Ontario Community Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), May 7, 1980, p. 9

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Mare than celebrated their fly up into Guiding last week at St Joseph b Halt They all got together In their Brownie groups one last time for a photograph In the first Acton Back row left to right Dawn Welch La no Lamp kin and Gem its Vnsquei front row Christine Sleep Jarrett and The firth Acton Brownies back row left to right Donna Schroder Julie Lin liky Montmorency Carolyn Lover Jennifer middle row Paula Wither ley Andrea Vanessa Mitchell Cathy Button Vanessa Vincent Rosemary Sheldon front Heather Sproule Jessie Para Lopens Janice Gregs on and Christine The second Acton Brownies back row left to right Cynthia Doustan Jennifer Con Lor McDonald Dana Richardson and Jenny Crawford second row Paula McPherson Wendy Norton Front row Ann Bridge and Jennifer Bot people English Actons newly arrived refugee boots and what know the students who The Acton Free Press Wodnosday May7 1980 newly refugee families are sett ling in and enjoying Can life The Fung family sored by the Acton clergy group arrived in recently and were airhopped to Mai ton where sponsors picked Ihcm up From Viet Nam by way of a year In Indone sian refugee camps Fungs have brought six children with them Two older sons remain in Vict Nam Hong Fung and his wife were born in China but their family all Vietnamese born spell the surname the Vietnamese way Ph iing The family of youngsters aged from to consist of two sons and four daughters The Slec Leung Sau Nu That Bat Muoi and An The Fungs made the awesome trip from Viet Nam to Indonesia in a small leaky boat with other refugees They had to give up their shirts for fuel and survived on a half cup water ration daily Mr Fung and his older son Siec Leung are type setters by trade while his wife and several daugh tera are seamstresses Two daughters arc now employed at Superior Glove Sice Leung is en in Col lege for a total im meraion course in Eng lish The family sored by the Bethel Christian Reformed Church arrived In Ed ton From there they came to Malton after a long trip from Viet Nam that included a year In Hong Kong The Le fam Van and his wife Long Gl Van have three children daughter Hue IB and sons 15 and Kict 10 Mr Le is already employed at Beardmorc Tannery while his wife is working at Superior Glove The family emigrated from north Viet Nam in an area where the bomb- They escaped on one of two refugee boots and hap pened to be on the right one the other boat sank Even when in refugee camp in Hong Kong Mr had a Job and made sure the family was self Both families speak Cantonese and are learn ing English as fast as possible through a new class started at M Bennett school through the Halton Board of Ed The course taught by Euwan is an off shoot of the classes run at Georgetown District HighSchool Mrs Euwen is teaching every morn ing from to 11 a m students including most of the Fung family children and a refugee student living in Ball In Although Mrs t speak any Cantonese she is at tempting to teach bv starting with Thieves hit post office for 15000 in stamps Drilling through a wall to gain entry to the Acton Post Office vault netted thieves in stamps last Wednesday morning The break in is through to have taken place sometime last Tuesday evening or early Wed before when employee Vic tow came to work and After completing an audit the office resumed regular business Wed nesday afternoon cording to acting post master Rob About 100 cash was also stolen The break in and closure of the office Separate board negotiating site Halton Separate School Board has authorized staff to proceed to ncgot late for a chosen site for a new Acton school Following an in camera session at last Tuesday meeting the board announced plans to purchase a particular site alter more than a year searching for a suit able location Until negotiations are com the site cannot be named Although Cliff Byrnes director of Education cautioned that expropr iatlon of the property Is not a desired route he said the property would be obtained cither through price neg or exprop riation Bynres said the matter also lies in the hands of the Ministry which has not commented on supplying funds for the property a year and a half since the first Ask grants review Halton Hills council ag reed Monday night with St Catharines council that grants to public lib rarles should be ex mined to make sure they are adequate The St Catharines res pointed out the provincial per capita ant for libraries has rem at since 1977 thrown a larger share of support on the local municipalities caused some inconven for customers try to mail income tax returns on the deadline day The Acton break in marked the third one in the area within the last year A similar attempt to drill into the Camp- bellville post office vault netted thieves a quantity of stamps while a Georgetown break in in July proved ccssful Georgetown aster Gil King asks people to look out for anyone trying to pass off discount stamps Photo Finishing at NEW LOW PRICES acton pharmacy ltd CORNER MILL MAIN 8531620 EDUCATION WEEK IS MAY 5 TO MAY 9 The Elementary School Teachers of Halton Region remind you that everyone should find out about the schools you pay taxes to maintain You don need a student to take you to school Come out and ask questions yourself Ask about courses the activities and the school system Halton is a fine place to go to school and the students of today are the responsible citizens of tomorrow Education is the key to success Halton Elementary Teachers Association SAVE ON POOL CHEMICALS 2D lb STABILIZED CHLORINE save aim price 1741b STABILIZED TABS SAVE OUR PRICE 20 lb STABILIZED TABS A save mo Full Ling of Chemicals and Accessories Available BRING THIS AD FOR FREE TEST KIT REFILLS WITH CHLORINE PUR Red 24 Hour Service 8531800 A CALENDAR OF EVENTS AND HAPPENINGS IN AND ACTON Nu Sc Sp no ID I fom2 the Pubic School Tlo A Sow day Mny 10 hold no a too and Lb Locho League of Ac on month mam nrjs or woman mo mil on about oosifood moot no 12 1980 Fa further nfomnionco Mo ynCoxo878 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