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When I was small brought up In the aftermath of the Second World War I used to think every generation had to suffer a war Fortunately we haven t had a third great yet but we are reacting to the war on Inflation in a similar way The back movement may seem like a fad to city folks but It a a good one one that 11 slick with a great many people even after some have fallen by the wayside trading in their fork and hoe for a down town parking lot Many women who went out to work for the sake of extra money are now and cheating cheating the government out of those taxes cheating the grocery moguls out of profits from cake mixes and hamburger helper cheating the gas companies out of problems with excess profits 1 not advocating a return to the wife beating kitchen slave days But trying to beat the high cost of living by get ting a mundane job and then finding yourself trapped into paying for all the extra expense just t worth it There s something very satisfying about becoming more self ficicnt and being able to thumb your nose at high food prices rising cost of home heating if you have solar heating or even a good old wood stove and best of all the Great God Hydro if you happen to be lucky enough to have a working wind generator A garden Is something most land owners can enjoy a vegetable garden that Is If you ve been noticing the cost of produce In your friendly supermarket lately you 11 ap preciate your own It s also good exercise a source of fresh air a way to keep busy and a religious experience for th06evhohappentoworshipMotherEarthwellsomcdo Even the simple procedure of making cakes cookies and bread from scratch helps enormously living costs especially if your kids go through food like I constantly surprised at the young friends who meander through our kitchen and stop to watch fascinated as I throw together cake saying M Mom never does that After some years practice it takes less time than opening boxed up a simple batter it tastes I Had a letter from my aunt In England who has recently retired from teaching and is rediscovering the joys of self sufficiency somewhat necessary due to a smaller fixed in come but also fun and rewarding She writes that she loves making her own tea from raspberry blackberry tansy and balm leaves after noticing a quarter pound packet of store stuff had gone from 84p to 37p in six mon ths She s having a party preserving blackberries wild cherries and elderberries She chuckles over mushrooms wild quinces sloes and alpine strawberries found in the meadows and hedgerows all for free She back to makingher own wine a reputedly potent potion She says she halved her housekeeping bills and notices many many people living around them in urban St Albans have turned their into kitchen gardens or are acquiring allotments also a vast increase in the numbers of chickens goats and bees populating the out skirts So get smart Stop complaining about the billion dollar corporations squeezing the life out of us Try cheating them for a change Labor of love St Albans stained glass taken out for refurbishing PATTERNED MAC TAC is affixed to the stained glass windows behind St Albans altar preparatory to removing them and taking them to Milton for releading The glass is beginning to shift and crack due to the poor condition of the lead Age has taken its toll on the stained glass in St Albans church and the windows are being repaired and there this summer Some of the windows were completely removed on day afternoon and the leading will be replaced Other small windows arc being given new life right in their window frames at the church In charge of the restoration project is Bruce Sharland of Milton the owner of Classical Glass company He is a glazier by profession specializing In stained glass Half of his work is In tion and the other half in creating new windows and other items He has a work shop sales outlet on Mill St in Milton He particularly enjoys the kind of commission he has here in Acton is very fond of old glass and gets a great sense of accomplishment in restoring the windows to a safe sure condition Window broken He was contacted at first when a stained glass window right on Willow St was broken by a vandal However as Mr checked over all the windows in the church he was able to point out to the church official that the lead has is in crumb ling condition The windows behind the altar are in the worst condition of all Mr Is not sure whether this is because the glass in them is older or because they catch the main gusts or the prevailing westerly winds It was decided that all the work should be undertaken to make sure there Is no further deterioration of the windows He move completely The big windows behind the altar are reached by scaffold ing Mr Sharland placed mac contact paper against all the panes and con true ted sheets of wood the exact size Then the entire panels of stained glass will be lifted out of their frames and laid carefully on the wood These will be taken to his studio in Milton where each piece of glass is taken off one at a time and set aside in the same pattern Then the leading will be completely replaced Some of the panes of glass have cracked already since the crumbling leading caused the panes to and settle Other small windows in eluding those facing on Willow will be repaired right on the site They will have new putty to add strength Where glass is missing Mr Sharland will match new pieces to add lo the pattern Mr Sharland learned his trade from books watching others and from practice He has done this work for other churches Business growing He has been in Milton two years He has three full time people working In the busl well as a student for the summer He and John are undertaking St res toratlon project The oldest part St Alban church dates back to 1873 but the stained glass windows behind the altar were probably incorporated into the building about years ago When the work Is com plcted clear storm windows will also be considered They would provide protection against breakage as well as Insulation Mr is part leu looking forward to a trip to the British Isles soon to relatives and sec examples of stained glass he has often heard about He is particularly interested to see the new cathedral in Liver pool which has huge ex panses of glass It will be the first trip for him BROKEN window at St s is due Co be re paired New pieces of glass will have to be matched to repair the old window broken by someone unknown These census takers tramp the swamp IK dressed in hip waders and Using the Sharps ln I If you see two from outer space irompini through the swimp on hive Sideroad of just cist of Highway be They re Mi Sharp and Terry dressed in hip mosquito netting irmed I cameras The University of Waterloo students arc bird census and coming up with some sur findings Ma Bell is expanding and area dents will receive deductions on Bell Canada s option of a two party or a private line by this December with the advent of a Balhnafad locality Rate Area Bell Canada has spent Tor the new LRA project which was started in 1975 and meant recabling the Georgetown telephone office and underground cable in to Balllnafad An area is required to have private telephone lines before they can be established as an A has approxi mately private lines ac cording to Bill Barnes Public Affairs Manager for Bell Canada Oakville Bell has hopes for further acceptance from the fadarea because of future telephone bill deduction on two party and private lines will extend along Town Line and the line where the two intersect official boundaries will be made later Residents of en to based upon mileage from Road to the 7th Line Georgetown boundaries to their homes for a total of The R A will mean these residents will pay the same 5 monthly bill plus a charge at the telephone rates prior to June 15 The same will apply for a few party lines at a month plus the charge Instead of Ihe mil charge on top of the 4 Residents outside of the LRA boundary will pay the same monthly amount plus the mileage charges from the new Balllnafad L A to their home The only type of telephone line where no mileage charge exists is a party line with up to parties on a single line with a monthly charge of states Bell Canada will be contacting and area residents in Nov ember to discuss switching to a two party or private line but people can remain with a party line The 100 feet of new cables have been laid under BIRD CENSUS is being taken near town by students Sharp and Terry Tobias The study takes eight weeks Using the Sharps acre property and friend Terry are conducting their census in approved fashion using the methodology taught them in their course Mirek is a fourth year student in en vironmental studies while Terry has his Bachelors degree in Ihe same area The eight week study means the young men have to observe the entire property one day a week taking sight in the morning and evening The of wood swamp bush and open plain has been divided bj into sections so the census takers cm walk back and forth covering as large an area as possible without overlapping Books containing descriptions of the various birds records of their songs help the students to identify each species Three sightings or song hearings in Ihe eight week period are sufficient to establish that bird is actually living in the area Many more species arc sighted passing over or as visiting transients but only birds actually in residence arc counted Some birds are very alike and only their song identifies them as different types which is where the records an I tapes come in handy sighting trip took and Toby two and a half hours to complete at first but now they got it down to a mere two hours It s surprising just how many different birds the students were able to identify their first few sightings Most people don t realise how vcr many lypes of birds there arc in the area Huffed grouse are nesting on the Sharp property So are the usual redwing blackbirds and starlings Theres tons of these sjys There are quite a few Baltimore orioles and summer orioles the counters say robins meadow larks song sparrows and king bird bobolinks Woodpeckers In elude flickers downy wood peckers and hairy ones They heard the wood pee wee and four warblers The black and white warbler and Ihe northern water thrush are resting on the property Other birds counted include the cedar yellow throated warbler bay breasted warbler white breasted nuthatch American finch black capped chickadee great crested flycatcher an flyolcher nmg doves rock doves blue jays barn swallows sparrows and several identified ducks Any wildlife is of interest and the students have also heard wood frogs spring peepers chorus frogs nor leopard frogs green frogs and frogs The Acton Free Press Wednesday July 13 9 OMB grants library hearing The Ontario Municipal Board has granted a public hearing July on the library question They even seen garter They have also rescinded a snakes milk snakes and the previous order which would secretive red belly have allowed a How s that for two trips into the swamp Think what they can after more trips is quick to label Toby and himself as census takers watchers He stresses the environmental study aspect of their work debenture lo be used toward a new library According to the July order the debenture can now only be used toward an addition to the present library until the hearing is held The debenture was issued in 1974 when an addition to the rather than merely library was planned through Ihe woods looking for but was never used Then birds However birdwatchers or census lakers it still a formidable amount of birds to find on on ordinary acre property north of Acton later in April the M the itchine of this debenture to proposed new library in Cedorvile Park Upon recciung for a review of this decision by John Ferguson ind Betty Fisher representing petitioners the It revoked the order The group who hue now retained arc also protesting the use of parkland and he of Ihe proposed building the did not recene fair hearing from llalton Hills council CARPET CORNER MAIN ST NORTH ACTON 8533620 You Headquarters in Halton Hills for CARPETING CUSHION FLOORING DRAPERIES CERAMIC TILES LOVELLS MEAT MARKET Choice SIRLOIN TIP TOP ROUND ROASTS gQ corner of James and Main I inc Splicing the cables testing them in underground in holes and installing terminals still has to be done The Anothercablerouteis from date for the new tele Wellington Side road east to I December 7 Wedding Invitations Cards Serviettes Matches Confetti Drop in to the Free Press office and pick up a Wedding form for your newspaper announcement Willow St 8532010 Acton Rest Home maMgeSSent NOW CALLED Jeanettes Home for Senior Citizens May I take the opportunity to thank the numerous organizations business persons and all the citizens of Acton for the many smiles and extreme efforts that they have put forth in helping make the residents of the former Acton Rest Home a happy place to live A special thanks to the youths of Acton not one petunia missing from the flower boxes on Main Street Once again I thank you Sincerely Katherine Kelly RED BRAND BEEF Lean BONELESS ROLLED BRISKET b Choice PRIME RIB ROAST Tender PRIME RIB STEAKS SHOULDER ROAST Lean GROU BEEF Choice RUMP ROAST Lean STEWING BEEF 95 Fresh SMALL LINK SAUSAGE Maple Leaf Sliced Side BACON in GROUND BEEF LB FREEZER PAC 995 LOVELL BROS MODERN MEAT MARKET