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0 yagesix v7 the acton free press acton ontario thursday july 19th ibm limehouse caught in oils canvas by five counties art association the picturesque beauty of the little village of limehouse situated georgetown will live on and on one would judge after a glance at the 40odd paintings done through the village on saturday by mem bers of the five counties art as sociation for on that day the club mem bers ftomthalton peel wellington waterloo and duiferin counties re corded on canvass nearly every point of the villages beautiful landscape including paintings of the ruins of a deserted lime kiln the rows of little houses along the streets the fields rich ufcfr- yellow grain the flowing brook and the rolling surrounding farmland the milton art club headed by mrs joyce henry played host to the touring group- from other counties for this months trip next month the group will make a sirnilar tour to rockwood where more village scenes will be captur ed on canvass after lunch the members struck out for the subject of their choice and after three hours of sketching and painting returned to the small hckll in thg irillngo tck display thpil works of art two members- of the group gordon cauley and douglas ftobb both of guelph criticized the finished products for the benefit of both the artist and the audience new talent penticton bc cp doug kilburn rightw inger witnt pentict- on vs of the okanagan senior hockey league has found an off season talent his vocal imitations won him 100 first prize in the penticton bands searchfortalent contest staff photo about 40 members of the five counties art club took part in the day of sketching at limehouse saturday and the results were very gratifying ac ording to all officials two of those who spent the afternoon in limehouses picturesque region wre mrs b coverdale and mrs h church milton staff photo two paintings of the same subject looked a lit- le different when their artists brought them to gether for comparison but the general theme of the subject was still quite evident mrs wallace gallagher of laurel left and mrs roy henry of aailton right exhibit their paintings of the old de serted lime kilns at limehouse sum photo the living beatjty of picturesque limehouse will live forever op the canvasses displayed at the close of an afternoons painting and sketching by 40 members of the five counties art club following their sketching trip to the village saturday mrs robert dredge and joyce haslam show their work crafts popular through district the sketching trip held by the five counties art association in limehouse last saturday was by no means unique the event was one of many under the supervision of the community programs branch of the ontario department of ag riculture all year round during trie winter of course there are the night schools run in dependently but still under the watchful eyes of lloyd winshall of the department in town the oil painting classes have beeh the most popular hobby which carries on all year round active community art groups are functioning in acton milton cal- edon east cooksvulcramira fer gus guelph kitchener orangeville and preston as members of the five counties art association they have sent along some of their best canvasses to the annual exhibition which was held this spring in kit chener the year before it was in acton art agenda for the summer in cludes four sketching trips v first in elora in june the second last weekend in limehouse the third august 11 in rockwood and the fourth september 8 in ayr floor loom weaving courses have been held during the past vear in milton oakville and stratford a course will be held in acton in the fall if enough register burlington and oakville also have bids in for the floor looms for classes there mid a weaving seminar is plan ned for the fall there is a weaving guild in georgetown a track and field committee is also organized under the same sup ervision and junior olympiads are planned bob brayshaw of the ac ton ymca is one of those in charge in october jhere is to be a trav elling leathcrcraft exhibit which will be of interest here other arts and crafts which have less of a following in this town are litepuppetry courses and orchestral course next week at the oac guelph the leaders institute will provide more trained teachers for courses as the interest grows steadily throughout this area courses on the curriculum included art that perennial favorite ceramics met- alcraft silversmith ing and group work engagements mr and mrs john allanrr 3 acton announce the engagement of their daughter joyce caroline to gordon raymond flewelling son ormr and mrs wilfred flewelling rr 5 belwood the marriage to take place july 27 franklin prouse buys modern local garage rosedalc service centre this week was purchased by a brampton man who will hold the general motors buick and pontiac agency for acton and georgetown franklin pronse is the new owner of the modern garage at queen st and churchill road recently built and operated by ted tyler jr the new business is known as franklin prouse motors fancy flowers kitchener ont cp tulips here did a multiplying act offic ials report plant with three to four blossoms on one stalk one resid ent reported four flowers on one stem skeeter problem kelowna bc cp govern ment officials say mosquitos in this area may nave developed im munity towards ddt insect spray and some other treatment to rid the area of the pests may have to be devised poison ivy gan ruin summer vacation poison ivy is said to ruin more well planned vacations than any other single factor mainly because so few people recognize this plant which can be dangerous to child and adult alike says the field crops branch bf the ontario de partment of agriculture berries red have no dread ber ries white poisonous sight leaves three quickly flee is a good des cription of poison ivy most people know the harmless virginia creep er with its whorior cluster of fine leaves poison ivy has a somewhat similar leaf but they appear in groups of three the berries when mature are white never red poi son ivy is never found in cultivated land but does grow along road sides in waste places parks sum mer resort areas and in wooded rocky and sandy areas all parts of the plant are poison ous to many humans broken twigs or leaves give off a volatile oil which vaporizes readily so that susceptible persons can acquire the painful skin rash by simply walk ing through a patch of the weed or by being exposed to the smoke of burning poison ivy a good first aid measure upon being exposed to poison ivy is thorough and repeated washing with a strong soap solution if contact and infection has not been detected before skin irritation and blisters appear it would be advis able to get the advice of a physic ian replace your wornout heater beautiful new auqtherm k oakville population tops 10000 say business tax to come down attribute accidents to stones gravel police attribute three accidents recently to loose gravel or stones on the roads the first last week occurred when a car driven by john finn of milton went out of control on the stewarttown hill and received considerable damage the earlymodel car was classed as a total wreck a car driven by william wors- fold of richmond hill went into the ditch on the first line of esquesing near speyside when it hit a bould er causing about 200 damage copley winslowof islington told police his car skidded on some loose gravel on the ncwlysurfaccd seventh line above stewarttown on monday the car went out of control and hit a tree headon re sulting in an estimated 450 dam age police said wild raspberry berwyn alta cp gerald raspberry pitched a nohit game for hines creek cardinals but lost 53 to berwyn indians raspberry gave up eight walks made two wild pitches and hit one batter his team tossed in five errors building inspector fred shaw 683507 including 303227 for new housing units produces figures to indicate that oakville is a long way from being through with expansion during the sixmonth period to june 30 build ing permits had a total value of 50000 persons then the retailers business assessment will drop again to 25 per cent last year the towns population was 9751 and though in the first six months of this year only 38 housing unit building permits have been issued the assessment com missioner notes that building has started again in the forster sur vey where seven permits have been granted recently oakvillcs population has report edly passed the 10o00 mark and those who will benefit most from the rapid growth will be the mer chantsthrough reduced taxation im afraid the towns population will be over the 10000 mark said assessment commissioner percy spurgeon as census taking nearcd completion and he was sad as he made the announcement for it will mean reduced business assess ment for his department and the town the municipal act states that when a municipality exceeds 10000 souls then the business assessment of retail merchants must be reduc ed from 35 per cent to 30 per cent if and when oakville contains though sure the population is over 10000 and that his deparment will take a beating while the town merchants will benefit assessment- wise the town assessment commis sioner says that not all residents have answered the door when the town census taker called conse quently written forms have been mailed out to those missed he warns that a maximum penalty for not returning the form is 100 fine oakvilles commissioner noted that as trafalgar had exceeded the 10000 population mark before oak ville did the townships merchants even though they were merely ac ross the boundary line from comp eting town shops had been at an assessment advantage he said he chippindali gas home heater uoftsfosrooi exclusive equaflame burner for clean silent abundant hearing exclusive powerair blower saves up to 25 on fuel optional period furniture styling brilliant firelight frontl exclusive comfort selector thermostat tailors 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chartered banks such a safe and handy place to keep money that practically everybody has a bank account there are now more than 10 million deposit accounts f in the chartered banks more accounts than there are adults in the country the chartered bamlks sieving your community