r m l g the adgn free tg wedneattoy june aqon industrial centre home of many new industries will need more rooms at schools ps board chairman o e chapman re ports attendance atthe acton public schools in june 1967 is 0 pupils kp 113 1 jlk 2 123 ijm 4 107 5 97 6 ts 7 107 8 86 so class special oppor tunity 16 it b1 tamest readers to learn the amount of equipment in our public schools is valued at s742s4ttl principal smith has mr w b dubois is his viceprincipal his school the m z bennett public school is staffed by mrs clenda benton kj mrs k alger gr 1 mrs c beard or 1 miss campbell gr 2 miss su san radford gr 2 and 3 miss fern small gr 3 miss judith gellatly gr 4 mr e leatherland gr 5 mr g w bateman gr 6 mr e j brears gr 7 mr w b dubois gr 7 and 8 mrs arfcne bruce three and a half days eachnweek gr 8 mrs mary irwin dim and a half days weekly the board provides taxi ser vice to lake the special oppor tunity class students from the m z bennett to the robert little where they are taught by miss ellis and are returned by taxi to their own school for dis missal each morning and after- noan mr g w mokenzie is the principal of one larger school unit which is staffed by mr d copeland viceprin cipal who teaches gr 7 and 8 miss d j riseborough gr 8 mr douglas batkin gr 7 mr john jcavanagh gr 6 mr richard coe gr 5 and 6 mrs m white gr 5 mrs o copeland gr 4 mrs mellor gr 4 mrs mar garet masaks gr 3 mrs john kavanagh gr 3 mrs j h penttila gr 2 mrs r black gr 3 miss do rothy fisber gr 1 and 2 mrs gamble gr 1 mrs reed gr i mrs h rognvaldson k p miss ellis has taught the spe cial class which will in sep tember be shared by mr lo renzo hill who will teach the senior pupils in the special op portunity class and miss ellis will continue with the junior special class pupils mb ltoda brmda will teach imennediate grade also mr wayne wheeler mrs june dp- berthien will teach half days on the rotary system mr d m hines will teach industrial arts half days- for our board and half days for nastagaweya public school board in the meantime portable classrooms may be the answer at added expense we as a board are charged with the re sponsibility of providing ade quate educational facilities and believe me we are greatly con cerned it is worthy of mention that parents of senior grade stu dents at the m z bennett had the opportunity to learn the new math by courtesy of prin cipal smith and staff osval chapman mrs hannah will teach home economics half days for nas- sagaweya public school board and half days home econo mics at the robert little public school tbc public fcboote are being used to capacity and it will be noted that two teachers have been engaged to handle the overflow in sept it is common knowledge that our appeal for an addition to the m z ben nett public school was not ap proved when presented bufras ever so houses are in the pro cess of construction the board will submit presentation for ad ditional accommodation in due course public school own home economics and shop classrooms and we will share with them the teachers as afore mentioned the close of this school year concludes a very happy satisfactory arrange ment whereby we have shared our home economics and shop with nassagaweya for years and with esquesing public school board for one year a library has been established at the ro bert little public school and the department of education is urg ing that libraries be established in all schools we have renew ed the classrooms in the stone school and will debat the stone school attic and insulate same this july may we again state that we are indeed grateful that we as a board were privileged to make available the ground for our centenniamjbrary which graces the selunjgrl beautiful- c e chapman chairman acton box manufacturing co manufacturers of wood boxes crates pallets and bases for aectucal appliances u 4 acton out hwy n 7 east s51o41 ajax engineers and marley canadian 31 years in aqon manufacturers l forest ranger towers and cabins industrial commercial and residential water cooling towers steel and wood fabricators acton ontario po box 120 th kardmopj and co plant and office tanners sine 1844 26 teachers continued from page b12 mr r j lambourn ba head of english mr r n laughlen ba from belleville quinte ss will teach mathematics mrs m laszlo ba guidance counselling history mrs o martindale ba lat in spanish french mr p a martindale bja head of geography mr r k mccallum ba head of physical education man in society world politics mr i h mcgillivray b comm bookkeeping econom ics mrs m e reed ba head of moderns french mr c l rognvaldson ba industrial arts mr p w sullivan commer cial mrs j a sutherland typing shorthand mr h swallow ba from westminster secondary school in london will be head of his tory department mr ib turnbull ba attended university of western ontario will teach junior science miss c vandergrift ba eng lish mrs k r walker ba eng lish french development stered the opinion of the com mission that acton is a desira ble location for industry in addition to the industrial land to the north of acton the commission has other areas available for development as well as some building space available in the acton indus trial centre the former wool combing building one major drawback for pros pective industry in this area the shortage of labor is being rectified by a large increase in residential building like any board however the development commission feels the onus for propogating the advantage of the town shouldnt be limited to the men on the committee they urge actonians to get out and boast the town to others members of the commission would be glad to lend any as sistance to present or future in dustry to enlarge or establish in the town of acton beardmore co limited tanners since 1644