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GeofQBt Wadneadty Oct 19S3 Pounds just meted off TOPS Take Off Pound Sensibly group held their open home and reunion Tuesday evening On hand for the fun were HOPS Keep Off Sensibly members Tel Connelly six yean Russell KOP Mart two yean Pearl WUion four years and Joyce Diamond Queen of the Chapter for 1881 and a KOP Goden Aaers Elect officers The annual meeting of the Acton Golden Age held to the Hall day evening October 19 Themembersassembledal530pin delicious pot luck supper which was thoroughly enjoyed Rev Gerald installed the Officers for 196384 After the business the Golden Age Choir entertained and also a solo by Graham was enjoyed by all Officer for 1963 IBM are past president Leslie Graham president Isabel McDonald first vice president Wilfred second vice president Wilmer Fryer secretary Marguerite Spielvogel assistant secretary Eileen treasurer Jean Jackson assistant treasurer Ann Leslie pianist Jean McLean assistant pianist Edna kitchen administrator Pearl Baker assistant kitchen administrator Kay Ball card convener Helen Pickett assistant card convener Edith Fran Wand social convener Rose Anderson program com m it tec Edna Besley Gladys Davidson R L Davidson travel com miCtee Irene Terry Greta Perkins Kathleen Alger Helen euchre committee Mae Fountain Freda Lambert Graham Bea Anderson auditors Jane Gamble and Vera Inglis visitation committee Alice Sue Pink Edith Watkins Emily Mclntyre Three fire calls Downed power lines at Lot Con were Ihe centre of the volunteer firefighters attention Thursday at 12 They were called out on standby Two chimney fires Saturday kept fire fighters busy The first one was at 12 it at John s Texaco and one again at m at Knox The new executive of the Knights of Columbus took of row John Melt ugh warden Brad Buchanan advocate ice recently They are front row left to right Lou George trustee Ray lecturer and Don financial secretary recorder Mario Absent from the photo are outside Paul Grand Knight Bruce guard Ron Barrett Bob Lindsay trustee Peter Grand Knight Wayne Montgomery treasurer Back lion chancellor and Hans Buscher trustee Hands on learning gets thumbs up results at museum Michelle Holmes always wanted to try it and Wendy Shaw decided she enjoyed it but t live the way early pioneer women did The 14yearolds lived a pioneer life at the Ontario Museum Wednesday working as women would have on an 1830 farmstead Malcolm McPhee was amazed by the origins of wool and 1 fa brie and the methods used to create them In pioneer days The day long immersion program was an experiment for the museum and the Peel Board of Education The local museum was one of IS bases for handson sessions concentrating on a rural heritage theme Part of twoweek camp sessions sponsored by the Peel board the one day experience has been termed a success by Mary Robertson and Rob Taylor of the Peel Board Last week visit to the museum was the second and the last for this summer as the camp operates only in July The results of the experimental program could lead to a credit course of a similar nature Another offshoot could be the involvement of dents In Hal ton in a similar program Mrs Robertson flans to contact the local board of education with the good news of the pilot project success If the idea does catch on It would bring young people much closer to the way of Canada s early settlers than the tours Include many children and entail a brief look at the various aspects of the museum A tour would never have allowed Danny Yuasa the time to help museum blacksmith Bud Snow sharpen the teeth of a harrow Danny a 15yearold who was one of three mentally retarded boys Involved in the camp heated and pounded into shape the metal harrow teeth as well as removing and replacing them on the farm implement After a morning of working pioneer style the five students were treated to a lunch prepared by Wendy and Michelle The girls spent most of the morning churning butter collecting eggs and making scones beef stew Irish soda bread and com bread with currents I always wanted to go back and try it Michelle said of the life of settlers She added I rather be playing sports or something than being in the kitchen all day though She and Wendy had a bit of a workout In the barn however where they had to develop a technique to get fresh eggs from the straw under the disconcerted chickens Their running shoes looked out of place when they were exposed from beneath their period costumes which Included full length skirts and aprons The pair agreed the day was enjoyable and educational as they learned first hand the challenge of cooking without the aid of modern conveniences Mrs Robertson indicated the program was welcomed by museumstaffwhoscemedtoaharetheBtudents enthusiasm It satisfying for us to be able to spend this much time with the students We have some very talented people who are know ledgeable in these early crafts she said Bud Snow show Danny the craft of sharpening a harrow tooth at his blacksmith the grounds of the Ontario Agricultural Museum Staff photos by Jon The remaining students involved in the camp spent the day at country general stores and various farm ng operations to get a taste of rural life As Mr Taylor explained most of the children who tended the two camp sessions are from large centres Toronto and Miss issauga I had an idea of immersing ly in a run I situation said the outdoor education teacher ith the Peel board He managed to develop his idea this year using a heritage con for the camps It took many phone calls and personal visits to the immersion locations to organize the program but he has had the satisfaction of positive feedback from participants in the first session Mr Taj lor said he found it interesting that the students in dicatcd the highest impact from the immersion on their pro gram evaluation farms Campers lake part in outdoor activities like h king and horse back riding as well as their individual immersion experiences The camp is based at the G F eld Centre at Caledon a facility utilized by the Peel board for aquatics and winter sports during the school year ADAPT claims Elderly alcoholics who mix drugs can now get help Inch hi a anaaccr kitchen was a task by Marg by MteheuelMmea left and Wendy Shaw kit week The girts were Two ounces of alcohol combined with prescription drugs can be a dangerous mix But for unknowing seniors the l on con be deadly Combining alcohol with prescription drugs is Just one of the problems he Alcohol and Drug Addiction Program ADAPT will tackle in its new seniors pro gram The program is aimed at helping senior citizens overcome feelings of loneliness isolation and fears of Institutionalization which often result In problem drinking There is a myth there arc no elderly alcoholics and that the age of cannot develop a drinking problem said Ian Stewart executive director of ADAPT In fact that myth is easily shattered when you look at statistics says Mr Stewart According to the executive director one quarter of all alcohol related problems in seniors occurs after the age of When you combine that statistic with the fact that the elderly population accounts for 25 per cent of oil prescription drug sales of which BO per cent of these ore mood alter Greenock Group hears of vacation The monthly meeting of the Greenock Wl was held at the home of Mrs Sinclair on October 11 in the evening The meeting was opened with a verse by President Mrs The Opening Ode and the Mary Stewart Collect meditations were given by Mrs D Milton After business was discussed Mrs Johnston gave a very Interesting report on her recent trip to England Scotland and Ireland and showed many pictures The roll call A Trip I Am Planning was answered by ID members present Mrs Patterson read a motto on citizenship The meeting was closed with lunch by the committee Mrs Sinclair and Mrs C Aitken Courtesies were expressed by Mrs Milton Car hits deer Acton resident William Chipp 30 had a collision with a deer Friday morning at about 3 30 along Five Sideroad Chipp was westbound on Five Sideroad at say police reports and was approaching the First Line when a deer Jumped into his path braked but could not avoid a collision Ills withstood damage and the deer was killed Hits loose gravel Scott Sutherland 28 of Lot Concession Milton suffered minimal injuries in an accident along Mill St on Sunday October He was westbound along Mill St passed the First Line when he met a curve on the gravel road According to police he crated as he went over the gravel patch lost control ran off the road and hit a tree stump The 83 Toyota he was driving had S3 damage done to It Greenore hit and run A Mazda pickup owned by Allan Beck of Greenore Crescent had WOO damage done to it by a hit and run driver last Wednesday night Tbe pickup was parked along the south curb of when hit by a vehicle travelling at an unknown rate of speed that failed to negotiate a curve in the road The driver drove off from the scene bits lose gravel it that there Is a serious pro Mm explained Mr Stewart Rosemary one of the counsellors at ADAPT estimates one out of every 10 sen or citizens is misusing alcohol I think a lot of the people we meet have not had a serious problem with alcohol be fore but have turned toward it out of lone liness and depression she said explaining a which may have begun as an could eventually lead to serious pro when it Is mixed with loneliness and prescribed medication The main focus of the program in Its early stages Is to educate Ihe public everyone from the seniors themselves to provider i gencles and the general public explains Ms Ililbert The program Is eventually going to In volunteer workers who will work closely with senior citizens in their home to help them overcome their problems Ms also hopes to establish a sen group which would get together to discuss problems But it is going to be a difficult task says Mr Stewart The seniors are not going to come to us with their problems we are go to 1 to go to them Part of problem Is the seniors per of alcoholism They look on it as a weakness not a disease which can attack said Ms Because of their age the amount they drink could have serious effects What they drink when they were yong usually Is not the same quantity they can drink when they grow older she said Ms has already approached a number of organizations which service heniors as well as senior citizens homes to d the program ADAPT has been helping youth in Halton for nine years but we feel there is a need to assist the region s elderly said Ma The results or the pioneer program will be a long time in coming admits Mr Stewart Two years from now we may be seeing the results of the work we are starting nowbut t s work that must begin says Mr Stewart more information contact Rosemary at 1912or visit the Oakvllle office at Randall Street Claire Langridge stands la front of bank at the Aetna branch of Bank of Scotia whh a bank bao that says la richer Claire entered taw Getting There contest sponsored by the Bank of Neva Scotia last week awl she a at prim awarded ta member f program The program many amatore athletic programs and called Getting There far the members of chut The members at the dab are also eligible far a grand draw I or a trip to Disney World