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

Georgetown Acton Wednesday June Career began in 1942 Mary Irwin when teachers were lucky to have textbooks For their mathematics old and when science the natural not the laboratory kind II that long ago the explains only about year But rural schools where one teacher taught all grades were still thriving in rural Ontario when Mrs Irwin began her leaching career in Mrs Irwin retires from teaching this j ear after several seasons in M Z Bennett school where she teaches Grade Five a nice age group she claims Education has changed drastically since those early days she recalled in an Inter new Wednfnt have libraries variety of l est books there are in schools today We have science labs lest lubes beakers or burners And we never went on field trips Children today get so much more variety in their education And keeping up with the changing times has kept Mrs Irwin going overtime even though she managed to take years off to raise a family she has never been far from he action I joined the army in 1H3 until 1W7 That where you had to be if you wanted to be where things were happening back then she recalled In she married and came to the Acton area Twenty years later she was asked to return to teaching There was a shortage of teachers then and being asked to return really made me feel needed she said She took up the challenge returned to teaching part time and began taking university night courses She took a degree in psychology by attending evening and weekend classes while teaching part time and then full time at Robert Little and M Z Bennett schools It took me seven years she said It was marvelous being back in classes with younger people again It was also marvelous teaching in a modern education system even though she had to take no less than eight courses Just to catch up with he change in trends new maths etc During the 17 years she taught several public school grades settling finally on Grade Five as her favorite She has some favorite students too people in the com munity of whom she can she was proud to teach Modern education is different books machinery teaching matenals trips to the art gallery or to the theatre but Mrs Irutn appalled that a student can t tell a Jack in when he sees one I think on the whole though children should be getting a far better education than they got before The system is bo much richer than it before Mrs Irwin is looking forward to a summer of golf a winter of crosscountry skiing and a travel ling excursion in September just to to myself that I m free Mrs Irwin was honored Thursday with a retirement attended b colleagues from her of teaching and former With Helen Jessie Coles the Hide House received a nice surprise Sunday in the form of a short visit with a former of the children Jessie was approached by an elderly lady who started asking her questions about Acton Turns out It was Miss Hardy now Mrs Walton who lived in Beverley House and helped raise Martin Joan Alfred and Gordon Mrs Walton has been gone for over years now and is currently living in Relatives brought her back to town to reminisce and as coincidence has it she just happened to start talking to Jessie who was always hanging around Beverley House and knew Miss Hardy years ago Jessie was so pleased to see her she forgot to get the visitor first name And earlier in the same week two former Acton residents also dropped into the olde Hide House Misses Margaret and Mary Redman dropped in for a visit from where they arc now living Margaret used to live on Agnes St and Mary used to be the Bell Telephone manageress Both moved away over 30 years ago A Roseford Terrace resident has proved the Free Press always end up lining the bottom of the bird cage This man used the recent editorial on stoop and scoop and accompanying cartoon to send a message to people walking dogs in the area This resident used the editorial and cartoon to make a sign for the front of his lawn clearly showing his thoughts on the sub ject Betterstoopandscooponthatstreet for sure Frankly between you and me I per sonally find a lot of what Gord has to say lot least tome more suitable for the bird cage The High School held their annual Athletic Banquet and Awards Night last Thursday night But this year a few of Acton s nest made the evening just a bit different from other Al and Jamie rented tuxedos complete with tails canes and top hats to wow the crowd And Just in case the apparel catch enough eyes they even hired a limo to drive them to the banquet The City of Welland will be celebrating Its 12Slh anniversar July to Sunday A special invitation to former to join in the celebration has been ex tended For further Information call June Gluch 7355340 or Peter 734 7038 The Acton Library is going have some thing for everyone June who also likes to read and eat there will be a giant book sale plus bake sale beginning at 10 and running until For the sports and flying enthusiasts an ultralight aircraft will be on display and for the kiddies clowns will be in action A super raffle for grownups and kids will top off the day Those of you who enjoyed the Royal City Ambassadors from Guelph will be pleased to know there is a female version of the group The Over Tooea They will be presenting In The Good Old Summertime at Ross Hall Meyer Drive In on June and 11 Featured guests will be from Guelph Massachusetts and Scar For further information call tirade teacher Mary Irwin of I Ben school was the guest honor at a re tire mm I week ii retiring this month after 15 in ending a or teaching career Ospringe 4 girls get guide honor Doris Ines Four Ospringe Guides received their oil round cord at the mother and daughter pot luck supper which was held at Knox Presbyterian Church on May The all round cord which is the highest honor In Guiding was presented to Tammy Nancy Dubeau Jennifer McDonald and Robin Ridley by Karen Billings who is the recently retired South Wellington Commissioner The Guides welcomed the guests and pre sented their mothers with corsages After the supper the four senior girls did a marvelous Job of enacting an amusing skit on the life of Lord Baden Powell from the time he was born until he died The first Guide Pack began with 11 members now there are a quarter of a million Guides in Canada alone Helen gave badges and service stars to those who had earned them and the girls presented gifts to her and the other leaders The evening ended with Taps The McKinnon and community garage sale last weekend was a roaring success despite the rain The families imolved did very well as usual and the have now decided that it will be an annual event Karen has obtained employ ment in Toronto for the summer I You can get the same model anywhere in Canada but only in Acton can you get the best prices and service See for yourself See Them Now MORE TRUCK LESS MONEY Achilles Motors Ltd SALES AND SERVICE THE PLA CE FOR UNBEA TABLE PRICES A SERVICE 357 QUEEN ST EAST ACTON Excellence is never an Ii results from careful and execution by dedicated and inspires Ii offers a model to be emulated ItralU the finest rath individual It demand is in is a planned and sound nudum pursued in and concerned under the caring direction of a rained sensitive and demanding faculty Iii run is second i I Jest independent a I It a balanced It tin m luii rial lor individual t ju I inn II up complete each mrehcimclubsjndsrMmproerjms in kit Ik I return apt Pickering College An In jrdnif and ml boys IMORMA1ION ABOl T IIS nun Shell n H lark Hcjdmjstcr ID X Newmarket Located at WEDNESDAY hums on sale wMe quantities tost am DOOR BUSTERS llrent Marshall North District Supervisor checks a display last at the North District Operation Centre for Ilalton legion during Public Works The centre located In Milton was open to the public with various displays showing the in the department Four cars have items removed A scries of car break ins In Rockwood sometime overnight to Saturday could very well have been committed by the same person Guelph OPP say after four cars had goods La ken out of them during the same time period Raymond Alexander 1680zowskiSt told police the battery was taken from his car while a CB radio disappeared from a vehicle owned by Glen Underwood St Eyeglasses and minor items were missing from the cor of Else Schulte Main St and brief case and glasses were taken from the vehicle of Jerome Hams St Environment week June to has been proclaimed Cana Environment Week by Hills Council last Tuesday evening approved the proclamation after receiving a letter from Ferguson Environment Canada who noted the week is celebrated to promote and emphasize the importance and value of environmental awareness and participation by citizens industry and all levels of government Signs damaged Vandals damaged no parking metal signs on Mam Street South between Kingham Road and Agnes Street sometime last Monday police say All the street signs were best and about damage was caused A 19yearold Acton male has been charged with trespassing on two separate dap at the Acton High School Police My the youth was reported on the property last afternoon and then again on Two red Industrial carpets worth were taken from the entrance corridor of an apartment budding on Mill Street some time last week WHITE SWAN 2 PK PAPER TOWELS ALE I pi POWDER Off m Pack of 60 BUDGET LIGHT BULBS SALE 2PKGS 100 WHERE EVERY DAY IS SALE DAY MEANS OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF ITEMS IS DISCOUNTED 20 to OFF DAILY MENS SPRING JACKETS Assorted Broken Sizes Reg to 99 SALE MENS WORK JACKETS 1 Green Colour 1 Full Zipper 1 Canadian Made Regular 924 SALE I I BOYS T3H1RTS Short Sleeve Cotton 50 Polyester S Rag SALE A BOYS DENIM JEANS Sizes to Reg 17 to 21 99 88 SALE PLASTIC TABLE COVERS Assorted Patterns SALE 96 WALT DISNEY BLACK HOLE PUZZLES pieces Rag 1 SALE I QUEEN SIZE PANTYHOSE Beige Spice Rag pkg 77 SALE SHOES All Makes Including Rubber Boots Soccer Shoes 2 PRICE OFF OUR REGULAR PRICES SEWING NOTIONS including Zippers Threads Knitting Needle plus the enure department PRICE 2 OFF hi GIRLS DESIGNER CORD JEANS Sue 7 14 Reg 897 GIRLS PANTS 6X 100 Polyester SALE 3OO FANCY BABY DIAPER PANTIES Vinyl Assorted Reg SALE pica EXQUISITE BRAS Naturally Smooth Seamless Strapless Reg 1100 700 CHILDREN S AND INFANT TSHIRTS izes3mos Sizes 3X Assorted Styles Reg LADIES BLOUSES Long Sleeves and some Short Sleeve Assorted Sues and Styles Rag to 916 99 coo LOCATED DOWNTOWN MILL ST EAST ACTON ONT