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Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), April 26, 1967, p. 6

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returns open meeting itausuce grimes the executive dlrectorof the ontario division of nhe canad ian cancer society maurice grimes will address all who come to hear of his experien ces add see his pictures taken while working for the cancer society at an open meeting here the public is invited to attend the meeting arranged by lakeside chapter of the io de on tuesday evening may 2 at 845 pm in the legion hall other local groups have been extended special invitations and anyone interested is wel come when mr grimes last spoke in acton on his trip to moscow his keen wit perceptive know ledge ofthe areas in which he travelled as well as his report skillfully commented through out showing of pictures en deared him to every listener that is why the lakeside chapter of the iojxb are proud to hostess this evening they hope every interested person most especially the campaign captains and canvas- sers will come to hear mr grimes and see his pictures of his trip to tokyo for trie in ternational cancer congress born raised and educated in the ottawa valley the cancer society executive director spent the depression years in the north working as a mining engineer during the early days of the war he enlisted in the air force was discharged med ically and went to fort erie to serve out the balance of the war as an aeronautical engin eer at fleet aircraft following the cessation of hostilities he entered the busi ness world in sales it was in this capacity that he became interested in the canadian cancer society as a volunteer in st catharines ontario in 1946 in 1952 he joined the ranks of the permanent staff of the ontario division and has serv ed as the executive director of that division since that time each year he journeys to the american cancer society an nual meeting in new york for a week where he follows keen ly the latest developments in that country he presented papers to the last two international cancer congresses the first of these was held in moscow russia in 1962 and the last in tokyo japan in 1966 proposal the acton free press wednesday april 26 1967 g continued from page one project to council and the clerk- administrator from councils insiruction instructs the works department in the carrying out of the municipal program wc have had councillor side walk superintendents in the past and all the accompanying problems i i somathingwe scour father arid son dinner enjoyed by 130 tuesday dont want to return to he suggested revision of the procedural bylaw being under taken bv the committee would clear up any problems that ex ist the resolutioiuwas sent to the committee for further study over 130 cubs scouts fa thers and rotarians enjoyed a turkey dinner at th father and son banquet of the local boy scout movement held in i the dr a c stewart memor ial hall of knox presbyterian church last night group committee chairman mac sprawl presided over the two hour evening during which time he called on the leaders of the three sections of the lo- cal movement for brief reports of the progress and activities of each scoutmaster henry de vries and cubmaster mur ray scoyne expressed then- pleasure of being the leaders of the two new sections added to the local group last fall cubmaster dorothy jordan in her report outlined the num- acti o h c windsor castle expo write choraliers queens day full final adjustment to wiring is made by hydro lineman dor- son frizzed as the new traffic lights at the corner of mill and main sts were turned on monday morning at 9 am there were no hitches and traffic was soon operating normally during abnormally heavy traffic the lights can be operated manually at the discretion of a police officer staff photo computers will calculate your golf handicap jim cooney and doug allen were among the first to finish the 40mile walk from thornhill saturday sponsored by pre fect action a teenage group just formed staff photo handicap chairmen and their committees across the country will now have help from bank of montreal computors in cal culating golf handicaps g ar nold hart chairman and presi dent said the bank has intro duced a new service to relieve golf clubs of the chore of cal culating handicaps the program was developed with rhe approval of the royal canadian golf association at the board of trade country club in toronto where it re ceived enthusiastic support the service has been endorsed for country wide application by the rcga whose rules will apply twice monthly participating golf clubs will receive summar ies of members handicaps cal culated by computors at the banks genie centres in mon treal toronto and vancouver club golfers will be able to use these summaries both to ascer tain the handicap and to post new scores each of the banks 995 offices in canada will act as relay points for the regional genie centres although her majesty the queen and acton choraliers willbeatexpo the same day the queen will definitely not hear the acton men sing one of the choraliers wrote to england to inquire if queen elizabeth would be able to hear the group a letter on creamy paper with red en graved crest returned to james e higgins esq from windsor castle advised him thank you very much for your letter of 4th april asking if the queen could hear the acton choraliers when they sing at expo 67 on luly 2 and 3 arrangements for the visit by the queen and the duke of edinburgh to canada in 1967 are being coordinated by lieutenant general howard graham cbe dso ed cd qc whose address is com missioner general for visits of state 1967 ottawa the signature in spikey eng lish hand is indistinguishable but the private secretarys first name is philip so on to the commissioner general for visits of state i outdoors on op the chity organizers of saturdays walking test from thornhill susan clarke assists lyn perry after he finished the long walk which started at 7 am staff photo leadership candidate davie fulton coming to haltonwentworth hon davie fulton mp candidate in the progressive conservative leadership race will be guest speaker at the founding meeting of the hal- tonaventworth federal riding association on friday april 28 at glenviev school in al- dershot at 8 pm steering committee chair man eric gudgeon announc ed that although invitations were going out lo conservative workers in the former rid ings of halton and went- worth it was to be an open meeting at which the new ex ecutive will be elected and a constitution adopted halton wentworth takes in all of the towns of burlington and dundas the village of waterdown and the town ships of nassagaweya and east and west flamboro mr fulton announced his candidacy for federal leader ship some time ago and has been vigorously campaigning for support at the september national convention in toron to delegates for halton- wentworth will be chosen prior to the june 30 deadline and it is expected that mr fultons address will attempt to capture their support as well as others in this urban area of the country continued from page four thvtrucs the establishment of a hunters examination pro gram instructions and information regarding this regulation have been forwarded to all licence issuers the blue card certificate of competence as given by hun ter safety training instructors will be honored until december 31 1967 after december 31 1967 a licence can only be obtained by one of the three methods as follows a by producing a previous licence for renewals or as proof of his hunting exper ience a licence for any year for any province state or country can be accepted by an issuer b a certificate issued by an examiner ie conservation of ficer i c a certificate of compe tence issued by a hunter safety raining instructor the department of lands and forests recommends that all prospective hunters take a hunter safetv training course before applying tor an exam ination location of courses can be obtained from depart ment officers declarations in the matter of lost or destroyed licences can no longer be accepted by local issuers those who have lost a licence and are unable to pro duce proof of hunting exper ience must inquire at the near est department office for re newal it is suggested they do this at least two weeks prior to their hunting trip so that a search can be made on their behalf gord dawe another finisher in saturdays project action hike still had enough steam for a smile jack ridley cartage limited concrete blocks concrete brick cinder blocks clay brick sand stone livestock and fertilizer farm service and supplies dump trucks for hire fully insured pcv class fs f acton phone 8530730 for puasurt ef bowl for health the entire family can bowl together mad make h a date bowl where ithe action is acton bowling lanes 10 mam st n ojlfa sfmlto international add up the bills youre now paying month after month and pay them off with cash from gac international then you make only one payment each month and chances are it will be considerably lower than the total you are now paying that one budgetfitted monthly payment lets you plan ahead provide for extra spending money out of every paycheck stop in or call for prompt personal service get a cash advance from gac international to pay your bills or for any good reason loams up to sims uc btteuuflowu finance corp ltd 1967 mr graham replied on equally fine letterhead dearjcomrade higgins i have received from the queens private secretary a copy of your letter dared april 4 in which you ask if her maj esty would be able to hear your choir during her visit to expo the queen will be at expo only for a few hours on mon day july 3 and her program will be so crowded with en gagements that i can see no possibility of meeting your re quest i am sorry about this be cause i am sure that her maj esty would enjoy the singing of your choraliers i am a life member of branch no 110 at trenton and i congratulate you and the members of the acton branch in developing a male chorus of this kind the two letters are a source of pride to the singers ero pack over the past year and mentioned some of the events in which her pack will be par ticipating akda jordan pointed out that the growth of scouting in acton during 1966 has increas ed by about 50 per cent with the addition of a second cub pack and the revival of the scout troop membership in the group now totals nearly 70 boys me strongest it has been in over 10 years when acton boasted of three cub packs a scout troop and a rover crew the program consisted of a two movies show by mrs art mcallister of the georgetown rod and cun clu with glenn banks interspersing sing song with a moose stories prow pranks two university of guelph veterinarians have exposed as a hoax a reported caesarian operation last week on a moose near the macdonaldcartier freeway neither dr r a curtis nor dr f j milne who were re potted to have performed the operation have any knowledge of it similar repo of moose were made in centres as far away as lindsay and peterbor ough in apparent efforts to make the stories widespread the reports are believed to be the pranks of persons fam iliar with veterinary science departments of lands and for ests officials at hespeler were also notified of the supposed caesarian operation plan your spring paving now phone guelph paving co experts in residential driveways parking arias service station lots all types op cement work call wayne rogers 8225273 ouelpfi nick reglnato 8244543 guolpti quality ba products save you money gasolines motor oils diesel fuel fuel oils stove oils touuiuia i oil burner finance plan 10 years to pay i small carrying charges dependable service thompson fuels ltd phone 8532370 acton after hours 8532174 calling all students free want ads get a job through the free press free to all students public and high schools who live in this area no phone calls please if you are looking for a full or part time job heres all you do place your ad in the office 59 willow st acton 1 one ad to each student may be repealed up to 3 t if you contact the free press by each monday be 5 pm 2 you must use your name in the ad 3 you may use up to 20 words of copy deadline for your free ad is monday 5 pm

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