Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), May 24, 1967, p. 16

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gotdftfl jji club 11 the acton frea presswednesday may 24 1067 diatipn ot25 given ghoraliers past presidents jewel presented r there was a good turnout for a most enjoyable evening at the golden age club on thursday night plans were continued for the annual zone picnic to be held in coronat ion park oakvllle on june o when it is hoped a full bus toad will participate in this first outing of the year members were reminded to bring their own beverage this year as well as their lunch this should rule out a lot of confusion as it was found hard to serve hot tea and cof fee to such a large crowd as attends these picnics further plans of the picnic will be an nounced at the regular after noon meeting on june 1 the annual bus trip was dis cussed and a trip to colllng- wood in june during senior citizens week was favored the secretary was instructed to write for information at once several thank you notes were received mrs shoemaker thanked air who had sent cards phon ed and showed kindness while she was ill mrs mcenefy thanked the club for the love ly plant given them on their 55th wedding anniversary those who had sent cards and had helped make the occasion a happy one more quilting was to be pro ceeded with right away mr arid mrs rolston and mr and mrs cossar were appointed entertainment conveners for june and july mrs de vries was appotriri ed lunch convener with mrs kennedy miss somerville mrs reed mrs smith mrs shoemaker and mrs paul as helpers robert warne was mc for the entertainment and gave a few of his impressions of ex po which he attended on op ening day he was greatly impressed by the magnitude of the buildings the apparent high cost of it all and espec ially the telephone building and a huge map of canada done in different minerals showing where each was found in canada mr warne called on jack holmes who very nicely play ed a solo on the horn and re ceived a hearty encore he was accompanied by mr banks on the piano a sing song followed a group of choraliers were enthusiastically welcomed and after a couple of solos by jack denny the choraliers sang a few of the old favorit- es the happy wanderers 1iri looking over a four leaf clo ver etc to the great enjoy ment of the audience then they thrilled all with their singing of herman freulers hymn to canada to the music prepared by george elliott mrs kennedy thanked the choraliers for coming to sing and mr davidson on behalf of the golden agers presented them with a cheque for 25 to mm md first secretary of the golden age club reads an address in his honor and bob ohara first vicepresident pins a past presi dents jewel on jim ralston the first president of the club at last thursdays meeting of the golden agers staff photo help with the expenses of the trip to expo and to help show the clubs pride in their abil ity and the honor they are bringing to the community mr musselle thanked the club and said the money would be faithfully used mr rolston the clubs first president was called to the front of the hallwherehe was presented with his past presid ents jewel by bob ohara the first vicepresident mrs reed the first secre tary read the address prepare ed by her on behalf of the club it is an honor and a pleas uretoo to present this past presid ents jewel to you our colors are gold white and blue signifying honor and joy and loyalty too the gold may stand for the golden years work and laughter and pass ing tears white is for lasting joy and pleasure and happy memories we hope youll treasure blue stands for the faithful- ness youve shown and for the kindnesses from you weve known we hope this symbol will help reveal the warmth and friendship we members feel and though the words are not always told we signify them now with the bhie white and gold the entertainment ended with a skit where mrs cos sar hillbilly type enters a swank hat shoppe and tries on all the hats in sight put ting in time tin an appoint ment to the utter frustration and exasperation of the own er mrs reed the queen and grace were sung before lunch several of the choraliers stayed to chat and enjoyed the lovely lunch served by mrs jack hargrave and her committee happy birthday was sung to mrs nelson lambert mrs creasey mrs healey and mrs rolston happy anniversary was sung for mr and mrs jack margrave who celebrate their 49th wedding anniversary mis month all were sorry to know jack is st present in hospital in oakvllle under observation and hope lie will soon be home and well again mr ft i davidson presents a cheque for 25 to help with expo expenses to choralier director george musselle on behalf of the golden ape club at last thursdays meeting the choraliers sang several numbers for the golden agers staff photo schedule shows for commercial friends may see ricky holm es the acton lad whose per formance eating ice cream earned him union scale pay and a tv commercial appearance on the screen in the next coup le of weeks the commercial in which ricky is shown is- scheduled to be run on the ctv network on love on a rooftop weeks of may 21 and june 4 fbi during the week of may 28 and its happening week of june 4 mfff mmh f mbjiit tsftvi ctesj adams was hostess assisted by mrs russell artie for miss marie lambert cous in of mrs adams marie re ceived many beautiful and use ful gifts a bounteous lunch topped off with a brides guests utm iiiii milium 1 1 present from quesph eden mils gikfiu first line tv sales service 8531057 channel master antennas for perfect colo and superb black ft wmte mcstnoh ouarantmd no matter you live i humorous skit at last thursdays golden age club meeting was this one with mrs cossar as a hat tryontype while mrs reed played the exasperated shop owner staff photo oakville burlington reject county board rs write continued from pages i rowing in a swamp a swamp that was drained in the direc tion of fairy lake trees that through the years have been breathing in carbon dioxide and breathing out lifegiving oxygen a woodlot which has jupported many form of wild life bui you say there are still plenty of trees and swamp around and fortunately there re but there u also that elu sive word progress and there u still the profit motive a subdlvider can purchase treed swamp lands cheaper and sell his homes readily in a competitive market all he has to do once he acquires the land is to have the contractor with his chain saw and bulldozer nd another one of ontarios natural assets disappears let us hope that the councils of the future show more fore sight than the councils of the past whether they be town or township councils if not then our offspring will have to reap what we have sown c a lauder acton while most school authorit ies in the northern section of halton county are putting their collective stamps of ap proval on a new plan for a countywide halton board of education boards in both oak ville and burlington have turn ed thumbs down oakville and burlington both rejected the plan in favor of a twotier system burlington board of educa tion chairman fred armitage said the same weakness as the recommendations of the plunkett report are inherent in the proposal he felt the twotier system of a master board overseeing smaller local boards would give the close liaison which is necessary be tween administrators and stu dents staff and the ratepayers oakvilles answer suggested the twotier system would pro vide a better method of transi tion from the present to the future than suggested by the consultative committee which drafted the newer report last january the oakville boards answer to the plunkett report suggested three major boards of education for halton one each covering oakville and bur lington and one governing the remaining northern section of the county fred a hoffman optometrist 58 st georges sq guelph onl telephone 8242071 i wtteoms who isttnutisssl mk wr 9000 hosts hat mors ttisn thirty rut tsssrisnes b fosuflsf sm4 m is bullous tn4 community lift for men informs- ion tbeu alcoi phone 85m45 i vm thli i to lat aa 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