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the acton free press acton ontario thursday february ml thay need our help all citizens will welcome the news that a notional cdhadian organization has been set up for aiding the flood victims of britain holland and belgium local organizations end societies can of course give impetus and give the local attention which means so much but the committee set up under the chairmanship of the governor general which includes the prime minister and leaders of all political parties can consolidate and make most effective the distribution of the funds made available administration costs are being kept to a mini mum you can make your donation at any chartered bank and the sooner you make your contribution the sooner canada can give its aid to those good friends across the ocean who have suffered so much from the ravages of floods many of these friends of canadians have lost their homes belongings and in rnany cases their land to help reestablish them is a call we must heed they have suffered much during the past few years through war and now the flood calam ity has struck help them now in iheir time of need and please return this book you may irof my friends are poor arith meticians thou are nearly all good oook keepers sir waller scot t off again back again for two days this week your editor will be in ottawa attending the directors meetings of the canadian weekly newspapers association at tending will be editors from every province in the dominion we write the editorials before we leave for the capital and hope to be home again the day the free press is issued it will be a busy two days the agenda calls for discussion and business sessions both days there will be a meeting with the prime minister and cabinet luncheons and dinners at which prominent canadians will be guests and speakers it is very probable that next weeks editorial columns will be devoted to com ment on these two days spent m ottawa it s one of the cities we like very much and it always holds a new interest for us on every visit barring older people from employment u fonutmn0 we imply cannot afford warm the vancouver sun the everaam agt of the popuiahoirati at hfttt teblu end old age petition roll only too ac citrattly tell vs f we go on adding more and more people to the unemployment hit well oon have to be providing itste pemioni for half he population wholl pay or the pen kms the other hal of the population the working half of court not in our town indications are that new home budding for this year will top the high record of canada as a whole over last year there is no shortage of labor or materials it is said that the most serious obstacle to check residential construction in canada is the shortage of serviced land and the reluctance of municipalities to provide it such is not the case in acton there are still plenty of good building sites within the munici pality where all services such as schools water sewers and hydro are easily available if the demand for more areas is made there is plenty of fine building land which can easily be brought into the town boundaries and secure the services that are enoyed by any city dweller adequate highways and means of travel are available from here to larger centres buildina sites are reasonable in price and allow for every one to have ample lot size about h s home there aren t any obstacles n building at all for those who choose such towns as acton for the home serviced land may be scarce for those who build m the larger centres but such s not the case here victoria day will br t burn j n may ijtih ill ifr no f drniin could be bfiordim rtmiliar onudr roi grew uoulri te martcrd sunshine budget l the budget given on thursday evening by finance minister abbott was one that brought pleasure to most canadians and it must have been one that was a pleasure to ihe minister to present to the minister of finance comes all the calls for money and to him comes the unpleasant and often criticized task of levying the taxes to raise the funds that all departments of govern ment spend and which are ever increasing vfhen congratulations are in order mr abbott should therefore get the applause income tax down 1 1 lower prices on cigar ettes no more radio licenses or stamps on cheq ues increased deductions for medical expenses changes favorable to the small business man and cheaper books and benefits to farmers and busi ness men are among the budget good news there is the good news too that canada has reduced her debt 30 per capita since 1946 of course publishers are pleased to have ihe 10 sales tax taken off newsprint and ink used in printing newspapers it will compensate for the raise in january of 10 per ton in the cost of paper and help o maintain prices as they are v ith this consideration any increase in our sub scnption prices will not be necessary in the fore seeable future but perhaps the greatest satisfaction comes in the fact thatatiastiaxes are lower fotyeazsc budget time always seemed to bring more de mand for more taxes- perhaps wedare lo hope that with the 1953 budget the trend has started the other way and individuals will get more of the money they earn and less levy of taxes it might aptly be termed a sunshine budget for everyone since the tax cuts mean that canadians will keep a million dollars a day as a result of it any army which uses rifle fire when it should be using artillery will lose the bolt it- 1 not the war and any merchant who de cdt upon some lesser medium of advertis when he should be using newspapers uill lose sales if not his shirt this remark was made by howard marfc advertising manager of robert simpson co in addressing the an nual meeting of the national retail dry goods association what is von week in these days when we hear so much of the shortage of hospital accommodation in spite of great building programs it is refreshing to have a week this week known as victorian order nurses week or v o n for short the primary purpose of the victorian order of nurses is to care for the sick the aged and maternity patients in the homes convalescent patients often occupy hospital space which is needed for those requiring hos pital treatment the attention which convalescent patients receive in a hospital can frequently be provided at home by a graduate registered v o n nurse at moderate cost both the patient and the victorian order of nurses are helping to ease the country s acute shortage of hospital beds under the order s home nursing service plan two general categories of services are sup plied by the von for patients at home 1 care of patients requiring general nursing services special treatments dressings compres s or irrigations visits are made daily if neces sary 2 part time care of persons suffering from long term illnesses or the infirmities of old age these von services are in addition to many ethers which include instryction to the expectant mother on the proper care of a baby attendance at delivery if requested demonstrations on the correct way to bathe a baby assistance with the labys schedule and help m preparation ot the formula if the baby is not breast fed avon nurse w ii call at the home of ai y sick person and minister care under the direction of a phys c an all of the orders services are available to ail canadians in every walk of lift regardless of race color creed or financial states the cost to the patient of each v sit by a nurse s based on ability to pay there s no appeal for funds during von week the purpose of the week is merely to focus attention on the great service beng per formed by the order there are 113 brands and the nursing staff s now 534 n h north e ast writ mare fluid victim a gcorrt towjji mother and her child wtrc drowned in ttu floods in holland you will rt i all now there la a possibility that a fortmr gturftilown family nre nho count cd anions the vkunw of the dls aslcr ii was heard tv someoiu owr the- radio ijiat n dutch fnmih anil hi ir laughter who hnd livid in gtorkeown wi rt aiimni t dead the- description f ittt d mr and mn oukc mulder and their daughter francis who had movtd in fn gland thty lived at llmthoute btfort com in tf in georritown mrs muld or was an english girl good sign signs of a growing town says ihe weekly paper in georgetown georgetown will havi strcit nurr boring this year valuable course a bit north of halton in erin ihe business mens association is planning a different kind of public service a st johns ambulant t course considerable discussion among certain circles in erin re garding first bid says the erin advocate has prumpttd ihi erin buslmts mens ashih iatlon lo take action in this ngird th dlvls lonal superintendent of ihe nmbul mice divlsum has ulnady address ed a group and hilped plan foi ih course thi boy scoiils fir men and citiz ns in giniril kill btriifil us felt local woman juror trving as a nn mbi r of hi gnmd jury in milton inst wnk u is tin first georgi town 1 idy ms walter pick it is thi first year of coursi that ladus have be n dig iblc to nerve coronation plan actons committee to plan for a coronation celebration was i hosen this wtek but i hi group cant make plans unlll the v know how much miimy is at their disposal in oak villi a femnd ulttmpl is ik lug made to form a nronatlcm lommitto v ry ft w rtprcitntai ivts shuwtd up at tht first muting om of tht two oakvilli ntwspap- trs reports that it is hoped trafal gtr township bronte and oakvil will unitt to plan how tht lortni atitm will bo marked in tht south of the county grudge agslnat rcenu a former scoutmaster hugh da vid walker of hamilton a mem ber of the canadian army pro vost corps at camp borden wtrc dynamited and set fire to the boy scout camp at mount nemo in re vcrrgi for being dismissed from the movement was remanded ir court at milton for a mental exam nation in a statement read bj crown attornly i itiyd d dlngft qc wnlker said hi had tjjwtflgt against the boy scouts it was the second time he had carried out a revtngiful action against the boy stouts said walklr in october of 19i2 he said hi broke into one of tin sluping huts at thi camp and smashed the furmttm invitation lo coronatlol tht mayor of gutlph has cd in invitation toalttn tin illon mayor wtirlun royal city hnsn i madi reading between the linet swimming pool started in 1947 what has happened since then ret vi f mcculcneon and the 1947 acton council called a public inciting in september 1947 at which no oni voiced disapproval of tht construction of swimming pool in acton since then there havi been two othir public mett ings and 28 committii meltings none of the money has been sptnt and during thi period that has t lapsed interest has been ad ded to the committee funds in a close survey of the committii minutes i found that the commit tee faced canvassing problems steel and cement shortages and engineer difficulties it is quite evident that the com m ft tee appointed at a public meeting june 2 1946 consisting of a mason chairman j roy at on vicechairman j mcgeachie sec rotary and j creighton treasurer as well as the sub committees were well aware of the thoughts be returned at a bogging down point in the campaign the minutes make several re ferences to discussion on the pos slbilily of returning funds and whether the committee had the powir to spend them complies tion on refunds pushed progress and the committee carefully checked finding thiy had power to go ahead meetings were held in 1948 with industry organizations and busi mss men when all pledged sup port one contest for the kids in the early stage of the compaign oftired as a prize the chance for the first dive i was rather amus ed wondering just who it was and if he or she would still welcome tht opportunity lx ing mix yiam older in siptimbr is 1948 j roy ston was put in charge of the busintss nuns canvass and dr garrett in chargi of the indus trial campaign an engineering committee was set up may 26 1949 and met with council to stake out the area in the park thi location of the pool in prospect park was ap proved by a citizens meeting in jum of 1948 according to the minutes there appeared to be a breakdown in the canvassing of business and in dustry in july 1949 by august 3 1950 the total cost of the pools was estimated at 20 000 without bath houses and the treasurer re ported about 8 000 in the bank in the same month at a later meeting with a complete break down of costs the total reached 21 iso and steel and cement wore repo ha lo g delegates were named in march 1951 to meet the halton up hughes cleaver in an attempt to get steel none was forthcoming in october 1951 the engineers had ailed to provide plans and the contract with r v anderson was cancelled on jan 16 1952 another engineer was interviewed without satisfaction the com mittce engaged barnet and relder to draw plans for junior and senior pools and working draw ings for the junior pool and dns sing rooms at a meeting on june 23 1952 at that meeting it was reported that all money was still on do posit and would probably provide continued on pope three the good old days may have seemed better back in 1903 from the issue of the free press of thursday february t6 ism any desire tht municipal round may havl for tht hi trod in lion of moral n forms rnlotihil t uplilj t lx i hit p nllv slriiigiht in d iiid of strong d putalinn tiflt uluig citirens ut tht met ting on moiul ly tvmmg thi di iiiliiuon was in i rod need by h p moure j p who stated that thty fill as citizens that i hi lime bail rume when concerted action should bi taken by the council and those interested in the mora we fare of the community for the rt moval of unnecessary temptations from the path of the rising genera tion and the enforcement of the law to this end the de putatlon would especially impress upon the council the desirability of pausing a cigarette by law with a prohibl tivc license fee and a commit ionors to include in their regit la tlnns all bar moms to tx lnod at 9 pm insttad of ii at pr 1 nt dr j m macdonald thought ihi pirnlrious habit of smoking cigar elus was injurious to all who indul ged in it dr mcktagut aid dr maediitnld both agrt e ih it the know of cases pr s idinlly whirt ilgnnil iixt ma w ks r ntilly or physi lv if mnu 1 1 young im in v i in i v ai i in d ml 1 1 til i first limi and alllowtd u stand for twn wci-ks- tjujjccjisc iecpcopusel is 0t and tht- pennltio- for vi tion 10 lo 50 or m dtfiult i thrtt months unprisnnmi nt jtihrustin md und rt k ltvt thirgtd tin ii fifth fun jus wi t k lot ty back in 1933 from the laue of the free press thursday february u litt of winduiry this year ingut wil with th ittldl t t this hit artn i may w ii h ttnmd the fomiminitv tuitrt trf arum during the wfrtter monlhs for taking rluthts olt i clothes line by otht r than the ipproved mt thod a- man in oakvilu received 30 days at the handd of acting magistrate w a firrah one hundred criminally insane wi re transft rred from tht ontario reformatory at guelph to i new building specially designed for their accommodation it pt nt tangulshene ontario the transfer was carried through without i hitch at the annual matting of acton rrte library board mr a t drown was re eltcted chairman and h n fitrmir s en t iry treasurer for another yt ir it was decided to loan the public school certain books angt n not in freqi tht same tinualinn school th heardmtn hiwi it in shnri on sltiird ly ulatinn with i ih d ted ndiiti hihiliot clark willei m a hocky game by 4 1 the inter playtd i good tx imi monday whi n a r toronto won by 4 3 j0ieb mt utt hfon at the- horn r -nf- ht r broth r mrs- ifisun mccut chlun lut 10 ilcund 11m jbriri township in thursd iy fi bruary 111 itttt mtaarit mttutihion in ht r 82nd vt ir professional directory and travellers guide medical dr w g c kenney physician and surgeon office in symon block mill st acton office rbone is residence church st phone is dr d a garrett physician sad surgeon corner of willow and river sts entrance river street acton ontario rkeae 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