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i- bfp smkthf at fit ejitcr v it l with some trepidation thaffhe new editor of this newspaper assumes thedltorlal rein this chair has had a number of dis tinguished occupants since the free press was first established by joseph hacking back jn 1875 each of whom has left a mark on the community un der their guidance the newspaper has earned a reputation as one of canadas better weeklies e feet bom out by numerous awards and citations the new editor will try to imple ment their- forward policies and imag inative grasp of the issues and prob lems of the community end district al though it is a large order to fill the traditional image of trie coun try editor hat been of e greying man wearing a green eyeshade writing edi torials with a quill pen were all con cerned with images nowadays even in the smell towns so id ilk to squelch that impression right her and now a degree of sophistication has been eooeo instead of a greying man its usually someone whos trying with the aid of popular nostrums to hold onto what hair hes got left instead of a quill pen scratching on parchment most editors now find a typewriter more convenient especial ly for the linotype operators the green eyeshade has been replaced in many- instances by horn rimmed glasses de signed to creel an intellectual image but more effective for weak eyes in spite of ell the technical and social changes the role of thai editor remains hist about th same we like to think of the newspaper especially the editorial page as e public forum where the issues of the day are freely introduced end discussed the editor is a moderator who gives his opinions in the editorial columns the news columns of course are strictly impar tial accounts of happenings in town and district if you agree or disagree with any of th opinions expressed here feel free to put your thoughts in writing and send them along providing you have signed your oame well publish it in our reederswrlte column a pseud onym can be used for publication but you must sign your real name if you want the letter published this newspaper like any other is dependent for its success on the co operation of the community we ap preciate the news items sent in each week especially from the devoted cor respondents if youve got a news item dont hesitate to phone br send it in meanwhile well be busy trying to assemble a newspaper which mirrors the town and district effectively ditofrial page our lam jithtiei- were living on the perimeter of southern ontarios last frontier thafs how the ontario naturalist ajnonthly magazine describes the nia gara escarpment in its december issue commenting on shrinking recrea tional areas and urban sprawl the fed eration of ontario naturalists believes there is still en opportunity perhaps the lest to provide adequate outdoor recreation facilities within an hours drive of over half ofojur by ctevekiplngtfri eacafprftent stretching from queenston through the forks of the credit up to the blue mountains to the cliff like coastline of the bruce peninsula th escarpment and its environs has a potential for human enjoyment comparing favorably with any existing perk in the world un fortunately the opportunity to preserve it for public enjoyment is fading each year es patchwork sale of small lots continues to cut it up it is estimated expected demand for outdoor recreational facilities near ur ban areas will be eight times greater in 1982 than it was in 1962 no were not running out of land were ust not making effective use of what we have i the relatively simple outdoor plea sure of walking end driving picnics nature walks bicycling skiing hunting re attracting overflow crowds to ex isting parks more facilities are needed the naturalists ask whet better land is available than the escarpment like most natural resources its doubtful if we who live almost on the brink of the escarpment really appre ciate it we cell it the mountain al though it doesnt qualify you get a special kind of thrill when you emerge from the leafy bower of elms and ever greens around speyside to see a vista stretching to the blue waters of take ontario in autumn the colors are gor geous wild life unknown in many set tled parts of ontario still abounds on the mountain and its environs have you ever walked the bruce trail its only a few miles away a walk there in this centennial year is al most a flashback to the scene pioneers must have seen as they ventured into esquesing and nassagaweya bushlands four hundred miles of footpath have been created along the escarpment since this concept of a walking trait was conceived by hamilton metallurgist ray mond lowes the settlers who first plunged into the wilds of north halton would be as tonished to learn the mountain in their way an obvious nuisance for a smooth passage to fertile farmlands be yond is one of the lash- bastions of natural beauty in southern ontario a short 100 years later you cant help but agree with on tarios naturalists when they say on tario still needs pioneers this time to save the niagara escarpment southern ontarios last frontier 2k centennial picture allerif bsbewjbfcm mtsv i f m moffat corre mrs west half concession 6 the horse he daw llertdai sent along this weeks old ptctut shown ere mr peter say- rs end ms s daughter minnie who wee th first wrffa of dr jas bell a cwfinsi wno jpwkkisfci tf acson in tno arhr 1900a mr sayer lived in nes- segewey on th fwth nn on lot 17 was a race horse named joe end the cutter was a racing cutter tar savers daughter mabe mrs david hutcheon gave this picture to david henderson before she returned to british columbia mrs henderson thinks the photo was taken about 1890 20 years ago 75 years ago 11 of use aetost wtm take tub am oaunt skeletons a the midafternoon shadows create soft im pressions on the white blanket covering fairy lake in e few weeks the scene will gradually change as the sun creeps higher end the seasons start another cycle sugar and spice by bill smiley this was supposed to be part two of a series on education in this country last week i complained about obsol escence the lack of everything but pupils the unfairness of the fundrais ing for education the lack of any nation al standards and the rigidity of practic ally everything in the system not bad for a tart in all the years i wrote this column before i began peddling pedagogy no body tried to suppress my opinions here many disagreed violently others threat ened to cancel their subscriptions some said i was vulgar and one reverend gentleman even offered to thrash me within an inch of my life i reminded him that my big brother was a six-foot- two 210 pound engineer and i never heard another word the first hmt that i should tone it down came from a representative of the mighty teachers federation said theyd had several letters from members urg ing that i be drummed out of the ser vice because i was destroying the teach ers image by mentioning such human horrors as sex and drink and by using the odd epithet he asked me heavily what i would do in his position i replied lightly that id do what i always do with letters from cranks and bigots chuck em in the wastebasket he was annoyed pinned down he admitted there were two such letters and i was annoyed second subtle suggestion was from an inspector a lady she passed the word that the deputy minister no less was concerned about my column and its contents i turned indigo and snarled you mean the department is trying to tell me what i can say and cant say in my column nonononono she blurted vis ions of headlines dancing in her head its merely hoped that youll use your own good judgement off the eu cigarette consumption continues to rise despite medical warnings reports the financial post last years increase reflected the highest growth rate in the past five years an increase of 76 per cent compared with 5 8 percent last year and 12 percent in 1964 the presence of members of the st john ambulance at the community centre for the many activities is a com fort to parents their prompt attention to cuts bruises and the occasional bro ken limb provides a service few other communities enoy what ever happened to the old- fashioned winter dont hear many people asking these days compared to towns and cities much larger acton roads are in excellent shape soon after a snowfall it means many extra hours for the town working staff the dense snowfall has created a real problem for winter birds many people have bird feed but even breed crumbs ere speedily consumed by the feathered creatures next time it was another inspector at the time a nowdefunct newspaper for teachers was running my column the paper was happy the fan mail was heavy but- whispered this inspector he thought he should tell me for my own sake that i was getting in wrong with the federation wdddaya tokkin about i enquired in my best head of english department manner and got no answer that i could pin down i seem to be down on inspectors thi- week and so i am we got the word the english inspectors were com ing i alerted ray 15odd birds in the english department nut morning the english staff would have gladdened your eye gals all in their best dresses hair freshdone men with their shoes shined and every single one glowing with virtue after working till one am preparing the sort of unrealistic but model lessons that inspectors expect nine ajn word comes that they wouldnt be there snowing and blow ing any of us would have struck off for anywhere but these citynurtured drivers are terrified by a bit of wind and snow so we shot off all those terrific les sons on the kids mine laughed heartily when they saw my desk cleaned off it was the first time theyd seen me below the breastbone in months and tomorrow we have to do it all over again because the inspectors are still coming if they can make it may they go into a big snowbank and sit there for four hours if they do struggle through it will be an anticlimax the girls dresses are crushed and their hair coming down and i sure as hell am not going to shine my shoes two days in a row just another of the evils of our sys tem a teacher is given a record of merit by an inspector who sees him maybe once a year for one or two lessons the selfconfident showman who maybe a lazy bum normally whips tip a flashy lesson for inspection and scores high the selfconscious teacher who normal ly does a terrific jdb becomes nervous and makes a botch of things and scores low i doot realty bate inspectors they have changed they are no longer the old terrors but a pretty decent helpful lot but the system is punk more next week mavbe the acton free press phone 6532010 business and editorial ohk 1175 m at s willow si acton ontario miihu of tbe audit bureau of clrculaypn the cvjna and owna advertruaa run oa reoaeu stnw than pavahle in advance saflo in canada s74s m all counlrira other ttaa canada smfae capita 10c anhoriaed a second claaa mail foal office department ottawa advertfadng la a on la c that la the cwal of lypcajranhicnl error that portion of ike adverliaing apnea oc- cnaard the niintwii iham loan hi r wfttr u ajlowanc for aianalurc will not be charged far but the ha lawn of the a wdl be paid lor at the apnbrable rant la the event of a npawanhical error adeertraiai ooda or arrvtcet at a mo price fooda or ml ma not be aold admeaae b merer an offer o aru and ma be withdrawn at any time huj bar a ouu mil i taken tro l prase off ffimtnvnsy ffsbe the duke of devonshire chapter of ijodjb met at the borne of mrs a young church st with the regent mrs matthews presiding mrs mainprise re ported for the nominating committee and the following officers were elected for the year 1947 honorary regent mrs jecv mat thews regent mrs n balrd first vice- regent mrs f 8 blow second vice- regent mrs w wolfe treasurer mrs e cooper recording secretary mrs c cook assistant recording secretary mrs e e bam corresponding secretary e j graham press secretary mrs c a stewart educational secretary mrs g macdonald standard bearer mrs j whltham assistant mrs l w agar pianist mrs f j salt assistant mrs j k gardiner honorary councillors mrs peter smith mrs w j gould the recent statement by hughes cleaver mp for halton county that the government was considering a 130 a month old age pension for- everyone drew a good deal of comment but no corroboration from official circles in ottawa 50 years ago taken from the issue of the acton free press of t february 1 117 knox church celebrated annivers ary services on sunday the weather was bright and sunny as ft was 22 years ago when the new church was opened for worship the preacher for the day was rev dr r p mackay a usual the choir rendered ap propriate and very excellent music mr harold wildgust the leader sang a so lo rev mr wilson the minister pre sided during the day and it was very manifest that he thoroughly appreciated the able discourses of the venerable man of god the band of the boy scouts made their first appearance in public last wednesday evening when the patrol formed the guard of honor as pte lantz the returned soldier was escorted from his home to the town hall acton lawn bowling and tennis club has been reorganized with the fol lowing officers for 1917 honorary pres ident a o t beardmore president john wood vice president george hynds secretarytreasurer c wlnter- bon- bowling committee e j hassard w j gould j gibbons tennis com- mittee w arnold a o t beardmore and e j hassard the issue of the acsoss free of tbursdey vttwsary 4 ims the cjpil is going to build a big railway station in the bean of winnipeg there is a balance on the right ride of over 30000 in theounty treasury ol wentworth the byelection in this county last thursday resulted in a great victory for mr david henderson who has now been returned to the house of con moos the third time in four yean the following members of the county council comprise the standing committees for 1892 finance menstos kennedy webster roads and bridges pettit atkinson hutcheon feather- stone reynolds county buildings pet- tit atkinson bock felan menzfes printing buck warren pettit ken nedy atkinson education husband lowry webster special communicat ions lowrey fes ther tone warren hut cheon railroads roberts webster ken nedy pettit buck atkinson a petition signed by scores of citi zens asking the council to purchase a piano tor the town hall will shortly be presented 100 years ago 1 taken from the issue of the champion february 7 la7 it is said the plans of thebritih government do not embrace the intro duction of s reform bui the subject will be merely recommended mr j b lindsay is about to resume hotelkeeping in hornby in the house formerly occupied by mr spaling mr lindsays ability to please the travelling public is too well known to need further recommendation here we are pleased to learn that caleb hopkins exmpj is about to take up his residence in milton his numerous friends in the country will he glad to learn that be enjoys excellent health and that time has but confirmed him in the political principles which he so ard ently espoused in his younger days we see it stated that the british government has given the cunard steam ship company notice that the contract with them for mail service which expir es with the present year will not be re newed the liverpool courier says the government seems disposed to adopt the american plan of paying a certain am ount per letter to every vessel church news acton baptist church founded 1842 pastor rev stanley gammon res 144 tidey ave ph 8531615 friday february 10 world day of prayer 230 m service in acton baptist church sunday february 12 1967 1000 a jn churh school and adult class 11 15 ajn morning worship by this by what 700 pm evening service world day of prayer at knox missionaries from japan and korea message and slides wednesday prayer and bible study 7 jo thursday explorers at 630 thursday choir practice 7 jo friday bhf at 700 pun note time change morning worship 1115 text forlfie week if ye forgive not neither will your father forgive matt 615 presbytbuan church in canada knox church acton rev andrew h mckenzie ba bj minister mr e a hansen ba organist and choir master trinity church the united churcn of canada minister rev dwight i engel ba- bj organist mr george elliott ma phd sunday february 12 1967 sunday school 1000 am junior school to gr 4 1115 ara senior school gr 5 to r 8- services 1000 aj trinity church acton nur sery provided 1115 ajn churchill church churchill rd n sermon subject teaching the truth 800 pjm adult class age of reun ion all welcome bttha christian merormed church acton ontario sunday february 12 1967 945 am church school for ages 3- to 15 945 am church membership class for teenagers 1100 ajn divine worship sermon theme love with no conditions 7 jo pjn daughters of knox day of prayer service guest speaker mrs john mcintosh missionary to orient everyone most welcome make avenut baptist church georgetown sunday february 12 1967 945 ajn sunday school 1100 ajn morning service 700 pjn evening service wednesday 8 pjn prayer meeting aoton 8531956 georgetown 8774665 evanoa pb4tecosta1 tamrmaftf poajc 33 churchill road rev s m tboman pastor 8532715 sunday february 12 1967 1000 ajn sunday school 1100 ajn morning worship 700 pjn evangelistic service tuesday 8 pjn prayer and bible study thursday 8 pan christ dors friday 645 pan crusaders sunday february 12 1967 iojoo ajn english service 1110 ajn sunday school 2 jo pjn alternating dutch and eng lish service- saturday bible classes 101230 ajn everyone welcome the church c st- auan the martyr angucan comer willow st- and st albans drive rev ritchie mcmurrav mjl stj9 ash wednesday february s the holy eucharist will be celebrated at the following hours for the con venience of the parish 715 pjn for those having other es gngements this evening 800 pjn choral eucharist for all puv ishioncts- the afternoon and evening services will be celebrated by the rev eric mills the new rector of st georges church georgetown who will also be conductrng the wed nesday evening services daring lent sundayi february 12 1967 lent i 9joo ajn holy eucharist 10jo ajn church school 10jo m matini and ivnitential ser vice address wednesday february is 1000 ajnhaly eucharist for auft workers m with small chbd- 7 jo pjn b tery of life the death -jbfc- nmtmm a