Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), August 1, 1984, p. 11

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ve Bait Taxidsrmv FULL UNE Of CROSSBOWS GEORGETOWN L7G4A5 8731436 Summer carnival Come one come nil Tomorrow night the Recreation and Parks Department summer activities carnival Is ready to roll Starting at 7 with a gala parade through Acton featuring floats decorated by this year participants the fun continues at the arena In Prospect Park Come get a clown facet Dunk a leader I Have your fortune told and much much more Don t miss your chance to see Summer Activities in action August donation Again this year the Optimist Club of Georgetown have donated to subsidize the needy In the community Children In Hallon Hills who would normally not have the experience of attending a summer program will enjoy the many opportunities the Department has to offer Social Services and the Public Health Depart have assisted to make sure the needy are being served If you would like more Information call Guest preacher By WINIFRED SMITH Herald dent Mr assisted the guest preacher at Ballinafad United Church Sunday service The guest preacher was Mr Tyrrell layman for St George s Anglican Church in Georgetown The regular minister Tom Bandy will be back In the pulpit Sunday We hope there will be many out to welcome him Moves from By WINIFRED SMITH 1 era Id Correspondent We are sorry that Linda 0 Connor and daughters have moved from our vicinity to Hilton We welcome Mr and Mrs VanDerMeer and children who are now occupying the Connor home They came from Georgetown Junior Farmers Day By KAY WILSON Herald Correspondent A number of Halton young people travelled to Wonderland Friday for and Junior Farmer Day and reported a good time To the dogs Its no reflection on John standing in the polls to suggest that in Georgetown his campaign has gone to the dogs The Tory incumbent has set up bis campaign headquarters at a former veterinary hospital office opened July lfl after extensive work by what people are calling a clean up squad McDermld Brampton HQ is In the animal free environment of Squire Mews on Queen Street East Courtesy Brampton Dally Timet Kingfisher Klub Terra Cotta Conservation Authorities King fisher Klub for youth meets Thursday fromi 30 to 3pm at the Area Interpretive Centre Everyone welcome to come take part In nature crafts environmental games Niagara Escarpment hikes and even making pottery from wild clay For more Information call 977 WO Better picnic planning Got nothing to do Saturday night Why not join others at the Terra Cotta Conservation Area at 30 p m to leam how to read clouds and weather signs Cloud formations and weather trends will be discussed and you II have a better idea of when to plan your next picnic or camping weekend Bring blankets or lawn chairs for gazing at the clouds For more information call The Conservation Area Is on Winston Church ill Boulevard Just two kilometres north of the village of Terra Cotta Jonathan Alexander born By KAY WILSON IdCorrespondent Congratulations to Tony and Isabel Vlelra of on the birth of their son Jonathan Alexander Thursday at Toronto Mount Sinai Hospital Legion Car Club draw CAR DRAW July 13 winners L Tyler 406 King 25 J C Peacock July winners R Doucctt 17a A Ford K Pearson J Brown Burns lklO July winners F Tracy Barber G Hendry 473 Ward D Logan lie Monlealh Australia travel buddies By Mrs JOHN BEIXBODDY Herald Correspondent One Sunday recently Mr and Mrs Fred Nunc motored to St Mary of the friends they shared an Australian tour with this past winter Childrens parade Thursday the children of the Summer Adiv Program will be participating in a parade in Acton Starting at the floata will leave Eastern Avenue and travel down Mill Street to Main Street and then down Park Avenue on to Prospect Park Following the parade there will be a Penny Carnival in the Acton Arena Everyone is Invited to the carnival so Join in for the parade and some fun afterwards Hills on Over mi performers and artists from Hills will be travelling to the on Thursday August IB to perform at the The show begins at 12 noon and will provide four hours of hometown entertainment Our local artists wilt be displaying their work at a neighboring marquee Hope you 11 mark this date on your calendar and join us at the C N E SECTION SECTION II THE HERALD Wednesday August 1 19S4 Page lOt A pirates work is never done SOAPED UP It was the Canada Student Employment of lice way of saying thank you to the community Friday Five Brampton and Halton Hills staff left to right Deb Vickie Roy Benin Sandra Scott and Chris Cleave spent Friday giving free car washes at the Georgetown Marketplace Discipline a key word in Millenaars story By ROBIN Herald SUff New students entering Georgetown District High School this year may find this advice useful Get some discipline If you have that it doesn t matter it will help you That advice comes Matthijs Millenoar who with per cent had the highest average of all the Grade 13 stud pronounced Tyss along with other Grade students at GDHS has been rec to the Min Istry of Education to receive the Ontario Scholarship Award To qualify a student must obtain an average of per cent In six Grade 13 courses ThIjs will be attending the University of West em Ontario this fall and after a twoyear general Saying the business administration program one of the harder ones in which to be accepted Chris Bcrtcisen and the Outers Club He Is pres working with Ruth a business teach on a special project involving a sign to be built in front of GDHS II PEPPER Thijssaid if you work at It you 11 get in and if you don you won t was instrument at in starting a paper recycling program In Grade with teacher advertising events of Interest to the public An active member the student council din ing his final year Thijs t believe In the nine to three altitude You have to put time Into it especially in your final years he said Another GDHS stud who believes you have to put a lot of time into It Is Jennifer Pepp er who received a per cent average Staying up to date with all your work and not getting behind is what Jennifer attributes her high marks to Once you get behind its hard catching up said the second highest student of Grade 13 Jennifer wilt be enter Queen University this fall to study physio therapy She was involved with the cross country team and track team while at This summer Jennifer is running the gymnastics camp for the Halton Hills Girls Gymnastics Club By DAVE ARMOUR Toronto Bureau MAPLE While some students spend their summer painting houses working in fact or doing odd jobs yearold Dave Boo lie spends his time being knocked about thrown in the water and giving and receiving punches Dave summer job is playing a pirate and sometimes Don Quixote and sometimes Sane ho Dave Is of eight characters in the Pirate Show at Canada Won this summer and as a member of the cast he bounces about the pirates dock wrest with the good guys Quixote and his sidekick Sancho and tries to prevent them from re trieving the Golden Sword stolen from the King of Canterbury On alternate days Dave gets to play the good guys and experience for himself what It means win the battle as and Sancho Invar do during the minutc performance Dave was one of thousands of students who auditioned this summer for roles in Canada Wonderlands various theatrical per forma which In elude The Best of Broad way and More Solid Gold variety shows Although at heart as a pirate Dave doesn t get to sing but be does bounce around on trampolines strategically located about the pirates dock and on the mock brig sitting at anchor in the middle of large pond at Canada Wood crland Dave says his as a gymnast and his acting In high school helped prepare him for the rough and tumble job of ducking punches and swinging on yards while trying to capture Quixote and and prevent them from capturing the Golden Sword Timing he says Is everything Especially Everyone works a different time level You have to duck slow for a slow punch and duck fast for a fast punch Once in while the timing gets mixed up and you end up making the more real than you Intended Dave rubbing his Exaggerated actions such as punches and flying make for a year hopefully working in either same show or in one of tho variety productions where he can use his talents as a piano player and singer Between the four or five shows he and his motley crew of pirates and heroes put on each day Dave has little time to take advantage or the amusement park rides instead spends his time trying to regain his Local resident Bootle Is playing the pirate this summer in Canada Wonderland Pirate Show one of eight characters in the IS- minute show bounces about on trampo lines swings on haljards and gels knocked Into the water all of which makes for an exciting If unusual summer Job more interesting mancc and arc especial ly thrilling to the many youngsters who lino the edges of the pond he says Often however the audience doesn re act with the enthusiasm he hoped for and in that event you put your ail into It even if the Isn the great est there are always some people who want to enjoy the show This is the first sum Dave has spent working at Canada Wonderland and he Maurice stage name who was known as Can adas King or the Ban Jo Is to be honored today In the city where he was brought up A resident of Terra Cotta until his tragic death nearly six years ago Beaulleu was once acclaimed by US TV show host Arthur God fray as the greatest living banjo virtuoso In June 1978 at the First International Ban- Jo Festival In San Jose California Beaulleu was officially named the world best banjo play and Tommy Hunter shows in Canada and was also a guest artist on the Arthur Godfrey Pee Wee Hunt Victor and Lawrence Welk TV shows In the US Today will become the first person to be inducted Into the new Hall of Fame of the Arts at the local mus In Edmundston New Brunswick Bom of French Can parents started playing the had a repertoire of seven Inst rumen by age 18 and got his big break as a banjo player In when he was ottered a regular spot on a radio program with country and western star Hank Later he was to tour the Middle East with Tommy Hunter Gordlo the Sist singer Tommy Common and the thm Pals to entertain members of the Canad Armed Forces ing with the United Nat Ions And he played all across Canada at night clubs city and town fairs and the Calgary Stampede Beaulleu died at Tor onto Western Hospital on Aug IS 1978 after contacting encephalitis a condition which causes brain damage At the time he was aged and he was at the height of his career The project to honor Beaulleu the Ed mundston museum was started three months ago by a committee of local citizens and form er friends And a grant towards the Hall of Fame of the Arts has come from the la I government Items on display there will Include an oil paint of Beaulleu banjos god records and the entertainer personal belongings swinging punches expects to be back energy and prepare himself for another per formance Grabbing a rest be tween shows is the best thing to do or you be worn out he says After the summer season at Canada a Wonderland ends In September Dave soys he II try his hand at playing piano and sing in some of London Ontario if all goes well he expects he 11 also be performing in George town and perhaps even in Toronto dogs impounded Fifty nine dogs were Impounded during June by Hills Animal Control compared to In June of a report to council shows Six dogs were claimed during the month compared with eight in June of last year with used for research or destroyed compared with 43 In June of 1983 Homes were found for eight dogs in June with only five dogs being placed during the same period last year Warn tags were Riven to five individuils compared to 10 in June 19B3 with one summons Issued this year compared to three lost year In June In total calls were answered compared with 311 in June 1983 with a total of 609 licenses issued com pared with In June of last year Sheep shot do you do with sheep head somebody had a good use for It because they went to the trouble of stealing the cheeps two concrete swans one and a half eel ind a girl s head Saturday from the front f Garden Centre on Highway west of Acton The objects are valued at Halton regional police are Lome Scots IRA threat limits band tour Fear of attacks by the Irish Republican Army cut down planned per forma by the Lome Scots Regimental Band and Pipes and Drums during their recent trip to England Regimental Band Sergeant Major Ken Allen of Acton said the Peel Dufferln and Hallon Lome Scots allowed to play in front of Ontario House The City of London police allow it They guarantee security of personnel Mr Allen said Ontario House is only a half block away from the Iranian embassy where a London police woman was shot earlier this year It was a bit or appointment to us Lat we realized they have a keen sense of ity for the people who there Mr Alien sold To ease their appointment Ontario House administration treated band members to a banquet buffet which also helped while away a drizzly after noon The band were also prevented from playing for the Chelsea Pension of London seniors home for British sold icrs Again the police allow it be cause of security though It was In a confined area Mr Allen said shaking his khead A performance the Tower of London was allowed however The retreat cere mony with the English Battalion Royal Regiment of took place before a pri invited group of about guests We I believe it was hat tight the security Mr Allen said Tht of Kent is the honorary colonel of both the Lome Scats and the Royal and he hosted the parade and performance as well as a cocktail party afterwards Mr Allen described the Duke as a tall good looking man In his He has a way of speaking that draws you out he said He does come across In a way that makes you feel uncom Mr Allen was add rcssed by the Duke after the band s perform He said to me I understand you people disappointed about the places you were expecting to play at He said Please accept my apologies and asked if we been treated well and were having a good time Mr Allen sold No outside tourists were allowed to see the performance inside the Tower of London walls The only outsiders were the band members The band did get to put on an unannounced performance in down own London at the Guild Hall Those who were out on their lunch hour or passing by the building in the centre of the city heard the Lome Scots The England visit was the groups biccntenn ial project Before leaving the is land the Lome Scots cut a record with the Fifth Battalion Royal Regiment of Its expected to be available in three months and for sale by members of the Lome Scots ALIEN

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