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Mnuiawn PRIVATE SALE town house years new bedroom end unit broad loom throughout gloss doors to a fully fenced yard Vendor will assist with Tin anting to qualified purchaser Price Eagamlf house In i Mason Box ACTON SELECTIONS Large room older brick Five room aluminum bungalow Brick apartments and store building Choice of semidetached homes Large six room older home large Two bedroom brick homes TwoBrand new brick homes Choice of Country homes TRY AN OFFEROWNERS ANXIOUS TO SELL JACK HOLMES REAL ESTATE BROKER Please clip out for reference Penney REALTOR EXCELLENT 1st MORTGAGE This less than a year old home Is an excellent buy lor you at this time Along with great financing this three bedroom backspllt comes complete with a new fridge and stove Must be sold Asking Call Terry Sanderson FRESH AS SPRING Charming three bedroom bungalow on quiet crescent In Dorset Park Upgraded thru out finished rec room and fenced yard are ust a few of the many plus features In this home Priced right at Call Mary Villa Just listed Is this Immaculately kept three bedroom sldesplit In Dorset Park Features Include main floor family room upgraded through out The homeis situated on a quiet crescent on a large lot Ask U4 For further information call Terry San today YOU SEEN NOTHING YET Imagine a large master bedroom with a combination sunken sitting room A formal dining room makes this stately twostorey a one of a kind buy at 900 Contact Terry Sanderson MINI FARM Nearly new three bedroom raised ranch bungalow on acres just north Acton The warm family size kit Is a delight and comes complete with walk out fo cedar deck Among the many extras are a large rec room with brick fireplace barn and fenced paddock Asking Call Mary villa now F PENNEY REAL ESTATE LTD Steeles Avenue Milton For More Details Call Trustee The Acton Free Press Wed April Wants 40 minutes added to work day Georgetown Trustee Ernie Bodnar wants to see high school teachers in llalton teaching at least minutes a day Instead of the present average of minutes During a discussion Thursday by Board of Education about the length of school days and the school year Bodnar said if the number of periods In a day was Increased the board could save money on staff The board was Informed that In most schools a period lasts minutes and teachers RURAL HOME About acre brick finished basement large master bedroom double garage Very low down payment SUBDIVISION level very reasonably priced June Warner Manager Mart Villa Terry Sanderson 4162444149 Duncan Archibald B6mga5l ACTON PROPERTIES Is the asking price of this excellently maintained home Has a new kitchen Including a new gas stove and Is redecorated throughout With a fireplace In the living room and a ISO ft deep lot this Is an exceptional buy For more details and a took through call Ray EXCELLENT QUALITY homo featuring large kitchen with eating area It living room large bedrooms rec room with bar and fireplace Lovely home good possession only Call Murray Smith 877 JOHNSON CARNEY REAL ESTATE MORTGAGES CHRISTIE WOODS REAL ESTATE LTD Represented In Acton by ROY GOODWIN COUNTRY it Acre building tot close to Milton permit available Asking We need a few more listings We have many qualified buy ers some with all cash for houses building lots farms are on duty for five periods each day Of those five periods one is taken up by lunch and the other is a spare or preparation period It was noted by the board that on some occasions the teacher preparation period is lost to other duties such as filling in for a colleague off sick says the schools t have lo hire as many teachers if there was an extra period each day He t think it would hurt teachers if the amount of time they spend leaching was increased from minutes to or minutes a day The length of each period would have to be reduced He noted if each student took four of instruc a half year could be off the time it takes lo receive enough for a secondary school graduate diploma suggested each could lake four credits each semester and hive by the end of just three years Denoted a pupil would Ihcn need only three more which could be taken in the first semester of the fourth year The board went along with a report which shot down previous suggestion calling for longer school days in the first semester the first semester lo end at Christmas instead of January of the next year and schools to close earlier in June The board was informed that s original idea t work since the Ministry of I ducation requires schools to hold days of instruction each year regardless of the number of hours a school is open plan would have only three days off the lime in June school closes and would have left the board the problem of the first semester after Christmas Under legislation the board can do some cxpen mentation with the school year including open and closing schools each year earlier lhan they currently do urged the board to continue examining ways of experimenting with the school year so the Christmas holidays will be the end of the firs I semester The board supported call for more study of possible ways of changing In an interview later Bodnar noted it is difficult to make chances to the school year since the present lure has been around time We should make some changes Nothing should be this sacred If the school year has lo start before Labor Day so the first two weeks January wasted before the second semester starts then let make the change maintained the fcv weeks taken up by classes and exams after Christmas before the second semester starts time well used by staff or students lie emphasized he has no qualms about having school star in August and end a little in June in year OLYMPIC OPENING ceremonies included Anne Smith Sharon Camp bell Linda Osso Linda Sawden Sheila Cook and Sharon Cook i Spilling the pins Halton student scores above average on tests CALL NOW SI our Toronto Line The majority of llalton dents in grades four six and eight have a better mastery of the basics in reading and than their counterparts across Board of Education released statistics Thursday showing Halton students per in vocabulary reading comprehension main concepts and math pro blems solving tests given to pupils throughout Canada In most cases the majority of students have scored higher lhan the nalioml in the tests which have been in since 1972 Superintendent of Program John told the board the tests are purchased from a firm in the United ates and statistics arc kept so can compare its students results with those from right across There t any similar tests designed to allow to compare its pupils marks with those in other parts of Ontario Grade four grade eight pupils tested each year since have done well while the erade six marks have generally been lower and this is the board some concern is being in vesicated explained ide four pupils in Hilton have consistently scored well in the lest wilh over per receiving marks the national norm percentages above the itional norm have ranged from of percent in to a low of 7 the Church Services UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA TRINITY CHURCH ACTON Rev Beaton B A B D Dr George Elliott A Director of Music Sunday April 18 1976 to a m Worship Service Sunday Church School and Nursery Everyone most welcome THE CHURCH OF ST ALBANTHE MARTYR 1172 Anglican Willow St and St Alban Rev iLeonard Rector D rector Music Mrs Frank Oakes Maundy Thursday 7 pm Holy Eucharist and Stripping ot the Altar Good Friday a Prayer and Meditation Easter Sunday April am Holy Eucharist Ma Choral Eucharist Tuesday April IS p m Confirmation Class Christ Has Risen Alleluia PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN CANADA KNOX CHURCH ACTON Rev Andrew A Han A d Master Easter Sunday April 1976 am Minister a Confirmation Class for Teen Church School tor Beginners Kindergarten and Grades a am Easter Worship Special music by choir Sermon Theme Faces About The Risen Christ Final sermon in series For transportation to service please call 2339 or a Sunday April Spring Communion Everyone Most Welcome EVANGEL PENTECOSTAL TABERNACLE P J3 Church N Thorn in Pislor Sunday April 10 em Sunday School a special service with Easter music and song Also Child Dedication Service pm Hlsey House of Song will present vocally and Instrumentally the Easter Message Tuesday Wednesday April and p The Easter Week Services at Christian Reformed Church Tuesday April p Prayer Service and Bible Study Thursday April m and Boys Brigade Junior Choir Rehearsal a c A Service Friday April 7 pm Orchestra Prac ALLAREWELCOME Excellent free Bus for children and adults to and Sunday School on the All Red Buss Also Rural pick up For Information phone or Isaiah and Seek ye the Lord while He may be found call ye upon Him while he is near Let the wicked forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts and let him return unto the Lord and he will have mercy upon him and to our God or he will abundantly pardon MAPLE AVENUE BAPTISTCHURCH Maple Ave Georgetown A Fellowship Church Sunday April IB 45a m Sunday School tor all ages Ma m Morning Worship pm Evening Fellow ship Thought Peace rules the day when Christ rules the mind CHURCHILL COMMUNITY CHURCH Churchill N Minister The Rev J L McFadden B A B D and Mrs Eleanor Sunday April 1 a Worship and The Church on the Hill Is an Interdenominational gallon ministering to the needs of the community II BETH EL CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH Sunday April Sunday Worship Services at a and Pre school Sunday School during the morning service Sunday School during the afternoon You are welcome Church of the Back to God Hour heard over these sta lions Hamilton am dial St Catharines CHSC dial Toronto CHIN am dial 101 H Z Toronto CKF H 1130a dial ACTON BAPTIST CHURCH Street East Founded Pastor Rev Das Sydney B Sc Pastor Phone Sunday April 18 1976 am Sunday School and Adult Bible Class am Easter Sunday Service and Baptism Tell the advertiser you saw his ad in Hit flirt Not as high a of wade four have scored above the national avcract in the four year hislorj of the reading com prehension with the per cents ranging from a high of 7 this year to a low in 1973 Grade fours have yet to top the GO per cent mark when compared their counter parts across in the math concepts- test with a low per cent above the Can average in 75 per cent scoring above the country wide norm in the first year of testing The percentage of gride four pupils receiving marks higher than the norm has ranged from 7 in 75 to per cent the fie tests were ad ministered Grade eights hive also done well when com on all four with other grade eight in reading comprehension they have scored between 1 per cent the firsl the lists were given to per cent this year Vocabulary results have been good loo since the range is between per cent in 1972 71 and 61 this year Once the math mark haven Wen as im pressivc with a low of SO 1 per cent recorded in 74 and high score J recorded this ye on the math concepts test The percentage of eights above the norm has ranged from per in 1973 lo per this year Grade six test results have consistently been poorer with the pupils scoring below 50 per when other frade Indents The best percentage mirk for grade sixes was recorded in 74 per cent scoring above the national ivengc only Si 4 per mirks higher the avenge in 1972 on the vocabulary test grade six pupils have vol the SO per barrier in the readme comprehension but came close in both 1972 7 and 1971 74 when per were above the national ivcrage I lie lowest per cent was re corded this year with per cent scoring the average The percentage results for llalton grade sixes havt steadily dropped from a high of per cent above the Canadian in math concepts the testing wis conducted to a of per year The results have steadily declined at the grade six level from 1 per cent scoring above the national norm the first year the tests were ad ministered to a low or this year promised steps are being taken lo improve Ihe six resulls and noted he as some private theories about Ihe drastic drop in marks between grade four and six and then Inc upswing in eight It was pointed out to the board that tests haven been updated since 1968 and there is very Utile metric work involved dents are now more oriented to the metric system than the old decimal system said he Is disturbed when students t above the national norm since Is a very affluent area and Its pupils should score well He old the board Continued from five j by Trillium who look last canto Lilacs Firing Snap a triple and Debbie Thomson GOO M White Susan Conway ant Mclanie Hurtle Topi Pcrriwlnkles were Joan Mars Gilbert mi Susan Walton and Vert Lilacs who SdV their championship hopes go dowi the drain when they dropped to Trllllums had Mm 1267 Jud 1174 Pat champions INIHJSTR1U COM April Will two game win Iron I- rutore pit Drive In roll were Keith Andnwi 77 M and McMillan Texaco Service as a a tore Bar 1c Noll tin S3 win from Mums with Jackli Parker IDT dm Kcnn il SCO 103 and Jane 1 heading up Hit win Making pplng Car 311 TOT and Jim win lor Reliable Wooden kE15t Don kept their plnjntf hopes alive with a win Motion Beaver War I Norm Whit 1 in Rod Met 616 71 Snapdragon championship CI League Tlviln62 John Hotel be Torpedoes battling Mian with games of 1130 their nix game lota up fur thi total pintail td Wood Mara Dunn James Thornton Ann Perry and Andrews triple and In Teardrops who had 1115 1141 to brine the pintail up to had Janet Maxlne Me Kinnon Jim and Ttnnic tripling and singling Spitfires whose games 112H brought total pintail up to and the third ACTON April Mom Hardware may be ling the field I are capable of Utile red Is Marlon 228 and Hum Ann Moyer getting the count and so Heading up the spoil were miles with of 10051101 1183 tor a total of This was set up by Joan Knight 125 Terry L d up games lor total were their best Brad Timbers 201 and had em Honey Decs trailed with games of 1086 for the Six game total of Tripling and singling In their trundling were Jean McAfee Tom and Char Erect banner leading Mi provis Ihe Tripling and In the win were Fran Miry 1 aplllon Belly Cheync 201 and Kitty Allen 221 Top trio In the s roll Mere Manes Pat Mood Linda Duncan and Fiona Hodgson j58 paced the win Making the most for Construction wtre Mclsaac537 Grace Robert son nd Mary Stokes Hilton Hills Garden Centre a two and totals winner agilnit Tl Istlt who won Sparking ihe win were Iynda McDonald Pat I 135 and May CO Top counters tor Thistle Custodial w re Audrey oumnns 221 Donna Jeffrey 558216 and Mar Ann 166 league standing Nielsens Clothing lib Aclon I A Hal ton 1 Garden Ic Mens Hardware ACTON April Well Spitfires arc the leneui champion Up against the top spot holder- Ramblers the Spilt put It all together lor a I totals win and grabbed championship by half a point Fiery team member was in for mention diner via he sola or route for Spitfires Garnet Case 711 Monica 111 Ifllt Bonnie Lilllco Sandy John Caw and Mike Noble were a up there Ramblers tried hard the top spot but it was not to be the efforts of Roy Topclko HO Dennis Theresa Matheson Diane Matheson and Art George triples and sin Hies Sharpshooters made it a two and totals win Playmates grabbed Ihe finale by 28 to the count Top trio lor shooters were Leo BUI Brooks 224 an I For llaymales it was Carmen Thomp son and John Chapman 471169 going for win after missing out In the first to Boozers by ns Watson 216 518 211 and Scott Walson headed up win Top for v re Mien Lnrscn Davidson 221 Doug 20J an Mike Mislers 200 League standing Spitfire Rooters Play mates 55 Co Getters 8vi Spitfires win league ACTON MIXED Hoi Shots broke the first play tie with Hellions and took the league championship when they made a triple win from Tiny Tims Tripling and singling in Ihe win were Brian Hillings Joan Forty 327 Fran Baker 304 and Tom Laienby Top trio for Tiny Tims were While the Mohawk Kid 218 Laurie Johnson 241 and George Flinders Hellions lost chance of grab bing honors when they only the Saints Ik dine up the He lions efforts were Jackie 537 2081 Baker and DonLe 213 Top count for Saints were Jcrrj an 251 21B and Pat Z05 tip on the triple and single A Cm inter was erected on the town m en This banner April is Cancel month Full cycle Not inter depress nip too soot sr to fly again educators inert inidi in lists ible sinct men tests ire developed so students knowledge of Hie bt better evaluated Trustees were concerned about Hie larfe of pupils wlio don I score ibove Ihe national norm despite tin educational ad vanliges in some observed it would appear longer student I is been in school the poorer his per compared with others in Canadu One board pointed out between per of the pupils tested ire always at the norm so the number scoring below Ihe Canadian avenge isn that One reflection of the kind of population has and the types of standards educators expect ire the I results Sixtj pt cent all grade fours In had It over too this year and per cent in seven hid scores above June Sue 1ST and Jean 198 For Cats Mamie Allan 554 Ina Wilson 155 and Johnslon406167 were tops Car pet Baggers were a and totals winner losing out to the Jltler by pins In the second Ward j97 184 and Jean 219 headed up tic win Top for Jitter Marianne Hitchcock 490 Pit 111 and Ml lion 167 gan who dropped a in the middle by pins Sparking win were Jean Lum Heidi Good ngs 503 Dusters efforts wen 1 rice Donna Slaves and 13 ICO standing Dames Carpet Baggers Carpel Dusters Jlllir Rugs Can on MAJOR April Ihe ir off were already Silver Creek Shell Meadows Union and Acton Lanes In that order the boys wire v ng ll the old 110 per effort to pick up the extra Creek Shill with Had Andre Conway 280 and Tom Browning pac the win Top Irlo for Slhcr Shell were Ken 284 Peter Gates and Jeff Fryer 249 Acton Meadows wen a two game winner from Store with Norm Mac Herring ton 244 and Wayne Mason heading up the win tor Bryan Dunn 419 311 and Larry Bob Turkt Porto Hotel finally broke the jinx with know what It a all about Archibald 288 and Jake Van For the Taxi squad Hank Earle an I Pete 230 had he league standing Silver Creek Acton Meadows Store S3 Acton Reliable Taxi Boyd 211 Jos and George Best efforts for bells from Doris I and Jansen Final league standing Hot Shots 133 Hellions 131 Pushovers 114 JcizabcllsM Saints Tiny Tims Hot Shots win league championship BIG FOUR April Misfits made with a big win In first against Hot Shots and It served to get them 2 point split seeing as how Hot Shots took the last two cantos Heading up the Mil s roll were Laura Ken 585 199 and Bob 2H Tops for Hot were Greta Haanstra 245 Jack 205 Pat IBS and Hennlc VanDam513212 Happy Rollers made ll a two and totals win the first go to Dummies by Dam Norma rice 202 and Louie Grant 1S4 sparked the win Top trio In Dummies roll were Harry I rice Jock Van and Tina Van Der Kooy 599 Lengue standings Misfits Happy Rollers Dummies Hot Shots The saying Is thai records arc made to be broken still and Andre Frenchy Conway high single of 403 for the Lanes seasonal records by hoards Dunn of s Store Major league scattered pins far a game had nine strikes In a row let up a corner pin in the tenth last frame on his ball spared It andlhenclcancdthcdcck So near and yet so tar from thai all elusive pertcctgame a Store bowler Ronnie Rookie rushed to the hospital last Saturday eve to have a trouble some appendix removed on a bringing Joy to the Bruce Major league homestead Jean Bin den was the winner of the ACC ladles weekly draw Ac ton Ladles league banquet time and place all set Takes place May 14 at Ihe Scout Hall Acton gala team of Wood Madleen te nia nice Norton Lynda and Norma Price did not faro so well In the Adams Provincial Roltotf it Ihe Sherwood Lanes In Hamilton last Sunday They ware also iftmongtl the also ram The my Con