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4f si r our rrtty rewtetj v a smell snowy preview of a giant show was given to about 200 weekly newspaper people in montreal last fri day and publisher dave dills and his wife canrveiiysewrm folders sheets of literature reams of enthusiasm and even more practical the dates for the appearance of actons choraliers further inquiry indicated our band too has a good chance of acceptance about 75 per cent of those applying an being accepted by the independent panel of expert judges which meets every few weeks to consider the latest submissions we spent all day friday at the site offxpo and came away convinced we have to go again and that canadas biggest show must be seen by as many as possible itll be worth saving- for even if the cost is a lot more than going to the ex its completely dif ferent and itll only be here once in our lifetime its difficult to believe that those striking buildings wonderful concerts and shows those unique amusements and theme pavilions are- actuallybeing constructed in canada and the people of montreal seem delighted and proud editorial page 400 amateur ynupa during a whole morning of brief ings glay sperling head of the ama teur participation section said the re sponse was staggering considering no money changes hands among the 400 groups accepted already are 100 from the us he pointed out the programs must be short as people will soon be anxi ous to move along to the next pavilion logexpo will give participants priority in accommodation he said these groups deserve a real hand everywhere officials were insisting that prices will be controlled and the holiday could be reasonably inexpen sive schooj dormitory beds rent at 1 a night and hotel rates are being peg ged by governmentjegislalion at the rate of some months ago those over charged are to compjaip they insist they can find you accommodation if you write the theme pavilions and even com mercial pavilions are to be strictly edu cational with only books for sale and you could probably spend hours in each if you ere to derive the most of it for students it will be hundreds of lessons in one although they have learned much from the new york fair they feel there must be lineups however they will posl on monitoring screens the times of waiting at various buildings you wont walk away over to a popular show to find it filled seats can be reserved right on the grounds also travelling groups of pro fessional entertainers will be summon ed to the longest lineups for a 10 or 15 minute show cchjtructch ch time according to the master plan con struction is on schedule as we drove around the astonishingly constructed buildings in a driving blizzard hund- reds of workmen continued their tasks some were even up windswept scaf folding as things were finished they were swathed in plastic sheeting such a outdoor telephone booths the wires coiled ready- buildings painted railing statues and windbreaks of trees many of tljem purchased from near here the minirail cars are all ready for passen gers right on the tracks while advance pictures of architects sketches proved accurate enoughrwe had no conception of the size of some of these buildings britains is tower ing grand germans light as a feather under open grillwork covered with clear plastic the united states geodesic dome is a monstrous eight stories high russias is equally impressive cubas building faces big glass eyes and movie screens outward in all directions real ly they cant be described and have to be seen yes even in the worst bliz zard of the year greatest surprise to us was habi tat the revolutionary concept of urban housing with the roof of one cube- like projection forming the garden of the apartment above in pictures it looked wierd in its towering concrete reality it looked dramatic and indeed successful with long corridors for the children to play on and great gulps of air appearing between the zig-zag- ged structures located all together at various in- ifitvals right across the main roads are service areas with restaurants wash rooms phones and stores all around is refreshing water with a park t one end where you can relax and even fish expos theme is man and his world and we are promised the story of mans prog aspirations and future if mans architecture which is all we saw of the buildings is an indication of what will be inside the buildings they will be the most challenging and in spiring displays our country has ever seen for six months there will be a host of special events nationaldays of cele bration and the most brilliant season of international entertainment expo 67 will be a world tour right in canada and if will be lots of fun too as one of the brochures says bring an open mind no matter how long you stay your ideas about the world will never be the same again a centennial picture jatletu pom cjn1cmnia1 year the free press grapher and th free press has a col- will run a series of old photographs this pktyr titled miss mcnealys achool room december 16 1898 with no indication of whos who was tak en by the late a t brown the acton druggist was a keen amateur photo- lection of his old glass negatives have you an old turnofthecentury picture to share please drop it in we will rephotograph it for our collection and return it intact harley to halton x by harry harley m p the return of walter gordon to the cabinet as minister without portfolio has been an occasion for many news papers and news media to underline the differences between mr gordon and his successor as finance minister the hon ourable mitchell sharp in their ap proaches to foreign investment in can ada these differences are dwelt upon exaggerated and are very newsworthy in addition recently we hear reports of the comments of the minister of trade and commerce the honourable robert winters on attracting american money into canada canadians cannot close their eyes to the problems which exist regarding foreign ownership these problems will continue to be with us as long as we have to rely on large amounts of import ed money which is necessary to develop our country to its full potential walter gordon represents a segment of can adian thinking and feeling on this sub ject and his presence in the cabinet keeps this problem before us and this is necessary if canada is to maintain its political and economic independence it is essen- tial that foreign investment be encour aged on one hand and at the same time the complete takeover of canadian in dustry by noncanadian capital must be prevented as an example foreign interests now control 46 per cent of can adas manufacturing industries and over 60 per cent of petroleum and natural gas walter gordon and mitchell sharp agree that canadians must have greater con trol and ownership of our economy they do not differ on this point nor do most canadians herea of difference is the means of bringing this about both man also recognize the necessity of en couraging foreign investment for many ysars to come in hrder to develop can ada properly to achieve this mr gordon would probably like to see legislation to make it more difficult for foreigners to take over canadian industries and to assume canadian control of new industries mr sharp approaches the same goal by mean of giving encouragement to in crease canadian ownership by tax in centives and other legislative means both men support the canadian develop ment corporation which will be set up by the federal government to allow can adians to invest their money to purchase canadian industries this problem has been accentuated this week by the mercantile bank ap pearance before the finance committee they object to a change in the canadian banking laws which would limit their growth this bank is completely owned by american interests and the canadian government feels this is undesirable sugar and spice fc by bill smiley in recent years there has been a great deal of criticism of education in this country from both outside and in side the system it doesnt fake a phd to realize that a whale of a lot of it is justuied and i speak as a parent tax payer and teacher only by frantic efforts and vast in fusions of money have we managed to keep our systema mere couple of de- cades behind the times i know its easy to indulge in hind sight but holy old jumpin jupiter surely there could have been a little fdresight somewhere along the line look what we have shortage of build ings shortage of teachers shortage of just about everything except pupils and a vast surplus of them this didnt happen overnight they werent all born last summer it was all there 20 years ago perfectly obvious to anyone who could add and multiply the only people doing anv multiplying were the parents and the crazy part of it is that we keep urging the kids to stay in schools which havent enough room for the new crop arriving dropout has become almost synonymous- with delinquent it doesnt matter whether theyre doing any work or learning anything or are just being bored sillv theyre told to stay in school until through sheer old age and the tidal wave pushing from be hind they get a magic piece of paper that will open a golden door to success chiefly to blame are parents they have my sympathv many of them re member the great depression many others honestly believe material secur ity means happiness but far far too many of them delude themselves they insist that jack who wants nothing more than to get out of school and- become useful and happy as a salesman or a policeman has the makings of a great surgeon because he has alwavs got more than 60 marks in science or that jill a born wife and mother who wants nothing more than to get married should struggle through a course in psychology because shes always been a firstclass baby sitter almost equally to blame are the big industries and institutions from oil companies to banks they are too lazy or too cheap or both to interview young people and hire them on what thev are its much easier and a lot cheaper just to say we dont want any body unless he has at least a grade 12 certificate even if all they want him to do is stick square pegs in round holes another thing vastly wrong with education is the way it is financed lets take a couple of examples heres an elderly couple on a small fixed income after years of struggling they own r their own house they pay 400 a year in municipal taxes about half of that is for education even though theyve paid taxes for vears to educate thein own children or if childless somebody elses this system makes a mockery of the concept that every child has the same educational opportunities dont try to tel me that the kid in a poor bush town in the north has the same facilities options and quality of teach ing as the kid in a rich suburb he simply does not money makes the dif ference and speaking of inequalities isnt there something quite ridiculous in a country of 20 million having 10 separate and distinct educational systems much larger countries have one sys- tem and yet have far more diversity and opportunity within that one- than we have with our 10 rigid and separate ones it is provincialism literally and figuratively rigidity is another thing that sticks in my craw we have rigid curriculums rigid timetables rigid divisions of the school year and anything else rigid that avoids difficulty and keeps the vast victorian vehicle shambling along some how you know what im getting a lit tle worked up about this but you cant keep a good belch down and ive been developing indigestion over the whole business for some time so rather than galloping off in all directions lets say this is the first of a series of articles on education by a plain ordinary layman ill bet you can hardly wait for next weeks thrilling instav ment brief s its hard for a person to get ahead because he has to spend so much effort lust avoiding disaster the cost of necessities is going up and the price of luxuries isnt coming down either texas has another distinction its getting to be the worlds biggest shoot ing gallery tradition aside why shouldnt a bridegroom see the wedding gown be forehand he wouldnt notice it any way the acton p free press phone 8532010 business and editorial office founded in 1175 and published every wednesday at 59 willow st x i on ontario uembcv ot the audit bureau of circulation the cwna and owna advertising rates on request subscrip- lions pavable in advance j0o in canada f7j in all countries other fian canada single copies 10c authorised as second claim mail rl offset department ottawa advertising is accepted on he condition that in the event of typographic error thai portion of the advertising space oc cupied bv the erroneous item together with reasonable allowance for signature will not be charged for but the balance of the adwrttsement wil be pawl for at the applicable rate in the eenl of a typographical error advertising goods or semces at rong price goods or services miv not be sold advertising is merely an offer to sell and mav be withdrawn at anv time tt by us r bitfcig co lul managing editor dai id ii dills copyiight 1967 20 years ago 1 taken from the tone of the acton free press thursday january 3t 147 reeve norman craig of burlington was chosen warden of halton county for 1947 at the inaugural session of coun ty council last week reeve david d gray of rockwood has been elected warden of wellington county bv a decisive vote lord bamby president of wool combing corp acton was a visitor to the plant here last week and also at the canadian wool co plant of which he is an official he has been in canada for the past month and is expected to visit acton again before returning l england next month mr leslie biggin president of canadian wool company is a present in australia and new zealand it has been a regular old fashioned january thaw with the roads so dirty that if catching bob sleighs was the style you wouldnt dare miss on any try campbellviilp i friends and neighbors of mr and mrs william mahon gathered at christie hall on wednesday evening to honor them on their recent marriage 50 years ago 75 years ago taken from the issue of the acton free press thursday january 28 1892 the nomination of candidates to con test the byelection in this county took place at milton last thursday mayor dice is returning officer and at 2 p m announced that he had received two nominations vij david henderson banker acton and john d mcgregor farmer trafalgar there were no others and a poll was dully demanded and the election will be held today the proclamation calling for the des patch of business op thursday february 25 was issued saturday the belief pre vails in the departments that an effort will be made to get through the business of the country by the queens birthday it is hardly likely that the government will have much legislation of an im portant character the thermometer registered 10 de grees below zero tuesday night it was down to 20 degrees below the tuesday before the mount forest representative was seven years old last week by close at tention to business mr j a lambert the wideawake publisher has made the representative a welcome weekly visitor to many homes 100 years ago taken from the issue of the acton free press thursday january 23 1917 in his speech at the address in the house of commons on monday sir ro bert borden premier gave the interest ing statements as to canadas contribu tion to the prdsecution of the war that 434526 persons of the manhood of can ada have enrolled themselves for service rev and mrs c h e smith mrs a l wynant mrs r lt whitman mrs h s holmes mrs a bishop mrs marsh mrs weir mrs goldham mrs cook mrs decker the misses dobbie chapmans wilds agnew johnstone cooper smith and mrs john watson pte geo h lantz of the 56th bat talion a member of the third contin gent of overseas forces from halton arrived home from the waronmonday- morning a fine reception was accorded this returned soldier hero last night he was presented with a gold watch mr harold wiles finds the space devoted to his ice cream department is too limited for his growing business and to secure larger space has decided to clear out his 5c 10c and 15c stock at cost when this is disposed of the entire premises will be devoted to ice cream and confectionery taken from the issue of the canadian champion milton february 7 187 the new building erected by the con gregation of the united presbyterian church of esquesing will be opened for public worship on sunday febru ary 10 the morning service will be con ducted by rev james mcgill of stan ford commencing at 11 am the eve ning service will be conducted by rev john hogg of port hope beginning at 630 pm collection will follow each ser vice monday evening a public meeting will be held in connection with the open ing of the church addresses will be delivered by rev robextvwhson gait rev j b wilson london rev john robertson walton rev james mitchell rev john hogg and rev james mcgill the building commitreenrsubmtrtheir report to the congregation and an ad dress and testimonial will be presented to mr robert shortreed an effort is being made to pro cure a skating rinkr in oakville in aid of which project some oakville youths will stage an amatucr minstrel show which will no doubt be well attended we hope that oakvillians will succeed in establishing the luxury of a skating rink in their fair town trinity church the united church of canada minister rev dwight i engel ba bj organist mr george elliott mjl phd acton baptist church founded 1842 pastor rev stanley gammon res 144 tidey ave ph 8531615 sunday february 5 1967 sunday school 1000 am junior school to gr 4 1 115 am senior school gr 5 to gr 8 services 100td am trinity church acton nur- sery provided 1115 am churchill church chutehill rd n sermon subject controlled birth 800 pm4dult class why the church is split all welcome presbyterian church in canada knox church acton rev andrew h mckenzie bjl bx minister mr e a hansen ba organist and choir master sunday february 5 1967 945 am church school and adult class 1115 am morning worship reflec tions 7 00 pm evening service talks on india mr ifawcett eaton speaker monday february 6 mission circle tuesday february 7 baptist men brampton wednesday prayer and bible study 730 thursday explorers at 630 thursday choir practice 730 friday bhf at 700 pjn text neither is there salvation in any other for there is no other name but jesus whereby we must be saved acts 412 betha christian reformed church acton ontario sunday february 5 1967 945 am church school for ages 3 to 15 945 ajn church membership class foe teenagers withdrawn 1100 am divine worship sermon theme meeting the test now 2 jo pjn young peoples council meet ing in burns church erin everyone most welcome maple avenue baptist church georgetown sunday february 5 1967 1000 ajn english service 1110 am sunday school 230 pm alternating dutch and eng lish service saturday bible classes 101230 ajn everyone welcome j the church o st a1ban the martyr anglican corner willow st and st albans drive rev ritchie mcmurray ma st3 sunday february 5 1967 945 ajn sunday school 1 1 00 ajn morning service 7 00 pjn evening service wednesday 8 pjn prayer meeting acton 8531956 georgetown 8774665 evangel pentecostal tabernacle poac 33 churchill road rev s m thoman pastor 8532715 sunday february 5 1967 10 00 ajn sunday school 1100 ajn and 700 pjn missionary rally speaker missionary miss june deacon of kisii kenya east africa tuesday 8 pjn prayer and bible study- thursday 8 pan christ ambassa dors friday 645 pjn crusaders sunday february 5 1967 quipquagesima 900 ajn holy eucharist 1030 ajn church school 10j0 ajn holy eucharist address the reverend e harrisons book a church without god ash wednesday the holy eucharist will be celebrated at the following hours for the con- venience of the parish 10x0 ajn for shift workers and house wives 1100 am mothers with small children 4 jo pjnfor all school children 715 pjn for those having other en gagements this evening 800 pjn choral leucharist for all par ishioners the afternoon and evening services will be celebrated by the rev erie mills the new rector of st georges church georgetown who will also be conducting the wed nesday evening services durins lent h vr 4 j ai4jltfft- v 1 irinitsjfl l 4