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First stop Mai Mer The Acton Free Press Wednesday April Italian city cruise ship exciting for wonderful group on tour With students very busy catching up on missed work one the on Mediterranean cruise has written a travelogue for the Free Press which will appear la instalments Accompanying Mrs Marlon Pattersons story are cartoons cleverly drawn by one of the tour leaders from Aurora John Bedding on By Marlon Patterson Well we are all home again more or less back to normal after what our family considers to have been the most exciting experience of our lives so far next to learning to drive the Volkswagen Needless to Say a MaltoL t only from their school but verynat by ship rde too Hh and we were us feel it urgent the i icecream rum flavoured El Trafflro In WOW The Neapolitans are not ac customed to cold weather I guess because most of us slept In sweaters and slacks that first night as the rads were icy Then we learned that we would not board the ship on Saturday morning as it was on strike It seems the crew wanted an extra night in Genoa with their wives etc before embarking on this voyage The extraordinary development called for an extra ordinary solution which Ships School came up with very beautifully We spent Saturday on the Isle of Capri where it was warm sunny very picturesque and most of us saw Grade Field home now turned into a Tourist Villa The waters there were that exquisite shade of aqua that resembles a precious gem The narrow narrow winding streets that we were driven up at break very helpful in showing us how much more rapidly the dosage took effect In the hip Huge capsules Hie huge seasick capsules we had to devour when our t do the Job were really something to get down without a drop of water I thought the First stop Mai and the slabs of cheese were too lived up to our earlier expec tations We saw camels on the side of the road very narrow passes through everywhere We saw unbelievable poverty where refugees lived In the hills in horrible patched cloth tents and were told they had everything including TV in those tent3 but doctor was exaggerating when he were visibly shaken by the told us to take no water at all but surroundings of these Tartars when I finally swallowed the huge While we were touring the capsule for the third tune without ruins from our vantage point we a drink it stayed down Boy could hear the faint music of what a feeling And next morning what reminded us of Arabs below there were about five kids at breakfast out of some Exciting ruins We soon forgot about that when we landed at Beirut in and drove through magnificent vet mountains for two hours to and saw a most exciting ruins which were reunited with our families and were all pretty exhausted by that time The sweet nostalgia of returning to welcoming loved ones ana saying farewells to our fellow travellers who we felt very close to over a period of some three weeks was really a great experience Schools ambassadors At the outset of our journey my husband and I being only human were discretly sizing up our charges and mentally making notes as to the ones we thought we would have to keep a close eye on It turned out that you can Judge a book by its cover as our had told us The students from Acton were really a wonderful group to travel with and conducted themselves beyond reproach making us very proud indeed to proclaim that were typical Canadian kids They seemed to sense that they were ambassadors of goodwill very proud to be associated with them The adults that were along with us proved to be the heartiest travellers and were so game to go along with whatever was decided never once complaining when at times they indeed might have been Justified in doing do Fun flight The flight to Rome was fun with lively passengers visiting either side left us completely icecream rum flavour breathless for quite some time unknown lqueur as we marvelled at the drivers flavoured type or a delicious getting us back to the resembling a pastry olive and well We all loved Capri queur flavoured base and many of us saw part of the Sixth American Fleet on manoeuvers there and talked with the lonely American soldiers who have been on duty there since last November and were looking forward in another week to going home to their wives and families They impressed us as being so very young Spending spree PAUL MARTLNDALE of Acton third from the left sitting and of Georgetown far right were among 300 delegates who attended last weeks Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation annual assembly in Toronto Other delegates from the area were left to right H M A Childs Mr Martindale W McLean R M Smith and Mr Ramautarsingh Attention of the assembly Crazy boat race on Credit Sat city and have a good tour A half- hour walk around the hotel had most of us back inside before long It seems we were In the poorer section of Naples near the docks and so we took refuge in our lovely marblefloored hotel till supper time Out again After another scrumptious meal we ventured out again this time finding the station and main square of Naples to be quite one another and no sleep was attractive and modem compared really accomplished with our immediate environment fourr ride to SflS back home However after a J most delicious dinner and a room 1 t up about which played havoc with our for touring their first Italian city SfJ and the prospect of leavinR the experience what fun Sunday we boarded our lovely ship the and it was not a disappointment There were two but the weather was a bit rough so after a couple of days the indoor pool was filled and It felt a warm bath to us Being hearty souls who swim In fresh water we found the salt water ton warm and it was a heated pool as well There was a water game called Marco Polo and this writer felt it wasnt quite Cricket Seasick souls The service and meals aboard the were really excellent and now that we look back it was good that we all were seasick for the first couple of nights or they probably wouldnt have let us come back together on the plane because of the excess weight problem The sevencourse dinners were really too much but when you learned to say tropo quite vehemently the stewards finally believed you and only gave you enough on your plate to feed two starving horses The meal usually started off with a delicious soup then a fish usually marinated in wine sauce then your main course of meat or chicken with potatoes and a green vegetable and a salad Then came the cheese course Maybe it t sea sickness that we suffered after all Different fruit Then came always a fruit course at the end of each meal with lovely apples unlike anything we have here in Canada or what the kids called bloodoranges which were actually called Rose Oranges as the inside was deep red and sometimes almost purple They Capri was a holiday place away we and similar to the from their tour of duty at Naples Florida Orange for their Juice and all around the a skins varied from very Mediterranean The souvenirs thick to quite thin The pears were inexpensive and original were most succulent and all all there and we all picked up quite we must have consumed more a number of items to start what fruit per day than we would turned out to be the We always had tangerines or some type of fruit to take to the cabin for snacks Then after the meal you would congregate up in the bar on the next floor for your coffee or tea It was free but was never served at the dining table except at breakfast time with the hard rolls and Jam Got to know doctor We had some very interesting discussions with the ships doctor during the first few days One such discussion first expressed in Italian then translated into French which helped us to understand just what really was going on was on the topic of Needles Our son Jeff found it necessary to have a couple of shots so to his eternal mortification they never give shots in the arm over in Europe and the French nurse By Mary Ann Frailer The school halls ore finally back to normal now that our own globetrotters have returned No one could deny that these Secret prize The Student Council candy campaign began Thursday April 1 Students were to have chocolate bars and bridge mixture for sale Due to trouble students were missed Before at the outlet the latter will not be almost exclusively upon negative effects of provincial ceilings upon education spending Delegates passed a resolution empowering their executive to use sanctions that could include rotating walkouts to oppose the ceilings Federation president G Wilkinson said the ceilings will mean a mindless butchery of educational programs in the fall school and noon hour chatter is Tilled with discussion of the Mediterranean lands Some teachers have also given up classroom periods so that the travellers may tell of their trip and answer the questions of their fellow students Many people have shown interest in next year Easter trip to London England It will la3t for nine days and take place during the holidays The summer of promises trips to Africa and Austraia supplied to the students A final drive for additional promotion will take place this week Students who sell the most bars will be rewarded for their time and interest At present the prize is a secret Office Improved Over the mid winter holidays the secretaries of the office enthusiastically made over their office Walls and cupboards were painted and the wall facing the students was covered in lively paper The change certainly is an improvement THE ANSWER TO YOUR The fifth annual Crazy Boat Race sponsored by Georgetown gets underway from the 10th line bridge Just north of Glen Williams this Saturday April at 30 Six official classes make up the race ranging from comic rubber rafts and boats all types of boats war canoes two man canoes and professional canoes and kayaks and if last year race is any indication the event should be another laugha thon Thousands lined the banks of the Credit River last year to see dozens of contestants take off in everything from bath tubs to rafts that sank Finish line for the race is at Norval about three miles from the starting point In between there are all sorts of hazards including rapids rocks and portages which add to the enjoyment of spectators and increase the probability of entries being dunked in the cold Credit Popularity of the race has seen it grow into an almost province- wide festival It was originally scheduled for April 3 this year but chunks of ice on the river made navigation too difficult I TAX PROBLEM AS CLOSE AS YOUR PHONE just call 8772217 We con devise and service an efficient bookkeeping system on a monthly quarterly or yearly basis ASSOCIATE TAX CONSULTANTS FOR EASTER From Florist Dapartmtnt SAY IT WITH FLOWERS THE VERY BEST FOR LESS EASTER LILIES POTTED MUMS AFRICAN VIOLETS ETC Artificial Wreaths Stands etc for Graves for Remembrance of Loved Ones HINTONS 5 to STORE NOTICE OF APPLICATION BY THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF ACTON TO DISPENSE WITH A VOTE OF THE ELECTORS WHEREAS The Ontario Municipal Board by order madei February 2nd approved reconstruction of Mill Street from Park Avenue to Victoria Avenue at an estimated cost of and the borrowing upon debentures of an amount not exceeding 775 AND WHEREAS it now estimated that the actual cost of the said work will exceed such approved amount and that the total expenditures will be of which It will be necessary to borrow upon debentures the sum of NOTICE THAT The Council of the Corporation of the Town of Acton intends to apply to The Ontario Municipal Board for approval of an additional expenditure of 00 for completion of the said work whereof the amount of shall be raised by the sale of additional debentures payable out of the general rate over a period not exceeding years Application will be made to The Ontario Municipal ard for an order to dispense with the assent of the electors to te said additional expenditure Any ratepayer may within twentyone days after the first publication of this notice send by post prepaid to the Clerk of the town of Acton at the address given below a notice In writing stating his objections to such approval and the grounds of such objections The Ontario Municipal Board may order pursuant to the statute that assent of the electors shall not be required and may approve of the said additional expenditure but before doing so it may appoint a time and place for a public hearing when any objections will be considered DATED attheTownof Acton this 7thday of April J Hurst Clerk Mill Street East Acton Ontario i the little town The thrill of seeing our students proclaim what we felt that the age of this place was so aweinspiring an to be almost incredible Continued next week from CAROLINES Check our Large Supply of EASTER LILIES HYDRANGEA ROSE BUSHES DAFFODILS CHRYSANTHEMUMS GLOXINIA HYACINTH POTTED MUMS ALWAYS A GOOD SELECTION of FRESH CUT FLOWERS SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS UPON REQUEST Shop Early Order Mow Open 7 Days a Weok8 am Til 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