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Acton Wednesday Jury 11 Strong showing at Cud Canoes paddle home CLEAN SWEEP Don Hood and Chris Suns bury will be a familiar sight on the streets of Acton this summer They been hired by the I to look after the planter along the streets side walks and curbs Hood and were hired last week and expect they be employed full time until they go back to school in the fall Both boys will be attending Grade at Ac ton High School Expect 800 names on peace petition With only mild disappointment Acton paddling Voyageurs returned home from the Canadian Canoe Festival in Ottawa last week confident that a little extra effort In the coming year will carry them to victory next lime around The local teams consisting of Acton High School staff students and ex students placed consistently well in a variety of competitions against canoeists from across Canada earning the most recognition for their authentic portrayals of several prom I pioneers What started out sever years ago as an extension of history studies at a re enactment of the groundbreaking Voyageur enterprises has since turned Into fullscale Involvement in competitions at the upper most level teacher Dr Paul Tamblyn led a contingent of staff students and alumni to the Festival held June and July on the Ottawa River the Rideau Canal and Dow Lake Thousands of spectators took In the events Encouraged by a strong showing in all categories the teams plan to spend the coming year building their strength and stamina and building their bank account as well in the hopes of buying a faster canoe In the Young Voyageur Cup competition held June eight teams from Quebec and Ontario representing canoe dubs come tional facilities canoe builders and high schools vied for top spots in several cate When It came to donning their pioneer costumes and presenting skits the Acton team earned a secondplace finish The test of skilled and technical paddling won Acton a third and a demanding race in a strong current and rough water brought another third Third- place Ending up with thirdplace overall the Acton student team consists of Jim John Dirk Schrader Jeff Balklnd Calhy Johns Steve Steve Parker Sandy Munro Tom Kranendonk and Tom Steer July 1 saw the Voyageur Cup competition attract 19 teams from seven provinces and the Northwest Territories for a full day of trials before a crowd that ranged In site from to Captain Tamblyn and staff members took the Ontario Recreational Canoe Association Trophy for their firstplace finish in a competition designed to test the crews to handle a 26foot canoe du With most households canvassed local ant nuclear protestors expect to have BOO signatures on a petition seeking an end to Cruise missile testing among other Comfort chairman of Actons HAND Walton Hills for Disarmament committee told this newspaper that everyone approached for he Acton canvass June to was well aware of the issues involved About per cent he said signed the four point petition which will be added to those collected across Canada this summer for final presentation Parliament in the fall Known as the Peace Petition Caravan Campaign the canvassing was launched by a coalition of anitnuclear groups and in eludes HAND Acton and Georgetown chapters The petition s four po seek in end to Cruise missile testing In Canada the declaration of Canada as nuclear weapons free zone the diversion of waste spending on the arms race into the funding of human needs of the above three points through a free vote in Parliament TRENTON DENTURE THERAPIST 2 MAIN ST GEORGETOWN Pointing out that a Kail on riding survey by MP Otto Jelmek found that BO per cent of respondents believe Cruise missile testing should continue Comfort has written the MP to advise him of HAND own results While percent of those contacted for the peace petition responded positively Com for said a significant number of those who did not felt they could not support all Tour points as was required Most stopped short of endorsing the pell tion because of its demand for an end to Cruise testing which many people believe is either necessary to Canada NATO com mitmcnl or else is a fait accompli Comfort said There has been no indication hat add Cruise tests will take place in western Canada where an American Air Force bomber flew a missile without a nuclear warhead and never detached from the jet earlier this year Antinuclear organizers believe additional tests are inevitable Comfort added that HAND members will be attending candidates meetings expected to be called once a federal election date is set to pose pertinent questions to Jdlnek and other candidates A LITTLE SELFRESTRAINT berries galore but not one to eat Diana Thomson left and Marlene had the unenviable job of preparing the strawberries for the shortcake at Knox Church straw berry desvert social but not being able to eat any of them until he shortcake was made and those who dropped in tor dessert had had their HI Forge be Tall Ships Acton own I school Voyageurs turned a few heads of their own at the Canadian Canoe Festival In Ottawa on he Canada Day weekend While their paddling skills earned recognition It was the high school staff pioneer costumes that grabbed he most attention The stu dent team Is shown here The Acton team captained by Jane Forbes came in third Between 7 and spectators wat the canoe paddlecade down the to the National Arts Centre that afternoon A flotilla of fur trade largest group of and 36 foot canoes assembled In Ottawa since was involved Winning Team The day featured a costume display and historical for which the staff again headed by Tamblyn won the National Parks Commission Trophy Jane Forbes team took third with Forbes portraying Francis Ann Hopkins a prominent painter among the Voyageurs As well as Temblyn depiction of Samuel de Champlain the winning staff team featured Dave Boycott as Brule Brillinger as Brule Indian wife Bridle as Brute Indian child Tom as Pierre Esprit Wayne Bridle as William and Murray Kittman and Peter Harris as In a canoe race that followed came in sixth hoi on the heels of Rock wood Malcolm McMillan