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the acton free press acton ontario thursday may 14th 1u hum4bg brtw n thhim victoria day isnt 24th th year we find a new step in a sensible direction of observance of public holidays vic torie day will be observed not on may 24th but on the monday preceding that date midweek holidays enhn this- presentage anutsanos we can recall beck in the days of good queen vk torie that a holiday made little difference on what day of the week it fell that was before the days of easy travel and good roods and when industry was in small units and processes could easily be halted or deferred a day hereafter victoria day will come on a monday were all for such a movement that might also take in dominion day and make it the first mon day of july but perhaps its ust as well to go easy this year victoria day comes on a mon day when folks can enjoy a long weekend dominion day comes right smack in the middle of the week on a wednesday it s a good year to see which day suits the most people neweapaper publishers who recently faced another 10 increase in the price of news print urfll shed a tear for the poor paper manujactvren one firm report profit last year of 46 mwton an increase of 600fl00 over the previous year another firm had earnfno of almost 10 mohon after deduct tnp 42 million for depreciation and reptet ion end hoping a wet p of 38 million talcing a second look yai february we attended a directors meet ing of the canadian weekly newspapers assoc iation at which a brief was given approval for submission to the special committee of the house of commons on broadcasting the brief pointed out the need for a review of public ownership of broadcasting in view of the fact that now tv had come on the scene and whereas radio broad casting cost the public treasury only a couple of million dollars the new type of public entertain ment was likely to cost tens of millions of dollars the brief pointed out that while all canadians would pay for publicly owned tv stations not all canadians could secure reception it was quest ioned whether so much money should be spent to entertain canadians when so much was re quired for defence purposes in the light of this new circus for the public the brief stated that our whole policy of cbc tv should be re viewed it suggested that perhaps taxpayers would rather have a ten millioncut in taxation than the new entertainment we read the brief before we voted on it last february and we have read it several times since we were a bit surprised to read an editorial in the toronto star headed undermining the cbc the editorial went on to show what a fine public service cbc had rendered and expressing a shocked feeling that any group would dare to suggest any change the submission of the weekly newspaper dir ectors did not in any place we can find say that cbc had not given good service the heading on the brief was government and mass communi cation let us take a second look when it comes to expenditure of public money by the millions on entertainment for those who can afford tv sets end only those who can receive the programs is there any harm in taking a second look of course if we lived in toronto we might view the matter differently but being outside the realm of cultural influence of the big cities which will receive the most benefit of the public-paid- for entertainment we think the weekly news paper editors did canadians a good service in urging the committee of the house of commons to take a second look before embarking on costly public circuses and in raising the bas c issue back of public ownership perhaps the star didn t read the brief thor oughly before making its comment and perhaps its a bit peeved that the weekly press ra sed an issue which is said to have provided more sub jects for consideration than any other brief re ceived by the committee on radio this year still the biggest thlt week your editor was one of the guests of the ford motor company to see the first car come off the assembly line in the plant in tra falgar township since the visit was on monday of this week we must reserve our editorial com ment until next week s issue wove been reading a lot about this new giant industrial motor plant that is making quite a transformatton in the south pert of walton some way or other we can t help recall how the late reeve morden of trafalgar used to tell us on every occasion that was possible and particu larly at wardens dinners what a big share of the county taxes were paid by trafalgar town ship that was in the days when trafalgar was farm and residential properties it certainly ap pears that trafalgar is likely to hold the lead for many years to come more comment next week on the industrial life of trafalgar township from the atrhuon globe atrhuton kansas the world is dimded tnlo three group the moll one trhieh makes thing happen the fcrper one irhifh watches thtno happen and the mullttudc trhieh neper knows what hap cream producers were told that united state citrus growers doubted their canadian sale in 13 years by spending 3 per cent of their gross on adcertiinp whereas the canadian dairy industry spend one fifteenth of one per cent whats land worth not manyyears ago it was said the prices teirgjatacfmatmrtsni the buildings and the land was going for nothing tn ha i ton land prices have been bringing pretty fair prices in the south end of the county but not as much as some folks in other sections think we need to look at land prices in a more reason able light than some of the prices we hear quoted in the northern part of the county shtp performing ilaltonltes anyone seeing the new play society s annual musical review spring thaw in toronto will see a busy haltonite in the cast he s bill copeland son of lt col and mrs w m copeland eighth line north trafalgar as well as ap pearing in spring thaw copeland appeared in the play angelique it i i i i hart house theatre early this recently a big industry bought land in nelson monu he auo wrjteg nnd kivea bismiss dom in easygoing jogtrot sort of style in 1875 the foundation of any news paper makes a statement of po uey necessary and the policy is based on the personal opinions of an editor and publisher of course there is also the matter of location and equipment but in the first tames of the free press we find the customary statement of policy as well as a pleasant dance at tha village just two years after its in corpora uon in those early yean affiliation with some political party was almost a necessity for a news papers continued existence of course in those days too every man was a party man with a very small percentage of the papulation neutrals the pendu lum of tune has jogged the clock along and now many are neutrals when the free press got under way with volume 1 no 1 joseph hacking declared we propose that the free press shall not be devoted to the interest of any political party what matters it whether we howl against the tories or shout ourselves hoarse in reviling the grits who cares things looked bright lir artoir to joseph hacking in 1879 a number of villagers put their heads together and determined upon having a monthly fair i guess that was something similar to todays market the acton plow co was just being formed to manufacture plows on a large scale acton would have another industry to add to the 11l continued on page three the good old days may have seemed better north e ast west s outh largest ever one of the two oakville pipers the oakvllle trafalgar journil had 72 pages last week and believes it tht largest ever published in the county a ford commemorative section of 40 page dtalt exclusively 1th the n plant inthjwn township for a new factory railway and high way transportation adjoined and the price was 900 per acre a block of 500 acres directly across from the new ford plant brought 1000 an acre another farm of 80 acres well located in the new industrial section of halton brought less than 700 per acre halton county has an assessed acreage of 227 319 acres of thts amount about 4000 acres are within the towns of the county and roughly 223 000 in the townships pr about fifty five times as much farm lands as town property there s a lot of room for selection of location by any industry and it might be well to keep these figures in mind when making valuations fergus hit an all time high tax rate of 87 mus thts tear reassessment appears the only thing that bring mill rates down but really doesn t affect the amount of taxation paid helping hand to all this week there commenced in the district one of the most worthwhile appeals with which the people of this community are faced each year the salvation army is making its annual appeal for funds with which to continue provid tng help for the helpless the salvation army in canada is meeting human need irrespective of race creed or color people of all ages in spiritual or naetenal difficul ty find help and hope in its more than 100 social service institutions and numerous corps centres the redemption of the soul the rehabilitation of the body these are the twin aims of this army of the helping hand the prologues for victory at sea on television he studies at the royal conservatory of music and the conservatory opera school and hen he has time there is building farming and his favorite pastlime sailing another halton resident who treads the boards is british betty lcighton who lives in oakvillc she is often seen on television and has two roles in the shakespeare festival in stratford cats wood at 98 bronte s oldest citizen marked his 98th birthday on may 12 we don t know if his favorite occupat ion aids in his longevity but we ii pass it on anywiy each diy he cuts wood he nnd his wife are confident hell reach the century mark a local btkery has promised him a 100th birthday cake trout for streams halton girnt warden dudley hitchcox has been busy restocking the credit river black river s x teen mile creok ind twelve mile creek with brown and speckled trout another of the rime wirden s projects is i sea jimprey weir at the mouth of the twelve mile creek where the attendants arc netting about 500 or so lampreys every day he says he expects the catch to mount as warmer weather c imes i we wonder if he didn t think it was warm enough already the weir protects the young trout up stream fish catches are reported all over halton and two acton men have been ftnad for shooting ducks al ready a dead duck means the loss of two settings of eggs the game warden explained a trorid without a sabbath would be like a man urtthout a smile itfce a summer u ith out flower and like a homestead without a poxden it is the joyous day of the whole ueek h w beecher bumper chasers bumper chasers who follow too closely and cause rear end accidents are n for trouble under a new section of the h ghway traff c act which reads a driver shall not follow another motor vert cle more closely than is reasonable and prudent having due regard for the speed of such veh cle and the traffic upon and the condit on of the highway l cence suspens on can result from a con v c on under th s sect on follow ng an ace dent the distance regarded as reasonable and prudent is about onecar length for each 10 miles an hour of speed ln arton 3fm 1xbb the only paper ever published in actoa founded in 1875 and published every thursday at 56 hill si e acton ont member of the audit bureau of circula tion the c wna and the ontarioquebec division of the c w na advertising rates on request subscriptions pay able in advance sl50 in canada 1350 in the united states six months 150 single copies 6c authorized as second class mail post office department ottawa c a dui editor and publisher business and editorial office telephone i 74 noise in the house it week mrs fredi moreon of sixth line oakville thought she heard somebody in the house she struck a mitch to investigate and prclty soon she heard more the sound of fire reels of trafalgar no 2 ancloakyillc arlgnma therflam ing -head- of tho match ignited the curtains in her room a neighbor called the trafalgar brigade by mis lake but the township firemen put out the fire that by that time had devoured the bedclothes too after the firemen left the fire broke out again in a partition this time the oakvllle brigade roared to the house the police said that as far as they can determine there was no intruder in mrs moreon s house when sfte struck the match beware anyone who travels to the dun das highway or queen elizabeth highway through palermo had better keep this in mind the northwest trafalgar ratepayers association has decided to ask the trafalgar council to have the speed limit through the village set at 30 mph also on the request list a traffic light at the corner of the second line and dundas highway as a matter of fact drivers any where in trafalgar must beware the township has ipproved the pur chnsc of an electrically operated completely automatic speed timing device it will clock cars foing be tween 18 and 90 miles an hour it will cost ibout 500 and chief oliver savs its foolproof more industry there s i ood chince thit pa ermo rmy soon hive a metal stamp ing plint employing between 30 and 50 people the northwest tra filgar ritepaers association have approved the factory provided the planning board and neighbors a grce the factory site is on 10 acres of george fox s farm just east of the shell service station fronting on the dundas highway as you might have guessed th plant will supply ford asked why they chose palermo plant of ficials said they thought labor re lations there would be pleasant relations in another part of tra falgar aren t so pleasant in fact the oakville record star terms delicate relations between oak ville and trafalgar concerning joint servfees backinj903 from um bsee t no free pros of tftnmday may lith ims for some time negotiations have been in progress with a view to amalgamation of the glove business at w j chapman wlnfhftm with that of the canada glove works here arrangements are now about completed and mr chapman and his works will soon be settled in acton the anniversary entertainment given by the junior league last friday evening was an event interest the program included addresses by rev a b smith pastor and mrs j w oram sup erintendent music by the league recitations by bessie husband ab bie taylor myrtle matthews duet by flora speight and fern brown solos by bertie smith amy speight and hazel agnew instrumental duet by lottie and hazel mason several interesting dialogues and choruses and a well organized drill a unique feature was the render ing of two hymns in the mute language by miss maggie smith mr h p moore presided acton junur baseball club played and defeated milton la 4 saturday lo the tune of 32 t 21 runs it was a very poor exhib t inn of baseball acton having twen ty five errors and milton twenty seven to their credit the pretty dandelion profusely decorates the lawns now acton s streets lined with shade trees are handsome with the attractive ver nal foliage which has developed the past week back in 1933 rrmm the bbm the pre rrcw of tamrafaj may 11th lt3 the grass at the park had its first cutting last week the newly organized peel and halton exwarden a association held their first banquet in the vic toria hotel brampton on friday- evening at which their wives were guests the free press local sketch con test cloned last thursday and the judges assembled on monday for their task the individuals sket ched were a mason a t brown b d rachlln chas w wilson and e b barr the prizes were award ed to first j g ranuden second dron third mrs j kentner and fourth mrs a j murray the guesses on the weights were very close at the regular meeting of the parkview athletic club a minis ture six day running rice took place it had the thrills and spills of the real thing after continued running for half an hour the team of n anderson and d br wn were declared the winners the members of the world friendship club of dublin strei t united church guelph presented a fine pageant and concert in the united church acton on monday evening the pageant was entitled the striking of canada hour it was under the auspices of the women s missionary society died cook at thecuctph general hospital on wednesday may 10 1933 esther smith beloved wife of the late e k cook in her 80th year professional directory and travellers guide dr w g c kenney physician and surgeon office in symon block 3a mill st e acton office phone 78 residence 115 church st e phone 150 ry at the united church of canada acton ontario a friendly church rev e a carrey ba bd minister parsonage 29 bower avenue phone 60 miss o m lampard a t c m organist and cho r leader sunday may 1 th 1953 j rural life sunday i 10 00 am sunday school for christian character d v e p i 1100 a m morning worship th rev hugh mactaggart of bar i ne hill and barne h 11 choir 00 pm evening worsh p scr monelte j thought for the week it is not the business of chris unitv to provide an organization for the world but to infuse the spirit of christ into the organizat ions of the world i5r tisheri presbyterian church in canada knox church acton rev robert h armstrong ma bd minister sunday may 17th 1953 1100 am mom ng worship dr d a garrett physician and surgeon corner of willow and river sts entrance river street acton ontario phone 238 veterinary b d young bvsc c l young dvm veterinary surgeons office brookvillc ontario phone milton 165r21 f g oakes bv sc veterinarian office and residence 24 knox ave acton phone 130 legal c f leatherlan0 barrister a solicitor notary pobtto office hours 1000 am 12 00 anx 1 00 pm 500 pjn saturdays by appointment only office 22 phone rea 151 lever hoskin chartered accountant successors to jenkins and hardy 130 metropolitan bldg 44 victoria st toronto em 4 9131 gerald a candler chartered accountant monday to friday 7 9 pm saturday inm9im cbuopractor d j armstrong doctor of chiropractic 15 frederick st n acton phone 550 dental dr a j buchanan dental surgeon office leishman block mill sl office hours 9 am to pjn x ray telephone 148 dr h leib dental sorreon office corner mill and frederick streets office hours 9 am to 6 p m telephone 19 acton real estate and lnsurance 00 pn a war even ng worship i welcome awaits a i wright real estate and insurance wright b wright miscellaneous the victor b rumley funeral home funeral home heated ambnhvsmm phone 30 night or day serving the community for 46 years olive m lampard atcm rmt organist and choir leader united church teacher of plan studio united church thursday studio 14 park ave guelpb telephone 298 baptist church acton dwight l patterson pastor 19 wilbur st phone 2j thursday may 14 83 prayer meeting friday may 15 800 b y p u sunday may 17th 1853 10 00 am sunday school i 100 m morning worship the moslem hsnace 7 jo p m evening service st albans church anglican re ralph f price ba bd may lth 9m missionary sunday 9 00 am holv communion 10 00 am church school tl 00 am beginners class 1100 ara choral communion 7 00 pm evensong and sermon seeina then that tee hore a great high priest that u pasted into the heavens jesus the son of god let us come boldly tinto the throne nf grace that ct may obtatn mercy and find ororf to help in time nf need hebrews 4 14 16 69 macdonnell st pm 9 5 p n 20 wilbur st acton ont guelph ont phone 95 phone 4915w alaators realtors insurora member appraisal institute of canada member guelph and district real estate board mrmbers guelph and district insurance agents association w r bracken real estate hmraaw phone 28 acton list your tarms business or house wilh us fte invite vou to use our facilities in securing a purchase for our property llayd e aultffe rr no 6 guelph phone hespeler 701 salesman travellers guide gray coach lines coa hes leave actow da i ght siv ng time easlbonnd 638 am h 58 a m 1 1 33 s0h pm 833 pm si last ear over 5000 canadian received temporary food tempor ary shelter clothing or medical services through 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