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ac3tv0 ac the acton free press acton ontario thursday february 5th 1m3 fore not necessary the fact that collective bargaining is ttill an effective initrument to deal with labor relations in this country and that men can settle thetr dlf ferences without resorting to strike methods was the highlight of the week in canada last week it seemed very probable that the nation would be in the throes of a railway tie up that in a canadian winter can be a very serious matter all prepara tlons possible had been made to meet such an emergency when it appeared no agreement could be reached then the talks moved fo ottawa and prime minister st laurent became the central figure he emerged win the respect of both management and labor and in some way became the peace maker that brought both factions into agreement the important lesson of the whole affair is that strikes can be avoided when men approach their problems with understanding and consideration fpr the other fellow we ve had waves of strikes bad feetings loss of productive time for a sufficiently long period for years peace talks failed and wars were fought which no nation won and in which all suffered the methods of force in labor rela tions fgu9w wars of nations and it pp ed tnat strikes werlresofted io upon trie least compulsory retirement this is national health week and we find ready agreement in the recent statement of or ian mcdonald of toronto that retirement of men and women from active productive life because of some arbitrary rule and before they are ready to be put on the shelf is a frequent cause of phy sical fljad mental deterioration i premature retirement is a hazard declares dr macdonald continuing activity should not only be permitted but encouraged chronic ill unless in many older people both mental and physical can be delayed minimized or even averted if the majority of healthy older people are encouraged to feel responsible for themselves and are permitted to continue work within the limits of their capabilities in a special national health week statement dr macdonald lays stress on the fact that the health of canada s rapidly increasing number of older citizens is important not only to the older people themselves and to their families but also to the country as a whole diseases of older people often tend to be chronic and consequently expensive in fact the costs of adequate medical and institutional care are already tremendous he said ff- nation ef w j ployers at war won nothing in the end the settlement of the railway dispute is more than the averting of a strike perhaps it will make the pattern for a new approach to the problems of living together in peace it is encouraging to- see that labor and management leaders can settle their differences without resorting to force and inflicting the hardships on everyone that is leadership that is worthy of emulation monday xoas ground hog day and in these parte if the little fellow emerged from hia winter quarters it is not likely that he saw mi chadou aooording to superstition he stags out and we do not get fix weeks more a winter well if the next six weelct isnt any worse than we have had to jar it will be just alriflht small talk not places following the first session of the council after fergus becarne a town editor hugh templin has lost faith in our powers of consolation and believ es the acton lady who predicted nothing but trouble if fergus took on town status we don t wonder a bit after we perused the report of the il mating whirh wa s len that it couldn t all be printed in one week looking from the outside however the big bone of contention in the first stormy session was one of those trivial things that are so often snow balled to a size which outweighs their importance to a town or village it seems trjet the peoples choice for the first mayor of fergus is a man who owns property ad0ining town property some time ago he built a fire escape on his building and the fire escape overhangs town property to keep everything legal he pays the municipality a nominal rental of a dollar a year for the encroach ing fire escape some folks claim this is contrary to his oath of office and he has a contract with the town and therefore cannot legally hold office it might happen in any town village or town ship it s pretty small potatoes and if such tactics are carried on the day is not far away when it will be difficult to find men to give of their time and effort in municipal service we don t know the mayor of fergus but we do know that every municipality has its snipers who use air guns for pretty small shooting they pop up even in cir cles of government higher than that of towns and il you don t believe it go to the ontario legis lature some time or the house of commons and you ii find that all the wrangling and small talk isn f confined to the villages or towns the wrangling doesn t help the municipality any but it sure makes a lot of good newspaper copy so it s an ill wind that blows no good we still want to be consoling fo the fergus editor and while it is none of our business we think fergus will be glad that the step was taken to become a town the lntr season rommoim this year on february isth a unk from next wednesday and easter is the first u eek of april rrffts7i jucawrj we were vnierevled to read that one of ue new york dailies has adopted a system of classifying age groups in jit hi re this paper u ill call people up to the age of 35 youthful from 35 to 65 years they arc middle aged and from 65 upuards they should he drau tng the old age pension when the flowers bloom little did we realize until the past week what a wide following that neighborly news broew cast of 15 minutes on sunday mornings and don fair bairn enjoyed long distance calls and local calls last sunday morning almost kept mrs dills late for church letters have been coming in all week both from friends and from folks we have never heard about before they have been in variably kindly and we would indeed be remiss if we did not tell you all how much your editors have appreciated them an article in a current issue of a national magazine this week also was enlightening on the popularity of neighborly news broadcasts across canada perhaps we have said it before but it will bear repeating again that we appreciated the helpfulness and kindness shown us by don fair -baito-and-iiit- s ondautheacarfbt trsatt experience we will always cherish we were glad to hear on sunday that don fairbairn rarely re cords his broadcasts that s fine for an expenenc ed and seasoned radio broadcaster such as he is cut it was mighty comforting to two amateurs to know that if the recording wasn t successful the fust time it could be done over again fortunately it didn t have to be done a second time we wouldn t for a moment have our readers think that all our letters were only congratulatory aist 16 let you know how you are carefully watch ednd criticized here is one that we think you will appreciate as we did and in a different key from most toronto january 26 1953 to the editor of the acton free press who broadcast last sunday on neiphborly news it was quite good for an amateur except when you spoke a lilacs you said ii locks uhieh is atrocious the correct pronunciation w lileac accent on lite and brino in ac after rather quickly so many people betray tlutnseltes uhenthey say li locks simple words ore ralhey difficult sometimes as on editor you should be an example mrs who was it once said that a rose by any other name would still be as sweet or something to that effect when the lilacs bloom again throughout the countryside and the air is heavy with their fragrance they ii still be lilacs and beautiful to look upon and inhale pronounce it as you like but in our amateurish way we adore them and always have since in our boyhood dayg vie used to come home in the early summer mornings with an armful after we had taken the cews out to the pasture lot rather interesting to no that in 1952 but ter salts gained 9 per cent u title marpann increased less than half a per cent in total production butter led tuo and a half times vsy noith e ait wtit award u canadian dr tharlea beat codiscoverer m inauun and one of the world a great medical scientists tins been presented with the alpha omo achievement medal the find time the award has been mode to a canadian dr beat has a country home nenr georgetown lanl years winner of iht nwnrri was pr albert einstein dr beit is ihe director of th banting and best department of medical research nt the uiitvcndy id toronto halton ghent town bninli could txiomc n ghost town says tin onkvtlk ltteord slnr if nil thi residents who y they plan to flee iwm thi villi where taxis havi ixm doubti il curry out their threats a surv j las ividenlly shown that quite i few are considering selling th n homes and moving nway sunn wish they lived in the township rather thin the village the tax nti hiked from j8 t 79 mills auction kale of antiques interested in luctions eviriitil ly a lot of people wore down oik villi wiy for in in mellon sile there two wnks iro 22000 thins ed hands onvied for unit were ifllli and ldlh cinlury fumltun and silverware lha1 itnlliue dealer prized highly 1arwml unit noli wan n sheraton ihne part dining table for 400 thi sale wan held in the nrenu parking ft id in onkvllli an in aunplrlotu dtittridiiih location f ge iiiiiik ailltii arten to parla purls wili the theme of dimrnl ions nl die annua at hnm- or thi inglimring fntultv of thi unlvir sitv of toronto hild in iht roy ill yoik until last wek cteverlv tonlrivid modi is of thi an d triwnptu tin flftel tow r and th moulin rougi wt re iumnnnled on widi ly in toronto now inrni ton gralulntlons from fnrthi r nway in charge of tin di rotation wjw andv m0i077i nn englnttrlng qludml whoso home is nl r r 2 aclon the family livid in town be fori moving to thi eountry thi thi mi of thi dance- was an evming in pin duties on all fabrics cntirini united slates average about 30 per tint for the united kinkm flkiirt ii 24 pir cent for cu it is 17 per cent reading befwean the linei the good old days may have seemed better mills and your dollars are tax collecting combination mills budkitsnnd istimatci ct the limilikhl in council n ports itross thi country is thi town fathers sit down to figure out juit how mahy dolhrs and cents you will be asked to contribute to tht town coffers this ytar probably every town goes about thi job of arriving at that figure in a different way but the local method is not too difficult to un derstand although it does involve a lot of late nights the town council is made up of five committees that take care of finance streets lights and gar bage public buildings park and arena fire and police and mdus trial each committee at the outset re views the expenditures of last year and their plans for this year estimating the amount they ex pect to spend on the items the totals constitute the committee budget that goes to oil finance committee besides all the individual com mittee budgets there arc rcquisi tions from the public and high school boards the tinmen the l and other sm prnrt estimuus are set by electtd representatives the public school board requisitions council for i certain i mount of money which they have estimated to re quire council cm make no change in ikls requisition usually at a special meeting the estimates are all brought together under the finance committee and the entire council considers the advisability of plans outlined in the various reports changes arc made and the total jumps around the final total is the deciding fac tor in the dollars you pay just how important is the bud git its mighty important when it has been set and the mill rate established there is no other vay of raising municipal funds unless a supplementary tax is levied whith is sddoiu dom nevir in the lusto y vi tan ncnll sup pumtntuy tixis in natunlly unpopular what in a mill the tax rate is estiblished in mills one of which is one dollir on viry 1000 or assessment an assessment on your house of 2 000 with a mill rate of 64 means you pay 1128 in taxes where does the money go sal artes insurance interest on loans election expenses legal and ourt costs maintenance of public buildings printing and postage compensation office expenses grants fire and police protection road and truck maintenance gar bage collection relief and indi gent patient accounts public and high school education mamten anct of the library park arena band planning board plus the large amount that is paid off an nually on debenture debts cover ing such items is the sewerage system the public school addition and waterworks besides direct taxation licenses ind permits grants ind subsidies back in 1903 frei the laeae ef the free pro of tharedajb february 5 1901 mr ulchard mnrsrtall of lime house had a very successful wood cutting bet inst thursday afternoon and their many friends which came in from tar and near were inter inlnitl in thi evining tin y danced tin liitht inntanlii iii uirly hi the morning a vi ry putty wi ddlng woi cc le brali d yiittirduy afternoon in waterloo whin mr wishv kit om of our most popular iiuhiiu sh nun and miss fditti royn of tin above town wi n uniti d in thi bonds of holy widlock miss wei hind of cnlt wns thi bridesmaid and mr nt il mi nnbb at artnn at tmdtd the niorn mr and mrs kit will in n fiw ilnys tnkt up nsldinci in n tosy luimi on bower avi wil ouavoyi b comidiiins hi id forth in thi own hall tun last wei k to good sbi d nudlmces robins were net n hen last wi i k weve had considerable mild weather so fat this fall the mimhirj of tin hoard of hinltli who hnndliil tht smallpox epidemic hen laid ytar ividtntly fnl thai ihiy havi doni thi tr whole duty as citlt ns in hot uipnrlty councillor lfynds ti rrn has expired and messrs w h kitiniynndj ll matuuws both le tub n d ihi ir n sigiinlioiis ihi rijird for tin pti sint jeiu will be reive swjii k namer c it rk moore nnd messrs george sope r tames m itthi ws and w 1 frick with di mt dorm id as miu 1 hinlih noir mr a 1 burns f r sousing ii his farm sloe k mil imp me mt lion on 1 1 id iv 1 th mst h id pinch iied i farm nt tr r mi r i md intinds n movinj to i in mireh id the debenture debt recover able contribute to the town treas ury the amount of money the town needs to operate is decided the assessment of tht town is known nnd from the two the mill rate is struck the next time citizens hear ibout taxes is when the bill ar rives tor the first instalment predictions on this years bud gef it should be lower out of respect to the taxpayer who took a heavy year without excessive complaining estimates received thus far have gone up or remain ed the same none yet have de creased but there are some items dealt with in last years budget that will not continue in this years at the united church of canada acton ontario a friendly church re e a turre ba bj mm i i baptist church actov dwight i pitterson paitor pirw mir 11 bower ave phone 208r back in 1933 from the lame of the free preat tt thareaay fertury i january 103 j could be recorded as oni cutihmioui month of thsw the lotal amount of old age- penslonh paid during tht first nlnr months of 1912 by the ontario govinimtnt was w 224 241 nt ighhors arid frknds of mrs john oltdkins and mb gibbon kothend ul their home on the thirrl lint to pt nd a sotml ivt nlng prior lo their removal to acton a pre it utatlein eif a silver casserole w i made during thi i vi nlng a quiet wedding w is solimni7i nl hock wood tiv riv john ijttli on friday evening when mtm ag ms t minin daiightirof mr geo mann and thi lali mrs mann alton wlh juiriiel in holy wed- iriek te mr albert win nen of mr and mri john wan camp blllville in thi united church acton ort jrinunry m whs solemnied the marring of marie tluiight r of mr nnd mrs nrhn mi wnt and ur hirold burns toronto son if mr william mum- i inebdowne and th mr- hui on ihi kit iii of ihe wir k tej he known is the pi i nnd hill tiem is r in fx w inlir h ahoci 1 of being firmed rhi n n 1 t nty clht ilklbll f r mi i hirhip from each of thi ivl i nr ritf born mif hif at ih horni arthur s aetoti oil r if f niiv fin 1 iiv il ill m 1 irr mobie nn c i ninn r sti r f nvll sir v mts f 1 rillv e inployi d stood hi 040 ir mir h lc2 ff thiii i2 010 e iked n ottiv y3 professional directory and travellers guide dr w g c kenney physjclan and surgeon office in symon block mill st acton office phone 78 residence hurch st phone im dr d a garrett physician and hargeon rur of willow nnd river entrance river street acton ontario phone 238 dr a i armstrong phynlcian and surgeon office 105 mill st east phone 574 dental dr a j buchanan dental surgeon office ltishmon block mill st office hours 9 am to 8 p m x ray telfphone 18 dr h leib dental surgeon office corner mill and frederick streets office hours 9 am lo 6 p m telephone 19 acton legal c f leatherland barruder a solicitor notary pttml office 22 phone re 151 acton lever hoskin t bartered accountant succissors to jfnkins and habdt i30 mttropolitan bldg 44 victoria st toronto fm 4 9131 albert j crandell chartered accountant main strttt georgetown office 654 rts 176b open wed ind fri evening and dll day saturday chiropractor veterinary b d young bvsc c l young dvm veterinary surgeons office brook wlh ontin phont milton ifi5r21 f g oakes v s b v s veterinary surgeon lj arton 3tor irbh the only paper ever published in acton founded in 1875 and published eer thursda at 5ff mill st e acton ont member oflhe audit bureau of circula tions the c w n a and the onunoquebec dnision of the cwna advertising rates on request subscnpuonspat able in advance 2 50 in canada js50 in the united states six months 1 50 single copies 8c authorized as second class matt post office department ottawa g a djlj editor and publisher business and editorial office teiejhowe 1 7 4 mi o m lampard a t c m ort mist and choir ltadt r slnpai february 8th lot 1000 i m sunda school th chn t mav peiil 11 00 am mornmt v h p suo jc our work ind wilms- pen nces thought for th week likc the old prophets jtsu- biluved thit god n he nil creator of the kingdom it was not to be st up b man madt evolut ion i w rauschenbusch no b might nor bv power but b m spirit aith the lord god bible thurda ribrn i 8 10 p m pmer mutiiif nd b b siud sun febrlar 8h tait 10 00 am sundi schi 1 and ad ult bible ck- brinn childr n don t just nd them 1100 i m morning sfic of worship dr bone- 00 pm eming wrh p 81 pm hi rig popls m t rfal efrtatt and inslrante wright real estate and insurance f 1 wr1cht li wiiicut 20 wilt ir si 61 medomull si aclon on i e h jnt i hrni y 1 1 nt 491iw valuators realtor lruuron mi mbi r kryin il lost t iti d j armstrong doctor ef chiropractic 15 frederick st n phone 550 i mi8celhaneou8 the victor b rumley i funeral home i funeral home heated aratmnuee phone 30 night or day serving the community for 46 ytars olive m lampard a t c m r mt organist and choir liader lniud church teacher of piano studio lnited church thursdays st idio 14 park ave guelph tflephonf so travellers guide gray coach lines ing mn ilph nd di bu presbyterian church in canada knox church acton rev robert h armstrong ma bd minister sunday february 8th 19s3 10 00 am church school 1100 a m morning service 1215 pm bible class 7 00 p m evening worship thv tn woil upon the lord shall renew their strength a warm welcome awaits you st albans church angflean sexagesima slnd february 8 19s3 830 ai 10 00 a 1100 ar 700 pi i holj communion i church school i beginners culss i eensong and serr all wetcoan mimbirs cuiiph and district insurance agents associati n a w r bracken tteal estate tnsu ranee fhone 28 acton iist jour farms business ir hi use wfth us we irivite vou to us our facilities in securing a purchase for our property lloyd e anllffe rr no 6 guelph phone hespeler 01 1 salesman r f bean general insurance 260 mill st acton phone 585 office hours 9 ajn s pjn 5 jo p m 0 pjn oa hfs lfavf attos l ah t bound r3fi a n w im im a m 2 ik y w iw pr n 633 pm 832 went bound ii m 12 s 27 sr p n 7 2 pm 1 vi pjn ii x 1 12 a m su a to kk rhir i r r 1 drill y xcee t sunday and koli b salt rdaj s undav and hoh davs i canadian national railways standard time eut bound dail 6 40 am daily except sua dajs 9 am 7 10 pm sunday nh 8 16 pm dallj except sun daj fket at georgetown 9 03 ara daih fler at georgetown 10 11 pm westbound daih except sunday and hon da 2 22 am sunday and monday onlv 1233 am daily except sun day 848 am 6 50 pm flagstop- 7 44 pm daily except saturday and sunday 6 10 pm saturday on ly 236 pm sunday only 043 am fugstop sunday only flyer at guelph 7 0s pm