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The Acton Free Press Wednesday 1979 Don McDonald Publisher Founded In 1876 shed every Wednesday by Inland Co Limited Willow Ontaiio L7J Tetopbono Sutwciplom Smgle copies each yeai in Canada in all then Canada The Acton Free Pre one of the Inland Publishing Co Limited group suburban news which The Whitby Pickering News Advertiser The Brampton Guardian The Burlington Post Quelle The Georgetown Independent The Canadian Champion The The Era Beaver This Week Tha Weekend and The SiouftviKe Tribune Advancing la accepted on that portion of the advertising space occupied by the cr tor signature will not bo lor but paid for at the applicable rale In event of a h services at a wrong puce goods or services may nail Roflisuallon no goods Commun Newspaper EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Editor Hartley Coles News Editor Helen ray porter Photographer Eli lone Sports Editor ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT Advertising Manager II Cook Claaslflad Advertising BUSINESSACCOUNTING OFFICE Of fice Manager Fran G I Carolyn A rtcm CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT Manager Mary TELEPHONE Business and Editorial Office Losing our police Were alarmed at the diminution of Actons status in the eyes of Halton police If the trend continues it wont be long until Acton is merely a satelite community without a police office Then this com munity of more than 7000 people will have to depend on the office in Georgetown for its police protection Its alarming and will happen unless we wake up and demand full service The latest nail in our police protection coffin was hammered recently when Staff Sergeant John Barratt in charge of the Acton detachment was moved back to Georgetown headquarters full time Previously he spent part of the morning here and another part in Georgetown returning here for afternoons His removal means the Acton detachment has no head for the first time since full time police protection was ushered into this community It goes back to the days when Acton had its own constables to when the patrolled under Corporal Ray Mason and Bob Arbour They were succeeded by Staf Sgt Bernie Ward when Halton Regional Police took over duties of law enforcement in Acton and later Sgt Dick Hilton and finally by Staff Sgt Were convinced theres a long range plan to abolish the Acton office and operate all Hills under one detachment situated in Georgetown Police brass claim it results in more economical and better policing know it doesnt work that way It demeans constables who see the community merely as a place to work It cuts them off from the human contact where they can prevent crime as well as enforce the laws In the large cities especially in the United States which Canadians like to emulate policemen are once again getting out of patrol cars walking beats meeting the people they protect and making friends for the police department We need more of that kind of policing here not the impersonal cruiser type brand we are getting The policeman should be recognized as a friend and help in time of trouble Under the present system we are doing our best to dispel that image Mr Clarks opportunity After 16 long years in opposition the federal Progressive Con Party is forming a Government toppling the regime of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau not in the popular vote perhaps but in the strategy department by winning seats in key southern Ontario They did it in three ways By offering a reasonable alternative Capitalizing on the feelings of need for a change and Promising a mortgage and income tax exemption plan to home owners with large mort gages It worked especially areas such as Halton where PC Otto Jelmek breezed to victory over incumbent Frank by over votes Mr Jelinek went for the liberal jugular early in the campaign in fact long before it started His resounding victory was a credit to both him and his organization The Liberals waged a quiet campaign seemingly undisturbed by PC inroads until returns started arriving election night It wasnt until then they realized they lost the election on the plains of southern Ontario Thats old hat now Weve got a new government and winning an election is only the first battle From here it will be per formance that counts Mr Clark and the Tories now have their rhance to fulfil the promises they made to the electorate during the campaign The entire country will be ching 10 Commandments of human relations Speak to People There is nothing as nice as a cheerful word of greeting Smile at People It takes muscles to frown and only to smile Call People by Name The sweetest music to anyones ears is the sound of their own name Be Friendly and Helpful If you would have friends be friendly 5 Be Cordial Speak and act as if everything you do were a genuine pleasure Be Genuinely Interested in People You can like everybody if you try 7 Be Generous with Praise Cautious with criticism Be Considerate of the Feelings of Others It will be appreciated Be Thoughtful of the Opinions of Others There are three sides to con troversyyours the other fellows and the right one Be Alert to Give Service What counts most In life is what we do for others Kiwanis News Fairy Lake flotilla Photo by Robin Davis denies line for export The following is an exchange in the Provincial Legislature bit ten Premier William Davis and numbers of hi opposition including Burlington Liberal Julian Reed eon Hie Bradley Georgetown hydro corridor The exchange comes a week after the premier met the Interested Cilizens Group and some local politicians in his concerning the lint Thi prcmiir refers to this meeting when he stales he met some of Reed con Ms is an NDPcr from Carlelon East and Mr Hoy is an Ottawa East Liberal The Hansard is dated May 10 Mr J Reed Mr Speaker I hive i question for the Premier Is thai he Bradley Georgetown hydro corridor and possiblv other lorrldors in the province arc being built for Ihe ex port of electric power and not for domestic consumption at all Hon Mr Davis Mr Speaker I understand the honourable member s concern with respect the Bradley Georgetown corridor I had a very pleasant meeting with of his con some of them were not his constituents with respect to that particular part of the corridor thai is an integral part of Hit major transmission facility I think it is fair to state thil trans mission lines arc not being built for the purpose of export Mr J Heed If hat is correct then why has govern mcnl authorized construction of this particular line and possibly others in areas that are not serving he most urgent domestic need lion Mr Davis There is a lot of hist to his which I know Ihe honourable member has researched with great care has a particular point of view and I understand that I am pathetic lo the concerns of the people who are affected by this corridor I happen lo know two or three of them perhaps for a longer period of lime than the honourable member has and one or two of hem formed part of that dele gation But as I attempted to explain to hem this is a part of the transmission system required by Hydro the planning for this had gone on for a number of years and tins matter has been deb for a number of It has beta tin of extensive litigation and subject of hearing before the Municipal Board As I explained lo the people who were then the government its wisdom maintained the judgement of the Ontario Hoard Then v is nothing presented to us it would justify an iltiratmn of board decision Those who wire in see mi would not all of was determined it But the decision was made by wi could find no justification for its I tin honourable member tint we have gone through this I to to his Tiny wire seeking mother They committed themselves to If tin savs this is the will that I under sland lint But I pointed out to them that pari of tins to Pickering transmission was determined is a result of Mr s in which incident I I rcili7L tin honourable membtr is not talking about it hi is talking about the to corridor which forms pari of the transmission oul of Bruce the Ontario Hydro for this corridor me in it is built to i end and it goes from Mil end There is in interim this Mr Heed It doesn I most urgent domestic need lion Mr Davis We can for Hie degree of urgency but member and I think even tin delegation recognized they can irguc it is not necessary for a or two years but I don know Ontario Hydro says is needed now he point is it is going to be built 1 am sympithetlc but know that if the line is moved from point A to point In fact remains there an going ho some people affected is far as heir property is concerned I am sympathetic this but I niter it in any way If wi could find on of transmitting power underground that would be great But Ihe honourable member who is on in ail of knows tint underground transmission long dislancts simply is not technically feasible so unfortunately properly are going lo be affected and is true in that particular alignment 1j Ms Would the Premier undertake to provide us with an esti mate as far as he can make it out from Hydro sources of what proportion of that line will be used domestically and wlnt proportion will be used for ex port Hon Mr Davis Ihink that is really beyond my competence although I don like lo acknowledge lhat there are many things beyond that competence Mr Hoy But you have visitors in the public gallery and you have lo be modesl Hon Mr Davis I try to be modest it becomes me You should try il on lasion Let sbefrankwilhcneanother modisty is not your greatest quality Mr Speaker lam more interested in your being concise than modest Hon Mr Davis You arc interested in my being concise Mr Speaker It is no easy be concise The member has asked me whether I tan gtt Ontario Hydro to give an accur that is really what she is asking for an accurate as to how much of the power hat might be eoing from Bradley to Georgetown might be for export as opposed to domestic use I would have to say to the honourable member that to be accurate would depend I guess on Hydros further as to the of the export of power at any particular lime I think it would depend on whether hat export was on the basis of or non It would also depend with my limited knowlidge of the system on exactly at what point of export it may be If they were to guess hat there might be an ex port into Michigan- Interjections Hon Mr Davis I am trying to help the members as much as I can If they wen to guess that there was to be an export into Michigan chances are it wouldn involve that line at all it would go across at Port Huron If that is where that export is If it were to go through to Niagara Mohawk Ihen the export would be going through some other transmission facility Mr Speaker Given the Premier s modesty maybe he could take the of the question as notice talk by Hartley Coles Unusual situations are commonplace for newshounds from this Journal when Ihey are on the weekend beat but few could upstage the one Robin fell into over the weekend Robin ordinarily covers sports but he takes turns with other members of the staff in covering other weekend activities in town and district In this instance on Friday night he was headed for St Joseph s church hall to get a rather routine picture of a rummage sale It the type of assignment that gets your adrenalin pumping But little did he real lie the hornets nest he dropped into He hardly arrived at the hall when hurricane force winds swept into the area unloosing buckets of rain and sending pedestrians running for cover In its fury Ihe wind toppled an old maple tree ad jacent to house of Mr and Mrs Stan Norton crashing down on their house and doing considerable damage Almost simultaneously there was headon crash between two along Church St a couple or blocks from church Robin hesitated wondering which direction he should head for first when the ambulance siren and the directions of a former editor who emerged from her the tree damage sent him lo the collision scene first In the excitement this neighbor of the rushed over to assist In her ab sence her husband with orders to move had an unexpected visit from Ihe doctor But the MD could not get into he house His knocking woke up the dog which started a vigorous barking Engrossed in her attempt to aid the the lady did not notice the at tempts of her husband to attract her at by knocking and beckoning from behind the upstairs window pane Just to make the frenetic scene more frantic the oven timing signal went off to signal his cookies were done and it was time to remove them With the ambulance removing accident victims just up the street friends trying valiantly lo emerge from their home blocked by the huge tree the lady finally caught the signal from her husband She let in the look out the cookies and quieted the dog Robin He got pictures of the crash the fallen tree and the rummage sale Pro viding everything else went right they should be in this edition of The Free Press By Sunday morning the frantic episodes of Friday seemed comical to the who now must have their house repaired and the tree removed It was a topic for amusing conversation Who sold nothing ever happens in a small town A footnote to the story was provided by Stan Norton He noted hat Friday night they were burning the last of their fire wood in their franklin fireplace He hindered where heir next load of firewood would come from The answer came wilh a resounding Last week federal election was no Rift for raised candidates running in ridings Torv Hob Porker who so won the Toronto Eghnton Lawrence seat in by elections last fall failed to win reeleclion in last week run off He was defeated by Roland Cor an Anglican minister running under Liberal colors Thi seal was considered a safe Tory refuge considering the by election Results show how quickly voters can switch Rob of course was raised in and school here He is a well known TV personality Meanwhile over in BruceGrey Crawford Douglas the Liberal incumbent joined many of his colleagues In the loss column losing to Gary Curvin the PC challenger by over 7 votes Crawford was a well known figure in Acton being raised in Spcyside where his mother store and gas pumps He was a musician played the piano well from the late Mrs W and from fork side for minor hardball teams Crawford went to Wmgham radio ind TV after his school days in Acton where he became well known as a announcer Stilt on subject of times past this scribbler was interviewed by local broadcaster Jack Carpenter on his weekly Music Hall radio show from radio station Kitchener on your dial We reminisced about days gone by in Acton Subject weekly newspapers and that covered a wide area The program is heard every Sunday from lo and this one will be heard this Sunday Back issues 10 years ago Taken from the issue the I- roc Iress of June In the name of band members nasi band members and former indm rs Ted Tyler Jr the Centre officially open iftcriioin Hi snipped a ribbon to rev oil i painted by bandsman Braidi The of the project was remwed Us Band Bill wil corned The bind led town and for once the town n I plav in a parade They the off from playing and aitid is hosts in their There wen displays David had written i of the band complete with wis ambitious crusader Ted Tvler posed band should build its own hilt The history also paid tribute to George Elliott who vasiK impr veil the quality of plaving and instituted ind de veloped the junior program A large crowd gathered for the Decoration irn Dawson gave the messige Ei was parade marshil Sixteen students and leaders Mr and Mrs Paul York as a 20 years ago Taken from the Issue of is Mrs SlurlevSomervilleof is f the contestants in the Dam Irni cess competition J T has been engaged a keeper for the town iffices at J reevt and councillor w elected eourc I to fill the caused Ihe resimtun f Mr The band give its season in thi pork wis chills bandmaster bleu away at one point Chapman introduced members to the Chamber ft mti Mrs Williams of Store George Benton of Market Art of Market of Wear and John 1 Co ft Shoe Shop High school field dav champ on ik Clark Pi AnneDainlith Matthew Bruce drews Bub Pete A request from council for rental fee for band practices suited in the band moving to LorneWeick band president tie band could not afford it 50 years ago Taken from the issue of the I- rei 1923 One of the finest school ever pre sented in Acton was ihe imp re concert of the Duke of Devonshire of the I ODE in he own hill Thi programme included numbers from every department of the Public and Cm Schools There was i folk dance by the pnmiry recitation Tommy Nicol duct and Lois Cripps Hag drill dance by dances and singing the choirs which won at the music Louise Lcathan and Cross and Hie gold medallist Harold e leh dered their numbers from the festival Mrs Moore who rained w is presented with roses as Mister made a speech Principal Miss M Bennett and Miss M J her with a music case The major pari of Hit w is Hit prestnlation of Day awards the coveted Lakesidt Chaptd prizes for were awarded this year lo Miss Hazel I oil and Ivan Kirkness by Miss Vert Hurst Miss Helen Barber had tin Upper School essay Miss Duns honorable mentiun and for the lowr School Iht winner was Miss Barb in Guthrie with honorable mention fur Miss Kolhlecn Molozzie 100 years ago Token from the Issue I 1 Last he innivcrsirv the birthday of our Beloved Queen Victoria was in Acton in the customary manner wis i larj gathering of people from neighboring towns and villages while surroundlnj country was well linn be me over visitors in the Village limit interest was manifested in the gimes and sports and a large number of competitors entered for each The events were Quoits Putting Slonc Jumping Running mil Hopping Clark won the lOinihs walking ract in one hour 15 minutes One of Hit eon caught a young calf on Main and proceeded several hundred yards the street having hold of its tail It was fastest lime for 100 yards The Brass Hum played at Intervals during the and many were agreeably surprised at the of ficiency of our band