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jm the acton fr puss wednesday march 13 1 mttt fttircs editorial pagts tbatai the hct mat darcy mckeough the cartographer from chatham who been busy remaldnc the map of ontario for regional government i on the hot scat a the minister of municipal affair he the target for shaft aimed from part a far apart a moosoncet and windsor any approbation which would normally come from those who cleave to the asms political party b being drowned out in the sea of protest even those who am convinced regional government will alleviate some of the planning and fiscal problem which distress the province are having trouble being heard there are not many minister who would trade portfolio for the one marked department of municipal affair or it sister ship the department of education where bob davis is at the helm take hilton county a an example darcy wants to remake the old county over streamline the antique tyitem of balkanized municipal boundaries into leu costly larger unit and join them all up with peel where a similar process i taking place an impartial observer might think thii wai reaionable if he didnt consult anyone involved in the land transaction or take into account petty jealousies and rivalries between the municipalities involved rural communities were waatina talent so you can see the dilemma mr mckeough u in hes going to be cast as the villain no matter what course of action he chart however the governments decision to proceed with regional government does not teem to have been influenced by the criticism a statement in the budget but week reaffirmed the province will go ahead with plant to regionalize ontario according to the budget report regional government policy will complement and support onterios other reform programs the strength of the new regional unit the government believes lies in three directions 1 a geographic area large enough for proper physical and economic planning 2 a population large enough to achieve economies of scale in the provision of public services 3 a financial base adequate and diversified enough to support a reasonable level and range of services the minister set march 7 as the date for briefs from the municipalities involved in the peelhalton plan he promised that any suggestions to improve his plan would be considered in the final legislation expected to be passed in 1970 incensed however nassagawcya and esquesing townships foresee regional government as proposed by the department of municipal affair as being the end of focal autonomy and identify neighboring town and villages they claim will swallow them up and obliterate tradition and root which gy back to the time of the pioneer neither township has any major debt and the ratepayer certainly dont want to start paying for excesses piled up by other communities the smaller towns are disturbed for reasons along the ume lines most of them have been careful with tax money they look with horror at the spending of target towns and cities without realizing in many cases that it is the per capita debt which is the true indicator small towns generally figure the larger places see regional government as a means of finally acquiring land and dictating policies to neighboring communities they have coveted for years small town and rural representatives have not been remiss in letting mr mckeough know they dont particularly care for his brand of map making about the only thing most municipal representatives from halton are agreed upon is that the county should stand alone as a unit of regional government let peel look after its own problems they concur most of the municipalities after dragging their feet have sent briefs to the minister he would have no other way of knowing what local opinion is otherwise the municipalities which did not submit suggestions have only themselves to blame if no local opinion is in the final legislation it is not surprising that the committee which will meet with mr mckeough is top heavy with members from the couth of the county although it galls the north to admit it thats where the bulk of the population and assessment is the only way wc northerners are going to have our views dominant is by outnumbering someone else we are disappointed that the department of municipal affairs has not taken advantage of all the help it can get in the north end of the county however for instance it is rather foolish to leave acton mayor les duby out of the delivcrations considering the unique and valuable experience he has had as head of cordc he has spent considerable time expense and effort in preparing the groundwork for regional government his reputation as a level headed peacemaker is well known it seems a waste of talent and time that hr- is not able to use these talents tituck ihctmehience the news is going to break any day now that the canadian transport commission will be holding a public meeting to remove the agents from the railway stations affected by the proposed cuelph muter agency plan according to reports mp rud the acton a free press uonesjoio utlnatt and txtmottej ohk paul sri fcs ish m4 baetfie mm wmhm u st mum su n fhutsz f a mf yi 1 cnkita ae cmuia m mi iriiimni imim stxsrgzi w im ii iii mmts f i z i hr llwil dual hi i r i mi hr mauer u a ml f teiaahlaj m mm tmd mm mi mmsmmmm si mm salteataj mi aaaaaa a ws dmkmmmw sx whiting has received from the commission it will be up to the cn to prove there will be no inconvenience to the public in acton or district if the agent is removed that ofcouree is a lot of nonsense the last meeling1rracton demonstrably proved there has been much inconvenience to the public for many years as the railway gradually cut off railway services the last straw in the gradual phasing out was the removal of all the agents functions including the telephone and supposedly supplying the same service from guelph the latter part of the railways actions have been well advertised unlike the earlier cutoffs of course the inconvenience to the public has been offset by the fact that other means of transport were available and people are using them however with the increasing amount of traffic on already congested roads passenger service could be on the upswing if a service was available as it is now only one train stops in the morning going east and the other stops in the evening going west does the railway want people to use the bus the ridiculous part of the entire plan is that if is all being done in the name of economy l m tsk easter sonnett and friend tracev rsuxing at holms milton firm 20 years ago taken from the btue of lh free pre thursday march 17 1349 just after scholars hid returned their classes at the public school yesterday morning a urge section of the ceiling ptaiter in the main hau fell into the stairway fortunately no one was injured the school building is 56 years old end this hall is the only celling portion that has not been replaced by metal ceding alton junior kedmen started ouj from acton for pension ralls in the went snowtlurm of the wintr lot thursday trunks lo stan fay sr us mcsweln ken blow srtd dr sln they nude out til right acton odsted rwlon falls hul hen tost hie tint to south river on tuesday milton has opened its new artlrtcal ice surface following tie the results of the midwlnler piano examinations for pupils ofmrigowdy join coles trade ii honors lorraine mulllti grade 5 honors fulne llufnagel grade 4 honors denlie coles grade 4 1st class honors the rotary club has 30 lawn chairs nude and ready for painting members tt tltelr meeting tuesday enjoyed grapefruit tent from the south by pietldent amos ma ion born to mr and mrs chailes heard daughter eleanor emily to mr and mrs ivan harris a son ivan merl to mr and mrs lawrence glbbens third son to mr and mrs jack mcmullen baby sitter for three boyi wellknown osprlnge resident willima john jackson pasted away following a severe stroke the ontario cabinet have raised their salaries hy 2000 no wonder taxes must remain at such a high level sugar and spice 50 y a by bill smiley last week i wrote a column which must have made faithful readers believe 1 was either taken with drink or breaking down mentally it was full of joy and good tpinti looking on the bright side and revealing silver linings its a great relief to me and it mutt be to you to go back to normal latk week was a brief mental aberration this week im back to my old sine snarly misanthropic telf the man my wife calls old stone face what i propose to do today it act as your atterego the brooding dark telf that is hidden behind your bright tunny exterior im going to let you take out your aggressions vicariously through mine iii list what i detpite and delett in our tociely send in your own special beefs and well keep the column going for months everybody hates something there is no particular order to these items my venom extends with equal virulence to each first nonreturnable bottles i know the old ones were bad enough cluttering up shelves and basement floors until you had a carload it was a halfdays work to take them back to the store and haggle over them because the store said they didnt sell this brand or that but you could get rid of them and for kids they were in many instances their sole source of income many a saturday i spent as a boy searching ditches for miles and coming home with 32 cents for a days work the nonreturnable bottle is about as easy to get rid of as chronic arthritis i demand that their manufacturers give every customer free a plastic bucket filled with a solution which will instantly dissolve the cursed things when theyre dropped into it the ume goes for cans that hold drinks whether beer or pop in ten years you wont be able to step on a piece of nature south of the arctic circle without twisting your bnkle on an empty beercan next longdistance dial telephone calls a few year ago you gave your number to good old operator and within a reasonable time you got your party or didnt on the doityourself plan with a string of digits as long as your leg anything can happen a friend of mine called his son in montreal the oilier night he didnt have his glasses on and wound up talking to the secretary of the sheep breeders association in auckland new zealand how about zippers great invention but it should have been strangled at birth what ever happened to the good old button every time i tangle with a zipper whether its on my galoshes or my fly there is a moment of theer cold apprehension often its justifledand there i am with my galoshes flopping around like a pair of drunken crows politicians not all of them only those who promise to hold the line on expenses while providing better services and then do the opposite taxes the rich are hit hard but have enough left to avoid starvation the poor poy none or very little its the middleincome bird who gets it where it hurts one of these days im off to bermuda where taxes is a dirty word social slavery we know that as individuals we have free will but we are strangled with so many regulations and traditions and pressures that our free will becomes a brokenwinged bird in a cage tastefully decorated with red tape and ridiculosity love if theres anything that turns my stomach it is people who preach love including hippies and spend most of their time telling you about all the people and dungs they hate hate how can people hate other people yet they do i hate but i cant remember ever hating a person in my life lots of people are despicable contemptible malicious or just plain boring but you dont hate them you pity them i hate hate and theres lots of it around taken from the issue of the free press march 13 1919 the medals won by our high school students in the essay competition on the victory loan were received last week and were presented to duff wilson stella mclam lube i elliott and willie stewart 202 citizens went down by the specials on the electric railroad to witness the hockey club excursion beardmores acton defeated beardmores toronto 82 in ravlna rink the return trip started for home about 1 2 oclock there was pie and cake and peanuts and no room for a grouch the fact most hockeylits seem lo be moaning now is that the mason is so nearly over and no more ice available here with the aggregation acton now has mustered together they are in shape to give a number of their former opponents a good sound drubbing with gardiner dumo and got don beasdmore on the forward line and malone and torrance beardmora on defence and kennedy in goal it make an excellent combination a covered rink would be greatly appreciated a fine new organ has been installed in the church of christ daciples at everton mr n p mclam who was obhasd to dose his blacksmith shop because of 111 health will be able to open again in april the roof of the old methodist church shed at limehouie collapsed under the weight of snow flsrold wiles- wdf reopen his ice cream parlour this week a deputation of ladies lled on the members of the lawn bowling club to ascertain their views on ladles bowling 75 years ago taken from the issue of the free press thursday march is 1894 the new fire company was called out the first time oh an alarm of fire on tuesday evening about half past nine blazing chimney on the house occupied by mr a e wrlfjit belni the cause the fire was soon extwguiuied without the aid of the company though the udders were placed ready for use if required under command of chief cameron the boys did their woik exceedingly well and wilh a liltle more practice willhandle their new apparatus like veterans the improved toll attached lo the town bell is a complete success and the difficulties experienced heretofore aie now entirely overcome there were 84 births 16 marriages and 52 deaths in esquesing in 1 893 a firm from london have erected a wry fine metal sign for messrs w ii storey and son on top of ihe eatt wall of the canada glove works it can be read with ease by passengers enroute on the gtr itch on humans and horses and all animals cured in 30 minutes by woolfords sanitary lotion sold by j v kenruuvin druggist a few days ago a deputation called on sir oliver mowatt to ask him to give women the vote he said he was personally in favor of it but could hardly hope to live to see these hopes realized as many even in his own party were opposed kelly s store actonmens wool pants si 25 everything is in resdlneu for the opening of parliament tomorrow at ottawa there are only four new members this being lord aberdeens first year it is expected the proceedings will be mora than usually py salt and pepper bv hart i a y colas o k chaps its your turn lets hear from you this is hate week pfotoa frw the pam ioov aqiino cms uom the old head is burring with vignettes this week from flying saucer to puffs pronounced poofs this puh business started back in ottawa at the own a convention when my better half decided the clssner phoney handkerchief lodged in a suit coat breast pocket we not suitable for an ornament ilk me so she used this a an excuse to spend two or three hour browsing through ottawa stores she emerged from on hall price sal with this poof pardon me puff doesnt matter what you wear the pott wilt match it ma i have trouble folding a handkerchief properly so every female at noma bats consider it her duty to see this many colored joseph cost of a puh match the ensemble im wearing when youve got two to choose from this can be quit a chore so for the past three weeks theyve been tearing the thing- out ol my pocket refolding it and stuffing it back in the pocket again it a good ob old flatter i busy over there in egypt or i might end up ilk joseph did when ha was sold into slavery because ot all the color in hi coat but so far i havent met anyone who i jealous of the thing most of my pals ut figure im a sloppy eater been bachin it for almost a week now wifes been over to guelph to have a part removed ive been tsarina ow there very night to see her and superintend her recovery doctor told ma thtrad be quite a chang in bar but i got quit a lolt monday rushed into her room to announce my arrival stopped up short an elderly lady looked back at me what a change i thought horn on operation rushed to the nurse oh we moved your wire to another room thb afternoon she ssld well youre going to have help abc publisher john magor i launching the canadian ufo report which will deal with unidentified flying obects and the ufo movement in canada the report will coma out every two months magor sty there i to much evidence pointing to the existence of ufos that the hardest task mutt lie to those who would discredit them magor admits to being biased in starting out on this venture ha says we admit to only on bias namely that we are believers for those who have bun seeing things the address is canadian ufo report box 758 duncan b c w dont count saturday nights badly neeoed is a glossary for young businessmen who mutt talk to the mid market in it own terms a a stopgap here i a brief midtalk list fuzztomethlng that accumulate on btuattrg suits hippie- large woman wearing slacks ins poker term deal m in abo found on twinging door pot- a kitchen implement a chicken in avary pot abo denoting a tf advantaged condition he hasnt got a pot to put a chlckanjn swinger- tommy dorasy fan yeertageran apprentice adult with itan unsolicited increment i bought thb ear and the teat covers cam with it french statesman robert schuman had reached hb fiftieth birthday without losing hb bachelor status and hb friend began to wonder if ha ever would whet b it you ar iqoklng tor in a wife asked one tha idee woman aquatic club on fairy lake b shown bi thb old picture used tor a postcard charhe unchborough lent it for thb series mora picture would be welcome medical miracles beloneyl e dont believe in hying saucer yet weal manl i guaa i am co sohuman aa a mattsr of tact i ono found her but nothing oame ol it she wat looking fofth