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the acton free press wednesday april 3 1966 ballinafad hockey baseball coincide euchre plays church in news by mrs r shorilll a number of mterestedparents and friends attended the drama night at erin high school on thursday evening several stu dents from here took part in the short plays and the glee club singing yye understand the grade 12 d are busy preparing forthetr monrtetl trip during easter weekend several of our institute people attended the euchre put on by the slverwood group drtmonday peat sek by ttie lang whdrll evening at stewarttown tar- mr ind mrs lloyd swindle- fceerna hardly peoslble hut hurst and family are moving temporarily to rooms with mr and mrs clarence allan lloyd and lena sold their farm above erin and had an auction last week we are sorry to report mr henry hilts is very 111 end was taken to guelph hospital friday night lafest retort his cod- dltlonjs serious two new wells have been drilled in the neighbourhood the cden mills miniskirts npthing new hampton was runnilup in the atom section of the legion town league losing to weston tn the finals seated left to right john thompson brian ashley gordie bruce standing murray mclellan dwid mcgillowiy glen owen bob kilbv rusty loo danny webster scott malcolm coich george ware is in back staff pholo ptlke report accidentfree week few complaints opp public school this weeks opp report reads in past weeks we have been writing about the strict traffic enforcement program being ex perienced in acton as ouranswer to the rising accident rate per haps the statistics forthls weeks report march 24 to so 1088 bear out the wisdom of such a policy the motorists of the town have rebounded from many weeks of many accidents to an accident free 7 day period but to keep the slate clear we must all con tinue to adhere to the totter of the law we must continue to drive with care and caution in keeping with our efforts to reduce accidents both public schools in the town were visited this week twelve classrooms totalling approximately 400 stu dents were lectured on bicycle maintenance and operation we hope to be able to cheekthe bicy cles of ail students in the near future and implore the parents to be sure the bicycles belonging to their children are in good operat ing order and properly equipped other activities encountered during the 240 hours worked by the six man force were minimal eight complaints including one disturbance three reports of lost property and two of malicious damage were dealt with one business premise was found in secure traffic figures compiled dur ing the 912 miles patrolled in the town show four persons were charged with traffic offences while 32 others were issued warnings magistrates court at milton ontario began to show the re sults of our traffic enforcement program on march 25 only minor traffic court was convened and yet the acton docket aaw 10 persons convicted of driving of fences the 10 guilty persons paid tines and costs totalling 190 it would appear that spring has finally arrived and with spring comes more extensive radar operation the radar device as employed by the police depart ment is a machine used to meas ure the speed of vehicles passing through its beam it is to be sure an exacting machine a machine that seldom errs an automobile speedometer can occasionally be inaccurate hence necessitating the allowance of a few miles per hour when a police officer clocks a speeding vehicle but because of the accuracy of the radar this necessity is eliminated it is also because of this accuracy mat the radar will be widely used in our enforcement drive this year avoid the cost and inconven ience that can accompany a traffic violation drive with care law fully christmas seal campaign up 8 over last year at a recent meeting of the board of directors of the halloo county tuberculosis and health association it was reported by the president ur w d savage that the just completed christ mas seal campaign bad reached a total of 40210 an increase of 8 per cent over last year this amount was donated by a total of 13300 contributors it will be used in many ways in the fight against tuberculosis and other respiratory diseases in canada and throughout the world particularly in developing coun tries in which tb is still ram- of the oakvllle arena the oc casion will be marked by a din ner with guest speaker mr t w cross of the air pollution control service of the ontario department of health theres still a possibility the choralters may sing at hem- isfalr 68 in san antonio texas transportation possibilities are being considered through the le gion er a shared oral french teacher and a possible fulltime librar ian glenn banks is already shared by the two schools as music supervisor s the addition proceeds three new teachers are needed the junior opportunity class would move from the stone school to the mzb resignations at the h2b school have been received from mrs rourke miss radford and mrs benton mr smith explained he is un able to order books etc for next year until he is sure bow many children wiu be in his school he asked that the playground be rolled and buses and two supply teachers were needed for music festival day in his report to the board principal mckenxle presented a sheet tilled with mimeographed instructions for the intricate and detailed switching of classrooms for the music festival next tues day he has to provide six extra classrooms for 14 schools noon meals will be sold by mrs hannah in the home ee classroom there will be 200 extra chairs brought in some classrooms carrying on with their work will contain as many as 58 students two special classes will visit the museum in toronto there will be no recess and classes will dismiss at 11 30 am and 3 30 pm mr mekenzle had previously explained to the board that with no extra space in his school ho would have considerable diffi culty in accommodating all the visiting schools the chairman commended him on the planning done mr mckenxle also reported on the malicious damage at the school friday one brokenwind- ow a torn screen damaged shrubs broken rope on the flag pole bicycle racks on the road and lipstick marks on the doors the tinsmith working on the eavestrough lost some equip ment left outside including add new bicycle racks and rebuild ing the ball stop by the scout hall were approved new teacher for the r l staff is mrs katharine sandford teacher v hines request for a halfday off school to write an exam was granted he is writing psychology at tho u of waterloo commented principal mckon- zle its a foregono conclusion all teachers within the next five years will be coming in with ix a degrees he foresaw college degrees in education for both public and high school teachers although they would continue to take special courses red cross donation at the m z bennett school was 16604 and at the robert little school 231 about 45 cents per pupil total donation for the eight schools in the superintendency was 87645 lakeshore teachers college now has two full classes from 18 of students with ba degrees mr mekenzle concluded by saying enrolment at his school has just gone over the 600 mark he cant stand to see another moving van come into the sub division one of his neighbors observed murray smith reported the in terim board of education likely will not have complete informa tion until september doug manning reported on r l work eavestroughlng re pairing ztone school foundation even men use by mravk wright mrs hugh mcpherson wag hoitess for the eden mills wom ens institute monday afternoon with mrs ima drysdate in the chair aftor tho institute ode was sung tho minutes and treas urers reports wore given and sevoral letters wero road tho ladlos woro reminded of tho dato of tho district annual in may to hoholdlnduffschurch pusllnch the roll call was answered by naming a flower of tho province the mooting was then turned over to mrs w marshall who described spode china with samplos tailing how it was made otc lnengiand dto wear em mrs r chalmers was blyth resident funeral services were held monday at blyth for mrs anna ellen bennlngerchaimerswlfe of robert john chalmers form erly of acton mrs chalmers died oh thursday interment was in blyth union cemetery surviving as well as her hus band are sons james david wallace richard and daughter mary louise attending the funeral were mr chalmers sisters mrs stan norton and mr and mrs e grlschow of acton miss mary chalmers of toronto and mr and mrs doug bell of guelph quality ba products save you money gasolines motor oils diesel fuel fuel oils stove oils q so7aawi7 oil turner finance flan 10 years to pay small carrying charges dependable service thompson fuels ltd 44 vouns st acton phoni as32l74 it was reported by dr l m stuart the assistant uoh for hatton county that since the be ginning of the year theve have been seven new admissions of tb cases to sanatoria from this area and three discharges as a result of the new cases many teats have been made on people in contact with the patients but naoe have proved positiyet he law reported thai half the tb patients in san are obildren lira lunau executive secret ary of the aaaodatl on announced that the annual matting will take plaice on may 3 in the pine room store open good friday april 12 normal hours 10 am to 11 pm royal milk store for easter from hintons florist department say it with flowers easter lilies potted mums artificial wreaths stands etc for graves for remembrance of loved ones hintons 5c to 100 store mrs drysdak displayed a collection of dolls dresuid from the days of early britons before christ and saldhlstoryls repeat ing itsolf as mini sldrts are nothing new and the dresses far back showed this oven the men woro thoml this is a hobby of mrs drys- dalos and she expocts to com plete hor collection in the near future up to tho present day a rummage salo for early may has been planned to raise funds mrs h gilbertson thanked the hostess for the use of her home and those taking part on tho program committee the mooting was adjourned and refreshments sorved new stage doors fan installed tile replaced and decorating insurance coverage on board schools has been increased socretary mlddleton reported tv outlets have been directed installed in the mz bennett addition rhe monthly meeting of eden mills and district community club was held monday evening in the hall a boo is to be held saturday to get the park in condition for the summer activities six teams from eden mills and district are being sponsored by tho club it was decided to run a euchre and penny table the end of april to raise proceeds to buy equip ment etc for the teams tickets will be on sale at a later date baseball and football are again started down at the corner lot there are ever so many young sters here to join in friday night the womens in stitute held a euchre party in the community centre eighteen tables were played high score ladies first miss margaret bin- nle second mrs aggie allen maps first mjrrtarryvarchiifg- ton second mrvmadllludles consolation mrs vrhltmy mflrja mr rau the ladle travelling prize mr rtuse1 3ndor whd also war the door prixe mans trav elling prize mr cryderman a dainty lunch of sandwiches tarts cooues and eotsn was- served by the social com mittee mr and mrs john black of fergus called on former neigh bors here last week one day again on tuesday night bal- unafad hockey boys played at acton arena against a team of acton boys this time they were the losers score 85 never mind it was fun and that really is what a game is for heartiest 25th wedding con gratulations to mr and mrs wm delaney mrs delaney who was margaret sinclair was one of our balunafad girls we wish her and bill many more happy years together mr and mrs jesse mcenery along with mr and mrs stanley sinclair visited mr and mrs john pearson at gara on sunday in our service on sunday the sacrament of baptism wasadmln- i stored to baby paul son of mr and mrs carl volmar the junior choir sang an arrange ment of jesus loves the little children also miss anne shor- tl 11 favored with an appropriate solo rev mr johnsons discourse was taken from a passage in the book of revelations in keeping with passion sunday miss lillian shorilll and friend visited with herparentson saturday umehouse friends visited the doucets on the weekend congratulations to mark shor- uli who had his 12th birthday march 31 women of the united church held a very successful bake sale in simpsons friday doni forget the easter seal campaign the seals were in the mall a couple of weeks ago but local returns are down so far the rotarlans sponsor the annual drive in montreal y nr ill illh win si r lit lilttll ik mi j i i nun t i 11 i ril il inii null qtijlmi li viljiilivii ill vvliuu r n m irlr il i lt r iihiiii uiilliwll i vi rli k li i million miiiir in jh in urt lit lliwiiliiwn v wl r mil mil ln iiiiii 1111x5 r iliti w rt i iff 1i1111 for 1 1 r mvlll if awindsor 1170 i 1 i si i i iii i 111 vhiss moiiivorul pintiiorf dental db cedric dey dp leonard embrack dental surgeons suite no 3 hinton bldg i7a mill si e acton out for appointments phone 531300 chiropractic donald j armstrong d c chiropractor x ray 448 woolwich street phone gueiph tamt acton electric company residential industrial commercial free estimates no job too big or too small phone 8530234 65 main s n acton brian v mcpherson bse dc chiropractor xray 3 elgin st n at mill mon to wtd 6 30 to 1030 pm saturday 10 a m 4 pm for appointment phone 8532353 office phone 8530601 a28tf architect lovell bros that make the meal from modern meat market rep brand beef lmt ground chuck 59 boneless prime rib roast 89 donald e skinner barch mjtaic 17a mill street suite 2 acton telephone 8532740 office hours by appointment or 20 stavebank rd port credit 2743428 optometrists arthur a johnson o d optometrist wednesday and saturday 930am to 500 pm phone 8532520 54 mill st e acton funeral director choice rump roast 89 fresh small link sausage 5 9 mapla leaf rindless mb pkg side bacon 69 phone 8530350 night or day bruce e shoemaker ugt appraising and insurance f l wright 20 wilbur street acton ontario phone 8534720 appraiser and insurance over 50 years in acton m the mutual life uatulakck- oupafcjt u caw a i a for your freezer bed brand beef si 6qc lb fronts 49c lb hinds 72c lb lovell bros modern meat market mill c attest pita u340 daily muvtftv r robert s hart agmt 341 orville road acton bus 4164513460 ree 5194531527 auctioneer c h yuffin auctioneer and evalxiator phones rockwood 8jo4me stem bdbn mills ontario