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g2 the acton free press wednesday october 1968 thank firthf 96s thanksgiving a time when you mentally conjure up buckledshocs widehatted pilgrims fatbreasted turkeys and tables laden with good things to cat will be misrepresented again this year well stress the material things and physical comfort we enjoy in a selfcongratulatory way thanking god we arc not like the rest of men with their bloated bellies and distended ribs well sit down to a menu of roast turkey mashed potatoes green peas and cranberry saute with j bowl of brown gravy exuding steamyodors to stimulate the appetite in biafta and other underdevelbpcd countries 5000 children will die while wc tat our thanksgiving dinner canadian grain elevators are bulging with wheat officials ate womed that we may not have room to store another bumper crop after the main course its time for dessert well not have much room left for pumpkin pie with a scoop of ice cream most of us will manage to get it down the rice bowl is empty in india the child looks mutely at his parents his eyes begging for food to take the ache in his belly away well take 6ur stuffed bodies and lounge them in stuffed chairs and cushiony chesterfields some will turn on television sets and switch to the chanricl they prefer others will irdulgc irt free conversation discuss political issues and critici6 the administration in czechoslovakia and other countries behind the iron curtain the jlay will be an ordinary one if the television set is tutned on it will be turned to a channel where the government has control free discussion is something yoli can do only with yourself it isnt safe to confide in anyone else missing relatives testify to that weve got much lo be thankful for how will we express our thanks in this nuclear smug satisfied age editorial page heuapaper in the claaanw it can be said that newspapers make a big difference in the lives of people people need all the information they can get concerning the many social economic and political problems of the day in order to act responsibly and prudently it makes a difference whether local situations arc improving or dctcnorating whether taxes are going up or down whether police and fire protection are adequate whether the business outlook is good or bad what merchants are offering who won the big game whether sufficient recreational areas and facilities arc provided for citizens it makes a big difference in a hundred ways in peoples lives every day it has been said that a city or a town is the reflection of its newspaper good newspapers are found in good wideawake aggressive towns the opposite also- holds true adoption of newspapers as living textbooks in school classrooms throughout the nation is growing daily recognition by educators and teachers of the importance of newspapers as a means of acquainting young people with the rapidly changing world scene is increasing no bound textbook with a hardback can keep up with it newspapers are being used in classrooms to afford practice in basic reading skills to improve verbal facility and vocabulary skill development and to enrich pupils understanding of many subjects the colhngwood ont weekly enterprisebulletin cxteiuf uae ctf achwu an editorial in the elmira signet recently made a good case for more extensive use of the educational facilities in communities across the province especially during the summer months when they he virtually deserted it is disheartening says the signet that we the taxpayers have to fork out hardearned money to erect buildings which he dormant for a quarter of the year surely there is some use to which these schools tould be put to good use in the summer period summer has come to an end the children are back at school and there are also long periods over the school year where multimillion dollar educational buildings stand idle school trustees feel an obligation to the ratepayers to keep the new schools in showroom condition we can sympathize with their eflorts however it is the ratepayers who pay the freight for education at the last meeting of the high school board here trustees were generally in favor of extending the use of school facilities mr watson reportedly felt this would be done when the new county board took over in the new year there have been suggestions that use of school gyms and swimming pools for instance could be fully utilized by extending their use to the public we would fully endorse that phase of the request although it may be quite some time before frills like a swimming pool are installed in schools here even the most hardshelled trustee would have to admit there is increasing agitation from the public to extend the use ol the buildings they are paying tor and which arc- only gainfully used part ol the year phttea frw the paat about 117 the first and second forms of acton high school posed for this photograph lent by mrs j a brochu r r 2 georgetown the former marion jamas front row left to right mary gibbons jessie mann esther starkmari clara lantx anny snyder marion james helen anderson second row principal j roszell laura mcdonald elsie lappin jessie russell frances hurst violet davis ida beawick third row bill stewart jack robertson har old wansbrough edna johnston jim talman margaret mcnabb martha orr pearl baker the teacher and at the back ray agnew max bell and charlie mann back i s s shimmering ruections on the school creek catch fading light on a dull day while brown grasses provide a reminder that autumn is hero over head gooso are olehing v s in tho sky another remindor to tho sluggard that ico will soon bo oncompassing ripplos in its cold grasp staff photo sugar and spice by bill smiley many people have a peculiar idea of progress they confuse il with growth or with change or with sio in miny cases these things represent regress rather than progress i try not to be bitter but i have i perfect example of thai kind ol progress right outside my front door when we moved here it was to a quiet residential street a leafy tunnel of voluptuous maples and stately oaks with a green boulevard it was gentle and pleasant and sifc for children the town council in the name of progress tore out the boulevard cut down some trees and widened the street results we now have a speedway out front and you can scarcely risk crossing the street to the mailbox the squeal ol tires makes the night hideous as the punks try their spurs the remaining trees arc dying because their natural environment has been disturbed much beauty lost and the only ugly things hydro and telephone poles left standing in their nakedness just to complete the picture there lias been a development which is automatically progress in many minds at the end of our street what was once glorious busliland is now a desert ol asphalt containing a supermarket two gas stations and a provincial police barracks william bishop a c lulliam 1 ngland police officer dashed into the street and held up cms hand to halt traffic when a truck caught fire only one car was coming along the road and it stopped immediately with one tire firmly on bishops toe he yelled and frantically waved his arms the driver smiled and drove on the acton mk free press phone 853 2010 bulinati and editorial office ruuubj ia im mj puwiaud try waimula m uilkm si aiiua 0ina umkvr ol ilu sa c k cwn j uwua 4jttmiiui lain am n4ui sktcn lw iku u fcjtmtt u in cwudj 17de ui til ouiu ur isui cuuda uk cooi 4uihwuu u sanmj cui kun ismi ohu oiuilaunl oil uniui u vnpuj ik luajiiium ikil im ilw ni nt ivpoaruklcaj tro iku pufiua ol ik mattuuktiztac futwd fc ihr rranou turn itutlksr wild ml ull im nuv kf ulllujltlkil a hl bmw hrfcukuj hj kkuikkif c u4 du1 txili fuklluur cotnk iwr adv kukitr because of the development traffic on our street has quintupled and every quarterhour an ancient snarling bus belching poison goes by the front door tough luck you say but ive seen it happen so often in handsome old streets in sin ill towns that it makes me sick the first move of the progresshappy boys is usually to cut down the trees some of them 100 yc irs old so that they can widen the road lrilc and shade and dignity arc sacrificed to the automobile in the cities its even worse potential pirk lots arc turned into immediate parking lots thruways slaughter miles of greenery another plague are the developers they take a section of beautiful busliland fertile farmland or lush fruitland they send their bulldozers in to make sure everything remotely pretty is made ugly then they carve it into 50foot lots and stick in the jerrybuilt houses cheek byjowl at swollen prices this when canada has more land that is useless for anything else but building than it can ever oh progress has many faces it has many sounds far below the whoosh of the billiondollar rocket may be heard the whimper of a starving child it has many smells behind the sweet emissions ol the public relations dept can be discerned the unmistakeable stench of gieed poverty pollution and waste progress will take a beautiful trout strt mi and poison it with chemicals or detergents because we need the industry progress steadily takes more money tor dctciicc another phoney word and less and less comparatively lor the old the sick and the helpless progress adopts a liberal attitude toward drills but looks down its nose at the dirtv hungrs sick ind frightened children ol the ding age piogrcss means bigger cars that will go taster on better roads driven bv people who can drink more progress taxes everything but the living breath ot the poor but encourages the boss with the expense accounts and credit cards to cheat this may seem like a pretty dim view of progress it is as many people look on rt but i in not down on the real meaning of the word i think man can and will progress morally socially and intellectually oh well theres a rumor that the can people are going to start putting their cans out in pastel colors this would save a lot of bother we could cut all our forests down then instead of going for a drive on a fall day to see the magnificent autumn foliage we could have it all year round mountains of multicolored beer cans 20 years ago taken from the issue of the i rce press thursday october 14 104k i he rjlrls of the past week have indeed been helpful to the toil and full work acton rotary lub at their weekly meeting voed 500 to the swimming pool campaign arid 100 to the y georgetown look the championship at thcunnul high school field day in milton competition 4vas keen in most events milton filially edged out acton for the second place another summer jus gone and the r reelection hulls of continued work on llghwiy 25 have gone with the wind all that remains are tho signs that still read road under construction a deer hunt is lo he held in nissagaweya township in december saturday is scout apple day in acton support this worthy cause arid incidentally ehjoy the apples 50 years ago taken from the feue of the tree press thursday october 17 1k the general outcry last week for liquor to combat influenza was deplorable when so many physicians of high renown decry its use under any circumstances it is just as well for the public lo understand frankly that the suggestion l withhold the enforcement of the penalties of the prohibition laws during the outbreak of spanish influenc originated with the liquor dealers themselves their propaganda is ever alert to adopt any entcrpne to open the way to the sale of their prohibited products the public has not been slow to see the trail of the serpent in the suggestion the authorities will not be caught by the wluskeymens prussian trick mr john walters has the cement blocks made for a new bouse to be erected on the old walters homestead property near the southerly corner of tairy lake on the mill pond road another addition to the immense tannery plant of bcardmore and co is being completed at the southwesterly corner of the premises near main street 100 acresthree miles from acton 75 acres workable balance bush and pasture l4 acres orchard soil clay loam frame house 8 rooms and summer kitchen bank barn 54 x 100 shed 3h x 54 driving shed 50 x 24 school a miles rural mail pnccs7200 salt and 75 years ago taken from the issue of the free press rhursdjy october 12 ikh flic opening djy of acton horticultural arid agricultural exhibition was favored with delightful weather and entries poured in on wednesday the rain kept off pretty well there wis fine show of stock on the ground fho shtisy in the hall was very attractive with decoration of evergreerts lanterns and bunting there was a splendid dairy show with various butter specials a good program was playid by the bsnd in the evening c w kelly of dtielpli jnadc a good exhibit of pianos uild organs the finest exhibit of harness ever made in acton by one nun wis sliowit by j 11 matthews alex waldie showed m collection of 16 varieties of apples a patchwork quill containing 2 802 pieces and bearing a urd which read made in ir- by an aclton lady inhcr 7hth year commanded wide attention prominent winners in the ladies and flower sections were jennie cordingly mrs ci b hall nettie bell bella kitching mrs j l warren mrs a waldie mrs havill mrs a secord mrs c s smith 100 years ago taken from the issue of the c inadian champion milton october h 1868 an agitation is arising in the upper end of i squesing as to the ownership of the tollgate on the 7th line between balhnafad and the railroad and doubts are strongly expressed as to the legality of the gate the company is long since broken up but the tolls are still collected for the benefit of persons unknown mr phillips the secretary and treasurer shows by his books a surplus of s700 which he claims for his own services no dividend has yet been received by the stockholders and they are not likely to improve a non paying road so that it is in a miserable state action should at once he taken lo abolish the toll as it is so detrimental to the interests of the township and especially of georgetown thai it should no longer be allowed a prominent resident of esquesing ran the gate a few weeks ago in order to test the question but no complaint has yet been laid who will try it next r pepper by hartley colas like to walk this is probably the best imc of year to stroll along the bruce trail trees arc showing off their autumn dress the insect population has been reduced to the point where you no longer have to swat at every step you can get on the trail at several points only a few miles from here my favorite spot to start a trek is along the campbcllville sideroad no 5 where it meets the fifth line nassagaweya at this junction the concession is cut off abruptly by the escarpment after going a few yards to the north pedestrians are the only ones to use the trail where it winds through almost uninhabited country over to speysidc almost uninhabited yes there is all kinds of wildlife in this veritable wilderness ive seen deer porcupine rodents skunks and even turtles along this stretch of well marked trail for a side trip it you arc so inclined you can veer off the trail to your left once you arc on top of the escarpment and visit picturesque hilton falls the entire tract is unique it is by far the largest forested region close to the golden horseshoe of ontario abandoned meadowsnatural havens for all kinds ot birdhfemake the walking easy there are many unusual limestone croppings vertical cliffs large fissures a cascade and several deep valleys with boulder strewn streams down below hilton falls the llalton region conservation authority is planning a big dam which will necessitate rerouting the trad but it is not started yet back along the trad youll feel as remote as the indians must have felt as they hunted in the primeval forest in spite of the feeling you are only about a mile from highway 401 and a tew miles from highway 25 alung this stretch of the trad the bruce trad news a newsletter devoted to the walkers and workers on the unique trail says the niagara to tobermory path480 miles longis an anachronism in north america today this is how it is described the bruce trad is footpath following a rocky spine of dolomitic limestone formed over nulhons of years by umumerable bodies of diatomal at the edge of an inland saltwater sea it is a walking trail built by private citicns largely over private land with the generous cooperation of the owners of the properties through which it passes it is a hiking trail intended for use in nature study and recreation by all interested persons entertaining a responsible attitude toward the land it is all of these things it is also many more to those who are deeply involved in the trail it is a return to innocence in the age of the hard sell it is a preference for the genuine in the age ot the substitute a desire for beauty in an environment of urban sprawl a striving for individualism in an age of conformity a search lor human values in an era of market values the typical bruce trailer appears to he out of tune with the times in an era when man is looked upon as the means to an end other than himself the bruce trailer looks upon man in harmony with nature as the desired end at a period in which man is treated by the mass media as a machine for the consumption of goods the bruce trailer fears that goods may ultimately become the consumer ol man at a time when the media relentlessly attempt to incite us to burrow and buy the bruce trail invites us to the simple pleasure of a walk in the woods as i mentioned belure this is a good time lo accept the beckoning finger ot the trail especially since it is almost on our doorstep speaking of escarpments and mountains have you heard the story of the scot who had been saving pounds shillings and pence all his lite he finally decided to take a holiday in the canadian rockies where he figured a bit of skiing would be in orderand cheap everything went welj until one day an avalanche tumbled down the mountain and buried the ski lodge where he was slaying the skiers panicked figured they were hopelessly lost outside unknown to the trapped ikiers a rescue team was digging after three hectic days they finally uncovered the front door of the chalet a rescuer knocked the scot happened to be standing next to the door he called out och who is it its the red cross exclaimed the eiger rescuer dont bother came back the retort we give at the office