human Value too There is much talk about the population explosion in the of Aquarius but few thoughts ire given to the knowledge explosion which is probably having more on we mere mortals Children know so much these days parents feel inadequate when they are called on to handle youth problems They hesitate to deal with their own children because the kids seem to know so much more than we did at their age Surely the drug scene should convince parents knowledge and wisdom arc two difteant lungs and that young people generally show a lack of wisdom in handling their own physical mental and monl weltare Think back to your own youth when you were convinced your own infallibility Despite their technical knowledge of world young people are still looking far the fundamental human values from their home environment Children dont like to be ciphers in a giant school system They need to feel of their families to help with family chores to run errands and to lake responsibility in One education minister speaking of the knowledge explosion recently said knowledge tor its own sake is itely barren and probably very dangerous Men with great knowledge of chemistry but little knowledge of biology have created the pollution problems that threaten the continuance of life on earth Knowledge must be accompanied in some w ly by responsibility A parent does not have to be a great brain to teach simple decency human warmth and a sense of responsibility Chicken lamina Canadian cows and chickens are lying down on the job Anything the cows and chickens from Canada can do chickens and cows can do better says The Financial Post For instance S chickens produce per cent more eggs than their Canadian counterparts Milk production per cow in Canada was per cent below the US level during early postwar years and now it is closer to per cent The record in grain yields is even worse After World War II Canada ranked about in wheat yields per acre Today the figure is closer to In fact the postwar increase in wheat yields in Western Europe exceeds the total average yield in Canada during recent years Apparently there s a good reason for the growing gap Chickens cows and farmers are not necessarily dumber or lazier than elsewhere C has achieved a rate of growth in labor productivity in agriculture welt above that of other segments of the economy and roughly as large as that in agriculture However while Canada has advanced in the area of mechanization it has not kept pace in yield technologydevelopment and use of fertilizers seeds feeding methods breeding etc There are probably other reasons as well but the overabundance of grain and most foods in this country has never really prodded Canadian farmers and growers Why produce more when there is such a difficult time getting rid of the yield now it for example Canadian farmers havent got the huge markets of the S so readily accessible Canada has a huge land mass very scantily populated while some other countries are the oppositemany people and fewer arable acres on which to produce food take Met One of the province ultra conservative old school type of mens wear shops admits their customers are beginning to get with it and are demanding more stylish merchandise Major influence the little women his She doesnt want her husband to look his age At It thats the opinion the owner ol the Jellcriis store in Toronto i nun wear business that has catered to tht well heeled Toronto establishment types tor over years The busmevs still stocks navy blazers and grey flannels stock Ontario recent budget points out that the federal government spent SI million lew irrtlntano than it took out in taxes Where did the money go To the other provinces uniform tor social events that attract the well todo but also on the shelves are bright lisle shirts and m fiery Madras plaid jackets and bold striped slacks for Caribbean cruises Even the white shirt once the prime requisite lor establishment types has away off Strollers on city streets will now have a hard time to establishment people from fashion plates and dandies It makes it even more difficult to distinguish moneyed types from those who live on credit cards This and other matters says William McDonald m The Financial Post could push politically sleepy Ontario into joining the ranks of Quebec and the West in alienation from federal politics SURPRISE SHOWER Old abandoned mill at Rockwood suddenly sprung a fountain a few weeks ago The Sugar and Spice by bill smiley for a chest ray today and hid quite a reminisce with Hit doctor who examined It turned that he was ihe second it a iioruim I spent one iht most dreary of my lift He retired now and does tins work is pan time thing He me 1 believe what has happened to the San When I was there held patients It now his Average length of stay then was months Today it is three months T B a simple thing when was there Three people died three months in one wircl 1 wis m because their lime were so rotlen liny breathe Two them were in their The tensions and monotony of life in Inn been described ollcn enough It wis like being in jail except you eouldn walk around And always in the like couple of vultures were two things Surgery and your culture Surgery meant hacking out most your ribs on one side coll ipse i that was too far none or removal of the lung If your eullure a sputum test broke down within 12 weeks you had another three or six m nulls added to your sentence I was All I had was a idow on my lung I kit dm I never had a positive result Irom tests and 1 sputum lor a eullure mueh fun I 111 he attic lull at prose wli it we A e ill the baby and I like in old Fool when I re iJ them now and my wife weeps and wonders why I don write poems and stuff In lier But I shook down into life il lite San and is hi retrospeel remember mostly the tin id things the luimy limits I bet in l Writing eourse and won prize I wrote for the San radio station I pi ehess tor hours a with the in the next bed and became a tolerable tin en pi Most and v even But it still the Perhaps I acclimatized better than most d had a year in prison camp not too lout before good training for life m die San I had learned that time does pass however snail like in Bui 1 was dreadlully lonely at first and pretty resentful the cpds I had been married six weeks when Hie shadow on the lung was discovered About a Week later something else was discovered My wife was pregnant We were ut MKl miles apart with no money for to visit This was the worst period How times Change Nowadays my wife dunks of spending on longdistance call to one the kids f no particular reason In those days I was en full pension I think it was a month and the government kepi baek ol to help pay for my keep li it de corps winch meant be unit or example wis iHuirishmt but lousy like all institution One ip had a wife who smutted in and and onions I very an hour alter the nurses id smithied us down and while the night nurse smoked ib ink eofkc the iction would Out would eome tile hot plate i the Iryinc pan The spryest usually would wliiek up yeai And one lamp screened we pi poker until a No wonder had trouble rousing us it live lot our mine wish II were speeial occasion maybe a we d eliip in and buy a mickey Oh yes We a who i bookmaker the patients He was ind also diabetic dying on lus kit but he around tin wards bets and orders d be surprised how far a mickey inn four eases when liivin had strong Hum milk for a mouth like most of hie it waso I all bad OLD SHARP homestead stands at the corner of fourth line of Esqueslng and the CNR tracks The scroll work was cut by Mr Sharp with a keyhole saw The photograph was sent to the Free Press by his son Duncan Sharp Toronto One mmiskirtcd secretary to another You take the elevator if you want Im going to take the stares Every man has two ambitions First to own his own home second to own a car to get away from home THE ACTON FREE PRESS PHONE and Ed lo a Of kne Ad Copyright Unless St through with a win or two In Hie current Stanley Cup finale going to be Ihe only ones with the Bluet The Boston Bmlni hi cranky and as if had just come of hibernation have mude the butt or wisecracks around our house ever since the shinny players started playing for the marbles When Boston crowd took on the fancy Dan New York Rangers In the quarter finals for Lord Stanleys basin I plunked my money on the from Broadway reasoning the Gotham gang were on the way up after a shaky league finish and a recovery The Bruins who had just absorbed a shellacking from ilie thought were to have their hands full with the bustling Rangers who were No I in eastern li of the NHL for most the My wife who been Boston fan since the lime they dumped tea into the harbor over ihere dressed as cigar store Indians pooh my prediction with uncanny logic New York she end might win a couple of games when Derek t feeling well but the playoff would be a Brum show most of the way kind of makes a fellow who has predicted ihe Stanley Cup winners with pinpoint accuracy for he last three seasons feel he lost Ins touch when the beats put the into the Ah but I said wail till those Chicago 131 Hawks get a hold of the They be loaded for bear The Bruins II be hightailing for the safety of Hie sidelines before you can say Hobby In the mcatinie my advisers forgot to lell me someone lud snuck up on Hawks while they were taking a week off siphoned off their vim and vigor and rep iced with lead The brash Brums made out the Hawks even on the ice times tumid ihe llohby Hull and Stan the nun Mlkita into midgets right on the windy city mill pond It was a rout Again I was the target for observations Tins time the wife was joined by the mother in law and daughter who looks at televised hockey on way In and out of the living and can stilt come up opinions Nevertheless I declared the St Louis Blues will give those Bruins for the basin with Jacques Ihe crafty and Glen Hall between those pipes You wait and sec Well Ihey wailed and seed the enigmatic was doing pretty well loo in the first clash until he caught a Brum drive on the and was off lo hospital lucky to alive on the theory tlul if Bobby had a shadow he might slow down the Blues kept the NHL win kid off the score sheet but forgot about old Johnny Bucyk who three goals as the Bruins to another win in spite of the organist at S Louts Ihe gam of tl played last I and if Blue didn ionic up with victory I nntJit as well pack up my and look lor new digs he female half l he household will really rub it in Thai maybe wouldn be so bad if I called Holy Land to win the Kentucky Derby Saturday afternoon I figured there always lots of trouble in the holy land so this horse could probably cause lots for the other the race Well I had it turned around a bit Holy Land caused all the trouble for his rider throwing and landing him in ihe hospital for tluee or four weeks So the Blues can make in ihe Stanley up finals no one at my is to pay any attention when I infallibly predict llii outcome of a sporting event By the w about the 20 years ago Taken from the issue of the Free Press Thursday May Carpenters have been busy the past two weeks enlarging the gallery in St Joseph church to accommodate the increasing number of parishioners Additional pews will also be installed downstairs and when completed it is expected that for to more persons will be available Fire of unknown origin destroyed the farm barn and all the contents on the farm of Norman Douglas three miles from The barn was out of finest the dislrnt About young peopli of the various denominations of Acton and district ittcndcd an niterchurch social held in Acton United ihurcli Wednesday evening Ken Allen president of the was chairman Shirley conducted a sing song Franklin at the piano The worship period was conducted by ihe Baptist group under Ron Games and contests were arranged by the Presbyterians and conducted by Doug Davidson The club marked the close of the indoor season in a pleasant manner with a social evening of bridge attended by members and friends Highest honors for the evening play went lo Beatty Sam Judge Bill Talbot and fjord Members of teams in winning tournaments were Ivan Hams Gordon Bill Talbot and Sam Judge Harry Arbicand Jack Greer A new CNR nam service for westbound passengers been added this week 50 years ago Taken from the issue of ihe Free Press Thursday May 1920 The Citizens Memorial monument will now have a fine centra site The Methodist church property on Mill Si includes a vacant lot which has been utilized as a church lawn and tennis court The lot was purchased yean ago with a view to erecting the parsonage there The Trustee Board met on Saturday evening and by a unanimous vole decided to donate the plot with a frontage of feet to be held for this specific purpose The Committee of Five accepted the offer with hearty appreciation Gray chairman of the Committee of Five remarked when accepting the position three weeks ago Now we set the heather on fire The committee promptly planned their campaign and Monday last was fixed as a dale for a general campaign 1 1 7 77 was collected so the objective of is within view The canvassers were Mrs R M MacDonald Cooper Mrs Dr fell J Matthews Mrs George P Moore Mrs J Gould A Brown Miss Minnie Z Bennett John Wood The Duke of Devonshire chapter of the donated and Co Red Cross Aid Society Intermediate Red Cross All contributors and amounts were listed Mrs Orr has purchased from James Mcintosh the plastered house on Bower Ave in she Jus resided for some years 75 years ago Taken the issue of tin I Thursday May A man and his wife named Rupcit came to Canada recently and the husband lias been working in glove leather industries here They made an effort last week to systematically swindle a number of our business firms here They purchased gold watches a carriage dry goods boots and shoes in various quantities on weekly payment agreements making in most cases a small advance payment to suspicion On Friday they went lo Milton and disposed of buggy and to Georgetown and traded one of the watches for furniture On Saturday unfortunately lor themselves returned to Alton of crookedness bad become manifest and several of the victimized ernes called upon the pan and forced them to disgorge to a considerable extent One of the watches was disgorged and money and other were recovered The pair profited sery little ultimately from their deep bid hemes Provincial Public School arbor day tomorrow Conquered your bicycle yet Not yet I vc so the blamed machine doesn win more than two falls out of three though The boys will do well to supply themselves with bathing suits Otherwise they arc liable to get into trouble for violating bylaw No 17 The class at the Public School is making good Principal Moore is giving an extra hour s tuition each morning Rockwood Mechanics Institute is in flourishing condition Advertisements Owing to the hard times we arc cutting the prices on all lines of coffins caskets and furnishings and will supply the whole outfit at any reasonable offer you may make aiming done when required at slightly over cost and if not satisfactory no charge be made J A Speight and Co The weak link in a Life is often a neglected cold that develops into consumption The quick Cure Pectoral cents large bottle drug store wallpapers in the newest designs from cents a roll up Borders to match given free with every paper Slaiks powders cure tick headache and neuralgia in minutes also coated tongue dizziness biliousness pain in the side constipation torpid liver Dad breath Very Nice lo Take