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v usu news of the district 4 ii two ef the moat prolific in- venton hi north america ll- edmav rwgus says or hugh templln of the weekly paper there w g beatty had more psisnts registered in ms narne in canada than any other per- socw and reginald a fessen- denwas one of die most prollf- lo inventors in the united states his patents include such widely varied invention as television and the tracer but- h fer mr aerial warfare bronze plaques should be placed at their old homes ototottown jkoeert c lohnes was called as fulttime pastor of maple avenue baptist church george town the congregation has acton mem 4r lohnes who took over u the charge february 19 as in terim pastor received a one hundred per cent vote favoring his retention lohnes i replaces rev bruce woods who accepted a call to the west coast to minis- n lerat ruth morton memorial church in vancouver both mr lohnes and his wife 1 barbara hail from halifax where they both graduated from new brunswick bible in stitute kitchener i i a kitchener consulting firm i has recommended an area be tween kitchener and guelph be the site of the conestoga col- lege of applied arts and tech- oology to serve four counties it also suggested a satellite college be built in either perth or huron county north of here the two campuses would serve the counties of wellington wa- tcrtoo perth and huron the board is looking for tem porary quarters for students to use this fall a preliminary budget of 374500 has been set to provide the temporary quar ters until the permanent col lege is built ouelph the guelph historical soci etys centennial year project is progressing in preparation as result of the efforts of the guelph parks department the project is the john gait gar dens in which a number of maple trees have been planted in the last few years to com memorate the citys birthday ethw6mrivlfc nrm central tneme of the garden is a reproduction of the origin al plan of the city designed by john gait when he founded the community which he start ed april 23 1827 by supervising the cutting down ot the first tree on the city of the metro- polistobe the experimental aircraft association of canada of which chapter 27 is located in guelph district will stage a centennial air rally at the guelph air park on june 24 this is not a group of model plane operators but persons who have built their own flying machines amateur fliers and builder it will be the first time in canada such an event has been held a isomile course will be flown by the 40 participants re quiring about an hour and a half to complete with the planes capable of doing ap proximately 80 miles an hour although a top speed of 200 mpji has been achieved milton the rash of flag thefts which hit several areas in north hal- ton including milton has been solved milton police chief ray andress in whose area some of the flags disappeared has learned the flags were stolen by high school students as part of a pledge to join fraternities in secondardy schools in the town of oakville on a split 53 vote members of milton council approved purchase of a 21400 front end loader for use at the towns sanitary land fill site loti op kcttawutnt for speyalcte pub lie school students as they wait to board the bus that took them to montreal mon- day morning for a trip to expo the students were accompanied by principal gary oawkins mrs m klrkwood mrs fisher mrs mcleod mrs clendannlftq miss a pllklngton and j black the group returns thursday trip takes about eight hours staff photo the acton free press wednesday may 10 1967 3 when you are short of high ards you should tend to hold your entries lets play bridge by bill coats sister towns acton england poet pens centennial verses iftftf i temporary layoffs in a num ber of local industries and in the automotive industries hir ing area workers student reg istrations for summer employ ment and tardy opening up of ejjktlpe work due to wet wea- tjpr tend to swell the num ber of unemployed workers in the area covered by the gu elph manpower centre what appeared to be a downward trend in march has reversed it self in april but this condition isttot expected to continue a total of 1363 workers were registered as unemployed and seeking work in the cmc of fice at the end of april 841 males and 712 females dis counting these figures by the number on temporary layoff students and possibly a num ber who have returned to work without the knowledge of the cmc office but mill registered for employment it is estimated that the employ ment situation is no worse than at the end of march at the time 681 males and 513 fe males were registered workers to unskilled occup ations truck drivers clerical sales and service occupations account for 65 per cent of the males unemployed among the females clerical service tex tile workers and women in a variety of unskilled occupat ion account for 87 per cent of the females unemployed job opportunities exist in a variety of manufacturing in dustries construction retail trade finance commumtv go- vecrtment and peisonal service well qualified female book keepers stenographers cooks waitresses and domestic wor kers are required male pro tective service workers farm hands skilled metal workers stationary engineers and auto mechanics are required you save a lot of unneces sary conversation if vou re member that people are not going to take your advice un less you charge for it a postman who writes poetry in his spare time raymond candy of acton england has been inspired by canadas cen tennial to write again he has sent two of his many poems to the sister town of acton in canada one is a commemorative po em about canada and the sec ond shorter one is written in honor of dave dills visit to acton england two years ago when he presented the mayor with a new canadian flag two other recent composi tions our queen and sir inston were sent to the leen at buckingham palace mr caridy kf especially proud of the letter he received in return here are his two poems sent to the free press canada q canada theres a great land far across the sea which this year celebrates its centenary of the conference of confed eration founding a dominion and a nation macdonald founder and mack enzie king two great statesmen and smith and fleming the two scotsmen who in the early days were pioneers in building the railways canada has come a long wav since then and through the provinces numbering ten phoney fives in circulation local merchants are being warned to be on the lookout for bogus 5 bills in addition to the phonev 10 and 20 bills that have been circulating in the district recently three fake 5 bills turned up in oakville last week the first to be passel in ontario rc m p report manv phonev 5s have been cashed at expound in montreal since the worlds fair opened two weeks ago the counterfeit notes have no face plate or back plate num bers robt r hamibon optometrist 116 mountain view s o 111 mih st aden ffnovmmy ttom 4 p0r fot appointment 8773971 no tou charge stretch four thousand miles of the transflighway then theres the great st law rence seaway her mineral resources arc wealth untoulj of nickel coppersllver and gold and vast forest land there does abound where pulp and paper mills are around in the great lakes theres plenty of fish a flourishing industry and a tasty dish and there is the great rolling wheat plain where in the summer stand acres of golden grain- up the st lawrence river on its bank the wooded heights of abra ham flank and quebec bridge with its single span an engineering achievement of man on mount royal stands the cross of st jean where a fine view of montreal is seen the parliament buildings are in ottawa and a fine memorial of the great war niagara falls indeed a majes tic sight especially when floodlit at night the numerous parks kept bv the nation for their beautv as well as re creation the rockies which are truly eminent and for scenerv trulv magnif icent there too is the famous great divide a ridge diverting waters on each side the mounties hq is at reg- ina a police force there can be no finer whose uniform is a colorful sight and their motto is maintain the right canada o canada land of the free may you flourish as the maple tree and your loyalty to the queen remain thus binding the ties with great britain the two actons acton ontario has presented to us canadas new flag without fuss a fine gesture from our twin- town we look on this without a frown sir harry britain thirtyfive years ago presented a flag to acton on tario mr dills has returned the compliment to acton middlesex a nice sentiment and our sister township has the same coat of arms as well as our name the motto floreat actona is on also but instead of the laurel maple leaves show now that the new and the old have met this will remind us not to for get that we are map despite our hap still seen on the very recent mis- and this vincc i would like to con- that in neighboring province quebec nnother acton vale does ex ist to tell this i could not resist how roam times have you held a hand with lots or high cards onl to find the oppon ents with the final contract so vou double and thev make the contract it is often easier to defeat a hand if the defensive strength is more evenly divid ed this is a hand that occur red at the acton bridge club declarer bill wandel of ac ton took advantage of two de fensive errors to bring home the contract dealer is south neither side vulnerable north s 10 6 3 hq 9 4 2 d j9 c j 9 6 3 west east sk j 9 5 2 s 7 h a j 8 5 h 10 8 d k 10 3 d a 8 6 4 2 c a c 10 8 7 5 4 south s a q 8 4 h k 7 3 d o 7 5 c k o 2 the bidding- south west north east 1 s dble pass 2 d 2s dble pass piss 2 nt dole all pass wests rirst double is a take out double when fast bid two diamonds south did not wish togive up and lebid a four card spule sun normally west will not hold spades on a takeout double of spades inn this lime he did and he doubled for penaltv south tri ed two no trump and was doubled again there were two defensive errors and they are opposite in nature both involve aces hut lets sec what happened west led the diamond king and followed this with the ten which fast won east tried a low club ducked a declarer and won by west west led a third diamond and south won two high dims were cashed east discarding a heart and spade won by west west tried a low heart but declarer won and led back a heart when west plaved low dummys queen won dummys good club was taken and a heart led west won the heart and had nothing to lead but spades so declarer madethe last two tricks with the ace and queen of spades did you spot the errors first there was east who is short of high cards when the second diamond is led east should plav low and let declar er win now when west re gains the lead a third diam ond can be won and east ta kes two more diamond tricks secondlv there was west who has plenty of high cards west must avoid being- end plaved when west wins the spade trick he should cash the ace of hearts even if he leads t a low heart when declarer leads back west should win and exit with a heart cards up to conserve yo when you have lots of high cards you should tend to play them to avoid being end play ed last weeks winners af the acton bridge club were first mrs beverley pattulo ond duke wilson second george soltv and les fllotas third mrs lh cook nnd mrs jean garrett h s holden optometrist m cork st east guelph ta 37im pollock and campbell mamilutuicis ot high grade memorials memorial engraving 62 water st north oait telephone 62i7sim ommsmmmm ss sunday may 14 is ummmmmmmmmmilllimmxu let your thoughtfulness by presenting her with favorite assorted bouquet cut flowers is lastl hher i iiirr mothers day potted plant large selection of evergreens shrubs and trees fruit trees fruit bushes ready for planting roses potted ready to plant begonias gladioli dahlias all varieties fertilisers seeds oarden tools patio stones etc cut flowers and potted plants open 7 days a weak am til dark phone 83329s0 we wire flowers anywhere caroline flower garden shop two miles west of acton south side of highway iiiiidwmnswiu ab supermarket 9 mill st acton nwei thiaihf driveln shows every jack ubuy carta6e concam mocks mocks sand livestock concrete muck clay stone and fertilize farm scftvke aad supplies u dump trucks for hire m pcvciaetfs f acton phone b530730 thursday friday and saturday at 8 pjyl showing this weekend all color show m ii nevada smith adult entertainment starring steve mcqueen suzanne pleshette tarzan and the valley of gold starring mike henry and nancy kovack r always a cartoon ll grade a fresh killed 34 lb average chickens 8530075 37 g lb presswood compass mb meg wieners 49c town club no 1 14b pkg bacon 69 free 5 lb sugar with the purchase of 2 pkgs light bulbs at regular price fresh produce daily golden ripe bananas 10 us no 1 34b bao cooking onions 29 us no i new 3 bag carrots 25 clarks 15os tins save 31c porkbeans 61 aylmer 15ez tins save 2sc bartlett pears 4s1 prices effective may 10111213 aylmer 11e beetle save he catsup 235 nabob 0s plus 15 free save 12c tea bags 69 sunbritl parchment i save ilk margarine 41 blue water frozen save be haddock fish sticks 39c faceue royale save 17c paper towels 2189c christies buttermate save white sliced bread 239c old south florida 4tex tans fsavt 3sc n orange or grapefruit juice 31