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tto acton free pres wednesday november 1 1967 rc acton high sports review mdmv crosscountry cwossa cham pions from acton district high school are left to right jack irwin john last brad timbers dave braida randy colter miller and gord williams dave bittorf andy staff photo p notes from acton high sign is chosen for the cover of the yearbook an editorial in the informer titled stone walls do not a prison hake nor iron bars a cage by richard lovelace caus ed quite a commotion in the high school these past fe w days by marianne cheerleadthg clinic tin cheerleaders went to wo- bom collegiate in scarboro on a to a cheerleader con- vaattoo it was a very exciting day for them and gave them many ideas omr 200 schools repraaanted at tbe clinic with about 1500 girls daring the morning from 10 to 1130 there was a demonstra tion by a doctor and his daoghter lana from the university of mchigan tms man was the most enthusiastic and ambitious the girls had ever seen the andttoriam was packed full and girls had to stand or sit in the aufes the program was con- tic chaerkaders yelling their school songs and wanting every one to know they were there at 1130 then ns a biaak rtd4jmovlol bralovln tmrd plaee the midget team won their junior and senior basketball teams have been practising for many weeks now commencement at the high school is this friday and the edelweiss ball is saturday girls and guys have been pre paring for the formal all week by bringing in food for the buffet and getting decorations ready for the gym saturday win be a busy day for miss atkey and the gaa as the gym will be completely redone with fred barens track team doe to bad weather conditions the acton high school trackteam bad to practice indoors in other words they completed twenty- five laps around the school cor ridors this worked quite well and i am presuming that the members of our track team thought that this was quite tne- flclal our best prospect now is jim slaven who is running a number of good races a number of other members are also showing good capabilities soccer team as i mentioned in my last art icle acton needed a more de voted team in this last game with erin the acton players showed more desire to win how ever they were unable to cope with the erin team erin won by a score of 2 to 0 the margin in goal score would have been greater hot two of tbe goals scored were off side inframural sports the 11cd basketball team won the championship over grade 13 by a score of 25 to 21 players of winning team were as follows bobby andrews fred flisnik archie binnlebob turkoss paul cooper and lloyd smallwood the twobestplayers in my opinion were bob turkosz and alan mcnabb a acton high crosscounty team wins two cw0ssa titles on thursday october 19 at the university of guelph acton high school cross country team topped a successful season by winning two titles in the cwossa cross co championships far hatch because of tbe large number ofgirls simptebont hatch was prepared and was ser ved la shifts one half of the girls ate while the others attend ed the workshop in the gym and vice versa the girls were all required to try new cheers while lana demonstrated them some of the steps were quite confus ing but most of the girls were able to catch on after the workshop everyone returned to the auditorium where cheerleading skits for pep rallies and different chants were demon strated booklets were on sale at the clinic with many cheers songs and skits in 1l after this session there was a competition between the 200 acaoola each team went out to the football field and divided into 10 section of 10 teams each the red and white girls were also bme from the cold as they only had their uniforms on each section was judged and the girls returned to the auditor ium the bast earn from each section did a cheer and were lodged from these 20 five war chosen best of the clinic the day proved very beneficial to the acton girls who have only oat year of experience behind them basketball season the basketball season will be yftt on the sixth of novem- bn good back to the teams is expressed by all the students who tally expect this years teams to do as well as last years the teams axe coached by miss atkey mr sullivan and mr atcauun yearbooks the sales of ads for the oracle this year are going ex tremely wau conaprarulationsto 11b for the hard work they have pat la to make this years year book more successful and better than ever yearbooks axe s300 if bought adraaoe and us0 if bought later a print of an art set will be awarded to the stadent whose de- divisioo with a score of 43 points 12 less than second place wlar- ton otter members of the team were randy coker in ninth place dave bittorf ineleventh andgord williams twentieth the junior team won their division with the low score of u points this was the lowest score of any school at the meet jim slaven won the race with a time of 14455 for tbe three mile distance the fastest time of the day hot on his heels were bob andrews in third place mike cooper in fourth and bill field in sixth the senior team was not as fortunate as the others but made a credible showing by placing soap script transform school gym into swiss alps scene the girls athletic association of acton district high school has been working hard this week to transform the gymnasium into a swiss mountain scene for the edelweiss ball saturday what seems to be taking most of the time is the wall to wall mural showing villages nestled among the alps students have been painting at the school after classes and after supper working to make a complete transforma tion of the gym saturday morning at 7 am the students will raise the mural and put up other large decorations which cannot be done any other time because of commencement exercises friday night the mural shows little white churches and cottages brightly coloured chalets and tiny lakes here and there among the mount ains the alps are deep bine and have caps of snow on top blue curtains on windows and bme spotlights will further highlight the scene the gaa would like to make it known that the ball is open to all students of the school and any previous students yon may also bring friends with you if in couples highlight of the ban win he the crowning of a queen nominations have been held and students will vote on thursday to name the top five girls those who attend the formal wiu vote again to deter mine who will be queen of the ball any girl whoisnominatedmust attend and be willing to take part in it third in the competition bob roughly ran sixth gary kelly fourteenth brent marshall sev enteenth and jake pasma nine teenth all boys who have represented acton this year in cross country are to be commended for their fine efforts out of a total of u traces acton has won seven and dropped only tour two of those being lost by lessthanfive points their success however has not been without hard work and sacrifice these boys have given their time to train onunuously tor two hours per day for five and in some cases six days a week for the past eight weeks they have attended 40 practice sess ions in all types of weather and have covered weu over 200 miles in running with one week left in the sea son the team is still busy pre paring for the ontario high school cross country championships to be held inhamiltonthissaturday acton has one of the finest cross country teams in the province and with a little luck and a lot of hard work they just might come home with a provincial title two wednesday calls for acton firefighters firefighters were called twice within a few hour span last wed- newday first alarm at 545 pm sent the acton brigade to ospringe where tbe barn of len buck on highway 24 was threatened then the acton brigade had to play se cond fiddle for erin firefighters who arrived first with a pair of trucks erin had the mate under cootro and were dismantling the barn where it was threatened remov ing mink pens and smoking bed ding about this time another pairof trucks arrived from the hiusburg department making the scene a miniature convention neighbors helped clean tbe barn of pens burning pieces of siding and bales of miinrbedding later in the evening about 1030 the acton brigade was called to a car are at the tolly box the label pinned on the brewers retail en queen st a parked car owned by gary hill wynlord place was damaged by flames which were quickly extin guished for a whale of a job mimeographing for churches societies businesses etc acton mimeograph service 41 church st e acton 24hour service on must orders mmmmmammmammmammmmmmmmammmmmmmammm 1532437 j ontorflfare skating rtlianlaatyaars classes satard and thursday idbas the houf s are mrs glen and mrs s uafaarlanl aden fts34640 call us km auyouk plumbing and heating instataattons ft tcpams business location 17 mm st w adm eawwath owmtfiy efkonvewco far any service vami call couect owais taisa4 a l werner equipment company tina service will provide you with plenty of hot water for all your household needs ydtos new hot water service a low monthly charge covers it installation of a modern auto matic electric water heater all service and maintenance including replacement if necessary ooet of electricity oar staff wid be glad to tell you all about this allinclusive hot water service acton hydro electric commission 43 alice st 532410 junior crosscountry runners from acton district high school captured the cwossia title recently at the university of guelph ir front are bob smith and bob andrews stand ing left to right jim slaven mike cooper rae swackhamer and brent marshall staff photo project action assists unicef project action membership cards for dances are now on sale and may be obtained from paul mokrycu they are 50f each a card is needed in order to gain admittance to a project action dance tuesday morning and afternoon project action and the united nations club took a collection for unicef project action also sold apples at the high school for the same cause and last night helped to roll pennies brought in by public school students at the ymca this evening wednesday at 730 at tbe ymca project ac tion is having a very important meeting it is necessary lor all members to attend because there is going to be a complete over haul of the set up ojbect to make it more efficient any new members are also invited to attend i c the coffeehouse started at the ymca has certainly been successful but theyd like to see more new faces there re member there is an r broom and a folk room so you can take your pick it is only 25 for one full nights entertainment for non members congratulations aue to be ex tended to the public school students who walked 27 miles from orangevlue to acton they displayed much stamina andend- i ranee bake sale noses s60forukkf over 60 was raised for unicef when miss linda braidas robert little class held a bake sale monday after school tbe room was jammed with stud ents and a few parents for the very successful fundraising project acton firefighters 66th annual dance acton legion auditorium dancing 9 9m to 1 ajm to the olympics admission 100 per person ii full licence no admittance to anyone under 21 tickets available from acton firefighters wwmiwwwmwtwwww t commencement exercises at acton district high school friday nov 3rd 815 pm speaker rev canon j c bothweu presentation of awards admission free diplomas scholarships refreshments served i old jaakkmj pancake social friday november 3 from 6 to 9 pm im the robert little school auditorium pancakes 2 far 25c apple cider 5c 10c entertainment galore pairs and squares dance club vic bristow soloist brass quartette and others community singsong student project dressed in centennial costume admission free proceeds for unicef x