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jo the acton free leas wednesday november 5 1969 p talk by jim smith out in the weit end the mcmatter umveruty student inruca not altogether without reaion that the best entertainment in hinulton ii found in toronto on thote rare otcauons when one of the citys two major tavernt feature a name act therefore he mpome i teldom leu than enthused the ihoetltine boy huddled in a corner out of the sharp midautumn wind the tea tonal drop in temperature had taken with it moit of his brailmeu iniide although the tint t would not be until tome thirty nfmutet later teat were already at a premium even after a twenty month abtence torontos sugar shoppe continues to exert its compelling appeal shortly afler cftmtjtg together two years ago the group decided that action is the only way to assure attention in the raucous taverns which wocld figure to prominently in their career accordingly a series of speakeasy number came to characterize much of their routine out of this came their successful recording of poor papa which must be regarded as a mixed blessing fur while establishing their reputation it typed the quartef as a novelty act a subsequent album reinforced this public impression and the lucrative youth market was lost what most of the evenings audience failed lo realize was that the sugar shoppe bears little resemblance to its counterpart of two years earlier for example examine vic gaiber a seemingly sedate fellow in earlier years who now resembles art garfunkel or possibly the promotional picture from hair in some circles his elaborately teased coiffure would be called afromodern but vic and his three partners n very white so let us describe his hair as germinating dandelion others m the quartet have undergone timilaj transformations sugjr shoppe mirrors the contemporary soene but the modernnest is far more than skin deep the backup trio opens with an instrumental version of the weight and another heavy southern styled number driving home the message that sugar shoppe is of toda brilliant strobe lights present the foursome in staccato movement eer in a carefully rehearsed manner while buthru out putcol ilarums kaletdouope gentle red illumination hlendi with the delicacy ol an obscure hollies song titled charlie the rjif man even the difficulties of hairs easy to be hard diccumb to the controlled emotionalism of lee harris the entire performance gleams with professional polish and fine limine of delivers but minv of the audience have come specifically for the vaudeville routines so sugar shoppe closes the set with a fast paced engaging humorous roaring twenties medley vics mimicing of rud bailee mixes nicl with the silent movie skits and charleston paced numbers the hour upon hour of rehearsal time 11 mnti cmdem here and the audience universally appreciates the prnduci if 1 uppeai to vm loo enthusiastic about the sugar shoppe i hasten o cvpuin thai fe canadian entertainers ever reach the suitu of true professional whereas this particular quartet displays even characteristic thai one could demand thc are talented poll uied and believe vrr strongh in using hard work to get ahead strait pe i despite then proven drawing power the sugar shoppc has alwxivi experienced a shortage of employment there have been a date or ed sullivan one with johnny canon and appearances in miami lo angeles end the bahamas but tpicall the next week would seem them worlung onlv one night a uveal college concert howeve things were tougher two vean ago and now there are at icjs signs of changing luk laura sro currently is regarded as a vc knowledgeable north american composer her work is recorded bv the fifth dimension among other top acts and laura ukr sup shoppe she likes them so much that their current single a power u message number was written b her they will be performing thai song save the country and others in concert with laui j masve hall in mid ovember and hopefully other dales things are also coming together nicely for their new album a complete change of pace from the initial package with so much happening for such grcjt dalent an indepth discussion appears only proper thus next week we shall have an account of a recent meeting with vic garber and peter mann the mail half oi sugar shoppc pert jane irwin who arranged the wio and hat that for rock wood ucw monday adjusts a jaunty hat for marlon bayne story and more pictures on th rockwood pao staff photo oh my aching feet three of the early of m z bennett finally had a chance to rest their finishers in the recent walkathon in aid of feet otter tho long 30 milo walk studentt raised unicef i to r john van oamm and sutan over 1000 for unicef staff photo shoemaker of robert little school and mike luty chris statuette given halton film halton countys award winning motion picture the man and the boy received the coveted chris statuette at the 1 7th annual columbus film festival of columbus ohio last week this is the highest award given in a category and the only statuette presented to a canadian film at this yeart festival an additional chris certificate award will be presented in november to the industrial development committee of halton county which initiated and supervised the film project as part of their promotion program for the county robert j meyer writer and producer of the film attended the threeday festival and received the statuette at the awards banquet on thursday evening oct 30 sponsored by the area chamber of commerce and the film council of greater columbus one of over 400 films in the festival the man and the boy was entered in the business and industry category films are rated from one to seven by the judges and a sevenrated film considered superior or approaching perfection is given a statuette which is an originul interpretation in bronze of the christopher columbus stiituc presently ttanding in front of the columbus city hall j the film had earlier won two similar awards in international film festivals held at palm springs and new york it has been in demand in halton schools and one copy of the film has been placed in the hands of halton board of education recently a milton couple mr and mrs keith burton were home to england for a holiday and they took a copy of haltons him along to show their friends and relatives this was the second time the county film lus gone averse us ys men name committees act on ys mens club committee for 1069 70 are club programs rick coe jim lindsay pat mckenzie membership pat mckenzie lloyd bioostad walter dubois barry clcland moneyraising projects stewart robertson al clark don perry timer smith ross ribey john last service projects don perry brian smith norm elliott barry clcland bill moinprizc publicity public relations norm elliott rick coe world outlook lloyd broostad jim lindsay john unmans harry arbic al clark bill moinprizc walter dubois bill wilson pw asf gary batcman sonny rognvaldvon bishops fund bill wilson special events brian smith barry clcland elmer smith rosv ribey bill wilson bulletin wayne wheeler meals ed leathcrland john bomans youth wayne wheeler ed leathcrland pat patterson wins ontario sports award cliflan f pat patterson of norval former rcferecinchief for the ontario amateur hockey association and former eiquesmg councillor was among 31 people to receive special awards from the youth and recreation branch of the ontario department of education this week labor minister dalton bales presented special awards to the 11 who in 1968 made outstanding contributions to sports as coaches managers officials and executive members among those receiving the special awards were toronto telegram spoils writer ted reeve and lloyd peicival the recipients were given a framed citation and a lapel pin the ontano sports achievement awards program wjs organized by the province of ontario and is administered by the ontario department of educations youth and recreation branch scrolls were presented to 600 ontario athletes who as individuals oi members of a team won a notional or international championship during 1968 jam gayfoid and jim elder represented the canadian equestrian team which won the gold medal in the 1968 olyrrlpics at mexico city angela coushlan of burlington canadian free style swimming champion presented the canada gomes flog to health minister thomas wells the nag represented the canada games championship won by the ontario team in halifax in august mr wells told the athletes that the awards were the provinces i way ot congratulating them on their athletic achievement your cllorts will stimulate greater involvement in sports programs by ontario citizens he said minor baseball draw winners winners of s50 bonds in the acton minor baseball association draw held saturday were gary brace 140 tuherman st rockwood vcrn wheeler 216 churchill rd n acton and mrs isabelle moore rr i acton acton high spot t r vow by mary ann praular inlfichool batkal hall pfaclsca began nvefnbf 1 coach tin lh junior irl i ui hunter horn i connk teacher for the senior tirli mrs ott physical education instructor will he it utmch although as yet the ukdtt of the senior boys leans is undecided the junior boys will b led by mr mcoillrway intertchool sporls haw dunged front activities periods period 10 lo the lunch periods five and six in the day this it due la poot participation on the pail of ttudenti they either wanted to go home for the period or hsdto leave due lo the not schedule tfie new tyttem will enable every one who ealt lunch in tjiese two periods to play duruig their noon hour la vegas night is planned for the 14 th ol this month canadian tire money u still being collected to support the prrzes mflag mtmih fa wottorko the names of two of the youngest walkers in the walkaihun were omitted from the tabulations made last week for the free press debbie james and kevin davis boih just eight years of age walked a plucky 2h miles each together wiih mrs crystal davii apparently other names too were misung from last weeks lists in the free press our apologies walkers we just took the names off one of the official sheets sheridan to hold awards night richard need ham toronto globe and mail columnist will be the speaker at the first annual awards night of sheridan college to be held thursday november 6 at central peel secondary school at 8 p m mr needham is wellknown for his views on ladies love and life in that order he says himself hat he writes on love marriage education and similar disaster areas but shies away from such trivialities as politics war and international affairs following the presentation of awardsacademic activity athletic and specialand mr needhams talk a musical medley will be presented to be conducted by sheridans new music man gifford mitchell the musical sector will feature sheridan singers and instrumentalists students are expected to participate in the program in several different capacities refreshments will be served attending will be sheridan students parents friends and relatives members of the board of governors and administration faculty scholarship and award donor representatives and the general public tax notice 1969 municipality of acton fourth installment now due attention is drawn to the payment of 1969 taxes which are now payable in four instalments taxes are payable to the municipal treasurer at the town off acton municipal office ymca building instalments arr due as follows ntst instalment may is second instalment july is third instalment setembet is fourth instalment november i according lo the tax collection by law a penally of 1 per cent per month or fraction of a month will be added on the amount remaining unpaid ufter the 15th day of moy this pcnaliv applies to each instalment in a similar manner the attention of ratepayers is directed lo the penalties and other clauses as printed und explained in detail on every tax bill make payment now and take your tax notice with you when making payment j v hurst ccjuestw motes from acton high by mary arm fictilcr lritt monday mr dmiy of lioftnys insurance in acton was present for the driver education class he deixnfxd the haards of driving without iniuranceand fcjvc example of dnvert who had no protection and are now paying great fines road teslt for the siudenii will be december 23 the grade 1 1 geography clan had field trip to limehnuic last thursday with mr paul marliodale their leader ihr group left the school early and walked lo their destination they were mostly in one large pinup but later split into tejrm of iwo lo five members the tired tudent and leather arrived hick at the high school al the end ol he schnol djy f int place winner for elhng the mmi hallowe en candici was nancy gordon as of november she had void w baftv and will he rewarded with j25 j me watvon selling 57 bags will have her choice of 110 or a tranmtor radio as second prize helen wuodhoutc hiving sold 4h bags comes 3rd followed by bob smith in fourth place several nights lail week were spefrt in visits to guelph georgetown and limehouse in order to promote sale cars were driven by bob smilh unda perry john last and kartn townsley total sales for the school lie 1223 hags as of november 3 the class lutings stand as follows m 37bjgs jb h5c70 i0a 54 1 0b h ioc68 100- 47 101 30 ma 35 iiu15 lit 44 rnjp m 21 the winning tl w i id will be feted with j kentucky tried chicken pjily a grade nine class toured the beardmjre plant lat week divided into group they weie guided through he entire factory alter refreshments of pop and doughnuts the clan returned to the school as they lefl the tannery each student wav given a leather key cave and a pamphlet concerning leather no moro cleaning your oven onyourkneee ex- cluivo fngidairo pull n cloan oven thdw out like a drawer clean it itandlng up automatic mul minder oven controls at you cook your food whilo you oro out of tho kitchen two largo special 8 end two 6 surface units sale 5 year protection plan reo t3o6r0 26995 frigsidaifieeiim manning electric 54 mill e- acton- 8532950 bring your family to the netful christmas a rrfc color party lunch hr ii 30 lo 13 30 sat nov 8 1969 10 am to 4 pm have their pictures taken in living color by a professional photographer kodaeolor your color photographs will be returned to you mounted in beautiful portrait folders i i i our special price i i i 1 3w h 6 color portrait 79 these color photographs make exciting gifts for friends and relatives photos taken at dollar daddy store sponsored bv acton pharmacy and dollar daddy store iwtotfte