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1 The Acton Free Press Wed February 1976 No more three Woodside school converted into home ByPalWlIion A controversial Issue fee ting the residents of the fourth and fifth lines of Erin Township concerned a choice building site Some wanted Line some on the Fifth After much alter an independent study was carried out and a choice was made The project would be constructed midway be tween the two lines on the Fifth Concession Sound familiar The noises are similar but the project is not a hydro In 1976 but a schoolhouse in specifically S S No ID Erin Township popularly known as School which functioned on this site from 1888 until closing its doors 1965 It is now the charming residence of John Audrey Cameron Acton 100 cost The property for the new school was taken from the northwest corner of the Donald farm on the Fifth Line now owned by Bruce It cost The new building was constructed of bricks manufactured on the Given farm on the Sixth Line and the schoolyard was at a cost of Over the years the school served not only as an educa tional centre but also as a community centre A Liter Society flourished here at one point and many were the social get held within its four walls Some of the pupils trudged to school along the original Five Sideroad which wound through swamp up hill and down dale from the Sixth to the Fourth Line others like the Denny brothers walk through stands of hard wood snow covered fields to gain an education Many other names well known in Acton and district were associated with the little one- roo 1 S and Z Bennett are but a few Warm welcome Wonderful things are still happening in the old red brick schoolhouse at the top of the hill on Five Sideroad Step in side the doorway to the form cloakroom and you are greeted by the warm wel come found wherever the quality of lift is good This warmth of feeling which engulfs the former school undoubtedly stems from the affection which its owners feel for it Since they bought it three years ago this Valentine Day they have given unstintingly of their time and talents to its re storation Although the project is not yet complete much has been accomplished The single schoolroom has been trans formed into a compact two- bedroom home with a tremLndous feeling of spaciousness Most of the work under taken to date has been doors Audrey tells you This spring well put shutters on and do the landscaping but we don t want to spoil he school house effect at all Project Audrey has done much of the decorating herself from stippling the plaster ceilings with rolled up newspapers to placing he beams in position she even led down an inside wall erect by previous owners in or to enlarge the sitting As you discuss her project with her you cannot help feeling how fortunate It was Speeding fines up Milton officers issued a slight increase speeding tickets over the first Jul weekend since the new provincial speed limits came into force Feb 1 Constable Larry Scott however that the increase may have been due more highway traffic due to the sunny and windy Weather He explained what the new law means to Highway motorists for example where the speed limit is now If and OPP officer clocks you at 70 miles per hour and tills you over your m speed will cost you a fine but you won lose any demerit points And if the policeman stops you for going p on the freeway the fine is for each mile over the limit which comes to plus an additional S3 in court costs As well the motorist clocked at would lose three demerit points Tell the advertiser you saw his ad in Hit Arloii yirs forSSNo 10 Erin Township that she was the person to undertake its conversion Having restored two homes In England previously one of which was a century cot age with all Its inherent pro blems she could see the potential afforded by the schoolhouse the minute she laid eyes on Immediately she sensed what was needed When she and John became the proud owners of the one acre and twelve perches on lot five concession five and the eighty five year old build ing they moved in at once and set to work Since a modern kitchen had been installed on the south side of the building by the former owners the Camer first undertaking was the removal of the little leanto shed at the southwest of the building In Its place they built a cedar deck overlook ins the beautiful wooded valley to the rear of the pro perty Along the wall against which the shed was formerly propped sliding glass doors were installed Now the Camerons and their guests can sit in the dining room and feast their eyes while they their meal Barn board Like the spacious sitting room which it adjoins the dining room is panelled Bam board has been used and is most effectively comple mented by woven vian drapes in beige and brown tones The original wainscot ting has been pre served and painted a neutral tone but it is Audrey s mate aim to refinlsh this As you walk from the front of tile house to the back along the red carpeted centre hall way which leads past two bedrooms on the left and an ultra modern bathroom on the right your eye is drawn to the rear wall of the house For here crackles and dances a glorious log fire in a raised hearth extending the width of the silting room This fire place Audrey designed her self and had built of reclaim brick which is the same age as the brick in the building Com fortable chintz covered chesterfields invite one to curl up at the fireside and en joy not only the warmth but the flickering flames and lighted candles reflected in copper pieces placed nearby and in the highly ished floor which has been left uncovered to reveal its lustrous beauty or dancing Interestingly this floor was laid in 1945 by a number of the older boys attending the school who wanted to have a floor suitable for dancing The donated their labor but the wood cost hem 50 a sum which would buy only a few of the boards today The original floor can still be found beneath this When the Camerons put in the sliding glass doors In the dining room and the fireplace in room they had an opportunity not only to examine the construction of their home but also to lake a peak into its past Blackboard The walls are three bncks thick at the bottom and two bricks thick all the way up ti In every two feet with a twobyfour On the wall at the back of the house behind the present fireplace they found the old blackboard On its surface was a wreath of maple leaves and the inscrip tion God Save the King God Bless Canada Vlita In the north wall of the sit ting room a new narrow bay window has replaced a door way against which easterly winds formerly heaped snow banks which made access This window overlooks the fields of the Leilch farm to the east To preserve his vista Audrey has refrained from using curtains just as she has on the kitchen window which looks out on the beautl old beech tree to tin south west Here cardinals and other feathered friends come to en joy the tasty treats proffered them by the kind residents of Wherever one looks from this property the view is magnificent When one com pares the natural beauty rounding this with the concrete sterility of modern school grounds one realizes the price of progress Here there arc glorious vistas to stir the soul unless course the proposed corridor should tut across the f elds and mar the landscape Like many others the Camerons hope this will not Come spring Audrey and John will be busy working outdoors on weekends when they are not golfing at the Club to which have belonged for years If you arc The Camerons will be former Woodside pupil lighted to show you your and want to take a step back children or your grandchild in time just stop and say where once you went to Hello when vou re passing school THESE WINTRY DAYS life in the Cameron home centers around the glowing fire Warmth is the keynote of the delightful residence which John and Audrey have transformed over the last three years February is Anniversary Month at L FORD SALES Your patronage and confidence in Ford and Mercury products during the past years have fed to a tremendous increase in sales of these fine products New stock for Spring delivery will be arriving soon We must clear our lot of our present stock I WHAT MORE CAN WE SAY SHOP AT I AND SAVE Main St Anon or Brampton 1761 UPDATED BUT unspoiled the old Woodside School retains its charm and on the exterior looks much as it did when it closed its doors to pupils in AUDREY CAMERON has used pastel colours vertical stripes and only a lew carefully chosen ornaments to make the smaller rooms of her home appear larger SALE 50 OFF GWG WINTER JACKETS Reg 95 NOW 2495 Open Monday Through Saturday Tack Togs 121 St Hwy No Apple StWl Margarine Whole Potatoes AVERAGE TENDERLOIN PORTION PORTION thru frtday 00pm Saturday 00pm 55 Chicken Instant Coffee BUS ADM Sweet Mixed rCC Pickles MUSI ROOM OH Chicken Noodle Loin Roasts A lb A lb MM CUT S I 39 Loin Pork Chops Veal Cutlets or Sirloin Veal Steaks PRODUCE OF USA Potato Chips 79 Broccoli J Jaffa Oranges 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