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oumfta 6b cma car dealer inventories in sharp contrast to the position at this time last year are at healthier levels and according to the financial post tome dealers complain they do not nave enough 1967 cars on hand to satisfy demand the result is that the 1968 model year which will begin one or two weeks earlier than normal will prob ably get off to a good start despite an almost certain increase in prices there has been no industry announce ment on prices but an increase poss ibly around 200 is likely because of two factors additional safety items- results of collective bargaining the 1968s will carry additional safety items because canadian plants now export a major portion of their output to the us and will be installing the safety features required by that country on all cars manufacturers think there would be consumer back lash if canadians thought cars export ed to the us were safer than those re tained for the domestic market the new safety features will in elude three instead of two sets of seat belts in front and back seats of six- passenger cars there will also be shoulder harness for the driver and passenger in front side marker lights will appear on front fenders at the sides only nonprojecting wheel nuts will be allowed the instrument panel will have more padding and there will be- a general cleaning up of knobs and projections jfrtt pftsz editorial page scmiaiaajssi the subject u water compared to some municipalities nearby where laws are passed to regu late the use of water acton is like an oasis in the desert theres an abund ance of good spring water here and an excellent system to dispense it after years of misuse and a habit of accepting natural resources as part of our heritage its a bit of an awaken- esr to realize what a valuable commodi ty water has become in the middle east many of the differences between the stale of israel and the arab nations cam be traced to it it is not so surprising then to see the subject debated so vigorously in the town council chambers when the sub ject of the south spring came up the spring has not been fit for drinlcing for some years now and the town has an ag with beardmore and co to seli rhem the water for industrial pur poses for nine cents a thousand gallons council at the rime of the agree ment reasoned with some justification that it would be better for the spring to be reaping some rewards than set ting there idle apparently the cause of the spring going bad was fully in vestigated and theres reason to believe it could be caused by methods used by the company to dispose of effluent this is a subject which we dont care to debate the company actons largest and oldest is obviously trying their best to solve a difficult problem the jobs of almost 50o people depends on their success the ontario water re sources commission would make no commitment we couldnt help but agree with the reeve and some councillors when 1hey maintain the other industries jo town should receive the same consideration as beardmores this was a little play for the grandstand from the reeve be cause were not convinced yet at any rate that they arent receiving it ondenlta mctif weve talked in these columns be fore of the importance of creating a good impression for visitors to town the following story from the strarhroy agedispatch corroborates most of what has been said kitchener chamber of commerce officials told a true story recently at an ontario industrial development council seminar they reported a man walked into the kitchener chamber of commerce office with overalls and mudcaked boots bewhiskered he looked like he had come out of a gravel pit the stranger asked for the industrial com missioner but wouldnt give his name archie gillies the commissioner appeared ushered him into his office closed the door and didnt bother ask ing his name mr gillies knew instinctively from years of experience the man was either an industrial scout a front man or an official of a company in disguise he was right on at least one count the stranger made a special trip to see some industrial land mr gill ies donned his coat got into his car with the stranger and showed him what the city and private developers had to offer the industrial commissioner was thanked politely and informed you might be hearing from me soon thats all the mystery man disappeared down the street a couple of weeks later he returned the whiskers were off and dressed in a business suit in a short time the city had ac quired a new industry this is a little like a cinderella story but it illustrates the importance of treating all visitors to town in a friendly way overlooking first impres sions there could be something be sides common courtesy at stake aaa mimo picture jailery its summirtime an the livin is easy as the old song goes lifes just a bowl of fun for acton youngsters who can find a dozen fun things to do to while away the summer hours this trio of catfishseeking frecklefac ed barefooted anglers was so intent on the game they failed to perceive the photographer when he happened by ricky holmes randy bartholomew and walter petlitt didnt have an extra pole so he had to leave them to their plea sure and hotfoot it back to the office staff photo sugar and spice by bill smiley ind the boor oqt were smashed on the streets in front of the town hall the picture of this lottoremembered day in acton a history was lent for this series by charles landsborough can anyone set the date or name the bystanders every so often i experience an over whelming urge to throw everything to the winds run away and become a mid dleaged hippy those kids have the world by the tail with the rest of us its the world that has us by the tail and does the twisting the hippies have abdicated from a society that has no reality or them a society in which they ace precious little love and honesty and a gnat deal of bate and hypocrisy they have said include me out and in many ways i dont blame them so let them grow their hair anu beards let them have loveins and smoke grass and give each other flow ers and refuse to work theyre harmless compared to many people and things that are highly respected in our society but after the first fine careless rap ture of seeing myself among the hippies the cold wind of reason blows and i know i couldnt make the scene oh i could let the hair and beard sprout get some purple pants and hide behind a pair of shades i could look the part but id never fit in i dont have the hippy attitude or mentality or whatever it is and its all the fault of my parents they brainwashed me with a lot of victorian cliches and puritan maxims that made me the warped inhibited in dividual i am today you know the sort of thing cleanliness a rolling stone gathers no moss a stitch in time saves nine pure poppycock most of it fortun ately our own children have not allowed themselves to become indoctrinated trv that rolling stone thing on kim and she just hoots and points out how many million records the rolling stones made this year the only stitch in time she knows is a rocknroll group bv that name and she thinks theyre great cqual partner at first glance there does not appear to be very much in common between the recent riots in detroit and the visit of french president charles de gaulle to canada and yet the two events have much more in common than most people realize to begin with and this is the crux of the matter both events stem from a fact that is unique to our twentieth century and that is that the spiritual aspirations of a group of people have been continuously frustrated this frustration is caused not by ill will nor by a desire to dominate but simply through a lack of under standing on the part of the white anglosaxon who has been brought up to believe that his way of doing things is the best way and that if everyone were like him all would be well in the world what these people want and what other people all over the world want is simply to be accepted as equal partners in the human family as they are not as how we would have them be forest free press my parents injected a lot of other halrbralned ideas into my innocent little skull they convinced me that you should do an honest days work for a days pay that gives you some idea of how oldfashioned i am they said you should face your res ponsibilities not run from them thats another reason id never make it as a hippy id be completely out of tune they believed in helping people who needed it my mother must have fed 2000 hoboes during the depression my father lost his business because he kept on giving credit to people who could never pay their bills they believed that you bore your troubles as best you could and did not inflict rhem on others they told us many times that if you couldnt say something nice about a person you shouldnt say anything about him they detested the idea of charity and fought tooth and nail and success fully to keep from going on relief mv mother sold homemade bread and avon products took in boarders and tourists mv dad who couldnt sell aircondition ers in the congo took a series of humil iating jobs as a salegnan on commission fighting it out with vounger brasher men and selling almost nothing but his pride thev belieed in god and law and order and absolute honestv they be lieved in neighborliness but also in minding your own business they be lieved in the family in total abstinence in good manners they believed in paying your bills and sweated agonies when there wasnt the money to do so thats one thins that didnt rub off on me thank good ness i pay them eventually but i dont sweat in the interim and to tell the truth im afraid a lot of the other things didnt take but a lot of it did now how could anvbodv be j hippv with a rotten upbringing like me i did have some resistance but that so dont warrv if vou come across a middleaged hippv with a flowerover his car next time voure in sanfrancisco or vancouver or yorkville im sorry but it wont be me the acton free press phone 8532010 business and editorial office founded ui 1173 and published carry wednesday at vilkm si acton ontario- member of the audi i bureau of circulation the cwna and own a advertising rain on request subscript nun paxabfe in adiancc moo in canada 1740 in all countries other iun canarf single copses 10c authorised as second class mail foal offaca department ottawa advertising is accepted oo the cunditiun that in the event of typographical error thai pun ion of the advertising space oc cupied b i he erroneous item together with reasonable allowance for signature will ao4 be charged for but the balance of the advertisement will be paid for at rhe applicable rate in the event of a typographical error advertising goods or sen sees at a wrong price goods or services ma not be sold advertising is merely an offer to sell and mav be withdrawn al aire lime mis prsaiftjtj aad r imillig c lad david r dills pubusber hartley coles don ryder copyright im7 a msn jtttt 20 years ago 75 y a taken from the iasta of the frea press of thursday august si 1947 work on the warttffla housing hock of so houses la now taking risible form on honday the contractors on tht watarmalna started to install tha main from wallace st to the nsw land tha contract forth erect ion of the houses has been awardad to george construction co and official of the company enact malarial wtlhbe oa the alto this week road and culvert construe hon will be done in conjunction with the laying of the mains the barn and entire years crop on the william henry farm about a mile north of brookvllle went up in smoke and flames the flrslspread so rapidly nothing could he done to check it the barn of roy hindley popular local auctioneer was completely burned to the ground when it was stuck by a bolt of lightning during a storm grain and hay were lost but the stock was saved it was feared for a time the house and driving shed would be lost it took the oakvllle intermediate b ctab four games to conquer actons intermed iate c entry and three games of bangtap baseball in order to retain their grasp on the helton county championship ra the fourth and deciding contest acton folded up like a wet blanket and lost their initial clutch on the laurels 72 50 years ago taken from the issue of the free press of thursday august 24 1917 the tax rate levied at the meeting of council is the highest the ratepayers of this municipality have ever been called up on to pay the heavy county rate and the claims of the patriotic fund coupled with heavier municipal expenditure than usual necessitated levying the high rate of 30 mills onto dollar however it is consid erably lower than that of many municipal ities for several days rockwood has been undergoing a genuine oil well excitement shortly after midnight on friday the chopping mill of walter lawson at stewart- town was destroyed by fire he carried no insurance the original mill was destroyed by fire nine or ten years ago business interests have developed which make it desirable for mr dm henderson to locate in gait he has disposed of hla fine residence on bower ave to dr ate- nlven both be and mrs henderson sad kenneth and david win be missed mr wk graham manager of the bank of nova scoria was united in holy wedlock to miss w ada gardiner of walton after a brief honeymoon trip to toronto they will be at home to friends in the pretty bungalow now being completed by mr frank sayers on knox ave the members of walker lodge and their ladles tendered a reception to them many felicitous words were spoken bro harold wlldgost and miss may wildgtist sang mrs at brown gave recitations and w bro john wood gave enjoyable gramaphone selections taken from the issue of the free press of thursday august 25 1892 the first gathering under the auspices of the central mass meeting sunday school association held in the park friday after noon was thoroughly successful although an experiment with no precedent in addi tion to the large attendance from various sabbath schools in acton there was re presentation from ospringe balllnatad georgetown norval ashgrowe limehouse speyaldb- crewsons corners and nassa- gaweya with 10 ministers present ft is our sad duty to chronicle the death of an old and respected resident in the parson of mr thomas mclam after a fail two years ago while engaged in work la his yard be gradually sank until he died at the ripe old age of 82 deceased was born at eniskillln ireland came to can ada at tha age of 14 and settled at niagara where he served his apprenticeship as a shoemaker his union in 1846 was blessed by nine children six of whom survive their aged parent about the ear 1860 mr mclam came to acton where be opened a shoe shop in all probability acton will next tues day see the greatest throng of visitors in her history for the band tournament and athletic games already about a dozen bands have entered for competition every resident can assist let all flags be floated evergreens hung and bunting be profusely displayed 100 years ago taken from the issue of the canadian champion august 22 1867 agreeably to appointment the match be tween the oakvllle and milton cricket clubs came off oo saturday last at oakvllle the playing was very good all around but the oakvllle club not being in good practice this year could not contend against the en ormous score which was run up by the milton cricketers who won by one inning and 21 runs miltonians came home loud in praise of the hospitality which oakvllle people always show to their visitors another serious accident happened on wednesday afternoon in milton to a man named george mccutcbeon from near streetsvllle he had been after a load of lime to the mountain in the morning and while there his horses ran away breaking the wagon but not injuring him the horsaa came to milton and he followed them and in the afternoon got another we- them and in the afternoon got another wa gon to go after bis broken one the tongue of the wagon it seems was too short and the horses getting frightened started again he was thrown violently out but still holding the reins he was dragged some distance along the ground coming in contact with the wheels which passed over his body several umes he was taken to wallace hotel and dr robertson was soon in attendance he was found to be hurt over bis right side besides many other bruises and it is feared that some serious internal injuries have been caused by the wheels church news trinity church the united church of canada minister rev gordon b turner ba b j organist mr george elliott ma phjd presbyterian church in canada knox church acton andrew h mckenzie ba bd minister mr e a hansen ba organist and choir master rev sunday august 27 1967 combined summer services in knox presbyterian church preacher rev andrew h mckeruie 1000 a m morning worship 1115 am churchill united church churchill rd n morning worship iktha christian reformed church acton ontario sunday august 27 1967 1000 am english service 1110 am sunday school 2j0 pm alternating dutch and eng lish service saturday bible classes 1o12j0 ajn everyone welcome mapi avenui baptist church 81 maple ave georgetown pastor robert c lohnes acton baptist church founded 1842 pastor rev stanley gammon res 144 tidey ave ph 8531615 sunday august 27 1947 945 a jn sunday school ii 00 mjn morning service 700 pjn evening service wednesday 743 pjn prayer meeting acton 85j1956 georgetown 1774665 rvanoel pentecostal tarrmacu paoc jj churchill seed rev s m thornan pastor ssm715 sunday august 27 1967 1000 ajn sunday school 1100 a m morning worship 700 pjn evangelistic service tuesday 8 pjn jr and bible study thursday s pa christ nmtjataa dors sunday august 27 1967 1000 am church school and adult class 1115 ajn morning worship speaker mr stewart bumham of guelph no evening service during august wednesday 7j0 pjn prayer and bible study in charge of deacons thursday 7 jo pjn choir practice thought for the week i was glad when they said let us go unto the house of the lord ps 1221 thr church op st alban thi martyr anglican corner willow st and st albans drive rev ritchie mcmurray ma sxb sunday august 27 1967 trinity xiv 9j0o ajn the holy fucharisu 1000 ajn matins this is the first occasion on which the parish has the plea of welcoming mr tom parry layreader of st georgea georgetown who is in charge of the second service this morning the rector is at st georgea