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esfl the acton free press wednesday march 13 1968 5 yeata cf 4yjhf it wat an obituary that really set you to thlnklngi man age 36 dies after 15 year in hospital following auto accident in which he wu totally disabled fifteen years of staring at the same celling 180 months of complete depen dence upon others 780 weeks of hope- erosion with expenses towering to crowd- everything else off the skyline- s5 ays of waiting for the night s475 nights of wilting for the dav 1 33400 v hours of f6ut walls fading flower smells useless aym- pathy- 7884o00 mlnutesof vegetation i with roots wltheving irt hopelessness spirit srwlnng in stagnation j730p 000 seconds of death before burial and prorjsbly because 6f some httje fault that you might- be commit- ting every day of your driving life suchas fallufe to glancejeftend right or forgetting to chetfcyour rearvlesv mirror squeezing one more trip out of bald tires crowding the car ahead leahing on luck in a blind spot trying to average 60 on a so mph road or in 50 mph conditions or just plain blind assumption that the other driver will do the right thing death at 36 after 15 years of dylngl within that period of time a man usu ally marries has a family climbs up ward in the world travels plays be gins to mature enoys a million sights sounds sensations over these same 15 yearsthis man was acastawaybo a lonely bedhsland he absorbedtaifelesi food ilepj a des- perate sleep suffered cursed cried felt the bitterness kink his inside into knots at vucbordlnary sounds as daugh ter ire footsteps and hearty talk v for every person whodles in traffic tnashups many others spend jigoritz- v jtngy weeks rnonjhs llfetlnis6f dlsa- bllity voucylsk this as well- as a quick ending whan you commit those little drlvlrtg- errors the editorial above submitted by constable peter campbell of the acton of p detachment needs no commont editorial page ivl bmssm2wxax3gs25 ki j5ieviirw hu helmet ch ku knee at the recent road safety work shops held in toronto by the ontario department of transport an american official told this factual story to illus trate the difficulty involved in legislat ing and enforcing traffic safely a furious motorcyclist wrote to the state government about new legisla tion requiring the wearing of safely helmets he said it was an unjustifi able intrusion into the rights of the individual he would obey the law since he was a lawabiding citizen however since he noted that the legislation did not specify where the required helmet had to be worn he always rode with it strapped over his knee the ontario safety league reports that at a subsequent session a panelist gave this fanciful embellishment to the story one day a policeman stopped the motorcyclist and insisted that he take the helmet off his knee and put it on his head as he rode away the indig nant motorcyclist turned back to shout a rude remark at the policeman side- swiped a parked car and painfully in jured his knee plaatic jua consumers association of canada advises that threequart jugs of milk arc economical and now that the con tainer is lightweight plastic they are easier to handle as well however they point out the consumer has created a problem for the dairies since the plastic container came on the market some have used these plastic jugs to store pesticides gasoline and clean ing solvents they should never be used for these products as there are serious dangers with them some children have apparently used these jugs to play with and have return ed them to the dairies with bits of plas tic and pencils in them the storage of liquids other than milk causes the dairies to use expensive equipment to wash away the odors that shouldnt be there wrongful use of these containers could result in pushing up milk prices the wise consumer rinses the jug in clear water only and returns it prompt ly to the dairy or store from which it came phctoa from the pam radial un ran alongside the sooth shore of fairy lake year ago that elec tric railway was that go service of the day carrying passengers from toronto to goelph the railway was completed in 117 but the project was abandoned and the tracks taken up about 1938 these two pictures lent by charles landsborough show the construction stage when steam engines were used top picture shows a water lower on mill west with nowdemolished slaughter house in the background hot- wtom picture shows construction crews with homes on lake ave in the back ground mondays miu1ant sunlight and warm temperaturesjrought a brown bareness to open fields rnjhe country side but snow still remained deep in the bush signs of spring were every where and this cascading creek near the ninth line in esqueslng starts its descent down the escarpment swollen jy melt ing snows tuesday the weather changed and we were plunged back into wintry conditions by a large fall of snow staff pholo sugar and spice by bill smiley a funny thine happened on ths way to the proofreaders a couple of weeks ago ily column appeared headed gloom and doom it was riddled with quotations by experts allusions toeeonomlcs references to the stock market and all sorts of similar portentous fulmlnatlons i imagine bewildered readers shaking their heads and muttering to their spouses here mabel whats come over young smiley he sounds leumad intelligent and as though hed lost his last friend complet ely out of character what happened was that the headings were inadvertently switched on my column and that of ray argyle an old friend who writes a perceptive column on current affairs and his readers must have been equally baffled asking what in the name of all thats ridiculous has happened to argyle this week pure drlvel never knew him to write such puerile nonsense before oh well the allies made bigger boobs than that and won the war at any rate it may be of soma comfort to you to know that this weeks columnls not only mine but is being written by the undis puted russian billiards champion of the local curling club im not much on the ice but im abelleron the pool table in the base ment it shook a lot ofthe denizens of the billiard room but none of them as much as it shook me knocked off three opponents including one bird who tried to oneupmanshlp me by bringing along his own private cue to make the finals should have seen the tiger i faced then six bet four 20 years younger than me fine golfer hawkeyes of the outstanding hockey goalie he is and the hottest pool shark in town now dont panic mum i beat him it was the best three games outof ave he took the first two so fast that all i had a chance to do was chalk my cue and spot the balls he kept knocking in isnt this excit ing well as we old tighter pilots put it there i was at 30000 feet upside down out of ammo and three straight games to win i knew that only sheer brilliance and naked courage would save the day so i gave him the old reverse treatment instead of making points i keotloslngthem you can do this in russian billiards pretty soon i was 28 in the hole he was about 30 in the clear a difference of 58 he got overconfidant andeareless start ed knocking the balls around losing points and i craftily crept out of the bole a few at time suddenly he realized this old duffer might beat him got desperate andlhadhlm os the run nothing to it really the thought of the shame if i beat him daatroyedhls coo- fldsnee and he was a sitting duck thats my story anyway and there were no wit- speaking of games never play them with women i found out years ago that the ony game you can play with them is the love game and even there you have about as much chance of winning as you have with a slot machine women are completely devoid of sports manship hate to be beaten and turn cold or hot with rage when they are knowing this i foolishly took part in a muedeurllngbon- spiel the other day the girls havent changed they played as though the sbt- dollar prizes were solid gold cadillacs still on sports the winter carnival season is in full swing i guess theyre a good thing give people a chance to get stoned to the eyeballs or roar about on their skldoos releasing their aggressive tenden cies the height of something occurred at one of these events the other day winner of the lcefishlng contest collected a free holiday in nassau the winner a 414 inch perch and a last word on games the liberal leadership marathon is on and the pack is off and running but the bulldogs grey hounds and just plain mutts are all looking over their shoulders at that darned french poodle coming up fast uy suggestion call the race off and ask diet to take over as leader winston churchill crossed the floor of the house and look how far he went and wouldnt the old chief have a lovely time ripping into stanflold the acton free press phone 853 2010 buimes and edifonat omtce fluiijil in ls 40 himitrvaj trr utjrww 41 w s un4io uimtwr ul lh wji hiiu i l it cuist jnj lhfc ijiiiiini taivs j rrlwil sjhv ri in rjjni jjljrwc jj 00 c4114j4 oh n j win ih iljri unajj ainjlf trip- kk 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to mr tod mrs w d frlck of toronto who celabraied their diamond iiingannlversary the premntation of the first report of the county muslth tjiilwa glvsntd hauoq county council much has bain accomp lishedsince the unit was organised jin october a mas chest xrrsyprogrsro was hwlil in the fall conalderahle emphasle has already iud placvd on itmniiilaatioaz laspactlons ajid visits by baslth nursea wore reporteds v last friday was an eventful night at the- aetuen pungtiln club when the efforts of the drama club hloasomed forth in a skit cy jenkins general store with cord law- son in the role of the dude and fred eur- ingur starring as cy prlaera were given for fastmoving novelty dances to h de- forest h mooney j splelvogal and e dually 50 years ago taken from the issue of the free press of thursday march 21 1018 postmaster and mra james matthews celebrated their diamond wedding anniver sary last week the matthews family were pioneer settlers of the area postmaster matthews camn to acton with his father in 1845 in 1852 when acting as a clerk with his uncle the late rober swan actons first postmaster who had named the place for his old home near london england be succeeded him and has for 85 years been in continuous and faithful service la the post office the tine new 35000 post office erected four years ago may be re garded as monument to his falthfu service a telephone has been installed mr g h brown has bean elected pres ident of acton horticultural society with mr l wuuams vicepresident messrs beardmore and co madu a generous dona tion of 50 to the society a flower show will be held in september a pretty wedding took place at the home of the brides mother mrs alice mepher- son bower ave when her eldest daughter isma v was united in marriage to mr g arlof dills of the free press the young couple left on the evening train for toronto and will uve on park ave 75 years ago taken from the issue of the free press of thursday march 16 1893 those frgm eden mills who turned out on the 13th inst to hear the phonograph con cert were again fooled for the second tme the phooof rapber didnt show up bogus 2 ihjlls are in circulation in- stead of dominion of canada they say pro- vinee of canada by examining your mils you may save the price of a couple of years subscription o the free press v evangelistic sendees p tbe mfethpdlst church are held evert evening rttfi fruit ful results there j money in dairttng of- lowpriced wheat is there not a good cpenfnjmor a- dairy business in this vic inity t a mason moved this week into his new store corner mill andmain stswlih a good supply of crockery and glassware the farmers are busy theas dsysgettlng out their supply of winterwood the roads are in a strange state of tran- altlon not fit for equestrians of ped estrians send 25 sunlight soap bar wrappers bear ing the words why does a woman look older sooner than a man and you will re ceive a picture pretty enough to frame this is an easy way to decorate your home 100 years ago taken from the issue of the canadian champion milton march 12 1868 we have to record today the demise of an old rssldsnt of halton and one whose political career as a sterling and enthus iastic advocate of reform must be fresh in the recollection of all the old settlers of the county we allude to samuel clarke reeve of trafalgar for several years and at one time warden of the united counties of wentworth and halton mr clarke was the originator of the first newspaper pub lished in this town the halton journal on july 5th 1855 a few years ago he re moved to crowland in the county of wet land where his experience and aptitude for public business were qulcklypercelved and he was soon elected reeve of the town ship in which honorable position he con tinued until his death mr clarke was always a zealous and consistent adherent of the reform party and his teal did not diminish with age as those who had the pleasure of hearing his speech at milton at the close of the last election can testify he came over from welland and gave his earnest support to messrs white and bar ber at that time he expired at port rob inson at about two oclock in the afternoon of friday last after a short illness from a severe cold he was 85 years of age the church of st alban the martyr anglican comer willow st and si albana drive rov ritchie mchfurray ma stb trinity church the united church of canada i minister rev gordon b turner ba bd organist dr george elliott ma phd sunday march 17lh 1968 lent iii 900 am the holy eucharist 1030 am church school 1030 am the holy eucharist midweek services are cancelled until further notice but sunday services will continue as usual mthtt christian reformed church minister rev p brouwer ba bd acton ontario sunday march 17th 1968 1000 am english service 1110 am sunday school 230 pm alternating dutch and english service wednesday 8 pm annual prayer day service saturday bible classes 10 12 am everyone welcome maple avenue apttst church 81 maple ave georgetown paslor rev robert c lohnes sunday march i7lh 1948 1000 am morning worship nutery provided the cross of christ and the christ ian 3 mans need and gods sal vation 730 pm hi cv sunday school 1000 xm junior school to gr 4r 1115 am senior school gr 5 to gr 8 acton aftify church founded 1842 pastor rev stanley gammon res 144 tidey ave phone 8511615 sunday march 17th 1968 hero is our sincere invitation to the whole family to attend church 945 am sunday school all age 11 00 am morning service 700 pm evening evangel 745 pm wednesday prayer meeting aclun 8531956 georgetown 8776665 presbyterian church in canada knox chuhchr acton rev andrew h mckeniie ba bd minlyer mr e a hansen ba organist and choir master sunday march i7lh 1968 945 am church school and adult bible class 1100 am morning worship 700 pm evening service wednesday prayer and bible study 730 pm thursday 630 pm explorers thursday 8 pm choir practice friday 7 pm bhf text behold we go up to jerusa lem and the son of man shall be deliv ered unto the chief priests and they shall condemn him to death math 10 jj ivanoh pentecost al tatsrtnacu paoc 33 churchill road rev s m thoman pastor 8532715 slnpay march 17th 1968 9 45 a m church school for ages i to 15 years 945 am ministers church member ship class for teenagers 1100 am divine worship sermon ii in series deviations from historic christianity mormon- ism everyone moat welcosne sunday march 17th i9tj 1000 am sunday school 1100 am morning worship 700 pm evangelistic service tuesday 8 pm prayer service and bible study thursday 8 pm christ ambassador friday 7 pm crusaders this it an invitation to attend the church of your choice on sunday