Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), August 19, 1981, p. 2

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2 Froo Press Wodnosday Aug 1981 Profiles with Jennifer Burr Then a standing joke around the Free Press plant that it hard to catch Herb working He head of shipping and receiving and is often referred to as the biggest shipper of them all In actual fact Herb has given more to Acton community service in years than most pcopli touch in a lifetime Honored as one of five outstanding Acton volunteers during volunteer week earlier year Herb has devoted his spare turn to minor hockey since He was the original president of he Acton Industrial League he insisted on playing for three he says he was so bid he had to be res dent He also original president of the now flourishing Friends in Deed group or the handicapped Probably his most noteworthy contribution is his close to years as a volunteer firefighter with Acton Firefighters Herb has been protect Acton state he was ID now you know how old he is Two generations of hockey players have gone through Herb patient hands He coached midgets and house league novices and managed the Acton Firefighters Bantams for nine years and rep novices for a year In he was elected to the Minor Hockey Association executive as first vicepresidint and is now con for scheduling and Despite this lovo of hockey Herb says he play the game to save my soul I played house league when he was a boy growing up in Acton but I hardly got any ice time However he loves the game he says and would love to coach but don t feel I have the qualifications for today more demanding game I d better stay in administration There so much to learn Herb comments describing the executive clinics he attends It interesting he adds Hockey costs arc and Herb Is about the expense of rep hockey for parents We ve got to keep it so people can afford It he states The 500 Club run by the hockey exec keep rep team costs down Five hundred draw tickets are issued with this years final elimination draw for a car Proceeds help sup port the teams Herb son Rick 15 currently plays midget rep and has been invited to try out with the Sabres Friends in Deed inaugurated in is com along nicely according to Herb Georgetown people have been joining meetings and attending the Sunday morning swimming classes- Herb organized at the Acton Lions Pool Herb wife Anne a former teacher of nursing Is also very involved with the organization and currently on the executive In February Herb will celebrate as an Acton firefighter He plans to make it to years before he considers himself too old Grass fires are the hardest work imag inoble says Herb making faces of fatigue when he remembers spring days attending four and rive grass fires In a row Herb was raised in Acton and has lived here all his life I was one the Cameron boys He recalls the fun he used to have as a kid play games involving stealing flares from the rail road tracks and them into darts with pigeon feathers from the feed mill With the pro tect on of homemade shields great battles were fought with these spiked darts- if my kid ever trieditnow Id break his neck Herbchuckles Why has Herb Dodds spent so much time and effort in community work I doing it for myself as much as anything he says I enjoy it and I enjoy kids As I gel older I can see being around kids keeps you young There a lot more good ones kid3 than bad ones Lisa McGr Will she be Miss CNE Miss Acton Fall Fair Lisa will be out to beat tot other girls for the title Miss Queen of ho Fairs this Friday The loth annual pageant will be held this day There are beautiful Princesses rep resenting the agricultural society fairs through out Ontario pageant actually began today Wednes day with the opening of the CNE set to start at 10 a Friday in the CNE Col Tho winner of the competition will be crowned at around pm and wilt reign over the Ex Lisa is described in a press release from the CNE as being a girl who enjoys outdoor sports or twirling baton She is persuing a career in modelling which she would eventually like to teach She also spends her time competing In horse shows reading and doing needlepoint At 19 she says she is very conscious of physical fitness Lisa just finished grade president Dave Manes drew the Ac tar Jo Saturday morning limit quofitrtjos Horns availablo at ponx paling stores only

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