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j the acton free prats wednesday december 3 1969 jfttt pttes editorial page jthhf need the value of planning for town townihip or city finds an apt illustration in esqueiing township over the past few months proposal before the township council to establish a race track in the south end of esquesing a drag strip in the north end and a drivein theatre in some central spot have caused great concern among residents of the areas affected there- have been several delegations in the council chambers to protest establishment of these enterprises but it is doubtful that councillors will be able to do very much about them passage of an agricultural holding bylaw last week was an attempt to regulate the use of land and the character use and location of all buildings but ratepayers can only hope this measure is not too late with too little the day when it was possible to allow any type of dwelling or land use in an area where there is jn abundance of land lus long pjued in this area rapid development fanning out from toronto has created situations where j zoning bylaw would be the only suitable method of control it is a long often difficult struggle to plan zoning pass a bylaw and then watch its progress grind to halt among the burcaucrati at queens park as the town of acton has found out esquesings holding bylaw is an attempt to regulate while the planners work on a suitable zoning bylaw which could be years ahead residents of areas where race tracks and drag strips are proposed will have to grin and bear it unless the township is able to impose some sort of ban which will affect the time prior to passage of the holding bylaw tliis type of enterprise has a place but is certainly not desirable in areas where residents have built homes with the idea they could live in a rural area undisturbed by the raucous noise usually associated with tracks and drag strips measures the township takes against developers may seem inadequate but even using all the weapons they have at their disposal it is like putting a catapault against a cannon if there is no zoning bylaw to harness developments tto aqudtok ch thti taite members of the ontario legislature who have accused trade unions and the professions of adding to inflation pressures with large raises in pay should be hanging their own heads following acceptance of a 50 per cent hike in remuneration without any appreciable outcry the si 8000 figure which mpps will receive now for i heir services is not out of line with the importance of the job bul it is an unflattering testimony to their lack of concern for the feelings ol the public hut they ilsould decide it was necessary to raise their own pay at a tune when the fight against inflation is in full suing anything members of the legislature say now about the trade unions and the professions contributing to inflation will be immediately suspect and taken with urge doses of salt formerly an m p p was paid si 2000 a year s8000 in taxable salary and s4000 in the form of a taxfree expense allowancethe latter requiring no proof of expenditure now the figure will be made up of 12000 in straight taxable salary and s6000 in a tax tree nonaccountable expense allowance cabinet ministers are expected to collect from s34000 to s36000 a year and the prime ministers pay is anticipated to go up from s30000 tos40000ors4s000 tew will disagree with the total amount received by xhe legislators but the timing and amount of the pay hikes will raise more than eyebrows among taxpayers we live in the midst ol constant noise jets boom sirens shrill every radio and television ad is announced by a era sli or a twanging guitar and even the national news nou begins with an ugly and strident series of electronic beepbeeps into all this din conies christmas and for a blessed two or three weeks the sounds are dillcrent says an editoru from the united church the excited voices ol children the cheerful greetings exchanged by acquaintances on the street even the ho ho ho ot commercial santas are a blessed change from the trenzy which is our usual diet why are we so enamored ol all this racket if we search our hearts our best moments dont come with a roar they steal upon us the bedtime hugs of children their relaxed abandonment in sleep with deceptively angelic faces a good talk in a quiet corner with an old friend moments of love between husband and wife the pride in the eyes ol one when the other lias done something wellthese are the cherished times lor most ol us fanlare can be dazzling and has its limited place but the hearts true homeland is in the warmth and simplicity which christinas releases one ot the carols say s it how silently how silently the wondrous gilt is given so god imparts to human hearts the blessings ol his heaven jflr pktua frw the paat safe driving week dee 17 sugar and spice by bill smiley students at woods de school in 1043 ur front row mrl krr rotutt mceacfarn evelyn smndtn jw mclntyr edhh thompon ted frwmftn wcond row wuim buthr bmty ann kwr aruilo ultch doreen cola ddla mclntyra doris thompson gkv johnston peer 1 1 mcdonald back row john mcdonald jack mctntyra eutan mcdonald sadla mclntyre andy moloxi their teacher waa mrt h short who lent ua tho picture this column is dedicated to my namesake bill smiley a high school principal in saskatchewan mc doesnt even read my column bud cess to him but im wife doe recently she forced him to listen as she tcjd j column in which i hurled j djtt into the raw hide ol school administrators it nude him write but it was a friendly letter and it s nice to hear trgm you cousin uill he must be a cousin the smiley s live brothers ol tlum came out irom ireland during one ot the periodic potato i mimes and with the skill and foresight tint has always ch iiactciicd the name chose some ol the most mcagie hnd in canada on which to strike it ndi the crops uue m mil stones with an occimouil bonall i ot bouldcis most ol hem had enough dim lush wit to git out and move west hut m grandfather with nine kids and no wite stuck it out and the old family ijiiu is mill theie in pontile ouuhec pushing up lis annual ciop ol milkweed buidoik uid litjdsloue cousin uill unini be i descendant ol oik ol the snuky who went west md staivcd during the dcpiev1011 instead ot staving home and almost suiting weve lost tont id completely ft i did meet a chap lies smiley directly ahead ol me in a line up on a tioopship coming home who turned out to he a son ol my lather s hist cousin joe wui went west imi t this lasunating however this is not a i unily hisloiv though i know ouie intiigued it is i heart lell expiession ot sympathy lor high school principals like cousin hill credilfititii a mani hie is tutl ol trouble he comes into the world without his consent he goes out usually against his will and the trip between his coming and going is one ot the teatures of his journey ii he is poor his is said to be a bad manager if his is rich theyll claim lie is dishonest ii lie gives to charity its lor show if he doesnt hes a stingy cuss if hes actively religious some will say hes a hypocrite if he gives atyection hes a soft specimen if he cares for nobody hes coldblooded if he dies young there was a great future for him if he lives to be an old man he missed his calling if he saves money hes a miser if he spends it hes a spendthrift if he works hard they say hes crazy if he doesnt hes a bum so whats the use woodstock nb bugle a high school principal is usually a normal human being though not always who is caught not between two grindstones bul four grinding from above are the school board and the parents from below lie is whetted to a fine edge by teachers and students i it her he emerges keen as an axe or ground to a pulp the odd one is smart enough to quit and go back to the classroom before either happens hut most driven by the insatiable greed of heir wives keep it it until they arc punchy this is one ol their hairiest times of the year after three months of unbelievable ch ios they have finally got lie big brutal awkwtid in mi ical machine that is a modern high school tunning with only the odd tit 01 stut he careful there linotype opel hoi ihe hoard his cut oil all expenditure until tin new budget is struck in january the students are hecoming unruly the te icheis aie completely browned off with hoaid piuicipil students and each other in shoil eveiv lung is normal t hoi the poor old principal gels three 01 lour icmgn itions from his stall they are irom people who are ill ted up or mertlv conig out of their minds wjieie do you pickup in december an ait teajiei who can double in typing or a derm in teicher who is a win at germ in but tvugs 200 ind must to ich the hiskeibill team or a history teacher who can pick up i welding el iss without doing i vio somehow they find bodies to put in lioiil ot the kids and the show goes on and lite pruieipil takes another giant step not tot miiikiud but lowaid ins first coion nv itkit sou chaps and have a 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will be election day with poll at the y m c a and town hall open from 9 am to f pm when nine oclock rolled around saturday niglit qualification form had been filled out for the following for mayor a mjton f j mccutcheon for reeve fc tyler accl for deputy reeve w mcleod accl for council six to be elected n braida s collet t cooke f daviton j greer j hargrave l llotchen t nicol w rouell j f ttoyjton and r thorn piori for public utilities comtnmion thos ware accl for school board all by acclamation j iicrcifthionthoi watmnjrw j wolfe thote eligible will alto vote on the band by law asking if ihey jre in favor of cancelling the annual grant of one half of a mill on the whole rjtahle property to such band or bands as council may appoint and if ihe present grant is cancelled would ihey be in favor of a j500 annual grant j ii creighton was chairman of the nomination meeting and reeve theron jones requested various committee men to give their reports two former reeves will contest the election for the honor of being the first mayor of acton which has been raised from village status 50 years ago taken from ihe issue of thrfree press thursday december v p9 the terrific cyclone which devastated so many buildings and created havoc at so many points in the province fast salurday evening did a large quota of damage here in acton the new shoe factory on church st was the scene of the greatest damage during the height of the gale when ihe wind had a velocity of 60 to 70 miles an hour it struck the building broadside and the damage wrought in a few seconds was great indeed the cniuc roof was carried off and distributed over the grand trunk yards ll was over under and through freight cars tore down telephone and telegraph wires and created havoc generally a brakeman was injured and was taken lo hospital at stratford on the h 2 train john gibbons barn fared badly it was crushed like an eggshell contractor mackenzie had still not completed the contract for the barn and therefore bears the loss of about si 000 a number of passengers for aclon and other points west on the toronto suburban railway had a trying experience back issues between the teyenth bid tixth unci the power werit off during the cyclone for teven long houf the csr hood kulled on the bridge shortly before three oclock sunday morning the power ckme on again and the train reumed its trip the paiicngeri have quite a itory to relate many tarns were damaged and fruit trees uprooted 75 years ago taken from ihe iuue of the flee preu thuridiy december 6 1804 afier a long period of lufferlng heath came peacefullylo mm jeuie mcnabb 22 daughter of mr archibald mcnabb corner church and wilbur sti for several yean this bright young lady had men afflicted wiih nervom proftraiion and latterly with an affection behind her ear which gradually grew worie during her long illneu ihey engaged ihe ben pliyticiam and lent her to hoipital for three muntht the hundreds who viewed the remain lovely in death could not fail lo remark ihe evidencei of calm and peace the affliction it uirely felt by the family but they feel that the lord knows belt aclon temperance union hat nrganiied a parliament and proipectt are good for ume lively debaiing rev j w rae it leader of ihe government and rev j e howell leader of ihe oppoiition mr h jean will introduce the tint bill on prohibition of ihe liquor traffic meurs john l charlei and r j edmnlon are the whipiandll p moore the ipeaker limehouie pretbyienan sunday school it now doted for the winter rev t adami who hat been preaching at the c ongregalional churches of churchill and greenlaw for ihe pail year has retigned ihete charget and accepted a call from cobourg the people of churchill intend giving a farewell tea dec 1 1 0 the cutf retirement when you stop lying about your ige and start lying jbout the house courage the mastery of fear well doc how do i stand doctor i dont know its j miracle wouldnt you know theyd come up with gogo girkjust when most of us are about gone id pepper take john dicfenbaker my grandmother and prime minuter pierre tlhott trudeau mix ihcm up in a pol of inui ilcw and youll gel a concoction which this column is all about john dielcnbaker your grandmother the prime minister yep perhaps you noticed where john diclenbaker has been hung broadsides again and you can htiar the cannonading tiom st john to victoria he unloosed a 12 gun salute at the prune minister last week down in uytown where the rideau river flows which ended up in him striding across the floor und grasping pierres hand in a fnendly western shake that would have floored a sieer according to the piess lepoiti enthusiaslic applause from the tew mpl who weic t all in the house solidified alliances clean acioss the country atterwards mr dielcnbaker who would sooner hil pierre with a buck than an apology any day of the week uid mr tmdeaus action confirmed his view that the commons was a gentlemans club the prime minister apparently apologued to mr difenbaker for an erroneous reply he had made earlier in the session in icgard to a letter claimed to have been sent him by a montreal politician implicating the company of young canadians in some deviltry you did get a letter mr diefenbaker thundered across the commons no i didnt replied pierre at this juncture mr trudeaut secretary reminded all arid sundry in the house that mr diefenbaker had once hidden a letter from us president dwight eisenhower under his bed and it had lain there for weeks apparently forgotten i wonder uid the secretary if the prime minister would care to look under his bed to tee whether the letter happens to be filed there an unkind cut but it turned out there was a letter written on st patricks day by mr saulnier to the prime minister and mr tiudeau apologued to dief the former chief which led to the momentous occasion and the solid handshake which shook the foundations of confederation where does my grandmother tit into the picture no the didnt join the company of young canadians at least not yet if she could get a hold on some of them im sure shed establish that they had no monopoly on violence my gtannie has always had a thing for john diefenbaker he could push the button lo start world war iii and she would playfully assert hut it must be in ihe best interests of all of us or john wouldnt have done it theic i no doubt that bob stanfield has been in diets shadow ever since he took over the mantle of the conservative parly when someone takes a trip to russia it is john not bob who travels ill spite of the fact that stanfield underwear might find ready acceptance in siberias frozen wastes perhaps there was a subtle feeling among the young tory turks that if mr diefenbaker journeyed to vodkaville he would open his celebrated mouth too wide on some public occasion and the comrades would clamp him in tome forsaken siberian salt mine but it turned out the russians appreciated mr diefenbakera outspoken comments to much they returned him safely to canadas capital where he continues to make political capital at mr stanfield i expense canadians meanwhile breathed a sigh of relief that their moil colorful politician was once again back in ourmidst pierre subsequent to the incident went to the grey cup game lit knitted dutch boy cap that set the fashion world gawking and booted i 28 yard ceremonial kickoff to set a new record for prim prime ministers pigskin swinipllshnwntt my grandmother us it home riteeimg on john diefenbaker and hoping someday he will once again stumble into tin prime ministers office