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hi bennett volleyballm win north hahon title tha acton fraa prata tuesday dacambar 23 1949 benefit of a new audltoriuriiymnaiiunl wi keenly appreciated at actons 14 bennett tchool following the victory of the glrli volleyball team in the north lulloti settlor tchool volleyball chunpkuijilpj at milton hlth tchool the acton girls won the chafliploniitlp handily while the boyi team came second losing only one game teams at the m i bennett were never in lonlenllon in the teriet ill other yean becauie they had 10 place to practice principal miner smith uid but the addition uf an auditorium at the tchool hat meant a great improvement in team tklll the enthusiasm of iludentt for the new facilltiei it ui great have trouble getting home at night the m z bennett principal enthused they dont want to go home coach of i h la yeari chtmplotia wai teacher dave boycott who workf under physical fducallon teacher ed ualheiund the ac 1 00 gjili defeated their titter tchool robert utile brookvllu mtln st school from muton and mewatltown for the title on the championship totter are marie fisher janice urinkwalter carol ann marto anne luly suun drytdale maureen gerlh darlene ueerttian and cindy barr it wai the flnt volleyball title for the m bennett tchool but tludenli are predicting many more now they have an auditorium to practice in board rejects towns snow dumping request fun food games and gifts as santa visits beardmores besrdroote and co played hotl tp employee and children at their annual chrlttmu parly held in the plant saturday over 400 adullt and 270 children attended the affair highlight of the party wat the arrival of santa ci tut who with the aid of helperi cathy smith and rosemary bird handed out gifti to each and every child before and after santat viul youngsters marvelled at the tlelght of hand of the great hernandez watched donald duck and goofy cartoont in the disneyland theatre freulera folllet played hoopla and tatted their tltill at rqolin toolin slda shooting gallery with sid salu at proprietor when they got hungry kldt loaded up with fried chicken at the abbotta hutch abbott conway deliciout hamburger at pappya burgera frank paplllon tauy french friet at greaty jlmt chip joint jim lindsay spicy pizza at pietrot pizzeria peter dunham hot corned beef undwichet at the lobtter trap candy flou at johnt rult puff john griefeneder ice cream conet and tundaea at hanks hangover hank ruppert then waihed it all down with tofj drinks from stewarts pig and whittle pub stew wolf where every fifth customer wat given a brealhatyier ten and no mlnen were served two mexican rancheroa cisco and paruhu harold harris and george bowman wandered through the crowd much to the amusement uf all appointments llalton county council appointed three men to area hospital boards duiing tlie december meeting i rank n rogers is appointed to joseph brant memorial llutpltal 111 burlington j m ledwilh to muton dlttru1 hospital board and a r speight to georgetown and district memorial hospital board the county delegated the county engineer and clerk to attend a road safely workshop in january acton hoard of parks management and recreation committee have rejected a request from live town work crew that they be allowed to dump snow at tlie far end of prospect paik arena manager llaiold towntley told the board about the leoueit at their final meeting of the year thursday night chairman brendan aheaine was loiicerned about broken buttles and other debris that would be led in the paik when snow melted in the spring at far ut im concerned it should be taken somewhere elte he contended mr aliearne suggested the induitrial park or townowned land on the south side of lobblelull road at annual supper concert held at baptist church by mary ann freuler the annual christmas concert of acton baptist church was held saturday dec 13 a lovely meal uf tuikey with all of the trimmings was prepared by the church women they should be complimented on the wondeiful jub they did mrs harriet i id wig received a token of appreciation for her many years of service of helping at the church afler the meal the baptist high fellowship group entertained the children with songs until the program was ready to begin art cooper acted as master of ceremonies for the concert the younger children performed as preciously innocent as they always do their little verses and songs added a lot of life to the evening jackie lemons class consisting of cindy loll valeric mccuinn and donna darby performed a play on the mejning of christmas donna acted as the spirit of christmas mike coopers class of a few older boyt did their interpretation of the night before christmas jeff cooper brought the roof down when his santa claus stomach fell out tlie b h f group was the last of the classes to perform their skit represented a regular church meeting in which they discussed what they would do for the christmas concert it ended with the spelling of merry christmas throughout the concert different individuals other than sunday school classes look part in the ceremony bill landsborough and paul cooper did a skit that left the audience in awe doug cooper recited a poem concerning the festive season mrs feltham sang a very pretty sol 1 art cooper accompanied by his son mike on the guitar sang u duet for the children the most exciting part of the program the passing out of gifts finally came right at the end of the evening their happy faces and surprised louks are all anyone needs to show some christmas spirit board of education expects good surplus ha i tun county board of education will end its fir it year lol penny sale winners kaaen and debbie humphrey could hardly wait their turn to visit with santa claot at the baardmor christmas party saturday- staff photo photo pmchristmas 12 price sale sm mr mttrtamit f timing mmbunmu t mws tf 50 awf atwra these include ie decorations boxed christmas cards toys vahes and other lines visit our basembit toyland vm a marvellous selection of toys games dolls sleighs christmas decorations era hinloirs 5 to store ssomi winners of lo l 467 euchre held satruday dec 20 were ladies high mae swackhamer ladies low manon farnell mens high dan pony mens low jim porty lone hands murray stamp door prize florence tencycke winnert of j o l 457 penny tale doilies lenore vickery glatt fruit bowl may swackhamer toy truck sandy hargrave refrigerator dishes l heathenngton stuffed doll h s holden optomtrutr m cot sl eau guelph wsoae ta mm mary osboume towel set hazel cnpps stuffed penguin mrs c spires plastic bowls mrs m gordon christmas candle d dewye tray w d c smith knife floyd brightman stuffed beaver fred mcdonald ring toss game bill shaw catchall l o b a sss cookie sheet mrs a massey stuffed animal jim wheeler wallet keycase lo b a sss ladies purse grace marsden pillow cases mamie kula pickle dish marjone rawn teddy bear isobel overland ashtray mrs j higgins devilled egg dish lois gordon candy dish pearl holmes toy poodle alpha laroque murray guelph was proceeding north behind him damage to the rear of the poulstrup car was estimated at si 50 and to the murray cars front bumper at 25 ol operationi with a surplus of j250ooo to 300000 members learned at the final meeting of the year last thursday superintendent of finance bruce lindley predicted there would be between 150000 and 5100000 surplus in the elementary school account and 200000 in the secondary pout voutns school account f ww describing the surplus he pointed to interest on short term investment as being one of the contributing factors in the surplus he noted grants from the province arrived on the third or fourth of the month and were not expended until the 25lh the short term investment of the funds even for as little as two or three days had produced in court wm eramosa flower mart 3 milt watt of acton en ouaana hvay no 7 happiness is flowers 3 flowers plants for christmas we have an excellent election af potted plants fresh flowers all at coupetmve prices 550000 surplus rather than an anticipated 550000 charge for financing and interest director j singleton observed the surplus while it was a lot in terms of dollars was a very small percentage when it wat related to the boards 32000000 budget all four youths charged with a long series of breakins have now appeared in juvenile court one has not yet been sentenced one hat a suspended sentence and two are on probation one for i 8 months and one for two years they were ordered by the court to make restitution robert r hamilton optometrist 1 1 8 mounubwlaw road 8173471 msm smi us chuckles boxed chocolates always in good taste cherries fruits creams nuts turtles jellies miniatures see our special chrlsltias boxes hintons 5tol store mure appropriate sites for dumping councillor peter marks pointed out however that it was imperative tint the towns streets he cleared at quickly at potuhle after a large snowfall and that dumping snow in the park would cut down the amount of time teuulred for the operation probably saving the taxpayers money in the long run he did agree if there were other dumping riles available they uiould be looked into but fell that if theie werent the boaid should cooperate with the town mr aliearne wat not moved by councillor markt plea weve got a park we want it to look like a park he argued board member bub lauglilen agreed snow should be dumped in the industrial park another member herb doddt pointed out the ontario water resourcei commltsion had recently instructed the ontario department of highwayi to ditcontinue dumping snow in lake ontario lliey cant pollute water anymure its against the law mr dodds explained two accidents during week two twocar accidents were investigated by acton opp during the past week despite ley and snowy roads accidents were few on dec 17 at 4 50 pm a pickup truck backing out of a chuich st drive driven by frank holmes macdonald hlvd was in collision with a parked car owned by joseph fitzgerald arthur st the car fender received an estimated 75 damage no charge was laid on dec 1 8 at 5 1 5 p m two cars were in collision at mam st n and elizabeth dr erik poulstrup georgetown wat hopped to make a left turn into elizabeth dr and rutsell hazardous driving conditions thursday night ware blamed whan a stasia truck driven by slaven keana 40 of milton overturned on highway 7 about two milts eat ol acton the accident occurred about 7 30 u m causing an estimated tfioo damage to the vehicle tha driver wat not injured constable colllnson ol ilia milton opp invastlgated gulf photol christmas band concert delights many sunday the incteaung popularity ol the acton citizens band christmas concert was evident as the largest crowd ever attended sundays concert at the high school auditorium guest artists weie the royal canadian legion choralien assisted by six yearold chen lindsay who sang santa claus it cuming to town accompanied by the male chorus sulout john mc hughs tenor solo in a dreamland medley wai another highlight of the program the band under bandmaster dr george llliolt performed a varied well selected program of chriitmai mutic routing marchei and selections from popular music highlights were the syncopated clock raf march past and christmas around the world commentary was supplied by bandmaster elliott and president bill buchanan the lhoralieri sang five selections under duector george musselle with preudenl gil malcolm introducing numbers tlie event wat a milestone for the acton male chorus their 70th performance at 35 differem places dave harris wat at tlie piano the beginners class of the band alto performed two numbers kefreuunenlt were served during intermission fmmimgmmtmimmtmtmu beginning december 27 take advantage of our annual sal buy new and save i now 5ovo discount alto christmas wrappings while they last dills stationery so miu st