no Acton Free Press Wednesday UNUSUAL CLOUD FORMATIONS have been part of the autumn scene in this part of the country painbng large murals in the sky with the aid of gentle winds that turned into great draughts Tuesday morning scattering leaves that collectors had not yet gathered up Ji Jennings captured this view of the scudding clouds with his camera on a recent Sunday with the sun peeping through Bill Smiley Surcharge does affect us For most people the 10 per cent United States surcharge additional tax levied on certain imports seemed like a remote doctrine for the economists to wrangle over However news this week that the surcharge was making it difficult for one Acton industry to keep going brought the point home very strongly that all of us should be more aware of the tremendous implications the tax could have on Canadas economy By the imposition of the tax the president of the United States and his economic advisers have lumped their friends and enemies into the same basket Aimed mainly at Germany and Japan who have improved their manufacturing output to the point where they have created unfair competition for the U S on domestic and home markets the surtax hits close fnends just as hard It gave much credence to Prime Minister Pierre remark that the United States really doesnt care about Canada There Is nnturully since the imposition of the surcharge a noticeable lack of enthusiasm by Canadians for any broadening of resourcesharing agreements between the United States and Canada American interests are going to find that Canadians are not going to trade resources in the same congenial way they have In the past And there is also much more concern about the amount of money that flows south of the border from American investments in Canada President Nixons get tough attitude towards friends and foes may have made him a lot of with the isolationist clement below the border but the effect on of the United States has been eyeopening Mexico is also very concerned over the S action because like Canada they have tied much of their economy to the U S coat tail What the U S action really demonstrates is that Canada must no longer rely on the close friendship and concern of our neighbors for economic stability We have to broaden form trade agreements with many of the world Instead of putting most of our eggs in one basket As we see it this is one reason Prime Minister Trudeau has been doing much of his globe trotting forming friendships and paving the way for trade agreements with countries who are most likel immense natural resources and vanety of manufactured products We dont feel that Canadian friendship has to be purchased by the US or that American money or development techniques should be unwelcome in this country but it looks like the day may well be past when we gave it priority over the same items from others We want to be equal partners with the United States able to stand up and talk as equals instead of the attitude we have taken in the past And this imposition of an unfair lax may be just the opportunity we need to cut the apron string Another view of official plan We see that the two sister newspapers The Canadian Champion of Milton and the Acton Free Press have had a slight disagreement over the ments of Esquesing Townships new official plan The Acton paper criticizes the plan for reqiunng a twoacre minimum lot size and square foot minimum requirement for homes in areas designated as rural The paper claims that the Township planners arc attempting to turn into a preserve for the wealthy The Canadian Champion on the other hand approves of the plan claiming that it will help preserve the rural character of the Township and bring in a larger chunk of tax money per family unit It seems to us that there are flaws both arguments Certainly the plan does discriminate against the ordinary citizen in favor of the wealthy At the same time the permitting of strawberry box ribbon development The Champion calls it could turn the countryside into a chaotic jungle of tackytacky It is quite apparent the planners have taken the easiest and most unimaginative way out In so doing they have managed to kill not two but three awkward birds with one stone Besides appearing to preserve the townships rural character and its exchequer they have satisfied the numerous gentry already in the area Huts the plan has solved some short term local problems without even considering the long term problems of the Torontocentered region We all know that the population of the golden horseshoe is expected to double within twenty to thirty years means that we must make very efficient use of the land we have Requiring a family of four or five to occupy a twoacre lot is anything but an efficient use of land There seems to be a mistaken notion that acres of private grounds are required to maintain a humane and dignified existence This is just not so In Eighteenth Century London for example attached row housing was built for the upper Homes were three or four stones high very narrow by todays standards and had at the rear a narrow walled garden Although this may seem cramped by the standards to which Twentieth Century suburbanites have become accustomed the inhabitants of these houses lived a life of privacy and elegance which has not been equalled since An amenity which was very common housing developments of that day was the square consisting of a plot of grass and trees toward which the houses faced This was common land enjoyed by all the residents of the What we are trying to say in referring to practices of the past is that houses could be much closer together than they are without loss of dignity or privacy They could be well planned and built and maintain an air of Eighteenth Century elegance This would leave more rural area available for the growing of crops the preservation of watersheds the mining of resources and the recreational use of citizens The Bruce Trail News We just been through a perfect late fall weekend in these parts The sort of weather we been waiting for all summer and which refused to arrive Bui the weather was the thing that was perfect The rest of the weekend was a corned of errors My wife had lost her glasses She can see about lit miles but has trouble with the small print So 1 was volunteered on a beautiful Saturday afternoon when I had planned to get in a last game of golf to drive miles round trip with her to the optometrist For an eye examination Oh no she could have obtained a prescription from the doctor No Merely so that she could choose frames for the dam things that would en- enhance her beauty She had explained that the optometrist was closed on Wednesday afternoons and that since I was free on Saturday there was no reason I t drive her yak yak yak Just before we left she wondered whether she should call to make sure he was open I scoffed at the Idea Dont be silly If he closes Wednesday afternoon be be open Saturday Especially with all that out-of- town business So she didnt I mellowed a bit on the way with the sun smiling on a world of magnificent color But I d still rather have been six other places We got there parked walked to the store and you grabbed it he was closed Ten minutes later we were at the curt recrimination point and minutes after that we were laughing as we lumbered off on the home journey Arrived chez nous and the house was like an oven We were bickering about who had turned the thermostat up to it was out side when a sepulchral from above informed us that our only begotten son had arrived taken a shower and turned on the heat to avoid a chill He the same character who will walk around in his bare in winter Following a longdistance call of a few days before we had halfexpected him along with his kid sister Half because you never know with them However Old Fuss Boots had we should stock up with grub lust in case We t all been together for about eight months So we went all out a turkey a big roast wine all sorts of goodies The freezer was bulging with meat ham didnt come When his mother asked Hugh what he would like for dinner and off the delicacies he answered calmly that he was a vegetarian and had brought his own little packet of brown rice inert are times when it hard to keep jour temper but we managed By the tune sorted this out coolly we had a desultory dinner of boiled brown rice for him Kentucky fried chicken for us Hut fate still had a facile fickle finger for us Hugh had come home to get away from the city see the glorj of fall foliage walk in the woods and on the lonely He woke up Sunday morning stretched his neck and had muscle spasm This is a thing that sets jour neck over on one shoulder and gives a foretaste of hell if you tr to turn your bead Spin most of Sunday another perfect day trying to find the local chiropractor at his artfully concealed cottage ten miles from town and thereafter slapping hot towels on Hugh He could see only the foliage on one side of the road as we drove Home to Mama and the last blow had fallen The freezer compartment of the fridge working And it was loaded with mi at All of which was rapid getting limp meat is in the neighbors freezer Hughs neck is slightly better and at the of writing it another beautiful day in which have been chained first an institution and second to my typewriter Tomorrow everything will be back to normal And it snow back issues the editors desk writer spent a day and a half last week at an M B hearing in listening to the arguments pro and con over proposed sewer and water installations in the village Unwilling to get emotionally involved In a controversy which really is the business of and area people we nevertheless soon found ourselves choosing sides as the issues revolved around the two representatives from the Ontario Municipal Board First we figured the people of really needed the water and sewers badly when we heard engineers and OWRC representatives speak Then we heard people from and area give their case against the projects and sympathies changed quickly We lined up solidly against the projects That was the pattern all through the hearing If the hearing could affect an Interested but impartial reporter like this think what agony of indecision some of the people in the village must be going through Maui bone of contention for the Rock wood projects is cost while area residents on the are worried that the Eramosa River will be contaminated by effluent We talked with an engineer from the after the hearing enquiring about Iheeffectivenessofthescwageplant Atone point in the hearing he had said the effluent from the proposed plant could pollute the river Later he advised us this was only a part answer designed to save time since the two chairmen were well aware of the effect effluent would have on the ecology the river Ninety per cent the sewage would be handled in the first stage of the plant he said wink the second stage would extract jut tent or more of the remaining per tent depending on the skill of the plant operator said the plant at for instance consistently operated at per cent efficiency Hi said the Eramosa River could easily assimilate the remaining effluent and thi plant would be equipped to handle the worst river conditions which would only occur perhaps once in years is information of course differed from the statements of Professor Peter Chlsholm the engineering department of the University of He said the sewage plant generally would operate at less than per cent efficiency at perhaps around per cent Allowing for exaggeration on both sides it still leaves ratepayers really confused Who they do not have Continued on Pant 20 years ago Taken from the Issue of the Free Press Thursday November J on behalf of tht majority of Acton garage operators presented a to council last Friday to revoke the previous by law governing the retail gas outlet hours of sale and to pass another which eliminates the power of the town clerk to issue a permit for the of 24 hour service The almost provided a stalemate lor council as they considered the the advisability of passing the by law until a Saturday morning A motion to intro duce the by law a first time but the motion to read it a second and third time was lost with councillors Fryer Thompson and Reeve Hargrave supporting the motion Over took part in the annual Remembrance Day service in Acton Sunday afternoon The legion charge was given by president Storey The names were read by John McHugh and two minutes silence was marked when Last Post and Reveille were sounded by Norman Rev gave the benediction At the service in the United church Ted Hansen and the Legion choir led the singing Taking part in the service were Hon Capt Rev Rev Luxton and Mr Douglas Shuter The address was given by Rev Armstrong It was a contented and full audience that enjoyed the program of music and moving pictures after the fall turkey supper at Acton United church Over enjoyed the new scout halt Provincial election in next Thursday 50 years ago Taken from the issue of the Free Press Thursday November 10 Nassagaweya has set a splendid example in the erection of its handsome memorial to the heroes of the township who fell in the great war By the request of the ratepayers and with a by law passed by the municipal this splendid monument has been erected at a cost of The monument is located on a corner of county treasurer David Hutchcon farm a central location well suited for the purpose Upwards of a thousand people from all parts of the county attended the unveiling ceremonies on Monday afternoon The monument was unveiled by of Campbellville assisted by Rev Mr Lowe The adjourn ment was then made to the Presbyterian church where several patriotic addresses were given Ninetyeight young men from the township answered the call to arms and made the supreme sacrifice Many women in the municipality will find themselves without a vote in the dominion elections unless they register with J Gould or George Hynds As the municipal lists used as a basis for these elections contain very few women names every woman in town should register It was with startling suddenness that Mrs Robert passed away The dear old lady had been in rather poor health but there was no thought of her demise by her family Mr Hugh Walker the founder of Walker THE ACTON FREE PRESS PHONE 853 Business and Editorial Office Ixxlge celebrated his birthday in He is the oldest member of the Masonic order in Here for Thanksgiving Misses Jean and Anna Roy Brown Miss Bertie Smith MissZ McCartney and Myrtle Dills Mrs Annie Somerville Miss Vera Harvey Miss Marguerite Stewart Fred Warren George Linton Kenney Neil Gibbons Harold Miss Bertha Mrs Alice and Miss Miss Small Misses Myrtle and Mary and Dorothy Hopper and Mr William Plank 75 years ago Taken from the Issue of the Free Press Thursday November 1896 111 ere have been a number of new dwellings erected in that portion of Cooks survey known as The Campbells have already put up 10 or 12 buildings there Councillor Joseph Anderson has purchased a farm in the Councillor Matthews is now in the west on a prospecting tour He too may go west rumor is current that the passenger train is shortly to be cancelled This would cause inconvenience to numbers of High School students who travel to Georgetown each day At last meeting of Milton town council the constables were instructed to enforce the by law relating to the peace of the town At the meeting there was general complaint made of the increasing lawlessness among the young men of the town particularly at the C station at night and a general decision derived at to back up the chief constable in any steps he might take to suppress the disgraceful state of affairs It was stated that even married men take part in this rowdyism It was also reported that the rowdyism was not confined to the young men of the town but that certain smart Alecks from the country came into town to work off their freshness It is the Chief Constable intention to augurate a vigorous campaign against all kinds of lawlessness In Milton Diphtheria seems to be prevalent throughout the province John Day a Guelph architect suicided last week The Hawaiian government has given a full pardon to their exQueen