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Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), May 22, 1968, p. 10

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final approval for resource centre withheld until tenders received bauinafad tiachng retarded children to become self sufficient citizens is a challenging but in teresting occupation 32 girls from actoyi high school learned last week when thoy visited north haltons sunshine school at hornbv for a morning of observation teachor miss ellaa beth atkey explained the trip was one part of the girls health education and it has boon an interesting highlight of jho year for high school classes jhis past three years in the top photo a group of visitors watches mrs mitch ell give a lesson to the intermediate class the fower pholo ihouts smart allan susan winter fran higgins and heather kakor obsorvlng reading lesion the leachormrs d hancock is giving iho lunior class there are 28 students and four instructors at the hornby school staff photos r i lets play bridge by bill coats pairs who played this hand languished at throo hearts whon seven can be made last weeks winners at the acton bridge club were first dick prlost and duke wilson second bob dickson and bui coats third sfovo colo sand tom mckoown this week i woutd uko to dis cuss a bidding problom that many players have trouble with when is a jump bid in your own suit forcing actually there should be no problem at all opening bids should boputtntofourcatogorlos 13 15 points avorago opener 16 18 points good opener 10 20 points strong opener 21 up powerful opener when you open the bidding and your partner makes a response you must make a strong bid with hands of 19 points or moru lie ually a lump shift if made with id 18 points you can make a iimp in your opening suit if it is long enough the fcimp in your own suit is non forcing if your partnor has made a bid with a low levol of 6 points these include an res ponse at the one level the jump bid in your own suit is forcing if your partner has made a bid with a low levol of 10 points such as any neu suit bid at the two level hero is an example from last weeks duplicate game at the ac ton bridge club the dealer was south and north south are vulnerable the bidding south west 1 h pass 3 h pass 4 c pass north east 2 d pass 3 nt pass 4 d pass 4 11 all pass opening load seven of dia monds if south had really boon am bitious he could have bid four spades or just plain jumped to six hearts the point of the bid ding is this south three hoart bid is forcing since north re sponded two diamonds which shows at least ton points and souths jump shows at least six teen points there is 26 points between the two hands there must bo game now you tell mo how two of the magazine records honor to doctor a recent issue of the war cry the salvation army maga zine carried an article and picture telling of the special award presented to dr robert d bucknor of acton an ac count of the honor appeared in the free press of april 17 dr bucknor who has worked for the rehabilitation of young boys at the house of concord received the order ol dis tinguished auxiliary service scroll and a distinguished ser vice cross from the salvation army this is just the second time the award has been made in canada cost of the proposed robert little school resource centre library is running into stormy weather at the hands of council councillor charlie parry brought the matter up at the last meeting of council with a query about debentures if we issue debentures in 1968 for schools what happens in 19697 he asked clerk administrator j mc- ceachle said the debo nhire 1 ssu- ed lo 1968 become liable to the county school board in 1969 ijjant find anything to sub stantiate that mr perry stated and we asked everywhere ttas staled at the jast meet ing ol tbelnterlm county board in milton councillor mcxonrie argued by february 1 ia9 each clerk notifies the county school boatd of debenture debt and interest and they look after it referring to a statement of the reeves supporting the resource centre councillor drlnkwalter said the reeve says resource centre instead of library is it still going to cost us 50000 what are we going to getl councillor mckenile elabor ated the resource centre is now 60 feet by 35 feet 1920 so feet housing a library a quiet area as big as this room for private research and another room houses teaching aids it all ties in remarked the mayor 50000 to build a library i cant see 50000 for a sholl we still have to equip it claim ed mr drlnkwalter yes agreed the reovo the presentation from school board did not allow for furnishings what was your interpretation of the school board presentation mr clerk asked councillor tyler it did not include furnish ings said mr mcgeachle and it changed from 1200 square foot to nearly 2000 the plan does include thorn insisted mr mckorudo no one committoos making recommendations without over seolng the plans noodled mr drlnkwalter no wo have all the facts and figures to provo it said the roevo turnlngtomrdrlnkwaltor you are not doing your home work nodrawlngswore present ed but costs aro all laid out and the slue is laid down by the department of education concluded mr mckonzte lator in tho mooting whan tho motion to give approval to tho public school board for orectlon of tho resource contre was pre sented the roevo sold council could still balk at the tender wo must commit ourselves and call tondors on the basts of draw ings the original motion callod for flnaj approval of the resource centro but mr drlnkwalter balk ed at tho word omit tho final approval suggested tho reeve not at 50000 said mr drlnkwalter wo used final for the m z bennett school why not this why deny one half of the town a resource centro and give the other half one its just a matter of proper procedure said the mayor they gave a price e 350000 en the m z if the tender is ex- horbitant we still have another shot at it said deputy roevo oakos mr drlnkwalter madehlspos- ltion clear im not opposing the resource centre im opposing tho cost of it the motion to give approval not final approval carried coun cillors drlnkwalter perry and williams opposed it ii presentation for couple held in community centre resource tentre explained to board wbeq u a library hot a library when its that modern adjunct ip a progressive school a riw source centre t a the last school board meeting principal c w mckun- xle passed around prepared sheetsvhlch described to trustees just exactly what tils hopes are for the proposed new library addition at the robert little school jtho robert uttle school has gradually worked all year to wards continuous progross we have already made promo tions to students who have com pleted a years work and all promotions in june in the primary department will have this con cept to successfully initiate this new program which is being adopted across tho province the school neods a resource centre since some people confuse this facility with a library i would like to briefly outline what a re source centre is how it works and the facilities available what is it a rosource centre is a col lection of reading viewing and listening services for selection by teachors and studontsongaged in the challenging and fascinating curriculum of our school it is not an auxiliary service but a method of toachlng and learning that emphasizes self- seoldng selfdiscovery and self- realization on tho part of individ ual students it is and must be an lnvolvomont in tho actual classroom toachlng potentially it can give now life to the classroom now scope to the teacher and now horizons for the student pollock and campbell m tlhllllluu i x ill high grade memorials memorialngraving 62 water st north gait trlephom 217580 north s q 10 8 h103 da k j 9 5 c 10 7 5 best values ever singer straight stitch west sk7532 h982 d76 c984 east sa j64 hq7 d 10 8 3 2 ck j6 south s- void ha k j 6 5 4 dq4 caq32 sewing machines 88 oo phone 8451172 360 karr st oakvilla singer company of canada ltd 8451172 how does t1ilcnk7 since individualized learning is the core of the resource centre an impressive array of materials both book and non- booki is available fqr use by individual students the resource centre is ah extension of the classroom nob a soparate entity the concept of resource con- tres is so new that its umltar tions apart from financial and physical slxe are yet to bo de fined facilities available materials in the resource centro can be separated into two distinct areas books and audio visual olds a books there are four major sections 1 fiction 2 primary 3 nonflctlon 4 reference b audio visual aids 1 tape recordings 2 records 3 fumstrlps 4 slides 5 pictures 6 television and radio we have these facilities scat tered about the school now we look forward to the fall term when resource centres will be available to all students in acton garnet w mcketulo principal by mrs shortlll on thursday evening a presentation was held in the community centre for mr and mrs otto wiggins progressive euchre was playod mrs wula shortlll exprossed the best wishes of the community and mrs madill and mrs wilson presented the happy couple with a cbajrand other gifts on friday evening a shower for miss marilyn mcquillan and mr russell murray took place in balllnafad community centre in honor of ihelr approaching marriage a program a the entertainment consisting of several numbers among which was music by a churchill roup a tragic accident claiming the uvea of three people occurred at sllvercreek saturday right- around 10 oclock the tend in no 7 highway here seems td bo a danger spot miss lillian shortlll spent the long weekend with hor parents mr and mrs richard shortlll mr and mrs fred shoruu have moved from their farm home west of guetph to a home in guelphcity an auction sale was held and they have sold their farm lucky winners in ryans draw lucky draw winners lb the ryans of guetph may sale draw from acton were firsfyfesom ervhfe rr 2 acton mrs lack hardio mill st mrs margaret brown 244 mcdonald boulevard am mrs mary c smith 184 longflpld road fred a hpman optometrist 58 st georgen soj guelph ont uphortc 8i427l storage time with stopps cleaners in the milton plaza guaranteed fur and garment storage the most economical way to store all you can hit in thi box km only 95 hot cuanliu per frt plaalp call 8782972 clear out ail all stock must go mens and boys shoes slippers rubbers work boots rubber boots were going out of business everything reduced 20 to 4 all sales final no refunds sale starts wed may 22nd open 16 pm tuesday to friday all day saturdays frank toth shoes 13 mill street acton

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