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The Acton free Press Wednesday Nov Don McDonald Publisher In 1876 by Inland Hi- Co limiUd el WaiOW Street Acton J 15131 cop each C ill too The Acton Free a of InUnd Co pane which Tho Whitby Brampton Tho Pott Tin Matt ham Thornh Sun The Canadian ThaMlaaitMuga Tl NewmaikatAuroia Oakvdls Week Ottawa Weekend and Ti ta accepted on the condition thai the ovarii that paction of the by with oaionablo aUowinca lot not bo for but the balance of wis be paid lot at th appbcabla raw in the event of a advertising goods or at a price goods or may nm Advertising la an offer to tea and may withdrawn at any ma Second class mad flegntiation Number EDITORIAL Ml ADVERTISING flea Manager ThOfntwIf riyriAilan CIRCULATION Ml NT Manager Ant and Editorial Office Forum is good idea Halton Hills councillors Terry Grubbe Ed Wood and Ross Knechtel plan be available to the public one afternoon a week to answer questions help with prob lems or just generally talk about politics or the town The afternoon forum is aimed at bettering communications bet ween public and politicians It was a campaign promise of Mrs Grubbe in the municipal by election last month She felt the more open councillors are the more rust they will engender If he public does not respond councillors will take the unity to discuss council business amongst themselves Attempts at providing better communications should be commended Too many people complain about not knowing where to turn with a problem Or they find out something already been approved I council Mrs Grubbes may help to shed the old typed thoughts that all politic are shifty and hide aces up sleeves Once the forum is working re will have an opportunity to find out first hand the answers HJM Town earns lesson Ha I on Hills appears to be learning a valuable lesson from Board of Education about how to recoup money from vandals So far this year damage to town properly and equipment by vandals cost taxpayers 34 according the tab presented to the idministration committee last week Councillors and town officials echoed each other in taking the blame We re at fault here We have to take a harder line on vandals one representative said The board of education recently faced he same problem and lo take action The board s administration Is Implementing request to the court for the recovery of repair money from convicted vandals where possible Vandals cost the school board about each year Requests for compensation before the courts have to be made at the time a convicted person is being judged Part of the Criminal Code permits such requests Frustration reflected by Mayor Pete Pomeroy about parents shouldering much of the re for vandalism could be vented if the town took van dais those suspected of major damage to court Taking vandals to court for satisfaction was considered by Plato his book appropriately entitled The Laws That Greek wrote the punishments he thought suitable for citizens convicted of plundering or attacking public property That person must be punished by death Fortunately for vandals times have changed making them pay in money is not toobadEE Take my picture lake picture children plead lo The Free here ore exceptions o most rules and here are Press photographers he pica which more often than not Roes Jane Roueie Cheryl and Kim There you go value In such However kids Photo by Eric unheeded because there Is i Who is buying farms QP Question- surrounding loreigu iwncrtlnp of farmland 111 soon be getting Irimi boll sides or Hie legislature Ontario Agriculture Minuter Hen In walling on survey of l farmland Is tarried nut munlcipil clerks Henderson Hill Newman started Hie survey Alter simple l one pari 1 mother lie disclosed Icis linn one per tent agriculture is ore owned it Initial Is In I In iiiil irio II il ton Representative said about five years some land in Hie was bought on speculation About igo fair amount land was bought by German interests In Million Ik said hie members bills will lie coming up in the Thanks Fred Buchanan Hockey coaches are under pressure to win If they don 1 fans and the media yell for their heads If hey have a win ning earn fans attribute success to the calibre of players under them Fred Buchanan coach of the Acton Sabre Junior B team last week tendered his resignation the Sabres were producing more than wins Obviously he did not have the playing talent to come up with a winning team In addition he also carried the duties of general manager of the team an task lor any man in junior hockey loda Mining tb a thankless job when a team is losing Buchanan deserves credit for sticking in there when the going got tough and despite criticism He has been a hard worker in Acton hockey for years and stepped into the breach when others realized it would take more than coaching talent to assemble a winning junior B team Buchanan has stepped down as coach of the Sabres and will still retain his post as general manager Hockey fans here should show their appreciation by thanking him for giving so much of his time and efforts to junior hockey here It is men like Fred Buchanan who keep hockey alive and well in Acton Delighted to be chosen for Optimist award ldlltrr Mils week hod a unique experience invited lie the guest Mil the Optimist or dinner I had lo receive award from Oil were honouring Week Vn were selected not lor involvement in activities ills Vtt were honored very surprised to Ik- tinmen I lor his involvement Pot The energy may accomplish what goodwill and convictions have not says the United In November issue II may lant farce people lo make mora and ethical choices about use abuse of the earth s resources rates with the nursing home and myself for iLtlvlties wilh the Acton land Hit and various interests appreciate the prestigious and enjoyed the fun and fellow ship til Hit Optimise dinner meeting lie Optimists main function is to help south develop and after read In ilieir line creed we agreed thai are in outstanding group of Sincerely Nancy Patterson energy on the basis of their availability effect on the environment cost risk workers and the public and efficiency Solar healing won an A natural gas an A Other energy sources ranked lower with coal legislature which grapple degree of foreign ownership lull requiring all resident owners of lullural land in Ontario register the holdings from Middlesex inser Robert Hon I here is a perceived problem in some parts southern Wellington Peel Conservative Jack Mr Johnson seconded the baton bill Under the proposed bill residents including pei pie and companies with Interest in m ire than i will have t register their land I land held a trustee or ire covered the bill allure to comply legislation could bring equal to per cent of the ol concerned according to I onsen caucus press release Mr pointed out the bill does not re strict anyone it is to monitor ownership libcnl Jack wh represents Huron Middlesex also has a bill concerned with foreign coming before Hie legislature lbs bill if bee inn law would re quire registration of all firm lands In tele phone interview this week Hie indicated I that much the small lots about acres in the Niagara i would be in ibe hinds of an experienced farmer I he other difference between the Liberal bills centres tin Hie question can own farm land Iciddelt bill would per mit to own land wl lie he said the bill would nl Ontario I he significant dilfercnces centres on Hie penalty Instead of a In per of the of the property the propose penally would severe per person or Wl per corporation indicated loreign purchases of Out in farm land is We Hits is going on A in tells me there is Dutch tones coming tiver He used the example of some of that m buying a acre farm for cash per They went away boys and returned men run or three years ago I swore I never write another column about Remembrance Da Id milked every emotion flattened every cliche and I thought perhaps it was time to let fade as old soldiers never do I reckoned without our vice- principal for the past three or lour as Remembrance Day approaches hesidlesupandwonders minute of your time That means he wants something If lie wanted to bawl mo out probably say Mr Smiley I like to see you in office 3 When I reported at thai time he likely give me the blast in front of witnesses and I d tell him to go to hell or shove it where the sun never shines or something equally vivacious and vulgar iceprincipals do not easily upset old fighter pilots But when Dave gives me the old soft snap and asks if I could do something about a Remembrance Day program for ihe school I gel all soft and gooey and limply agree school staff there of veterans of World War A bomtwmUat or two a navigator radar man some air force ex technicians and a rabble of former navy and army types Nowadays I m Just about the veteran on the staff so I m stuck with the Remembrance Day hokum The oldest veteran Is a German who fought in the North Africa campaign was wounded and spent the rest of the war in a prison camp in the States It would hardly do to have him talking lo the students about our sacrifices in two great world wars He might get carried away and say something like If it hadn t been for that maniac Hitler we would have kicked the stuffing out of you Sol stuck with it For a few years we had a full period program with the students making it up were awful Full of folk songs like Where have ail the soldiers gone and the local Legion marching around on stage of the cafe- lonum getting all tangled up in their flags and the reading of a List of the Fallen For the kids it was a period off school and a sort of bewilderment about thesecrazyaduilshadbecnupto of which they knew no tit log So we gradually cut it down The Last Post was eliminated I gave such an anli war talk at one of these sessions that even the students were startled For the last been asked to write a two or three minute message about Remembrance Day full of meaning poignancy and sentiment I never give an assignment like that to a It would be like asking them to give a summary of the Bible in words However I going to do it again this year because I am toft In the head or something Let hope that next year the will reduced to an announcement We will now honor our war dead with one minutes silence On bleep shut up for one minute Then go lo your regular classes Here is a sample of I write It is spoken into a mike by a student who doesn know how to use a microphone and has a bad cold This is last year s bit When you are young life is forever When you are old Death sits grinning and nodding jour elbow Hundreds of thousands of young Canadians sneered at thai old witch Death and offered their most precious possessions themselves to the bullets and the shrapnel the mortars and the cannon They didn I say to themselves I m going die so lhat the students of Blank Secon dary School can have gravy on their fries They l say much of anything They just went off to fight against some thing they thought was evil Most of them were just kids two or years older than you are They had thesamehangupsyouhave bad marks in math frustrated love uncertainly about the future Maybe they wercn I too bright Maybe they should have said 1 ain gonna gel killed in some stupid war over In Europe Miybe But they went And they were killed in their thousands So that you can have gravy on your fries And a lot of other things you take for granted Most of us don want to leave Ihe world without making some little- mark on it Every human being is a precious thing Whatever you do youwlll leavesomething of yourself behind even if it is only dust Those young fellows who were killed in ranee and Holland and Italy I have much chance of leaving anything behind But hey left a memory Once a year on Remembrance Day we take a moment to think about those laughing most of Ihcm were boys who went across the ocean so that we could have freedom of speech open elections letters to Ihe editor and gravy on our fries What In Ihe world am I going to write this year Back Issues 10 years ago I jkrn the of The it 19 Jin first five winners in the Santarama draw arc Mrs Venn Mrs William Price Mrs Alex Mann Mrs Taylor Mrs Mary Graham If a zoning change Is approved a new medical w til be built at Hie comer of Frederick and Mill by Acton Medical roup T Moore Hutchison D W van Bent and J A of laughter hoots of Joy were heard at Las Vegas init place winner was Dolores J placed second and Margaret third Other winners were Dave Lee Roger b Andrews Nigel Nigel Scott Anderson Cindy Lee Hazel Linda Perry Steve Van Fleet Alex Join New Peter Swim Jack Russell and Barb New parish priest for Sacred Heart and St Peters fustic is Father Elliott 20 years ago tree IS69 Plans have bee finalized for a new church sanctuary to be erected above the recently built Sunday School rooms building committee is headed by Alf Long Church services are held in he the nomination meeting people were nominated Due to withdrawals the list was cut 1 22 Reeve J Gov was ret ffice by acclamation J received the office deputy reeve icclam wl en former deputy reeve J Greer relinquished the position in Contesting the office of mayor are incumbent W Cook ind A Johnson Eight candidates seek nig the six council seats are G Barbeau J Greer J Duby Pope Lowe A Field and Highway 101 was officially opened today seven years of faithful service in Acton were recognized a farewell party for Win poor his retirement is customs officer Frank Terry read the address and longtime associates Willard Harold Webster and Herb He wig carried in a table wilh cocktail shaker and passes New customs officer will be Murray Harrison from Brampton 50 years ago Taken from the of Ike Free Press November Only an Intermediate team has entered in the If A this vear At the organisational meeting in the town hall G I was elected president Peter Sniiti vicepresident Neil Gibbons secretarv W treasurer II Garden manager Joe Kentner assistant manager and coach trainer win Hie executive committee J M McDonald I Salmon At lakeside chapter euchre and dance in the town hall Nelson was identified is Hie Man and the prize for the lies waltzing couple went to Miss Elizabeth and Mr Lee Club elected their officers president Mr Amos Mason pres ident Mr WilfredCoIesiccprcsidcnl Mr Wilson treasurer Mr secretary Mr W leader Mr Salt assistant leader Mr Dan Taylor The annual meeting of the band was held Hie band hall on Mill St Honorary President is John Hill bandmaster A Mason assistant Mason president John Alger vice- president Archie Kerr retarv J Mrs Rev L Poole will receive for the first time since her marriage Tuesday Nov 30to9 at the parsonage Bower Avenue years ago Tjkni from I hi- fanned the Free Novembers all Hie positive unbecoming modes now current Ihe mite of wearing the hair banged or combed down over Ihe brow is probably ihe ugliest Banged hair is affected burlesque and var let actresses and gives a woman a bold look Women of really good taste do not liang Mr John Speight is fitting up a shop at the comer of Willow and Agnes near his carriage shop where he intends to keep a stock of furniture Almost every day and especially Satur day several of Hie crossings are com blocked by horses tied across the street The child of Mr A Hall and wife be came ill and died within a few hours A waggon passed over the body of William Stewart His body aoon became swollen n twice its size and before medical aid could be obtained lie expired is sup posed hi injuries were Internal