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The Acton Free Press Wed November 17 1976 Editorial Separateness not answer The implications of separatism are being discussed both locally and nationally this week An article in last weeks Free Press opposing the introduction of a separate school in Acton has brought com on both sides of the question In these days when it con sidered wise to talk out problems surely both confederation and re come a category worth talking about What is Quebec lacking that voters feel they would gain by being separate What is our present school sys tern lacking that some Catholic parents want their children to go to another school Finding the answers to these questions would improve govern ment and education for everyone The writer of last weeks article on the separate school for in stance recommends religious education for everyone together Separateness is not the answer History repeats itself King Construction workmen are proceeding along Mill as neatly and speedily as possible and they have every intention of being finished by the second week in December Everything is going along on schedule It is surprising how efficiently the heavy equipment and gaping hole are protected as a matter of course and how built up crosswalks are quickly constructed for pedestrians at every corner One of the foremen told the Free Press this week most of the people are very understanding about the inconvenience He hears very few complaints And the townspeople too are saying how pleasant and helpful the workmen are Are all construction men sea soned girl watchers The prettiest girls have a reverse com plaint masculine admiration And in November too Think how the Acton girls would hold up con if they were struggling up and down those dirt banks in their summer cutoffs and Tshirts For business of course the con can help but be bad It not easy shopping on Mill and won be for a few weeks yet But the improvement will surely make it all worthwhile later Just years ago King Construe tion company was paving Main St The people didn t think the work could be done before winter set in but it was And it was a good job too So in that way history repeats itself Small towns growing Small town Canada not only exists but thrives writes Lois Bridges from Edmonton in The Financial Post Gerald of Queen s University School of Urban and Regional Planning told delegates to a conference on the urban environment a nation wide study of small towns of less than are the most part showing tremendous vitality In the past decade they ve attracted a hefty chunk of the country s population as well as its investment dollars Roughly four million Canadians now live in towns and villages an increase of in the past decade Many smaller centres are growing at a much brisker clip than cities and average population increase has been per cent in small centres vs a Canadian population growth of 17 per cent Acton certainly falls in this category and is still growing We live with the knowledge that there are great plans afoot for more subdivisions schools and stores at Acton s outskirts Extension of GO train service to Guelph will make living in Acton even more attractive Of this and that Our Member of Parliament Frank Philbrook has tabulated the replies to his latest sent to all households through the mail The surprising thing about it is not the replies but the small response Out of 40 households he has only heard from 214 Again we had a chance to participate and We blew it Yet how many of those 40 households complain about the government Beteha more than 214 Canada s newsmagazine Macleans arrived in the mail of Acton subscribers Tuesday morning the day after the Quebec elections bearing on its cover the big face of the new president of the United States With this kind of coverage we might as well still have Time Magazine In retrospect Age is mostly a matter of mind If you don t mind it doesn t matter The men forming the to represent the battalion in the picture last week s Free Press ended up with a convoluted version of the 4 Guess it pretty hard to figure out what you re doing when you re all lying on the ground Anyway there is no known explanation for the upside down Unhappmess is not knowing what we want and killing ourselves trying to get it A night owl is someone who doesnt give a hoot what time they get in GRADE ONE class posed for their picture in There are plenty of familiar faces in this group Those identified are front row left to right Ray Atkinson Jim Robertson Patrick June Wilson Kennedy Betty Masters Ashley DenaBraida Defend June Dunn Joan Somerville Burn Betty Bauer Campbell Doug Shepherd middle row George Musselle Andy Don Lamb Kentner Coles Lena Burns Joyce Lamb Rowley Shirley Elliott Dills Frances Fryer Johnston Jean Helen McLellan Ken Back row Frank wood Aileen Brewster Stella John Barr Charlie Walter Aldo Braida Ken WITH HOCKEY season in full swing this little fellow is young Michael Kincaid a furry hockey freak gets in the action Showing off his good right defense Sugar and Spice by bill smile Then typeamooL the species Man Itnl puzzles and saddens mi In in thai itself on its its honesty its Id it ill out in hypocrite is still very much with us Some people might think tin w isthtfoldtn iro it sit some high this lint There wen tin m whi enlightenment and progress the hind and on other worked hours week in their were the mm who brayed f is of tin virtues ml with prostitutes Hit mm wh spoke glowingly of i gentler f life mil set s i igt fightine another list is endless women Oh but lh hypocrites too Just is tough von today they hid Hum traits behind a facade of helplessness and fainting fits It w is an in which the public mouth inc of the virtues was only ended by the private ind sometimes downright of middle and upper classes Well then this partieu well nto the sec on I ilf of Not bloods liki l re not quite is hypocrilit is the I 1 v l to I el on it Ml thits tinned is the terms f fere nee No today Ret s Hut dim t think r any less heartless than their f leist in the 191h century y the wis i hist ml Toddy company tin reorganize turn half dozen middle men into the street by an exetutivi decision men in id s soeieU still i double for themselves one for their wives A man who gets drunk h id a fesv too m w im in who Is drunk is disu tint m in in ji to business eonvenlion ml but i little Hint with If his wife kisses couple it party bit warmly sht i stx mini it have who spout of pt and plan for war dottors who preach drugs tell you cigarettes will kill you even us y butt their eoffm nail of tht day and pop of bennies to keep going We have of the whom trust is far as you eoul I bowling ball in a swamp Wt ill kinds of characters who will eheat on their income lax and then be rale people on for ripping off the government We have teachers who Gun understand the attitude of young people today com forgetting thul they themselves were insolent lazy and not even that bright when they were people We have mothers who got in the family way at had a shot fcun bewailing the sexual licence of tht daughters We have fathers who deplore at length Hit slothful of their sons conveniently ignoring that had to have a good boot In the tail from their own fathers before they even carry out the ashes have school trustees who will double over In an agony of glee after hearing a filthy joke but in public sternly deplore the pornography children arc being exposed in their school literature They the type who will respond with chuckles and even belly laughs to the sexual leers of Norman Lear In Maude and All in the but thunder against a fine novel like The Diviners by Margaret Laurence irt th type who don I want any i icier linn Twins in sth but will shout with ribald I it smut television lake in every restntted in town laughing there is blood shed screen and midline he vilv when eouple of inked I lies the celluloid What about today s woman Are they less hypocritical than their great grand mothers On the whole I d say yes They re just as blasted irritating as ever but they re more honest They still cry for no apparent reason but they know there no percentage in pulling a faint They prob ably just get a glass of water in the face But the women are a long way from being out of the woods when it comes to hypocrisy And many of the biggest hypo crites are surface feminists They want all the perks the new freedom and all the treats of the old essence of woman Oh well Let him who is without sin cast the first stone I certainly not talking about me and thee gentle reader But you little sick of those hypocrites OUR READERS WRITE Dont spoil it for children I would to show my Appreciation to the person who wrote the article in the Free I ress list veck entitled Separated for 1 ircnes should have right to educilion It is too bad Hint there arc not more can our little ones I lnv in that article and thai we should something in iltornative to separate schools as was suggested in this article I wish it us for everyone in our to read it digest the meaning f s brine up our children together and in hook I do not them ich to love one another is wo like them to love us and to treit people the ly we would like to be in in Secret eluldren is not in my esti in idem them to love one another you are saving art s It open We were brought up in one faith but surely expose our children to other pit If the suggestions in last week s article were carried out by at least grade eight all pupils would have had the opportunity to learn about other religious groups and cuss Ihem in a straightforward complicated way within the school com Children should be taught respect for other people religions and feelings and that can be attained by going our separate ways I thought Cod wanted us to unite and work together Why can our schools be united where our little ones are concerned Why do wc have to involve them in the battle of religion They don 1 want o separate Some people have to organize their own group just for the feeling of power Some people feel they have to be swamped with paperwork in order to feel important Is that what children need to be tossed around in a power struggle Let s not spoil it for the children Let stay together and bring all religions into our school Let learn about each other so we can appreciate and respect each other better Marilyn MacEachern On separate school education ret I ress To the In to Separated for What by in in Hilton It is not that this extreme and misle id immtnlonthestparateschool system wis written anonymously The writer is no knowledge whatsoever about urns and motives of the Catholic school We Catholics have a right to Catholic in schools We do not to irate our children from the body of he community or its spirit but simply to educate them in a perfect manner True cm only be attained when it In the child as a whole person made up f body and soul We see the Catholic school is Hit institution where this can be done it is here that a child will be taught and trained in such a way as to prepare him for what he must be and for what he must do in the world in order to attain the sublime end for which he was created To be a suitable place for Catholic students it is necessary that the whole organization of the school and its teachers and all its subjects be regulated by the Christian spirit under the supervision of the Church Hence the solution offered In the comment for preventing the separation of our school children could not permit us to give our children the true education which is necessary That is why must have our own separate school Yours truly Mrs Catherine Barrett Include young people please It 1 Acton Ont November To The Fditor The Acton rec Press This is a copy of a letter sent to the Acton Legion for publication Utters to the editor I he President The Legion Ontario It was noted with regret and disappoint ment that the Colors of the Scouts Cubs Guides and Brownies were exluded from the official Color Party at last Sunday Remembrance Service at the Cenotaph May I suggest that or next year service the Colors of the Scouts etc be Included in main Color Party Many members of Letters continued on Page both Scouts and Guides also gave their lives in both Wars Also could your parade marshals give the boys and girls who turn out a chance to be nearer to the Ceremony This year the parade was halted while the rear end was still a block away from the Ceremony The children consequently saw little or nothing of what went on Remarks are often made In the press regarding the lack of respect for tradition displayed by some of the younger generation However If youngsters are not allowed to participate fully in events such as the November Memorial those who gave their lives how can we ever expect them to even know what the traditions are based upon let alone have any respect or feelings of any sort regarding our past history and the men and women who made that history The Veterans of World War I are getting fewer with each year Those who served In World War II are getting older and those of us who lived through it though too young lo serve except in peacetime are already in our forties If succeeding generations are not Instructed and Invited to participate more fully then Lest We Forget will bo forgotten within a few more yean truly Bryan St Alder iTTieireeress Back Issues 20 years ago Taken from the lime of the 1978 A straw stack was destroyed by fire on the farm Sunday on Churchill South of No highway The alarm was turned in by Mrs Sprowl who noticed the fire in the field north of their home Foundation was poured for the new Bank of Montreal building last Monday The structure rising on the Mill Willow Streets corner property formerly occupied by HI ton Department Store will be of stone brick and aluminum It Is expected that the building begun last month will be com by January Margaret of Bruce Street school Milton won the North Halton urban public speaking finals held at the Acton public school on Thursday November 15 Judges A J Barker Georgetown J Lee of Milton and Rev Ray Costerus of Acton selected Miss from a field of contestants with Leslie Ann as the runner up The paving of Acton streets entailing the laying of six and a half miles of pave ment has now been completed The project was started early in October continued all last month and throughout the first half of November The job cost an estimated of which the town will pay half 50 years ago Taken from the of Thursday November Once again the Thanksgiving Memorial service on the holiday morning provided a most fitting celebration of the day for Acton citizens and visitors The place it takes in the hearts of citizens was immediately fenced in the attendance at the first section of the service in the town hall which was virtually filled on Monday morning the ministers on the stage the Great War vete rans in two rows to their left and the town folk and Acton Citizens Band as a whole surrounding Rev Sawyer gave an address laudatory of the heroes of the great war Leaving the hall a procession was formed which marched to the soldiers monument with the ministers the bond the Veterans the Boy Scouts the women societies and the citizens in general Here the service though brief was decidedly impressive Corp read the names of the men who gave their lives for the cause From the monument the procession proceeded to the cemetery Here a hymn was sung and the graves of the veterans were decorated by the Junior Daughters of Hie Empire The veterans monument here was honored with a wreath by the surviving soldiers Safety first a threeact comedy was presented by the young people of St Albans church In the cast were Joe Ted Tyler A Rogers George Lewis Mrs Smethurst Lottie Holmes Mrs Allan Lillian Tyler and Miss Jessie Galbraith was voci ferous applause The new cement pavement on Main St from the Canadian National Electric Railway tracks to the junction with the TorontoSarnia Highway near the Canadian National Railway Crossing was completed on Tuesday afternoon It was some misapprehension that people w ho have had no experience in modern road building saw the King Construction Com commence the work of laying cement the last week in October Not withstanding however the weather conditions have been very impropitious the work has proceeded successfully and Tuesday marked the completion of a piece of work of which the contractors say they are very proud The reputation of the King Construction Company has always been satisfactory Fine equipment of the latest type facilitated the work Mr King has had wide ex in paving contracts years ago Taken from be of Thursday 1B76 An examination of Dictation and Spelling was given Hie pupils of the Public School on Nov 10 One hundred of the most words to be found in the respective readers and spelling book were dictated to each class Quite a number of the pupils succeeded spelling every one of the hundred words correctly and that many others were not far behind Those with all or almost all the words correct were Fred Ross Chester Hill Fanny McGarvin Elizabeth Stone Maggie Campbell Ella Hamilton Maggie Alberta McGar John Isabella Hill Ella Speight Mary Masai Angus Kennedy William Storey Kennedy Albert Henry Ryder Janefcarnley Annie Moore THE ACTON FREE PRESS PHONE Business and Editorial Office Acton rti on mm nd th MfWt on In hi MM In I lOdioHntlit liWti wit- in th port on hi rgd or I MMnc twi I 1 pa Id tor I Copyright