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The Acton Freo Press Wednesday Fob 1981 Jennifer Harry c have much time for Cooper or Pink Floyd but he appreciates the music of Billy Joel Elvis Presley and the Beatles He also loves the big band sound the vocals of Crosby and Perry Como Harry in his 70s and to hear him discussing Floyd may seem incongruous until you look behind him to the piles of thousands of record albums tapes and old bakclttc Harry is in the dee jay business and must have the largest selection of dancing music in Ontario I- 1 ft years sound He always been fascinated by sound even back in when he first came to Acton from to play hockey and work at Beard more Tannery In with a wife and three of seven children already bom Harry needed a supplementary income and turned to radio Without car and telephone he set up his own part time radio repair on Cameron Street I had a lot of nerve he comments referring to his lack of knowledge of radio repair In gen en 1 But he kept learning tinkering with the heavy wooden console sets until they worked then car them manually up and down town In years of radio Harry has seen enormous changes We thought the telephone and television were wonderful but now wt computers and lasers Harry continued his and television shop in spare time even though he had backing of fcrs to go a full time business He preferred to stay at and run his company Ac ton TV Sales and Service on the side When television cam being in Harry went to seminars and bought books learning how the new fangled sets operated He still repairs os black and white televisions and some record players but he prefers not to get into solid state sets He says he has to keep too much stock in parts and he needs the room for all his records GOO pounds for dancing Now that he retired Hary has more time for his entertainment work He spends long hours listening to his music and planning the three hour reel to reel tapes of dancing music he needs for his shows Times have changed from the early and when Harry used to provide the music for dances Instead of a stack of and a turntable Harry now lugs pounds of equipment with him to a dance or ng In addition sound equipment columns speakers amplifiers and wires Harry takes six hours of prepared tape 150 albums and j0 with him for a wide selection How he finds a particular piece of music in his tiny workroom I II never know He has over records slacked in unmarked piles Many of Harry records are unusual he specializes in sound with a diffcruice One of his most popular albums is a selection of Elvis songs done by country and western star Merle Hag gart He can really sound like Elvis and he s got a better back up band Harry comments Harry likes his most recent Starr record one he describes as being oddball and full of good solid rock His oldest record is probably one by Wendell Hall Jimmy Somcofhisrecords date back to the 1900 when rccarus were a quarter thick and pressed on just one side Those were the days when the needle had to be changed with every playing Family pride At a time when most men are slowing down Harry Is still running He does an average of two or three everts month in November and Decerrber plays for he Legion and still finds time to play duplicate bridge three to five nights a week His wife Verna is busier now than in earlier years Harry says proud of her job keep ing St Joseph s Catholic Church shipshape Despite all his accomplishments Harry greatest pride is his family his seven children his grandchildren and four great grand children A good family is something to be proud of Harry smiles The family must be proud of Harry Residents favor separate school Harry and his youngest granddaughter Thirteen children affected by kindergarten age rule More than Acton re sidents turned out to a public meeting Tuesday nigh to support the reioning for a new separate school on Mill St near Cobblehill Road There was no op position to the school on the five acre parcel of land Judy Vander told Hills planning board she had waited a long time for a separate school and glad there would be one Vince president of St Joseph Parents Association said the size of the tur is indicative of the desire for a school Both Peg Graham and Marianne who aid they lived closest to the site favored the establishment of the separate school Chairman Mike Arm strong explained there would be no decision that evening but a report from the planner would come back In two weeks 1ST ANNUM Present Scouters with certificates The regular monthly meeting for the North District Scouters Club was held Wed Jan in the Memorial Hall Lime- house As Scouters arrived each was given piece of a Scouting picture puzzle which had to be put her in four different groups The pieces were color coded making it easy for the groups On the back of the pictures were printed a song These were sung and John Sharpies Group 1st Acton came through loud and clear Scouter Mark Howe organized this event Part two Service Team Certificates were pres to Elaine Hannah Evelyn Owen and Clint Part one cert ificate to Dawn Lockhart Also Boy Scouts of Can ad a Warrant of Appointment ales went to Br en do Baslnger Gord Logan and Harry Ellis All were presented by District Commissioner Steve Thompson of Acton Mrs Jean District Council pros ident presented Clint Croswell with his year pin Mr Croswell spent most of his time with Greater Toronto Region No action on petition Hills council took no action on a re quest for their support in opposing a provincial liquid waste disposal site in South The letter from the Region of Haldlmand Norfolk claimed the decision had been made by the Ministry of Environment without an environmental assess hearing and said little has been done to show the to be en vironmentally suitable Councillor Miller sympathized with the re sidents of the area but pointed a million provincial site for liquid waste disposal would solve problems of illegal dumping all over Ontario He said he Cayuga site owned by the province covers several hundred acres There are at least 13 children in Acton born In January or February of 1B77 who may not be able to attend kindergarten this fall Last fall Queen Park Informed s public and separate school boards there t be any grants next year for children who have not turned five by December 1981 However there Is a longstanding tradition in Hal ton that youngsters who reach their fifth birthday by the end of February may enrol in kindergarten the previous September The province wants all boards following Its blrlhdate deadline of the end of December and Is one of the few areas which The mother of one of the Acton children affected Janet Fleming Cobblehill lost week called on parents of all children In town affected by this regulation to contact her She said she heard from parents and has pass this information on to Trustee Arlene Bruce The school boards have asked the province to allow the local policy to stand more year Hal ton Board of Education chairman Bill Lawson said they believe there are about children affected by the Possible Policy change Parent protests have sprung up in Acton Milton and Burlington Mrs Fleming said the parents she has talked to agree the problem is the lack of early nolificatlon hat their children can start school as planned this September Local nursery school operators have expressed concern about this development They note many of these youngsters have already had two years of scry school a third year would be wasted and they are ready for kindergarten She has discussed the problem further with Bruce who will be looking at the number of children ex pected lo be In kindergarten classes this fall and seeing If the txtra pupils can be fit in Nine of the parents she talked to have been send heir children to nursery school in preparation three haven contacted her whose children will be affected by the regulation Mrs Fleming said she still like to hear from parents because an accurate count of the number of affected children is needed Minister considers kindergarten age Ontario Minister of Education Bctte Steph en son is pondering Hal ton s latest request to start four and a quarter yearold children and older In kindergarten this fall If is successful it would mean a year extension of grants so that youngsters who have heir birthdays in Jan or February can start classes the previous September There was no indication Tram the mln ister when a decision would be made accord ing to board chairman Bill Four Board of Education trustees and Director of Edu cation Em Lavender met Stephenson for on hour and twenty minutes Thursday in Toronto according to chairman Lawson He and Elaine Cam Jackson and Florence met Stephenson We had a good full on our pro blem said day She was given all Information and will con the matter he said IPNIGHTMADNES SALE EVERYTHING MUST GO FANTASTIC SAVINGS Friday Feb 206 to 12 Midnight HOURS OF SUPER SAVINGS North Halton Sports Ltd 71 St South Giorgtown Canada No Fresh regular chops centre cut chops brown n serve 11 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