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2 The Acton Free Wednesday June Road oiling includes cars FREE OIL job Hardly Ian Williams found his car suddenly covered in thick dripping oil after driving home to Acton from work on Monday The works crews had done their annual road oiling in Esauesing and Mr Williams went right through it unaware There were no signs He also met a police cruiser similarly covered The oil on both sides of his car goes right up to the roof covering door handles The annual spring oiling of country roads always pro duces cars covered in slimy oil Cops check mishap An attempt to avoid a head- on collision with two motor cycles on 10 resulted In minimal injuries and damage for an Acton man David Wayne Oakley of 2 Storey was travelling westbound on 10 Slderoad Friday when he was con fronted with two motorcycles travelling east bound In the west lane report Halton Regional Police Mr Oakley stated to police that he swerved to the left side to avoid a collision and went of the left side of the roadway Police arc continuing their investigation into the Damage was estimated at for Mr Oakley small comfort to such people as Iain Williams of Acton who suddenly found himself Inside a car that was dripping in road oil from its roof to its tires Mr Williams explained to the Free Press he was driving home from work in Toronto along Maple Ave and past Indusmln quarry when he unexpectedly hit the newly oiled road With seconds his car was dripping in dark brown liquid He also encountered a police cruiser in the same plight Bud Snow of the Hills works department said the oiling was started and finished all on Monday There are complaints every year he recalls The road3 in have been oiled each spring for 10 years now The oil collects in the hollows and Mr Snow agrees it nasty to wash off Its not tar he says just road oil Mr Snow points out that the people on the roads con cerned hove been crying for It for a month now Four or five men worked on the oiling and the roads were posted with signs saying the road was closed while the work was underway The oiling is only done where there is heavy truck traffic on the fourth line Rick Rocher parts of 17 and parts of the third line Other roads are treated with calcium The remainder of No will be surface treated which Is the eventual goal of the department township used to oil about miles each year but now its about four miles Mr Snow says Nine years with Rec department Dr Jura Krnjevic District Croatians welcome party head politician in exile A former vice Prime Minister of Yugoslavia and the pre sent president of the Croatian Peasant Party Krnjevic is a honored gueat whenever he visits people of Croatian descent He made one of his frequent visits to Canada last week and spent several days in Acton guest of the editor of the weekly newspaper The Croatian Voice Basic The offices of the Croatian political actions and writh Voice are at Mill in the Radicgradually developed the former medical centre social program which became building The paper is printed the Croatian Peasant Party and the party platform was This 49yearold publication drafted in 1904 It aimed for a which started in Winnipeg Is united Croatia and complete distributed tliroughout the independence as well as for world but not in better education and social Yugoslavia programs for the country Neither Krnjevic nor Before the formation of the those associated with the party Croatians had a very Croatian Peasant Party are limited franchise able to go back to their native Members of the party in land eluding Krnjevic were Krnjevic was visited elected consistently to here In Acton by many parliament although it was CroatianCanadians A bar- dominated by Serbs In the becue dinner was held for the federation Krnjevic was distinguished guest at the the youngest member of the home of parhamentatonetime general manager of Croatia was part of the The Croatian Voice A picnic Turkish Empire centuries ago was arranged near Hamilton and as a legacy many when Croatian In that area Croatians are Muslims Most visit however are Roman Catholic Dr Krnjevic flew Friday to Croatia was part of the Vancouver to attend Croatian Empire for many National Day Sunday when he years and Yugoslavia as we was guest speaker Between know it including Croatia 3000 attended was formed In 1918 after the Before returning to his First World War home in London England he was shot in will spend a few days in parliament In King Montreal with his son Dr declared a die Kresimir a pro- in Yugoslavia of medicine at McGill went Into exile in his daughter in law and Geneva Switzerland and as grandchildren secretary general of the Dr Krnjevic wos in Croatian Peasant Party he ment In Belgrade the day the represented the party at the founder of the Croatian League of Nations Peasant Party StjepanRadic fomd rt was mortally wounded by an icuar to Switzerland during the life of the Nations the forerunner of the United during a heated debate on JuneZO1928 Later Dr Krnjevic sue Over the as a political ceededRadicaspartylender observer he has noticed a life has been an general change In language inspiration to the Croatian lw J people He was born to Nations began after World peasant family In 1371 There majority of were children and just one delegates from all over the hectare of land but his father French In the several decades Radic was able to receive a more and more people came university education and to speak English as an inter- always fought for the rights of language the peasant people He was With the rise of Hitler and arrested several times for his the threat of invasion theSebs Lorene Barton accepted to school talked about the problems which would arise with her being a weekend mother With her familys encourage ment Mrs Barton was able to accept her position In the course Mrs Barton Is a certified school teacher and taught for many years It has only been in the past four years that she became Interested in the deaf and now finds her life steering In a completely new direction When she graduates in June she said she hopes to teach at EC school for the deaf In Milton which her seven yearold son Andrew now attends were finally ready to come terms with the Croats and make concessions Krn returned Yugoslavia from Switzerland In He became the vice Prime Minister of the Yugoslav government We more or joined the Serbian government to show we stood by democratic principles he recalls Hitler and Mussolini made promises of a separate Croatia but Dr Krnjevic and his followers preferred dem ocracy They left for England living In London during the war when Yugoslavia was occupied He was the vice Prime Minister then of the Yugoslav government in exile Marshal Tito who fought the Nazis as the head of the resistance took over control of Yugoslavia after the war and the country has remained Communist since Krnjevic was one of those who chose not to return under those circumstances Since then there have been no democratic elections there as we know them the com government is self- perpetuating There Is no freedom of the press Krnjevic explains Mehmed Basic the editor of the Croatian Voice explains that Canadians have no Idea of what living in Yugoslavia Is like Two or three people might be assigned to a news paper to check what is being written he said With no expectations of change available through elections people resort to devious means to Influence each other and the govern ment We are fighting from outside as we can says Krnjevic Since the Croatian Peasant Party was strong years ago we are hopeful Younger Croatians who have grown up in Canada share his hopes of a free and democratic country one We are now Internationally much stronger thanwewereMyearsago Many Croatians came to Canada In the 1930s Con ditions were poor at home Due to the depression the United States would not permit the entry of many of those who came Instead to Canada or to Australia Many emigrated to the prairies where they were dir ected to farms where help was needed It was In this centre of Croatian people that the Croatian Voice was founded years ago in Winnipeg Other Croatians headed to the mines at centres such as Timmins Sudbury and Everywhere they banded together and the new news paper filled a need It was the voice of the Peasant Party and also a source of news on cultural and economic events One Croat who had been working on a farm in the prairies rode the rails on a cattle car to Toronto where he at once obtained work at Swifts cattle yards and meat packing plant He sent out west for others and so the Croatian group in Toronto began Krnjevic proudly tells of the success of life In Canada for his people He echoes the feelings of the partys founder Stepjan who said that people could succeed if they did things themselves He first came to visit in Canada in 1935 and again In 1938 He came then to the Croatians who worked in coal mines at Nanaimo these mines no longer exist The Croatian Voice deals with the problems of these people here in Canada and also with the mother country Dr points out They have been good for this country and they appreciate it They are useful Canadians Krnjevic Is a spry keen witted gentleman who never seems to tire He has studied widely and has a particularly retentive mind Seeing old friends and new places gives him keen pleasure He was particularly happy to see the Basic family In Acton He and Mehmed Basic have worked together for years now but the Basics came to Canada to take over the newspaper En April 1977 Last winter was their first in Canada with all Its snow after many years In London and Coventry England Mr Basic had been a correspondent for the Croatian Voice as well as a businessman Dr Krnjevic attended university at Zagreb Vienna and Budapest he has lived in Croatia Switzerland and England for many years I have always loved Canada he smiled familiar face around town and the Recreation office is this years camping supervisor Rick Rick is entering Into his ninth summer with the department having worked In all the different stages of the system before becoming a supervisor In his first year Rick worked as a leader In training for he department At this time he paid and spent the summer observing and helping the other leaders For the next four years Rick worked as a playground leader before gaining the position of playground supervisor for two years Last year Rick worked as both a playground and day camp supervisor This year he will return to the depart Fraud An Acton man was charged with fraudulent use of a Chargex card belonging to another man An Acton business also received an cheque tins week as camping and day camp supervisor Rick will be organizing a theme oriented program around the outdoors and promoting outdoor living and nature Making children more conscious about the environment is one of the main objectives of the program Rick is also respon sible for the selecting training and supervising of the staff Rick is a life long resident of Acton and just recently graduated from the University of Guelph with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Math Rick will be attending Western University in the fall for one year of Teachers College He enjoys camping sports music and art Rick is looking forward to meeting parents and other community members who may have suggestions for the day camp and camping program Rick will be working out of the Acton Scout hall but can be reached through the department switchboard RICK has returned as camping and day camp supervisor for the Recreation department Rick has worked on as a I T playground leader and supervisor giving him a total of nine years with the department He is looking forward to a good summer and would like to hear from people with suggestions for this years programs 16 Road S Suite 304 GEORGETOWN 8776984 IS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HINTONS CONTINUING SALE OFF AIL IN STOCK NOT ALREADY REDUCED ALSO MANY ITEMS TUREO AT 25 TO REDUCTIONS HINTONS An Acton of three has been chosen one of IB students for the specialists In deaf education course at James Whitney School In Belleville Barton received word last week she was one of 18 chosen Five hundred had applied Last year were accepted The course runs for months which finds Mrs Barton living In Belleville while husband Gary tends household duties back In Acton He Is pharmacist at Glcnlea Drug Mart Before she sett the final papers to the school however she sat down with her family and dave Mcmullen CONCRETE CONTRACTOR FLOORS WALKS DRIVEWAYS PATIOS POOL DECKS CURBS WtCitwf to Horn Own fflff ESTIMATES 8632726 Have Fathers Day Supper With The Band SUNDAY JUNE 18 S pm to 7 pm Supper Concert at the Band Hall Bring your Picnic Lunches and Have Supper under the trees and listen to the Band TABLES AMD CHAIRS AVAILABLE IN THE EVENT OF RAIN THE CONCERT IS POSTPONED Cantaloupes EACH Radishes INSTOIH ACTON IQA ONLY Hoifesi Regular Ripple Barbecue Salt Vinegar POTATO CHIIS 225 g Regular 69 CHECK OUR HANDBILL FOR OTHER SUPER Quality Service and Value 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