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mz bennett school addition formally opened last wednesday former principal mb m 2 bennett ramlnlscm tt the opening of the m z bennett school addition with murray smith cyril bwiop and vie brtstow former board members she was to investigate von sources pmnid with a booqoat of row she began teaching here in 1007 and is a former cltlien of the year staff photo again honored by the town where she taught so many years mlu m i bennett was given three completely spontaneous standing ovations last wednesday evening at the opening of the school addition officials students teachers and parents rote in a wave of applause as miss bennetf was led to the platform of the new gym by a former pupil vic brlslow another former pupil murray smith piewnled her wllli a bouquet of roses both have been school board members until this spring about 300 attended the official ceremonies and lour of the new section of the m bennett school afterward the auditorium with its vlviu blue plastic chairs and blue draperies was also decorated with a huge bouquet ol ted while and blue flowers and canadian flags special gueslt were seated on ihe stage all men except for mlu bennett these included the director of education for llalton w j singleton north llalton director character building taught by its of education l s lavender teacliers be the stepping stones new county board chairman of salvation for ihe youlh taught fred armitsge local board here and may its teacliers be member tom watson kev v j filled with the spirit or morgan mayor les duby knowledge and wisdom he former impcctors lome skuce concluded and w l mcneill architect don skinner general coiuractor w pilke w1u lolnu utt ftw h supemileiideut w l mcneill a s mckenie forme w n by referring to ihe bis board nvembers cyril p piemrl anu fu a bishop orval chapman huyr tad w u b smith and vic briiiw beimelljie said and over uiiii yf rt m year or education m acfon willjani middlelon wa on lljlc miu bennett came to actnn in teach in lm7 wlien she reined mr mckense took over and when there became two puhlfi schools in ls7 i imer smith became second principal principal smith introduced the guests while mr bnilou inlroduced miss bennett in god s name i dedicate this new beautiful addlllun of which all aureus might well be ruoud declared father murgan le spuke on ihe role of the school in society and recalled a few famous bennetts a pnme miniiter a young man of the parlih recently ordained as a priest and of course miss bennett herself may the principles or over 0 years o i administration wus also represented mr middlelon has been secretary of the local hoard 35 years mr skuce came to llalton in l1h and was inspector till iish followed by mr mcneill and now mr lavender and mr singleton represent the future mr skuce died suddenly this week some of the board members such as tom walson murray smith and c harles heard have served rir many years lie cited olin mac oil school caretaker since the m bennett school opened mr mcneil concluded his address speaking on ihe linporlaiuc id coiimmnlcallous in ract lomimiiiicaliotit may make or ineak the whole new system of education in tie province he felt iwo presentations weie made for the new school i rwli ihe lluke of devonshire ilupler of the iodi regent mrs l i idkra presented i large illustrated took on japan for the apa i r resuurce centre i rum the lakeside chaplcr of ihe iodi mrs david dills piesented lour c unadian llags for the new classiooms i miner hoard chairman ynl bishop accepted ihe gifts speaking to the audience he expressed the boards pleasure in serving ihe town and hla assurance that the acton schools are second to none in ihe county hoses were presented by members of the school safety patrol lo the wives of honored guests miu julie smith played the piano before the program began during ihe musical part of the program the boys unchanged voices choir and ihe triple duel sang several numbers and cindy lee sang two solos fuhii banks who is- leaving after 1 1 years as music supervisor here accompanied them the crowds toured all the school afterward of special mleiest was the resource centre where mrs i imer smith is librarian on display were all miu bennetts certificates and ihe seals of former boards the reproductions of paintings are on loan from the county board refreshments were served in the roomy new lobby acton may soon have the services of ihe victorian order or nurses council tuesday evening agreed lo investigate the best way of providing the service for the town hie recommendation came from no i committee after a special meeting hollowing a lew questions council unanimously agreed to proceed while acton might be served campaign record pinal returns of the walkalhon have now been handed over lo the cancer society campaign chairman mrs r i arblc the whopping sum of 1654 85 this brings the grand total in this years drive up lo a record 5356 94 mrs arblc expressed keen appreciation lo everyone who participated and contributed make draws saturday rt spire cool and drtarv weather participating merchants art very pleased with shoppers response to their special sidewalk sales theyre hoping for heller weather rij week oh saturday the 20 participating merchants will each be making their oust draws names of winners will be announced next week from the oakvllle branch to begin wllh ii was thought since the town is oriented lo the uclph area for hospital services arrangements might he nude later through tin county of wellington councillor oats explained thai the estimated cost based tin oakvllles experiences would be 10 cents per capila per year tills comes to about tw a year payment is theoretically by ihe patients ihemsclvcs t however if they aic unable to pay the full cost ihe town is billed the remainder of the amount very few medical plans cover von services mr coats explained since council approved the service miu jean klein or the von national office in ottawa will begin to investigate ihe best means of servicing acton she had attended a committee meeting on monday of last week wllli nurse mrs helen laughlcn of acton and dr david vandeibcnt of the acton medical droup dr vandeibcnt and mrs laughlcn had outlined the need for von services in the town and miu klein had reviewed the services that would he provided negotiations for von services through the north llalton urban board had been initialed but had failed to accomplish any results since then naasageweya and geoigclown have made separate arrangements for ihe service the committee was told requests for von visits lo acton homes would come under continued oh pdfle 1 uusmyfooerh year no s3 acton ontawo wednesday june is lo twenty htrn fifteen cents plumbing inspections planning board concerns council discussed a request rrom the town of milton thai acton join with the five northern municipalities of the county in requesting ihe county establish a plumbing inspection service on lie same basis as the safely construction inspection each municipality would pay its proportionate share deputy reeve ted tyler said there ore too mony unknowns he fell the town should first approve investigating the suggestion reeve dr oakcs explained each municipality would set its own plumbing inspection fees mr tyler mused on additional costs for office elencal assistance mileage etc finally council agreed to accept ihe suggestion in principle approving investigating the establishment of ihe service they replaced ihe word eslabllsh with investigate the establishment in their motion planning boards problem wllh frequent lack of a quorum concerned council after planning board member c w mckenzie introduced ihe subject at tuesdays council meeting while the board had received a idler of resignation from chairman bob drinkwaller they had not met formally since to deal with it various councillors had spoken lo mr drinkwaller personally it was agreed councillor mckenzie would formally approach mr drinkwaller and a letter would be written asking him to reconsider his resignation tt was hoped he would meet with no i committee to discuss the board s problems councillor tyler asked no i committee to investigate a per diem rate for members ol council attending meetings he gets a per diem rate as a county councillor while the mayor gets only his expenses paid its only through the good graces or esquesing experts claim blasting harmless residents still findinq cracks hit employer hat he get wages mr tyler punted out one other councillor agreed he is out of pocket by attending meeting other municipalities in the louth of the county get s10 per day plus 1 4 cent a mile mileage ai well as meal allowance mr tyler revealed it not fair the days of volunteering arc about past i m not for a huge rate hut i hate to tee people out of pocket other member i agreed to have committee diicuss the problem holiday tuesday dominion day tuesday and the free press office will be closed the newt and advertising ttaff would appreciate having all copy at early as possible for next weeks paper the free press will be published he same time as usual 21 years in acton mrs alger retires when kathleen alger retires this week she will leave principal i imer smilh the lone survivor of the original staff at m bennett school completing over 21 years teaching primary grades in acton schools mrs alger was among the staff to move up to m bennell when it first opened in 1957 born in england the moved to areola saskatchewan in 1912 and began her teaching career with grades one lo 10 in a rural school she came lo aclon wllh her husband in 1 026 and during the war years found she could make more money as a machinist lhan as a teacher she recalls how whe used lo ride up lo work in guelph wiih the present school caretaker colin mactoll after 20 years out of the classroom she went back al first as a supply and finally as a full time primary teacher i think children are noisier now lhan they used to be probably due to ihe modem music and television she says in reviewing her years in the primary grades ive always enjoyed grades one and two because die children are all very the oldest ol over 400 senior citlnne gathered for tha annual aot picnic in prospect park on tuesday war sarah johnson 91 and nugent sinclair 90 both of the burlington clubistaff photo monday nights two hour blasting debate in esquesing council chambers ended ihe way it began with residents convinced their cement pools were cracking and quarry officials equally convinced that they were not to blame the meeting was called after repeated complaints by area residents of what they claim has been excessive blasting by the stone works resulted in crumbling plaster rattling china and annoying noise representatives rrom three area quarries plus a spokesman from the department of mines and a blasting expert front canadian industries were on hand to defend their positions following a film explaining blasting procedures and the nature of concussions on surrounding countryside ross mckeown of cil attempted to convince the meeting that the effects of a normal blast are really leu than most dally activity but they caused concern because they are sudden and unexpected the readings on a instrument called a seismograph would prove this he uid mr hughes of the department of mines backed him up there is a scrutiny of blasting in all areas and there is no recording of any blasting that would come close to causing damage as far u we are concerned it is being done safely wilf fortowsky of r r 3 milton wasnt convinced he claimed the blasts had become increasingly intense in the past year and he had recorded 1 sud ones since january my mckeown admitted that weather conditions could make some blasts fell more than others mr fortowsky criticized the department of mines for not owning their own seismograph and claimed there was no way or proving if a blast was excessive when the quarries hire their own engineers who then reported lo ihe department at this point a spokesman for duffcrin quarries interjected we are not russian commissars we know that if we are denied we can be sued in the highest courts we blast with the least amount of dynamite we can mrs reed retires after is years as a primary teacher at robert little school grace reed retires this year a graduate of hamilton teachers college mrs reed taught in wellington county before she joined the acton staff in 19s4 she was qualified to be a primary supervisor she is noted for being i conscientious teacher always willing to try new ideas her rooms were bright and lively mrs reed lays the hasn t any definite plans for the future but intends to take things as they come she admits she will miss the children and undoubtedly she will be missed by both students and staff at a testimonial dinner at the breslaw hotel last week she was presented with a crystal vase and a cameo jewellery set from fellow teachers at robert little the least armstrong because we want expense added mr of indusmin to ihe home owner this may look like a snowjob added mr mckeown but it is fact although the meeting was called especially for esquesing residents and indusmin and acton quarries in ihe township two spokesmen from duffenn amines near milton and several orth burlington residents from that area were present jim seager of tremaine road claimed that his cement pool had cracked from what he fell were the effects of the blasting the quarries are an extremely efficient and valuable business but as neighbors theyre a nuisance he went on to say he felt the noise the dust and the potholes in the roads from the trucks were more of a problem than the blasting john conway also of tremaine road said he felt there should be a noise abatement law to cut the noise of the quarries at night as well as a program to beautify them at tome point we have to relate the taxes these quarries pay to the damages to roads the destruction of scenery and the wear and tear on people in the area submitted councillor ken marshall mr hughes of the mining department indicated that the mining act was currently being expanded to possibly limit the amount of blasting a quarry could do during a day but he maintained that safe levels of blasting were being observed its the inconvenience that comes with progress summed up mr mckeown of cil georgetown man dies in car crash a young georgetown man was killed saturday just after midnight when his car left highway 7 and struck a tree dead is gary thomas briggs 21 of 164 guelph st georgetown milton opp said the man was alone in his car when ihe accident happened the car was wrecked the deceased is the son of a uph le lea howard briggs he leaves a wife and an infant son alto two sisters funeral service was held wednesday at st johns anglican church slewarltown with rev canon j e maxwell officiating burial was in greenwood cemetery georgetown interested and enthusiastic they seem to lose some of this enlhuuasm as they grow up she is enthusiastic about the new concepts in education but feels a major problem for teachers will be finding time to get assignments marked with the group system now youre moving around the classroom teaching all the time they have to have something to do all the time and the more work you give them the more you have to mark its impossible lo get any marking done within regular school hours mrs alger is looking forward to her retirement and the free time it will give her to read make handicrafts and work in her garden she expects to visit her two brothers in british columbia this fall during a testimonial dinner last week the staff at m z bennett presented her with a string of pearls mrs alger was a prime contributor lo the collection of sea shells in the new resource centre one of the areas worst accidents of thai year early sunday morning resulted in ins death of gary thome briggs 2t of georgetown and atft has tar crumpled maaa of metal staff photo