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fags two the acton free press acton ontario t thursday july 2mb 1950 0 qhje alton jfarrr jrrbb the nljr paper aver yabudnd la aeten founded in 1875 and published every thurs- diy at 56 mill st e acton ont member of the audit bureau- of circulations the- cw wa and the ontarioquebec division of the cwjta advertising rates on request sub scriptions payable in advance 300 in canada 400 in the united states six months 175 single copies 7c authorized as second class mail post office department ottawa published by the dills printing and publishing co limited g a dills editorin chief a david r dills production manager james a dills john black associate editors business and editorial office ph 600 acton for memorys sake the old grandstand has gone from acton park we know it was old and decrepit and unsafe but if had many memories for some of us we dont remember the park without it this editor spent his boyhood days lining next door to acton park so maybe our feelings are deeper than others who lived the other side of town the grandstand in- those days was on the ether side of the park on the lot on which mrs ken mackenzie has her home the part of the lot feeing on lake ave was the town pound where stray animals were locked up until their owners claimed them and paid for the damage they had occasioned while on the loose it was a good place to play on a rainy day in summer you could carve your initials on the seats and be quite comfortable for those who were good at gymnastics there were the rafters to syving from and race across from one end to the other this was for the ordinary days it pro vided dressing rooms too for wet days when clothes couldnt be left on the bank for a quick run to the swimming hole but then there were the ball games the gar den parties and the fall fairs etc when the old stand was taxed to capacity the temporary re freshment counters were right alongside and the stage direct front with the band in the orchestra pit between the ball team had its use in the evening or as they waited on a wet night to cut the infield or to practice the athletes had their muscles massaged with liniment as they laid on its wide benches and sports had amateurs in those days about 25 years ago the structure was moved across the park which was deemed a better situa tion for all its purposes gradually it went into disrepair pjst as the stand at the park entrance is now going and demolition seemed the only solu tion were glad to note the parks mangament board has plans for a modern replacement the park needs a grandstand for many functions held there maybe the board will need some help in replacement of the old structure because that 35 the old building brought is not going to go very far toward a new stand we dont know the plans for the future for a place with seats arid a roof over your head in the park but for memorys iake and park beautification we would sure like to help and as we look back maybe there are others who would like to share in replacement of what gave joy in days of youth and were provided by those of another generation wide open spaces close up a trip through the countryside on rnostany highway in this district shows a constant exodus of home owners who are building new homes where a plot ot land can be secured that allows more than that on which the buildtng stands giv es a lot plot fora garden room for a garage and o lawn one sometimes wonders at the choice of land which is so often low but then the shade already there con be an inducement dtid it would fake years to replace what is already there plots that were cleared for one house a couple of years agdfiow have quite a little settlement with hydro through the countryside these homes can usually have most of the conveniences enjoy ed by any city dweller ahd frequently are as close tc school as in the city the little one room school for all elementary education is no longer all grad er but has sufficient to have a moderate staff and often quite modern what ever the attractions living along or just off highways is growing more and more pop u i a and one can foresee the day when the spaces be- tween towns will no longer be wide open such happened in the growth of what is now metro politan toronto bottles tossed along roadways into fields and around picnic grounds are al potential trouble makers there should be some sort of container as part of a cars equipment to take care of this debris the litter tossed from passingcars can be a menace to others and is a blot on natures beauty and cleanliness high river alta times excuse us please next week your newspaper the free press takes its annual holiday and there wih be no issue on august 2nd we dare tcthope that we will be missed and the issue of august 9th will be keen ly anticipated this annual- vacation period is one that is common to all industries everyone takes a holiday during the summer matter of fact its a lawful right for every industrial worker to have a weeks vacation each year more and more industry is finding that it is necessary to close down completely to crowd in the holiday period for all in this day of special ized work and automatic machines new employ ees or replacements cannot be obtained in short oider consequently the duties fall heavier on those who are left to carry on so if youll excuse us for a week well be with you again on august 9th refreshed and ready to serve you regularly wilh your local hews and views and commercial printing needs we hope youwall have a good vacation too immigrants are fewer canada is again this summer an eager bidder in the european labor market says michael bark- way in the financial post after several years of choking off wouldbe immigrants unless they happened to fit into predetermined categories both business and government are again scouring the field we again want more people than we can get after last years goslow policy it isnt easy to get the people we want to come to canada theres virtually no unemployment to scare them away from their home countries neither in the united kingdom nor in most of the countries of northern europe theres far less of a warscare than there has been for years the immigration pipeline which in the first postwar years could be filled by pressure from the european end can now only be ftfled by suc tion from this end the current efforts are producing some re sults the pace has been increased compared with last year but the intake will still be the low est since 1950 fast growing crime every year thousands of merchants across the country lose money by cashing bad cheques cheque fraud is described by some authorities as the fastestgrowing crime in canada today more than half of the chequecrooks booked last year were amateurs with no previous police records abour 20 per cent of the passers were women the three favorite methods are a passing completely bogus cheques with phony signature or endorsement or both drawn en a nonexistent or collapsed bank account and sometimes on a nonexistent bank b forging the signature of the maker or en dorser on a legitimate cheque c counterfeiting a legitimate cheque newspaper reports have indicated a particul arly significant increase in the use of completely fictitious payroll cheques privately printed by the cook with the name of a respected company rviade out for a reasonable payroll sum the racket thrives on a fundamental human weakness carelessness cheque fraud can be retarded if people will merely think twice before cashing any cheques small or large for anyone they dont know personally know your endorser is the advice most often given by the police other good advice was 1 dont cash outoftown cheques 2 be especially careful when clerks are very busy 3 demand better identification than a driv ers license 4 guard blaivk cheques and cancelled cheq ues 5 dont cash cheques for juveniles 6 dont cash postdated cheques 7 don t cash cheques that are written in pencil orshow signs of alteration b don t be impressed by big company nam es on cheques brief comment next publicholiday will be civic holiday which provides the long weekend for august r you may not realize it but behind the scenes preparation is being made for theahnual fall fairs in this disirict grain crops will sodn be ready for harvest in this district and the fields are golden in spite of our earlier fears thecrops look good too the frequent rains may have dampened holi day time at the beaches but here at home they have been most helpful in the summertime prob lem of watering lawns and gardens and easing the heavy call on town water supply i i some day the people will realize just how much of every dollar they earn goes to taxes then they may call for a tightening of the strings of municipal provincial and federal purses markdale ont standard remember thos e c esther tayiur interesting places more often than not have intriguing entrances from an esquesing township road the photograph ers eye has been stopped by the carved and painted entrance arch to one of the districts more charming private residences and grounds it is shown here in half light half shadow the bible rbv g p passon district secretary upper canada bible society one of the happiest women in the world is an 82 year old missionarys widow in eritrea she is checking the final proofs of the bible in the trigrinya tongue mrs a windquist whose husband starting reducing the language to writing over 60 years ago and transr lating the scriptures from the heb rew and greek recently finished this task herself for 50 years since his death she has worked on the monumental manuscript which is currently in process of publication by the british and foreign bible society as she sits pouring over the quaint characters her heart beats a bit faster as she passes from page to page multitudinous memories well up in her mind the seemingly endless search for the best word to express the tme biblical meaning and the constant checking to ex press the right idea sweep back from over a half century of cease- loss effort the plint dances on the table be fore her very eves she can hard ly believe what she sees it is a dream come true a strange pence and satisfaction floods through her soul a lifes ambition is realized according to rev w j bradnock ma london england who reports mrs windciuists present activity translation work is now being car ried on in 230 languages around the world each of these- will require from ten to 40 years to complete the work will be done by teams of bible society secretaries and mis sionaries of many denominations working with the natives the translator must go about ask ing one question over and over again what is that he will query at every turn upon securing a sound he must make symbol to represent it on paper when there is no written form available an al phabet or syllabic system must be lary made of the combination of their sounds a dictionary and grammar must be worked out then the bible is translated from the original tongues into the one newly reduced to writing at least sixty scripts are used to day to publish the bible suggested readings tor the week sunday acts 22 130 monday acts 23 135 tuesday acts 24 127 wednesday acts 25 127 thursday acts 25 127 thursday acts 26 1- 32 friday acts 27 120 saturday acts 27 2144 back in 1936 taken from the issue of the free press of thursday july soth 1936 st albans annual garden party on tuesday evening drew a good attendance who enjoyed the varied and wellrendered program provid ed by the stratford conetjrt com pany the rector rev e jtihinger was chairman of the evening and introduced the artists mr chas arnold held the lucky ticket and won the 100 pounds of sugar wm ritchie won the basket of grocer ies and gordon cook won the ham during the evening the acton coil- cert orchestra under the direction of mr c w mason gave a number of splendid selections a man with his wife and little family of four trudging along the highway last thursday drew the pity of many along the route the babe rode in a small wagon and on another larger express wngon the father pulled along the household back in 1906 from the issue of he tree press of thursday july 26th 1906 inspector fowles of the canadian fire underwriters association vjs- ited acton on tuesday and made his annual inspection jjf the fire ap paratus and efficiency and prompt ness of the brigade shortly before one oclock he turned in the alarm the brigade responded with splend id alacrity and had steam up in the fire engine and were able to throw a stream in remarkably good time the inspector expressed himslf highly pleased as stated in the free press sever al weeks ago the congregation of the disciples of christ called rev o i fournier of wiaiton rev mr fournirr has arrived in town and preached his inaugural sermons much- to the edification of the con gregation the annual lu s nieetihg was held thursday evening and il was decided ti install elec- support poor lacrosse folds georgetowns hopes of winning their third ontario lacrosse cham- j pionship in four years died when the mlgs were forced to fold be cause ot potir attendance at their j games j the team has boon playing in the brampton arena this year because 1 of construction work being planned to the inside of the local arena and though a few georgetown followers travelled the 12 miles to back their team funds were not sufficient to carry the club through the year it appeared just before the fold- up that the crowds were picking up as brampton lacrosse fans began to attend out of sheer interest in the game but the killing blow came when at a scheduled game between the nsigs and- dundas the small crowd which had lathered were de prived of a contest when dundas failed to appear at the next game practically no one showed up and georgetown was forced to call it quits for the year many of the players refused to leave the lacrosse scene and went effects owned by the family they tic iich had trudged from woodstock and were bound for brampton where they said they had friends kindly folk in acton and crewsons corn ers helped them mr cameron irishman has been notified by mr r winter super vising architect of public buildings scr of 191 a that he has been appointed care- 1 shonvr of mhh taker of the government buildings in acton he has been instructed to move into the commodious quar ters in the building and will oc cupy these premises from august 1st the rtew appointment will be a popular one mr lcishman is a returned soldier and was born and raised in acton since his tempor ary appointment the building has been kept almost spotless and gleaming citizens are to be con gratulated on the appointment of a man of his ability and proven apti tude there were eight applicants for the position and all were of high calibre its holiday time and hence only four pages in this issue of the free press the sudden death of mr thomas moore of campbellville came as a terrible shock to his frfexids in this community the funeral of the late john early of nassagnweyv was held on saturday largely attended by fri ends and neighbors on wednesday evening the an nual garden party held under the auspices of everton and ospringe womens institutes in aid of the that the local junior cia team can play lacrosse in spite of t lie hard fortune that lias been follow ing them all season was forcibly demonstrated on saturday after noon when the acton stickhandlois won from the preston aggregation in the easiest kind of way with a regular summer balls poured into their goal acton should have hnl more goals but the score was bad enough the feeling is growing that a cement pavement should replace the wooden walk on mill st fiom john to main the wages of the men at the mil ton pressed brick works have been raised to sr75 a day a new band stand is being erect ed on the bower ave side of the town hall now is the time that the city cousin comes to the farm raspberrying parties are popilir just now acton civic holiday will be held on wednesday august 8th acton fire brigade expected to arrange a cheap excursion to hamilton and niagara fans but owing to the de mand the gtr refuses to arrange for any special excursions for the date councillor mcintosh went to toronto on saturday to make a strong plea but without success the glasgow house mill street is prepared for the heat ladies summer hosiery underwear corsets and gloves waists and white skirts lace collars are all to hand this cemetery was held at mr george i week robertsons a goodly sum was out of the 200 teapots that good- handed over to the secretary fur i eves were selling at 10c each only beautifying the grounds j about 20 are left professional directory and travellers guide medical optical dr w g c kenney physician and surgeon office in symon block j3a mill st e acton office phone 78 residence 115 church st e phone 150 e l buchner ro optometrist 41 mill st f phone 115 office hours wednesdays 130 6 00 p m evenings by appointment legal fe to hamilton where they tried out discovered or invented or vocabu- i for the senior squad dr d a garrett physician and surgeon corner of willow and river entrance river street acton ontario phone 238 sts dr robert d buckner physician and surgeon 39 wellington st acton ont phone 679 office hours 6fi pm c f leatherlamd qc barrister a solicitor notary publto office hours 1010 am 1200 am 1 00 pm- 500 pm saturdays by appointment only- office 22 phone res lsl acton dental i lever hoskin chartered accountants n united church of canada acton ontario rev gordon ada ins ma bd monster parsonage 29 boer avenue phone 60 mr george elliott orgnmt and choir loader 76 bower ave acton phone 6 sunday iuiy 29th i9i6 9 00 am morning prayer 1000 am junior church uui i church school 1115 ammurning worship j 1 sunday august 5th19i6 no 9 oclock service i presbyterian church in camada knox chukch acton minister dr dvid h marshall sunday iuiy 2th 1056 sunday autluststh llati 945 am church school 1100 am morning worship 700 pm evening worship a warm welcome awaits you 51 main st ilrampton phones 2178 dr a j buchanan dental surgeon office lcishman block- mill st office hours 9 a m to 6 pm xray telephone l4s dr h leib 5irntal surgron office- corner mill and frederick streets office hours 9 am to i p in i telephone 19 acton real estate am inslrance 44 victoria st toronto em 49131 miscellaneous baptist church acton rev ray 11 ciisterus pnstoi parsonage 115 bower ave phone 206w the anglican church frcajada st albans church acton ont rev evan h jones ba lth bectar sunday july 29th 1955 i trinity ix 1103 am matins and sermon sunday august 5th 19ss trinity x llouam matins and sermon services on these sundays will be in charge of mr john heap of patricks church guelph sunday july 29th 1956 1000 a m sunday school 11 0o am morning worship 7 0o pm evening worship sunday aucust 5th 1956 looi a m sunday school 1100 am mrningvorship mr a turner hamilton speaker 70o pm evening worship f l vvright 20 wilbur st actcmr ontario vrphyrie 9i appraiser ileal estate and insurance w r bracken real estate insurance phone 2ti acton list your farms business or house- with us we nvite you to use our facilities in securing a purchaser for your property st acton pentecost al assembly meeting in lol hall crewsons corners ptor revk j reid 81 cook st tmephone9w sunday jjjxy 29th 1956 sunday aucust 6th 1956 yottths at play 100o am sunday school ladysmith bc cpt city lloo ammonjune worship council has passed a bylaw permit- 730 pm evangelistic service ting youths of 16 to patronize pool wednesday 8 pm cottage prayer onr meeting and bible study j bert wood general and life insurance phone 585 77 mill st veterinary f g oakes bv so veterinarian office and residence 24 knox ave acton thone 130 parlors b d young bv so c l young dvw veterinary surgeons office brookville ontario phone milton tb 89177 healed ambulxnce rumley funeral home phone u99 night or day serving the community for 4f years travellers guide gray coach lines coaches leave acton daylight saving ttnne eattbound 6 s3 am dailv except sun and ilol 858 am 1133 am 2ik pm 5iw pm 633 pm 83j pm luoc pm isun and hoi i wrstbound 10 27 m 12 52 pm 257 pm r27 pm 7 27 im 912 pm 1132 pm 112 am rfri- sat sun and hoi i canadian national railways standard time eastbouiml daily 540 am daily except sun days 1000 am 713 pm sunday only full pm daily except sun- day flyer at georgetown 902 am 637 pm daily flyer at george town 1011 pm weatboatml daily 1114 pm daily except sunday 848 am 655 pm flag- stop 749 pm saturday only ljtt pm sunday only 0oj am flag- stop i sunday only flyer at guelph 703 pm daily except sat and sun to detrain passengen rom west toronto and beyond 531 pm daily except sat and sun flyer at guelph t57 pm v-