2 the acton ft prw wednesday sept 25 1968 smsm mayo ub thhh mm buwr u boakd wtolw mts w unham and wflmer mver the bovs played ball all the way from i ho cnr station to the fair ground aboard the acton minor baseball assocla the redcoats are corning an acton dlgnltane through town hon float staff photo citizens band loacjs thd parado of float and alls fair minor iase8all champions carol swackhamh 1968 dairy print i acton brownies lend a hand wat one of the bait float in the parade and captured the third prlxe award staff photo the shanes gave a preview performance in saturday afternoon s parade before a swinging dance in the arena saturday night staff photo centennial fair plus one showed no signs of letdown limehouse w a food booth was sold right out by the end of fair day no surprise about who won the award for the oldest person at the fair it was actons c k browne so what happened to student apathy for the first time acton district high school took part in the- fa r parade w th one of the larqest most imaq native floats qo nq staff photo draught horses owned by houitoni of brampton left took top ribbon with banner- man s of monkton placing second both march ed in salurdjy s parade staff photo no other fairs on the same date added to attendance at acton fjir there were no conflicting fairs at either brampton or fergus this year in an article in the fergus weekly paper fair officials attributed part of their fair s success to the fact it was held the week before acton fair jnd not on the same djy as happens sometimes radio and tv gardener john bradshaw says the chance of ram on the third weekend in september is just one in 20 excellent odds for acton and tin records over the years hear out ins figures project action and the student council ran a coffee house around he wading pool again this year it was project action s swjn ming as they tnire with student council otingsteis sncjkmg in to tin tair grounds irom various directions saturdj morning should have bun told thete was nobody at tin gates that early anvvvay did you miss seeing mrs mcculloeli puttini her big pink pig to bed in the lair ladies float based on gtcen acres she s the versatile lady who impersonated laura secord last year a family at st alban s church and headed due north gave up trying to tmd the lair on their own and asked a passerby for directions they said they d been searching all over for it one hungry little girl found a good way to get a free snack she entered the crackereat ing and whistle contest got her three crackers did she gobble them down like at the others no she relished every bite and was still chewing when the contest was all over she didnt want a cosh prize anywayshe wanted nourishment cigar clamped in his teeth vince mountford said goodbye to mrs swackhamer in his own waywith a rousing chorus of good night irene there were fewer commercial exhibits in the hall this year yet three of them were devoted to the latest popular bobby liquid embroidery these and all the others drew large crowds the spin painting booth in the community centre was one of the most popular at the fair instant art resulted politicians at the fair were mpp john root from wellington who opened the fair friday night mpp jim snow of malton east and m p rud whiting only mr whiting was actually in his own riding although the police had an unusual number of liquor violations this weekll of them none of them were connected directly with the fair they said in a challenge match at the fair dunking machine bert hintun accepted jean mcphails olfcr to let him try to dunk her for s tor the minor sports he took her up on it tossed the ball and pitched her into the water but jean came up the hard way breaking a tooth against the side ot the giant barrel she was a good sport about it all latl addition to churchill nlws rally day will he held at the churchill c ommunity church service on sunday morning september 29th when some of the children will take part in the service would the chddren meet in the basement at 10 45 so they can enter the sanctuary in classes with their teachers ineffective bob said the nervous wife to her sleeping hubby i hear a mousa soueaking well uid the grumpy hubby what do you want me to do get up and od if an unbiased person is one who has the time bias that you have sixth game of the town league softball finals was played against a background of multi colored lights illuminating the midway for acton fall fair staff photo vvtf t w morrison of erin positions his pony in the winning form that brought home a red ribbon in the harness pony class staff photo penny johnston of r r 1 grimsby was junior cham pion in the junior horse show at saturdays fall fair john grlefeneder presented the lions club trophy to penny staff photo jaw nurse r r 2 georgetown accept the indian garden trophy from mr marilyn ottaway for exhibiting the beat uddered cow at acton faljr showed the jersey bob macdonald of georgetown staff photo