Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), March 17, 1971, p. 14

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The Acton Free- Wednesday March 17 1971 SCOUTS AND CUBS rim tho fun games show Front row left to right Mike Eric Goggle Wilson llnck Adrlnn Wilson Allen White Raymond Photo MRS VALERIE HOWELL BaUinafad and Mrs Shirley Bomholt R Georgetown were among attractive sales ladles at the bake tables during Saturdays bake sale and rummage disposal at Photo BaUinafad sale funerama success BaUinafad Rummage sale dance euchre bring cheery crowds to hall Receipts of over after expenses were shown by Cub and Scout Mothers from their rummage bake sale and at BaUinafad hall Saturday Event organizer Lillian phoned people all over BaUinafad and district for don ations and she reported a tre mendous response Racks full of clothes were brought In and tables of baking Scouts and Cubs had games set up at the back of the hall which were well pat ronized Clothing left over after the sale Mr Leo was able to return home from Georgetown Hospital on Friday where he had was sent to Halton Manor and to treatment the past week the Childrens Aid Society Mr and Mrs Ross have been spending some Acton and Georgetown with parents Mr and I Mrs J chants contributed to the event Ross reports that Ottawa Including Nielsens Clothing Cameo Shoppc IGA Sup ermarket and Silvers and Bought on Jewellers of Georgetown Draws were won by Mr Toronto doll Mrs Sargent Acton coffee perc Bill Fisher Acton crocheted doilies Mrs Rhoda RR Georgetown door prise gro ceries has even more snow than here Mr Walter Kentner is In Mlsstssauga Hospital for treat ment A group of people from hero visited with Mr and Mrs Gordon Price at Islington night last week for a birthday get together Attend funeral Mr and Mrs Floyd Shortill attended the funeral of Mr Kellar at Clifford on Sunday Mr Lively school program Day of Prayer service By Mrs A Benton Benton Patterson Bert Benton school was the and Sanford scene of lively discussion when Correspondence confirmed theoplc Meet Your School Age that Miss May of Toronto Child was presented on March 8 will speak at our as an introduction to Education meeting on April 25 and notice of Week in Ontario schools a meeting of Brampton Miss psychologist for in St Andrews County Board of Church there on March at 10 Education began the evening by Makes comparison Mrs A Benton spoke a few paragraphs comparing people of former times with todays youth Accept She left an open invitation for parents to discuss with her any aspect of the list which concerned them Learning problems Mrs Henderson speech teacher presented a provocative paper concerning the case study g tender From this presentation much information evolved concerning the services offered by County Board of Education and the Health Unit when a student has learning problems It was pointed out that It sometimes is a long process to get a child with learning difficulties on the right track but the services do their utmost to help any child who has problems Role a nutrition Miss Randall of the Halton County Health Unit discussed nutrition and the role of nutrition Council accepted the tender of Texaco Ltd to install gas pumps and supply fuel for the townships new works garage Acceptance of the tender followed a recommendation by roads superintendent C Bud Snow Texaco will supply gasoline at a price of cents per gallon and fuel at a price of 206 cents per gallon Tenders were also received from and BP Oil Ltd Finas prices were cents per gallon The BP tender called for a five year contract There was some discussion regarding supplement of vitamin pills but Miss Randall felt that a good balanced diet was all mat was necessary in order to main tain a good standard of health age traits Mrs Scruton the primary consultant for school and Area number One of County Board of Education out lined the characteristics of children from four to eleven years Because of the general characteristics of age groups parents and teachers were able to understand the traits of their students a little better A lively discussion followed Mrs Scrutons presentation and continued through a finale including coffee and cookies Further meetings similar to the meeting held March win be discussed with parents and p of the County Day f Prayer The held their March meeting at the home of Mrs Kirkpatriek following the World Day of Prayer program Readers were MitcbeB A Mistletoe was the original go ahead signal It got the across long before traffic were invented habits in explaining the theme A New People for a New Age Text word race was answered by a verse of Scripture Mrs William Geggic librarian for Brampton Presbyterial sold a number of her books to the ladies She also gave an enlightening and appreciated talk entitled How Shall We Sing The Lords Song In A Strange World Mrs Sanford thanked those contributing to the program and the hostess Mrs Roughley closed the meeting with prayer The hostess served lunch af terwards for ten attending Join travellers Misses Norcen Noble and Jacqueline were among those who left last Thursday on an educational trip to Europe including a Mediterranean cruise We hope that as well as furthering their education they enjoy their tour In hospital Mr A Benton has been a patient in hospital in Georgetown since March 11 under observa tion Mrs Karn and Judy and Donna Geary of Green Bay ManitouUn Island spent several days with Mrs Monroe and visited other close relatives recently Make goodies The fourth meeting in the present project was held at the home of Mrs Lindsay They talked about their books and went to the kitchen to make cheese crisps salmon dip and whipped toppings The roll call was Something that Affects the Price of Milk President Cathy Lindsay dosed the meeting Rhonda Clow is press correspondent Thompson Distributor of Horn and Farm Product Semng AcJon and Since HEATING OILS LUBRICATION OILS GREASES -A- DIESEL FUEL Phone 8532174 OIL SALES ft Young St Acton npnnled them Mr Keilar was an uncle of Edna and Mr Jim Sanderson had a painful time this week with wisdom teeth Surgery Toronto Hospital was necessary Brown Owl Mrs who guides the Brownie Pack has a new helper to assist her Red Crois work Mrs Elaine Solos and Mrs Joyce Clarke are busy with ho Georgetown branch of Red Cross Elaine being president and Joyce chairman The leaflets outlining the different services provided by the Red Cross Organization were enlightening These had been placed In the church pews Sunday and brought to our attention the worthwhile work done with our contributions Move a Many from here the auction sole on Saturday of Mr and Mrs Alex McDougol Wc wish Alex and Norms the best of wishes In their move to from the farm It was nice to sec Mrs Phyllis McKims picture in the local paper We understand her team won In curling Rummage sale The rummage sale on Saturday in the Community Centre was a busy spot from until well on in the Clothes notions bake sale and snack bar Brisbane students tour airport plane Grade five and six students at Brisbane School recently visited Toronto International airport where they toured facilities and a DCS plane Grade five students Have you ever been In a plane We hadnt until Thursday February at the Toronto Inter national Airport At this time the students of grades and from Brisbane School took a field trip to view aircraft in On arrival at the airport terminal with lots of people scattered everywhere we went to the observation deck and viewed planes that were enormous We saw them refuelling loading food little trucks scooting everywhere with luggage A ground stewardess spoke to us as we anxiously waited In the departure room She told us about her profession what to do with your luggage and the procedure for purchasing a ticket After what seemed like the most exciting and longest wait of our lives we proceeded down the bridge to a waiting DCS We toured the aircraft from top to bottom front to back inside and outside We sat in the cockpit pretending to be pilots and marvelling at the intricacy of the various dials The girls particularly sat in the compartments and dreamed of flying over some exotic land Next we went to the terminal roof to view the runway aircraft taking of and landing and the polluted air over Toronto This trip was successful due to the planning of Brisbane School Air Canada and particularly T Riley our cabbie pilot and tour leader DIAMOND RINGS FROM JOHN BOUGHTON JEWELLERS CERTIFIED WATCHMAKERS MAIN ST GEORGETOWN as well as lucky draws games etc netted a goodly sum for the cubs and scout mothers The smartlyattired cubs who helped all day deserve credit Dance in hall A dance was held in the Community Centre on Saturday night with a good crowd who enjoyed a Jolly time Mr Fred McDougal called a peppy square dance to some very tine old tunes The gentlemen in their fine new Easter bonnets acquired from the rummage solo danced the light fantastic In great style showing that there Is plenty of fun to be enjoyed at BaUinafad socials Tuesday euchre Nine tables were played at the Tuesday night euchre thia week Prize winners were Mrs Betty Smith and Mrs Delia Snow ladies and Mr Charlie Thompson and Mr Britton for men Mrs McEncry and Mr Bruce won the lucky draw Busy enumerating Mrs Delia Snow is working away at her task of enumerating With so many new people moving to homes in the area Its a busy task The cheery faces of our little Junior choir at church on Sunday and their sweet rendition of Psalm 23 under Mrs Kerrs direction contributed greatly to the service The wellfilled pews Indicate that combined Sunday school and church is working well CURTS who organized the BaUinafad Scout and Cub rummage bake and hall for the Womens Auxiliary reports enthusiastic cooperation from residents of town and district The event raised over for the Scouts and Staff Photo Plan two trips to United States By Cook The Club Leaders held a meeting on Murch 10 to plan the to be of fered this year As a result of the survey sheets asking members to Indicate their areas of interest the following clubs arc to be established Halton Beef Calf Club 4H Calf Club Halton 4H Purpose Shorthorn Calf Club Conservation Club 4H Field Crop Club 4H Sheep Club 4H Horse dub 4H Engineering Club Acton Calf Club and Acton 4H Field Crop Club With the exception of the Oops Readers familiar with the bowling style of Shorty may have wondered when be developed into a southpaw as shown In last weeks paper following his perfect game Relax Shorty didnt change hands nor is he ambidextrous But the printers who Insert the negatives In our printing process put Shorty in wrong side up As a result it looks like he is left handed Our slip Sorry Engineering Club for which the minimum age is as of Jun 1 and the Conservation Club for which the minimum age In us of Jon 4H members Joining a club must be 12yLurfloduB0f land not years old before Dec 31 of the current year Two exchanges There will be two exchange from the U this year A group of 4Hers will be visiting from Maryland and a group from Wisconsin Five members from will be selected to spend a week In Wisconsin since it will be a double exchange with them this year Anyone Interested in chaperoning Ihls group please contact the agricultural office In Milton It Is expected that all exchanges will be In July It would be appreciated If anyone interested in hosting a dele gate would contact the agri cultural office in Milton for more Information The club leaders are going ahead with plans to conduct a showmanship judging school for all showmanship Judges in this area and for any leaders interested In attending It will be an attempt to establish a uniform to showmanship There more information on this details are worked out Judging be SPECIAL SALE CONTINUES 0NEADAY MULIIPIE VITAMINS PLUS IRON loo FOIL WRAP 66 CONTACC SUGG LIST IM DOVE II QUID DETEPOENT ox 61 ANTISEPTIC J J LIST 88 119 BUFFERIN UST GIANT POLY GARBAGE BAGS 36 LIST 24s ust 139 MACLEANS TOOTHPASTE WITH TUBE OH ACTON PHARMACY

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