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The Acton FteePres3 Wednesday 1978 Editorial Back to Acton Back to Acton Days this weekend promises to be bigger and better than last years with plenty of exciting events and a super variety of programs Ending of course with the fireworks We certainly hope visitors and former residents will come Back to Acton and that many local people will find theres no place more interesting to be this holiday than at home Many groups individuals and businesses are getting their plans together this week Theyre hoping to boost the town improve business and liven us up in a community wide event Its for everybody Come on out and enjoy yourself History in pictures With good weather the Free Press will have an exhibit of old photographs out on the main street for Back to Acton days We hope you will drop over to see these pictures We have a very important ulterior motive in getting them ready for display We hope that old timers will come along and identify some of the people for us Many of the pictures are lacking names dates and places We would very much like to fill the blanks And then we hope that many people will feel inspired to lend us their old pictures We have a system all arranged which involves rephotographmg the old pictures and making ourselves a print from the new negative Then the original goes back to the owner We hope to do a lot of this the fall when the weather gets chillier and we dont mind spending the time indoors We hope you enjoy leafing through the pages of our old picture albums He will be missed St Josephs Church bulletin last week earned a terse announce ment that parish priest Father James Smye is being transferred to a parish in Winona The announcement came as a surprise to parishioners at masses Saturday and Sunday The recogn ized parish priests are often moved but Father Smyes popularity with all age groups the parish and the work he has done in his short tenure of four years has endeared him to many His transfer is re both among parishioners and friends of other faiths he has made during his stay in Acton During his pastoral care the parish with the help of the Separate School Board founded and established St Josephs School He took a keen interest in worthwhile community events and cooperated with the other churches of Acton and district He tried successfully to bring spiritual messages in the simplest manner so anyone could under stand them His homilies were short and to the point A visitor to the parish remarked on Sunday That priest has a lot of common sense He 11 be missed They told you so The study of regional govern made by the Liberal task force has found much dissitis faction their report shows The study found there was not a strong community of interest between rural and urban people People in smaller communities resented being absorbed in a larger tificial community Towns which had their own councils prior to regional govern ment found their representatives drastically cut in number These of course are among the problems which were presented to the Task Force by the Actonians for Action committee There is a copy of the full report at the Free Press office if anyone would care to Treat us royally Treat visitors royally says the Ontario government Theyve got a big campaign going encouraging people to be nice to tourists As we commented in this column before we really think we people who live here all the time deserve to be treated pleasantly too Everybody knows stories of gloomy waitresses and indifferent clerks They make you feel a nuisance The government is sending out the following list of eight ways to treat visitors royally Its worth sharing 1 Smile Its the quickest way in the world to make a friend If you look angry your visitor will feel uncomfortable and that the last way a visitor wants to feel 2 Listen Some visitors have different languages different accents different customs If you listen carefully to a tourist s needs you be better able to help him Be polite Thank you is probably the most important thing you can say to make a visitor feel that his visit has been appreciated Simple courtesy wilt work won ders Be prompt Most tourists only have a short time to visit with us so naturally they don want to spend their time waiting to be served Do you like waiting on your vacation 5 Be helpful Try to know your area well so that you can help visitors find their way Visitors often ask direction to hotels banks hospitals restaurants sightseeing attractions liquor outlets and a host of other places Be clean Nothing turns a tourist off like grubby people and dirty places Respect their money A visitors money represents his country his work and his worth However much or little its worth in terms of Canadian dollars never treat it as funny money and always give the best possible rate of exchange Wish every visitor a happy day It makes a tourist feel good to think that somebody cares And if a visitor feels good hell come back againand again And so will Did you know Each alcoholic badly affects the lives of four other people Here as throughout the country it is parent that people are drinking more and more Watch it Did you know that there are religious periodicals in Canada and to statistics people in the age bracket to 44 had the largest average income and yet in a breakdown of charitable donations were fifth on a list of eleven with those over seventy contributing the highest amounts BICYCLE PARADE LED OFF the Bennett Circus last Thursday at the school The whole school took part in an afternoon of festivities ranging from prepared acts to concession booths to a paint the teacher booth that proved to be quite popular with the students Sugar and Spice my thing me that my wife that I could not list them in this spun even in point form Hut I Hit one thing licr mist is thai Van always hue in a newspaper II I retort If one must jct one nose in there are a lot more things thin newspaper of glance through no lulus welter of weeklies a seal terinn of news mug nines and a gaggle of public ill from the Anglican to t in id in literature When Im I reading books from fiction I lo biography from children I spy to ilmj lo her when she I all me what scramble she had with music pupils or why the she put in her new blouse makes her look like le with one shot off It must be maddening her when alter 1 minutes f willing our daughter ibility groaning about our grandsons powers of destruction or our sons safely in the purlieus of ir ifuay have me look up ndsay Hey sweetie did you know that Pi linithwnite columnist had gout Know what Or what tint Trudeau is going In do next She is however hoi without a modicum of rcilism f she were a gencnl wife she know that I had lobe off to the wars or least to some cosy place within miles of he lines If she were a dot tor wife shed know you can I ike sitting around witching TV If she were wife shed know your do prick up like a hound whin hear an ambulance siren So she the wife of a and a writer she knows darn well thai this is pari of the price The man has got to At least this is the picture I draw for her in many heated discussion Sometimes I manage convince her until the next lapse The truth is something else I read the news for nefarious and numer reasons One is for pure laughs his Is the media themselves and the seriousness wilh which they lake selves Did you ever see since cousin I- was left standing at the altar such a disgruntled bunch as media when the Prime Minister refused to call Ihe election had got themselves so engorged Another reason I peruse the papers li indulge my taste for Irony In an effort to keep the peace the Yanks arc selling Tighter plans to both Israel and the Arabs They would prefer sell only to Israel because there is a veritable host of Jewish votes in the S Bui they need oil so hey sell to the Arabs too Shades of the days whenlhcysoldscrapironloJapan before WWII and had It relumed wilh interest In the form of shrapnel 1 study media as a sort of ego trip Doing so makes me aware that I am not as obnoxious as Pierre not as arro gant as Pierre Trudeau works the other way loo I learn thai I not as fearless as nol as colorful as Gut then I m not as silly as Yost or Howie Meeker so 1 really come off fairly well Studying the news makes me aware of Ihc darkness of the human condition Two little boys in six and four beat an old lady of bedridden to death because she gave one of Ihcm six pence and the other nothing I wonder about my grand boys I read a story and wonder the lack of a sense or humour among our politicians Recently a professor hired to do a study of falling enrolment in schools came out with the first part or his report Wilh tongue in cheek he suggested women should start staying home and having babies or perhaps test tube babies should be produced otherwise our educational system would fall apart for lack of clients The pots fanned by the media accused him of racism and every thing else short of going to Ihc bathroom without having I know the feeling Sometimes I make a joke In this space and I appalled at the I attacked as a libertine an atheisl a monarchist a war monger a peacemonger a of the young a denigrotor of the elderly a male chauvinist a female apologist a rotten husband and father a lazy bum a teacher who should not be allowed within hailing distance of our young It doesn bother mo much because I get all this jaii at home long before the letter writers get at me not any of those things I m just old BUI Smiley trying to keep his head above water in the stream of life without swallowing any of the sewage seems to Infest it Finally I enjoy thai old enjoyable known as I told you so I get a real kick out of looking back and realizing that some cause I espoused years ago lo the great indig is now the Thirty years ago I said we should recognize Red China a fact Horror Now ihey re our buddies They buy wheat Our readers write Thanks to Father Smye Dear Mrs Dills at St Joseph s Separate School real thai our school would still have been a dream without the efforts of one particular person He has been a source of great help to us in our first year and will miss him greatly In the new school year leaves us for a new assignment and we will be extremely saddened to see him move from our school and our parish The children and staff of Si Joseph School will never forget his spiritual his beautiful way with children and a great support and enthusiasm for anything we attempted Our continued existence will serve as a permanent reminder of the achievements of our pastor and friend Father wish him continued good health In the future our prayers for success in his new parish and our thanks for a job well done Yours truly Staff and Students St Josephs Separate School A boy who had hoped in vain for a new pair of high boots went on a strike at prayer time explaining to his mother Its no use Art doesnt listen Art who she asked Art in Heaven he sadly explained The Free Press Back Issues I 20 years ago Taken from the time of Free Pre of July 1938 A proposed annexation of approximately acres of Township land Into to the township and subject to the Ontario Municipal Board was given the nod of approval by Acton council at a special minute meeting on Wednesday evening In the council chambers Robert S Hart Divisional the St John Ambulance Brigade this week announced an unauthorized can vans for funds in the name of the Brigade has been taking place in Acton Mr Hart reported the Brigade is not permitted to raise funds by this type of canvass and citizens are warned not to participate In this local private endeavor Acton council Monday night accepted a recommendation of the Roads committee and instructed preparation of a construe by law for the Installation of storm sewers and hard top paving In the Glenlea subdivision paving on Acton Boulevard to the Z Bennett school and on Churchill Rd South 50 years ago Taken from the Issue of the Free Press of June 19211 One day last week Owen the four year old son of Mr and Mrs Lloyd was bcingrlddenonablcycleby an older lad he fell from the wheel and onto the road alighting on his head and suffered a slight concussionofthcbralnfromthefall He hag now almost fully recovered from the fall and Is able lo be about again Rev A C returned home on Tuesday from the sessions of the General Assembly at Sask Mr Stewart also visited In British Columbia and the state of Washington He will occupy his pulpit at Knox Church next Sunday at both services Last Friday evening a number of Acton and Mrs R it being Mrs Davidson s birthday The evening was spent in games and other amusements The unsuitable weather last Saturday forced Ihc Ladies Aid of the United Church to hold their social and sale of baking In the basement of the church instead of the lawn The weather however did not mitigate from the success attending the affair Mr and Mrs L Marshall were visiting with friends In The outbreak of poor weather which we have been experiencing is expected to pass before August 100 years ago Taken from Free Press of Thursday June No business of any Importance was trans acted by our council Monday night Mr of is erecting a first class store and post office in that village it will be ready for use in two or three weeks The Canada Glove Works here has been running to its fullest capacity for quite some lime and the amount of goods shipped averages daily Lost week there were eight robberies in Georgetown A grand celebration will take place in on Dominion Day will be given In prizes for games and amusements Without warning the great Brigadier Strongrogonoff will appear and march at the head of ye band of Kolithumpians A musical entertainment will take place in the hall In the evening The constantly Increasing demand for sensational literature is assuming alar proportions The young people of to day arc unstable In their demand for trashy literature Seek costumes The Costume Society of Ontario is presently conducting research on Men s Occupational or Work Clothing worn in Ontario during the 19lh century We would appreciate very much your bringing this matter to the of your readers as we feel they are perhaps our most valuable source of information To your readers we ask Do you know of any sources of Information such as actual garments photographs memories and reminiscences books local histories bills of sale etchings sketches paintings en ledgers etc If you have any information lhat may help us with our study please contact Sue Seherbarth Guelph Civic Museum Gordon Street Guelph Ontario THE ACTON FREE PRESS PHONE 2010 Business and Editorial Off icb It Copyright