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Acton Free Press Wednesday February 1977 Editorial Page Acton will grow A report presented to council last week indicated Acton population could reach 600 by adding a more realistic estimate is actually However neither of these figures is actually realistic The study only included Acton the lots within the old bounds of the town It ignores township and it is there that Acton growth is expected to be Anticipated for years has been a subdivision just east of the town limits on the Brown and farms These future residents will be included in the town population surely with extended services Just now growth is limited by the volume the waste disposal plant can process An application to increase the capacity of the plant by onethird is under consideration Then growth is expected to go up likely to 10000 Houses shcools and a plaza are all probable for the east edge of the town Although Esquesing is still under the limitations of the old agricultural holding by law that will probably be changed some of these days Then our town will grow and the GO Train will probably come out this far from Toronto to benefit commuters Like it or not that s what the future likely will bring In memory of Ted Tyler Ted Tyler relished new projects and enjoyed getting things ac complisned And Acton has been a better place because of him A business man a family man a willing councillor and mayor a dedicated development committee member a long time hydro com missioner an avid curler he was a booster Happily he saw his own business grow with his wife and son alongside him He could look at paving the town well subdivisions industries sewers and sewer plant hydro lines and the hydro building the scout hall music centre and curl and know he had a hand in them all And he had helped see that things were done properly The Rev recovering from a heart attack four months ago himself returned to his duties to conduct the funeral Monday He expressed appreciation for Ted Tyler life His also reminded the many listeners that it easy for a person to become a success in his own town It s far easier for people to ap a stranger In general Acton is not a demon place But one year at the annual Chamber of Commerce dinner Ted Tyler was properly honored as Citizen of the Year He and his accomplishments will be remembered for a long time No year to commute Even old timers are thinking this winter could just be the worst they can remember One big difference way back then farm families stayed on the farm and town families stayed in town The farm families were pre pared to be snowed in Children could walk to school there were horses and sleighs for travel Now the problem of driving many miles to the job or school creates the work that must be done to clear roads Driving long distances has become a way of life and we accept it But there are murmunngs of change with the new theme small is beautiful It included decent ral ization smaller factories and businesses nearer home Maybe it s a pipe dream and we have ready gone too far But this winter has certainly accented the problem Of this and that At a meeting discussing education in Acton a man told of his concern that children are being taught about the United States when they should be learning about Canada He mentioned projects on American cities which he thought could just as well have been on Canadian cities Other people nodded in agreement at his concern over Americanization Yet during the same meeting several people referred to the Zee Bennett School No one made any comment Several people have told us they miss the 20 Years Ago column We have been trying a 10 Years Ago column instead by request This winter theme song We re Off to See the Blizzard The recreation department is instituting a column for publication in the paper It will cover their staff their philosophy and their activities Hope you enjoy it GUN CLUB posed for their photograph many years ago The picture is lent by Martin Hassard grandson of one of the participants John Harvey Among those identified left to right are Mr tannery Hiram Warden a barber a Wiles George Agnew Mitch Cob ban Jay J Pearson Charles Taylor Dr Lowry John Harvey and Mr Stark of the Storey Glove Co SNOW AND WIND pay no attention to mile an hour warning sign Winds went as high as to miles per hour during the past week blowing snow and making driving virtually impossible recommended that people stay off the roads Sugar and Spice by bill smiley Boy mi l glad I in not rich There is nothing wrung with money in itself though the love of it is reputed to be the root of all evil It what money brings in Us in mike Ilk nightman I or the past four days vl been a fimil and it s been a ml brute We need two ibout us much is wi need two houses and I still dnn t know how I into his fandango but I in mil I I he re w thing wrong with our old ear it was gelling a bit long in the tooth Or so tcrbod said I think Dodge Willi only 4t miles on it that r like bomb was something to be ishained of Dogs in said to age about seven to one in torn with humans Thus a nine dog would like a W year old nun That stuns fair enough missing missing some hair andgetlint stiff ind But there ire old dogs mil old dogs of both species 1 don know tin for irs bum ins hut I guess mid be iboul tight town io wiuld HO in hum in terms jm might sum a gnu ige to person il knowledge or peopk lift begins it HO in in Did girl in home for tin iged will up lht know from ixperimei sum of tin guys it ho re the most men ihtv mil their MM sotuJI sexuull all reading I itch iboul the de Menopause least I I Hunk I i inn through it dl right hut never really know Only Iisl Sundi I is giving wife big bins she didn l mi to join and legion Hill will tin work on w is bit takm for oik Then she snapped th it didn tire what I did mi hi id in I out OUR READERS WRITE Senior citizens complex 11 Ontario January I m still If from relire mint mi to heir so much going on toncerning that hull piece of property intersection Mill Street md Acton not turn tint into Senior Citizen complex No frill property in i lias been turned luile homes for the No smrs steps lo limb ill on floor so ihij in get i round in their lalir ivin in wheelchairs tin with saidpropertv look into tins project would hi so li to be elose lo the lown the doctors the stores the w mid not Ik isolated I hope to set somt thing done or Win not begin with Hit right tlosi town Mrs mm lurnbull Acton not Amherstburg Dear Neighbor A has ilk Somehow our mail got mixed with letters meant for in I- sscx County and in of you will e letters signed Mr thai city envelopes loo earned the address If you have by an chance sent your contribution the Ontario March of Dimes in rest issured that it will reach us and you will receive your receipl If you wrt too by it all to respond won t you please do it now The Ontario of Dimes needs help just in supplying personal sup port sen ices like wheelchairs and artificn limbs but with programs of United we stand One Cinadwn view of Separatism In Johnny little family Where quarrels sometimes start They re at loss to know who Boss While the I fills apart They arc looking examples Set by neighbours out that United strong they got along And formed the USA Their Slogan is but all for one And one for all they say In dirty weather Join together In one United way tumping ind sports ind social re jib lining stroke itt itk I he of crippling of these could mtikt iou a for of Dimes No out is exempt from tragedy So please help giving generously lolht irch Dimes you he helping lo the qu of life for ill disahled adults Smd your cheque won All donations will be with rt Thank you ours gruit Dub Mrs Divide and conquer often said Villi kill i union strong Create bate then separate Destroy their native tongue Hut Sammy stands United He finds it best that v With Union health he keeps bis wealth And guards night and day But there hope for Johnny family Where all can get pay Birds of a feather should stick together In one UN1T1D WAY Victor Smith play poker six nights i week as long as 1 ike more than a dollar with me and didn expect me to serve lunch to a lot of men leave dirt mess to tit m up burn holes in the rug I don I know how I goi iwa from here behind the barn when I stirttd out talking iboul the horrors of being Iwo car I I madt dispar iging remarks it mil old Dodge A mechanic wanted it heap Inn I suggested SI is fair price he laughed si hard he had mild heart itk Smiley you run lint old wreck into tree in Wank This i gross canard That tar has bit only om tree II idmit that it has hit the same tree the one at the end of my druew three times my wife daughter once mj son in law hut never by me Thai shows you how rumors spread It did a wow in the front bumper from the I hit a light standard The bumper is like a boom bit I bombed through two feel of snow in im driven i list winter skidded and hit a tele phone pole Hut only one tree On one side w as stripped off and door ived in when the Old had in irgumtnt with the side of the the other side until looked like new ear except for the rust hid bare 12 inches up into ihe fenders Key words there ire Until today today I have matching doors both without chrome both looking as though Paul Bun an hid taken a grievance and i kick it the door in that order Insidi the car is like new if you don mind i bit of foam spilling out of the seats You can tell it has been a one owner car two inches of cigarette ashes on the floor are all of Hie same brand can understand how sentimental a chap could gel such a car I ike an HO year old uncle with i few scars and wrinkles but i lot of zip still in the old bawd love in that car 1iople have been taken to hospital in that tar Babies have been brought home from hospital on their fifth or sixth day in the world m that car I loved that car But it was loo randy for me It is M lie Menopause No 2 the one that comes at B0 So I bought a new one Not really new Anybody who buys new car today is either rich or Jumped all the way up lo a 72 Hull still have the old one My wife loves too I expected her to be seen in public in Thai old wreck So I hive two cars I juggle them in and out of a one car garage and a onecar driveway Today I had the new one off to work Although I have told her limes that she con t back Ihe car out of the garage she tried 1 don I know what her tech n I que is I think she looks over her left shoulder and twists the wheel to right Or vice versa Anyway she creamed right up against the post of the garage could neither for ward go nor back and I now have mat denied doors Sans chrome At least l ihe new five yearold one The Free Press Back Issues 10 years ago Taken from Ihe Issue of ihe Press Thursday A last minute agreement Sunday slaved off a possible strike of Micro Plastics plant workmen and a new contract was signed Monday evening expiring October 196B Official opening date tor Acton Cen ten jit a library has been set for Saturday June the day before Decoration Day is generally unfavorable to twoborough proposal for and Peel Counties Lome dimming special adviser the Municipal Affairs Department said on Tuesday and there is little likelihood of action this year David Dills publisher of the Acton Free Press announces following changes in the administration editorial and ad vertlsing staff of ihe newspaper effective immediately Henry has been named account ant for Dills Printing and Publishing Co Ltd He ill relinquish his advertising sales responsibilities with the newspaper to dcvoie full lime to his position Don Ryder has been appointed advertising and lalion manager of ihe Acton ree Press He will relinquish his position as news editor and devote full time to advertising and circulation responsibilities Hartley Coles has been named editor of the Acton Free Press For some ears he has been res ponsible for the paper sports writing He will now assume editorial responsibility for the complete publication A long time employee of newspaper he is quite familiar with the town area as well as being a competent reporter and writer 50 years ago Taken the of the I- ree Press Thursday I 1J27 will be a matter of much local interest to know that it was Harold of Los Angeles Calif who examined George Young the champion swimmer after the big race and declared that he had sustained no injuries as a result of his and exposure As is well known here Mowat is an Scion boy son of Mr and Mrs J Mam With the increased work entailed in the collection of waterworks and hydro accounts the Public Utilities Commission decided to discontinue the handling of general electric stock at the shop on Mill St and to confine ihe stock carried lo small daily needed such as bulbs plugs and electric irons Speight secretary is to lake ehirge of the Public Utilities Office with her salary SHOO per annum The salary of superintendent is lo be 1G0 a month The members of the choirs of Knox St and the church were the guests of the of the United il a skating part followed by a dinner of baked beans in church The members of Citizens Band who had played for the skaters at the rink were also included The function throughout breathed forth ihe spirit of feeling and goodwill Michaelmas Da esterdav half the feed and half the ha 100 years ago The new Church in town was opened dedicated to the Ihe Lord Ives of New York 120 is the- modest sum demanded from the Ontario Government for Ihe Toronto and Ottawa Midway Tht masquerade on the skating rink in Georgetown last week was a grand success McG irvin has i an interest in the plow company by purchasing the five shares formerly held by Mr John of Nassa was killed last week by being thrown off a load of wood near The branch of the Bank of Hamilton was opened last week under the of Mr Colquhoun ight new churches have been erected by the body in the of Essex A successful writing school has been conducted for the last 10 days by Mr Camp bell with sixty pupils some of them grown men women THE ACTON FREE PRESS PHONE Business and Editorial Office Copyright 1977