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teatie heme tcnifkt the importance of actons annual nomination meeting is stressed here year after year and attendanceremains about the same maybe this year with our representatives to be elected for a- two- year term attendance will be more rep resentative of the continuing interest in town affairs this is the time to ask questions and to learn abou anything that bothers you reports are given as a matter of course they have been prepared in advance with care by council hydro school boards and other bodies they are factual and comprehensive the atmosphere is informal enough that no one would mind asking a ques tion and you may be sure you would be answered with our municipal officials usual courtesy you see the usual people who are interested in the town there year after year and to look at the group youd think women around here hadnt been granted the vote yet the library the hydro building the stop lights the amalgamation of parks board and recreation committee aa z bennett school addition these are a few of the things that our elected representatives have had to make important decisions about this past year on our behalf back them up by attending the meeting after nominations snow your interest by considering carefully who can best continue the fine workof the pasf and take part in the nomination meeting which precedes its tonight thursday at the robert little school jfifrt pftss editorial page politics and politician the growing disillusionment with politics and politicians was surely in creased during the past week by the events at the progressive conservative anrtual meeting in ottawa the picture ofa leader snubbed by many of his supposedsupporters public ly lashing out at those who disagree with his leadership is hardly one to stimulate confidence in those who would govern this great broad country it is hardly the kind of picture that would lead young people to dedicate their lives as politi cians the party system of government has endured many tests during canadas first hundred years but displays of the in fighting and survival tactics necessary in politics are not stimulating they are sickening we are among those who have felt that john oiefenbaker has outlived his ability to lead a party effectively and dynamically although we have great ad miration for his oratorical skill we have a soft spot too for his determination and doggedness ideally i of course he would resign and permit the nowdissipated party to rebuild and unify he is not one to resign without a fight however and the extent to which he will go to satisfy what appears to be personal ambition is yet to be seen the situation is one which will have its effects on all canadians since the leader of the opposition has a key role to play in the parliament of our country how effectively he can play that role knowing of the divided support he has within his own party will be open to question not only will the party suffer but canada suffers too tie tfeiaif u at t anted as the time approaches for municipal groups to submit their comments onthe peelhalton local government review it is not surprising that there should be some agitation for an extension of the deadline we feel the provincial govern ment should however resist the temp tation to permit the local legislators to procrastinate the report detailed radical and con troversial was presented to the munici palities on september 20 the deadline set at that time was the end of the year three months away initially there may have been con siderable conecture on whether jhe re port was actually real it had been in the making for a year and perhaps most had been inclined to consider it still off in the future realism has perhaps been slow in coming but it is now generally accepted the report is not some intang ible day dreaming it is here now and must be dealt with a meeting of school officials from the two county area has urged a two month extension in the date for the sub mission of the comments to the minister of municipal affairs the county coun cil hedged its request for an extension with the suggestion it be permitted only so 1967 councillors perhaps newly elect ed would have the opportunity to com ment the council maintained however the 1966 councils should not be permit ted an extension for their comments three of haltons seven municipalities are on two year terms for council and this is not an election year municipal councillors are no differ ent from the average individual they will procrasttnate if the deadline is ex tended just as individual organizations who are studying the report would those charged with the responsibility of municipal office during 1966 when the c4itrial flctej were glad to see santa claus is coming to town again for a pre christ mas appearance hell bo at the post office anything that directs attention to our town during the christmas shop ping season is most valuable and the chamber of commerce has recognized the fact the typical weather of past weeks report was largely prepared are in the best position to offer constructive com ments and suggestions new council lors learning the intricacies of municipal administration would be hard pressed in the first two months of a term of office to deal realistically with the pro posals of mr plunkett municipal officials should be able to reach some decisions on the advantages and disadvantages of the plunkett pro posals then outline them comprehensive ly in time to meet the deadline the pall of uncertainty that hangs over municipal government in halton and peel is not a healthy thing length- ening this period of limbo will not con tribute to the benefit of taxpayers the uncertainty frustrates the making of re sponsible decisions on growth and devel opment it may lead to unwise decisions that are perfectly logical under present patterns of government if the municipalities are to be grant ed extensions in the time for their con sideration the province cannot be expect ed to do other than take its own sweet time too it was in july 1965 that mr spooncr told mr plunkett to begin his study after outlining the terms of reference the december 1966 deadline for local com ments on the report takes the matter to the 18 month mark granting the pro vincial government six months to take some action would put the period of un certainty to a full two years while we realize that the month of december is a busy one local legislators have a responsibility to meet a deadline on a matter as important as the plunkett proposals we sincerely hope there will be no procrastination locally or provin- cially in lifting the state of limbo in which the two counties have been plac ed brought back to mind the travesty of an old verse dirty days lath september april june and november from january up to may its sure to snow or rain each day all the rest have thirtyone without much chance of any sun and if one of them had twoandthirty theyd be just as cold and twice as dirty sugar and spice by bill smiley my heart aches for the parents of young children al the parents of all young children they are like soldiers who have done their basic training but have never heard a shot fired in anger the real war lies ahead i know there are some young mothers with several children who think they are going through a rough time right now but this is merely purgatory hell comes later and is hotter lit tie kids are loveable as babies they are soft and warm and if changed frequently smell good they grin they creep they gurgle and they cheep and every day in every way they grow smart er and smarter life is full of landmarks the first tooth the first step the first word the first fistfight with the little girl next door the first dav of school the first big crush on a member of the opposite sex theyre very funny and theyre very sxvectand theres always a big occasion not far away there archalloween cos tumes to make and the thrill of that first time out in the eerie october night one hand clutching a huge paper bag the other clutching firmlv the hand of the bigger girl from next door as the rounds are made theres christmas coming and the growing excitement of carols and the part in the sunday school pageant and rustley papers in closets and in the hairraising help they give in decorating the tree and theres valentines day with the great social decisions to be made about who gets the fivecent one and who gets the 10cent one and theres firecracker dav when they have to standiin a circle and watch their rather burri ifttvjwgyrs and watch their father burning his fingars shows them how careful they must bej all in all little kids arc about the greatest single blessing wo can lincl in this vale ol tears theyre a lauh u dav thev can make you leel big and strong and capable and honest and whole theres only one thing wrong with little kids inevitably inexorably relent lessly they become big kids and as they grow their parents shrink physically mentally spiritually andjinancially the tendons of the family- body begin to stretch under constant pressure the family joints begin to creak under con stant strain not to labor the analogy lets just say that your cherubs have become teenagers mommas tolerance thins with the ne rapidity as ads hair daughters biness increases at the same rate as is surliness tjat was once merely an exercise in exhaustion getting them to bed be comes a superhuman effort staying up til they get in but this is just the home life some thing to he borne like ingrown toenails or varicose veins what really grabs you is the influence of the outside world evcrvbodv from the prime minister to the local plumber tells your kids thev brave to stay in school it doesnt matter whether they have the brains of a louse a dropout these days is practically a felon in fact dont be surprised if all dropouts are sent to the moon as soon as we have established a colony there similarly vour daughter has an ir- rcsistable attraction toward hoods vain- iv you nudge her in the direction of some cleancut honorstudent son of a wealthy wasp doctor her reaction that fink and she makes a date with some long- locked yamahariding character who is in his fourth year in the twovcar technical course makes 25 a week in his parttime job at the supermarket probably drinks and will be rich by the time hes 3 and your son same only more so he look- on lsd with the same interest with which vou looked on literary social and debating clubs when vou were his ajie he helps himself to a beer with the same nonchalance with which he used to take j banana but cheer up parents theres one satisfaction if you can hold out physical ly vou re going to be able to sit around and laugh yoursell sillv when your kids are bringing up their kids uitctif etf a4 mete centimes the second instalment of the account of the store at ballinafad is published today writer is miss bea hilts of ballina fad my first story about ballinafad store to he acton free press ended after mr frank betts liacl a new twostorey built in 1905 and remained there till he sold to mr and mrs richard hewins in april 1910 their familv was two young lads brvon mcl elmer mv brother will drove the stage all one xxiniei and did chores around the place mr john mckechnie of ballinafad did the same work the rest of the time mr hewin was there miss edna saycrs also helped there mr hewins sold to messrs ah farncll and gardner around 1913 a few years later they dissolved partnership mr and mrs ab farnell continued their son graham was born while thev were in the fad and later attended blue mounain school mr john mckechnie dmvc the team to town for them mr and mrs james kirkxvood bought the store around 1928 their familv jim then a missionaiv who became a minister and shirlev manv gxd names ol check ers were plaved in mr kirkwoods store in- the evenings jim used gas lamps in the store for a time then had electric power put in mr and mrs mlrrlam houuht from mr kiikwond in octoher 1936 their lam- ilv was grant and grew the furnace was still in the middle nt the store with a cook stove up stairs so i hex decided to niodernie coal or wood had to be carried up two flights of stairs and ashes carried down one hard water also had to be carried up others before them had to do the same as the heating system was not vcrv satisfactory thev hada new furnace put in the basement with a new hot water heating sstem i iter thev enlarged the cistern hv chiselling out rock as it was too near the budding to do any blasting i iter thev had a hath room put in hv the ame plumbing tirni then there was hot and cold water in taps upstairs also sott water what a saving of time and cnergx a new meat counter was placed in the store- then a ariet ot meats could be kept when parties were held in the old hall that store was a convenient place to pet material tor sandwiches cake and ice cream etc around 1931 they decided to give up the store and sold to mr and mrs robin son they had one boy brock after being there five years they decided to mill as she could not be on her feet so much or go up and down stairs mr and mrs eddie smith of beltwood heard this stave was for sale so came to see h and dkided to buy so on nov 10 1956 they nwvwl in their family was donna doreen diann bill gordie and stephen diann helped her dad for some lime in the store and post office and was able to take full charge one summer while dad and mom and two young brothers went west to visit relatives the girls have homes of their own now each one who had charge of the store here added more conveniences and sup plies as the vears went bv and every one ol them hiis been very congenial and ob liging for the past 15 years or more it has been a self serve shopping centre vou can get almost everything vou want right there rural mail delivery began heie in march 1914 each borne had to buy a metal box with a small door and have their name on it and had to put in a post near vour gate and lasten the ho on it the mall carrier drove a hoise to a bitggv or cutter from georgetown up the 7th jane to ballinafad and leave a mail ha there ind pick up one to take back to town i alter leaving ballinafad he diove up to peacock corner across to the 8th line and down to georgetown leaving mail for each limilv as he drove along this route is no 1 georuetoxvn that is 52 xeais ago march 1966 the first mail carrier xxas mi nixon next percv hurst mr haiker and ml fi ed near mr jake miller delivered lor a num ber of xears he dioe a team to a demo crat because lie dealt in more business than just delivering mail he and percv hurst got their dinner at mr sam mcclures lot 1 erin toxm- ship next to mr hvde sr while he took a trip oxerseas percx barker took his place till mr hxde returned and con turned for a tew xears mr cunningham came uiext he and mr hxde delixered mail for sexeral xears i think those two had cars when dehxering others before them did not mr bill of the glen taxi delivered for some months till mr ken kirkwood be gan in december 1961 and is still on the route november 1966 even after the rural mall began to be delixered the team had to go to mmhc toxxn to pick up supplies till trucks began delixerine all kinds of material to the stores then a team xas no longer need ed just wait and see if xve do not have jn apartment house in ballinafad one of these davs some homes had phones in earlier but fn the vear 1916 many homes xvcre getting the bell telephone in some years before this a phone had been placed in the store anvone xvishing to phone could go there and use it by paying a small fee shop at home for xvhat would xve do- xvithout a store and post office at bajlinulad back issues 20 years ago taken from the issue of the free press of thursday november 21 1946 the meeting of the public utilities commission xvas held thursday evening chairman c m hansen presided and reeve c l kirkness and j r mcarthur were present bcardmore and co were to be sup plied xvith an itemized statement cover ing the share of the installation of services on guelph street at the new subdivision this xvas necessitated by the rear of pro perty installation desired by the company a letter from e rognvaldson sub mitted his resignation from the commis- sion staff at the end of november six halton junior farmers commented in the public speaking competition stag ed in the milton high school friday november 8 president george s atkins n was in charge of the program norval was represented by jean chester and john lyons acton by donalda switer and ernie west milton by cedric harrop and palermo byerla windover two entries in entertainment were miss blanche mckin- non soprano soloist acton and a six piece orchestra from milton the xvinners in public speaking were girls jean ches ter norval boys ernest west of acton changes in the election act this year allect more than the date of municipal election one of the nexv changes affects nominations specifically and states that a person cannot be nominated for two or more elective offices and then wait until just before the nominations close the folloxving evening to decide xvhich he wishes to contest a candidate must make his or her decision immediately after the nominations othcrxvise the first nomina tion received xvill only be accepted by the clerk 50 years ago taken from the issue of the free press of thursday december 7 1916 the winter fair now in progress in guelph eclipses in many respects all previous fairs st albans church baaai will be held in the parish hall on friday and saturdav ol next week on account of t he- war all tilings for sale are being marked down to the lowest possible figures and manv bargains will be obtainable by eil purchasers the regular meeting ol the acton hiirli school literary society xvas held 4n fri day afternoon current events were read bv miss gladvs mclaughlin and miss stewart brief speeches were made bv adam orr and miss annie snyder a reading xvas given bv miss isabel elliott followed by an interesting recitation by miss annie martin miss bennett then favoied the meeting with a very interest ing address on alexander school tor onto monthly hujjor roll high school de partment form 3 class i lettie scott olive mowat marguerite stewart class 2 rov brown class 3 george anderson george agnew highest in ancient hist ory lettie scott in algebra lettie scott form 2 class 2 adam orr ethel stark- man annie snyder mabel robinson vio let smith class 3 stella imolam annie martin willie ross gladys mclaughlin laura mcdonald harold kennedy alice johnstone lucna campbell ida craw ford deleine gibbons herbie ritchie highest in arithmetic mabel robinson ethe1 sparkman spelling adam orr form 1 class i kenneth henderson emc- stewart betty lowyie clara lantz isabel elliott jack waldic class 2 mar garet britton bessie woodhall florence robertson gladys huffman duff wilson alice stewart neil gibbons class 3 ed na johnstone jessie moxvat mae moffat mary mcevoy ray agnew lloyd iken- hey lucy edwards lizzie moffatrxaur- ence gibbons hugh williams highest in grammar jessie moxvat in history duff wilson in arithmetic kenneth hender son elsie stewart w h stewart principal pearl z baker assistant the first anniversary of the open ing of ebeneers fine nexv church last sunday and monday was an occasion of great interest the silver anniversary of the acton auxiliary of the methodist womens mis sionary society xvas held thursday even ing last in the schoolroom of the church mrs a t brown president presided the charter menrrbers present xvere mrs thomas easton guelph mrs james moore mrs a mcnabb mrs h p moore mrs- a stephenson and mrs g h brown acton the first president was mrs thomas easton followed by mrs c c speight mrs hamlin mrs r g brown mrs william brown and mrs broxvn the acton free press m phone 8532010 business and editorial office niinrlcd in 1875 anil published every tlursdav l 30 willow st acton on tario member of the audit bureau of cliculitloni the cwna and own a advertising rates on request subscrip tions payable in advance m00 in canada 700 in all countries other than canada single copies 10c authorized a second claxn mall post office department ot tawa advertising- in arcepted on ihe conditio that in the event of typograph ical error hint portion of the advartlslna snicr occupied by the erroneous item todelhcr with reasonable allowance for signature will not he charged for but the balance nf the advertisement will ba paid for at the applicable rate in the event of a typographical error advertising goods or crvlccs at a wrong price goods or netvices may not be sold advertising is merely an offer to sell and may be withdrawn at any time foblisheif by the pills printing and publishing ca ltd david r dills managing editor copyright 1066 bethel christian reformed church acton ontario rev wiebe van dijk phone 8531585 mjn1my november 27 1966 1000 am english service 230 pm dutch service 345 pm sunday school trinity church the united church of canada minister rev dwight i engcl ba bd organist mr george elliott ma phd sunday november 27 1966 church school church school juniors up to gr 4 at 10 am seniors gr 5 gr j at 1115 am divine services f 1000 a m tnnitv church nuiserx ser vice proxicled ii 15 am churchill churchill rd n sermon title family connections sundiv s p in classes for adults foi church membership or learning about- ribluil interpretation church historv denominational ism doctrine morality ah welcome the church op st alban the martyr anglican corner willow and st alhans drive rev ritchie mcmurray ma st3 advent sundav sunday november 27 j966 00 am holy eucharist 10 30 a m churchstliool 10 30 am advent carol scivite 1uesdiv novciiibci 29 limber day 10 am holy eucharist wednesday november 30 st andrews 10 am holy eucharist presbyterian church in canada knox church acton rev andrexv h mckcnie ba bd minister mr e a hansen ba organist and choir master sunday november 27 1966 9 4s a m church school for ages 3 to t5 945 am iecnagc chuich membership class ii 00 a in dimiic worship sermon theme obstacles that the gospel oxercomes everyone most welcome acton baptist church founded 1842 pastor rev stanlev gammon res 144 tidcy ave ph 8531615 sunday november 27 1966 9 45 am church school adult class 1100 jiu morning worship rev cam eron orr of mission to sailors xxill be with us 7 00 pm lxening serxice preparation for worship 5th in a scries tuesdax- finance committee meets at 800 pm wednesday praver and bible study 7 jo friday bhf 700 ah visitors welcome to our services doctrines xve preach and believe the virgin birth the ditty of christ his bodily resurrection the second coming maple avenue baptist church georgetown sunday november 27 1966 9 45 am sunday school 1 1 00 am morning service 700 pm evening service wednesday 8 pan prayer mecunjl acton 8531956 georgetown 8776665 tvanoelpenfecosfat takrmacuji pjvoc 33 churchill road rev s m thoman pastor 8532715 sunday november 27 1966 1000 am sunday school for all ages 1100 am morning worship service 700 pm evening service tuesday 8 pm prayer and bibie study thursday 8 pm ca service friday 645 pmicrusaders 1