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fags two thfr- acton free press acton ontario thursday january 24th 1062 r equalization bows out m was with a sigh of relief that county of ficials watched the completion of 1951s equali zation of assessment in milton at a hearing last friday it was completed that is unless some ndnicipalityshoolddeeidelo enter an-4ippoal- some place and upset it again the equalization of assessment will be raised again near the end of this year and all hope for an amicable settle ment actually the equalization of assessment is made so that ratepayers in the county pay a fair share of county operational costs all the munici palities in the county agreed on the share they should pay at a recent meeting of the county council georgetown however was not satis fied with the wording of the agreement the figures wore agreeable but they wanted an in sertion that the figures could not be used at any future proceedings in the first place this did not concern the five soulhorn municipalities or for that matter it did not concern the proceedings under way as the judge repeatedly pointed out the argument continued for three hours on that point while georgetown tenaciously held out to have the wdrds insortod in the agreement the county judge ignored the words in his approval of the figures the solicitor for georgetown explained why the words were important five northern municipalities comprise the north halton high school district to which each contributes opera tional costs on the basis of assessment recently there was disagreement on the basis and the ontario municipal board gave a ruling which is valid for five years unless either the boundaries of the area change or one municipality has a ten per cent increase in assessment within two con secutive years georgetown agreed that the boards ruling was a favourable one indeed it was favour able to all th towns but the townships suffered and if georgetown has its way will continue to suffer for a five year period two years is the minimum period the figures can be used for but if as georgetown hoped the figures agreed upon friday could not be used it would add another year to the favourable position of georgetown as well as milton and acton the latter two towns have not between them saved as much as georgetown and are neverthe less anxious to have a fair arrangement as naturally are the townships of nassagaweya and esquesing it appears that only georgetown wants more than its share of benefits governmental markup a victoria bc cadi in a recent case before him for judgment refused to consider govern ment property stolen by the defendant to have a value of more than 25 although the stolen pro- party was sold to the public at 5868 the the cow doesnt count one of the advantages of living in smaller communities away from the cities was the fact that many of the essentials to the family living were at lower cost this yvas accounted for by the fact that we were closer to the supply of farm products and avoided transportation costs and ether frills which city dwellers enjoyed but that day is gone under the new order of government price fixing without regard to these conditions buttermilk in the walkerton district is now 18c a quart and we presume that price is practi cally ontario wide skim milk goes at 16c and standard milk at 21c quart and butterfat content on this latter is not less than 325 per cent and not more than 39 we dont get the standards and grades from the cows any more but from the milk board we are reminded of a story of our boyhood days when the family cow used to be in competition with the milkman and a small boy in a local family told his mother he didnt like cows milk as well as the milkmans milk the boy lives in the city now and gets nothing but milkmans milk for the city ways have ousted the methods of other days often we question the costs of standardization that emanates from the city viewpoint and directs the living costs of all those all over the province we dont pine for the good old days but youve got to admit they hod their advantages and less dissension when we dealt directly with 1 the cows stolen property in question was a case of rum purloined from a victoria government liquor store defense evidence showed that the said case of rum cost the liquor control board of british columbia exactly 808 figure the profit out for yourself no wonder our governments pro vincial and federal can go on the spending sprees they indulge in perhaps the bc govern ment which in the past year has been roundly criticized for its spendthrift financial policies feels that if the drinking public wants its rum so badly thai it is willing to pay an enormous mark up price the government should have the privi lege of spending it in like fashion what about ontario orangeville banner back in 1902 front the luuca th free press o thursday january gird 1002 v m v i didnt think you were going to stop north east west south the bard of ayrshire friday is the 193rd birthday of robert burns the chief lyric poet of scotland and fondly re ferred to as bobbie burns by the scots born on january 25 1759 in arrauld clay biggin or cottage about two miles south of ayr he was the son of a tenant farmer of intelligence and small means burns school education consisted of reading writing grammar and arithmetic and later a little geometry and less latin and french robert was the oldest boy and it fell on him to support the family he was a strong active fellow not afraid of work yet he longed to be a scholar his best writing was done in the years when he was working hard all day his brother tells that robert climbed to a garret at night where he kept his writing material to write the thoughts that had occurred to him as he followed the plough copies of his books are now among the treasures of libraries and book collectors his poems attracted the favourable attention of lite rary men through the years it would seem that one who had risen thus far would rise higher but burns had weaknesses in his character he was attracted by many women he was hand- jome but he became vain and weak although he appears to have had a high ideal burns is termed variously the ploughmans poet the ayrshire ploughman the bard of ayrshire and the peasant no one would think of saying harry longfellow or jack whit- tier but to me scots burns is just bobbie burns and that tolls the whole story o he was a goodlooking fine fellow ho- was that rather black an illcolored but re couldna help that ye ken he was a strong man lylooking chap nane oyour skilpit milk-and- water dandies but a sterling substantial fellow who wadna hae feared the devil suppose he had met him an then siccan an ee he had me moir of burns editorial notes j oilier writing in the shelburne free press attributes this commentto a citizen of that town torontois a place where they never ease up on shouting for bigger pay and shorter workdays and where they begrudge the farmer his innings when the price of meat potatoes butter or eggs goes up churchill fltid g forget oiun mrs william miller of george town listened closely to winston churchill on the radio and care fully reads accounts of his visit to the states and canada in the paportrrmrs millerond the fam ous churchill were both decorated at the same investiture in london by king edwards vii a nursins sister annio fisher mrs miler served as a nurse in the south african war minding wounded poers and british tommies she was nursing in dublin when she received word to appear at malborough house for a decoration- churchill had received similar word while mrs miller had no opportunity to speak to churchill she has naturally followed his car eer closely ever since hughes cleaver speaks hughes cleaver federal member for halton county said at the an nual liberal rally in milton that he would not be a candidate for reelection alter serving his present term mr cleaver slates that his duties in ottawa and private bus iness interests were too firca a burden committees were named to select nominees to represent haltor in the next federal election possibili ties arc john kehoe of burlington tiob shannon of burlington dr f m deans of oakville k y dick of milton and murray mcphal of campbellville its expected that the nominee will bo chosen thi november and the next federal election will be in june of 1053 halton coimty executive commit tee members are james cunning ham hornby president dr f m deans oakviue first vicepresident w crozler milton secretory and victor hall trafalgar treasurer- halton one armed bandits slot machine devotees may nee slot machines are being made right in halton the leader die casting company has set up a shop rn he eighth line north of trafalgil from whence come the slot ma chines car accessories and pars for lamps a late order s for past- age stamp machines the one armed bandits slai machines that is are being turned out by a twoman company joseph hardy and his son the plant mofrd from toronto to trafalgar and will perhaps expand when credit restrictions are eased machine age as we read through the district weeklies wc nvwaysspolh jokb or two that tickle the right spot so well forget that this column ls to report interesting bits of new from throughout halton and the closest tovnshps and slip in a laugh now and again this ones from last weeks enn advocate city guide and thats a sky scraper farmer what do ye know id sure like to see it work water water everywhere milton has certainly had its water troubles- remember just several weeks ago when pipes sprung a leak and when town taps turned on presto nothing and then cellars flooded with too much of the be fore precious liquid in flash flood in the pipes now last week about 150 feet of no 25 high way just south of milton found itself on intimate relations with about a foot and a half of water which covered the road sometimes theres enough some times theres none the canadian champion headline says council to investigate new town water supply to our friends the happiest business in the world is that of making friends and no investment on the street pays larger dividends for life is more than stocks and bonds and love than rate per cent and he who gives in friendships name shall reap as he has spnt life i the great investment and no man lives in vain who guards a hundred friendships as misers guard their gain then give the world a welcome each day whateer it senrio and may no mortgage cjt fore close the partnership of friends lake louise near banff hr been called the most beautiful single scene in north america one of the leading editorial writers of the new york times simeon strunsky maintains that a single copy of a weekly newspaper slowly absorbed may succeed in driving home a doint more effectively than seven daily newspapers repeating the same point every day for a week he says with us the small town and country newspaper which is most often a weekly journal is more influential than the daily press a week 1 newspaper which is read and absorbed in the seclusion and comparative leisure of a small town pr the farm is likely to exercrse a greater pull on its readers than tho daily paper bow- manville statesman sty arton 3xtt frraa the only paper elrr published in acton founded in 1875 and published every thursday at 56 mill st e aclun ont member o the audit bureau or circula tions the cwna and the ontario division of the cwna advertising rates on request subscriptions pay- able in advance 250 in canada 350 in the united states six months 150 single copies 6c authorized as second class muil post office department ottawa g a dills editor and publisher jn35n bjivje business and editorial office telephone 7 4 at tht ttttfb fflhnrrh of eaitahn aeton ontario a friendly church rev e a carrey ba bj minister parsonage 29 bower avenue phone 60 mlaa o m lamport atcji organist and choir leader sunday january 27th 1352 1000 am sunday school 1100 am morning worship sub ject charging god foolish ly 700 pm evening worship hymns dn the screen koda- chrome pictures thouoht or the wcel patience must not be an inch shorter than affliction if the bridge reach but half way over the brook we shall have but an ill favored passage ladams 165 jlrrbbiitrrtati fflburrlj lit eannba rnox cinmcil actton rev rwiekt ii armstronl ma bd minister sunday january 27th 1952 1000 am sunday school and bible class 1100 am divine worship 700 pm divine worship visitors are welcome baptist lurrh acton douglas b shuter pastor 8t albans ctnirrb iantlicsul kwlm rv w o luxtsm ha sunday january 27th 1m2 epiphany 3 000 am holy communion 1000 am sunday school 1100 am beginners class 700 pm evening prayer j sunday january 27th 1952 1030 am sunday school and i bible clas i 1130 am what makes a grra i christian i 7 00 pm what it is to kno god 815 pm sunday evening hymn sing i friday 4 prnmiifiion band 8 p i m bypu eyery thursday commencing feb- i ruary 7lh discussion group a study of the christian life leader mr shuter welcome to ah t the good old days may have seemed better milton council paused on curly cloning bylaw nbout n month- quo it was enforced nnd both the mer- chnnui and fftrmers felt ome incon vemn enectfthy riurirrg irrr hnhrvoodandnnturdnyrumi hnlldny season lnst week th council was petitioned to rctfcnl the bylnw nnd they- complied milton was surely too peremptory in rcpenlinr the bylnw we hnvi hnd it successfully in force in act tin for oijiht or ten years nnd our people would not think of reponlin it the nassntfnweyn presbyterian church hnd n narrow encnpe from bting destroyed by fire lnpt week the following library board was ejected for flockwood for 1002 willinm harris t lundy ii o hilts- p fahey j j aldous- sctb hailey hugh black miss mary back in 1932 from the issue o the free pre o thursday january 21st ibm the akatihg on tsio viands hasi been the only winter pastime yet to be enjoyed a rroup 6 girl guides picnicked ldlh nnd hnd n splendid time cook- inji supper about n camp hre tylers transport is now occupy- inn their line new quarters and servico mntimi on the highway at the eastern boundary of uii town the shoe factory won at euchre tirni the ulove factory by ovtr one hundred points nt n sociul held in the parish hull the burn ovi the farm of frank petch easl of georgetown ka3 jp troyeel by lire early monday morn- irik the exwiitnrs of the estate of the late j c hill have disposed of the store oecupicd by w it e stewart and miss elli gillespie i blnir to mr w lnshbrook the auditors miss ida bailey and chns harris the new continuation class de partment at acton public school devoted exclusively to tuition in hikh school subjects ls flrowlnu in popularity and attendance there are sixteen enrolled and miss starr has already won the heart of the pupils the carpenters and painters are pultlnj the final touches on the fine new residence recently pur chased from the f glebe estate by our esteemed citizen mr john harvey the building is two siorey red brick and occupies a command ing position at the corner of mill street and park avenue it ias seven rooms with halls closets pantry and attics a splendid cellar ls under the entire house art- glass windows give a very cheerful effect to the jjaror halls and dln- inp room hall above has been used for a number of years as the practice room of aeton citizens band it is understood the building will be remodelled at the inaugural meeting of the school board j m mcdonald was elected chairman for the year the municipal council decided to engage a firm of chartered account ants to audit the books for thc current year ata salary of m0 born sutcliffe at detroit on sat urday january lflth 1032 to mr and mrs ii e suttllffe the gift of a daughter men kennedy suddenly at the- borne mill street acton on saturday january 16th 1032 john robert son kennedy in his 70th year in the first half of 1031 camdlirr labour income was 14028 million ah increase of 171 per cent over similar period of 1050 professional directory and travellers guide medical dr w g ckenney physician and surgeon office in symon block mill st acton office phone 78 residence church st phone dr d a garrett physician and- surgeon comer of willow and river sts entrance river street acton ontario phone z3s dental dr a j buchanan dental surgeon office lcishman block mill st office hours 0 am to 6 pm xray telephone hb dr george a sirrs dental snrgeon mill st corner frederick acton office hours 000 am to 30 pm telephone ib veterinary b d young bvsc c l young dvm veterinary burgeons office brookville ontario phone mlhon l8r4 real estate and insurance willoughby farm agency largest and oldest agencv in canada head office 366 bay st toronto phone emjpirc 30604 georgetown representative tom llewua phone georgetown 332w wright real estate and insurance f l wnigiit n b wright 20 wubur st 9 maedonnell si acton ont guelph ont phone os phone 4015w valustors realtors insaram member appraisal institute of canada members guelph and dlrstlct real estate board members guelph and district insurace agents association we urgently require listings of farm property from 50 to 300 acres also small holding from 1 t 25 acres contact c h dyment roaltor 123wcntworth st s hjmllton phone 78005 or andy frank salesman at campbcllvilic phone milton 315 rl f g oakes vs bv sc veterinary surgeon office and residence knox ave acton phone 130 legal c f leatherland barrister a solicitor notary public office 22 phone res 151 acton wm r bracken real estate general insurance travellers guide lever hoskin chartered accountants successors to jenkins and hardy 1305 metropolitan bldg 44 victoria st toronto elg 9131 gray coach lines standard time cociies leave acton eastbonnd i8 am 85b am 1123 am 2 08 p m 5 03 pm 633 pm 8 33 pm bl0 58 pm westbound 1017 am 1252 pm 237 pjn 527 pm 727 pm 112 pm 1112 pm 112 am isun to kitchener 1 onlyl i a daily except sunday and lioli- i ays b saturday sunday and hoi da i miscellaneous the victor b rumley funeral home funeral home heated ambulance phone 30 night or day serving the community for 45 years eye care i by appointment wm c milligan ro optometrist 1st and 3rd wednesdays of the month 2 pm to 0 pm at mill st residence of a t brown canadian national railways standard time eastbonnd daily b 40 am daily except sun days 045 om 710 pjn sunday only 816 pm dally except sun day flyer at georactown 002 am dally flyer at georgetown 10 11 pm westbound dally except sunday and mon day 204 am sunday and monday only 1238 am daily except sun day 848 am 850 pm flag stop 744 pm daily except sat and sun 10 pm saturday only 2m pm sunday only 9 43 am nagstnpl sunday only flyer at guelph 703 pm