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The Free Press Wednesday 1979 5 A wedding is a relic of the past I in often glad that I don t have four or five daughters waiting In the wings to be married If I did I d soon be in he poor- house as we used to call it Or on welfare as we call it now Or mumbling my gums and my pension In one of those Sunset Havens or another atrociously named place for old people who ore broke This opinion is a direct result of three middleclass weddings I have attended In the post two years As an innocent by slander I am aghast at the cost financial emotional of the modern straight or traditional wedding Its not too many decades since you could send your daughter off in fine style for a couple of hundred bucks Her mother made her dress The church and the preacher were free You rented the com hall and the ladies Auxiliary catered the food You could hire an or chestra for And you still had left to give the bride your daughter a little nest egg My own wedding cost almost nothing We were married in the chapel at Hart House No charge for the facilities Five bucks for the preacher larceny was creeping In The organist was a schoolmate who played In a burlesque house so no fee Borrowed a car from a friend for the honeymoon My wife bought a suit and her own wedding ring I had supplied a diamond courtesy of a friend who had been jilted at half price No ushers no reception no drinks The best man and the maid of honor got a kiss And away we went just as married with the same words and still married as the modem bride whose old man has forked out a couple of thousand minimum whose mother has been brought to the verge of a breakdown over Invitations guests hair dressing and a hundred other details who is herself ever increasing demands of her position as the big day approaches With my own daughter I was crafty I asked her whether shed like a church wedding and the usual reception or a cheque for one thousand A chip off the old block she opted for the cheque knowing she d get the other too if she wanted it I squeaked in just under SI She invested the cheque in a car which she totalled In rollover on their honeymoon No pun intended todaysdadis going foi at least twice that before he sinks his chair on night with a Thank God On second thought S3 000 is modest the way middleclass wedding has up its hidden costs It for the preacher unless he lost his dogcollar or been disbarred Ditto Tor the organist Gowns for the bridesmaids idd A donation to the church for the oil heating Fifty bucks for invitations Five hundred minimum for new duds for him and the old lady going away cheque for the bride another five hundred He up nearly fifteen hundred before the preacher has even said Dearly beloved we are gahcrcd here today If he a real big time spender he picks up the tab for the motels at which guests who have come from afar at great trouble and expense lay their well heads Then there the open bar at the reception the dinner with wine the or or disc jockey for dancing he open bar the lowing charges for guests who mistook the ditch for the road on the way home Call it fifteen hundred Of course there arc compensations With a big wedding like this the bride receives about four thousand dollars worth of gifts t it asked ihe bride father at our latest as we and over loot It was But that do the old man much good However I guess daughter especially a ft from heaven all worth It only daughter is wedding And 1 don use words like lovely casually Kevin MaeMilInn grandson of Sir one of Canada men of music married Anne IB I have known since she came from hospital in a pink blanket They are very young Both deep into music We had a beautiful Maria sung by Cousin Kathy and an excellent siring ensemble before the wedding and during that interminable lime when they are signing the register and during dinner Class Anne was kissed and cozened by dozens cousins armies of aunts and hordes of hooligans like me She took it In her stride as she will life For my wife the wedding was a chance to gabble at words per minute with old friends from school days She loved it For me it was being by large ladies of indeterminate age who still had that elusive beauty fairly well of twenty yeors and who still thought I could dance III dawn 1 loved it Good wedding dramatic Jump by Colin and his mount and they finish their ro mil the Hunter Trials Sunday The local hunt held the impromptu tnl il he home of Mr and Mrs and attracted a largrm participants Circulation down at libraries On the Acton lost a fine man Saturday with the death of and even though I only knew him a few years my life did faeitf was belter for it Lea was more than a news contact and councillor to mo He was a good friend who will long be remembered Once a year the Acton Hydro Com mission of which Les was a member and which I have covered for this paper for five years celebrated the Christ mas season with a small party after their evening meeting Over a couple rounds of rye wcild tell us of his cottage In the of his family and of his dogs He gave us humorous a pleasure to know A year work Will be highlighted this Saturday night as Joyce Carpenter s dance students perform in their annual recital Don miss It is bound to be a great show School will soon be out and now would be a good time to thank all he M school children who took the lime to accounts of Acton council and of Wc events around town personally was always there an open but because the writers changed so frc- heorl too A story I did on some we sometimes lost track of puppies and one adult dog last who was writing what However lo all fall tugged at his heartstrings until he regular columnists in the Acton and had made a home for Dingo Shortly area schools thanks a lot Without you after he took in another dog to keep our job would hove been a lot more dlf Dingo company Even though has been ill for some time he kept up his At the Hal ton Hills council meetings he did his The staff of ihe Acton Free Press are best keep up with the workload and sad sec Rowley leave Acton understood when his chair sal High School He was no only an ex empty for a few meetings leaeher and but Now however choir will remain sso with the assistance of fellow leac empty Council will see It Acton gets Paul Tamblyn wrote articles on the another representative but there is no Outers adventures for us We wish him one who can fill that chair the way in his new career in Ottawa Future of police office loitering Cof C concern Following is a letter from Acton effectively barred by loiterers and Chamber of Commerce filed with this sidewalks become almost impassable newspaper for publication for the honest pedestrian Obviously June IB this can only have a negative effect on The Police Commissioner the everyday business in the downtown Hal ton Regional Police Force Georgetown Branch We realize that Me past few Mill Street years the policing of the area has un Georgetown Ontario numerous changes and that Dear Sir you have both manpower and financial II has come to the attention of the shortages to deal as well How Acton Chamber of Commerce that the ever we feel strongly that something Halton Regional Police Force Is must be done immediately to improve out its Acton office The intention the ion as we understand it is to initiate all We would like to suggest the pos police patrols from Georgetown while of a cooperative effort on Ihis leaving a civilian person to man the j Perhaps it is again time to dis Acton office on weekdays As business cuss together possible measures people we can appreciate the Foot patrols of such a move but as residents Increased visibility of local officers Letters to area families stressing parental responsibility for their children No Loitering signs on main of the community we are very much op posed to it At the same time as you are aware we have a considerable problem in downtown Acton with loitering along streets Mill Street This not only creates a Consideration of how other towns negative appearance to those passing cope with the problem through town but it also poses a pro- Volunteer civilians These are only a few ideas those of amateurs Acton is in a position where it is actively concerned with its future and now Is the time to deal with such problems Thanking you for your cooperation in this matter I remain Sincerely President Hills Town Council btem for shoppers Store entrances are Board exec resigns It was with regret Halton Board of Educa tion accepted the resignation of Instruction Superintendent John during the board Thursday meeting at Burlington will become executive director with the Ontario Association of Education Adminis trative Officials starting in January We owe him much 11 miss his strength and sense of purpose Burlington trustee Fred Armitage said Acton Community Services Centre Summer Hours Juns 25 tV Soptambw 3 Days 9 am 12 noon AFTER HOURS CONTACT MEALS ON WHEELS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUMMER Help appreciated June IB 1979 Dear Editor Recently when the Acton Community Service Centre found itself in a position of having to raise funds to continue Alma Swetman offered pair of shoes which the Centre sold last week in the in a two day sale Mrs also assisted the Centre in setting up the sale and we wish to sincerely thank her and Swetman Shoes not for their generous donation but for earing the programs the centre offers the community its residents We also wish to express our gratitude to the Acton Free Press particularly Helen Murray and Eric for the excellent publicity they gave our salt and also their endorsement of the work of the Centre through stones pictures and editorials Our community can be proud when In set aside their own personal lime and gain to aid others in their community Sincerely Brendan Chairman 1 Grubbe Director No sale The town of The house and garage Hills is not interested in must be moved buying a two acre piece he hydro easement by of land wilh a house and July garage on Lot The offer made by the which Ontario hydro wis rejected by Hydro wants to sell council this week Statistical Continued from Page in he district and perhaps though no fig ures were found in the province This year Life had 180 dancers were pledged to 100 The schools in the district are holding off on their dance until October so comparisons will have to wail until then On the way to raising ihe funds Mr Carle disclosed the crew consumed Ihis year gallons of soft drink hot dogs submarine sandwiches sundaes and pints of milk Circulation is down in both Hills lib raries and head lib rarian Betsy Cornwcll doesn know the reason Speaking the Hills library board Mrs Corn we said volumes taken out of the library have been reduced by Board member Carol McMurray won if Siory Hour could I any affect She ex plained some people had complained to her about In the library and being able to use tain areas because the story hour vas going on Ruth Wilson another member said it people change their library sen are inconvenienced by She herself i ever the special children to wait more than JO hour they should write minutes lo use the part down the times and jcular area BAH At FAITH COMMUNITY CALENDAR lunchoon Tl Ju i B ngo do Tiny cow utiQ a P ia u say Stive ANNOUNCING the acquisition of THE ANIMAL CLINIC OF MILTON 385 Main Street Milton from Murray Wilson 8788853 by RAYMOND G SK0R0PAD DVMVS The Animal CI nic of Milton II be ng Veterinary Services in the surrounding area To The Ratepayers of the Corporation of the Town of Halton Hills THE 1979 FINAL TAXES ARE DUE AND PAYABLE IN TWO INSTALMENTS ON June 27th 1979 and September 26 1979 A penalty of per cent per month II be charged on the first day of default and on the first day of each calendar month until taxes are fully pad Taxpayers are reminded that the Ontario Property Tax Credit as provided through the Personal Income Tax Return is based on the Property Taxes of the Taxpayer s Principal Residence being paid in 1 979 Please contact Finance Department if there are any questions pertaining to your Business or Property Taxes by Telephone 5185 or by mail Treasurer Town of Halton Hills Main Street South Georgetown Ontario 4X1 Grant Usher A M C T Deputy Treasurer Tax Collector