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r r fi mj dte t chbfee of retorts music centre as the todtton of the certterihtal cltlxen dtheiir dfhner was prompted mora by corrvanlence than santfrttantbut it could hardly have bean more-appfoprl- gaorge musselle the tenth to be a citizen of the year has bean associated with music and musl- dans in acton since he arrived here frbrlarkls shores ha brought from britain his love of choral singing and a knowledge of music coupled with a pleasing voice which has enriched the musical life of acton for decades george is never satisfied with sec ond best this writer who has had the pleasure of being associated with mh strel shows and choruses which george directed learned early that he could pinpoint a sour bote in the second tenor-sachon-or-a-trill-ln-the-basswlth- unerring precision rme teak man who fancied them selves singers and others who could hardly hold a tuna and fashioned them into a wall knit chorus sometimes ha lost patience with us but ha was always back at the next practice with renewed determination audiences who listened to the pol ished finished product could never guess the amount of work it required to train these choruses nor the time in volved it could only have been done by one who took personal pride in achievement with an enormous love of music now george is busy directing the chorallers for their appearance at expo a thrill which caps years of training singers and the frustrations it involves it was only fitting therefore the committee which made the selection for citizen of the year should choose the man whos putting acton on the map musically ttoriaf page promote cwntif w4 there is a sound basis beyond the statistical and analytical approach for a county board of education which was recommended last week by the county consultative committee on primary and secondary education early this year county boards con cerned with education met to discuss the merits and faults of the plunkett report as it affected education their conclusions favored retaining halton as a unit as opposed to merging it with peel county and uniting all the educa tional effort under a single board of education there was considerable debate and discussion on the merit of a two tier system of administration as opposed to a single allpowerful board those who represented the southern munici palities appeared to favor the two tier plan to maintain closer liaison with staff and board those from the north accustomed to working in smaller num bers were inclined to lean toward the single board but with a willingness to listen to the experience of the south the support by those most closely associated with education for a single county authority is probably the strong est vote in its favor while the consul tative committee was analyzing and studying the problems and advantages of equal educational opportunity that would be available in the single county board system at the present time the report notes 69 trustees are administering 10 boards and under the proposal there would be one board of education with 22 members representation would be by population with oakville and bur lington each having eight members and acton esquesing milton and nassaga- weya with one each and georgetown with two the proposal for a single county board of education will produce some interesting discussions we certainly hope those discussions are salted with understanding of the educational sys tem too often a good many problems develop when a lack of understanding is accompanied by strong opinions off itke cuff the unwashed bearded ones who frequent such areas as yorkville would have us believe they are intellectuals that they are leaders in the making whose thought plains tower above those who would choose to apply com mon logic to living with a measure of soap we delude ourselves if we permit catchy phrases like new morality and new theology to rationalize us into forsaking some of the old morals and theology that still contain sounder guidelines for living albeit more disci pline too centennial picture cjaturit imt ammm matfset home on north main st is pictured this week mr mathews was the father of postmaster mathews whose history made interest ing reading earlier the five acres now owned by the acton dairy was given to the eldest son john when he married jane brown e sister of james brown who owned the saw mill for many years the other son edward had his home in pert of the fathers house burl later moved to acton and still later to kitchener where one at least of the family s thought to be still living after mr mathews death the farm changed owners several times until bought by james brown in 1878 in a few years the house was renovated inside and out end the barn built in 1913 it was sold to charles bailey pf toronto later to mr and mrs switzer of norval and later to hufnegeh to most actonites it is still the switzer farm old gentleman sitting in the picture is mr ramshaw the father of rial ramshew for many years actons photographer the others are james brown end his wife a daughter another daughter mrs nellie storey of rcckwood who lent this picture and maggie lynd mrs wil liam smith and mother of lynd smith recently deceased 20 years aije- taken from the issue of the acton fret press of thursday may i 1947 the regular meeting of acton pub lic utilities commission was held on monday evening superintendent wilson tendered his resignation to the com- mission as waterworks superintendent he explained that due to the press of work in bqth departments he could not do justice tctbbth hydro and water sup ervision with the proposed new housing this summer it would entail new con struction of hydro lines the new executive of acton ys mens club are as follows president mike bennett young people jack greer club extension dick beanprogram dir ector ken mackenzie y member coun selling john gray boys work bui den- ney editor club paper don mclean house committee mac svmon member ship wes wolfe projects bill clayton world outlook don mclean publicity john grav the inspection of all milk and the pre mises of dairymen selling milk there married law near in detroit on wednesday april ib 1917 by rev e j martin richard c law of detroit- to ethel may daughter of mr and mrs james near acton 75 years ago taken from the issue of the acton free press of thursday april 28 112 the brickwork of mr joseph ander sons new house on bower ave is hear ing completion the lasby homestead was sold on saturday for 5x100 mr mcdonald takes immediate possession miss cassie mcphail teacher of the second department was the recipient lajtfridav evening at the hands of the pupils promoted to the first department of a neatly framed group photograph of the class acton hriwohtirs received more than their share of fire calls the past week the one which produced the most odor was probably saturday morn ings at the town dump when billowing clouds of sooty grey smoke rode a westerly wind and blanketed the older sections of town the fire was difficult to extinguish earth was bulldozed over to smother it staff photo sugar and spice by bill smiley theres nothing like a good old- fashioned family fight on saturday night to relieve the builtup tensions of the week clear the air and get everybody squared around for a quiet sunday v for centuries this was a tradition in many families but like so many of oter other fine old customs tnis one nas been v virtually destrqved by television v dont get me wrong i dont mean the kind of thing in which the brutal drunken husband lurches home beats up his wife and kids robs the sugar bowl and piggy banks of their pennies and staggers bacjk to the pub and pearl this happened of course and still does but i mean the ordinary family fight the father a decent working man has gone uptown saturday afternoon with his j 150 allowance hes bought a pack of fags and had three or four beers hes mildly merry his wife has done the weeks shop ping she has lugged four bulging bags of grub a block to the car she has slav ed to prepare a good supper the baby is crying just for the hell of it the teenage daughter is whining about going to a dance with a known hoodlum the 12yearold son is still out fishing its almost dark and hes probably drowned and her feet hurt and the dinner is ruined because the old man is late twenty minutes late already v well theres a dustup pa comes in with a happy smile and the old lady peels the hide right off him the boy comes in grinning with two speckled trout and gets a cuff on the ear the daughter whines on and is sent to her room the baby no slouch at the game yells like a banshee to get some attention and its all over like a summer storm pa is ashamed for cuffing the fcidrm f blastingpa the boy getsi doubles on dessert ma and pa plead with the girl to go out with the hood who reallv isnt a hood after all the baby gets a bottle right in the mouth and shuts up nights dinner balanced on our knees we pour all our agressions into a stiff body- check or a saloon brawl in a western as a result the fine old family fight on a saturday night has degenerated into a querulous quibble about whos going get up and fetch a beer during the nmcrcial i however i am glad to say although hhc family fight is dying it is not quite extinct the other day i read wfth grow ing fascination of a christmas eve squabble that has to tank with one of the great ones it took place last dec 24th and the legal aftermath is now in pro gress as the newspaper reported it this young fellow admitted he drank between 20 and 40 bottles of beer during the day tihai is sime beer drinker you try put ting down about four gallons of beer the day before christinas or any other day and i guarantee youll have a belly the shape and a nose the hue of s claus himself not to mention the beers com ing out your ears it gets better the champ as we shall call him had an argument with his broiher who threw him out of the house imagine the glug and undaunted the champ climed a tree maybe he thought it was a pear tree and he was a partridge wh knows anyway brother stepped outside with a shotgun he claimed he fired a shot in the air not knowing the champ was up a tree but several pellets enter ed the latters anatomy the champ testified that he couldnt remember swinging his motherinlaw around by her hair although he did admit having a fight with her tt sounds like a swinging party im lustrasrglad iwasn th b p that the familv fight still has a little steam in it even though it is disappear ing from our way of life the council unanimously passed an agreement to purchase the duckett properly for sjooo for the purpose of wartime housing containing 12 acres together wiih road extension from the north end of wallace st to the duckett property and permission to use the du ckett lane from the northeast angle of the pioperty to the third line subject to upkeep miss flora moffat rn eldest daughter of mr james w moffat and the late mrs moffat of nassagaweya left last friday night april 25 for bella bella bc to work with dr george darby medical missionary at that place the monthly meeting of knox church ladies aid was held at the home of mrs j leishman there was a large attendance mrs f j mccutcheon pres ided mrs george lantz read the scrip ture lesson on friday night the employees of the machine shop called on mr fred crewson and presented him with a very fine pen and pencil set a ronson lighter and a purse of money mr robert cross made the presentation fred has worked for the bcardmorc co for 41 years mr and mrs crewson expect to move to the dundas district 50 years ago taken from the issue of the acton free press of thursday april 26 1917 seed potatoes at 80c to 100 a peck for ordinary varieties gives growers a new experience mr l starkman has leased the store in arthurs block and will conduct a dry goods groceries and furniture business there mr a l wyant who has been man ager cf the bank of nova scotia for the dast two years has been transferred to port elgin mr w k graham of toron to succeeds to the managership soldiers have made further raids up on toronto factories in search of aliens the british houses of parliament passed resolutions expressing pleasure at the entry of the united states into the was tlic foundations of mr frank say- ers new bungalow on knox ave are be ing excavated georgetown has passed the bylaw for mr d mckenzie is georgetowns new reeve messrs r d warren and jos barber were also nominated for the pos ition but resigned in favor of mr mc kenzie we understand that mr d strachan ba just finished his last term at oueens college kingston dan looks well although he has had a hard winters work a main street resident complained to the police of the conduct of a number of young men who indulged in a game of hall on that street last sunday it is hop ed there will be no repetition of such sabbathbreaking in this quiet and ord erly own 100 years ago taken from the issue of the canadia champion muton may 2 187 a meeting of those desirous of form ing a cricket club for 1867 will be held at thompson house saturday there are some funds and cricketing material left over from last year so very little expense- need be incurred full attend ance requested georgetown fair will take place to morrow and we hope to hear of its con tinued success it has now been an es tablished day with all the farmers in the vicinity and usually a sufficient number of buyers are present to produce a live ly competition cattle and horses are now very high so high that with the recent fall in gold americans dont find it profitable to purchase a young maft advertised for a wife and received over 1800 answers from husbands saying he could have theirs this shows the virtue of advertising as large spring iambs are the order of the dav we have one in nassagaweva belonging to joseph ferris which is ahead of any yet when born it weighed 18 lb girth about 18 and three quarter inches length 22 inches oakville town council as of mon day april 22 1867 included r k chls- holm d chisholm g k chisholm j hagaman jones king moore and ro- raaln church news presbyterian church in canada knox church acton rev andrew h mckenzie ba bj minister mr e a hansen ba organist and choir master evangel pentecostal tabernacu paoc 33 churchill road rev s m thoman pastor 8532715 sunday may 7 1967 945 ajn church school for ages 3 to 15 945 ajn church membership class for teenagers 1100 a jd divine worship sermon theme fields white to harvest everyone most welcome sunday may 7 967 1000 aan sunday school 1100 am morning worship 700 pm evangelistic service tuesday 8 pjn prayer and bible study thursday 8 pjn christ ambassa dors friday 645 pjn crusaders bethel christian reformed church actonr ontario the kid cleans his fish ma does the dishes dreamily pa goes out and roots arrtund the rosebush sis flies out at the hoot of a horn babv burps and smiles in his sleep thats the way tt was not too long ago but television has wrecked it nowadays instead of taking out our agressions on each other we huddle before the great soporific on saturday cjitcrial briefo the ontario safety league asks parents and teachers to impress on youngsters the danger of walking on the righthand side of roads that have no sidewalks adults elso should re member always to walk facing oncom ing traffic a recent statement from the ministry of transport said that sample analyses in britain show that pedestri ans walking with their backs to the traffic suffer four to five times as many fatal and serious accidents as those fac ing traffic the acton free press phone 8532010 business and editorial office founded in 1171 and published every i 5 nilkm si acion omano mieabir of da audl bureau uf circulation the onna and ovna adtrrming rale on request subecrlav lion paabl in advance sa00 in canada v7a9 in all lounirw other itan c tingle copies ick auihorind as second class kau foil oflo rvpjrtmcnt ottawa adverfuuaj n accepted od the ondilion that in the event of typ error thai portion of in advertising lupmd b the erroneous item together with reamlnabu allowance for signature will mm be i barged for bul the balance of thr admins num mill be paid for al the applicable nuc in the ctcnl of j typographical crroe acrttrramg good or krke at a strong price goods or aam max not be sold adveniaifig is nareefty an offer to srll and nun be withdrawn at am thne datd k hanley cole ca ittt i on led oca etydar thi church of st alban the martyr anglican corner willow st and st albans drive rev ritchie mcmurray ma stjb thursday may 4 feast of the ascen sion 1000 am holy eucharist sunday may 7 1967 sunday after ascension day 900 ajn holy eucharist 1030 ajn churchu school 10 mi am holv eucharist acton raptkt church founded 1842 pastor rev stanley gammon res 144 tidey ave ph 8531615 sunday may 7 1967 1000 aurn church school and adult class 1115 a m morning worship bethel to pcniei 7 00 pjn evening services sound film where does mrs whallev live all ire welcome wednesday 7 jo pjn prayer and bible study thursday 6 jo pan eaorm thursday 7 jo pjn choir practice friday 700 pjn fiulf text be not deceived god is not mock ed what we sow we shall reap gel 67 sunday may 7 1967 1000 ajn english service 1110 anx sunday school 2j0 pjn alternating dutch and eng lish service saturday bible classes 1012j0 ajn everyone welcome maple avenue baptist church georget sunday may 7 1967 945 ajn sunday school 1100 ajn morning service 700 pjn evening service wednesday 8 pjn prayer meeting acton 8531956 georgetown 8776665 trinity church the untied ctatxt of cea minister mr john may ba bsd organist mr george billon ma phd sunday may 7 1967 sunday school 1000 ain junior school to or 4 1115 tun senior school gr 5 to gr 8 services 1000 tun trinity church acton nur sery provided 1115 ajn chijrchljl church cnurchhl rd n au welcome i ii 1 i if 0mmm