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2 The Acton Press Wednesday M stones of Acton years ago is always fascinating and Marguerite Taylor tells some lively ones Although born in Mrs Taylor has lived in Acton since was a girl most of the time in her present residence on Willow Street which was built by her father in 1915 It Mrs tor is an extremely vibrant and allraitive lad herself She quite a traveler visiting Hawaii Jamaica and enjoying several trips to Mexico fane is also an accomplished artist and crafts person painting delightful pictures quilting and creating handcrafted Ann Dolls But she made me promise we wouldn l talk about her only about Acton in the years of the century Her father James Symon wis proprietor of Hardware where he Home Hardware is now Mrs Taylor was the oldest four children Of her three brothers Mack mon is still living and resides on Willow Street three brothers Mrs Taylor may have contributed to of life As a public school Mrs Taylur at tended the Stone School and went through well known Miss Minnie Bennett hands The high light of those school days Mrs re members were the monthly concerts featuring singing and elocution If there was no concert on a particular the class be taken out to review nature Art was Mrs Taylors favorite subject though students didn confine their efforts to painting window scenes Sometimes the girls daubed decorations on Hie back of the boys celluloid collars Young Marguerite got hen she was to the old toad in ron tine by one of the boys She let out quite shriek when a large healthy load hopped out of the desk onto her knees she We were kept down pretty well she re marks remembering the strict Methodist and Presbyterian upbringing she had The school principal Mr Stewart also a Methodist didn hold with dancing but the youngsters use to fool him by practicing their dance steps down the end of School Lane behind the high board fence When it came time to have school socials the young people were only allowed to parade around in couples no dancing but We thought we were so grand she chuckles Town Hall dances Other youth activities included skating and across Hendersons pond where summer swimming also took place Cemetery Hill attracted the tobogganers A young peoples association at the church took social activity As Mrs Taylor became a young woman of IB she was allowed to go to the Town Hall Dances but only if the proceeds were going By then she had concluded her commercial training al Guelph Collegiate Institute travel ling back and forth by train She assisted her father in the store looking books weighing nails oul of ihe keg boiled linseed oil to young lads looking for Her father once had an order for a stove he t fill so he came right home and took Ihe family stove to keep Ihe customer happy The movie house known as nickelodeon was situated beside the hardware store where Acton Home Furnishings is now She learned to drive by family car up and down the foot driveway Mrs Taylor soys she never took a driving test until recently Before he era of lelevision Ihe main passion of Acton residents was sports and support of the local hockey team Mrs Taylor toils some wild stones of players who took their game very Everybody would take the tram to go to the games away from home We had a real battle with Georgetown we wanted to kill every one of them If Acton didn l win it t be worth their lives lives to live here And we worry about violence in hockey today She talks about the Norton brothers and their ability on the hockey rink Why if a fellow fell over they would just jump right over him She remembers Mrs McLary A little bit of a thing and her delight with one hockey win When the learn came home and got off the tram she grabbed big baloney of a goalkeeper and kissed him We just didn t do things like thai then shegnns Most of her stories about the early years are of some of Acton s more sedate citizens today and can be repeated here but she does remember the surprisingly angelic face of one of town naughtiest boys when he attended Sunday School I II mention no names but he now a res peeled contractor and chicken breeder Population explosion Acton has changed greatly in Marguerite Tay memory There s been a population ex plosion as far as she concerned I used to know everybody around now I don t even know the Presbyterian minister across the However she feels the growth and new in complexes of Ac Ion arc a good thing The town Is still small enough to be friendly she thinks A very active member of Trinity United Church as well as other organizations she be lleves in enjoying life living in her family home occupied by her and her husband until his death Mrs Taylor shares her home with a variety of guests A wide variety of international students and visitors have enjoyed her hospitality She visits he family of one of her exchange students in Mexico Through the International Fellowship organization she has been hostess lo many young people Hers has also been home for several Free Press reporters at different limes A popular lady described as a good neigh Marguerite Taylor tells of good times in old Acton Her abundant friends hope she sees many more of them Marguerite Taylor Indusmin truckers union protest hours OSSTF tries to repair image Ontario high school leachcra are trying to blunt bad publicity given the maybe time for students to lose their school years remarks The words came out of the mouth of Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation OSSTF vicepresident David Judd during the federations annual meeting last week in Toronto is a former president of s OSSTF Maybe its time for students to lose their edits and their school years to force government to address the problem In the past most boards have granted credits after a strike It may be we re approach ing the time when teachers refuse to grant credits because of time lost during a strike Mr comments were reported in the press and on television headquarters in Toronto Issued a one- page letter lo the editor the day after Mr words were reported The letter over the signature of provlnciul President Preliminary hearing The first two weeks of September have been set aside by the courts for the preliminary hearing of three Acton men fac ing second degree mur der charges Costmo Mercuri Leo nard and Michael wilt attend the preliminary hearing In connection with the death of Howard Gibbons Aug ust in the Dominion Hotel fire A preliminary hearing is held to determine If there sufficient evid ence to warrant a trial All three men appeared before Judge John Robinson In provincial court Monday The three men are out on bail Brown at conference Acton Hydro Com mission member Brown attended the re cent Ontario Municipal Electric Association conference Margaret Wilson states In part some school boards have taken note of the fact teachers spend considerable time and effort In quickly reslor ing normal operations after strikes The difficulty for teachers who try to re duce the bad effects of strikes on students is they may well be en to create strike situations THE ACTON FREE PRESS Authorized as Second Class Mail Postal Registration Number 0515 according the OSSTF president Because trustees do not see strikes as having a serious effect on their system they seem in some cases to be engineering with their employee groups in order gain an advantage at the bargaining table states the letter That kind of situation must be stopped accord Ing to President Wilson That Is the concern raised by teachers last week and that Is the rea son why teachers are prepared to consider strong and unusual ac lion to attract public attention loan Inequity in collective bargaining between teachers and trustees Nowhere in hhe letter is Mr Judd name men or his words used The reduction of one hour trucking time on and the Fourth Line set by bylaw will affect businesses and truckers and employees ad versely Don Murdic Manager of Ltd told general committee Monday night Murdie said only per cent of the companys aggregate is trucked to Georgetown and Brampton by the Fourth Line and 17 Slderoad route He said restricting the ruck traffic to a a start Instead of the previous Bam would mean delivery to plants and sites would be later than the usual start up time of a He contended the later time would hit employee work schedules and could result in shorter work days and loss of business claimed other trucking such as farm milk pick ups grain deliveries and other building construction would also be affected He emphasized the additional fuel costs due to a longer haulage route and claimed an add itional ten miles would to the industry cost and ultimately to the consumer Murdie pointed out the truck traffic starting at a m would mean the trucks would be on the roads the same lime as school buses He ex plained a a start means the trucks arc usually clear of the and the Fourth Lme before the school buses start their run reminded councillors had provided the town with tons of crusher run picked up by town trucks and in October alone had placed worth of material on roads around the quarry He said Indusmln has also agreed to put a similar amount on the Fourth Line this spring lo upgrade the road so the Town can surface treat the road Derk Van Argon President of Local Cement Limestone and Gypsum Workers Union backed Murdie s stand He said the later starting hours for truck traffic would disrupt work schedules Several trucking con tractors Doug McCrea Jack Ridley and Ken also asked for thebylnwtobestlasidc Ridley explained the one hour in the morning i3 worth two at any other lime since traffic is not as heavy Galbrallh contended the extra distance by going around Acton and down Highway which he estimated at five miles more would cost a private trucker an extra 75 cents mile Letters protesting the a m starting time were received from Unllock Ltd producer of in terlocking paving slones put the extra mileage coat of their trucks going along High way 7 to and south on Highway lo 22 Side- road ihen east to Indusmln at for 1980 Red- Mix Concrete Co in their letter said they receive their aggregate supply from Indusmln and J Duff and said the a truck start lime is necessary for their deliveries Independent contra Fred Cole or Acton and Andy Haulage Ltd also sent letters opposing the a m starting time Frank Anthony a farmer who rents 3 acres said he wants to be able to operate hours a day when necessary He said he rents land abutting the two roads We send a lot of corn to St Lawrence Starch Co sometimes in heir Anthony are in style Prices vi- We reserve Hip to limn 1 lb Maple Leaf Canned Ham 6 Clover Leaf Flake White Tuna g McCain frozen Strawberry or raspberry Shortcake 189 Smith Garden Cocktail 15 fl oz Rose Sweet mix or bread butter Pickles 79 A lb McCain Straight cut frozen Super Fries kg Monarch Cake Pastry Flour 198 roll Toilet Tissue fresh Produce Arrives Daily At The Lowest Possible Prices pack Lipton Chicken Noodle Soup Weston of 2 Dinner Rolls 09 Lull i in Batter Higlilimi Chips Line I 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