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Ballinafad The Ac on Free Press Wednesday February B3 Wind blows truck in ditch twice hew street lights glowing at last By Mrs ft ShortfU Icy roads prevented school buses from transporting pupils on Friday Many people could not get to and from work Finally road equipment had to spread gravel and sand on the roads It seems like an old fashioned of winter the which we did not believe could ever happen again Maybe the horse and cutter will once more be returned to use Even then for the ice the horses must be sharp shod and where are our local blacksmiths Dairy leaders Mrs Jamteson Mrs McLean Mrs Kirkwood and Mrs are the leaders for the dub Dairy Pare training School was in Milton on Tuesday and Wed nesday of last week Local ladies will be having a quilting bee at the home of Mrs Ernie McEnery this week We had to postpone it last week owing to the severe weather Attend funeral Many relatives of the late Mrs Elmer Price attended her funeral at last week with interment at Belwood Cemetery She was the former Amelia the sole surviving sister being Mrs Ella McEnery DEPUTY COMMISSIONER Gordon Douglas demonstrates the intricacies of a power saw for Colter and Bob Barber as leaders from the Georgetown district lay a floor at the Kiki once the main lodge at the Blue Springs Scout Reserve about three miles from Acton Staff Photo Osprin Church meeting held couple stormstoyed By Mrs G Robertson Mrs Gordon Snyder by her daughter and soninlaw Mr and Mrs John of Oakville enjoyed a vacation spent in Sarasota Florida with her daughter Mrs Carr and Rusty Mr Martin Vander underwent recent surgery at hospital and is now home Mr David Stewart was able to leave St Joseph hospital following treatment Millson Guelph was a weekend visitor with Mrs Jackson Stormstoyed Mr and Mrs Barry Clarke attended the funeral of a friend at Woshago last week and were caught in the storm and had to remain over night Mrs Paul Hard of Orton spent a day with her mother Mrs Klooster Bob Bruce a student at Mc- University Hamilton was home for the weekend Stephanie youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Vander Heide is confined to her home with scarlet fever Church meeting After being postponed a couple of times the annual congregational meeting of the local Presbyterian church was held afternoon with a good attendance Mrs visited on Sunday with her son Henry who is a patient In Georgetown hospital Rosemary Chambers tops public speakers of area Ten young public speakers tops from their own schools competed Thursday evening in Eramosa public school in the 1 finals The winner of the evening 12- Rosemary Chambers of Erin Union school goes to this Thursday to compete In the finals for all of Wellington county schools Rosemarys topic for her topranking speech was Fault Advertising She is in grade Second third Placed second was Aleck Gray a grade student of Ross McKay school Erin who spoke on Pollution Placing third was Ruth Faulker of Ospringe school her subject was How Commercials Affect Me She sin grade Three lodges The Judges were Ron associate superintendent for area of the Wellington board Margaret McColl a teacher at Willow senior public school in Guelph and Gerry of the English department in Mr Corbett reported for the Judges and praised the ability of speakers Seven The other seven speakers were Peter SUsarenko of King George school on Jacques Paul Gribbons of Ottawa Crescent school on Minor Hockey Patricia of Brighton St on Wales Paula Green of Drive on Santa Clus Sarah Miller of Edward lohnson school on They Laurie Bell of Brisbane school on the Mentally Retarded and Karen of school on Women Liberation Others who spoke during the program were Cliff Whitfield associate superintendent of area No and Gregson county school board member from Erin Presents awards J Stan a representative from Ontario Hydro presented the trophies to the top three winners and ribbons with med allions to the other seven who The public peaking contest was was sponsored by the Wellington board of education Wellington separate school board and Ontario hydro for the Wellington municipalities Choirs entertain Ron the principal of school welcomed about AKTHUt A JOHNSON doctouc OPTOMETRY AND ACTON Profession Directory for Dotafb Canvassing Mrs Truman railed on us all last week canvassing for March of Dunes Mr Chester is still in Hospital recovering from surgery Came home Mrs Douglas Kirkwood who was taken ill in Nigeria while being with her husband there in December was able to return home to Oakville She was flown home to be hospitalized and we are glad to report she is regaining her health Lights asset Our street lighting has finally been installed They cast quite a glow across the icy fields and are a real asset to our neighborhood Mr Cole dies We are sorry to hear of the death of Mr Fred Coe Our sympathy from Ballinafad friends is extended to his wife and sisters They all were people having resided on the Line where Mr and Mrs F J now live Eden Mills Teams plan summer activity By Mrs Wright The TrlCounty Base ball league met for the fifth time on Sunday afternoon In the Community Hall Eden Mills to make final plans for their summer activities Mrs Morrison of Sudbury will be visiting with her sister Mrs Anna Wilson on an extended visit Mr Mrs Ralph Thompson were in Sunday visiting Mrs Mrs Thompson s mother Mr and Mrs Wright were in Gait Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Hugh Sutherland Nothing shakes your belief In heredity like watching the unsupervised behavior of your own kids Crazy incident There was such a strong wind on day that it blew a truck right off the road into the ditch in the flat above the Fad The tow truck got it partly on the road when a strong gust blew it into the ditch again This winter gives us all kinds of weather and crazy incidents Chimney fire Fire trucks speeded across the town line to the home of the 1 and were able to extinguish a chimney fire before too much damage was done GIRLSCOUTS Yes Proof that the boy scout movement is no longer restricted to males is provided by this group at Blue Springs Scout Reserve A Rover strums a guitar by three female Rovers Gals are being admitted to the Rovers in an experiment that ends in 1873 Staff Photo Snowstorms icy roads illness in area news By Mrs Mac Arthur Snow storms and icy roads hindered many from attending Teacher wins NDP nomination A campaign of Involvement and dialogue was promised by the newly elected candidate for the Halton West provincial riding last Friday night Walter Mukewich a 31 year old history teacher was elected at a nominating meeting held at Hall with a hundred people in attendance The nomination was not contested In accepting the nomination Mr spoke of the pub growing lack of faith In the political process and called on all parties to make it more ef fectlve He said that the New Democratic Party must present people with the alternative of a new society with the needs of the as a priority This church service Churchill Community Church service was cancelled on January but resumed last Sunday with a fair attendance both at Sunday school and the service Most of the roads had been sanded In hospital We regret reporting last week Mr Joshua Thompson has been a patient in Guelph General Hospital for surgery Friends and a colorful address Mr Lawlor relatives hope for a recovery to described the Action Centre that better health so he soon can he has set up in own riding return home where members of the sorry to report Mr Elton Cole community can bring their patient in General problems to their elected Hospital Churchill friends hope representative This he felt is participatory democracy in action and said that all candidates should be prepared to do the same An atrocity was the way Mr described what happens in the courts to people making hope she da on automobile insurance He said that per cent of the claimants do not receive recompense to meet out of poc expenses Friends and relatives are indeed sorry to hear Mrs Harold Griffin had to return to General Hospital again We do regain her strength and be able to soon return home Visitors Visitors the home of Mr and Mrs Bob Kerr were her brother Mr and Mrs Kenneth Knox of Princeton and Mrs Grant Down and children of Sunderland for Sunday dinner on January Mr and Mrs David Williamson and her mother Mrs Annie Burn visited and had dinner with the Litter niece Mr and Mrs Jack Huttonville 1 Misses Carolyn and Barbara Caruso of Brampton spent the weekend with their rents Rev A and Mrs Miss Kathy who is attending University In spent the weekend at her home with Mr I and Debbie YOU CAN SAY IT MUCH NICER WITH FLOWERS She II Love You For Doing It Full Selection of Cut Flowers and Potted Plants CAROLINE FLOWER GARDEN SHOP 8532980 LAST RESORT Company man Well weve STATIONERY would mean changes in five vital exhausted reason logic common areas pollution bureaucracy sense and Justice What more urban sprawl employment and the tax system On the subject of pollution the new candidate said that an all out war is needed instead of the minor skirmishes that have been seen so far He proposed the setting up of a new department of environmental quality and a system of pollution charges Emphasizing that the environment belongs to the people Mr Mulkewich stated that anyone wishing to pollute must be subject to a meaningful system of laws and fines speaks Guest speaker at the nominating convention was Pot M P or Lakeshore In we do Union man to go to law I guess we have POLLOCK AND CAMPBELL Ttaphom North guests to the program as well there were about young people who sang for the audience The school choir and the Choraliers both sang led by Erin and music teacher Roberta Hoy Bruce Maepherson principal of school was chairman for the public speaking The weather was bad but too many people were Involved in the program to be able to call it off at the last minute No accidents or mishaps were reported as a result of the icy road conditions SOME PEOPLE MAKE WASHERS DRYERS DISHWASHERS 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