Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), July 16, 1953, p. 3

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thursday july ittk ku the acton free press acton ontario pollock and campbell high mam memorials memorial cnokaving 41 wmw nmi oait prmnctfj by knjmfhh tobooco cowpttw ol canodo urnftwd ot o pub he mfvtc formldabk pistols came from ireland prank mcintosh thawed the free pros recently two u th relics of early days nut ki for a long time they were two flint pistols which originally came from ire land one at them had brass circle on the handle labeled prince waterloo the plitou wore quite formidable looking weapons they had the wooden peg attached for lamping in the powder and from the site of the barrel would fire a smalt cannon ball fran was very fortunate to secure ihem for hi already fine collection teller look here zekc weve been honoring your cheque aim ed with two xs for years now youve suddenly added a third x whats the idea zek waal ye see ini flggcrtn to get married an dutey sea she thinks i ortcr to hsc a middle name i orr suns itacnon m wow mhmm yirtfont i ifutthw on your jkait mmhu mowl toth servke station l mk w ifajwiwoiy w acmm osh pmm 32wn lorne garner motors ltd 45 mtlo s w aomi ok nw411 plumbing heating hot watfr steam air conditioning heating supplies oiltm ana petty iinied sybil rknvktt i am the progrefsssive conserv atlve candidate tor the county of llalton and as such through th columns of this paper i wish to deal with the issued relevant to the federal election campaign in which we are now engaged in the next tew weeks therefore- i shall dis cuss tome of the problems facing canada as a whole and halton county tn particular and deal with my party s platform and the elect ion twites is thev arise thi progressive const r alive party has accepted the challenge to aggressive and positive action in facing the proble ms of this country and laying down a program design ed to deal wllh the needs of the people by straight forward and im mediate action the ptogrcsalv e conserv atlve party platform in brief is 1 contributory health insurance in cooperation with the provinces 2 tax reductions of 500000000 yearly s sales and excise tax exempt- ions fo m incial confec- enre to revise tax system 5 reduction in the cost of gov ernment by increased efficiency 8 restoration of the supremecj of parliament 7 senate reform 5 new laws to curb communism 6 restoration and expansion of world markets 10 pair tloor prices tor farm product 11 review of national labor leg islation 15 low cost housing program 13 improved freight rate struct ure m review of civil service lefts inlton ik nation il polity to exploit national resources 16 full support for the common wealth un nato and other world oodles in the articles to follow 1 shall deal with those points of the plat form thut pertain and havi direct relation lo the people of the counlv of halton such a reduction nf tax atlon contributory health insurance n loweast housing program for men ind woimn in the medium and lower salirv brackets improv ed prut x for farm products liv thi rtvlorition mil ix mutton of world nuirki ts to inrrcase thi diminish mi returns to thi farim rs of this co tiu md un l tuntrv ns n whole nnd the otln r intt eiorilu up pli ihh to il hlf lu i till 1 lit it oil illtl kllh ilk thl pi k im l i ill m pt development of the north american continent and supported by richly productive agricultural lands over all this is the genius and resource fulness of the men and women of halton county which has in time past and will tn years to come give it a place of leadership in this nation t know the county of halton and the progressive history of its people for i come from a family that has lived in this county for over one hundred and fifty years for the past sixteen years i have practiced law in georgetown and during thai time 1 have bnn concerned with the problem of the farmers in duslrial workers merchants pro fessional people and all other clas ses of citizens of halton county and my business social and other interests are centered here i have a deep and abiding faith in the future of this county and i feel that 1 can serve you diligently and effectively japanese visits was enemy pilot a former kamlkase pilot with the japanese air force a christian who ts now working for his degree of doctor of philosophy at the state colu ge of iowa in the slates visit ed on a recenj weekend with the members of thi vs mens club in acton tamlo kato who wtts shot down b allied aircraft three times during the war is visiting several ys mens clubs in ontario and acton was specially selected to be includ ed on his itinerary mr kato ar rited saturday june 27 from kitchener and was met by jack greer last month he received degree of master of arts in education from iowa university of his return to japan ho owllt loach at kobe col- j henderson store lege tor women in ilus f i nnlr nni i id studied mill oll ill i ighed i nit nation il nniutiitiils f mtlti r of tiv m ih i si irlv which was founded by congrega tional missionaries in 1073 the son of christian parents he is married and has two sons he has nol seen ihc youngest yet during his visit in acton mr kato visited with vs men garnet mckcntie j mcgeachlc cliff sut ton and john moles attended ser vice at st albana church and en- joyed a dinner at terra cotta inn members of the acton club gather ed at the different homes to talk wllh the young japanese interested in adult education and y work he was shown through the aclon ymca mr kato told of being in the ocvan for three days after being shot down he was beaten uncon scious when he was caught reading his bible whlk he was in the air force iu i xplained hnt of a popu lation of 80 million in japan about four million ure christians about half of these un protestant nnd half catholic ik htmslf it a congrega tuinalisl discussing bombing raids over tnkvo wilh an american pilot in the sliln mr kito snid he reached the cotiiiuiion thut he shot down tile aim rknn pilot who was bomb fug hie rltv that amt rienn is now one of hit liest frit nds moikiiu 11011 iik in 1 fl acton tor niukirn y ilit nnd from thin he n turned to thi stitrs as well a ac liivi ht vst 1 n wm tvir t liatham lb inttii l iml kiti h it r in hti first readers add detail to tintype colonn thanks lo the many readers who have written and tokt us how the latest free press feature tales on tintypes is being enjoyed we are happy to be able to reproduce so many of the photographs which t brown preserved down through the years and made this feature possible we had a letter from chuck- matthews of toronto and warned that he was the ortidal collector for john williams when the spdaklifig wagon laid the dust on mill st he tells us his pay was 10c per week also he recalled all the men in the picture at the opening of the first chartered bank in acton he says our memory was better than his lo recall the name of reuben mo nabh s dog as tim we must confess we founxt the tine in the little black hook to which a t brown kept all the re cords of the pictures we also had a letter from n l monty mcmillan who assisted mr brown in the drug store from ims- ims he says be recalls mr brown irnjng him that if a fire ever oc curred in the store the first thing to be removed would be these glass negative at that lime monty says thi re- were hundreds of pictures of acton many will recall that mr brawn also operated the telephone ex change in his store and 60 years ago there were 21 telephones in acton monty has given us a list of the numbers and the nhmi places from memory here is the list of phones in acton at that time accept- our friendly chaoengel mme1he and prove to yourself is 4 vs htltt m jnmmt yon n wrfljhj 6tiaiiu 5a5 2 chapmans tannery 3 agnews hotel 4 dr gray s the grist miil sclarks hotel wo iiunwrs urutbtbrer 9 j a mcgrail 10 beardmore tannery ii free press office 1 1 a h p moores residence 12 dr mckeague u gnmd trunk station 14 moore s lime co llmehouse 15 storeys glove works 16 pattersons butcher shop 17 alex bells saw mill 18 merchants bank lb william livery 30 dr macdonald 21 r a scott it is interesting to note that the storey glove co has still the same number today the on a station is still no 13 and the bank of mont real is 18 yes there 11 be more tales on tintypes appearing in the free press from wvek to week some readers have been clipping them for a record of actons early days seury we are no always able lo supply back issurs pot luck supper contests at w a u mm raluara m lotmb muam yw n w nl hnta ur im i mm uam tant not nw- fekwc sort mm s b oomnlled nfctilitr bcum n t1 f ii w iuimioolde m fnucr brtia bp npor fai aceilmaiiom- mgm mom than r- ftncmihtqi stop atthesign tw wenllsar snaak part ngattsy wrtjiiatvadcokb tow famoy and frsanai this mi kilo n tita xpeclini ui tik ku1 liollll of mr 11 iu pi i prour i in i h will h r t tin pnn ivils wi hi thi tpiprmt nient of th mm marttk ta lautita 5 she can t get ihit totia but shcuukingadantsgcofth sale b tkphi3ocijd up the dolurs ir tckplkhic saws in bargains nni pkk up think of the hours nd effort n mtv too how youeancn go places without toawng the house our telephone senrs ou j nun waji mo prtcr can imromtn iij msjlni tht uu tilepttonk company of canada i tho lied f ditte ie n pplviim sound uuslnes methods iv mdint waste and e xtrmginn livsses and ineltielencv whtih hti liehn reported by every ind tend ffi eit of whuh ju has been permitted lo see the port there can bo no reduetiem taxes however by the return s government to office which spends 13500 for ev ry da of the ytsr including bunday fer tele phones and telegrams in the de fence department alone w tflch spends 110000 000 i year on pfifcltrity and 120000 000 for pro fesstona and spenuil srhxn when most of those se r irevi could be per formid by the highly ninllflid snd trained civil servants which this c iimtrv has nt its dispivtal as i u 1 to thi people of this counlrv ui i nitionsl brimidrnst of noe it dnti it u fiident thit the dimnimim his 1 vet nil onh its upe nie n and iimtr il eivir the mwuuii nt snd s h iniing f it diptrtimnt but it hi au lvt it nense of resimmisibility li the cana rtian poo it t u h de krw thst t his neither thi ill th t mrs nor th ceuuptttti t tej re nei or xr i t the aii meauwhle rmy i v to sou the peopl f the c tints if hilln i that i am proul m tn tht pr ies i iv ctner itne c andidati u r this iiinlv ind thit pndi is jumpershl nly by the cne of responsibility u laitus to cco man woman ind child 1 m proikl 1 1 bo the cndidsu in i tpiti mr kit i xpit n hi a tin ms in his trip tood vkiiic 1 k ondition midiimcil fiuons are danger i iml irmly avsininble maki k iur ithich is in good sound eond turn lhetrk your brakes tins lights wipers top light el titrti il system battery oil and the eooling systmi a flashlight carried in thi riovl lomparunent can be -wttrtb-tts- weight ingow tin worn in association if the initeyl church met in the sundiy i hem r htm nrently opening villi hi mte nnd prayer the de- imnil m rmd wti taken by mrs len ultl roll calleinswrred i n lullmit tlu n will u i t nutting held im in i n nth ol auciist it was inn un ihi trr i n ading by miis mitih 10 tlo meeting clused mth th x kih imticdictmn seve- il ii nti si wr held priies going t mre 1 imla mrs inxle mrs rhtliiei mr liirre mrs earl stnlrt out mrs wr lucky up winmr w x mrs i hams a iml link lunch was held and m tnjmiiil luoe was spent to- pop i hen o mom u never kiss me except want money well luil thai often 6 bottle qa cartonajo smhait fc el fsaacshi wa oswasl wmh csjscmb usv the orangeville boriiing works omnoivsu oht momismt parts thcau5e th pro 1 sive consirsatve party has ttood sidt bv side with the ubcral party through the ctnluncs in what has beeii otmnvn kn wn ir t prrts parhirientarv stem n l tng 1 undation aid maintunin 1 the freed m j im rslu dinn mint ii thj nsti w lur a the vast ihre vearv is pre 1nt of ist women prores j ie conermtive asmtciation o canada i have travelled from cwtsi to coast and int i manv re mote atxas of th s ountrv and in iw hi re have i found sn thing finer than 11 il in t vuitv limj a 1 it d km in the hi art of th indutru women today they do most of the family 6uyiag much of family banking the find the bank a safe handy place to keep money they like to pay larger bills by cheque going to the bank is often as much apart of the shopping day as a trip to th l stores the banks serving you cosaslssltv

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