Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), October 26, 1977, p. 21

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Tilt HERALD ACTON HIGH SCHOOL Graduation at old school Vlcdi dorian Bill Magnuson receives the Award from GDIIS principal M J Furlong at the end of the formal commencement at the high graduate GDHS Friday Ontario high school students can communicate quite fee lively Bill Magnuson valedictorian of Georgetown and district high school graduate class said Friday Speaking to an overflow crowd at the school annual commencement exercises Mr said the system is clamping down and that during his last year at the institution we had to do more essays Giving Ihc graduate class of a nostalgic remembrance Of five years at the school Mr Magnuson also told of the unity and friendships which took place among the students He talked of the fair amount of knowledge gained by students with he help of the teachers and the pressures of individual work required at the university level Karen and Linda Goes won the board of education proficiency award Faculty awards from went to Alan Davidson and Blair Thompson Earlier graduate class also heard an optimistic ap praisal of their future from area trustee Don Long He said some ore prehenslve in this period high unemployment and a Recycling request denied Despite encouraging remarks from council last week that he is providing a worthwhile service to the community Michael Hard csitk request to put a yard bier on town proper ty wts turrjfed down by works committee Deputy town engineer Ted Ballinger told committee that staff rejected all townowned sites as unsuitable because of concern over accessibility traffic safely interference with town equipment and operations aesthetics disturbance to neighbouring residents accident liability and control of littering by the public stagnating economy but urged the former students to look upon the advances made by the economy over the past years Mr Long called the economy nothing more than a cyclical phenomenon which acts similar to night following day or the seasons of the year following in sequence All economic trend in dicators are rising he said and our economic growth Is a cycle and In hindsight the slumps are resting points followed by a burst of ac tivity Mr Long urged graduates to capitalize on the unique character of each person and set themselves a challenge to become successful GDHS principal M J Furlong told graduates the school senior class this year is very much as last yrar but maybe a little quieter He congratulated them on their achievements Even though Acton has a new high school with updated facilities to accommodate such occasions the commencement exercises were held in the McKenileSmlth auditorium Friday evening at the of the graduating students Acton high school principal Dean Fink told the audience that the students had asked to have the ceremony In the old high school because of the memories it had for the He noted that the first com exercises held in that auditorium were in the year the auditorium and four classrooms were added to the school This would be the last commencement to be held nil he said and Invited those present to attend the new schools official opening on Nov Valedictorian Dan Warren who Is currently studying at Ontario Bible School gave the audience a taste of the flctlt announcements for which he earned his reputation as a prankster of note within the high school He also told the audience that the graduates had had a feeling almost of love for both the staff and the old school In addition to the gift for the valedictorian which was presented by Jennifer Mr special gift by the school staff to commemorate his gift of creating wall decorations with the articles In the Lost and Parking review promised Works committee chairman Mike Armstrong promised Ward Coun Peter Marks he would look Into apparent in consistency in enforcement of the Halton Hills parking bylaw In Acton Engineer Bob Austin told the committee that they expect approval of the parking by the ministry any day The police will then be able to ticket people for violating twohour parking limits and the works crew are already Installing signs designating the twohour parking areas The threehour maximum parking limit between mid night and a m Is the section which Mr Marks soys is being enforced only spasmodically Found Box Since his favourite item in the decoration was a pair of the staff presented him with a pair of jockey shorts In addition to being orian Mr Warren earned the Acton High School Scholarship for having made a significant contribution to INDUSTRIAL CURLING MONDAY NIGHTS Drawl at 630 830 pm Service Clubs Industrial Leagues MAKE UP YOUR OWN TEAM 0 Enjoy 20 Nights of CURLING for ONLY Call 8779901 North Hahon I Country Cbb Maple Ave Trafalgar Rd PUMPKIN FESTIVAL Saturday October 29th PM Sunday October 30th 100 PM WITCHES BREW PUMPKINS APPLE DOLL DEMONSTRATIONS WAGON RIDES APPLE BOBBING AND LOTS OF PUMPKIN PIES PINE VALLEY FARMS HIGHWAY school I Thi board of tion Achievement Awards for 1J77 went to Ellen and Sandra Secondary School 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