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Tl Acton Press Wednesday Oci DonMeDcnald Publ si Foundodin1B75 EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Ed to a to E E urn Spo Da W Do Do TELEPHONE Bus and Ed tonal Off he and Pub Co of suburban 3 A by Now so amp on Gun TlioBu an Poi no on Wookond Tl Goo go undent Mo and Sun Id on Champ on The News Tha E a This Os a Wookond and S lo T Clous f Ken n BUSINESSACCOUNTING OFFICE CO Thanh CaoynA I CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT Drug meeting at AHS It is tempting to paint a very dark picture of the extent of drug use in high schools based on a recent by the Addiction Research Foundation Twenty nine per cent of the more than students sur veyed reported they were drunk in the four weeks before the study More than 100 students used LSD prescribed tranquillizers barbiturates and prescribed stimulants during the year There are pages of findings and discussion in the report some of which will be highlighted to morrow night when two da ion representatives make a presentation at the high school at 30pm The foundation study was of an Oakville high school however the author says there is no reason to believe similar findings would not occur in other general high schools in Halton such as Acton High School Report author Swar brick and research Dick O will describe patterns of drug use and abuse among teenagers and methods parents may take to help their children It is at least the second time O has brought his message to Acton About a dozen parents and youngsters heard him detail the result of drug and alcohol abuse If the Addiction Research Foundation report is an in of the degree of drug and alcohol abuse among high school and elementary school children then far more than a hand full of parents should be at tomorrow s meeting The meeting will allocate time for questions and answers It could well be the first step to wards defining the depth of drug and alcohol use town Kinds of sign language There are two varieties of sign language going around town however only one of them is legitimate The legal one is used by some citizens of Churchill Road South and area who recently persuaded Hills Council to erect stop signs on that street The illegal one became very vocal last week when no less than three stop signs two of the new ones and one older one were bent to the ground on Churchill Road South Regional Police suspect a driver used the bumper of his vehicle to ease the signs over onto their sides All three were bent early Thursday morning Total value of the stops signs is placed by a town workman at 225 Fears of children being injured by speeding cars on the road motivated residents to pressure council into action The driver who took the law into his own hands had his opportunity to argue against the placing of the signs He could have gone to council he may have won If the driver who mowed the signs over is caught he should be brought smartly into line Siren wakes the deaf Acton Firefighters have two methods of alerting themselves of an emergency one works all the time the other only part of the time As residents who live within earshot of the sirens know that is the system which firefighters rely on especially during the night Firefighters are also equipped with pagers however these devices only work part of the time As Halton Hills Fire Chief Mick Holmes said they are not fool proof The original idea said the fire chief was to convert to the pagers With the pagers not entirely reliable the department wisely uses the sirens as a method of get ting attention of enough firefighters The matter recently came to this newspapers attention when a Brock Street resident complained about the siren waking him and his young family recently The fire was in an apartment garbage bin across town The loudness of the alert was brought home especially to the Brock Street man because he is partially deaf The only reply to come to mind is that if the siren is not sounded how else does the department guarantee enough firefighters turnout The next siren he hears could be for his home Thanks for photo Dear Mr Murray On behalf of Car ling Breweries would like to thank the Acton Free Press for the excellent press support to us regarding the Team Wagon visit to the Acton Fall Fair sincerely hope that our participation was of some help in drawing the record crowds to this year fair Again wish to thank you for the excellent coverage and look forward to next year fair Sincerely yours E Director of Advertising Promotions Holland Shop bouquet Ont Dear Sir It was nice to be back in the old home town again last Friday even though the weather dldn t cooperate I would like to say Thank you to all he people in Acton and district who dropped by my father store congratulate him on his an niversary In business 1 came down from Hep worth and my sister from to lend a hand and meet old customers It was a busy and exciting day The florist kept dropping by with flower arrangements many from loyal One customer from Georgetown brought flowers in person and gave Dad a big kiss That brought a tear to his eye It was fun watching my Dad bo excited about the loyalty and love shown to him in many ways Also I would like to thank your paper at d Jennifer for the super article We all enjoyed it very much The coffee was great So were the cookies and cheese which was passed out free far all the three days of celebration One last thing I would like to mention and lhal Is the long stemmed roses and carnations that he gave away during the three days He had a bucket with over 300 In it Dad I said most stores only give away roses to the first customers on an occasion like this how come you re giving away 300 Well he said I wanted to be no one was disappointed and all my customers deserved a rose so I made sure I had enough And every lady got a just like to say that day in the Holland Shop made me prouder than ever to Bay to the customers Mr is my Dad Mrs its time irtrne opponents IfjTHe SABRES Postal strikes teaching morality raise Bills ire I don know that li ere s much point in writing this column The pasties are at it again as I write with wildcat strikes slowdowns and whatever you want to call them And since the column is syndicated nationwide It depends on the mall erratic and un dependable as it is It would be a little expensive to say the least if I had to use courier service to BC and Truro N S not to mention 100odd places between However it an ingrained habit like the Saturday night bath so I bungle out a column anyway Something that truly amazes me is that there has been no physical response to the constant postal strikes sometimes em ploying violence often flouting the law In my mind eye I can see some IllUe old lady sore as hell because she got her pension cheque a month late creeping up behind a post office truck hurling a bomb through the back window Or some deserted wife desperately dependent on hat welfare cheque taking a car of gasoline into a large post office In a largo city sprinkling herself liberally with the essence striking a match and Immol But In this country the first example would get life Imprisonment where a murderer gels ten years with three off for good behavior And in the second some good souls would start a fund to help her children and within a week would have raised by which time the story would be on page However into each life some sun must though there wasn much around this past summer My wife had been feeling poorly we used to say for some lime After six Just call me Super Skate At least that s what I could have been called one wet Friday night recently at Beach I let my younger sister Susan talk me was going to be Ihe Collingwood arena When we started to go out of own ex plained It was seven miles away at Beach A few miles further she re vealed it was an outdoor concrete rink I looked at tho windshield wipers clearing he drizzle from the glass and groaned Once there I laced up my rented boots but I was frozen o tha scat It had been at least 17 years since I had done anything this that was with those obsolete wheels which strapped on to your shoes I months of blandishment and threats I got her to see her doctor and have a check up Today she ells me that she phoned tho doc and she as sound as an apple I asked her she d had him lake an ray of her head Everything else Is functioning normally Her reply was short and to the point weeks lam beginning to wonder why I t quit caching 10 years ago and go to work in a menial institution At least there you con stuff the Inmates tranquillizers One more year of teaching Huckleberry Finn and the best place to find me Is floating down the Mississippi on a raft smoking a corncob pipe I quit teaching Grade 13 because I was getting madder than Hamlet The people who write course and advocate the one relationship with pupils are about as close to reality as the Khomalnl or in his last few years If they had their way it would be like Moses walking around among the Jews asking each and every one Now what do you think of the fourth commandment Do you think ass is a bad word Or Hitler strolling through Germany for years querying the population about the effects of mass cremations Fortunately most teachers with an ounce of intelligence and there are several of us completely Ignore the millions of dollars worth of directives and try to teach the kids some semblance of morality decency integrity and whatever our subject is In years I bet I taught 12 kids to answer when I ve asked if they have read a certain book not to say No but I seen the movie received them for my birthday from my parents bought with a year worth of green stamps One look around told me I was definitely the oldest person at the place by at least eight years I felt a bit dated and self conscious to Bay the least I managed to hobble onto concrete rink holding tightly onto tho wooden rail Replays of husband threats Don you dare break your leg kept coming into my mind I was doing alright until realized I had to give up my wooden security and let loose I shoved off and was quickly lowed up by about a million grooving to the sounds of the the Beach Boys and all their other musical contemporaries After several rounds I found myself loosening up a bit and actually looking straight ahead instead of at my feet My back was getting sore from bending over and I stood up straight to case the tense ness Suddenlythedrizzleturnedlntorain My sister and her wanted to go home Not me I was having too good of a time to care about e rain and cold They com plained about the slippery concrete How ever to a new roller like myself It was no I have taught at least 15 not to use the dangling participle Riding my bicycle a dog bit me And I don give a diddle They learned a lot more than that and I have letters to prove it They ve learned not to laugh at people who are physically or emotionally or mentally slow and to help them They ve learned that nationalism is stupid that wrongs depending sometimes make a right that two and two don always make four that you should question things that don t make sense that emotions ore nothing to be ashamed of said the boring old teacher If I don t want to get heartburn or some thing I d better stop talking about teaching I ve seen too many colleagues break down physically or mentally to take much stock in it The kids go through the mill and emerge in all kinds of shapes beautiful grotesque funny dour I think their genes have more to do with It than Mlas who crucified them in Grade for spelling errors Or Mr Ent whistle who taught them that Beauty is truth and truth is beauty That is all wc know and all we need to know Which is a lot of crap One last cheering note An article In forms me that there is no way Canadian tourists can go to Europe anymore because the prices are literally out of this world Glad wc sneaked In a couple of trips when they were merely exorbitant Canadian tourist operators should be brushing up on their Japanese German and Italian We re going to be swamped with that pallid Canadian dollar Canada is a steal for foreigners with a sound currency more slippery when It was wet than when dry Besides I was too cheap to pay for just a few minutes of entertainment I was determined to get my money worth I only fell on the roller rink once and that was when some little Jerk caught my swinging arms spun me around and caused me to on my It hurt for a minute but It was dark so my pride soon healed I may not be ready for the roller derby but at least I tried and succeeded in a sport I would never have considered even a few months ago Got any old keys Barton a Drury School for the Deaf Is gathering old keys all shapes and sizes for use in her classes Keys may be dropped off at Glenlca Drug Mart or they will bo picked up if you call the Bartons at 853 Graham and Susan been visiting with Tony Bonnie Smith of DubyRoad They are presently residing at Norwich England but have also lived in France Australia and elsewhere Mr Renny is an oil man In the North Sea Back issues 10 years ago October IBTO Council accepted the offer of Alteo Construction for the purchase of acres of land behind the cemetery The municipality will the property for residential use Mr and Mrs William Mino of Eden Mills celebrated their wedding anniversary The request by the Chamber of Com merce to have a liquor vote in town is being studied by council Deputy reeve Tom Hill says he will seek the position of reeve or Eighty yearold Reeve George has not stated bis intentions Acton s Mr Minor Sports Charlie Thorn son presented players on all Acton Minor Soccer entries with their crests at the an yearend banquet at the Legion Kali Phil presented a cheque for scout work from rerghters to Dave Muckle for the Rotary club at their meeting Cathy was elected dent of Dubl club Phil flushed first at the high school crosscountry race with Bob Andrews second and Gary third 20 years ago October 11 Its Fire Prevention and Acton are ready They are captain Jack Newton deputy chief Mick Holmes John Norm Grant Knight Sam Bern Van Fleet Wilf Duval Frineli Ken Hodgson JackPnk 1 McEachern Doug Mason H ttorf Allen Leo Synnott Herb D J Price Harold Townsley Bdl J Don Van Fleet Harry Otterbe n Doug Mason bagged a 950 moose near Brookvillc school opened doors to students High school lost their game Wednesday to Georgetown 130 Student council members elected are president Barry Kirkness past dent Jean Moffat v dent Norm Elliott secretary Mary Beth Elliott treasurer Bill Mrs Galloway is staff advisor Bruce Andrews placed second in two top meets against the best Canadian runners Jack Is president of the Holy Name Society of St Joseph church replacing Brendan Ah erne Andy Nolan is vice president 50 years ago 1930 The Bishop of Hamilton diocese the Right Rev McNully administered the Sacrament of Conf rmalion on candid ates the largest number the story of St Joseph church St s the Acton team de feated Terra Colta Bill was the heaviest hitter Other players are Wallers S Scnven M Tyler T afford J B and A Marshall About young people of Knox church turned out for their meeting to begin the season President is Miss M Barbour vice- president Miss Doris McDonald secretary Miss Murray treasurer John Donaldson pianists Misses Jean Orr Margaret Brown Emily Young The next meeting will take the form of a debate The Duke of Devonshire chapter of the I D presented the colors of the First Acton Guide Company Regent Mrs A Mason made the presentation to Com mis Mrs McNiven J B Mackenzie and San ore continuing the remodelling of the Wonderland Theatre in preparation for talkies Four loud speakers will be installed at the front and there will be new equipment in he room 100 years ago October 14 1880 A supplement is inserted with the Free Press to carry the lists of prize winners of the fall show at Rockwood The number on the grounds Wednesday after noon was from to 1 The display of horses was excellent and in cattle stands eminently high The annual agricultural exhibition in Nassagaweya took place on Tuesday in the village of Brookvillc As usual for Nassaga the exhibit of butler was large Mr Griswold presided at the organ in the hall in the afternoon Mr C Hill had frames of photographs which were much admired On the street was a largo crowd of people and a number of swindlers and blacklegs reaped a rich harvest from simple by gambling and other tricks On Saturday our constable received in formation from the chief constable at Barrle that Abljah Alexander had ab sconded wllh a team of horses harness and wagon and was suspected of having disposed of them in Acton The constable found the horses had been sold to Mr Adams of this village and took possession of them The constable arrived yester day and took them homo him