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feared possible gestapo mauling la flft- la a aariaa we never bad the om much of our time in prison camp was devoted to keep the guards from knowing what wav- taking place stooges were- required for variety of reasons each as 1 a tunnel was being built 2 an escape was about to take pli 5 uniforms civilian clothes or dummy rifles were being made 4 some officers were list ening to the radio 5 we were to hear the 6 a new arrival was to in form us of developments whan lauu was being built we had to dispose of the dirt there would be a steady line of pows carrying red cross parcels filled whh earth rather than food one good spot to dispose of this was at the top of the building just under the eaves stooges had to be on the job ready to re route this parade or to suggest that the work should cease for a time if a guard wandered in the direction of the tunnel the workers had to be advised in good time so that they could hide tools clean up the area and make the entrance look like any other spot when our big tunnel was finally discover ed the area above the eaves was loaded andvthe school was about to collapse when it was time to hear the news we would assemble in a large room the reporter would stand on a table and in form us of the days happen ings outside the room the stooges would be busy some would be walking around while others would be in groups chatting about this and that none of them would enter the room therefore if the canadian o at oflag az ussa staweft is stanaififlj second neat itntw door opened it had to be a german guard who was al ways quite impressed with his findings the officer standing on the table would be translat ing the local paper into eng lish we would be bearing ab out the many successes of the germans and how the tauies had lost countless ships and planes some of the fellows would be playing bridge and others would be reading books a few would be interested in hearing the news but the most of us would be bored with the nan propaganda as soon as the guard departed the bridge game ended the studying ceas ed and we were once more lis tening attentively to hear the real progress of the war besides receiving the news we obtained orders on our sec ret radio for one thing we might be told that for the time being no escapes were to be undertaken prisoners who were caught trying to escape were being given harsh treat ment we often feared that some german group such as the ges tapo or the voiles turm a wild lot half army and half civil- craft design school opens in september until thlsuoyear- canadians have had p m outside the countrfu bwy wanted to find the kind of training that will be offered by the ontario craft foundation school of de sign in september it will op en with an expected enrolment of so in the former ijorne park college at port credit the school will serve all of ontario but will operate as a division of sheridan college of applied arts and technology whose main building is in brampton fnwilnaant wffl be varied while threequarters of the in quiries up to this time have been from recent high school graduates there have also been some from older stud ents the usual requirement is graduation from grade 12 but as is the case in all the colleg es of applied arts and technol ogy mature students without grade 12 standing but who seem to be good candidates will be considered for admis sion a dean and four studio heads will constitute the staff for the time being the four areas of study will be textiles ceramics which obituary mrs k mcdonald buried at fairview after an illness of six mon ths dorothy violet modonald of r r 4 rockwood passed away in toronto general hos- pital on july 4 the wife of alexander mcdonald she was 73 years of age funeral service conducted by the rev g turner was at the rumleyshoemaker funeral home on july 7 and interment was in fairview cemetery pall bearers were a nephew alex thompson and doug guthrie tom shannon robert turner james mceachem and george ahram flower bearers were joe whyte don campagnola frank pink and lome fletcher mrs mfpnaim was born in ism daughter of mr and mrs charles bight and came from england to canada in 1917 she and mr mcdonald were marri ed in london in 1915 they mewed from whiowdale tor onto to r r 4 rockwood 40 years ago surviving as well as her hus band are sons kenneth rr 4 rockwood and doug guelph daughter dorothy mrs k b scott ottawa brothers harry richard george and charlie all in england sisters eiditjh fim and poll ah in england fine grandchildren and a great grandchild will include glass wood prin cipally its use lit furniture and furniture design and metals in the first year students will study design and work in all four media in the second year they will specialize artists and designers of to day must be businessmen which has not been overlooked in the planning of the curri ulum the brampton campus of sheridan will provide in structors in business practice and english sixty can be accommodated in residence on an attractive campus a stones throw from the queen elizabeth way just west of highway 10 applicat ions are now being accepted and additional information is available from the registrar of sheridan college whose temporary office is at 90 dun- das st west in cooksville obituary mrs a l aitkem w84th county briefs during the regular meeting of county council this month members noted the county engineer had been authorized to initi ate preengineering studies to determine the feasibility of improving the guelph road at lowville learned the architectural firm of dunlop wardell mat- sui aiken and farrell had been named to design the regional detention centre planned to serve halton and peel the ap pointment is subject to the ap proval of the minister of re form institutions paid tribute to lloyd d dingle a former crown attor ney of the county who passed away recently noted the halton county jail employees had applied for certification and a hearing be fore the labor relations board was held july 19 noted the road commit tee had accepted the tender of king paving and materials ltd in the amount of 15511850 for the reconstruction of a part of county road 26 water- down road in her 84thyeav mrs jean hewat aitken of r r 3 ac ton passed away in guelph general hospital on july 7 af ter an illness of a month mrs aitken was born at rockwood and was married there in 1911 to andrew j aitken who pre- deceastd her she was a grad uate of the hospital for sick children toronto her main interests in recent vean had been her grandchild ren and her flowers she is survived by a son and daughters calvin j aitken r r 3 acton annie mrs gordon leslie rr 3 jean mrs geo rge jackson rr 3 acton and irene mrs wallace swack- rumer rr 2 acton and edna mrs michle george george town 10 grandchildren and two great grandchildren and a brother a r hewat of mim- icu she was predeceased bv three sisters she had lived for the past five years with her daughter and soninlaw mr and mrs g leslie she was a member of knox home helpers and of green ock womens institute funeral service was held at the rumleyshoemaker funeral home on monday july 10 con ducted by the rev gordon turner interment was in ev- erton cemetery pailbearers were grandchild ren robert leslie james ait ken wayne aitken don swack- hamer and glen jackson all of acton and a nephew bruce hewa of toronto rower bearers were grandchildren norma leslie leah leslie keith aitken rae swackham- er gary ajnd dianne george halton county standings as of july 17 w l gbl dundas 11 3 786 burlington 12 4 750- campbl 11 4 733 w hamilton 11 5 687 1 oakville 9 6 600 2 georgfn 6 9 400 5v preston 4 11 267 lyi waterdn 4 33 235 ba milton 1 14 067 lovi we never bad the opportun ity of using our armoury be cause the camp was not at tacked and we were advised that it would be wiser for us to stay in our quarters until the advancing allies reached us i do not know what would have happened if we had been besieged but i do know that many of the invaders would not have lived to tell the tale i seriously believe that we would have been victorious and beaded into the open country with very few casual ties some of the more aggressive inmates were actually disap pointed that we were never gi ven the chance to prove our superiority ian might overpower the guards and enter our camp with the intention of massacr ing the inmates we had to prepare for this possibility a plan for protecting ourselves was soon laid on the stooges were on the al ert while meetings were held and protective weapons were gathered together we also drew up an alternative plan which would allow us to break out of the camp en masse if conditions warranted it- platoons were formed with officers in charge each pow had his own weapon kept in a handy spot it may have been a baseball bat or a heavy piece of metal an innocent looking chain might fall apart when touched producing weapons for a dozen chaps who would pick up its heavy legs and arms certain individuals had soft- soled shoes the more easily to reach and demobilize designat ed guards these chaps could then obtain real weapons for our defence another group was detailed to obtain the rifl es and ammunition from the stores do as i say golf the popular game of millions has an early history of interfering with duty dur ing the 15th century in scot land parliament issued three decrees urging the golfe to be abohshed in favor of arch ery then essential in defend ing the nation these efforts to suppress the game were unsuccessful however for the scots continued to swat the ball i the acton free press wednesday july 19 1967 k i i i a unusual hobby uli one of the earliest stamp hoiwhl jitw collectors on record was a 1 mmiilwm young english tody who had sywiahvd no intention of displaying her accumulation in an album ad- w vertising in the london times omagh 6 3 1z in 1817 she requested cancel- georgetown 6 3 12 led postage stamps to comp- oakville 5 4 10 lete a whimsical project the acton 5 3 10 16000 stamps she had already milton 3 3 6 teceived from personal p 12 friends she said would be in- glen williams 3 4 6 adequate to paper her dress- ho 7 ing room palermo 1 6 2 g announcements inform als k accessories i it tutnh i etflrj nat jw trite nil he awt phtsart if yn mbw these sefftsiimb stop at least once every three hours for a rest take it easy on crowded or unfamiliar roads always stay alert to changing driving conditions m a ktlic immtl r q hamilton automoulf ctui for the disckiminaw d i l l s jstatioiwy 36 miu st 312030 an emo crew held their practice at the deserted harris woollen mill in rockwood on monday evening you nay eeloct your wedding invitation announcements and acoeaaoriea with com plete confidence as to quality and cottcctncaa oc form w traditional beauty classic distinction social correctness photo albums only 175 to 450 3 ee v sa v y fa on stage to sing for parents and friends are the girls and boys of one of the classes at the daily vacation bible school held for the past two weeks at the christian reformed church the closing concert was friday staff photo limehouse picnic meeting deaths reunion in news of district by mrs a benton congratulations to noreen noble who recently got 92 in her grade two piano examina tions as well as passing her theory we extend sympathy to the rose family in the passing of a little grandaughter at port credit we also send sympathy to mrs douglas scott on account of the tragic death of her grandfather mr george ford who lost his life in a fire at crystal beach last week the vims met at the home of mrs bert benton last thurs day evening mrs sanford tak ing the chair for her mother who is holidaying in saska toon scripture was read bv mrs g booth and mrs mills led in prayer mrs sanford read from the study concerning the different religious sects in canada and closed the meeting with pray er the hostess served refresh ments afterwards mr and mrs gordon booth and family hosted a hume family gathering a week ago sunday- due to unfavorable weather again the postponed congrega tion and community picnic was held at limehouse mem orial hall instead of at ross lake on fnda mr and mrs bert benton attended the annual king re union at thornbury on sun day the limehouse presbvterian church young peoples group met at the home of carl sin clair on sunday evening weekend specials july 19202122 paper table covers any way you figure it the finest welcome to acton is welcome wagon a visit from our hostess will mike you fetl at homa with her basktt of lifts and ansarar to question about the city its services and facilities just call odd lines 54 x 102 regular 79c to clear 39 montag notes several clearing lines regular 79c to clear 29c calendar pads at reduced prices phono 850945 welcome nkwcomemi uae this coupon to let u know youre here address town please have the wel come wagon hostess call pn me j newsprint pads 7 x 10 while they last 2 for 19c super soft napkins whit pkg 39c large selection of everyday office needs 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