jfctt pxtss editorial page canada and geography sugar and spice back issues by bill smiley we read this week one mans sug gestion that since onethird of our total earnings goes to taxes we can assume that the next four months of 1966 we are making not a penny for ourselves all of it will go to the government of course that was assuming that our own expenses came first and taxes last and we know thats not the way it is the taxes have to be paid first and we spend whats left ourselves welfare baby bonus hospitalization subsidies pension schemes a lot of the tax money is handed back again after passing through the red tape of govern mental departments some of the taxes are increased because these things used to be looked after by individual enter prise while we wonder where the govern ments many millions go and how much of it is reasonable we are pleased to come across a government publication this week which tells us where millions o d l the country a w ately for overseas work including church programs with famine in india our regular assistance there was increased by 13000000 during 196566 fiscal year there were 533 teachers overseas 39 educa tional administrators and 31 advisers the number of foreign students here in creased from 1820 to 2538 canada was a founding member of the colombo plan for economic devel opment in southeast asia and is still a principal donof country at 670619000 last year cold cash and hard facts add to the romantic names where does all the money go here and we can be proud of it ceylon pakistan malaysia singa pore afghanistan brunei burma cam bodia philippines thailand vietnam indonesia korea laos nepal basuto land bechuanaland gambia ghana kenya malawi mauritius nigeria rho desia tanzania sierra leone uganda 7amhm algeria ramprniin central af dont ask me what im doing m a hotel room in calgary writing this on a rented typewriter the bosljaid plans of men with stubborn wives gang aft agley we should be at home right now but get my wife and daughter jnto a posh hotel and the only wayyou can get them out is to call the management and tell them you have no money tiavel is supposed to be bioadening and it is in the first place you re sitting aiound on your tail most of the time in plants trains buses and hote1 rooms secondly besides the lack of exercise vou eat too much and too often between the two travel is definitely broadening travel is also exhilarating expensive and txhuivting the best part is starting out on he tup iheies the excitement of antilipation now scents new facts new expenentes youie feeling first rate all out clothes aie clem and ftesh and picssccl you have eveiy cent of available cash ol youi hip the woist pai t is the tail end of it the anticipation has turned to satiation youre feeling awful whether its constipa hon oi piles or dire re ai or ust the tact that you re utterly bushed every rag vou own is soiled and crumpled and vou are not onlv flat broke but vou have sign ed a couple of cheques that are guaran teed pure india rubber the prairies aie ver wide also long but don t expect a sci of waving wheat like in the novels from 33 000 fett its tht same old patchwork quilt as else wheie fuithtrmore thost ot us who don t live there have been getting a bum steei lor ears theie isn t supposed to be any water out there but wjien vou look down theyre crawling with lakes the rockies verv rock also high lots of high loeks theie no what made rne gasp jf l he- thought of the eailv bnds fnirt lln e plorers like mckenn and a lioinpson who fought and starved then wax ihiouli that massive menacing wall 200 eais ago with a saek of peminican a lew in dians and a canoe- how then lips must euil those eailv buds as thev look clown and see us i oil nig through in 10 houi s and heai us eoni plaining ahout the lack of spaee in out eompaitmcnt the lack ol anet in om meals and the slow sen vice in the bu west coast verv eoast like good deal of shoiehne and walei chief attiaelion ot eom se including magnificent mountains goigeous gu dens and salubnous sea an was haiassed hugh son and heir 20 years ago taken from the issue of the free press or thursday september 5 1946 wednesday the citizens of ward 5 csqut sing township honored those who seived in the wai at a public reception in acton paik the paiade headed by aeton bovs and gnls band with two loimci wrens as standard beaiels formed al the town hall and paiaded to the park mil a padbury was maishal mi w j beut was ehanman honoied were 33 men and ihiee women horence salt mar ti net somerville and joan waldie g al pine w davidson c dredge e footitu c tootitt r rootitl n gibson t herens- beigei s joe d jordan m jordan l keelan l uthim g mchugh j mc hugh s mehugh h mclntvre j mc isaie k miehie b pargeter g pargetei 0 pitt man d ross f rxdei w sterntt t tonelli a waldie w walclic c wall a wilson c webstei h wo6d all fi om this section of esquesing who had enleied the armed service had re tinned home again e j sprowl was pisidenl ol the committee and l l mullin sceielai v treasiirei aeton schools icopenetl on tuesday wilh lecoid enrolment the capautv 01 both schools is taxed to the limit the continuation school has an emolment or lis with s5 in giade ix teachers are c a stewail pnncipal mi mclean as sisanl mis cai ton ancbmis on ire somewhat inconvenienced bv ation of the hall aiidfttddyuepar1t lie action of the council in remov- feel with excellent reason this report accounts for the money spent on canadas external aid programs this includes economic technical edu cational assistance emergency relief food aid and special loan assistance for developing countries and amounts to 140 6 millions a year as well as this canadians contributed 25000000 pnv- rican republic chad congo ivory coast dahomey gabon guinea mala gasy mali morocco niger rwanda senegal togo tunisia upper volta barbados windward and leeward is lands british honduras jamaica trini dad tobago and hasnt geography changed since we were in school better than tradition tradition something a small town gets when it doesnt want to put up a new building well if tradition is what acton had plenty of before were glad to see were getting away from it and into the mod ern trend of growth and new building the community centre began the march as all of ontario parades its pros perity actonians worried about it at first donated a bit gingerly in some cases but generously enough and it was completed to a great sense of pride the band hall has proved that a small group can take giant steps with bigger groups two new churches have been erected by smallish congregations now we have the centennial library all bricked in and some people said it was impossible the writing s on the wall for the next two steps to progress the idea of a new status symbol the neighboring county of welling ton dominates the field in regard to the population of horses throughout on tario this situation has existed for sev eral years and is believed to be the re sult of so many residents of this area being interested in riding and show animals and of course the existence of the ontario agricultural college in guclph likely halton shared in this change in the picture as far do dobbin is con cerned in other sections of the piovmcc the horse is gradually fading from the farm animal prcturc according to official fig ures of ihe ontario department of agri culture and food wellington county attending to the latest census has some a 000 horses which is the highest density of this once necessary farm animal in the province waterloo county is next with 3 80o horses and it is estimated that about 1 500 of these arc used by mcnnomte farmers more and more farms in the acfoli area are owned by people who have full- time obs elsewhere and of course own ing a horse is one of the pleasant pos sibilities of having all thai space there are several riding stables and ranches very close just recently horse show s are held regularly at style acres ranch back in 1921 45 eais ago when the horse was at the peak of popularity there were 3452000 horses in canada about one for each three persons this is now the ratio of motor vehicles in most of the densely populated areas as thetractor gamed in use the horse pop ulation diminished and by 1931 the numbers dropped by 300000 and in swimming pool is finding wide accept ance a hydro building is nearer reality we have found we are not too small here to afford these fine additions to our fine town and we want even more one of the things that bothers all publicminded citizens is the wilful dam age and vandalism that occurs at the site of any community building proect an incident at the school this past summer was the damage done to the materials on hand for the re roofing of the robert little school a second case was when the plumbing in the new centennial lib rary was damaged over the labor day weekend along with the disappearance of supplies and other equipment break ages the lack of parental concern for what their children are doing is certainly discouraging to citizens who are inter ested in the progress of the community 1965 there were only about 396000 horses in all of canada numerous enquiries are r al the ontario veterinary college for in formation on the care and particularly the shoeing of horses dr f j milne of the department of clinical studies ovc suggests that the horse is getting to be a status symbol in sonic circles briefs guerrillas in vict nam cause a lot of trouble on the other hand it took 300 years to subdue the indians in north america the city of rome is said to be over run by thousands of cats in the american home some think one cat creates the same effect the hasty get rich quick philosopher should know some steady 9 to 5 workers from whom he can hurriedly borrow lunch money not until he departs from the care fully prepared text does the political speaker become even mildly exciting considering the confusion in vict nam it s a wonder how anyone can tell whether what s going on is a not or uot a traffic am the army s scheme to use trained bed bugs to locate the viet cong is op posed by those who think it would be more humane to stick to poison gas the reason hair grows so fast on some heads it may be is that if s trying to gel away from the dismal thoughts inside wtie seen a fan chunk ot the second laigest country in thejwoild in the last few davs jet liner to vaneouer back o tiam thiough the rockies to edmon ton dav liner ugh to calgarv to mouow oil to banff all da back to latch the let and into toronto airport in ihe dawns cirh light after a 22 houi dav and a couple of thousind miles yes een the bourgeois aie getting aiound these ins now i knmv there s nothing quitt so dull is healing ibout somebody clses holiday tup so 1 won t bore vou with a lcsume of ouis except in the next two oi tluee columns just a few general un picssions im not sure lake supeiioi is still iheie is we weie above cloud when we tlcw oei while u was supposed to be mice cloud though met his boat with gicat exeileiiieiil as luck would have it in fact as luck alas has it we couleln t have met him on a woise dav noimalk he has 10 hoins ofl put this week he was eh ingmg fiotn dav shift to night and had to woik a double shift so he had tluee horns oil his mothei s kicc tell a fool wming 16 houis a dav he hail i twitch like an old i ilitci pilot but il hadn t impaiicd his appitilc i notmil when i was pa inu tile bill lot iliniui hi left with a big gun and one ol m hist shuts well hen we ale limning out ol space and i haven t even begun lill vou about how kim loll in love with ihe lifcguird in edmonton or how m wife fell asleep on all the sightseeing toui s oi how i fell into the la ol a nun wlnn the train was swaving m tin rockiis oh well at least i haven t mule vou look at colored slices anxious to start school children lined up at one of the doors at the m 2 bennett school on opening day tugs day teachers were prepared for the rush and had pupils line up accord ig to their cascs before filing in to school hariev to halton by ha 1 r ry h a r 1 e y in p tin pai lianiint ot canula has bcui uiallnl to eiiusidii tin i ulwav strike and i nlwav kmsl ttion this is iieccssaii fiiuiusi i strike ot uiilwav woikus and the iisulting loss ol railwav set vices is i national crisis and must he scttlcd as mmi and nioie ol our eeonomv bctomis paialwid tlic govci nnient brought in a bill to settle the strike ulieh does seem to have bein misundirstoocl the bill w is based on justice munroes re poi t who beaded one conciliation board it would ordei the 1 ulwav workers back to woik and gii them i minimum wage iikil ise 11 4 per cent letloietne to jan uaiv 1 19k- aiul allot tic i 4 pel cent as ot juh i lt- in idditinn to this mr lustice mini ioi uiommi nded inothii 10 per cent w ij1 iinrist lor lv7 ritlnr thin put tins j r7 m omnw nd ition in tin bill mil h in thi lommnunt fix wipes the cn i nmi nt lift this inn il tiliin ol wipe increase to be winked out in yncdiahon b the unions mil the railwav if the railwa anil the woikeis ire unable to come to igreeiiiciit b the isth ot novcin hci 1906 then an ibitiation board will be set up and compulsorv arbitration take place it seems sure that the total wage increase will be at least 18 per cnt oxer the two viar period the leader ol the oppo vo ocd xa jjnendmeut 10 kill ihia bill which was tvintualh diliatnl h tin inmbmid i ibn il social t i edit and t t til lisle p n tnsimj thi llikc i uli pi ndcni millions on mondav culling anil the tin sdiv cu ning an attempt to pioloiv the sitting i ite inljfdic night was picxinted on the inst occasion b the cotiserx itic put and on the second oieisionjis the ndp on wedllcsdav there was ilglcclllcnt to sll i until the passing ol the- bill was complct cd the bill was pissed in pimciple s ond leading b the same putv votes is beloic with the ixecptioil ol one coilsn vative mr nowlin who voted with the gomrmiienl the government t li i n iguiil as iskid bv tile opposition to pi lie 111 the bill illlle mlllllil s hi mi mniilition lor 19f7 iiarintu iiv it li ist 10 pir i n lor 111 il e ii mil bi i pi n tin lot ll nisi out tilt lxr mil pi i lor o at li ist is pt r ctnt as pie inush outiiuil this is still i gun intci il minimum and the t n il limine will he lrnviil it b niidiition between the rulwivs anil th unions npicscllting the workers oi il this i ns hv compulsorv tu nitration at 12 20 on thuisdav morning h i mg considered ind passed lour ot the eleven cjlluso the house recessed lor the null to meet at 10 00 a ill to coptmue the ibscussion expecting to finish the til sometime that da aid icier it to the senate 50 years ago taken from the issue of the free pi ess of thursday september 7 1916 m mv people aie laving in unusallv luja supplies ol lioncv owum lo the seal cil ol hull it is cheap and wholesome rhcic was quite a hcavv i lost on sun il iv in the vicinity ol ospi ing and lvei ion the nuns peals ol the school bells iisumiil vim miss i t tic 1 montnth ol sliatloid tin new ic ichci m ihcpitniary ilepai tmciit is at her post and alicatly winmiie the esteem ol hci little hock misses iloicnec holmes maigaict bennett ruin claik and jean smith rc liiincd lo toiontp on mondav evening to lesume teaching miss btitha blown is on the oicasional teaelicis stalf then the pleiiilid stone toad thiough spc side hs biought n unusual amount ol motoi tialfic i u pine essence ol suap hakes 10 cents ihe methodist sunda school picnic pinveil conclusively that the paik is a highlv salisl iltoiv place the mcmbeis ol the school ind then linnds met on tilt church lawn at thice o clock headed by acton citiens band the pnmarvand in ei mediate scholais in decorated aulos and the sciuoi scholais ollicers and leach cis on loot moved in pai ide lo the paik a c iiclulh planned piogiam of games and athletic contests was pioceeded with the uilos welt a gicil some ol plcasuic lo the kiddies and weie kept busv all altel noon giving miles around the hack sonic c ns i u i miig as man is 20 oi 2s on each li ip i in imiiulcs made a pieltv sight in i he ii holiday clothing rhcoldci mcmbeis el the coinpinv occupied the giandsland 75 years ago taken from the issue of the free press of thursday september 10 1891 the prize list foi acton union ex hibition was issued this week and from the many inquiries for it this past week theie is evidentlyajiowing interest in our popular amd successful fall show owing lo the destiuction of the exhibi lion building bv the cyclone last year ex hibitors are somewhat inconvenienced bji the separat ments the ing the drill shed to the paik and fitting it up for exhibition purposes a few months ago has icmedied this defect somewhat after neaik two vears of patient suf ferings mrs chi istopher masales died last thursday fiom consumption the daugh- tci of the late samuel woiden sr she was born on the old homestead on the hfih line in 182 and was all her life a icsident ol acton and vicimtv the funeral on sunday was conduoted bv the rev mr campbell and the occasion was improved bv the seinion lioni the lext if a man die shall he live again in lesponsc to a petition reeve lowry has proclaimed next tuesday 15th inst a civic holidctv no doubt the toionto ex hibition will be the obectie point for in inv of our citiens this is one of the best days and loin hands will plav re linn railway tickets will be ssued that dav for single i aie a numhei of othei towns anil villages hive elected the same day foi livjc holl davs trinity church the united church of canada minister rev dwight i lngel ba b d oigaiiisl mr gcoigc tlhott ma phd slndy si pi 1 miur ii 16 worship 1 0 00 i in 1 1 mi i x chinch aeton nuis civ piomilcd ioi hlth ibildiin s i in luiiilnll c imi c 1 i chuicliill ri il ninth wilin wiluniie as ills im it utile siiviei se 1 moll colleeinillg lllc kills uiurui suiooi 10 110 l iii nrnsetv c i iss id il ide i ills i in 1 nli 1 to h nlc 8 sis pin suud i sep i cm be i ii lmi li ulei bus leases chinch to liavil li nini il council 1ictin il kit die nil mcinoiial aieni retillll m nilive i su v sijndav sipt lis l6 se 1 ikes it 10 00 a 111 mil 7 pin uest pie lellel 1 hi rc dl hit ell pie ise note ch lll ol pile maple avenue baptist church geotgttown m ti si pi 1 mbi r 11 lei 4i i in sundav school 11 00 a in morning service 700pjn evening service wcdiicsdav 8 pm prayer meeting cton 3 19io geoigelown 877 666s evangel pentecostal tabernacle p vllt u c him lull road rev s m ihonwmi pastoi 8s3 2715 si mx si pri mbi r ii ptti 10 00 am sundav school for all ages 11 00 am morning worship service 7 00 pni rsanpchstic serxicc tutsdax 8 pin piastr and bible study ihuisdav 8pm ca set vice septelllbcl lo to 2 max solbickkcn silvahon healing crusade fiiaver lor the suk lame blind and deal no charge isiiv in lit st pi 16 to 23 s i in secndas iglli llajn 3 pjn and 3 pjri as we lo to puss the fust musical and lltiiais cnli l t milium ol the season of the i pwoilh league is m piognss the acton free press 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presbyterian church in canada knox church acton re andrew h mrkenzic b a b d minister mr e a hansen ba organist and choir master sunday si p11mbir ii lomi 9 4s a m chin eh school k opt ns in all ilep n inn ills 1 1 fm iin public woislnp ol od si i moil i lie im i loin c omiii mil to be ililliili s i vi i mini most w i k im bethel christian reformed church ac ton ontai io re wichc van hik phoni 8su85 si ay si ill mbi l 11 iwxi 10 m i m i nglish sciviic jw p in hutch siivic 3 4s pin siincia- sihool the church of st alban the martyr anflk an corner willow and st alhins dnr rc ritchie mcmurr ma sib ii mii mv m m si pfi 1bl rii 1 9 00 a m hol i uchii ist 1000 i in matins i ol lowing matins iik palish is holding its annii il pie mc s it week tile iii nil si l ice umits to the rigul ii houi ol 10 0 i m acton baptist church lounded ik42 pa to i rf stnlee amnion res 144 tidev aie ph 853 161 si mu srptlmrir n p 9 45 am church school adult cla3 1100 im moiiiing worship 7 00 p m lciiing service wcdnesdav pier and bible study 7 30 thursday 7 30 pm choir practice all visitors welcome to our services doctmncs we preach and bedieve the viigin bnth the diet v or chi ist his bodily rciuriettion ihe faevoiwl comintf c