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dropouts can drop- in again the acton free press wednesday may 8 1968 g3 apthi ntt nearly 27000 acres of them herald the com- troos in s not of blossom which perfumes the air with a frag- infl of spring to ontario by donning their finest blossoms for rence easily recognizable as belonging to the green lady trie annual festival soon theyll be pined by the other fruit agrl photo drinking joyriding opportunity satisfactions students throw puzzling questions in series of panels at high school president j m porter of sheridan collate of applied arts atachnolofy in brampton an nounced that the college is in augurating a program to give high school dropouts a second chance he stated that he believ ed many school dropouts were capable of absorbing further ed ucation and would welcome the chance to get back into school at t level consistent withtlwlr age after conauluubo with other collafeootbciale ha fc dded that sheridan should do sonsithlng fo help uch people and plans are now underway to do tint that the watc idea i tdtake adutr sdent age is and over who have been out of school for at least a year arid give them an intensive ujreemonth upgrading i crackdown on river dumping a crackdown on dumping into the river has been ordered by the grand river conservation authority municipalities throughout the valley will be asked to prevent private dumping into tributaries and the main river and to locate public garbage dumps away from watercourses the authority recently turned down a request from the city of gait to create a 40acre sani tary landfill site alongside the river on highway 24 south of the city under provincial regula tions the authority has the pow er to control till and dumping operations which may affect any watercourse in the river valley james s bauer of waterloo authority chairman said there are too many instances of dump ing into the river and its tribu taries and the aim of the author ity is to gradually eliminate them program the courses would probably have to start at the grade x level but would move forward quickly and students would have to work extremely hard president porter stated that be and other college officials are confident that a wellmoti vated student can be brought up to college entrance standards through an intensive full somesf ter program the students would spend elghlweeks on upgrading courses in mathematics science and english followed by four weeks of study irta specialised field at the end of this summer session each student would bo assessed and if he was consid ered capable of absorbing ftir- thex instruction he would be ad- v milted to a regular program in september successful appli- cants would he eligible or ibans fronr the ontario student awards program president porter emphasized that this program in noway qual ifies a student for a secondary school graduation diploma but it would allow him to be admitted to he college under the mature student regulation what sheri dan is doing is toglve the capable dropout whose time out of school has given him the motivation he may have lacked before a second chance to better his education and further his omploymont op portunities it is hoped that many adults in the peel and hallon commun ity will avail themselves of this opportunity u grade s students are enjoying special events within the guid ance program at acton high school out of the main features of this program was the panel b- eueslorj on the topic of the relationship between the parent and the teenager with ba th members of the panelwere e a hasan t pat h taughlen mathematics teacher p nielsen owner of nielsens clothing and ura h patterson ur r thompson lira a eu- erby three motnere and three fathers who ware well qualified to answer moat of the questions fired tt them by the students with c th members of the panel were lira e wlseena r laughlen tad lira h harris in sb th panelists were jl booth and lira a gibson in ad th panelist included ura f quae h cob and it thl- sonte of the questions asked by the students were how was it when parents were teenagers why are parent against the pool room the congregating on streetcomera going steady get- omfuamy aw sfm kmtol it mhtkw although he had been in tailing health george spancerues death on tuesday april 30 was unexpected ur spencerlee moved from acton to oakvlue seven years ago living at 606 lakekhor blvd with his daught er and aoalniaw ur and ura kenneth knox he passed away in oakville- trafalgar hospital while be wa in oakvlue ur spencerlee was justice of the peace in acton be had beon clerk of th fourth division court and school attendance officer in england before coming to canada in 1953 ho was a farm er and merchant he attended st albana church bar and walker lodge in world war 1 he was with the royal flying corps and in world war two served with th raf runeral service was held at st alban church on friday way 3 conducted by the rev hettk stoktwaf and th rev u dawson interment was in fair- view cemetery pallbearers were charlea uatherland brig smith allan buchanan fred sail b1u uld- dlaton and richard roberta ur spencerlee was born at forest oat england march s 1145 he was married august 18 1915 to elinor anne sargent who predeceased him h is wrvtau by sea rmaakepreacott and lsmsjtilt- itacbeel ura ken neth ttaeej oakrlue and four granojchlldien andrew knox qakvllw w bident at oa- tats ewi ate itleherd knee- nary and jan spencerlee ting drunk riding around in ears etc both the students and the par ents felt that the sessions were extremely useful into re sting and enlightening cheater anderson manager of the bank of nova scotia and e a pratt manager of the bank of montreal were invited to talk is grade 0 students and to 12c students on banking and opportunities in the field of banking the talks were most enjoyable and the students gained a better understanding of the financial world el uetcalfe of the canada manpower centre brampton was invited by the guidance de partment to talk about placement services and job opportunities ur metcalfe emphasised the need for further education either in high achool college or univer sity or in provincial institutes of trades w m roxborough registrar of shorldan college of applied arts and technology showed slides and gavo a talk on the college and the courses offered there the grade 12 students were especially interested in his topics since most of thorn will be considering taking courses at sheridan r hart representative of mut ual life of canada spent a whole day with grade 0 and grade 12 classes ur hart talked about the importance of having the right typo of insurance which suits the need of the individual from his lecture the students learned a groat deal regarding the mechanics of insurance and job opportunities in the field mr harts knowledge of the topic inspired many questions from his audience on thursday may 2 the stu dents of 9a wore fortunate enough to have tom watson and paul nielsen talk with them on the world of business some of the many questions were why did you choose acton as a place for your business what future do you see for this community how did you get started what education did you have what education should we have in order to cope with competition in the world of buslnesstoday future if you had your life to live over again would you do things the same way as you have done them are you satisfied with ufe the panelists had a hard time answering all the questions in the limited time mr watson expressed his feeungs about acton it was al ways good to him and ho will try always to be good to it mr nielsen impressed the students with his story of getting started in canada both gentlemen agreed that you only got as much out of ufe as you put into it a pleasant co operative personauty is import ant and one must ho willing to make decisions and take or enjoy their consequences the studonts of oe are working on a combined history and guidance project whereby they are doing an original research on the history of acton they are working in pairs onpreasslgncd topics their work includes digging up information in the library in the free press office look ing through old minute books and interviewing citizens so far they have had full cooper ation from the inhabitants of acton j bray gave an excel lent locture on the topic on friday may 3 mrs wat son from the library and hartley coles from the acton free press led an informal talk with the students on how ufe was when they were y oung in acton the discussion was accompanied by sudes on may 7 mrs mercer pubuc health nurse gave a series of lectures to grade 9 students on careers in nursing on thursday may s fl ste vens from the alcohol and drug addiction foundation from kitch ener i coming to the school to formulate a plan of presenting films and talks to students mem bers of the planning committee are r uecauum bead of phys ical education e a hansen principal and mrs m k lasilo head of guidance showing of the films to your health and narcotics th inside story will take place the fouowingweek on may 10 a group of profess ional men were invited to form a panel discussion oo th topic of the careers in the profess ional world today oo be half of the students of 9a th guidance department invited dr garrett dr embrack mr yundt and dr vander bent to serve on the panel twopiece pant suits special 5 v98 threepiece weekender pant suits jacket slims and skirt special 7 98 ladies permanent press jamaica stretch shorts now 3 98 shop at niwiawtrfor mothats day whara th variafy it large and prices low i nielsens clothing store blue cross prescription plan members notice we will biljl blue cross directly on yjour behalf for all your prescription requirements acton pharmacy 2 main st n acton 8531620 wool realize the highest returns for your wool by patronizing your own organization ship collect to our registered warehouse no 1 weston ontario obtain sacks and twine without charge from archie kerr ti son r r 2 acton cam phaser shearer r r 3 acton wm a 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