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fl th acton fr pratt wednaiday october 9 1968 observe continuous progress in action actonmiltonnassagaweya convention the teachers and print ipal ot the towni of acton milton and the township of rsjauagnwcrva were guest of the torontr board of education on i rlduy sept 27 on the occasion ot their annual teachers convention tor the past two years a study hat been made of the concent of continuous tvgrcx at it is applied to the classroom sltuitioik and such noted speakers as principal sidney coles of toronto and mrs vernon trott lit the ontario institute for studies on education have addressed principals and teachers groups an three occasions the journey in toroijlo was thus a culmination ot a study ot the techniques involved and o in service piogiuius oiguitlcd to fiiimiharie teachers with this modem method isl piomolloii imung the morning teaeheis were given the oppoilunits ot visiting luuifsi schools m i oirsj hilt where this has been opctalttig lor id vcarsund open j ctussiooins senusi aid ntmvi sclsosk in the ellv ol loionto wheie udvancemani loss aid the continuous jsfogiess sliu is i various stages ol development attei dining in the lafeteiiaal the idliiatusii l nle 1iesident j elu h a conducted a hjusl business session in the coiileieuce looin during winch the tollnwing slate ol otlicers as presented hy k i lowhrldge was elected lor the temgimler ol the year ixsh j vein ii a ol llronkvllle ilisiistul 0 copeliind ii a is aelonkviee president mrs 5lewalrtisl milton secretary mis k alger ol acton tuasiuei in a lew hriel temurks area superintendent w 1 mcneil tvptuiiseit that though this syas the last convention ot llalton no llaigi municipal systems do set asuie at least one day so ilia teachers ntay make a tltidy ol the innovations in their proussmn and assiited those the train didnt stop here is beardmore tannery still in business 80 year old man last saw acton in 1895 an 80ycarold michigan man who lived in acton lor three years as a lad recently wrote to beardmore tannery to seek more information about the town he didnt know to whom to write and recalled the name of the tanneryimping they were still in business norman braida wrote a lengthy and informative letter of reply to j m purvis 1401 1 sley road rte 2 beaverton michigan assuring lum the tannery indeed still was in business it is very interesting you still remember the beardmore tannery from the time you were in acton in isos mr braida said mr purvis had also particularly enquired about the storey glove factory and the arnold glove factory which mr braida explained are now out of business mr purvis asked about some farmers named mann who had a relative who was a partner in a railway company then building railways all across canada besrdrnores president replied he was undoubtedly referring to sir donald mann who built the first transcanada railway he and his parents lived on a farm at acton and he had a railway siding built alongside his fathers farm so he could come to visit him interesting enough its the farm where mr braidas parents live now and it has been completely subdivided foi glenlea subdivision the letter from the states also asked about hendersons storemr purvis recalled mr henderson as the member of parliament in ottawa a puzzler was his question about clue nicys department store mr purvis savs he wis horn in november 1ss7 in quebec hut came to acton at the age ot seven to live with his grandmother he has never been hack to acton since he was nine years old but he tried to come luck once tins pist summer and he told a story that might well be repealed at next weeks hearing on the closing ol the railroad station here i bought a train ticket on august 2 lhh to ride from hint mtchigin on the canadian national tram to toronto with the idea that i could stop m acton for a visit to renew old memories but the conductor told me they did not stop in acton on that trip so i will try to gel anotlwr railway train to stop at acton for mc some time in the near future his grandmother s home was a block away from the grand trunk station on mill st and he used to enjoy seeing the train stop every das the schoolmaster who taught lum was mr moore who lived just a block west of his grandmothers on the same side of the street he had a son who enlisted in the anadian contingent of soldiers who went to south attica to tight in the british arinv that beat the doer army in many battles mr moores son died ot enteric fever there another acton man who volunteered same back and married a widow who owned a hotel here he recalled the villagers presented the veteran with a purse of gold he suid he remembers sir don ild manns lather an elder in the piesbytenan church another sou archie used to sing in the choir he met the mann lanuly going to church meetings with his grandmother lite mcdonald family lived nearby and sou archie was a friend ol ins his brothers played on the village baseball team the ryders lived nearby loo the dennyv who were also ncighborsttsfto grocery store remarkable as his memory is mr purvis admits he has forgotten the names of many other people his grandmother was a sister ot the stuart family who owned a lumber yard in guelph and her husbands family the uudlaws also had a lumber yard in toronto when his mother died in i dmonton she was buried in the undlaw plot in milton ontario after the first world war he bought a house and store in toronto at davenport road and uxbudge ave he also sold slemjhip pickets to many poles and ukrainians reluming home to furope for visits and he encountered several who said they had worked at bcardmores he regrets moving to detroit in ljs and thinks he should hive stayed in canada i like canadian people regardless of where they were born he claims more information about acton will he sent to the american with the excellent memory by actons mayor les duhy who is also the personnel manager of the plant that turned out to be still in business sparkling water bright trees delight golden age club the golden age club went on a long bus trip on tuesdav october 1 instead ot holding their regular afternoon meeting thirtsninc members and fnends boarded the bus at 10 a m and headed tor the north hoping to see the trees in all the beauty ot their autumn colors a stop was made at orillia and box lunches were eaten in the park beside tveautitul lake simcive then on to bracebndge there santa claus village was visited a new interesting sight for most then on around beautiful muskoka lake ssith another stop at bala reservations had been nude toi a hot supper at hi view restaurant at schombcrg and all did full justice to a good meal the moon was sinning brightly fire prevention before the bus ictt there to come down through caledon lnn and ballmatad back to acton as there has been little it any trost so tar this tall the leases were not vet in tull general color over the lulls but there were many beautitul spots all along the route and otten single trees stood out in sharp contrast to week about 75 firefighters trom the hilton brigades wdl attend a sunday morning church parade in acton oct 20 marching trom the cnr station to knox presbyterian church under the fire prevention bureau banner acton fire chief m holmes and the acton firefighters wdl host this years parade open houses at the fire halls school fire drdls distribution of special literature and commercial and industrial building inspections are on the program too wby milton jroxu theatre c 878 3272 show tinrvat sun thru thur 8pm fri sat 7 9 pm sat matin at 2 dr thuhs l sat october 1lv1 112 thoroughly modern millie color julie andrews sissy sherkis cartoon sunmon tues wed october is141s1 anzio color robert mitchum robert ryan polar playmates cartoon thurserisat october 171b19 the last challenge adult color glenn ford a man called dagger color jan murray i pieseul that such gullunuigs would undoubtedly continue in the lulure under this llalton county board ol i diuulkui j i williamson an liuptclor ol schools ill the illy ol isiinulo then introduced mis helen hanks inniinal ol osslilglon junior school mrs lamia scliuilcr principal ol huron street jlllllor school ami d lliguhuil primipal isl jesse kef chum school a a panel o disuissi the cuiiltiiuou progress plan and to answei tiueslmns alter presentation ol an interesting tihu showing uclivity programs tamed on in he 1 orjxito chols a question and answer peslnd was conducted during wlikli the advantages anil disadvantages ol the conlinuoli itrogress coiicept weie discuss d i was emphasized thai belote individualized instruction can he successfully implemented the teacher must have a ihoiough understanding ol the skills necessary to the child and ol the proper time to introduce those skills it was toiind that one ol the most imporluiit outgrowths of the open concept school and of the continuous progress plan of promotion was the positive attitude the child develops towards learning the sincere appreciation ot the members ol the leuchers institute ol llalton no i to the inspectors principals and teachers of the lornuto board for a most interesting and beneficial visit was capably expressed by gerald kerr ot brookville public school world alliance president speaker the president of the baplisl world alliance and a world traveller dr marion bates will be the guest speaker at acton baptist church anmveisiry services this sunday morning and evening its the i2slh anniversary of the congregation dr bates former dean ol women at mcmaster university has just returned from a trip to columbia peru and cuba anil before that was in africa she was born in india to missionary parents her grandfather pioneered canadian baptist mission work in india her father and mother were missionaries her mother died in india as a young woman her father later became the canadian general secretary for i oreign missions she received her honours i a from mcmaster then trained as a nurse her husband dr i dgar bates son of a baptist minister predeceased her she has two daughters dr bates has been president of her local mission circle of the association of the womens dawn show school caretaker rudolph splelvorifll shows where safe crackers iriod to bust into tho hiflh school safo sunday nlrjht the job was only partly dono but loft tho school offices covered with dustnd dohris la lphysco path 2busy body rwi 12 thur ml sat oct10 11 alt color show watmh hiattv rayf dunaway bonnie and clyde adult fnycrtainaacnt plus wan conncry joanne woodward jean wursq and lew other lovely chirks in a fine madness adult rntcrtainmrnt phase note show starts at 7 45 p m sunday night oct 13 only giant dusk till dawn show 5 dynamic action hits staff photo 3racing fever adult brick chips fly as thief tries to crack safe at hs 4whot been sleeping in my bed adult 5curse of the voodoo adult j please note show starts at 7 00 pm an inellcclive illcnipl in break into i lie- high school v nil t was made sunday night a hollow was torccil out ol a hnck wall apparently hy laborious effort with a li imnier and chisel after hacking at a loot square area in the wall the would be thieves were still well away from the over moo in the school sale however the persistent himmering filled the mini oflice missionary board vice president of the convention ol out ino and quebec on the intcrc liurcli council dean ol women at mcmaster trom i 17 to lorss anidian lepiescnt hive on ihe executive committee ol the baptist woild alls usee lust president ot the north aiuereian baptist womens inioii md now chairman ot he womens depirlnient isl ihe biplist world alliance she his honorary degrees irom acidn ind mcm ister with red brick chips and dust arelaker rudolph spielvogcl informed ihe acton police at h 10 a in monday morning two burlington officers from ihe identification bureau were called to lake fingerprints there are apparently two rows ol hncks between the plaster and the safe the thieves reached only part way through the first hnck layer i 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