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nkjbsdav august isth 1m the acton free press acton ontario clear and distinct school bell hung in 1893 is lowered in 1953 back in ia aclon had the fine school in halton county it tl part of that beautiful and com modious jchool that is being alt ered this mooth while the brick school was beautiful indeed in the staid ibms it looks sadly old fashioned beside the new addition which has now been in operauor for year this month the front porch is twine replaced by a modern one the bell and belfry are removed and the roof which has born the snows of so winters is beinf re shingled school inspector deacon whom we could imagine with a neatly trimmed beard and conservative dark suit reported on the new school in acton to county council lft may of 1893 acton furnished jme most grati fying improvement during 1892 for a number of years the fourth department had been located in a small room in the town hall the attendance became so large that increased accommodation was an imperative necessity instead of adopting half way measures the board pulled down one of the old rooms and built a beautiful and commodious four roomed building in front of the remaining two acton has now the most ample ac commodatlon and the finest public school building in halton the structure u of terra cotta brick with deck roof closed porch end basement the rooms are properly lighted well ventilated and are hearted by furnaces the find it hahd to relax in the den tist chair then youll be glad to know that the dentist s drill now has a rival a new device which drub teeth by means of a fine spray or aluminum oxide powder they say the new technique takes the ouch out of having a tooth fixed manufacturers to many betas keep coming up with new uses for aluminum and our research people are often called on tor betp in finding a remedy for tbetr production aches and pains many times the result b another cana dian phut opening up to make a ssow and useful aluminum pro duct aluminum company of ramda ltd ajcan ceilings of the first floor are of matched boards the others are i plastered the cost was nearly 0000 actons school board of the day had a long discussion in february of 1892 when according to ihe free press the members of the school board are still on the ragged edge of indecision in the matter of building the discussion of the new add ion to the old school the progress over the next months and finally the pride and praise parallel the newest addition to the school board members declared the old school was all poor in the matter of heat light and ventilation it is certainly not a modern school building said the chair man ut i have been in worse schools mr cooke wouldnt it cos more than half as much lo repair the old rooms and build two new ones as a complete new building a volume of desultory convers ation here ensued in which various suggestions of a more or less prac tical nature were presented several members what would it cost and so on it went with discus sion among george hynds r hoi mes sev g b cooke t h harding james mclam and robert wallace a by law to issue debentures was finally passed m may and the new addition was underway it wastt t until november that an omission in the perfection of the new school was brought to light what about a bell for the tower the building was completed be f the bel wasordered tor its next year a christmas present to the uwil- the school wis completed about the middle of december 1892 the building presents a com manding appearance its architect ural outline producing a pleasing and handsome effect from all points of view it is surmounted by a fine belfry the account fail ed to mention thai the fine belfry was empty have you noticed the scaffolding where the old entrance u lo be the entrance that has jusl disappeared w is one of the best points of the school in 1892 many a chilly citizen walked over to admire the commodious portico of artistic design which opened into the vestibule by heavy panelled doors there a fine wide slai led to the upper rooms the tow n w ns proud indeed of he wonderful heating sjstem oni of the reason- acton needed a ntw school in 1951 1892 was a busy year fnught with perplexities for the board the result a building and prem hes which gave ihe greatest com fort and convenience as well is perfect sanitation at lowest possible cost lowest possible eort we can well believe that ihe new school addition complete with basement and much admind bel frj was 8000 there- are still some in town who went to school in the new bu lding after the christmas holidays it was in may that the new bell was finally hung in the almost new bel fry the free press said the new chool bell has been hung and is now in daily use it is clear and distinct and has a peculnrty sweet tone to some perhaps the idea that a school bell could sound sweet is indeed peculiar tastnmss jx 1 s taijeskon tintypes fashion hint shrug sweaters ore handy to havi in the summer the abbrevi ated sweaters usually with one button at the top are much easier to carry than a coat and do the ame job on a chilly evening and there s no doubt about it some august ivuiings art chilly whiu is the most popular color for tho summer evening casual sweaters there s no crystal ball required to sec sweaters in the future tht sweaters art really glorified for tall from beauufully sequincd oni to othirs with plain lailor tlooking braiding warmth s hot one of the main attributes of sweaurs any mon especially evening sweaters they art scoop id tucked binbbomd decorated n any number of wjys prios vary very widely nurseries unable to meet demands from iu tret nurseries at st william and midhurst orono ktmptvillt and fort william the ontario department of lands and forests has begun shipment of the more than 22 000 000 young tree which will bo planted throughout the province this year in the de partmentn n forcstatlon program more than 6 000 requests for trees have been received and officials say the supply available will be insufficient lo meet the demand even thuukh this year s shipments art expected to be more than half a million ahead of 1932 young trees are supplied by the department to private land owners and to municipalities and forest minded organizations at a nominal charge they must be planted as shelter bells or to replenish wood lots and under condili his mi liable for their proper growth it is esti mited that about 12 million treed will go out lo private pi inters 80 to 85 per cent of whom have shown preference for tvirgrecns because of higher survival rate and general suitability this was the acton public school in october 1898 as re corded by a t browns- busy camera it yyill be noted tha the brick addition built over original stone school ho use had not yet been erected at that time ihe windows of the old stone building were boarded up and the only part in use was the faux room brick section which seems to us that we used to recall a bell on the old stone buttdtng tut it is nol vubtc in this picture when the four room brick building became in adequate a room in the stone school was reopened then the high schol found quarters u he stone building when it was open ed in acton fifty years igo again the children became too numerous tor the five rooms in the public school and abou forty years ago a second storey was put on lop of the stone b i ir ng and the high school moved up stairs it took only another few years more and in 1927 the public school required all the building space and the high school was moved to another building the remodelled residence of the la e c smith six or seven years ago a port able room was added for public bbfifctf lexhsjul j woluolfivnd year the new addition to the public school was added bring ingthe total classrooms in tise now to over twenty units now the public school will expand again and next yeir require the rooms occupied by the high school which w ill have a ne w lo cation in the east end of aclon yes there have been manj changes since october 1898 when the above picture was taken the belfry has gone from ihe publ c school and the four room section is now only a small part of pub photo brftrt bron lie school buildings which look after the children of acton none will deny however that the ong i inal buildings were well con 1 structed and have certainly stood i well the passing of time ai several generations of childrer copyrighted itipsontouringl i by gsro lorn i womans trovef authority the birds and beasts ire getting re id to peer down gunights and many people will be head ing for some back tonature retreat w here the nearest store is len miles down the road at least the man in the family miy be the hunting authorit but the little woman can point to a few items on her kitchen shelves that would save him many an emergency trip back to civilization baking wda for instance will disinfect minor wounds help in digestion squelch small fires and even clear bugs off the wind shields with tin foil you can lm proviso baking pans keep sand 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