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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 03, 1955
Page
4
The act requires that before slowing or changing lanes you ensure the move is safe and signal your intent. It also mandates performing the turn from the proper road position to inform other drivers and pedestrians of the action.
The article notes that 101 years ago during the Crimean War large numbers of tourists treated the war like a major event. Visitors went to the front lines with gifts for soldiers, blurring the line between spectators and combatants in a historic campaign.
Two keynote talks highlighted Friday's Halton Teachers Institute in the Acton Public School auditorium. K F Preuter of Etobicoke spoke on the teacher's role and administration, stressing human relations and a firm educational foundation amid urban pressures. F S Cooper of Scarborough discussed meeting individual differences in basic subjects within classroom practice.
At Halton County the upcoming teachers convention faces a lack of accommodation with plans for the next gathering to be affected. Speakers including Tee apectar Ll and DP warned of possible changes while praising teachers for courtesy, classroom control, decorum, safety programs, and standards.
Halton teachers were recognized for long service with awards and paintings. Acton's Pusey and Burlington's Hart received honors, while Mianna Deelster and other colleagues attended a ceremony at local schools. Mr Lockhart of Puaringtons Central School marked 47 years of service with a bouquet for his wife.
Rev Gordon Adams of Acton United Church led the devotional period kicking off the teachers convention in Acton. He urged participants to make the crowns shine with his message Children are the crown of men. JO 1W Wolfe, chairman of the school board, welcomed the teachers to Acton.
Halton teachers held discussion groups to exchange teaching methods across grade levels. Sessions covered primary arithmetic and reading remediation, and senior grade topics in arithmetic social studies literature grammar and crafts.
Franklin Harratt of Copp Clark Co presented a reading skills demonstration at the senior teacher convention in Oakville. The event showcased three reading approaches using a classroom setting and student participation to illustrate skimming, sound patterns, and contextual understanding.
The secretary Miss Gemmell noted that county teachers met in Acton fifty years ago in May 1905. Seventy seven teachers attended the two day meeting as the president Stevenson pointed out that the problems faced then were the same as now.
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