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2 Tha Acton Free Wednesday Jury with Jennifer Right hand flashing quivering and whipping in circles with a mind of Its own Mrs John Sprawl predicted where wed find water our un developed property Mm Sprowl wellknown water diviner whos lived in and near Acton all her life had agreed to help us find the best spot for a well on our ten acre parcel north of town seven years ago Rain drizzled as Mrs Sprowl in mack intosh and hairnet tramped energetically back and forth waving a bit of television antenna instead of the traditional hazel twig Any pointer will do says Mrs the power comes through her hand anyway When her arm started Its wild gyrations Mrs Sprowl calmly stated There are two crossed streams here Youll find water down Theres a stream at feet but It isnt enough At about feet youll hove more water than you need The rock Is over 100 feet down and theres a small spring 150 feet with two largerones at 165andl75 feet We settled for the closer water and hired a well boring outfit sceptical of our reason for digging in this spot Wa diviners pooh they said Wehavetogo At fett down they hit water a small trickling stream At feet they hit a stream that halted digging the water poured In so fast Sloshing in the torrent the diggers continued to find another crossed stream around feet down going in the direction predicted They t dig the required there was just too much water Mrs Sprowl had been correct Power since eight Born five miles south of Acton as Beatrice M- Mrs Sprowl the age of eight when a water diviner cam to her fathers farm Later she married John and came to live on the Sprowl homestead at Third Line and High way Marrying a welldigger and storing infor mation from courses at the University of Guelph have helped Mrs knowledge or under ground water but there is no explanation for the un canny on ties of her arm When It starts to go theres no holding it It tainly feels as if an unseen force were pulling it around know Ive tried to hold her arm under these circumstances As we talk In her living room her right arm often takes off In circles of It sown Isthcrewaterunder the floor I ask She looks at her arm and laughs then gives me a demonstration in the corner of the room nearly knocking drapes and pictures off the wall as her flailing arm tells her heres water down there somewhere Mrs Sprowl keeps trying to retire as her husband did in 1S74 Son Calvin keeps the family well digging business going However shes still getting calls for her work and has recently had to up her extremely modest fee to ten dollars think Its worth It Many times she doesnt get paid and doesnt even get a thank you she comments bur she keeps going anyway saying its a good hobby Our diviner has been featured on many television programs Some by the have been seen all over the country and the United States Newspapers have written stories about her Mrs Sprowl is well known and is respected as a knowledgeable lady But she t like the publicity feeling shes been written about enough She gives me the Impression she feels too much fuss is made over a very or dinary toner power After one of those television programs two men approached Mrs Sprowl with a contract to work all over the world However she turned It down ring shes rather stay here with John and the boys Gold fever One thing Mrs does wish shed bad more time to do and thats divining minerals such as gold like to have had a spell at that She had marked a few gas wells but hesitates to get into anything that usually means large amounts of Invested money she doesnt like the ibility To find a gas well she has to concentrate on it telling her brain were after gas this tune not water You have to think in hundreds of feet think deeper and youll find the gas Sounds simple Water is the easiest thing to find but the primordial pull of gold Is in her like to have gone north to mark a few veins but she feels she wasnt meant to get rich Idsooner take life easy she says Children dance at special day Students of the Acton dance classes took part in a Parents Day Saturday afternoon and showed their Moms and Dads what they had lear ned Rebecca Bates Kempton Lisa Beaton Michelle Quick and Tracy Teskey danced to Sweet Gypsy Rose Lisa Denton Michelle Beaton Beverly Anne Dyke Michelle Pilgrim Shan Tracy Jodie Coleman Michelle Quick Cheryl Devlin and ArmMane performed to Spiders and Snakes Boogie Shoes was the song danced to by Bacchus New berry Debbie Lawrence Kris tie and Paula Mitchell Catherine Kinnon Lampkin and Jane danced to Jive Wards of Love was danced to by Jen Julie Wal Talks in limbo Continued from Page sent at the meeting said the blame for breaking off talks lay with the board because the board s salary committee sent the care taker on duty to the teachers caucus room to ask the teachers to leave because he was going home The boards committee had left the building the letter said The board meanwhile says the teachers chief negotiator left the discussions and the board committee waited until after midnight for resumption of negotiations Salary committee chairman Bill Lawson reiterated the board Is anxious to get back to the bargaining table but realized it Is going to be more difficult to reestablish tions now classes ore finished and vacations storied He said the board was discouraged by the request for third party intervention so early in negotiations a situation the board had not met in previous contract rounds teachers take about mil lion of the board million budget Jo Anne Robbing soloed to d Like to Teach the World to Sing Beverly Anne Bull ind Jennifer performed to Love Theme Dancing to the music of The Entertainers were JoAnne Bobbins Shelly Dons ton Don ston Lisa Paula Mitchell Krislic and Lisa San Introductions were Lisa hansom Lurlene Newberry JoAnne Rob- bins Bacchus Michelle Quick and RACEWAY HARNESS RACING Post Time Tuesday Evmng Evening pun Sunder Afternoon 2 pan TrlactOf Exactor Conditio nad FOR ALL YOUR GARDENING AND LANDSCAPING NEEDS WeAraOponiromBam Evary Day Eicopt Sunday 20 OFF ALL WEDDING RINGS FREE INSURANCE AND GUARANTEE FOR ONE YEAR Home Sifts Cards J em ell MILL STREET EAST ACTON 8531730 Teacher transfers Area dogs tops TwoRR Acton dogs are the first ever to walk away from a Detroit dog show with top prizes and belong to the some per son The dogs two Rot owned by Shirley Rose took top breed In both the male and female category in Detroit recently next stop Is a show In Chi Board of Education approved era I teacher transfers The following are the transfers which effect Acton and area Nancy leaves Llmchouse for Robert Baldwin while Nadlnc Eaton heads for Martin Street from Spcy Patricia Gudgeon comes to smith Middle School from Harrison Anne Mac Donald Is going to Mrs Rose runs an jm Dcnyes from obedience school for dogs Little while Robert in Acton at the Canadian Dnscoll leaves Tire Store Wednesday for evenings Dogs from Martin Street and Limehouse Georgetown Kntherinc Plait leaves and Acton attend the Robert Little for J M classes Back to Acton Days Continued from Page 1 For people to come out and hang planned by the firefighters continued as around in that rain It Just super planned The horseshoe pitch was can celled as was the contest The Green Morris Dancers from Toronto showed up for their performance but found an almost empty Prospect Pork However in true show business fas the show went on for an audience of twoTerry Grubbe and Herb Dodds Fireworks scheduled for Sunday evening were finally set off Monday night Weekend Terry Grubbe said that although Sunday was rained out she felt the weekend was even she told The Acton Free Press Last year people could either sit around their pools and soak up the sun shine or come downtown and do the same thing These people this weekend could have been home in a nice dry house In dry clothes but instead they came and they stayed Wet weather showed Mrs she said that the people of Act on care about their country and their town When she was ready to give up others encouraged her to continue Mrs Grubbe is already thinking to wards next years Canada Day a success than last year Eighty end She has booked the Green Morris degree temperatures brought Dancers and is open for suggestions for to the downtown area in booths games etc OFF ALL IN STOCK SUMMER WEAR STARTS THURSDAY JULVBth Also Check Our Special Racks of Selected Items At Tremendous Savings Toddlers DOWNTOWN ACTON The prices are HOT but its COOL to shop Foodland Data of sale July 6 reserve the right to limit quantities Loin Pork Chops REGULAR CHOPS CENTRE CUTS BROWN W SERVE Canada Mo Fresh SIDE SPARE RIBS SWEET SOUR RIBS Fresh Never Ff men Store Sliced PORK LIVER Premium lb Pkg SIDE BACON Swift Premium lb Average DINNER HAMS Swift Premium lb Pkg WIENERS 149 BEEF PATTIES 59 399 Schnotdore lib Pkg MINI SIZZLERS 179 Schnektet a lb BOLOGNA 159 Tang Orange Flavour Drink Crystal of are 99 Margarine I lb Maxwell House Coffee I III teg Strawberry or Raspberry Jam Wit Wittich Loaf 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