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thobsmy march hlh iks the acton free press acton ontario pacue nvr mchugh final spurt has crowd roaring on saturday afternoon six mem bers of the acton whippet club ran in events of the international indoor track meet in hamilton armories bfll skilling ran second in his 40 yard heat only to be nosed out of place in the semi final pete hurst and bob heatley ran a good beat but failed to place in the first heat of the 300 yard dash wyne arblc ran a fine race but failed to place id the third heat of the same race bui mchugh almost upset the applecart going into the bell lap last in a field of seven he suddenly cut loose and was just nosed out for second this brought the crowd up roaring it was as good a bit of passing display plus speed of any in the afternoon performance herb dodds competed in the half mile and was running a fine race until he retired with two laps to go the club coaches andy and tom nicol were veil pleased with the boys shoeing who is going to win the first trophy for the club is the main question andy nicol ts a chance on good friday when he competes in the firestone 15mile open in ham irton while other athletes in compet itlon last weekend had colored sweatsuits spikes and special equipment the acton runners had ordinary canvas running shoes odd shorts and gym shirts if st prize winners pc february euchre prize winners for the scout and guide mothers euchre held on february 27 were as fallows lad les first mrs c lindsay ladles second mrs jocque consolation mrs osborne mens first john robson mens second lloyd masales consolation stuart richardson clearing auction sale sign class grade dual purpose shorthorns clydesdale horses shropshire sheep farm equipment feed and furniture the property of harding price lot 29 7th line esquesing wednesday march th at 1 o clock b frank petch auctioneer acton high school news education equality forum topic feel rural pupil at disadvantage friday morning the entire school saw david oopperfleld the mov le took two and a half hours so there were no classes that morning the school enjoyed this movie and it was a help to che grade studying this dickens book there were many eccentric characters typica of charles dickens throughout the movie miss macbeth from ryerson in stitute of technology was tne guest speaker at assembly monday morning at the end of her talk when she invited qeustions it was a surprise when there were several students asking questions usualb there is little response to an open discussion miss macbeth was very well informed and was certainly one of the most popular speakers this year on tuesday morning mr thomp son the mayor of milton and sup erintendent of the children s aid society in halton county spok on social work he gave the require ments cost and training necessary to be a social worker he explained there is a great need for social workers in this country cambeuwue truck damage in explosion an exploding oil heater caused an estimated 200 damage to a truck in guelph wednesday mom ing norman smith of campbell jdllfijyldipmkej ibfe truck with jts load of vegetables which belonged to d smith and sons of campbell vllle a coal oil stove exploded and fire broke out on the truck contents of the truck weie quickly removed but the racks were badly damaged and a urpaul in valued at 50 completely destrov ed guelph fire brigade soon had the blaze under control in 1946 ottawa estimated h- national health insurance pi in would cost 21 60 a year for every man woman and child in canada red cross is equalitj in education pos sible served as the topic for hal ton farm forums recently it was pointed out that of all the factor that influence a child at school none is more imporant than the teacher it is possible for a good teacher to teach with poor equip ment but no amount of equipment can matt up for a poor teacher the first question the foixm members set to work on was do you think the rural children in your community have as good education al opportunities as town and city hlldrcn if so how do you aceiunt for if if not what should be d ne to equalize the opportunities one report out of 13 forum re ports said no while another forum having two groups was dlv ided in their opinion as one said no and the other emphatically yes wc think they have as good opportunity as city children the other group throught the ru children lacked the opportunity of as good supervision as those in ur ban schools where there is on teacher per class and where they have better and more modem equipment and more experienced teachers those answering yes they have as good educational opportunities as town and city children ex plained rural children have the verv best form of education in rural schools and the group believed it to be equal to any other type of elementary education past refer ences have proven rural children can take their place along with ur ban children the group explained and in many cases have been pick ed for good and responsible posit ions because they have been taught to concentrate- and think for themselveshrrural sfcnools in rural schools backward pupils are given more attention children in rural schools see and hear wil ls going on in other grades they have the first hand knowledge nature in one room schools they claim the children have a tendency to borf the teacher rural and urban children have the same cur riculum therefore the same oppor tunlty some claim rural children with a competent teacher have some advantage over city or urban pupils as they have fewer distract ions the teacher has closer assoc latlon with rural children and therefore more of a personal inter est i conclusion considering the complete and well rounded out ed ucatlon the rural school and rural life provide the child with a better foundation one group in refer ring to the guide and the broad cast mentioned that the advantages of rural schools was completely left out of the picture and claimed there is still good work for the little rural school to accomplish in advocating consolidated schools the group felt the cost of transportation is left out of the picture and the fact children are left waiting in cold wet weather for buses they mention it makes it much easier for the inspectors who are already drawing good salaries for all they the publishing companies are overloading us with literature that is not used but is evidently sanct loned by inspectors and this group suggests money thus spent could be used to assist in teacher s salaries the second question it has been intimated that canada will face shortage of 25 000 trained teachers in 1959 what steps should be taken to encourage young people to enter the teaching profession teachers salaries should be made more in accordance with other sal arles it was felt this would make teaching more attractive and would encourage more people to take it up as a profession teachers should have the privilege of teaching and working under congenial condlt ions and have trustees interested in thp wft an mnlntgn of our rural schools pupils should be trained from the time they enter public school having in mind that some of them are teacher prospects they could be encouraged in their thinking toward that end as they mature an ad salar t with assured satgfaclory accom modatton should tie the final in ducement glamorizing the pro fession as we glamorize the nurs ing and secretarial professions was suggested train more men was also suggested as they stay longer or let the government subsidize teachers if the government helped to edu ate with understanding they would teach a number of years to repay teachers get two months holidays with easter and christmas holiday l well which should be considered while office employees work all year for two weeks vacition th progressive type of education whi is be planned is proving too costly for form owners notice to creditors and others in the estate of frederick orwell johnston all persons having claims against frederick orwell johnston late of the township of erin in the county of wellington farmer de ceased who died on or about th first dav of january 1953 are re quired to send particulars and proofs thereof to the undersigned before the fourth day of april 1053 when the assets will be dis tributed among the parties jeeally entitled thereto having rega d only to the claims which shall have been filed dated at acton ontario th s tenth daj of march 1053 c f leathcrland acton ont a 363 solicitor for the executor esquesing passes 600 fox claims a total of 600 was paid in fox claims by esquesing township council when it met on monday afternoon march 2 all members were present and reeve george leslie presided w e townsend was appointed esquesing township road supenn tendent the tender of a s robertson for i supplying crushing and hauling gravel was accepted subject to the approval of the department of highways a cheque of scott jackson of 250 was to be returned the following were paid fox claims clarence deforest wilfrid pen in linton nayler john buck charlie sheppard g c cook ho bert lockhurst charles hoarc charlie thompson c s bailev lloyd miller s j milcham john verlis douglas sheppard harry logan robert harris al bert wallace newton ruddell mel drum stark j c cunningham j j thtstlewalte alvln moore ralph bludd gordon shoebndgi clare wilson georje eason a morlcy frank barnes henrv wedge ed ward elliott h beers george har ris g h bavliss john chisholm edward robertson robl mcmaster thomas snow wm watkins ace bailee frank jones harrv hilson john ruddell clifford stover the following accounts were pas sed for pavmenl department of hi a lth 5 65 the georgetown herald 2143 acton free press 3 36 corporation of milton fire brigade atttnding fire v- g munson s and milton brick c 100 00 corporation of acton to firt brigade attmdng fire on dec 19 50 00 hepc brampton 3 months 90 88 a w benton sumps 4 00 the municipal world 9 25 g c brown renewal bond k c lindsay treasurer to march 1 1954 40 00 compensation pol cv grnenl ace d nt clt ncal 1s0 l mcmillan 50 00 to cur rent expnss re m hon fire area no road accounts is presented bj the rtad supt rintendent 2 4336 rtlm lecounts 73 3 1200 for glisses for patunt in san itonum the detective story the number of detective novels borrowed from the library or bought and read proves that this recent type of literature simply cant be overlooked any longer by anyone connected with books or literature many in town enjoy them and so this reviewer is re printing in part a paper in de fence of the detective novel with the permission of its author mrs- mary patterson many people put all detective novels in one heap in their minds and sneer at the whole tot hulls criminately i realize that this unfortunate lumping together s partly the publishers fault these gentlemen acting from commer cial motives only i suppose des crlbo them all in the same terms such as murder printed in bright coloring dripping in blood death in capitals love mystery and international intrigue action and suspense not to mention the most usual blurb word original then the publishers make the covers of the cheap and good pocket novels alike the 10 cent book containing sev eral mysteries and or horror stories are usually not worth the 10 cents and are an insult to the intelligence of any human being just as the soap operas are i join erlng at such mysteries i feel however that what i con sider the true detective novels are valuable as mental exercise as well a mere pastime people read detective novels for many reasons some for the thrill pf hftlng with thebuater ulth chse some because it decuples their minds for awhile some be cause they enjoy reading tough talk some because they are inter ested in criminals the motive one has for reading these novels naturilly effects ones choice there is a good deal of variety in detect ivo novels they fall into two miin classifications first trash these arc cheap vulgar sexy full of cliches swear mg unimaginative dialogue and si tuitions with poor characterlzat ion second what i cill true de tective novels n it true in the sense of being tiken from ictual occur rtnees but really the best type or detective novels to mo they must hive certain chancteristics the one i require for my own rending being thnl the novel be written in decent english like buchan s grecnmantle r miry roberts rhincharts the circular stilrcnse it is not nee essary to have a slang and bad grimmar the incidents and people must seem probable or at least possible there should be continuity and form to the novel the characterization should be reasonably interesting md full the reader must see the characters as follow humans t look for a philosophical point of view an integrated view of life in the background this is il parent more in buchan s novels than in eric slinley gardners or marv roberts rhinehart s gard ner s point of view seems to be that careful logical reasoning will bring success to be good reading the detect ivc novel should have two main requisites the first is suspense if it is developed logically and not irtificlally perry mason mysteries heighten tension by having a case ilreadv in court in many the sit uition grows steadily worse le people missing presumed guilty or another murder secondh there ls a problem to be solved in everv detective novel there ire ficts given from which the complete picture can be con structrd or hc unknown quantity discovered ind named some novels of ellerv queen even stop at i point near the end to offer the reader a chance to make his d ductton the hero ls usually a detective of some sort if a private detective share oac honors there is more glamor and rnmince surrounding hi girls group meets consider projects e mnrch meeting of the st david s girls group was held at the home of audrey marilyn and elea nor cairns the president marilyn cairns opened the meeting with a call to worship fallowed by the worship service taken by anna hurren joan black and marl anna green lees the scripture lesson was read by audrey cairns followed with prayer by joan watson the girls con sidered several projects for their work including supporting a european child for a year plans were made for an open meeting in april to which all the missionary societies would be invited a short play from the study book panthers leading floor hockey loop the panthers a midget teim head the ymca floor hockey league so far with four points the only team to hive won it two gimes so far following are the scores of games played buzzers 6 wildcat 5 wildcats 8 buzzers 1 rockets 5 jets 14 jets 13 rock ets 23 pinthcrs 15 tigers 1 panthers 6 tigers 3 team standing p w l t f a pls 2 2 0 0 21 4 4 2 1 1 0 13 7 2 2 1 1 0 7 13 2 2 1 1 0 28 27 2 2 1 1 0 27 28 2 2 0 2 0 4 21 0 panthers and tigers arc midgets wildcats and buzzers bantams rockets and jets juniors top scoring leaders are as fol lows with the name followed by team and points awarded at two points per goal bob wahlman jun lor rockets 22 emerson baxter junior rockets 22 bob coxt mid get panthers 18 peter lawson bintam wildcits 16 wayne rid ley midget panthers 16 don wads junior jets 16 brian thor arinson junior jets 14 kennv redfcrn bantam wildcats 10 richard massey junior jels 10 wayne currey junior rockets 10 halton wellington campuuvmll was presented by lenore chester marilyn moore marilyn cairns and marian na greenlee the next chapter in the study book growing up with africa was read by mrs moore mrs block told of miss helen brickcr s impressions of the world young peoples conference at tra- vancore india eleanor cairns closed the meeting with prayer there were 14 girls present a so cial time was spent when jane smithy audrey hurren and anne parkin provided the treat miss marjorle chester presided at the yps meeting of st davids church on tuesday evening miss jojtte chester read the scripture and also the minutes of the last meeting miss anna hurren had charge of the topic why we be lleve in the true god also re sponsive prayer rev j sutherland closd with the benediction acton y o gram talent wanted y members and friends theatrical talent for variety stage shows and plays any type of act whether it be singer dancer actor instrumentalist or comedian stop you can all take part stop shows planned a 2 hour variety musical pro duction entitled kollege daze stop stage play for boys called the conceited pirate and a musical show for young girls called story book follies stop auditions will be held at the y lounge saturday march 14 at 8 00 p m shasp stop kollege daze will ap peal tothfyoungab espec see you on stage bob redfern secretary time 8 pm dale march 14 place acton y lounge panthers wildcats buzzers rockets jets tigers dairy bar lavrwipmn mcfc j nhref tmgfc a ratttr come in and see the lovely range of pastel and deep colors suptt kemton n mod bj ltn sf ton umjont o kf ammo symon hardware mill si acton local candidates take music exams garnet norrish of moffat w is i warded the retirvc grind champ unship for livestock showmen al the oac college roval held last v eck n guelph garnet norrish is i fourth veir student who groomed nd handled his sheep entries with the abil ty that won him the run n r up spot in compet tlon the halton countv competi f hared the honors of the div v th clcn j hnston of mooref eld wi 1 ngton county when they were f after the ilim nations of prand champions police detective he is usual more interested in bare facts js the c 2 d mm in thicves fall o it when he is glamorous he loses in reilim as in the nurse keane mv stories if h the iteur then there i n more interest shown in hirac ers of the people in i is in buehm novels more than one alwavs several musi several from acton rockwooa and district were candidati animations held recentl ro al conserv atorv of toronto in guelph following are the results of the ocal candidates omitting thus from other centres icrade x p an h n r mane land grade iv t mo honors patic a mcciader k ade iti pian f s clas honor pa c 1 coles h n rs fli jin n mi cunningham grade ii pi an f rt clas h nor mir jan fr c hon thrr si rb c pass jo nnc force gadr 1 i ano firm claw hnn s h s t pa nc a schneider taxes double vote to join township bronte ratepayers faced wi h taxes ilmost double those of la t ar last fnda voted to disband 1 fe lllane of 1 100 which iv the i corporated less than two vear meeting of more than 50 rate pavers made the decision as th on w a we can g t out of a sit uation which ha raised on man 1xcs f om s10 l 600 s nee nco pnn in the k out d o rejo n tn alci wn h wh ch his v 1 1 o 12 tb s cars ra te brrtn e l alma 80 no rr il g lb rt rhi rman of th villain there s isperts a modern novel may be fairh short ind reid in one sitting in an evenng since no digression allowed s me ire nbv ouslv fiction th v are tales elamnried and general rca wh le others m to seem reil b l ne pol ce mm ng and des crib ng people and places d tec e novels are no meint to be read for the philosophr of hem b t for the mental 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