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2 The Acton Free Press Wednesday April 1979 Mill Jennifer Birr If youre a patron of the Acton library you must know Esther Taylor slender dark haired amusing and outspoken Perhaps you know her as a crossing guard on Main Street Northshes there twice week bundled up In a snowmobile suit and toque joshing the kids Or maybe you see her dally feeding the wildlife on Fairy Lake sorting out the bossy ducks and protecting the little ones Talented stringer But there more to this lady than meets the eye Ever since she was a young girl Esther has been writing and taking pictures Tor newspapers and magazines She refuses to dignify her sideline profession with the name or journalist She refers to it as stringing free lancing for a of publications Although she says shes tired of writing now and cant stand the sight of a typewriter she has worked for the Globe and Mall as free lance correspondent and photographer from Acton For years she wrote and submitted pictures to the Family Herald The now defunct Toronto Telegram benefitted from her contributions the Guclph Mercury where she was on staff as Acton correspondent for IS years The writing habit started in school as it docs with most literary people Esther feels her writing in terest was and encouraged by two of her Acton teachers Isabel Anderson and Minnie Bennett Entering writing contests Esther learned how to win and lose at an early age She usually won the essay contests but once lost with a superb essay on Florence Nightingale she spelt Florence wrong throughout It was a lesson she opoorloser shesays At that time the Globe and Mail ran a Young Canada page featuring the efforts of students writing under pen names Mercutio appeared under many poems and stones that were mailed in Acton Mercutio also won the yearly contest but Esther Taylor spent the four dollar prize money She also supplemented her allowance by winning essay writing for the United Church publication winning photographer As Esther matured so did the jobs Toronto daily newspapers started to buy her pieces and she learned photography When she talks about writing for the Family Herald a now defunct Canadian farm magazine Esthers face lights up Youd get letters from all over Canada she remembers The well known author broadcaster Gordon Green then story editor of the Family Herald speaks of Esther with affection delighting in her lively wit I was a fair photographer by then comments She was such a fair photographer she won the prize for eastern Canada in the Canada wide Family Herald cover contest From 1997 to Esther covered the Acton scene for the Mercury occasionally contributing editorial pictures to the Acton Free Press Sounds like a pretty busy life and it certainly was still is especially you consider she has also spent the lost years working in the public library At the moment Esther divides her lime between the library the crosswalk and the wild fowl Her crossing guard salary buys the feed she needs to see the several hundred Fairy Lake ducks and geese who stay through the winter However you never know what Ill do next she says I may be a late bloomer like Grandma Moses She jokingly threatens to write a book about Acton a lot of scandals and drama well disguised of course Esther Taylor could do anything she set her mind to Ive no doubt about that Ive always been pressed with her unpretentious honesty She calls a spade a spade a necessary attribute fora writer Me Im going keep an eye open for a well disguised book about Acton Place by Mercutio Centennials principal heading for Acton loss is Campbellvllle Mrs Leapcr who had been at Fisher will be replace by five principal Hon to Acton Is an excellent principal in the opinions of trustees Barry Shepherd Georgetown and Betty Fisher Acton and Esqucslng Centennial will be sorry to lose him Shep herd said after Thurs days announcement at Progressive Conservative candidate Olio Jelinck left was ma Ins tree ting in Acton Burlington yesterday and dropped In to visit local merchant Mike Kinal of Acton Home Hard- Ambivalence marked ware Mr Acton campaign manager Brian accompanied the trustee Fishers reaction candidate I hate to lose him be cause my children arc there However she also said she Is pleased for Acton I hope parents will bring their concerns to him Chatten who has been at Centennial about five years replaces Allen who died earlier Georgetown Actons gam according to school board trustees Jack Reed from J years Is on his way to after release last week of James School Smith school at principals transfer list Burlington Georgetowns Cent Stewarttowns School is losing Logan MacDonald Brookvllle Canrnbe is heading for Park principal Boo school where he will take McCaw will take over from Al duties at Stew Campaign fever strikes Jelinek Farmers bottle explodes in case By Hod Lamb A pig farmer was hoist with his own petard Bob Merry a pig far objecting to a pro posed 14home estate subdivision be located next to his farm north of urban Milton brought a bottle of liquid pig manure in a briefcase to the Ontario Municipal Board hearing at own hall Wednesday Apr His jntent was to give the board members a whiff of what residents in the subdivision could be smelling Alas The bottle ex in the brief case Nevertheless Mr Merry outlined his it ion to the subdivision Being the only one to oppose it his action prompted hearing The projected sub division Is owned by Estates It is to be located southwest of he intersection of Five and the Fourth Line Lawyers for Hal ton and Milton councils said the development con forms with official plan policies Owners of new homes will have to acknowledge on agreement to pur chase they are aware of Jaion Bowers Main Street won an Easter treat hen his name was drawn dur ing the egg decorating contest at the library Saturday Ann Duncan centre won the the most beautiful entry while him right produced the most original entry Easter egg contest draws youngsters Acton library held its gold paper crowns and Easter treat Easier Egg dec hair of thread Ann orating contest Saturday raced the facial fecures with greater results than onto the shells librarian Margaret Motrin hoped for last week Many imaginative and colorful entries were made Ann Duncan won the prize ribbon for the most beautiful entry Her matched king and queen but his name topped off with as the Nineyear old Kim Bouclalr took the blue ribbon for the most orlg entry Kim mounted three eggs to make a if a rabbit The youngest contest winner was Ihreeyear old Amy Leslie who mode a furry rabbit Amy was absent for the photograph surrounding farming operations and will not be able to object once they buy the lawyers said Milton planning director Bob said the area is Ideal for rural residential development Mr Merry disagreed He said How would you like to live within sight of on open top liquid pig swill tank Employee leaves The Acton Hydro Com mission is looking for a new meter reader groundsman Audrey secretary treasurer of the commission an that employee George Cook is leaving heir employ head out west to Edmonton Al berta Commissioners exp ressed heir dis appointment but wished him the best in the future They decided they would advertise the job open ing Applications should be into the hydro office on Alice St by closing time April Commissioners will conduct interviews the next day MAI1SI1 THIEF The mink is a strong agile swimmer and ap pears more at home in water than on land It preys on small mammals birds eggs frogs fish and snakes The mink is prized for its rich brown fur Hal ton Progressive Conservative candidate Otto kicked off his campaign seconds after Prime Minister Pierre Trudeaus an of the May election In a visit to the Free Press offices Tuesday Mr explained his parly workers were hold a rally with the C president Bob and as the floor was opened for questions the announcement came through Immediately the some present be gan revving up for the Signs went up the next day and everyday since then except Sundays Mr and his cam have been out knocking on doors and meeting the people He has also been busy speaking at various organizations meetings luncheons and other fun Next Monday Mr Jel inck points out he will be speaking at the Eden Mills Hod and Gun Club discussing the present government law re stricting the use of firearms Mr Jelmtk in this issue goes be yond the restriction it self It entails civil lib erties of individuals Mr Jelinek says the average person human rights have been restricted Each area of his riding Mr says has its own campaign manager and workers Brian a well known Acton and area C is the local manager The advantage of his riding divided the candidate say is be cause he does not want Acton workers to feel as if Mr is barging in and telling them how to do things Each area must be run separately he said Mr Jelinek feels the firearms restriction is the only real local issue because of all the gun owners in Milton and Acton areas All he other national issues he says affect local people His government is to helping the home owner with the pro posal to deduct mortgage payments and municipal taxes off federal income taxes This Mr Jelinek says will result m a boom in the construction bus mess and other offshoots such as furniture stores Mr admits that he is interested in all issues his specialty is small businesses Some per cent of all business Is ho small bus yet government insists on helping the large national compa Board wants lot levy share Hills library board feels if town will not give them the money to set up a reserve fund they the board should at least get a por lion of the lot levies gat by the mun Upset over the cutting of their budget board members felt the town was hindering their chances at getting the re serve established I hove a funny feeling that councillors think if you have a reserve fund you dont need the money as much and it gels cut surmised head librarian Betsy Cornwell at the board s monthly meeting Wednesday evening Mrs also ad milted she is worried that if a new library ever be comes a reality council will not them any thing again She used Mlllons situation as an example They are going to say you have your new library what more do you want SHIPS CLOTHING During 1977 the Ian Service Committee of Canada shipped lbs of new and used clothing valued at to Vietnam Lesotho Botswana Cyp rus and Bangladesh head quarters is located at Sparks Street Ottawa Jason Bowers did no prize in the contest OPEN MONDAYS HOURS Mori Tuai APRIL19toMAY1 30- 0FF Dresses Blouses Sfdrts Tops 13 MILL ST EACTON NOW OPEN GARDEN CENTRE LANDSCAPING South ofActoijf 8532480 SOIL SEEDS PEATMOSS TOOLS PESTICIDES GIFT ITEMS FERTILIZER SPRING BULBS We Have A Good Selection Of Trees EVERGREENS SHRUBS FRUIT TREES Drop In and Discuss Your Gardening Needs Enter your name tor the lot bags of lawn tcrtitzc Weed Feed We Are Open till Dark Every Day except Sunday The Tories plan to open up the case of rapid transit to Milton and hopefully eventually to Acton something which was slopped by the Lib erals he said He also a more open government no sec rets no behind closed doors meetings On emotional issues Mr Jelinek says he can only folow the feelings of his constituents and vote Parliament the way his people want him to vole An elected re presentative must abide by the wishes of the maj ority of his constituents Mr Jelinek strongly favors capital punish in the case of first degree premed Hated murder Not by old inhumane methods of yesterday but by some medical way he ex plains Mr Jch nek was the C member of pari lament for High Park in Toronto before red is completely eliminated the riding When this happened he was asked to run again someplace else He decided to chose the area he knew best where his family and friends are and where he lives Hal We must reduce government spending We must get Canada working again he con eluded this year Larry Cigle appointed us acting principal Chatten will be replaced at Centennial by Kay from J of 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