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By Wendy Thomson Everybody seems to an eye out for signs of Spring and the first robin mosquito groundhog and crocus have been duly announced I admit that I was excited to sec a mink at the stream and stopped dead in the middle of the road at my first glimpse of a cardinal this year but these odd sightings don really mean Spring to me The mosquito outside the hall window In February t signify anything other than he stumbled out of the house and wanted back in Sound off I don t think it just that the animals and such are there that means Spring it what they re doing I don think that came out quite right but 1 11 blunder on For example a month ago I stood outside listening and for long seconds on end there was absolutely no sound at all Everything was cold and white and still Yesterday the sun was warm and bright and when I went to get the mail the air was alive with bird sounds I couidn see many birds at all but hear them I did And there be one night soon I know that 11 be anything but dead with thousands of peepers letting go full blast Over robins Likewise one robin huddled against the wind isn Spring But today I counted 26 robins and then tost track all hopping around in the field beside the house drawn by the finally exposed earth Sprint means that the two hounds Instead of sleeping on the living room rug all day head off into the swamp land and come back hours later soaking wet to tell me the raccoons are stirring A huge Blue Heron is looking the pond over and a blinking big hawk has just sailed by low down In front of the house looking the field over Cord shown any of yet but it t be too lonj And well I mfolnatthe cleaning every now and then which brings me to a Helpful Hint If as you are vacuuming it seems that you are ac complishing very little check behind you to see if the hose Is still in one piece You might find that you ve been going blithely along with only two feet of hose and left the rest of the vacum in some other room Simple steps If immediate repair is necessary follow these simple steps 1 A quick repair might be possible using only surgical adhesive tape but if it seems that a splint or brace is necessar find a piece of low grade wood in the fireplace kindling A hiRh grade board will split evenly down the length necessitating jumping on the pieces to break them crosswise A low grade board will split off in odd shaped pieces just forplnnnj one on either side of tht hose Bind down with tape thoroughly and vigorously Swtar words with I are helpful J If when the contraption is luck on the roid the protruding splint catches on rugs and dogs and things fetch an old sock out of the mending basket cut the toe off or find one with a big bole already in the toe and pull on over the splint Hold in place with clastic bands if necessary Die splints will still catch but won t hurt as much All in all your husband will be amazed at jour ingenuity The Free Press Wednesday Apr I 19 Centennial spoons sale new project of PUTTING THE finishing touches on each were part of the Acton Figure Skating Club others special hair are Susan Gillies Dills Christine Galbraith and Kiren Jackson They page LArche Auxiliary plans Flowers of Hope Week Paster bunnies and decorated the luncheon for the April meeting of St President Penny called the meeting to order with the hymn Christ is accompanied by Mrs Taster and Luster collects were read in unison and the hymn There Is a Hill was roll call was answered by various contortions and remedies to cure the winter woes An Old Sprint Tome Many turned up noses belied the supposedly beneficial effect of these by eonc mixtures flit minutes of the previous Mrs Clarke in the absence of Mrs Alice Treasurer report re id by Mrs Joan Pratt and a m made pay bills Centennial spoons Mrs reported on the use of the Centennial the of St Albans These were for sale at the lea and will be offered throughout the ye are raved with and will nuke lovely addition for collector or a remembrance for anyone who is been jwrt of the its existence Rev Dawson explained to and a will be the the project underway selected to telephone the families to publish a commemorative ahead of time to arrange magazine outlining the history of appointments The group has been asked to host the general meeting of the Diocesan on May IB beginning with Eucharist St Alb hi and including picture of each family in the parish photographs will be taken on the of May u Weight watchers start class here A new weight watchers class will be officially opened at a on Tuesday at St A I bun s hall in Acton roup will be held every Tuesday says Mrs Adelaide Daniels of Toronto and Director of Weight of Ontario I united Mrs Daniels who lost over a bun Ire I pounds herself on the weight some years ago says Inside every fat person there s a thin one waitint to out Most ovcrweijht people arc tired of and other reducing fads With our program the first thing we tell you is not to be discouraged by your own failures in the past We can show you how to it well and lose weight at the tune Mrs Diniels a well known iker outspoken advocate of eating sensibly has est ibllshed over 200 classes throughout Ontario to help of overweight people tackle their weight problems She recommends a medical checkup first The lecturer for Acton class is Brown Speaker describes trip to Brazil The regular monthly meeting of the fair board ladies was held at the homo of Mrs Mc Donald April ft Sixteen ladles answered the roll call the date of your birthday Mrs Archibald the president called the to order Mrs Aiken read the minutes and gave financial report The ladic discussed the dif committees for 1972 fall fair Mrs I and Miss Eiva are on Miss Acton committee Mrs IJnham and Mrs Isabel McDonald will be on the baby show committee with the regular committee and other committees will be same Mrs Stan Mathews who was on the program for April introduced tht guest speaker Mrs J ItifJIs who is a member of the Actor 10 Mrs lntlts along with a group of I O D members went on tour to Brazil TcUs of Braiil A map was shown to the ladies of South America and she pointed out how laree Brazil was about tht same as Canada Their first stop was Rio Mrs showed beautiful slides of Rio which has very buildings and tremendous high mountains The flowers are beautiful Mosaic with designs on is used on side walks also on She also stated that per cent of the people were poor but the wealthy were really wealthy thoroughly enjoyed both the slides and her pleasant easy to follow commentary Mrs W I thanked Mrs and presented her with a small gift of appreciation on behalf of the ladles lunch was served by the hostess Mrs and Mrs Madill Mrs I was courtesy convener The May will be held at the of Mrs A Robinson I committee Mrs Thompson and Mrs C Storey program committee Mrs and Mrs Aitken Thrifty evening anyone As an experiment the Thrift Shop in the will be open for an evening this month After the regular open afternoon Tuesday lb be an open evening Thursday April Hours are to There sprint stock there now Winter has all been sold or off to the Armv Many of the donations of from the Thrift Shop come from town as far away as Toronto and OakviUe Word of the service has spread and of the organizers are saving up clothing there The shop manned by volunteers is open every second and fourth Tuesdav afternoon It closes up in June for the summer The regular monthly meeting Auxiliary was held 22 at the Acton Public Mrs Ruby reported on the Spring dance Prize winners were first spot prize was won by Mr and Mrs Ed second spot prize by Ron an i Heather and the two prizes were won by Hither and Mike Moore Door prize was won by Hon Parsons The H I and Milton Oldtlmers hockey game at Milton arena in March was a great success reported Mrs J Kuiken Proceeds from this will be used for the future residence Now the snow is goine some progress is hoped for as regards suitable land for the residence May is lowers of Hope week and the seeds arc here Volunteers will soon be busy packaging them ready for the door todoor campaign the week It is hoped wt will be as well received this year as we have been in the past Funds will also towards the proposed residence The week will close with a dance at the Milton Arena with the providing the music The theme will be The Roaring Twenties It is hoped people from Acton Milton and Georgetown will attend as the workshop nursery and residence serve the whole North area Mrs Jennie Kuiken reported on the Tinkerbclle Nursery She now lias five children enrolled If any parents of a retarded or capped child would wish them to benefit from this program they should contact Mrs J She would also like more volunteers to assist her With more help the nursery could operate three or four mornings instead of just two as at present The workshop is very busy at the moment and they are expecting the usual flood of chaws to reweb once the weather a little warmer anyone has chairs that need rewebblng please call Mrs Julie Conroy The next meeting will be on April at the Acton library Lounging Lassies hear makeup talk On March at Church lounging club met for a special meeting on beauty dure Mrs Ingles from the Georgetown Pharmacy was the commentator brought several products and explained how to ust them She demonstrated how to put on makeup on Marlene Hume and Verna the club this week were Silverwood and H members Mrs Ingles passed out somt pamphlets and some sample make up Meeting five The fifth meeting of the Ashgrove lassies was held on April at Hill crest Church were selected to work on the cover design and skit Achievement Day has been thanked to May 27 Mrs Mills talked on cosmetics hair care shapes of faces and complementing hair styles Mrs Cunningham talked about fitting your garment Then members did samples of a facing with a gruduakurve and another facing with a sharp curve Art display The work of the young artists of M C A Junior Art Club is on display in the Family Store window The group has been meeting in the library on Saturdays with Mrs I aura Dittrich The work is very creditable YOGA WAS a popular course at the high school Wednesday during the mini school For yoga there s both theory and practice Pictured are Debbie Diane Timbers Photo by I Jennings Draped by A Welcome Success in Kitchener lor Years FOR FREE MAKING An experienced interior decorator and Personalized service in your own home For our Acton Representative Call Doug or Marianne Allan At 8531385 For prompt friendly service kindly call between andepm to ensure our being at home and not on a house call LEARN HOW TO LOSE WEIGHT AND KEEP IT OFF Join WEIGHT WATCHERS OF ONTARIO FOR MEN ADELAIDE DANIELS Founder and Director ion S3 weekly No about our mo at all local New class opening in Acton Starting Tuesday April 25 And every Tuesday Evening thereafter At the Church of SI Alban the Martyr code 416 WEIGHT WATCHERS OF ONTARIO LIMITED Lawrence Ave Ontoro Zellers GEORGETOWN MARKET FREE FREE FREE FREE CASH YOUR FAMILY 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