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jmpffiffo yi s isiiuin t tt kll irr- n st- v w jcj two the aoton free press v i a tbporepday may 5- 193fe wti 0 the home of member csnsiusn weekly newspaper association heimbcr ontarioquebec division c w n a the acton free press u pumlsbed ewy thursday erenlns at the free press building- mill street acton ontario the subscription price is oo per year in advance postam la charged additional to offices in the- united states the date to which subscriptions are paid is indicated on the address label atjrtisinjratesfor small nncusil- fied advertisements and in other columns the rates will be found at head of column dis play advertising rateson application g a dills editor and proprietor telephones editorial and buttons oses residence mothers day oa sunday sunday will be- mothers day a day set apart in which special honor will be paid to the mothers of the land just a pause in the usual things that are taken as a matter of course and mothers are re membered and honored wear the flower in her honor to every man or woman and child it is a privilege that should not be neglected if she is living write her a note or see that she gets some special remembrance the gift need not be expen sive what mother will value most is the knowledge that you remember her on this day and have ap preciated just a little all she has endeavored to do fdr you the small communities are closer 7while tt many of the larger cities the police had a very active time guarding property and dispersing may day gatherings and preventing depredations that ah irresponsible mob might attempt the daily papers recorded no such activities in the towns and villages may day doesnt mean demonstration day for unemployed labor in these smaller centres cer tainly there is a degree of unemployment in these centres and the people are undergoing hardships but they dont get out and make a street corner oration about their troubles everyone endeavors to help the other fellow a little bit the intimate condi tions of all are pretty much known to each other and the result is that a street corner gathering would have no newsubject for discussion the chap in the smaller community is not as apt to have his head turned toward foolish riot as a city mob he usually is so conversant withithe factsthat he realizes that everone is doing all- possible to meet circumstances over which neither of them have any control- there fore of what avail would a demonstration be to the common good but then out in the smaller com munities we get better acquainted and stay on more friendly terms with eachdther and avoid a lot of the foolish demonstration characteristic of the city m pi- sst 1 sjrril better unsaid viewed from any other point in haltbn county i except the county town the assertion of that com munitys representative at the county council last week that the county received concessions and ad vantages from milton would have been better left out of the argumentfor a lower rate for its transient boarders looking back over history this argument does not hold just speaking from memory it seems that all the transient guests that descend on the county town have been housed and fed at the general expense of the county up to last year while other municipalities cared for- their own until last year milton fair received a grant that was at times three times the size of that given other centres be cause it was the county town we believe that victoria park which is situated across from the county buildings is owned and maintained by the county any other community wotld have to main tain such an attraction out of its own pooketbook these are but a few of the advantages that milton pecures from the county by being the bounty town odditbtvecjmuch jfmiu6n can balance up in thtj advantages it gives the county there might be many more added to the county side if the argu ment were extended the argument would have been better- to have never been advanced at the county council anniversaries among ourexchanges who observed anniversary occasions the past week were the bracebridge gazette which completed sixty yeacs of service the winchester press which haofftmshed fortysix years representation of the community and the powassan news which was founded by editor lake twentyfive years ago to all of these bright newsy reppesentatives of their respective communities the free press joins in the wish of a continued growth and themeasure of prosperity that a weekly journal may hope f oh times passes on but it seems but a few year since the editor oithe free press was shown as example the pieces of typography left behind by joe lake as foreman as outstanding exhibits of the jts anniversaries bring to mind the passing of the years and it must i6 a quarter century since these exhibits jwere executed private schools in canada private elementary and secondary schools in canada not including the province of quebec en- roiled 337973 students inib the schools number ed 292 of which 66 were girls schools 52 were boys scncrols anfi f4 were mixed almost a third of the pupils lived in residence of the total there were 19890 in elemehtaey grades ll223 la secondary grades and 2860 others most of whom were doing special work at the high school level figures for quebec arc not yet available foi 1931 but in there were in that province 524 privateor independ ent schools with 57841 pupils the overwhelming majority of the youhgergeneration in canada attend the public schools which come under the direct ad ministration and control of the respective provin cial governments in most of the provinces both elementary and secondary education is free the secondary education in some cases being as advanced as the first year in a recognized university- the only way to got any writing done theie days is to make use of the odd half hours as my engagement book is flhed right up but- yet although every page is fult there is no mention of meetings or parties or afternoon teas- things like that get crowded out when one has a standing twicedaily en gagement iat the- barni and an open invitation to the henhouse at any hour ot therday to say nothing of the garden and the bouse which wait anxiously for autfle time to be spent on them but what matter cards and teas may bo attractive in winter- but surely they lose soma of their charm when gods great outdoors is calling the other day i was raking the lawn and borne on the breeze came a lovely perfume it was delicious and unexpect eda forerunner of summer delight and i looked about for its cause i soon found it just on the edge of the perennial border nestled a root of sweet scented vtozefcsr and- about halt a dozen little purple blooms were shyly peeping imagine being shut in the house and m suc a s o s a hope the daylight saving contention is with us again so- far as acton is concerned this year there will be no change to the daylight saving brand according to the- council decision at the last meeting it has been tried in a variety of ways locally even the cities have apparently come to the decision that the period was previously too long and this year it started on may 1 and ends in september the question has been argued without any seeming head way for a good manyyears acton and rockwood will be the only points- between torontand guelpr oh highway number seven that do not come under the new timev but west of guelph it seems to have been pretty well decided last year that the old time was standard and would so remain whatever time the community may adopt during the summer time will be resultant in confusion under- present circum stances and it matters little therefore which con fusion exists this year until either the dominion with this question the confusion will remain surely however it is not too much to hope that some day city and town may come together in a mutual agree ment to adopt a standard of time during the summer months that will be uniform editorial notes monday was another day that had added to its usual blueness the getting accustomed to new nuisance taxes this is the season wherig the euchre scores give place to the fish stories but the proofs are not always witnessed by the other players in the game that is now seasonable if one cannot find ariything else worth which to occupy the time the present season is very favorable to spring cleaning up and other outdoor occupa tions and allows the working off of the storedup winter energy- exports of canadian butter to the british isles and other countries in 1931 amounted to 10680000 pounds compared with 1180400 pounds in 1930 of the total quantity exported in 193l the british isles took 8657000 pounds pr 8645000 pounds more than in the previous year the musical part of our educational system is very much to the forefront locally this week and none can say that its place is receiving too much prominence no childs education is complete with out the musical side being given a chance for ex pression and development the senate squabble- ovet what one side received and the efforts of the other side to keep the investir gation confined give the average- citizen another argument for the abolition of the whole outfit it seems little more than a place of retirement for both parties to place their workers the total value of taxable real property in can ada according to the latest official compilation is placed at 8467559699 property which is exempt from taxation consisting mostly qf government property- educational charitable and religious in stitutions had an assessed valuation of 1460936727 in 1930 t chronicles of ginger farm written specially for the free press by gwendoline p clarke do you take cake of yourself honest one day early last winter during a violent storm a girl leaving a place ot entertainment toot off her bat and hid it under her coat ive ust paid ten dollars for that hat she said laugh ingly to her companion the icecold water beat upon her uncovered head and ran in chilly trickling streams down her back by morning she was coughing hoarsely she had realized the im portance of taking care of her hat but not the importance ot taking care of herself one hot day in summer a college youth rode into his fathers country place on a sweating mare sne turned eagerly toward the watering trough but he checked her sorry old girl he said but youre too hot tor any water now ill see you get some after youve cooled off properly after he had stab led the mare however- he went into the houseand drank two glassesof ice-water- in two minutes tastes good he said as he wiped the beads of perspiration from his forehead i dont know when ive been hotter some one has said that we take better care of our automobiles than we do of ourselves tout that is only one pnase of a very common characteristic most of us would enjoy life better and have a longer life to enjoy if wetook as good care of ourselves as we do of our be longings ive just licked you because you play ed truant dont ever let it happen again aw it- purpose didnt happen i did it on jllu tait optical c0 u0 wyndham street guelph just right for spring we ather surprises strange how small a flower can emit so great a perfume in a minute the sweet laden air had taken me in imagination back to jgngland now that- aprils here and my brother and i were rambling away out into the countryt across mlddleton park and into henny kyes lane a long winding lane with over hanging trees and high moss covered banks on either side and there were the loveliest pale yellow primroses blue arid white violets and perhaps a few early bluebells the sunlight alter ed through the trees and the air was moist from dense vegetation the tingle of a sheep bell could be heard in the distance and at an opening to one of the fields a donkey brayed inquiringly at the gate and contentedly munched our offering of fresh green grass every once in a while a startled pheasant wouldttjreak cover and make for the nearby 3sbods ftll this loveliness was before us and on our rambles we never never hurried my brother and i the lane turned and twisted for about three miles until one merged at a clearing by the lodgekeepers house standing at the entrance to the drlve a long avenue of beautiful limes leading to the hall the ancestral home of one of the oldest titled families in the county incidentally one of the poorest but the nicest friendliest people one could im agine we should i suppose believe in pro gress and development but yet there are some things which one would rather not see altered and i like to think that some time in the dim future when the long sought wave of prosperity has en- gulfed us we shall make a tripto the old land and though we shall find new faces and new buildings and many othur alterations yet away out in the country we shall still find that in henny ryes lane primroses bloom and the air is still sweet scented from the perfume of violets at present it is just a memory put memory ca be a ueasui h of- lovely thoughts what a pity then if we clutter up our treasure house with thoughts that are unworthy it may be a far cry from the poetry of flowers to chores at the barn but even there it is possible to find interest in the individuality of animals just as we do in people a casual observer may walk into a barn see a row of cows lying down contentedly chewing their ciid apparently all uniform in character and nature but get working among them and it is quite a different story with partner in the field it is my job to see to the cows twice a day i go to untie them first there is ruth she stands with lowered head until the chain drops then out she comes oh the run by which time i am generally safely in the mangerl then there is daisy staid inquisitive she positively refuses to be hurried bessie tosses her head about backs ilpand moves for ward and makes the job of untying her twice as long as it need be stella is- to hervbus her eyes are almost popping and she runs but of the stable as though pursued by a thousand devils in reality there is only one and that one is goldte a heifer with a truly mephistophelean character and the most fiendish looking horns that any cow could grow her disposition will be her undoing as some time this year her ultimate end will be the block nigger is quiet and unruff led the children can sit on her back and she treats them with placid indif ference the rest of the herd all have their special peculiarities and believe me so have the hens come to the hen house with me and let me introduce you to just one of our biddies there are three partitions in qib henhouse and she is in the back pen there she is sitting on that far nest box and just- hear her scold you may have heard of whltedhapel fishwives in london but they arc ladies in comparison with this old biddy its a mercy she isnt a parrot what a thought wouldnt it bewful to keep a flock of parrots instead of respectable hens as we advance cross biddy stretches out her head and neck as far as it will go and her scolding gets louder and louder we must be quick to get the eggs from under her otherwise her vicious pecking will draw blood before we know it chores dull wofkjwell 1 should say not when one can rtlalce a study of every bird and animal that breathes the things you are ashamed of the things you are ashamed of aro a pretty fair indication of your charac ter a great many times people hava good impulses they are ashamed to fol low out a small boy will not touch his cap to the teacher he secretly admires because he is ashamed to have his schoolmates think him polite in the company of the cynical manyolydu are ashamed of falth and idealism some of you would like to be christians if you were not ashamed to be true to the best in yovl how easy it would be to turn around to be ashamed of cowardice disloyalty and meanness it is important for you to and out that which you are ashamed of for that is a revelation of all that you are with hot milk on cold mornings with milk or cream on mild mornings ttadm in canada voith canadian wtiat the canadian shredded wheat company ltd j cadesky optometrist whil visit acton on monday juue 6th anyone suffering from eyestrain defective vision or headache should not miss the opportunity of consulting this eyesight specialist appointments- may be made with mr a t brown druggist consultation free office hoar 9 a m till 4 p m aw s vvins 0f tang sf springtime m buds aruf flotoerm titr sunny rfci and april shewers btd la my favorite song 7 n ofcarrolis alt day ti buy the way the wise buy j homekeepers shoulder a rut double responsibility ihtie days they most buy the best of foods for little money do they find it hard not if tbey shop at carrolls here quality is on the throne with prices crushed beneath her feet- here is where the wise buy bring us your next order rwell save you money look at the bargains below on sale till may ak h- limited special aylmer or natures best tomatoes choice quality no 2 tin ttdtms- no 2tin special 1 libbys pork and beans big no 2j tin 10 essex sweet 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