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Why higher plot prices Black powder puff Bill SMILEY Somednysvoucan t winnnickel Today is one of them Outside ils bucketing down wit snow loclog my dnviway Inside Im ftu ind my jaw is aching from goingover dentist give mi downstairs two women ire about how lo bring up my grandson little chap is paying his first to the old family home and he the only bright note in the day There did And I eel better He a dandy little fellow He fat and he smells like a baby and he produces the occasion it lopsided grin as though he finds Ihe world amusing the half of it Us not only amusing it ridiculous And two or he more ridiculous aspects of it right now are his mother and his grandmother Oni has had i for six weeks and thinks she knows all babies The other t had a baby for years and she thinks she knows all about My role is lo trv to apply some common sense but it about as effective as throwing oil on a fire to put it out They both turn on me and assure me thai my know about babies is about as capacious as my knowledge of hcivcn In fact know ill is necessary to know about keep Ihem warm and dry and will fed Ihey II be happy They just like beings in respect This little guv is getting that treatment If his mother puis a fresh diaper on him his gran has got it off and put another on before hi has a to wet the first i ne And hi cert not suffering in Ihe groceries department He gulping great of Ihe pun stuff Intended for him have been written ibout Ihc beauty of a child nursing at its mother breast must say it some thing to sec her cuddling him up to one side and reaching with her free hand for her bottle of beer got that out of a baby book which so help me suggested nursing mothers a of beer to break the monotony or knp flow coming or something This is a little digression but I was almost fully grown before I learned that my idea aboul nursing mothers was wrong Another kid told me when we were about six that there is porridge in one breast and milk in the other Thats why Ihey switch the over there nothing like i baby around Ihe house That kid just doesn git to And my Is hating a great time Letting out all the pictures of our kids when they were babies to see whom he takes The latest notion is that he looks like his Uncle Hugh at that age I think he looks like Churchill For once were in agree ment because Hugh as a baby looked much like Churchill as an elderly man And his granny Is away ahead of the garni on ilothes Shi bought him a white summer suit and blue bunting bag for next winter Next winter already I but I have a furtive foreboding that hat urchin is to cost me plenty over the years If cost of records and fishing tackle and hockey equipment keeps going up 1 II be beggared before he into high school t seem to be Ihe only one in the family making a buck these days kind of genius That what I thought my kids too One is a waiter the other is a young mother However ifluseoll my craft perhaps I can lure him away from the decadent tisllc life and turn him into a pretty good angler or something useful like that II I really matter what you plan for a kid of course In this crazy world nothing is clearer than that the best laid plans nearly always go All I hope for little Nikov is that he get a charge out of life allows himself lov and be loved and is healthy Oh yes and one other that he Iwice the man his grandfather is A wag may refer to It as a grave plot but we are sure people of Acton and district must be won tiering why the finance committee of Hills wants to even up the price of cemetery plots across Halton Hills Right now it is 25 cheaper to buy a plot in Acton a Cemetery than it is to purchase a similar plot in Greenwood Cemetery Georgetown A resident in Georgetown would find it more to buy a plot than a resident of Acton where the price is the same for residents and all who wish to be buried there Now the finance committee of council would like to even it all up and charge the same price in both cemeteries for a plot They reason the price will have to be higher because the Georgetown cemetery if you 11 pardon the ex predion gone in the hole last year according to the treasurer It is not a lot of money for a perpetual care plot in any case but we wonder why the price has to be uniform at both places If the Acton cemetery was able to operate without running into debt at the lower figure surely the clung to do would be to find out how the cemetery board operated and then try to emulate it Instead the committee decided it would be easier to raise the price and have both cemeteries uniform Unfortunately it is reasoning like this which permeates much of the regional government philosophy We are not suggesting for one moment that Cemetery board did not operate properly or within the framework set out for it but here must be a reason why it costs 25 more to buy a plot there than it does Acton It can t be the high price of land both cemeteries have had the land for many years So it stands to reason it must be the mode of operation Maybe the committee could take a leaf out of the Acton book and if it is so necessary to have the price uniform apply the lower price for plots in both cemeteries Now it is up for study for a realistic figure but we would hope it is not just another measure to add to the high cost of dying B2 The Acton Free Press Wed March End of exciting hockey season Local hockey fans were sorry to see Acton Junior Sabres knocked out of the Junior C hockey play by the powerful Bradford Vas eys but there were really no sur prises The Bradford club could be led the York Region All Stars They ve collected players from Sharon Unionvillc Maple and Oak Ridges as well as Bradford and they had the guns to brush off the Acton club in four straight games The Sabres were handicapped by having to face the Vaseys only two after knocking off the Hurons which required two mile round trips by bus but they gave up trying Brad ford is the defending Junior D champion and could go a long way towards the Ontario Junior C trophy this year On the plus side for the Sabres it must be mentioned it is the first year in three years the club has been going they have played better than hockey They also beat the Bradford team twice during the season finishing third in the seven team league Fans appreciated the calibre of play doubling the attendance of last season and following the Sa faithfully on out of town trips Team bpint was good and players who signed from out of town com favorably on the treatment and atmosphere in Acton ft may have been coincidence that the weather warmed up once the Sabres were eliminated but for many fans and players the winter is over now There will still be a vacancy to fill on Friday nights but for players coach manager and other officials it will likely be a welcome rest after a fine season Rumors generally speculation We haven been hearing any specially hot rumors recently but no doubt there are plenty making the rounds Gossip isn t by any means confined to small towns but they do provide fertile soil in which rumors can grow with the telling The Lachute Watchman does a bit of moralizing on rumors that many of us might take to heart RUMORS You know what a small town is That s where the folks know all the news before the paper comes out There s a lot of truth to the statements It never ceases to amaze us how the grapevine can become so twisted where do these stones originate How can a total fabrication spread like wildfire and yet be as groundless as air We wonder Nevertheless rumors seem to be a part of most organizations both large and small Let remind ourselves that rumors are generally pure speculation and not only can be ludicrous The next time Have you heard comes your way think twice before you pass it on Look twice at the person you heard it from Dutton Advance OUR READERS WRITE Dismayed at time off school 20 years ago Taken ram issue of Ihe I- ree frbruarv 1 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs years operetta presentation by pupils Acton lublic School was staged before a large appreciative audience Wednesday night in the school auditorium Second will be onighl Don Lindsay the operetta and Mrs C Heard accompanied on piano Costumes were by mothers under the direction MivsDcnaBrnda wis In of makeup ind I lricc charge Mrs I Irani the per with Mrs as manager Heading Ihe cast were Saga ski as Snow Teresa Arbic Jim Brock Robinson Bob Jones Betty Bean Jane lorcc Helen Brancliwicz Jane Mason Bob Parker Ruth lantbborough John Pasma Molodv The dwarfs were Bill Johnson Terry Keith Andrews Bruce Andrews Bill Jtffroy fryer and Jon Hurst David Dills received the Medal of Merit for outstanding service to Canadian Scouting The third annual Mother and banquet was sponsored by Ihe Ladies Sheila Piul Ihe toast to the mothe s and Mrs J Jam rtplied Mrs Price led singsong w Mrs Oakes at the A piano duct was given by Helen and luth Lands bo rough Blair sang a solo and Fay played an accordion solo Margaret Price presented a bouquet of flowers to Uic guest speaker Mrs Hoc Girl Commissioner 50 years ago Taken from the issue or Free Press of Thursday March 1924 The ladles of the Baptist Methodist and Presbyterian Missionary Societies will unite In a ice of prayer on Friday noon at three clock The work or com cunt the lathes and other machinery from old shop on Mam SI to the new Thomson factory in Maplchursl wis completed last week Superintendent Blow his men ire now engaged in machinery Mr Ihrtley Harrison the head of the sales department a business trip to HI The ladies of iht Methodist church will hold a Rummage Sale ind iflcmoon in the school room on Wed afternoon and ivening rummage sale is a new ind will naturally have feitures of THE ACTON FREE PRESS PHONE Editorial Office Miss Brown has been chosen as one of the Canadian teachers to spend a year teaching In London England Save a rarest week has been proclaimed by order in council The Toronto Lime Company has already commenced burning lime at their works at Dolly Varden The prospects arc for a big season trade several Sunday mornings Rev has been preaching on the rules of the Methodist church Next Sunday ning he will speak on ihe rules of the church concerning amusements 75 years ago Taken from the Issue of the tree 1KM first payments for Ihe supply of electric current will be due next week and collections will be made monthly thereafter Up to this point It has been a continual outgo but now the matter will lake a diffcnnl turn The evangelistic services In Ihe Methodist church have proceeded with a growing Interest Evangelist McHardy has stirred up Christians and awakened sin ners The subject this evening will be Out of the Mire into the Choir A concert by the minstrel club at Rock wood was very successful All the boys connected with Ihe performed parts well Special mention must be made of Messrs Fletcher and Duff In orchestra and Mr Roy Brooks In the singing and Mr John who con dueled the entertainment and Miss Lee the pianist Mr Howard Price lost a valuable horse this week While driving home from Aclon to Ballinafad it dropped dead There was a large attendance at the funeral of Gertie Abbott at Evcrton She was almost is and will be much missed in the home Rev R B Cook has returned home from the funeral of his granddaughter at Palermo She failed to come down to break fast one day and was found dead Kb 1974 As a parent of two school age children I am extremely annoyed and dismayed at ail Ihe days off children arc having over and above the regular school breaks The Ministry of Education for Ontario has allotted twelve days during the school year for Professional Development tiv t It bad enough that our schools suffer from bad teacher pupil ratios and ridiculously long holidays know of no business that closes down for staff training Vics answer to energy crisis The folk are all conserving Their energy and candles flare in frigid Wevegol the CRISIS beat since CRISIS Marled With energy and heat I been wrapped in Grandma s flannels To preserve my body heat But the ticklish wool is scratching My stomach and my knees 1 m suspicious though I d like to know If I m raising Grandpa fleas I don I need my When 1 get into bed On op of this wool still can pull My snowsmt on instead Then when Ihe ice begins to milt And I start to itch and scratch To get relief I lift the leaf Ana raise ihe bottom hatch Though they ve got the market cornered They will never have us beat We live on eggs and bacon And conserve our surplus wheat which is basically these Professional Days arc What other profession what percentage of the adult population gets a week at Christmas and aster and more than two months summer vacation This year ihe last day of school is June 1st and ihe children don return till after Labor Day some len and a half weeks later I suggest lhat these days could well be hid during the approximately three months that the schools arc closed to our children and still leave the teachers ample time to pursue other interests Many parents I lalk to eel much Ihe same way but unfortunately apathy is a wide spread disease in our society today and involvement comes at too high a price Sincerely R Acton ENCOURAGE HIM TO TAKE UP ft you KEEP OUT OF TROUBLE YOU SAID J to take up Gardening 2H i K j 5w