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The Acto Wed October 1974 Editorial Acton as a dump site Trie people at are banding together to firm protest against a possible regional dump right on their rural door steps But if the proposal goes back to the drawing board that board shows two other proposed sites just north of Acton one on each side of Highway No Tins map of suggested locations appeared in the Free Press Oct Attending the citizens meeting were three councillors representing the rural area Dick Howitt Russ Miller and Coxe No place in is a good place for it Coxe said then Lets hope he also had In mind these other sites right on our door step here A regional dump here would bring garbage from the south of the county trucked right up through Acton main street presumably And there are watercourses up there that run south and north which could become polluted When the next public meeting is called on the Ashgrove dump site people from Acton should be there How about it Chamber of Commerce Snow will be snowing has reminded everyone winter s coming and reminded Halton Hills council need uni form regulations Acton has had the regulations past Here snow mobiles were only allowed on town streets on their way from or to home after snowmobihng in the countryside Operating the machines around the school grounds for instance was not permitted although it certainly happened sometimes A FAMILIAR SIGHT at becomes a trait in weathered grey and white for photographer Peter He was pursuing the walkathon participants Saturday when the weathered old buildings and fences and tangled weeds caught his attention Both Georgetown and Acton snowmobile clubs have worked out agreements with willing country landowners so they could build trails there Members of both clubs have assured council they want to abide by regulations and in fact they will try to assist police in preventing breaking of the law and property damage by trespassers The machines give lots of pleasure and fresh air to their fans but regulations must be carefully prepared Sugar and Spice by bill smiley Of this and that Now Halton Hills and Milton all have coats of arms designed by Esquesing artist Dorothy Stone Her new en for heraldry even caused her to miss the annual of the Georgetown Arts and Crafts Association People were looking for her exhibits of beautiful paintings in vain She was at the annual meeting of the heraldry association Miss Stone has had no problem with council and the general public admiring designs Her room problem is iryingio convince them these designs are coats of arms not never NOT crests UNICEF as benefit When the subject of amal Hallowe en and collections in Acton first arose years ago many objected They felt diverting the children s at tention from the fun of the occasion to collecting for the poor would spoil their evening It certainly hasnt worked that way Surely the youngsters even at their age realize thev are helping others as well as them selves with their boxes of pennies I planned to write a column Thanksgiving Day this year but the days went shooting by and suddenly It was past However I was undaunted As the preachers and writers tell us every Christ mas there is no reason that peace on earth and goodwill toward men should be con fined to a single day Nor is here any reason that we should give thanks only on the second Monday in October So here goes Did you stop and Rive on that day Or did you lust enjoy the long week end stuff yourself with turkey slump in front of the box to watch football I hope you did belter than that at least went for i I started think of all the things we Canadians have to be thankful for and the list seemed to be endless First of all we should be to be living in Canada no matter how we squawk at Income lax time and gripe about the weather Without getting mistyeyed or waving a Hag about it this is a grand country Our society is fir from perfect and there arc Injustices and we arc often badly served by our lenders and yes the own too much of us But these things arc more than offset when we piling things on the other side of the scale What are some of the Loodles Well first here arc the intangibles There are very few places in this country where a person is afraid walk alone even at night We lots of air some of it hot some of it polluted but most of it clear and clean Nobody is literally starving In this though the old age pensioners would give you an argument there Nobody lives In of the boots on the door Ihe secret pi lice Our only secret police are Ihe mountlcs and every lime they try some thing secret the papers find out and spread it all over the pages chortling To continue list we have equality of speech the Prime Minister can swear in a public place such as the House of Commons and get away with it We have equality of welfare benefits The old lady with salted away in bonds gets the same old age pension as the old lady who has two herrings salted away Whit be more equal tint Wo have equality before the law What that you There one law for Ihe rich and one for the poor its the same law The only difference is in imnunt you steal and the lawyers you can afford If you steal big and can afford i battery of you Ret a light sentence If you steal small and try to defend self you get works We have equality of opportunity Ask any of our native people ask Metis or an if he have the same Sketches John McDonald Dayfoot tannery early industry C B It was the year after the 1837 thai J W W came Upper Canada from Vermont They did not come directly to Georgetown but established a tannery business in Ham i Hon J and Co came into in Georgetown in 1843 and consisted of Ihe tannery near what is now the corner of Mill and John Streets small dam was built just of the Canadian National tunnel where wanders through The resultant power was used to drive Ihe machinery in Ihe tannery Gradually the tanning business branched out into The tannery burned in 1868 and was never The firm known as C fool Co was formed in after the death of John for whom John Street named The firm specialised in manufacturing a heavy work boot which was sold to farmers prospectors lumber jacks and miners The label was a popular one In shoe stores throughout Ontario and all the Western provinces Solid TOE ASSEMBLED DAYFOOT family are Warner Charles Gertrude Dayfoot and Harry Clear Through was the company advertising slogan and high regard for quality was always main The shoe factory employed at various times between 100 local people while a small sales force visited lumber camps and mining towns promoting the Dayfoot Shoe line Skilled machine operators were always in demand as a quantity of in tncate machinery was required carry on sue and be competitive The shoe factory reflects the modernization program an early industrialist had to cope with as the factory powered which replaced a gasoline engine which replaced a steam system which in turn replaced the water turbine power used in the old tannery The Company was a family business in every aspect After the death of the two founding brothers J and W Dayfoot the new generation utilized various talents in keeping the com active Charles acted as president Harry as sales manager Warner as factory foreman worked In the factory while sister Gertrude acted as bookkeeper and office manager The Dayfoota were always a very community minded family Harry Dayfoot was Georgetown Hydro com missioner for a number or years during the 1930s Michael Dayfoot father of J Of ESQ was chosen first Deacon of the Georgetown Baptist Church at it s inaugural meeting held October 1W7 at a home in the village The village at this time con about a dozen dwellings whose occupants were either employed at the Barber Brothers mill or lanncry Michael was the first to the name Dayfoot a it change from Dafoe at the time of the American Involution In 1666 when a group of Baptists decided to erect Ihe present church building which stands at Ihe top of Main Street and now houses the Pentecostal Church two of the principal contributors to the project were J B and George Dayfoot Dayfoot ana was sold in 1944 to a Mr Ed Johnston who later bought out the Gravlin Bale Company in Campbellford and con solidated ihe Iwo businesses there The shoe factory was then sold in to the lledley Shot Company in Toronto who operated under the name of Georgetown Shoe Company for a number of years The shoe faclory sat idle for a number of years and was recent Iv used as a warehouse and sales outlet for a boat company before being con verted into an attractive apartment complex by Albert in 1966 Not only did the Dayfoot name bring national recognition to Georgetown with their popular boots and high quality but the family can truly be regarded as pioneers in the lealhcr and shoe trade in Ontario The only remnants of the family name in Georgetown is a result of Victoria Drive being renamed Drive on January l 1974 opportunity is tht white Mho has l fight his way through Upper ledge Trinity College and Hill law school He tell you Just be sure he hive a beer botllc in his hand when him And we have peace in our land Oh there s odd little fluster I ike the Mil kenzie rebellion in Ontario and Papincau rebellion in Quebec and the rebellion in west and some trying to a half nelson on the head of state in Ottawa and a of native people attacking mounlies in the place Hut these are just troublemakers Might There no question aboul it In this glorious nation of ours everybody Is equal The only rub is hat as George Orwell put it some are more equal than others Well those just a few of the things for which we should give thinks Then there ire all more tangible things We hive more oil and than we need but by George we ve sure the price is right and nose energy squandering can go cold and use candles We have two of Ihe longest railroads in Ihe world How about that hough of them despise would be travellers by rail we have two of the longest railroads in world We have some of the finest wheat in the world coming out of our ears even ihough we don I seem to be able to gel it the boxcars and onto ships to feed the hungry of the Third World And how many nations in world can brag lhat they have the second best hockey team in world Tints part of our national heritage and I think we should all give thanks for it There only one rub in this glowing picture Our rite soaring quite as rapidly as some of other countries In west But don worry about it Among them our politicians bus leaders and union bosses will soon have that sorted out and we be up there the best of them Be now Where would you rather live In wilh all people and pollution and culture and stuff In the S where the Great is not place In full of Australians Just sit back and give thanks you ire a Canadian living in the of all possible worlds Facts behind council decision Further to our conversation since I am fully aware of your desire to report ihe on council mailers wish to eorrect a repori which appeared in your paper on entitled Council to be Planning Body The information recorded may reflect committee meetings but I am referring to what actually happened at Council meetings 1 this year and myself introduced a constitute he Planning Board It was defeated six weeks ago 1 proceeded lo introduce a similar motion but was asked the Major if I would withdraw there was a notice of motion before Council to change our committee structure and had no been dulv considered The motion was withdrawn J On Tuesday October after a frustrating day on Regional Planning mailers Councillor and myself in troduced another motion to ha vc council act as our Planning Board After considerable discussion whieh brought out the reasons for such a recommendation the motion was passed When vote was taken the two coun cillors to whom you give the credit for In troducing the change the record will show that one was absent and Ihe other councillor voted against the motion The Free Press I Back Issues years ago investigated four auto accidents in this district Sunday involving nearly properly damage and three and ifter the Thanksgiving week end No serious injuries were reported of the Competition held in conjunction with fair are W points Griffin and layton Davis BR Wallace AitkcnfW It SomervilloBS A funny It IS entries It is rsus mud and even versus mud when the Mayors imilest in it the list annual Inter nation Plowing at on Am ing the inks of mayors plowing ill together wis s miyor d It is mud up to your ears seven of the night school courses in will ho held is decided of the Hilton school received in Milton and tort town were for classes in Acton a it MP constable who isvisitmj his home In spoke tn the rs of club their regular supper met ting Tuesday He told of hunting his work lift tn an ittcntlvc group showed colored slides of the north He wis Intro dined by red Wright th inked by Bill 50 years ago A moonshine camp in Ihe hush in the reir of the MeKmnon farm igaweya which his been for a number of I w is the scene of two officii visits during week Officers f the 1 iw id been given hint a visit to this more or less secluded pliee might bring snrm results Aceor lasl Silurdiy ifternoon Inspector Chief rson on a rcconnmlcrlng expedition I Wilson the energetic im Director of the Intern Plowing Milch demonstration of Tractor and I- held it last week ismeof the happiest men wilh In Ontario just now The plow mg he to be held on Mr Hulls fine firm Brampton wis biggest thing of kind ever held in the The weather was ideil the farm of widespre id w is in prime condition plowmen from all over the were present the machinery realized that here is in for exploiting modern m for purposes not often duplicated a where The was magnificent and reached incstimiteci of 73 On there were present Ha crowd pi coming so even on Saturday the closing is mo people showed up to follow the plowing contests iwirds of the judges through to the finish years ago The week has heen most eventual in tht of Transvaal important hive taken place in each use the being the sors At two points and the Boers were routed after fierce and prolonged A most regrettable feature of the campaign up this point has the large loss of British officers each of the Much regret is felt that I cneril wis mortally wounded his it r-rmr- is fine weather and his year exceptional fine was This id the effect of weather the the largest for veirs The show wjs in unqualified success in every particular The ixhibilsin class were quite up to the mark Campbell vs The Tinning Co It sin ears since i ease has been tried which has excited as much general interest as the action brought by Mrs hate of ami her two infant children the Tinning Co of and the firm of and Co of Toronto and in which action Mrs Campbell and her children claimed for the of Joseph Wesley Campbell the husband of Mrs The action arose under following with which Press readers ire mure or less famili ir THE ACTON FREE PRESS PHONE Business and Editorial Office Yours very truly Garnet