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the acton free press acton ontario thursday april 16th imk best of the year spring is coming gradually we havent yet had any of those extra warm days that bring on growth too rapidly and make one shod garments too soon and later have to be put on again but the ground is drying up plowing is in progress and the land being made reedy for seed in the towns the lawns are being raked the spring flowers are in bloom and on can saw the grass getting on a more vivid hue of fresh green its a busy hm of year for the work of out-of- doors perhaps the busiest time of the year be cause whan summer temperatures come they take some of the ardour and bring on more of a holt- day spirit roads whfch have had the ravages of winter are being groomed for better travel and cars are more gleaming in anticipation of less mud then of course we have the constant reminder of spring in the ever increasing number of grass fires that get out of control and spread so rapidly to damage property yes all the signs of spring are with us these days and this is the most oyful of all the seasons of the year easier travel tast weeltwe visted bctdw thtrborder during asterttdajd did not g back home m time to write these columns which were prepared by our associate editor don t believe we ever saw so many cars before with ontario license plates which were travelling south of the border there was a time when canada was a tourist attraction for many citizens of the united states but the re ciprocity in travel now seems to be working very equally perhaps border regulations may have some bearing on the increased visiting many of the nuisances have been removed no travel permit is necessary to enter the united states for a brief visit and inspections seem to be kept to a mini mum in enforcing regulations of course the change in our money equality with the neighbors makes for easier travel we even found places where we were assured that canadian money would be accepted for purchas e but it is still more simple to use the currency in the country in which one is visiting and with which service stations and shopkeepers are familiar we think the visiting is good for both countries it makes for better understanding of the common problems which confront all who re side on this continent of north america longer evenings con be expected in the nor too distant future unih daylight racing tim generally scheduled to go into effect at the end of the month that alimyi length ens the hours of uwk or the amateur gardeners back to grandpas day it took a lot of work for grandpa to make a job for himself he invested months sometimes years of his life m clearing the land so he coutd really start to work and put in a crop for grandpa made hit own ob in years ahead the canadian worker will have to help provide h s own job too thinks the financial post this country is going to need a lot more investment capital and it will have to come from a lot of people who work in factories and stores and shops and who never called them selves investors wealthy men used to be able to prov de the funds for capital expansion even if the littlo man happened to know a class b common from a participating preferred he d dn t have the cash to buy either but t mes have changed the i ttle man makes more the bg man make relat vely less and there are m ii ons of i rtle men for every big man combined they hold the country s future n their hands for they have the capital the savings out of the r ncomes complications of modern f nance may be cloud the picture but today s workmgman s tn vestment though not as direct as grandpa s s just as important and has the same end wore jobs more goods more canada you set the rate municipal tax rates are being announced these days and the figures give plenty of variety in view of the fact that a change is gradually go ing on across ontario in the manner of assess ment the figures are not always indicative of the amount of money ratepayers contribute toward municipal expenditure in most cases the trend is up with other centres holding the rate at the same figure as last year and a rare case of lower rates walkarton has announced a rat of 86 mills an increase of 10 mills over last year chesley will levy a rate of 69 mills which is five mills above last years levy coming to our own county of halton milton and georgetown have held their levy at the same rate as last year which is 56 mills in milton and 43 in georgetown the rate in burlington ts up three mills at 38 mills and oakville has a six mill increase to bring the rate to 41 in bronte the rate has nearly doubled at a figure in the seven ties acton has reduced the rate by 13 mills for 51 mills this year interesting too are the reasons given for the general increase in taxes and most common one put forth is increased costs of education it is however well to remember that municipal ser vices are 0st like eveiyomercommodity the- trend has beentorrn6eve7vlcesexpecied from the municipalities and increased costs compara tive with those in other lines of business have had to be faced there has been a common fallacy prevalent for many years that if the town provides the services it doesn t come out of the individual s pocket book the same reasoning has been ap plied by many folks to the expenditures of pro vincial and dominion governments tax paying time provides the proof that this reasoning is not sound its the people of any community who set the rates of taxation that shall be levied for the services which are provided councils and public bodies try to interpret and guide in the overall matter of expenditure roodtog btfwhfi ttm tin federal charity is costing you money lets have individualism by jtm dills it may not be a purely local question but it concerns all arejs in canada greatly and that is what about charity considering the charitable drives thart are made on a nal lonal scale 1 recently heard a point advanced that per eent of national or provincial charity was collected and administered by the government with more than 200 individual organizations collecting the remaining ave per cent charity under the government side constats of tamily allowances old age pensions mothers allow ancea and simitar forms of wel fare the hanover post commented recently one of the human rights that is threatened by the modarn crau for having the state provide for all our needs with equal tharm for all regardless of our contributions to the pro ductlon of them is our right as individuals or as families to live within our means and do without the things we cant afford the man of independent mind wants his children brought up in the belief that in this world they are entitled to only what thpy can cam and should pride them selves on giving value for evtry thing they get the barnc ontario examiner paints out that the federal social security package works out in direct and indirect taxes at 284 for the average family of four the cam rose canadian a bertai comments we don t want anyone from saskatchewan or dc to try and tell us that tlty gel it health insurance fro except for direct charge of 30 per family for every dollar col lectcd in this manner in 1932 the province of saskatchewan had to lay out an additional dollar and a half from public funds the camrote editor in conclusion points to a si 4 million loss in saskatchewan s government auto insurance business if you happen to be filling out your income tax form you 11 notice there are two columns of figures before you arrive at your total you should notice that ok one column is titled old age security tax in a moderate in come range this year it costs you 11 to 16 for the old age pen ston the indication of costs of these welfare measures on the form is indeed a wise one in the interests of a more informed public that may eventually not ask govern ments to provide everything perhaps there will soon be a general awakening to a little more individualism iff more than the law many people may not be aware of the fact that the ontario law states that parents may not leave their children alone or in improper hands while fhey visit beverage rooms the wisdom of such a law comes to attention in a case of a mm nesota man who left his children in the car for several hours with the motor running while he was in a barroom the children died of carbon monoxide poisoning sometimes much of our socalled uvenile de linquency is improperly named and the delin auency is adult rather than tuvenile besides the duties specified by law parenthood carries an obligation which is sometimes overlooked a growing province since 1939 ontario s population has grown by 28 5 per cent rising from 3 708 000 to 4 766 000 m 1952 over this same period the number of i ve births rose from from 64 100 to an all time high of 124 600 in 1952 an increase of 60 500 or 94 4 per cent the natural increase births less deaths stood at 26 600 in 1939 rose to 67 200 n 1947 and cl mbed to a record 80 300 m 1952 ontario s birth rate per 1 000 population rose from 17 3 in 1939 to a high of 26 1 in 1947 and after a moderate decline again equalled the pre vious h gh of 26 1 in 1952 ontario s natural in crease rate has followed a pattern similar to that of the b rth rate in 1 939 ontario s rate of natu ral increase was 7 2 per thousand populat on by 1943 il had reached 10 2 and m 1947 rose to 16 1 in the next two years the rale of natural increase dec ned but n 1950 it took an upsw ng and in 1952 establ shed a new hgh of 16 9 in 1 952 ontar o s birth regstrat ons were 5 2 per cent above those of a year ago quebec reg stered an ncrease of 3 5 per cent and cana da 3 9 per cent ontario s natural increase total led over 80 000 about 9 500 more than the pre- v ous year high m 1951 both the rates of births and natural increase approximated the highest level this province has experienced since 1900 10 years old george hemstreet of milton eel ebratcd his 100th birthday on sat urday april 4 mr humstrcct con remember when milton was lit with oil lamps if the moon shjni brightly th lamps were left of i when the municipal electric sjrs urn was installed in 1908 he did the accounting work and read the meters he was formerly a member of council assessor town clerk am treasurer and tax collector many years of service to the tow n ire behind him indicates price upswing the highest average at a dispr sal sale of holsteins in canada since 1950 was realized when thi romandale herd of s b brown king was sold at oakville on march 31 the 64 head bringing a total of 50 225 for a general aver age of 784 the highest individual prices since the fall of 1951 were paid with the top figure of 9 000 being reached twice buyers from argent im colom bia mexico and usa bid againl the larre crowd of local breeders present birthday for ford i ford motor companv if can ada celebrates a birthdav this vcar ii was just 50 years ago thit a little horseless carnagt factory started up in detn it dung biimn ess under the name of ford mitor company the inniersary vcar find fird f canada well into the biggc x pin ion of its history and jne f the lirgcst industrial expanini prognms canida has ever se n in miv cars will begin coming off ihe line in the giant new assembly plant at oakville to celeb au thus 50th anni ersarv fori if cimda is planning a big nat in v de birthday party for friday fergus shoppers were aked whether they would rather the the good old days may have seemed better back in 1903 from the isuue of the free rreaa of thursday april tft ims the easier register of friends ho spent foster at acton and dt ixcns who visited eisewhere includ es mr james coleman and miss ethel at london mrs ed nicklin and miss jessie nicklin at guclph mr john kerr brown college of pharmacy toronto mrs john lambert and children of toronto at mr w h speights miss minnie bennett of clay hill at her fathers home miss brankley has returned from montreal mr d henderson mp from ottawa mr- john mc cann of bracabridge mr george oram at toronto miss minnie holmas at owan sound miaf bena wallace from london to her home exmayor b k nelson and masur elftwd of guulnh the annual meeting of acton tennis club was held last week and officers were elected as follows hon pres mr a h devitt pres ident f h moore vice president ade e fyfe sec treasurer miss clara e moore committet of management r b scott and j f mutne membership committee misses laird nicklin and holmes while going up the street the other dav chief law son spied two boys with air guns shooting at birds county consttbles hive bet n notified to nbhirvt the strict st hi forctnicnl or th law against th carrying of firearms and the shoot j of insect ivirous birds acto lodge is o the higntoatt to an era of uhusuarprotpcrirs back in 1933 from uw bane of um vrtm rruw of tharaday april is ww dont cut across the boulevard and lawns at this lime of year the thunderstorms of monday morning wre quite heavy for this- lime of year the baseball club has been org anized for the year again and it looks as if acton would have m good entry this year the sixteenth anniversary of the storming of vlmy ridge was ob served on saturday evening at the meeting of acton post bjlsl many reel old soldiers war tfaare among the younger ones woo toldt jtorias of former wars a moating of thoaa interested uv the improvement and toeauttttcauoo of tho pioneers cemetery in acauo was held m she council chamben- mr w a laany was chosen chair man and mr n p moore secre tary trustees will be appointed later wald1ewalker at the home of the bride a aunt mrs jamea hodden toronto on tuesday april 11 1933 by rev w t mccrce mlllicent arunold eld est daughter of rev and mr andrew walker of tjoydminster soak to rev john robert wal die b a of walkers son of mr and mrs donald waldic acton died gamble at the home willow street acton on sunday even t tginwtf-thc-late-frflnjt- stores remained open on friday saturday evening recently the vote was sponsored by the retail merchants association there boxes for ballots placed in the stores the result 364 for friday nighi open 220 for saturday clonk for spring different people think spring he re for different reasons last week in the section of the georgi town herald devoted to news from the high school one of the students reported how anyone around the school knows spring has arrived the school has broken out in nsh of baseball she says it isn t safe to wilk across the field for fear of being clonked on the nog gin xavier xampbell you likely have heard by m of oak ille residents compliinu about their water the wormwood flavor ind town dump aromi not only did ross e campbell of the secnth line down then hjve to dnnk the water like everyone else he had to take the brunt of a lot of other people s complaints i ton in the telephone directory he i is listed right above ross m camp bell the county s sanitirv nsp c tor as vou sec by now he is ailed bj mistike when the towns itii tastes flsh from oakv ill comes tht report that ross f dcs not know whether to have his phone tiken out or whether hi should chingc his name to xivier bachelor gals spared i oakville s bachelor girls wont hae lo pav 10 poll tax for this voir at least the council wanted to tax unmarried girls as well t men but minister of municipal af fairs george dunbar explained thit onlj new legislation which could not be enacted until the next ses sion could ok such a move so gals farther north are quite saf too professional directory and travellers guide medical dr w g c kenney physician ano sargeon office in symon block mill st acton office phone ts residence chorea st phone im dr d a garrett physician and sargeon corner of willow and river sts entrance river street acton ontario phone w8 dr a i armstrong physician and sargeon office 105 mill st east phone 574 veterinary b d young bvsc c l young dvm veterinary surgeons office brookville ontario phonemilton 165r21 f g oakes bv sc veterinarian office ind re sidi nee 24 knox ave acton phone 130 miscellaneous hp at the oaky paper ever pamished in acton founded in 1873 and published every thursday at k mill st e acton ont member of the audit bureau of clrcula uons the c w na and the ontarioquebec division of the c w n a advertising rates on request subscriptions pay able in advance 250 in canada 150 in the united states six months si 50 single copies 6c authorized as second class mail post office department ottawa g a dilu editor and publisher t business and editorial office telephone 174 united church of canada ac ton ontario a friendly church ret e a carrey ba bj minister parsonage 29 bower avenue phone 60 miss o m lampard at cm organist and choir leader sunday april lth 1953 i 10 00 am sunday school fari god guided citizenship 1100 am morning worship ri peating the easter cantata the thorncrowned king 00 pm evening worship spe i cial service s s scholars and c g i t assisting choruses scripture readings colored moving picture nakamia thought for the week 5 first lesson the first lesson of religion is the things that are seen are temporal the unseen el ernal rapttst church j acton t dwigbt l patterson pastor i parsonage 115 bower ave phone 208r thurday april 16 8 pm mission circle thankoffenng speake- 1 mrs j b mclaurin sunday april 19th 1953 10 00 am sunday school 1100 am morning service 30 p m evening service 8 30 pm young peoples the victor b rumley funeral home funeral home heated ambulant phone 30 night or day serving the community for 46 years presbyterian church in canada knox ravrch acton rev robert r armstrong m a bd minister saturdav apnl 18 230 leader ship training school sunday april i9th 1953 10 00 am church school 1100 am divine worship 200 pm leadership training school 7 00 p m young peoples serv c a warm welcome awaits oj st moans church anglican rev ralph e price ba bd rector second sunday after easter apnl 1 i53 9 00 am no service 10 00 a jn church school 1100 a jn beginners class 11o0 a m choral communion 7 00 pm evensong and sermon all welcome hammocks are becoming a thing of the past in the roval canadian navv as new warships are con st meted and older ships modified and refitted folding steel bunks art- installed in messdecks dental dr a j buchanan dental sargeaa office leishman block mill st office hours 9 am to 6 p m x ray telephone 148 dr h leib dental sargeon office comer mill and frederick streets office hours 9 am to 8 pjn telephone 19 acton chiropractor d j armstrong doctor of chiropractic 15 frederick st n acton phone 550 lfgal olive m laaapard at cm rmt organist and choir leader lnited church teacher of piano st idio united church thursdays studio 14 park ave guelph telephone 296 travellers guide gray coach lines 0xhes leave acton east bound rth am 85b a m 11 33 a m 218 pm ioh pm 633 pm 8sj pm 9w p weatbeuad 10 2 am 1212 pm 2 17 p m i pm t pm 9 12 pm 1132 pm 112 am sun to kit chener onl a daiiv except sunday and holt b saturdav sunday and holl days c f leatherland barrister a solicitor notary pabuo office hours 10 00 am 12 00 am 100 pm 500 pm siturdis bv appointment only offire 22 phone res 151 acton lever hoskin chartered accountants successors to jfnkins ad bardt 1305 metropolitan bldg 44 victoria st toronto fm 4 9131 albert j crandell chartered accountant main street georgetown office 654 res 176r open wed and frl fveninga and all day saturday gerald a candler f bartered accountant mfndav to friday 7 9 pm saturday from 9am v mill street f phone 561 artrtn canadian national railways staaoaro ttaae dailv 640 a m daily except sun days 954 am 7 10 pm sunday only b 16 p m daily except sun- dav fiver at georgetown 9 05 am daiiv fiver at georgetown 1011 pm westbound doitv except sunday and moo day 222 am sunday and monday on 123ft am datlv except san- da 8 48 am 650 p m flagstop 44 p m daily except saturday and sundav 610 p m saturday on it 2 36 pm sunday only 9 43 im flagstopi sunday only flyer a4 guelph 7 05 pjn reai f8tate and ivhuranci wright real estate and insurance f i wright n b wright 20 wilbur st 69 macdonnell si aclim ont guelph ont phone 95 phone 4913w alualon realtors toamroru member appraisal institute of canada mrmben guelph and district real estate board members guelph and district insurance agents association w r bracken real estate tnonraaw phone 26 acton list vout farms business or houoe wilh us we invite you to use our faeilities in securing a purchase for your property uor e- auuffe rr no ft guelph phone heopeter 701 r f bean 2g0 mux st acton phone 585 omce hours 9 am 3 pm 5 jo nm 9 pjn