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8 The Acton Free Press Wed April write Farmers clamor for wells in Bangladesh Bruce and J run tetter la ud friend back In Canada Just arrived from Bangladesh Here some of letter l shared with Pre reader I a loo mother Mrs I lllun live on lake Dam Bangladesh October Iff Friends Greetings to each of more Bruce Jean I Andrew left Dacca August ah and met Kfmberl and Richard in Calcutta evening We went over night train to Varanasi l Benares and spent the next visiting temples mosques museums and so on all the usuallj recommended for tourists Bruce had been there previously on more than one occasion but it was a first for the rest of us We con llnued our train to Dehra Dun west and taxi to Mussoone in the Himalayas were fortunate in being able to there in the home of Indian friends now living in Dacca and ten glorious of mountain peaks rugged swimming beautiful pool thire known Breach The hod pined there as toddlers In i a went for an hour long ridt to sec the famous Caves of of the Hindu and goddesses hni carved into nails there Kim her sixteenth hi fore we left IVimhav to Madras we hours in visiting thi home of idler and their fue daughters Indian friend of our After mother hours of we reached Madras The of Catholic lit In who look after our children well when thev are triielllng through Matins to and from school met us it the station and took us to our hotel We were in vitcd to spend the next af after a hot humid Club As the temperature was hundred relaxing in this li before pendinfi night Equipment turnover solved the We Although thev knew that Delhi Bombay and Madras were to come managed to spend most of their on Jewell en and Kashmiri embroidered shawls We visited and Kilmarnock where had spent the summers of and and it was interesting to note how much Kim especial remembered One fact in particular amaied her as she went from place to place things like flat rocks used as tables at their tea parties trees used to play in and so on were all very much smaller than she recalled Thev seemed huge to her then but now in her words they are just tich We were saddened the fact that such a change had occurred in the during the jean of our lb The language school always so bustling with tivity Is almost nonexistent now Several missions have disposed of or arc in process of disposing of property In accordance with new Indian laws Storekeepers fruit and vegetable sellers walk the hillsides looking for business The majority of mission houses were Times have changed but it was nevertheless thrilling to be in the Himalayas again Rather reluctantly we left the cool of the hills headed for the of at Delhi and the Agra It was flcult to were actually there for it that we were still looking at a picture of it so exact did it After living in India and Bangladesh for ve en vcar we were able to be there in person Elizabeth was upset that en in a place as beautiful as thi hundreds of win scratched into the Halls On our waj to Indore stayed overnight at Rat lam Mission Compound and were delighted to have good visit with Walter Anderson our long time friend We were In on August for s eighth birthday Frances Buckles another close friend had muted guests to help Andreu in his celebration These included brut ill the Indian ladv doctor who had delivered him the pastor who had baptized him and many of the children s former playmates During our four days there were booked solid even hiving tea with two families in one afternoon preceded and followed large dinners in September th Intel Kim lretl tht stnior school there mn Andrew en the junior school in tin miles It w is a r ither sudden decision but life in for little whose is much of the time can be quite returned air to September staved for mother month riturned to Dacca formeriv called third as far is Calcutta there she flew to The train part of the a distance of about 1 miles cost her twelve dollars To from the cold of ft to with its temperatures is quite a However one soon tonus Jean had planned to slay In Ooty mother two but as the children had ill settled into school Ilk with no major adjustment problems she felt here wis no need for her to reinnn there where she trawled into two sleeping lags two hot water even night about in order to keep warm The recent floods and other of this nation have eft many people homeless and hungry Gruel kitchens have been set up In many places to feed some of the most desperate Others weakened by malnutrition arc dying from Intestinal diseases As usual we are not personally Inflation has pushed up the price of all foods Butter for example la now per pound and powdered whole milk is pound Since our cost of allowance Is fixed we merely cut down on such luxuries but are glad we can afford to buy the staple foods we need Thanks to all who have written to us Your letters are ALICE BRIDGE of Rosemary Road is one of the last persons to pay a Telephone at Moss Pro Hardware on St Hubbell takes care of the details Beginning April 26 Bell customers may pay their accountsat any branch of a charted bank or use the brown envelope accompanying the bills Coxe fights Whenever politician logelhir the matter of situating i landfill somewhere witfiln the region boundaries is sure In he under discussion Last weeks tour by riglnns public works committee In Hills wis no landfill silt question is anil will continue to one the most critical and live issues for the region The committee stopped at to take look at the acrt parcel of land that has been recommended as the major site for region launches tirade I as the bus rolled n siderood lxn Coxt a resident of the the area representative on regional council moved from casual conversation he had engaged in and hunched Into a tirade against the It the first lime Mr had a verbal What In mountain if In mutiny I lulu mm llm r hud at la foi hi viral gu mi til urn truing the of I If I Issue that spark Initial meeting be thi committees tlnB was called to of mutual Centennial library notebook by Mrs Isabel Watson library 1 lake tlm helves Here shipment of books public si and It will to 111 em so ready for the we went to four hour lirivei so Brute could show of his how to ill the propeller pumps in wells this time of year It wis fit till to weld flanges on the ton hard to see when the pumps were locked the casing Within a fm weeks it will be much the firmcrs will be w to pump water to rnnate the winter crop lubewell program minus to grow with far imrs ihmirmg for wells 13yearold cancer victim leads normal happy life Though he Is only 13 Brent Selislui of Milton knows what money donated to the Canadian Cancer Society has done for him Had Brent be bom years earlier he t be around to tell his story today Nine vears ago while Brent was recovering from a bout of chicken pox his mother noticed he was unusuallv A few later while bathing him she noticed an unusual lump over his The doctors diagnosed this as a Wllm tumour a rare form of cancer in children usually before they are six Twenty years ago survival chance was practically nil Today It can be cured and victims lead a normal life The grapefruit size tumor removed from his abdomen totally destroyed his right- kidney Doctors were confident they had gotten everything But six months Inter a spot on his left lung was discovered Radiation treatment quickly destroyed this Brent still visits Toronto Princess Margaret hospital for yearly check And though his one kidney precludes playing contact sports he is able to play a game of tennis and has excelled in his school work He can thank his parents for their early concern the Cancer Society for effective treatment and the people whose dollars provided research funds and equipment to fight the disease Is there any better reason to support the April fund campaign presently in progress in Acton and district FIRST DIAGNOSED as having cancer nine years ago Brent Sclisizzi of Milton is an active and healthy teenager is a brief review of Home that have been processed art available How to Build Your Own Coat Home la complete floor plans by Anderson Survival in the Bush by Bernard Assinivi Is proving popular The Common Millionaire and How to Get that Way should be popular A Book on Concrete and Masonry should be helpful to all those doit yourself folks There arc a dozen new books on being friends with your shade trees trees shrubs and lawn bulbs this set covers almost ah Dangling is tint Jack In the Hour Midnight and The Bodyguard Man by Philip vans arc intense thrillers Knight Acre by will surely please her wide following James The Goa Tree has greatly publicized and is another of our collection Jaws by Bench ley has been on the best sellers list for months TheHawkhne Monster a Western la quite a treat for our Gothic readers There are 13 paperbacks of Catherine The children books are wonderfully illustrated this year and beautifully colored There is a wide selection of every aspect of the growing jg Mai playe I hope M Day as well a variety new how chess books J wither ram the fiction section as well was disposed of Wednesday 1ifi representative I town suggested the ft with the region acquire rtf a It became matter was n and without ll JtSlfrf affr all other mat I frf and de upon of JfllT was thai lngd by Councillors Tom Sutherland of Burlington and Dill of questioned the jve jrd wondered if the was the right one Hills reprrvitatives the was jailatk request i motion to rescind the motion presented the Joint committee stands That has to be sane loned by both councils During that discussion staffers were or Wed to have emergency numbers published and mad known to tht general public Works Chairman Jack lis pressed the issue He said it was brought to his attention at a public meeting in Acton I don blame the people in for being mad Id be mad too He noted the lonal directory had omitted the emergency number and regional councillors in the provide the as well such as Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John Carre and a fabulous new one by there are horse stories JohnCreasey TheMastersof hockey and other ports and Bow Street The even ear racing books HS HOLDEN OPTOMETRIST Cork St East GUELPH to fight to get a land because it prime agricultural land but now the region wants to take acres or a landfill site he said 11 absolutely Incredible No one can here and say that i likely place for a of the consultants lnmfm if Ion who recommended he site would m lke Even the mention of the land mi site near sends woud the councillor in else Surely gushing ind sets the stage tor things than this one he con tinned irt of the program iuhl to in abrupt halt Cobbe the who hid organized the was lutdtred about Dont worry about smell carrying out normal farm procedures have nothing to fear from officials of the Ministry of We Hal pur a where Br formerly been head thi vocational departmmt special general was held and after being garlanded and to speeches by principals of both parts of the school about tht fine contribution Bruce id made during his time there Bruce addressed the In Hindi w had tea and ixtilkul I n sweets Several remembered as four yearold mischief and tried to talk to him but us he has forgotten Hindi and the boys speak communication was rather difficult Still there We stayed at the CMS House in Socle I In The huge mahogany tree planted on the compound by David Livingstone is still there bo are the crows We an afternoon of ERIN farmers from Erin have been worried about possible Ministry of Environment action because they are spreading manure over fields They were concerned the ok He is a humble Environment Ministry might frown on resulting odor V j j in who MimsteroftheEnvironment gave the h id helped downtrodden the good word this week lhat his Ministry Ian t too worried in an ma built up a N Mi farmers who are only mission enterprise I hi made some too has fir loo people of his and without the help appalled at conversion of people our drilling program would MP I PCI has called for a shake up of the people in Ottawa who are running Canada a program of metric conversion Kemphng said last week Canada Metric Commission needs more direction from both the government and cabinet ministers He stated the of progress in converting Canadians to the system is appalling Give your child all die advantages Let him grow with Savage two evehnt drilling have reached the smaller om is hem maik ready for work Drilling will begin whin roads and fields inn enough to carry equipment other pi equipment ill it ill pumps and in expected to country shortly LOOKING for a spring time home Well this cosy dwelling is for the birds Its situated high on a pole in the con park watting for visitors to decide if the rent too high or not Celebrate the LEGIONS savage shoes FLAME OLD TORCH by purchasing the Royal Canadian Legion Tulips The Rate payers Association is holding another meeting tonight Wednesday SCHR0EDER CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC Queen St E Brampton H SCHROEDER Doctor of Chiropractic 416 BOWL for Pleasure BOWL for Health THE ENTIRE FAMILY CAN BOWL TOGETHER GO BOWLING ACTON BOWLING LANES N Member PA C The variety which Is chosen to bear the name of Royal Canadian Legion Tulip to the Darwin Hybrid claw of tulips This class represents the finest achievement In the tulips horticultural history This variety is unique in that it Is a perfect example a fine tulip of outstanding qualities In regard to the of the flowers the color flowering habit Its lasting qualities and general performance Crtly a few bulb were first Introduced some years ago It Is mid season flowering which means lowering after the early tulips but before late flowering Darwin Tulip The color is golden yellow with black anthers A touch of soft orange deepens the color Tha flowers are large compared to many other tulips they are long lasting and borne on strong stems of approximately It is a diploid 14 chromosomes The bulbs will be top only this maana a bulb with a circumference of cm or greater and will bo prior to leaving The Netherlands by Dutch and Canadian Government Plant Protection Service Chosen from many yellow varieties The Royal Canadian Legion Tulip will be recognitad for their outstanding display and great beauty COST Per Hundred or Si Per Dozen TO PLACE YOUR ORDER CALL Bob Angell Ed