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The Acton Free Press Wednesday May 1972 Creek to dump for field trip CALVINETTES of the Christian Reformed Church held their annual dinner at the church Saturday night Pictured front tor are Betty Verbeek Mary Kroes Frances Wendy Cindy Klelne Deters Secondrowl tor are counsellor Nellie Harbers Sonja Kroes Mary Duiker Susan Kiuken Janet Vos counsellor Proper OUR READERS WRITE By Corie Maxwell Acton high school students hove been hard at practice in trackand field events for the field day which will be held today Wednesday This is for our own school only and not in competition with any other school On the other hand the Acton track team has been practicing all winter and has been In competition several timei On Two named for trips Two students will be representing Acton high school on trips soon Jim has been named to take the annual Rotaryclub sponsored trip to Ottawa Andrea Broostad a grade 11 student will be this years Young m Voyageur She will be to Third row 1 to r arc Janet Kuiken Brouwer b C from July to Voskamp Irene Hofstede Suzanne Paul August counsellor Lynda Ensing Back rowl tor are Freda JoanneTraas NancydeGraaf EvelynDrulf Karen Belly Kamminga MicheleKremer Nancy Photo by Gibbons competes Perfume project Dear Sir There has been quite a lot of publicity recently in the paper regarding commemorating Acton Centennial With alt due respect to Mr Jack Carpenters enthusiastic buy a brick campaign let me suggest buy a bottle of air wick and then on the big day all the citizens could spray their perfumed aroma around Who knows Maybe we d get one nice fresh day without the characteristic Beordmore smell Red Cross still seek county grant services provided by the Georgetown and District Branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society may have to be reduced unless they receive a grant from Halton County Council Council decided during budget discussions In March not to give the group a grant A grant was given the group last year to set up shop but council members felt it was a one time thing and were surprised to see officials of the Red Cross Branch back again The unit had asked for for this year but is now YMCA News and Happenings By Gloria Browne Program Coordlnator At a board meeting Thursday Jake Vandcrkooy was presented with a pair of Special Service cuff links us busy again Only six children registered for the Cartoon and Sketching club Ron Maclntyre has put a lot of for his long years of work and planning into his service John Last made the In a short speech Jake said he had enjoyed the work and had made friends He hoped that he could be of any further help the board would call upon him Thrift shop Thrift Shop was very crowded Thursday night and the off their feet program and I hope more youngsters will turn up Sot May from to am when the lessons begin in earnest Over worth of prizes donated almost entirely by Canadian and German govern businesses and other organizations will be the goal of students visiting Master University from all over Ontario on Muy and 13 The Third Annual Ontario High School German Contest will take place that weekend at McMaster and names of the winners will be announced at a banquet on the Saturday night Carolyne Mackenzie 164 Churchill S will be competing from Acton high school Nine winners will each receive prizes a travel or study scholarship awarded by the federal Republic of Germany April a meet was held at the Ontario School for the Deaf in Milton This meet Included the three schools Acton Milton and OSD The next meet was held April with Acton hosting OSD at On May Acton and OSD were hosted by Milton Track team Last Saturday the male members of the Acton track team were in competition with other high schools at the Port Credit Blue and Gold Invitational Meet Even though we were a school with one of the least number of we finished with 14 points One of the team members Steve Van Fleet broke the Peel County Javelin record with a throw of Two other members of the track team who gained points for A H were in the metre run and Dave Tom in son in the metre run In today field day at Acton HlIi the students who place in the lop three positions in each event will be representing our school at the Halton County Secondary School track meet rhe new resource centre at the ugh school has been open since the beginning of April and is well attended daily Ijst week the school soccer team played Georgetown In Alton but lost On Friday they went to Georgetown and were defeated At the game they played Trafalgar on Monday their record went unblemished As a supplement to the Grade 11 Geography course afield trip was arranged tor Thursday May We left the school shortly after with geography teacher Mr J Goring Our destination Oakville Creek just south of Milton When we arrived we were divided into small groups in order to study and record things such as stream width depth current signs of pollution and soil profile Study Bridge After spending two and one half hours at the creek we went onto a large bridge on Highwiy No Just east of Palermo There we estimated the of the br valley depth and width and stream width From there we went to the township dump We went there to further our study of soil profiles and effects of We got back to the school about 2 Everyone enjoyed the trip It was the best ever several people remarked A special thanks to Ken the bus driver who put up with us year olds not covered by the Recreation Board program will really be appreciated It is dif to know what type of service would be the most Any suggestions for a summer the Goethe Institute the Ontario program that will serve the 14 to Society for Canadian German from to p and hope to Elaine Sales explained they were under the Impression that requests for grants would be considered on a yearly basis Hunts middle class Mrs Brands indicated the middle class Income people would be hurt by the cut back in service if there was no grant The very poor can receive help through the Department of Social and Family Services and the very rich can afford to pay a day for services but the middle class income people could not afford the a day or be able to get help through the welfare office they said The Red Cross unit makes available where needed regardless of the family income For those who could not afford to pay and t eligible for welfare the unit was picking up the tab Mrs Brands explained charges were levied on the ability to pay rather than an income formula Sub for moms Homemaker services are used by persons where mothers have to go to the hospital or are at home but unable to get around Homemakers do the Job of mothers until mother is on her feet again Until now have received an hour or 12 a day and the Red Cross would take of the Some t able to pay any some pay part and some pay all The matter will come up for discussion at the administration committee meeting today May Dept rejects high tender Department of Transportation and Communication has refused subsidy on the highest tender for a hopper sender accepted recently by Council In a letter to council the depart ment said the tender of Hanover Truck Bodies Ltd only would be accepted for subsidy purposes Council previously accepted a tender higher from the King company on the recom of roads super C E Bud Snow Council decided to stick with the KingSeagrave tender for the sake of the extra They do a good Job Mr Snow said Subsidy will still be paid on the low tender rate Ospnnge Students join Ottawa By Doris Fines Mr and Mrs Robert Auld of Erindale were guests on Monday of Mr and Mrs George Lang and Bonne A welcome is extended to Mr and Mrs Leonard Draper and son and daughter Mr Draper is now living in the house formerly owned by Mrs Fines Mrs Draper and family will arrive in June when school closes Trip to Ottawa Mr Gordon drove a bus load of Erin High School students to Ottawa on the weekend Among the were Donna Milton Ellis and from this community Some of the sights and tours they saw were the Parliament Build city of Hull Hills the National Aeronautical Museum of Science and Technology War Museum Royal Canadian Mint and the National Art Centre It was a delightful trip Mr reported sighting Mr Hales Meeting Conveners of the standing committees were chosen by the Ospruie Women Institute at their May meeting at the home of Mrs Elmer Fisher Exchanges and the Trans Canada Alliance of German Canadians These will enable them to visit Germany this summer Other winners will receive prizes such as type writers radios records and books The competitors have already been winners in the 14 Regional High School German Contests sponsored by the Ontario Modern Language Teachers Association About enter the contest each year competing In all aspects of German language and language study There ore two categories of contestants to III allow for the advantage held by students of German background Agriculture and Canadian only in Industries Mrs Ed Archibald Citizenship and World Affairs- Mrs R Howard Education and Cultural Activities Mrs Gordon Family and Consumer Affairs Mrs Ben Wingrove Resolutions Mrs Wm Milton Curator Miss Doris Fines The roll call Sing say play or pay was answered suitably by all present Plans were made for the district annual and Mrs G Robertson was named as delegate A Summer Parable was read by Doris Fines Mrs D G Robertson Mrs Wm Milton assisted the hostess with lunch Honor teacher on retirement Mrs Florence Parsons is after teachinc years in and an Open House is being planned at her school on May Mrs Parsons has been at school since 1965 and since 1967 has been the junior special education teacher there Before that she taught all grades in S S No TAKE MOTHER OUT for MOTHERS DAY DINNER ACTON MEADOWS Sunday May 14th dinner served from pm to 5 pm Children Years and Under Priceon all dinners PHONE SIRS SCHONNOPAT 8530052 FOR RESERVATIONS and INFORMATION Forget Businessmens luncheons from a to Mondays to Fridays NOTICE To all residents of the Township of Esquesing GARBAGE DISPOSAL Effective June 1 1972 The following dates and times will apply to the Township Garbage Disposal Site Mondays to Fridays 9 AM to PM Saturdays 9 AM to 12 Noon The site remains closed Saturday Afternoons Sundays Holidays DELMAR FRENCH Clerk Treasurer Township of Esquesing m Distributor of Home and Farm Petroleum Products Acton and D cl Since 1 it HEATING OILS LUBRICATION OILS i GREASES GASOLINES DIESEL FUEL Phone 8532174 DIFENDAIIE OIL SALES a Young St Acton Need a friend Test drive a Firenza Call me JOHN 8532869 MILTON MOTOR SALES LTD Main St Milton L0VELL BROS MEAT MARKET Maple Leaf SIDE BACON 791 Shoulder Chuck ROAST 85 Extra Lean Boneless Brisket Roll Lean Stewing Beef 99U Lean Ground Chuck Small Link Sausage FOB TOUR FREEZER RED BRAND BEEF SIDES 79 lb HINDS FRONTS j LOVELL BROS MODERN MEAT MARKET Acton Dally Delivery Phone