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Georgetown I Acton Wednesday July 6 TELEPHONE Off by Founded in 1875 Lid J SuIhj c cod Ken Bellamy Don Ryder D rector of Advertising Hartley Coles Managing Editor The Acton 4 one of Punting Ltd group Of The Wh Picketing Ban The Brampton Guardian The Peal The on Pint The The The on Pent and Sun The The The Newmarket Era The North York Jjy Oihjwa Thi rkeoo The Thornh I Liberal Sea borough Ma or The EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Editor Gonj Editor Sports lneoa Paul Nolan Nancy ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT Manager BB Cook Sate Kirk Davy Suan Sandra Wtum AdwartittoD Carolyn BUSINESSACCOUNTING OFFICE OHk Manager Jean CtrcubjUon Dan Muzzle the MOH The assumptions of Peter Cole that a survey will find a lower health level in Acton than Georgetown and there would be a higher incidence of smoking and drinking in Acton are highly suspect Obviously Dr Cole is put ting the cart before the horse suggesting the answers before the survey And by so doing he has managed to convey the impression that the north of Halton and particularly Ac ton is an unsavory place in which few people would want to live We object to this especial from a public servant whom we hope the regional councillors of this area will suitably chastise As one Acton doctor com mented Cole has pre judiced the survey with his assumptions and rendered any survey invalid Funded with a grant of by the Ministry of Health the survey pur portedly is designed to evaluate the level of health of people by way of surveys which will reach homes in the fall The MOH has said the number of elderly people in has risen dramatically in the past feu years making a study like this a necessity He notes that such a survey has never been done before in to his knowledge We would ask then how he could possibly assume health levels in the south of are superior to those in the north of if there are no previous records on hich to base the assumptions Does Dr Cole then base his assumptions on his knowledge of the north or is he grand standing for the press Since appointed medical officer of health Dr Cole has maintained a high pro file and his often sial statements have engendered criticism but he goes too far in his public assumptions about Acton Surveys especially when there are assumptions made public ahead of time prove nothing They can be tailored to fit the assump tions especially the one about the elite of Halton are domiciled in the affluent south where believe it or not there are plenty of pie struggling to make a We would suggest that before Cole spouts off again about conditions here and in the rest of the north he thinks before his tongue wags Far better for him to have said nothing about his assumptions and let the survey speak for itself lie Why hydro bills high One reason why hydro bills are going higher and higher was amply demon last week when a senior official at Ontario Hydro said the utility may walk away from one of two heavy water plants built at a cost of 1 billion According to testimony before the Ontario Energy Board the reason for the shutdown is there is hardly enough work for one of the plants and engineers are unsure whether it is feasible to reserve and protect the other one for future use Most likely Hydro will close down the older of the two plants called Bruce Heavy Water Plant A which cost million and first went into service years ago The newer Plant B was one of three Hydro decided to build in during a worldwide shortage of heavy water and at a time when demand for electricity was growing so fast some experts estimated it would quad by the end of the evidence is con to pile in that On tano Hydro vastly over estimated the future mand for electrical power Officials of the utility try to explain it all by showing they were not the only ones that the slowdown was re fleeted across the country However Hydro expecta tions were being challenged by re putable people at the time they decided to expand The utility s intractability com pounded the error and the consumer will have to foot the bill whereas in the private sector the cost was borne by the companies in volved C Back issues Coles slaw Musings in the heat glad we have an well fire department Thty proved again night indie the must difficult fires under ex trying heal smoke Their action saved in extra downtown bus ties block from I urn into a inferno Sunday wan tht kind of day most people would have preferred being immersed in hairy Lake or in someone yard pool rather than donning firefighting equipment Sunday heat was dv exhausting and with the incumbrance of equipment ink how uncomforMble the fire fighurs must been hit is off to the chief his and all volunteers who knoeke themselves out while fought that stubborn blaze I to be a b for some touring in publishers when the Ire was at Us he phone call m from an editor who passed through saw hun of people congregated the fire trucks ambulances and issumed whole business block was bunt consumed My wife I rushed home By tht time we arrived Hit worst was over hut there were still many people watching fire fighters and helpers quell the flames Perhaps some were there to the fireworks which had to be postpoi until Mondij night since the sponsor ng firefighters were with more important things So whit celebrated on I national holiday July 4 As I told you wt were at bar for publishers the United States One of them to be from Hartley lowi a coincidence that caused some merriment when we saw one another s name lags Hartley is not a common name in this country though I have seen hotels in both this country and England called Hartley House Headers have asked mo how I got the name assuming It was a family heirloom or something I was curious about it myself one time and asked my mother How come you called me Hartley instead of Bob Jim George or Horace I said Oh your father wanted to call she said But don ask me why Ask him So I went to my father and asked him the same question Why did you call me Hartley after someone famous in family Nope he replied Don t ask me Ask your mother She wanted to call you that So that solved that question No one wanted to call me Hartley so It was a mistake Never rectified I been stuck with It for good or bad for decades It has had its embarrassing moments as well as high points For instance during my stretch in tht old Acton public school we were asked to exchange letters with pupils in Stettlcr Alberta My penpal by return mail asked me whether I was a boy or a girl the ultimate insult at that age and time I was so piqued I never wrote back Lei him or her guess But what in a name anyway Who cares whether you re Jim Charlie or Don Except maybe if you re called Pierre or Ronnie Then you might be in trouble aa I surmised from remarks from other newspaper people at that barbecue on Jim Dills shady lawns American publishers had little to say about Ronnie Reagan by Hartley Cotes Managing Editor Canadian publishers were even less friendly towards Pierre It always the way The govern In power is the goat while the opposition looks good while they re in opposition When the roles are reversed wo still gripe I ve never been a Conservative a member of the or a Liberal as Gord Murray suggests in his column some weeks but I have done a lot of rending and travelling The more I see the more convinced I am this is one of the best countries in the world despite all the grip Those who complain about are often myopic with no appreciation of how complex this country problems are and how easy ft Is to say someone else could handle them belter Probably the prime minister out side of Sir Wilfrid Laurler who is most honored is the first one Sir John A He was a real rogue at times consistently at odds with public opinion His deter mlnatfon to build a railroad across the country was never really by his foes who only emphasized the scandals and any other dirt they could dig up Sir John A is now portrayed as the father of this country The railroad is portrayed as of British North America cently appeared on TV in what some people described as a monologue with himself Proof Page 111 Fed up with cats KM kids the Helen nogs In aw to small boy trkki at lar the Sunday Centre tier Dear Sir May 1 be permitted a few com ments on the recent articles over nuisance dogs barking dogs and the stoop and scoop bylaw First let me say that lam a dog owner and 1 know there can be little as in fur as seeing an uncaring fish and disrespectful dog owner walking his pet and permitting it to leave its droppings on public and private property not only should the owner clean it up but he should also be fined Perhaps In addition to the stoop and scoop bylaw consideration should be given to a bylaw limiting the number of dogs and or cats allowed per house hold This now brings me to the point of my letter CATS In this neigh causing bad feelings towards neighbors not a problem unique to dbg owners Cats also do their fair share of causing pro Why do cat owners feel their feline pets have some devlne right which permit it to roam unmolested throughout the neigh borhood doing whatever whenever and wherever it so choose What odor can be more objectionable than that of a Tomcat a he mark out his territory which may and does include verandah doors etc am infuriated when a cat casually but arrogantly strolls through my garden leaving paw prints and neat little mound in the oft sandy soil which be teem to fed is his own personal litter box What can be as disturbing than to bo jolted out of a deep sleep by the howl wall snarl and spit ting of two cats in a fight How is one lo react at the sight of garbage strewn about the floor of the garage Cat owners lam fed up with cats leaving their paw prints and drop pings in my gardens 1 am sick and tired at the sight or garbage strewn about and hearing cats in my gar age in spite of buying a garbage can and making a concerted effort at keeping the garage door closed This is to say nothing of the paw prints found on car hoods roovem and trunk The nuisance dog and the nuisance cat have one thing in common a selfish uncaring dis respectful and ignorant owner not all cat owner fall into this category some of my cat owning neighbors are quite the opposite To these cat owner who do see yourself in this criticism putting the cat or cat out at night letting him come and go a he pleases leaving them to roam freely while away on weekends or vacation etc why not take time out to recognize your neighbors right and respect his property a you would wish to have the stoop and scoop bylaw enforced Let s not let pets become a nuisance and cause ill feelings between neigh bor Bill Johnson Rosemary years ago July Acton High School has nine Scholars this year They are Dolline Jo Anne Vlletstra John Hamilton Anita Bralda Corinne Maxwell Laurie An ton a Muhar Irene Fiedler and Lorain McDonald Hundreds of Acton residents lined the tracks last week In hopes of glimpsing a smile and a wave from a royal personage who was just pas sing through the town The Royal train came and thundered through leaving bystanders grim tied and disappointed No sign could be seen of the Queen and the Duke Public meetings are underway to determine the route of a hydro corridor through southern Ontario from Middleport to Picker Acton Reeve McKeniie says he will contest the Acton regional representative seat in the upcoming municipal elections for the new government Opening day of bass season was an event for eight year old Paul Phelan Paul latched onto a 15inch largemouth bass in Fairy Lake years ago July 19S1 are objecting to the re zoning and sale of parkland on Mill St East in a letter to the Ontario Department of Planning and Development Ron Lewis recently took over as president of Acton Rotary Club Trinity United Church will sell the church present parsonage at Bower Ave and Willow Street Mr and Mrs Carl M Hansen eel bra ted their golden wedding Sunday Acton High School students will see six new high school teachers next fall They ore Marilyn Way Mc Conn ell John Davidson Ronald Holmes Edward Curtis and Patrick Sullivan 50 years ago June is 1633 The pupils of Miss Vita Stephenson A M held a very successful recital on Monday even The following pupils took part Jean Donald Ryder George Williams Jimmle Jones Mary Young Phyllss Mackie Paddy risen Patricia Harrop and Margaret Arnold On Monday Mr George J Bear dm ore celebrated his birthday Mr Beardmore is pres ident of Beardmore Leathers Ltd which is Acton largest Industry The school board has found It nee cssaxy to make a change in the personnel of the Continuation School staff recently engaged Miss Dorothy Kidd asked to be allowed to accept another position which suited her better and the board agreed to the cancellation Of her engagement Miss Marian Mortimer Auburn Ontario has been engaged at a salary of which Is a further saving to the board of 75 years ago 1 Those who passed their Normal Entrance are Mabel Chapman Winnie Grin del I Annie Harvey and Annie Henderson Matriculation Warren Brown Mr Ray Watson who is at Brown Drug Store was successful in the matriculation examination at Georgetown The erection of Mr John Cameron fine new brick house on Main St has necessitated the removing of part or his planing mill The building was erected by Mr Ebbage for a pump factory year ago Over 300 from here look the Fire men Excursion to Niagara Falls accompanied by the band years ago July The heavy wind Monday com demolished the big willow tree which stood on Messrs Christie and Henderson property at the corner of Willow and Bower Ave This tree originated the name of Willow St One of our villagers living at the head of Mill St was mowing hay in the public streets on Sunday much to the annoyance of those present Hie new fast train between Chicago and Boston will pas through Acton It makes only two or three stoppages Last week Messrs and Son snipped to Winnipeg 1 cases of gloves Invoiced at Two new travellers were put on the road this week The lecture in the Presbyterian church Baptism Immersion Sprinkling was largely attended Mr R Little was chairman