Gail Douglas course graduate The Acton Free Press Wednesday July 5 Circus wild animal trainer doesnt need womens lib Mrs Tommy states flatly that she need to be liberated Feeling that she had the peak of her career In the dangerous field of performing on the high trapeze Princess Taj ana as she is known professionally turned this past winter to something she describes as less demanding and not so exhausting That something is presenting a mixed group of junglebred leopards and pumas In a big steel arena She will be appearing with the Three Ring Circus when it performs at the Milton Arena on Saturday July and Georgetown Arena Tuesday July Own career I am a married career woman and I have always guided my own career she claims In a quietly pleasant and mstterof fact way While working with wild animals is a relatively new experience for the slim and attractive German born daughter In law of circus owner George Senior her circus background Is nearly lifelong When I was a child I was always climbing all over every says whose family was not in show business One day my mother took me to the beauty shop in Heidelberg to have my hair curled There was a well known living In our town and we met her there She told my mother she thought I might WHEN THE circus performs she scalledPrincessTajana At have talent and asked if she home she s Mrs Tommy Hanncford of Hanneford s circus might train me She thinks women bored with their lot should try something was seven then When she was In her teens pupil and feather became partners and shortly after came to the United States to appear with a circus But In America the partnership lasted only two years Tajana different like she did York famous Radio City Music first experiences were a bit more all nerve wracking than hanging by I felt that I had gone as far as her heels sixty feet in the air could go the trapeze she without a net says After all it is a limited I decided then that if the became a member of the field not like a dramatic kitty cats didn chew me up Id Family and with a actress I needed a new be all right she recalls And she single trapeze act made a name challenge was Slowly and patiently for herself challenge she decided developed a smooth On TV day would be to become a performing routine in which the Over a period of several wiidanimaltramcr Althoughahe bit cat do such things as sit up years she made a total of five hud been fond of animals and roll over on command walk featured appearances on the and familiar with them dealing the plank jump through a hoop Ihencurrent Ed Sullivan TV with the wild variety was to bo a of fire and even push a baby Show She appeared on television shows the major Months of practice followed Asked if she had any advice for Lust year she reached expert tutelage of women who feel trapped in tlit ultimate goal of performers veteran wild animal trainer their or career she smiled in the variety field a month Captmn Frank Simpson one- suggested Just try long starring engagement In New stunt man and test pilot Her more Interesting Attends reunion at first school Mr and Mrs John Brown of Calvary Attn visited with Mr and Mrs McCullough for a few days Mr and Mrs Gerry and daughter Mary Kaye of Kitchener visited relative here over the holiday weekend Mrs Lillian Duval Kitchener and Mrs Jean Clarke Brantford visited friends in Acton last week Town of Acton employees their wives friends got together for the annual steak at the home of Mr and Mrs Jack MurshuU R last Wednesday About attended Many of the teacher are takinj courses and unl losses during the summer vacation Many of them are for university degrees Two Acton couples were surprised to mtet each other at the at Halifax this neck flew back on the same plane Mr and Mrs Bert Hlnton and lath had been combining a holiday trip and the convention of the and Associations Mr and Mrs Lome were down cast for a A convention Handy Wcldon Dale Fisher and Gary Turkosz left Saturday on a car trip to western Canada They are driving Stewart s car out for him since he travelled by military transport to posting at Die where she taught M years was revisited by Mrs on Saturday June is at Port Hoover four miles out of Little Brlttain near lindsay It was Mrs Luton first sehool when she her teaching career as a in The sehool is closed and the reunion was arranged of former teachers and pupils They came from miles away to mark the occasion school is to be sold this Saturday Mrs Lillian Eaton traced her former pupils of her 191617 term all of them were there who could come but to surprise she realized half of them are now dead Making the trip to the reunion with Mrs Eaton were her daughter Mrs of Mr and their daughter Supper served to bus tour Lust Ihursday SO Golden club members from Alma and stopped off in Acton for their supper They were on a day bus excursion which had taken them to Black Creek pioneer village The roup arrived at the United church here and were sandwiches tarts cookies cake by 10 members of the U W The roup happy one and included some residents of a nursing home A clergymen Rev Maxwell also came along on the trip with the older people In the was a Canadian checkers champion a gentleman who over years of age catering as arranged in advance was profitable for Gail Norene Douglas graduated from her Registered Nursing Assistant Course with a special pinning ceremony on Thursday June Received by each student were their name tags and their graduating pins from White Oaks Secondary School Along with 12 other students Gail took this two year course including her secondary diploma which was received on Friday June 23 at White Oaks Attending the ceremony on June 15 were Gail s parents Mr and Mrs Norman Douglas of Acton brothers Norman and William grandmothers Mrs Ann Douglas and Mrs Alice Worsfold from Toronto Mr and Mrs George Chenery aunt and uncle from Toronto and Gall s godmother Mrs who Is also an aunt Gail attended Speyslde Public School at its opening year Senior Public Acton District High and finally White Oaks Secondary School Gail is now working parttime in Milton District Hospital GAIL DOUGLAS Gail has accepted a position in Be Ontario near Lake Nippon By I was a terrible patient I could only be still for just so long then I do the wash then pop back into bed for when came home To give the appearance of following doctor Over the past couple of months thinking done acquired a fairly good tan and let my fingTnnih grow to a decent length but every time started thinking of writing a column my mind went blank Graduate to CFB Chi Stewart McCulloch graduated from Sheridan college in the Technology course He is the son of Mr and Mrs James McCulloch Nelson Court and is a of John F Ross collegiate He has been In the militia and has now received a commission in the armed forces He was three weeks at Canadian Forces Base Manitoba and Is posted to ChUliwack July He expects lo be training in marine engineering in the sea element of the forces Stewart leaves the ranks of the Rams due to his commission He wat an important factor in the team s winning the lacrosse championship Inst year Stewart has also been active the fair RN degree at Ottawa Lathy Cummlnts I from Ottawa Civic hospital with her N Degree on June She is a granddaughter of Mrs lillan Eaton of Acton and Mrs I attended the graduation ceremony Cathy parents arc Mr and Mrs Claude of near Ottawa Mrs is Mrs daughter Dura posted lliwack STFWART McCUI LOCH Honors degree 1 decided Unit this was ye r for or one just to put a bit of spice in my life and led ord to the hardly anything to write about and SSiJ there usually very little of interest that happens In bed That doesn sound right bull llgivctheeraserarestanalctitstand Three incidents editors pencil and must be left I guess there were three to amusing incidents though My love the first was when Gord came Incident number three to bed night around midnight now then about once every with a box of baby ducks I four irs or so I surprises afraid 1 rouse myself me speechless with a beyond the point of looking compliment 1 can t remember into the carton then jut when the last one was but it quite some time sliding back under the covers Suehound on the other hand was in the tailend of a false pregnancy and on hearing the peeping was over joyed to hear her babies had been born even without her She sprung onto the bed and me and preceded to try to crawl all pounds of her through the two inch hole in the top next morning however after trying doggedly to lick the feathers on one duckling flat Sue spit few times with a disgusted look contented herself with just lyinc rolling her eyes at them time to time Farm terminology second incident came when we had visitors a couple interested in forming Cord was over some of the farm in tutorial tones ending up by saying that mostly animals considered to be Pregnant A cow is in calf a horse in foal a dog in pup and so on 1 was a little restless and to liven things up a bit I diked musingly if a pregnant is considered to be in camel Before Gord recovered from that 1 continued and is a sort of compliment with no Mi din We lay there side by side witchini the swallows flashing by the w lows and up under the caves for quite a few minutes thoughtfully rubbed his foot tin illy the moment came He took and said You liiv the nicest roughest hi els to teh my feet on is my love hen i My dazed husband was still stannj at me wondering If J was really thai dense when our visitor in all innocence came out with the perfect classic answer Unfortunately it would be even in its innocence game for the ni VACATION SCHOOL for kids to come and have fun make new friends and learn I Churchill Church on Churchill Rd mile N of Acton July 1014 till noon REGISTRATION July at 845 am Games I Sing Songs Crafts Lessons Hikes Refreshments For further information call Shirley Anderson 853 Joanne Turner HOW you pronounce the word Erin is on indication as to your length of residence says the Erin Advocate If you say Air in you are definitely a newcomer if you say Earin you are a native Giaduoting recently from the University of with an Honors Bachelor of Arts Degree in Mathematics was Stephen Howard Coles of Attending the were his wife the former McKeown of Acton and their son Trevor also his parents Mr and Mrs Howard Coles of St Marys and formerly of Alice St Acton Steve received his early education at Robert ittle and District High Schools LOST anything The polite hove had given to them this past week a yild watch found in the water at the swimming area at the park and scuba diving also found at the lake Proudly Presenting AT THE MILTON ARENA ONE DAY ONLY SAT JULY 8 Afternoon and Evenings GEORGETOWN ARENA TUES JULY 11 World Famous HIDING WORLDS GREATEST CIRCUS TALENT AND OVER AGAIN THE STORY IS ALWAYS THE SAME HANNEFORD 3 RING CIRCUS IS POSITIVE AMERICAS NEWEST BIG SHOW THE ALL NEW 1972 EDITION MIAMI COME IK THE CINDERELUS CDRHATION BAIL CirTTEB GALAXY OF GORGEOUS GUIS HANDSOME MEN AND AN 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