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The Acton Free Press Wed December 196 In this age of automobiles the country dweller is even more dependent on wheels than city neighbor Rural people us ually have more vehicles lying around too Maybe they don t all work but the man of the house is going to get around to fix ing them one day or he waiting until they become tors items In the meantime there plenty of room behind the drive shed Stale and inch The country woman has at her disposal a great variety of wheels from Jeeps to pickups to tractors She never stuck for something to do the shopping in even if the manure spreader Is still hooked on behind I was once presented with a three ton dump truck for tootling around town A good friend used to drive an ancient stake truck She even took it supply teaching She looked as cute as a button all mini skirted blue eye shadow perched behind the wheel of her runabout Mack courted me in a 1948 International Harvester pickup called Jezebel It was held together with baling wire and scotch tape but it ran My father would shuddenngly request that Mack park his truck around the comer as close to the neighbors as possible Shiny all mine Two years ago I became the proud owner of a regular car Granted it was a Ford but to me it was as gorgeous as a brand new Thunderbird It had power steering brakes automata choke and a dash full of fancy knobs and dials No more opining the seat belt and diving half way across the cab to flip the heater from defrost to interior No more at stop lights when the choke skipped After nothing but jeeps and trucks I thought I had died and gone to heaven Mind you there were certain responsibilities that went along with my new car For one ng I had to keep it clean The yearly wash given the pickups was not enough for my dark blue beauty Mack admonished me to keep it full of gas and oil and gave me the key That sail there was to it No instruction booklet no rules and regulations for the female mcchan Nothing Being brought up in the era when played with dolls and learned how to make spaghetti sauce I t a clue what went on under the hood besides some I rather not know about thank you very much ft a Id Mack believe in maintenance for his fleet of Fords three Whenever I mentioned an obscure clunking in the vicinity of the radiator Mack would mutter someth ng about the fuel pump and wait till it breaks and we II get a This frequent phrase terrified me What if it broke while I was miles from home on the in rush hour Fortunately most things fell off within spitting distance of our friendly neighborhood Ford dealer However Mack still expected miracles of me and was constantly surprised when I let the car fall apart When brake warning light came on and I limped home convinced I was going to raci out of control down Ospnnge hill Mack scathingly inquired Don you ever check the brake fluid Brake fluid The day the power steering went on the car SO miles from home on the at rush hour Mack asked if I thought to top up the power steering fluid Mind you I did learn to check the oil myself and the first day I gaily out at the service station telling the chap I handle the dip stick I discovered I I know how to open the hood Tobkllhlt The gentlemen who sold me the car told me it would be good for two years I ve now had it two years and two months He was right The last two months have been a nightmare of problems Either I become well a qua in ted with engines and tran being confidently able to tell when the fifth piston from the left is out of sync Or I go bock to a horse and buggy Tomorrow I will spend the day polishing up the buggy and warning old Gypsy that she better not blow her exhaust on Main Street CVCA outlines facilitiesfor trail SOME GARAGES ON GREENORE Crescent are going to the dogs pair of pooches seemed to in separate worlds within their roomy dog nouses Teacher pool shrank Credit Valley Conservation Authority will present a brief to the Ontario Trails Council November 24 to outline the trail facilities available within the watershed and access to trail building capabilities of the Authority The brief states the Bruce Trail runs for seven miles through the square miles of watershed The Credit Valley Footpath Club plans a riverside trail to follow most of the Credit The Authority currently owns six miles of nature and educational trails and miles of cross country ski trails according to report Future plans call for ex in walking cross country ski bicycle and horseback trails Also where ap propriate in non sensitive areas snowmobile trails will be lengthened Trails for the blind and physically handi capped art also planned The three page report goes on to comment on canoeing facilities along the river and promotion of educational resources in areas of en vironmental geographic and ng subjects Outlining CVCA philosophy the brief slated Authority staff arc aware of necessity to plan compatible use trails wisely and restrict motorized vehicles In sen areas in fact the urges the Trails Council not to en courage motorized vehicles reasoning energy con sumption and noise pollution ore undesirable The brief concludes with a request for financial assistance from the Trails Council to aid In setting up further trails and ask the Trails Council to sponsor an educational program in outdoor use During discussion of the brier at a recent CVCA meeting Acton member Gail expressed her views of trail compatibility and questioned one area of the brief listing useagc She said she personally happened to believe trails should be kept for non motorized use General Manager Harry Watson commented this would be a good thing to show to William Coates who is presently setting up the master plan for Silvercreek Park is also chair man of the Ontario Trails Council According to George Roberts CVCA Education Officer trails at Terra Cotta are presently being improved and a cross country ski trail Is being marked out A trail for the blind and disabled will be completed in The area is also being mapped for orienteering purposes The special pool of surplus teachers set up by Board of in the fall when elementary enrolment fell far below projections is shrinking fast pool started off with teachers including three ful time and one pari time from North in September liiese served as supply and worked on special programs at schools resignations maternitj of absence created enough open for them in reguhr classrooms For Board of Education and DO YOU WANT ACTION for ACTON GORD DAWE REGIONAL COUNCILLOR WARD I ACTON An accident Nov on Churchill N involved cars driven by Mary Wal ft 4 Georgetown and Douglas Churchill Rd The first car had estimated damage the second police re cords show VOTE DEC 6 th IMBIMIQ FOR MILTON COUNCIL WARD 3 MILTON ELECT VAN ARMSTRONG With Experience and Sincere Representation Voting a m 8 m Dec 6 PHONE fr Information a tie SOFT WATER SAVES HERES WHAT YOU GET Lovelier hair and complexion No bathtub ring 75 less soap used in laundry A cleaner wash whites are white again No 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