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the acton free pru wednesday jun 25 1969 c 4free tyft editorial page a backward ink after a year full of innovation acton public achooui are out thit week for a chance lets look backward instead of forward in the field of local education there is ao much talk about education and teachers salaries the cost of instruction and hew concepts iri teaching methods its interesting to look back to 1923 and tee jilst what teaching conditions were then in 1923 we read the pay for an unmarried teacher in an elementary school was about 75 a month someone turned up a typical agreement drawn up by a trustece board of that era that included the following clauses the contract become null and void immediately if the teacher marries not to keep company with men to be at home between the hour of 8 pm and 6 am unless she it in attendance at a school function not to loiter downtown in ice cream parlors not to smoke cigarettes thit contract becomes null and void immediately if the teacher is found smoking not to leave town at any time without the permission of the chairman of the board of trustees not to drink beer wine or whisky thu contract becomes null and void immediately if the teacher it found drinking beet wine or whisky not to ride in a carriage or automobile with any man except her brothers of father not to dress in bright colors not to dye her hair to wear at least two petticojts not to wear dresses more hum two inches above the ankle negotiating committees of current day trustees would undoubtedly find it difficult to delve into the areas that have been covered in this early agreement cant you just imagine trustees and teacher debating the length of skirt teachers must wear or the company they keep other than their brother and father and woebetide the board that fired all its married teachers times have changed in the last 46 years anyone care for a return of the good old days we cbjectoe hecejjarij the absence of an ovcrall objective was never more clear in events of the county than it was at a recent meeting of the county council on the one hand the county councillors were moving for an expansion of the county council structure through the addition of mayors to the group while on the other there was a footdragging approach to whether leadership should be taken in appointing a single plumbing inspector for at least some of the municipalities the county has agreed it prefers a regional government made up of llalton as u single unit rather than through a merger with icel this point established we would think there would be some effort to coordinate and corelate any necessary services at the county level if at all possible but when the county health unit announced earlier this year that it would no longer carry out the plumbing inspection service the county threw the responsibility to the local councils when j move developed to have the county consider luring a single plumbing inspector at least for the northern municipalities there were protests that municipalities should be allowed to run their own business confusing the issue was an objection to the north llalton urban board having any interest in the matter the board technically has no authority and this is recognued hut it is made up of members from the councils of georgetown acton and milton it would seem some interest in a joint inspector developed in discussions there but at the county council table even a representative of one of those municipalities old accusations that someone was trying to run their show x much of this could have been overcome we suggest if the county council had shown some leadership in the kind of investigation they finally approved on tuesday they will inquire of the local municipalities their interest in hiring a joint inspector as they do now for construction safety but in the meantime esquesing township has agreed to hire its own inspector and is seeking applications county involvement is thus diminished another degree while all the time the county councillors are purporting to support a regional government unit centred around the present llalton boundaries the depth of thinking seems rather shallow and wc suspect it stems from the absence of a clearly defined overall objective time is growing short and we fear llaltons role in the future may well be dictated by default unless there is a renewal of concern and the development of necessary statistics and information for hard bargaining on regional government editorial hctej whether health or wealth is the greater blessing depends on which you dont have the nice thing about a dull party is that you get to bed at a decent hour our thanks to former area superintendent w l mcneill who at the opening of the m z bennett school publicly expressed his appreciation for the coverage to school board matters given in the acton and milton papers he cites our reports as consistently fair and honest pkctca jfwjft the past flaming red poppies are a uiro reminder thai summer it hero at last harmonizing with peonio and delicate thadet ot iris i he colorful flower brighten up gardens all over town sugar and spice by bill smiley miss m z bnttttt in 1057 ofttcully otnd ttw khool wwd in iwr honor uft to right mv board mtmbert bill mattocks ahd cliff bradley principal elmer smith board member wa wolf ml bannatt board member tom watson aacratarytraasurer bill mlddleton and board member murray smith tha addition to the school wat opanad last waak dont talk to me about a bear with a tore head hed back down the trail like a bunny if he met a teaclur in june with a tore tooth right now im willing to take on anything up to and including a grizzly june is the month in which nothing is so rare as a day acording to drowning or somebody and for school teachers its a month in which every day is a hard nights work the teacher is plagued by paper work which could be done by a 15yearold moron an adminislrationwluch is twice as stupid as he thought it was and students who are bored from the bellybutton both ways- by school throw in a throbbing tooth and youve got yourself a mean critter the month started off fittingly with everybody forgetting my birthday on the 2nd the only card i received was from my insurance company a card which annually infuriates me next day one of thme nicotine tanned stumps which m dentist laughingly calls teeth began to kick up and its been kicking up down and sidewjy ever since if i had any guts id tie a string around it fasten the string to a doorknob and slam the door however i have about as many guts us i have teeth so i go on trying to save this one i cant even bile a imnhnullow without going into orbit so ive practically been on a liquid diet for weeks this has its disadvantages winch is worse every morning j toothache or a hangover and how would you like both as is our custom my wife and i went to the annual leacock medal award dinner recently ive been a judge in the competition for several years and enjoy meeting a few big shots and finding their feet are made of the same type of clay as my own despite the snide comments of some wnters from the big dailies its j good party in a good causekeeping alive and fresh the works and memory of canadas- and one of the worlds great est comic wnters this years winner was stuart true man whose book youre only as old at you act is good entertainment mr true nun a man timer was salty the chairman richard doyle editor of the globe and mail was even wittier and should write a book the venerable if not blessed harry boyle a witty wnter and editor under his farmboy facade was there and was witty in fact the whole thing was excruciatingly funny for many painful for me my wife galloped through a huge and excellent dinner darting her eye at my plate where nothing was musing except of few of the inevitable green peas which 1 had managed to mumble just as dinner began i had a terrible attack of leaping bicuspid and couldnt eat a bite i decided the only thing to do was to paralyze the tooth i tried but it refuted to play all i succeeded in doing was paralyzing the rest of me meanwhile carrying on about my tooth bravely of course to such an extent that my wife remarked later it was like having a crying baby in church however it all worked out fine we went to a small gathering after the dinner and incredible numbers of young pretty college girls hovered about me fetching me aspirin gin and other medications meanwhile my old lady spent an hour or so straightening out the editor of the globe and mail i fully expected to find this column on the front page on monday morning but there it was the same old globe melange of world enses and murders and stale speeches of cabinet ministers not content with my physical suffering young kim hit me in june with another wallop she wanted a loan toward an clectnc piano after a sufficient number of things like fie on thee wench and youre going to have to pay interest you know i buckled and am now subsidizing one of those rotten groups to the tune of 200 all that was needed to make it a nngdinger of a month were the headlines about electncians getting 650 an hour and the interest rates soanng daily a great month june for blackflies the acton phone 8533010 business and editorial office fuftm mm j biahatte mv wis w umim u acta oatou ubtf l th audit bmu f omuwhm th cwna td cmaia ajjtowtaimi hthku sufamhtmmai ftsvwfca is kwu etas to cmarf w ao u m hum mw tha cawit urtte mm it mm stmj csasja mel ine nim niubw hh1s- fciwwn y m om w wadhitkl tkal alt th wtt 6 tvvwkial ww pattmn ei ik jiaitine wm mtimlid twuamuatftl t tm topfartfcto ru u it mtk v tamvlom mtv i b imadsw m twtt al tvtatyttfcahe atm m ta6ai fcfcm it b mid ad to fctv bi midrabm ti tv 0aj a duk uk hwtkvcbu donftvdw adifctf adv u4 oopyrimht iw 4tree fjrtss bac k is sues 20 years ago taken from the issue of the free pins thursdayjunejo iwtr j clifford sulloci of sherbrooke que ha bent turned general secretary of the ymca acton rotary club second annual fair tnade a very appropriate holiday celebration lt friday the program was puked into afternoon and evening in tha calllhumpuui parade were the down band led by amor mason decorated blcyclei lilcycl and doll buggies tha toftbajl tournament mi won by everlon a personality contest drew nine entile and included singing and instrumental the winner wen mis belly glbton and mr chat undiborough geo muiselle wa tha master of ceremanies la dubyv george fountain and gep maion gave ballad and music from ilia big transport platform and there were nuny game of chine keen inlerett centred on the prlre drawing mil robert crou won the combination ndo and record player morgan midill won i he child tricycle jack faiiclough toronto john moore acton a pituure cooker gordon jame acton a rotary lawn chair jock robertton electric iron kenneth cox and hn wife of rr i campbellville were drowned in the eramou river near rockwood when llielr unall flatbollutned boat eapiiied mill helen holme graduated from st jotephi lloipital guelph it not often a tecond coat of calcium it neceiury for acton ttreeli but lie dry wejlher nude it neceiury ihn year acton glili ball team played in omagh monday and won 167 pitching were vivun hill and jean palmer willi berle jordan catching 50 years ago taken from the luue of the free 1reii thuitday june 26 1919 allhuugh the temperature wa nearly 90 citizen crowded the town hall to welcome home 14 more veteran and dr mcniven made the presentation of gold watches to capl t d henderson keg qm sergt t g maddock sergt s ii fvrry sergt james holloway corp harold savill pie ernest brown pte f turner pic tail urown pie george ballard pte james gibb pte elmer stewart pie j d smith pte ernest barr pte arthur watson and sapper harold nickhn the piano recital of the pupils of mil lauretta gray in knox church school room was greatly enjoyed taking part in the lengthy program were jeannie orr olga moote findlay and calvin wilaon ralph henderson france beardmore laird macdonald ray gamble doris goldhar g russell jlmmie ross margaret wilson jean kennedy genevieve clartidge france hunt jessie mann jean stalker irene mulholland olive cooper willie stewart helen macdonald marguerite ryder edna henderson hetty lowiie nellie halt duff wilson may witdgust the provincial government has passed an orderiivcouncir for 30000 foe the acton housing commission mow watch acton growl r when a garden party or parlor soda is announced to be held at the tiome of mr aid mr john sttker third line success is always assured this wsi the case with the iode garden parly and towel shower last thursday evening on the prognnt were the methodist orclieilra mr william gowdy solo misses robertson and alderton duets mr d robertson ertd- miises gray and stalker in musical numbers 75 years ago taken fiom the luue of the free press thursday june 28 1894 itls some years since acton arranged a general popular excursion for civic holiday this year the nutter has been taken in lund wilh energy by a number of local societies sons of scotland independent foresters united workmen home circle and acton temperance union and success is enured the point selected is orillla and the very low rates of 1110 for adults and so cents for children lus been secured the special train will leave at 7 am thursday august 2 leaving orlllia at 6 pm ortllia is a pretty town on the beautiful kempenfelt bay and affords nuny attractiona to excursionists the excitement of the general provincial elections is over and sir oliver mowats administration remains in power however the patrons of industry figured with considerable prominence in llalton col ilearns again defeated mr husband now electors shake hands and be friends again father haley complains that some parties have the presumption to pasture their horses in s josephs church yard his desires the practice discontinued the matter of dismissing the georgetown postmaster because he was in the lunatic asylum was discussed in parliament the government had already waited 12 months to see if he would recover mr n f lindsays fine new bank barn was raised yesterday the high school entrance examinations commence today a number of candidate from acton will write at georgetown high school churchill community chutch churchill road north minister mr robeh g w hyde ba fttooe isu1m sunday june 29th ims i oik jjii alumina worship and sunday school all an welcome at the church oo the hill acton baptist church founded im2 pastor rev stanley gammon res 144 tldey ave phone 1511615 ivanou hntkc4tai tassastmacu pjtjoc 33 churchill road rev s m tttoman pastor i3j27i5 sunday june 2lh i9a9 1100 am morning worship tcvi ot reality o i cnmu smiec during june july ami august wcdncsstn 8 pm the study hour in charyc deacons thursday choir at 100 feed the flock of god which is uiung ou i peter 5 2- all welcome btthkt christian rireimid church minister rev p brouwer ba bd acton ontario sunday june th 1m9 in ul am sunday school 1 1 00 a m morning worship 7 00 p m evangelistic service tuesday b pm prayer service and bible study thurusay 800 pan chew aiiitiaswajmn john 10 9 i am the door by me if any man enter in he shall he assvssd and shall go in and out and find pettier ma1hi avfmui suwrtt cmuswh ii maple ave georgetown paitor rev robert c lohna sunday june 29th 1949 han is our aincere invitation to the whole family to atuttd chuwa 945 am sunday school all sujea 1 1 00 a m morning service 7 00 pm evening evaflgaj- georgetown 1774443 th1 cmutem c staljsantwmaitva rmfit irim comer willow si sod st ahne drtw rev h j dawaaa bx bth sunday june 29th 1949 1000 am english service 11 10 am sunday school 4 00 pm english service ewyotse weeoossse sunday june 29th 1949 trinity iv 1000 am mat tins 1st jrdsstad 3th sunday usuttaa 2nd and 4th stnsdaye saints days holy eucharist announc ed trinity unttfo church minister the rev gordon b turner bx bd director of music dr george elliott mx thi prlsaytirian church hi olnada knox cmmch acton rev andrew h latcltaause bx au mr k x haaaefl bx orgsuiut and choir master seventh season combined summer services in trinity united church preacher rev gordon b turner sunday june 29 1949 1000 emdivlne worship