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Art The Acton Free Press Wednesday July 5 Mans fear results in 42 years in prison Gone but not forgotten his gall bladder was also Continued from page necessary which he had to endure without any anaeslhe- hurt anyone physically as he says it is not In his The company s annual picnic For the clasping of old hands A situation of appreciation To the men many lands To Englishmen and Irishmen Italian French there too With fighting wit each did a bit To pull the company through Beneath the stately maple trees And the spread of verdant grass In silent prayer we tarried there Like champions in the class While hearts were filled with memories Some Joys and sadness too In perfect weather got together With everyone we knew It was grand to see out Bob again In good humor as of old He was the kind that filled our mind With stories that he told Then we chatted with our Charlie The guy who set our stride When we stopped and swore he d say One More On the upper leather side How I used to cuss those foremen In their white collars too But in my heart I took their part They had their Job to do I looked around and spied our Wes Who was chatting with our Claude This gallant pair could make us swear When they drew out the sword Now there is John and Peter left today In the pink of health condition So young and strong to march along And carry out TRADITION So there above the sacred archway That surrounds the office door It still the same the founders name The name of one Victor Smith Rockwood Wants more cass pictures Acton Free Press Acton Ontario Dear Sir It was with great delight I saw the Acton public school pictureof in jour paper I went to high school with many of these peo ple Would It be possible to print a school picture or pictures of the students of Lome public school between the years of and 1945 1 was a student there and unfortunately do not have any pictures This would be very much appreciated Sincerely Joan Holmes Editor a Note Wewillbchappy topubhsh these class pictures if someone will lend them to us nature In the years he spent in prison Mr stayed in 10S penal institutions In that time he spent a total of eight or nine weeks free and years in solitary confine ment He ended up in prison in Kilby Alabama in 1X2 ally nicknamed Devil Island His crime was fraud and for that hi spent 31 months chained in a room with the door welded shut no window A collar was welded onto his neck and he had a chain long enough that he could reach the door and to lie down The other end of the chain was attached to the wall His food was slipped through a small slit in the door and newspapers were sent into htm on which he did his daily bathroom duties Ik then pushed the newspaper back through the same slit when he was finished with it He fed piece of corn bread three cups of water An operation on Looking for grads Winchester Ont June Dear Editor The Alumni of Winchester High School are planning a get together for the Willard years to be held Friday Saturday and Sunday August 6th and in the Winchester Community Centre The Winchester High School and all records were destroyed by fire in 1962 We request the assistance of your news media in our search for former students Any student wishing to attend may receive further information by Contacting Mrs Ethel R No Winchester Ontario KOC Sincerely Yours Ethel Our need for a miracle The Breezes Trailer Park Fairy Lake Acton l38WillowndgeRd Weston 327 Dear Editor In viewing and listening to the various people putting forward their pet theories for curing the Ills tn this world and realizing that none of the potential leaders agree on anything I have come to the con elusion that unless someone with all the leadership qualities comes to our aid I afraid this old world will have had It and It will take a miracle to put it right again This poem I have written I think covers what we need for our miracle Yours respectfully John Herron The Question The Answer Is there a man to save the World A leader ere it too late A man of vision we can trust To help the World hold back its fate This man would be a tower or strength Endowed with infinite wisdom A man who knows what ails this World To whom all men would listen Compassionate with high ideals Tolerant of creed and color A dedicated man of peace Who treats all men as brother This man would love humanity No fault of theirs antagonize To him the task of saving it Would justify all sacrifice Corruption free no greed or envy Wiser than the wisest sage Is there such a man as this Somewhere in this modern age The question asked the world awaits The answer borne on nuclear wind Not today is there such a man Remember We crucified him John NELLIE HARBERS Passion Plant which she grew from a slip bloomed last week The beautiful mauve and purple blooms only last ed one day It Ives challenge His big break In life how ever occurred while under these conditions at Devil Island in 1070 The warden challenged him to learn to read and write something he had never bothered to leam before A teacher would sit outside his cell daily and he eventually graduated from elementary and then second school The first book he ever read was the Bible the Book or St John Mr said he read one passage and denly realized his life was going nowhere He explained it suddenly downed on him there was a whale world out behind the bars he had never cared existed He looked at his lift and wanted more for it The correspondence courses soon began and he received degrees from Queen s University in King and ended up with the Hall eoursc Toronto After ten year on Devil Island he was the only man in history to ever be paroled from solitary confinement there he went to Atlanta where he realized he still was not read adjust He found out he could be convicted for itening the life of the president so off went the letters to President Richard Nixon and later Once he found himself back home behind bars Opens eyes friend of his visited him while in jail in Sandstone Minnesota ealled him a coward The friend told him look more courage to live in sotietv than to commit crimes w is then that Mr Meunier decided he to get out into society ind his friend he do it Just before he left the prisoners him ambassador for them in in id and the United Stares InMirch when he wis re leased from Sandstone Mr was deported back to his native The met Mr the border ind arrested him for an outstanding offense seven I before He found out later the police were acting on the Ins true lions of Jake Member of Parliament In a Manitoba riding Mr Epp explained that he was arrested as a ruse to keep him there until Mr himself could arrive The M said he feared Mr would panic and run away again The old charges against the ex convict were dropped as he had paid restitution lo the victim and he went to Winnipeg as a guest of the Canadian govern Meets teenager While in a hotel there he met his first teenager Rich Erdmonn The two became instant friends and after Mr Meunier went to Ottawa he sent for to be his chain confidant and star in the movie of his life White in Ottawa he had with Prime Minister Pierre and other parliamentarians They eussed penal institutions and he was appointed acting advi of such institutions to work with IIil attorney gen on prison reform in Ontario Mr ex plains Last week Premier Richard Hatfield of New Mr to join the probe of the committee prison fire in St John which claimed prisoners lives Mr Meunier has it present a ease suing the United States government for more 1 million for v igainst him the years in prison I- our of the individual suits he has re id won which include everything from improper medical to lion of his theft of his person property With the money he receives he phns to build a town in British bit for people like himself who art lo itt though ht has been jihsicilly and emotionally ired for lift Mr says he Is able to forgive the guards who beat kicked and hurt him He is also able to forgive his adoptive parents for the life they gave him before he went to jail for the first time He can forgive these people he says but he cannot forget Now that he is out or prison for good and only thinking of his past inmates Mr Meunier is able to enjoy the things he only dreamed of having for real He devoured a banana split after longing for one for years when he saw a picture in a magazine He had his first ride on a sub way In Toronto and other things Ills friends He did his time with some of the greats as movie land has made them out to be The Bird Man of Alcatraz Robert was a good friend of his a Mafia leader Momo Giancana Joe Valachi Jimmy the Great Impostor Ferdinand Coponc to name a few were all sharing the some prison as Mr Meunier at one time or another Yet in spite of all the famous mlnals he has been im prisoned with Mr Meunier deplores ihe thought of any one making a hero out of his life He is not proud of his past but realize there was any other life for him at the time Two heart attacks later one in and the most recent being a few months ago and the discovery of betes have made him slow down Ins life and appreciate what he has now He feels God has meant the Boys Town be his objective in life I was down at the torn of the pit he says and have nowhere to go but up Because of all the publicity afforded him through national media Mr Meunier received many offers from writers wanting to pen his He is currently negiotating with writers as well as publishers and has spoken to motion pic turc studios about making the movie His public rtlatioas secre tary lives outside of Acton and it was while on a visit to her that Mr decided to move to the area He quickly found a place to live for himself and Richard and moved In last week He has made his where abouts known to the local police department and has made friends with a few of the businessmen However Mr Meunier is concerned about Richard The 16 year old was uprooted from his home environment in order to live with Mr Meunier to become more aware of his part in the movie and as a result Is In a strange town with no friends his own age He plans to at tend Acton high school In the fall but that Is not enough They both look forward to being accepted by the people of the community and to lead normal lives They need the help and understanding of the people of the area to do so however Of all his years doing hard time and of all the many months of solitary con fincment Mr finds that loneliness is the hardest thing he has ever had to endure OLYMPIC AUTO SALES GIVES YOU 5 CHANCES TO SAY YES OUR BEST SALESMEN ARE OTHER Honda Owners 3262 STANDARD EQUIPMENT Power frorrt brake Front wheel Rack its glass Heavy duty Electric rear wndow defroster Overhead Cam bucket teats Independent And much much moral FULLY EQUIPPED PLUSPDI FREIGHT ft LICENSE OLYMPICS THE AFFORDABLE CIVIC DEALER Our Service Makes The Difference SALES Woolwich Guolph Complex refuses to die The muchdebated municipal complex refuses to disappear from the scene despite much preelection furore 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