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pack two the acton free press acton ontario thursday december msi d immovable holidays christmas and now years of 1951 come on trio worst days of the week for a weekly news paper etid we had to fight temptation all decem ber to miss this issue here wo are on monday the day before christmas writing an article that will appear andmost have a new years outlook but whether the home paper gets the usual attention this week or not we felt the issue must appear weve advocated mondays for such holidays as dominion day victoria day etc but in spite of inconvenience no one would think of having such days as christmas new years or good fri day switched around to meet any personal or business reasons such days have such signifi cance that they might be termed immovable holidays and it is well that no one suggests any change but in the circumstances perhaps readers may excuse any garbled writing that may appear in these issues exit 1951 enter 1952 were daawing to the close of another year there are ust four more days left in 1951 and then in comes 1952 with its new clean calendars and its promises that come with a fresh start in any year yes and perhaps disappointment which it is always best not to anticipate we cannot let 1951 close without expressing our appreciation to all who have made its days pleasant for the home town paper and the staff who endeavor to give you each week a picture of the places and people you know we wont numerate because there might be a group of in dividuals missed to all of you who may read this our sincere thanks for your cooperation throughout the year 1952 comes with another new start a rea lization that in 1951 we did not accomplish all the things we aimed to do in its 365 days a hope that in this new year these things left un done may be caught up and the new resolutions included this year with its 366 days perhaps that is asking too much for one extra day but then hopes run high for a rtew year for the new year we wish one and all hap piness and health and granted these wealth is assured in fullest measure for what more is needed than happiness and health in this life free dance celebrates completion of acton road repairs acton fair drew half attendance and was nearly rained out 450 attend halloween party in acton arena council passes garage closing bylaw o municipal board reaffirmed sewer rate bylaw at special hearing and this weeks news columns complete the 1951 picture pur high acton review of 1951 a quick glance through the files of the free press for 1951 provides some interesting high lights in acton municipal affairs that will at this close of the year bear passing in review we can only give the headlines you will recall the inci dents and perhaps grasp the magnitude of the work involved perhaps too it will evoke a word of praise to those public officials who carried the burden during 1951 so aptly it has been said that hindsight is o much easier than foresight here are actons 1951 headlines utilities commission contend with repairs fiom underwriters inspector school board awards building contracts north halton high school board rejected a building motion utilities commission revised salanesv council sold debenture issue of 25500 utilities commission start to rebuild water tank council struck tax rate at 43 mills one of the lowest in county urban centres new fire equipment is inspected and chased no increase in county rate new snowblower purchased esquesing entered an appeal against school levy utilities commission bought new truck seven delegations at council meeting in april announcement made that toronto windsor highway will pass between acton and milton another 75000 borrowed to pay for sewer age disposal system planning board start work on new town plan 41 668 estimated for mill and mam street paving street lighting improvement arranged north halton school board unanimously ap proved building new schools at acton and georgetown and a new gymnasium at milton paving of highway no 25 was completed between acton and mtlton after 30 years of pro mising magistrate s court covered year s biggest docket acton streets were oiled instead of applying calcium 750000 building program summarized in acton dominion census showed acton with 50 in crease in population in past ten years council made deal on new garbage truck for 25 and old truck three towns obect to haltons equalized as sessment canadas no 1 citizen recently in ottawa a group marked the tenth anniversary of prime minister louis st laurents entry into political life there were many tributes mis occasion one of the finest came from th pen of bruce hutchinson wellknown writer and editor of the victoria daily times and we quote these excerpts from his article- mr st laurent has achieved more in less time than any statesman in canadian history this statement is not a bit of banquet oratory it it a mathematical fact macdonald became prime minister after a lifetime of apprenticeship laurier similarly pre pared from his youth and as a party leader suf fered cruel defeats before he reached office mackenzie king set his ultimate goal in college and needed 30 years to achieve it within seven years of entering politics with no intention of remaining there mr st laurent was prime minis ter but there is a broad though intangible gulf between the leadership of a government and the leadership of the nation mr st laurent was fully accepted within one year that is the final test of a canadian statesman that is the measure cf mr st laurent one does not know what history will say about mr st laurent the statesman in domestic politics it cannot fail to say for the facts are al- teady established that tie was the man who more than any other led canada out of isolation ism into the world and in so doing gave canada a place in the embryonic but growing community of free nations such as it has not glimpsed much less achieved before that work sufficient one might say for any man s lifetime but even at mr st still lies ahead after these unbelievable ten years mr st laurent must see like the aging ulysses some work of noble note yet to be done and doubtless he sees that all his work past pre sent and future rests on the sovereign fact of his own life- a fact which he could never sink below and would not wish to rise above that he is in every fibre thought and instinct a canadian f party stalwarts that accumulation of old material which gathers around a newspaper office that has been m operation for years isnt termed the archives and in newspaper parlance it isnt exactly the morgue we might ust say lis some old stuff and on going through some of this old stuff the other day looking for some other old stuff we came across a little booklet dated 1878 and headed mackenzie reform and revenue tariff ond in the blank spaces on the cover were filled tn riding of halton township of nassagaweya polling division no 3 examination of the inside pages revealed it vvas a voters list given to a canvassing commit teeman and rule no 4 for the guidance of his individual said having received his canvass book he should canvass his sub division thor oughly and having personally ascertained how each epector will vote should mark opposite the names under the proper column reform con servative and doubtful voters and under the column of remarks such suggestions or refe rences as may appear necessary for the informa tion of the division chairman or candidate well we looked through the book and who- t ver owned it was rather lax in his duties be cause there was a mark opposite only ten names but he must have been mighty proud of his work because the result of the voting is given on the last page and it was 108 reform 3 conserve tives and no doubtfuls and no remarks the candidates were mccraney and aacdougald only the old timers will of course remember the election of 1877 but perhaps the younger readers will relish what a party stalwart had to be to ascertain personally how every voter was going to vote and also to remember this was tn the days when the fastest transportation was a horse and sgtky and the roads were corduroy and unimproved unplowed and required stam ma to travel perhaps we should give the last admonition in the book one months earnest work in every polling division in every riding of the dominion will make victory certain yes they suns took their politics seriously 75 years ago there were no snap elections in more ways than one rvf locatto the founding mokl w vouft moto the good old days may have seemed better jc at th lrf abjrttrian cljurrh in sana ha knox umman acton ttkv kobicrt 11 am aca u tit iitu sunday obckmtirh so ibs 10 00 am sunday bchool 1 1 00 am divine worship 7 00 pm divine worship visitors ar welcome baptist uhurrh acton doukiiu b shuter interim pjurtor sunday december 30 105 1030 am sunday school u 30 n m the end is not yet 7 00pm startlne from ihe word go 8 30pm bible society fireside knox church speaker mlbm nellie anderson friday december 28 3 00 p m million band 8 00 pm by pu welcome to au xnttrb fflhnrrli of danahs aeiantl ontario a friendly church rav k a carrey ba bb minister parsonage 20 bower avertlmr phone 80 miaa o m umiu4 avxlm orgmnlat and choir leader sunday dbcembkr 30 1m 10 00 am sunday school 1100 am morning worship 700 pm evening woratittx- bt albaaa qhptrrlj aauruoau ttaota km w o ilnziea bav sunday december 30 ik sunday after christmas 10 00 am sunday school 1 1 00 am morning prayer laaot beginners class 7 00 pm evening prayer 8 30pm flreiide hour at knoic church a welcome awaits yau back in 1901 taken frw the issue of the free pre of chriattuaa marnlnr december 25 1m1 the free presa this morninfi wishes every reader n merry merry christmas nnd extends belt wishes for joy in every home no country has so many homes os ours during the past month hnppy schoolgirls have been enrerly counting the days until the holiday recess when they could no home carrying many dainty gifts of their deft handiwork to thf lnvi d tim s there fager bo s from colli jm- halls have come hni k to the fire side lit re anxious pi ny rs ha e international affairs has been rim n dai young mm from the mirt of commerce ind the piths of laurent s age plenty of work i lr havo tlu ctv wlth ts 1 mimfold timptations and tan b hind them to tind rtst and stn nglh in i ik old countr liomi acton likt scort s if other innni upalitus ha a case of sm illpox dr mckiigut at once diijmosid that mrs a vinci had sin ihpo the locil board of ht alth wis im- tmdintt 1 tallid arrange menis were mndt for a doubkwilrd iso lation tint to be located in hit large field in the rear of mrs rdirs nsidlnce this residence and family to be quarantined an expenenctd nursi to be engaged special sani tary constablis to patrol the vici- nit and a proclamation for com- pusor vaccination of evcrv citut n within four davs if a physician is nuded a voung doctor has olun- tind to tend the case then was a wondirful volumt of christm is ive purchasing last night s the 200 and ov r emplovtis of beardmore and co and the acton tanning co wended thtir wa to their norm s on monday noon tht formtd a proctsmon it once unique nd attractive everv implowi him a plump chustni is lurkiv a christmas favor from tin fin abi back jn 1931 from ute issue f the free pre f thursday december 24 1931 hnstmas favor bo j namt d highway uniformity new and uniform sv- m of highwa signs has been sabl i i b the uniud nations pmanlv h is baied on pictorial devlcej rathir thin the written word to understand the new warnings pim- h and quickly it will not be nec- essarv to be familiar w ith tht 1 ingu ige of the countrv in whuh on mav be trawling the weather of the week didnt eive much impetun to the christ mas spirit the most accurate man in town at guessing weights would appear to be charles holmes for he gues sed the exact weight of the bin candy cane in wiles window the can weighed 14 lbs 0 ounces and that was charlievhuess a blaze in the attic at the rec tory of rev mcbridc caused con siderable damage fin friday evt n- ing it was necessary to run a line of hose intothc attic and then fore wiur damage was considerable and much more si rums than the ailual fire damigi tht warden s dinner at milton lost thursdav tvining was in out stmdinj k it brit it in during the si i v ing of tin limit r the capital orcht st 1 1 of biampton gave spit ndtd musical selections war- din mason was prist nted with nn- engravetl gold headed cane from tin counlv councillors last thursday evening a birthda surjinse party was given mrs e huffman bv i numbir of her frunds no un tekry at brantford gtneial hospital on wedmsda dectm- ber 23 1931 to mr and mrs el iiur j r terr a daughtt r truckers report on soulsearching cinadj s org uued trucking in dustrv savs the fin incial post s taking a good h ird look at itself and his decided to face some ec onomic facts of life 1 within the next jear orp so i largt section of the industry is going to be controlled b ottawa instead of the provinces 2 canada s railw is whieh hav t alread entered the trucking bus- int ss tn a big wa are likilv ti wade in tven deeper this industr soulsearching took place at the annual meeting of tht canadian automotive transportat ion association professional directory and travellers guide medical dr w g c kenney miyaleub ami surfean ofice in sytnon block mill st acton office fbaim is haauabm church bt puaac ii dr d a garrett phyalclan and 8iolrvttts comer of willow and river sta entrance river street acton ontario phone u dental dr a j buchanan dental hureeon office irishman block mill st office hours 9 am to fl p m xray telephone l dr george a sirrs dental tyurreon mill st corntr lredrick acton olficc hours 0 x am to 5 30 p m ttluhone 19 keal kstat and instntanca wiiloughby farm agency larflest and oldest agency in canada head office 3m bay st toroot phone eunlre 34mm georgetown rirprewnta4jv tm hewaea phane georgetown wright real estate and insurance f l wright n b wright 20 wilbur st so 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