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Wed 54 1975 evening taCfint and jun A IU OKI Hi insluiiii til 1 Ann MUX I Hi I At In I I Lawyer writes of boyhood school days in Acton BILLY DON BC a Hero was the musical ac for three acrobats Katie Bell Connie and Wilson who let back bends summersaults and dance steps in the talent competition Speyside girl tops talent show A Toronto lawyer who spent some of his formative yenri in written book about some of the most memorable experience of his lire And some of hem luckily for Atlon readers hire 1 has published his second book A Stuff own and a Silk One His first look I Want One Volunteer was about experiences In World War Mr to as a boy and left In bin yearn While here he met the girl lie marry Mildred book gdtlng Hpnlnl light nut of the Index at k of th hook where tin first Item is followed by five from the twiok I In ly different horn In to an amom land have been gradual for the mnst p irl but whu I look back hoc I wen than hose observed indmoilier who AND minify Road were titles of WiKon Janice and 1 ill lljen olds i I ilctit show it the little I ikliii wim of minor or the organizers of Actons flrsl tali by I Auxiliary and lit on of the 1 Tin show us a nit mm to nils Hit mentally in North llallon and l by Shirley id mm pin until 10 ill win with tlnu out only a hot of Ihc Auxi In llnry ami luht the to secretary suits to set tin siumd Hit day he on tin I If show performance Mrs mil at ill and of program Hit At ton not be for Int bin f itli Junior bund event Muring the under dirt or lr fusts blew and record I limit Hit senior I play but also perform dirt tied despite the prohlimi the by Wlniur of tin tvenlng was Wendy who look the Individual trophy for her it She is student of public Group went to the Pixie bind trio of Paul and Mark and Jim Saxon Judge were John stone Debbie and Miss Acton I all Fair Karen Hi Km in In the absence of Shirley who was unable lo assist it Hie show Mrs chairman of tht Nursery school in to pinch hit a master of AT the were tno of Jim playing mil mi Mark a playing trumpet and 1 ml 11 on the clarinet Judges Bob l ilinsluiu and Karen Hilfman 1 1 s Hit tops in the show for the group by my gu livt eighty lnjlornln IH2D In a pioneer things to H I hat Home how reminds if Whnl a dlf fi nt It was in those Unci wt piled an on the door slip of Hit Thai w is I Inss nd of my in Hit fourth wt moved farm near Aclon Hit re I and I two miles to school in At ton across i Unit a word I hen was no high school or eolleginlt that I kiuiv nearer than had as a substitute Its ition School thai undertook cover the whole high school curriculum two rooms and two Itacht rs nils must have been Stewart and One the principal of he public and combined with his duties is such the task of aching us mathematics and science I well remember the g of Incredulity from whole when he old us that matter was not but was composed of small particles called atoms with spaces between all of them It was ii long time before lit that There was a connecting door between two rooms and when the principal public school duties took him way that door could be opened and the assistant could watch both rooms She Council has lively exchange of of I in lit Unci I I if fluent to was on stage for first time last Pi evening with his young master Allen Deters BOWL for Pleasure Am of it BOWL for HealtK THE ENTIRE FAMILY fi CAN BOWL TOGETHER j Its the Thmg to do GO BOWLING ACTON BOWLING LANES 10 Main St Member B PA GUELPH S ONLY SPECIALTY LIGHTING STORE CHATELAINE LIGHTING York Road Guelph Multi Bright Ideas for all your Lighting Needs EXTENSIVE SELECTION OF HOUSE FIXTURES Door Limps Vin Hoi Biseboard Porlat Clean no Systems F Parts etc HI Hoods Fans FREE PARKING Acton Pharmacy 2 Main Si ACTON 1 ifjllirl I il mi mill I mint ilist i ton hoods ill lowiiril the i for QUALITY USED CARS AT LOW LOW PRICES DATSUN Station Wagon J HORNET SST I door gold in colour local one good tires Lie DRT914 door cream colour automatic radio motor completely overhauled Lie DRS905 MAVERICK Red cylinder automatic Lie BUE906 FORD With Explorer package V8 automatic power steering complete with cap Lie CAR and TRUCK RENTALS LEASING Main St Acton Tet Jl Brampton SHOOT YOUR EKTACHR0ME GAF slide films today SEE them tomorrow 24 HOUR SLIDE FILM PROCESSING SERVICE LEAVE YOUR FILMS HERE BENJAMIN FILM LABS plenty to keep her busy She taught nil Ihe resLol Ihe high school course She laught grammar and literature ana unci languages lntln and German She lo teach ua out there were no volunteers for that option then went to at the ago of fifteen years Having wandered A lend way from my first year In college I get hack lo It least lo the nd of it With vacation approaching Ihe neccsHlly of finding a sum or Job was scrloun for a summer there might he no college In the fall an my wan approaching a I had a of luck King died and enterprising rushed out to bo fiiibHcrlptlon While the hook win written and printed I was out foru while wiih iTkt having a licence to print money Any time I told book I made sixty If I ould lalk my victims Ihe hound deluxe edition I made tents When I gotthchiingof the thing had Home eight nine tin and twelve dollars That was only on paper When I came In deliver Inter I found lhal many customers had thunged their minds The Inn band or wife the case might be had made a when he heard of Ihe pur I not wonder that I hi dollar and hall that the book cost represented day s wages for the breadwinner in many those homes As I buy the book delivered topics had lo be resold I soon found that depends a good deal on whom I canvassed English Im migrants were Ihc best prospccla Nol only were they more interested In the royal family than native Canadians they seemed lo feci that the purchase of a biography of the late king In Nome way stressed loyalty their membership in class that owned Canada I found that can vnoslng native Canadians was unrewarding But the wan limited Soon I had harvested all the good fields En my territory About the time my licence to print money expired I worked the liltle town of Glen Williams I went there from Acton by train In ning changing at Georgetown Alter a frustrating day banging on doors that when opened were banged shut by the occupants had the problem to of how I would spend the night There wa no rain that would take mc home The thought of spending fifty cents for bed and breakfast the proportion of the dollar ft day In hotel un polled mo after a fruitless day I decided to walk home was only something like twelve miles and it was a nice summer evening got a bag of doughnuts they were six for a nickel and a bottle of soda and off I vcrylhing was fine until I Georgetown but then began to run out of doughnut energy About half way to Acton I gave up weather there wu a bright moon In sky and I decided bivouac I round a nice glade In a bush Using liltle A workman doing ton hours work did not have lunen tie went homo to a hot dinner On wo stopped work at five clock That hour was the goal of the whole week to be looked forward eagerly Then there would bo no more work until seven clock Monday morning For Ihc remainder of thai summer did very Utile reading My Iwenty four hours were divided Into three periods work consumption of food and sleep An a sixteen year old trying to do a man it job near end of some weeks was so tired that I was near tears did In fact receive a man s pay all of nine dollars per week Having no board to pay and having Utile lime or Ineenlive lo spend Ihe whole pay went into the bank add to the fund thai would he nieded In ERNESTO BLACK ease in which I carried my prospectus and order lorms n pillow I selllcd down to await sleep that never came Toilet requirements were no problem I wash my celluloid collar next morning In the brook and I was still at the stage where a shave a week was more than ample and bye ihe moon disappeared ami ihe place became spooky I tucked my pillow under my arm and walked the rest the way home Thai was the of my is a book salesman book of course had to be delivered and I was faced with the problem or finding some other gainful to acquire the money I needed for fall Ihc figure to made as a salesman proved after deliveries were to be Illusory I Ike many another dream was forced at last to resort lo manual labor I got a job in the local tannery There I worked fifty nine hour a week from seven to six with an hour off or the And host Mat tlroit A In the country did not result in a rial was a minor triumph I look a long weekend trip I drove to Acton going out Highway and then north past Ihe old farm and through Milton lo Aclon fifty miles There I spent Ihe night The xt day I went through and Horn to and back Acton miles linn day loler I came hack to Toronto a total of perhaps 170 miles For weeks I toasted that in all of that f had had only three flats A copy of A Stuff own and a Silk One Is now In A don puhllc library Region briefs During a meeting of s Administration and fit committee Referred to budget a for a of fli the Niagara and Mid Ontario Travel Association The grant request based on a con of Ihm cents per The remotes and related usiness in the region Representatives of the pointed out he benefits of the service as well an number of places and In region thai benefit from Ihe promotional fforls of region He purchase hair page ad vcrtlsemcnl for in souvenir program being published in conjunction with the I ions Convention hosted seven clubs in the Hurling ton area Ontario Quebec will attend NotaIlRRSPs are alike Consider the Toronto Dominion Retirement Savings Deposit The TDRSDis a bank deposit Thats the Its attractive interest rate is adjusted twice yearly to match that of the TD five year Certificate of Deposit And you never have to worry about fluctuations in the market vilue of stocks and bonds as you would with some other R S s Finally there s no interest penalty for your TD at any time As with all R S s eligible contributions are deductible from your current taxable income up to in some cases So depending on your circumstances the 1974 income tax defer can be substantial For example if youre an Ontario resident earning per year have spouse without an earned income two children under and no company pension plan you re allowed to contribute to a TD A 3 reduction in your taxable income will result in a current year tax deferral of 1024 That same person contributing of their earned income to a company pension plan can contribute up to and make a tax savings of 600 Your TD Manager is the person to ask about a TD Retire Savings Deposit You get all the facts and you be pleased to know that you can start for as little as with contributions of 100 or more whenever you wish But March 1st 1975 is the deadline for the 1974 tax year ITS TIME NOW Toronto Dominion the bank where people make the difference