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the acton fref press canada turns 84 canada dominion of the largest and rrtost important overseas member of the british em- plravttrlchlno errrtm the north american conti nent from ocean to ocean north of the united states excepting in the northwest comer where is s the united s territory of alaska to the north are the icy waters of the arctic ocean it greatest width from east to west is 3760 mllesjliwngth from north to south about 1600 miles thats where one encyclopedia put us and on sunday july 1 this vast area celebrates its birthdayit 84th canada is still just a teenager in this old universe though since confederation in 1867 the country has grown tremendously its still growing without suffering too acute an awkward stage canadians of all ages have an environment derived attitude of hopettat is sadly lacking in european and asian countries which have suffer ed hardships for centuries the youogness of our country itself radiates optimism v ft was ust 84 years ago that the british north america act was passed by the british parlia ment to come in effect july 1 1867 by this act canada was divided into the two provinces of ontario and quebec which with new brunswick aricrnovi l ite the first general election was held in august and a ministry formed under john a macdonald to the younger people this bit of history could almost have taken place two centuries ago yet there are many living who can remember that day x were a healthy and happy population and levelheaded too happy birthday to us all all of us who are a part of this wonderful country- canada more work councillors more than once we have expressed our dis like of government controls that restncl wages prices and other items because of their spoon feeding quality and public babying the special committee of the legislature has come up with a method of control that seems in our opinion to be the worst yet municipal rent control in rural areas and small towns will be recommended by the epjslaturescqmrruttee on rents l p cecile chairman of the committee said the government has the power to turn rent control over to municipalities by regulation with out an act of legislature background on rent controls shows that this seems to be another move commonly termed as government buck passing and municipalities at the bottom of the list are foolish if they tackle a problem that the federal and provincial govern ments figure is too hot for them to handle a flat percentage for the whole province would not be as fair as a variable percentage in each municipality officials explained perhaps municipalities if they get an opportunity should consider the disadvantages in their handling of rent control small towns do not have full time councillors and reeves or mayors to devote hours of time in hearing ihe appeals and rebuttals that would arise if they are to control rents if the munici pality did not accept the regulation of rent con trol for that town would there be any or vould the government have a stipulation requiring municipalities to exercise rent controp the frost government should consider wisely and well the addition of this load to the thus far billing backs of part time mayors reeves and councillors playing their part as citizer s safety and more safety this week several hundred motners and fathers are likely to get a head full c facts and ugqestions on how to avoid accidents o no children durinq trie summer monhs with schools throughout ontar c clos tic ust before dominion da week t no 0 a car nome safety it at lets are bemq o set n c iam oefote thtv icavt school tmst o ack folders art part of ttie sttppid i 1111 u satit campaign of tht dtpartment or hci police and saft wcikcs c i i o tu h tafficsofe tins leed tht it h ct esirstvjv pedebhuwjs and or vw a kt cv 57- la accident victims am sun s r lt stt k 188 were oi toot l fie luqti r cir t were children hurt o k iim vt t t k- t senqers in motor vehicles despite all that law enforce n e i i sifis engineering do tc prevent accident jtt sl y stilt depends on individuals evevone who uses streets and highways can help 0 walk no and driving with vxtra caution and m t ccig ing others to be more safety minded its our birthday newspaper are usually considered inani mate things but still each yaar a newspaper cele brates it birthday with an editorial comment birthday are usually happy occasions and this issue is the last number in the publication of the acton free press during ltjt76tn year the free presstias been serving actortsrtd it district for 76 years it ha woven itself with the history of a community the founding of which none now living will remember it has helped to build that history and has presented an invalu- able record of the doings of acton citizens for 76 years no historian has spent so long compiling a book no record is more accurate than the com munity newspaper each reader is contributing towards the history of acton you may be men tioned for visiting out of town and your name is recorded in an aging historical chronicle our present editorship of nearly a quarter century has covered almost onethird of the exist ence of the free press and we have endeavored to retain and add to the tradition started at the founding of the paper news and news items vary radically with the times in trying to keep abreast of these changes vie introduced recently a complete new format schools closed this week for the long summer vacation and these are the good old school days w all used to long for with changes in type faces and styles in launching our next edition the first of volume 77 we hope to continue to present the acton story each week in news fashion for the citizens of the community who live now and for those who follow license plate sayings it always seems nice to hear of governments saving money and recently the ontario govern ment announced the use of this years motor ve hicle license plates in 1952 use of the 1951 plates will be validated by a sticker which will be placed on the lower right hand corner of the windshield announcing the move to depart from stamping out new license plates each year highway minister doucett said it is in line with the federal defense plan some 750 tons of steel will be diverted into more essentia channels it may be possible that the 750 tons of steel saved could be obtained for more vital purposes such as bridges or other necessary departmental purposes said mr dou cert perhaps we might take a lesson from the english system of auto markers they are of the perrjianent type that stay with the car through all its sijles the car comes from the factory with the marker this would mean not only a saving in steel but a vast saving in record keeping since the new set of records would not have to be set up each year to keep track of the newly issued numbers the windshield marker to be issued in 1952 will be printed on a yellow background and is approximately three inches by five there another saving angle in the use of this years license plates think of the time it takes to un fasten the rusty bolts each year editorial notes wonder what our visitors will tell us about vhen our roads are all paved and tidy again thomas richard henry telegram columnist round our road to korea worthy of comment m a rtcent issue cf that paper two youngsters have built a clubhouse in their vard on the wall in childish lettering is a list of club rules no 1 reads nobody act big nobody act small everybody act medium a 6cutieman it how to sic vou about that rtahless tutomal you whom oh local loutks tfl tfie good old days may have seemed better a backjn 1901 takrn from tht 1txu of tht h ret prt oj thurulaj jum 27th 00 junt 1131 mor th of brides rose stdwber 115 d tht mo delightful weather is nearng cm tnd but her n ontario it 5 been aoocj to i ou ivtci n sue pienty- on oil sides that th 5 i nt it pmt on jum lth ibm fdunrd nick i in ind mnr calhmnc swnck- h inie r the dnnjhtt r of tht lati john su nckhame r emi of the pum i i rs of thus icinit win umtid in ho1 v dlock at tho home of the bndi s father churchill rt hirm d nn a pioneer and much blod and successful minirtt r tied tho nuptial knot this hnpp tvtnt of half a ctnturv aro was fommi mor ud in a very specnl farmh function hi id nt the n sid- tncp of cxnte a e nicklm bnur am a ntw lovers utlk two plank widi has bun built on giulph st from church to agnes the foundations art be iiik ix ciitid and the lumber hunt laid down for mr glebes new home corn 1 r mill st and park ae in a fast jimc of ball on situr- d i in milton the acton juniors w t re defeated b a score of nine to sien tht acton team was is follows a pearson p n rtiir c r mcdonald lb j rnmmt 2b f wilds lb r holmes s g hncs if f brown cf w pearson rf um pire neil mcnabb bout one month afio squin kt- h dn his 1s1t to cton made hi son dr ktll a fine donation of 10 000 dr kelh has had for some mars a desire to take up spcci il work on tht iv and ear and thus be inp put on eis strt et has decided to taki a mar in the hos pit lis of the united states enr- land and gtrrmnv last thursdax he disposed of his fine rt side nee to dr thomas gra mr and mrs alex si cord an 1 mr ind mrs t e m serordnd mls rjicht 1 went to lundv s lam n stturd i to particip re in th mim iling of 1 monument incted here as t tribute to the mi moo of c in id 1 s ht mint lmri sttord minx othi rs imonj h frit nrt- and dtsrendnnts of the woman w heist nit mon all henour wtre pre st nt v riwberr tndor froii p il 1 mm hid the misfortune hii hi luirse run iui em tufd i murnini ind upse t tht lmd the r wire thirp sir iwbe rrie s aftenvard cit ens the firemin who ri s lift md litnh to prtt 1 1 mir ikuim hii l promdid an t ijcahle ti i i tlv foi 011r pit isurt t nn ti w ril back in 1931 tak4 h fttnn tin sitir 0 the h n 1 pri 0 tiursefau june 25th 1031 the siimme r houlas are hi re ilnn in rlil earnest i in lieht sivinr timi eommencts in cion em friday merit the ladii s aid or the united church held an enjoyable picnic tit blue springs park yesterday the r iro os winpnn entrance e viminations atvcton schewd thirt of these are a pupils churchill community hdd an oldtime carrit n part last evemnfi the ladies serenl a bountt ous and appi i7inj meal and later a varied program ef iec 1 tale nt was pre- st nit d the semie electucil and wind storms f hist fndiv and saturday did considerable d im ige in the irr nudiitt icmitn of acton on th firm of me ssps flvnn breis tre were tipmotcd and an implement sheel ielld to the grenind anil the roof cirritd twent fevt awa two sheep wen killed b lightn ing on the farm of georgt billon mr w lash brook suffered in june s when his car turned oe r in the ditch while inssinj a car en thi town lint nonv brown at grace hospital tor onto on fnda june 19 1031 to mr fnda and mrs ro 19 brown campbellviue cur prcctl t n s sjartmq tc sfic of s it tie uid apptars that 1 reacn mu t t r od 1 r lt r oustnes is tdkmq place 7 fit re ovld sttni no dust for alarm m trtsl cunrjts ft ips niort attttton and effc rt cn pe eoi evnttd c oit i nes that have been fc tdi v fit b c kqotr c compitrnnr v trie passmgof the alamtaj t sf itifi of saskatchewan the estevan mercury alik rtports at one time there were thirteen newspopeoffcts between north portal and moose jdw now there are three as business ttijon tc central t nianly because of the auto mobilt cocntry towns began 16 suffer and de cine with that decline the printing office was one of the first mst tutions to disappear what is timn store for remaining country newspapers is teadily visible costs are climbing unduly if e el ft the hi t 1 eh m 1 1 i i 1 i ihe hu ii 1 i od w i u i we uh be u ih ti days champions bring back trophy 1 r 1 c 1 1 in i 01 s iilv il 11 r i f h im 1 1 u lu jvh fn in mi n 1 1 1 1 li 1 k m n v urn u u i 1 l 1 ui wi il r il 1 li 111 t b l i ill tt un 1 id iflt 1 i hjiri flh m i this 1 nt inn ni tkm hi t u t ips luminous i th iiv pu 1111 itinh u 1 nji 1 if uju hi h 11 iij it d i ui n 1 1 ul ri 1 f th tir so 11 is piisiittl itli t iiisiim i trui k mil fl truplit th mi i t 11 plutl with th ir sikitt minn a ol iwiiim if rulh r k it mi btmiitht to a clos u ir njiiiblt day st davids ladies spend day quilting the wms of st davids church ht id its iinnuil eguiltink in the sun- dascheeil roon on thursday be- inninp at j o clock two quills we re quilted for the wms two fen tho mission bind one plain and one fincv jtnd une crib ejuilt ftir trie girls lrovip a short biimiies- mi tin wi he lei at the noem hour when tht pre sidt nt mrs flliot call d em mi 1ilkir ti rt id 1 hurt strip tlirt p issate mr flliot ltd in tvier alter whih semt iti nis of business wen discussed and afain referred to at tht tta hour ftuirte t n ladle s we rt ore stnt at the noein ihe it ind twtnt our feir ti 1 hwrom appeared tei tnjov tht ixiuntiful tin lis ind w is re k foi honu about r u i h uli r imj w unit n ux 11 hi ul its june me e tine at lh ht im t f mrs j mu s kt i 1 rls n or wdikmi i 1 ve nini mrs hot t it jm 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