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The Acton Free Press Wednesday April By Wendy Thomson I bet youre having a ball with your husband away for a week my neighbor said What do you do and tried desperately to think of something daring and eyebrowraising have a bath every afternoon She chuckled Wow Thats really it up and suppose it does seem a little silly but my idea of having a good time is purely to drop all the halfbaked schedules 1 keep and do what I like whenever 1 feel like it To have a bath in the middle of the day for eight days running and to soak in it for an hour with a good book is my own version of a housewifes orgy And Im staying up till all do Rip is forever coming to sit in front of me gazing intently into my face seeming to be so hard to talk that it hours sometimes even to hurts to watch him Sue just sits drinking hot chocolate carousing I turn the radio on and carrying on that covers anything from doing the wash to pasting snapshots as- album to sitting on the front step with a dog on each side listening to the frogs chorus Usually Im in bed by nine as Gord has to be up at 5 Going to bed is a treat in itself Ordinarily by the time my spouse arranges his ax feet two inches kittycomer in the bed Im left with either the top lefthand third of the mattress or the lower third But this week have the whole bed to myself The first night 1 slept on the ade with my feet on the left the second night viceversa The next two 1 sprawled right the middle and tonight because IVe found my feet keep getting cold with no one put them on Im turning Gords side of the blanket wa up high and sneaking my feel whenever they start to chatter When do you suppose will someone make an electric blanket with a separate control for the bottom for people with perpetually cold Come morning when I wake with a start at with that horrible slept in feeling I can stick out tongue at the clock and go back to sleep for an hour Not sleep real just all sort of thinking nice thoughts and planning deeds Then a 52pound black bomb comes down the hall and onto the bed and stomach with a bound Sue the Coonhound pup just can I figure Goid has disappeared fcverv she insists that somewhere in The bed and she intends to dig him out she under the pillows the face of her daddy looks the door before back up the bill I thick Gord vm breadboard under kitchen counter and looks forlorn The housework is done in no time The bed takes only a minute to straighten since nobody to stretch the sheets two feet higher on the bed than they were meant to go Dishes Cut by about a thud Cleaning Cut by twothirds No matter how many times my husband tells me I have so much work to do because I m not systematic and organized 111 never believe him again Every day I sit in the middle of the gleaming expanse of polished floor and admire it for minutes But how can a wife be systematic about keeping it clean with someone using the kitchen as a welding shop to make snowplow blades lor the tractor and other little goodies along that line Once when I complained and asked if hed do thing like that in his mothers kitchen he and told me of the time he d a motorcycle there and it had backfired and filled the house with smoke By noon the house is all clean and tidy the kids arc all at school 1 have pork and beans planned foi supper and nothing MUST be done There are lots of things like to do and people I d tike to visit and stores Id like to browse in but when handed me the kes to the truck he left he commented that I d probably never be home at all So 1 ve restrained myself and have spent the past five days puttering around the house Besides the truck won go It been a nice week so far and the weekend should be even nicer when comes home To tell the truth though Im not looking forward to it in one sense The last time Gord was away I forgot to pack his tie clips and cufflinks That didnt go over too well so this time double checked on them before I locked the suitcase I just forgot to put his tics deputation protests charges A three woman deputation from Women Institute headed by Mis Cliff Hunter appeared at Monday nights meeting of council to express their concern bout increasing roadside litter and to protest the townships recently introduced dump charges Mrs Hunter complained dump charges were not helping the roadside litter situation any She added there are certain people who havent got the means lo pay the charges I think youre premature in this trial Reeve Gordon Curne told Mrs Hunter You havent really given it a chance This things going to come under further discussion the reeve went on Councillor Ken Marshall backed the reeves statement I bought a hairton truck last week and t assure you its going to come under very senous consideration he added in a lighter vein Halfton trucks and station wagons are charged SO cents a load for dumping On the subject of roadside Utter Councillor Marshall reminded Mo Hunter there is a fine for anyone convicted of throwing garbage by the roadside and a reward for information leading to a conviction Whether we charge or not theres always so much garbage dumped by the roadside deputyneve Tom Hill pointed out Hunter alto drew attention to the fact newcomers to the township often dont know the location of the dump Its under discussion Reeve Curie concluded And in the a were keeping an eye on people throwing garbage by the roadside Other members the deputation were Mis John Bud and Mrs Percy Cox Council also received a letter of complaint about dump charges from Mrs Lome Fletcher R R Acton MBS TOM PARKER R 2 Acton with her twin daughters Monica Jane and Margery Ann Halton WI plans 69th annual meeting Hospital has three sets of twin girls hive been coming In and at Milton District recently The hospital had of iwlm all within I month of each other and brume the Hut pair lo arrive Into the world were premature all ihroe sett ended up in Ida nuriery at the time I of the pill ventured one stuff runic Its the first time in the 10 yean of history tliut Ihree of twins have graced the diaper deportment Pint to arrive were Patricia Lynn anil Cheryl I who became the firstborn for Marg and Iugeuo Coulter K They tipped the at a tiny lbs II Wo mid lbs when they arrived on March They were ideated from hospital on Saturday of lait week after nearly five weeks In Twins arent uncommon In the Coulter family daddy It one half of team that were burn to Mr mid Mrs Hoy Coulter R 3 Campbetlville Second on the scene were tht twin daughters of Turn and Parker R R Acton Theyre a pair of for aged 3H and Slavic aged I Hut the Parker home The weighed ft Ibt 14 and Ibi 5 at birth Wednesday April Croud have christened them Monica Jane and Ann The third set made a name for themselves by both being the same weight at birth Wee Lori Anne and Lisa Marie Hall were 5 lbf 1 when they made their entrance to he world on April William and Jacqueline Hall of Ave Milton have a fouryearold son Glen at home The current flurry of multiple births in Milton has nut only kept ihe obstetrics departments nursing staff pretty busy it has also made other expectant mothers start wondering Now when a new mother recovers from the labor of childbirth shes notafci apt to ask is it a boy or a girl as she is to enquire how many Acton are sorry to learn thai Mrs Julia McNabb who left Acton to live in with her daughter it In very poor health he and Mrs Walter have another a baby daughter born to Sheila and her huibarid Of in Monica California if tidying heart there find they expect to return I Sheila went school in Anon when Mr Imbury was minister Acton United church over Mr Sally I a vacation in Calgary I title and brother Mr and her Mrs I will be godmother at the thru run of nephew Dupotit in St Marks Mn Sue who at the Wonvn World Day of Prayer icrvice Acton was elected of Church Women of the Diocese of Niagara their annual meeting in the Scott Rile club in Hamilton on April lf Former secretary Johnny Gray and his wife Mae now of London visited Acton friends on the weekend A party of returned to Acton on Saturday evening from an eightday planned trip via bus Washington and Virginia Included in the group were Mr and Mrs R Davidson Mrs Leslie Miss Madeleine Gibbons Mrs Mrs C Sinclair Mn W MacDonald Mis G S Matthews Mrs Alex Near Mrs J A Robinson Mrs i Dennis and also Mrs B Finder of They report a very enjoyable trip with good weather Many places of were veiled Mi and after llAJi vm Mr ad Drew TV it Tilth In ist I sprit antrl f tow and Jar District Womens Institute has held two very successful workshops past month in the Board Room Ontario Department of Agriculture and Food Milton bach one provided various Branch officers with an opportunity to learn more about their particular department and to meet new friends from other Branches in the District A workshop for Branch secretarytreasurers was conducted by District Secretary treasurer Mrs Alexander in March Tins proved very informative and those who attended also exchanged many good ideas pertaining to their work On April 20 Mrs Milton Pardy of the Home Economics Branch Toronto provided a full day of instruction for a large group of women most of whom were either Branch Resolution conveners or Branch Presidents During the session they studied how to write and present a formal resolution and also how to plan worthwhile programs around suitable resolutions topics Everyone who attended concurred in the hearty vote of moved at the close by District Resolutions convener Miss Gladys The years activities will conclude with the District Annual which will be held May at United Church Seventh Line Esquesing with the Ashgrove Branch as hostess The meeting will begin with registration at 1 pm and will include reports of the activities of the 17 branches business election of officers competitions and a variety program provided by the Branches in the evening Tickets Few buyers Scout and Guide Mothers had a disappointing attendance at their Daffodil tea and bake sale in the scout hall Saturday for the meal at are available from Branch District Directors and everyone interested is welcome to attend of to Leithman a frseid his They stopped n hi mountains of r a they had before Vim While there they talked by phone with her brother in Hollywood who has a radio technician the for yean Speyside store owners mark 25th anniversary About friends and neighbors joined Mr and Mrs Henry Kelly to celebrate their wedding anniversary Saturday night The event was held in hall The hove had the store at Speyside for the past 1 1 years and it has become the local centre for all the neighborhood They have a son Dennis and daughter Doris both at home Mrs Kelly was the former Sadie Buck of and they were married in Acton High standings for choirs Choirs from Wawa where Glenn Banks is music consultant did well when they took part in the music festival at Sault Ste Marie Aprd The highest mark in the festival went to one of his choirs Mr Banks trained and directed the choirs of pupils from two public schools which were awarded two firsts and one second Mr Banks was formerly in charge of music at the two public schools here years ago yesterday Tuesday Gordon Rognvaldson mad the presentation from the neighbors a silver tea service a set of flatware silver and a big bouquet of red rose May heads dub The annual closing party for the ladies section of the Curling Club was held on Thursday April 16 After a delicious pot luck supper a general meeting was held and the election of officers was as follows President May vice president Anne Moore recording secretary Ruth Leather land corresponding secretary Dubois treasurer Eleanor Coy bonspiel chairman Willa Hewitt draw chairman Tyler social chairman Kae Hansen program chairman Jean Parker Movies and slides of previous curling parties were shown by Phyllis Patrick and Ruth The remainder of the evening was spent playing court whist