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Tho Acton Press Wednesday Nov Actano tickets for Acton lottery to aid the town hail would make- great Christmas gifts according to treasurer of the Town Hall Restoration Committee and active of the lattc Tickets selling for In the summer will soon cost three quarters of that because lottery draws have been underway since September November tickets cost cash payable in three installments of 35 cash and made out in postdated cheques for Feb 10 and May December tickets will cost 75 or the same in Far the month ticket holders get a chance at Weekly draws of plus bonus prizes if they are present at the Saturday drawing In addition a trip is drawn every month November strip will be to sunny Ticket holders will be ible to win all draws until the end of next August Only answer Yvonne who got into last year at the public meeting for town hall restoration thinks the lottery Is a good idea enthusiastic it seemed like the only at the time We t have the manpower to raise a lot of dollars in a short time The Restoration Committee needs 60 to match provincial grants to save Acton historic building Yvonne is worried enough tickets won have been sold in tune to take advantage of grant of At the moment there 2030 clear from expenses which is les than half the amount needed is not yet reached Six hundred have been sold and Yvonne would really like to move more before Christmas to show and other grant agencies Acton is getting on with the raising its share I don t know how long the grant options are going to to us worries Yvonne She also feels people who have worked so long and hard and surmounted so many problems to get the lottery off the ground should have sup port The present council has been supportive Yvonne adds Acton needs a community thing right now a shot in the arm She speaks highly of groups like the Acton Rot Eighteen Also for Christmas and the town hall pro ject Yvonne says town hall commemorative plates are available at for each with hanger Believes in restoration Yvonne feels very keenly about Acton and downtown improvement She believes in acorn nation of restoring the old and working on the new and thinks the Hide House is just what Acton needs Raised in Ac ton Yvonne moved back to town from Montreal four years ago with husband Carl and children Kara now 17 and Chris now 13 The bought the old Kenny place on Church Street and are still in the process of restoring the beautiful brick Victoria n home Decorating her home is her hobby Yvonne says andsbcisdongaprofessionaljob I could write a book on additions she chuck les Restoration and decoration will have to wait for a few months while Yvonne pours even more of her energies into selling Aitarlo tickets Still undecided what to get for Uncle George this Christmas Give him a dream and a slice of hope for Actano ticket Yvonne Seniors info committee set Senior Citizens may be on their way to more and Improved information regarding services and facilities which they can use A committee of older Halton citizens under the Marguerite Taylor one channel the guidance of Halton a Willow St N is Acton committee Is In District Health Council representative or the vcstigatlng is the in has started searching for committee She and items In the ways to gel information fellow members first met Seniors Newsletter from into the hands of people November at Milton the provincial govern- 1 and District Hospital like themselves Six new member Joined the First Acton Guide Group last week They are In the front row aret Sale Paula Nicola Will molt and Linda Wong In the rear row Bland Debbie and Karen Is Parents association airs views on discipline policy Strapping school child Suspensions happen Is barbaric says quite frequently at high trustee Betty Fisher school and senior public however some M Z Ben school and from lime lo nett school parents favor time In the elementary the practice schools disclosed Mag Views on the merits of wood the strap were aired din ing the first general meeting of the M Ben ParentsSchool Association Wednesday which was discussing the discipline policy of Hal ton Board of Education Seven parents In the audience of about raised their hands when asked If anyone was not opposed to strapping One parent said that the board discipline policy which en compasses a wide range of curbs on behavior not including the strap would only if the homes go along with It She said children would likely respond to a teacher discipline by saying My mother won I moke me do that Fisher who has re presented Acton and for two years and who will represent Georgetown Instead on the new board acknowledges that the approval of parents Is a problem We have our rules and they must be adhered to I believe this type of policy action if followed is superior to corporal punishment It can change attitudes It Is behavior modification said Fisher Z Bennett School Principal Doug Magwood said he has had to exercise corporal punish ment several times in half years As long as it is in the policy I will use is as a lost resort said the principal Board of Education passed the first discipline policy of any Ontario board last February The board ha3 had a policy on corporal punishment for years Corporal punishment Is used as a last resort according to Director of Education Em Lavender There arc coded In the new policy They range from tardiness and academic dishonesty to drugs fighting and verbal abuse Discipline ranges from an informal talk with the student to suspension and expulsion I va had to involve the police in certain and the Children s Aid Society on one the ACTON SANTA GLAUS PARADE Saturday November ENTRY FORM NAME OF GROUP CONTACT PERSON NAME CATEGORY chock SERVICE CLUB SCHOOL COMMERCIAL OTHER I BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF FLOAT OVERALL LENGTH PLEASE TURN THIS INTO THE ACTON A or MAIL TO Acton Santa Claua Parade Rhratt RJt 1 Acton PlASE RETURN THIS FORM NO LATER THAN NOV 2780 He went on to tell port the principal re- parents that ho has had to from parents deal with two reported Magwood Indicated he drug events in two years has had experiences The dress code part of ranging from total sup- the discipline policy is port to total opposition hard to govern said also Fisher It left up to the closed that he has been In individual principals situations when one par discretion has been in favor of One parent wondered his action while the other about the decree of sun- has not youll go Jar these rar BIG FOOD SAVINGS Prices Nov Grade A Fresh 34 lb Average CHICKENS CHICKENINA BASKET Fresh Utility lbs up ROASTING CHICKENS Jam filld buns FRESH PRODUCE arrives daily at the lowest possible prices