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Georgeto Wednesday June 6 TELEPHONE and Editorial Office Founded in 187S Published every by Printing at Street Anon L7J2M2 30 each 17 par year in Canada in al countries other than Canada The Ontario Com- u mad regain Hon Number Ken Bellamy Don Ryder Hartley Cotes Diectof of Advertising Managing Editor Tha Acton Fraa Prow la one of the Metrobnd group of auburben which Aurora Banner Tha Brampton Guardian The Post The ton Weekend Pom The Erabicoke Guardian Georgetown Independent Economat Sun Milton Champion Tha MuMtaugi News Tha New market Era Beaver Beaver Oxhawa Tha Week Othawa Weekend Waak OihawaVYhnby Weekend Richmond Hill Liberal The Scarborough Minor Tribune Tha Mirror and Liberal Pnntmo PuHtthmg a a division of Harlequin EtfBrproee Lvnited EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Editor Murrey Editor Helen Murray Mark Darkroom Nancy Tart Brown ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT AdvartWng Marwaar Cook Davy Suun Sandra CtaaaWad Jan niton Hal BUSINESS OFFICE Office Manager Accounting Pat Traffic congestion Anyone who has tried to manoeuvre a vehicle from Bower Avenue onto Mill Street and then turn left at certain times of the day may experience more than a little frustration The volume of traffic has in creased by leaps and bounds especially since the opening of the Hide House It has created some real traffic problems Last Friday about 330 pm a CN freight was shun ting on the Mill Street cross ing and there was almost chaos School was let out at about the same time Children were riding bicycles merrily down the street two and three abreast school buses added to the traffic volume as well as scores of children pedestrians At this juncture with traffic stretched half a mile on either side of the cross ing an ambulance pulled up The train crew cleared the tracks as soon as they could to let traffic through The ambulance did not have its lights flashing indicating there was no real hurry But the question is posed of course what if it had been an urgen matter Traffic had the am bulance blocked in so it would have been virtually impossible to turn around if it had been urgent It was not a typical situa tion but one that does hap pen rather frequently The towns traffic engineer might be able to figure out some realistic solution to the congestion Experiencing it first hand is the only way to really com prehend how frustrating it is for drivers trying to turn east on Mill St from any side street running off Bower Long freight trains and even heavy weekend traffic can create similar situa tions for the unwary mo caught in the traf fic The situation is com pounded at times when school is let out and children unaware of the in creased danger take chances both on foot and cycling DDayhope anxiety Gord Murray talked with veteran John Goy this week about the landings and the story brought back many memories of a day when relief was mixed with anxiety Those with sons or relatives overseas with the Canadian forces worried for their safety but the invasion also broke the suspense which had built up knowing it would happen some day The invasion prov ed to be the beginning of the end for the Nazis but the price was 340 men killed and 575 Canadians wounded that first day Casualties among the flower of Canadas youth continued to mount as the invasion went inland Practically every week The Free Press carried pic tures of local boys killed in action or wounded both in the European theatre or the Italian campaign It was an anxious time and one we would not relish repeating Victory after victory followed that first day on the beaches of Nor mandy and the length of the war became shorter and shorter The war ended less than a year later with the surrender of the Nazis and Hitlers suicide but it will long remain as years of hope as well as tragedy Overpaid at Region Are regional councillors overpaid In comparison to local councillors and school board trustees the answer is a definite Yes If the amount of money spent by a government level reflects the amount of reponsibility the higher regional salaries are unwarranted It should be pointed out the higher salaries are not the fault of the present regional council They were set at a higher level when regional government was established in 1974 Halton Hills spends approximately 30 cents of each tax dollar and a local councillor receives school board spends 54 cents of the tax dollar and a trustee receives However regional coun cil spends only 16 cents of the same tax dollar and regional councillors are paid Hills Mayor Miller gets School Board Betty Fisher and Regional Chairman Pete It is difficult to determine the amount of work involv ed in each post but the regional chairmans post when originally set up by the province was con sidered a fulltime job We are not urging a jump in pay for local councillors and school trustees to catch up with the region scale But rather are calling for a rollback of the recent regional increase and a freeze at that level for some time 56CMTS or success Arms From the editors I saw hell on earth I think I have a better under standing of what the expression hell on earth means now I recently had to go to Canadas great white north on emergency family business and part of my travels plunked me down in a lovely little hell hole called Rankin Inlet on Hudson Bay Let me regress a bit first and tell you spent four days in Yellow- knife which is an Ihe west side of the Territories and theyre having a lovely welcomed early spring My brother told me before went up to bring spring clothes It was nice and warm They were having an early spring after the easiest winter he had experienced In five years Therefore you can understand my surprise when as we flew over the lakes and rivers even Great Slave Lake and saw much much more ice than open water Dave said later it takes a while for or more feet of Ice to melt Well I was glad Id brought along some winter clothes as a precaution You see Ive never been up there In winter only early summer and each time theyve told me It would be warm and then theres a cold snap mild to those hearty folk up there but a wee bit chilly to we southerners I wasnt taking any chances It was quite worm the night we arrived A cold front rolled in during the night and while the next three days were sunny sunnier for hours longer than were used to even with Daylight Saving Time because theyre getting into their days now but it was quite and there was a bite in the air Anyway Helen and I must have looked like quite a sight to the locals all bundled up when we were downtown when the guys are wearing light weight suits and jackets and the gala summer dresses We also saw a good number of people in shorts and Tshirts I think as soon as it gets over degrees Fahrenheit they become beach bums up there Anyway that was the kind of weather we had at Ycllowknife and sets the stage for what I discovered on the east side of the Territories Rankin Inlet was a short stop on the way back from to Winnipeg and a connecting flight back to Toronto As we flew east across the north it wasnt long before we started to encounter the real north Barren wasteland Snow and ice for miles as far as the eye can see in every direction Not a tree or anything else green anywhere in sight either At the sad looking grass on front lawns was starting to green up a tich buds were forming on trees theres precious little snow left and it looks like spring even though I didnt think it felt that way The only break in the all white and very forbidding terrain was the odd rock protruding As the landing time for Rankin drew near I started watching for he community I looked and looked Nothing Then all of a sudden there was this large rock sticking up from the while sea with buildings on It The only color was a few green pointed buildings Then wc were landing on a gravel runway You may recall Im not the calmest flyer and I was more than a little disturbed when I went up north last summer and found I was travelling from Winnipeg and back on a plane with four props You can Imagine what a white knuckle flyer thought of landing in the same plane on a gravel runway than ends where the ice starts again All you could see on all sides of the inhabited rock was snow and ice right to every horizon It was sunny out though so I decided to venture from the plane to the shabby little terminal My brother warned me it would be quite cold and it was below degrees Fahrenheit He didnt mention the wind It was blasting so strongly I was literally carried to the terminal A family friend who lives there old me theyre having spring too He also told me about the winter in Rankin For example for days after a storm began on Boxing Day he didnt see the house across the road even once because of blowing snow What struck me most besides the weather was he extreme Isolation No roads out only planes and nowhere to go nothing to see outside the community of 1000 people I wondered how people ever ended up there and my brother reported it began as a mining community When there was a mine fire and it wasnt reopened years ago the community remained because the government kept the native peoples coming to Rankin for medical and other services Its pretty much a government town these days Now if you want a really clear picture of what the place is like and you watched a TV movie earlier this year about the race between two explorers for the North Pole youllhaveagoodidea The flick I cant find anyone who can exactly remember the whole name it was and Perry Quest for the Pole I think was shot in Rankin in early summer It sure looked white and cold on TV Anyway I was glad I saw the real north every Canadian should sometime and Just as glad to get away from Rankin It was so depressing even for a half hour Ive been north three times now I think thats enough for any life time Alcoholics Anonymous AA gives drinkers best chance by Hugh Wei trap Members of Alcoholics Anon ymous seem to have a better chance of beating their drinking problems than alcoholics who dont join AA according to a study by the Alcoholism and Drug Dep endency Commission of New Brun swick Preliminary findings from the study conducted by staff psy chologist David McTimoney ind icate that members do leas dal ly less morning drink ing and are more likely to be employed members also reported fewer memory lapses fewer hal lucinations fewer quarrels and less drinking on the job than those who didnt attend AA says surveyed 103 alcoholics who had sought help at detoxification centres in Ibe Ince Each client was encouraged to Join Alcoholics Anonymous and was required attend one meeting at a government treat ment centre Fortyone clients joined AA and did not McTimoney examined the pro gress of nil 104 clients over a 12- month period following the dates they checked into the government treatment centres McTimoney says both the members and the group did less dally drinking and less morning drinking over the course of the year but the improvement was greater among the AA group Employment increased among the AA members but decreased among the group Not on ly were more people employed but fewer of them were missing days of work says McTimoney One of the most striking differ ences between the two groups was religious participation At the time they joined AA per cent of the group said they were active By the end of one year Si per cent said they were But only per cent of the group initially were active church goers and this number dropped to per cent by the end of months I expect this difference is due to the fact that Alcoholics Anonymous has a definite spiritual base to it even though it doesnt preach a specific religion says McTimoney If you look at a piece of literature like Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions you find many references to Cod and to a power greater than ourselves McTimoney says may at tract people with a spiritual bent or may be Influential in turning people towards religion Each client in the study was initially given a medical and a psychological examination both of which are routine procedures at the government treatment centra After the tests clients may be put on drug therapy or a special diet or may be advised In seek counselling 10 years ago Jane 1174 A strike by outside workers In Halton Hills has been averted Local of Canadian Union of Public Service Employees last Thursday voted per cent to accept the latest town offer of a cent pay hike from April until October of this year and a cent an hour boost from October on This brings the basic laborers rate October to the amount the union originally demanded Actons July i Centennial Days celebration are moulding into shape A Speysldc resident won the nod to represent In the July federal election Archie Brown defeated 43yearold student Don during a meeting in Milton Thursday night years ago 20 years ago June 1864 Word has been received this week that Ted Pratt will take over as manager of the Acton branch of the Bank of Montreal within a couple of weeks He replaced William who Is moving to Toronto A staunch Orangeman and probably Actons oldest resident Charles Kelly Browne is celebrating his birthday today Thursday and is greeting old and new acquain tances in his confectionery and tobacco shop on Main St N Grade 13 reunion for the graduating class of was held Saturday afternoon at the high school The reunion was first one attempted and coordinators Marilyn Young and Mrs James Zehr Shirley Mason were quite happy with the turnout 50 years ago June Actons Pioneer Cemetery which for years has been a neglected spot was seen on Sunday afternoon In a renovated state hat has been the dream of many of the ancestors and friends for years Five Acton residents are in the General Hospital as a result of a headon collision between two motor cars on Saturday evening on the Main Street of the Village of Erin The injured are Reeve E Thetford who suffered a broken right jaw broken breast bone and several fractured ribs Mrs E Thetford a broken ankle and severe cuts on the face and head Mr Howard Allison driver of the Acton car a broken knee cap and head injuries Mrs Allison head injuries which rendered her condition very critical and little Norton William Norton lacerations to her chin and throat and injuries to her mouth when several teeth were broken years ago 75 years ago Mr N Forbes has about com pleted the foundations for the com modious bank bams for Messrs Alex McDonald on the second line opposite Lome School and Mr P Watkins of the first line whose bam was destroyed by fire last summer Rev J pastor of the Baptist Church has been in poor health this post week or so and unable to take his work The pulpit was occupied last Sunday by Mr P Moore Mrs Robert Agnew and Mrs George Hynds and Master Joe left on Tuesday on a two trip to Manitoba The carpenters and plasters are busy finishing up Mr Sayers house on Church St It is hinted that wedding bells will ring Joyously and frequently in Acton and vicinity this month years ago 100 years ago The Lords Army meetings have not been very well attended during week Cap Carrieseemsto have failed to a considerable extent in winning sympathy and confidence of the people We have examined the plan showing a number of improvements are proposed to be made to St Church The plan represents the present building raised several feet veneered brick the tower on south east comer of the building extended to the south west limits of lot stained glass windows on Willow street and the entrance through Ihe tower on Ihe West Bower Aienue side of the building Mrs flower garden is now in all its glory and beauty