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1968 playground ends with parade program at high school rain a weather haiard which baa threatened and spoiled play- around finales for years did another job on a decorative and energetic playground effort again this year only two of the six floats on which work was lavished sopein- sucvlved a late after- deluge to participate in the annual parade which this year marched from the community centre to the high school for an uansosl closing performance th rain didnt daunt play- imder and children they hastily re- thelr material and made out with what survived the buckets of h20 spectator lined all along the route applauded the parade led by a huge banner and as many acton cltlsena bandsmen who could be assembled in a busy holiday period there was another problem jeweller ben rachun had donated a handsome trophy for the best float in the parade what coukr they do with it playground supervisor don price and his leaders put their heads together and came forward wittr an alternative suggestion why not awardlt to the bestact at the program in the high school gymnasium they did and thats why mary popplns and her cast of itinerant englishmen cavorting under the shadow of big ben suitably won the rachlln bens trophy direct ors and producers of the 10 minute segment of the program were senior leaders jo marie marchment and brontta aberne spectators who ranged all the way from tots incartstomothers ant fathers were impressed with swinging england as actons petula curk janice ellerbylled the characters in such ditties as sttper call fragj llstle expl all dotlus justs spoon ful of sugar makes the medicine go down and others of mary popplns fame robin hood maid marian the merry men yeomen of the guard a pair of bobbies the beatles and a couple of gogo girls completed the cast the judges mayor les duby and mrs kerwin mcphall were impressed too since the eng lish actgot top marks in their book ttfey thought m the acts were good mayor duby speaking later congratulated the entire ptaggtound staff for atioxthwhlle nimmer program one of the highlights of the evening which was interspersed with snatches of cat calls much cheering and wisecracking was the presentation of gifts to all the playground leaders by the children parks and arena manager har old townsley dubbea the big blue blob by wlsecrackergwas presented with a crepe cape and coronet playground supervrsor dpn price made a pretty picture in a similar costume of purple jo marie- marchment for hor part in the wading pool lessons was proffered a pair of teeny weeny water wings sports director paul cooper to deafening applause was pre sented with a shrunk shirt mary anne freuler laughingly received a tiny beach towel and ribbons for bar toes ellen wlsasns she accepted a uny megaphone bents larsen got a tiny trophy mark hurst got a round trip ticket to anywhere square charles tim coles got a four square hat brenda aberne crafts instructor re ceived a certificate of merit for her complaints about small cheques susan marchment got a jimdandy one signed and sealed on cardboard even park attendant tom mc- keown was not forgotten cathy krul crowned him with weeds master of ceremonies for the hour and a half long program waa don price he introduced the leaders thanked them tor their support during the six weeks of playground he predicted a bigger and better one pest year closing of the program waa an impressive candlelighting cere mony with the lights turned oft and dedication recited by cathy krul afterwards leaders and all cleaned up oh pop and cookies mrs oloa koral st catharines reads the proclamation protesting the imprisonment of the ukrainian liberator gen eral roman schuchewychs son and commemorating the gen erals death on the town office stops sunday afternoon helen holowstyi and luba moroz stand with the picture of the ukrainian hero which was presented to reeve hinton who accepted on behalf of the town photo by esther taylor pteseat tow portrait ukrainian youth declare russians violate rights about 60 young people and their leaders from the ukrainian youth camp east of town paraded to the steps of the town office sunday afternoon to read a declaration and make a presentation to the town reeve bert hinton replacing mayor les duby attending the ont ario municipal association convention heard the declaration spoke in reply and accepted a large portrait the group was protesting the arrest 20 years ago of yuri schuchewych son of a ukrainian independence tighter general roman schuchewych a urge picture of the general outlined in black ribbon with a black bow was given to reeve hinton the general was killed by the russian army in 1951 the declaration was read by camp leader mrs olg korol assist ed by ults luba moras and miss helen holowaty all in camp uniform there were many visitors at the camp sunday some of them fasting the text of the proclamation reads this year 1988 has been declared by the united natlonsthe year of the rights of man we the members of the ukrainian youth association in canada protest against the violation of this declaration by the soviet union on the homeland of the ukrainian people the most glaring example of these injustices is the unlawful imprisonment twenty years ago of the fifteenyearold yuri schuchewych whose only crime was the fact that he was the son of geberai roman schuchewych commanderinchief of the ukrain ian insurgent army upal which fought tor ukraines lndeoendenee against nail germany and soviet russia during and after world war il yuri j sfchuehewych was sentenced without a trial for refus ing to publicly venounce his father and the idea of ukrainian free dom twenty wears have pasted andatluhe has not been released we protest also the unjust imprisonment of many ukrainian intellectuals writers and student as recently as 1866 among these we may die as examples waayl syuonenko and vyacheslaw chornovil who propagated the rights of the ukrainian people as a nation at the initiative of the ukrainian insurgent army upa the antibolshevik bloc of nation was founded at the beginning of wwo the aim of this organuauan is the liquidation of the soviet russian empire and the creation of independence and freedom for ait ithftmi i therefore we appeal to all rimi people and other peoples of the free world to aid us and other enslaved nations to attain our faaman rights and our rights as independent nations ninetyfourth year no 7 dim jftn ftaess acton ontario wednesday august 14 1968 authorize a scond cuu mali by th pwt ottte dvpt ottawa or potaat paid in coah hi act on ontario twentyeight paget ten cenli councillor threatens to resign about truck 4 yi councillor bob lawson indig nation showing tried unsuccess fully to resign as esquesing rep resentative on the georgetown fire area last week following charges by fellow councillor pat patterson about the condition of the township tire truck mr patterson told council at tholr last regular meeting that be was given to understand the esquesing truck in georgetown was in a dilapidated state he also charged that any work done on the township are truck must be done in georgetown which was tantamount said mr pat terson to subsidising george town at the expense of esquesing taxpayers visibly agitated at urpalter- fireflghters answered a call at 1040 am wednesday morn- ing to extinguish a car fire on 25 highway near town limits greg mlddlehrook of toronto driving his brothers 1964 volks wagen reported he and a com panion glues jodoln also of toronto were driving along the highway when the rear end motor caught fire damage was ex tensive over the motor and wir ing as well the pair thought they were approaching milton when the ore occurred acton firetlghtersextingulshed the blaze quickly sons insinuations mr lawson said he would like his name re moved from the georgetown fire area committee ive got faith in the george town tire chief he declared and theres been no word from mr lewis of possible defects in the truck i also feel it is com mon courtesy for complaints to come through the proper chan nels if this is the case it is un fortunate mr lawson takes this attitude replied mr patterson ill go on record as saying the georgetown fire department is doing an excellent job coun cillor lawson continued i will abide by their decision on the matter and the chiefs ive got nothing against the chief or the georgetown fire department but would think we should make sure if the fire truck is in poor shape or not said deputyreeve tom hill suggesting it would be a poor time to find out at a tire councillor lawson said he was almost positive that the fire continued on page 5 k cons r wood now with opp cons ray wood has commenc ed his duties with the acton opp this woek he has come here from downsvlew cons wood replaced cons peter campbell now in burling ton working on safety programs special section on car safety a special 12 page tabloid section is included in this weeks free press the subject of the articles and special advertlsementslsa timely one car safety check the list of servic ing hints for women drivers tips on camping your car lq and many other interesting stories the advertisers include their special services for providing safe andtrouble- frce driving ssi this mess of speckled beauties ranging in size from eight to 14 inches wcro pulled from a fishing hole within 10 miles of acton but ken papillon loft and his son steve right are keeping tho location a secret son richard is lust as proud of tho catch made with worms and chub tails as his father and brother this is a days limit for angler but it took only two hours from the time they left their home on nelson court until they returned with the 30 trout high water explained mr papillon and the trout were biting staff phoo mail volume doubles after postal strike the mails finally got through the strike ended and acton postal clerks were back on the hatsm wocmmtoutt of eden mills helped to hawk balloons at the eden mlllt fun fair sat urday evening hundred attended the an nual event in the eden mills ball park turn inside for our correspondent mrs wrights story and picture staff photo job last thursday at midnight a few hours after the vote to end the strike was known by tuesday despite mail vol ume double the normal rate acton postal workers were right up to date said post master gnrd uckeown only a trickle of magazines or parcel post have gone through the acton post office so far mainly because there was an embargo on second and third class mall until tuesday of this week it was lifted and the first flow moved out late tuesday afternoon postal clerks here reported the mall became heavy friday and doubled in volume by uonday an estimated 10 million plecea of mall stockpiled across canada had to be sorted in the first few days following the strike post office officials meanwhile fig ure the malls should be back to normal again by th end of this railway locks station ham actons cnr station will be closed from august 13 till the isrd because the cnr ejsius it cannot provide relief tor agent charlie perry away oevacatioa the station is locked had the keys are being bald la gh specuhttloa is rife thai the railway will use th closing as evidence in tfaalr afforta to eloaa th acton stailoa some railway tan acoff at the idea thai no re lief ls available for mr perry i week and the strike would be a memory postal workers here said th general response they were get ting from the public over the strike was a cheery greeting although they admitted a few disgruntled comments were heard although results of the vat on the government offer were supposed to be secret ii was evident early last wednesday that many of the strikers would turn th otter down by lata wd- neaday awning it looked ilk the offer would be defeated by a dissident majority however a result kept com ing in it became more and more fcontiaiud m pap 3 sometimes we make mbtoaks only too often aware of this papers shortcoming and inadvert ent mistakes its a pleasure lo learn just where we stand la re lation to other publication and to cur many readers this week we are modestly accepting congratulations fauovin- the free press winning two top awards la national newspaper competitions many have personally expressed their pleasure at the news and appreclarlod of th paper th staff is always happy to hear these eommants this week two new wood aad hrhns plaqaeaare being added to the growing collection id the business etfiee one la for heat all- round paper in our class and the other for bast front pass ths hilton newspaper under managih director jin ails also plated first la us category as bast aurosnd paper and eeeoadfor editorial pat to add a blaqa sad esrulleal to th display la tb utiles otto a cbc television saws latent from astsslnaa oa night last week showed a gumpa of th acta free press a forsair presi dent oltttcbsbuwmuyllvsojbrasoeta spoke with th interviewer aad aavsral prtsaflrlnsdng paper wet mr aad mrs daw i of weekly editor 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