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c t v picks typical housewife for starring role in documentary tuesday tv viewers will have a chance to see an acton district woman perform on cftotv channel nine toronto when the program the new woman is shown in color next tuesday night a documentary which studies four women of different marital status it stars mrs gordon thomson of r h 1 acton in one segment timo of the pro gram ts 830 priv mrs thomson has obligingly written her impresses of what wits like to be picked as atv performer and how it has affect ed ber life fofthefreepress mrs thomsons account follows fly wendy thomson i think that most women some times wonder what a mansldea of a womans day al home is and over the past two months ive had a chance to find out a ctv camera crew has beon filming what they figure as a typical day in the ufe of wendy thomson housewife and mother of three however im still ata loss and will be till 1 see the actual film y on tv siqcb oacltuttio episode had to be shot over seven or eight lime with the camera at dlfferentpots or with a different setting one shorj four minute shot on tv was really lwo or throo hours work hor- the weather had a tit to do with thu filming fair too i had waved my husband off to work whllu thure wa snow on the ground and it nielli d within the following few days it was a month later bofon a lad snow made it posslbh for gord to come homo again this all began around tin i nd of january with a phone call front lilta grcr allen who wrltos for radio and tv askliu if i would like to be on a show about women three vavs ago ihu had bu ntlw scriptwriter for atalu 30 him on fatttursand chiwron lf are julte indifferent todirectori no matter how famous the day was sunny iwt bitter fold and in the end the cameras lammed the horse riding scheduled for that afternoon had to lie cancelled instead thu crew began setting up the indoor cam eras lights and putting filters over ill the windows i was told not to got out of bud the next morning tuilll allan klngarrlvtd as ycttine up was the ihklimlng of my day in the film i did as i was told i no mailer 10 ititich i wauled to glide out of bed allboautlfiiuy opp report return to normal activity after weeks of calm which gord was one of th 4hre grootmd i lust about foil out wluyl t go my foot jauglil 111 the slieutx looking uke idohj oler mtrnintl all frowsy aftdr briikfasf a family jian- cake tin a wist cauite j marts idea of a wijnuns ilay reading in lied reading on the hffii poking around hi living tonrn it four- thirty still in my drosslug gowiu the week of april 7 lo 13 1968 would unfortunately seem to indicate a return lo normal activity for the acton op after experiencing a few weeks of delightful calm business has picked up during the 232 hours worked and 804 miles patrolled by this six man force eight gen eral occurrenceswero dealt with three of these involved liquor offences with each resulting in a charge while another saw a local man charged with common as sault the rcmalnlngcomplalnts were satisfactorily cleared with less serious action although only one accident tho first since march 23 was re ported traffic statistics continue to dominate no one was injured in the accident however 200 damage was sustained by the two vehicles involved charges are ponding traffic patrols saw ie offend ers of the highway traffic act issued citations while 22 other drivers were warned to improve their driving magistrates court at milton experienced a heavy acton dock et as 13 persons were convicted of various offences on monday tuesday and wednesday of last week in all the convicted per sons paid tlnesandcostsamount- lng lo 1034 and in some in stances drivers licenses were suspended for uptothree months it has become glaringly appar ent in patrolling our highways that many many motorists have grave misconceptions regarding our insurance laws as they apply to the automobile here in ontario a motorist before operating a motor vehicle on any public road must have insurance on he vehicle or have obituary george e jackson dies in 51st year george erwln jackson of un 3 acton passed away suddenly at his home on april 8 at the age of 50 a farmer his par ticular interest was aberdeen angus cattle and he uas a director of the acton fall fair board mr jackson was torn august 14 1911 at l vert on son of the late irwin jackson and laura scott jackson he is surwwd by his wife the former jean altken songleuat lilt3 slstc rs mrs ken stubbingtnn anna it r 3 acton mrs angus jackson netta guelplt brother william rk 4 and two grandchildren mark and david funeral service was at the rumleyshoemaker funeralhome on april 10 conducted b the hev horblson interment folloued in tverton cemeter pallbear rs were ralph mn- clair timer fisher harvey justin harold thilir fred archibald and hobert bills flower bearers were keith sinclair vernon stiwart kirk sinclair ld archibald john stubblngton anddonswackhamor ceatemial hags saved for posterity nobody played taps bit on monday the centennial flags were lowered from their standards at the town office replacing them are two canadian flags and two ontario flags the centennial flags were rolled up sealed in a tar and stashed away for future genera tions to wander about some time robert r hamilton owomittlsy 116 mountainview road s 77wi paid a standard feu to thu ont ario government through tho motor vehicle accident claims act fund and we stress that this must bo done before the vehicle is drlvon on the roads you do not have six days in which you may comply with this law whether the vehicle is pur chased new or used it must tie done immediately we might also point out that tho foe paid to motor vehicle accldont claims funddoesnot give you insurance the fee only gives you the privilege of driving on ontario highways in the event you are involved in an ac cident and are found to bo at fault tho damages you cause will be paid for you by the govern ment but you will be required to relmburse the government the full amount in addition your drivers license will bo suspended until such time as the claim is settled wouldnt you nally rather have insurance fathers involved this lime j took it for granwa that rta was doing another script tar t mai 30 which wouldnyau ilsf one days ffjmlw we wore into thu third lay of shooting before i rvxinci- ctt that it was for an hcif lojlgdoduijien- lary sp rlln cfllori ye to be called tile new woman ap- pued to mi title seems a uttle ridiculous as im the plain ordinary vincf that has beep around for years i mot rita inarocordlncsludlo in toronto the following week and wo sat for three hourstaplng my thoughts on love life and the pursuit of happiness mar riage children infidelity house work and caintless other things which i cant remember at another time these same ques tions were put to three other wbmon one single one mar ried with no family and one un married with a baby later all tho tapes were transcribed and our various comments made into a loose script noxt the director allan king and a cameraman visited our home to get some idea of the light and layout then the actual filming began february 20 with me herding our seven reese down to be fed anyone who ttas geese must know herding them once is one thing tut trying to do it two or three times islmposslble geese in ordor that i might get a bit of my housework done the audioman stood in for me as the erew were setting the cameras up hut didnt iiulle look the housewifely part lying across the lied reading jane eyre if id known what was coming next id have taken every chance to get rested up since tho next typical day involved riding a horse all morning al ross lake tobogganing with my two school ago youngsters down the hill toaldti goorgv stills huise all afternoon by four oclockthathlltookod twice as high and twice as steep it realty was no woman jn her right toind wafld spvods jhole da lllai lhat if she had lo work that night lit spile of the work that went into those soqucricushad tb- tx snrapped because the light wasnt right from my point of vlyw ttie two most worth while shots werent filmed at all these were one of the horse redwing running away with the camera man across a field through the barn yard and into the barn and one of the same pour guy sitting on the curve of our toboggan going down the hill backwards kist for a shot of air faces as we hit tho bumps my job was an easy one com pared to that the- evening filming was a htige success this was of a tupperware parly hostessed by alice hatfield at which i was the demonstrator i feel lhaf this l the real inslght into wo men since many of tho guests- didnt know when they were- on camera we- were all gojng steadilj all day arid evening with no breaks save for a tallcv lunch and sitpper and the following morning when thu crew appeared they took one look at me and went home again my eyes werent kist blood shot but a solid rod which should have showed up beautifully in colour friday tho 23 another interview was arranged but in my kitchen this time and it wasnt till march 23 that the final shot of gord coming home with me walking out to meet 1dm was taken for this one a truck with a boom was rented and allan klnfc and another cameraman were swung way up pver the roof of the house the man working ihe controlswarf a iitre inept at times boumilhg jhem off ihe ground once m swing ing thjnj almost into thijiydro wires anotlkjv time irhww incidents eauseddelavs and in the- end thir was only rnlrtutos of sunlight left to try- to get a good shot in then the camera jammed still t hear it turned out very well this was a fascinating period for me but in a sense im glad its ovor its rather tiring to be on best behaviour constantly the thomson family moved to the acton district nine years ago from oakville where gordon is omployed by long mfg co ltd thay aro still in the pro- tvsi of bullet og a houic on tile esnuesing town lino tftuy have jhrce children both 16 mm 9 and david rh older two go tospuydde school while david stays at home with his mother numerous jalt aodrlp van wrthkloi a black and tah connhound j witody is the daughter of frances and the late fred woyman of cstkvllle and rockwood wendy thomson mother of three greets hor husband as he roturns homo woman it examines iho from work as cameras grind eiwiy at their r r i acton homo this sequence of pictures will wrap up an hour long documentary on cfto tv called tho new 23 at 8 30 p m on channel nine marital esquesing jump supervisor asks for more authority lives of four canadian women of differeu status on color film the program will be shown next tuesday evonffig april photos by e grant muidons wednesday april 17 1968 3 tho acton free pros neighbors adlacuit to esques ing township dump wore prultj upset about grass fires there saturday afternoon dump super visor cliff mcdonald told esque sing council monday night two acton fire trucks were there over two and a half hours fighting tho fires which developed and threatened houses along the fourth line mr mcdonald recommended the township have signs posted prohibiting dumpers from light ing fires its my duty to burn the mh- blsh at night but people come in the daytime and light fires while im not around to supervise he explained uhen this happens flames often spread onto the grass and cause situations like saturdays which alarmed resi dents along the road mr mcdonald was also critical of the credentials he was issued for control of the township dump council decided recently to bar anvone but township residints from using ttu dump and posting a guard at the gate saturday s one man came in and when l asked where he lived he answer ed in a house said the super visor also 1 lung other instaiu 1 s whi r people dumping cartage had taken an insulting attitud 1u tilt appropriate signs would curb some of the abuse and asked for a mori official document to show wouldbe questioners if vou want me to look alter the dump vouve got to keep overvoue else ait loiuludid mr mcdonald council agreed to cooperate in any way lho could to make the job easier councillor bob law- son suggested tho fence around the dumping area needed replac ing to stop paper from spreading over the area road superin tendent bud snow was asked to do this at his earliest conven ience john harris ofr r 3 george town also appeared before coun cil asking consideration for picking the dump but he was advised to work a deal with mr mcdonald who has sole rights to pick it mr harris felt he was entitled to scour the dump since people came in from as far as hamilton to pick a fact council agreed tiappened ttiey felt however that mr mcdonald would soon he able to control this acton public school kindergarten enrolment acton public schools will be pupils ot kmdergirten ige the able to accommodate all year to enrol they must be five ye irs old by december 31 1968 birth certificate required to woid contusion pleise complete the form belovs before m lv 10 inc send or mill it to your district school 11 c ire of garnet w 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