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The Acton Wednesday May PYRAMID seconds was a winner at the Cadet A Rama at Acton representatives won many events Photo by John Acton cadets top corps at Cadetarama Acton s Calvin Cadet Corps almost made a sweep of events at a Cadet a held at recently in competitions between 250 and 300 boys from different cadet corps The Acton club strong took three of the five relay races in compass reading knot tying lashing pyramid building and ice rescue to take the day trophy while the four counsellors took the only trophy open to them pyramid building To cap the day off the Acton corps also took the overall Challenge trophy for the yearround competition between the clubs They chalked up a point lead over their nearest competitors at the winter snow games in February and managed to hold on with a slim lead at the end of the Cadet a Accepts trophj Jack Trass accepted the Challenge trophy on behalf of the Acton club from the president of the Cadet Corps Council from Stoney Creek Head counsellor John Oosterhof said the boys really worked hard at the competitions to bring home the trophy for the best performance of the day He is helped by Hank Klcine Deters Richard Van and Henry Kroes counselling the cadets Headquarters are at BethEl Christian Reformed Church In Acton The boys excelled at pyramid building taking the honors with a seven second performance Henry Kuipery Harry and J Kroezen ac companied the Acton club on their successful excursion to on the Tyler bus By Maxwell In lost weeks three soccer games our school team played White Oaks Secondary School General and T A Blakelock high schools The results were for White Oaks for General Wolfe and for T A Blakelock Better luck next time boys Report cards were mailed out this week for the second time this Kmester These marks were a little more specific as they were in number grades rather than letter grades Carolyn McKenzie a grade student at A competed in the finals of a German contest at McMaster University Friday and Saturday wrote on examination and were also tested orally The testing procedure lasted from 30 a m until noon Saturday The af teraoon featured an airplane ride over Niagara Falls followed by a banquet in the evening at which there was a presentation of awards The top nine students won trips to Germany Carolyn the trip winners received a total of seven books She was very enthusiastic about her excursion and happy with her prizes Carolyn The acting head of the Department of Languages of the University of Neil Johnson spoke to the grade French class last Tuesday N Johnson and lecturer Miss Dana answered questions about the language programme at the University and any ad questions the students had Another Root in limelight John Root 14yearold son of Mr and Mrs Bennett Root Knigntawood won top honors and took the prize for the first place In the allday finals of the Lions Club effective speaking contest The final was held In Peterborough on May 6 and drew contestants from all over Ontario and Quebec John la a Grade student in the John Ross at Guelph Prior to entering the Lions Club competition John won a series of competitions He won in Guelph Kitchener and Brentford He entered the competition which was open to Grades ton winning in Angus and completed the series of wins in Peterborough as the representative of the Club John is the grandson of John Hoot the P for Wellington and Chairman of Ontario Environmental Hearing Board This Board was established when the staff of the Ontario Water Resources Commission was absorbed Into the Ministry of the Environment Student volunteers to attend bazaar file high school student volunteers who assist the staff at the Sunshine School will all be on Friday June when the school holds Its annual bazaar and tea Other students help teachers in Acton public schools Residents of are reloading enthusiastically to the Sup Pollution in SPIN program ac cording to Bull McDonald Mra McDonald husband collect SPIN collection of re usable garbage at depots in Eden Mull and Brook the first Saturday of each month Two trip McDonald bad to make two trips to gather the May collec tion reports his wife Most of the people depositing waste material are taxing time to tie their paper bundles although some have forgotten to do so says Mrs McDonald McDonald stores the waste material in his barn until he has enough material collected to take to recycling or waste firms In Guelph and Hamilton New viceprincipal coming to high school New viceprindpal of Acton is going to the central ad high school is Ian Downie who ministration office as ad comes here in September He is mimstrative assistant for one presently viceprincipal of year Burlington Central high school No teachers have resigned Present vice principal Joe from the staff this Enthusiastic response to SPIN collections By Gloria Browne Many thanks to the Y Men for coming down to the and working around Thanks to their reorganization we have two extra rooms available for added programs Ron Mclntyre and Barne Payne have fixed one nice bright room into a pleasant art We hope to be able to present arts and crafts for ladies if they are interested The Men will be busy May and picking up donations for their Auction and Rummage sale at the arena May 27 If you wonder when they will pickup in your area check one of the many signs around town They will soon be launching their mammoth draw to raise money for the fall programming at the Y Dances at The Road Runners are holding a dance at the this Friday the 19th Starting the following Saturday they will run a dance at the every other Saturday The Thrift Shop ladies pleased with past turnout are going to stay open for a few more Thursdays from 7 to fl 30 Next Wed May we will be starting a regular night for teen age girls All facilities and games at the will be available for ihem Time for nap Yours truly has been asked to speak at the coffee Break at the United Church tomorrow morning so if you ve been having trouble sleeping lately and would like to sleep in for an extra hour bring a small pillow rest your head and the drone of my voice will make you sleep tike a baby In the lobby of the there Is a large display of summer camp literature We have been offered facilities at Blue Springs to set up our won camping program Although it would be really roughing it under canvas we Could present a much more economical program for both weekly camping and day camp if there is enough real interest and desire amongst you for such a project It t something I can ac complish singlehandedly A committee of at least six people who have a zest for living who enough to be involved and enjoy using their ingenuity to over come challenges could launch a real swinging program Let Nature Rest Let nature rest No canvas captures Her long portals Rising in repetitious Soft depths Designing fragile angles As her opaque veil Floats air suspended In consciousness Eavolvcs an evolution Our blind eyes Paint only in confusion A palette of pollution A compromise of reality exists Let nature rest Her needs reflect Our future hope SPECIAL PURCHASE 500 LANDSCAPING EVERGREENS ONE PRICE PRIVET HEDGE PLANTS li iiiiipi is I c ad hit mum FLOWERING SHRUBS did tilt i p it I Hi 86 This weekend is the Ideal time to plant evergreens FLOWERING TREES FRUIT TREES tin I I wit m III III t ill mil lit itncir 286 246 CAMPUS GRASS SEED it it oik mm SALE STARTS THURSDAY MAY 18th UNTIL SATURDAY MAY 20th BEDDING PLANTS Large assortment to choose from boxes PEAT MOSS 777 FERTILIZER lb Bag Patricia Salt Eve rain SPRINKLER Covers 2 sq ft ONLY GARDEN TOOL SET FORK RAKE TROWEL 88 WHEEL BARROW Reg 10 NOW 388 GARDEN HOSE NOW FLOWER BLOCKS and TOMATO BLOCKS 77 SPECIAL Reg 76 HEDGE TRIMMER NOW 037 CHARCOAL BRIQUETS 10 lb Bags Lancer LAWN MOWER atton engii Briggs Stratton engine 20 inch blade ONLY FOLDING WIRE FENCE Green in color 10 Reg 2 Special 7 Hwy Georgetown in Georgetown Market Centre 8775131