Cor Bienvenu lay Jfl 1971 CARL CAYER has replaced Mrs on the Acton District High staff Staff Photo By Brian Sampson Knowledgehungry of Acton district high school felt with groat regret the retirement of Mrs Martlndale who taught French Latin and English However they now look upon the situation not as one of losing a personality but as one of gaining on International traveller Deep roots Carl Cayer la the man replacing Mrs Martlndale lie was born In Ottawa where his family has deep roots His grandfather worked on the Colonel By Canal Attending High school the few students who never had Rubs Jackson as a teacher even though he took all the maths Furthering education ho attended the University of Ottawa and received a Bachelor of Commerce Degree After this he worked for two years and discovered that he t especially like commerce To break the monotony ho spent three months in Europe two of which were spent In Holland When he returned to Canada he travelled out west and while In held a Job with the provincial government In labor statistics Again the travelling urge struck mm and ho travelled back east to Expo and from there down into the United States Fills vacancy Attend Back in Canada he attended the University of Guolph and received an Honors DA In French Having accomplished this he was one of three people com to receive a scholarship from the University of Provence in France While at a school In France he travelled through much of Europe He returned to Ottawa once more this time with a Masters Degree in French Mr then started to look for his first teaching opportunity Finding none in Ottawa he headed for this region where he secured the opening In our school He looked for a small school with a small number of classes Independence and a flexible system Ho has found all of these plus a helpful staff at Acton His hardest Job was to find exactly what the know and don know in his French English and Latin classes Throughout his life he has done exactly what he wanted and has always kept busy He has exercised caution In making decisions He looks forward to the semester system next year and thinks It will greatly benefit the students The future is up in the air but It looks promising Peter Blake PETER BLAKE has taken over Mrs Reed classes since the popular teacher was hospitalized with a broken hip recently Staff Photo By Shirley Mitchell As most Acton students are aware by now Mrs Reed Head of Modems had an unfortunate accident when she fell Injuring her hip on Monday thus leaving Acton High with only one French teacher On Monday the position was filled by Peter Blake who came from Preston Mr Blake had been supply teaching in the Kitchener area and had planned on taking his France at 1 de Besancon Prestonborn He attended Preston high school in his home town and later studied at Waterloo Western and Montreal Universities He got his Master Degree in Linguistics majoring in French and Russian with minors In German and Spanish Mr Blake has a wide variety of hobbies He is very Interested in computer programming and enjoys listening to classical music especially the period of Bach and early Mozart His interests extend to swimming and singing and he taking up skiing this year Everyone at Acton High School including Mr Blake hopes for a speedy recovery by Mrs Reed Occasions Cut Flowers Potted Plants Funeral Arrangements Corsages Etc Open Days a Wak Sam WE WIRE FLOWERS ANYWHERE online Flower Garden Shop TWO WEST OF ACTONSOUTH SIDE OF HIGHWAY ACTON HIGH The fatal week has finally arrived Examinations begin this Friday and will continue until the 29th If the students become discouraged and discontented during this trying time they can look forward to the month of February and the Winter Carnival As last year the entire program will be entitled Operation with ad vertising events and awards working in relationship to their title Ijook ahead Everyone con wait with anticipation for the Torchlight Junior Boys Steve Van Fleet John Hamilton Glen McKeniie Jim McNobb Roger McEachcm Steve Marshall Alex Gray Bruce Swift Robert Vlnsky Wayne Ken Withers John manager John New coach J Crifltcllo Senior Turkosi Randy Dave Pink Phil Morris Bob Smith Dove Manes Chris Mark Nielsen Terry St Jock Holmes Fisher coach Gary Oldham manager Paul Cooper Mnrlon Heed our French teacher Is greatly missed by the students Her replacement Mr Blake Is doing a line job but we all wish to have her present with us again Parade Hockey Game pie eating contest coffee house dance movie athletic activities and as a final closing the semi formal The carnival will be held from the to of The school photographer was present last Tuesday He took the remaining photographs of clubs and teams for this year book Basketball games The Basketball teams have been very busy Tho girl a team was defeated by Arthur and teams arc as follows Girls Debbie Linda Perry Carol Cathy Cook Cathy Dunn Denlso Drink waiter Shirley Mitchell Cathy coach K captain lindn Perry Voyageurs getting set for adventure press Personals By Fisher Welt the countdown is on an lit Is now less than two months till the big day the day when a plancful of adventuresome high school leave for a trip to the other side of the big pond the Atlantic Ocean With the departing time drawing closer preparations under Mr Black arc in full swing The most enjoyable those is over and to dnto everyone has survived It is possible however that we happy may receive brunt of another hypo I cant wait Decide on projects Just everyone has by now although there arc still a few holdout who don t seem to realize just how close March 11 Individuals and groups hove been deciding on projects to do on the trip from movies to plays to diaries is to be keeping us voyageurs buBy during our travels If you see someone downtown shooting a film of you dont panic You won t to move to Hollywood it may just be Acton students practicing with their movie Start packing Is starting to collect pott and gift IInIs Some girls searching frantically for summer material and clothes others are marking the trip on their atlases and some have even started to pack We re slowly gelling ready for our big excursion and looking to it more every day So when you see that great silver bird fly across the sky on March 11 please don complain about air pollution It may be us on our way to another continent You even look at it this way You be rid of a few teenagers for days Plan films about Acton of Ontario arc being sought for Ontario Place at the and a letter was sent to Acton s mayor for local movies Now some of the senior students at the Robert Little school say they like to undertake such a project 1 I will help thorn but she like to hear from other a hilts who might help too To put Alton on the map In Ontario Place Mrs Gibson would like to hear suggestions her number Is Circulation drops George Lee heads board Friends will be sorry to lenrn that Jeff Shields Is a patient in General Hospital where he underwent on appendectomy and Mrs Josph of Mimsacl stopped In to visit Mrs Alice Coles and Jessie on Tuesday Mrs is a grand nlcec of Mrs Coles Mr and Mrs Charles Choyno and girls Main Street N have returned a three week holiday In Scotland Mrs William Ncsbitt Young St had the misfortune to fracture her arm recently and spent a few days In the Central Hospital Mr and Mrs 1 MacDonald of Detroit an 1 Mrs T A of Toronto spent a few days last week with their mother Mrs M during she observed her birthday After being in hospital following a snowmobile accident Miss Karen Shortlll Is home again She received bruises in the accident There will be family get together this Sunday to mark the birthday of Mrs Sayers on January With Mrs Sayers will be her daughter Mrs Word Bruce with whom she lives daughter Mrs Gordon Johnson and son James Sayers all of Acton district Want crest Hoard of 1 may develop a crest or emblem symbolic of the board Truslct Bill suggested Uie should consider the Idea Ho said would show the board sire to stay Intact as a Lilt on unit even In the throes of region 1 government Arm It age supported the idea an sugf a contest anion art students to design n crest New teacher Mrs I lit Allen is the new a IIk I Itllc tills term replacing Mrs I lltbcy wh resigned Mrs Allen g lied her In bo ore in to last A ARTHUR A JOHNSON OPTOMETRY MILTON AND Directory for Chief librarian Mrs Isabel Watson presented her annual report at the first meeting of the library board Wednesday of last week Board members and staff all remain the same for this year Mrs Watson Informed the board that tthe circulation of volumes was down slightly from the before All three schools now have good library facilities which are used more by school children New members She reported there were new members during the year adults and 21G children Innovations during the past year include offering records on loon and the Wednesday story hours for children An average of about hear the stories each week Mrs Watson said The story hours were begun by the regional library personnel but arc being continued by the staff Same personnel Again this the chief librarian Is Mrs with librarians Esther Taylor and Filecn New pages Mrs Mcrrln Stephanie Barbara Pratt and Nancy Frost Mrs van der is caretaker George Lee was again elected library board chairman Board members same us last year are Rev Harry Dawson Fred New Ted Pratt and town representative Mayor board discussed setting up a capital fund for eventual library repairs A budget will be considered at the next meeting Members also discussed the of air conditioning TIRES SEE DICK AT RICHS SUNOCO HWY NO MILES EAST OF ACTON THE STATION HOTEL ENTERTAINMENT Thursday Night Friday Night Saturday Afternoon Night BRUCE TYRRELL TRIO The weather has been pretty cold this past week JOIN THE PARTY WHILE 12PLAGE SETTING OF DISHES GETS TRULY CLEM IN HOMEMAKER DISHWASHER COMPARE EASY TO LOAD ELEVATOR RACK EASY TO USE SINGLE DIAL PUSHBUTTON SETTINGS Buy It Use It ONLY it 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