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Acton Wednesday July TELEPHONE and Edit oral Otfic every Wednesday by Metrobnd Printing Pubtah at SUM Acton Ontario Telephone 15191 Subscriptions Canada Ken Bellamy Don Ryder Director of Advertising Hartley Coles Managing Editor Second clan Number The Acton Free Press of the Matrolend group of suburban newspaper which The Aurora Banner The Brampton Guardian The Burlington Post ThaBurlmg- ton Weekend Post The Etobicoke Advertiser The Georgetown Independent Marfcham Sun Tha Champion Tha News The Era Beaver Fnday Beaver Oshawt Tha Weak Othnva Weekend Th Week OahawaWhhby Weekend Richmond HB liberal The Scarborough Mirror The Tnbune The WiHawdalo Mirror and Woocridgo Printing Pubfishing Distributing a a Harlequin Enterpnses United EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT New Edftor Paul Darcey New Editor Helen Murray Sport Mark Holme Darkroom Nancy Pundaeck Tad Brown ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT Rata Manager Cook Sale Susan Sandra Jama Frank CiauHted AdverUakig Carol Hal Clrculatton Dabbla MacOougaB BUSINESS OFFICE OfHc Manager Jean Accounting Pat We need it We had hoped with the liberal thinking about rail transportation we heard emanated from federal transport minister Lloyd Axworthys office that the committee in terested in getting VIA Rail to stop in Acton would get a sympathetic and just hear ing But we hear the same old excuses the hoary old chestnuts that the Canadian Transport Commission trot ted out when the short sighted decision was made to close down the Acton sta tion and subsequent loss of all passenger rail service Two representatives from VIA met with Mayor Miller Councillor Rick Bon- nette and clerk Ken Richardson and Chamber Steve Dawson last week to discuss the request for VIA trains to once again stop in Acton You know what they told the committee Hard to believe but they said if the trains stopped in Acton it would take five minutes off the schedule They told the committee that Acton and district peo ple could take a car to Guelph board the train there if they wanted to use rail services Ridiculous drive 15 miles and then backtrack along the rails to get to Toronto Should take all of three hours if you can make the right connections However if the train stop ped here one could be in downtown Toronto in about to 55 minutes We need that service here just as much as the other places along the line We pay the same taxes and should de mand the same opportu nities to use the rail traffic of this country Thankfully the commit tee is not going to let the VIA Railbureaucrats stop them Theyre going to keep fighting for the trains to stop here Good for them And how about our MP Otto Will he help So far we have heard nothing from him or his par ty to put Acton back on the rails Public transport is again the wave of the future with traffic clogging up the roads and gasoline costs reaching the sky We need it Lets have it Helps there Well heres one story which has a satisfying if not a happy ending Archie Harkins a double amputee with limited resources found an incredi ble bureaucracy out there when he tried to get assis tance to get back on his feet with artificial legs Mr Hawkins was a robust 63yearold when he lost his fust leg and the subsequent hospitalization ate up sav he and his wife poked away during their working years This year Archie lost his other leg to the same condi tion and it put him in an untenable financial position as well as a wheelchair needed artificial legs but could find no one to assist his predicament Well after Mark Holmes did a story on Archie and it was published on the front page of The Free Press results started to happen There is help for people in his predicament When the pea First the liberals put a swimming pool In at 24 Sossex Drive now theyre Installing a new Jobs Clergy comment One day were hot next day cold Short love affair with John Turner read a recent headline in an Ontario newspaper One week after the election of Canadas prime minl3tcrclect the publics impressions were changing Have you ever noticed how short lived our admirations and infatuations can be One day we re hot and the next day we re cold Now I happen to be a Blue Jay s tan and I aware of what hap pens to my undivided attention when the Jays fumble their way into a losing streak When the Jays are on top the game excite ment can be sharpedged If they the crowds begin to boo Respect for a player can vanish In seconds Today we can cherish a marriage and tomorrow ache for its pressures and frustrations A job can be the right niche one week and the next find you immersed in disrespect for your employer The church can provide an effective ministry for a day in the crisis life of someone and be forgotten in the ensuing days I v never quite figured out why women and men can be so fickle or they change lanes so fast it seems to be easier to endure without the passion and love that can our thoughts and actions Maybe that what pro mpted the inspiration found in the letter to the church at But have this against you that have abandoned the love you had at first Thank God for love from the divine heart that is not lukewarm or fickle and that never abandons us Perhaps in Blue Jays season the upcoming federal election and summertime life in general we can experience the gift of our Gods passion and allow it to be released in us so that love knows no limit to its endurance no end toils trust no fading of its hope Acta Baptist Cnnrth Our readers write right people know about it they do something Archie will get his artifi cial legs and regain some of the independence he had before the disease robbed huii of his mobility Thanks to the organiza tions and individuals who maintain there is a person out there who needs help not just a statistic and another problem I rate Pierre A Plus Oh no I did not cry As I watched him wave goodbye I raised my glass of rye To one extra special guy The press was full of woes Every time be thumbed his nose Caught him dancing on his toes who wore the rose Why he full of aggravation Swom on more than one occasion Was not present at the Invasion our nation In spite of the farewell pun On the pages of the Sun For awhile we had a swinger In battle he was a winner A one round bell ringer Whats that ho points his finger Hesaid Canadians get off your ass I m told the US needs some gas Conservatives jumped up in a mass Reagan sent his thanks Yes he nasi stirred up a fuss forthelotofus Pierre Elliott Trudeau 1 rate him A plus Group back video controls Dear Sir The following Is an update on the situation concerning attempts to legislate some control over current video violence Responding to growing com munity concern Consumer Minister Robert last month put forward a motion which would bring videos under the Ontario Film Review Board This has now been withdrawn due to pressure from the These are some points to consider on this issue There has been a shocking expansion of violent pornography in he past few years Canadas porno business is valued at about million annually Toronto Mayor Art The Toronto Star March 1964 Hardcore pornography viol sadistic degrading is every where Were just saturated with the stuff says Cpl Ron Klrk- palrick head of Project The Toronto Star February 1964 In a murder case involving juveniles this month judge Guy Goulard tidied the community for Its apathy and uncaring manner in not speaking out against the free flow of porn Into the hands or our children The Toronto Star May 31 video rentals Kenelh and Constable Phillip Mike of Metro Toronto Police found these snuff films in Toronto a Beaches being rented to children as young as The kids love It one of the store owners told the two of fleers The Toronto Star April 24 Maniac a video still available on the shelves In Southern Ontario Is described in the Star as being about a man who knifes and strangles women slices off their scalps and puts them on mannequin heads He then has simulated sex with the dummies No detail Is spared in the scenes The Toronto Star February 1983 Researchers have shown that exposure to even a few minutes of sexually violent pornography such as scenes of rape and other forms of sexual violence against women can lead to ant I social attitudes and behavior Edward Don Psychology Today January If one can sell the desirability of certain types of soup soap and cars one can sell the desirability or certain types of sexual behavior Dolores Gold Psychology Dept Concordia University February 1983 There is no age requirement for made more available through their publication in magazine format Fern and Robinson flipped the pages of rape and bondage magazines as he fondled lawyer Barbara as a prelude to stabbing her to death The Toronto Star April 18 In spite of the evidence and the demands from Canadians for control over violent pornography the fact is we are seeing nothing but delays from both the federal and provincial governments Who is to blame In this case Bob and the have firmly aligned themselves against amendments They claim that individual judges would be better able to discern community standards than already functioning and community aware Ontario Film Review Board In taking this stance Bob Rae civil libertarians and other In terests put themselves In the comfortable position of aiding and abetting the nomographers by delaying controls Please support the passing of Dr Elgle a legislation by signing the coupons in this newspaper and mailing them postage free to Robert and Mr Bob Personal letters would be even more effective Yours truly The Members Citizens Against Violent Pornography Helping Hands appreciate help of Christian Reformed people Dear Editor Halton Helping Rands would like to take this opportunity to thank Henry Veen those Individuals associated with Christian Reformed Churches who gathered together on Saturday June to give of their time to help us out These young people took time out from their own lives and volunteered to do a number of odd jobs over 30 in total for the elderly in our communities of Milton Georgetown and Acton It is not the first time that Henry Veenstra and his youth crew have come through for the elderly in these communities but it is a credit to them that as on previous oc easterns they performed their jobs well and without pecuniary compensation of any kind These young people arc an example that happily stands in contradiction to some recent remarks that were made in our Legislature regarding young people We understand that this group of young people under the guidance of Henry Veenstra will be devoting more of their time to different communities this summer From the numerous compliments we have received about this group and their work Helping Hands is confident that whatever com they serve their work will be received with he same en and gratitude A special thank you to you Henry and your group from all of us here Helping Hands and from all of those people who benefitted from your selfless service C Greco Helping Hands Back issues years ago Jolvl Canadian and Acton celebrated birthdays Monday Canadas 107th and There were Ontario Scholars at Acton High School this year They were Andrea per cent Glen Lee Julia Aitken 88 Susan Louise Harmsma 3 Jim Susan Shoemaker B3 Caroline i Bonnie Bristow and Bruce Swift Mick Holmes fire chief of Area will soon be driving a Torino station wagon painted bright red if council okays an administration committee recommendation Extra lights and a siren costing will be added to the wagon to be purchased from L and Ford Sales Acton 20 years ago Charles Ke Browne Actona oldest merchant and staunch who celebrated birthday recently received his year pin during a three day tion in Ottawa recently Actons population is expected to increase by close to 10000 Saturday July 11 when Acton Loyal Orange Lodge No plays host to district Lodges during the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne Reeve H Hinton told members of council the Town of Acton should pay for services for a proposed sub division on land owned by N Brown Churchill Fid N The reeve cast the only dissenting vote during a special meeting Tuesday evening at which time council agreed not to approve subdivisions in which the cost of services is not bome by the 50 years ago Julys 1934 Scholars who have passed examination and will take higher classes Senior Fourth Dorothy Mae Roney Elmer Douglas Smith Nino Mac Leo Close Charlie Tyler Willis Hall Helen Withers Bertie Allen Gilbert Romph George Bayllss George Williams Ken Brown Francis Papillon Robert Footitt and Jean MacMlllan Promoted for Junior Fourth Kathleen Jack Cooney Marie Dorothy Arnold Mina Cripps Kathleen Sweeney Gordon Harvey Lambert Evans Annie Margaret Striven Beverly Arnold Irene Fryer Isabel Crewson William Buchanan Ivan Vickers Tom Watson Doris Bilton Allan Leishman Doroth King Owen Masales Frances Chisholm Bertha Lome Masales Billy and Lino Marzo 75 years ago July 1 1MB About half past ten on Monday night a lamp exploded in the home of Mr Jacob over Wallaces clothing store in the Secord Block and Ignited the window curtains and a trunk under them Firemen C R Mcintosh was across the street and noticing the hurried to the scene He tore down the curtains and threw them and other bluing material out to the street Messrs W Williams and Reeve Swackhamer had then arrived and he three of them soon extinguished the flames It is exactly a year ago today since Rev Father Arnold arrived in Acton to succeed Rev Father as pastor of St Josephs Church here Today he leaves for Hamilton to undertake the very honorable but somewhat arduous duties of secretary to his Lordship Bishop Dowling years ago July IBM Our natal day Dominion Day was very quietly observed Those who did not grace Toronto with their presence enjoyed a pleasant day at home Captain Williamson is now In command of the Lord Army here The captain is an earnest worker and is In possession of a lengthened Christian experience The brick work of the new Canada Glove Works factory Is completed The painters are now engaged In tuck pointing and painting brick work The members of Acton Company No Lorn Rifles mustered about 50 strong to attend divine service in the Presbyterian Church last Sunday morning Rev Bryers preached his fare well sermon last Sunday evening to a very large and attentive audience