Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), June 3, 1970, page 13

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ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY JUNE 3 SECOND SECTION Expo cherry blossoms Japanese trains crowds and contrasts delight Tor their lust rip the At Mr ind Mrs Perry continent their first flight spun five days on heir wn Grace ind Charlie Perry went is ind wen in far away 1 rout home is they crowds of ijuick fast could tin J 111 fict whui tiny saw to mother Western l i They re luck honu now with stopped to it stories their tlnv wen in J ipaii md to see tin mull in lion old hi 11 t building ind It took houis were impressed Tiny wild idmiud lit films it the lutein Hum Line itiuid nits with ihi to re Tokyo Jirrnif mm tin They ere with i ID rock hind is idi on a specially airined with I The kit i guide with A tin JipuiLsi did mil in lilt irikss Inpp i slyk J ipaii liny mi s rivcllmg by taxi for between SI of Txpo they heard since returning home surprised ihc hey found the Japanese most helpful and miking tremendous effort to iindersl ind their visitors problems Or course from was excited by the prospeel a a ride on the rid fastest train the new Bullet tram from Tokyo to It was put operation espcenlly for The mm stop dam zoomed along at up to IS h And while it was at top speed Charlie Perry was up in the cab tape recorder running presenting the conductor with a emblem and getting his reply in Japanese on tape The train is remote radio controlled Charlie explains and the engineer is only needed going in and out of stations at slow speeds He joined the mobs of Japanese travelling by regular train loo getting himself lost at one station He found the helpful and sign languaged himself back on the right track tie was greatly impressed on one train trip when delay was announced in Japanese and by a girl announcer Buses arrived promptly and passengers were just minutes late at their destination Charlie has been station agent in various towns and is now the GO train station at Mimico It t only Charlie Perry who was delighted to meet people in he same line of work Grace Perry in a post office at on the side of Mount Fuji got a great reception when she explained to the people there she works in a post office She bought sets tor ON THE BANKS of the Reit Su ire and Charlie Perry during their hohd trip to the Ornnl souvenirs and thoroughly enjoyed the excited giggling of the staff They were impressed the mannerly behavior of the Japanese who automitically kept their distance when the son of the came by This is one of the Perrys many pictures However they felt the people ripping thro the Conservation Week from June to Authority expects 2700 students including Acton I Twenty siven hundred public school students from 0 schools will the Coiisuvition Week sponsored by the Credit Vilkv Authority The Credit Vill Hushed takes in part of Wellington Counties Hun the these people hind Jimp 1 of wildhti complex Villu Bus trip zone picnic planned by Golden re wilks explain geological generally show km rung at least about 1 set tine up its program for Wick the lollowed its of nine tin young in the I the Hi pnetieil useful here Age Club needle kidu ted help 1 wr tcjitulai County hires investigator to check prospective Miss Julia Smith pleased with lllevs this loose thus well received I His were much enjoyed Gums were with Mrs lkrrmc1 Mrs Killer and Mrs Met 11 being winners in PiucK In music d chairs Mrs on md Mi carried winch J with a lilt played buildings at a great rate not realizing the significance of what they shown In the Ontario building they met a friend with the Wayne Picked of Napanec In the Quebec building they asked about the trouble we had read about in the daily papers Charlie says the stafl was astonished that Canadians would know about their minor difficulties The fair itself experienced a problem while the were there a protester climbed up a figure of Buddha and peered and waved out one of the huge eyes until he came down after nine 10 days Officials just waited it out with a minimum of publicity or watching people They enjoyed a great variety of foods from half raw fish and Japanese dishes to Howard Johnson and Kentucky Tried Chicken at They were in Japan at the peak of the cherry blossom and were thrilled by the beauty of the mountains Their souvenirs include pearls which they chose themselves from oysters kimonos and Japanese kites Restaurants theatres shrines industries hotels unisex washrooms and baths the crowds all delighted these keen and curious travellers Crowded conditions were the main impression during their four days Hong Kong Charlie consistently friendly manner let him down on the Communist border The guards wcrcn going to converse in any language One drew a gun Charlie retreated Another four days in Honolulu with its increasing commercialization ended their marvellous triD tin si 1 ihk pi win ilk II hum 1 ltd iiinuii ti he us t tie I 111 Ik sled ihc Limn Inuld with nit limit J lull Halton East MPP tours Scandinavian housing Mr Oak 1 is for the He said management was doing the best they could but did not have the tunc to go snooping Both Reeve George Curne and Reeve Hunter admitted knowledge of persons living there and not paying near what they could afford to keep themselves Oakville Deputy Reeve William Gillies and Burlington Deputy Reeve David Coons handle the in residents Mid with parte 1 could handle tins and cute sts Tin would be hind salary So MX to WO and would expected to save moil than Ins salary in what he found in his investigations The salary is subject to a per cent subsidy from the provincial givernmcnt Milton Reeve Ron Harris and Mrs Anne Reeve of Nassagaweya argued the new appointment could save substantial amounts in the operation of the home for the Returning a tour of public on sin projects in Scandinavia and bast MPP Jim Snow concludes thai Ontario people would not accept much of the housing being built there As a director of the Ontario Housing Corporation Mr Snow said most of the apartment projects in tend to be crammed together whereas Canadians prefer to space out apartments and Houses Not many famdy are being built In Denmark Sweden and pet cent of the housing projects are public housing I would hope the Ontario government would not have to get as involved in building housing as the governments over there he said Mr Snow said the visit did prove some ideas that might be in Ontario More importantly we saw some bad things which we can avoid in our own projects Porks employees take courses manager Harold Towniley and parks employees Don and Bob Price will be involved in courses sponsored by the Ontario Arenas Association at the University of Guelph next week Harold and Don will be taking a communications course while Bob will be receiving instruction in refrigeration Water safety tip if ever youre in a boat that capsizes a good distance from shore hang on to the craft until help arrive

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