Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), November 3, 1976, p. 5

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It was quite a shock to wake up this morning October 23 several inches of anow Especially when it not the first of the season Hey where the fantastic weather we re supposed to be having to make up for that lousy summer Makes you get religion in a hurry I know I been contemplating offering a sacrifice to the nearest volcano Anyone know where there s a vestal virgin Boots don fit By rights one should be able to appreciate the season s first snowfall It calls for standing quietly In wonder while murmuring gentle poetry But how can you murnier gentle poetry when both kids are hollering that they don need to wear their winter boots and they grown out of them anyway It was a mad rush digging out hats and mitts dusting off the boots Erica limped around in hers the expensive ones she Just live without last year declaring they were going to dislocate her toes However a well timed frown from her father flurried her Into admitting the boots were stretching Snowdrops an shelf The barn was even worse The chickens squawked and cackled falling over each other to get outside and then falling just as fast back Indoors again That II put them off lay again The one horse who stays in at night danced out Into the wind and hurtled backward when he discovered be was blinded by the bright snow Unfortunately my arm was attached to him when he hurtled backward The cattle huddled miserably with you ve got to be kidding looksontheirfaces I try to be cheerful but it very difficult knowing there worth of spring bulbs still on the shelf the dahlias in the garden the carrots to be dug bam alterations to complete and the hoses to bring in Let hope for a gorgeous November The Acton Free Press Wed November 3 1976 BUILDING PRODUCTS award winning fork lift drivers are as follows In front row H Oakley Hofner McArthur T Mancinni J Backer H DeForest and B Gillespie In the back row G Hill J CboneyR BlytheN Moore T YeoS Magyar G C Taylor E Muehlbacher Mitchell B Struthers P Narhgang and Adams 25 fork lift drivers pass BP tests IVcntyfivL fork lift Shipping supervisor Eric drivers at Building Products organized the Limited passed a twoday program which was aimed at initial training program improving worker safely and received awards BUILDING PRODUCT fork lift operator Steve Oakley gingerly manoeuvres his machine through a figureeight while officials mark and tune his progress Standing to the left are Erie and Glen Jackson while Brian kneels offered by Clarke Industrial Equipmtnt last week Drivers look classroom instruction Friday then ran through indoor and outdoor tests Saturday Plant manager Brian Lock hart presented wallet sized certificates to the drivers during lunch at the Legion Roy and Garnet lopped the driving Legion celebrations at the Branch were a resounding success Everyone had a very enjoyable lime both in the auditorium and in the lounge The Poppy campaign got underway on Friday Oct and Comrade Ted Pope and his committee report plans are going well for the Remembrance Day Service on Sunday Nov but regrets to say that the attempt to have a special service of Remembrance on Nov will not be possible this year but feels that next year Ihis plan could well into effect Cnbbage and darts are go ing along quite nicely with many enthusiastic players signing up Scoring in the league is as follows Club 5 Fireman A Fireman Station Hotel Legion A 11 Hills Works Dept 3 Com Records 7 AM Construction 11 Seven lis The Darts has twelve teams entered but haven t as yet picked out names for all teams so I will indent if them by numbers- Team No No 9 No 3 No No No No 7 No 8 10 No No 10 10 No 11 14 No 11 As you can see these scores are very close which indi cates to me that there are some real Dartists in the league this year and well divided up Have nothing to report on Ping Pong yet probably next press release I will have something Comrade Jim Higgins re ports all is go for the mixed Euchre Tournament on Nov 27 Total money is 250 and the fee has been set at per couple Don t forget Pub Night on Nov 13 Entertainment will be supplied by Sarnia Branch of Ihc Canadian Legion and our own Choraliers will be on the bill as well Sounds like a great evening of good old Limey songs On Tuesday evening Nov 23 the Rotary Club and our Branch will cosponsor the Choose ft CMC I TILDEN ANDREW MURRAY MOTORS Raid GEORGETOWN Notes by John annual Senior Citizens mas Party Choraliers have been asked to entertain these wonderful folks and I am sure they Kill be glad to comply Is always a pleasure to do so While I am on the subject of Choraliers they could surely use the services or a regular pianist you out there know of anyone who would like to play for them please let me or any Choraher know of him or her I have been instructed to mention a request from the Santa committee re children of members of the Branch up to and including nine years of age to please hand in their names and ages to Ihc Branch They do not want to miss anyone ir at all possible Hoping to sec you all at the Remembrance Day Services and dinner comrades Thais it for this time BUILDING PRODUCTS plant manager Brian proved himself a little less than able in the tricky ways of forkhfting Saturday Mr Lockhart just missed balancing the rack properly much to the amusement of employees who were taking a refresher course Board caretakers raise is cut 4 Avoid The RUSH Shop NOW For Best Selection See our large inventory of clothing for New born to 14X JUST ARRIVED Wide The World Famous Clark Wallabees now in Double widths for men We stock size 6 13 43 to DURING RECONSTRUCTION OF MILL STREET ENTRANCE TO STORE IS AVAILABLE BEHIND S AND BANK OF MONTREAL shoes Downtown Acton Hoard of ducat ton has been forced to cut the raise it gave its full time caretakers last summer by four per cent Trustee in ftrmt Hi hurl lhursth tin Influtun Ins tin tttn PRICES LOWER THAN THE SUPERMARKETS WAREHOUSE FOODS Three exciting new GAFSTFf STYLGLO Sheet Vinyl Floors with the long lasting Brite BondTugh gloss finish 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