Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), July 26, 1972, p. 5

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The Acton Free Wednesday July 26 120 playground children relive Frontier Days With summer well underway rer 120 children are attending playgrounds provided by the Acton Parks and Recreation Board at Prospect and Sir Donald Mann parks The playground at Sir Donald Mann Park has been set up for KELLY Sharon Bcndfcks Gay Dorothy playground Goldrush Diy at the park Photo Kaiser Lonann Cook Richard Denis Emond Pink Billy display costumes and gold nuggets at the Acton Rural scene is base for potential artists and 8year olds living In the east end of town All other children are going to activities in Prospect Park In the west end Playground supervisor and swimming instructress Wendy Bell and her 14 counsellors decided on Frontier Days as the theme of this year program which has been reduced from to sin weeks ruesdays and Thursdays are special events days where there is something planned pertaining to the theme Harry Hash House a western type diner was open at Prospect Park last Tuesday Thursday the playground donned old style dress to celebrate Goldrush Day Real CanCan dancers Festivities Included soft drinks from a good choice of saloons or visiting a cabaret with real can can dancers Black Creek Pioneer Village was the destination of the play grounders Tuesday where It Is hoped they an authentic view of frontier life Tomorrow Thursday on Australian Christmas has been Highlight of the day will a a Finn day and Dinosaur Day are scheduled in the next few weeks along with excursions to Toronto Island for the eight to 12- yearolds and the Waterloo Victoria Park Zoo for everybody Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays the children do arts and crafts play soccer floor hockey field hockey and other play ground games Swimming lessons are taught at regular intervals at the wading pool in Prospect Park Miss Bell and coinstructress Cathy Ashley work with learners five days a week Maureen Susan Val Mitchell Sue Mills Vol McGuinn Ronnie Moore Jeff Patterson Caroline Donna Drew Barb McNabb and are playground leaders supervising the program under Miss Bell An open Invitation Is being extended to all the residents of Nassagawcya or any place else for that matterto view and possibly participate In Inter change Interchange 72 is an open and flexible arts and crafts course being offered at the Hall and School throughout the summer months The Invitation is being offered by the program seven instructors and creators The seven young people most of them from arc teaching such sub jects as pottery painting and drawing and photography Art lessons Art classes arc conducted Monday to Friday from to m Cost a factor because students only have to pay a token IS cents a day If a student t have the money he or she have to pay claims Mickey of Moffat Miss Is the courses photography Instructor and one of the organizers of Interchange Purpose of the arts and crafts program is to the young people of a chance to do something says Miss There s not much to keep youths oc cupied during the summer months if they don t have a job claims Interchange creators began thinking about the project last winter conducted studies on population on the availability of other such programs and the potential success of the project remarks Miss Use hall In the spring the group was granted permission to use Brook Hall from Nassajaweya Council The Hal ton Board of Education allowed them to use Public School the group needs the school facilities for photograph After the had obtained the backing of the two cnic bodies they successfully applied for an Opportunities for Youth grant The first session of the program started on June and art classes v ill extend to around Perhaps the word class is the wrong wordit conjures up the imakc of school teacher trjinf to drum Information into students Time tar experiment youngsters work with the teacher of the particular art subject are Involved from about a to p The next hours are a free workshop where the students experiment states Miss Most of the students in from six to If the spokeswoman re not in of hiving pre school because there would be too problems involved We re not a day care centre or a dropin pad On Saturday mornings the and instructors have a workshop whore everyone works together It fantastic the way helps each notes the photography instructor Youngsters p in Inttrth can the funda mentals of a still life or pot or the basic principles of photograph and other basics In the photography class the potent camera bugs are making a box camera whichwilIbcfreLOfan complex deuces The students will simply expose piece of film which will placcdinthobox to the sun A pin hole will serve as the camera aperture Although several in have taken ad vantage of the program the art group would like to sec more enroll re hoping older will take part few mothers who their to the hill have ventured ins i before the know re involved Miss observes art show will be at the ill on S lurdav for the purpose of introducing the BARTENDER RICK gives last call in Ihe Goldrush students projects to the public Day Cabaret Thursday afternoon Playground kids filed into wKmet IS seven teachers say in unison dancers Photo Pink Miss and her niece Miss Christine are visiting in Italy Julie I and Scan Hcatlcy enjoyed last week camping at Niagara Fills with their grand parents Mr and Mrs George Miss Jane Williamson is pleased to inform her friends that finally had her foat on Saturday Jul It a boy named Whiskey Yacht Mrs Masoles and Scott Mrs J A and Mrs J Frank visited at Port Elgin and Owen over the weekend Peter Nielsen son of Mr and Mrs Jorn Nielsen isspendinehls two months summer vacation in with his grandparents and uncle Mr and Mrs Russell Matthews and Mr and Mrs Wes Hi and Mr Albert of Tiverton have relumed after a trip to Cope Breton Mr and Mrs William Near of Kitchener and Miss Margaret Near of Toronto were visitors of Mrs A Near Avenue on Saturday Miss Cathy Fulton of Dartmouth Nova Scotia Is visiting here with her uncle and aunt and cousins Mr and Mrs Tom Watson and family Mrs J C Dennis visited with friends in Sarnla recently and attended the funeral of her Mr John J Duncan at Brigdcn who was a frequent visitor to Acton Mrs W Mason attended the of her sister Nellie widow of the late Percy She passed away at the Hospital Wolkertun After service in the Hope Funeral Home Paisley July 10 was In Sanctuary Park Cemetery Port Elgin The wedding of Bill and Rosemary High this Saturday has brought relatives and friends from a distance to visit Mr and Mrs William Doll of River ton Man Valerie Menard and daughter of Winnipeg Mr and Mrs Doug of Prairie and Mr and Mrs Gerry Doll of Manitoba There was a family reunion last weekend Mr and Mrs John van der Brink have returned from a motor trip to Alberta liter Reeves of Burlington was among the nine new members appointed to the Royal Ontario Museum Board Minister of Colleges and Universities George Kerr made the announcement In a press reli lust week Mr Reeves has a wide with museums in the United States the United Kingdom and He is currently Chairman of the Hoard of the Hulton County Museum and has been a member of the Board of Management of the Joseph Brant Museum for the past three and is former president of the Burlington Historical Society Pick up all the pickup you need at N0RTHEND BP Dalsun law Pickup will give you up to to tre gallon It no will cruise all about half you been paying lor ordinary trucks Is it any wonder It America best selling Imporl truck 1600 It economy drive the more for your money truck N0RTHENDBP AVE MILTON TEL Houri Weekdays p ROUND STEAK A BOX CAMERA is bang built by the left displays the box camera which is being photography students of Interchange an built along the guidelines of the by camera arts and crafts summer course being held in Angela Ross holds Course participants Donna the Township Hall In Brook Dennis and Tom Hartcourt look on Joanne second from the Photo by D Redly Fire bureau planning annual contest Plans for the annual county wide fire prevention poster contest have been formed by members of County fire Prevention Bureau The contest will be held this fall and la open to any child attending grade five classes In an elementary public or separate school Each fire department In the county will organize Its own local municipal contest and the local winters posters will be sent on to a county wide competition organized by the bureau Judges from outside the count will then select the top boy and top girl in the content plus six runnersup All the winners will be honored at a bureau banquet in November with trophies and certificates The form of contest will be slightly different this year the bureau announced In the separate school students will enter through the schools and the public school students will be participating in the Oakville Safely Council poster competition In the three north towns the contests be handled throULh the fire halls am first of the contest is Fire Prevention in the Home and it is designed to get youngsters in the nine to year age bracket interested home fire prevention and seeking out fire hazards The children have to read up on fire causes to be able to draw a Lood poster Illustrating the theme explains bureau chairman Glenn Stringer L0VELL BROS MEAT MARKET RED BRAND BEEF Sliced or Roast net Chuck Shoulder Roast Rump Roast Choice Boneless Prime Rib Roast Lean Ground Chuck Fresh Small Link Sausage 69u Maple Leal Lb Sliced Side Bacon 89 LOVELL BROS MODERN MEAT MARKET 77 Mill E Acton Dally Delivery Phone Raid with bargains on Regular Baby Scott Dlapen Scented or Undented Ban Ultra Dry Deodorant 81 Black Knight Golf Balls 333 CloseUp Toothpaste 29 Men A Ladles CoolRay Sunglasses OFF Curad Ouchless Bandages 73 Dee Tee Napkins E Johnsons Baby Powder 88 13 Regular or Sanitary Napkins Llsterine Antiseptic TameCreme Rinse 77 House Garden Bug Knier m ACTON PHARMACY GLENLEA DRUG MART

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