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B4 The Acton Free Press Wed June Fireworks on Sunday An advance note of thanks to the firefighters and Rotanans who are planning the Dominion Day cele bration for the town It will wisely be on the Sunday when most people can participate Youngsters can spend a day of optimism in the fishing derby In the evening there will be the fighting display and then the high light the fireworks Food booths will be open Even though the Rotary club has given up on its chicken barbecue supper can still be purchased there if fam ilies wish The Dominion Day program is an event for the community of Acton and district and we dont have many of them Good weather will guarantee a good crowd Editorial Make opinion known There is to be another free vote in parliament this time on the air safety issue Surely this is an excel lent idea which should be followed more often After all we have the expectations that our Members of Parliament represent us Just where their loyalties are split be their party and their people is hard for us to tell Wed like to think our wishes mean much to them So if you have a firm opinion on the airline issue now is the time to write Philbrook and tell it to him He cant represent people he hear from What is a block parent It would be nice to think that every child is surrounded by neigh bors who would be always willing to help In many instances that is so but not always Times are changing there are many newcomers without relatives or friends here No longer does a child know ail the people on a street So people are trying to organize a block parent program for the fall They need support in their plan to benefit our whole community Perhaps there are many who are uncertain what a block parent does Here is some information obtained from the Guelph program 1 What is the Block Parent Program A Block Parent Program consists of several homes in each block displaying a Block Parent sign This signifies to a child that protection and res ponsible assistance in an emergency is available at that home when the sign is displayed The main purpose of the Block Parent Program is to dis courage troublemakers safety of your children When should children go to these homes Children are to go to these homes ONLY in cases of emergency such as Alarmed by Strangers Accident Illness Bullies Vicious Dogs and other emergency incidents 4 What will the Block Parent do In emergencies involving child molesters the Block Parent will call the police and parents while offering protection to the child In emergencies involving physical injury or illness the Block Parent will be advised to contact the childs parents If the parents are unavailable the Block Parent will then contact the Police Force if warranted Each Block Parent home has a list of emergency tele phone numbers for reference The Block Parent is not expected to Give food and bever age or render first aid or provide toilet facilities Leave his home to break up fights though the appro priate authorities should be con tacted if deemed necessary A Block Parent has no legal status except his or her natural status as a private citizen He or she is simply a volunteer who has agreed to act as a sensible res ponsible adult in an emergency involving the children of your community Of this and that Reporters who cover public school events all year long saw their young friends as ladies and gentlemen last week at the gradua tion banquet What a fine looking group they were Healthy happy mannerly and enthusiastic Theyll be an asset to the high school and then to our community The Free Press has only heard of one suggestion of a new name for the middle school due to begin operation in the fall Any more ideas A few children have been har- birds on their nests and destroying eggs at the lake this spring They need talking to Acton is fortunate that need for repairs to the arena were foreseen and looked after The repairs had been a longrange project initiated by Acton council At one time they were part of the towns plans to celebrate our centennial Isnt there plenty of snow there in the winter THIS FAMILY THOUGHT some following the memorial service at Eden Mills Presbyterian Church would be appropriate The photographer on the left drove from the United States for the service and returned there later Sunday Many placed flowers or plants in the cemetery next to the church after the hour long afternoon service The Presbyterian Church was built of stone in Sugar and Spice by As ill host who Imiiurdii igulmsporls Hun isers Hun lint i mil t hum One I t Mm libit thru runs hind three runners the count thru ml and sutisniisli i home run diss liter in Hit still Hum sou strike i ut Stmt mm imuIs sou in in Su linn sou in booed if j irk 1 to rtpirl Hi it if Hie thinks 1 m lit ro Hut this Ins ilss for t tl if Hit imu slit Hunks imiii in bum Smiles sou in bum irs bum I is procr Bill Don I think sit Hit rt mil it Oh no 1 mil sunn llui never hi Id stuid job in her hfi is mother and housewife hit no who It it Ins ill runs department with inilu in writes i wnkls in ilktt But seems not liking tin stmt I Shis I liking Hiding short of worst Hi in i if tie up rithir thin pining iboul tin higher things in lift fir is 111 Hint I But in limited is I mi no in across Hit proir things considered somt suspicious who in too aggres to istinatt Hut third it rtn in pejunitivi run irk bum Issillnol iiupl nol even fnin tin Old is one of ri end work I I tin feu i mums would it I not tin ttler I Ins i worked 1 is tstiiphiiL lint tit nut I is Horns don intend to iu rk ill mine up the this is nun Is to lilt I null of this for ilniosl hours eoupk of ss ife thought I is t hero bum Ihecif in ustnlls I Miguel tlmut coing to good hotel suing couple of tup shows indenting i guurmil dinner or isso in posh rtstiurinls Sin ihtnks its all sit onus sMckuul I all it I In trunk tin is sprung mm linking into telephone pole No get t to tin show mill lis win to st hni for in hour or Hi it gourtiiel grub which is step 1h Iter than Hit lot gre iss light turns as in sir mud go to second r Hi hotel burping garlic which is i multitude of sins and sulkily l show sse siss is rt run 1 1st November Unit It wis like limit driven lis v ho knows what buried guilt I sneaked to the telephone one evening and laid everything on Best hotel in the lloom over looking tin lake Tickets or two shows Dinner reservations Next day I got the car gassed Sneaked away early from work Old Girl it Every thing ssorked I screwed up our risers alums for once Traffic was hut only one driver really went of his way to gel us The shows ssere it rrtfn Dinners were excellent no tiling tin was splendid I think His had finally decided to let poor old Bill Smiles be something other than i bum least for hours sat the floor looking over the lake while my wife shopping next morning md wondered what the poor people were doing I t help thinking that God wan in His heaven for and ill ssus right with the world But wait ltdidn tend here doing out of the tils dropped in to our grand sons with gifts They wanted lu k isc Ihur parents and come home with Hit and Gran How about And one final frosting on Ihe case We got home 1 o And Be Hold The storm windows hid taken off and he polished The lawn had been and pi looked great l forgotten to tell the storm man and the boy who cuts the lawn that we d be assay I didn let on Just said Well I see the s irltts use work as instructed believe this but the old lady Bill you re nut a lazy procrastinating hum How s that for an accolade OUR READERS WRITE The plight of the ducks Dominion Day is there any other country youd rather com plain about No Canada is our favorite strikes taxes closings and all Golden Age club members would like to have their shuffle- board court set up somewhere Apparently it is at the arena awaiting a suitable spot Club members have suggested it go beside the tennis courts so it will have the same night lights Good idea How come none of the arenas closed are in the Toronto area Editor Acton Free Press The lakeside sign behind Ihe arena is plain enough Please do feed the wild fowl Although sign is nol bilingual almost everyone will be able to read it except creatures involved who alas are no longer wildfowl The fact is most of Ihe ducks living on Fairy Lake are domesticated almost as lame as barnyard fowl Whether Ihe ban on feeding will force them back into their natural mallard mould Is debatable No one hopes more I thai this will be Ihe main result of a plan aimed at the restora tion of migratory instincts which our ducks lost after five or six years of semi sanctuary living I hope they take a broad hint I hope by late fall our Fairy Lake fowl will have flown off for warmer and more hospitable en vironments I shudder to think of another ulcerating winter of watching the lake gradually freeze around our duck papula Even when our socalled sanctuary was operating under civic approval no pro visions were made for winter conditions Year alter year Ihe same crisis developed causing recriminations and buck passing At the last minute ihe fowl were either moved to the dam past winter- trapped and housed In the poultry barn The truth Is the sanctuary thai never really was got started without any thought Thecxpertsdidnot gel into the act until two winters ago when wc witnessed and heard the fiasco of the The controversy resulted in the death of some ducks how many the general public myself included never knew It also caused the exile of two pet geese Candy and Peeper and their four young a heart break ing least most winch was quite unnecessary as those domestic geise would not have hybridized All this of course is history restved only to prove Ihil our handling of some thing which began merrily is a wildfowl left to be desired prime concern this ind for the rest of summer is the plight of thi ducks who will no longer he fed I will be by the it a flock of or do iroundsuppcrtinie or a familiar figure toting two feed bigs Or to put it inelegantly an old bag carrying bags to comply with the no feeding edict I started an experiment at the of winter Instead of Iwo illy trips morning evenings as in pasl springs and sum mcrs I limited my feeding jaunts to one per day Late afternoons or evenings I reasoned the ducks had all day to forage for food If Ihey were still hungry by day end there was not enough natural food in the lake to sustain them The way it turned out flock awaited me obviously hungry and ready to gobble everything in sight I have frequently heard the argument thai fowl eat for the sake of eating at any time This be true for some fowl but NOT our fairy lake ducks There Is a marked difference between gluttony and hunger I question the theory that there Is plenty of natural food In Fairy If such Is the case how come the lake attracted few wild fowl in past years before the welcome sign went up As a Free press reporter put It earlier We have to be cruel to be kind The new signs are up As a reasonably law abiding citizen I expect to comply However this does nol stop me from wondering and worrying ibout ere which other 1 hive helped to tame ixtmpk sslul will happen to Ihe wliilt irmdiik with the badly injured she forafie for herself I doubt it In short I think i problem which one season m iy not solve or myself in order to obey the ban 1 may have to slay from the pirk hi cause if the ducks spot me they will come running hopefully I m going to miss little white a isso with i brood of bib is plus four orphans am going to miss Big Ding i comical large domestl ited duck who with r drake long since s gone missing made an appearance this spring I hope our ducks and two families of geese survive the summer without too much hardship 1 hope they all fly off in the fall Then I will no longer be fretting about their welfare realize only loo well that there are many more pressing problems in these troubled turns But remember the old childhood hymn about you In your small corner and in mine Sadly my small corner in eludes a flock of ducks who arc no longer wildfowl Esther Taylor Man of dynamic inaction The Free Press I Back Issues 20 years ago Taken from the of Free of June 1956 IB who ran away from a farm gang the Ont ario Reformatory Tuesday was recaptured by reformatory guards yesterday alongside the railway tracks at Acton Kelley would have been eligible for release in October Canadians will be celebrating the coun try birthday Monday and the news paper office will be closed from Saturday noon until Tuesday morning No opening ceremony to salute Actons new Maria Street bridge Is in the offing A doien girls dressed in white with white veilsand 13 boys in dark suits with meres and armbands made their First Joseph Church on Sunday It was the east of the Nativity of St John the Baptist The children were Wolfgang Bohdan Dye John David McMillan Robert Holmes Phillip Sargent Michael Sargent James Cooney Andy Dye Gregory peter Van Hoektlen Mary Linda Gervais Ella Scelen Stroyan Margaret Holmes Madeleine Drew Ann Bennett Susan Fleming Rita and Theresa Mario 50 years ago Taken rom the issue the Press of Thursday July 1 1926 On Saturday afternoon the armers of this community with their families and friends a very enjoyable picnic at Stanley Pork A Rood program of games was held and three baseball matches On Monday afternoon the teachers of the public school had a motor drive to Erin and a pic roc in Stanley Park in honor of Miss Craig principal of the high school who is about to terminate her engagement here Regret is felt at the severing of the warm lies which have subsisted between the and Miss Craig The improvements Prospect Park are apparently much desired Representatives from slnslilutc Acton Citizens Band chapters Chamber of Com the Baseball Club and the Act n frail Fair were all present at a meeting last to discuss this project Mr C E Parker presided The suggestion of pur chasing the Bell property arid Storey Glove Co lots on Bower Ave was ruled out of order The improvements suggested were the rounding out of the entrance and con of Knox and Park Aves Ihe Hon of a bandstand the procuring of seals and providing facilities for a motor camp The election of an executive committee to handle these improvements in a way resulted as follows president C has E Parker VicePresident Mrs Jas secretary Geo Agnew treasurer Mrs V Rumley 100 years ago Taken from the Issue of he Free Press Thursday June2 This issue of the Free Press completes the first year of existence are pleased to be able to say the business of the office has proved to be successful and that we feel warranted in continuing to expend more labor upon the paper in Ihe effort to make it more valuable to the readers Our advert have been most liberal in heir advert patronage but calculate in future to be able to crowd the advertisements into less space by using smaller type so as to enable us to give a larger share of reading matter We hope all our present patrons and many more ssill come forward with their dollars for their coming sub scription The fr Press is in its infancy cannot grow and be vigorous unless it is nourished The drill shed has been secured by some of our young men and it is being filled up for strawberry festivals and promenade con certs during the summer on thedrillshed is now thepoultry building in the park Dominion Day in NassaguweyaA grand pic will be held on the beautiful grove on Mr Jackson farm two miles west of There will be dancing for which prizes will be given also base ball races jumping and other amuse ments Mason s Quadrille band has been engaged Tea is half two clock Our American cousins have been on the tiptoe of excitement over he Presidential nomination i Out rank Philbrook is faced with ilikmmn in the depute over Bilingual Air I riffie Control He could take the side of the controllers pilots and the majority of his constituents and risk his political career with the Liberal parly or he could side with the government and make a sham of our democratic form of government Being a man of dynamic inaction he has done the predictable Nothing rank Richards Spcyside Restoration of town hail Vour pictures and comments about the Old Town Hall brought back many happy memories and I don consider myself an old timer High School Al Homes I E dances community Public School Operettas New Year Eve dances municipal meetings are but a few of Ihe ninny activities that were held in Ihe Old Town Hall The building certainly deserves special consideration Is it economical to restore it Is there an interested group in town o initiate the idea The and Glen Williams halls ore excellent examples of what can be done when public Interest is aroused There are grants available to help with their work It is hoped that someone or some group will pick up your suggestion and start the wheels In motion that will breathe new life Into a building which was the centre of the community years ago Pat MORI I ON PAGE THE ACTON FREE PRESS PHONE 2010 Business and Editorial Office 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