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5 JoJo the acrobatic Siamese The Acton Free Press Wednesday Jan 17 1979 with Jennifer Bur The oldest cat In that s how Joyce Carpenter describes JoJo her year old Siamese He probably is JoJo is probably pretty old for a Siamese living anywhere although I been unable to find definite numbers on the lifespan of a Siamese cat The Book of Knowledge states a domestic cat may live to be 17 and we ve all known cats up in that area of age Some Siamese a longer lived cat than ordinary live into early 20s Bat there no doubt JoJo Is an old old man He remembers the Boer War says Joyce He looks like an old cat with rheumy eyes arthritic limbs Joyce bought Jo from a Guelph pet store in midOctober of 1956 She got quite a from the bus driver who didn think Grey Coach should transport kittens in a box even if he was with his owner Since then JoJo has shaped the lives of Joyce and husband Jack as only a Siamese can He was Joined couple of years later by another Siamese male kitten who was adopted by the maternal Jo Jo Ikey was dragged around until he was a large cat by Jo convinced that he was still incapable of walking far The Carpenters have a Christmas tree for years because of the mischievousness of Siamese cats Jack recalls coming into livinf room one Christmas when they did have a tree and seeing two bright eyes among the lights the Christmas fairy Before he could be coaxed down took a flying leap out of the tree onto the bookcase but hi hid a string of lights draped across his chest Panicking he charged dragging lights spinning off the tumbling tree a shower of tinsel and glass balls Jn being typically Siamese rarely touched the ground but travelled the house by way of door tops windows shelves and fridges sleeping place was on lop of the kitchen door lazily swipinghair pieces as they passed him In one of his fits of drtpavily one day Jo was hanng round the house upstairs into the bathroom over the toilet Into the bathtub skitter skitter on the polished face off again Jack sneaked into the and filled the tub with two inches of water The next time Jn made his topspeed round there wore footprints on the ceiling as Jo lipt into the water and straight up He kepi going round walls and surfaces It was terribly funn but id to the whole house laughs The Carpenters have had the problems of clean up times such as the time both cats got the toilet roll the shredded it in every helped stick all Joyces world stamps in her Or plaed Sinta helper during gift wrapping Jack regularly hid in the morning as both cits llkcy is now deceased would sit on lhe closed toilet conversing with him they leapt up to discover the cover wasntclosd dunked kitty Siamese are more like dogs than cats Ikey and Jo Jo would toys and socks like a canine Joyce used to take Jo for a walk on a collar and lead until she Rot summons for not paying her dog license It 11 be for when Jo Jo but seeing ashes imdc it this far he go on for years Anyway when the time comes I hope there some rolls and Christmas trots wailing with so Jo will be The former pumping station lands on Main St will be off for sale by public lender The recommendation for sale came up to committees of council Monday evening when a Station to be put up for sale letter from clerk istrator Ken lUeharuson that the station had been leased for a year by an Acton chant It had recently to the town at the letter stated that the merchant has in sublet the building and it is being used as a storage tenant has re quested the municipality heating for the building It is suggested hit in view of this the letter slid that the Iiliii municipality not proceed flit price of property provide heating and building will be arrangements quested as understand the original provisions did not provide for the municipality to have this burden pi iced upon by the town planner and clerk ad in accord anee with the approved restricted arc by law Receive diplomas David anil Chapman of Storey recently received Registered Industrial Accountant diplomas David Is the son of Mr and Mrs John Chapman Acton and employed as plant manager at Gemtex Concorde Ontario Is employed in Toronto The diplomas were earned over five year period while they continued with their Jobs David attended Robert little school and John high school in l attended schools In Toronto Resident takes second international art prize Halton Hills resident Susan Pihchuk has won second place in an inter national art contest for the second yc in a row The year old who lives the Fourth Line Hills look second place in landseipc for her oil rendering of Georgetown Berwick Hall in the 1378 Art Competition of Art Instruction schools of Minnesota correspondence school she enrolled in almost three years ago The year before Susin a floral designer at I ionst in Normal took second prize in the category with pointing of Painting is more hobby thing she said in a recent do it when you have time She dune or so paintings Oddly enough her painting of wick Hall wis done before she entered the correspondence course which she praised as practical ispecls of Her award winning painting will be reproduced in The Illustrator a bl an nual publication of the school She noted that the famous of the school is Charles creator of Pea nuts Miss won for second place ind although the money is not a large sum the recognition over entries from state in the union all ten provinces foreign countries as well was satisfying Council approves grant for crests A grant from the town of Hills will be received by the Minor Hockey Assoc for purchase of crests for Acton Cent Mom Hotkey Tournament Tournament Bill Knight made the re quest to Hills council pointing out lhe have given grant for tht past four years letter to council from Mr Knight noted the tour is being held March and will host 16 teams with 300 hockey players nine and len Net pro ceeds from the lournev the tetter said are don to minor hockey in Acton and Councillor Hoy Booth was the only one opposed to giving them the at this lime He said there is a budget for this of but it has not been Harry pointed o Mr Booth tint the tournament Is in and the budget ill not be pissed by lhat We to let these people know whether we are to give them There is no sense lliem ordering the crests now only to find we no mi for them It is a question of liming was suggested recommendations be pissed a year in advance so the with the budget would not occur inm However council decided they could not spend another council s mono in idv nice Mr Booth is the only one not in Ivor of LAKEVIEWl CENTRE Carpet and fitaftAPt Co Road S GEORGETOWN 8776984 Installers On Staff RICHMOND CORONET VENTURE CALLAWAY ARMSTRONG Lakevkw Centre Home to beautiful fashions Home to lasting impressions Super sound and Simpsons value Act Now Use your ACTION CARD for shopping convenience at Simpsons fibtS Tune in to the big beautiful Pioneersound hear it through Simpsons Fidelio speakers for total stereo enjoyment Mock No Model Fdolo Model A Pioneer receiver 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