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Sees perfect project on Bangladesh tour Just back from Bangladesh Ontario director Catherine Harvey enthralled a group of over in the library Monday with her description of near Oxfam project She gone to India for a seminar and from there went to see the protect she had heard about in Bangladesh the Oxfam sponsored Bangladesh Rural Action Committee Here in the rural villages of this fertile land which some would despair of helping she found a project that embodies the kind of development that has highest hopes for She was happily amazed Slides She showed slides as she showed the Rural Action organizers and their paid workers in each village such as the planning an older woman eager to tell others not to make the same mistakes she did The func tlonal education teacher a teenager who got the village women so excited they doubled their number of classes The village healer and then the paramedics who learn how to treat diseases Just one at a time and tour the villages of the area The village animator who sets up programs such as the women duck raising and vegetable cooperatives The women would be too timid to start such a project alone All are Bengalis This project covers 220 villages of between and people each with camps for training of more and more native workers This project seems a fine chance of creating a self sufficient economy not simply dependent on one crop which can be flooded out Need press Money will be raised for a printing press for this Rural Action Committee Many Bengalis hat learned to read and a newspaper is being produced Acton president Daphne King said it is hoped monej raised In Acton will go toward this press She an nounced the trade fair for St Alban s Hall In May Miss Harvey explained groups are In the United Kingdom where the movement originated in the USA Australia Belgium Canada and Quebec The Quebec group Is separate from the rest of Canada They support projects individually with Canada specializing In parts of Africa the English speaking Caribbean Peru and Bolivia Ontario Fund raiser Steve Thomas washer and ex plained the methods of raising funds and letter ap peals Expenses are kept to a minimum Miss Harvey had been expected to speak at the high school Monday afternoon but she Is suffering ill effects from her trip to Bangladesh and had to go to a doctor Diners is rampant In the country and she inadver brought some of it home OXFAM ONTARIO director Catherine Harvey captivated a small audience at the library Monday with an account of an Oxfam project in Bangladesh Obituary Alvin White showed horses The Acton Free Press Wed April 7 Will appeal budget John Frederick White passed away at Guelph General Hospital early Tuesday April after one mouth of rapidly declining health Born on the line of Erin Twp he was the eldest son of the late Frederick White and his wife May Barbour now Mrs Ben Mor of On August he was married to Myrtle Allan They farmed briefly In West Garafraxa then for ten years on Lot 10 3rd line Erin moving to Lot line Erin In 1M0 remaining there until July when they moved to their retirement home on west of Erin During these yeors Alvin was very active in showing and racing horses and retiring has acted at a Judge of horse classes at many fall fairs He had been interested in community affairs in curling baseball and hotkey was still an executive member of the Ontario Rural Hockey He leaves to mourn his pas sing wife and two sons Edward of and Mar vey of and three grandchildren Bradley Kimberley and J an con He is survived by his mother and two brothers Norman of Brampton and Norris of Orion He was predeceased by sister Dorothy Mra Wilfred Turner Funeral service was con ducted by Rev W Mnddock of St Andrew a Presbyterian Church at he Butcher Funeral Home Cha Eel on Thursday April 10 rln Temporary entomb mentwas at Mor with Interment at ley Cemetery Pallbearers were Alex and Jack Smith Lome Matt Marshall and Harvey Pea voy were hews and nieces Barry and Turner Heather and Gordon Warn Cathie and Jim Kecler Paul Turner and Rick White Case solved An out or own man was ar rested on a warrant for breaking the front window at the Music Stop Regional Council will lodge an official appeal against the budget being proposed by Child ren Aid Society The budget proposal reflects an Increase of M per cent Council passed a resolution to that effect but agreed the appeal would be withdrawn at a later dale If a new budget reflecting cuts could be presented The Society had planned a board meeting to go over the entire budget and consider possible areas of reductions CAS Director Gordon Ask had met with treasurer Don Farmer and Chief Administrative Officer Ernie Held to peruse the CAS bud get Care fort Last year the Society for 11 children in but at its peak had 150 in lire said there were currently 148 children in the Society care The big increase Is in the area of foster parents and group homes More need more core It costs less to hove In our own homes than to send them to outside agencies he said It is difficult to see where substantial cuts can be made without a reduction in ser vice So many of our costs for parents or group homes CAS treasurer Bill said the total 1974 budget was and the budget is He said the region pays a share of about proximately per cent Until his year the region share worked out closer to 33 per cent He echoed statement earlier when he said the bulk of ho Increase for direct care for children Question Reporting on that meeting Councillor David Coons said the CAS had miscalculated possible revenue Ho noted the addition of two and a hair stall people was also questioned The resolution passed made no reference to how much should be cut or what degree of Increase would be ac table In an interview following the meeting Askwith said the greatest degree of Increase was In direct care for children Askwith noted the underestimated revenue could amount to several thousands of dollars That revenue comes to the Society as a result of the Society handling cases from other areas pointed out the additional staff required would be necessary to handle the extra workload If the extra work wasnt he additional re wouldn be realized Hiking day For the provincial government has designated April as Ontario hiking day Within he Grand River watershed this day will be observed by he Guelph Trail Club who arc scheduling the official opening of their Arkcll Springs trail com pleted in the ail of 1974 Opening time has been set Watson near the city of at the small dam at Arkcll Springs Vicechair man J will be at tending as he Authority official representative The Grand River Trails Association is also planning a scries of hikes on the section of rail now open between Elora and Paris MODERN TV Sates and Service Of- RADIO AND TV SETS Also Tower and Antenna llatlwisand repairs ENRY datt KENNY S TREE SERVICE Anything In tree land clearing FOR QUICK SERVICE ESTIMATE 853 3894 mi ACTON WELDING Iron work arm machine repair portable plat S R 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