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the acton free press acton ontario rilllltsday novkmdkil 26 lflftj it is up to you there is never a year in the history of acton or any other town that is unimportant there is never a year when our town does not need he most capable men it can secure to guide the des times through the year that is why nomination night and municipal election time are so impotanl to every town it is not a time for personalities or for little things to enter into the udgment of the electors it is a time wnertthgbostb merraneflhose with good udgmont should be sought out for municipal office it is a good time too to got ac quamted with the affairs of acton because those who have served in office come prepared to givi account of their stewardship there should be a good crowd at the town hall on friday night to give encouragement and hear from those who have hold office and lo make sure that plenty are nominated for the var ious positions the affairs of acton are the con cern of every citizen it s your tax money that keeps the municipal services in operation and provides all the impetus for progress tomorrow night is citizens night be sure you are there the calendar says in spile of the fact that we ve enbyed an un usually long period of indian summer this year and that the kind of weather that usually accomp antes christmas hasn t been prevalent the fact re mains ifaat its only 28 days until christmas whether it s a green or white christmas it is ust around the corner we are not going to exhort anyone to do their christmas shopping early we know ust how you feel because we are one of those prognosticators ourselves and we hate to be hurried but we can tell you and you will find out for yourself if you try it that the stores right here in acton are offer ing christmas shopping opportunities that cannot be bettered by travel to other centres you will save yourself not only time and travel expense but a lot of headaches if you do your shopping for christmas right in acton it has been many a year since all gifts were in such plentiful supply end prices as attractive as they are for this christ mas shopping season just browse through the ads look in the store windows go in and make enquiry in ailvshopjn town you will find your local merchant friendly and helpful and your christmas shopping made light and economical canadian trademarks if the canadian businessman hopes to sell to the united states he must make more than one occasionaltrip to new york city or florida says an american reader of the financial post these places he points out are not typical of the u s as a whole and their buying power amounts to only a fraction of the total for the whole country canada and canadians are universally popu lar all through the united states we are assured and m offering our goods we should capitalize on that goodwill to do that our products should be distinctively canadian both in content and label ing on the latter point this american speaks ptatttty use canahian symbols he says do not use crowns union jacks and similar devices because these to the average american buy mean england and not canada we remember too pointing out that everything else has mcreas ed its value and printing advertising and sub scnptions must naturally follow su l the gr ml que leader mail makes these timev rompan sons wc can well remember when haircuts were 25c and took half an hour movies charged 15c cars sold for si 000 or les cigarettes sold for a quarter electricians qot 50c an hour meals were 5c 25 00 per week was fi pn steak sold tor ik a pcui i w th i vei q uti tree banu pa d 3o interest and harjej 7o qis for the ct1r vias 15c a gallon t res sold for 10 00 everyone woto f 10 hoes a dn x das i week w t nc periods there wee no jlvr r naeteers no tcv munists no radios or iae bones nc a i nes no four lane h qhwas nc o 1 burners no oi no income taxes those were th d tops on the farms ls some years since we have been at the royal winter fair and in the meantime the fair has shown much advancement this year was the silver ubilee year many of us can recall when the big event of this kind was the fat slock show in guelph we ve always regretted that we didn t go to one of those events in guelph before it fold ed up so we like to get down to the royal n to ronto every once in a while not that there seems any likelihood of its folding up during our lilu time but so often thoso great things whuh me close at hand are passed by the c n e never sterns lo allow 1mm lo see the products of canadian innm and llie roynl winter fair coming afler tliu harvest lime for all ciops seems lo ukcel in presentnlion of llm best that is produced on llns nnliiu nl as we listened to the names of exhibitors ami lompetilors we found it was a great international event we didn t get lime lo jot through all the stock exhibits but we did find that halton county farmers are among the best this was particularly noticeable in the cattle exhibit and there seemed tarcely a section in either dairy or beef breeds where the names on the exhibit were not familiar to us the prominence of halton in agriculture was perhaps indicated best by the facl that this year it was mr s g bennetl of scolsdale farms who was prosidenl of the royal winter fair rwxllng btfwtm thm utft council deserves pay for hours spent at the bickering table by llm mil it wiitnt mil prlnln liml wt k to my iillrf in thut it will lit in ur icum lllul oiinll tllri vii will iv loimilllorl 1ioi uluii lltll mik iiv foi hi ixmltiunn n lfb tn xl vim mi h ii xt viu ail ii in hi my limlitru v on hit miujttt h vo hi iinl imiriidimhly m hit imylim mum ilium ntt inn hum ll ion lo stk iiy foi itn riiiiniil fuu unit ll tuny iilliiilt u type immhun lh lilt u in mil ii in i hi ii tn nffu whn tliirikn of ll ailtm it win tiul a mtuiy minimi i iiiutn milion mom tlm vtnih liki mid then tioniuxl lh iilv if it lh ttliiii n outllrud in ii iaoltt until ihrtit ulliiuh me ihiubiiii the good old days may have seemed better back in 1903 lrom uif imur of ihr kr ircw of thuradiy november 23 ims only niut hi thu hlnloiy of at ion lulili nihoil ima u in iintonl n miiliitil ul ita liiud unl tiltlcil itn linlltiy nnylliliiu liku u uuuili 11 in i il of ilio ii hn i mo lh ii ihuulfl h i ii i lull ininr- it viill ilamly ll an equal start coming home from toronto on saturday night we stopped at a place along the highway for sup oil per the place caters to wedding parties and sum lar events as well as operating a reslauranl there t was a big wedding party that evening in the ban jj quet room and it had all the appearances of quite a social event we got our food in ihe restaurant and in one i corner we notfced iwo young couples a i a small lum table with one lone candle tn the centre of the table another glance showed us il was a smaller m wedding parly usl the bride and groom and we l suppose the bridesmaid and best man there was utud quite a contrast in the two wedding parties i nm bui the human interest side of it came when i we noticed the waiter fixing up dessert o wed s ding cake and some fancy items to serve to ihe su little group of four site confided to us that the lh couple m the corner didn t have any wedding lir cake and she had arranqed to qet some from the of cm hnr bigger party for their wedding supper after m lt all she said those kids are usl married too i we noted too that a word to another waiter sl brought forth four glasses of punch that wasn t on v ir the regular menu 11 s a good old world after all lhat fmeft a hu man touch that endeavors to bring equalily to all north e a5t west s outh woivch ui ml iohhlt1 back in 1933 ram llm uaur of the m prm of fhumday november 23 i9u r ifty v ii younu folk ute nllcnd ik tin loinnu rciul i on rata three v nirihb mill wt ik ul aolon high a h hill ilt ndt1 thu twbii hi 1- 1 kill y vttilnii ii ii v til duke of l 1 of til io uk loiii ntt n ii t llt hi lit1 hms olht r day miilk nt ii iiriiiiil rn liiind nil ut hit- w w willi- rttitnthf- -mr- niuk ii i i nlirr itf vrrhr professional directory and travellers guide mfihc a i attt ntl opcnlnic dr w g c kfnnfy ihynlrlan and hurfron jffirt in symon hio k 41a mill si e a ion office ihonc 7 hmldrnrr 115 hurrh kt p j c f ifatherland liarrlntrr 4 koltrltor our p ihoi 150 dr d a garrett ihysiclan and surgeon corner of willow jn itivtr fnlrjnce itivi r str t acton ontino phone 238 dental birth ul i nl ii r i n uhuh is ond iu h inrlrn s n in of at other papers say prince george bc citizen if parents don t want their children to become victims of the drink habit they should practice moderation m their homes even childish reason is revolted by pre cepts that are ignored by the teacher j pro i ctl te mm mil hi it iriij kl m is il ill tin hmilu slrauhefrlri shu the indian head sask news commenting o new ways for tax gathering says ont of these days some bright soul is going to equip a phne with a combination radar tv and electric eye and he s gomg to see bes des roots at you have in tbe root cellar tsh cc vhch on earners m the ur f greater than the number uployed and that the mos dn workers s among those eveals that the ted kingdom s iber of persons narked n ho are re ht at the dr a j buchanan drnul surgeon officii nshirun block mill st rjfficc hours 9am lo b n m x ray th fihonr i4fl dr h leib dental surgeon office ornt r mill md frtdnik struts officr hours 9 j m lolipm thilhos is afton vltfrinary b d young b vsc c l young dvm wlrinary burgeons offic brookiill onino jhon milton issril f g oakes b v sc elerlnariin offkt ini eli md nr 24knxav 10 mj 1 m 1200 m 100 p m 3 00 pjn il im nt mly m act i 1 h i 130 united church of canada acton ontario i a fiuend1 chirch f ents ot government pensions prompfs the j t n es of london to assert that that is every rea c i for w ir t ng fresh thought on ret rement and j re renter i pens ons the demand fo earlier re tirer lent en pled with the longer i fe span of to cia the t nei concludes makes it highly prob able h i fi n 30 years pensioners alone w i make up near a thud of the populat o aic tbol ha t ct the electorate rr f urrey b a bd minimir pardon- ike 21 bor phone an aumif mlw o m lara pari a tc m orgir nsl ind choir lead r t m no fmbfr 30 1 st albans church anjtllran rhph f pnrc b a r ritir advent svdy nfv mber 29th lfvep 4 hookir hartered arcoununu suuswr to jfnkinh am hardy 1101 mmiojolitjn bld vitloru st toronuj irn hljl gerald a candler c hartered accoununl to pndiy 7 3 pm st udy ir trn btm mi r fd m s ih r m ar r i iiiroikactor d j armstrong doctor uf hlropractle c j- b- n act n ihonr 5 a misf ii la the v1ctop fi rurvley futiepal howe nerl home heated ai 4c tari olif v lawpapo a t c m r m t teather of piano studio i nited church thumdayv a park a f r tl ph rfai fstatf and insirancf wright real estate and insurance w right b whicht 296 travellers guide gray coach lines