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s9be tv ue remember as the decades begin to erase the torment and the bitterness of a faroff war a whole new generation takes its place is remembrance still significant is it more than an exercise is its mes sage of sacrifice still meaningful annually services of remembrance are held but the attendance diminishes one wonders if the message of sacrifice is not being minimized it is true the weather is not always comfortable on a november day at the cenotaph it is true the wars of over 20 years ago may not be more than a history lesson to many of those up to the age of 25 or 30 surely though there is a responsi bility to bring home to the generations who succeed the part sacrifice has play ed in the moulding of a nation the life we know in canada now may be a good life but such was not always the case sacrifice has played a major part in the development of the nation from the early rigors of pioneer life through the hardships of a young nation and the loss of sons in wars beyond the seas todays sacrifice is an uncomfortable suggestion in our eagerness for more in our pursuit of a steadily rising stand ard of living wetare reluctant to con sider the important contribution sacrifice plays in strengthening us collectively and individually each day brings a new succession of events which mould the future we chart for the generations that follow they may be small events a prejudice which is caught up and built upon by the next person a selfishness that is compound ed as it spreads from individual to or ganization if we are to build a proud heritage it will be built not on our weak nesses of prejudice greed and fear but on our strengths of courage sacrifice honesty and hard work thousands of words have ibeen writ ten and spoken about the dedication that led men and women to the total com mitment that wars demand loud has been the praise bestowedon4he thous ands whose lives were snuffed out in protecting the freedoms we now enjoy perhaps no words are more mean ingful than those written by one cana dian mother whose husband fell at dieppe ill thank the lord who made him fearless though valor claimed his life like him ill be a fighter ever and con quer in the strife i may not raise a cross of stone to hallow the place he fell but for his sake ill fight to build the land he loved so well every man woman and child in canada is moulding the future of our country how slow we are to realize that means me we can be grateful the last two de cades have not demanded the kind of sacrifice born of war but we should continually be mindful that sacrifice takes many forms if we are to build a nation a community or a family the give and take of sacrifice must be forever before us as the nation gathers at its ceno taphs and war memorials this week there is much to remember there are the jives given sacrificially in defense of a freedom and way of life there is the sacrifice made by those who remained while loved ones gave their all there is the sacrifice given in community and local projects to make life somewhat easier for those who were separated from their families in time of war will we remember and dedicate our selves to building a community and a country they would have been proud of canada clean strong and free a country whose people have discovered the things that belong unto peace this is the greatest remembrance we can achieve in this remembrance week fccuy euti telu fetch ffrehtfj xirfeih arctic net ac different doug lewis who moved this fall with his family from acton to inuvik in the 1 north west territories has written a very interesting letter back to his acton schoolmates he is the son of the former robert little school industrial arts teach er john lewis and mrs lewis dougs jettcr follows v bujx 1484 inuvik nwt october 6 1966 thank you for your letter i apprec iated it very much because i found out what was going on down there the temperatures vary from 30 de grees to 60 degrees most of the time we had two oe three small snow storms that have melted quickly we have had some beautiful sunny days and gone for picnics and fishing there are many lakes around here inuvik is built on the east bank of the mackenzie river and we can sec the mountains across the delta last week dad and six other teachers went on a fishing trip to a lake about 60 miles away the plane couldnt take off at first because there was too much weight and the pontoons sank in the water so one teacher decided to stay at home they left friday after school sunday when it was time to come home it was windy and the waves were so high on the lake the plane couldnt land to pick them up finally by tuesday they decided to drop food for the men if they still couldnt land but luckily the weather calmed and they were rescued that day when i came home from school dad was sitting at the table eating as he was rather hungry they caught fish on monday and had a little oatmeal porridge and some cranberries they pick ed on tuesday while he was gone the rest of our family went to a nearby hill and picked a big dish lull of cranberries there arc mostly spruce and birch trees here and sumac bushes much of the soil is muskeg over one of the hills is a lake from which the water is pumped through the utilidors to the houses the utilidors are large insulated pine lines running through the town to all the houses the water heat and sewage pipes are all inside it they cant be put underground because of the permafrost the whole town is heated from one heating system at one end of town the government employees live in single houses and three or four bedroom apart- tnent houses there are also three large apartment buildings for single employees a 100 bed hospital agriculture research building federal building post office etc navy barracks rcaij building hotel coldstorage garage barber and hairdresser bake shop hudson bay store liquor store dry tleaners the drum our weekly newspaper building supplies bank telecommunications office tele grams telephones etc snack bar thea tre just as nice as many in the city and several warehouses and oil storage tanks at the warf the centennial library and museum is almost finished there is a sign up where they are going to build a ymjca it is just in part of another building now there is also a craft shop where you can buy native crafts and clothing in the other cndof town the natives live in frame or log houses or tents most of them have electricity and heat their homes with oil some of them have dog teams and sleds which they use to go trapping in the winter some of them have cars in the past two or three years many people have brought cars in on the barge even though there are only roads in town and seven miles to the airport there is a service station and taxi the population is about 3000 in the centre of town is the catholic church arid anglican church with a large hostel behind each one for the children who are flown in from the outlying dis tricts to live in for the school year there are about 50q children in the hostels some of them were a week late for school this year as the planes could not get in here for a week because of the fog and bad weather right in the centre between the churches and hostels is the large sir alonander mackenzie school there are 53 teachers with grades 1 to 12 there is a private kindergarten and nursery school i am in junior high school so am on rotary and have several teachers on the main floor there is a very large and very well equipped gym changing and washrooms the shop home economics and main office with pa system there is dad and another teacher in the shop the shop has many extras like a planer drill press skidoo 2 ton truck bike weld ing equipment and a dark room and equipment for developing pictures upstairs there is the balcony for the auditorium and classrooms the barge conies up the river from june until the end of september and our years supply of food is brought in then almost everything the town needs is brought in for the vear by barge perish able foods and mail etc are brought in three times a week by plane you got the impression that we bought our food at the extreme prices at the hudson bay store but we dont we yet government rations and it is all in our storeroom at our house for lhe year now we buy a few eggs fresh fruit or icecream at the bay candy is the same price here as in the south most things at the bay are about the same price as they are in the south except for food there is no tax on any thing in the nwt the theatre charges 35c for children and there is a good child rens movie at the parish hall every fri day night for 25c that darn cat was on last weekend 1 am in cadets now and like it we have a complete uniform and have target practice every week the school health program includes immunization xrays and free dental care we all go over to the dentist and have our teeth cleaned and painted with fluoride and any fillings that are necessary we also get our drugs at cost price at the hospital and free hospitalization so you see it doesnticost as much to live here as you thought because the government subsidizes most things for its employees i forgot to mention our radio station the cbc for the north since the tele- phonptfncs were completed to the south this summer we get the live cbc pro grams from the south before that the programs were taped and sent up and were always a few days late we all have telephones and can phone anywhere the same as you except it costs us more we have our own fire station curling rink and power house it is very hard to believe we are really so far inside the arctic circle inuvik is much like a southern town i hope you will write again yours sincerely doug sugar and spice by bill smiley this week i have a lot of things on my mind but none of them is worthy of the brilliant penetrating essay- ip which you wrap your garbage therefore the column will be some thing of an irish stew or a hungarian ragout r better still a french pot pourri thats pronounced popery speak ing of which congratulations to all my dogan friends they can now eat meat on friday and destroy the market for fish and miss all those wonderful food values in fish and turn into meatstuffed red- faced birds like us protestants speaking of which one ofour church es had a folk service last sunday the occasion was a conference in town of 300 christian boys we billeted two of them for kims sake i ordered trom the billet ing chairman two six foot handsome chaps with rich fathers what we got were well two boys a short chubby cocky one and a long skin ny shy one neither was handsome nei ther had a wealthy father but the service sunday was firstrate you should have seen the look on the grayheaded elders as they belted out go tell it on the mountain with the el ectric guitars whanging away the other accompaniment a sort of- dull rumble wasthe bones of john calvin martin lu ther and john wesley twirling in their graves and lhe redheaded kid darting from organ prelude to choir loft to electric gui tar back lo organ for the offering back to choir back to guitar was our baby busier than the proverbial onearmed pa perhanger speaking of church reminds me that im supposed to be guest preacher at our church this sunday its laymans sunday very inspiring ah the laymen get up and bellow hymns offkey those who can even sing oilkey read the scripture ant whatever is left over preaches the sermon havent quite chosen my text yet but there are still several days to go and ive narrowed it down to three or four my first idea was frailty thy name is woman then i decided that something is rotten in the state of denmark might be safer by the way these are from the bible i hope theres always the old standard of course the demon rum but i dont think i could stand the snickers and my brother brought rhe a jug of newfound land screech recently from the kingdom of joey perhaps ill settle for the theme the new morality if only i can find out be fore sunday morning what it is ill be in business as near as i can discover ifs- doing whatever you want and getting away with it speaking of which i feel both wicked and guilty because i dont answer letters heres part of one from a weekly editor belaboring me for defending todays kidsl he says giviphe one of the depres sion kids with a grade eight collection of myths fables a few facts a smattering of the three rs and the seat out of his pants the last is most important the kid would be desperate for a job and would learn more spelling and grammar in three months from an old comp book than your goldplale system teaches in the years from six to 16 mrs c braham of bruderheim al berta writes telling me what lo do about my refrigerator that stank when the pow- er was turned off and the meat went rot ten thank you dear lady but youre al most as lousy a cprrcspondent as i your letler is dated august 10 i received it this week and how do you like this chap from a publishing house asking when im going lo write a book all i can say is that if he wants to lake over for a week ill produce a book all lie has to do is write a column a sermon and a letter to the town council from the library board try to keep my wife from going around lhe bend help my daughter with her weak subjects la tin french math science geography read and criticize 89 essays set two ex ams rake the leaves that have fallen from 14 trees throw into the cellar a pile of firewood thats been rotting in the rain for two weeks answer all my letters pre pare lesson plans and teach all day drive my daughter 200 miles for a music lesson on saturday and help with the dishes im game if he is a book would be childs play v we forget remembrance day in acton cjlharley to halton by harry harley m p the past days in the house of com- mons hte not becen very productive or rather nonproductive in the field of leg islation interim supply is under debate which is lhe approval ol government spending usually lor a one month period this debate has no time limit and is a wide open debate on am federal mutter two subjects have been debated during this interim supply motion namely na tion defence and the construction of a second natural gas pine line tor canada much of the debate has centred around the testimony ot naval personnel before the defence committee interim supply must be granted by parliament until all department estimates have been passed and this is usually very late in the year interim supply must be asked for each month ai this debate has no time limit and as supply must be available within the first ten days of the month any govern ment can be forced into an election just lv continued debate without passing the inlerim supply motion this would be very unusual as i do not think it has ever been carried ttnhis extreme but it is possible under the present rule ot par liament the federalprovincial conference has concluded the lederal government has agreed to contribute more lederal tax nionev to the provinces for education at the same time the- federal government- will gradually stop payments lor technical schools but will take over the payment ot allowances of all training programs the provincial governments have asked for further monies and the federal gov ernment has refused to go beyond what it has offered v committee work inthe house of commons has become verw heavy the legislation is moving slowly arid it appears likely that the present sitting yyill extend into next ye jr 20 years ago taken from the issue of the free press of thursday november 7 1946 the first troop of acton boy scouts held a social evening last friday in knox presbyterian church the scout mothers presented to jack mainprize the silver trophy for contributing the most toward scouting in acton during 1944 and to dougdavidson a simila- award for 1945 a badge presentation was held with former scoutmaster rev forbes thomson presenting the badges to scouts bob ty ler ron sail jim dills monte raaney fred euringer don davidson and bob rowles between lhe items the audience enjoyed a singsong with messrs hartley coles and jack mainprize giving the lea dership acton junior farmers held a hal loween masquerade at lome school on october 30 prizes were awarded to the following best costume for ladies mis charles mckeown best costume for men deberl coe best couple mrs j j stewart and charlene marshall best comic cos tume bunny anderson most ridiculous costume gordon leslie best childs cos tume barry stewart the public speaking contest was lhe main feature of the evening mrs how- aid swrtzer ernest west and bessie reid the two best were chosen lo go to mil- ion on friday night lo compete against other contestants they were mrs how ard switzer and ernest west born mclntyre to mr and mrs harold mefntyre at toronto general hos pital on tuesday november 5 1946 a son 50 years ago taken from the issue of the free press of thursday november 23 1916 the dominion government has pass ed fra orderincouncil against the for mation of combines to raise the prices of food clothing and fuel the order ma- kes such action a criminal offence bread was reduced two cents per loaf in toronto on tuesday it now sells for eight and 16 cents the skating on corporation pond has been good this week and lhe young lulks have enjoyed it immensely the extreme cold weather during the week has interfered with the work of jet ting in the cement footings for the neve shoe factory a few days of milder wea therwill help the contractors the potato scarcity is prellv well met the prices now range from s2l lo s250 turnips are down to 30c bus wheal last week si 90 on monday the price drop ped to 180 the tendency is for a rise ag ain an iode chain tea was held in the parish hall under the auspices of the duke of devonshire chapter daughters of the empire an enjoyable afternoon was spent knitting socks for soldiers cniploved the time of those present plain refreshments were served last saturday night several dogs at tacked the i lock of sheep belonging lo messrs mann bros at bannockburn school three lambs and a ewe were kill ed and two others were so badlv worried lhe had be shot the loss was between s50 incl 560 the regular meeting of lhe high school literary society was held last fri day afternoon herbert ritchie gave a reading stump speeches were made by harold kennedy violet smith hugh wil liams george agnew and lettie scptt current events were read by lloyd ken nedy and jessie mowat gave an interest ing reading jeanie orr sang a couple of songs died carty in hamilton on tues day november 15 1916 david carty ag ed 69 years 75 years ago taken from the issue of the free press of thursday november 12 1891 the provincial fat stock show will be held in guelph on december 9 arid 10 the properly on the north corner of church and willow streets recently changed hands dr lowry was the pur- chaser at s600 mr alex lasiby informs lhe free press that lhe amount he paid for lhe homestead was 5000 and not 5500 as re- porled last week the tenders for the purchase of the driw shed properly on bower avenue were opened at a meeting of the council the figures were deemed lower than could be obtained and no tender was ac cepted the opinion of many is that the fairest way to dispose of lhe property would he by auction sale by thisrneans the property would no douht bring its full value and the highest bidder would get il without further negotiations lo trouble either the council or lhe pur chaser princess louise has become a palron- ess of the association lor erecting a mem orial in england lo sir john a macdon- ald latest reports declare oueen victoria lo be in excellent health the level of the wafer in the ship chan nel between montreal and quebec con tinues to fall hundreds ol islands have appeared in the bay of ouinle in consequence of the low water the acton free press phone 8532010 business and editorial office jiiiinricil in 11175 nd publlslird every tliurmtny nt 10 willow si ailnii on tario mrnihrr of llii- audit riirrml of cirriihitliins the- cwna id own a arlvniimiik rules on rrnl subscrip tions puyihlc in advance 0 in canada 700 in all countries other thnn canada sliikle rnpifs ilk- aiilhnruril is second da mail post office depurtnienu ol- tnw1 adverllsiiik k mcoplfsi on ihc toiidllinn thai in ihc evml of lypocrnnh- icl riiir iluil pilktii of the iirlvcrtlvins spitr uiiicil hy the rritnriiiis item together with n imiiiiiiii illownnre for mnniluif u ill not he ihintcd for hut the hiliime of the iiuertlsfiiicnt will be p nd foi it ihc ipphrahlc rate in the niit nt i l tn il ci i or advertlsilift cooils or in ucs l wmii price hoods or servicci may not be hold artvprtlmnb r ncics nt oflci in mii niel miy hi u hlili hill at iris time lublllirrl bv hie mill irlnlloc anil inlitih luf ltd dhi tl dills matiiciiu tihlir oinyimiii iuiic the church of st alban the martyr anglican corner villow and st albans drive rev ritchie mcmurray ma stb trinity will si nday november iv ill i m holy eucharist 11131 a in chunh school 1130 a in matins trinity church the united church of canada minister rev dwight i engel ba bd organist mr george elliott ma phd si nday november 13 ix c iii rill school chimb svhool juniors up to gr 4 at 1ft am v seniors gr 5 ir 8 at 1115 am divine services 10 vf a in i rimtv church nursery scr- x lie provided- 1115 am churchill churchill rd n beth el christian reformed church acton ontario rev wicbc van dijk phone 8531585 stnday november i lwi ii m ain enlish serviie 2m pin dull li service 345 pm sunday st ihkii presbyterian church in canada knox church acton rev andrew ii mckciiic ba bd minister mr i- a hansen ha organist and choir master stnday november h ixv 4s am church si ikmii lm ages 3 lo 15 945 a rit i teenage church member ship class lion a in divm win-shin- 3 3l im chiiit h si lii xtl stttl mr ting 17w pm youth lellouship mcctini next siindav noxtiulni i2lsl anni versary seniles at ii ant anil 7v pm ircichci rev d c macdon- alil simcoe evenone must wctuhiie acton baptist church founded 1842 pastor rev stanlcv gammon res 144 tidcv ave ph 853lhl5 sinuav november 13 19t 945 am church school adult class 1100 am morning worship rev john ward- delta park gall guest speak er the odds against 700 pjn christian worship mr gam mon wednesdav pravcr and bible study 7j0 friday bhf 700 all visitors welcome to our services doctrines we piteach and bedieve the virgin birth the diety of christ his bodily resurrection the second coining x maple avenue baptist church georgetown si nday november h iroo ms am sunday school iiuo am morning scrvii 70o p in livening scrvu wednesdav 8 pm praxer meeting- aiton svmjo georgetown 877665 evangel pentecostal tabernacle paoc 33 churchill road rev s m thoman paistor 8532715 sunday november 13 1966 llk am sunday sibhoof for all ages lf00 aati morning i worship service 700 pm evening service tuesday 8 pm prayer and bible study thursday 8 pm ca service friday 645 pm crusaders