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it semitti 44 wr part the sunbrightmed days of spring stretch into the balmy days of utnmr net families and individuals long for ma holidays that highlight the season to soma ifs a visit to beach expo or travelling to other sections of this interesting country no matter where the natural beauty is one of the fea tures that make a holiday pleasant if the natural beauty we see is lit tered a we pass our contribution to the pleasure of others is spoiled the garbagestrewn picnic area the bottles left to be smashed on the beach the wrappers from confections carelessly tossed away all mar for others the scene we leave it takes little more time and effort to take litter with you to the nearest refuse container theres a practicality to having a litter bag in your car to eliminate a trail of candy wrappers and lunch leftovers in your wake fine will never eliminate the problem until we each accept a responsibility for the landscape and realize we are partici pants in a keepcanadabeautiful pro ject- and at home too on our local streets we can participate we can set an example for childrerpby putting refuse in the containers and we can urge those we see with careless habits to improve them that way our town will have a much more attractive we come for visitors and we can enjoy the tidier appearance all year a centennial picture calient mlrna j f jt- legacy left by the pioneers stump fences are rapidly disappearing from the countryside but some still exist in esquesing township the land of tafl pines this one is still in use on the sixth line andserves as a barrier to any notions livestock might have of wander ing into neighboring fields staff photo sugar and spice by b i i smiley tranquillity is the most evasive thing in the world at least it is if you have a family there must be alfew rich happy bachelors who can put their feet up read a book and take a trip without becoming involved in several hundred irritations every spring i go through the same routine and i cant understand why an intelligent man can be so stupid and suekeiled annually all it proves to me is that experience teaches you nothing contrary to the old saw each year may beckons like a beau tiful maiden clad in the flimsiest of drap eries every year i pursue her panting or puffing and each year she turns out to be an old bat garbed in potato sacks with a wart on tier nose falsies and bad breath the worst of the winters grind is over and i look for green leaves and a warm breeze for a soft rain and a warm sun for a little coal fishing and some hot golf a little puttering in the yard nothing wild colorful or exotic just a touch of tranquillity and every may it eludes me with the ease an eel would elude an elephant mostly its the om ladys fault like many women she begins to see all that shabbiness in the yellow spring sun light and acts accordingly for a solid month ive been looking at drapery ma terial wallpaper and chesterfield cover ing saturday night id had enough i told her flatly that i didnt care if she decorated the whole house in pink and purple bur to include me out then i get a onehour lecture citing various neighbors and brothersinlaw on my shortcomings as a husband so i finally tell her which of the materials i detest and then she tells me what rotten taste i have and i bridle yes i literally bridle its quite a trick i tell her i like the chesterfield as it is weve only had it 16 years i ask her whats wrong with the drapes we have i refuse to admit the rug needs cleaning and then as they say the fat is in the fire sputtering in all directions and burning painfully when it hits and i stomp out into the backyard quivering with rage and fear and glare at the compost heap a pile of old leaves and stones i didnt get raked last fall and she stomps right after me and glares at me and i stomp right in again and blurt defiantly well have your own wav dear that the way to settle that and i thought everything was cleared up and i might get a smidgeon of tranquillity what a hope our prodigal turned up the next day and we had to kill a roast of beef and i was expected to take him aside and have a good talk with him and straighten him out i he was tanned and fit with a beard that makes him look like a minor pro phet had just had a pleasant six weeks bumming around mexico and the south ern states worked for his keep here and there from selling fruit in a market to being a servant for a wealthy couple hes 19 had broken a finger indian wrest ling on the beach at acapulco a mexican doctor set it badly and it has to be re- broken and reset how do you have a good straight talk with a kid who just grins listens to the blast and says politely dad i have all my life to go to college and settle down to a job and raise a family whats the rush what indeed it offends my puritan upbringing the whole protestant ethic of hard work and the capitalistmaterialist outlook of our society but i cant help a sneaking agreement with him ive been hacking away for 20 years and have wound up with a couple of kookie kids a kookie wife a car owned b the bank a goodsized mortgage and a job that is draining my life away drop by drop what indeed is the rush oh well now the family has decided were going to expo and there goes the last hope of a modicum of tranquil lity and what the heck tranquillity is for old guys and i aint an old guy he said shakily theres always next spring 100 years ago the late rainstorm earned awav the bridge at stewarttown and the milldam two houses inhabited bv families were carried several hundred feet down the stream much to the alarm of the in mates the royal mail line the bronte and milton stage john wallace of the wallace house milton proprietor leaves milton daily sundays excepted at 5 45 a m parsing through palermo when twenty minutes are allowed for break fast and arrives at bronte station gw r at 8 a m leaves bronte at 1 1 55 a m arriving at milton at 130 pm leaves milton at 2 p m arnies at bronte to meet the 325 trains leaving bronte again at 5 15 p m arriving at milton at 630 p m a new covered stage fast nags and careful drivers john wallace the acton free press phot 8532010 businau and editorial off t nil i m an i m s wilkm s a h of oratuta ttm cwma aal own uicntataa mn oa m in ub anaalr afcaacr mm la caaaa ft m an uaamn car isaa caa aaw oai back issues 20 years ago taken from the acton free press of thursday may 29 1947 mi and mrs s bennett presented a pipe organ to st albans church on behalf of the donors stuart and violet bennett the congregation the church wardens and himself the rev e a pul- ker presented the gifts the pipe organ two choir stalls the pulpit and the door to the choir vestrv which were dedica ted bv bishop broughall inspired by a five hit hurling per formance by peter chaubun actons di amond nine christened the 1947 baseball season with an 114 triumph over the milton fledglings in a nine inning tilt plaxed in acton park on saturday last miss helen lamb has received word she has completed her second year in occupational therapy she will graduate from the universilv ol toronto at the june convocation on june 4 engineers and surveyors have been at work on highway 25 between milton and acton and we understand a start will be made very soon in making complete repairs to the road george holmes caught a fine brown trout 22 inches in length in a stream near eden mills two new homes are to be erected in limehouse this summer mr russell thompson is building one east of the village and mr a c patterson has pur chased a lot from the newtons for the same purpose born gray to nay and johnnv gray at guelph general hospital on monday may 26 1947 a little scotsman ian cameron gray 50 years ago taken from the acton free press of thursday may 24 1917 a memorial service out of respect to the memory of ptc john l moore who was killed in action in france on may 5 will be held in the methodist church at the morning service on sun day a load of erin potatoes was brought to town on monday they retailed for 5 per bag or 90c per peck rev h w avison ma bd and mr h p moore attended the district meeting at guelph this week miss dorothy nelson who has just completed her course at the school of faculty toronto has taken a place as inspector of shells in a munitions works in the city pte thomas bennett son of mr ro bert bennett lake ave who was wound ed in france some months ago has re covered and is now about to return to the trenches messrs denny and cordiner com menced work on the erection of a fine new brick farm house for mr arthur swackhamer on his property on the town line between esquesing and erin nassagaweya mr frank f sayers is in british columbia on a business trip the may meeting of the womens institute was held at the home of mrs william frank the june meeting will convene at mrs f sayers born hassard in acton on sunday trinity church the united church of canada minister mr john may babd organist mr george elliott ma phd sunday june 4 1967 sunday school 10 00 a jn junior school to gr 4 1115 am senior school gr 5 togr8 services 1000 am trinity church acton nur sery provided 1115 am churchill church churchih rd north churchill united church june 11 anniversary services 1l15 ajn and 730 pjn guest preacher rev william gib all welcome stoma christian reformed church acton ontario sunday jume 4 1967 1000 am english service 1110 ajn sunday school 2j0 pjn- alternating dutch and eng lish service saturday bible classes 101230 ajn everyone welcome acton baptist church founded 1m2 pastor rev stanley gammon res 144 tldey ave ph 8531615 slndayi june 4 1967 1000 am church softool and adah class 1115 am morning worship your re sponsibility for your 700 pjn evening service man with the funny hat sunday 3 pjn decoration day at fair- view cemetery wednesday 7 jo pjuv rayer and bible study thursday 7 jo pjn choir practice thought for the week your faith should show in your face may 20 1917 to mr and mrs e j has sard a son married guntonmorris at hope methodist church toronto on thursday may 17 1917 by rev a i terryberry ba vic tor gunton son of thomas gunton ac- ion to kate daughter of thomas morris toronto died moore kilted in action in france on saturday may 5 1917 pte john lewis moore son of nelson f and aggie moore acton aged 23 years 75 years ago taken from the acton free press of thursday may 26 1892 the members of the dominion parliament taking advantage of the double adjournment this week nearly all left home and in consequence the capital has worn a very deserted ap pearance this week the dosing exercises of the last convocation of victoria university prior to its removal to toronto took place at cobourg wednesday the last census bulletin of the do minion shows havtons population as 21982 the initial number of the canadian printer and publisher has just been is sued by the j b mclean co ltd tor onto the chief aim of the new journal will be to more thoroughly unite the printers and publishers of canada mr j b mclean the president of the com- any is ex secretary of the canadian ress association gloom reigns at the government mouse for sir alexander campbell lieutenant governor of ontario is dead he departed this life a few minutes after 3 oclock yesterday afternoon mr joseph mcclures new dwelling on wilbur street is being enclosed excavations are being made for mr john warrens new residence on main street the contractor is laying the material for the new school on the ground oper- tations will soon be in full swing could acton not have some arrange ment bv which the streets would be reg ularly watered during the summer months 100 years ago taken from the issue of the canadian champion milton may 28 1867 we give on the best authority a big hsh storv from bronte a few days ago william spiers and william emerson caught below hixons dam a sturgeon measuring 5 ft 5 inches and weighing- 67 pounds many ol our readers will be aston ished to find there are wolves in esques ing but such we are credibly informed is the case many sheep have been de stroyed by them as can easily be seen by the peculiar manner in which they have been bitten mcnaughton turner fisher stewait and others have lost in this way they ought to have been killed in the winter when they could have been tracked church news presbyterian church in canada knox church acton rev andrew h mckenzie ba bd minister mr e a hansen ba organist and choir master sunday june 4 1967 945 am church school for ages 3 to 15 1 1 00 am divine worship sermon theme preaching healing and helpfulness 300 pm community service of re membrance at fairview cemetery everyone most welcome evanoel pentecostal tarfrnacu paoc 33 churchill road rev s m thoman pastor 8532715 sunday june 4 1967 1000 am sunday school 1 1 00 a jn morning worship 700 pjn evangelistic service tuesday 8 pjn prayer and bible thursday 8 pjn christ dors friday 645 pjn crusaders marie avenue baptist church georgetown sunday june 4 1967 945 ajn sunday school 1100 ajn morning service 700 pjn evening service wednesday 8 pjn prayer meeting acton 8531936 georgstown 4774669 thi church of st alban tm martyr corner willow st and st armbt drive rev ritchie atomomtr mx sap sunday etjnb 4 117 2nd sunday mr trinity 9j aanv cy 10jo 1030 pjdvliohj