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x thumaqflti y oqust ssrd 1986 the acton free pri ess acton ontario pagk nine i to avoid confusion on the first day of school the public school w1u be okn aug 31 35 pm 79 pjm for the purpose of enrolling students who have moved to town since june 30 for further particulars phone 302 margaret pope top halton girl with perfect mark in history the grade 13 departmental exam ination results show some very good marts turned in by halton county students with many marks in the high nineties and even one girl with 100 in history margaret pope of palermo a 16- yearold student at tjie oakviue- trafalgar high school obtained the perfect mark in history she also had an average of 89 7 per cent the highest in halton in ail her exams she received eight firsts in her nine subjects and would have had nine firsts if she had obtained one mark more in geometry blood donors hours to accommodate local and area donors at the mobile clinic in the legion auditorium august 30 have been extended 21 5 to 4pm 545 to 9pm you will be notified by card of your appointment time robt r hamilton fred a hoffman optometrists formerly k p head phone guelph 1924 58 st george square carol ann reid another oths student was either right behind or else just above miss pope while miss pope received eight firsts miss reid got nine but her average of 84 1 was short of the palermo lasss 89 7 per cent in burlington another ls-vear- old girl led the school with lo firsts out of 10 papers wafytraser also wrote her ar c t papers at the same tune and obtained top honors for the district another burlington girl jane wilson received nine firsts on the 10 papers written miltons donna merritt came next with an average at 80 per cent- and six firsts and three seconds in her nine subjects she also has grade eight piano equal to another sub ject miss memtt received 99 out of the possible 1o0 in history in georgetown 11 students wrote a total of 62 papers and received pass marks in all but four of them bob hess led the class with an av erage of 72 per cent and three firsts and three seconds out of nine subjects acton s joe jany led hie class v ith an average at 71 per cent re- cening three firsts two seconds and n third s assistant clerk wanted for the town of acton applications for the position of assistant clerk- treasurer will be received until tioon september 4th 1956 applications are to give full particulars as to age education health marital status experience and salary expected applications to be submitted in a sealed envelope plainly marked assistant clerk application and addres sed to j mcgeachie clerk town of acton would you buy a car in a crate it might be a 1956 cadillac or a 1918 maxwell why gamble when costs are equal buy heating where you know your installer for oil or gas furnaces oil or gas conversion call root hardware phone 16 collect 4 radcwood see quality duotherm gas water heaters here pump and timer model deluxe washer exactly as illustrated trees fell on mill st many times through the years as this 1900 photo from the a t brown collection shows the tree here is coming down off the corner where the bank of montreal now stands the house at left was occupied by postma ster james aaatthews and is now the site of baxters drug store the build irtg at right was later moved and the post office now stands on this properly big trees on mill street have fallen before to make way for progress by gad thc cut dow n the old m iple trots anchors awtili in the good old sumiihrtmu oi sli id lam wc just don t know which niel- od reminiscent of other das ran through our mind tuesdn morn ing is tow n w orknu n cut dow n those four stiluarl miplis th it have remained just opposite the free press office for long eirs be fore we came to acton looking back through the file of pictures taken about acton b we cot in on tns and sam high speed drain pucnp washer timer full site porcelain tub touch release safety wringer finished in white enamel beatty patented six minute human hand washing action fast est cleanest in the world r famous beatty direct drive ecenanflxer ball bearing mecha nism exclusive ipon parmacoart finish want rust lars frea wheeling casters 50 174 reduced to 50 i the manufacturer gave us a special buy on a quantity of these 195c beafty washers were goin to let them all 90 at once at hits alltimelow price dont wait until theyre all gone terms arranged to suit you best buy of the year at gordons hardware acton ont phqne 76 on speedvale ave e at north east city limits thursfrl auk 2324 country girl salmon auc 2527 santa fe passage tueswed augjti khyber patrol thursfri adc 3s31 ten wanted men 2 shows nightly mhr it m free the lite a t bieivtn v found 1 pictuu of ulul is uow tin itumlt kuni r il llonii t ikcii in iam111 1911 thesi in iplcs li id tin aipiu anci then of bi int ibout 10 us old for oei w vt us tlu hivi given shade ill tlu summer mil domed the strut thin win 111 in sighs of iegiet beside ouis ns lesidints wiuluti tin tins come down give way to program but progress must not bi r tird ed hid these trees must givi wav in the street widening program that has taken place during these yesirs there v as 1 time when trees lin ed both sides of mill st and tele graph w ires were strung bemwccn them on one side and a multitude of telephone wires on the other side with electric wires on both sides during the i irs the tries have been hacked away in the ei ntre shorn on the sides and used for un- chor posts for all services now the multitude of wires have gone from the street either undc r ground or in the back y lrd the stalwarts have outlasted the on slaught of wire service and given a to the demand for more room acton welding and repair expert welding t reasonable rates des 0rourke rr 4 acton on tin ihkiiwiv t he- motor cat lias pushed the in aside column into moti piomiiii ix 1 on the sky line 111 ttii tilt vision aeri lis which can stitil in di sci ibi tl as beautiful rrrr removal not new tins tin rtniovil program is mil 111 ve it just ses ms that business slieits an no pi tie for natiual bi ut mabe business and beauty just don t ik lone together k10111 tin a t brown collection of irly alton pictures we have seleited 11111 that shows the removal of one of the old willow trees from the corner of mill and willow sts the date was april 25 190o and the nouition is made that kozzd and kenney are two persons in the pho to wo might add that the residence shown was that of postmaster jam es matthews and is the site now oc cupied by baxter drug store the small building in the centre was acton post office and telegraph of fice- and the other building shown w removed to willow st from the site of the present post office and customs office it is now hotchins bakery on willow st removal of the trees on mill st from john to elgin sts will allow for widening trie roadway erecting iron light standards and setting back the curbs on the north side the- gas line will be laid before pivmg is done it s just part of the program that has been gome on for over half a century keys made while you wait hintons 5c1 store 10 reasons why to attend the robinson business college milton on t 1 because it is centrally located and is one of the setter eqljtpped schools 2 because each student is given individual attention 3 because of good transportation from acton to aailton write or telephone tr 89572 for information 4 because there are good opportunities for young people the demand for positions is greater than the supply 5 because the school is supplied with two instructors with plenty of office and teaching experience 6 because since inception five years ago the school has proven its worth to the community 7 because the school is registered as a trade school under the trade schools regulation act and inspected by the department of education 8 because apart from students obtaining positions locally free service is given by the employment department of the underwood ltd in assisting graduates into positions in toronto or elsewhere 9 because no rash promises are made regarding students obtaining positions every effort is put forth to assist students into positions according to merit 10 because the day tuition is only 23 50 per month and evening tuition is 800 per month