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6 The Acton Fiee Press Wednesday Mar 151978 Ukrainian Easter egg decorating at school by Jennifer Rowe Different parts of the world celebrate yearly holidays following the traditions which have been passed down from generation to generation Marilyn Shean was a guest at the high school Tuesday morning where she demon to students and teachers the beautiful and skillful art of Ukrainian Easter egg decorating Mrs Shean had a display of books dyes toots and decorated eggs on hand while she did actual demonstrations and instructed interested students in the art Mrs said he art had for more lhat2000 years with children learning the difficult designs on hard boiled eggs they art about seven years old There are two types of Ukrainian Easter eggs the which are raw eggs THWAITES tries his hand at j decorating Ukrainian Easter eggs The eggs are solid colour and eaten on the carefully dyed in solutions and painted using a Easter morning feast wax resist The beautiful designs on the painted on following the same principle of wax resist and dyes Bees wax is used to cover the areas where the dyes ore not wanted Each egg is painted with a purpose or meaning in mind Villages from different areas such as the mountains plains of cities use a special pattern or design to Identify them selves After being painted and put into several different colour dyes the eggs ore dried and then coated with several coats of shellac to protect them from cracking Eventually the yolk will dry up Inside the egg and make a rattling sound The traditional Easter morning In the Ukraine begins with the Lenten fast being broken by the sharing a hardcooked followed by a large feast The meal is interrupted by the church bell indicating that one of the village boys has finished his meal and was the first to reach the bell The first boy to reach the bell la believed to be the first In everything for the rest of the year The Easter egg painting in the Ukraine involves many legends and religious beliefs Easter egg painting Is ex plained by a story of a ped dler who was on his way to the market place to sell his wares a basket of eggs when he came upon an angry crowd They were mocking a man staggering beneath the weight of a heavy cross on which he was about to be crucified The peddler taking pity on him and leaving his basket by the roadside ran to his assistance Returning to his basket he found the basket had been transformed into beautifully decorated eggs The coloured dots on the eggs signify where Marys tears fell on the eggs when she saw Jesus on the cross After taking the eggs to church on Easter morning and having them blessed the are used to uphold many Ukrainian Easter beliefs Putting Ukrainian Easter eggs In the wheat insures a good harvest Buried in the roof of a house helps protect the home and family against fire and other disasters If a girl likes a special boy she will show It by giving him a decorated egg on Easier morning Today the tradition of the McKenzieSmith news MARILYN SHEAN demonstrates the skillful art of decorating Easter eggs following the traditions of the Ukrainian people Mrs Shean was at the high school Tuesday morning for the demonstration Ukrainian Easter egg is still alive Many women still begin in Lent to decorate their eggs for the coming holiday Many of the older Ukrainian women start designing their eggs in December and selling them for anywhere between and Decorated goose eggs go for about This year Ukrainian Easter falls on April 30 It is these unusual customs such as the Ukrainian Easter tradition which each ethnic group brings to Canada lhat add to its diversity and uniqueness as a country by Carole and Chris Bagloskl Our school hockey team has been Involved with an 1m school tournament The team consists of Fred Dean Hughes Rob Vermulen Mark Duval Rob Munro McCoy Paul Phelan Tom Murray Gavin Dave Dunn Mark Dean Mark Kri Tom Shannon Greg Bill Morrison Brian Danny Gibson Kevin KroU They have been practising for two months and met Centennial and Stewartlown today in the North Hal ton tournament The results of this tour nament will be written up next week Tomorrow at 3 30 the student council is planning to have a St Patricks Day dance It will coat 35 cents to Set in but ten cents will be educted to anyone wearing green or having a student card The school cast for the H M Pinafore is Steve Saxon Tony Saxon Paul Carter John Spited Yves Jeff Hill Delia Webster Sue Kinal Kim Heaps Chris Monica Musselle Terry Lynn McStravick Joel Pink David Allen Glenn and Chad Brooks On Tuesday and Thursday the periods will be cut five minutes short so the operetta casts can have a run through of the show We are all looking forward to our week long vacation starting next Monday Frank Maine speaks to students at school FRANK MAINE MP for Wellington Wellington county M Frank Maine visited Acton high school Monday morning March 13 as part of the Ira veiling caucus from the Liberal party The audience was made up of grade Geo graphy students who are cur rently studying Canada and the environmental problems it is experiencing Dr Maine was born in England and began his studies there He moved to Canada and continued his studies graduating from Queens University Maine went back to England where he received his Ph In organic chemistry In 1974 Dr Maine was elected to parliament Dr Maine told students at the high school that he got into politics because he believes science creates jobs and makes Canada more competitive in world markets Dr Maine is the only scientist in parliament and was able to answer the questions of students on the political side of many of Can environmental pro blems and policies Dr Maine discussed the problem of federal Canadian companies Maine informed students of the regulations investors must meet to come into Can ada or Its companies In answer to a question on Canada present economic problems Maine said Canada could learn a lot about business from the United States He fell Canada big businesses are becoming foreignowned and are making decisions without Canada welfare In mind Examples of companies who do their research out of the country were given by Maine and the problems this causes In the economy Dr Maine was able to deal with the many questions which the students had about the different environmental problems they are learning about In their class as well as problems they feel are portant to their future Keith Black department head for History and Geography at the high school suggested If pos the return of Maine to speak to classes in coming semesters Mug is open Saturday night enjoy live entertainment The Mug will be open this la located in the basement Saturday evening with enter open at 8 by Michael Dine Along with the soft drinks and Debbie Tyre for the first coffee hot chocolate and beef half of the evening and on a kaiser the Mug will be George Lasso for the second featuring home baking this part The coffee house which week county was a guest at trie high school on Monday morning Dr spoke to students SSffSSlS many of the environmental problems the govern ment is dealing with Dr Maine is part of the Liberal caucus which is currently travelling through Ontario St Josephs by Jo Anne McArthur On April fourth the annual Snriners Circus is coming to Maple Leaf Gardens In Tor onto At Horn therewlllbea special performance for school children Teachers of our ten to grade classes are taking their students to this special performance Class work before and after this visit will centre around some aspect of the circus Also the student council has loaned the worth of tickets out of the account It will be returned when the students pay for the tickets Last Thursday we received our school pictures Class and Individual pictures were taken To buy both the class and individual picture It costs If you don t want to keep them they are returned to the school Right now our school pop ulation is and growing From kindergarten tions we already have new students for next year Congratulations to our grade students who have completed their First Confes They are looking for ward to their Holy ion ceremony on May Agatn congratulations grade Mr Briggs received a letter stating that the Track and Field events will take place from June 3 to We will be looking forward to training after the March break This Thursday our school will be receiving report cards Good luck On your re ports everyone We will also be getting out for the March break that goes until Tuesday March We hope that after thb holiday everyone will recycling programs Student concerns over future energy sources were expressed by members of the audience Maine cussed many of the different alternatives the government are examining as future energy sources and the pro blems they are encountering with these alternatives On the topic of foreign come back safe and sound investment and ownership in DAVID SWETMAN ROBERT HART to Show Exhibition Place Toronto March 17 to 26 Canadas largest annual outdoors exhibition 12 acres over 500 exhibits Weekdays Noon to Saturdays am to 11 pmJ Sundays 1 to pm Senior S3 SI Item SI Mutual Lifo of Canada is pleased 10 announce appointment of David Swetman as a sentative in the Acton area Mr Swatman Joins Mr Robert Han in servicing our many clients in community NOTICE Refuse normally picked up Monday March 197S will be picked up Tues day March 28th 1978 Further refuse normally picked up Tuesday March 28th will bo picked up Wednesday March 29th 1978 B Commercial refuse will bo picked up Thursday March 1978 WORKS DEPARTMENT TOWN OF H ALTON HILLS NEW TOYOTAS PER MONTH PARK TOYOTA 8772261 SHELBY DIAMONDBACK DESIGN MAG WHEELS Made from HiStrength A356 missile alloy Correct off Mt for Toyota applications 84 from 70 J Kohari D T J Novak DT GEORGETOWN Guelph Street ton Hwy beside Post Office DENTURE therapy CLINIC Phone 791 MARCH IS RED CROSS CAMPAIGN FOR F0N0S MONTH v wo 16 Road S Suite 304 GEORGETOWN Parents without partners General meeting TUESDAY MARCH 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