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University Womens Club lecture Freelance writing a way to live Long IT TAKES TEAMWORK Nine- ear old John Sullivan and bis dad Hon have been a soap box tier b combo For the pail two can and when tbIi years nimble down Georgetown Maple again Ihry hope that learn work will pay off In another trophy for It Ira lion for this years derby lorganlied by the Kinsmen with lots of help from McDonalds will begin at noon Sunday at Holy Cross school parking lot Irrenlallani will take place at that afternoon Meanwhile John and Hon will be putting the finishing louche lo the vehicle which hat won John the Acton Optimists Derby first In the Georgetown Derbys ISIS top prize for the Junior A class and the Jr title last year Duly credited with his In the pit crew is family friend Charles not It photo by Chris Fund grows steadily Continued from Page one Arts Council treasurer pre sented Mayor Pomcoy with a cheque for the balance from the proceeds of Its tic historical mural and the much acclaimed Old Tyme Music Hair night Arts Council president Shore says this brings group contrib utions only short of Councils pledge Theamount collected to date Include however the proceeds from the name spaces on Ihe two wall hang ings which the Arts Council Is sponsoring in collaboration with Ihe Georgetown Rug Hookers If ail available spaces arc purchased the Arts Council will easily moke good on Its pledge Interest Is steadily growing in this unique form of donation whereby donors can have their names or those of others they wish to remember hooked into two works of art which will hang in perpetuity in the new theatre Maximum name space available is Inches Mosl recent purchasers are The George Johnston Family Helen R Gene and Chad Inglls The Davies Family For full details contact John Roe at 2S24 or Elizabeth Shore at Burgular on Bower St A residence on Bower Street in Acton was entered by an unlocked rear door Sunday and a small amount of cash was taken ARTS COMPLEX FUND Actons image receives boost Continued from Page one a that Sunday Under Ihe association which will hold its inaugural meeting i in the M ing recognition beyond Its Although cautious about rural boundaries A number of committing town funds to lenthcrtown prizes have list of projects Mayor Pom- game shows praised the associations Anythingwodolsabonua eagerness to put Acton on the Mr So we need mop as an important point of involvement now especially interest financially because of groups like Acton I become a centre or the tourist industry Pelrillo noting Inat Summer works program with a other people Is gelling parts of town as well What we have Is moat Tourism Is Iho third largest unique area In Ontario he industry In the province Mr added if we start pulling Reed Mid Surely every area together it instead of the province has a story to always complaining about It You Bowling INEXPENSIVE ENTERTAINMENT Youth Men Ladies Young Adult Mixed Golden Age Married Couples League STILL TIME TO JOIN LEAGUES TO SUIT EVERYONE from old to old FREE INSTRUCTION GEORGETOWN BOWL 8779922 1 2 MOUNTAINVIEW S Opp Marktt AN Herald Staff Writer Sending out manuscripts is like being pregnant for London freelancer Helen Long If it comes back it like having a miscarriage and If they decide lo publhh it like giving birth she Mild Mrs Long Is the mother of ilosemory Oliver of Penning Ion Crescent In Georgetown She gave a talk to members of Ihe University Womens Club Thursday night about the plea and pains of freelancing The members were meeting for the time as a new book Mrs Long Is the author of Change Into Uniform an auto biography IU9IH9 published by Terence of in She freelances for London magazines like Lady Nursery World She and Pulse a medical publication I nme Into writing late in life when my children were grown up I was looking for something do she says candidly Writing look place of her four children Ive always loved the English language and I used to get good grades in English at school she said I used to write and put things In a drawer then I realized nobodys going to read Ihem Mrs Long is chatty woman who welcomed warmly each of the ten women who had come to bear her laik in her daughter basement She was In Canada primarily to visit her daughter and her daughters family recent Immigrants to Canada Hawkins visits centre Oct 20 Continued from Page one I like it when everybody can holler out he said For lovers who waul to plug The Hawk into a menial peg lor historical reference It was a new lyelec trifled Bob Dylan who encouraged Ron nies bond The Hawks travel England for a special groundbreaking tour Eventually The Hawks be come legendary themselves under Iho name of The Band In was at The Bands yet unparelled goodbye performance about four ings ago Joining Dingers like van Morrison Hob Dylan Jonl Mitchell and Neil Young segment in Ihe film The Last Welti which documents The Bonds final performance stands out as one of the best of the entire feature When Ronnie isnt busy per forming before screaming romnm fans hes dabbling In the movie and TV business He was featured In Ihe ill fated Michael Cam no Heavens Gate now The Johnson Country Wars but there is also a document ary on him entitled The Hawk which premiered at Torontos Festival of Festivals earlier this month Meanwhile hes beaming Into living rooms via CTVs show Friday nights at A shade over middle age Ronnie tws little sign of fading into the sunset now thai hes enjoying such a popular revival Ive been trying to find me a body somewhere he told his fans at last weeks press conference This ones Just Gypsy has a of musical explosives ready to bring Hal ton Hills fans to Iheir fcet And when he shouts Who Do You Love therell be no question about It hero Hawkins ticket are available at the recreation department Call Extension M for Georgetown It for from Ac too to get additional Information Tickets are In advance and it lie door She said dicey way to live it a gamble and the story idea is the nub or ihe matter It can get you the assignment or lose It for you One never gel fot free lancing she said Itll never keep you youll starve lo death She said shes a kept woman and writing merely keeps her from getting old before her lime Her husband Is family doclor In Kent A member of Ihe Society of Authors In London says Its important to know your market or you II never place anything anywhere Editors dont want to waste lime telling you whats wrong wlthyaururticlc Its up lo you to find why rejected she said also pays to know who son the move and when theyre gone she said recounting how she had had an article turned down by editor yet when resubmitting it a new editor with the same magazine a few weeks later had found the new editor keen publish it Mrs Long said its import ant write in the style of the mo gall no the article is intend You have to stick with their image she said She belongs to a writers group which the last Wednesday of each month and follows each other members work They each must bring writing to the meeting and together Ihey constructively criticize she said We know what markets there are and we encourage each other she said of the group Lately shes been working on two booklets one on the children in statue form in London and another on the Insects and animals In statue awful things these cherubs get up unspeak able things she said shaking her head She has chased Policeman completes course Police Constable Hodgson has success fully completed Ihe Advanced Training course at the Ontario Police College in Aylmcr Ontario Continued on Page cherubs around central London and written a text on each of Together done by a friend she says It would be a lovely guidebook Last Christmas she had a article in the in a ga line Lady about the cherubs The booklet is on fascination for the si I know exactly where theres a col playing a fiddle and two mice fighting over a sandwich on lop of a build ing said She explained thai workmen constructing a particular London building used to find their sandwiches by the mice come lunch- time so when they finished he building they left the statue of the two mice behind as on affectionate reminder Mrs Long said she is having trouble getting her booklets done up now Nobody has money lo put into anything in London now It very difficult she said She told Ihe women that problems in London are very much like problems women have in Canada and advised them lo for London magaiines worlds gotten much smaller she said The magazine business Is booming and becoming more Interna Were interested in whats going on in other parts Ihe world Besides the exchange rate is In your fovor Mrs Long started writing her first book when her son also a journalist said For Gods sake slop writing all thai rubbish for womens magazines The autobiography was written from books she kept during the second world war A nurse with the navy she wasnt allowed lo keep a diary for if It was found It could give away secrets to the Germans she said She kept odds and ends like menus from the ship she was on In her scrap books She also had the letters she exchanged for four years with her boyfriend now husband Mrs Long said she didnt have much research n do for her autobiography except lo confirm some facts at the British Imperial War Museum To my amusement this book is now selling as a social history and Is recommended reading at colleges she said She gave a copy of the book to Georgetown public library because Ive been very happy in Canada Her daughter Rosemary said the warm welcome shed had at the library had Influenced her to stay In Georgetown when she originally came to Canada Mrs Long said she has received many letters from people who have read her book and written say they had led the same sheltered childhood before the war and had had many of Ihe war experiences Is currently working on a book about the French resist ance movement In south of France Her uncle and aunt kept a safe house In Marseilles helping over ZOO people move on to the 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