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aat two the acton wk hess tku1lsuav december 28 1m0 half century premiere bearded and gaunt with a year of life behind htm old 1950 will be stopping won a the door of time lo reflect before he pallet to hi lory nd before he makes way for ihe lt half of the twentieth century and all it holds in store for trie people of ihe world old 150 hat a lot to look back on think of trtote resolution that were made a ins icign bgn and how many of them wo earned out think bout the threat of a third world war and ft possibilities that such a conflict might have but old 1950 hasn t been all trouble and heart rie ii meant a lot to this town with improve men is in sewerage conditions it meant a lot lo each m his own way for the lencftv nd mi provements that have come out way in th year gone by young 1951 will mean a lot to a lui more people ii is the premiers of new holt unt ury duukj the year a lot ol tjuevtioni will be mwered aloul the peace of te world the tut uie of ttie nations and ihe pirt tuh ont ot ui i to play m itu act called lite we pause ul before c bij mlttu lo tin- old year dnd pass on our wish to nadefi dd vettisers correspondents and all oui faithful news gatherers a happy healthful hopeful new year no one knows what the new year ami the ntw half century may hold for us we can only wail and see but whatever it should bring let us accept and carry out our responsibility toward it and as the dock lolls twelve and the old year passes to history and the new year romps in let us make one resolution as an individual as a town as a nation a resolution to make this world a little better tor our having been here day after christmas christmas has been carrying along o custom for some years now that seems almost une plamable without an encyt loped a i ach year the question arises as to whether or not bomg ray should be a holiday boxing day falls on the fust week day after chnstmas and the holiday was apfnrently or ig mated m great britain it is possible 1 survivor of the roman saturnalia which was a festival held h the romans in honor of saturn during htth the utiens with their slaves gave them selves op to initsxiit freedom and mirth it lasted seven days under the caes us during i1 confirm mce no public bosun ss 1 ould be transacted the law courts w ere 1 losed the schools on holiday and slaves were free from restraint masters and slaves ewn changed places so that while the servants sat at table they were waited on by their masters the last days of the festival were spent visiting and giv nig presents little dav miages were the princi pal gifts boning da in britain was marked bv the custom of giving presents usually of money but known as christmas bones to servants police men postmen and cithers election hangover elect on tin there are still set vatican goes around the street ior plumping votes this is nothing new et it is somethimi that plammo people speak ot pk mpuig the r ote tor one or two persons on the ballot this ha the effect ot gsmg that person a great deal more votes 0x11 the number iuiu nl b his oppon mtv h a means ot noting aoa nst ail others on the ballot one ot our tellow ed tors reports that at least one muni pal council is thmknig seriously of viys jrui means of tombittiiig in s prat a then suggestions range- from tomprllmq voters to mark then ballot tot the full number of names leguued to oak ng them choose at least a major ity that is it s x an to be elected the voter must vote for at least four there s a senous ebievhen m this because if tcx miiv riititchons are put on ihe voter and what goes on between he and the ballot it makes it rather hard for the majority of voters to keeping up with all the regulations imposed the idea may bo a good one on the other hand and deserve some consideration every voter should know however that he can not vote for one candidate more than once that is if there are six to be elected the six xs cannot be placed for one candidate only one vot may be polled for each candidate on one ballot voters should keep these things in mind for the next election and make sure their ballot it correctly marked and their franchise properly exercised has come and gone again but few hang overs as far as con a thing that is often heard of eet 1 orners is the prai tice ot 1 the elect or 01 d stand wor id 1 a httle no further delays five years and rune months since its appoint ment the nope royal commission has made a solurmnous rrort on education m ontario anil presented it to the government first glances show that i is wide m its scofe and will take a ireat deal of consideration however il sfiould also lx realied that the commission lias already fiven it much consideration before presentation it is now up to the government lo decide what measures shall le initiated ii is certainly evident that a repori of such scope rnusl receive con s deration and il is also realied thai ontario s educational plans do need c ian fie alio 1 leader ship and definition anil many changes there an le no objection lo the recom n endalion that a full time minister of iducation hould l- apkiin1ed and that the provim ial de pirtrnrnl of duration tiould u reorgarued anyone who has ndvoured to g t guidance hum this department will in m owl lln re cm ndalon it wuld 11- u ttnl tlt flute 1 v i yldi c i ition villi 1 i nif nltr y tuxils lo age i uninhiy dicok tu if and uniof colleyt willi to art hire y ar nuisis would pnvde a m his of dropping the hot potato of high hool districts thai has proven difluult in hindt lo the satisfaction of tveryone and has i km ijivi n no guidiik e from the depar linent since it wis dropped in ihe laps of ihe local boards i hen are many phases of tht rrpoit which will meet with general approval premier f rest has said obviously the government and ihe x ople are not txiurtd by the reporl not are they bound to implement ihe report in whole or ui 1 art the premier and government 110 doubt will also agree thai a report prepared at sot h expense lime and eflort cannot le ignored and that ontario s educational program does need many changes and clearer definition the people will await with some anxiety the action of the tjovernnunt on the rexrt and ihe horn that iin pli mentation of th- prewjram will not ix- unduly delayed bixldmc procjr mis are proceeding today s net ds will not wait forever the government ick s not ink a maociy to implement the needs ol the province we hope along with other c1i1 tns ot th province that action will be consider 1 d promptly mil administered with a clear pro cjiim we iihc waited long for the hope com mission report lei not ihe program be f in ther 1 nduly delayed who wants what the international situation is one that is cef tiinly hard to follow and a lot harder to under stand by following and studying the news n ports oi the united nations m korea and ihe ncmerous otner reports that appear daily 44me eery interesting points are uncovered on november 3 russia proposed that the big four powers get together again lo discuss unification of divided germany it is common knowledge that germany need never have been divided during ihe russian attacks and the c ther allies attacks in the last world wir it was the allies who waited for russia particularly outside of berlin just what bearing these proposed talks of the russians might have on the korean situation is hard to say but would it not be a fine time tor the russians to say we ii pull out of korea it ou ii give us your share of germany from another article on the editorial page of one ot the dailies we find a writer who sas once russ a controlled flu mines snd lactones ot germany france italy jind belgium the odds would shitt muhm ot an ultimate commun tmmph it the communist world h s a plan for world communism it will be a loiuj range cue arvi this m ghf eas be one ot the first steps in that d rtct on the un ted nat ons s deal ng wth tr de ciplomats a a wel laid plan when they tackle the communist blocs mtttirh cstturrlf of canada a fhiendly 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ltitu mot on fi uii rwimi last tnim ftfi thr final nwion of at the horn of mr wni giurn the council thi gtthtnni prtxrtd- church strsm to spond a social id to the n vx ciiveor theatre for cvrnina u ith the three member- the opening nf thi- fin new thra- w ho are athhit tti leave acton foi trc other cenex mr fred nlim who lieut col a o t hearxiniore hai boea tvachit at dublin the pav vd commandmi officer of the four ear coes to normal school roal gronadlrr retina from the politics he felt sure if a poll were taken to learn of peoples comparative knowledge of the ac tivities of a favourite comic character and politics the former would win hands down that re minds us of a visit to the ontario house to see the government m action the few members present read papers comic strips included while some member delivered a lengthy report on something in which a minority were interested the uninterested politicians are not nil among those outside government houses toronto and meters j chester mat hews and ed j moore leave on the 3rd of january for alberta college the former to take n com mercial course and the latter to complete his course in arts active command of the recimept which he has commanded for the last four eon at a dinner in his honor he w presented with his portrait in oils painted by the can adian artist kenneth forbes the acton free press t oily li iir puhluliril ai lin i iiiiimii n tl 11 at m1 v t utt uhorlfrd strond uu uii phi ffirp lrptfnrnt hiuui founded in 1875 trmber udl rurrau trraulan w x jnd onurlaqurhrr 111 i ion w x advriting ru en rqutl subscription in advance 150 in canada 30 in united states single copies 6c telephones buiineti and editorial offke 174 residence 131 happy new year fjoni all of us to all of you i