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THURSDAY, MAY 25, 2006 THE NEW TANNER 9 The flexability with my life schedule Pat I can still enjoy golf on Wednesday mornings after my bus run Fred Im learning French from my students Bernie I can bring my own children with me on my route Kelli The kids are great Herb I have the summer off and with my route I can still have my other job Cheryl I drive a brand new bus Evelyn I like driving, its perfect for me John My husband and I both have school bus runs. It fits us great. Barb I can still be a stay at home mom with this job Lisa Join or team and soon you'll have your own top 10 list. FREE Training is starting this month for Fall routes. FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL TYLER TRANSPORT LTD (519) 853-1550 TOP 10 REASONS to join the Tyler Transport Ltd. Bus Driver Team (according to our staff) LEGION NEWS By James Hayes P.R.O. BRANCH NO. 197 ???????????? ?????????????????? Acton woman celebrates 95 years DOG DAYS: Victoria Day included a romp with a Frisbee for new Acton resi- dents Steve Raben and Peanut, a three-year-old Boarder Collie. Frances Niblock photo Comrades, On Saturday, May 27, a memorial service will be held for our late Comrade Jim Milne, at 10:30 am at the Rockwood Cemetery. Branch 197 will be provid- ing a colour party. Jim was a past president of Branch 197 and a Life Member of the Royal Cana- dian Legion. All members are encouraged to attend. The executive chairs and appointments will be avail- able after the next executive meeting on May 29. I will report them in next weeks Legion News. The forecast is finally for nice weather; come on down for that friendly game of horseshoes. The fun starts on Thursdays at 6:30 and on Saturday afternoons at 3p.m. All skill levels are welcome. See Keith An- drews or Bob Service for more details. The Highland Games in Georgetown will be held on Saturday, June 10 and the Branch 197 Colour Party will be taking part in the opening ceremonies. George ODonnell and his catering crew will be serv- ing Scotch meat pies and mushy peas; also members of your executive will be manning the Branch 197 booth which will be located just inside the beer tent. So come on out and support your Branch and the high- land games. If you would like to help work the booth, speak to one of your execu- tive members. Saturday, June 17 is Back to Acton Days, so be sure to invite all your friends to spend some time at your Branch. On Sunday, June 18 197 Typhoon Air Cadet Squadron will be holding their annual inspection at the Acton arena starting at 1p.m. Following the Inspec- tion the cadets and their families will retire to the Branch for a fundraising BBQ. The Branch will be open to members and guests from noon until 6p.m. Yours in comradeship, Ladies Auxiliary Notes Next General Meeting is Thursday, June 1 also our Pot Luck night. We will meet around 6p.m. and eat at 6:30 sharp followed by the general meeting at 7:30. This is also the night the newly elected executive will be taking over. Dont forget to bring your favou- rite dish or dessert and also your appetite!!! Qualifying round for District Euchre will be held Saturday, June 10 in Georgetown. Sign up with Marg Bromby if your name is not on the list. LA members dont forget, Decoration Day Sunday, June 4 at 9a.m. at Fairview Cemetery. Boat cruise is scheduled for Sunday, June 25. The cost of the cruise is $36 and must be paid to Susan at the June 1 meeting. Also at the June meeting we will require all names of ladies who will be attending the September Provincial Convention being held in Waterloo. Your name must be on the list at the June meeting in order to attend. We send our best wishes out to Eva Cutting for a speedy recovery and to any other members that might not be well at this time! Yours in Comradeship, Peggy Harris, President to Br. 197 LA By Frances Niblock A life that shunned smoking and drinking and embraced hard work, good fun and love of her family proved to be very long and very rich for Actons Edith Jennings who will celebrate her 95th birthday on May 31. Jennings, who moved to Acton in 1937 with her husband Edwin and the fi rst of their four children, remembers Acton as a nice little village. Its still nice, but its too big, but its still home, Jen- nings said on Tuesday from her apartment at the seniors building on Elizabeth Drive on Tuesday, only slightly annoyed about the fuss be- ing made by her family over her special birthday. Jennings and her hus- band Edwin, known as Ed, bought a garage near the corner of Main and Mill Street where the Dollar Stretcher Daze store is now located. We came, and we never were sorry, Jennings said after returning from a week- end family visit to Bancroft where three of her four children settled. It was a great place to work and raise a family. At fi rst we had a house and then we moved upstairs from the garage. The people before us had cars upstairs but we turned it into a play area for the kids and still today I get people telling me that they used to come and play up there, Jen- nings said, adding later it was turned into a bowling alley. Jennings said she some- times longs for that much simpler and gentler time. I knew where my children were, and other mothers knew where their children were. You practi- cally knew everybody in town at that time and today it isnt like that and I dont like that, she said. Jennings, who had two sons and two daughters, has 12 grandchildren, the eldest is 49, and her youngest great-grandchild is 17-months old. She and her husband lived in Eden Mills for almost 20 years until moving back to Acton on Mill Street and then just over a year ago to Elizabeth Drive. Looking back over more than nine decades of life, Jennings said she is most proud of her family and that she was up to it when her adventurous husband decided to leave the Port Perry area and buy a garage in Acton. I always had a place over my head and plenty to eat and I still do. I like it here on Elizabeth Drive, and am in really good heath, except for a touch of the asthma and I have a knee that bothers me once in a while, Jennings said add- ing although shes led a good life with no smoking or drinking, a lot of her longevity is down to just plain luck. Friends are invited to help Jennings celebrate her birthday at an open house on May 27 from 1 to 4 p.m., in the common room at 17 Elizabeth Drive. Best wishes only or a donation to the Eden Mills United Church would be appreciated by the family. Edith Jennings 95 on May 31 LET US WELCOME YOU! Our Hostess will bring gifts and greetings, along with helpful information about your new community. Call Betty Ann 853-1944