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Crowd jams club for auction PEOPLE CAME FROM as far away as George town to the Curling Club auction Friday evening Alma of Georgetown inspects a chest of drawers before the bidding starts CHRISTMAS IS COMING says Sherry den as she admires Santa and his sleigh at the Curling club auction Friday A good crowd jammed the curling club Friday evening for that club s auction sale Members and friends oil in to donate an array of articles including a washer and dryer fridge flcld suite kitchen suite and baby needs By midnight most of the items were sold Auctioneer Max Storey a former curling dub member donated his time for the fund raising event Monies raisrd will go towards re novations of the club house In in to the auction thcrewas rummage sale well a table with baking crafts and preserves for sale Acton Free Press Wednesday Oct 1978 B5 Thieves strike rural home The inside of ft 1 swimming pool last week home was ransacked and the Entry wis through a lawn mower thrown into the basement window DOESN GEORGE ROBERTSON know that lftf he takes the lid off that bottle a genie will come out Mr Robertson inspected the bottle at thef Curling club auction Friday A good crowd turned out id bought most of the articles of fj fered Max Storey donated his time as due HEARING AID CENTRE Op Ilea I Having A Hearing Problem Problems With Your Hearing Aid Georgetown Friday Oct 69 am Acton- Fnchy Oct HEARING AID SERVICE Acton library looseleaf- Mayor Hill rediscovers CVCA by Esther TaIor What do you feed a mother less baby heron when eels arc not available Sausages Sausages Yes sausages although cost a for tunc according to Police list tic Ken is Welsh naturalist and con There an engaging photo of Ugly look like the unfortunate victim of on innovative hairdresser in Wildlife in Custody by Ken Williams and Ian Wildlife in Custody is one of those rare books that renew your faith in compassionate humanity It s funny educational descriptive and above all a thoroughly engrossing read about a young Welshman son of a policeman and grandson of a policeman who hoped to be a gamekeeper because he reasoned this was the only route to a job dealing with wild creatures ate in the shape of his dad thought otherwise Williams enlisted in the Welsh guards to learn discipline before joi tin Police Force However even during his Army service in the Middle East he managed to surround himself with animals lizards chameleons tortoises desert foxes and when last he returned to Wales to be a constable in Holyhead his days revolved around the care of wildlife on and off duty The sometimes zany ex of a village con stable and the adventures and of a born naturalist plus descriptions of beautiful mid Wales are combined in this story It is a Must for critter lovers And unlike some books dealing with l this has a happy ending in the realization of William boy hood dream Thanks to the Corporation who gave him a stretch of woodland and beautiful rocky coastline P C Williams opened his own Nature reserve at To quote from the cover blurb Now it is the home of birds of the field and forest and shore migratory winter visitors animals and fish and there is a hospital injured creatures Thousands of tourists naturalists and ornithologists visit every year One of Williams most delightful anecdotes reflects his enjoyment of a joke at his own expense The Welsh Guards in which Williams was the youngest sergeant was the first regiment post v to mount Buckingham Palace guard in red tunic and bearskins One night when he and a companion were on guard duty the pair had a sudden yearning or an apple royal Although a ware that pinching the King apples was a Tower job for sure the two crept through flowers to the Royal orchards When police arrived Williams was up a tree and the guardsmun was tilling his with apples The former recalls it raining London bobbies Williams looked down Into the eyes of an irate police in spec tor who informed him that he and tils crony had set off every bell in the place The Royal apple trees are all wired to burglar alarms Years later C Williams made the Birthday Honours list January 1 1974 for services to conservation in Wales In Buckingham Palace he went cold as he remembered some of the ine of his service in London notably apple escapade Questioned after the medal presentation about his obvious nervousness the ex guardsman confided to his sister that he expected any minute the Queen was going to come and say Don give him one that the guard they caught pinching our apples Remember the Big Snow December in the North Eastern of the A Suppose similar freakish The Credit Vullcy Conser Authority CVCA covered long time absentee Thomas Jefferson Hill in lis midst last week when found some of its work under attack by the Hills mayor The main attack wis against the authority plan to use Vaughn House on the Line for the education centre The public is paying enough for said Hill reminded the CVCA full authority meeting at Meadow vale that it was going to Vaughn House and get some money There are couple of teachers here whose I like to cut Hill suid weather hit the Stoles and this winter or next Imagine the chaos if the blizzard continued with no end in sight and without a valid explanation by meteorologists is the situation in Blizzard by George Stone new name in the local library catalogue It might be a good to read Blizzard on a hat day because physically and psychologically this is a chilling story with weird ending Incidentally Russian weather scientists were blamed for he potential wen in fact Other Culprits Other newish thrillers are Blindfold Anthony Melville Ross and Steel Hugh Suave Public Relations expert Julian is featured in the Pentecost mystery Diane Pearson s The Mangold is a paperback find and i great read for browsers fed up with much of the current fiction Pearson is the author of Casardis a library hardback Library critter lovers heard this true animal story few weeks ago A friend of the raconteur happened lo be in Prospect Park where saw puppy tied to a picnic table beside a supply of dog food 14 cans In this case the finder keeper rule made for happy ending collected puppy and tins and gave them new home At least once week this library staffer feels like apologizing to the animal kingdom for belonging more or less to the human species number Ken of is teacher who sit near Hill during the fill remarks about V House focused on the Information I ducatmn of which he is member He attended none of the board meetings The advisoiy boini has discussed mikuic House Silver Creek into an Outdoor Centre Tin project his been approved for i couple of years according to the Ixiards Robert Ham DROP IN AND SAY HELLO AND HELP US CELEBRATE OUR FIRST BIRTHDAYI tTok pensions Free Delivery in Acton Eden Mills Minimum Order of OPEN DAYS A WEEK Closed Sunday Monday Open Tuesday Friday 9 Saturday 9 5 THIS WEEKS SPECIAL 25 Frontier FLORIST GARDEN CENTRE OFF ALL EVERGREENS Visit Our Gift Shop 8222361 After Hours Call 8564635 criticized the hiring of i tor for Vaughn Jusl tlures some extra in the budget Viughn House is most ideal for education it we are going the said ruin Vaughn continued the Ilalton Hills ijor I m look it Vaughn House before ami when finished with a eomera be sud authority already has pictures said Harrison I taking my own I don I trust yours replied Hill Tom Hill been here ill year and he s trying make up for lost time said Hill has represented Hills at the since 1975 Before then hi wis infi member since I or about two years he chaired the parks recreation committee The Inform in I bo budget is about this Th is ridiculous Hill He went so far as to call for the the ITus yeirs budget is II agreed lo take the to committee if the re si of lis reports were iccepted in Grunt Inrkson reminded the guide line for next budgets w is to make Missed Your Free Press Please Let Us Know Our carriers do their best to give fast courteous service but mistakes do happen so if you do not receive your 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