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MP Home Newspaper of Hills Horse ranch investigated Womens hostel finds page 19 home page21 THL lit Wednesday Jut II 197 Page I J S ECTION HALTONS PEOPLE Retirement ends era for Ma Browne writer Every community has tain people who are known and held dear by countless real because of their aceomplishmcnts or because of their contributions to the community Acton will lose one of Its special characters sometime this summer when Doris Browne closes up her variety store at the of School Lane goes n retirement Mrs Browne won I be ing up and leiving town e says but neither will be there to the youngs en on the way to school eating all those s n class or to commiserate v an elderly customer he arthritis or to sort he conger passing through own who needs directions to an address off the main drag Everyone calls me Mi Browne she chuckles even the truck drivers passing through 1 don I know ho half of ihiir Ihey all know Ted mi she I is imes for some of too the over the hills boys which Is what she the Regional I Browne K Browne They mel a of the World on in Ontario dated married on 1957 He was and w It was her first age and hi third Wood me the World is lodge m to the Orange Lodge came right to the store ay the wedding oils with a chuckle a e following Saturday n to Falls ford k parade That was our honeymoon Mrs had had no store experience when she ma She had worked in der Bread making pics and But she got used to it nee had been running he or many years and wa well known around town of their drop to meet new wife been part of the com Browne used to tell his friends that the minute I set eyes on him I grabbed him and I wouldn lei go she smiles Whether true or not she no attempts to keep him ed her apron strings after she married him Mrs Browne We d go to a convention and before you know i Browne was one she recoils I where he was But he always showed up for meals or when it was time to go Mr Browne died in 1971 at the of She will turn 65 month Despite the great different she totally agrees with December mar and siys she would do It Community service program Katimavik tour for Acton girls I OKI TAYLOR Herald staff writer Two young women from Ac ton has been selected parti In a nine month long government project called Katimavik Lynda Shndbolt IB and Beaton left last night Tuesday for their first placements in the project They will be living with 10 other students and a group leader in three differ communities across Cann da and working on community service projects Lynda and will be in two separate groups with six different placements in lo Quebec Nova Scotia and British Columbia They will spend three months in each placement with the first elev en days of their first plaee concentrating on train is an Inuvik work meaning meeting place and part of one of objectives of the program Is lo learn about getting along with people Loch region has a group of people which Is divided into three groups of eleven These groups of eleven will be living together for the duration of the project in conditions ranging from tents to cabins MAJOR PURPOSE The major purpose of the program is to bo of service to the community The group members will be working 32 to hours a week on various community service projects related mainly lo I he environ and conservation The groups will recede room and board and wages of SI a day If hey complete the nine month program they will re a lump sum of The program also has a military option for students interested In working with the armed forces for nine months The program is open to young jgain if she were In the some circumstances Sure we had our fights she says but we hod a great deal in common and I d mend that kind of marriage to Although she claims to be able to hide her worries she never d them very well from her husband When we went to a d always worry a bit about the store she admits I knew Lhc people we had In charge were perfectly capable but I was always afraid they be held up or something sol d sneak off and call he store just to check on things When Browne would come up to bed he d say and how the store going Id tell him I didn know but he always knew I d be worried and call He was concerned too but he could put It out of his mind better than I could WAS ROBBED Mrs Browne had every son to be concerned over rob bery since she as been victim three limes Although they never got much one incident guve her cause to feir thieves A couple of years ago on a stormy day three boys probab ly in their early teens entered her store and stood looking around They decided there was nothing in It they wanted and left A short time later one of them returned He picked large pop came lo counter and asked for something on one of lhc shelves behind Mrs Browne When she turned to get it he struck her on back of head with the bottle My glasses went flying off and for a mora cm thought he ceiling had come down she says When I turned around he was coming over the at me with his fists doubled up Well I got mad and I told him in language neither The or any other paper would print exactly where to go and how to get there and whallodowhenheornvcd III never forget the look on his face He was so shocked I started screaming and he dropped the pop bottle on he counter and got out He never did get anything I expect hey thought I d pass out and they have a hay day In he ill and when I started swearing he know what to make of Beaton Kathryn will be working in Port Quebec and Gran Cache Alberta Among he service projects she will be working on arc green houses an environmental re sources campground a coop and maintenance of outdoor ski trails The groups will also be working at a local cable television station doing repairs m work it a hospital and skating Lynda will at St Anne South River in She will be and Columbia Lynda construct a solar cook oven and dryer working on field trips with young child and conducting survey of migratory birds The students will also be assisting with instruction on canoeing sailing and camping It The students Inking part in he program were selected at random by a computer The object of the program is to get as much of a crosssection of people as possible Students are French or En of rural or urban back grounds financially well todo or from a low Income family Applicants must have a medi examination before their application can be accepted Each group receives money during their place which they can use as hey sec fit in addition to their dally allowance Group mem bers arc given wo weekends off during each hreemonlh placement and will be able come home for Christmas but the trip will be at their own expense Both women applied for he program becouse hey were of school I wanted o see Canada Lynda said wanted to trav el and I didn want o go to school what I wont lo do I Just want the experience of meeting peo ple Whenever you work with a group on a project it makes you feci important like you re accomplishing something worthwhile Kathryn added Sometimes you just have lo gel away Lynda said We ve lived in Acton all our lives and time we saw more of Canada II a really good and Is he best time to do It Katbym said think it be a good Doris Browne passed cake to numerous and friends who slopped at her store at the end or School Lane In Acton on Saturday to wish her a happy rrtlrentenl Mrs Browne began running the lore when she married her late husband years ago and has been at It seven days a week II hours a day pretty well ever since She will turn this month and the landlord Is renovating the building so she plans retire some lime through summer although she lsn t saying exactly when The police look me to the schools see if I could Identify the boys but I I OPERATES STORE Mrs Browne operates her store seven days a week from am to m and has had little time for hobbies or out side Interests although she is a member of the True Blue Lodge in and be longs to the women division of the Orange Lodge and he Crystal Lodge which is a high division of the women Orange as the Black Knights Is a higher division for men She also belongs to the Lake side chapter of the I E She enjoys hockey occasional ly and likes country and tern music especially the Tommy Hunter show The youngsters have since she came into the store she says although she can I explain change A lot of the ones who were kids when I came here are married and have families of their own now Maybe that part of Ma Browne secret In a world thai changing he lady who ease many Acton young is still around Joke with them as adults and tease their own children She was given notice by her landlord some time ago that she was to be out by end of the month but he relented somewhat and she isn t sure exactly when she close her doors now she says is that it will be this I don t know it but I suspect this store will go she says I suspect he going renovate it and make a different store of It When she casually mention ed to a friend that she was thinking of going to the Orange Lodge convention at Niagara on the Lake over the 12th of July her friend had to break down and ell her thai there was an open store planned for that weekend to celebrate her retirement I d have liked to go to the convention but I I can go another lime she says with a shrug And where does Mrs Browne intend to go when she retires Visiting a bit but mostly just waiting for the senior citizens residence to get finished so she can move In North Halton hosts Danish scouts as Iran conflict ends Jamboree plans By MAGGlt HANNAH Herald staff writer Cultural exchanges limited to sports groups as Ihe arrival of Danish Scouts In the North District over the weekend points out The political problems In Iran in recent months forced Scouts around the world to make arrangements for what was to have been lhc World Jamboree In that try this year Since jam are held every four years with arrangements made long in advance there was no possibility of simply choosing a new site and pro ceeding with the original plans Scouts planning to at end the Jamboree simply look ed around for a new destina lion and made their own alter native plans through their leaders A total or Danish Scouts Including their arrived in Toronto International June and spent the past week camping at a Scout reserve in Haliburton The North District offered home hospitality to 33 of the group including eight girl scouts and four female lead The Herald discussed the similarities and differences between Danish and Canadian Scouting with two of the girls and their leaders at a near Sunday evening Staeehl one of the leaders says that girls would not have been allowed to go to the world jamboree because Iran have permitted it In Denmark both girls and boys belong to the Scout troops and activities arc shared regardless of sex When Scouts were making trips to other countries instead of Iran the girls were then told they could be Included in the overseas trip There is no Beaver level in the Danish Scouting move Cubs is open to olds and girls enter Brownies at the same age Both groups move up to mixed Scout troops or ail girl troops around the age of Venturers start at approximately 15 a 15yearold from the village of Srbynagle In eastern Denmark says she was 10 before she entered the Scouting movement Only mixed groups are In her village she says They are run by the In other owns however the YWCA may run Scouting and if that is the troops will bo open only girls The wants only girls she says but the YMCA will take both boys and girls Although As conveys ihe the all girl troops sit around doing needlework and ignore the more active things like camping which lhc mixed troops undertake Miss Staeehl says that a groups activities will depend on the leader If the leaders are only Interested in staid like fancy work and singing then that s what lhc girls will do If the leaders are involved in hiking canoeing camping and the other activities like ihe mixed groups then the girl troops will be engaged in those things It all depends an the lead ore she nods just as I understand it is here The girls found Canadian cars much bigger than what they are used lo and comment the roads Bicycles arc also used extensively for ravelling short distances Trains and buses are for long distance Many families do have cars but usually just one Canadians who are comp laining about high prices don know how lucky Ihcy arc Miss Staeehl notes that gasoline which Canadians pay cents a litre for costs a litre in Denmark Food and rent are also higher priced than Canadian counterparts The question of whether wo men have equal career with men in Denmark raised considerably vcrsy among the girls Astrid Nielsen feels that women are allowed to work If they wish especially if they have a good Two girl coat and two leaden from group of Danish Scouts compared Danish and Canadian tooting for the Herald this weekend Among the group or visitors were from the Ml Nielsen 15 of Tystrup Nielsen 15 of and leaders Sorensen TystnipandAnnegletAeStaeeBlofBllkclod The girls would not have been allowed Into Iran to attend the World Scout Jamboree this year but could come when an alternate trip to Canada while Miss herself a teacher shook her head and says that while things have improved there is still room for more improve ment Most women work as store clerks and waitresses and while those with training may get jobs easier than those without It a man is still preferred to a woman If other qualifications for a job are equal GOOD ENGLISH Miss speaks very good English and explains students begin learning En gllshotabouttheagoofll The schools start teaching German at about the the age 12 Danish children e school at seven and take nine of 10 years In the system There is no equivalent to high school Students never fail because they can t do all the work prescribed fora year The Sharpies family on the Fourth Line held a get together Saturday evening for the Danish Scouls and hosts The group left Monday for the United States where they will visit Detroit Cleve land Buffalo and New York before returning home The Danish visitors are the first of three groups of foreign Scouts slated to visit North this summer The pro blems in Iran which ted new plans for Scouts sche duled o go to the World Jamboree has resulted in for visits from En and Bermudan North boys will also be making rips out of the area during July One groups goes the Greater Toronto Realm jamboree Dear A second group beads for the Manitoba Jamboree near Win nipeg and a Glen boy slated to attend the World Jamboree in Iran is now in Sweden another JamboreV Ins tea it