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Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), November 17, 1982, p. 5

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GeorgotownActon Wednesday Nov 6 On the fa Acton Legion member and Dominion president Dave Capperould Georgetown la a wreath at the National War Memorial in Ottawa on Remembrance Da All of it lib can be proud of achievements on the national wale with the Canadian Legion Free Press sports editor Denis was up to his old inter national hockey shenanigans again Denis you may recall ha been to Russia Sweden and Czechoslovakia th various hockey when he worked here in Acton Denis recently returned to Moscow Tallow the Burlington Cougars bantam club for nine games Irom Octobtr to November Den sent back radio re ports for Radio MO Ham from Minsk and ngrad n the and Finland His stones also were carried in the Burl Post of which Denis is news tor Burl won the tournament Acton Coop Nursery s having a stmas and bake sale this Saturday at St Parish Hall from Jo to I ad a visit fron George and Tl recently The couple lived Acton in the early 60s with their family and was mayor of the town for a while The couple keep close eye on through the pages of the Free Press and are still very interested in all their old friends They are now living in Islington One of the traditions of Acton at Christmas is the sending of Christmas bales to Princess Margaret and Henderson Hospitals in Toronto and Hamilton The Acton Unit of the Cana dian Cancer Society will soon be packing these bales Donations of baking coffee tea and sugar would be greatly appreciated Items can be left at Acton Home Furnishings If pickup is required cat or 830744 Chi chapter of the Beta Sigma Phi sorority is holding a draw for worth of merchandise at the House on December Tickets are currently on sale on Saturdays Sundays at the Hide House Rick a sweeping vic tory into pal politics last week maintains the right of having tha youngest councillor on Hills council We started our da m to fame with the election of Terry Gmbbe in 1979 just two weeks alter her 33rd birth day With the next pal election and the victory of yearold Dave Whiting Acton was indeed a pattern Now with Rick a mere Acton is being consistent At the West Central Ontario Cham p Holsteln Show on October Ltd the three and four yearold Dray class Their beast AKilldee Elevation also won the Becker Milk Co trophy as the highest class winner RR Acton resident Doreen McLean is walking on a cloud these days after winning first prize In the Lady Roadster Class at the Royal Wnter Fair last week It as the first day of the show and the first time she had ever won a first prize at the event taking a third two years ago and a second last year of McLean Stables was Tanglefoot Mike and was absolutely thrilled at her at the biggest show in Canada There were other entries in her class Tanglefoot ke also won a third place yesterday Tuesday in the Single Roadster over IS 2 Doreen husband Itoss was driving Only two more draws are left Tickets can be purchased for an extremely reasonable price Rumor has it there Is a very spec holiday planned for the final trip draw Car collision An Acton man and a Georgetown woman wen involved a collision on Gudph St Just Blvd last Monday November in which a combined WOO damage occ George Gerdes 27 sustained damage to his car while the car driven by Linda George 23 had damage No injuries were caused in the early morning 9 ACTON HOME FURNISHINGS TINY TOT BOUTIQUE 20 To celebrate we are having a PRECHRISTMAS SALE starting November 16th to November 26th ITEMS IN STORE OUR PLAN Acton Home Furnishings ft Mia St Ea Acton RAISE YOUR STANDARD OF DRIVING WITH A MAZDA Achillas Meters ltd THE PLACE fOR UNBEATABLE PRICES AND SERVICE 357 QUEEN ST EAST ACTON 8530200 Our readers write Acton credit union coverage splendid Deer hunt totals down Dear Sir On behalf of he members and staff of Community Cred t Union Ltd I would like to thank you penonally for the splcnd d coverage afforded our recent Ann vcr celebrations a I the Acton Branch Although the branch is our newest it is one of our bus est hanks to an excellent staff and a good reputation built up the past in years by predecessor Acton Commun Credit Union were pleased to have so many for directors of Acton group present for the ceremony on October 28 Your photo coverage and the excellent historical article certainly showed us The Free Press cares about its community The Free Press coverage was much better and more extensive than any of the other papers which covered our anniversary event at the other four branches We hope Acton ap preciates The tree Press we do Yours very truly Community Credit Union Urn ted General Manager Legion happenings llarr Norton It getting to look a lot Ike Ihristmas with snow on Ihc ground and that reminds us hat the deadline for getting child name I for the Christ mas Party is November Members children cart of age or younger If your eligible child is not on Ihe list get in touch with cither red Allen or Ed t ootid right away Our Branch hosted one tournament last Saturday and ail Branches pated Branch team made up or Jeff Denny Tony Lambert John Vlielstn an Wayne Wilson won all of their len games and were tournament win ners Milton Branch 136 was second and Bramp ton Branch team was third Correction A misprint n last weeks election score board on the front page gave defeated council candidate Peter i vote when in fact he drew only votes His correct vote total was printed in lion story o the lefl of the scoreboard The Free Press regrets II Video ft Disc Rental of the Legion lowered and raised the flan at a solemn ceremony Thursday Remem bra ice Day On November tcrlalnment In the Branch Port Credit lounge on Friday night hosting the Zone fun evening is Snooker tournament becoming ever more Let they have as popular now that Jack good a turnout as wc Frost has chased all the d d While talking about softies inside sports we notice that I seem to have snow riremen A team and and Jack Frost on my Legion A arc lead mind this week but in the cr lea maybe It Is because the I think The Branch looking for at the volunteers to put up the bottom of the heap snow fence If you have could use some moral an hour to spare come support so come i out on down to the Branch and give them a Saturday morning at 10 Sound Conspiracy will a m and lets get that be dtng the en job over with Only half the number of deer expected to be taken his areas third annual controlled deer hunt were harves ted In the hunters bagged deer compared to 88 taken In last year s fourday hunt In all l 300 per mils were Issued in Cambridge District and 126 deer were shot including hunter contribution Ministry of Naturaf Resources area Nancy It has a feeling that hunter participation was down this year Her ions will not be con firmed until registered hunters hand in their reports a mandatory procedure if a hunter expects to participate in future hunts Pellet group surveys performed over the past two years indicate this area has a deer popula lion of to 15 per square mile according to the biologist She blames the poor weather for he lower than anticipated har vest A total harvest of 200 to 250 deer was expected in Cambridge District The less then success ful hunt could mean a slight rise in road kills and more crop damage but on the other hand explains Mrs Tilt poaching incidents could be up A total of 600 hunters applied to participate in the controlled hunt in and of hat number 475 were drawn from a lottery Correction The caption under one of the Acton School commencement photos in last week paper incorrectly identified Sharon Bendlcks as receiving an award from Mrs when in fact it was Helen making a presentation to Gloria Walton The Free Press regrets the error RAMESES A PRINT PUBLISHING Complete Commercial J Print Service and Graphic Design Let our talented artists create Eyour new logo advertising campaign or specialty program We An Graphic SfMCmksttl cMuedM the Mora give you Downtown Hills Furniture and Appliances 10th BIRTHDAY i Of tilt I j AND I CELEBRATIONS WE WILL BE GIVING YOUAPRESEMTH 1 On Any Purchase 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