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The Acton Free Press Wednesday Oct Don McDonald Publisher Founded in 1875 Tho Acton 19 Inland Publishing Co Limited ijfoup which includo Tho A hi by Pick In a Advertiser Bmmplon Guard tan Burl Post Poat town Economist and Sun Tho Champion The N Aurora Era Oihawa This Wook This Wookond and Tho Tnbuno Iho mini hit 110m r roasomible II typographical mi or sing goods or not bo Sold Advertising is in odor Community Newspaper EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Soles Put BUSINESSACCOUNTING OFFICE SlinluyJocquo Carolyn n CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT n TELEPHONE Business and Editorial Office Garbage can chuckles The staff at Halton Region bur lesques itself with the report con cerning a large garbage can for town or as the region describes it a temporary transfer facility in Halton Hills Acton for bagged garbage only The script for the burlesque takes the form of a memo from no less a scribe than a region bur eaucrat Instead of containing good sense recommendations as normal memos once did this ones contents are so out of order so wild that their purpose must be to humor rather than inform Afterail who can take seriously the price tag for one gar bage bin To fully appreciate the degree of humor in the memo one should recall that other members of ton Regions staff have taken to mouthing soothing words con cerning the misplaced dollars in the account books The punch line there is the deficit is down to So the for a temporary transfer facility in Hills Acton for bagged garbage only can be interpreted by observers outside the regions big green block as a new and rather minor form of jest when it is compared to the large backdrop of the re gions spending the deficit is down to The idea for the memo came from local council Halton Hills asked the region to consider a gar bage bin at the Acton pollution control plant The bin would be like the ones at Georgetown where residents drop off their refuse The regions bureaucrats took it from there For starters they took the two word idea garbage bin and translated it into the 12 word notion of a temporary transfer facility Halton Hills Acton for bagged garbage only Is there a parallel inflation con cerning the cost with the regions version coming out as In detail the operating cost is to be with the following an estimate of the initial capital costs perimeter fence and ent rance gate for plus another for an operators station and then another for ent rance construction and site land scaping The burlesques script is full of potential however it is also fla wed For example the script does not mclude quotes from private in dustry This is a weakness The audience is robbed of an echoing belly laugh because there is no comparison of the regions price with a lower fee from business The memos author however failed to explore some obvious sources of chuckles If he per mitted himself some more liter ary licence an audience would surely delight in the question If the initial capital cost is 61000 what heights will the final capital cost reach He could have gone for a jolly clincher How Well suppose that instead of being satisfied by a temporary transfer facility in Halton Hills Acton for bagged garbage only he quoted on a permanent transfer facility in Hal Hills Acton for bagged gar bage only With a gem like that the author would have stolen the show from those other regional staffers with their the deficit is down to EE Where are the police Oct To the Editor Where are our bo called helpful and Halton Hills Police Force They must all be in Oak lie or Burlington We were robbed this month by two ob viously amateur hoodlums They turned our bedrooms upside down and stole a sub stantial amount in coins and cash This robbery took place not late at night but be tween the hours of eight and nine oclock The police were called immediately and also the next day The lack of Interest In evidence 13 overwhelming The answer received was There is not much we can do The police dont even check around town to sec If any coins have up I had to Pen pals wanted call banks and stores to moke them aware of what to look for Neighbours had seen boys lurking that night The police found the time to record the description from one neighbour When I phoned to re quest another description be taken from a neighbour no one showed up It seems as though the robberies are continuing How long can the citizens of Acton put up with it Obviously we must do our own investigating therefore withhold our taxes until we receive the proper protection Instead of sitting around in their cars gabbing why cant they get busy and serve and protect These breakins must be stopped A very concerned and worried citizen Oct 1980 Dear Editor It Is my great pleasure to write to you I expect you will be pleased to accept my appeal regarding oversea pen pals for our students I am an English teacher in a noted high school in Seoul Korea Thl3 school about students of both sexes I am eagerly seeking foreign students who would like to correspond with our students There are many Korean students who want to exchange letters and friendship with foreign pen friends and they fre quently request me to let them have foreign pen friends Through out my foreign language teach ing career Ive noticed this would help not only their English and emotional life but also expand their knowledge of foreign lands This would also promote world wide friendship and mutual relationship as well as serving as a true foundation of world peace I feel It Is necessary to publish this simple wish among the boys and girls of the world therefore I courteously request you to run this letter in a corner of your valuable paper The only informal ion I need of a student is his or her name sex age hob bies and picture if possible I expect to re ceive many letters from your readers wishing to correspond with our students I will appreciate it very much if you let me have the chance to do this for my stud This would be a warm and thoughful favor Awaiting good news I remain Sincerely yours Mr Park Won KPO Box HI Criteria for school trustee To Ihc Editor As municipal elections approach one thinks of the criteria far choosing can dales My awn background of teaching prompts me to make some observations by way of this letter We are all aware of the unprecedented rate of change affecting our lifestyles our moral Judgements and the power at work in the world about us Nowhere arc these more vital than in the field of education Our changing mores causes confusion and confrontations Therefore school trustees must be able to make objective decisions in the face of diverse and often emotional demands from the community So must look for candidates who can be counted on to be level headed in stressful situations and to keep long range goals clearly In sight Fortunately wo have in Acton a can for school board whocan be counted an to make sensible value Judgements without being swayed by shrill pressure groups or by self Interest Such a candidate Is Bruce a vote for her Is a vole for progressive sanity In education Sincerely Comfort THE OF RESPONSIBILITY Whats all this bullroar about patriating the constipation Whats all this here about rating the Canadian Constipation demanded the rather bellicose chap at the next bars tool Somewhat timidly I replied I dont like bar room brawls unless somebody else Is in lhem I think the word is Constitution not Constipation And in a little attempt to ease the tension added We have enough of that now not meaning con stitutlon He didnt get It He snorted Im in great shape giving his beer belly a smack and hawking up a few gobs after Inhaling deeply on his cigar Well was getting a bit nettled 1 not a troublemaker or a flag waver but Im a good Canadian I didnt have to listen lo this beery bore I began quietly enough The word Is not reparation but The re means back as In return If we re patriated the constitution it would mean that we were bringing it back to Canada but it never been here in the first place So wo use the word palrlation meaning uh He was not Impressed by my quite lucid explanation nor my obvious education Patriotism thats the stuff There too many a these rotten long haired punks in this country who wouldnt fight for it if they I rolled my eyes figuratively heaved an inaudible sigh and asked the inevitable happy enough lo change the subject What outfit were you with in World War IP I knew thats what he was leading up to Outfit Outfit and he laughed a deep gargly belching rumble I was In In I was Intelligent enough to get a Job In the shipyards and make a bundle Just got back from two weeks in the sunny south with hubby and my folks I brought back Iota of nice new clothes a good tan and a swollen infected foot the product of a stingray attack It really an attack but at the time it sure felt like it In you frequent the area I wont mention which beach I was at but it was in an authorized swimming area with many other vaca tioners soaking up the sun and cooling off in the of Mexico I was in chest deep water when I stepped down where I shouldnt have and got zapped on the of my foot by a I was more than nettled by now I was more like poison Ivy I almost snapped Good for you You were making a bundle while the enemy was firing shells and mortars and machineguns at your old school friends What old school friends You mean them jerks that went on to high school and volunteered to go and get the i reel shot in some foreign country They were no friends of mine They were suckers Seething I tried another tack unable to believe this was a fellow Canadian but willing to give him a third chance I took three deep breaths then explained calmly A constitution is the backbone of a democratic country It sets out the rights and obligations of Its citizens Aren t you interested in that Would you like to live in a country where you had no rights I thought that might stir some smoldering spark of love of country But he wasn t so dumb He was crafty in fact Why should I I live in this country where I got a right to vote for any dummy I want to write a letter to the saying what I think of the govmenl belly up lo the bar on Friday night and call in sick Monday What more do ya want I retorted with some asperity And what about obligations Dont you think good citizen has obligations The word means things that you should do I got more obligations than I can handle nine kids a crabby wife a boss who has a slight stroke every time for a raise and the trying to grab one out of every three bucks I make And I come in here for a quiet drink and I gotta talk to turkeys like you about constipation Dont talk to me about obligations Desperately I tried another tack There stingrays tail A combination of the fear and the toxin shot into my foot paralyzing it but left It with enough feeling to feel the pain The little critter severed a vein and the water was turning a pink color My first thought was of sharks which didnt help my mental condition I was afraid to lift my foot above the water In case it wasnt there The local police told us what got me and a paramedic later confirmed It once bleeding stopped A trip to the Fort Myers hospital for a tetanus shot resulted in me being sent to a free clinic the following Monday naturally I got stung at closing time on Friday night It was my sixth trip to Florida in less than five years We sort of consider it our home away from home We love ihe Gulf and the Atlantic but after this visit think 1 take along a cheap pair of running shoes to wear in the water In spite of the sting ray sting and a later bee sting on the bottom of the other foot it was a great trip The weather was perfect the shopping good always number one In my books and for the first time in all our trips down we came back with some life long friends Kinzey family who live But surely there are some things youd like to sec down in black and white some thing solid and dependable in a truly Canadian constitution something you could fall bock on I nearly always fall back on the bed But youre right Theres a few things that should be wrote Into something even though the lawyers would always find a way around them What did you have in mind I asked eagerly There was a spark He was not a total ash Well I gotta few things that might help out and them other peacocks and barnyard geese that make up our leaders First theres lhat Womens Id stamp them out with hobnails Then theres that there French If God had wanted a mad to speak French he woulda had him born in France or Kucbcc right Go on I said grimly Well there s the pill right Thats K But the should have it somewhere that a woman cant speak while her husband is drinkin his coffee and read the paper They could call it a gobs topper And it should be In there that welders get paid more than teachers And that old people should live in classy ho men like hotels Insteada them dumps Right And dope should be strangled And people should be burled decent wrapped In a blanket two thou bucks Junk And But it was too much for me I hurriedly slapped down my usual cents tip and fled Not before he got his last word In Take 11 easy Constipation across the road from my parents mobile home where we were staying were a typical example of the friendly gracious They made my incident and others much more bearable Sure Canadians can be just as nice but to meet people like them on holidays is Just an added bonus But despite having to tear myself away from the to degree temperatures the gorgeous pool and all those stores Im glad to be homo Its time to start Christ mas shopping and somehow I Just couldnt do It after sunbathing all day Its been raining steadily since we gat home and the cold wind reminds me Just how glad I am to be here But ask me again in a couple of months how glad I am to be home Is Acton doomed to be world renowned a wrestler of poisonous snakes According to the television program Thats Incredible yes it is However it isnt Acton wo all know and love Its actually a man by the name of Joe Acton who appeared on Monday nights show to wrestle a huge snake Back issues 10 years ago October 2H 1970 An addition to Eden House Nuraine Home has been built One large food distribution firm thinks the new international Jetport will be moving Into the Acton district Students have been hired to conduct a shopping survey here Four possible sites arc under consideration for a jetport About teachers observed one minute of silence in memory of Pierre slain by the at their new teachers night A cheque for was presented to Mauri Valli of the Canadian Arthritis and Society at a regular dinner meeting of the Men Club Campaign chairman Pat made the pre sentation with girls from the high school who aided the canvass Barbara Pratt Lourene Ellen Pratt and Dolores Jordan More roadblocks have been placed in the way of Acton Senior Citizen Housing and Mayor Lcs is annoyed M Alf Hales was the guest at the Chamber of Commerce dinner meeting Charlie and his committee have lined up many new members for the new curling club Dan Price is caretaker 20 years ago October i960 Ten courses were cancelled out of offered at the night school this year Highest registration was in and the new hostess course Don Bexton is chairman and Mrs J secretary With 165 applications received another successful year is pa ted A teacher and four students from Em ponum High School in Pennsylvania are at Acton High School for a student exchange sponsored by the Rotary club Four Acton students will return with them Brian Bar beau James Ironside Susan Wilson and Dorcen Gordon The cost of local hydro power will be reduced this fall The commission acts as an unpaid civic group this year com mission decided Chairman is E Tyler Sr Under a fourcolumn heading He Time for Wedding Bells the Rural Co- operator carried an interesting article on well known district farmer Mac Sprowl He has visited countries and was a Nuffield Scholarship winner in 1054 tree planting ceremony took place at the high school when students planted a red maple as a symbol peace Student council vicepresident Norman Elliott and treasurer Bill planted the tree 50 years ago October 1930 There was keen opposition and friendly rivalry for the positions on the Literary Society at Acton Continuation School Honorary president is Miss president Oral Chalmers vicepresident Gordon Cook recording secretary Clara Bauer corresponding secretary Smith treasurer Isabel Bruce form reps Beth Harrison Harold Near Basil Mellon Isabel Smith Joe Fore stall pianists Lillian Perry Jessie Young editor Barbara Guthrie assistant Esther Taylor censors Miss Nephew Mr Causland A night staff is being added to the Mason Knitting Plant in an endeavor to keep pace with the demand for the line of childrens underwear manufactured there Fire has completely destroyed the Camp- Inn Earlys garage and stables and threatened at one time to destroy a large section of the village The most pro minent corner in Campbellvllle business section is only a mass of charred ruins The residence of Mr and Mrs W Vanslcklewas in real danger Hydro lines are being extended to Crew sons Corners and where farmers arc desirous of having power years ago October IBao The annual fall exhibition of County Agricultural Society took place at Milton Tuesday and Wednesday The exhibit of horses was equal lo that of the Provincial Exhibition The total number of entries was over and people visited the grounds many coming by ex cursion trains Last Tuesday evening a very largo and respectable audience assembled In the Methodist church to listen to the lecture of Prof Foster of New Brunswick In favor of the Canada Temperance Act Mr John Warren was chairman The speaker argued lhat the work of the people La to make the liquor business a disgraceful one to take from it its respectability it would not be apt then to entice the young man to com menco drinking in a low whiskey hole Would It not be a good Idea to hold special services in some of the churches for the benefit of the men and women who are now putting up stave pipes A broken plank In the sidewalk on Church St opposite the Congregational church should be repaired