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the acton free pres thursday july 26th iss1 f its a health trend the financial poll in the current issue makes he following comment on the drift of popula tion 6 the smaller centres in the united states in recent years there has been a substantial movement of people from the bi cities into the suburbs and nearby townsr aecordlngtotherecentamericari census since the and of the last war it is estimated some 5 million persons have joined this trek from the countrys 168 metropolitan centres it will be a good thing for canada if the current census here reveals a similar trend with modern transportation it is no longer necessary nor desirable for people to live lam- packed into narrow streets alongside the factory or office that employs them they are far health ier and in these critical times far safen spread out over a wider area in this way they can get away from the smoke the traffic and the high tension of the thickly built up urban centres they shoutd also be able to find cheaper living and they won t for one thing have to build bomb shelters before the automobile and the bus such decentralization was impossible or at loast im practicable for the average city man it was nee essary 10 have his home within walking distance of a tramline and there was the matter of con veniences running water sewers and even electric i n of the big city or town now as a u s writer recently pointed out people are finding the vil lago and even the country near our larger cen tres is metejy an extension of the big city so far as conveniences and entertainment are concern ed without the big city s noise dirt and con gestion the present generation will probably see such places as montreal end toronto proper reach their maximum population if they have not already done so the big expansion in future will almost certainly be in the smaller centros and particularly those that lie within 50 to 75 miles of our main industrial areas a summer delight a drive through the country these days re veals the crops in this section were never more bountiful we know the wet weather hampered the harvesting of the hay crop but the crop that vas harvested filled most of the barns it is el- wa regretted when there is any waste and we do hopeharthereweretrormariyfamiersdcslng what we saw on one farmburning the surplus hay wheat is being cut now and indications are for a bumper crop its been a long time since we have noticed the fields of oats so heavy and in many cases up to the fence tops the farmer of course has precarious business so many factors can make or mar his yield and estimates can never be reliable until theharvest rs safely housed fortunately not all the storms strike in a i the agricultural section and our modern trans portation systems can make a distribution of the harvest from across canada or from other count ries of the world its a different world of today from the early days of those who settled this land and a crop failure in one section was a real hardship for that whole year we recall often hearing of a late june frost of 1859 that ruined all the wheat crop and families in that area had no white flour for a whole year those were the days that were not so good as these days of 1951 yes the crops this year are bountiful and a treat to view these iimmnrriiiy the municipalities agree civic holiday which is the one holiday of the year controlled by each municipality has come to be very uniformly observed on the first mon day of august there has to our knowledge been no collusion on the part of the cities towns and villages to have this arrangement come about but the date became so logical that it has been accepted with almost unanimous approval the august date distributes the public holidays pretty well throughout the summer the monday is again proven popular and in spite of the fact that it is in the power of each municipality to al ter it to any date that may best suit the munici pality we hear of no urge or clamour for a change we often wonder if there isn t a fine ex ample here for the dominion government to claim in may and july holidays on monday but each year parliament passes the buck and we have the same confusion surely when municipalities can come to the common sense observance of civic holiday so easily the domin ion government can see the logical in making victoria and dominion day fall on mondays or do we have to have the municipalities do the t towns show increases dominion census figures recently secured show that the towns of halton have undergone considerable growth since the former census of 1941 and we have no doubt that the figures for the townships in halton will show the same growth in population situated ashbttcttls near the distribution centres it is only reasonable to expect e continued growth arid a good share in the years to come of the estimated expansion of canada as a whole taken by towns the following figures are very interesting actons 1941 census was given as 2063 while the 1951 census is given as 2 898 an increase of 835 in the decade milton s population figure ten years ago was compiled at 1 964 and the latest figure is 2 449 an increase of 485 georgetown in 1941 had a population of 2562 and this years census shows 3 435 an increase of 873 burlington s population ten ears ago was 3 815 and the figure this year is 6 0i4 an increase of 2 209 oakville s popula lion in 1941 was 4 115 and the figure in 1951 is 6 741 for an increase of 2 626 which makes it the largest town in the county and also the town to show the greatest increase in population in the past decade y it will be of further interest to view the population trend when the township f gures are made available hnd in this respect it appears that nelson township is likely to show the greatest giowth so long on friday night we pull the switches let down the blinds lock the doors allow the ink to dry in our pen give the pencil sharpeners a rest until after civic holiday we are taking our an nual vacation ust the same as so many other industries are doing those summer days like them we find closing down is the only way the entire staff can get a real holiday we do hope you miss us next week but we assure you well be back on hand the week following with a bigger than ever budget of news and views and we hope some freshening up as a result of the vacatipn we hope too that no one will be seriously inconvenienced by our holiday period and we ore planning tq hove oil urgent commercial printing delivered before fridoy wo have included some double features in this week s edition so until our next visit on august 9th so long editorial notes the intermediates have been playing good ball this year and they deserve the support of spectators who can cheer for the all home town team looks as if the days of cheap money are over and the man who was depending on income from investments would get m6re returns for his investment drownings and highwoy accidents continue to spoil our holiday weekend drive safely and play safely so that friends will not be saddened unnecessarily next year i how i can afford a boat to oo with it the good old days may have seemed better rack in loni taken from thr issuur of the i rre preta of thursday july 25 im1 thi implots of mssrs w h stony and son are enjoying very much the saturda half holidays dunnj the warm weather the fall when is being rapidly harvested the yield is very fair though in many localities the hes slnn fly has created considerable damarc it was a pretty light on tuesday morning to see the scholars of knox sunday school in their dain ty holiday costume- wearing pic nic smiles and many of them car rying flags as they marched from the church to the gtr depot to take the train for hespeler and idyl wild during the day some went over to preston and enjoyed plunge in the mineral baths there mccormack the well known trotting stallion which has been owned by mr g c clark of the clark house the past five years died on saturday morning after two days illness from inflamma tion mccormack was n bright bay 16 hands high and weighed 1300 pounds he had been very success ful at the various race meetings at which he had been entered the loss is n heavy one on monday afternoon as reeve williams man wan driving a full tank of water from the stand p along raver st one of the front wheels gave away and a general collapse followed owing to the great weight of water as a con sequence we have had dusty streets the last two or three days taken from the tuue of the free press ef thursday aurost i 1901 prediction is made that tower prices in the cost of living may be expected within the next two months the problem will be to keep cheer ful and hopeful for such a period sixty four years of association with the orillia packet and times were concluded recent ly by c harold hale an editor of ability and a man who has made a splendid contribution to his community and country we oin with other friends in wishing him many years of enjoyable leisure the cosj of education is terrific and some thing ought to be done about it why last year it cost ontario 110 million that is only 87 million less than we spent on liquor surely no body can expect us to spencj as much on educa tion as we do on pleasure comments the ches ley enterprise we add that perhaps our educa tion may be to blame for the discrepancy of the amounts expended here s a recipe for a modern incident take one ignorant spineless natural born fool fill with one quart of liquor place in high poweved motor car set at full speed let stay for short time remove tfrom rutns place in rectanguar box garnish with flowers it is very evident that if the cur few b law is to be given any fur ther consideration by council the supporters must bring new r met to prove its value as an aid to the moral welfare of the rising generation at the regular meeting of council monday evening the committee of finance in the course of conversa tion volunteered the information that after going carefully into the estimated receipts and expendi tures for the year they would be able to recommend that a rate of twenty mills be struck the com mittee had bright hopes that the receipts and expenditures includ mg salar and the annual pament an debentures would balance esqucsing township council or- dered the following accounts paid t cunningham 25 davs operating road machine 37 50 john lindsa 4 das filling grael 4 50 messrs j e corr w h denn and h bowtn have put in electric light ip their rtsidencts tht past vveek according to the luttsl arrange ments the duke and duchess of cornwall and ork will in ill pro babiht pass through cton en rente on their western tour ree williams fine team of blacks used specialu on the bus and ah the heane team for j a speight and co undertakers did excellent iervice together until a ear or so ago when one of them was disposed of diek continued in service until a couple of weeks ago when he uas taken sick and iruduall sickrne d intil last thursdav morning when he died mr williams felt a genuine af fection for the faithful servant rack in 1931 taken from hr issue of the free tress of thursday july 30 1031 a ch irt red bus passed through atton mi mond iy with thi binner all the w iy from tulsa an increasing number of cimp- inp tourists ire finding acton park a splendid pi ice to pitch their tenth on monday evening the members of the baptist church met u the home of mr chester phnk to say goodbye to mv mary locker who u shortly leaving town miss locker has been a very active member of the church and will be misled a purse of gold was pre sented to misi locker oro united church wai the scene of i wedding on saturday july 25 whi n mildred georgim diughter of mr and mrs george moore was united in marrnge to dr elmer j henderson of aurora son of mr and mrs d a henderson of ar ton the garden party under the ou- piccs of the acton women s insti tute drew a good crowd the pro gramme was unjquc in the fact that a play was presented in the open the young people of balllnafad united church presented nancy ann brown s polks ond deserve much credit for the fine present ation died o ne1ll suddenly on thursday july 23 1931 at the residence of ills daughter mrs a cooncy of toronto james o neill of lime- house beloved husband of the late catherine sharp in his 78th year taken from the isaac of the free pre of thursday july srd im1 at we ittttrb ffllptirrlj vt fflanaha l aotoo oaiaaw a huendly church pawmafa 39 bower avnu phono so fcxav k a cury tla md mlnlater mlaa o ml lutnpwa a1m1m orgatilat and choir laadar sunday july so b august 1 1000 am sunday school 4100 njn mornllli worthlp y ytmpp m evenlnioworiwp t albaaa efurrij abclloatt lubur bv w g iluxtma kva summer services july andauaust each sunday tha aarvlc will be hold at 11 18 am brink tha children to ihete lervlees a waloome awalta vou ilrrsbutrrtaii hfjurrl in sana ha knox annual action rev robert ii armstrong ma bl mlalsur sunday july 30 august 8 1100 am divine woralilp 10 00 u m sunday sehnol all alle welcome uaptlal dljurtl aoton sunday july 20lh 1051 10 30 am sunday school 30am and 730 pm rev har old kemp islington onl 300 pm by pu d wrlct onau air rvlce nntorks oftlho cre dit wvdneaday 1130 pjn prayer mcilln friday 8 30 pmbvpu professional directory and travellers guide dr w g c kenney phytdclan and hurgeon offic in symonfiloclt mill st acton offlrr phonr 7h uesldrnce church st thane 10 j dr d a garrett physician and hurfean holidays during july corner of willow and river sta fntranc rivt r str t acton ontario phone 23fl dfstal dr a j buchanan dental tiurgeon office li ishman block mill st office hours 0 am to 6 p m xiiay telephone 14fr dr george a sirrs dental surgeon mill st corner frederick acton otfic hours 0 00 ojn to 5 30 p m telephone 10 veterinary b d young bvsc q l young dvm veterinary surgeons office brookville ontario phone milton l8r4 f g oakesvs bvsc veterinary surgeon office and residence knox avi acton phone 130 legal c f leatherland barrister 4 suilor notary pnbue office 22 phone ilea 151 acton georgetown band gave a concert at eldorado park on sunday it wont rain the entire forty days but the wet weather stems to predominate wesley united church bt ams ville v as the scene of a lovel wedding on saturday w hen ger trudt es ella dropar onlv daugh ter of rev charles d and mrs drnptr uni married to john grtc prudhomme son of mr ind mr chirks h prudhommt also of beairisvillc the women s auxiharv of st john church rockuood ind s albin s w a acton held a picnic nt the beiutiful grounds of mr and mrs a h bishop foirvitw a enue twintv rinks pirticipated in the bow lint tournament for the chal lenge cup presented by col a o t bt urdmore th cup and first pnz etre won by wm nt sbct e j hissard skip w bro wm cooper v as ip pointed asslstant grind orrnnit b tht grind mastt r at thi annual meitinj of the grind lodge ht id itl windsor this is tht first timi thit n grand lodue appolntmt nt his bt n conft rr d on i mirnbi r of wtlktr lodtft tilt 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