Done their job well A lovely young lady with exceptional talent for communicating with an audience told people at the annual commencement exercises Friday she felt her high school education wasted the best of her life Speaking with admirable frankness to a large audience of parents friends I LL TRADE YOU this for that doll Jennifer Why bargained outside while mothers were inside patronizing the savs to Dawson while a kangaroo outside arts and crafts sale Saturday afternoon at the Denny s Fourth the arts and crafts displa at the home of Mrs Jack Line home Staff Photo Acton with a waste basket The girls Smiley It seems if we are to financial experts that Canada is in for a tough time economical Them are at it again The are paying as much attention to our various trade missions and professional as would a buffalo charging toward a with a flea on his back screaming that he too would be killed if the buffalo went over the edge Well as the fltas we can blame it on but ourselves Its too comfortable riding around on the back of thai big fat buffalo Better we should have been wasps stinging inste id of sucking Newspaper editorials are the blues telling the government to do something about it or ing to assure tht nailers lhai the is not out to us might as wtll save their It too Lite for there no use telling present government to do about and the US not interested in getting us it is interested insetting itself Writers of letters lot heeditors are of fering some but largely ir rational advice to anyone who will listen Some would tut the Yanks off from all our sources That would be like cutting off jour nose to improve jour appearance would seize or seriously polite all Amenc in subsidiary companies in Tint would result in further as the Yanks started closing pi inb of them heavily subsidized our own and started pulling in ir horns mouse tan frighten an elephant at cording to legend but a rat can t Stop a ship from sinking threatening to jump And a lovely mixed for to ponder over on with the cliches Canadians in ri iping what have sown For several have invited nay capital to invest in this country hut refused to invest in their preferring something safer like Lilian Tr or A T and T Die is crawling with British Swedish derm in ind pi direetedfrom id Iwondtrhow in nil in imes would find periling sum in any of those From the editors desk least one Acton has regained his equilibrium following disappointing showing of his part in last Thursdaj election lou sees the results as a blessing disguise for the liberals He reasons the Conservatives received votes that might have gone to the because voters figured the liberals had no chance of forming a eminent With Conservative strength so vigorous now lou figures they cant blame the opposition for errors The onus is on them to produce If the Tones had a government the would been able to blame man of their problems on the opposition suyslou And there would have been some people to believe them It would be hard for the Tories lo people arc being persecuted with such a few seats occupied b the opposition parties now he Four years hence leu predicts the Tories will have hung themselves and this will give the liberals the chance need- under a new leader perhaps Anyway he is and taking a long range view of the liberals failure to come through with an appreciable amount of seats Meanwhile Tom Watson local and selfconfessed Tory savs Bob and his cronies can blame of their problems on the federal and especially Pierre Trudeau the iv Tom sees it Trudeau made a big mistake inviting Soviet to Canada and manv people showed their displeasure by voting for the in tht provincial election the message would get through to the federal 1 iberals through provincial Hi listed other weaknesses of Hit ludov eminent which he feels also tuntribuud to the swing to the conservatives including mployment IK in have point this scribe would consider tht next federal election a much better protest than one processed through Bob who is a different sort of man than Mr did the Liberals and the New IXniocritu get their lumps in this election it the high geared advertising campaign the I es mounted the closing staces of the campaign Humor of course suggests money for the Madison Avenue bombardment of came from the insurance companies who were prepared to spend all kinds of it to ensure the did not come to power with ideas of stateowned auto Insurance We v seen am proof of this so will have to discard it as just rumor untd someone comes up with some kind of evidence Person ilh we feci the voters had many reasons for choosing the Conservatives over the liberals or the NDP Thev admirers and teachers of graduates she said she had been subjected to much useless Information which students were told would be beneficial to the mind Learning she felt should have been enjoyable instead of unhappy years of useless learning Teachers who listened to the valedictorian and felt they had done their bent to give students of the grad uating class some of the best years of their lives were slightly hurt But they neednt have been If Acton district high school can turn out lovely young ladies who can express such forceful opinions with the this young lady did then they have done their Job well UNICEF boon to children In an era when reaching for the moon has ceased to describe an impossibility there is no longer any excuse for the world to permit its children to go hungry in body and mind to be deprived of the essentials of life food medical care and opportunities Yet of the twelve children who are born every few seconds in the developing countries of the world two will not survive more than a few days six will suffer from malnutrition Of the eight who survive to school age only four will set foot inside a school and only two will complete elementary school education which is supported entirely by voluntary contributions is helping children over the developing world to a better life so much more could he done if more money were available and in world terms so little is needed UNICEF spends million each year to reach 100 million of the billion children in need Thats equivalent to half a nuclear submarine or two hours worth of the worlds defense Smashing Tory victory Another cliche You cant have your cake and eat it We have all the ingredients for the cake But rather than bake it ourselves we send them to foreign bakers buy it back from them and find that it mostly crumbs One more You can t have it both ways You can t be half capitalist half socialist And if you want to play around with a giant among capitalists like the you need more protection than an jock strap You don t send in your high school second string juniors to play against the pros Have I a solution Of course I have This economic lecture wasn t prepared without deep thought and deeper rtseireh let s stop running around in ever decreasing circles like that bird of legend You know its fate Second let not bite the hand that feeds us Unless that hand tries to give us a cuff on the ear Then bite to hurt rhird I pull in our belts get oft our tails and start competing with industri in other countries In short stop producing shoddy merchandise at inflated prices I II lake a wage freeze will vou Thus tht lesson felt the Conservatives were the best choice at this tune although it is true more voters picked the other two parties Ontario has traditional Conservative espetiall with a liberal in powir at Ottawa Maybe if the tide turns the Conservatives do regain power in tin and liberals will shine So whatever your political feelings you might is wtll adjust to at least four more years of Conservative rule And 1 think we will live through it don t you Doris Craham wonders whether Acton t missing out on some new kind of with the side effects of its leather industry She sends an advertising blurb for a new perfume which traced the history of fragrance through the ages Of all the world peoples the French became the true perfecters of great perfumes And it happened almost Fragrance has fascinated men and women from at least as long as man recorded his history but by the century the French were the acknowledged experts in glove making and gloves often required perfuming to disguise the scent of leather Sounds familiar The heart of the glovemaking business was in France and therefore the blurb points out its people learned to Ontario voters left no doubt they preferred Bill Davis and the Progressive Conservative government with a smashing election victory last Thursday Voters in Halton reelected George Kerr and Jim Snow with resounding margins while John Root retained his seat by a large vote reflecting the trend across the province Liberals and New Democrats in this area were deflated by the steamroller Tory avalanche wondering where they went wrong It seemed voters are satisfied with the present administration and glowing promises for the future rejecting Liberal and platforms with equal scorn Only consolation for the opposition parties was the popular vote across Ontario showed more people wanted a change than desired to keep Bill Davis and his confreres However it is seats that count and the Tones added ten more to the total they had at the dissolution of the Legislature So Ontario is either struck with or relishing the new government depending on your point of view Certainly the winners used all the available advertising and campaign techniques to forge the victory and who can blame them They were also available to the other parties although they were less well bankrolled Among the glowing promises of the Davis government are extension of the GO train system to Georgetown establishment of a new provincial park on the doorstep of the Bronte GO station and extension of Highway from Ospnnge to beyond Grand Valley These are all practical matters which could have been done anytime but were saved until the election time to add voter appeal Either of the two parties would have used the same kind of bait had they been in power but we still dont like it preferring instead to see them carried or half a moon rover vehicle It is also equivalent to Canadas annual expenditure on candy and toothpaste When children from this district collect coins for UNICEF on Halloween they are assisting the less fortunate in parts of the world In addition to teaching us a lesson in loving our neighbors Last year they collected nearly 700000 across the country Be generous when they call again this year Love your neighbor out and let people decide for themselves on the record On the local scene Minister of the Environment George Kerr was so popular there was no chance of anyone unseating him Mr and Mr Mulkewich did all that could be expected but George Kerr has built up such a reputation in the county with his reasonable pipe smoking demeanor they faced an almost impossible task Halton Easts cabinet minister Jim Snow also demonstrated he has built up a large following in that riding as he ran up a large margin on his three opponents John Root showed he has lost none of his political sagacity by taking from two challengers including popular Cam Lush and outgoing Alan Congratulations are in order to all winners and condolences to losers who should remember that there will be a next time despite the disappointments of the moment Page 20 years ago Taken from the issue of the Free Press of Thursday Novembers 1951 Acton new snow blower was delivered one day ahead of the big snow storm Snow blanketed die roads and there were many weekend accidents The snow blower was put to the acid test clearing the slushy snowfall and by evening the bulk of the snow snow was cleared loaded in trucks and hauled aw It looks as if it going to play a big part in keeping Acton streets the best in any town flic Guild of St Alban held a very successful tea and bazaar Friday evening and Saturday afternoon The rec lor wife Mrs I and the president of ilmld Mrs Thomas Jones received the guests and poured tea Door prizes were won Mrs J Graham Mrs Holmes Mrs and Mrs Harris The estimate on the number of beans in the Jar was won Mrs Coon and Mrs Fred Salt Although the new parish hall is not yet linished the sale of work was held there Acton pumping station at the corner of Main and Agnes went into this pupils at Bannockbum school held a en party and those with interesting disguises were Phillips Kenneth Jimrnie Margaret Morrison Join Brooks Sally Thompson 50 years ago Taken from the Issue of the Free frets Thursday November mi There t any doubt that there are more turnips shipped at Rockwood each season than at any other similar point in Ontario The shippers are pretty well rushed these days Saturday will be Guy Day The dairies have reduced milk to 10 a quart and bread is down to 10 cents in now What a lot of good pumpkins were sacrificed to Hallowe en fun and follies The boys and girls too behaved themselves very well on Hallowe en reports he has had a with Mr Mason of Alton re the establishment of a woollen mill in Acton Mr Mason will put in a written statement of requirements statistics of Halton County Jail show Number of prisoners married 17 single temperate Intemperate 60 daily average cost of supplying meals to inmates cents There were no female prisoners Not a single prisoner escaped Hilton county has a population of 265 die census shows Peel has 20 more than Mrs George Havill secretary of the local board of the Mothers Allowance Act reports there are 28 mothers in Halton who receive allowances There were 44 apphcaUons Cash paid to applicants was None of the applicants received allowances more than eight months Skirts are short this year The open Wednesday afternoon at our business places ended last Wednesday 75 years ago THE ACTON FREE PRESS PHONE Business and Editorial Office Taken from the issue of the Free Htm Thursday Novembers 1896 en passed with comparative quietness on Saturday night In St Marys over women have pledged themselves to do their Saturday shopping early enough to enable businessmen to close their stores at eight o clock A similar arrangement might be of advantage here A little over two months ago the dwelling of Mr James Ha Is ted on Bower Ave was fired by an incendiary but the alarm being given the fire was extinguished with a loss of of less than The first alarm since that occasion was rung and it was found the fire was in the same premises The firemen were prompt on the scene but the devouring element had been In possession for some tune and the house was a mass of flames Only a kitchen table and stove were saved Mr and Mrs Halsted were in Hamilton and there had been no fire In the house since Tuesday There Is evidence burglars were responsible A bundle containing and cutlery quilt and tablecloth was found on the T track at the rear of the premises The house was insured for and the content for 300 Mr has not decided if be will rebuild In one of the most extraordinary elec tions of the United States the free silver advocates were routed the Democratic party wrecked and the policy of protection and the main of the gold standard as advocated by the republican leaders triumphed McKlnley la president In these days of trade depression and the lowering of wages It behooves careful shoppers to get the most for their dollar Shop at Henderson and Co Acton