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The Acton Press Wednesday November 1972 TREASURE ISLAND CAME ALIVE Tuesday morning for Louis Stevensons famous classic This particular Captain Flint Black Dog and the wonderfully wacky Ben everyones attention as Jim Hawkins the youthful owner of students of Speyside and schools as a group of four performance was the for the group since September and Gunn who had been left on Treasure Island six years before Ihc treasure map From left to right the pictures show Jim young men from Toronto who call themselves The Jolly Ihe audience was in the palm of their hands throughout Brian by Long John Silver had the children on the edge of hysteria Hawkins yelling orders to the crew while Long John Silver Jesters invaded Speyside and held about 200 youngsters and White was fnghteningly sinister in the two roles of Long John John Candy was alternately scary and friendly in the parts of ends a hand at the wheel Jim making up his mind what to do their teachers captive for an hour while they acted out Robert Silver and Blind Pew while David playing the roles of the pirate Hand and Dr livesey and Martin Brogg held about the treasure and crazy Ben staring off into space while Jim tries to make sense of Bens riddles Jennings returns to interschool sport Last Wednesday we had visitors at the school The principal and a teacher from CW school in Toronto came to take a look at our semester system We are expecting various other groups as several schools seem to be interested in using Acton as a model for Introducing First of Series On Wednesday evening November 1 the first in a series of family life education meetings was held The topics discussed were The New Styles of Marriage and the New Roles of Women Although the turnout was not as high as expected the discussion was heated Brian Guidance head presided and our guest was John Dougan Mr Dougan is a psychiatrist at the Community Psychiatric hospital The next session in January will deal with Developing Sexuality Thursday Mrs Sue Bums math teacher and assistant guidance counsellor went to a three day convention In Ottawa This event was for the Ontario School Counsellor Association We will hear all about it next week Test Aptitudes Friday morning the Grade Nines wrote the Ontario SCAT tests These were to test aptitudes for future careers Alan Eastwood Science head went to the Science Centre in Toronto Friday for a convention Due to being too busy Mr Rowley and Dr Tamblyn make it Bottle drive The last week of the bottle drive sponsoring the students going to Spain and Halifax was last Saturday The students not only earned money but also had a great tune See computer Lord Elgin has a computer and it for this purpose that Brian took his Grade Math class there Monday these 18 students went to see it operate the IBM 1130 Milwaukee convention By Janice Gibson Flying to Milwaukee is an experience in Itself but It also great when It for a convention Clarence Acton flights Industrial Arts and also Geography teacher attended this this event from October to October Two elementary teachers and one geography teacher as well as Mr Rognvaldson represented County The convention was for the National Council for Each morning they were taken on field trips to sec the different land features of the Wisconsin landscape Thursday morning they studied the northern glacial features Friday it was a cultural tour of Mllwaukeethe changing trends from with a special emphasis on the beer that made Milwaukee famous Finally on Saturday they had a tour of the waterfront the Great Harbour which was manmade Workshops In the afternoons the spent their time in workshop sessions- LINE FLOWER SHOP Miles North of No Hwy on Esq Line We Haw a Good Selection Bound to Please Flower Arrangements for All Occasions Fiesh Cut Flowers A Potted Plants See Our Selection of Hanging Planters PHONE ACTON 8632739 By Mike Alba no and Debbie Swuckhamcr This year Acton High School is buck in interschool sports competition jist year no teams were fielded for two reasons money and the lack of suitable opponents It is very difficult for a school of students to compete against schools that are three or four times as large Certainly it is almost impossible to hove a winning team under these circumstances But this year we arc certainly going to give it a good try JUNIOR BOYS VOLLEYBALL The season ended two weeks ago Coached by Carl a French teacher the team played well but was outclassed by the larger schools On the season our boys won seven out of 35 games Congratulations to Dave Ron Moore Jim Hurley Dave Mills Kevin Glen lce and Robin Happiness is closet shopping studies lectures and discussions on methods of teaching Geography Thursday evening there was a one night and Friday night the members of the C had a social night Saturday afternoon Mr met two former residents and students of Acton Peggy and Paul 1 He had dinner with them and they later drove him to the airport The Halton County Professional Development Fund financed this trip Mr said It was a real experience but that he was glad to get home to Canada He feels nothing can beat being a Canadian Save school Members of Halton Region Conservation Authority will meet with MPP Jim Snow and George Kerr Nov to discuss pros and cons of restoring the Bruce St school In Milton It has been proposed as future offices Happiness is buying at The Closet What is The Closet Its the school store where students can buy practically anything they need But why docs it have such a weird name Well the closet door In the auxiliary cafeteria is swung open and there Closet The price Is right the quality is good and there service is friendly The was established last year under the supervision of Business teacher Boris Shean by the Marketing class The project gives students a nance to gain an insight into the various activities involved In organizing and operating a retail enterprise in a practical way In addition it provides the student body with a much needed service Inscoc for their effort JUNIOR GIRLS Physical Education ttdditr Miss Jennifer Mills Is loathing the girls Junior basketball team So for our girls ire Last Thursday Alton played its fourth game of the losing to OTHS To date Maureen Maria Susan Mills and Gloria Browne art the leading scorers Hie next game is November Milton SENIOR BASKETBALL Ibis year the Acton High our senior basketball team are being coached by Guidance head Brian rtny have practising ruesday night for the past month with approximately 12 players showing up purchasing sales inventory accounting display and ad The manager of the as elected by the Marketing class is Mike Throughout the school the walls are decked with posters promoting the Closets wares Business proved to be brisk so to meet the demand the Closet had to expand A display case was built in which a variety of Items ore stored and displayed now the store consists of one closet and one display case hope the Closet continues to be a success- it useful to the student body and for those of us in the Marketing Us a really meaningful activity I meal for Hot Potatoes Dublin Hot Potatoes held their third and fourth meeting on October Mrs rhey discussed books achieve ment day and the next meeting Oct JO The menu was eggplant tossed salad stuffed potatoes and cream of celery soup While things were cooking they heard notes from Mrs and Mrs Douglas They then served the food they had prepared Thursday was their first official practice The will be playing schools in the Past district T A Georgetown White Oaks etc Although our chances will be slim these larger schools Mr stated we are going out to win all the games despite the fact that we are the underdogs The will be relying on Jack Holmes and Steve Van Meet and newcomers John Tobin and Bruce could prove to be great assets Anyone interested In the position of manager or trainer Is asked to contact Mr Skerrett NEED SUPPORT Your reporters would like to comment on the lack of support the student body has displayed towards our teams so far Last year many students were critical of our withdrawal from competition why I you out supporting the teams this year Its hard enough for our teams to compete in tins league its twice as hard with no Tan support So lets show some of that school spirit ARTHUR A JOHNSON 54 Mill St E Acton Wednesday Saturday Milton US Main St B7B MMMMMAAWWMMMMMMM JAKE JENNY PAULINE Guess what were doing CHATELAINE LIGHTING York Road Bright Ideas for all your Lighting Needs SELECTION OF HOUSE FIXTURES Lamps Door Chimes Swag Lamps Electric Hen Baseboard and Portable Central Vacuum Cleaning Systems Wiring Devices Future Parts etc Ventilation Hoods Fans etc FREE PARKING Open Tllvpm The nicest thing that ever came between a woman and yip her windows Scrape By For our Acton RoprowiUtim CALL DOUG OR MARIANNE ALLAN AT 8531385