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Founded in 1875 Don McDonald Publisher Inland Punishing Co lad Street accepted on lhat tho Onto Telcphcno pi no per year port on of advert sing apnea by the Canada CO es her than not bo gad lot b ho into In ovant of tprjflropt Ml a Acton Fico of Inland ng Co tod group of uburban i wrong pi goods or may not be sold an papers Tho Brampton to end r dun Tho Burl ngion Post Tho 1 Sun The Hon Canadian Chomp Ion Tho Tie Crculaton Tto an Common Now The VolAurora Era Oaltv Ho Boavo Th Wock Oshawn This and Tho Ontor Weekend and Tho Stoutfv bono Second EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Edho Coin New Editor Murray Sports Editor Bob Inicoo ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT Advertising Marugar BUI Cook ClaisKlad Advertising Marvin BUSINESSACCOUNTING OFFICE Off Ice Manager Fran Gibson Thomh II Carolyn CIRCULATION Business and Editorial Office 6 The Acton Free Press Wednesday Jan 24 Better policing Redistribution of patrol zones by Halton Regional Police es the creation of a new patrol area is designed to in crease police protection for Acton and district Only time will tell if the move succeeds The move will put one more constable on duty and a police spokesman has as the public they will get prompt attention to appeals for help Police expect they 11 able to make more patrols town and cruisers will be a more common sight The changes also mean that one constable will always be in Acton Apparently during a shift change this was not always possible The change in patrols came about from the department s re view of work information in Acton and the remainder of district One which includes the old township of Esquesing Georgetown and Milton Instead of just listening to the experts there is evidence the department started listening to of ficers who live in or near town with first hand knowledge of Acton and environs As a result there has been some shifting to improve police protection Hopefully the police depart ment will continually monitor the police needs of town and district Halton police have often been accused in the past of ignoring needs of citizens north of highway More efficient policing should do much to dispel that image A faithful correspondent A Free Press correspondent for many years Mrs Irene Mac Arthur died January 20 at St Joseph Hospital Guelph Mrs seldom missed any thing which took place in chill and surrounding country side Without her and others like her the weekly newspapers of Canada would be much poorer in their content A correspondents job requires a great deal of tact They must find out everyday happenings their communities without seeming to be nosy and then put the news down on paper so sensi bihties will not be offended Mrs did this very well and missed a week when her column wasnt eagerly read Former residents of the Churchill district often subscribed to the Free Press so they could keep abreast of what was hap pening in their old neighborhood Mrs kept writing her column until ill health forced her to quit Sometimes tions between the newspaper and her farm home on the brow of his tone Churchill were interrupted by snowstorms road construction or other hazards which made news delivery difficult If the news come by mail then Mrs MacArthur phoned it in If the telephone lines were out she always made sure a neighbor or friend dropped it into the Free Press office Her accounts of happenings in Churchill especially in the church she loved were replete with many names the stuff which makes the weekly newspapers She began sending in reports about from the same farm where was born and often despite poor health Our correspondents are a lively interesting group of women whose involvement in the community is the only reward they ask and Mrs MacArthur was one of the best She live on in the hearts of many Smoking costs money Virtue need not be its own reward Sometimes there s money in it That s one message the Council on Smoking is trying to get across to local business and industry leaders during the current National Education Week on Smoking Some examples The average smoker spends a year to maintain his habit If he quits hes richer A couple of pack smokers burn a year The savings in health cant be measured Theyre priceless Workers who smoke cigarettes spend over one third more time away from their jobs because of illness than people who have never smoked Recent evidence indicates that cigarette smoke damages not only the smoker but increases the heart rate blood pressure and amount of carbon monoxide in the blood of those in the vicinity There are other ways in which cigarettes cost money For in stance cigarette burns on clothing and freshly typed letters Stains on teeth and damage to gums more visits to the dentist Those extra trips to the store when you run out of cigarettes and the extra drives to make sure you have cigarettes on Sunday morning It really doesnt make sense to spend so much for something so dangerous Want to quit and dont know hoW Contact the Halton Council on Smoking or any of its member agencies for information on smoking and tips for quitting On with the race hang the expense II hard to head into a new year with a high heart when every second headline or smarmy news announcer hits you another blow where it hurts right on he financial bone It t tingle like a crick on funny bone Rather it produces a dull sick ache you know going to go away in a few minutes All the staples of life in our ful Canadian standard of living are taking another spurt in the inflation race bread butler cheese milk meal vegetables fruit There a plausible explanation for every increase as usual But I have a deep abiding suspicion and if had the research facilities I bcl I could confirm it I have a strong fee nig lhat when the basic commodity rises say 20 per cent the middlemen he big food chains with their handy outlets the supermarkets add five per cent to make it a nice round per cent fully realizing that the harried shopper time or resource lo figure out whether the increase on the shelves is justified One would have to shop with a one hand a copy of the Financial Post in the other and a mind like a steel trap to be able to prove it But I have a feeling deep In my bones that it s so Heard of any big food or supermarket chains broke lately trying to keep prices down Any liquor stores Any big oil companies Nope Just round it off to next figure above the Increase never below and let he con make up the difference After all it a free enterprise system we re living in And devil take the hindmost This type of swindle is only pennies when you look at one item But it take those pennies long to turn into millions of dollars when the mmipuhtors in their counting houses at the end of a year And it a kick in the plexus for the pcopleon low or limited incomes trying lo keep food on table If I were an pensioner and hod nothing else to live on be scared stiff pick up the morning paper and leirn what new item would have to be from the menu If I were young mother with a raft of kids and a husband out of work I con template eating the kids starting with youngest and most succulent rather thin trying to feed Hum I not in economist thank the Lord what a mess the ve made of things But I think it makes more sense to subsidize farmers for growing wheat so that he price of id may be kept down than does to subsidize American industrial so thil few thousand jobs be created I know the answers we need the jobs and the taxes industry will produce But the farmers will still be here growing wheat when huge new factories have closed the jobs have vinishcd and the Americans are gone laughing all the way to the bank It s happened before and will again I don t blame the If you ean find a sucker illing to give you huge subsidies and sweet tax concessions why not use him When the subsidies dry up and the lax concessions period ends you can always go home taking your marbles with you No skin off yours Don think I like subsidies of any kind I hate them Nobody ever subsidized my father And when he went broke in the depression he and my mother had to scramble to keep us oft the relief roles But they did That of course was in the days when individual enterprise was possible before everything got so big and faceless and unwieldy when a person was still a human being not just a number buried in he bowels of that vast conglomerate that is govern men I today No I don bull do believe in fair shares or as near as we can get in our system And that brings me from food fiddling to taxes Every year I read the early January reports of changes in the tax structure And every year I almost weep II the rich wot gets the gravy it the poor wot gels the blame as the old song goes This year as usual he poor get a few minor concessions but with inflation wind up shorter than ever The rich gel the same concessions but with their money invested at fat interest rates come out ahead of he game The poor don have investments They have to operate in the market place It all very complicated and I won t go into it here But putting it roughly Ireckon that if you were a totally disabled veteran wlthl2kldsandaworkingwife you might just might have the same income as the pension of politician who served Iwo terms was soundly thumped the last time around and hod returned to his fat law practice Julian Reed ministers misguided Wilfred left wag honored or his is yean of continuous service as a member of Hydro- Electric Commission at the annual meeting of District Ontario Municipal Electric Association recently He Is shown receiving a certificate and gold cufflinks from Murray Greene President of the a provtncewWeanoclatloo Commissioners of Following is an exchange of letters between MPP Julian and Minister of Energy James Auld re an Independent study of he Bruce Milton hydro corridor initiated by Mr when he asked the minister for such a study December 1078 Dear Julian I have on hand your letter of December concerning the Bruce lo Milton irans mission corridor again requesting that there be an independent study on the routing of this corridor I have reviewed this mailer carefully and fully concur with the view of my predecessor thai the route was selected a comprehensive study by Ltd and the Sotandt Commission as to the appropnale crossing of the Niagara Escarpment and with to Pickering transmission line Ail the necessary land and easements were expropriated additional public hearings and are now owned by Ontario Hydro It would seem me a further study would be wasteful and unnecessary For your information I am enclosing copies of two Idlers on this subject ad dressed to the Region or one dated December from the Hon McKeough and one from myself dated November 197B I cannot agree with you that there is no longer any urgent for settlement of this problem is true that Ontario Hydro has i eood margin of reserve but it does not have adequate transmission capability in place to use our new general facilities in an efficient manner I welcome your offer of assistance in resolving this matter and I am quite willing discuss what might be done to bring this issue to an early solution Perhaps there would be merit in arranging for with the new Mayor of Hills and the new Ha lion Region Chairman They have in interest in matter and no doubt want to bring it lo an early eonclusion I look forwird from you James A C Auld The Honourable James Auld Minister of Energy Dear Jim I have received your reply to my Idler of December and like lo polnl out just a couple of things which would suggest to me that you arc being somewhat mislead by your advisors First of all he necessary land and ease ments have not been expropriated Mr Retard Is one of many others whoconlinue to refuse either access or any kind of procedure with line Secondly ihe comprehensive study by and Solandt did not Include the north of the corridor and that was testified under by Ontario Hydro at the hearings of necessity The latter statement I have responded to is above all the ultimate bottom line on this problem I do not know who is giving you your facts on this matter but they do not ally with the hearings The Interested Citizens Group have repeatedly suited to me and have staled to the Minister of Energy as well as I mentioned before lhat If an independcnl study were find that the corridor should go in exactly ihe same place as Is Intended now they wilt accept that independent decision and you can be sure I will support such an independenl position as accepted by the ICG I would be the last to take the not in my backyard position of so many people who may protest a particular move by govern ment but I am determined above all that these land owners should have at least the same Justice that would appear to be done through the Solandt hearings on the east west corridor I would be most anxious to meet with you your earliest convenience Just give me a phone call and I will break away and be there Back f issues 10 years ago Taken from ihe Issue or ihe Acton Free Press orThursday Jnnuary29 1969 Merger of the entire counties of and Peel into one giant super metro regional government with a series of six or seven lower tier local councils was pre dicted as a possibility for 1971 by the Hon McKeough Acton Georgetown and pari of would be in one county councillors genera By want no pari of union with Peel says reeve Frank Deputy reeve Tyler declared will lose all its identity Mr Greer added We re the back end of Ihe county Anything Ihey don 1 want will be shoved at back A couple councillors mildly disagreed Mr McKenzlc stated that a system adequate 100 years ago is obsolete now Mr Coats said owns bordering Toronto didn t lose their Mr Morks wondered if toe- much emphasis was being put on identity We should look at broader plan he said Local reaction has generally been favorable John Goy received his Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Guelph Wilfred who lopped the polls was appointed the new chairman of Acton Hydro Electric Commission Fryer was reelected president of Sociely at annual meeling with Don Matthews first vice- president and Bill Nellcs second vice- president 20 years ago Taken from the Issue of the Free Press of Thursday January The anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns brought a busy weekend for Fred Wright He and his wife attended Ihe dinner and dance of Acton Scottish Dance Club of which he is a member on Friday and on Saturday the party of the Guelph Pipe Band of which he is president And he observed his birthday on the same dale as Robert Burns January A well known resident of Erin Township Thomas Henry Fines passed away The annual high school At Home is Ihe social event f he year Many parents joined Iheir family and enjoyed an evening of dancing On he lunch were Anne Jean Moffntt Shirley Mason and Linda Invited representatives met to discuss the installation of artificial tec in the arena Chairman wis George Barbeau of the Chamber of Commerce Lloyd McEnery was appointed president lo lead Acton Fall Fair board In their for a bigger and belter display in Despite a snow storm the council chambers was packed for annual meeting Saturday Bill Thompson was president last year and headed one of the most successful fairs in history 50 years ago Taken front Issue of he Acton Free January 1920 A delegation from the Lakeside chapter of the 1 0 Mrs James Adamson and Miss Jessie Russell attended the meeling of council and signified the willingness of Ihis order to supply he material for re- floonng Ihe floor of the stage ind steps In the lown hall if council would do the work Leslie of was elected warden of county The drilling operations thai have been earned on by the Suburban Gas and Oil syndicate for the past six months of which Mr Tony is manager met with a measure of success on Satur day afternoon when at a depth of feel a gas well was struck wilh a good flow of natural gas At Ihe United Church Rev C J Bell representative of the Ontario Prohibition Union gave a splendid discourse pointing the weakness of the Liquor Control Act and lis failure to stop the evils of alcohol and drinking of Intoxicants Toronto s population is now 62fl 100 years ago Taken from the issue of he Free Press of Thursday January 1879 There died his residence In St this week one of oldest Gospel minlslers in the Dominion the Rev Joseph He was years of age and entered the ministry of the Methodist church in 182B Al Ihe public meeting for the purpose of making Mrs Swackhammer the recipient of donations the following tides were presented WO pounds of flour one bog of peas two bags of potatoes five nans of meat also in cash Mr Edward and Mr Samuel Moore for the village of Acton and Mr Chris Swackhammer and Mr James McKenzie for Church Hill will solicit further aid for the widow and fatherless We earnestly hope all will cast in their mile alleviate the sorrow and cheer a desolate home