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The Acton Free Press Wednesday August By Wendy Thomson installment of notes on the 47th annual ride of the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies As if the scenery and good riding on the trails enough the organization keeps the fun going far into the night starting with In traductions the first evening then swinging Into singsongs square- dances etc with Dan Dennis of Calgary on the accordion any accomplished accordionist gels the chance to go on the ride free plus Everything sounds so much better around a huge fire at night Wednesday this year president of the organization Howard Watldns of Calgary got a pack Ladies fair board plans for floats Mra K Alger was heat can Thursday evening Aug 0 for the Ac ton ladies air board meeting Mrs the nt was in the chair and Mn Isobcl McDonald secretary treasurer read the minutes of the meeting and gave the report Spot llghui for the Indies hull exhibits wire discussed and In ladies hall to meet with the men I nil com mlttce for further limit mi I on float committee for tin fair chosen Mrs Mrs Morrisui Mm Alger and Mrs Storey with Mr Stony assisting the I nil leu Any mi it In with Ideas for ho float could get In touch with committee and will be greatly appreciated A cup of tea and refreshments was si rved by hostess Mrs K Alger assisted by Mrs Thumps and Mrs Morrison which a very enjoyable soclnl lime whs spent as the many Items of Interest fi Hie ladles to admire in meeting will be on urn in i I Intir Ilu I free mate rials mi I id liul 1 mi mhi It token to In at It you and It ctor Seek CWACs Press has been asked to help locate C A C pals from the service days of World War II Their annual reunion la being held the last weekend In September In Toronto Anyone Interested Write for brochure to Mrs Shirley Wood Niagara St Toronto MimTENtNOE SERVICE a est Report end R NO ACTON Towntlni Between No horse contest going For this three guides taught six girls how to load up a pack horse then we were timed First time round I was on Ron team he a THE man behind the scenes at camp and won with a time of l minutes plus a five second penalty for having one rope loose DAN DENNIS and Free Press columnist Wendy Thomson compete In the pack horse competition during the trail ride through the Rockies off along the bank and into the sound of the river and enjoying loosin everything it had the hour in solitary there were ThPtfmflwaBonlvafewMconds been packed with Dan had to go times when a married woman thlT of the on Ws horse to fish the boxes with her husband along Is out few I was greatly me stuff sank and was of and those were times of pleased with myself lrat great loneliness could At another stop Mikes horse polka d everybody In went down with colic and It was tcnt beginning to look as If he wasn t I found I needed time to going to get up again Lucidly on readjust to civilization after this ride there were four doctors coming down from the maun including a psychiatrist By the thought to surprise time all the Docs and a few by coming to pick me up right from ride and scooting me now toe poor horse figured it Saskatchewan to our hitch under a box on top of a had better get up and away from and his family right away horse and in a hurry I before they decided to DO ttork now really loused it up The one thing something last page the day after that made me feel better was the Dan horse kept going down coming civilization Is BOTH these guys tried to tell us for another reason it was tied to grating bit of my that it was the other that did his tree while the rest of the horses is still up in the mountains But the night guide Dan got stuck with me even though he explained everything carefully he went at it from such a different angle that I got all balled and was quite ashamed of myself To try to teach someone who can even get a half hitch straight how to do a diamond tying all wrong were left to roam at stops It kept be lake not even giving up when he kept reversing the situation and soaking her more and more To to wear a bit of the and out of her and a few otter girts be and Dan arranged to take snipe hunting that do it a little once to show me Mike a a over a another knocks roe together The snipe tears and toward iflo Toe also rff to tend them for a know lifer star Aid Saags vre old A gssde across a a frctra Ear a tbe on iy A Muchoftheentertainmcntgocs Hailing around till it got all Sgned member on on the trails when the guides Angled up Itself RidcTS get bored Once Mike the head Finally as a discreet hint that Canadian Rockies guide undid the cinch on one girls saddle at a smoke stop up on its side and Naturally when she wen To tromprf up and down from head mount up and put her weight in nd bk three or stirrup she found herself with I wonder if it actually a saddle in her lap The whole work bme at lunch kid was one day I was sick and sneaking around trying to catch Mike uSwar and push him in Water the coo 23 year old from Northern On She docs a tremendous job for someone with no training lother than being cook s helper for two years up breakfast of juice eggs bacon and pancakes morning a picnic for lunch then a huge supper Fried chicken or stew a steak ham or the best barbecued roast of beef I tasted with soup vegetables salad and dessert and always enough for with Just about everything done in a tent a wood stoTe I was really impressed There four things that marred an otherwise perfect week First tress kept going down and when the tern went below freezing that ground was cold when I woke up Second while part of the idea of the had been to hat a rest from my there was one there about the same age as Beth and swear she hardly ever was silent On one she was right behind me telling jokes singing songs etc I timed her once and in a one hour period she t stop making noises for more than IS seconds at a time I kept hoping she catch a big black bug right the and keep it shut for a while But no such luck Third although sat outside alone tul midnight a couple of raghts just watching the trees against the sky listening to the I acta tod said to He sexci- mi Bel sow Of oe a to a tree was dead It I be be was Tbea be on Sere is one of and m bate to watch it d you And Dar rffered the that I I shoujd hang I bate th closet for a week because if I washed I never et the woodsmoke smell face But we got back at them last was skit night Everybody contribution was but I think Alice and I up topped then all It was A Sincere Tribute to tbe Guides describing all their equalities I sat up late tbe night before and wrote it all out by working in as many incidents and as 1 could I read a per straight tribute Abce and two other acted out tbe ponding For when I praised the guide for their courtesy the riders reenacted Mike sending me flying by applying the flat of an axe to my posterior Alice was more than overjoyed to act the part of Mike and did it quite convincingly even though her was quite lost in the borrowed from Mike who must have been at least I coached Ann Carter of Salinas California in the part of Dan straightening his vest tucking bis chin down looking up from under his hat brim and saying by the way he always seemed to be chasing his horse after it had either got loose from being tied or had trotted out from under you round up those horse while pause straighten tuck I catch mine And Steve you look after the per cent of the folks who came to see the scenery and Pause straighten tuck 111 start in the other per cent I was watching Dan when that sentence came out and he Just about fell through the aide of the tent be laughed hard During the week there was no lack of excitement Once the pack horse spooked as It was being loaded after a lunch stop and took THE LIBRARY Is closed till next Tuesday for staff holidays A NEW ROOF is being put on part of the Robert Little school this week NO SIGN of the new portable classrooms here yet JUST OVER a week til the N E begins and a little over a month till fall fair BANK CONSTRUCTION continues kittycorner at 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