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PEOPLE Till- HERALD March lT Pane Acton band leader is a man of many facets By MAGGIE HANNAH Herald tuff writer He may not come with trombones but Acton does have lis own music man He is leader of Acton Ci I liens Band and organist and choir master at Trinity United Church George Elliott Mr Elliott took over Ihc band from Alt in 1965 and became organist and choir leader at Ihe church in 1957 His band work goes back to I when Charlie Mason began asking young Acton boys to start up a buys band Most of the men who had been in the Acton band left during Ihe war you see Mr Ellloil explains So Mr Mas on decided start up with the young fellows rather lhan sec the own go without a The majority of the youngsl era who joned Mr Masons band had never played before Girls were Introduced to the band a couple of years later 1MT Thai band held together until about when it took first prize al the Canadian National Exhibition Then higher and out of town jobs began lake their loll as the people grew up Only two of those original young band members and Mr arc still win present Acton Band Mr Ell on says The band went being a ten band rather than a band around 1918 and gradually I hi girls from Ihe youth band dropped out or Ihti wed a George spent three to four rebuilding a church organ for use in own home The original works were built In but he purchased ft the Keats Organ Company and set It up on a platform which enables him mote it around for cleaning The organ pipes are In a closet adjacent to the instrument Itself Herald photo rly 1960s thai rls asking to join the band nmg classes were for included addition playing Acton band Mr Elliott jIso played wiih Lome band under Alt during school years He never belonged to regiment he joined them for parades during I hi I I pan of the regular group Ihcyd always find me i uniform for a parade he says remember Coronation Day a dozen parjdes that day We started at a in She I and went on all day I always enjoyed parading MISSED Mr Elliott says band has only missed competing in National Exhibition twice since he became leader Las year decided igainsi it since higher prize money offered because of the centennial celeb rat ions drew such si iff compel members felt it Ihe effort Over the years they have a couple of firsts and lots of thirds The competition is divided into or four classes and bands enter as many as they feci can handle We classes and it was disastrous We just didn I have Ihe time to concentrate on any of the pieces because we had so many it was good experience Mr Elliott owns a coronet banlonc horn flute piano and organ and phys every instrument in You have to be able to around on every instrument if you ire going to leach them he says BAND You start 30 and by the end of Ihe Iwo years when have the logo into the regu lar band you only have about he says The classes are split pretty evenly teenagers and older people who have never had a chance to learn music and warn The members of regular band range in age between 12 and around he says Tray play a loi of Santa CI a us Parades as well as or concerts a year and other panties like fall fairs Day He expects to members to show up for the weekly practise in the bind hall on Wednesday evenings members usually show up for par ides The full mem in regular band stands al about at present will about members in the beg Mr wind tame to Acton with his family at ripe old age of He received both his pub I and high school on and was In fact a number of Ihe high schools very first form class He turned a general arts degree from the University of Toronto and then went teacher college He spent one year teaching Port Colborne ore he relumed to Acton to work in Baxter Laboratories A year lalcr he returned to the University of Toronto and took his PhD in Food Chemistry and Biochemistry From there he went to University of Guclphas on instructor in PIANO LESSONS Mr Elliott says he began taking piano lessons before he was Id enough remember and organ lessons a round Grade or He began luking Ihc odd church service when he was In Grade 10 or 11 and took It on as a full time Job years ago was no novice at choir work either since he sang with the Hart House Glee Club for several years as well as being he University chorus Elmer for a couple of years He also belonged the dona College Glee Club and sang the choir at the Church of Holy Trimly under Catherine Palmers direction He is a tenor Mr has been a pro fessor at the University of for years He leach biochemistry and analysis of food students the agriculture general science and consumer studies nurse Las I semester he had students This time he is down to He has six hours of lectures each week but he must have regular office hours so he is available to discuss prob lems with students who need a bit of help lo sort out some- was said in a lecture I clear Hi also sets exams and mirks al least a pin of every students papers so he knows how well they are doing in their courses 1 have assistants to help the marking he says I want to mark same part of paper my students wrile so I know how ihcy are grasping work I usually mark one question on each paper and let my assistants do WORKING DAYS His working day usually beg ins nine or ten depending on when his first lecture of the day is scheduled but 11 can n earlier if he has an eight dock lecture as he did last semester His last ends by p normally but at times he schedules extra led urcs for groups of students who are having problems with a particular area of the course Since instructors are res pons to the university for 11 months or the year Mr Elliott explains that they work two semesters lecturing to stud mis and spend their third semester on research Which two they lecture and which one they spend on research will depend on the schedulo the university draws up for them inn tn one they want for research The classes 1 teach lend themselves to fall and winter so I do my research in the summer semester he exp lains but I have worked In he summer and done my Some of the staff prefer to take winter vacations It all depends on what you prefer and whether it can be worked out His research is on the of white cells of tees a type of free living while cell with a nucleus that nor molly metabolizes much like cancer cells His research Is for a cause to make it react in a manner similar to cancer Mr Elliot is also Ihc chair man of committee trying to the old Acton town hall While he didn exactly for the position neither was down when it was offered to him A lot of happy memories are tied up In the building he says since it was the for school plays when he was a child and later the band practise hall What the outcome of thj- committee efforts lo save the Id ng will be he isn t about to predict The money been as available as membeK had originally hoped but no one has totally given up the project yet A meeting with Halloa Hills council is scheduled for this monlh for com to report to council on how ihe r financial efforts act stand Mr Elliott says he likes to sail play tennis and hike in the summer and ski and skate winter While insulating and his family home on Bower Street is not exactly a hobby it has kept him busy during the past year He has also rebuilt a 1919 organ which was originally in a church In Thornbury He purchased antique from ihe Keats Organ Company and spent three to four years on project It now rests on a movable stand its pipes in a closet lie also has an old pump organ which he hopes to gel around repairing some time m the future NOTICE THE TOWN OF HAITON HILLS 1979 Bicycle Licences JANUARY DECEMBER FEE Ever resident the Town Helton Hills owning or a cycle shall obtain a Licence on or before the day of December each year and such licence shall expire on 1st day of January In the year following A Licence may be obtained by applying to the Municipal of the Town of Hills located at Main Street South Georgetown and Mill Street East Acton Monday Friday 30 and also at North ports Main Street 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