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BEST BOYS FIRE POSTER Park school pupil Michael Jacobs 10 looks a bit as he receives a trophy for drawing the best ire safety water about Grade in a wide contest Michael poster now goes on to Brampton for Judging in a wider class Making the presentation is Larry Brassard Hills Fire Department Ballinafad news ByLINDVOCONNOItS We arc very sorry to hear that Mrs Frank Smith is in hospital this week During her absence Will attempt to cover the Ballinafad news We all send our good wishes and hope she will be home soon Last Wednesday a group of ladies met to organize baseball for over 16 in this area Thirty girls have signed up and plans wire made for a work day the 30th of April to construct a diamond in the community for their games Perhaps other age groups In terested in playing ball In this area will form and assist the ladies in their undertaking Coaches umpires are needed and there is lots of room for other interestLil players The girls plan a bake sale later in May to raise money for equipment and the first is planned far June 15 at Congratul itions to Gary Larson of the Line on the opening of his new office in Georgetown Iirson on has been practicing in Toronto and Acton for the last few ytara and is now expanding to eorgclown Mrs of be working with him as receptionist in his new office Mr and Mrs Joseph Blalcc of Flint Michignn will be spending a few days with their daughter Linda and son in law Gary Larson over the Easter Holidays The Hall Board met this week and a is in the mail to local residents The next big event is the annual Community Auction Sale scheduled for April 10 at Don it ions are needed and the proceeds aid community projects and the general tenance of the Hall Help sup port your community The next dance will be April at the Kail Fewer dinces arc planned for the season so don miss this one Confirmation chases have been conducted for the past few wet ks and lost Sunday fm young people were infirm in the church Stiles welcomed lee Annt Blake French Client Susannah Guest and Helen St bans into the church Mr and Mrs Bruce of St United Church in Georgetown transferred to and were welcomed by Rev Sides the ton The was fill with friends rtlolives and holy communion is celt on bright and sunny Palm morning The junior choir conducted by Mr Bob inn iwo anthems iing as 1 am A church service will bt held morning and is invited to and heir the choir from St church sing fiction Smalt of Brampton spent Sunday afternoon with her grandson Dan tonnor and his family The United Church Wotncns group is sponsoring a coffee morning on Wed April a in at the church for Hit women and their children in this ana Come out and meet your neighbours and bring a The girls held final meeting Tuesday and plans ire now bung made for their Achievement laler this Women Institute organized and hpld very successful Luc h re and Penny bale last Friday The penny sale featur handmade items plants and various donated items for the young and old Fifteen tables of euchre were set up and five more hid to be idded to iccommodate the crowd The ladies prepared a lovely lunch to end the evening and everyone enjoyed themselves arc looking forward to the next one Ashgrove news By MRS JOHN I Now it is April also Spring and the season that we celeb rate Easter the giving of Easter eggs and flowers when the Ice snow and cold winds of winter give way to warmth and growth and life Wishes that your taster is a Joyous happy day followed by a that delightful In every way We were thrilled to see and hear on television Mrs Janice Johnston and her partner Mrs Joyce Beaton as they told of their partnership in Go Publications and wish them all kinds of success in their venlure Is everyone home from the south now So many of our couples flew down this winter the latest ones to back have been Mr ind Mrs Tom Who spent at Beach and Mr and Mrs James Mr and Mrs Bruce McClurc and Mrs Coxc who were slaying in Clearwater Florida The Herald Second Front Wednesday Aprils The fullsize paper reaching more than 12600 homes in Hills Low attendance at Folk Five Folk Five was a success il though plagued by low attendance unfortunate be cause of Hit excellent enter and the informative workshops offered the quality of talent was as good If not belter than last year The festival brought loget her sonic of the province best musicians and it was In words of one organizer Belter than ever There wtrc problems rang from missed billets to broken guitar strings but these failed to change the of good feeling The objective of this year s festival was to be educational for all competitors providing a forum for presentation and competition These folk festivals are really great things said Pat si Stevens a solo competitor from Port It gives us chance to present our miterialnta time when I feel talent is suppress Highlight of the festival was workshops conducted by the inposa artists Chic Hob trls Hick Avery and Bev Chit presented an resting off subject in jufhaiif on The music has no distinctive have been only develop inventive musicians in sector who could not afford regular instru The results are an arr ly of simplt everyday siitb is and wash boards Mona of one of the regular performers the Folk during the weekend at Georgetown and district high school hut she brought her flute along to while away the time between her duties as a hostess Kick Avery a regular per songs many of which original former the Toronto folk club from the British Isles Green presented a Hi also demonstrated his collection of traditional folk talent by plaving tht dulcimer a three string instrument play on tht knees and which sounds vaguely like a bagpipe More and more of these Instruments arc being played by progressive rock bands suih as Ihe Steel Ice Band Avery Is one of several Ont musicians contracted by the Ontario Arts Council demonstrate traditional folk music In They send me out two months of the year he said I have a good time and 1 m making a good living at it The competition itself was of high quality and highlighted by an impromptu food stomping season led by some of the more outgoing acts There Is a favorable trend toward especially field and toward country folk styles of such Canadian artists as Vol dy Bruce and Mur ray McLaughlin Doing a capable Job of judg were a panel which Brian Day Colleen Burns Donna Brown Ail members of which brought intmorles with a flawless performance of some of their favourites Sagt the folk scent for iw or Ihret and won the group competition in oik line Winner of the solo compel lion wis of coke with an excellent original competition The big story of Ihe festival was the Irio of Schram Jennifer McGregor and Mary in it high in who took top honors in the group compel lion on the strength of their musical versatility Thcylllus in a lively presentation of John Dear Abby Jenn and Jennifer also went on to capture top spot in the duct class against stiff competition Georgetown Monici and Marilyn Thome finished fifth in the competition playing a Seas and Crofts tune Mon ica also finished fifth In the contested solo division with her excellent version of Other Georgetown music inns in Ihe competitions in eluded Hull Julie Partridge Wendy Smith and Jonine Maxwell to the of Ihe Folk wen Paul Mom pel Dianne Bergman Mike Troy Osborne and lechnienn Scott among others without whose help the weekend may have conn off Plenty of room in Acton courses Mir SEPARATE SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION Parents have right to attend classes in Aclon will still be registrations today or its spring ram sijs Carol Ihrk rittor of All with tin ex i pre I idit openings ha KHWA1U staff writer A lick of pirental involve ment in the em results in I of icHion beiween and parents which brings about a I ilk of In what children in doing in school Cliff separate school director of education members of p it Holy ross school iu get invoked with Ihe school system have the right to see what children art being taught mil if they ire not satisfied they should ipproach the the Irusttf if not satisfied and if no solution is found give me ill Mr Byrnes said If parents ire lensc and anxious work i child is doing child will pick it up ind Ixcomi worried and lous himself he said Parents hue a riht lo the and question Issues he sud need to understand it certain policies are set by Ihe school board after hours of discussion with teachers parents It is impentivc principals trustees talk to parents that parenls build a trust relationship with Iruslees since they represent the par views to the board once a is set for the year is not very Tht board of lion h is completed a top prior item for the past four years- library in Holy Cross Top priority on Hie Is including rodes and in the separate school system have been set up In a room school with gym which will open In Burlington in September ringe plans will in elude and classes for the north end of Our authority only coven up until Grade 10 until Gride 13 he Slid The most important issues to Mr Byrnes concerning Hon is getting the parents involved improving the I- rench taught In primary and miking use of the existing for There ire two types of programs In both are importinl Two schools an edmfrench It is the language spoken and ihe second prog ram is the oral trench course taught to pupils i I Holy Cross school French should be for in hour at the minimum in of the minutes pupils receive now The Idea behind the french program is not to hive pupils at the end of Grade it would be impos to Interest the pupil in another language so the pupil will maintain oral in high school How ever stntlslics prove that most pupils ire dropping as soon is possible Mr Byrnes said Another problem with leach I- rench to interested pupils is hiring teachers and funding the course child to receive minutes of French instruct ion it costs After Mr Byrnes speech he answered various questions from parents Sevenl were concerned with Ihe num of professional days in a school term He explained that children must school a minimum of IRS is the school term includes to and present this to Hoard receiving input from trustees ind parents Tins year there is a maximum of ll profession are working on these days sometimes in workshops designed to develop staff teaching strategics they work on programs meet with parents or work on tests or exams he said Parents are Interested In school curriculum and were Interested to by 1B78 metric system will be comple tely dissolved into les textbooks science equip ment and Into the program Children in primary grades will think metric while parents tend In keep converting bet ween the old and systems It is important that pupils don memorize the metric system but think metric he said general if concern was rtgarding report parents like the number tern instead of letters since numbers arc more specific However Mr Byrnes the lies with trying to how well the child is advancing by the effort he puts forth Sny a per cent child gets per cent child lias really worked term while a per cent child might have the grade through Utile effort child needs to be differenlly he Slid Many ibilityin certain ireas but cm It through remediation must accept children miy lick whit time to Hum nol child is to become whiletoll work on Men working in play just as import nil rolt in contributing lo A difference opinion sur roundmg the of arts and home omics evolved when one worn in stated she be willing to i xlra for these to be in the school system man lhouhl the classes were frills and should be brought Into the system when the board could pay for ihem The principal of Holy Cross school Barry si ht to offer the best in education and said the school an ample budget allowing or the purchasing of pencils and books We lick nothing Mr sud lint parents association Holy Crass is moving in a posilive direction and pari Ms ere involved with school ition President Tom llnmiut revelled per cent of polled in a retenl queslionnnre supporl French instruction starting Kindergarten to Grade We ire pleased to see thai Ihe staled funds ire avail for leach of it clement ary lent hi sud Went Holy Cross ire work positively ind ply In order to our child ren the best possible turn Mr Him He urged become involved in the education of their children vilinhle resource in the of other Hum to shoulder all the Too parents believe school must do in rythmg We hue get lo concerned irenls your being lure is iioodst irt for the djjitim She says persons who hive to take one or of Hit spring courses may also register it the firs diy of the course if they not registered i courses offered ire golf crochet levels one and two open basketball for men plus yoga evening yoga floor hockey boxing style riding and a kiddies club verj two can raster t me building Mill St ind tod Limehouse news III Ikrild lurriipumlu Visitors with the I in triiLiy were lousms Mrs rosson if bilk Mrs it Miriiery mil Mrs I Ise of LUhir silcublc for Ihi locil Scouts and Cubs Troops for Ihcirsaleon April at 10 m limehouse Hill Ihey will for soon Also collect vour litlhs in I liss them I 1 re il Limn ire to join Knox for i 1 rid it II Mr ind Mrs ind II Hun ihil in v Ihir Mr I Mrs rili i in SOCCER BOOT EXCHANGE fit ju fine is what seven Andrew seems In Andrew a squirt in the ineiHw Sucirtlu was soccer boot ixchanje held VENTURERS SWEEP HONORS IN HUMBER RIVER The I- Georgetown V are winners again Tins lime was the Great Unmix r Canoe llacc held on The d stance was over eight miles included kayaks and one and two man canoes flu CI Open for Juniors hud entries of The Georgetown boys walked away with all th priniwKf ind Dale Powell were first with minutes J Mcelink and Mike Dickson took see place with 10 minutes Third place went to Todd with n minutes Two Georgetown Venturer teams were en Bill mil look minutes to the course while Dive Nichols and 1- n mitts to finish Tin mi of Done ind 1rniiio in the senior division of i Their 1irstGcorgelown represented at the irl or ihi Great by tmillo Ii is his first lin in a slalom race I tun first in Closed In nil te s Sund Police tender won to in ltd the Monday by Hilton his lo supply region board of lutomi lowest bid lit mis 10 lor r but was McA Iistir Motors of Burlington ins joOmorc rsllt no A Yarns Fibres Supplies for Kg Crochet 1 Weaving Handmade Cults weavers house 877 FERTILIZER ORDER YOURS NOW THE KINSMEN CLUB OF GEORGETOWN IS SELLING AGRICO 1064 POUND BAGS 400 DELIVERED DELIVERY TO ACTON GEORGETOWN APRIL OUT OF TOWN ORDERS BY PICKUP CALL 8771393 PHONE ORDERS ONLY PROCEEDS TO COMMUNITY PROJECTS THE BOMS MINI SUPERMARKET DELICATESSEN MAIN SOUTH IN OLD DOWNTOWN GEORGETOWN EASTER FOOD VALUES TURKEYS FRESH CANADA GRADE A NEW ZEALAND SPRING LAMB LAMB CHOPS 49 CUBE STEAKS LIMITED SELECTION OF SCHNEIDERS CHOICE OLD FASHIONED HAMS