouds sailing by Through the hours of darkness Till morning draws nigh Lynn Marshall March age 12 Heir I dilor I would like to this opportunity to rtspond lo numerous from your rwiutslint Inform ition to Alcohol Youth is discussed at recent public forum in re port in last week The purpose of tin was to solicit public opinion re I to alcohol ind youth ind to consider recommendations from the feasibility of imendint provincial legislation to deil with men ising serious pn bit of hoi abuse by persons between the ages of fourteen four bust would be inevitable if the was There is little or no evidence lo my knowledge to support this claim Although tht long range physical dependence of alcohol is significantly greater than the physieil dependent characteristic of minbuani it is vitally important to this issue that we are not mis understood to offtring as a solution hat one drug Is or worst llinn other On the contrary feel that and all drug abuse can be ex dangerous to the social health well being of abuser Solutions which can be found in elimination of he problems that promote all drug abuse will continue to be as concerned youth and adults work improve laws Influence our educators to teach meaningful preventative programs stressing values clarification and life skills etc and assist communities to develop constructive alternatives for and family growth In considering the existing systems to deal alcohol related problems both the Medical and Educational professions were mentioned To clarify a statement in the article my contacts family doctors and hospital medical staff who treat per sons for suggests thai for a wide variety of reasons one being the doe tors concern for the client losing hisher job not the doctor losing a client many of these professionals have avoided ing numerous medical problems as being e by when in fact they ire Persons working in the addictions field illy igrte thil early detection and re to treatment agencies improves the possibility Tor re Lover up of the problem by some families doctors employers friends etc often only provides for repeated short hospital stays for drying out and does little to promote effective long term re covery indit by the excellent support for programs lht Addiction foundation has received from II they re ihzc their role is a villi link in the process prevention and intervention As these programs however seem to viry significantly from school school depending on staff priorities and be cause of tin willingness of staff to suggestions related to the student drinking problems 1 strongly urge parents sludtnts teachers and social health lo continue to work co operatively to dtvtlop i broader and more consistent ileohol drug abuse lum for all schools in II ilton I bis letter has only briefly discussed two or three art is of related tins ex complex problem or In dividual is to hi for he increasing trends and patterns of alcohol and drug abuse in our we all responsibilities to work toward elimination of the social and health pro that directly influence abuse that destroys thousands of lives and families per year in our province alone J person illy feel that the provincial and local government are strongly committed to help us work toward solution and I would therefore encourage everyone to express your views and suggestions by writing to Ttrry Jones Park Toronto or myself at the Addiction dntion Sincerely Peter Marks Community Consultant Addiction Foundation Community education concerning this problem is very important This newspaper provides this service very adequately Keep up the good work Old gander is a hero Hob of It rushed from the school bus Monday with Did you see the fox on the lawn The bus driver hid spotted it first irk picked up his loaded it and for the door followed tlosely by Hot They checked barnyard carefully noting lint the horses were excited and restless Hob put them into the barn Suddenly Mirk heard frantic honking from red barn which houses the poultry t Mark entered poultry irn and there was the fox resting awhile after having been flailed unmercifully by the old gander Gus In order to protect his two geese Priscilla and Petunia had fought like true Unnoticed by the fox Mark stepped in side and shot the fox Today is resting with his head lucked be his bloody fcalhtrs And there right beside him sit Priscilla and Petunia What makes these sly and cunning creatures so bold as to come so close to the buildings I doubt if it is rabies but rather it is hunger It his been a long steady winter this crust of snow makes it easier for the escape Jessie Did you live in Cobalt Dear Editor Cobalt High School Is celebrating its anniversary this year To celebrate the oc we are balding a reunion on August 2nd All former students and teachers who are interested In further details should con the Secretary Anniversary Committee Cobalt High School Box Cobalt Ontario ICO Yours truly L D MeGorry Chairman 50 years ago Taken from tie Issue of the Free Press of Thursday March 1929 At the March meeting of the Women a Institute a committee was appointed to get estimates on the erection of a booth at the park Mrs Victor formerly Miss Alice Johnstone will receive for the first time since her marriage on Wednesday afternoon March 17th from to clock Mrs S S Russcl of Oakvllle will receive with her A line of motor buses has been organized Toronto to Sarnia on No high way This will give the people of this community another means of transports Hon cast and west It took three cars on the Canadian National Electric Railway to hold the Acton hockey team and its enthusiastic sup porters last Thursday evening when they went to Georgetown for second game of the inter town series Aeton held the Georgetown team to lie It would be hard to pick out the stars of the game The Acton team all went well Cane and appeared best to some faqs while others gave a lot of credit lo Ireland Gibbons led the goal scorers while the defense pair Kentner and Curne also went well Motor cars will soon be running again The hot sun ray have closed the open air rink Many people here long for a covered arena A person naturally wonders if the roads will ever be fit for motoring again Going through the pilch holes is like a rough sea voyage years ago Taken from the Issue of the Free of Thursday March Young Thompson who was run over by a sleigh last week is said to be in a fairly way for recovery Mr Baker the brush man has not yet put in on appearance as promised The whole thing begins to look decidedly scaly A soiree and musical festival will be given at Crewsons on Friday evening under the auspices of the Sons of Tern of that place Election cake will be an interesting and amusing feature of the evening The regular meeting of the Acton School Board was held in the School House on Monday evening It was resolved to have circulars printed to be sent to parents within Ihe division who were not sending their children between the ages of seven and twelve to school and notifying such persons that according lo the Ontario School Act such attendance w ill not be permitted We learn from Mr Stephenson of the Acton Plow Company that he is pre paring one of those celebrated single frame plows for the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia The plow is being highly polished and is a beautiful piece of work manship It will be ready for shipment in a few days Mr Douglas representing Messrs Crcelman Bros of Georgetown is now in this village taking orders for musical in struments sewing machines knitting machines clothes wringers etc Parties wishing his services should sec him at Ag new Hotel SPLX A new lot of spectacles cents to that Joe Clarke had worked against him in a leadership campaign and went to Wag Little Jick Horner followed him into lhat corner after taking a swing at a reporter looking as though he been sucking a persimmon joined that middleaged crowd Flora obviously crushed by the know ledge that hundreds of blatant liars had promised her second ballot support went to Clarke as did most of the others Quebec media people claimed there wis a gang up Wagner He got just under half the total vote It was scarcely high drama More like low comedy Hut the party has a new leader He looks like a live one and his smart in both senses young wire should help But he going to need a lot of ban dages to staunch the old wounds and the I don know Mr Clarke but we have both appeared regularly in the High River Times Go get mi Jot THE ACTON FREE PRESS PHONE Business and Editorial Office