The Acton Free Press Wednesday June Editorial Page and esteemed Students at Acton district high school showed their esteem ind respect lor retiring principal led Hansen at the final assembly of the school Thursday morning Mr Hansen resigned as principal after years as head of the school which has grown from a live teachers in the old stone school to a modern education plant with teachers Student council president Carol Patterson summed up Mr Hansens career very well when she said he had accomplished many things in a quiet unassuming way He Ins served in the Acton School system for under four school hoards Me joined the system in September 1947 hired by the Acton public school board which in turn was replaced by the now defunct North board The North board in its turn was split up into three separate bodies in Acton Milton and Georgetown as education policies changed Then in 1969 they were dissolved to make tor the present count Hoard of Fducation Mr Hansens decision to retire as principal and go back to teaching was dictated bv personal considerations The job as principal in a high school is at all times but in the last few has assumed even more rigorous demands on time and talents During Mi Hansons principalship he is faced some the most difficult and unsettled years m the education in the province I he old education philosophy where school meant at least live hours ot work desk with books ami exercises has given way to new methods ol doing things and numerous held I rips where theories are replaced by a hand ot subjects The s t g d s o appro ich which the successful student ol the past lias been replaced by a system which dem more both student and It was typical Mr Hansen that he met Hie dunging face ot education quietly with an air ol confidence that gained him many friendships both with students and stall over the years Hie Acton system is going he- poorer withou Ted Hansens presence but arc glad he has decided to stay with teaching even though it is in Milton rather than led Hansen has made an important contribution to this community which cant be measured the yardsticks usually associated with success We wish him many more years in a profession which has become more important as the century unfolds hen politicians speak about grass roots talking with the people we suspect mans of them arc- merely mouthing platitudes But there arc those who know what arc falkinpabout have first hand knowledge of dealing with people The best examples of participators democracy weve ever observed are the sessions of Co until People in do not hesitate to approach the township council at regular meetings with complaints As a matter of fact from the reeve down persuades them to come- out and make their complaints to the entire council So it is not unusual to see the council chambers at the township offices filled to overflow ing with delegations I here are few regular meeting night when there isnt someone there as part of a delegation spokesmen an individual an observer or with some scheme they want the council to approve were practicing parti ipatorv democracy in before Mr Trudeau and the Ontario government either thought ol or conceived it Its true that the council must spend almost entire meeting dealing with delegations Sometimes it is frustrating dealing with people who come as special interest groups On other occasions council solves problems with amazing rapidity when all heads council and deleg are- put together Another feature of flic meetings is the unfailing oldfashioned courtesy delegations receive when they arrive at the time to state their case It must be difficult on occasions when councillors reahe they are gojng to receive some abuse But their readiness to come to grips with reafifics and to exchange dialogue with the people who elect them to office wins them the respect the majority of delegations There are those who go away unsatified where answers must be a straight yes or no but these art- exceptions rather than the rule It is not surprising that councillors in have a reputation lor being astute Councils from all over the province could take a leaf out of the tsquesing book when if comes to public relations Women Latest thing in mens clothing Expert One called in at the last minute to share the blame Success with a woman is generally a sign of mediocrity You can always tell a fool but chances are he wont know what youre talking about CONFERENCE AT ACTONMARCH 22 AND HOUSECLEANING IN his newspaper plant the editor of the Fergus News Record Jim Couper found picture and sent it along to the Free Press The photograph of the Boy Scout Conference at Acton on March 22 and is in a presentation folder printed with the Acton Free Press crest Sugar and Spice by bill smiley Theres something piggish about man Ml to gel lus snout into thai trough and devil like the runt who tan wiggle Ins bum in there bet itise the landscape in runt of him is one solid bums harder to break through than a cement will When yiui look at die ol and then the difficult to believe that feci they cant get it the trough ill my of them feel like the runt of the litter Yet thousands do my Hiein feel as the old rural expression has tint theyre sucking Hie hind in Til is a short hilt decent synonym for leal The hind one is he one the- runt gets it he gets any This is i long winded prelude to my major proposition lint thousands ol art desperate to get away limn it all out the sinog and the concrete canyons the wild green to be Ins castle Hut fie can have an where make a living where children will have the best schools their friends art Bui dont like Obvious solution Buy a summer Many do But Ihcrc it ipc from the throngs the cramped foliages arc stuck check by jowl Boats and motorcycles in summer snowmobiles in winter pollute the air with stink noise Added winter the root breaking in under snow and local hoodlums breaking in under booc Also for many the tost ol a lot and collage are simply out ot reach Have you tried to pick up a sand water lot lately on a foot for anything Add a collage drill a well pay axes jnii upkeep and you have to be pretty well hetied even consider it Accordingly many city deniens of modest means are buying a chunk of land in the country anything from 10 to In some areas within a couple hours drive one can still buy land for an acre Thus instead of socking into a 100foot water lot you can have your own ten acre empire for immigrants are particularly interested such land because they t FLOWER POWER In this swinging age swinging words have worked themselves into many areasautomobiles colors haute couture and so on Now according to the Wall Street Journal flowers are the latest to succumb to the trend The latest garden catalogs feature seeds whose names reflect the times One company for example advertises a new petunia called Sweet and an called AGoGo Buyers can get mangolds called Groovy and Tiger while one variety of sweet is called appropriately Tiny Tim have a hope buying in acre home unless we This Ijnd is usually or worse But there seems lie a basic instinct to own some land even it wont anything but rocks and Christmas trees Just to be able lo pace around and say This is nunc Nobody can lake it away from me And die sheer delight of posting No Trespassing signs around your A mans home i Now it his prison estate in the country Its an ideal setup for man Willi young Preferably he should be with tools He can buy chunk of and spend a couple of years jusi going up on weekends and vacations tenting and clearing a hole in the scrub brush tor lus shack And smart it will be at first that a shack Never mind the three- bedrooms Bang in some bunks Never lie big stone fireplace Gel good Over years he can add to the place until eventually he will luve a snug retirement home No traffic problems No pollution No punks No people Small lax bills A place to puller to meditate Sounds silly Maybe But with the new leisure igc creeping upon us it makes more sense than taking on a huge mortgage 10 per cent which will be paid off eight after you die Ideally the would have small stream loaded with fat trout a deer run huge patches of wild berries Realistically it will be impossible to get water when you drill your well the land will be infested by rattlesnakes or rodents and smothered in nettles and poison oak But we have everything Im templed myself Any gleammgcyed farmer want to gel acres of lock and swamp for Sit an acre THE ACTON FREE PRESS PHONE and Of do III 1 II II 11 Mm ly v- Him If Hiiro win iiidouuul it in unsightly mess to a I dump One new resident was so wild town dump he said it I ftpirril he sud seriously that if Mm town mild operate a dump like Hint on the hall What Iwlln I net for my garbage I li it pom I thought about I mule i menial note to ell clerk Joe Hunt in he include a midline docs seem lik lint hmipll A mud I plain 1 op i In eijjitiilc my liiMlili In in- fawned mi pis do i-klinti- did Mir Mir wile illlf1 I llowtvt it I jmmril I Its nice ijcimiry plant is located In own Jump out of the tie mm ml Lid tyev cm lint is my luff is a dump jnd the eiiiiliol is a sewage So when friends jnd what she did on her birthday she rephev I wis down in the dumps nearly all day I happen be around she throws a look which pinpoints me as the culprit responsible I was hoping she would the dump like residents on Churchill Bui she to remember it is though land lill has I il frprruls on how yon s up kj Jump w it tils that offered We up all the r ii tie dump and home ill told A cart the Huff luck vim inch 1 J juvl llMe 11aller Id el IJ In rl Linv if very Hi f the jd our my mil You d to the dump Get m and have a ball Hit Limpleie It a mailer of a hath now It a matter of dunging my wift about dumps 20 years ago Taken from the- issue of the I Press June 1950 The community was shocked to learn of the sudden death of the Very Rev A C Stewart a beloved minister of church for nine years and Moderator of the Presbyterian church He was a man who had gone tu the top Ins high tailing in the ministry He tame lo Acton in It was during his ministry the choir room was built and the pipe organ installed He was Scoutmaster and a leader among die young people Funeral service was Midland Interment was I airview cemetery and seldom do so many gather as were present last evening to pay tribute to Slewart Sewer construction work has now hit the main section of the town Work has begun on the sewage disposal plant and the road into it is reached from the Thud Line Micro Plasties new addition is getting into operation now On Saturday the Victoria Mission Baud of Knox church observed its anniversary with a lea in die school room and a party for die The lust Itadcr was Mrs S Smith and met lings often held in Two ol the charier members were present Mrs I J and Miss Ruby lark Mrs Blow and Mrs Armstrong poured tea and the girls the group served at the tables Miss Betty Sinclair played a piano solo The Rolao has started a fund lor the Manitoba Flood Relief The regular meeting of Acton Junior Fanners and Junior Institute held at the home Mr and Mis Ralph Mckeown During the social time games were won by life contest Ray fcverdclls team baby boll I contest Lawrence Hemsfey take eating contest Keith Black blindfolded boxing a draw by Irene Semanyk and Andy Johnson 50 years ago Taken from the issue of the Free Press Thursday June Acton Soldier Memorial Home had a gay appearance on Saturday evening and the pretty lawn was like fairyland with the myriads of colored electric lights The official opening by Gen Sir Sam Hughes was attended by a great throng of citizens and people from the surrounding country The Solvation Army Band of Guclph gave a delightful concert At eight oclock the president of the Great War Veterans Association Mr Allan Smith ascended the dais accompanied by the Hon David Henderson Gen Sir Sam Hughes Anderson Mi Rev M oyer Rev Maunscll Rev Father Rev Findlay Reeve Councillor Arnold and secretary Turlty the Toronto A President Smith said he knew ol no V A which has accomplished is much as Acton and the Soldiers Home which was officially opened is for veleraus alone but lor the community The Home is now the Shoemaker itinera home Winston Grate was accidentally killed at Pcnclaiiguishene while working with a Hydro Hi was years ol age By some means he contact with electric wirt and his death was His funeral here last Friday was largely attended The annual garden party and dance given by the manager Blue Spring park is tonight Mrs and returned home from after six months visit in the Old Country Mrs John Allan s new residence on Lake Ave is completed Mr John MeArlhur has new brick house under on Lake Ave 75 years ago Taken from Hie issue of the Free Press Thursday June An event of interest this week in Parliament was the presentation of Mr bill the franchise to women It was defeated by a vole of to There is well grounded belief that the women do not desire political enfranchisement Certainly there was no display ot interest in the motion or its fate I several vears in succession the home and grounds oi Councillor Stalker of have been opened for garden parties under the auspices of Knox church The one held Wednesday evening was largely attended and most enjoyable and an excellent program of music was rendered by choir township schools receive as the government grant this year Adveitisement I was tortured for years my lingers and hands twisted out of shape with Rheumatism With Williams pmk pills 1 am a new man The sad news of ihe death of Mrs Thomas Taylor of daughter of Mr David Williamson reached Acton Monday morning The remains were brought to Acton Tuesday and interred in cemetery General sympathy is extended to the bereaved husband and parents The death notice records her age as yean months days Not referred to in the obituary was an item in the Bom column In Guelph on Sunday 2nd June the wife of Thomai Taylor of a son Other deaths John Black of Eramosa I year and four months Joseph Crusholm formerly of Acton The streets and walks committee some of the tide