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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 10, 1967
Page
31
Cool weather meets the Blue Scouts reserve course at Acton R R 1 with leaders Art Jackson and assistants guiding a weekend session. Participants sleep under canvass and endure freezing showers as rain turns to snow, yet they plan to return next weekend hoping for kinder weather.
Day schools for hearing impaired children operate in Toronto Hamilton Windsor and London. City boards supply facilities so students from these cities cannot enter Milton or Belleville provincial schools. A worker fell ill and was rushed to hospital with colleagues pledging to cover duties while he recovers.
At a special library board meeting tonight gifts to assist and further the centennial project will be presented. The meeting is set for Wednesday with attendees including donors and organizers contributing to the library’s milestone program.
Guide Captain Mrs. Ginger is asked to assume control of Rangers next year and Guides if help is not found. Helpers are urgently needed and should contact District Commissioner Mrs. John Lowrie at Roseford Terrace. The Ranger Company has recently lapsed due to lack of leaders.
A new church camp site is planned opposite Blue Springs scout reserve west of Acton on a 100 acre wooded tract once owned by Don McMillan. A sign stands but no work has begun. Presbytery plans picnics, wiener roasts, and hikes this year with long term focus on conferences, study sessions, retreats, and summer camps. invitations extended to local church groups.
Miss Ida Reddy is appointed assistant director of the South Central Regional Library System and will assume duties in June. She currently serves as chief librarian of Burlington Public Library and holds Arts and Library Science degrees from the University of Toronto. Her career includes work in Etobicoke and Toronto Public Libraries, Oshawa, and service as Burlington’s chief librarian since 1961.
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