The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

The Acton Froe Press Wednesday Nov Young people arc leaving farming by the droves a common complaint lamented for the past generation However one young man who has no Intention of leaving his farming heritage Is David Lasby of who has become a thorn show man of note and plans to extend his career to In elude farm management Showing since he was a of five he now David recently won Championship Shorlhorn at the Royal Winter Fair in the Queen Guineas competition for mem bers Born of a farming family son of Wallace and David s older others and sister are all affiliated with agriculture Cathy is man aging editor of Canadian Shorthorn News Bob is farming with his father and Bill is involved with Country Mart a form machinery outfit David plans to inish grade 12 and enter College for a veterinary assistants course designed to help him in farm management In the meantime he takes time off from school for professional development by travelling all over Canada helping established breeders show cattle and gaining valuable experience for his sideline showing his own and his family cattle White winner David has been eligible enter the Queen s Guineas competition for three years mem of to may qualify for the famous Royal class that gives young showmen a chance to compete with the best of Canada with the calves they have raised At the conclusion of the the animals are sold by auction for beef usually at attractively high prices The firs time David entered the Guineas he won Reserve Champion Shorthorn steer the second year he was in the top three this year he won the Championship and was in the top seven Canadian steers for the whole show Next year he II be going for champion Queen Guineas top of the show The animal winning the championship for David this year was a massive white Shorlhorn weighting in at 105 pounds David had pur chased him from Coldwater at the age of months and raised him for ten months to the re quired weight of a Queen Guineas steer In or der to qualify the animal must gain at least pounds a day for a measured period of 1S3 days David steer White Lightning was weighed by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture in early May and again In MidOctober Lightning man aged a gam of 2 pounds a day Wild Lightning When David first received Lightning he found himself with on animal wild enough to put him out of the stall in a hurry took a lot of time and work before David could lead and handle the steer He spent at least an hour with him every day teaching the steer to lead well walking at a good speed to stand square on alt four legs and to be quiet for the Judge David also taught Light nlng to ground tie to stand untied while David groomed him Purchasing a white steer seemed like a good Idea to David who had the choice of white red or particoloured in the Shorthorn breed He felt a white steer would stand out in the However after a summer of trying to keep the beast clean David wasn taosureaboutlt On the morning of the Queens Guineas David woke to find Lightning had rubbed up against the black steer In the next pen and had acquired a large black smudge down his side from the sing used on black show steers ve never seen panic before comments sister Cathy What did David do t brushed like heck then I painted him white and powdered him with baby powder Such are the behind the scenes methods of win show classes During the summer of showing Lightning and a couple of other Shorthorns David won among other awards Champion Beef Showman and a gold watch at the Acton Fall Fair Reserve Champion Beef Showman at Milton Fair the Wellington and District Shorthorn Club trophy Tor best steer or heifer shown by a Junior at Erin Fair and the championship trophy for show manship at the Canadian National Exhibition He is also a champion beef Judge Tor Hatton County Quito a list of cap feathers for a lad Just The one down note of the whole year when Lightning didn come home All the show steers are sold for beef after judging at the Royal Lightning brought a good price of 75 a pound somewhat over the average cents a pound a farmer normally receives for his beef animals David is very philosophical about the end of his show animals After all he is a farmer and knows why he is raising his beef He Is looking forward to choosing next year a steer Only his mother is unhappy about the lock of a white steer In the barn of 100 other cattle Light nlng was raised on a special mixture of high moisture corn hay and mother mystery feed a complete blend of grains mixed by Mrs She won mourn long Another steer will bo taking Lightning place and David will be on his way to the top of all the Queen Guineas Slow down and live About 100 Z Dennett students eat lunch each day on the floor the according to principal Doug Mag wood The period In the gym usually lasts mtnntes then the are let outside Students lit around the edge of the room Pictured above In the gym are Margie Parker Mitchell Holly Cooper and Cheryl Gent Board Education recently struck a toreexnmlne Its lunch room policy Slow down and live a lltUc longer is the sage being conveyed by the Regional Pol ice Force during Safe Driving Week Dec 7 The only thing that is a common denominator in fatalities resulting from traffic accidents Is speed says Norm all public relations of fleer for the force According to traffic accidents have claimed the lives of persons in with a over one month re maining In The in crease in the number of fatalities comes despite a ten per cent decrease In total number of accidents reported to the force dux Ing the same period last year The death toll on roads patrolled by Police In was police statistics do not five fat at ties on regional roads patrolled by A special radar patrol set up a month and a half ago due to the rising number of fatalities this year has Increased the enforcement of laws against speeding drl vers noted We can t do anything about road conditions weather or driver er Ryall said But speed is the one factor that can turn an accident Involving property dam age Into a fatality Safe Education fusion resolutions rejected Halton Hilts council Another resolution filed a resolution from from the same city was the City of Stratford also filed urging the which requested he Government of Canada Minister of Education be be urged to embark on a petitioned to program of involvement changes so that member In the development of of boards of tion more adequately re flect student population and education taxes paid We can t support that said Councillor Marilyn Scrjeanston view of our own choice of trustees We gave one to Acton so there would be equal representation from all parts of Hills In spite of the OPEN ALL YE An GRAHAMS Apple Farm technology with hydrogen Councillor Walter said Pile em we can spend time with these They shoutdn t be discussed at the municipal level Christmas Notes Fre on out Hauia with pure haw hour now In Gilt Boxes Baskets Ginna reread Houses Sheepskin Ruqs etc Apple Pies 8339569 Localod on i no Ef r Gord Murray Greenorc wt winner of the weekly Actarlo draw Saturday morning Murray who was downtown for the draw also won four bonus prizes a radio from Halton Hills Furniture and Appliances a voucher for a turkey from IGA five Acton Legion beef draw tickets and two Acton Optimists Yule Log draw tickets A merchant bonus pouch with vouchers from Family Cleaners Jolliffe Shoes and rolls from Acton Dell was won by Phyllis Gibson Duby Mae and Shirley La Mill St E won a bonus package with vouchers from s Acton Bowling Lanes and date squares from Chicken and Spot Ed Wood Elmore won vouchers from Nielsen s Family Restaurant and his own store Fa mil v Cleaners as well as rolls from Acton Dell Vouchers from Superior Shoe Repair Jug City Acton Photo and Camera and Family Cleaners was won by Dave and Alma man 114 Elizabeth This Saturday In addition to the weekly and merchant bonus draws the ticket of the lucky winner who will be winging to will be drawn THE ACTON FREE PRESS Authorized as Second Class Mail Postal Registration Number CANADIAN ODEON THEATRES A GEORGETOWN 3 Maple Leaf SP COTTAGE ROLLS Maple Leaf g pkg SIDE BACON Maple Leaf 375 g Assorted Varieties BOLOGNA Maple Leaf lb WIENERS Maple Leaf g pkg BAVARIAN SAUSAGE Maple Leaf Assorted Varieties Deli Sliced BAKED MEAT LOAVES Maple Leaf 500 pkg Frozen GOLDEN FRY SAUSAGE Maple Leaf Deli Sliced or By The Piece PARA BOLOGNA Maple Leaf g pkg Regular Varieties COOKED MEATS Maple Leaf 3 lb Average Dinner Style PORK SHOULDER