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ditorial page 4 hcrtketh tnuquet ve like to jobs our voice with the other constituent congratulating george kerr the quiet spoken burlington lawyer appointed to the ontario cabinet by premier robaru last week he is the tint cabinet minister from this riding w have always been impressed by the sincerity of mr kens convictions and the manner it which he gets jobs done hell jgaln new respect in hi new job ms minister of energy and resources management the post could very wellturri out to be ore of the rhost important and influential position in the province although the department of eergy and resources management is only responsible for water pollution at the present time new legislation being processed at the current session of the legislature will transfer the responsibility for air pollution to mr kerrs portfolio it isnt difficult to see that the pollution department could well be the next battleground in the province george kerr has said publicly that he will take a tougher stand than hi predecessor in the post and will not hesitate to drop the full weight of the law on transgressors he has indicated that he will ask the ontario water resources commission to impose bigger fines against corporations and municipalities convicted in court of fouling water supplies he also feeb the minimumfines magistrates have been handing down to pollution taw breakers are too small he advocates really socking it trf them we have only one regret over the new appointment the new post wlu keep george kerr out of this neck of the woods this northern end of the haltor west riding he was often here representing the government at functions he is well liked in this area not only for a pleasant personality and an ability to get things done but for his reasonable attitude to problems we cant help but think of his unruffled and reasonable approach to the problems of regional government a refusal to get really provoked at those who atacked with any weapon at hand and his accessibility for constituents ills behaviour at the recent chamber of commerce meeting on regional government illustrates the point perfectly he is also possessed of a sense of humor although we are often on the other side of the political fence we wish mr kerr the best in his new job ifanerina father j sunday is fathers day while fathers day has never had quite the same impact as mothers day for obvious sentimental reasonsit has nevertheless become widely popular over the years as a meant of paying tribute to the man of the house the idea for fathers day originated in the united states and was first celebrated in spokane washington in 1910 mrs john b dodd wished to honor her father william b smart a veteran of the civil war who raised six motherless children she felt the occasion would call attention to the multiple role of a father as a husband dad and breadwinner with her ministers encouragement she wrote a letter to the ministers alliance which received her suggestion favorably it was then brought to the attention of the spokane umca which took steps to implement the idea of a day set aside in honor of father the word father is taken from the latin word given to roman senatorspatres thus you have ptpper pricritka a pamphlet extolling a church mens conference comes up with some interesting statistics on how the average person of 70 years has spent his life they ure figures which bear repeating if only for the amount of time obviously spent in pursuits which sometimes seem irrelevant the average person spends 3 years in education 8 years in amusements 6 years in eating 1 1 years in working 24 years in sleeping svi years in washing and dressing 6 years in walking the spanish word padre which englith speaking peoples have adopted to identify a minister or priest who serves the armed forces you have the pater noster the lords prayer or literally the our father there have been many famous fathers since adams time some are known for having lived a long time others for having many children methusebh referred to in the bible as being 969 years old it the oldest man on record in the antedeluvian times in which he lived the average life span was 900 years he was not however the oldest father being a mere 187 when his first son was born noah who died at the age of 950 is the champion in this division he was s02 at the birth of his first ton contemporary medical records report on men who became fathers between the ages of 80 and 90 whether your father is young or old sunday is the day set aside in his honor show you appreciate him even if it is only a word or two 3 years in conversation 3 years in reading 6 months in worshipping god you can deduce from these figures that the most important things in the average persons life then are sleeping working and amusements in that order and the least important things by the same yardstick are education conversation reading and worshipping god we ask with the trudeau government are these the proper priorities jjf phctc tw the pajt fairy lakes waters were ust too nice to resist or two local youngsters who decided to take an attar supper dip this wwli staff photo sugar and spice by b i i smiley elliott bros i store mad the millwillow corner a busy spot for years harold elliott is plcturad standing at the door the bank of montreal is nan now we all know what happens to good samaritans dont we they end up holding the bag recently wc acquired a kitten it was practically over my wifes dead body but kim insisted ilic was going to crack up psychologically if she didn i have a little brother for company as usual dad was lie catalyst no pun it turned out lo be a little sister as ive mentioned but that was to be expected site was a little beauty and immediately took over the house with that mixture of charm and utter arrogance that only a female kitten can muster even the old battle axe became fond of the thing despite the usual clawing of furniture and drapes kim was ecstatic im the only one in the family who can barely be civil to cats id as soon have a baby gorilla or a pet anaconda as a cat pip the kitten had been retrained after a traumatic lapse when the painters were here all was serene she had the run of the house slept with kim and began spending some lime playing in the back yard making like a tigress with insects and worms tragedy struck sunday afternoon i was sitting outside leading when i heard the unearthly but unmistakable scream of an animal in its deaththroes i couldnt believe our kitten could make such a noise but it was definitely feline and shed been playing atound in the yard only a little while before leaping up i spotted the direction of the wails and ran out to the road there was pip head down walling wildly crouched in the middle of the road as the cars sped by i picked her up as gently as possible certain shed been run over or at least hit by a car she squealed piteously and clutched my sweater she was shuddering with terror and pain i carried her in like a wounded bird and called my wife she was horrified the kitten was obviously in shock eyes glazed head shaking her hind legs seemed paralyzed and i thought her back must be broken her face was bloody and half her nose seemed to be missing we put her in her boxbed and stood about wringing our hands my wife shrieked shes shrinking and i agreed creatures seem to do that when theyre dying 4itwial hdea they are proud in humility proud in that they are not proudrobert burton income something we cant live within or without chance favors the prepared mind the acton free press phone 8532010 business and editorial ohlee feum u iai mu vui v ii w wiua st aw omotlo h el ifco awfci bottu t okultut cvwu and own aowuosi1oi6 suhwioaow kiu taoe b cmudj saee u ea cauamm mfc iron r il wmllm is rofill ifa luprinum a utflljat u uwu flu tkoomdrtloo ifcu i mum 6f tveaehtuul hw tfcm 001101 fcile i0o wuu kv i 1u u rif frr irtvl rnj wn owillrih rw to tho at a l lo if il not aotaiu too i mvlon oe rh toda twiou wrwutiit ao u wrjiiiiiijhrbiuawiiiwi tfam dm h ii h j r- co is oovtd duta muukor cw dfrtt jjress back is sues 20 years ago taken from the issue of the free press thursday june 16 1949 total amount raised by the rotary club through easter scab wa 47754 si josephs church whs the setting for the wedding of frances doceen chew to lean claude mareoux maid of honor for her sister was mls co i r ida chew best man was andrew mareoux and the ushers were hartley coin and kenneth matchrnent the bride and groom left on a wedding trip to the province of quebec last satoday ii enthusiastic scouts tattered at their new home the scout tall to attend the first in a series of weekend summer camp campers were 1 davidson r ilutt ii dafpiett g clow b spielvogel j ibydon r rslstor o cook j hufnsgel r kirknese c douglas leaders were d dills j lambie g eluoll and j dills they camped on the property of mr clancy at terra cotta elliott bros have received new panel delivery truck dr c l young who graduated this year from lie ovc will join ms father dr b d young in practice at brookvllle high school students are writing senior matriculation examinations aboul 100 people braved hie humidity to attend one of the mildest and unexciting federal election nominations ever held in llallon riding oldtlmers left milton town hall sliaking their heads and wondering if the political life of the country was falling into the doldrums the three candidates are hughes cleaver liberal mill sybil bennett pc and w a shane ccf georgetown has entered the north llallon high school district my wife walled her eyes are funny and her ears are turning intlte out i agreed the kitten shivered uncontrollably the death rattle was imminent better tell kim quavered the boss shell never forgive us if pip just dies and she isnt here once again i agreed and raced upstairs where kim was watching hamlet on tv my face as long as a foot i inloned kim youd belter come quick i think pips been run over and shes in bad shape she looked up startled and said dad what have you been into here she is right here and sure enough there was pip lying snoozing on the couch as elegant as cleopatra waiting for mark antony well you dont have to be sherlock holmes do you id rescued the wrong blotted cat there was some excuse my tender heart the thing was screaming and ii was exactly the same coloring as pip the reason my wife thought the beast was shrinking was that its about a month younger than pip the reaion its eyes were dull is that its retarded im sure kim promptly produced a saucer of milk the cat with the broken back and paralyzed legs just as promptly walked over to it and drank it though still shivering then curled up and slept for two hours its bloody nose was probably from gravel spattering under a cars wheels well what do you do throw it back on the road pip and my wife are furious one at having an interloper the other at having two cats when she didnt want one kim is delighted and determined to keep the ugly stupid little mutt who eats like a lion and i as usual despile the fact that this is a cat story am in the doghouse where good samaritans frequently find themselves 50 years ago taken ftom the issue of hie free press thursday june 12 1919 john bell a venerable old gentleman of 82 of centievllie pa finds himself possessed of a consuming desire lo visit the scenes of his boyhood and young manhood in acton and vicinity he arrived by train monday and for two days has been revelling in visiting the scenes of auld tang syne he was born in belfast irebnd and came to canada with his father in ik4i they settled lust above crewsons corners he remembers very distinctly the crewsons moores kennedys sopers cripps mckeowns blacks pearen hill lambs mclntoshes and others of that vicinity he spent many a day logging in the bush with philip hemstreet he learned the trade of carpenter and farmer he and the late richard hamilton built many of the buildings in acton and vicinity including store on mill st for one of our early merchants mr benzie which burned down so years ago his falher was one of the committee which built the orange hall which stood on the rockwood crossroad in the rear of the turn of james hills rather lb died in i 8s4 and is buried at churchill in 1862 the family moved to niagara falls and when i he war broke out john bell and hb our brothers au joined the american attny he was leiloudy wounded and is fortunate to teceh a substantial pension he talks with remarkable glibneis of such wellknown citizens as squire alex brown squire alex crsnt john speight samuel speight edward mflore asa lull joseph lasby john farmer edwin and benjamin nlcklln eli snyder peter gibbons richard hamilton george elliott william llemstiet roberlwarren james cameron simon anderson john oconnor joseph allan james matthews john burns james kelso tom dunn erastumi hall james ryder john ughlheart oliver lozier and others 75 years ago taken from the issue of hie free press thursday june 14 1894 the picnic season is here again and rev fallier haley is the first with picnic in the park in aid of si josephs church there will be a programme of sports with fool races bicycle races jumping etc mr dolin the humorist will take part in the proceedings tliere will be several horse races and a musical merrygoaround the candidates for the legislature and other prominent politicians are expected to be preunl rev j e howell m a ofgoderlch has been appointed the hew pastor of acton methodist church the nourishing lpworth league of the methodist church elecled officers john coleman robert edminlon maggie matthews carlos williams llaltie thurston chai jenner clara moore rev j ldge and ii p moore lacrosse had quile an innings in ihe park on saturday early in the afternoon hie juniors played brampton scoring four straight goals al four oclock ihe local team defeated glen williams a social in aid of the new presbyterian church will be given by mrs john stalker at her home in hsquesing conveyances will be at ihe post office al 7 p m tuesday admission is cents the boys have returned lo their summers sport of bathing and are having jolly times at il it is gelling so a fellow hardly knows where his work starts and ends around the house these days used lo be there was a clear line of demarcation between the husbands chores and ihe wifes now the jobs sometimes overlap and we have friction between those who tlilnk they are doing more thanthey should and ihose who think ihe other half should be doing more you can blame it all on these new fangled labour saving gadgets and appliances many of the old chores such as taking out the ashes chopping kindling cleaning stove pipes emptying the wash water hanging out clothes running lo the store planting gardens canning fruit or pushing a hand mower to name a few have been either eliminated by improvements or made easier by a modern system working on the assumption his home is his castle the man of the house used to figure every castle needed a lord to look after it since there were no other contenders except the old woman he claimed the post naturally the position carried some responsibilities and the man did nol hesitate to rattle off ihe orders which the rest of the clan accepted albeit grudgingly the women looked after the domestic affairs the kids the shopping had the babies uw that everyone had a bath on saturday night and changed the babys i diapenrwithout flinching the lord looked after all the heavier chores which included the garden the storm windows repairs around the old homestead and applying the stem discipline which could come in the form of solid rebuke or a trip to the woodshed in addition to these arduous duties the lord also contrived to keep crock of home brew bubbling in his basement his pay cheque was the only source of revenue for the whole gang and it never seemed to spread far enough the kids whovaried in number from one to 10 depending on the number the lord tent were expected to do all the dirty work like running errands wiping dishes cutting lawns picking berries digging potatoes and keeping peace with the neighbors and the other members of the brood then times changed the old lady got a job she started to bring a few bucks home every friday night and she felt that since she was contributing to the paying end of the deal that she thould also get an opportunity to uy a few words aboul the sloppy way the lord was running the house at first he looked down from mount olympus with an amused grin at this show of independence then he got worried but it was too late already ihe sweel girl he married was talking about marriage being a partnership that both husband and wife should share in the decuion making by the time he started growing a moustache back and letting sideburns grow control of the house had been wrested from him with hardly a struggle the kids amazed that the lord had surrendered with hardly a stiff upper up decided they should also share in the rebellion they got part time jobs refused to get up in the morning and let their hair grow the lord had become an anachronism a relic of a past age now the old lady started to wash the family jalopy alob considered sacrosanct a decade back the lord washes the dishes looks after the young kids who come less and less frequently sometimes he even does the washing in the shiny automatic which replaced the tub and washboard it is indeed a low point for the lord he moans attotif his fate and curses his softness he goes home now and instead of slippers being laid out there is t ust of chores he is rapidly reaching the end of his tether one of these days he will again don the lords mantle and exert his authority in uiememtinwheuthebuttofthecotnedy the underbelly of the snake and the jester to kick at when there is something bothering you hes early to the grave late to the dinner table and last in front of the tv one day of the year sunday has been set aside to turn hack the clock so enjoy it dad they may even swipe that from 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