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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 16, 1968
Page
13
Mrs Hallman, a library and English teacher, values reading for youth and laments declining in-class reading. A Toronto starter, she jokes about tough students, enjoys crafts, pottery, sewing, skiing, riding, swimming, and gardening. She hopes to buy a potter’s wheel and someday open a boutique.
Mrs Judy Hallman discusses her interest in music, noting her father-in-law’s band and her husband’s ukulele. She voices a lack of formal music education but openness to jazz and pop. She predicts pants as a coming fashion trend for women and comments on boys and student freedoms.
A reader laments Student Union demands for free education and loans, arguing they promote irresponsibility and anarchy. He cites U S sentiments on Vietnam and calls for suppression, praising the ONTARION for exposing what he sees as impractical union aims. He urges responsibility and criticizes nonconformist attitudes.
Acton High teams swept Orangeville with seniors winning 22 14 and the midgets 30 10 led by Jim Slaven and Randy Coker from the start. Senior times ranged from 11 8 to 14 28 while the midgets featured Coker Morrison McPhail and Reed among others. Orangeville won the following soccer game 4 0 and Acton’s seniors beat Ela in a four of five volleyball series in Elora marking a second district title bid for Acton.
Acton clinches the District 4 title in Milton, defeating the losers’ champion after a 16-game run. Coach Paul Martindale hails the comeback as Acton earns C.W.O.S.S.A. spot for this Saturday at the University of Guelph with a fan club of 22 cheering the squad.
Nineteen year old Newton Hurst of 285 Peel St. received a cut chin bruised chest and some front teeth knocked out when his car left the road on Highway 25 south of No 22 Sideroad at 11 50 p m Friday night. Damage to the car which hit a tree was estimated at $5000. The driver an Acton student was taken to Georgetown District Hospital for treatment by the Georgetown ambulance. Constable Gary Banks of the North Halton O P P investigated.
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