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TheActopFrwPmsWBdnMdav May 3 Refused at dump The town dump is an important topic here this week The problem of the dump came to the fore in connection with the razing of the old Free Press building on Mill St A Tyler truck loaded with debris was refused admission in the town dump outside Georgetown No help was given to the driver as to where he could deposit the unwanted load And we understand that this week another Acton industry was also refused entry lo the town dump Since Acton dump closed builders and garbage contractors such as Don have had to pay to enter the dump which is open at certain hours We recall a debate among the Acton councillors years ago which concluded with a definition of garbage It was whatever the tax payers wanted hauled away Wood for fireplaces As part of our personal solution we are offering scrap wood for use by people who would like it for their fireplaces It will be piled at the side of the old Free Press building on Mill St Come and get it Nowadays of course the garbage packer cant take everything that a truck could take And garbage is now a regional matter But still is it not the responsibility of the region to pro vide a place for taxpayers gar bage Apparently not Not big loads of garbage which wont decompose anyway So where are we to go Rural roads show evidence this spring that others are searching for a place to heave their garbage Mill St and No 25 sideroad are lined with garbage since the snow left Surely we dont foresee the day when bootleg dumps would be available for people such as our selves to use in the dark of night The fact that the region is faced with a problem in providing dump space understandable Citizens managed to oppose and scuttle the plans for regional dump near Milton But surely the responsibility extends down from the region to the individuals who pay the taxes and thought they had the service Wouldnt it be common sense as well as courteous to arrange the alternative and inform the people who pay before springing such a decision on them Lets get started In Georgetown garbage is now being separated Home owners are asked to put out newspapers glass cans and ordinary garbage separately Cardboard cartons or plastic bags are being used to hold the different contributions This is an experimental research project funded by the Ministry of the Environment Its also being tried at the same time in other towns The province covers the cost of an extra pickup vehicle as well as guaranteeing up to of collection costs Even if only 20 per cent of the people in Georgetown take part in the voluntary program it will mean tons less garbage going into the town landfill site works superintendent Frank Morette figured out Surely the time is near when all of us will separate our garbage this way Acton people have separted paper before and are presently keeping their glass for the monthly collections on the first Saturday of each month People understand the need If they dont people who fail to separate their garbage could be charged extra Lets get the pilot project over and start conserving along with the regular garbage collections We understand the problems of the dumps and were ready to co operate Salute the Red Cross Next Monday May is World Red Cross day Henry the founder of the Red Cross was born in Geneva on that day years ago The Swiss pacifist saw battle atrocities in 1859 which led him to write a book proposing relief societies The committee which was formed dedicated itself to the relief of those wounded in war regardless of nationality They chose as their symbol the reverse of the Swiss flag a red cross on a white background Henry also founded the YM C A proposed the concept of the United Nations and of an in ternational Supreme Court of Justice He favored abolition of slavery and arms limitations all of which came to be years later He was a winner of the first Nobel Peace Prize along with Frederic in Its May and may not May arrived Monday snow on the dandelions Got a story about the old town hall The town hall restoration committee is compiling these old anecdotes and would like to talk to you Phone George Elliott Yvonne or Alice The tower of London is years old this year Now thats OLD Someone passing by the old Free Press building commented that the new stores will improve the ap- pearance of the main street but she expanded Now said if only everybody in town would clean up their own back yards THAT would give us an attractive town A lot of mess has become visible since the snow left all right How about it everybody Start at home The Hargraves are a particularly wellknown couple and many extended best wishes to them on their special milestone years of married life Mr Hargrave was on council for years ran a garage and issued motor vehicle licenses all tasks tht made his face a very familar one in the community Congratulations Had a reader complain this week that the amount of damage reported in the Free Press in connection with an accident was wrong Not surprising at all I These estimates are done speedily by the police and are certainly not in tended to be the figure the repairs will cost It gives an idea of the severity of the accident and thats why we include it The figure is not because we reporters are stupid as this reader declared No When we do something stupid its a lot stupider than that Last week was Volunteer Week in Ontario Take a second and give yourself a small pat on the back There are hundreds of you You know who you are But more are needed for all kinds of things To volunteer to help in Acton phone the Community Services Centre 8533310 HERE COME the cookies Guides and Brownies head out of the scout hall Saturday afternoon with boxes of ready for delivery There were 3288 boxes sold this spring to raise money for the groups projects Its an annual event Sugar and spice b Bi Smile Canadians are In a bad mood these days Not bad in the sense of angry or ugly Bad In the sense of gloomy depressed And not without reason After riding a postwar boom with in thriving new money coming in new opportunities opening up and a general sense that the man might be right be right after all that the century did belong to Canada to a low that hasnt been touched for decades Trouble is during that boom we grew accustomed to affluence and a measure of ease and we werent built to cope with that We were a rather dour independent sturdy people far more used to battling Tor an existence than lying around enjoying lire We just couldnt cope with the ideas that we would get a raise In pay every year that practically everybody could that there was a job for everybody that we might even be able to borrow money from the bank in a pinch All of these were alien to our Canadian experience which had always maintained that life was real and earnest that fun was almost sinful and that If things were going well you kept your fingers crossed and knocked on wood Those of us who had grown up during the Depression of course never believed for a minute that the prosperity would last We went around like so many Jeremiahs warning the young of the horrors to come when the bubble burst and boring them to death tales of our own impoverished youth Fortunately or perhaps unfortunately Ihe boom didnt end with a bang but a whimper Wo Cassandrasof gloom were scoffed at There were still plenty of Jobs Everybody could go to college on loans and grants Everybody really needed a summer cot tage or a ski chalet or two cars or three snowmobiles The banks would lend money lo anyone who didnt have two heads aya the loan companies looked after them The Canadian dollar was buoyant and we were a little sickly glad when the Yanks had to pay a dollar and five cents for a Canadian dollars worth If you were temporarily between jobs unemployment insurance was easy to get and fairly generous If you were really strapped you could go on welfare and sit home watching TV If got sick hospital insurance looked after all Ihe bills Gas for the car and fuel for the furnace and food or the belly were cheap and plentiful And the rot set in slowly A touch of mould here a cockroach crowlirg there Strike after strike after strike made us one of the worlds most unstable industrial countries As a result capital investment began lo dry up Another was that many of our manufactured products had priced elves out of the world and even Canadian markets Branch plants began to close as their owners pulled in their horns and retreated lo the comparative stability and higher production of the US Other plants run three shifts cut to two then one Foreign investors found more fertile fields for their money forces became ineffective for lack of funds and lost much of the pride they had once held In their role in NATO It snowballed Inflation became more than a topic of conversation it became a bogeyman Then suddenly there wasnt much gas and oil left and their prices soared A new ugly racism reared its head sparked by the fact that so many Im migrants did so well with so little because were willing to work A separatist party was elected in Quebec and it was a whole new ball game The employment force swelled steadily while new jobs failed to keep up Huge mining and smelting companies which had TO INMeMT MOTION been stockpiling their products because other nations could buy them cheaper elsewhere closed down and put thousands of well heeled workers on the Small farmers fell by the wayside when only Ihe big ones could survive And we kept paving over valuable farmland with asphalt and concrete Retired people saw their lifes savings gobbled up by inflation and the falling dollar Small businessmen cut back on staff and service in order to stay in business Doctors fed up to the teeth with overwork and bureaucratic interference began heading for greener and warmer pastures University students tolling over their books grew ever more bitter as they began to realize that the country did not wan for need them that the chance of a job on graduation was paper thin Thousands of high school students who should have been out working went back to school and lazed away another year because they were a drug on the market And governments national provincial and local wrung their hands and waited for the wind to change the miracle lo take place while they went right on spending more and more taxpayers money Its not much wonder that the prevailing of the country is morose and suspicious But surely a nation that toughed it through two world wars and a world depression Is not going to roll over and die We aint licked yet And spring will be here Probably by the first of June 274 Alma St Ontario The Editor Acton Free Press May Acton Ont Dear Sir I would like to take this opportunity lo express to you on behalf of the Acton Minor Hockey Association our sincere thanks for all the coverage of our games and special events over the past season Our association is very proud of the compllshments of the teams this 77 season with one team winning the Zone Championship and other teams winning the W League Championships and Consolation Champs We also had more H A playoffs than ever before But some of our people have wondered how much It costs to operate our Assoc for a season So here Is a brief breakdown of our finances DISBURSEMENTS Ice Time- For season Referees For season Equipment For season Banquet and Trophies 719 M H A W Registration Tournament Entry Fees Advertising and Printing 14092 REVENUE Registrations from Players 5900 Gate Receipts Sponsors Club Draw- Expected income as only tickets were sold Winlario Project Grant To be spent on goal Tending Equip only There are some other expenses not shown here as the final bills are not In yet but this gives some idea of the cost season and next year Is going to be worse Ice time is going to cost us another a couple of teams need new sweaters another But this Is for the new executive So let me finish off by saying once again a sincere thank you to you to my executive to the managers and coaches who gave so much of their time and gas mileage to the sponsors and all our supporters and Invite all Interested parties to the annual meeting Sunday May at the Arena Yours In sport Frank President of AM HA The Free Press Back Issues 10 years ago Taken from the Issue the Free Press of Wednesday April IBM Members of Local of the Saw Workers Union went on strike against the HK Porter Division Co Ltd Acton plant last Thursday Pickets were set up outside the main gate of the plant on McDonald shutting down production and barring anyone but management office personnel and foremen from en tering Possible building of housing units on the Van Gils farm was discussed when planning board met Thursday evening of last week Mrs Matthews of Starr Real Estate representing builders of Weston presented plans for the boards perusal The proposed homes in the to price range Include some semi detached units Acton and district people travelling No highway at night between Acton and Rock- wood over the weekend were startled to see what appeared to be a surveyor working in pitch darkness with the aid of a flare He up some kind of plastic marking on the ground In the form of a cross which would only be visible from the air One motorist startled at ihe after midnight apparition laughingly suggested it was man from Mars setting up landing sites for flying saucers Why was the work being done under the cover of night Actonions watched with interest Tuesday night when Mrs Wendy Thomson of R l appeared on the television show The New Women The program showed four women of different marital status and they each spoke Informally about their modes of life Mrs Thomsonemergedasaheroine of sort in the more typical role of housewife 20 years ago Taken from the issue Free Press of Thursday May 1D5B Nine new teachers were engaged for the fall term at the Acton public school at the regular meeting of the school board on Thursday The teacher engagement committee reported the nine teachers were Banks for music man Mrs J Miss Marilyn Gordon Miss Joy Peal Miss Sawatik Miss Taylor and Miss Marjonc White The Music Festival Association held he 1958 rural finals at Snider school Trafalgar township on Friday George Hannahson acted as adjudicator In the girls solo eight and under Jamie Lou Hill of McCurdys placed first with 85 Christine Foyers of Dublin came second with and Nancy Mahon of No was third with 83 Other contestants in this class were Nancy of Kathryn Sinclair of and Heather Baker or No For boys eight and under Laurie Death of Hornby came first wllh Teddy land of Ash second and Richard Reed third of Omagh Others were Ricky of Stone school Allan Gordon of No Nassagaweya and Neil Robertson of No 6 50 years ago Taken from the Issue of the Free Press of Thursday May The members of the Primary Room were all taken to the most dangerous corner Mill and Willow by their teacher Mrs M R Moore and given a practical demons tra tion of what they are required to do as members of the safety club Miss Be mice Reid last week completed her course of training at Guelph General Hospital and graduated as a trained nurse This is spring cleanup time The municipal officer will make his rounds of inspection Wednesday Some splendid work has been done on the streets with the road scraper and drag 100 years ago Token from the Issue of the Free Press Isany thing going to be done about getting a fire engine Messrs Robert Nlcklin and Edward Matthews have purchased the livery business of Mr Ransom Adams Acton supports a first class brass band The town of Guelph does not support any and yet It expects to become a city shortly We are requested to state that the boys who are in the habit of throwing mud at their neighbours houses had better beware of steel traps and spring guns THE ACTON FREE PRESS PHONE Business and Editorial Office Copyright 1978