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r the acton ft rvwt thursday december 15h966 reviews reportt from miom branches of the north baltoo associa tion for tlie mentally retarded were heard monday evening december 5 as the association sithered in sunthme school oraby to hold their annual meeting review the years work and elect officers for 1967 the association operates the sunshine school for mentally retarded children and the h ojpje workshop for retarded adults both at hornby the past year has been vir tually filled with interesting and productive activities noted r a kanerva president of the association it has been in my opinion a year of pro gress and a year of change mr kanerva reviewed the year noting that the esques- ing educational authority by authorization of the provinc ial government has under written the operating costs of the sunshine school thereby allowing the as to launch the hojpe work shop ha observed that the oper ation of such a workshop centre is extremely expensive and is further complicated by our transportation require ments for which a bus has been purchased i could con servatively estimate that our operating costs for the work shop will exceed 10000 an nually and these funds must be raised by this association the president lamented the apparent lack of interest the general public shows toward fund raising- campaigns launch ed by the association a report was heard from harry isham on the adult ser vices division of the associat ion included in mr ishams report was the financia state- ment ofthe hojpe work- shorp over a period of 22 weeks j he workshop produced sales with a value of 108529 cash and 200 receivableafter de bits of 66547 are accounted for the shop shows a balance or 61942 a variety of donations inclu ding 600 jointy from milton georgetown and acton ladies auxiliaries a sewing machine and typewriter from north trafalgar community club 25 from milton branch royal canadian legion and other gifts were put to good use the 600 went for an electric gestetner which has already turned out over 65 per cent of ils value in christmas cards milton legions 25 was us ed to aid in the purchase of three high chairs for the shop and an additional 100 from jeorgetown ladies auxiliary helped uv a wood lathe and movie set the movie unit is used to help publicize the as sociation the bus which is now pick ing up trainees three from milton one from campbell- ville two from acton and one from georgetown at present docs s8s miles per week and is driven by mrs diane wood who is also the managers as sistant at the workshop mr isham expressed his re gret that the residential care program discussed with oak- ville and burlington associat ions had not been taken fur ther and hoped 1967 would see the plan put through 1 k movie was shown of the students as thev went about their business at the sunshine school the hope workshop and milton arena wtten sun shine children are taken each mondav morning to learn and practise skating a report was heard from rev m christensen outlining the work done in the spiritual committee he noted that rep resentatives from nhamr at tended the provincial confer ence in the park motor hotel in april lectures by a mrs h lor mentally retarded busy year at annual meeting kmem jetmmd pnskhat f assochtioa far re shadryn were heard concern ing a spiritual development program for the mentally re- tardod- blilimlon group were formed with rev chriatensen mrs r p jeflares and miss beth crawford taking part in one about the spiritual de velopment of the retarded person in the community sunday may is during men tal health week a special church service was held the meeting was well attended by parents and association mem- bers rev christensen concluded his report on the division with his resignation as chairman of the spiritual development committee noting that others in the same field should be contacted for the post there by bringing new members into the organization mr christensen editor of the review press house or gan of the association supervi sed the maiden edition of the bulletin and one subsequent edition ms welhvood assisted with the typing the release of the bulletin was quite an undertaking he said in his report a number of obstacles were met and ov ercome and i now feel the re view can be successfully cared for with cooperation and hard work mr christensen was also chairman of the program com mittee during 1966 and he briefly recapped the events of the year in resigning his positions on the bulletin and program com mittees rev christensen thanked his committee mem bers aus d hancock and mrs h mitchell as welt as mrs jeffares he also express ed his appreciation tor mrs wellwoods assistance on the publication of the review a report on the hope workshop was given by mrs isham she noted that the workshop now has eight train- jees ranging in age from 16 to 40 years the projects undertaken in clude exclusive designed christ mas cards artificial christmas trees re strapping of lawn chairs manufacture of knit ting and tote bags small toy clowns flowers for wedding vehicles and others the manageress alsoinform- ed the audience that the train ees are paid wages ranging from 1 to 230 weekly the money is earned not on the basis of production but the bq- sis of effort on the part of the individual deductions are spo- mtmmmm ken of for laxity in behavior sociability or cleanliness but seldom do they have to be en forced it is found that jobs must be changed frequently to pre vent overdraught on the train ees attention spans trainees prepare their own lunches and coffeee breaks and the girls handle this while the boys maintain washrooms and floors in weekly turns the manageress who must find new contracts for the shop and maintain the build ing on top of her other duties syd dance and mrs r attended a course in small business management as it affects sheltered workshops and centres for the mentally retarded august 31 other supervisory staff at hope include mrs h g wood who left a position at milton district hospital in august to join the centre full time after a period as a volun teer mrs wood also drives the bus on its two hour route cov ering most of the northern half of the county s auxiliary gives school 1000 a cheque for 1000 has been given to the north halton as sociation for the mentally res tarted by the sunshine school ladies auxiliary mil ton branch at a meeting on december 1 members of the auxiliary re ceived a financial report for the year and made the dona tion it was tremendously successful and we would like to thank everyone who help ed an official said mrs harry isham was nam ed president of the auxiliary for 1967 other officers in clude mrs f v cannon vice- president treasurer mrs jess ie hamilton recording secre tary mrs cole correspond ence secretary betty well- wood ways and means com mittee members nancy kan erva and mrs haringa and phoning committee members mary rusk and edna dance it was reported the rotary club of georgetown would donate and decorate a christ mas tree for the hope workshop each year a dinner at the lido rest aurant in milton preceded the meeting at the home of mrs cannon at the meeting members exchanged gifts hints on preventing tires lor a merrier christmas ant check it carefully any way good advice is to use on ly noncombustible materials dont let the christmas wrappingsaccumulate at the base of the tree and one last thing dont leave the tree lights on when you are not in the house here are a few hints on how to prevent fire in the home at christmas time first place your christmas tree in a bucket of water to prevent it from drying out and if possible give the tree a fire retardant treatment never use candles or open flame on a christmas tree nor expose it to direct heat such as radiators etc before placing the tree lights have them checked by a qualified person for broken sockets frayed wires and loose connections and dont allow smoking or use matches near the tree when the needles of the tree are gretting dry do not hesit ate throw the tree away if the tree does catch fire dont pa nic a bucket of water well applied may control the fire even if all the material used in the decoration of ttie tree is supposed to be fire resist- wardle are two tegular volun teer workers at the shop mrs g jeffares principal of the sunshine school noted that in january 1966 the school contained 24 pupils one child left and one enroll ed keeping the attendance static the bazaar and tea were held june 10 where the senior pupils served 96 guests with tea and displayed crafts for sale the local inspectors wife the provincial inspectors wife and the association presidents wife poued tea the event cre ated a 13230 profit a closing concert was held june 20 in the hall of holy cross church followed the next day by a picnic at ter- rlons pony ranch a display was placed in mil ton fair with proceeds of 5 a visit by the senior pupils to riverdale zoo was staged sept 14 the first time this had been done bui roberts a nationally fa- mpus artist has been donating his time and talent to in structing the senior pupils volunteers working at the school include mrs deumer mr caves mrs bickers mrs dales mrs gray and mrs baardolf mrs wood helps whenever possible a total of 250 was spent on physical fitness equipment and the principal feels that some medals may be going to the school during the 1967 centen nial physical fitness tests in closing mrs jeffares thanked all those responsible for donations and noted that the students will be taken on a trip to toronto to view the christmas lighting the queen elizabeth building fairyland and that a concert will be held at the school thursday dec ember 22 at 10 aan with par ents of students invited carotme nurseries garden centre and flower shop west of acton on highway 7 south side fresh cut flowers large variety of plants for christmas giving potted poinsettias azaleas c cyclamen mums christmas wreaths door swaos and centrepieces and memorial wreaths gift suggestions for the garden bird taths and garden ornaments christmas trees nursery grown fine shape 100 and up a gift of flowers is always acceptable order early to avoid disappointment open every night from now until christmas from t30 am to 800 pm we wire rowers anywhere phone 8532980 acton pharmacy in conjunction with herbs delivery offer free delivery telephone 8531620 y this service includes free delivery and pickup of prescriptions in town president r a kanerva of milton was reelected for his second term as head of the north halton association for the mentally retarded on mon day evening december 5 when the association met to review the years work hold their an nual meeting and elect officers for the 1967 season representatives from the committees gave reports on activities during 1966 and mrs h isham presented a cheque for 1000 from the milton ladies auxiliary to the assoc iation other officers selected in cluded first vicepresident har- rv isham second vicepresi dent jack barton recording secretary mrs j coulighan corresponding secretary mrs g wood and treasurer mrs i ricchia committee chairmen for the criming year include mrs r a kanerva member ship bob kanerva program fred bickers property mrs r a kanerva and mrs h isham bulletin r banner publicity and public relations h isham adult program mrs a kingdom home care b cannon fundraising r ross recreation df c hiltt re search edna dance scrap- book and mrs may slater residential care discussion peripdswere held following the swearingin of the officers and the subject should provisions be made for the care of a retarded child was debated th general trend of thouaht showed that most association members favored having def inite clauses in ones will far the care of a retarded child in the event of death or incap acitation of the parent a light lunch was served following the meeting at which time members were in vited to get acquainted with one another fred a hoffman optometrist 58 st georges sq guelph ont telephone s24m71 uvverianqsesi tree cutting service twa chain taw vsed far fast mpoffc tree wnad wnpvtfq it vivbiwb cinshqujm fire wood for sale m m telephone 8532774 stwaan and 9 pm ben sanders 3 cobmemn u acton ont for christmas gifting e candy in a most tempting a of flavors checebtea filled and hard ca diss anything you could wain for a dsiidous holiday choose from our gaily gift wrapped assortment m0irs wilsons rowntrees viib boxes 55c to 125 2jb 8oxets5j4so tp mb boxes 1 fo 225 fancies to 600 other gift suggestions cigars cigarettes pipes tobaccos lighters t key case and ladies purse utjsjjmonm cameras films 24hour service on developing closed christmas and new years day watsons restaurant holiday closing acton hydro electric commission office closed friday december 23 1966 monday december 26 1966 monday january 2 1967 put your dollars to work at your local trust company your savings earn more interest for you i guaranteed investment certificates t f a term ori 4 or 5 years in odd or even amounts from 100 to sitjoooo your term deposit earns 6v per annum i interest is paid halfyearly by cheque or will be deposited to your savings account a wonderful christmas gift special savings reserve accounts these special savings reserve accounts earn 416 per annum reckoned on the mlnl monthly ba while no cheques may be issued you may withdraw any amount in person or by mail at any time savings accounts interest at 4 per annum reckoned on the mini m quarterly b starts the day you open your account credited to you in june and december a reasonable number of cheques may be issued free 6 4 4 n1 few me uwiuu f af hr fmthor mh halton tv peel trust savings company 53 mill street georgetown 8772266 john a edgar manager local directors w j beetfy vicepresident j r barber noftth halton advisory board john t armstrong chairman reford gardhoum maurice c besty michael ledwith john goy or- b d young convenient office hours moh thurs 900 430 fridays hi 630 assets under administration 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