Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), August 2, 1967, p. 16

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admmhnq thf winning exhimt young mike vanoorxhot and kathie course look on as leslie windmoller displays her winning pos ter leslie won the safety poster contest put on by kelso pool mike won the poster contest for the youngest division and janice bertasson absent when the picture was taken won the poster contest for second age group kathie won the essay contest open to all 4ge groups staff photo a foolish family kelso essay contest winner kathie course 13 was the junior prizewinner in a water safety essay competition held for swimmers at the kelso con servation area pool lessons here is her essay which won over a field of 25 entries a foolish family by katme course mr and mrs rox were on their way up to their summer cottage one august day with their three children janice s elizabeth 13 and bill 17 after their lunch at the cottage mr rox proposed to go for a boat ride around the lake so every one piled in the boat forget ting one very basic item not their picnic basket filled with supper nor their bathing suits but their life jackets liz and bill felt there was no need for them to wear life jackets be cause they were both excellent swimmers and mr and mrs rox thought they looked silly 2 pi fire prevention week anning progresses georgetown will host the an nual church parade this year fire chief erwin lewis is mak ing arrangements for the octo ber parade the bulk of the bureaus lit erature will go out to the schools churches and organiza tions around fire prevention week schol drills home in spections film shows fire hall open hours and other events will be staged that week too this years literature includ es 10000 centennial place- mats distributed free to restau rants and dining rooms in the county depicting a century of firefighting from the bucket brigade to the modem pumper ifire prevention week in hal- ton is still over two months away but the hal ton fire pre tention bureau is already mak ing plans for their annual cele bration of the important week at their last meeting in mil ton the bureau comprising members from oakvillc acton milton and georgetown fire departments made plans for their annual church parade a grade five students poster con test and the distribution of lit erature prior to and during fire prevention week october 8 to 15 every grade five student in halton is eligible to enter the annual poster contest area winners posters are selected by the sponsoring fire depart ment and these will be sent to the fire prevention bureau of a neighboring city brigade for the final judging the top boy and girl in the contest will re ceive a school trophy and a per sonal trophy and will be hon ored by the bureau at a ban quet in november several honorable mention certificat es will also be awarded actomae dispersal sale held a very successful dispersal of registered holsteins was held at the farm of j fyfe somerville of acton on satur day july 29 the top animal a very good daughter of selling triune achilles sold for 900 to hugo lyons of cheltenham the dol- sons of fradol farms limited brampton were the big bu- ers taking three daughters of thornlea texal supreme two were graded verv good and sold for 825 and 700 a good plus daughter of the same sire brought 710 from the same buyers sales dedme at out steel a decline of eight pier cent in ontario steel products co sales for the six months end ing june 30 has been attribut ed to the decrease in car pro duction in canada and the usa common shares dropped from si 99 at the same period in 1966 to 130 chairman and president 0 d cowan reports with the big bulky bright red jackctsr janice didnt want to wear one because nobody else was you and i know that this was a foolish mistake the boat ride went along smoothly and around four oclock they found a lovely sandy beach to spend the rest of the day by the whole family was mindful of the swimming and everyone re membered not to swim far away from shore to check the water for objects that could cost you your life whether it be a rock jutting out when div ing or reeds to pull you under when swimming and what to do if in a serious predicament the family enjoyed their ac cidentfree day until it was time to go back to the cot tage bill wanted to drive the boat and mr rox let him they went smoothly along until bill started to go too fast for that type of boat and when he start ed to swerve no one saw the rock above the surface of the water until too late and the boat capsized zmr and mrs rox were lucky to catch the side of the boa and only suffered a great shock as were liz and bill but everyone seemed to have for gotten about poor janice and when a passing boat stopped and let them in they turned over the boat to find janices body floating on the surface of the water her heart was still beating then but by die time they got her into the boat and arguing over what they should do janice drew her last what would you have done in a situation like this more than likely you would have worn a life jacket in the first place im not sure you would have gotten her into the boat quickly not have panicked and applied artificial respiration if they did this janice might have lived know your water safety because this could happen to vou just as easily j craig of bramp ton paid 740 for a good plus daughter of seiling tnune achilles and 620 for a good plus daughter of thornlea dave lawson of milton paid 500 for a good plus daughter of ouie with 15800 pounds of milk the 18 registered cows including calves three months nd under averaged 532 the sale was managed and sold by max storey of rock- wood with martyn heslop on pedigree john popp of rock- wood was leadsman sundays rain dampened many summer picnics its tjeen raining most weekends looked out an old fashion ed onunimr yet old fashion ed days returns to milton in late august and this years at should be bigger than before lit r of for all of your tv needs main chases your tv headquarters in milton sales service aerials free parking chasfs itl mi st home appliances tcl fresh grade a dozen medium 1 large eggs 3948 i store hours wad 9 am6 pm thursday and friday 9 mjcn to 9 pm closed monday aug 7 compare at 69c miracle whipj5 99 fully cooked short shank smoked hams lb 69 lean rindless sliced compare at 199 save half giant lloi tin black flag house and garden spray for flies mosquitoes etj bacon 79 b 1 for quick meals or barbecue tender beef steakettes 69 lb compare at 219 glacier canned pop case of 24 189 compare at 57c libbys deep browned beans 48ox tin 49 compare at 4 132 ape fruit drinks 4 s 9s compare 99c abc detergent giant site 79 compare at 73 alcanfoil wraps 63 compare at 2110 beefex 12oz tins corned beef 299 compare at 59c ballet 75 m d0 serviettes 4t compare at 119 only 8c a quart 3lb bag vim powdered milk 99 compere at 85c mother parkers 60s pkg tea bags 69 ontario canada no 1 n e w potatoes 10 4

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