Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), May 19, 1971, p. 13

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Ballinafad The Acton Free Press Wednesday May 1971 Garden club ball games trips summer jobs are springtime news Cool ponts for Morrow line Erin were dinner job with Thompson Motors for the guests of Mr and Mrs Paul summer months MctcalfeonSaturdaynlght Mrs M Is still on Riley is a fellow teacher of Qie although her eye Donnas condition is slightly Improved Miss Kalhryn Sinclair having J Mrs Harry completed her year at University and Mr and Mrs Paul Mr and Mrs J are procured a position in Metcalfe spent Sunday afternoon in Ottawa this weekend guests of for the summer Miss Miss Paul and Donna Metcalfe lone and Mrs Oakley at family Mr end Mrs Ross visited Mr and Mrs Murray on Friday evening Mr and Mrs Jay Riley 3rd Calvin Sanderson has taken a By Mrs Mr Healey has been In hospital for treatment We wish him a speedy recovery Mr and Mrs Mclntyre were guests at the New Ontario Place on Sunday in Toronto making it known he wont be week suffering from the heat unless he really has to when he showed up Garden club for County Council In shorts Local Is meeting for the Tuesday garden club That may not be a record but It Brownies are making stuffed certainly isnt what observers of animals this week under Mrs the county council scene would leadership say is normal practice CHRIS SWETMAN and Mike Morris show off a string of catfish they pulled out of Fairy Lake Sunday morning The youthful pair of anglers had to journey only a few steps from their homes on Elizabeth Drive to catch the fish Staff Photo Fight inflation with CENTENNIAL Jtetetcek by liabel Walion Mimico Miss French has a Saturday Job with the Coop Supplies in also she will be employed there for the summer Mrs Dorothy Snider is working at Brisbane restaurant Edmonton visit Mr and Mrs Ernie McEncry are leaving this week for visit to their son and wife Mr and Mrs Bill McEnery at Edmonton INFLATION FIGHTERS Mr Elwood Snow has taken a Job driving the Caledon Or card at urgsd to Mm whan paving One Acton lady Interested in the fight against inflation has discovered a new ft wrinkle which encourages consumers to use cash ft Dismayed by the high cost of credit and the almost universal persuasion to use credit rather than pay cash Mrs J ft Nelson Court noted with interest an item in the February issue of ft Canadian Consumer about Cashex cards York North Member of Parliament Barney Danson reported to the magazine ft that more than requests for Cashex cards have been received at his office When ft presented to a retailer the card suggests a discount if you pay cash since you be ft paying for the cost of credit given to other ft consumers The cards can be obtained by writing to ft Mr B J Danson Parliament Buildings Ottawa No postage is needed ft Mrs McCulioch a member of the Greenock Womens Institute wrote for a ft card far the Institutes information and in ft her own determination to do something to V inflation g ft rush to get consumers names on credit cards Why shouldnt cash buyers benefit from their desire to pay cash she asks An accompanying letter with the Cashex card explained there Is no compulsion on any storekeeper to honor it On the other hand there are a growing number of retailers who have indicated they will honor the card It is designed for those stores restaurants etc who honor the conventional credit card and pay a fee to the credit card company The discount a proprietor can afford to offer will vary depending on the nature of his business and the amount of business he docs Five per cent should be possible in some cases while others could be as low as two per cent There are also organizations which Issue cards for a fee and can guarantee discounts from a list of participating stores Mrs is fully aware that this is a creditoriented society and that in some cases where major purchases are made credit is a necessity but she is also just as convinced that many people would prefer to pay cash and feels a discount would encourage cash purchases Spread over the entire country cash purchases would do a great deal to prevent and fight inflationary trends Welfare busy The phone at the head office of the County Department of Social and Family Services rings an average of once every three minutes or ISO times a day cording to a rt Jim Gary The are often plugged for 10 or IS minutes he said These are a few and we have quite a number more Maria Callas singing great Creamery arias from f reach operas On display Rossini Overtures Romeo ana Mr Snider has a nice Juliet with Olivia as collection of lawn chairs and Juliet and Leonard Whiting as picnic tables on display Romeo for the tumedon group A good sized ball team has been Switched on Bach for the drummed up by the local boys children Grimms Fairy Tales m and also Hans Christian The closing dance took place at Anderson as told by Danny the community centre on Kaye Shakespeares King Saturday night Lear and West Side Story Make movie A group of students from Bloor a Collegiate were in Ballinafad on Saturday afternoon making a Recently our mavlt rai have been enjoying our story setting for the activities they had hour from on Wed- afternoons They have Trip to Ottawa Mark Shortiil as patrol boy on bus and at Brisbane school will be on a trip to Ottawa this week as a guest of the safety patrol for his performance of duties the past years as a senior Brisbane pupil been and will be enjoying such books as Under the Green Willow Hi Cat Clocks and More Clocks Andy Alphabet World A Hot Thirsty Day and many more that will be of interest to our tots T0R0 a LAWNB0Y MOWERS MAKE LAWN CARE A PLEASURE See a Good Selection at Hardware It Is some time since we have had a list of the newer books which are constantly being processed ready for the shelves and our readers One which is very timely Is The Dollar Squeeze and How To Beat It by George Sullivan The World of Plant Life by Clarence J Hylander while not a book on gardening Is a most comprehensive book on plants of all kinds Snakes of the World by Raymond is certainly one best to be written on this subject Famous people Pierre has written a brilliantly executed portrait of the illustrious era and of the monarch of France Louis The Last Dictator Field Marshall Sir Henry Wilson by Bernard Ash begins and ends Willi Sir Henry Wilsons assass ination off Londons Eaton Square on the very step of his own fashionable home there Biographies Emest Raymond has written J his own autobiography 18081922 The Story of My Days Between Life and Death by Richard Hammer Is a shattering account of nine horrifying years on Death Row Lois Evans has written a most interesting book on the city of Hamilton well worth reading lighter vein In lighter vein are the following fiction titles The Conspirators DTI by William Haggard Is an Anglo- Oil J American novel of great interest Meeting the Bear by Lloyd projects our thinking of the sixties and seventies Into the eighties and certainly a thoughtprovoking novel Viper Three by Walter Wa ger is a timely story of the violence of todays living Alan Hunter has written a new Chief Superintendent Gently murder case namely Gently Coloured Colin Machines new historical novel Three Years to Play takes place at the time of Elizabeth I New records Also as of this year we have some very fine stereo records SPRING PROMOTION EXTERIOR WHITE MKYD STAINS Cedar or Redwood While it lasts I Gal Free eitimalei on carpet and floor installations LAKEVIEW CENTRE big on the inside small on the outside PROMOTED CORPORAL Gary E Waller son of Mr and Mrs Earl Waller of Acton is presented with bis Corporals chevrons by his Commanding Officer Major upon the completion of the Field Engineers commissioned officer Qualifying Course Corporal Waller is with the 1st Airborne Field Squadron of the Canadian Airborne Regiment stationed in Edmonton Alberta Canadian Forces Photo FAMILY tender delicious CHICKEN SNACK PARTY 70 lichen Pieces of Chicken French Fries CHICKEN In a BOX Plecw Chicken French Fries Cole Slaw Butter Bun NEW 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