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2 the acton free press wednesday august 21 1968 a w4 in a gilded wrl4 people who deplore prime minister trudeaus informality may consple themselves with the news that he is not setting a precedent according to the printed word none other than british prime minister the rt hon benjamin disraeli was noted for his oddities of dress before he became top minister in her majestys cabinet thats away back in the nineteenth century hesketh pearson wrote this about disraeli wherever he went his clothes aroused comment at one dinner he appeared in a black velvet coat lined with satin purple trousers with a gold band running down the outside scam scarlet waistcbat long lace ruffles reaching the tips of his- fingers white gloves with ncwelled rings outside of thvtn his welloiled black ringlets touching his shoulders his conversation which ranged from the sarcastic to the eloquent according to his mood made him popular with hostesses who were not solely satisfied with the movement of their guests jaws in mastication and his table was covered with invitations many from people he did not know things changed after dizzy as he was affectionately known assumed the prime ministers mantel in 1847 he never allowed his head to be affected by his worldly success or position but his speech as well as his costumes were affected by his new role says pearson his oddities of dress were abandoned the rings aid ruffles awd colored waistcoats disappeared giving way to suits of solemn black have you noticed a parallel there betweeh disraeli and hwr trudeau the- canadian prime riiinster seems to have discarded ins niod clothes tor an ordinary business suit his speech with its slightgallic inflection has indeed gqt tonier perhaps a bit weightier as the weight of his office increases you are likely to notice more changes too for despite efforts to balance large problems with equal amounts of levity the wrinkles still come j editorial page the orass is as high as an elephants eye with the warm weather and fre quent rains ordinary field grass is en ioying an unusually healthy growing season staff photo ftfkta cf tttacritiej sugar and spice nowadays we hear a grcad deal about the rights of minorities these get major publicity in all news media and consequently a degree of attention which is often wholly out of proportion to the importance of most of the issues involved and also out of proportion to the number of persons such minorities represent no one who believes in democracy wduld deny such minority groups the right to a hcuruic or would wish to countenance any injustice they might possibly by subjected to but the very word minority implies an inequality in numbers as compared to the great mass of citizens who represent majority opinion and in any democracy majority rule is the basic principle today however when issues are raised minority opinion frequently fails to express itself not because of indifference but because of a bland confidence in its ultimate power of decision and the result minority groups which are generally wellorganized and very vocal often deliberately so give the impression that they speak for a great many more people than they actually represent most such minority groups stage demonstrations sitdowns or sitins they exhort all their rnembcn to write letters to the editors they welcome interviews by the press they find outstanding spokesmen who are wellknown to the public the general public which represent the majority cannot afford to let itself be stampeded by vociferous minority opinion majority opinion needs to express itself more often and to flex its muscles not just for exercise but to show its true strength this it can do by finding courageous clearthinking hardheaded spokesmen by standing on principles and by not taking too muqh for granted that it can always protect its rights and its freedom when the chips arc down this isnt necessarily so as czcchoslovakia discovered to its dismay when a minority communist clique took over the government while the voice of the people is by no means the voice of god neither is the voice of minorities and majority opinion should realize what dangers lie in not expressing itself more frequently and more forcibly by bill smiley you know that postal strike wasnt all bad i know it was a great inconvenience for some people and meant a real financial loss for others but there was a certain quiet satisfaction in knowing that you didnt have to answer those urgent letters there was relief in the thought thatyou wouldnt be getting three or four bills every day and there was positive pleasure in not being bombarded by advertising flyers and other thirdclass mail in short there was a slight hiatus in our daily scramble of course the day of jf could kate keen a child editors note this poignant letter was written by the owner of a small poodle killed at an intersection it was printed in a washington newspaper may this be a reminder to drive with caution especially at school crossings but also wherever and whenever you drive dearsir today is monday i have had my breakfast and i feel pretty frisky its raining a little but all of the children arc walking to school 1 know if i run out on the lawn theyll have time to stop and pet me we sure have fun together and i enjoy all the attention they give me my children masters scold me for trying to follow them to schooldont they kpow how much i love them the school is just a few blocks away and if i tag along i know the kids in the school yard will play with me yep 1 think ill go i wait at the intersection where the light changes in a flash look at all the tun the kids are having in the school yard across the yard i cant miss a single minute so ill just trot across whats happening brakes squeal and i feel an overwhelming pain ive been hit i feel screams and cries coming from my throat as i lay in the acton free press phone 853 2010 bunnell and editorial otic loujukj i ii nj pttblithnj n- wtbukuy at w vvilkm i 4i1u 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little fnent has gone to tell my master i didnt sec the car that hit me it didnt stop guess they were in a hurry and didnt want to get involved many cars win by and no one stops my mistress is crying so hard wish 1 could tell her not to cry i cant even lick her hand my master is coming now he lifts me gently and carries me to the car i am being wrapped in a warm blanket the pain has become unbearable im on my way to the doctors office but i dont think i will live until then as i close my eyes i think how gljd i am that it was me and not one of my little children friends that was hit by a driver in a hurry thankfully mike pkotcj from the ftam nstoonid with ctdar chinese lan tern and union jacks this float appear ed in acton in a parade year ago but the photograph in an old family album had no date or identification it must have been about 1913 reckoning came when all the bills came in one bundle and there was no way of putting off writing those letters hut there was a little peace there for a while in at least one aspect of our bedevilled lives it started me thinking about what would happen if the entire communications system was tied up by strikes i vcrytlnng telephone television radio newspapers hie lot do you think wed survive i do in fact if the whole noisy bothersome business ground to a halt for a couple of months wed prohibly all live a couple of years lohger those who would suffer most would be the young and the old taking away the squawk and thump of their transistors from the cars of icenagcrs would be like tearing a baby from its mothers breast robbing the elderly of their morning news and their evenings w iii the beverly hillbillies re runs would be arrant cruelly but i dont think the rest ol us would suffer 1 think wed thrive and grow fat and calm and interested in real life on a couple of months of peace and quiet those who have been out ol touch with civilization on a hunting or lislung trip will know what 1 mean one simply does not miss the ominous headlines the grave news reports and the assoned garbage contained in our mass media in such conditions a newspaper is for lighting a fire with or cleaning a fish on radio is completely unnecessary lack ol telephones means that nobody can gel at you with bad news and sitting around a fire with friends is a loi more enriching than sitting around watching third r he old movies indulging in the mass media or surrendering to them or allowing them to rule your day is merely laziness and habit and the deeper you sink into the slough ot words the harder it is to break out some people are addicted to the morning paper its like the lust cup ol collce or the iirst cigarette they are surly ind uneasy until they untold it and what du lies get wars and rumors ot wars strikes a lengthy rehash and expansion ot last night s tv news pompous editorials slating the obvious and assorted junk some never read a pipit at all but depend on their news iroin the radio the thing goes all day long with i siiady siieam of c om me fi la is semi hysterical discjockeyipouring forth pit tie the same news and weather reports almost siroatim every hour don t think this doistt t erode the soul some make the telephone their news media they re no interested in wotld or national news hut onlv in tla hit jl uossip and they literally spend hours a day exchanging inanities with other addicts i would not care it we never had a telephone urthe house one ot my mottoes is that no telephone call is every worth answering then ol course there are some people who are hooked on all tonus of communication as a result they never read a book never think an original thought and can be led around politically by the nose these mass media add a lut to lite but they take a lot away as well under their constant barrage we tail to cultivate our own garden im all for some quiet would you like to try it 20 years ago taken from the issue of the free press thursday august 26 1948 actons newest industry the blow foundry started production this month with a staff of eight men and when the full capacity of the foundry is reached the staff will be about 14 employees the plant is owned by mr kenneth blow manager of he acton machine shop c bytheilnw the commission cpmpletej an inquiry on the legality of the sale of margarine it is quite likely the butter will have melted k llons club carnival operating at barrie was closed last week gambling games such as crown ami anchof for money it is sajd were among the attractions a harvard physiologist reports that men who drink to excess do so because they are usually ifocial misfits weak willed lazy or tray and usually they are also drunk adds tile chesley enterpnse mr and mrs j6hn lambert i john mr and mrs roy lambert mr and mrs walter cole mr and mrs frank bowes and family attended a reunion of the mack- family in erin stanley park mrs rev mcleod of toronto spent a few days during the week with her sister mrs j c matthews james dills who has been at sherwood forest boys camp for the past two months returned home yesterday mrirnd mrs ross swackhamer and children of cuclph called on friends in acton on sunday 50 years ago taken from the issue of the free press of thursday august 22 1918 thp barns of mr john r thompson 6th lane csquesing were struck by lightning during the early part of the storm on thursday last and totally destroyed together with the seasons crop of nay barley etc and one horse and six pigs there was but little insurance and mr thompsons loss will be heavy a g t r employee at ottawa whose bump of curiosity is unduly developed applied a match to a pool of alcohol to see if it would burn the other day he found out and it will cost the g t r and its customers 1 12000 to repair the damage caused by the fire he thus foolishly started the brick work of the first story of the new shoe factory is completed the timbers and joists for the second floor are being placed a new cement pavement is being laid in front of st josephs church with a substantial cement horse block at the side drive the young ladies of the intermediate rod cross society had a delightful picnic at the breezes on saturday afternoon messrs w a storey and a j mackinnon arc spending a week on a trip to montreal rev and mrs moyer left on tuesday to spend a week or so with friends at vincland and port dalhousie mr and mrs john watson were at toronto on tuesday visitina their daughter lulu who was operated on for appendicitis on saturday they found the patient doing very well back issues 75 years ago taken from the issue of the free pren of thursday august 24 1893 a boys composition on the hen the hen is a female rooster and cozzen to a goose hens haint got no teeth they just chew their vittles in their iiuides with stones and things and old nails hens has got two legs and a wish bone but when rtiey are cooked they are called checken so is roosters and they are then mostly legs ahd necks hens cant sing nor crow their long suit is kaklmg but they dont alius lay when they icakle wen hens is little you dont no wicht is hens and wich is roosters till their tall tethers is growed out but roosters aint no good only to scratch wuims and call the hens and little chickens then eat the wurm fusself i have seen him do it lots of times when we lulled our old hen she had rhost a bflyun little aigs in her insides and a hull lot of glajr and pieces df fron and leather and my chahey alley and my but she was tuff when she was cooked 1 dont know no more about hns sept they have little bits of ears and our old black henonce set over three months jist on an ole dore nob and a piece of brik about as bie as my fist william hawkins of the second line eramosa had a horse tramping peas in the mow wednesday while he and his men werte at dinner the horse climbed down from the mow and jumped put the back door of the barn fairing a distance of some fifteen feet the animal broke its back and had to be shot 100 years ago taken from the issue of the canadian champion august 20 1868 a few nights ago probably on friday night last some fiend in human form stole into the farm of john whits m p near auburn trafalgar and with a sharp instrument probably an axe or hatchet hacked his valuable imported thoroughbred cattle art the thigh of the hind leg on the nigh side in every case save one it was done by a swift righthanded blow as they were lying asleep the poor dumb brutes suffered until sunday before they were seen by mr kirby and one noble ox of which the yoke cost 120 was so far gone that he had to be knocked on lie head o put him out of misery and another steer will likely have to be served in the same manner every effort is being made to save the rest among whom are a very valuable dutchess heifer valued at 200 and three steers valued at s 100 each a reward of s400 is offered by mr while it is to be hoped that the scoundrels will be speedily brought to justice hanging is almost too good for such cowardly rascals whom fear alone prevents from becoming murderers and assassins a young man of good character and good habits and morally inclined residing near milton and possessing considerable property in real estate is desirous of corresponding with some young ladies of an amiable disposition and piously inclined age no object between 1 8 and 24 would have no objection to an exchange of photographs and correspond with a person of that character object improvement and matrimony address the young farm milton ontario trinity church the united ciiurch of canada minister rev gordon b turner ba bd director of music- organist mr george elliott ma phd church notices mp mbbvttman church in canada knox church acton rev andrew h mckenzie ba b d minister mr e a hansen ba organist and choir master sixth season combined summer services in trinity united church preacher rev peter tucker former missionary in zambia sunday august 25lh 1968 10 00 am divine worship thf church of st alban yhi martyr anglican corner willow st and st albua drive rev h j dawson ba bth acton baptist church founded 1842 pastor rev stanley gammon res 144 tidey ave phone 8531615 1968 slmday august 25th trinity xi 10 00 a m vtattins rthbl christian revormrd church minister rev p brouwer ba b d acton ontario slday august 25th 198 10 00 am english service 11 10 a m sunday school 2 30 p m alternating dutch and english service saturday bible classes 10 12 ajr everyone welcome mam avinui latlit church 81 maple ave georgetown pastor rcv robert c nlima sunday august 25th 1968 9 45 a m church school and adtut bible class 1 1 00 a m morning worship mr ken burns fergus no evening service wednesday 7 jo prayer meeting and bible study thursday 8 pan choir practice he that hath the son hath life and he that hath not the son of god hath not life 1 john 5 12 tvanok hntfcosral talmuviacti paoc 1 churchill jload rev s u thoman pastor 8532715 sunday august 25th 1968 here is our sincere invitation to the whole family to attend church 9 43 nm sunday school all ana 1 1 00 a m morning service 700 pm evening evangel 7 45 p in wednesday prayer meeting acton 8331956 georgetown 8776665 this ii an invitation to attend the church of your choice on sunday sunday august 25th 1968 1000 am sunday scfaool 11 00 am morning wonhjp 7 00 pan evangelistic service guest speakers at these services will be pastor l huppelhauier and d sutherland of people church edmonton tuesday 8 pm prayer service and bible study thursday 8 pan christ umlmienwc the general conference of the pente costal assemblies of rnaa conven es in windsor ont august 2224 psalm 119 114 thou art my hid ing place and my shield i hope la fty word