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Library looseleaf For parents and other adults In loco parentis who may be feeling a bit limp niter holiday ex to little treasures your library offers two easilyread books that should be good for some healthy chuckles Lynn Johnstons Do They Ever Grow Up cartoons about the terrible twos and beyond and What Dr Spock Didnt Tell Us by Butler Atkinson are recommended reading for this time of the year Atkinson cites and noses a aeries of hilarious ailments afflicting kids All recognizable by symptomsif not names You can flip through both paperbacks In under an hour and return to your parental duties relaxed and refreshed Time to spare this summer Feel an urge to improve your written English The Elements of Style by William Shrunk and White Is the answer to an aspiring writer prayers Its short pages concise and very interesting Even if you only hanker to improve your gossipy letters Ele ments of Style is well worth an investment of time and concentration It should be required study for all politicians and authors of One lovely rule In this age of babbling Omit needless words The New York Times re Elements of Style Bays Buy it study it and enjoy it Its as timeless as a book can be in our age of volubility In this the third edition B White has added new rules for use of the colon use of the dash agreement of subjects ana verbs and correct pronoun case Incidentally you dont have to buy it Just borrow this little gem from your library A sure age giveaway is to admit having suffered and emoted with heroines of Ethel M Dell and Marie Corelll A long time library staffer introduced to these authors at about the age of 12 never mind how has been on the lookout for some of their novels fust for the fun of com paring them with current fiction This search has meant gravitating to every secondhand book sale within reasonable access No luck until at a recent garage sale a triple score Dells Lamp In the Desert Corellia A Romance of Two Worlds and Gene Porters Girl of The all in readable condition were eagerly snatched up and reread with pleasure not unmixed with chortles It was an educational experience renewing ac quaintance with a typical Dell herostrong silent and passionate Girl of the Llmberlost was finished at one sitting the reader wondering as she never did in her impressionable youth if characters really our bled to one another In such trueconfession style All the same burbling aside Girl of the still packs a wallop For oldtimers pining for a trip down Memory Lane the three treasures will be pre served on backroom shelves Among three boxes of new books being un packed at the time of writing are two Golden Press encyclopedia sets Enchantment of America Enchantment of Africa These new arrivals will be welcomed especially by school kids doing pro jects when fall rolls around Also on the current Interest list Is Rene My Quebec politics and aspirations may send the average WASP up the wall and over but the fact remains be is a Canuck Character For Jon Cfeaiy fans theres a large print ed ition of The Fall of an Eagle first published In IBM Adult readers minus small fry bo rarely burnt the Junior depart ment might enjoy a look- tee during vacation Just for the fun of meeting a large reluctant dragon very green overlooking reading club activities and other summer pro grams for children Around the walls are other colorful fairytale characters To stress the Fairytale theme there is a castle complete with drawbridge which was designed by childrens staffer Mrs Margaret Merrin and constructed by page Mrs Merrlns clever imaginative fingers pro duced the eyecatching storybook figures The childrens department is a busy place this sum The mom duck who with her two drakes patronized the library grounds and creek produced two ducklings She was seen several weeks ago heading down the creek with her brood to Fairy Lake Only one baby survived to Join other pet tweeters and their mothers waiting for handouts at late after noon feeding time An exotic newcomer is eating with regulars under the library trees A white pigeon with black bars struts among black birds and mourning doves Where he hails from Is anybodys guess but he snares attention from bird lovers YEARS OF COOPERATION For years Ducks Un- limited Canada has been cooperating with Canadian landowners and governments who pro vide longterm nocost leases to create restore and preserve quality habitat for waterfowl Over MB million generat ed mainly in the United States has been Invested to develop more than waterfowl projects in volving some million acres of prime wetlands and more than miles of productive shoreline The Acton Free Press Wednesday July B9 Board tables policy for busing Board of Ed ucation took a first step towards adopting a transportation policy during its regular Thursday meeting at policy statement and set of procedures covering transporting of Board superintendent Bruce Lindley tabled a 10page Under the proposal transportation of students Is not to be considered a right but a privilege which may be withdrawn at any time Under the provincial education act a school board is Dot obliged to provide transportation However would provide it for pupUs who because of distance from school walking physical disabilities or emotional problems would suffer undue hard ships as a result of travelling to and from school on foot What is being re commended has been in use for ten years Lindley said The report states under eligibility In general the following distance guidelines shall be used Kindergarten and Grade One one mile Grade 2 to Grade two miles and Grade 9 to Grade three miles OPEN HOUSE Sunday Evorton turn soutn at Teddy Bans Inn to and of road turn toft Unique offering privacy overlooking arM features a j charming room dominated by a ceramic tie floor and a sliding glees door the outdoors and SPACE IHSIOE AND OUT Day campers the night out Blue Springs Scant Reserve Thursday evening The program Is operated at Prospect Park by the Recreation 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