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the actohl free press acton ontario thursday bptemb1r 10 1bss reading bhtwtmn tin umi santas north poli in ny statf over commercializedlets learn dont be fooled in ipite of th frfct that we aro ust recovering from the horrett part of the whole of summer the calendar and the events herald the announce ments that autumn is here this week the child ren went back to school this week will see the close of the great canadian national exhibition and next week wilt usher in those events all over the province known as the fall fairs of ontario this month too will see the end of the daylight saving period a trip through the country a stroll in the gar den will also bring the realization that harvest time is with us and that the period for storing against winter is of hand the weather is tricky we might have expected that hot streak in july or early august but its late coming need not fool us in this part of canada that weve had most of our summer weather by the time september is reached each season has its attractions but we do like the later months of summer and the early days of fall we like the fall fairs and the opportunity they give to meef old friends and fo get a view of the products of our farms which are gradually shrinking in this county of halton as industrial expansion is occupying more and more of the fftrm lands yes summer has almostgone but 4utuffliwiauhlshmtixanbd uaiauquiejkfift of the year reunion every year quite frequently we hear of folks both at home and away from home who are anxious to have an old boys reunion the years are slipping by and as we grow older we want to meet those whom we knew in other years we want to swap yams and talk over boyhood days we were impressed when we visited the fair grounds in saskatoon recently that a small per manent building with neat porch had a sign read ing saskatchewan old timers we judge it was a place where in sunshine or rain those who came to the fair for a reunion could meet their friends it was a rallying point for old boys and old girls who had more from out of reminiscing than could be secured by the younger generation on the midway and it provided too a place to rest awhile perhaps it s an idea that might be incorporat ed in acton fair grounds there is no finer place than the fall fair to meet old friends but so often as the fairs grow larger friends don t ust happen to meet the building might be used for other purposes during the year but whether building or not don t let the years pass without making the best use of every year to meet your friends at the fair in atton on september 18th and 19th city turnups regardless of the fact that we had only re turned home on tuesday we couldn t resist the temptation to attend the exhibition on friday which was press day and a gathering we haven t missed in years we like meeting many news paper friends who are always at the luncheon given by the c n e on that day this year we couldn t select some old friends to sit beside dur ing thf hith jinrp t ordf n table was chosen from representatves of all branches of the press and advertising organizations our luncheon companion on the right was a representative from a well knowr toronto pub lishmg house we told him in introduction our businesses were in acton and milton he had never heard of either place and didn t know v here they were located his travel took him only to montreal and detroil by train and he knew little of ontar o our luncheon companion on the right had been born and raised in a small ontario town he knew both towns and both papers and was conversant on most other parts of our pro vince trial afternoon we strolled about the exhibits end stopped to make enquiry regarding some ilems m wn ch we were nteresed the salesman didn t htiow where m iton or acton were located had neve heard of them and then we perhaps exploded a b i and asked a pertinent question if people m toronto never go outside the city limits his reply was if you drove around these streets in toronto al day long you would be so fed up ou woudn t want to go any place it was a bit disturbing to us to turn up a couple of men in one day who knew so little about what wai next door to them and just out side their city limits we were reminded in tome way of that controversial article which appeared a few months ago in which young people reared in the rural parts of the province were referred to as country turnips this controlling age the water that falls over niagara falls has washed away some 900 feet of the crest since 1678 according to a newspaper article we don t know who kept the records back three hundred years ago but a joint canadian american com mission has announced a plan to slow down the flow of niagara at night when the visitors aren t watching it and thereby save a few hundred feet from the crest for a few centuries longer the cost would be a mere 17500000 we well remember going to niagara falls a number of years ago and it was possible to have a room at the general brock hotel facing the falls or one facing some other direction we thought it would be nice to have all the roar of niagara we could get in our short stay about the middle of the first night we wished the 17000000 project could have been put mtaeffect and the midnight until dawn as a tourist attraction niagara falls is un doubtedly one of the greatest on this continent the niagara river has had more tampering with by man than any other of our scenic wonders weve diverted its water for cheap power men have gone to their deaths over its brink and the canadian side of the river has been made more beautiful with parks and gardens and we ve built canals to provide safe passage for ships to detour the falls we ust hope niagara will be let roar day and night for years to come it s simple to get rooms where the roar is not disturbing and wouldn t it be a great disappointment to thousands if some day the engineers forgot to turn the water on pgain or there was a power failure or breek down in the man made apparatus calculated ton control there s always the danger too mat the control valve might get into the hands of some govern ment department and another freedom would be gone there i probably little purpose lit seeing strange place and travelling in new ouuntry if you dont leurn something travelling in now york statu last week i learned something tor instance the north polo a major tourist attraction built around the santa clan theme la commercialized to u dipnrable ox tent drive into the parking area and a man aaka if you would like a sign on your cor bumper ad vtrtlaing the place 1 aald it waa ok it he wunted to put one on with the atgn securely fastened be stood ut the car door with an ex pectant look 1 aaked if you were supposed lo pay to carry their ad vtrtlaing he assured me it wua up lo me so i expressed my thanks and left a stinker in his mind iiiltc likely after paying the 1 nothing a cheap a aeries of building con be visited depleting simla h work shops each in a small corm r linn a story book character supposedly working the balance of the space the large majority of ii la glv en lo tht salo of souvenirs and toys for christmas of course santa is there chi wing a cigar stuband a six fool pok of ice has a sign the north pole this is not exaggerated thre arc othtrs more commercialized and less comnurclalized i was particularly sorry to see santa cluua on thai u vel though ausabte chasm la a place of natural beauty involving a walk of about three quarter a of a mile with sheer rock rlalng on either aide and a river running at the bottom a boat ride following the walk in vol via two guides who at the end of the trip assure you it ian t compulsory but it is cua tomary to r number ihe guides and they have il down to n system whire only one person can pout the guide at a time any tips are met with a loud thank you sir thank you very much air and it ian i hard to tell who remembers the guides i broke down back in ontario i found the canadian national exhibition a pliasant contrast the 50 cent ad mission opens the doors u all the buildings free conn rts and plmty of cither entcrtafnmi nt last year visiting fori henry at kingston tht admission prict waa paid about 10 cinu i believe und tht guidis imiinil us that thiy could not and would not ac eipt any tips vis travel la education and i do hnpi that in t unudu wt ran k p things down lo the admission price and not all hove a hand out for a ri membra net llsilrm w did things in thi int n als of mtr pride and its in the ink resin of whuls in it for us noith east west s outm music in our lives reflecting again on some parts of the western convention we recently attended we are mindful of the great part that music plays in any com munity a town in saskatchewan of 2 500 popula tion sent to the convention one of the finest choirs of young girls we have heard for some time it was accomplished because mrs john pickney and her mother felt the need for musical training in the town and decided to do something about it we ve been thinking of the things that are done m a musical way right here in acton there are our church and school choirs our choral groups when a leader comes along our orchestras and always our band there is always plenty of talent m our town for any of these musical groups bu thejack liesjitthe leadership necessary to-de- velop them all music does play a great part in our everyday life shakespeare wrote in the merchant of ven ice the man that hath no music in himself nor is mov d with concord of sweet sounds is fit for treasons strategems and spoils the motions of his spirit are dull as night and his affections dark as erebus let no such man be trusted theodore roosevelt said let the love for literature painting sculpture architecture and above all mus c egter into your lives gladstone wrote music s one of the most forcible mstru ments for tram ng for arous ng for governing the m nd and the spirit of men although muse of a sort exists naturally whether among savages with drums companies of march ng soldiers square dances or ve ses ons mus c of an ennobling nature is to be found largely n the concert hall opera house or church 16 million improvement making a true express highway of the queen elizabeth by elimin allng the burlington bottleneck will cost 16000000 this figure quoted from the engineering newj record of august 20 confirms a figure mentioned by highways minister george doucette deputy minirter j d millar says lhat the high level bridge over uii ship canal will cost between 7 million and 8 million with the balance going lo build i new four lane roadway on the hamilton side of the beach and for installing cloverkafs at the intersection with number twouid al windtrmen actual construction is wilting a go ahead from otlav i the hir which the federal government will assume has nol been announcid in some instances it has run as 1 high as 75 per cent 51 per cent i sums a good guess for ihe q e project the bridge will carry traffic 122 ffcet ibove the water level any others we sec in the georgetown hir aid that mrs ern batkm who is prominent in craftvork and a i member of the arts and crafts of georgetown look a firt prize at the exhibition mrs batkin v n i ning entry was a linen table set i and her prize the article dosn t fay whit is was was donated bj john leckte limited toronto we wonder if any other count ladies have won prizes in the crafts division we would ccr tainly like to hear of such awards new paving since no 24 highwa has been paved from guclph to erin a disl ancc of about 20 miles the iriffic has increased considerably there is still a small detour as work is being rushed to completi- bridge over a creck just east ot ospnnge last week the frame work had been put in place read for the laying of the flooring of ihe small concrete structure some d a was still under way at two places between erin and ospnnge school trouble young student going back l school in erin had more than their studies lo worry about a letler to the editor in the lnn advocate said wt all know that the com munity has outgrown its present facilities for both schools in erin village there ji a five room public school a high school class room will be set up in the base ment of burns prisbyteruii church ther is only one room in the school proper and the erin paper sjys ihey hope u be able to uki can of lh situation in this way for the time be ink re visit to manor bill cotton who wnls puff from the cotton gin in ihe oak ville trafalgar journal each week devolcd his last column to tht viit of oakvillt citizens band to tht ctnlennial mjnor many of the visiting contingent wtrt very agreeably surprised over tht appointments at ctntcn nial manor ht said perhaps their surprise stemmed from thi fact lhat they had expected to stt a building patterned on long ac ceptcd institutional lines but the manor is mylhmg but an institution its a home mod ern in every way where some of your old friends are enjojing pleasant twilight lull after life s busy working day they wtlcoim our visits for while they arc quite content with their ttlevision and tilk and their quitt camarad 1c they still retain a vcrj nitura interest in what is going on back in town burlington re bond of course tht burlington gaz ette had a lengthy account of las weeks band tattoo tht paragrapn on ac on band reads the good old days may have seemed better back in 1903 back in 1933 token from bane of the free fran of thursday september it ltftl the dominion of canada in duitrjol exhibition which opened in toronto on the 27th august and will continue till saturday night hoa proven successful to an extent far beyond the most tanguinc an ticipation of the authorities the attendance has been upwards of io if a million und the fair wu never more flatteringly referred lo the splendid new manufacturer and llb ral aria building the new woman building dairy building and agricultural buildings all torn bine to i n linnet the attractiveness of the exhibition the acton druggists messrs a t brown nnd ii g hunter have decldid to fall in with the early closing movant nt hereafter their drugstores will closi at eight o cluck on monday luisduy and widtietday evening a numbir of ihe m mix rn of alton golf club went t toronto on monday to have a friendly game with the rose dale club those from acton wore j iawon w stark n mcintosh w gould and a ii l vltt tilt hop yards of georgi town are bctnm of activity al present as the estate of the ulc j a sptight la now finally being wound up tht admin islra tor of fi r for suit ut low prices ljvo proper lie the- kdmtsreattcrf wtn7w iliir lriamorjt ban nfcptrf tlifajtqji4j the house on church si cruptes a corner lot in good position mr and mm wlllum thurlcll of chicago are spending hi v with acton frltndn mr thurtell of chicago is enjoying going vi r ihe boyhood haunts of forty ytara ago now for the millinery openings the forest are the source of third of all canadian exports taken from krct of ihe free prats of thursday september 1 u the evening services of the- churches were resumed again last sunday the book and school mpply stores had a busy time on tueiday filling the requirement of the public the enrolment at acton public school la 803 pupils in the oon tinuation school 100 pupils ore enrolled which u the highest in the history of the achool the tugof wr team from beaxdmoro leathers umi led waa second at the cnf the queen city battery learn look the championship this year the final encounters between iheae two cams is uid to have been the keenest contest held lo ynwrs several exhibits from acton diatriu won awards at the big fair itolh bowing and ui nil duo ik id interesting tiurnairurita ui ptitl wcrk f mining up with aoe dl iilghti and presenting of j wards tin- aetondau ukyio ci jt gauiired at thf home ut mr and mn a g clurndgr- for a wiener iird cum roast on krjday vnjg the funeral took plarr vlnu day of arirt hyde widow f wll hdm mlchlf rw died or ft urd- in hrf tunf ytir jug taxkk rv u j b g taxpayr lu li paymeni ovrr the lirt lhre- yn have av eraged l2jw0fjoo a yt jich i considerably more ihar dll the revenues collected ir iffvl by windior tur r rd irtrial city of 120 000 peple to compete in world market canada miut grow low coat wood professional directory and travellers guide medical lfgal dr w g c kenney physician and surgeon office in symon block 43a mill st e acton office phone 78 residence 115 church st e phone 15 dr d a garrett physician and burgeon corner of willow and river sla entrance rivtr street acton ontario phone 238 c f leatherland barrister a he lie j tar notary 1 office hours 10 00 am 12 00 ojn 1 00 p m 3 00 p jn saturdays by appointment onlj office 22 phone rs 131 dental lever hoskin chartered accountant jenkink and hardt 1305 metropolitan uldg m victoria st toronto em 4 9131 there was approval of number played by the acton cit zens band under the baton of alf pcrrott especially when ihe master of cer emonies invited the audience t jom m singing on of us numbers for the first time majorettes ip ptarcd with thu band dr a j buchanan dental surgeon office leishman block miu st office hours 0 am tolpm x ray telephone 148 dr h leib dental sorgeon office corner mill and frederick strceti office hours 9 am tolpm veterinary fy at the b d young b v sc c l young dvm veterinary surgeons office brookviilc onlan phone milton 165r2i f g oakes bv sc rterinarlon gerald a candler chartered accountant monday to friday 7 0 pm saturday from 0 am phone ml chiropractor d j armstrong doctor of chlropractle frederick st ti acton phone 550 miscellaneous the victor b rumley funeral home funeral hone heated ambi 1 horn 31 night or day si rwnt thi community for 46 ytars the only paper erer publtrhed in acton founded in 1875 and published eery thursday at 58 mill st e acton onl member of the audit bureau of circula lions the cwna and the ontarioquebec division of the cwna ad ertlsing rates on request subscriptions pay able in advance 250 in canada 330 in the united states six months 1 50 single copies 8c authorized as second class mail post office department ottawa g a duu editor and publisher business and editorial office telephone 174 united church of canada ac ion ontario a friendly church rev e a currey ba bd minuter parwnafie 29 bower aenue phone 60 miss o m lampard atom organist and choir leader sinday september 13 1q53 10 00 am sjrda srh i seek cm c f iv b k n w uird ard reid 1100 am m g w p sub r tht prphr 00 pm ever re wop sub ject to shoulde- respor b 1 i honoht for rhe h tek o marj a raf a rardrn en f nds mark the archer i tie meant and mam a word at random spot waltt rapt1st church acton dwight l patterson pastor 19 whb st phone 82 sunday september 13 ik 10 00 am sunday school w entases for all ages t 1100 am morning worship 7 30 p m evening worship st albans church anglican re ralph f price ba bd rector fifteenth sundav after trinity sep ember 13th ibm 9 00 a m h l cfrmur or 10 00 i m churrh school 11 00 im be rrr c as on rirfvpriwnit ard s re m- r sen cr all welcomf o wonh p h led i ieau y hoi r p he h efl- v x t ht palm 96 9 rfal estate and inhlrance wright real estate and insurance f i w right n b v right 20 wilbur st 69 macdonntll bt acton onl guelph onl- i hi no 9s phone 49i5w aloatora realtors imuran member appra al institute of c anada members guelph and district real estate board mrtn u loh and d strict travellers guide gray coach lines 0hfs lfaf aftov rdl ghl sa f g timei laatboond t an hvnn 1133 ajn rr if pm fl 33 p m us i wis pm hrvlbonnd i t a n i2 im 2 17 pjn 7 pm 72 pm 0 12 px 32 pii 112 im son lo kj- t la i titrj sunday and bou- sal rrta s nday and holl- in a w b bracken presbyterian church i in canada i knox church actof re robert h armstrong la bd minister j sunday september 13 1953 95 smourch school i 11 00 am morr ng worsh p 00 pm een re wonh p m w slinn a warm welcome awaiu you real estate phone 26 in canadian naiional railways standard thaw- ac ton us wr inite ou to use our lmn seottrtn a purchase for i tjl 30 f eawrt snn- p days 9 55 am 7 10 pm sunday lloyd e aaltffe only ft 16 p m daily except sib- 6 guelph da furr al georgetown b 02 adx- dalv fler al georgetown lftll rr phone hespeler 01 sajei plastics are made from wood pulp r f bean general hmwrane 83 mill st acton phone 5ss office hours i a m 3 p m 530 pm 9 pjn daily except sunday and day 122 anv sunday and ii only 110ft svbl dolly except so day 848 ojil j0 pjn migsftm 7 44 jm daflj except ssttfafat and ut 341 nji saturday asj aomday anly mf am