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The Acton Free Press Wednesday August 1971 Broader education for retarded child Broader educational oppor tunities are available for Ontarios trainable retarded children Minister Education Robert Welch announced recently Mr Welch said legislation will be Introduced to standardize the school attendance of trainable retarded They will he said have the opportunity to attend school full tune from age five until dependent upon their capability to profit from the school experience Under exiting legislation trainable retarded students under years of age may only attend school for half a day and all must leave the system at age IB Responsibility for deciding if trainable retarded students will attend full time will rest with admission boards that now work in cooperation with school boards on matters dealing with trainable retarded students Mr Welch said the move extends to all students in Ontarios concept of equal educational opportunity Mr Welch stated boards of education that want to implement the changes for the coming school year will receive favorable con sideration from the Department Local representative to the Advisory Committee of the Board of Education is William of Georgetown Stolen car Is recovered Acton OPP reccovered the third stolen car in about three weeks on Monday when one was found on Frederick St All have been from the Milton area One constable observed that someone must object to walking from Milton so commandeers a ear a warning to all motorists to keep their cars locked and the keys away from wouldbe thieves THE SMELL OF BURNING pork still permeates faintly as the disastrous fire Damage was estimated at Photo charred remains of one of Ontarios most modern piggery by Lorraine establishments lies in a ravaged state after last weeks halfmi 1 1 ion fire razes piggery FARM MANAGER Karl and his two farm hands Rick Lawrence of Brampton and Bob Hart of Stratford who also assisted in the fire found one of the sows which had escaped into the bushes during last Thursdays fire when pigs were burned todeath and only 110 sows and boars were saved With singed ears and body the animal was put into an enclosure to recuperate Other pigs have been found since the fire and Mrs the managers wife takes walks each day into the bushes to see if she can find more Photo by Lorraine Lets talk about horses Faulty wiring was blamed for the nine hour bla7e which gutted one of Ontarios most modern piggeries Thursday af ternoon Approximately 1200 pigs were burned to death on the R R farm owned by Allan A Cook of Burhngtoa Provincial Police estimated the damage at but Karl Poulsen manager of Sprmgloam Farm on the 2nd line of Eramosa made his estimate closer to By Jennifer Ban- Too late Coming out of his farm home Mr saw the explosion but by the time Eramosa firefighters had arrived with two pumpers a tank truck and an emergency vehicle the barn had been demolished and the men had to concentrate on saving other buildings Including three granaries situated beside a cement block silo and an old shed The blaze started on the second floor and forced herdsman Harry to Jump from that elevation He was later treated for burns to his right arm and face Only two weeks previous the district fire Inspector had reported the Eramosa Piggery to be one of the safest and most efficient safety enterprises in the area There was no hay or straw in the modern 200 by root bam which housed the piggery Of the estimated 1200 pigs lost between 110 and 115 were sows The remainder were piglets and market hogs Save many sows According to manager Paulsen saved and some 10 boars A definite count is impossible he said as many of the animals escaped into the bush and since Thursdays fire arc being discovered and brought back to on enclosure for food and shelter Sunday night one of the sows scratched at the door wanting attention and Mrs attended her needs There is more to the story Thursdays blaze than monetary loss There is another one of 15 breeding working with and raising young piglets whose mothers were part of the original swine herd There was the squealing screams of the trapped sows as they were being scorched In the burning inferno The young piglets died quietly apparently succumbed by gas fumes As the fire blazed from in the afternoon neighbors and friends rallied to aid pulling the animals to safety and dragging them from the heat of the pens The who have lived on the Cook farm since Its purchase in arc respected and well liked in the community and their friends worked far into Friday morning trying to assist wherever possible Till 3 Coffee and lunches were served constantly With a 100 oclock meal for those hanging on Not until 3 were the firemen satisfied that the entire blaze was completely under control Monday afternoon an old tree stump was still smoking a sad reminder of the horrendous catastrophe There are three farms located in the district under Cook ownership and all are managed by Mr One is a cow and calf farm and two miles from the burn which was destroyed another piggery which houses more than 600 pigs excluding those taken there from the fire The cattle enterprise consists of Shorthorn cows plus the two piggery forms of registered stock encompasses an area of 500 acres However the building which was razed with all its ultra modern equipment and all automatic feeders was the choicest of the entire operation and according to manager Poulsen it will be five years before the farm will be operating at the same efficiency level The Fire Brigade wag assisted by fire pumper which was also summoned at p and arrived approximately an hour later AN OLD STUMP was still smoking on Monday af ternoon after Thursdays horrendous fire at the piggery on the Springloam farm on the 2nd concession of Township Photo by Lorraine Comins and Goins WHATS YELLOW delicious succulent and wears green covering Its the freshly picked corn enterprise which the two young Stokman children of 5 have set up with their own home grown com Mary Aon Stokman 12 is seen here prepared for business while Peter 10 her brotherpartner is getting more for an anxious customer No one should miss that com its really good Photo by Lorraine Continued from page B4 Miss rill Mrs Max Milne and Mrs Rose Rockwoods pleased to know that Lloyd Marsden is out of the hospital and back on the mend His friends hope for a complete and early recovery It looks as if the Trail Riders are in top form these days with seven honors taken at the recent Trail Ride and riders from many distances in Ontario competing Jean Pettitt placed first in the Speed and Buz Ellis third In the regular straight endurance ride Glen Good of the local club pluced first Ken Tuck of Eden Mills fourth Pat Beck was fifth and Bill Mdbum also of placed sixth in the heavyweight division Nice going guys and gals Speaking of nags Tim Dales broke his leg during a game of soccer recently but it isnt holding turn back from riding Cast and all he is seen about the vicinity of sporting his broken appendage and at his brothers wedding Tun fancied up his foot slightly by putting polish on his nails true wedding brokenleg style No for that tad and in todays world thats great Its horses again and this time its about Babs Ellis who managed to cop a third place at Al Circle A horse competitions last Sunday Great girl Babs Thats what around In ac complishes Camping at Sauble thats whats on the calendar for the Dirk Jansen family who moved to the village recently The Jensens and their two children Laura 5 and David 3 will be spending tune about the fire but villagers hope that the weatherman will favor them with sunshine again so that itll be sun tan and swimming Looks like its Parry Sound district for Bernice and Roy Bacon during their remaining holidays Have fun folks and see you at the bakery soon Its not a summer trip but it la Bon Voyage for Donna Hilts of who will be leaving next Thursday via the steamer bound for Australia Valerie Wright and Nellie Munema of two friends will accompany Donna on the exciting voyage with first stop set for Hawaii on to the Fiji Islands over to New Zealand and then to Aussieland Out of money back to work but a year away from Canada is on the agenda for the local gals and their many friends say Great going kids have a marvellous tune t Look after a month long holiday Its Don and Winnie Hilts who left one month ago bound for Vancouver to visit daughter Joan now living in C A week of travelling and camping accompanied by Donna tvo weeks with Joan a week on the way homeward bound and the Hilts arrived home last week Now they have Eric Betty and little granddaughter Kelly visiting them in Rockwood and reruns of their western trip are part of the entertainment Other exclusively private showings of their wonderful adventure have been enjoyed on separate occasions by Mr and Mra George Perry Mrs Day Mrs Rose Oakes art Barbara McLaren Have gun will travel but the Hilts went via car Welcome back folks Could you tell me be dif ference between Paint and And people say Im sorrel What color Is sorrel I thought I was chestnut Shawnee A Dear Shawnee If you are a redbrown color have a red mane and tail and live in the East you are chestnut If you live in the West you are sorrel Horses with large areas of black and white are Paint in North America or Piebald the UK Brown and White Is a pinto or skewbald To confuse the issue even more there are and Tobiano Its safer If you are grey I have noticed many people their horses with bandages applied from knee to upper pasterns Does this really help to protect the legs from Injury A The most common injuries occur on the lower pastern and hoof heads from horses losing their balance and standing on their own feet Therefore the bandages you describe do little more than look pretty although they do protect the bone somewhat If one cant get heavy shipping boots one needs to apply bandages over quilted pads or disposable diapers yes really right down the lower to the hoof Not so glamorous but effective What is the best age for a child to start riding A That depends on the child Most youngsters arent physically able to control a pony until their legs are long enough around eight or nine A small child might enjoy glorified pony rides but pushing mm to do more usually undermines his con fidence There are exceptions of course However a child generally learns faster if started Name oats winners Results of Acton Agricultural Society Oats Competition for 1971 are announced this week as follows Alex McPhedran 2 Duncan McPhedran 92 3 Ken Murray 91 Smith Griffin 5 Calvin Aitken Fryer Bros George Wallace 8 John Duenk 9 Frank Anthony Judge was Roy at nine or ten years of age Please send your questions to Jennifer and Ill try to answer them In the column If you live in ACTON it makes sense to buy your Volvo from GEORGETOWN BRITISH MRS First all you wont have to go out of your way later to get your Volvo serviced Second of all we back up our good location with our 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