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Tha Acton Free Press Wednosday April 1979 3 Jennifer Gunnar sketching in old coveralls his dog at his side looking like Norwegian Cnume hell kill me when he reads this Iron his pencil come easy flowing lines rnpidly shaping into a design flower Gunnar is at it again This Acton resident has been drawing oil his life although he modtbl aboil his ability and now he Is creating handpjintcd style woodcrafts full time life As a youngster in Norway had very little art training some graphic design work in school Bui there was always somebody in s family involved In the arts Norwegian color design and rich fairy tale heritage have lift mark on His early life reads like a school boy ad venture story He escaped Norway to Sweden during German Occupation in WW2 from there he to el to England where he joined up with the Royal He wis sent to Canada the Empire Training Scheme and worked at Toronto Island airport Little Norway Batk to England in 1W3 where became a flying instructor till war ended Then lie returned lo Norway and worked with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitations Association for a year But Canada was in his blood and it long before he was this side studying at Trinity Collide where his travelling shoes were taken away from him by a prttl lass named Joy Settling into life as a solid businessman with Joys help raised three delightful daughters Beth Kris and Katie But didn t settle completely The whimsical Norwegian story teller kept coming out He taught he girls how to paint and write by initiating group story writing sessions The result books should be seen by the rest of the world and may if ever gels around to hiving them published Illustrated by father each page tells a poetic part of a fanciful story created by the girls The finished article is reminiscent of A A Milne This is the finest Parade you have ever Beth is the King and I am the Queen Kris is the horse you can tell by the taek As she stands there snorting with Beth on her back Slop it get off my gown And do not dump Hie King on the ground A Royal Horse lb supposed you sec To be nice and gentle as he can be Remember Queen and this Is my For bribing horses and Kings its handy Get on with it Girls and play your parts Thus spoke Katie the Queen of the Hearts Lindvik Mad farm life Six ago the family bought a farm north of Acton with hills that reminded of Norway In those six years the house has grown and the yard has sprouted miny little buildings housing an odd assort mcnl of fancy birds pheasants peacocks sheep pigs sometimes boats and a large stable of horses to keep Joy off the streets and in he barn where she says she belongs continued lo travel to business but the oddest things started happening Wee nooks and crannies in barns over doors round corners started to sprout plaques decorated with beautiful Scan dimvian The Norwegian Gnome feu when got tired of flying a desk in T last summer and retired home to drive Joy crazy one of the first ways he found to of the housework was to carving and painting full time when the spin moves him So fir he has a bedroom full of fireside bellows carved out of little bits and pieces painted with anything lying around decorated with original flower designs The creator far too modest about the result which is a lively flowing design in rich color speaking of hills Scan dinavian farmhouses and broad breasted blonde girls What he going to do with the artifacts now cluttering an entire bedroom Gunnar docsn 1 know but supposes he should get down to the boring business of peddling them I eerluinly hope he comes out of the bedroom long enough to get his creations on the They are so cheerful they should sell like Do hotcakes sell well As soon as I saw the bellows I placed my own order I just resist them And m anxiously awaiting the publication of the indvik family s charming fairy tales 1 keeping my fingers crossed that Gunnar lets them out of the drawer long enough for he world to see Gunnar lindvik Norwegian craft and story teller with a gnomish flair Traffic accidents keep police active and all miles as received Heir Middle School iasl The ll lo he In my Voulh I Oratorical champs crown by Optimists A van driven by Thomas Powell Acton was in collision with three parked ve hicles March police said Estimated damages were to Powells van and his passengers Newman of and James Holmes way Place suffered minor in juries in the mishap on Mill Street 15 metres west of redenck Street Damages were to a parked truck owned by Ford Motor Credit Company of Hamilton Si 500 a vehicle owned by James Acton Blvd station wagon owned by Ken Timbers Mill St Queen St and Younj St was the scene of an accident March when a car driven Vandermeer Churchill was in collision with collision March with a a van driven Gerald tractor trailer driven by Donovan of RIM Rock John Davis or Cam wood police said bridge Estimated Police said a car driven damages were to by Dean Johnston Johnston vehicle nil to Rd was in- the tractor trailer NOTICE Due to personal reasons I am permanently discontinuing the ACTON DELICATESSEN Retail Service To all my customers Thank You for your loyal patronage DURING STORE RENOVATIONS the Pantry Boutique will remain open for business The Optimist Club of Acton joined several other Ontario clubs in the search for an oratorical champion The local club held Its own competition at Middle School last Friday with several of the area public school champions in attendance Chris of wound out the competition taking top honors for the boys while Martha Arm strong of Speysidt captured the title Topics of all speeches in he competition to have been entitled In my youth I sec Loch contestant re ceived a signifying their jnrt icipalion in tin event with the lop three placlngs in each of Hit boys and girls categories receiving medals Miss captured the gold the girls Kim of St Joseph taking the silver Victoria Rodriguez the The boys gold went lo with 1 rink if St Joseph s finishing second and Miehnel Vranic third Judges for the compel Hi in included realtor Cord Dnwe Pastor John Cooper of the Christian Reform Church and J ian of I dge Armstrong will represent the Acton Optimists at the zone oratorical which will be held this year by the Acton Club The competition will take it this Friday with the winners moving up into the next level of Trees for Canada slated by trunk Hannah Chairman North llaltou District North Ha lion Scouts Canada which includes Cubs and Scouts from Acton Georgetown Norval and Glen Williams arc once again holding their an nual Trees for Canada project The boys in these groups will be planting 10 trees April Friday local Scouts and Cubs will start vassing to recruit sponsors for the trees that each boy will plant They appreciate the con support of the community In this pro ject Trees for Canada is a Canada wide project de signed to give all Scouts the opportunity to demonstrate through their concern for their country lhroemil lion trees will be planted this year Trees for Canada is a project Most of the funds raised through this project stay the community to help further Scouting at all levels from Beavers right up to Hovers Some of the money goes to the Inter national Brotherhood pre yam Operation i program de signed In help five South countries adapt Scouting to their needs Fins year the planting will take place with the cooperation of the Credit Valley Conservation Authority on their Silver creek Conservation site on the Line north Georgetown This needed reforestation will provide wild life inhabi with food and shelter The Scouts In will see the results of their work in Good Selection Of DRESSES EASTER J tSIZES INFANTS TO ACTON Toddlers to teens DOWNTOWN ACTON dave Mcmullen GENERAL CONTRACTOR EUROPE CHARTERS Copenhagen Sunflight Holidays Amsterdam m339 Frankfurt Athens Vancouver London Calgary Prestwick Manchester Edmonton Birmingham Winnipeg 9T Cardiff Newcastle v- Shannon Halifax US ChaH St Johns 169 30 DA YS MINIMUM ADVANCE BOOKING asp 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