Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), July 23, 1969, p. 10

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thar aaonrnm pnsss wednesday july 23 ltw m 4tree 3rts editorial pagm cart revere the hcrje having built the cart the province is now attaching the horse the londonfrc press lays referring to the recerrktakcover by quccns park of assessment function from the municipalities rather thin doing it before getting into regional government it u criticism like this typical of- complaint from the pees and municipalities across the province that no doubt hat been a factor in the government decision to hold a series of information sessions across the province a team of ontario cabinet ministers will hold what a government press releate describes us a series of frank and informal dialogue teutons on municipal government reform throughout the province this summer the meetings are designed us a further meant of twoway communication between queens park and municipalities provincial treasurer charles macnaughton and municipal affairs minister darcy mckeough plan to attend all meetings in the series other cabinet ministers including hubfoua about market prime minister john kobarts will participate in tome of the meetings provincial administration is the oeijy realistic method of reforming antiquated asseumeht practices- and ensuring uniformity but surely the step should hae preceded the establishment of county school boards anil introduction of regional municipal government the free ires uys and adds it is also in essential preparatory move toward the taxation reforms promised by the robarts government the new policies encompassed by the legislation municipal affairs minister mckeough submitted to the legislature are sound m principle but the municipalities have quite legitimate objections to the way the province initiated them ihe avsessment takeover should have come first not as an abrupt afterthought whether the belated explanations which are contemplated will assist in an acceptance of the proposals remains to he seen the huron i xpositor although tome segments of the press and other communication systems would have us believe there it a strong desire in britain to enter the european common market the reverse seemed to be true when this writer visited recently there was much unfavorable publicity about the common market countries and the advantages of britain going it alone were played up one london newspaper published a comparison of the prices in britain for common food staples at against the same prices in france and other common market members in aln every case the british food prices were lower although there were two items which were a weather beaten i a good example of the effect weather hat on our lives was afforded by the recent heat wave when hot humid air moved in from the south making most people in this district uncomfortable after two or three days of the heat and no relief in sight people began to act more irritable for instance last thursday the long distance operator obviously feeling very much under the weather uttered an almost vicious your number please in place of the usual cheery reply the person ansuenng on the other end uttered an irritable yes when he picked up the receiver ambition is retarded by heat even the most ardent booster of summer it sometimes forced to admit there might be something to this idea of winter after all shade higher in price the british taxed up to here now seem dubious of the advantages of joining the economic block some government spokesmen admitted that there would probably be an adjustment period before prices found their true level but the bntons we talked to are wondering if general le gaulle didnt do them a favor by blocking britains entry into the common market the working people in lngland find it difficult enough on an average wage of 20 pounds about 5200 a week to make ends meet without higher costs for food and other commodities tropical countries are supposedly crimeridden when the he it is at its height especially for crimes of passion and this seems to be true in the united states when hot weather invades the large cities race riots robberies and arson increase in leaps and bounds and are not relieved until they get cold air from canada people obviously arc affected by the weather both for the better and the worst ct cetera one ought every da at lent to hear a little song read a good poem see a fine picture and if it were possible to speak a tea reasonable words johann wolfgang von coethe jjt pkctoa frw the pam miss gardiners chat was pictured in front o the town hall front row lejt to right ethel woods ruby allan beatrice taylor helen evans audrey chlmnt ellaan brean babe roaisll aitnlt gibbons franca jennings evatyn tubman kay huard marion nlool william hall k watson sscond row charlotte marshall b smith margaret arnold lois crippa mary ryder lorraine jooqua vic elliott annut holmes annas chlsholm majors mann i talbot a cory third row lynna coxa rod rydsr george foottlt iharvay mccutehaon gaorga lsianby h mcpharson leonard tubman cadi gibbons w tubman f harwood b blanch b patrick h woods rockwood conservation park provided a beautiful selling lor llm ontario canoa crulsart ragatta tail weekend pratty sua psulur of guelji and tom jack of toronto show perfect paddling form in their double canoe staff photo sugar and spice h y h i i i y bar the door matilda and close ihem lhutteri henry look to your flintlock the injuns arc on ihe war path leli hope it docint come to thai hut the indiani of anada a quarter million of ihe natives of this vail continent have blood in their eye whether its a product of politic or hean wine and they dont need tomahawks howi and arrows and ruity muskets this lime they have two weapons which bring ihem right into the nuclear age one is the white mans guilt complex with which they belabor him at every opportunity the other n the mass media which they are using with a skill that would make a public relation nun turn green there are some fact that have led up to the current confrotation first of all the indians were victims of one of the greatest con jobs in history when the varioui treaties wete drawn up have you ever read one they sound great full of poetic stuff like as long as the rivers run to the sea and the grais grows to the iky and the mountains do not fall down etc etc then comes the crunch in the small print as long ai the indian itays on his reserve and out of the white mans hair especially the scalp he and his children and his childrens children shall receive an annual bounty from the great while queen across the dig water for a whole indian band it might be 1000 pound sterling not cash annually but only the intereit thereon figure out sometime what the interest is on 1000 pounds sterling in 1 yes inflation has caught up with the indian too treaty day according to oldtimers used to be a real fair at the reserves each indian family received its share of the loot and avaricious merchants gathered from miles around to separate the indian and his treaty money as quickly as pouible today he might be able to buy a few bottles of wine second the indian culture or whats left of it is quite dissimilar to that of the white mans it is based on communal rather than cutthroat lociety the romantic refers back to the noble red nun the prignutist calls him a shiftless bum neither is anywhere near the truth he is a human being hes neither red nor any more noble than the rest of us third the paradox exists that the indian his special privileges medical care f the cuffi some people make things happensome watch things happen and some peole dont know what happened littering is not just a bad habit its an expensive one last year it cost the department of highways more than 970000 to clean up along ontarios highways keep a litter bag in your car and help keep ontario clean this summer ficc education no taxes on the reserve etc and yet he is underprivileged inferior housing and education plus plain old discrimination social and economic and now the i edcrjl government with u cold logic that seems to seep down from mr trudeaii says put up or ihut up if you arent happy about the way we run things do it yourself this after years of treating reserves with all ihe largesse and benevolence usually associated with an orphanage the i edcral government propose to dump ihe indian problems on ihe provincial governments and the indians themselves all in the course of five years then fold its tent and steal off into the night the provincial governments want the indian problem like they want the lllack plague so do ihe indians for the latter the canadian governments new policy is a smoke screen to cover failure for the young indians dissolution of the reserves is like burning your boats behind you for the middleaged and elderly it is terrifying indian leader wilmcr nadiiwon of cape crokcr put it succmtly if over simply when he said the new legislation would allow an indian to sell his property for two bottles of wine that docint olve a problem ii creates one s the indians dont want assimilation they want help to get on their feet and some redress for 200 years of being considered secondclass canadians some reserves arc wothlcss mere slum areas some arc extremely valuable as potential resort areas how docs everybody get a fair share if these lands are handed back to tlie indians themselves for disposal as they see fit youre not going to settle that one in five years pierre fclhott the acton free press phone 0532010 buunit and editorial offic foukd la ims ad publiatmd fcewv wdadw m sb wtltmr si aettm oauio usmmst tt ttta atmail sumj fti cmuulwt ik cwua tad own iurt una mm mal fcjlifflwlm vm- kmah micamljlttmmucaumttw thava cthkm liritutvlivltftt p j tf- luatwbvi mutabav 0a1 adttuf it othtamrf on thai mattltaoii tkm i a lvaril ww tfkhl ptvtitvi o thi itamf vkm by witiwui uftmhsv with mmbabu titoavbwal for lajjwtum oljwsjasrj tot bail thi fatiimt ftl hfctftlm wall ba btet tor ft utkj irtjifdif i tf wm twmjrfwhlsal rmt mrtms or wvlm m wwama mm posit or milm smy am b told adsattsint to ihlijm 0fs imwblvtuiavmmimny i tfap bufa 01 c lit teuld r dhl hiultur hwhwgobi femltvow aitv umo 20 years ago lakan nun the luiw of llm lio piu ihuiulay auguil 4 1hi hie latl tine days of july will down in history with present tnd former letldeiilt of nkigeweye worn cneil to cnest they came luck auin to vull in the luwnthlp hut wet hurting 100 yean of incorporation ai a iiiuillcipelily tlieie lut been inany a puked dance tl llnuikvdle hall but i ridey t lopped them all a line f shthuhlpuri parade tuned off die slmdjy program it included five memheii of ihe limokville hand of ihj nmugeweya womens liuiiiule float depicting four tluget of hitlory naiiigaweya lederallrui of agriculture float old ftuagiet and many nlheri norma llrown and luck wood received priet for beii decorated wheeli ami draee mckay won the tricycle pile j i whilloek wat tnaklri of ceremonies for the pioyiain unci keeve win vantiekle kave a whole heailed weleonte murray elliail iiilioditced tlie guetl tjieaker ihe lion i hot kennedy ouncil wat introduced eo stokri mas storey i dgar i llciilou unci stun norriih waiden mit mary ielitt was aiming uuny who brought gieetingi andy i rank wai in ehaige of ihe fiddlers couleit wiui by mrt j o kourke john mcttregor and loin sauudert 50 years ago laken from ihe luuc of ihe i ree ircst thursday july 24 the peace day celebration latl saturday wai un event which will long be iciivembeied the real wur veteram association took the nutter in hand never were hornet and huslnesset belter decoruted ihe hoyal dieiudleit hand of loronto came on ihe 10 a in train and spent ihe entile day here the tticeli were thronged for ihe parade al i featuring the vcteiun lown royal crenadiert acton veteram georgetown baud eorgclown veteram acton school children fancy drcu parade lloy scouts hand and cillcns in motor cart marry stadium had the honor of driving three veteram of other wart hit father who fought in the army of the north in the civil war of the united sulei mr paler glbbwii who was a soldier in lbs confederate army of the south and mr kobert uing who served in the american army in the war of he philippines ill s baseball match the velelarrt defeated own men 116 veterans j swsckltamer m collier k clark geo iluiidi j kennedy c uuhman g aiwell m super p holmes town e mailen i mtiatei i kennedy r hjowii arsdeiaon c mcleod t savim joe llyndt w stjwirl llie coiittrl al nlajit atlracled a larae crowd the dance in use drill died was evidently run on standard llnw ketldenu or thai taction claim to have heard the riddles going well on to one oclock- by clayliidil laving time ffie day wu a thriving one for ihe velennt hruitht for lee cream cake cool diliiki peaiiuii candy and fruilt 75 years ago lakcn from ihe leiur of she i ree preu ihurulay july v ikm aliothrr yrur the eoonell ul hill uiiililcinalily lut decided that h million ihe dollar will lie tufficient to cover ihe espcndituret nrceiury for repairi impnivemenli and olhrr denundt uptm ihe uiunlcipajity i ii l curie only by economical tuprrviuon ihjt ihe rate li kept ut llm low figure i lie amount to lie raised hy aiteiiineut for tchoa rturpihet it l ram toinptjinlt leive tteen repealedly made to i tic i ree iifii of ihe practice of fait young men unrig the grand hand al ihe lurk ai a place for playing euchre and oilier objectionable gamei not only on weekday everungi but alio on sunday afternoon iheir play it laid to be accompanied by vile and profane language ihe mint objectionable featuie it that young and innocent boyt are induced to oin lliem and while parenti think lliem ufe tlicy are imbibing language and hahiti which will poison their whole future livet the local conttsbtet ttopped the contemptible practice latt season and ontlablc raiiam auured the i ree preu he will arrcit the nest guilty parties he finds jt the park soli and pepper are you i nglisli the distinguished gentleman in the tweed jacket aiked as my wife and i ut in ihe queens hotel in cheltenham tngland eating a well cooked dinner of plaice no were from canada wat he almoit simultaneous reply just visiting over here canadjeh thats a long way from heah wot he fingered his beard looked thoughtful for a moment before he asked did you see the investiture this awfternoon lovely went off like clockwork damn glad we looked sheepish it was the afternoon of the investiture for prince charles we were only a few miles from wales had forgotten all about it instead of paying homage we were troting all over the cottwoldi gawking at mediaevel towns like broadway chipping camden stowonwold and others of that dk admiring the golden hone in houses which turn different colors with changes of light you could have seen it you know the old gent persisted color television in room 61 and i wai the only one theah son just phoned me from australia to ask how it went friend of charlies you know went to school with him juit 21 but hes managing 200000 head of sheep down under went there after a stay with old hallhe selassie in ethiopia thoroughly impretsed wife started to draw old whiskers out with a deluge of auestiom were you ever al caernarvon v te enquired in a tone that suggested the sensed a more interesting story oh yes there all last week came the reply damn narrow streets could hardly get the horses through llorsei said wife becoming really nosey what were you doing with horses there training them for the investiture came the offhand reply i look after the queens hocisetrbld cavalry worried about those narrow itreets but they pulled it off without a slip horses never niiased a step by this time im kicking wife under the table and making slight thiwelling motloni with the dessert pardon me tweet spoon she completely ignored me what are you doing hate then aha asked in a reproving voice which suggested he should be over in wales to help out the queen my job finished everything arranged drove hem from my farm in wasss this morning devlidi tired but ut down for the whole diow went off without a clip damn fine prince that charlie chip off the old block was going to stay at the rising sun alri delightful up theah no room though so came over here to dlnnuh you drove over frum wales this morning asked wife in a skeptical tone she must have been recalling the time it took ui to go 1 5 miles in england let alone 150 made it in lust ovuh three hours one hundred and fifty miles good british car you know flagt on front royal automobile club put me onto ihe belt roadi going over tcf the royal show in kenilworth now out of a tweedy pocket the old gent produced a program for the royal show say your mountiet are ovuh theah fine ridert cansdawt a big place isnt if never been myself the mountiet in kenilworth wife enquired indeed 111 be having lunch with their commanding officer tomorrow at 2 oclock wear red coats wot well excuse me must toddle off and away he went out the door of the hotel i called the waiter over could you tell me who the old gentleman wu sitting beside us i asked never uw him before admitted the waiter glancing at the retreating visitor still curious we paid our bill and followed hit trail but we lost him on cnelunhams shady streets nest day we drove over to ksfluworth to the royal agricultural show partly- to satisfy our curiosity and partly to we an english farming show the uotintiei wan there no sign of our friend it was the first time the better half had ever wan the motilities musical ride she had to tratttl 3j00 miles and mora to gumps the tad coats in action they went the hit of the show and colored subject of the front pass in several newspapers never did find out who our labia rristsd wss told an english cousin about it a weak of so alter and the asked when we want at the tune queens hotel in cneltenham 1 answered youre liable to run into siwone hobnobbing with those toftwaoasatwas this hetttdtbjriiigrsomment

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