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wumo mactonnanun crocker barrel farewell cmi detfente and crampad quarter including poor wclaj condition hevea started a tot- of talk about decentralization of the larger metropolitan area- juit what started the huge sxodui from country to city ha been the bails of much eon venation unfortunately many edttorlallsu have a ten dency to generalize and consequently we read one writer in a dally newspaper yearning for the return of the general store and lit creesw barrel it wai not too long ago that general stones had their cracker barrels barber shops were the- maln mealing place and tome even had back roemt during election that were pretty hot there were exclusive card roemt too where eon- venation covered many polntt of general inter est to return to our fellow editorialist though he blames the farmer for the lots of the cracker bar rel and general ttore bifauttf the farmer could get thing cheaper at a mall order store in the city thate are a few of the points on which the writer bates hit argument that few people are paying any attention to the decreasing popula tion of the country townt hnw man town are decreasing in size how many farmer would not rather cut their corn with a com cutter than a teythe the crack er barrel has been replaced with many social functions and everyone seems to be happy ex cept perhaps our metropolitan writer who still mourns the lots of the cracker barrel the village smithy and the general store the farmers trade has certainly made the city the attractive place it is but dont think the small country town has suffered too much espec ially those towns that havent yielded to erection of such unwelcome things as parking meters in the cracker barrel days there were no such things as paid hitching posts the city today is losing a lot of its attractions for rural shoppers and certainly the saving angle has gone from city buying the graduates of our high schools and public schools are very bad spellert simple word are indiscriminately spelled and proper division in syllables it evldentlynot understood addition quite easily in the scope of being done mentally havetohe placed on a plere nf paper and all jheu its a small world they say the worlds getting smaller means of travel is so much swifter that one can be hun- dieds of miles away- in a matter of -hours- through the daily newspapers we read of events on other continents ust a few hours after their occurence thoughts of the past recall memories of when the troubles- of the people next door or on the same street seemed to be the main concern of a family willing to help extra bedding and food was sent down the street by one of the children and offers of help were forthcoming ever the fences but now our whole scope is broadfer and it seemed as if the fellow canadians in the rimous- ki fire or the winnipeg flood were almost as close as the neighbours a few doors away with the awareness that equipment food medical supplies and trained personnelvwere being flown into the disaster areas with lifesaving speed our neighbourly impulse to send a cake or pie to a family nearby that has ust lost a mem ber through death or is infl cted with some com municable disease or sudden accident is transfer red to ne ghbours the whole world over the routine of visual addition made to arrive at an answer if you dont believe it next time you make a purchase in a ttore where cash register addition it not used just watch the procedure on tuch an addition at 34 and 3 for example ready spelling and rapid calculation are very convenient everyday accomplishment for any young folk matter of fact theyare in our estima tion more practical than tome of the ttudlet now being taught but perhaps were old fashioned and too practical and too concerned about the product and that general use of education at any rate hare it e tubect of our program that will bear discussion along with high costs greater facilities and hope reports and tuch education matters efficient distribution a globe and mall editorial discussing a social problem and a better method of distribu tion for family allowances suggested recently that welfare agencies operating on a local level would be more efficient than the present system whereby each mother rich or poor it paid a cer tain amount for each child the editorial complains that the 300 million canada gives each year to the mothers is an ex travagant method of helping needy children after having teen the efficiency with which government agencies welfare or otherwise operate it seems that more children are sure of more help if the government does not set up welfare agencies on a local level for the efficient doling out of family allowances the editorial goes on to suggest that the government wobld make the money available to the municipalities through the provinces which their welfare agencies would distribute i rela tion to actual need that money might readily be obtained from the savings that would result from scrapping the wasteful and unnecessary 300 million family allowance machinery and now the editorialist suggests that the municipality orthelocal councilr-would- adminis ter the funds to the needy this would mean an other monumental task for underpaid councillors and in some cases unpaid councillors it certain ly would make quite a cut in distribution machin ery but at whose expense quite probably the municipality would suffer by not having any citi- rens accept office in the council who would decide the qreatest need of specific cases in any community and retain his office with any regu lanty m admit hit homely out you should see ihettzt of hrt mdoy hank the good old days may have seemed better rvetghbours who gc to a different church or whot lajvay president oshawa times garetfe j h dc nor vote the same way still receive our sym pathy n times of trouble and so should other tewns provinces and countries and the impuse to send help is of course d reded through the red cross whose work of rercy never ends our contributions buy the stppiie and send them on their way where they ve me most needed as friendship and helpful ness spread over the globe our imputses are tianilated mto action by the red cross the peace time demand on the red cross has rever been as great as it is nor and we know the need as well as we do that of our closest neighbours friends and relatives let us feel we have a share m the actions of efiioent friend ihip that are earned on everywhere in canada in the name of the red cross and of humanity throu us it could bear scrutiny at the risk of being called old fashioned we dare to refer to an educational matter that has bothered us for some time we know it s not education week but we did pay our tribute to our present day education program in that week and perhaps we may dare a week or so later to voice a criticism some place along the line from kindergarten to high school graduation our school program has omitted the oldfashioned spelling bee and the mental arithmetic matches we ve heard a lot of the argument against them we are inter ested in the product that is being produced with out them it may have been a good thing to eliminelelhembui murrarhbsreplacedthem the practical approach last week we sat in on the advisory commit tee on the journalism course at the ryerson institute of technology fellow members of the committee attending the meeting were c v charters publisher of the brampton conservator a furney publisher of the thorold news wells ritchie editor of civic administrator ted gor don of consolidated press r a farquhersbn managing editor of the globe and mail a r al locom of saturday night h a nicholson of printer and publisher magazine b perry of thomson dailies gillis purcell of canadian press and k s edey of university of toronto princi pal kerr of ryerson institute presided and mem bers of the staff of graphic arts and journalism courses were of course in the discussion we have always leaned toward a practical approach in our educational system and there fore enoyed the session more than the boards of fiblic and high schools with which we have been associated in a local sphere for many years ve learned with some interest that the practical approach now showing up here and there in such places as the ryerson institute of technol ogy has been under consideration for twenty five years with the department of education during the afternoon we became further ewarejaf the struggle and objections to cnanges j in another phase of ontario s educational pro gram but when progress is being made one does not consider the yean the sessions of this meeting were held in the original building built for the ontario department of education and the eff ice was originally that of egerton ryerson it may be that later we will write further on the practical approach of features of our educational ystem it s a subject we like very much and holds a great deal oftnterett there are many tcurses offered at the ryerson institute and udg- ing from enrolment they are proving very popu lar with many young people who aro not inciin- l ed to more academic studies the years ahead and the product they turn out will be the test of their efficacy back in 1901 taken from the issue of the free press of thursday march 14 1901 a couple of wee it ago mr sam uel laird who has been a familiar flfliire ot the gtit station for over thirty years was retired mr laird cnmi to acton in 1870 and nan been ever since employed aji baa hoflerrmn herv iiu early days were spent in his native city 6f london derry ireland during his thlrty- oncr years of service he was but threee tlmos off duty and then ojily for a few days there is very itewrot re tf rcr nmonn all concerned and especially from the fanners of a wide radius from acton that measn humph- rks and hawke have discontinued to operate acton flour mills acton nrnin sends two men to south africa both william pnrnell and joseph lynd passed the milit ary examinations at stanley liar racks lost week for positions on col badcnfowcll s constabulary force they left acton last fridaj morning and are now en route for halifax the first university lecture un der the joint auspices of the young people s societies in towns was delivered last friday evening by mr a t delury b a of toronto university in the methodist school room a very select audience greet ed the lecturer as hev h a mac- pherson introduced him the sub ject was the sun in its relation to terrestrial life and energy at the close a very cordial vote of ap preciation was moved by rev mr hagar and seconded by mr falcon er and supported by complimentary remarks by the chairman messrs john cameron h p moore hev j mclcod and dr j a bell messrsxjrcnnan and co have op ened a grocery department in their store in j 17 mckec s old stand about five inches of snow fell last friday afternoon and evening the- milliners are geting readv for tw5r openings from the idxrrttstmi nts 40 pitct tea sit ngulir pncl 5 50 sale price 4 50 ladus readv to weir suit if french coating with stylish eton j lcktt silk stitch collar fanc sleeve deep flounce and bcl ed top on skirt 13 75 ladies suit of two toned scptch heithcr tweed doubh br asttd jacket and flir ing skirt 7 50 back in 1931 thursday mabch 1mb itst attmc ititttb flujarrri at btmaba a friendly church paraoaaas m bower avenue pnoae 00 be st a cswrey bjs u mtelrur palm sunday sunday mahcoflthjoo 1000 nrix sunday school 1100 m wornlng worship sub ject who u thlst 7 60 pw evftnlng worship sub ject pihumti of tsi obriin mttrgau passion play themaht or ju- week that will ftei nut eternity and th world befor him and who will dak to look ateadfasuy at both of them will find that th more often he contemplate them the former will crow greater and the latter leaa cotton auu paux sunday sun10ay march iflth it 1000 am sunday school 1jm am holy communion and beginners ci ok 7 00 pm evening prayer the breacher at the evening service av r k porritt of camp bell villa a welcome awaits you prtfbffhtimtt htpirrr in smtsbr knox ommax aotom rkv laobrrt ii ammtbom ma mlakuv sunday mahch 14th 1 1106 am divine worship 1215 pm sunday school at bible ol- 7 00 prn divine worship com let uj worship- tmd ootjiv dount lei mm kneel hefore the lot maker visitors will be made weleotka miuftiat tthttrrfj aotom mr hunley wfelt sunday mtamchlith 1m1 10m m sundsy school ane bimla 11 m am momlna service 1 m psuvmimg wsatlaeisl m9- vle mr waadeeak will flnd4t b4ji martilnir and evening aervlee thursday 8 pm prayer meettojt at the home of mr and mr a mitchell h mill si friday 4 p m mission band t p m b v p u from the issue of the free press of thursday march 5th 1031 humours aro current of several business buildings that will bo er- ctedjn acton this coming season burglars stole the collection of norfolk street unhed church in guelph on sunday from the home uf the treasurer on sunday evening the boys of the tunis group ond their leader mr e ii vincent assisted mr pooh at th evening service in tbx unltid church mr and mrs a ciiem street of milton an moving this week to thtlr farm on main srcet recently purchased from mr g a smith mr and mrs a ii bishop at tended the wedding of their young- ir son alfred in toronto on sat urday at a joint met ting of the council school board and the board of health the forming of a county health unit was opposed as too costlv hit hon had been singled out for this plan as the first county o- ing to its compactness it was an experiment hockey events of the week are games with georgetown for the peter smith trophy nren strausser it detroit mich em friday february 27 1031 her bert strausser in his 37th year the first accident h- d driven for years without an accident so had most of the 65 000 odd drivers who got into ac cidents in ontario last year next time we feci like giving some other driver o piece of our mind were going to stop count ten and re member the last time we pulled a stupid one on the road- with our oum car let him cast the first stone you won t get away with inconsiderate driving evtrv time sudden stops sudden stops nn triple thrt its sas the department of hihwnvs they wear out tires cause re ir end collisions and startle dne rs or people cm foot tnte eloing things that ire dinge rous proposed re nud stop w istinw ntrvous em rv driving fast tncl k ttin into situ i tions where u might hue to stop dannerouslv professional directory and travellers guide medical dr w g c kenney pbyilelan and huriwn successor to dr j a mcnlven office in symon block mill st acton onlec phenc ii residence cfcanh ht pimm is dr 0 a garrett physlelmn ahd burteb corner of willow and lllver sts enlrnncijbiytsirett acton ontario phone iu dental dr a j buchanan denul uurkeon of flee l ishman block mill st office hours 0 am to fl p m x ilav telephone hb dr george a sirrs denul horceon mill st corner frederick acton office hours 0 00 am to 5 30 pjm telephone 10 legal c f leatherland barrister bollcllor notary public office 22 phone res 151 acton lever hoskin chartered accountants successors to jenkins and hardy 1305 metropolitan bld 4- victoria st toronto ell 0131 willoughby farm agency larkist and oldtst agencv in canada hiad office 388 bay st toronto phone emplre 30804 gparuttown 1u prist nlntut tom hewson phone georfetoun 532 w the acton free press the ohiu paper ecer published in acton publishtd tach thursday at 58 mill st acton ontario authorised as seeesad class mall peat office department ottawa 7- roondad in 1s75 member aadlt bureau clreauuaa c w na and onlarlaqaabea division c wna advartitlno ratal en luquaet subscbiption in aovanct 350 in canada 3 00 in united states 6 months 11 50 single copies 6c telephones business and editorial off lea 174 residence 131 wright real estate and insurance r i wright n b wright 20 wilbur st 59 m icdanm ii st acton out ciulph ont ihoni 95 phone 4011w sluatonr realtors insurors mtinbir appraisal iiistitutt of canada mtmlxrs gmlph and district rial fstati board mtmbirs gui lph and distnu insurance agents association miflcellamkous the victo ft rumiey funeral home funeral home heated ambhlmm phone 30 nlfht or day serving the community for 45 years eve cake by appointment wmt milligan ro optoma trlat wed ham totpu at mill st residence of a t beown please telephone 385j vftekinarv b d young bvsc c t young d v aa veterinary rnrfeaae ctffict brookvllle ontario phone milton 8r4 f g oakes v 5 b v sc veterinary sorfeaa office and residence knox avtt acton phone 130 travellers guide gray coach unes coaches leave acton- ffaatlinwd a03 am 858 am 1123 ajn 2u8pm 30 pm s 33 p m u pm d10 58 pjn westbound 10 17 am 12 52 pm 257 pal 5 27 pm 727 pm 0 12 pm 11j3 pm 1 12 a m isun to kltehenar only a daily except sunday and holi days b saturday sunday and hall- days canadian national railways lastbound dailv li 4 1 m daily except sun- ea 9 4 a m 710 pm sunday enl hid p rn dally except sun- el i her t gt org town 902 o m el dil p m flser al ce orge toe r 10 ii wrstbound duk exetpl suneuy ind mon- i is 1 r a m sunday and monday nls u jh a in daily e xee pt sun- el is imjj i m 6 ill p m til pm d ills xcept sat and sun 8 10 pm fill stop i saturday only 2 38 pro sundus onlv 013 am flaiistop sunday onb hver at gpelph 705 slippery weather ephead optometrist eytm examined sdewihflcally glasses fitted guelph u st oaawgaa b phone 1su tsulillshll m vast thau temperatures are bad co j ini up or down it is around freez ing that roads are most slippery when winter weather worms up seatch out and when old man ss inter returns after a real thaw watch out then too highway ernf- tv officials adviae a practice thagr call nettlnii the feel of the road what theymean is that when you start driving somewhere it pay lo pick a safe place and deliberately try skletdlni then youll kaaw lust how careful you have to bar from then on for many year machinery not including arm machinery sat been tha leading or among the flret three principal commodities im ported into canada