Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), June 30, 1960, p. 9

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atei l6 wkwk aco dbolay or tanburn in shades summers first ions holiday weekend coming up drive care fully highlight of the year for children yesterday the iast day of school fill is being pneed in the souh end of the park to make more parking space there pidfit ticar anyone comp laining about the weather last weekend and hats a change eavvstroughfng was complet ed at the arena last week its pnrt of ihx repairs underway there the new power lawn mower is being directed over the park grass by herb fryer its swath proves lis worth be sure to make your best strawberry jam this year theres a new special at the fair for jams and jellies will there be any more flags flying for- dominion day than for queen victorias birthday a big new garage six truck size is being built at acton jer sey dairy students hold perfect record an interest in learning a like for teachers and an aim to fur ther their education sparked in itiative in several public school children tp maintain a perfect at tendance for a number of years a fine record bas been kept by karen schubert and kay chis- holfh pupils at the m z bennett school when this year they fin ished six years of regular attend ance never being late or absent once during that period of time at the robert little school paul v hits an equally good record of six years regular at tendance while his brother ste ven has maintained these stan dards for the last four rinky duiker has a fouryear record these youngsters have high opinions of their teachers have an aim in life and were blessed with little sickness in order to keep up the good work the heyy rainstorms will put haying back a day or two hydro workmen are rebuudrt ing the line on willow st to church st and on john st to beardmorcs poles and line fit tings are being renewed town workmen are putting fill removed from the ditches in the subdivisions on the lot on alice st purchased by the hydro commission from the town sonny jocque has tempor arily taken over jack lockers mail route following the sudden death of the popular mail man last saturday the summer season phone booth is up at the park its switched from last years loca tion near the arena to near the park gates descendants of early pio neers and wi members espec ially should read the free press editoriat county treasure house its another of out- many plugs for a county museum articles in the farm news section rrtost of which come from the department of agric ulture county branch office in milton wilt be missing for two weeks the writers are on holi days minor sports games are all being played in the park or at the m z bennett playground robert little school windows looked too vulnerable so balls 4rent being hurled there this year kathcrinc merry of milton has been appointed to the nutri tion section of the extension branch home economics service of the department of agriculture she just graduated from mac- donald institute the free press lawn which were pretty proud of is now pro tected by a low fence it had been sliced up by cars backing up from parking spots beside the building printers watching out the windows swear every time it happened the driver was a wo man jj cffltfeniu affiily tree traced to for annual storey reunion goumloegs and three bears thrilled the parents of the robert utile school afternoon kindergarten class friday when the closing exercises were enjoyed by a number of mothers and friends the entire afternoon class is pictured above with the four main characters ih the skit seated in the centre as goldilocks is mary churchill while the bears left to right are johnny jordan as papa bear irene fiedler mama bear and dian thompson baby bear teacher miss alice sidey is standing in the background members of the storey clan held their reunion at fcrndale park again this year after renewing old acquaint artces several of the older mem bers including belle mcdonald tijh and bob brownltc agnes coxe mrs tom storey mrs al llson and mr and mrs dave sto rey enjoyed themselves looking at a copy of the storey family tree traced back to 1886 prepar ed by mr mckec from the states whose wife had been a storey before marriage originally from us jt was interesting id note that quite a few of the older members had at one time lived in the states before coming to canada alex black president and ed thatchen secretary carried on a business meeting chester early was elected president for next year other officers elected for next year are mrs george brown lee and mrs james orburke and acton council chamber is sla ted for a facelifting following councils decision tuesday even ing to modernize the room and change the lighting the clerk- administrator was authorized to proceed with the work by using town workmen recommendation by the build ing committee was accepted and town workmen will remove the present ancient moulding install an acoustic tile ceiling tile l he floor and install a new mahog any plywood wall the outside hall will also be tiled council had budgeted 1900 for this but was informed by the clerk the job could be done al lower cost reeve j m greer enquired il any official word had been receiv ed regarding the new post office and was told none had been re ceived by council but the halton 1 member of parliament had made the announcement to newspap- durlng the committee reports councillor w mcleod asked di rection regarding the clerkadmin istrator purchasing additional equipment for repairs al the arena mr mclcod pointed out that a icmbcr of his committee had objected lo ihe practice because the entire committee had not been contacted the councillor noted that he and the mayor had okayed the additional purchase but stressed the amount budgeted fur the repairs had not been ex ceeded afler a lengthy discussion on allowing the clerkadministrator a certain leeway on various pro jects in order not to hold jobs up council authorized the clerk to make hi own d ision on ptnd ing tun o an 1 bov com mi i tec ma pro d ng funds rotary sponsors boys fbr summer gamp final arrangements were com pleted for the acton rotary club to send two crippled youngsters to rotary camp at collingwood and niagara falls from july 27 to august 10 during the regular meeting tuesday evening chairman jim ledger gave a full report on the project and in formed the members the way had been paved to provide the young- lers with a holiday during the meeting louis waso- rrimesslffea atgambles thursday final staff tea was held at mrs a gambles home thursday of last week when the robert little school staff had as their guests miss bennett miss folsler miss anderson and mrs gibson glftb were presented to four lcaoherswho are leaving mrs gwizdala miss sidey miss bow man and m dredge andjp the nprinclpatctw mckenzie college graduates take first posts lakcshore teachers college re sults were announced this week and actons students all passed muryjanc furce will go to south peel lo teach valcne varey is going lo milton heights gary dawkins to the new consolidated school on no 25 highway shirley mason to the new brookville school nancy skippen to south peel margaret mbrrison to glen williams and diane newton to bala staff photo uttie red hen was the title of the skit put on by the afternoon kindergarten class at the m z bennett school friday when the children entertained mothers arte friends pictured above are four of the main characters in the play shown left to right are andy miller as a cat kevin norman frog becky stanley red hen and garry turkosz as a frog lunch was served at the conclusion of the program l i little red hen in costume delights parents at program parents watch with pkasun and even amutushmuit whin their tots in their first vcur it school confidently and uipabtv rruentcd losing programs at the i z bennett kindergarten tjhtrsday and friday afternoons astonishment stemmed mostly from the way the children would continue with their tasks in si lent abtnrption even when the teacher miss betty fosburv was out o th r one d hhe had never seen her child so quiet before the morning class held their program thursday afternoon and the afamoon dp friday after noon mm caqr the room wis gay wtts pictur es toys flowers and number card all the prphetnatia of martlag a knm and then the youngsters provcdlhey have ai- nadv learned plenty thiv pljved quiet games sang fuvoriu sonv and all look rhvihm band instruments to bang their wav through some gay tunes in color fashions girls took solo parts as seasons everyone took part in their dramatization of the little red hen with costumes for the hen cat pio frog and chickens right nine ten cast was hen kathy peycha cat paul buckwtud pig henry vtbseni frog jimmy hof mes miner david brama friday cast hen becky stan- ley cat andy milter pig gary turkosz frog kevin norman mmcr david rochester lemonade and cookies were served with the favorite cooties enedally made m the shape of hens with candy eyes fa- dependable and jwmgbation an ajrowrnoning maintenance mftttgtlaiion services jack ridley cartage limited concmie blocks cinder blocks sand uvestock and fertilizer farm service and supplies concrete brick clay brick stone wlecz was inducted into the club he was introduced by dave manes and was inducted by rot- arian amos shoemaker the usual singsung followed the dinner and following this in- coming president rev a h mc- kenzie was handed the gavel by iast president frank prousc mr rouse thanked the general mem bership for their cooperation dur ing the past year the incoming president outlin ed his program for the year and received hearty applause from the members it was noted during the meet ing that acton club had 100 per cent attendance for their spent were within the committees j meetings budget and an explanation was given at the following committee meeting councillors e pope and a field voted in the negative to this motion the clerk was authorized to pay the mayor and council their halfyear remuneration after swatting flies and mos quitoes for most of the evening ouncil approved purchase screens and screen doors for the council chambers and assessors office accounts amounting to 8224 25 were approved for payment photography wedding albums child studies family portraits passport visas commercial j g h stevenson phone 326 acton mrs mel mccutlough and df mason mode rktnrat after a shofl prbgranf of nlano solo bv karen okourbi piano solo by nancy mcalltsu and a violin solo by doroth orburkb fan thatcher pictures of his trip to europe 1 end the evening robt r hamll fred a ffoffmcnl optomeyrilsts formerly b p had hon oufcfh m 44071 st st qmrftrt sufitn room board required for a number of men who wilt be transferred from huntsviile to work in acton please reply in writing or by telephone to j h cmrohton of beardmore company tlmlted the bank of nova scotia naturally ontaih6 legislative a select committee on crop insurance a on april 5th 1960 the lcgblativei aaaemtyr of ontario appointeel a select commit lee to enquire into all matter relating tolnanr- anee of agricultural crop produced in ontario again haunt u iboae crops during the growing aeaaon sttj without limiting ibt generality of the foregoing la inquire intel the fofloiring nutlen i the hatardi affecting each crop qnrifmj ttfrgrn wing ae aucb aa hail drought front wiaovtocwrfattvlood diaeajae inaect peita etc 2 th anaujjjotuiadjtr tae predupm ftrna tank naortf- l 3 the iniltiraraeotfy atajlawe for croarhnf ance in reapibcl of each batferdt v v l 4 the ratea charged orthat might bo chargfd byjnsurajto againal any or all hasanu 5 5 the application of iho crop insurance act canada i ontario or particular ire thereof orn reapectof par ticular cropa of otherwlae and jo make inch recoinnwndationa aa are deemed advisable with reaped thereto j t the committee invite representation from parle intereated in any or all aapect of the foregoing term of reference such repro- nutionaboaldba in l fo briefkjft coptaa of which boum be aubmitted to the secretary of the com mitten not later than september isth 1960 an opportunity will be given at a later date for thoae making aubmiaalon to appear in pereoa before the committee crbagg william a slewarc mjuv secretary chairman boi mz pavfuunmi bid june 16th 1960 toronto 2 ontario scrub team i live jetter aactwcitlt wmorlouiteigomgtobetonieruii tonight on the famityihc water jupply aanreyomigilotemiotohlllwer it bthidbcd i be ahead of ibe game install a modem twodement electric water heater of the right size and capacity far your tandhs needs then when yon acmh tub or io the lamih wajhtag yooti alwayi have an ample apply of hot water waiting for you you wont have to wait far it and thanks to d you have the reaamrance of safety and absolute ckanlinai in operation to get mm out of life get the siiiituuj it electricity

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