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the good old days dday plus eighteen yean eighteen years ago a new expression en- tired the world s vocabulary dday i its preparation was long awaited its exe cution long renwnbered 1 40 000 man 40 000 ships 1 1 000 aircraft the tough west wall of fortress europe these were the in gradients of the greatest invasion m history on that day the free world began to rec kon time in a new manner this was the start of the rmllenium of freedom and sacrifice dday plus one dday plus twenty d day plus 3351 a new expression was coined then it was called veday and it cost canada al moat 42000 men wednesday is dday plus 8 years many al the veterans who stormed the beaches manned the ships or flew aenat cover on the sixth of june 1944 some veterans may re- jmtnbtr th fear and the sense of msignifi flint which they felt as they bobbed across 1h channel others will think of the dusty road to caen the summer s heat some will mmtrober the cold misery which lay beyond own during that long 335 days to victory bmkss nylons an item in a daily paper a few days ago staled that a dutch technician has developed frmtthod of weaving nylon stockings so that thafy will not run the inventor was impressed by the sta tistical information that with local manufac tyfo and imports dutch women use an over 9 of 17 pairs of nylons a year we doubt if many women use up that many but the statement is made that all the women of the chances are they will never get around to saying what they are really thinking about the men who didn t come back on recalling these things perhaps all of us will again feel a long thin hope a hope thai aches i ke an old wound ll was simply that somehow something good and lasting would come out of the war that hope must be a continuing one one that in the 18 years s nee the drama of d day seems to have grown hardly less fragile the road to peace in our time and for the gen erations ahead is a forced peace based on the awe present day weaponry inspires in its compulsion the peace we have is hardly that those who sacrificed on d day would have anticipated but it can only be hoped the end will justify in history the means eighteen years later we can only hope that world understanding will be advanced in this- enlightened age to make a recurrence of d day and similar events unnecessary and indeed impossible waste making we cannot say definitely how many years ago but it was during world war ii that an employee of the du pont company which makes nylon told us that his company had developed seven different weaves for nylon stockings none of which would run the trouble was that the stocking manufacturers refused to make use of any of them for obvious reasons sn wi nre nnl inclined tcgne aulha back in 1912 taken from the issue of the free frew thursday may 30 1912 duiing i he thunderstorm on tht murning of victoria day the 120 foot smoke stnek at the beardmore and co plant wus struck by lightning a few bricks jxuijmukiwl4tfi uk ulf jhh slick but otherwise no inten sive damage wnsdonc several employees who wtk working in the tannery at the time were stunned by lightning and one workei si mding it u window watthmg the slorm was knocked right through the window on wednesday of hst week george ihe 10ve irold son of mrs chirks evans widow m tin st found himself late for sehool ind insleud ol returning home went over lo hendersons saw mill lo spend the time he would have been al school the em ptoyec operating the slab saw wis out for j ftw minutes and mast 1 1 george undertook to irv his work in the operation of the saw lie amputated the forefin gir ol tnteft hand ind had iht second and third fingers pain fully gashed lo ihe hone dr holmes dressed ihe wound the oung lad is eeriainly pluekv and is around again uth his tfimpmftns as ttoal the earthquake shock report ed i rum toronto and hamilton on monday was kit in aetou and dislntl quite distinctly al the arm home of mr a g oar i idge dairyman oil windows shook and ihe inmates of the house felt ihe shock and heard ihe dishes on ihe shell ratllc stvtril similar reports tame in fmm olher parts of lown as well the members of ihe i mn bowling cluh begin their st ison on victoria di with t series ol nucleating games ind decided ihal in order to lic ihe griss it ihe ends i eliailee 10 grow ihe treens would be phud cross wise visiluis were piesenl from several ou i of town pi ices ind the combined lo pi i the ai ton spurlsmcii at ion won out u the end ot ihe pi l the new hearse of mr frank holmes iunenl diuttoi lrnwd in l mn usttrdn ind is a hind some eir of ihe hlesl stlc ol pill ir and panel ll wis used for the first nnie duiinj iht funeial lod i mr ron ild sine ur is nking grt it pie isuie out of hit file passenger 1 1 unit i s car he pin chased reeenth the icsidcm is ihe miv of eer in in in lown and the iilc black car is eved tverv time the owner dmes down ihe street back in 1942 taken from the utile of the free press thursday june 4 1942 provincial officer ray mason has been transferred from onkf- yille to acton and on june t commenced patrol or no 7 high way from rockwood through ac loa ontaaal wodxif mo hlgb- wav from aclon to pvlcrmo of fleer mason was one of the first lo patrol ihe queen elizabeth wav and recently has hecn on ihe like shore and dundas high wiys al a special meeting of coun cil last night applications were considered tor the position of as sislont lo municipal officer e haitop mr a clifford was eh guged for ihe position at 3 00 per dav during iht meeting i icllcr wis icid irom ihe acton wo men s institule requesting the moving of the drinking fountain from in fronl ol the post offiee lo iht ymca properly council agreed wtlh the change and tht pubiit utililits commission will be asked to like the necessary action during iht heavy ihundcrslorm lasi hiidjv lightning siruck ihe barn oatlcd by james moffat nassagawc i jind spligicrcdihe mam rafter shattering u few bonds al ihe s ime lime light ning siruck and killed a learn of horses al the farm of david holmes thtv were oul in ihe field ind when mr holmes wenl to look for them siturday morn mg he found ihem lying side by side deid during i meeting of the board of directors of l lie ymca mon thy evening e s force was tl etted presidenl for the year sec ret irv will be j wesley wolfe ind ire isurer w g mason work hu slirled on a new storehouse it the armieo plant ind instillation of i new dryer lor crucibles is expeclcd to begin shoitk the elav products being made at this pi int are being well received throughout canada md the company is building up quite in export tnde announeemenl wis mide this wttk th tl cipt un telford v kenne wilh the canadian army overseas has bttn promoted to iht rank of maior he is the son of john kcnne now residing in guelph mr chris andtrson proprietor of iht acton crtamery was tutst speaker al ihe lakeside ohaptti i o d e meeting tuus day evening and gave an inter estmg and eniovable talk on the customs of denmark and the scandinavian countries first of all the two old side kicks dropped in for a visit wllb their families the three of us joined the rcaf on the same day and weve kepi in touch since in those days we coukt m the old w rin ltrmrtatvnrpttfftb flrai rriiswfiy auhiflm there s plenty of life in the old i am observing a birthday this week you 11 nolle i didnt say celebrating no at my age you don i celebrate them you merely observe ihem with a dim view or i wistful look -nrwrshbbia- have seen us saturday night trying to maintain ihe old tra ditions ll was more like a wingding at the home for the aged than a reunion of warriors one of the boys was in great pain hhad purled a muscle in his back while trying to lie his shoelaces with out putting his foot on chair the other divided his anxiety equally between his ulcer and his high blood pressure and i fell sound asleep right in the middle of telling our wives what devils we were in the old days the second incident to cm phusize my increasing senility was a challenge from my daughter she s practising for a field day al school and wanted some competition despite the fact that i nearly burst a blood vesse over it she beat me flanooiiburn women iinstitifte wk3ivmotrihe brt-amp- exciling eras man has aver ex- parie boy yel 1 am taking on a pair of huge mortgages ihe day be fore my birthday they sav there s nothing like a fat mort gage to make a fellow hustle if that s true i qualified years ago for membership in the hustlers i knew the hair was getting thinner and the teeth scarcer hut i havan t much of a pot yet and figured i was in pretty good shape for my age a couple of ex pcncnccs on the recent holiday weekend destroyed this illusion and left me convinced that i m a prciiy good age for my shape home improvements answer to roll call the regular meeting of the was held in the school on thurs day evening may 17 the roll call was answered by staling an tm provenunt each member would iikl to make around her own home a report was given by the mem hers who attended the annual meeting of the hallon tb as sociation in oakville on wednes day evening may 16 it was de cided to have a bus trip again this year after the business period two readings were given one by mrs ellerby and one by mrs morri son then everyone enoyed lunch served by the committee in charge and the hopstep this hurt but after till shes in training and 30 years younger what really destroyed me was he old battleaxe tried it and beat both my marks wilhoul even breathing hard 1 don t really mind getting old er but 1 certainly resent the fact thai they re making all ihe stairs steeper and the garbage cms heavier these days when i look back to my birthday however and realize what has happened since june 2 1920 i cant help thinking that ive been fortunate en ough to live in one of the most just think the wajto end wars was over 6eorge v was on the throne of england and the sun never set on the british empire in those 40odd years we ve had a bigger war george s tranddaughter is queen and the empire has almost vanished when i was bom there were no jet engines iclevision com merctals rocket missiles or nu clear weapons in other words things were pretty quiet in come tax was only a cloud on the horizon no one had climb ed mount everest or run a four minute mik tuberculosis wis i dread disease and lung can ccr had not been invented yel in those four decades and a bit canada s population has doubled the telephone has re placed the back fence as a gos gone through the stages of a air losity a luxury and idol a nee cssiiy and a monthly millstone around our necks there wcrcn i any commun ists gust bolsheviks social ists were reds whisky was stronger and a heck of a lot cheaper women were dressed much os they arc today and were just as neurotic oil heat ing deodorants and iranqutliz crs were unknown nobody was irving to get to the moon fifty dollars a week was big money by golly lhat was a long time ago wasn t it news district georgetown intensive cm unit service has been added to georgetown ind dislntl hospitil two rooms ne ir nursing sla lions will be set up wilh t jur beds each with 24 hour nursing ser vitc ind no mmiois burlington revision or burlington s ward boundaries lo provide a more cquilahle distribution or populahon has been blocked foi it it ist i ve n b tundines wt uhl have lo be changed now lo he in effect bv the m municipal eletlion in december 1963 oakville m st ounlstcrs have had i drink of liquor by the lime lhe are 17 oi 18 hilh school siudents reporlcd in a panel discussion al a locil thutch list week the students felt liquor and bier wtrt too e isilv obt lined either ihi nilh stores or in their own pirents liquor cahintts streetsville a dnvt for ss0000 to complete the streets- milt artn i will bt launched short l approximately 120000 has been donittd or pledged bin more monev is needed lo finish ihe build int bt lore ntl win sandy appoints j depew agent sandy best hallon county conservative candidate seeking reelection lo his third term in the federal government in the june 18 election announced the appointment of john h h de pew qc as his official agent in the forthcoming election cam paign mr best said that mr depew jsenior partner in the oakvrlle law firm of depew and ham is first vicepresident of the hallon county conservative association ind was former town solicitor for the town of oakville prior lo amilgamation mr besl said that mr depew will handle all his business ar rangements during the election campaign professional directory and travellers guide medical funeral directors waterdown co tp i n ban b con scoops from speyside school intended for last week room 1 the hike was very successful they found some wild flowers and colourful birds they had their oral vaccine the class is now reviewing for the coming mtnal drwgc kenney physician and surgeon office in symon block 43a mill st b acton office phone 8552111 residence 113 church st e phone 8511664 dr d a garrett physician and surgeon comer of willow and river sis entrance river st acton ont phone 8530341 dr robert d buckner physician and surgeon 39 wellington st acton ont phone 8531240 office hours 68 pm afternoons by appointment phone 8534350 night or day bruce e shoemaker mgr optical and hearing aids e l buchner r o optometrist contact lensea hearing aids 6 john st s acton id acton wednesdays only 200 pm 600 pm for appointment phone 8531041 if no answer phone waterloo 7428867 i robt r hamilton optometrist 70 st georges square guelph for appointment phone ta 46180 hours daily except wed 60 main st north georgetown sot appointment phone tb 7 3971 world will mats this men for his accomplish to us it seems that the prevalence of the tflfttlng will depend on whether or not his lftvtrvnon is put to ust the running or lad dtofrmg of nylon stockings seemi to be part of th vogue for planned obsolescence or mr bnefs atony people could retire comfortably of what their experience has cost them popi get the most kick out of i fe who do the least kicking truth has only to change hands a few hints to become fiction nobody ever gets anything for no ng but a lot of people keep trying people who fly into a rage always make a bad landing success comes before work only n the dictionary quality ha everything m its favor n eluding the price tomorrow the greatest labor sav ng credit for making possible a runless nylon to the dutch nventor but we do wish htm lock if he can sell the idea to dutch manu facturers they might be able to turn their mport volume into the export s de and the prophecy about world wide blessings might come true the r dgelown dominion the modern russian personality accord ng to a lead ng br nsh psych atrtst presents a complicated and formidable picture but not m possible to understand and certainly not inherently wicked or evil it is rich n contradictions and dangers but no less rich n hopes and potent al t es c twdil a rad o program g v ng adv ce to the lad es recently had some w sdom t would be well for all cartad ans to ponder lettuce w ii keep better and s less i kelv to turn brown f you wrap your head n a towel before you put r n the re fr gerator the acton free press puboihed by the dhu prinunf and publishing co ltd founded hi 1875 and published everv thursdav at 59 willow st- acton ontario member of the audit bureau of circulations the cwjiia and the ontanooieber division of the c wjia advertising rates on request subscriptions pavable in advance j3 00 in canada 4 00 id england and other commonwealth countries 500 in he united states and other foreign countries single copies 7c authorued as second class mail post office department ottawa tbc only paper ever pabbahed ha actou a g a dills editohnchief b david r dills managing editor business an editorial office phone 8532010 rut ltd htit bei mse he buik tailed to abide bv clauici of the zon ing b iju tovcnng reir ird and narking irea a motion lo stop i llstllletli n hlwevtt w is dele ittd b j v2 otc milton a mill n mil i brimplon tounlc were rescued from tht tin ittis of likt out li lo when thur 22 foot sloop capsized in i mid it n squill h ins vers mnei tt tht boat credited a safe h iitmj i uim with h lp nl to mw their 1 es as he had been train ed to hold ont iht boit until help iimtd c jw cimr rf 4 i uni 1 1 wiwiuiiiiiie seal sale nets 31000 find only seven tb cases 7 8 tints he explained sk il sirvicc and rehabitita t m worker mfs j rennie ex p mil htr work with patients nt 1 im ins and remarked the i m in t hal ton tb associa- it n ti iu inquired a high degree i i publ confidence through in m mars of accomplishment nd pi tress lor community h ilih t inv patient or family wh mi tilled us we are always i ulihlt 1rv w mckim of milton h i rrntn of the easter seal sale rpnil 275 letters with seals ut mailed in november follow- i i b v647 reminders the t ml il turns of 31000 showed an hkieim 1 92 per cent contribu- ti n t r 1w0 making it the n i mi ttsful sale in hallon s h r tht financial report showed ennt f 4 000 to mountain sam- i rium ookvi lietrafalgar hospi- t il 12 sxl ontario tb association i sw ind tb association of in- d a j 100 the case finding pro- tnm c m 757 and over woo wi speni on rhc education pro- grim guest speaker at the meeting wt c j remncl of waterloo trusi and savings who stressed iht imporiancc of hating a will oihirs speaking to the meeting ineludtd csevume secretary mrs jtsmc lunau of oalnrllle dr g k ph hip of be meibcal advis ors comrhittec and h a brear k ol the htalih committee tubertulosis i i sin fit in taust ol dedih and in imp in mi eiust ol illness mil ills ihil is wt arc iiist fitd in ixpinilin 11 possible ttt iri to il nnutt th s disease dr a f bull h ill n ct uni s mttlkil lf ir t h al th i hi the jnnuil trntrru it iht hilton tuhtrtuuss ind h ilih asskiuon rveuiik in oikv hi presenting his innual i i i ruling rtr rt dr bull n i 1 2tl iscs nl pulmonarv tb hid hei i f und n lasi vears skin u i in 1 ra mirc of 42s0 n s t in hjlt n or these v is ui were atltet ind thite 1 thp seven resided outs j ihi uinn a tolal of 2 her d stasts and vhtsi ibnirm titles we r d st irtd hul n u t t tasis of tb were f nind n h h1 children the numher of mw n rn ing diseomitd un nius i i iritsi infihi tb lurti rail diir m ll wi ii iht t t ligui t 2 per iwo00 n on m ht llded pnsident wihnm fkns n of a n si d iofl wis i m ir in whuh a jraier awarentss was trcatid in ht minds t mint canadians of ihe i immon goil ihe tontrbl and ul rmait tnlt i tkin of tunrculosts the christmas sol sale wis again sueiessful ht slid with 131 m contnbuied bs inttrtsicd einzen halton stands before middlesex couniv with the high est per capita in the prosinee room 2 grade three boys are putting on a play called simple ton for red cross grade two is studying about long ago it s very interesting in science we are learning about flowers and birds we are going to make a booklet of them we have fun learning about birds room 3 on fnday grades 4 5 and 6 went on an educational trip to the micro plastics and h k porter plants in acton they were divided into two groups while one group was touring the micro plastics plant the other group was bdng conducted through the porter plant after thev returned the pupils filled out forms based on their observa tions a storv will follow next week room 4 this week in room four everyone has been working hard getting ready for the final examinations they are also work ing on art and other projects for ihe fall fair room 5 this week we paint ed our asbestos and paste crea tions with bright colours and i think they are very attractive in the girls softbal league team 3 has 30 points team 2 has 29 points and team 1 has 13 points the captains of the teams are diane brown lorna macpher- son and chariene gougk everyone is looking forward to our trip on friday to toronto after the trip e is re quired to write a story about the trip the best in each grade will receive a prize peter was playing at jhnmy browns house when it was time to go home it started to rain mrs brown offered to lend hkn jimmys raincoat don t take so much trouble mrs brown said peter politehr i m sure tout mother would do as much tor jwnmv she re plied mv mother would do more said peter shed ask jimmy to stay to supper dental surgeon office corner mill and frederick streets office hours by appointment telephone 8534610 maj buchanan dental surgeon office 5a mill street office hours 9 ajn to 6 p m closed wedn afternoon telephone 1531750 legal barrister and solicitor c f leatherlano q c notary public office hours 10 ajn 12 p m 1 pjn 5 ptn saturdays by appointment only phone office s531330 res is31745 acton a braida ia barrister solicitor notary public office hours in acton monday friday evenings 6 pjbl 9 pm saturday 1 pan s ptn 2s paitlrv st guelph ontario phone ta 422 office hours in guelph saturday 9 ajn u am daily 9 ajn s pja chlrontactor david w gohn dc 25 mw sl e fbone 8531171 entrance on wiuow sl office hours mon wed fn 1 pjn to 5 pjn 7pm to 9 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