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Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), November 2, 1977, p. 6

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The Acton Free Press Wednesday Nov 2 Car rally boosts fund SOME ENTRANTS TOOK THE EVENT more seriously than others while these girls the Volvolitas figured the rally was In reality a fashion show and turned out in their Sunday finest The coffee house car rally was off to a roaring start on Friday October Seven teen cars participated In the rally to make It an success for the coffee house organizers Executive members Mark Beaton and Dave Hannah said that the rally took In after expenses The first place trophy went to driver Don Harding with navigational trophies presented to Doug Jordan and George Binden Second place was captured by Bill Manes with Tom and Dave Johnston as navigators In third place was driver Cliff with Thwaltes Yvonne Golden and Deb ThornhiU The first place car missed the perfect time by minutes and seconds With zero as perfect score the winning car arrived with Plnts The trophies for the win ning group were donated by Ford through the of Lome The dinner after the rally was prepared by student vol unteers Organizers of the rally are busy planning another car rally They hope to host at least two more as fund rals activities for the coffee house In the M C A GENTLEMEN TAKE your marks Cars line up for the start of the Acton High School car rally Friday Cars went off at three minute intervals with a set of cryptic directions to be followed Rotary to Come To ERIN OPTICAL Where Can See What You Save MAIN ST- ERIN RUDE MID SINGLE VISION GLASSES 2860 up Codmlate with can EYE EXAMINATIONS ARRANGED Fume repairs I replacements for broken lenses done on FIRST STARTER SETS OFF Ray Dunbar and Henry Koks were the first team across the starting line in Fridays car rally at the high school Team thought the timed event was a race and finished last place for getting to checkpoints ahead of schedule Coffee House planned by concerned youths Gorgeous Gourmets liked the dumplings The third meeting of the cooking will be sausage and Dublin South Gorgeous tomato bake German tea Gourmets wan held at the squares and Dutch chocolate home of Heather Knap ton With all members present we quickly began bustling around the kitchen On the menu for this week was Finnan Had die English trifle and delicious apple dumplings After the food was popped into the oven we all gathered around the table for the pledge and our business Roll call was answered with a recipe of food characteristic of England Scotland Ireland and Woks Some examples given were Haggis from Scotland trifle from England and Irish soda bread from Ireland The food was presented and all enjoyed the apple dumplings and the Finnan well that was a Next week tour school Twelve Rotary members and their wives will have a tour of the high school next Monday night The club has arranged for the school cafeteria staff to cater the meal for their lor meeting at the school Spooks out at Acton schools Acton school children got a head start on en Mon day as they enjoyed parties in their classrooms during the day Most classes at Robert Little Bennett and St Joseph either had costume parties or dispensed with the get up and had some old fashioned applebobbing etc Robots from the hit movie Star Wars television characters such as Happy Days Fonzie and numerous other celluloid heroes were seen walking around the halls There were also the traditional clowns nurses witches ghosts cowboys etc Teachers and students are now taking down their pictures of pumpkins black cats and other Halowe en related pro jects Remembrance Day art work such as poppy cutouts will be next on the walls followed closely by Christmas crafts SEWING MACHINE REPAIRS CLEAN LUBE ADJUST UPPER LOWER TENSION Adjust needle bar timing oscillating hook Replace bobbin winder friction where necessary Adjust feed mechanism Check stitch control lever wiring FREE PICKUP fr DELIVERY 8532775 8775024 6 form an active group within the community where they the teenagers have nothing to can work together and enjoy tlon and costs of the coffee adults complain themselves at a reasonable house familiar complaint Acton like any town is that proposal booklet which out lines the purpose about the kids on the streets and the kids complain about having nowhere to go If it not a problem of transport then it a financial pro blem A group of concerned young people in Acton have decided that it s time Something was price The main problem now the lack of funds It is est The committee have organ fund raising activities such as a beard growing con imated that It will cost test and a car rally which are for the necessary renovations i the basement The cost of carpet will be an additional St Donations of wood paint taking place at the high Town school Councillor C Byrnes Other proposed ideas for Director of I- Julian raising money include bake j done They have proposed and other building materials that a coffee house be started have greatly cut down on the in the C A The commit renovation expenses Cash tee hope to renovate the large donations have been made by room in the basement of the Y the Town Council and the high using an Old Tavern theme of the coffee house will be to provide a place for high school students to go on Friday or Saturday school Student Association sales box lunch auctions car wash and a dancca thon Gordon Chapman chair man of finance committee for the Y said that the board approved the use of the room and the renovations Mr The Ladies Auxiliary chapman felt that all the have offered to help with the board members were very Turn shings impressed with the proposal ftne St Josephs members Mark presented ceremonies turned out Beaton Kathryn Beaton Deb Members of the board successfully This morning our 116th student arrived She is in They also hope to provide luc Kara would like to sec the entertainment and a relaxed John Wat building become an import atmosphere for students son Charlie Kinal and Dave the community Eventually the students will Hannah have put together a especially for the youth Five grants in Halton announced Five Canada Works Project totalling have been approved under Phase of the Canada Works Program Dr Frank Member of Parliament an this week A grant of has been received by the South Central Regional Library for The grade lessons at the I ions Club Pool are now over Report cards Sjslem Retrospective Con version Milton Hills our people will be hired to compile a list of all materials held in the libraries of the South Central Region in order to provide the library users with access to innumerable sources of information Seven jobs will be provided for the Glen Support Operations Milton project Glen den Ski Area which is owned and operated by the Region Conservation Authority will be expanded A grant of was received Groups in received thc remaining three grants on their swimming progress One entitled Malnstreamlng through Services Oakville received held on Wednesday Nov and will employ three Hoys play off games this persons Instructional week are Monday A versus I- Assistants has Tuesday versus Winners received and involved Wednesday hiring teachers who would be The girls intra mural employed as instructional ass slants final grant is or 23 for Secretarial Services were given out The grade class from last year enjoyed it very much this years did and I hope next year s pupils do too Now the spirits of ghosts and gob lias are gone but soon thoughts of Christmas will be here Although school started not too long ago some students have moved away Our class was saddened to lose Johnny Graham to another school Soon Mr Coe will be having European Handball Tor girls and boys the Disadvantaged Child minis the symbol for minute Is the symbol for hour km means kilometre means metre cm means centimetre means gram ml means millllltre means litre mm means millimetre HEARING AID CENTRE -ACTON- 22 St South Opllcil tmplic LIGHTING SHOWROOM Beta I and Wholesale GERRIE ELECTRIC SUPPLY CO LTD Armstrong Ave Geo i I NATURES I I EMPORIUM I STORE fitd Sal Fi 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