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thursday september 1 1955 the acton free press acton ontario page fxvb do year t cub fr scoot itee and weather cant mar the uroaoial aood looks of ahnm- itiflu yrmtf tuiimm mi m ownen both because it lasts so avnch looser ahcl because it sever stains or discolors sur rounding woodwork it is also the lowestpriced nonrusting insect screen am the market and that adds point to che happy fact that canada it she worlds moat efficient alnnav mm producer and that fact an turn means mat people who wfc aluminum kiwi and window frames roofing and jiardwaib for canadas active ifcuoding industry can do so at ffriec that save a lot of paopia m lot of money aluminum company op canada ltd alcan last thursday evenlng 10 sen ior cuds travelled to niagara-on- thejlake to view the canadian pageant at the eighth world scout jamboree lite cubs left acton shortly after five oclock for the 75 mile trip and arrived at the jamboree just in time to get seats among some 10000 other viewers bring souvenirs great memories from the eighth world jamboree in the camp arena the cubs later made a tour of the site particul arly the canteens those attending were keith and rews brian barbeau richard cur- rie gordon hufnagel paul mc- geachie ronald mellon peter newton brian otterbein robert parker and donald price all cubs travelled in two cars that of messrs don ryder arid murray scoyne the cubs who made the trip greatly appreciated the help of mr ryder in taking a number of boys in his car cubs on the trip were n charge of their akela and mrs 1 wens- ley obaloo next thursday all cubs will be gathering at the scout hall for a special meeting on a and b packs future activities all cubs are expected to attend murray scoyne akela with souvenirs and wonderful memories of friendships and spec ial events scoutmaster dave dill and queens scout wayne currie arrived home from the eighth world jamboree at niagara-on-the- lake on sunday evening since the event has been widely reported on radio television and in th daily press the free press asked them to tell of a few of their per ofmnl ftrpgripncre that would be of particular interest to acton scouts and friends for dave dills the jamboree was a busmans holiday as he worked all day and evenings foo as vol unteer newspaper staff photog raphy reporting sales public relations and actual production of the paper took up almost all his time here are some of the highlights of the jamboree according to wayne currie scoat meeting commencing monday september 12 scout meetings yill begin at the scout hall at regular meeting tune iparki dcugmvvssg mannings when we arrived at the jamboree we discovered that our tent was under trees in the timberlands camp there were 1700 scouts in timberlands in our tent there were terry clifford bill frank myself and al mclntyre the patrol leader they were all from guelph ii was made the reporter from the third timberlands troop for the jamboree journal since i have my journalists badge scouts from birmingham in eng land camped right beside us with ohio on another side and london england on another hone to meet again we soon made good friends of the birmingham scouts and they all invited us te stay at their homes if we came to the next jamboree in england in two years we saidwed be there the americans were trying to trade everything i got a lot of trades and now f have an emblem from every province i traded ac ton and ontario crests for them i tried to speak some french while i was trading for some french pins we went over to the french camp and luckily one of the boys could speak english i did try to speak some french though we talked with some of the jamaicans they were a lot of fun two boys from our bunch bought their whole gateway made of bamboo at the end of the jam boree we tent to one of the english campfires at another one some of the scottish boys danced the highland fling and boys from jamaica played on their oil drums scouts from st catherines gave us all hot dogs and pop eskimo- friendliest at ine opening day ceremony we all marched in the parade and 43 in the arena fainted someone gave me a piece of ice to suck and i felt alright all or the eskimos fainted that day i think they were the friendliest bunch we met but they wanted to go back up north where it was cooler as soon as we got into the camp we went to theirent to see if we could trade badges they put their arms around us and took us inside to show us all their things they had brought two white stuffed bears with them from aklavik wednesday wc went on tour by bus to brocks monument nnd niag ara falls the most comical guy i me brian ruddy of guelph missed the bus when we stopped at brocks monument for 15 minutes he thought he could climb up to the top and down again before the bus left but he was wrong three steaks apiece although many went over to the states nine of us were invited out to a home in niagara falls for a party we had steaks and water melon and lots of food some wentback again on saturday an1 after three steaks apiece ate doughnuts and cream puffs that time we went out on a pass and had to get u i taxi to bring as back to camp it had a flat tire and we were late but it was the last night so nobody minded everybody took turns to cook we had quite a few visitors from headquarters including scotty fleming whom scouts around here know up at three am we had to get up at three oclock in the morning the day we went to the exhibition we caught a bus to st catharines and took a train there our group was in toronto before eight and we waited at fort york until everybody got there from buses and the cayuga we took sandwiches with us and veie given milk and ice cream and doughnuts at 11 we paraded into the exhibition but everybody was half asleep quite a few were asleep all along the r waterfront under the bleachers in the after noon i was the first asleep and the last to wake up we didnt get back to camp until midnight our train back to camp had gas lamps then on sunday morning some of the english boys pulled us out of bed at 630 the boys who didnt go to the ex did our cooking for us they had i done the troop washing and acted as guards while we were away there were quite a few visitors to our camp from acton including scouts and cubs i met my twp cousins one from south waterloo and another from toronto mr van goozen from guelph was vis iting he was a queens scout with the acton troop and went with ac ton boys toan american jamboree in 1937 rev and mrs armstrong came with bob and emerson bax ter and met their nephew from british columbia we broke camp sunday afternoon and my parents picked me up in guelph about 630 i went to bed about 930 and slept until 1130 monday morning rx4f7g tip want ad page where old friends meet suggest radios for fire truck police cars fred tetroult of canadian gen eral electric co suggested that georgetown equip police cars and fire trucks with twoway radios total cost of such a system would be 2500 or 2200 for police w onl the system would provide better protection in many ways over the present where police must check back to the police of fice to answer calls he pointed out fire chief william hjde said he believed it would be an advantage to have the radio system and that there is some possibility that civil defence would pay some of the coot council said the system would be talked over but gave no indic ation of considering any action canadas railroad companies now have over four billion dollars in vested m tracks roads and equip ment the canadian contingent shown at the saluting base in the march past at the canadian national exhibition is passing the re viewing stand where lord rowallan chief scout of britain and the staff phot commonwealth and camp chief jackson oodds took the salute five special trains the chartered cayuga and numerous buses were required to transport the 9500 scouts to the exhibition snumes crlore sell now your old tv phono graph or radio for 200oo admiral tv never again will you get 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