mirthm meantterm the acton free preti wedneaday auguat 7 1968 vince funniest in family rows of tints and trailers went up at the breezes or the fbng weekend according to manageress aars wood they were almost all out oftown people staff photo vince mountford the airable emceecomlc who has enlivened entertainment in this district for long years is the subject of an article written by paddy thomas in the brampton times vince mountford the durable 1 emceecomlc almost as well known here as he is in his home town of brampton should have a slogan mountford manufactures mountains of mirth an irrepressible humdrlst i who couldnt resist slipping in the odd jokes during a more or i less l serious interview mf private parks on fairy lake attract outoftown campers and picnickers campfrs and picnickers enioy swimming off ihe pier that uts out into fairy lake at the breezes staff photo local facilities always idnd to be appreciated more by those from out of town in the last few years the far side of fairy lake has developed into a tour ist area for travellers from all over ontario on an average summer week end both the breezes andsmall- ujod acres are crowded with trailers and tents complete with swimmers boaters and sun bathers mrs wood who manages the breeses claims that relatively few local people come over she gets mostly out of town people who are on holiday trips and stopping overnight some stay for long periods of time smallwoods generally expect about 500 guests on an average weekend they tend to cornel mainly from the toronto ham ilton and oakviue areas mr smallwood agrees that few local people use he park both parks charge per car tc enter and special rates fori ing reatnpi j acton delegates at convention hihino mom the footbridge at the breezos joe and dave mcgarr of guolph gen erally manage to take homo a food of sunflsh and bass they come often lust to fish staff photo don van fleet and w duval jr were official acton delegates to the ontario fire fighters assoc iation convention at wetland over the civic holiday weekend they attended the convontlon along with their wives also attending from acton were mr and mrs harold townsley mr and mrs p mccristall and mr and mrs grant withers ontario food exports ontario food processors and win producers who took part in provincosponsored sales mis sions or exhibited at ontario food council displays at over seas fairs reported 6930000 salos in 1967 not including re peat orders products included canned frosh and frozen veget ables canned fruits and juices honey sldm milk powder cheese jams frozen chinese dinners apples meat and meat products plo fillings pickles and wines although the acton delegation didnt participate in the large civic holiday parade or the com petitions they took part in the church parade on sunday they were surprised to see former actonlmn rev l duby who was one of two clergymen leading tho memorial servico at the ceno taph captain harold coulson of he milton fire department was named president of the ontario fire fighters during tho election of officers he has been active in the ontario group for several years roughly onequarter or 150 lire brigades in the province belong to the association most of them from southern ontario the group hopes to expand mem bership this year mountfords favourite occupation is making people laugh his ability toentertalnwas dis covered a long time ago born in england a shropshire lad he came to canada with his family when he was a lad of two the mountford settled in the shelburne area and being a fam ily of 11 with a welsh father who loved to sing ihey made their own fun and the funniest of them all was young vince in both the shelburne public school and the orangevllle high school vince mduntfordsablllty o amuse was fully exposed in school concerts and field days and often when humor wasnt expected in the classroom he married his- most severe critic an arthur girl named ethel in 1935 she doesnt help me irth my acts but she does keep my shirts clean quipped mr mountford and she cer tainly lets me know if i am not up to scratch she also reportson audience reaction and it isnt always flattering he addedwlth customary honesty when the mountiords moved to brampton vinceusedtoslngwlth the once very well known ed icapps ionic masonic choir and to relieve the monotony of con tinuous choral singing mrcapps requested mr mountford to per form a routine or produce a skit and from then on the mountford name seemed to appear when ever there was a fall fair ladles night a banquet servico olub do or benefit performance while on holiday in california with his wife and youngest son charlie the two male mountf ords decided to comete in a holly wood opportunity night they not only appeared on a televised program from the paramount studios they also carried away first prize a set of the ency clopedia brltannlca each and a gold wrist watch suitably en graved with the honor they had won the mountfords have two sons al the eldest who is a cbc cameraman and charlie a pro fessional pianist who has played with such greats as oscar pet ersen tod bobby glmby charlie is one of those re markable musicians who play with astounding facility the classical works of chopin and beethoven through popular bal lads and songs to real red hot jtzx charlie isnt the only musician in the family pop mountford swings it on the fiddle ukulele banjo pluno and mouth organ and when it conies to the drums well rlngo starr has nothing on vince mountford his favorite comic is bob hope and his fav orite joke vince mountford he said yod know sometimes i only have to stand up with my silly expression on and people burst out laughing very grat ifying he has numerous routines and just as many costumes to give them authenticity he performs irish and scottish numbers the blarblah englishman or the cockney the welsh dalhach or the man oil the street who may have imbibed a utile too rashly- he has appeared with a for midable tiki of professional per former including juliette tom my hunter and goodness knows who else and this year will repeat his performance with the tommy hunter show during mr hunters season at the academy theatre lindsay he win share the comic spot alternately with gordle tapp and alexander rag time reed back in 1950 when shelburne held its first old tyme fiddlers contest mr mountford was one of the fiddlers but for the past 16 contests he hasactedasmas- ter of ceremonies for this event and this august will mark up his 17th performance at the town now known as fiddle vl lie no matter where yon go yon meet up with mountford be it the steam era reunion at milton acton fair the ftumy- brook veterans hospital where he has appeared in many roaaie- lan union sponsored benaflta lions clubs the calgary stamp ede the cne you name it you will find him there game hum expects another fox in fell the everincreasing family at mountaherg game farm win welcome yet another addition this fall manager frank timmer- mans reports the farm 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