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The Acton Press Scouting history in Canada by Mark Row When Robert Baden Powell published Scouting For Boys la January 1MB no had no idea how successful his program would be By the end of 1MB Scouting was active in many countries and it contin ued to grow So much so that his late King Edward VII asked Lieut General BadenPowell to devote his full time to Scout ng In 1910 he came to Canada on a tour and persuaded the Governor General Earl Gray to become Chief Scout of Canada This began a Hon which has gone un changed In Canada The current Chief Scout is His Excellency Jules Governor General of Canada la 1816was the year Wolf Cubs were introduced into Canada It was also the Scouting came to Won George Mason and Fred Coles formed the first troop The troop brought honors to Acton when at the Toronto Exhibition the of chose as the bestdressed group and St the honor of being to teas the Grand Parade The first Jamboree held in IBP in At Lord was made Scoot mi Jamboree sear Among the ma over be Rob R has x- the Acton Sememe for seven pears Cher and from the Halton District The Wei Cub movement was started in Acton in The Girl Gu dea also formed their company in this year Sponsors the Knox church the Rotary Club and the people of Acton have all been sponsors of Scouting at one lime or another It was the people of Acton and their donations that built the Acton Scout Hall It was built under the direction of Scoutmaster Billy in 1949 The Rotary Club completed renovations on the hall in 1MB In the Boy Scout program was reorganized and Scouts who formerly went from ages 11 to 19 now only went to age To fill the gap the Venturer movement was introduced Acton first Venturer Company met that same year The last and newest section of Scouting introduced In 1974 ThisTs the year Beavers of Canada started Acton was started by Andrea Acton Scouting movement is now open to all boys aged to 17 years of age With alnstory like that don you think Scouting should be thought about at least once a Road closed The Credit wont be lhetr request for a road closure the Hallos Hill in r ling t The CoiiMrMititiTi A want the road dosed Lots and 28 Ounces tie Leo told got works meeting he would like to know win the toad should be because the too asks the same question of other want roads I it is rocky and no purpose but I still a written answer from the Conservation Authority as to they want it closed We can t ask residents why they wan things done without ask the Conservation Author too We have to treat everyone equally ex plained Councillor Em Hyde ested one reason the Conser vation Authority would want it closed would be so they could have a park development The town has no objections to closing the road allowance as long as they receive an answer as to why it needs to be dosed from the Authority As soon as they give an answer their re quest will probably be granted the committee decided High blood pressure Is another good reason for avoiding excess pounds Blood pressure often in creases with weight the Ontario Heart Foundation I