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yv ctecticn ever ch election results in halton west a new riding were supposed to be an unknown until the ballots were count ed but most people guessed george kerr would be returned to a seat in the provincial house probably the biggest surprise of the bellotting was the strong showing of the new democratic party with ted aaacdonald as a candidate the nop superseded the liberal party as runnersup and put the liberals in third place an unfamiliar position for them this could have merely been voting for the man rather than the party be cause in the new sister riding of halton east the liberals ran a close second to jim snow the progressive conserva tive candidate this angle is going to bother the defeated candidates in hal ton west but there reallys no way of knowing voters in halton west ob viously thought george kerr was doing a good job and told him so by ballot they werent willing to take a chance on an unknown of course the three party contest worked to the benefit of the conserva tives if it had been a two party race there is no doubt the liberals presum ing the nop didnt exist would have been in contention again there is no real way of knowing how well they might have run because some of the ndp vote could have went to the conservatives congratulations to the victorious are in order asvell as to the four de feated candidates they all gave much of their personal time and effort some times at great personal sacrifice party organizations should start to prepare for the next election even though it appears 8 long way off it is obvious the liberals have a lot of work to do if they are going to stay in the race the nop has annexed much of the liberalminded vote and have their sights set on someday forming a provincial government there are signs that large segments of the people in the province are be coming disenchanted with the policies of the present government so it certain ly is no time for the conservatives to merely sit around and rejoice there are many prafrlems facing this province so now the election is settled its time for all parties to work together and solve them 7vjt and touhakip esquesing councils answer to georgetown over a proposed grant to the georgetown arena is no doubt be ing watched closely by the two other municipalities adjoining the township- acton and milton if the township sets a precedent by contributing to the support of the arena in georgetown there is no reasonable excuse why they shouldnt contribute to all three municipalities all three towns supply facilities for recreation for township residents the georgetown herald says edi torially that there has been a feeling iftvlovvn for years that the township should pay a share of some of the municipal services provided which are being used by growing numbers of township residents georgetown the h e r a i d says should not be expected to pay all the costs of arena and public library to name two examples esquesing on the other hand should not look on george town as trying to gouge tax money from them any more than georgetown should regard esquesing as coasting on services which the rtowrr creates and pays for this reasoning all stems from a dis pute between georgetown parks board and the legion free ice time had been supplied for kid hockey sponsored by the legion but this year the board foresaw a deficit and decided they would charge 5 an hour for the time the legion took their case to council and raised a storm of protest it was decided to approach esques ing council to see if theyd be interest ed in supplying the extra 1000 esti mated the arena would need to cover the deficit if the legion didnt pay meanwhile however parks board de- idwi they wouldnt harge for the time ijjur expected council would balance the budget if it went into the red the onus is still on esquesing some councillors bridled at the idea of supplying money to georgetown but others are turning over and finding the argument has some merit we agree with the principle of the idea but cer tainly think if the township is going to contribute to the georgetown treasury they must remember there are two piherriujwipautieswhenb esquesing residents also use services pennies patf freight children know that one unicef penny will pay the freight on enough free surplus milk powder to send six glasses of milk to a hungry child in an impoverished land they know that five pennies will buy enough penicillin to cure two children of yaws- that ten will cure a childs trachoma- that twen tyfive will vaccinate 20 children gainst tb what they dont know is that in some villages in turkey today parents dont register a babys birth right away they wait first to see if it will live and if the mother loses her first criild she makes it a point not to prepare any clothes for the second until shes sure it will survive even so the children are trying to help these infants to live by collecting pennies on halloween the candies and apples they collect in shopping bags that night may end up as stomach aches next day but the pennies they get end up in turkey shortening the appalling odds against survival in court- a fc4 matt it takes time for a new educational facility to earn a reputation and build a tradition but residents of halton and peel will become increasingly aware that the sheridan college of applied arts and technology serves the two counties a total of 383 students have enroll ed for courses in the technology busi ness applied arts and design branches of the school- indicating a reasonably healthy start for the first year of opera tion tries where one child in six dies before its first year is out the children understand this part of it and thats why theyre collecting pennies for unicef on halloween acton children are not satisfied with penny collecting theyre planning all sorts of other things to boost the uni cef campaign they are aware perhaps more than adults what a few dollars can do to help the have nots of the world colo crystal clear waters of this brook tumble down limestone steps on the eighth line esquesing before they join silver creek on its way down the niagara escarpment this pretty water fall is called hickory falls presumably from the prevalence of trees by the same name nearby j staff photo sugar and spice by b i i smiley i wonder what a teacher of 50 years ago would think if he walked into a classroom today personally i think hed be toted off in a state of deep shock some aspects of the atmosphere would be familiar the box like claustrophobic con struction the smell of chalkdust and bodies the windows that stick and wont open the scuffling and the snuffling and the place would ha full of kids of course theyd probably be much the same inside hainan beings dont change their basic emotions their hates fears shyness and aggressiveness in a generation or two if ever but they certainly wouldnt look the same the appearance of the boys would rattle him a bit with their cowboy boots their polkadot shirts their carefully waved hair and their worldweary expressions but the sight of the girls would rock him right back on his heels never mind the lipstick eyeshadow and net stockings hed probably turn pure puce the first time be looked down those rows of miniskirts with the odd garter belt in all its feminine loveliness showing here and there those wouldnt be the only shocks hed receive lets say he taught in a school with 300 students half a century ago qriet droning periods leisurely one and a half hour lunch period id like to see this chap step out into the hall of a school with 150o inmates during one of the lunch periods unaccustomed to using his shoulders knees and elbows hed be a grease spot on the tercazo floor in two minutes if he did tup pen to mike it hed gulp his lunch in the cafeteria with the din of 500 students as sauce for his wieners and beans or hed choke down a sandwich in the staff room mid a litter of coffee cups a pall of smoke and a cacophony of fellow practitioners of the art 7 centennial picture jallettf checking his mailbox after lunch hed find two memos from the administration a pamphlet from the department of educa tion very badly written a note from the librarian telling him that susie doakes book was overdue a brochure from a pub lisher a billetdoux from the viceprinci pal a bill for his federation insurance and three announcements of contests all spon sored by commercial firms being an oldfashioned conscientious teacher he would probably not file these in the wastebasket back in his classroom trying to teach with the raw materials a book a black board and some students he would be in terrupted by the publicaddress system telling him to send joe smutz to the office by jack diltz just arriving back from guid ance counsellor or by four stalwarts leav ing for the junior football game during the day he would discover that he was either a dodo bird extinct or a phoe nix that bird which reputedly arises from its own ashes and flies in everdim inishing circles until there is only one place to go this would be occasioned by the maze of equipment which he would be forced to mas ter recordplayers taperecorders overhead projectors underhand deflectors and the like and he would have my utmost sympathy i can drive a car used to be able to fly an airplane can run a washing machine in a pinch but lead me toward a duplicating machine or anything more complicated than a handcranked gramophone and i pale with terror after school our friend would find that he would have a committee meeting about gumchewing or a staff meeting about pu pils acting like humans or a thrilling hour with the three students interested in the stamp club i dont think he could hack it poor devil mmhmaom am co has played a prominent part in actons industrial life for well over a century this view of the plant was taken about 50 years ago it is one of several pictures loan ed by john smith of knox ave to this column the acton free press phone 853 2010 busings and ediorial office foumfej 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tumultuous fans acton intermediates yesterday were crowned ontario baseball champions with tn the regal splendour due a team of their calibre culminating the best in three ser- les with their second straight win over the delhi tobaccomakers they swept to the provincial honor byfefeatlng delhi 97 in a game which wasnt won until the last player had been put out never before in actons history has a team carried off the oba crown it was a great team of homebrews that defeated georgetown walkerton clinton watford and sunderland matt tyler can be justifi ably proud fittingly southpaw hurler don ryder who has carried the brunt of the mound duties was on the mound and the hills reverberated to the name ryder chorused by acton supporters from no where cookie led a clown band onto the field to a roar of approval and traffic jam med for miles when the crowd came into the town square local citizenry jammed the streets ef acton tor a tremendous ovation as they paraded perched on top of automobiles be hind the band a huge bonfire lit the scene dude lindsay started the merrygoround in the top of the first his ringing triple with masters on the sacks sparked masales centner morton lindsay footitt the two waterhouses jack and bill and don ryder to placing the delhi moundsmans offerings wherever they willed 50 years ago taken from the issue of the free press of october 25 1917 the exhibition of birth ot a nation in the town hall on monday evening under the direction of rl gregory of the new won derland presented the most stupendous spectacle ever shown by film production in acton notwithstanding the unusually high price for a motion picture entertainment the town hall was packed the orchestral accompaniments were in themselves a great musical treat as were the special mechanical effects introduced acton lost a line type of old countryman when samuel laird passed away re was a native of county antrim ireland and came to canada with his bride in 1871 he was fearless and outspoken the soul of hon or and had strong religious scruples sev en sons and daughters survive including mrs rm mcdonald and william of acton mr and mrs rh wansbrough of crew- sons corners have been dfsposlnglrf their farm and forming cytfit intending to settle in acton they and their family will mate worthy citizens and will be cordially wel comed a letter from pte edwin e perrymin says he saw perry watson ernest perry- man melvln scper and a number of acton boys in london taken from the issue of the free press of thursday october 27 1892 last friday afternoon rev j edge of the methodist church received a telegraph ic message of the following serious im port your father was killed this after noon by horses running away bereavements have fallen upon them in rapid succession a tew months before coming to acton mrs edges mother was caned to her eternal home a year ago lst week the parsonage was visited by death and a bright little twoyearold son was taken the following week mr edges brother was instantly killed on his farm the new checker club has about a dosen members the concert under lome patrons of in dustry took place at lome school the programme consisted of selections by the bannockburn glee club violin duetts by messrs leichmao and lamb solos by mrs leslie of nasstgaweya duett by miss es mcminand and watklns reading by mr john ml warren solos by mr harry gib bons the entertainment passed off well except for the misbehaviour of a number ot boys who seemed to do all they could to disturb the proceedings by loud yelling and stamping of feet purty wimmen alnt going round beggta men far suffe ridge acton livery and bus line well-equip- pad and stylish rigs can always be secured a comfortable bus meets all trains between 9 am and 818 pm 100 years ago taken from the issue of the canadian champion milton october 24 1867 the annual ploughing match of the nass- agaweya agricultural society will be held on the farm of john ramwey esq lot 8 2nd concession on saturday the 19th inst four prizes of 4 s3 fe and 1 win be given in each of the three classes via first class men being all those who have taken a first or second prize at either town ship or county match second class men comprising those not included in the above list and third class fox boys under 18 years of age matrimonial two respectable young gentlemen ot good personal appearance in this town are desirous of opening a cor respondence with a limited number of res pectable and refined young ladies object- fun and mutual improvement with a view to matrimony ladies tosend their photo graphs when they will receive one of either the young gentlemen in return all corre spondence strictly confidential andprompt- ly answered address ap and mlr milton ontario a dark buffalo robe lost trimmed with red lining on friday between mcdades hotel and my house in lowvtue a reward of onethird the price of the buffalo will he given to the finder isaac warcup low vtue church news trinity church the united church off minister rev gordon b turner ba bjx organist dr george elliott ma ph d tni church ot st alran the martyr anglican corner willow st and st albans drive rev ritchie mcmurray ma st3 sunday october 29 1967 1000 am trinity united nursery provided 1130 am churchill united- churchill rd n sunday school 1000 ajn junior school to gr 4 1115 am senior school gr 5 to gr setha christian reformed church minister rev p acton ontario sunday october 29 1967 trinity xhi 900 am the holy eucharist 1030 am church school 1030 am holy eucharist and baptism sermon the meaning of baptism wednesday november 1 10 am holy eucharist of all saints shift work ers mothers with young children are especially invited thursday november 2 10 ajn holy eucharist commemorating all souls the faithful departed will be remem bered especially those who have died within the pst year sunday october 29 1967 10 00 am english service 1110 ajn sunday school 230 pm alternating dutch and english sendee saturday bible classes 1012 ajn everyone welc acton raftot church founded 1m2 pastor rev stanley gammon res 144 tidey ave ph 8331615 make avenue ranot church 81 maple ave georgetown pastor robert c lohnei sunday october 29 1967 945 am sunday school 1100 am morning service 700 pm evening service wednesday 745 pjn prayer meeting acton 8531956 georgetown 8776tfo evangel pentecostal tarfrnaclr paoc 33 churchill road rev s m thoxnan pastor 1531713 sunday october 29 1967 1115 am morning worship 700 pm evening service wednesday 730 prayer a bible study thursday 630 explorers thursday 800 choir practice friday 700 pjn b h f meets prbbyttrjan church m canada knox ohinoh acton rev andrew h mdtenrle ba rld minister mr b a hansen ba organist and choir master sunday october 29 1967 iojoo am sunday school 1100 ajn morning worship 700 pjn evangelistic worship tuesday 8 pjn prayer service and bible study thursday at 8pjn christ ambassa dors sunday october 29 1967 945 sun church school for agas 3 to 15 years 945 ajn minister church member ship class for teenagers ntrjajn reformation day service sacrament of christian baptism everyone most welcome