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TlieActon Ptccs Wednesday Oct 1981 TELEPHONE 2010 Bunnell and Ed lor Off Founded In Wednesday by Publishing Lid at WTlow Street Acton Ontario Telephone Single 13 per In Canada In countries that Canada Acton Is one I ho El Slung Ltd suburban nowspapors inttudos AjaiWhltbyPickorino News Advertiser Aurora Banner Era Aurora Era Wnokend Edition Enterprise Brampton Guard an on Post Burlington Post The Etob Advert Coriiumor Tho Independent and Sun Tho Champion Tho Nawa Tnu Maws Weekend Ed lion Tha North York Consumer Tho North Oakullo Ookvi to Fi day This Weak Weekend Pod Consumer Richmond I Liberal Tho Scarborough Consumer Scarborough Mirror Tribune Tho Woodbndao Don McDonald Publisher Nov Advertising accepted on the ban that in portion adverting space occupied by olio won signature will not be charged for but paid for at the rate In of services at a wrong goods or serviced may and atony lima J ogatratmn Number EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Editor Gard Murray News Editor Helen una Sports Contributor li ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT Manager Bill Cook Jennifer Claiaiflod Advertising Carolyn National Advertising Sale Rep Dan BUSINESSACCOUNTING OFFICE Manager CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT Queen Park slow with St Josephs The wheels of government in deed move slowly There was a classic example of the incredible slowness of bureaucrats recently which will have a little impact on many many Acton families In midAugust the provincial Ministry of Education received final designs for the new St Josephs School to be built on Mill St West This of course wasnt the first time the people in charge of new school buildings had seen plans for the new separate school in Acton in February of this year a floor plan and site plan were sent to the province for approval But it wasnt until early this month that the brass at Queens Park called Halton separate school officials including Trustee Irene down to Toronto to have a meeting and ask their feelings about modular construction They could have asked about modular construction and heard the same local feelings back at the start of this year when the plans were on the drawing board for the first time The province would have been told then as they have been told this month that trustees and staff seriously looked at modular construction and rejected it feeling Actons only Catholic school should be a completely permanent struc ture Declining enrolment in some areas and increasing enrolment in others are the reasons for modular construc tion schools fluctuations which simply arent going to happen in the years ahead at St Josephs This is the first time the issue of modular construction has been raised with local school board officials The only direc tion theyve previously re ceived was a general type policy statement urging more use of modular construction Now because the province didnt raise this issue with Haltons board months ago ap proval of the designs has been delayed and thus the start of construction has been delayed However to further point out how slowly government moves after fully explaining their posi tion on a modular school for Ac ton the local representatives were directed to submit a writ ten explanation This timecon suming extra step was com pleted by the next week with no new reasons for the local deci sion being offered That was three weeks ago The province hasnt approv ed or rejected the designs for the new St Josephs School The next steps toward having the school built remain on hold Is it any wonder people have given up on government It took the province eight months to ask about modular construction in Acton It has now taken another three weeks and may take much longer to decide if they agree with the answer or if they want the board to go back to square one with its plans Our readers write Bankers not quite telling the truth reader charges Dear Sir I dont feel the Banks were quite telling the truth In their statements In the October 14 Issue of the Free Press that no one was in danger of losing I for one have been forced to put my house up far sale because of an Increase from 114 per cent to per cent Even though my mortgage is with the Permanent I approached my bank manager about a month ago and asked for assistance His reply was do you have any rich relatives to help pay off your mortgage I am sure there ore some others in town who are In my position but perhaps they are afraid to speak out A concerned homeowner Harold Santas coming to town Dear Sir We would just like to remind every one that Ihe Santa Claus Parade sponsored by the Acton Men will be held on November at from the Middle School We are endeavouring to make this the biggest and best parade to date So to make this possible need as much participation as possible from the businesses service clubs churches school and childrens groups So come on everybody kick off the festive season by supporting the Acton Claus Parade Float entry forms can be obtained at the building truly Jones Chairman Santa Claus Parade Bi Appreciate fair coverage Dear Sir The Directors of the Acton Agri cultural Society have asked me to write to you and thank the Acton Free Press and its staff for the help that was given during our Acton Fail Fair We appreciate the coverage Ihnt was given to us by the paper and It all helps to make our fair what it is today Please offer our thanks to all from the Directors of the Acton Fall Fair Board and we hope that those of you who at tended our fair found it to be of Interest and f Once again I would like to thank oil for whatever part that they had to make it turn out the way that It did Yours truly JohnB Rowe SecretaryTreasurer Acton Agricultural Society Thanks for knitting The following letter was submitted to The Acton Free Press for publication To the Alton Womens Auxiliary Dear Dear Ladles A small note of sincere gratitude for the time and thought Involved with ihc donation of the beautiful knitted work given to the ward The patients appreciate tho warmth and colour your gifts so supply It is smalt thoughts like these that help Ihem to feci so much better and bring that important personal touch to a hospital stay So often there arc people who work hard behind the scenes because they care and never want or receive much gratitude for their efforts To you say thank you for your and hard work Sincerely Nurses and Staff Oncology Unit Henderson General Hospital On the Neighbors of Mark and Louise Jones parents of threoycaratd Derek Jones who was tragically drowned last week have collected over MOO for the family and Eileen Frank Freeman of R R Acton called the Free Press to tell us about the Ontario Farm Vacations Associa tion annual convention held recently for the third year in a row at Hall People came from as far east as Ottawa as far west as Thunder Bay and as far north Cochrane according to Mr Freeman Some people were In attendance Frank and his wife Luc- inda were made honorary members as were Bob and Linda Clipahnm Erin Mr and Mrs Ken Steel Acton were also in attendance Remember Patricia one of the Judges of the Miss Acton Fair con test In September Shes the one who got to sit beside Vic of Chan television he received most of the attention that evening Well it seems Pat of the fashion technique and design program at Sheridan College is one of the Judges at the Miss Canada Pageant on Monday night Pat Is in good company Other judges ore National Ballet of Canada star Karen Kaln International Canadian Film Actor John Vermon couturier fashion designer Richard Robinson and fashion for Shop ping Centre Norma Wlldgoose Crowning Miss Canada 1982 will bo Dominique last years winner whose first personal appearance of her year long reign was in the Milton Santa parade Over 40 people attended an Apprccla Night given recently at the wooden Heart Restaurant In celebration of their first year in business Eva and Kenneth Jorgcnscn Invited representatives from firms advertising on their menus In addition to regular customers The hungry guests were treated to duck a 1orange and baked with all the trimmings Businesses represented were Olde Hide House Fashions Emilys Natural Foods Wilson Cor Sales Blue Springs Flower Shop Lakcvlcw Centre Nielsens Clothing Meals JT Sports Brandco Insula t and Autobody and Collision Hey parents Are you getting tired of all the Professional Development Days for teachers when you are stuck with the kids home for an extra day usually its rainy day Well now it a your turn The Council of Home and School Associations and its member associations are holding a Par ents Professional Development Day on Saturday November at which par may learn first hand Do you know how to Influence decisions in education Workshop sessions will deal with The home and Ihe school grassroots Involvement tho grassroots nil to get Job done administrators and trustees what is their role councils and boards two way com munlcatlon The workshops will be held at the Halton Board of Education Central Office Guelph Line Burlington and director designate will give the opening address A warm welcome is extended to everyone in Halton who Is interested in examining the roles of parent groups trustees and administrators in In fluencing decisions in education Registration deadline Is November For further Information contact Bruce at Sincere get well wishes go out to Gall Thompson who has been a patient at Hospital the past couple of Outdoors BY I OltNE FLETCHER Looks like Harry and John Goy have won all the prizes for the best and most fish caught on a recent trip with nine other local fishermen to the Lake Superior wilderness area They have credit for 12 of the Rainbow Trout landed by the party Fishing was slow hard and wet work due to plenty of rain and up to eight Inches of snow It was no place for armchair fishermen Other participants in the trip to were Bill Cook Keith An drews John Arnold John Steve John Herb George Cook and George Got to give credit to the Ministry of Natural Resources for the appre hension of three area meatslogars Keep up the good work However I must lake exception to the word hunter used In conjunction the article in the Free Press A good whether hunter fisher or other Is first lo con such actions It Is fisher persons and hunters who push for more and better regulations of our resources The bow season has begun In this area so far very quietly Most corn crops are not harvested as yet deer arc well fed but are not moving around much Hope lo see some action later on In the season Aclon and area residents mourn the loss of a good sportsman Harry Moon who passed away while on a recent fishing trip Good hunting weeks Gail four month stint at the Free Press reception desk was cut short by two weeks and no one got a chance lo say a proper goodbye to her II all miss her and wish her well in the future and at the same time hope she Is feeling much better since her ill She was a cheery addition to our office Gall replaced Carolyn who was on maternity leave Carolyn Is now back answering phones and talcing ads and looking forward to meeting all the customers after her four month ab sence Tom and Rene Watson were on a re cent trip to their home in Nova Scotia when they decided to stop in and visit former residents Flo and Louis in New Brunswick Tom reports the couple were extrem busy with their new paint business and had already made a lot of new friends Flo and Louis are sorely missed in Acton as both were active In Ihe community Don I forget Halloween Is this Satur day night Youngsters usually start knocking on doors between end 30 so be prepared Also be ready to contribute some thing to the boxes Parents please remember to make sure your child can see clearly out of his or her mask and that costumes ore light colored Tailing that make sure there Is a light colored tape on the back and front of outfit Ted Tyler still has pups to give away Remember last week I made an appeal to anyone who wants to own a cuddly puppy to contact Ted who has plenty of them to give away he still has some left and is desperate to get rid of them They arent even his pups either A stray dog made her home under an old car near his transport business pro perty and gave birth to puppies Ted and his staff have taken a personal interest in the little critters and have managed to get rid of seven But there arc still more Youngster Bert celebrates his birthday this Sunday Happy birthday Bert Our favorite neighbor has for the past week and a half been giving hubby a hard time for turning on October Kept calling him an old man and other such niceties What he failed to soy out loud is that he Is only two weeks younger than Actually the only difference In the two Is that with Berts btondo hair the grey hairs dont show up as much by Mabel Bar km an Quick Quiche If you have all the Ingredients for making your favorite quiche but feel making the pieshell Is a lot of trouble make a quickie one Put a cup of flour with a pinch of salt end a teaspoon of baking powder in a bawl and add two tablespoons of shortening Cut the shortening into the flour and add enough milk to make a ball which you dump into a pie plate with floured hands Shape It to fit the plate and then add your quiche Ingredients Slice tomatoes on the top at this lime of year Bake in oven about degrees about half an hour and then shut off heat and leave in oven or minutes longer and will be sure the custard part is set Im sure you will enjoy this tasty quiche and save yourself a lot of work Back issues years ago October Probably the most surprised person in West riding Thursday night was Minister of the Environment George Kerr The whooping plurality he chalked up in defeating Liberal Bob McNutt and New Democrat Walter Mulkowich was totally unexpected A Free Press survey of Acton industry conducted this week revealed that mo3t have not yet experienced any adverse effects of President Nixons levy of a 10 per cent surtax on imports lo the United States Of five Industries contacted only one Organs related a loss of business Three Ontario Scholars grade graduates and grade 12 graduates were the centre of attention at High School commencement exercises Friday Chris Brunelle was valedictorian years ago Something must be done NOW Public interest must be aroused additional manpower acquired or the St John Ambulance Brigade In Acton is doomed to fold Acton Home and School Association The decision was reached when only parents including executive members and teachers were present for the emergency meeting to decide tho fate of the organization Les Duty gave the sermon during lay mens service at the church of St Martyr Sunday morning Vic sang the response William Denny took the state prayers Ernest Coker read the first lesson and Sam Snow the second lesson The Rev Donald West took the opening and the blessing at end years ago One day last week as Harold was playing with some other tads on Brock Ave near the bridge over the creek he come down the hill and slid beneath the guard rail and down to the edge of the crock a drop of about 14 or 15 feet Fort no bones were broken and beyond a severe shaking up he was not badly In jured The seventh anniversary of the Acton United Church wdl be observed this Sunday with fitting services at am and On this occasion Rev Moyerof Hespeler a farmer pastor of the church here will be the special guest speaker Mr and Mrs R L Davidson and and Mr and Mrs Earl H Vincent and Sllltc spent Sunday with friend In Toronto years ago October 1606 Work has been commenced at the new foot chimney for and Co sole leather tannery The brick work is foot square at the base Mr Samuel Laird was the first among the members of Acton Court I O F to attain the age where the claim for old age annuity matured Mr Laird reached his year and is now entitled to receive per annum from the treasury of the Foresters Acton has the distinction of having the first circumcision performed here by a rabbi About three weeks ago Ben and family arrived here from Russia and the baby was bom on Thanksgiving Day Rabbi Soloway of Toronto performed the rite In the presence of Russian Jew re sidents and Canadian neighbors The Beardmore football team ployed In Toronto on Thanksgiving Tor a return game with the Beardmore team of that city The score was tied 1 The young men who practice speeding their saddle horses on Mill St should go to the track In the park An oldfashioned spelling bee was held by the League The word desiccate floored all but the preacher 100 years ago October mi The statistics of our county gaol show the number of prisoners In the gaol during the year ended Oct l was male female lis were reported intemperate It cost an average of cents a day for keeping each prisoner In the gaol Mr C Hill Photo Artist was married to Emma eldest daughter of both of this village A great many people complain that Thanksgiving was appointed at too early a date this year and that farmers especially were unable to attend the church services owing to the fact they were too busily en gaged in taking in their roots During a fight at one of the hotels at Osprlngelast Thursday one of the men bit off the others nose Owing to the bad roads and being a very busy season for the farmers the special Wilkinson at Crewsons Corners have been dis continued for the present