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r open message to beardmores keep the whistle blowing keep the tannery whittle blowing thats the open message to beardmore and co management this week after half a week without the old familiar sound never before when the free press asked for comments have we had such prompt and numerous replies phone calls coming in and messages given on the streets prompted us to put out lists on friday at both the plant office and stationery store for people to sign in just two days minus sunday and thanksgiving there were nearly so names the last two blasts on friday at 5 oclock lasted a good 30 seconds each purpose for the photographer to get a front page picture for the free press a few officials and family watched stiffened by the intense noise of the nearby sound some others whod heard that a giant blast wat scheduled gathered dujside the tannery property although they top were shook by the- racket they recovered in time to clap and give a minicheer phone calls came to beardmores after the article appeared m last weeks free press some were directed right to president norm braidas office some of the employees joined the protest loo with inplant phone calls apparently quite a few were registered between the last two piercing whittle blasts at five minutes to five and five oclock friday children for generations have been warned to come in when the first tannery whistle sounds the protesters say then theyre homd in plenty of time for meals and across the streets before the heavier traffic comes along although the beardmore decision was made by the directors partly on the assumption most people have watches nowadays the children dont and anyway how about the people who set their watches by the tannery whistle apparently the cost of letting off steam several times a day is negligible it amounts to about 20 worth of steam a year one of the engineers estimated the pressure is always in the system chief engineer at beardmores now is guy ross with the other engineers jim smith colin foster desmond clendinning neil miller and john lewis ralph nellis is engineers helper protest was surprisingly widespread a grandmother phoned to say how her threeyearold grandson depends on the whistle to let him know when his daddy is coming home from the tannery and i wanted to let you know how much we depend on it she said an oldtimer phoned to say 150 of us pensioners havent anything to do all day but set our watches by the tannery whistle we dont want it to stop a travelling salesman reading the free press its these things that make a small town different from a city longtime resident its just like losing a lifelong friend several people recalled with nostalgia that their grandfathers sounded the whistle years ago a 79yearold former employee now confined to his room by illness added his hopes that protest would bring the whistle back again a housewife whogocs back to bed alter her husband leaves for worlc admits she depends on the whistle to know whento get up for the second shift the children off to school and there was a student protestto put acton right in line with other schools p it was all sparked by sharon buerby a grade eight student at the m z bennettschool who felt strongly about the whistle she asked permission to take a letter to all classrooms grade four and over and during this project which included coming back on her own time to staggered classes site amassed 245 names their letter read dear sirs i was very shocked when i was reading in the acton free press about the tannery whistle being discontinued after friday it has been a great alarm clock for me to wake up in the mornings and to help make me decide which clock has the most accurate time it has also been a great tune reminder for many people in acton this whistle has been a very old community tradition and without traditions this would be a very dull world i would be very pleased if you would let the whistle continue on monday next week there is a sheet containing the signatures of people who feel the same as j yours truly j sharon ellerby another idea that appealed to students at the schools was peaceful picketing of beardmore gates or even president norm braidas home their eagerness jo join hie worlds students in some sort of tight cor justice was soon dampened and the wouldbe picketers didnt get much adult cooperation wednesday morning another petition arrived qt the free press in the mail signed with 4 1 names it reads- we are working women of acton and mothers of small children public school pupils and high school students through the years the tannery whistle has been as much our friend as the kitchen clock it was a warning for sleepyheads a hurryup for slow pokes and a merry get ready for home to all at the end of a day of play or toll some traditions do grow outdated but a good tradition like actons own tannery whistle can only iitiprove with age lets hear it again in watsons restaurant where theres always chat with the coffee everybodys complaining about it says tom watson he sayt he hasn heird one person who was disinterested or who approved ofthe whistle stopping like true londoners born under the sound of bow bells longtime actonians defend the whistle that keeps their lives in time we set our clocks by it one sald we lcnow we have to get up when the whistle blows several explained on the other handone mill st merchant commented i couldnt care less and two men asked about the change on the street tuesday night added l keep the whistles for new years modern plants dont have whistle l ninetyfourth yearno 16 acton ontario wednesday october 16 1963 sixteen pages ten cent students here reject u of g paper talk final tooti a 32page colored supplement to the ontanon the university of guelphs student newspaper labelled obscene by university president w c winegarder barely disturbed the equanimity at acton district high school the editionfilled with articles containing fourletter words and condemning high schoolswas distributed at the acton school with the full consent of high school authorities the university newspaper calls the modern canadian high school a brain laundry and alleges teachers try to wash all potential creativity and individuality from student minds creating robots who do what they arc told student reaction a stifled yawn pat on the back for acton school and comments like the paper was a well written piece of trash principals at high schools in preston kitchener waterloo guelph and gait banned distribution of the supplement at their schools but viceprincipal joe bray of the acton school felt students here could handle the matter themselves copies including a five question questionnaire went to 284 students in senior grades the questionnaire a wrinkle introduced here by mr bray gave students the opportunity to give their opinions in writing on the controversial newspaper ninetyfive per cent were indittercnt and didnt see fit to jnswei five per tent gave their opinion m writing said mr bray inlike other larger centres where t lie newspaper was banned and botanic an instant sensation acton students seemed to see the nutter calmly and with a detached view they rejected it said the viceprincipal because they found it irrational among the comments sent in by students were it was a waste of time and money take the other side of the fiost and interview students who ike high school and cut out the foul language i am proud to say that the situation as presented is not evident in our school a well written piece of trash i would like to hear if any results come of it and like to see the garbage removed and mature outlooks of the two sides shown no drinks on the house nursing a patient thirst six customers stood in the brewers retail store one afternoon last veek with their slips made out all ready to buy their brew they stood and waited and waited nobody appeared on the far tide of the counter to fill their orders finally one of them walked up the street to the liquor store to ask just what was wrong down at their neighboring merchants what was wrong was that the store was closed it was wednesday afternoon and the store had been locked up at noon as usual apparently constant rattling in a stiff wind had dislodged the lock and the door blew open and in came the customers one by one police were called to investigate this strange case of open house at the government dairy an inventory was made and nothing was missing except six slips ps the locks been changed cool it says arena manager warm sunny weather has delighted most people over the past week but for arena manager harold townsley and his staff it has been a constant source of annoyance the icemaking machinery at the community centre was turned on last week all efforts to get a good base of ice on the floor have been futile during the evenings the temperature has dipped to 2b degrees but the floor must plummet down to 20 degrees before ice can be made the warm sunshine through the day raises the temperature again to 32 degrees destroying any vestige of ice which accumulated through the night wlide most people hope the beautiful october weather will stay mr townsley and his assistants are praying for a cold shivery blast first practice of the acton tanners scheduled for tuesday night had to be postponed truck burns at township dump firefighters were called to the hsqucsing dump on the fourth line saturday afternoon to douse a fire which destroyed a pickup truck owned by m bcntley r r 1 norval the driver backed up to the edge of the dump intending to throw a load of refuse out when the truck caught fire acton firefighters responded quickly but the truck was a blackened hulk by the lime they arrived bullet shutters fyfer aw window an alauned tylei ave lamily icported to police saturday that a bullet had smashed their plate glass bay window in their living room investigation revealed the missile that shot into the bay window probably came from a pellet gun perhaps fired in the bush area behind the new homes in lakeview subdivision richard jackson explained to police the bullet must have passed over the heads of children who play outside there pedestrian killed near here sunday almi ntuts polls the final blast of the beardmore whistle prompted by frank slml- onl who makes sure the last blow is right on the dot of fjve oclock friday afternoon beardmore president norm bralda left is an interested observer the company has been petitioned to resume the centuryold tradition by hundreds of actonians staff photo believed to have walked across highway 7 in front of an approaching car james wifred price 02 was killed near his home at rr 2 acton early sunday evening well known in this area mr price lived with his father at their home between the fifth and sixjii concessions along highway 7 it is believed mr price was walking along the highway when a chev car driven by gino cadorin 90 york road guelph lut him the car received j 100 damage to the front end the georgetown ambulance took mr price to georgetown district hospital he was pronounced dead on arrival by coroner dr j h chamberlain hearing to air objections proposed closing of station using such stupid language might turn these kids on but it automatically turns me off j it is disgusting and should not be printed i am glad to see our teachers arc willing to allow us to read this material it all helps to better our studentteacher relation the supplement was quite good i think conditions described arc quite real news and views the acton school paper contained several articles condemning attitudes in the ontarion but tome of the writers felt there were definitely some points open for debate the papers editor bob bonnettc summed up the administrations policy by writing the fact our high school allows us to distribute it takes a lot of bite out of it principals of high schools which banned the issue he goes on to say defeated their own purpose this makes the distributors and editorial staff of this paper virtual unsung heroes among high school students students in some centres established a rapport with the ideas in the supplement and it has gone into a reprinting because of demands among university students across ontario for copies students here praised teachers for their courage in distributing copies i am proud to belong to a school that holds modern ideas writes bob bonnette jim lee in a letter to the school newspaper said acton has the most enlightened attitude towards student power unlike other places where a strict attitude towards student dress or hair is taken acton high school has no set rules teachers here feel it is up to the students themselves to set the standards and they havent been proved wrong viccpnncipal bray maintains thai students really want something outside their academic program they ate vitally interested in community concerns like closing of the cnr station students are eager to discuss the issues mr bray continued mr bray felt the ontarion served one useful purpose it got students discussing the issues they like the feeling of coopeialion between adults and themselves he observed briefs from committee named by council another from halton m p rud whiting and possibly one from high school students will be presented to w j rupert district inspector of the railway transportation commission at a hearing in the council chambers thursday afternoon mr rupert has been directed to review the application of the cnr to remove the agent and close the acton station and advise the commission as to the extent of the loss and inconvenience to the public that may result from the railways proposal all those who oppose the action of the cnr are urged to attand the hearing and present their views to the inspector council has opposed the closing of the station and chamber of commerce president paul nielsen has been busy over the pest few months collecting data to present at a hearing the cnr proposes to run the freight and express business from a master agency at guelph leaving acton with no facilities for boarding trains high school students oppose closing station a resounding 92 per cent of 40s high school students polled wednesday morning said the c nr station in acton should not be closed eight per cent of the students who answered the poll said it should be closed will the closing of the station be harmful to the town again 92 per cent368 studentssaid yes eight per cent said no do your parents favor closing the station of 377 answers 153 42 said their parents did not favor closing the station five or 25 said their parents favored the idea fiftyseven per cent or 239 students didnt know how their parents felt comments on the questionnaire said closing the station would make acton a ghost town discourage new people and industries from locating here make the town go backwards as well as making crossings more dangerous because trains would not even have to slow down stolen car saturday morning a 61 white chev was reported stolen from main st s the local opp detachment said tuesday the car had still not been located s he is survived by his father howard at the family home and a sister mrs be van carrie of brampton funeral service will be held from the harold c mcclure funeral home georgetown wednesday afternoon at 2 pm interment is in greenwood cemetery georgetown autumns viv coumtt and sunny thanksgiving weekend attracted thous ands to the forks of the credit sunday includ ing the free press camera turn inside far photo feature staff photo