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B2 The Acton Free Press Wed September 1976 Editorial Downtown improvement The new and exciting proposal for revitalizing Actons downtown core was welcomed by merchants who attended the special meeting in the fire hall last week Some of them said they just wished they had known earlier about this kind of plan The downtown area can be declared a Business Redevelop ment District through which costs of repairs and improvements can be assessed to merchants and land owners on the town tax bills The Ontario government has published a booklet showing how it can be done and copies of these were available at the meeting here last week Some farthinking merchants have been trying for years to convince their fellow shop owners that more attention and planning for the downtown was terrifically important to them This pre planned method which simplifies their eternal problem of financing seems the answer However it is unfortunate that decisions cannot all be made before Mill St is rebuilt starting next month The plan deserves the unstinting support of all those involved Growth is coming and they must be prepared Litter is horrible Many people would agree with councils assessment that Actons litter problem is horrible Councillor Joe Hurst told his council colleagues that cleanliness standards in downtown Acton are deteriorating Garbage is usually obvious on all the busies streets Pop bottles are thrown in the planter boxes and on lawns Candy wrappers and rumpled papers dot the sidewalks Spilled pop and ice cream make horrid smears on sidewalks outside take out shops Young people congregate on corners and near restaurants and lateclosing businesses Thats natural and there s nothing wrong with it There are more people in town than ever before too with more take out restaurants And children seem to have lots of money for pop and candy There are plenty of garbage containers handy though and they are easy to see The town men sweep the streets every Thursday Sure says the works superintendent his men could do a lot more The could pick up garbage after everybody but it would cost an awful lot of money Laborers don come cheap any more Some of the merchants take pride in the appearance of the front of their stores as well as the inside and clean up regularly Some tend the townowned plants that make the streets so attractive some dont bother and let their portion of petunias wilt But the responsibility is not the merchants nor the towns It is solely the responsibility of the people who own the garbage originally The girl or boy who bought the pop or candy still owns the container it came in after the drink and food are gone Children are presumably taught tidiness and responsibility at home and in their schools Well they For adults as well as young people this feeling of pride in tidiness and responsibility should continue on the sidewalks and streets of their town Fanfare for the band Another Thank You to Acton Citizen s Band alsorans at the C this year but Actons favorite band anyway any place anytime Theyre an ambitious bunch to take on extra practices during holiday time and then to go to the countrys fair and compete there against bands from towns and cities many times our size They took a first place award last year And so it goes with competitions you never know what the judge will be looking for in particular Anyway as the players all say its good experience Acton gets underlined are willingly signing the petitions against being required to pay their water bills in George town or else at the banks for a charge Some of the signers under lined ACTON forcefully as they signed their addresses The announcement of water bill changes was another blow to our pride and Actonians have been aroused over it Councillor Pat M hopes for a successful outcome bills all payable here in an Acton office Drinkingdriving problem The Hamilton Automobile Club believes that the breathalizer law or possible blood tests will not in themselves solve the problem of driving while intoxicated They recommend the mentation of the Driving While Impaired Counterattack Program which now is widely adopted in approximately 1000 jurisdictions in the United States including one province Canada Alberta Although it has been reported that test programs have been con ducted in Ontario there has been little progress to date in taking action on a provincewide basis This program is an educational course for drinking and driving offenders to make them aware of their responsibilities Offenders would be directed by the courts to attend the course Sentencing for the offence can be deferred pend ing a report from the course in structor D I Minicourses could be implemented in our high school Driver Education Programs to assist young people to understand the effects of alcohol and drugs on the driving task Of this and that The Muscular Dystrophy Association of Canada and also the mother of organizers of an carnival here both have pointed out this week that all donations made in Canada stay m Canada Canadian headquarters uses the money raised here to continue the Canadian fight against this dread disease For an education as well as an interesting day out district people have become fans of Miltons famous Steam Era show There are displays of stationary steam engines thrashing machines and tractors A display of vintage cars model railways and a parade will also be featured this Saturday Sunday and Monday But theres not the usual big parade through downtown Milton this year School begins this year in the same old way although later than usual But by a year from now the entire public school system will be changed and the high school students will be in their new building What changes the town is seeing in the past decade YOUNG PEOPLE who completed the unique Reading Olympics at the library this summer were presented with medals on red white and blue ribbons Friday by Esther Taylor Posing proudly on the library bridge are front row Melanie Johnston Mark Patricia Henry Beverly Dawson Peggy Ancker Pamela Carolyn Van den Akken Nicky Dawson Neil Sinclair Eric Hansen back row Anthony Iarsen Beth Kara Rosenquist Sue Bennett Mae Robinson Karen Blain Yvonne Blain Warren Jackie Dawson Sandra Schreiber by bill smiley I in t tlnnk of muling mine bill will mowing lh in Irving l i tilt mini tin iIimi silting il Ihi pit nit I ibli in l tit m mid stimuli div is Hit bit house inuhnhhuksiin Iitl invv those writers who hive i met tin minium ill snnl Him I studs pre without windows in dm i hi 1 mi Willi lit do ir work pee lint bulled bed urn mi disi upturns lust till wnkr mil lus slit links mil Ik Is midline In words unto the whu spirktnig mm onto I dun 1 bin n idlu whm limn li doth is 1 hid sn in dun It ihiiost impossible or mi to ton Im Willi siiiik niotiiin I iti in turning nut i pint of tint lot sunburn w it in ih in en sill i minim two litre mined Hi 1 il in iiittn upturns mi Ion inns link 111 is wluti is lb hunt in not li hi no 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touiuils No Inngtr dins iimfulinii mil trust Now pour pi is mis mil lo run our ill mil must Inn ilttkil r to Hindi ivir If 1 il nils rtinitionil torn in wlnttvtr with tin to should J sibilit is possible I his is Hit va wire in they wurktd will Hid hirt i short of pi pi I Hills htm ver will not do mjlhinR is old or ritdital is petiplt rsKinsihlity the courts I exactly how trust responsibility to group of volunteer eilims by our new form of Wink 1 ii il I tell you something pi ir In the Soviet Union years it tided that the common people really didn the know how intelligence to run their own firms factories and affairs I wert in lo till everyone hub 111 iniliitdinl mill il douii IhuiRs lur In im r misiu his itiMiiled Sin ill mips pi 1 mil iapih now of I 1li11tl11110wu1ff1ns I iniimtd well pud ernes it tint Dots urn sill sufduent pioneer forefather ins in 1 in would no stand h 1111 1 lud in ilivi Dill in iiiut isn l il I wonder if that lo I s 1011 would Put horse before cart Mill Whit tided 1 lion whtn w is slow llillon Hills eoeiniil his pint retail si Mini Mi 1 Rroup re I art 1 inn lit of Kit Donations stay in Canada wilt of inn Ihismll probably In phnling of trees etc We this oiir tan we put the si Infoi iht tart and get the me implemented before 11111R up Hie Bewildered isl tin 1110 lJ7d Sii sure in ire of Hie It in wlmh takes pin tee at hi I t weekend It is tin where ii join Hit united iffmt it 1 lime to 11 year Hit people of jour irea have given generously to our cause When he phones ringing in our Southern town and lie is an familiar Ik inform tin of area of Hit of the Dystrophy and even more o Iht value Ihi 11 don itions we not only in the fight ieunst Ml but in the knowledge given lo families iTfecltd that indeed hey are mil many do tare deeply You Sincerely Mrs Agnes Muscular Dystrophy Coordinator Sou I hern Ontario 1 donations in Canada The Free Press Back Issues 20 years ago Tukm from the issue- of he- free- Press of September fi is replacing Constable Charles on the Milton detachment of for six wtcKs while attends Provincial Police College m The Mitchell reunion was held at and Mrs Alex Mitchell It on Saturday There was an attendance of about with members of the family from 1 Niagara alls Woodstock Waldtmar Windsor Toronto iitorgctown Milton Mills and present Rev Andrew is being inducted as the new minister of Knox Presbyterian this ivtiiinfj Other ministers will assist in the service being followed by reception Mr ami Mrs who from Islington moved into Hit m ibis wick ivt five children Joanne Alan six Marsh 1 fin two and one The three oldest started school here Tuesday After spending Hie summer relatives and travelling throughout I ngland Mr Wilson back this week Mr and Mrs Mrs J Heed and Mr Clifford Heed Mr Mrs Roy daughter Mi Mrs 1 and Ian were visiting at during the past 50 years ago issue 1 lir One August lit Blue Springs stent at in in ten sling gathering was the occasion of the first 1 reunion over hundred rsons issemhltd to enrol on elan rosttr Mr Miss dn armed from their trip to on Month About two were spent in Hit lionu of his and lhi had pltasant mil dill mtelmgs with Hives and old friends In four wttks I all t will be on Ihe prize list of spin now in Ihi printer inds completed list will In issutd is soon as possible Misses IK lame Gibbons and Mary Gibbons of SI Michaels Hospital were weekend visitors it their homes here Mr Dills iimountes ingagemtnt of lus diughter Mvrllt lo Mr I Browning loronto the to take place this month I ittle Miss onnie loll who has been spending a it Hie home of her grandparents in relurned home on years ago ike 11 Hit issue of Hit I rei iress Ihlirsthv IN7I Mr f 1 school irttd on iv morning for irry Sound and wlurt lit will remain 1 few wttks on lonnttkd with the org of stbool sittions in these districts Ik unities in Succession four of them ill in capitals HORRID m Robert a well known old found on bis own farm llu Skull Smishid wilh tn Midnight Suspected but d I in Sid ml of 1 iltliv Miser follow fivf longciilumnsof and 1 ip concerning Ha including dttnltd evidence given at the inquest at t I irks Hotel Silver Hit victims son was irrtsttd is well is mother man while Hit doctor jurv ncwlv sworn in and the editor the Gent Re town Her wi re the J- till details in given of its appearance tht run down condition of hi farm I dilon il Of all llu atrocious murders th it hive committed in in during ftw months Iht most diabolic il of was Hut committed in I sqeiesing iv night No word of ours tan fitlv eltscriht Hit sickening sight that presented itself on the farm of Mr Whiteside or tht feeling of indignation aroused the thought of depravitv lhil musl have existed 111 breast of ihe assassin who evil I ind in iht blood of the poor edd man render tht detdlisshornbl in the minds of the is wilt known otherwise peculiar of the victim And so on THE ACTON FREE PRESS PHONE Business and Editorial Office Editor tiling Copyright 1976