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ttttt the acton ft press thurs apr 19th 1 j adon groups study recreationaj program an open meeting of the parks board attended by represent ah v- ct of the groups interested in ft community recreation henrd d u mmshall community program branch of the oepartmenl or education outline the advantag es and problems involsed in un dertaking a rccrcntionnl program under a recreational committee representing the council parks board canadian legion ymca board y a men s club chamber of commerce lions club rotan club and the public school board were allan lauder john bulloch gord mccutchcon clar ence rognvaldson jim gunn ed footitt bob foyer manscll ncl hi murray harrison phil unger jhn ledger dave mine andy mckenzic dick wile ham peal les duby frank toth jaek mc- gcachie cliff bradky george battfcau mn g fryer and joe hurst mayor john gay chairxd the meeting and introduced mr mlnshall reviews ufjslatton mr minshall reviewed the legis lation under which the pirks board communltvcentn and re creation committee operate he suggested it was jus hope then would soon be a way to legallv bring these three things under one act in many comraunmes the same dtuens arc named to serve on all three boards he defined recreationr as all things a person does by choice something done in leisure time something which contribute to you as an individual or to the community and something whieh makes your hfc more interesting more personally satisfying and more worthwhile to many people recreation is synonymous with soon this is not the case others feel rccrca lion ts onlv for children all age groups have need of recreation outlhses duties support and not compete with present groups 2 assist exist ing groups with readership ad visory services information scr- viees publtelty services flnane la help provision of fneillles wd communllv planning i fill the gaps in enuresis in vthkh peunk llkt to take part activities tor older pcopk all forms of adult recreation should be selfsustaining 4 co-ordln- ak and deulop cooperation in the at t hi lies of the existing or- panirutiont of the eommunity 1 admlnislnu publk funds if i hi committee is doing i good job it s going lo nisi the muni dpnlltv some monc ft inter pret to the cituins the need for mil ilm of commlinilv recrea tion a reemtion commit lit is not a community organization it is in arm ot council ind can onlv do those things which council will give tt power to do question period the question and answer per hid dtvt loped the following points then ire 10 recmtional com mittees m onnno less than onelhtrd luu a full time recren tional director most relv on part time instructors ind vulunteer help satares for full time rcc rcaiional directors range from 4 000 to 5 w0 depending on qinliluations recreation d commit lets an i om posed of 7 citmns which mi be increased to 12 b pending kgistation recreational commit tees are concerned with people while parks boards and commun in cenire boards are more inter ested in facilities such as build ings pools ind pirks there an no legal problems in hating 1 recreational director av sume some of the duties of 1 i mo general secretarv the eommittcc vcould not ask the y to cne up its eoa i think the prognms could fit together the mr minshall suggested the dut tes of a recreation committee problem uould be to work would be i find out what s hoc happening in the mumcipahtv no grant would be madt cyril shone installed at h and s president at the organizational meeting of the m z bennett home and school association monday cv enlng the executive was install ed by mrs n black president of guelph council of the home and pchool association president is cyril shone vice- presidents are mrs e brown and mrs george hargrave sec retary is mrs william jcfftcv treasurer is philip elliott and executive members are mrs j w mccurdy mrs zygmont lulv mrs tom lazenby and mrs r bannon 70 attend principal elmer smith presid ed before mr shone took the chair the meeting in the hall was attended by about 70 mrs black spoke bneflv stress ing the importance of leadership training another speaker was mrs r pbjh of waterloo district organ izer of the ontario federation who explained the group here is closch ittached to the ontario and national federations telling ihe histor of home and schools she reported thev were first in t reduced into canada hi alex ander graham bell she outlin ed jimvand purposes zgeorge dmrie remainder questions from the audience concerned orgnaization and mon- cv matters it was agreed the best thing to do with money left in the treasury of the amalga mated home and school no defunct was to divide it equti 1 among the three schools next months meeting the last before the hohdus will feiture a film on child development and discussion rotary meeting after their regular meeting on tuesday some of the rotanans attended thcnholy week service in knox church i had one of he paintings chosen for entry m the area show at brampton in may when fudges jmch ibtir sejestion during the five counties art exhibit in the robert little school saturday mr whitham is shown with art class teacher frank black mrs l dittrich also had painting chosen payment la a committee treas urer the funds must be spent by the committee paid to an indi vidual and tnc books must be audited and attested to by jhe municipal auditor it works best where the books are kept in the municipal office and cheques arc issued on accounts authorized by the recreation committee nl though the treasurer could be appointed by the committee need to pass bylaw to set up i recreation commit lee council would have lo pass i bvlaw submit it to the depnrt ment and name the members ul the eommittcc no members should be n inied in the by law and turns of office should be staggered the eommittcc can not own propci n but can only administer its operation grants by the department of education are i 2sh of op eration and maintenance costs up to 1600 2 part time assistants 3313 up lo 400 per person and si 800 per community 3 full tinic recreation director de pending on qualifications ot the director 33 l1 between l 400 indl800 4 seeretarv 33 13h up 1 045oo pavmenls are bised on ihe e pcnditurcs of the vcar previous half of tht payment is made in april or mav and the balance some time ifte r the summer last nr was an exception ind it was december patks board wilt continue its indies ol the piogram and re- poit to counul on its recommend ations rockwood twilight auxiliary organived five years members of the prcsbvtcrnn church twilight auxiliary celeb rated five ceirs of their organuj lion list week in guelph at the manor in the form of a dinner ith 21 members and guests pie nt those at the head tabic ere president mrs waltei swanston former president mrs robert johnston mrs gordon gra miss frances m kidd dein of women macdonald institute guest speiker mrs dr george aiken honorary president mrs w moms read the historv of the auxiliarv which started with a membership of seven members with mrs anderson in auguraling the auxiliary mrs george scott ln guest speaker and mrs cordon gray thanked her mrs aitkcn pronounced the benediction lenten service the final lenten service of st john s church was held monday evening with a good attendance a brief devotional penod was held including junior auxiliarv enrolment and presentation or awards at the conclusion of the service all adjourned lo the par ish hall where a sound film was shown dealing with the worship of the church and discussion on the subject following the dis cussion rcfreshmentsweteserv i- ed and a social in connects operations in removing old var msh off the church seats during the past few week the seats pre sent a different appearance with some of them having an apptica rrsr drk tion of varnish the remainder uofl i kusl of the labor will be finished be fore the easter services old man winter made a return visit during the latter part of the week and left a blanket of beauti ful snow it did not last long when the sun came out from be hind the clouds 60 years combined service brings gifts for y wives doug copclnnd newly elected president of the anton ys mens lub cnpablv chaired the regujar dinner meeting april 12 at lift ymca newlvelecled district governor bill wilson was back at ihe head table in ihe capacity of finesmaster 22 members were present with one guest gord anderson of the sarnla y s men s club after a short singsong y man glenn banks outlined an altrac live program for the father son- daugt r banquet to be held april the program was turned over la x s man frank rozce a panel el three members answered the clubs questions to rind out ihe names of three well known men after a number of questions the club guessed the three men who were all past presidents ot the acton club ys man pat mckcn zic elmer smith and harry arb- these men then had o si pic and coffee to their wives who easter bunny came early for a few of the acton district school children when they won prizes in a coloring contest staged by mackay s fashion store a few of the lucky winners are pctured above with proprietor shirley mackay front row left to right are arleen wensley garry edge charlotte feenstra lynn burcombe and joyce denny back row shirley mackay l nda penson dma vanhoorn and carol beatty the colored pictures are on display at mackay s store on mill street miss ng when picture was taken were barbara fowler and har old martin mnumwmpvmsmxmm cant assess for school costs refuse township trailer camps applications for two trailer camps in esquesing township were n itl relitsed mondan b members of the township coun ell j olliur appe ireil btfore coun til for the third time seeking pernussun foi a large trailer park at the 240ain twin lakes resort displaying an aerial photo of the resort on highw iv 25 south ul spcsde he pointed out the location of a proposed small air port ind a planned golf course mr olhver told council he plann ed to spend 160000 on the pro- pcrt this year and trailers would have to be valued at 6 000 u least but eouneiltois expressed con cern about providing sejiool children from trailer park iheycannol be forced to pay school assessment a second request came irom a mr knott who plans a mobile home court near georgetown with underground sewer and wat er service central disposal plant ilrjlfj ui and a water pressure system m sed conj hools foil ks whenf knott pointed out councils in the man limes assessed trailers 10 is 01 20 per month to cover school costs but councillors not ed there vv is no provision for that in onl 1110 toronto township he went on is miking money 1rom ihout 800 units there ind he added he couldn t understand council s policy tor forbidding trailer parks when there is a great need lor this type of accommodation permits esquesing issued 95 000 in building permits during march inspector william hulls reported all were for residential construe tion hamilton mclaughlin made an application to sell off five parcels of five acres from his 10th line farm and his request was refer red 10 the planning board a large delegation from pinc- grove school area appeared be fore council to ask permission to obtain the old school for use a cr yw x v ijv stock troiti game warden bib reid and department of lands and forests officials planted 3 800 speckled three hatlon streams iis enjoys xp t spl ravimh ren locked into ttablalk creek near stewarttown the cre dit river at georgetown and the limestone creek at lowville mr garner of ryersort press was in town tuesdav and lex k an order for new books for the library don t rush over the books won t arrive for some tinn yet deciding the ordenvcre mrs jack chapman miss m itljit chapman and charles kirkness get more information on vvhethi it should be given or sold to the ratcpivcrs quarry road rcprcsentatius of duffenn ouarrv near milton appeared to seek help with a road to their qinrrv from the first tine e quesmg it as agreed council would seek help from the depart ment of highwavs in the way of subsidies road superintendent bill town- send was given permission to at tendon road school in may w r grfetilcy was awarded the tender for 30000 tons of gravel sorry we regret any 1ncon venience our short sup ply of hot water last week may have caused our customers necessary repairs have been attended to and 2 new hot water tanks have b instal led to insure our customers continued service with suffi cient hot water available at ii times in rh future acton eze wash jack ridley cartage concute hocks concrete mick cinder uocks clat mick sand stone livestock mm fektiuiek fakm service mid suphib dump trucks for hire pcvdmfstf phoni i5s4730 acton now hear this and youll be typing in just harvey laverty heating pummmo and eavesttouohmo remks to au makes of furnaces custom sheet metal work oh and gas furnace instauations conversion burners sales and servks street n rockwood mone tsmvm rockwood taster the season to feb beautiful for a very special season weve fashions lo help you fee special loo more feminine prettier lhan ever come in and crjoose fkom our unusually ttractive and complete collection of ladies easter dresses coats and hats ednaway lawats ctlumfi ww days now shithxororm offers you a com plete audiovisual typing course for omly 335 fin lp marts w tn trfiil tatrectjm boa ah jourmrtitn yn by iny briibe colorful ntw smrtricortoi ortimt mora pwpl buy snathcoronas thin iny otter tamo now wtwawldorttoratrftoimiotconiointodij dills stationery had jum made 1 surprise ippcnr ul iru elurt thest ludies wen ihuaketl for iheir help nncl llhkrulton fur lot il etiitibln tion of 60 yuirs of irue servee u ys dom eeinlribmed by their husbands as a token of the elub s appreciation raeh of the three ladies was presented with n faney cup and saucer the meeting adjourned lo wauh the remainder of ihe hockey game holy week services conclude tonight congregations in knox church for he spceial holy week servlees heard the rev d west the rev j nulma ihe rev a h mcken le the rev 1 rudd and the rev d engcl choirs from particlpai ing enure hes led in the singing the wrviccs whieh conclude tonight are sponsored by ihe aetun ministerial association it s easter time for rejoicing of hope and faith renewed when in song and story the glorious easter message is heard again may it bring to you n gladness of heart and exaltation of spirit the mayfair restaurant the martins bell lines by c s keith your telephone manager sprlnftver phone t5a030 each year al thla time most of ub fall victim to a 1 malady known as spring fever the ympton arc easy to detect member of tbcfalr m niially dtjytlop a kyi tnte in color- ful new clothing and can generally be tccn sporting lovely new creations called easier bonnet the menfolk on the other hand just sit around and dream of distant trout streams another strange effect of this disease might be termed a reawakening of the nest building urge an intense desire to improve and beautify the home and thai s exactly what a lot of folks in acton are concerned with these days how do we know well wc ve noticed a greater interest in our colored extension phones as a matter of fact there s a decided increase in ihe number of orders we vc received in recent weeks i guess that a proof enough so if you re suffering from spring fever just relax and enjoy it remember you re in good company our unktcover man those lenis ou occa si nallv see on telephone lines nnv hie vri vtiu wondering whit win of mysterious opera 11 n js going on inside ac tualh il s no mvsterv the tents irr simph protection itt unvt rain wind ur hot sun for prn nc mem engaged in splieing eables together it nt until n mr 10b that titlpx assure the dependability i iclephone scnuc since i nts 1tk this allots us to ni ik cable repairs in iusi jr nt ins kind f iathet aai chime here s a new sound for your honm bell chime il s a delightful musical chain- to announce your telephone calls and its available for tndhrldnal and tvi ny una customers bi acton in stalled bt the hallway living room or ans mr else you like it s you gent to the nearest phone bell chime comes in two beautiful colon vetrery gold or soft ivory theres no doubt about it this handsome little item will switch lets you scl ii for a loud bell to or you can el it for the famlkar more information give us a call wrl be glad w with you ti 1 si cscj