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B8 The Acton Free Press Wednesday May The second Instalment of members of the Literary Town Hall Talcs written by society and decorating was George Elliott follows quite responsible job Last week article on V Day was also written by Dr Flliott but his name omitted in error and not just a slight chill as It Is today Thursday evening before the dance High School students began decorating the Hall Jimmy as usual slipped wordlessly in and out making sure the hall was LEADING THE HAPPY VE Day parade in town are J M Bud McDonald Billy Middle ton and high school principal Stewart The boys band follows with the cadet corps They are pic tured coming along Young st after passing Ajax Engineering and lighting fires when Not too many years the needed A bit of a character Town Hall had the only large Jimmy Robertson had come ballroom in Acton The up- to town before the first world stairs ball was a handsome was Colonel one tall windows made up a s batman during It and large portion of its walls and a veteran afterwards He white plaster surfaces man of very few words by brown wood trim gruff taciturn nature lit by single milk glass light was often frightening to globes gave it a simple children some of whom he tasteful elegance quite fond of and a For dancing the white puzzle to adults Behind this maple floor was ideal and forbidding exterior must years of shuffling feet have beaten a simple kindly marred its rock hard surface heart though For those he The mnn dances held were mostly in midwinter when knew him well he was helpful At that time there was a caretaker who lived at the Town Hall In a room behind the Council chamber He did odd jobs such as cleaning up getting wood in for the stoves war About ten clock or so the students decided to call it the hall large expanse of windows could have made it a chilly place Heat was required and supplied in generous amounts by two large pot bellied stoves one between the two staircases on the south wall and the other going out of his way to do things for them without being asked and expecting no thanks He said little and hid behind a dour probably shy Scottish reserve He tough loo His the students a night and return the next morning to finish the decor and other arrange ments in the hall Jimmy was told so he would have the door open first thing in the nlng and everyone walked home The sky was clear stars glittered and the snow noisily underfoot It would be another below zero night and as the town went to bed pillars of smoke climbed straight up from every chimney into the clear cold air About two clock in the morning people in much of the town were awakened by a shrill clanging the Town Hall bell doubly loud in the cold It stopped A few minutes later more sharp clangs followed again by BOYS BAND played enthusiastically at the V E day parade In the group are Julian Donald Lamb Charlie Kingsmill and John Agar V E DAY PARADE included the girls platoons of the high school cadet corps Pictured passing Engineering plant this group includes Fran Chew Shirley Ralston Gamble Norma Marchment Mary Smith Kentner Coles Helen McLellan and Joyce Lamb Rowley ACTON HIGH school cadet corps had target practice on N Brown s farm just east of town in Among the girls firing are Irma Kentner Coles and Fran Chew behind them are Helen McLellan Jocque Norma Marchment Mary Smith Lewcock and Set Major SuHings the instructor Standing on the hillside are Fred Crewson Ralph McKeown and Ken Allpn in the north east corner by the clothes made no concessions silence This continued and fire exit the Willow street to seasons winter or summer corner or the building ad short sleeveless jersey to the Fire Hall The sweater a pair of work pants necessary stove pipes fedora sufficed snaking up the walls marred Apparently immune to both the hall appearance out no heat and cold it was not un one minded keeping warm usualtoseehimdowntownon was important for ladies in he coldest winter day with light ballroom gowns and bare arms gentlemen in suits Enough He was I suppose the wood for an evenings heat resident spirit of the Town was stacked around the Hall hovering silently about stoves and someone in he seeing the fires were lit and rowd usually saw that they wood was in and stoked when the chill closing everything up after required this attention during festivities ended How he got an evening Ihe job I do not know but it During the 1930 s and 40 seemed to me he had always the High School At Home been there people cither from curiosity or alarm threw on some warm clothes and hurried down the frosty streets to sec what was going on at the Town Hall To be continued dance in February was one of the highlights of the social season Printed invitations were prepared and each student was allowed one for his parents it they wished to attend Those remaining or not used were delivered to a list of local dignitaries carefully chosen I expect to add lustre to the event It was really a highly selected guest list was also the occasion when prizes for academic and athletic achievements were awarded During the course of the evening an Inter mission was called and a school board member made presentations to students dressed In their Sunday best often blushing and both proud and uncomfortable at the same time It was that day version of today Commencement For this dance a local group was hired to supply often the Merrymakers with Elmer Smith on lead trum pet This formal dance as were all others was held on a Friday night rather than Saturday as is the practice now A selected group of students spent Thursday evening and Friday preparing the Hall These were usually executive In or 1W7 I don remember exactly the week of February preceding the At Home was bitterly cold At nights the temperature dropped to fifteen below zero and that was in the days before Centigrade when fifteen below was really cold RIFLE DRILL pictured during inspection in the park in the park in 1946 includes left to right John George Elliott Roy Kirkness 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