Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), June 6, 1979, p. 5

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On the With Back to Acton Days committee mem bersare running around like chickens with their heads cut ofr these days with each person working on separate duties However In spile of the gearing up for the July weekend celebrations anyone interested can still help out with entertainment or food booths Anyone interested should get in toueh with Terry Grubbe 3310 All arc we come to put up a booth All it takes is a little plywood and some good ideas Somedays are Just like that Last week gremlins sneaked into the com posing room of he Aclon Free Press and while the news staff was making up pages the gremlin put two identical stones on the same page each with identical headlines Mistakes do hap pen however and a little humor is ne eded when reading mistakes like this One thing we can t blame gremlins on though is the misplacement of Joanne Turner Churchill news Her column The Acton Free Wednesday June 6 500 turn out for Summerfest 79 came in last Tuesday our busiest and most hectic day and was handed to me f set il down to do later later was Thursday morning Her copy was lost in the shuffle some thing unexcuseable but nevertheless human Last week Churchill news ap pears in this week Free Press keep your fingers crossed My apologies go out to Mrs Turner and readers Best wishes go out to Robert Allan of Hyde Park nursing home who celebrated his 90lh birthday May What your secret Mr Allan Some- days I wonder if I will make it to my next one Organizers of Summerfest deserve a lot of credit for on the festival of hearts Saturday at Acton High School Too bad more people didn t show up to appreciate all the work and effort they put into it Only about people took advantage of beautiful spring weather the arts at Acton High School Last year said or Ralph nearly 1600 attended the first festival in George town We re looking for formula and we haven hit it yet Mr lod this newspaper In spite of the poor urnout spirits were and many activities Sat urday to attend Sum merfest a festival of high for those who did show up Arts and crafts were set up both inside and outside the school mainly by area people or organizations but some people came from as far away as Owen Sound Guelph Cambridge and Toronto Everything from quilting to photography to loom weaving was rcpres- children from both Acton and George town took part in such programs as jump- nasties square dancing majorettes acrobatics and choirs Georgetown Littlo eat re twice put on a skit entitled Comedy To night and the Scottish Country Dancers gave performances Acton Citizens Band gave a performance as did local singer BUI Kent Acton Amanda De forest gave three separ ate shows demon strating her tap dancing and acrobatic abilities Halton Member or Parliament Julian Reed Hills mayor Pete and William Gnesal from the Min istry of Culture and Rec reation were on hand for the opening ceremonies which also included songs sung by local school children The evening program saw the Georgetown Lit lie Theatre Wally the Scottish Coon try Dancers Cheryl Mau ser on the piano the Georgetown Choral Soc iety and well known sing Rub McConnel and his band Although there was a deficit in the weekends festival a meeting is be ing held tonight Wed ncsday to determine what direction Acton Arts and Crafts club was the booth at at Acton Uh School Jackie Denny was on hand to show goods made by members of the club Some Items were tor sole Bob helps to keep a fadlni art living as he keeps the poller wheel spin Rob gave a pottery I riday during the Art Show held at the high school in conjunction with Hob Is a grade nine student Rural man hurt in car crash left and Dean Hughes were just two of the many artists who displayed their work at the Acton High Arts Festival In conjunction with Bum In the background arc some or Ihe other paintings that were displayed Superior Glove union Continued from Page cent or so per cent im ports the union came into the plant Mr Geng however said he did not go so far as to say per cent ports Union lawyer pitted em ployee Enid Dunn Ihe company percentage argument Any one of Ihe len union witnesses would do but in the Dunn case the statement is the clearest said lawyer The Dunn Interview was unc of a series Mr Geng carried out during the week of February 1 Mrs Dunn told the OLRB Mr said he could not afford to pay any mure He said he would have to go to per cent per cent and to per cent and eventually have lo close he plant if he union got in she said After the lay started the workers In Superior Glove were scared They Just did not want to get involved In the union she The one act Mr consistently denied was linking imports of gloves to Ihe union Mr McNamee said Mr Geng admits to all the particulars in the union complain I I submit that when he says the union had nothing to do with the he lying the union lawyer told Ihe He went on to suggest the workers credibility is higher than Mr They nothing to gain by lying Should the board de cide the company economic facts are leg and inly they motivated the layoffs Mr McNamee sub mitted the union would be still allowed to proceed He cited prev case in which the decided layoffs were for business reasons but Ihe company gave different reasons for the dismissals Those reasons damaged Ihe union a campaign The union is entitled to remedy and that is the reinstatement of the workers he said Earlier Thursday an other employee Inge suggested to board that the com pany tampered her machine so much she was losing between and a day Though under cross ion she could not tell which part of the ma chine she thought was tampered she said I vc operated the machine long enough to know Mrs also was the first witness to challenge Mr on his loo per cent test She said he told her he was going to percent per cent and to per cent and one would gradually fade out Though the company maintained no evidence was presented regarding company knowledge of he union prior to January 30 Mrs testified management knew of union activities seven days previously That would place the time of the company knowing of the union presence before the decision to layoff was made In the room Mr sat nearly opposite from Mrs Nieslroy During her testimony she looked upandsaldtohimthathe did not have to look at her Soon after the union lawyer noticed Mr was smiling as Mrs Nieslroy spoke and the board chairman hen suggested Mr Geng try not t show any emotion In all the board has sat for four days concerning the complaint at Hove A dee ision tome before the end of the month Olher personal evidence was heard by the board during the hearing However the chairman more than once commented he failed to see its import lo the case An 84year old rural resident suffered major injuries when car he was driving was in coll is ion with another vehicle on Sideroad near Firs I Line Friday afternoon Wiliard of Acton was by ambulance George town and District Memorial Hospital A nineyear old pass in the other car also suffered injuries and two others escaped injury according to Regional Police Jim McLean was slightly hurl as a passenger in the auio driven by McLean Police damage on each vehicle to be A farmers pound steer fell victim a car travelling west on Sideroad May 31st evening in The car driven by Donald Jameson I Rockwood struck he on the road then Ihe auto left Ihe road and came lu resl against a small clump of trees Damage the car estimated by police to be Value of the animal is about A southbound driven by Stephen Saunders KR2 swerved to miss a dog on Main Si May The car then went on and became involved in a collision wilh a parked car owned by Brent Storey of Rockwood Damage to the under auto is about BOO bay police Damage the Storey vehicle Is about officers said Unity run Runners will be spotted going through June as they take part in a Unity Run between Sarnia and Trols Rivieres Quebec to mark Canada Day There will be run and support staff in the run arranged by Ihe two cilics Canada Day Committee came up with Ihe 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