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Georgetown Acton Wednesday Jetton Press TELEPHONE 1519 every Wednesday by fa Ltd M Street Acton Telephone 3D each year iCrU than Canada The Acton Fin one of the Lid group of Whitby Picketing News Aurora Banner Ere The Guardian The Poll The Burlington Weekend Poll The Advertiser Guardian The lon Independent and Sun The The News The Weekend Edition The York Beaver Ft day This Week Weekend The Richmond Ttwnhai The Tho Tribune The Ken Bellamy Publisher Don Ryder Director of Advertising Hartley Coles Managing Editor typographical that accepted on the portion of the the a lot not be charged lot but the balance I lor at ha applicable rate In the event of a typographical error or at a wrong good or may not be Advertising merely an oiler total and may be withdrawn at any one Member The Canadian Commumry Allocation and Tho Ontario Community Allocation EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Edhor Murray ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT Set Managar Cook Saaaa Susan Stone AdvartMng Salaa Rap Dan BUSINESSACCOUNTING OFFICE Office Manager Joan Second mail regatta ton Number CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT Coroners inquest place to settle questions The place to settle all the questions surrounding the tragic drowning deaths of two seven yearold Acton boys last week at Fairy Lake is at the coroners inquest Everyone involved seems to have a slightly different some cases widely different version of the circumstances and reasons for this terrible accident Rumors too People within and outside the community are hungry for facts and explanations but the quicker accusations publicity and talk about the incident die down now the better The whole incident will be best viewed in a couple of months when emotions arent running quite so high and the pain for those directly involved also has had time to heal al though the scars will be with us all for a long long time Young lives have been snuf fed out and nothing can bring them back but a coroners in quest and the recommenda tions from the jury can clear the fog away from the incident and maybe offer ideas to prevent such a tragedy from being repeated M Expect trustee restraint Give some people an inch and theyll take a mile is an old adage which came true re cently A couple of weeks ago school board trustees in two Metro Toronto boroughs gave them selves raises in excess of and 120 per cent School board members were given a right their council colleagues have had for a long time to set their own rate of pay Previously trustees pay was set by provincial tion There is one difference though trustees must establish their remuneration scale be fore a municipal election Councillors dont We are confident that should Halton trustees decide they need a raise before we troupe to the polls in November that they will exercise common sense and restraint It has no doubt occurred to them already but just in case it hasnt well suggest they all fol low the federal guideline of six per cent which Halton Hills councillors recently adopted though under their own formula they were entitled to over per cent In light of the fact local taxes soared this year predomin ately because of a steep in crease in the education levy admittedly because of some circumstances beyond trus tees control like decreased provincial funding a move to take no raise would be welcomed by taxpayers and not branded simply a grandstand or vote getting ploy The six per cent guideline is full of problems and already looks like It hasnt been applied fairly but elected officials if they hope to ever regain the re spect and confidence of ratepayers should embrace it As for those trustees in Metro it can only be hoped voters there will have long enough memories to turf the scoundrels out in Novem ber GM Our readers write Free Press story on air Dear Sir Thought It might be of passing in to you folks of The Free Press newsroom other staffers and possibly some of your readers that your story of tragedy averted and a happy ending Intensely interested me The one referred to dealt three- monthold Andrew Cole his fiveyear old sister and others and appeared on page one your issue of April 14 you be raising a quizzical eyebrow at my reaching into my may- hold file of stories away back into April I must offer some explanation To keep our little two minute feature on the small town press on the air all summer we plan to tape five segments at one sitting This will provide for continuous showing while 1 attend the Newspaper Convention In Saskatoon and then continue on to holiday on the Pacific Coast with family members resident there Meanwhile keep The Free Press coming It is fascinatingly interesting Yours faithfully Arthur Carr CKCOTVs Country Editor Get behind Lome Scots Dear Sir has recently been brought to our attention that the military band of the Lome Scots Regiment has been denied a grant by our Regional Government for the year Their request was very reasonable only the sum of SI 000 being Involved At the some time the Hamilton Phil harmonic Orchestra was given a size able grant by Council which seems very strange By whose authority do the council members give Halton taxpayers money to a Hamilton organization while denying It to one whose roots In go back to Confederation and whose musical services have been used by outer organizations through all the years since then The Lome Scots Regimental Military Band is not supported financially by the Department of National Defence and the way things are going we may soon see no regimental bonds receiving support from the Federal Govern- menl certainly they have been re duced tu the absolute minimum in re cent years May we suggest that these disappear bands are at least as much a part of our culture as are philharmonic or chestras and while very little alien lion respect or support Is given to tradition by people in authority these days we must voice our disapproval of their priorities Let get behind the Lome Scots and demand that they be given a fair deal Yours truly and Tom Watson Writer defends lifeguards To the people of Acton I am writing In response to the recent drowning deaths of the two Acton youths in Fairy Lake I personally know many of the lifeguards in the Acton area and those at the beach on July 83 They have received an extremely large amount of negative feedback for their actions or of on that tragic day One television station reported the guards to nave been and bereas I know as was at the beach round pro These guards are provided to watch the beach area and help those in trouble not to work as babysitters for every one of the numerous children on the beach these hot summer days If there are no visible signs of trouble and the water being as cloudy and murky as It is without the help of those at the beach and the swimmers buddy it Is unreasonable to point any fingers In my view this type tragedy will continue to take place if go to the take unattended My deepest sympathy goes to the parents family and friends of the two boys and may others learn from this unfortunate accident Yours truly From the editors desk- by Gord Murray In this day and age of people turning off the boob tube its a little em to admit that I still watch the box quite a bit Of course with a reporters schedule It means I have to make some adjust ments A few years back Helen and I purchased a video cassette recorder with a timer While we were out covering council or taking a Brownie photo the machine hums away taping MASH or Lou Grant for viewing later more often than not at the time when others are watching the late movie or very early In the morning Theres been so many advancements In video machine technology our machine is almost obsolete Im not sure if those new taped movies which you can rent or buy will even fit our machine Anyway having a passion for tele vision Ive never been loo fond of the Canadian RadioTelevision and Tele communications Commission CRTC Programming on commercial TV I nearly as good now as It was so I find I watch less But the CRTC on ex pensive government bureaucracy though is also to blame I believe for my waning interest in TV Let me explain some of their rulings which have annoyed me Our local cable company has tested bringing In stations from Erie Pa in the past The reception was adequate Yet they werent allowed by the feds to add it to the converter channels Like many Actonians Helen and I spent hours watching The Movie Channel Cable was bringing in during the Christmas holidays It was great but disappeared quickly too Cable is a private business required to offer community programs If they had more services on converter to offer I have no doubt there would be more subscribers and thus more funds to pump into focal programming not to mention more enjoyment for viewers I guess the biggest beef Is PayTV The technology has been there for years to bring Canadians Pay TV For years now Americans have enjoyed this cable service but not In Canada where the CRTC has been diddling away trying to figure out how it can control our culture through TV Of course the movies which Americans have been enjoying for several years now on TV are avail able in the theatres here so they havent managed to keep LI S cinema culture out of the country just made It more expensive for us to enjoy Holly wood products Now we are going to finally get Pay- TV either later this year or early In 83 I realize the Idea is have the industry pump money Into Canadian films thereby improving the domestic in and creating jobs for Canadians What has always annoyed me is that they had to dither over it for so many years cracking on PayTV sooner think how much money would have been made by now for Canadian content I have nothing against Canadian pro gramming Ido watch Canadian shows though not as often as American of ferings Im not unique In that regard The highest rated programs on our costly national network the are the American shows like MASH and Dallas Obviously Canadians want to watch American programs Obviously its desirous to produce our own shows too Ive never quite been able to accept spending money on staff and studies etc for the to regulate private commercial TV in this country so much and have them then playing by rules similar to the CBC To my way of thinking It would be more sensible for the government to keep Its nose out of all broadcasting and spend all their funds now devoted to regulating the entire Industry on just CBC television and radio Make the CBC devoted totally to Canadian content it will still create jobs and tribute Canadian culture The choices for viewers then would be quite clear cut between Canadian and imported programming I suspect with more money and the need to create quality programs to draw viewers and thus revenue from commercials the would rise to the occasion I dont think Canadian shows would complete disappear from other channels either just the on ones made to fill time My final complaint for this week at least about the feds in broadcasting are these satellite dishes Why cant Canadians legally have these dishes Presumably Its to protect our tele vision Industry and cable But at their hefty price lag can you really see everyone running out and cancelling their cable or getting rid their an tenna so they can receive HBO or the Movie Channel or the Atlanta Super Station I doubt it very much By the way Just so my neighbors dont start a petition even If dishes were legal I wont be spending gobs of dough to buy one But I do think people who can afford one especially businesses who use TV to draw customers should be allowed to have one What brought this on Why rerun season of course Commercial tele vision Is bad enough but right now there really is nothing to watch Coles slaw- More weeds and hooliganism While I was frothing at the mouth last week about weeds in the school creek or Hendersons Creek as it Is officially known in memory of a pioneer Acton family I should have mentioned the weeds growing along the CN property and the railways rightofway The railway right of way looks like the weeds have taken over This has been a good year for bounty crops of weeds but theres no excuse for the railroad to leave them standing two or three feet high ripening and spreaoS ing their seeds in peoples yards and gardens The CN hasn given a darn about appearances in Acton ever since they managed to dose the station and rip it down and cut off passenger service Now we have to put up their weeds as well Id like to get hold of Mr Pepin some time and show him what bis widely heralded cuts in passenger service have done to small owns like Acton What was once a hive of activity bos turned Into the biggest In the province unless theres some other railway property around to beat it Downtown merchants by hoodlums who are breaking windows with rocks and generally making a nuisance of themselves are hopping mad over the damage done to thelr businesses over the last week No one can blame them Theyve had enough of this kind of nonsense where a few youths lake over the area and turn It Into their own play ground once everyone else is In bed Tempers ore reaching the boiling point with some of the business people If here t some kind of cleanup Im afraid they may take things into hands and therell be a few broken heads around instead of windows It isnt fair that these business people should be subjected to this type of harassment when they pay so much in business taxes and try to operate in attractive premises Theres certainly no motivation to renovate their pre mises when It means some Idd hopped up on drugs or with a grudge against the owner leaves his calling card with a rock Its got to the point where some resid ents will not walk downtown after it is dark because they are afraid of the gangs of youths who loaf around the streets As f ar a I know no one baa been harassed by them or hurt in any way but their appearance it sometimo frightening especially for elderly people who arent used to the coarse language some of them use It is not a new phenomena by any means When I was a youth in Acton we uscdtodomesamethlng However the only ones who threw rocks through windows or broke Into businesses wee burglars from out of town They were dealt with harshly by the courts when they were caught And the whole town watched to see that peoples property was not damaged We used to have a few burly police men around in those days and they didnt hesitate to step in when someone got out of hand Usually the courts backed them up Police nowadays are faced with Judges who deal lightly with offenders and they take advantage of the leniency to repeat the offences over and over again I dont know what the answer Is to changing the lack of manners and harassment of business people Maybe the Judges should see the offenders who are caught are sentenced to attend chorea at toff ererjr Sunday or two or three years certainly do them any barm and It might do some good Hartley Cafes Back issues years ago July MI mi Al least 11 families from are affected by a hepatitis outbreak and it Is believed contaminated well water may have triggered the out break the Health Unit Bob Stanfleld quiet spoken leader of the federal Progressive Conservatives and a candidate for the Prune Ministers choir will be In Acton for breakfast on Tuesday August 1 to meet municipal officials key Co riser and local citizens The new constable with the Acton detachment of the Is Murray McCrea a native of Paris Ontario Specials this week at the 1GA ore one case of Pepsi Cola Rib Steaks 15 a lb IGA Margarine 1 lb 11 Dole Bananas 10 cents a lb and Prime Rib Roost cents a lb 20 years ago July 1962 Actonians holidaying up north who went to see the tannery were surprised lo find parts of It still smouldering from the fire there many weeks ago Mr and Mrs Fred Anderson spent several days at Port Col borne the week and returning by way of Port Dover visiting relatives there on Monday Acton police have nabbed nearly speeders date with the newly in stalled radar equipment Specials this week the A B Super market are Chickens 37 cents a lb legs and breasts cents a lb ready cut Chicken parts in a Basket cents a lb and Red Hots Wieners cents a lb Miss Ruth Spielvogel is visiting in North Bay with Mr and Mrs Jim and family 50 years ago July Misses Margaret Buchanan Jean Jean Edna Marjorte Near and Margaret Smith of Acton are spending a week at the summer camp at Baden This week specials at Patterson Meat Shop are tins of Clarks Pork and Beans for 23 cents Catsup 12 oz bottles for cents fresh Ham 14 cents a lb Sirloin Roast IB cents 2D cents a lb and Stewing Beef 10 cents a lb Mr Robert Holmes of Winnipeg Man Is visiting his mother and sister Mrs Robert Holmes Sr and Mrs MR Moore Playing this week at the Gregory Theatre Its Tough to be Famous with Douglas Fairbanks New Morals for Old and But the Flesh is Weak starring Robert Montgomery coming soon Sunshine Susie Mr M Cooper an officer of the Grand Lodge attended the sessions of the Masonic order in Kingston this week 75 years ago July Corners is all a quiver excitement over the possibility gold hail been discovered as well as oil by Crewsons Corners Oil and Gas Com pany The strata containing gold was found at a depth of 150 feet and if the vein is found to be a paying one the eyes of the commercial world will be turned not on the oil fields but on the gold fields of Crewsons Corners Council granted and Co and the Acton Tanning Co Ihe use of water In what Is known as Corporation or Henderson Pond Council have done well keep the rate at mills after their reckless expenditures of last year Estimates of expenditures are 111 The Board of Education requires from municipal council this year Teachers salaries total 100 years ago JolyKIKZ The little son of Mr Mann and daughter of Mr Win Masai covered the well in Mr Mann yard and both fell in together Their cries were heard and a large number of neighbours were soon on the spot Messrs G Clark Matthews and Ed descended the well and rescued the little ones They were con frightened as were their mothers Kelly hairdresser makes a specialty of ladies hair switches and curls Give him your combings A labourer near Hornby was tried for assault on bis wife and found guilty and fined 14 and costs amounting to The ice cream social under the auspices of the Ladies Aid of the Methodist church at the residence of Mr James Matthews was largely at tended and the band played