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The Acton Free Press Wednesday Oct 17 Ballinafad stories spun for history groups meeting Speyside Nearly and area people lumed out to share memories and stories during the Historical Society meeting in the village hail Monday evening There s been as much For time Mrs Robin a of the WbitMldes has been re searching the details the murder which took place at They re oil buried right there pointing to the cemetery she said no more than a found ation It burned down years ago John Cote though remembered the building as a twostorey Mountaineers Stewart town Bannockbum hockey fans used to travel to Acton to change uTthis half acre tite hushed audience as anywhere Fred Robins inform offered at the aHon delved back into meeting start There history be tel I owed stories about getting to school In winter and what was done there summer field threshing the Whiteside Murder early sporting and many other tales Area teachers at the Peacock and Blue recall of memory to when British soldiers who battled Washington and Napoleon were paid off with land by a grateful government Robert Whiteside was years a cattle Mountain schools used to drover In the Ballinafad board with local re- owned the group some acres in the learned ft was not until 850s timbered land the early war years that would cost about a teacher could expect to per acre be salaried a year The motive for the The Peacock school murder was probably served Erin Township money said Mrs Robins Bluo Mountain school however whoever did It served never got the money School children had at In Fred Shortill time most four miles to walk to school Entrance ions to high school after grade eight were trau experiences for children according to Grace McEnery Exam inalions were conducted at Acton or Georgetown distances meant structure Horses were see the Tanners host the housed in below and the Georgetown squad Mr dances were held above Cote recalled The hollow One morning his father underneath the wooden and of course there were bridge to he crescent no telephones then went flooded and a walk They lived not latere used to watch from far from the hotel The the sides the hotel was Ballinafad dad was puzzled for a white by the sight or a lone chimney That the first we knew of the fire Mr Cole spoke off the top of his head for some minutes I got a let my head now if my lips don fail me Baseball and hockey figured in a couple of the Cole stories He recalled a Softball league which went for four or five years usually beat the other teams but generally it was tuck when Terra Cotta was on the diamond Other teams were the Church goal by Smith The United Church of one had to be away from Canada has established a home often for the first the time for three days Boa In Balllnrad cemetery recommended by Immediately cast of he lhe commute halt where the meeting Church that the goal be said to have served well as a missionary in India Grace re called from her days as a teacher at Peacock school that one day a delegation of Hindu people came and held This being The Inter national Year of the Child Mrs Eileen Brown gave an interesting read ing on child development She also had a film which was shown It proved to be both entertaining and educational There were great of articles general fund which Is lobe held Opportunity will be made afternoon J Joan available to anyone wish and Mrs ing to donate towards the was held there is a iiit plaque to one Bishop Warren a man who J of the support for fund hostess with serving a cup of tea and a social time followed Mr and Mrs Henri Gagnc recently became memorial service in the the proud parents of a cemetery for the bishop baby girl Mr and Mrs School children were Don Brown are the proud brought from the north Grandparents Congrat for the service illations Listeners and tellers The Sacrement of Holy sat In large circle of Communion was eel chairs In the hall while at lhe morning one of the Service or Worship at Historical Society Church on metttbers taped the oral Sunday The men choir history favoured with another Bits of Information beautiful anthem How were given while other Has It Been people thought The annual Fall bazaar what they were going to In the basement of the say The first Peacock church will be held this school for example was Saturday and in two a log structure There weeks Nov the annual have been two buildings Turkey Supper since the first The met at the One of the fam home of Mrs Joanne flies In the district the Stevenson on Tues Oct has a family tree describing eight The minutes of the generations September meeting were There whereabouts of read and approved and two people connected the correspondence dealt with lhe 19th century with The business period unsolved Whiteside axe- was mostly getting the base ball met murder case were re- final plans made for the their annual banquet and vcaled by Donna Robin annual bazaar dance Visitors on Sunday with Mr and Mrs Lloyd Marshall were Mr and Mrs Art from Michigan and Mrs Lillian Jickson of Erin Const Beverly Swann of RCMP stationed at Winnipeg spout a few days last week visiting her grand parents Mr and Mrs I Smith and other relatives living in the community We extend sympathy to Mr and Mrs Lloyd Mar shall who recently a bereavement in the loss of a brother in law Cheyney who passed away In General Hospital on Thursday of last week A good time was had at he community centre on Saturday night when the TIMELY ENERGY IDEAS What a Heal Pump Tin Electric Car Its Has Cami Energy Conservation A Now and Your S Canadas Show Discover Your Future at the LIFESTYIi SHOW OCTOBER 2628 by Lis Mrs Preston class is doing a en song in this assembly Mrs Preston and Mrs and parks grade threes been swimming in Mrs Pearce class is really getting into fall They have been doing leaf rubbings and in the assembly her class is do ing oral reading Mrs Warwick is filling in for Mrs Murphy our secretary This year Speyside nursery Threshing figured in much of Hie farm life and School has Clarence Bud Snow class detailed a couple of The reason for this is mishaps and near fires that parents in the area resulting from steam threshing have been neding one so the Acton YMCA rented a room at our school The average number of pupils inthcclassisl0toi5 The project is done tardy Our librarian Mrs has been a librarian for six years four at Robert Little and two at Spejside and Robert Little combined Before Mrs was a librarian she taughl grades 7B geo graphy Mr Coe class has just started a en unit and are writing poems and studying animal habitat by Janet and try for the crown The annua King and October Queen of the courts of prescnlatives from Acton High will be chosen J on Friday or this week This after school intra mural sports event in volves a number of basketball drdls which hate to be com pi ted in order for six boys and six with the other team girls to qualify for the members on Monday finals So come on out after school Acton High- Interested in spending planned a trip to the me March 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