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B The Acton Free Press Wed August A nail in our coffin Another nail was driven into the coffin of the town that used to be called Acton this week when customers received notices in the mail which state that effective Sept 1 Acton water billing will be transferred to the region water office in Georgetown Acton people must pay their water bills there or at one of the local banks The banks open at less convenient hours charge for the service of course Local people have been assured by our three representatives that a town office will remain open in Acton So it seems ridiculous not to have water bills paid there Our town s autonomv was taken from us with regional government but this kind of nibbling awa of services is a newer serious concern With one purpose of the town office gone that be a good reason for a remote eounul to recommend closing it altogether Hills council not made a decision of the fate of the Acton office since water billing was removed With the water billing the major portion of the work of Lorna Clark Removing local government another step from the people is making residents disgusted and angrv The monej saved bv not sharing office expenses says the region could be offset b various factors For one thing there will now be double delivery of bills instead of a single delivery by hand In the past hydro staff have delivered both hydro and water bills together door to door Postal rates will soon be up to a dime The Acton hydro office has been contacted on the question of meter reading Ibis has been done jointly one person leading until power and miters Then then s the matter of the quarter ihaige at the banks for bill paid there All those ters add up to of money Thes costs some of the 15 WW alleged savings If the of the game is ef and bigness we suggest in the interests of tins and the holt billing be brought to Casts would be lower here A plant owner who just moved his factory here praises local people as hard working and careful The Free Press was criticized a couple of weeks ago by a Hills councillor Hyde for being parochial That was over the issue of the municipal complex Petitions proved the Free Press editorial opinion was shared by many people Parochial as ever what we want now is assurance we will have a local government office in Acton and consideration to having our water bills paid there as they have been Those terrible diseases Last week s Free Press had more than its usual share of health scare stories We had in the same issue encephalitis Lassa fever and swine flu They tell us the scare is now over for encephalitis and Lassa fever Swine flu season is still ahead of us Nobody here got encephalitis from a mosquito bite Nobody caught fever from a carrier via Africa Nobody got the Legion disease either Some will get flu this winter as many always do When you read the small type in stones about swine flu you discover that although it is the same strain that killed so many years ago nowadays antibiotics can control most of the side effects which were in fact the killers These scare stones are interesting and many joke about them as well as feeling a twinge of apprehension But these stones should be put in their proper perspective That is no cases against a district population of about possible victims Vet there are many other ailments with us every day And most of these we ourselves can do something about with the use of good common sense We know about pasteurization and refrigeration Summertime cooks are careful with salads Children are immunized routinely and parents art aware of the need There are hazards in the water the home in the factory and on the roads Routinely we are conscious of ways to prevent cidents We pick up toys from the floor nail down loose boards have our cars checked Minor ailments are treated with respect Many have had first aid training and people are aware of signs that spell caution People stop smoking many wise ones never begin Drinkers often look after each other Putting things in proportion we all live daily with awareness of health problems We are able to prevent some of them and to treat others promptly or seek doctor advice But for small talk it fever encephalitis and swine flu Of this and that At last a perfect weekend Outdoors was the place to be and owners of those inviting backyard pools finally got their weekend money s worth Picnics swims barbecues trip to the Ex cottaging boating it was a great time to be away or right at home True merchants say business wasnt good on Saturday but they had plenty of rainy Saturdays this summer to make up for it Local children were given an opportunity to see live theatre last Wednesday afternoon at the library but very few came These special programs offered at the library have always been good but have seldom drawn many people in Acton despite their advertising Theatre Max last week played before what must have been its smallest audience ever It was interesting to come across a headline in a Free Press of November 1956 declaring Off- Street Parking Must Be Found The town planners were telling council of the need And still the debate goes on Fishermen were surprised by the picture of a pound pike in last week s paper Apparently there havent been fish of that size in Fairy Lake reported for five years or so The regional municipality of Durham made an interesting discovery Last April welfare cheques for all employable recipients were held for personal collection at their nearest office instead of being mailed At the end of the first day cheques remained Five days later 52 recipients had called in or complained After two months of the Durham experiment between and cases are being closed each pay day at a saving of every two weeks EDEN MILLS SIXTH ANNUAL ball tournament attracted about 500 paid spectators Friday and Saturday won the single knock out tourney 5jwrj over other teams including Colonials and Oldtimers In this game Badenoch edged Toronto Bankers 3 2 Saturday J Sugar and Spice by bill smiley Now III theC in over and ill he liars Item shed its Unit look 1JH0 Whit Hit Inlemilionil millet liki hok in the lit id is new idt is I I II give hem one It pit second chance 1 in surt people like llrill mil s mil inkovich will iLni with mi si of lis si chance lit lift iv hi liter lis down on the job mi pain I driving or bunt mimed no lln jui i sttmd chance once upon limt mil I v is ecstatic illy jjnUful for it It w is Hone time ieo ind the Olympics id bit fori hi hut then were sunt prclly serious sanies in progress jus Hit It is out of Hit great ironies unit students simply tan I understand tl when I i but yours truly a lot of wire involved in a hitler com petition were trying to become fighter so we lie killed Ism Out silk But it v is so athlete suffered more ten or frustrition than wc did whin il time to the big day final mill our test long Itlorc thil of course were the hirst one was tin physic ix munition II was laugh Many a youth dre mis of through the clouds in i dogfight w is shot down in the I hi had feel or is cot xl mini the preliminary heats These wen known is lenient iry I r inline If you through ibout fill hours of flying without being itrnhlv sitk without Inn III feet on Hidings ind without riinniiif into mother ind killing tirstlf you m the semi finals t livid in constant fcir Oh not of Nobody was concerned in tin isl that dread phrase is w ished That nit ant that you wi ren I to Ik thai dashing figure a lighter pilot hut it you were going to he mere wireless op gunner In r words sent to ihi minors If you survived the heats off you went to finishing school known is Advanced I lyinj was like making the Olympic leim hut knowing you probably finish in list plate I is sent wilh lot of other young idiots dyine lo be killed to Camp Borden It was quite an august group including one the large jovial gentleman who is now the commissar of the Canadian ill Hi Juke Despite the augustness of the group we ir lined in mid winter We flew in snow we I on snow we trash landed Into snow an intrepid student usually in Australian proved again that an aircraft falling feet will not penetrate the ice of Georgian lliy whole deal was not unlike Napoleon retreat from Moscow And all the time leering over our shoulders was the ugly fact of that thing tailed Washed Out It seems incredible looking back that wc were in inch terror of that creature If ill Ihe young fellows in the world had iged to have themselves washed out there t have been anyone to fly and kill and die Hut suffered all the palpitations of Olympic contestants as closer and closer to that triumph of sado masochism the Wings Test This consisted of about one hour of in which Hit student flew tbt throuLli i if ind extreises while in instructor silling in tin front it sn Hums mil m i wis I w is ikuiL like wmo w isn l snowing but il w isn I quite mil snowniL the intercom w 1 working this 1 d I lit in ttreom w is just sort of into i Inch instructor shouted oh siinitiis the student round Ins teeth Hut on lest it can I thing inon thin minor M in would shout it me to do steep turn lo the left I would guess at the muffled instructions do loop Hi would yell Unit to do loop sloppy slow roll in hour of this blind nuns hi ferocious his thumb it hi w is ikitiL over wi win to land We did climbed I will tin ltjs lie just looked at me and shook his head just looked at him and wagged my tail both knew thai I was Washed Out He w I looked around for some means of suicide I In i Hunt 1 eould see was a whirling propilltr was a bit messy Hurt must of course be climax lo this narrative there is Next morning I was moping about feeling 1 just m mother was m father a quack Smiley jour ear on instructor widely known as a We took off I hate to brag but with the of a man ho knows he is off to the galleys anyway I iiil it around the in a drum Wings list Iwod ij slater I not only had my wings I suddenly become an Officer and a So verv one deserves Second Chance it is my contribution to the l il the committee figure out the di tills OUR READERS WRITE Concern at crosswalks school will sixn would liki to i f tlu crussw ilk situ UK in I of ill mil ilruK Ihtinsikis sli mid hi r proud of hi struct provided in excellent job I I minus kids of llumquili ill in si iture win hi sponsibililv ifi Person ilk I wi w ml Hit job it is too Jut Sin is strut md it sums somiwhit irrtsponsibh limed by Itn Ids sumptuous is this ri quest w is no ilion wis juiil I if his will Ik he pnviiliiiL situ ition in illy iferossw sun nit is out in it would sum ind re for school children to mm has lb it in Acton it is sifei to w ilk from between ears Is this wh it should be leaching our children seldom Hie here I mi lire d of w for e His not il to w for ten or fiftetn tars to piss only Ihenis it sift to at such high speeds wifiild hi foolish lo itltmpt crossing unit oft durst number of Iriek Most of us artn t though I don 1 know how situilion tin It solved sinet Hust molonsts Ire children the s imi Hiving Klice irked close lo Hie only is inert no visible me ins of enforcement the situ it verts to the of chance should I or shouldn II will he stop Mi I hope in Ik found for tin ilks toproteel the pilrnls until time is motorists w ike up and obey sins Until then II continue to run from p irked cars in rehtivi sifety Sincerely Mrs P Wilson Please feed the wildfowl Aelon lrie Press J7r Willow Street Ontario Sir to Mrs letter of Inst week I too have noticed how hungry the wildfowl appear to be Signs arc placed points requesting the public to refrain from feeding and most obey Still those birds are hungry Somebody to feed them I admit it is a sad reflection on society that we have regressed lo the point where feeding the birds as compared to nature intended way has become essential to their survival The birds are not at fault this is strictly the outcome of mans so called progress Now they arc victims of man cruelty at the mercy of his almighty should be kept in mind that these waterfowl were Imported lo Fairy Lake at In good faith That faith seems to have dwindled Over the years their have Increased Waterfowl arc starving and now complaints are loud about the cost of feed Winter Is approaching Humors or facf circulate about the rtam future of these poor creatures It is said that they will be destroyed Man is a loving beast Who should pay To me the same per sons who thought it such a kind gesture lo displace the fowl in the first place should be as gentle and loving of nature now Where the money comes from however is not us important as making sure food is provided Citizens have been asked to pay support figures in the millions via tax dollars for new town offices At the same lime displeasure is voiced at he cost of a mere pittance for food for the ducks Kill the ducks and save on the budget If lhc town see fit to allow funds for this purpose there Is no doubt in my mind that a canvass of the citizens could raise enough to provide a bird feed fund I would hope this to be unnecessary Remember someone wanted ducks In airy Lake they ask to starve at the hand of man Please can t someone feed the wildfowl Sincerely Moore More on Page B3 The Free Press Back Issues 20 years ago Taken from Issue of the Press of I95G Cracking Ihunder and drenching rain in two violent storms backed up vivid bolts of lightning which may have struck as many as ten places in town The first storm was shortly before noon and the second about four Official which will send gas flowing through mains installed by the United Suburban Gas Co Ltd will be held next luesday morning it was announced this week A smarl green and yellow hardtop was won last by Bill Somerville He won the Dodge in a draw at Wood slock Officials phoned him here and gel in touch with him in illy he was located called Woodstock lo learn that another had not been made and the car was his Draft plan of compiled ton map showing lot lints most measurements and information useful municipal planning was reviewed Monday whin the Planning Board met with surveyor It Mr Mrs Peterson and ofllddvitk visited with Mr and Mrs Willi for two weeks While here visiting holidayed with Mr and Mrs md igar halls Ont and in P it Detroit Michigan 50 years ago ijkfnlrnmlhi Hi I Miss of the Tannine Co has returned after spending it Huff do other Misses irtarel M visited their Mr Willi I Miss I Drown I went to lunmtothi first of the wtek on her Mr Mrs Mfred spent last week wilh friends in Mrs It J spent several with friends in Toronto Mrs Win llibcockand Mrs Wm Hall spent list week in lirnnplon Mr and Mrs W and Mrs I- red and children enjoyed i motor irip lo Ihe districl this week Mr Mrs returned home last from motor through Huron counties Mr reports the turnip crop is a failure ill the through the territory he visited 100 years ago rum tin issue of the free Press flliursdiv IH7fi Mr I Henderson and Mr C Smith are spending week or two at the seaside for the benefit of their health Wc trust the will return fully invigorated A under the auspices of the will be held in Mr grove some time soon of which due notice will be object is lo raise funds towards a lot for a church in this village Tin Promenade Concert under the luspices St Minn s church on luesday cumin passed off exceedingly well number of children it have in is simply Summer is principalis lhc cause wilh Ihe intense heal The mortality us yel does nol seem to be One ist iblishmml riccived or for no less lhan in one week The mortality is ilso greater than The topic of the thy for lhc next few weeks w ill be the ich I il and Gr ind Promemdi be held in Ihe Drill Shed by Hit Socnl Club With illustration of he with plumes twohorsesl The undersigned leave inform the people of and surrounding neigh it he is procured i magnificent and is prepared lo attend and tine on the shortest notice and most lerms coffins ill kinds of instdek Hits Hands and Cloves supplied when required John Speight THE ACTON FREE PRESS PHONE Businessand Editorial Office 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