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the acton free press acton ontario 410 thursday december 30 1064 old and new one thing we like about anniversaries and yearends is the opportunity it affords to express appreciation for all the fine thinqs that hnv come our way during the year so as 1954 draws to a close we like to think back on the friendships thet have been found and all the things that hav made the 12 months good ones in our commun we like to say thank you to all those who have contributed in any way to make the free press a mirror of the activities of acton and district a home town newspaper has rhany who contribute to its success in keeping an historical record week by week to enumerate them is dangerous but lo all of them our sincere apprecia tion for their helpfulness in the past year for 1955 may health and an abundance of all the good things of life be yours for the year ahead we ask only the continued pleasure of working side by side with the town and district in making acton a better place in which to live and work for nearly 80 years editors of the free press have striven with that as their ami working cooperatively the years ahead will be as full as the years past the week between this week between christmas and the netst year is invariably a dull one from a newspaper man s point of view most folks are recovering from christmas and business has not taken on it revival tn the new year meetings and the usual sources of news of any community get into a routine after the new year opens but this week is just the week between its the week which is often popular for stock more we couia taking either in business or in the home its the acton and dsr week we always clear our desk and make a fresh start for the year ahead if new year resolutions you and they from time to time we hear questions asked why haven t we artificial ice why cant wo have a hospital why can t the swimming pool protect be completed the answer is quiln simple we con in acton have all of them or any one of them if enough citizens want to undertake the task and enough citizens want to contribute the money for them just ask yourself when you are prone to ask why they don t do these things how much will your contribution be both in money and in time to work and convince your fellow citizens that the ob should be done the easy way of course is to simply agitate for a vote on any question and raise the funds re quired by taxation and put the ob on council s already overburdened shoulders but it is not the fairest way by any means why should folks past middle age be interested in artificial ice or swimming pools of course young people are not so vitally interested in hospitals either as are older folks loading more work on councils and boards is also a good way to make it harder for men and women to take office the builc ng or adding of any of these desir ed things for acton does not of course end when the proect is ready for use there is al ways maintenance and funds required very few artificial ice rinks are being maintained from re i venue derived from their operations very few hospitals are operating with a surplus and they require the constant attention of busy committees or boards every one of the projects mentioned and more we could enumerate would be beneficial to we can if we so desire have any one or all of them it requires only the will mgness of workers and the cooperation end l u money of all citizens to give the community the are still being made it s the week in which they y v l eo l u k things it wants most you have 52 weeks in which to are formulated either forget them or carry them into being it s quite a week for contemplation and reviewing the past or peering into the future sandwiched in between two holidays and with both of them coming on the weekend this year it s a full week tor those who have a holiday at home or away i to raise a fund of 30 000 only requires 300 subscriptions of 100 each but if the donation ere of 10 each it requires 3000 to make the grade we are not advocating for or against any of the proposals for acton but let s be real and inquisitive of ourselves before we ask the fouowino the st lawrinci river to montreal the first of 22 tca viscounts approaches dorval airport december 12 soon to be introduced to the air lanes of north america by tca the viscount has four rolls royce dart engines and is the- first commercial pas senger plane to be powered by propel lor turbines stnee they were introduced to the field of aircraft propulsion the good old days may have seemed better back in 1934 back in 1904 from uir lur of the free lrrm ol lrom thr thunuuy december 27 19m thurad an imikiri int link wim hldii i w n ll wlr nj it ks a ilii of broii i i th tl n in ui i r i thjrl ys i in lli u ilvtltn htatorjr and v n w thi hnitmi in hin 1 milt offll wl i li ivt in vi ar but mistninsti r mutth hi stuff cmo itniltiiiily throujrh ihi iklwp tin hrmlmns card nilllr mailinit ws a ncurd brmkir from nmeo this offic on on mail koiiik on if town ihi ri wis n bk und u half ntl of cjrds to nay nolhliik of ihi ciirdt tin ri and mail for loeil d llv ry th hiaviist mill wns on mondiy th mominii whin it look n vi n nvrr jimi two hoiim to sort nnd d tiv r this win white orw maii th num roiim fri mi of miss workmi n nimmi nn d last wn k minnn h rim tt of aetna who is in dtwintlinu the ileclric line of tin i i ik r at lh 1 0th lin school thi toronto suburban railway n ir norni town jvsimbud it tht which nn from t ronto to gui iph horn of mr his stirratt friday thi lint o i4 to oi rati in 191 whr jllmjovd i di llclom oysttr ind mnci th it tim thi property supper r d ovt rsirht to prt kit in tl n n lit noon n mun wr h it iitt ndid thin ui the hour or fivlntf noml 1h 1 il m o clock and hr jilmiin dm rn wti wait uillv it wuf di did to adjourn at that hour thr lu irk ll f 1 atl ml a net som itp fchui wir spicy incllli i a i j no warren k iickt y jirr n wltimjn and drama and m stcry in burlington it i i distribcd is pickul with ind msury s me 110 kithnd it a pr chr istma ik to uind ten the v i i foin water rale seen hik llh it it nquiry int tul lambi rt recrlitioii dirccloi undtr chirres of incompetence m i non co operation not i mimbtr counc 1 or the recrntion ciimm tt was it the meeting erin tarns on water in erin last wok the villas pissed mother landmirk in its history when the ntve ind fiur nuncilmin turned a sot of valvi to s nd water ruh iir through tht ni ntt n flailed conduits of the commun tys niu waterworks sjs tern the ceremony tmrktd 11 t c mplotion of the first phac of th cst us will is i thing in hillim i nikb hi ncif irll wntr u r- will im hilhd ev r thru m nti instiod of twict mirly in i n vi w if tht towns ntis it wis expres sed tint grorfic town domeslic users pi hvs than thitfe n milui aclon cons deral on v ls ilso j a flat rate system thi ft of wl etc lalions the rejpi inl rumours f w i spitt of oil tht ptai ind ronf re ores i sjcikhi aid skis ctrrn imndiiti iiv yi sunny i w is ilmost tvpicil of iib tin publi n rk t ii nf f ihi hikh school at hoiih un di1ifhfnlly diffir ork tht vhich ntcpier takes ill intml stiooo spill in labor ranks in oikvilu npnsinud b on 150 memoirs the uaw lord f oikville ford empoyces vouh list week to u out on sink until the com pan m t ts deminds i provincnl colleclim birpin milton ind mr crctment and for certa n georgotown who itithd to us thi wt n intf rspi rsisl with dinont the carjcntirs stirt tliu n in putting tin finishing lout he oi tin publit utililis office ind it i i xpcctid th it tin ipiirttrs will 1 n idy for ihcupincy williin couplt of wks in 1 rci nt list of honors coufi r red upon liayirs throughout tl pnvinci thin wi r two in hallo county upon whim win confirm of kings lounsi tin an rown attonuy w 1 dick lin i hoy ill hircirtir 1 initials kc tei ipt one can in this week in between even get an questions of others or bemoan the fact that we opportunity for more leisurely perusal of the holiday greetings that have come the weeks pre vious one can also get time to fully appreciate gifts that have been bestowed it may be a week lacking in news but it can be a great week this week in between haven t these things in acton better for all that slogan of doing your christmas shop ping early has really caught on many of us can recall when much of it was done on christmas eve merchants closed their shops about mid night end went home hoping that christmas morning could be postponed until they caught up on the extra hours put in it has gradually been improving and this year saw many of the stores closed in the early even ing and no rush and crowd in the ones that kepi open to accommodate late shoppers yes christ mas was very different this year from what is re called even a few years ago the trend can be credited lo shorter hours in industry more time to shop early in the week end the realization that those in the retail trade should have consideration on working hours as well as those employed in industry the chanae is for the better and requires only the coopera tion of all to maintain reasonable working hours for those m the retail trade other papers say there s no use pretending to be other than canadians thinks the vancouver sun but lets be our best selves good food courteous treat ment good roads don t let us forget them and reasonable pr ces these are things we car offer our friends across the border w thout try ing and thev should prove our best advertise ment if we oni knew it certificate of qualification 1 there have been many proposals put forward to get out tne vote on election day we like the one they tell about m scarboro if it doesn t get i the vote out it will at least curb citizens who don t vote on beefing about municipal affairs it is quite simple i every person who goes to the polls and marks his ballot is given a certificate which stat es that he has done so when a member of the administration faces an irate citizen fuming about what the council or the school board has done he asks the citizen whether he voted or not before he gives an answer the person who does not possess a voting certificate is apt to for get all about his beef in addition he probably will see that he has a certificate next year its quite all right to beef about municipal af fairs but we quite agree that only a duly quali fied and certified citizen should have that prrvi lege in any community it in stride nti ist wnk arthur r 1 wncnbu 82 w is cr ssn street w hi n he w i trut r ini t id ibnul 10 f in hi bk i tnllor b i c tik i to hop til in tr i to w n broken leg tin rldi rl m t wis soon sitting up and sniok ng i p p belie feirs tint combit i on i f i ind h lck would pnne u uch fi r the 82 nr old nt chirge wis laid iinm t thi dr of the car garbage unit popular in milton lind till mrbige d posat rnich nes are popuhr there too at list week s council meet i r members iuthori7od purcrmc of the unit in a b lnw of the thrt towns whose represent uivcs d s cussed tne idea it a north hilt n urban boird session some time ajo acton is the only municipality t be without a rmchine of this tpe unst the motior s mi is midi l i xpli n h sought fi r pn vii it wis not i hlinkw at i thit i ll th cu d th nil club offic illy opi s n list iiifbt ilhimth husi ists hivt iki n phy l inks n vii us y nt i x rninitionit ut i ist thursday id ndid by par it acton high idhinnls hove th pist month n nts tor th rn s md th is on thursdiv mil tin v swipt through town i li i v r ii k puking up md cir ig i ff w ith w irlik vim i num mi ii into thi lountry ls hlkd th girls ftighli in d doves as vt whip w 15 applied li nd i mil loving nitons re i don i whip tht in so was hut ih pild i wlh i tow iiss id i i i istrn appi tlini oy ijovd dt the d ind r iush i th cisti rns but it rcn ri pi d il locomotion wmi wt it t rou ind pliyid havoc with ti i phom ind i lectnc light ny ji the feature at alton ins btei i nti rtmnmi nt in eh a large and tip v d thi pro- special department 11 filki lindfil m h 1 l 1 1 w k nd of girbij di so il un t rved hst we k i nd s xpicti 1 li be put into opt nti an ir y n the new cir t o p nti th michine the town a 11 requ re t sirvicis of an her imp v council spi nt wm tl mi iriu n ibout whether the n em y- shou d be clissed i ton n work i spccnl department the lilt won out professional directory and travellers guide mfdk al lfcal wierd experience i j the saturday review reports lh i weird cxpenence of robert cou s ns book editor for croft pub lications in new london conn wishing to call dale carnegie in new york cousins combed his hie bells in the classroom and f the number on on old m oikville high school gi is letterhead the operator who hand tr ed out another fr olous fad ind c1 hts ca announced that mr c ifter providing the bov with some i was out 0 town but would mr imusoment for awhile sufftred cousins care to spk to mr car- veto from higher authonu the n1j cousins said he would i after the usual pleasantries mrs cirnegie isked how on earth d d dr w g c kenney thynlrian and snrfron offict in symon block 43a mill st e acton office phone ib realdene 115 church bt i phone im dr d a garrett phy t un and sarra corner of willow and river sta entrance rivar street acton ontario phone t3t dfntal other papers say i it you don t go forward you are liable to go back warns the wmgham ont advance times there s nothing like the mfus on o some new ndustnal blood to make a town prosperous there s much educat en to be acquired ott s de the classroom points out the western pro ducer saskatoon the old apprenticeship sys tern did and still can provide many young people vhose compulsory attendance at school is often a waste of time and worse vith the kind of i education the most need and which w ii do them and the community the mos good i fad tinkli no ittle bells fastened skirts under skirts on tock n citer n hur etc re ult i ineting n o ses in halls and eli rooms no i to mention distnc boys dis the last and lonjcesi in milton at the lis ird tnrs ssion of the icar counr 1 mi m rs ficci a btlrace of i ng nee s ttirr and delefn ons nr i rtent one priblem two rsq i si ii ed t ill ntil ition of i witir a r n i smthcrn det 1 pm 1 of btn d nt per ever track me down here cousins told her about the old letterhead well said mrs car nege boulevard 82130 wir our number all right but we discon tinued it nine vear ago it was liter taken ncr b a beauty shop in forest hills and thit s where im hav ng m hmr washed right md inothe hoil ng devilopm f r sncc th crd i f the wi b columbia s fir- r utput hi- created in xi ue bv mon th per cent lmmms or a j buchanan dental sureoa office ltishman block uu1 si office hourts am to 6 pm x ray telephone 148 dr h leib oenui snrfewt offici cornir mill and fredtrick streets office hours- bam to 6 p m telephone 19 acton miscellaneous c f leatherland burrlnur solicitor notary rvmftp office hours 1000 am 1200 m i do pm j 00 pn saturdays by appointment only office 22 phone res is1 acton lever hoskin chartered accountant successors to jenkins and bardt 1301 metropolitan bids m victoria st tnronto em 4 9131 gerald a candler chrlrrd account monday to friday t 9 pm saturday from 9 am 27 acton blvd phone 561 aclon veterinary rumlfy funfral home healed ainbgunei phone 699 n ght or day sirving itti community lor 6 vears f g oakes bv sc veterinarian office and residence 24 knox ava acton phone 130 b d young bvsc c l young dvm veterinary horgeona office brookwlle onurlo phone milton 185r21 travellers guide ljr artntt ifitw frbb fo the onlv paper eicr publish ed in ctm rded in its and pubhshed eer thursda at s6 mill si e cion ont member of the udi bureau of circula n ih t h and the oman quebec dl si6 of the l w adjriis n es i n request subscriptions pa i i nai inc 2 mi m canada s3 so n the i nted states s x cnts hi snjric op rs 6e a ithiriel b second l iv vim pt offici departmen o nm pwhllshed by the dils prtntlnx and pnblishlnic co limited g dills editor in chief paid r dills production mimgi janes dills john black associate editors united church of canada acton ontart a friendly church rev e a currey ba bd minister parsonage 29 bower avenue phone 60 miss o m lampard atcm organist and choir leader sud jaxlarv 2nd 1955 0p0 i m s idi sc teac- tht cht foh thf w f ri d c j t ukio v u gi v u i presbyterian church in canada knox church acton rev robert h armstrong m a bd mtnbter pndar 8 r rr pip suvd jvt r 0 t s gray coach uncs oaciifs lfae acton east bemad b3fl am km m ii 33 an 208pm 10r pm 633 pm p m bl0 13 pra nesttmtind 1027 a m 1252 pm 2 vt p n real estate and inscmancb f l wright 20 w bur st ac on ontario phone 5 2- irhe 1 12 9 13 in to k pi sunday and bo w r bracken baptist church acton canadian national railways standard time eutbonnd real fitale phnne 21 list your firms husi wh is wf nvite v taeilitiein curing i f ii ah acton ies or boua u to use our purchase for i l b r 1 car 14ar42 lpbellvile f da xx r real f bean limited fute and inasrajm mil i st acton business and editorial office 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