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izht jvfttfit btts ninetythird year no 36 acton ontario wednesday march 6 1968 authorised feolil ci mall w 111- ll wfuw jiwpl chlmwm ttr ivitatf lld in l ailnn ontario twolvo pflgos ton cents attendance disappointing teachers boards parent meet at communications night mtmmm w v- tn spile of lower lulendahce than expected cpmmunlcations nlgrtlat the high school lasf thursday proved to be of sound educationa1 value to all who at- tended the special program tied with education wek originated in the committee of quality ed iicaiioh comprised of slaffand board members which meets regularly its hoped here will be further opportunities to bring parents and professionals together to discuss and seek solutions to common problems forms sent back to urn school by parents indicated 150 would be attending but just a dlsap pointing 75 came tor the pre pared program however as one individual commented thn parents there were represented ly quality if not by numbers in attendance a total of 16 resource people outside of the school staff helped wltlti the teachers from all three schools rfgwoll as boird members too part to set the pace for theevenlng area superintendent gk cromb of the department of education spoke to the entire group then four smaller groups assembled to mull over the suggested topics and introduce new problems for discussion groups leaders were elmer smith bob laughlen bill coats and doug cope land parents were asslgnod to var ious groups according to the subjects they had indicated a special interest in discussion was lively in terested and intelligent the panelists agreed and the questions were sticklers should a student who is dis couraged with school be allowed to quit rareccars and acadunlc work- comparable what progress is being made toward ungraded hlgbschools is there a general lack of respect and discipline laci of incentive and intermit on the pittof teenagers do parents nights servethelr intended purpose what would be better why are education costs increasing what about the granting of exemptions at 60 per cent some of the questions wore philosophical and involved the allover concopt of modern ed ucation will conventional curriculum develop the breadth of under standing in our young people to allow them to cope with future problems the borne economics depart ment served lunch as spirited discussion continued lvj5ir- fire guts home near speyside third secretary new teachers more insurance on board agenda fire gutted the speyside home of ron wilson when the wood frame house caught tire about 2 pmyesterdaytuosdayafter- noon the house was saved from being levelled but considerable damage was dene to tho inside of the house and to the contents mr wilson rents tho house from bruce frame of glenspey farms on highway 25 just south of a motorist passing by saw the flames and smoke from the high way and told a hired band who in turn notified milton firefight ers both lillton and acton are brigades were summoned to the blaze at press time there was no indication of the cause or any an additional secretary will be hired for the high school the school board decided at their meeting monday night the principal and vlco-prln- clpel explained to- tho board the two secretaries mrs lauder and mrs pendleton are busy with ordering invoices atten dance correspondence detention lists entering marks typing ex aminations and doing special typ ing for teachers as well as answering the phone and tending the counter the guidance teacher is spend ing some of hor time doing cler ical work that in other schools is done by a guidance secretary one of the teachers spends some of his time on attendance records the board agreed teachers should be able to devote all their time to teaching not doing cleri cal work it isexpeetedlbonewsecretary will work parttime on guidance and parttime on attendance harold denny attended the meeting to review insurance cov erage and as a result the board agreed to increase their blanket content coverage to 105000 this is about 80 per cent of re placement value the staff had recently provided an inventory of equipment books and supplies this coverage also includes desks and some clothing loss mr denny will present figures 6n the building as soon as poss ible including the original costs of the school and its three rconfinuerf on page 3 fepoyslde estimation of the damage pick acton rotary top club at ball novice driver mushes his team to second place finish in races when 15yearold kenny mar shall hooked up bis team of siberian huskies to compete in the hespeler kinsmen clubs dog race at fusllnch lake recently he thought it would be good ex perience both for himself and the dogs v a novice at the sport with a new sleigh kenny has been mak ing practice runs in acton park for the past couple of months neither he nor the dogs have competed in official races be fore however imagine his surprise when he placed aecoad against larger and more experienced drivers in the course around pusllnch lake his time for the almost 16 mile run was 55 minutes the qualifying race was held saturday and kenny and bis team placed first with a time of 20 minutes for the six mile run sunday he did over nine miles in 35 minutes despite catching his foot in a wharf wandering off course and dunking a foot in an ice fishing hole jerry rouse of hespeler won the event with a five dog toam 12 minutes ahead of kenny ho took the winning trophy for the second year in a row kenny meanwhile won him self the second place trophy hell receive it officially within the next few weeks sam and karu kennys two siberian huskies acquitted themselves real well in their first race mushing over the frozen lake surface like theyve been doing it all their lives next year the young acton sled driver hopes hell have four mere dogs to add to the front of the sleigh theyre only lively pups now but they show promise al ready of being full of the stuff which makes good sled dogs theyre so lively says kennys mother mrs evelyn marshall 23 church states got to get them out of the house soon or else both mr and mrs ken mar shall ware present at the car nival with their family to cheer kenny on to his win they said the event was a real thriller and the degree of cooperation and competition among dog own ers made it even more worth while race officials predict the young acton sled driver will bear watching in future races picked as the top club from over 50 in attendance at the district governors ball at the royal york hotel in toronto last sat urday were the rotarlans from acton the basil tippet trophy was presentedtoclubpres- ldent ralph davles in the mammoth ballroom with almost 3000 people in at tendance and beaming act on rotarlans nodding ap proval they went to the district banquet and ball with a 100 per cent attend ance travelling by bus still exuberant over the splash they made in tor onto the acton club read ily agreed to donate a truly canadian set of individual shields with crests of each province on for an anniversary gift to de turdera rotary club of buenos aires argentina the request came by mail the shields were made in acton plans were also made for a spring dance in may and arrangements mad to send a rink to a rotary curling bonsplel in milton march 27 the next regular meet ing of the club will be cancelled to facilitate the annual father and son ban quot for cubs and scouts at knox church hall boys in attendance without a par ent will nave a foster falh- or from the sponsoring rotarlans who will attend in a body another highlight of tuesdays mooting was a talk by frank patch re tired auctioneer and hon orary member of the georgetown club mr petch spoke on his exper iences as an auctioneer since 1914 the evening wound up with rotarlans stuffing easter sealslntoenvelopes for the annual appeal vif m del french takes oath of office formal administration of the oath of office to deputy clerk- treasurer del french tookplace at mondays meeting of esquo- slng council mr french is taking ovor some of clork k c lindsays duties while the latter works only three days a week clerk k c lindsay admin istered the oath and then re called tho occasion was a bit of an anniversary for him it was 25 years ago today on the third of march 1943 that 1 took the oath of office he recalled theres been con siderable changes since then mr lindsay said the reeve was the only one present who sat around the table with him on that date everyone else had passed away he asked councils indulgence in permitting him to attend only the first meeting in the month unless there were special cir cumstances council agreed with the clerks request and reeve currle told council mr lindsay has been a real faithful servant of this town ship and the thanks of the coun cil go to you tonight plins aryail sot or the annual four tdwntournarnent which wllllwlieldlrrctoihisyuirthlssaturdayimarch 6 vnovicvpbuweo bndlttnlani teams from georgetown f fergus milton and xclon town leagues compute in trur annual affair yhlch is helll in liach place ovury four yuars nearly 200 boys will play hockey andyjline atthu jegion mali starting at 711 am saturday final game of the tournament is set for 630 pm in hu overling in botwiien thorulj lie loads of hockey action for spectators i the enthusiasm ptiiniwd into this annual event has been known la olitdo moro sophisticated tourneys and the acton legion minor hockey officials are quietly lulling ths oiiu could be the hast yet the acton teams have heon gutting in shape with extra practices tho loams are plckod from tho house leagues uach town has with tho qualification none of tho players is signed with omha team or loaguos following is tho complote schodile of ovonts 715 am bantam ml lion vs georgetown 810 am poo woo georgetown vs milton 905 am novlco forgus vs goorgotown scrape and flood 1020 am bantam forgus vs acton 1115 am poo woo aclon vs forgus 1210 pm novice acton vs milton scranu and flood 125 pm bantam consolation 220 pm poo wuo consolation 315 pm novlco consolation scrapo and flood 430 pm bantam finals 530 pm poo weo finals 630 pm novice finals ladies treat bard members to dinner saturday night ladles of the acton citizens band treated over 50 band mom- be rs and guests to a roast hoof dinner at the music centre sat urday night mmwvwmmwwwwmimwmwmtmiwammk4mamvwwwmlktw father and son dinner to mark scout founding boy scouts and cubs will com memorate the founding of the scout movement with a father and son banquet at knox church hall on tuesday march 12 a special speaker from the ontario water resources com mission will show films and talk on water pollution scouts cubs fathers and members ofthe group committee and rotarlans who sponsor the acton organization are all invited muskratt bites lakeview bay animal killed after being bltton hyamuskrat on his way to tho robert little school young michael mcmur- ray son of the rev and mrs mcmurray is receiving antl- rables injections just in case he was bitten by tho muskrat at the corner of elizabeth drive and the highway fow muskrats have been seen in this area and suspicions wore raised that it might havo had rablos the next day when a muskrat was seen near the same spot the crossing guard stu mcdonald killed and buried it this animal was later dug up takon by police to the acton medical group and from thore to brampton for test ing while the first test for rabies received tuesday was negative tho mcmurrays are not certain that this animal was actually the one which bit the lad so the shots continue special guests were mayor lei dully and councils band repre sentatives dr f g oakes they shared the bead table with band president bill buchanan past president ted tyler jr bandmaster dr george elliott and charles klngsmlll and gor don ramsden of the executive band president bill buchanan acted as chairman for the annual ovent ono which is looked for ward to each year the ladles excelled themselves wlththe din ner and each was presented with a carnatloncorsage after a suit able thank you joyce buchanan replied tho chairman asked for the support of members to finish tho music centre this year if possible a work party install ed the new hanging lights in the auditorium during the day one of tho first items on the building necessary introduced as the musical minded mayor mayor duby spoke briefly telling band mem bers of the high regard he held for the band bandmaster elliott asked for continued cooperation to make acton citizens band an organization they could all be proud to play in after dinner cards were play ed and dancing enjoyed to taped music supplied by chuck wright the evening wound up with a singsong bandmaster elliott tickling the ivories mm toth sidntv karok and bob orourke conduct an experiment to demonstrate the force of expending air at the robert little school open house monday evening hund red attended the event which wai held to cindy yhohnhill of miss braidas class introduces wiggler tfachtk wayne whfeur shows mr and show visitors the modern education methods to flesh during the robert little open house monday byron mrs ed mcgilloway the scale model of james- these boys are members of mr d copelsnds timbers owns the brace of rabbits newlydissected frogs also town made by his grades five and six stud- class staff photo interested the many parents who attended staff photo enls during the robert little open house ell pert of education week many additional dis plays were set up in halls for the touring par ents children from the school informally toured other rooms that afternoon staff photo