v i students off for overseas after long airport delay tuesday july 12 should have beo one of the most pleasantly memorable days in the lives of 15 high school students from georgetown brampton and i bramalea instead ended at midnight with many of the girls in the group close to tears everyone utterly weary and dls appointed at the constant de lays and lack of information that marred their departure from international a port mai ton the students were due to leave on the first leg of a five- week unusual vacation m eur ope at 2 0 clock in the afternoon at 12 30 p ra the party as sembled at toronto internation al airport with their chaper- it ones mr and mrs fred living ston mrs livingston is a mem ber of the georgetown high school teaching staff at 1 30 p m there seemed to bej0 snags the ba gage check had been made ticketing com pleted and every lied through to the waiting lounge and oms i thought we were away aaid kathy williams a george town district high school stu dent then suddenly we saw another group of students who should have gone later than us ushered tr sh the lounge and on to our plane they gave us no explanation nj one came near us tried in vain mr and mrs livingston tried in vain to get any sat sfaction from airline officials no one would say a word aaid mrs livingston at 2 30 p m half an hour af no comment airline officials later refund to comment one plane broke down that s all we know he said at 5 p m a semiofficial an noun cement was made that a second pjane had been located in texas nd was being flown up to toronto immediatel it will be here at 7 pm plenty of time for you to get auay at b pm was the prom ise by the airline at 7 pm the eager youngsters were assembled again they received another shock plane from texas said an other official never heard of it i can t tell y anything triec every way the livingstons tried every way they could to get s me positive information some of friendly airline official of the day you 11 be away by 10 p m at 10 pm there was still no plane at 10 20 p m it finally arrived at 11 pm the tired and ang ry youngsters were again herd cd into the waiting loung at 11 p m they were sent out again to permit another charter group to ahead them at 11 pm they tried again this time after a 10 minute wait they got aboard the plane another 15ml wait in the plane was followed by yet other 10 minute one at the end of the runway plane after plane took off ahead of them finally at 11 53 p m they we airborne but it was a little late to sal the- students from windsarjiadjvag the spirits of the majority of the youngsters left home at 5 am and had theh been at the airport 11 hours the brampton and dis trict group had stood around 6 hours no one would ay anything as one said when you start like this your heart sinks at the thoughts of what might still be coming if all goes well the youngsters at 8 pm an official said i will spend five weeks aboard don t think any plane is coming converted warships touring the likely you 11 have to stay in european coastal ports toronto all night least this was the original plan this was the final blow one girl burst into tears we ve everything arranged for tomorrow wednesday she 5 id theatre tickets the chan ging of the guard a vis t to st paul s everything we wanted to see if we don t go tomorrow we 11 never have another chance accordion students successful in exams the following ts a list of tuc cessful candidates in examma tionsjield recently by the can fcordion teachers asso- n georgetown the na arranged in order of el happy faces hours earue ter the flight s uld have left were now sad nothing anyone a brief announcement ws could revive the smiles i grade 1 first class honours made i karen phillips grade 2 first at 9 p m still no com nt class honours david holmes your plane has been delayed from airline officials until 9pm a meal t i be provided for xou at 6 pm in parents of one girl wanted to the dining lounge in the mean take her home time please leave the lounge first ray with 3fe hour v mr and mrs livingston had a tough i tune keeping the 15 local young sters plus 10 more from wind sor and burlington in check i at 9 30 p m the f rst ray of hope the plane will be arriving in duncan ferguson equal brad jey macmaster honours patn cia kirkwood grade 3 first class honours donald thomp son james fantuz grade 4 1st class honours kenneth bak er honours roseanne dorothy parry steven ewing grade s pass luciana tomazic grade 8 says horses popularity adverse effect on sheep a recent comment was made in parliamentary circles to the effect that cowboy movies are aiding the decline in the sheep industry but down on the farm halton men of the soil have a more down to earth op inion it s horses says james m hoey a sheep farmer riding has taken quite a bit off our sheep industry more boys and girls are riding hones now it seems that most peo ple are going in for horses these days mr hoey who has 89 sheep said thai he sold only six of hli purebred suffolks last year he breeds his animals to sell to farmers wanting to build up their flocks he spoke of the difficulty of attracting youngsters to the land and away from the city life they re really not intel ed he wryly smiled sounding off about these cow boy movies was s b williams assistant deputy minister charge of production and mar keting at the agricultural partment he told the common agncul tural committee that sheep far had probably fallen by ab out quarter of the size it wms five years ago he said it was the most anam olous of all branches of agncul ture i think the problem may be the social status of sheep for e reason it s not very high he said perhaps cowboy movies have done s much as anything to create the image too many people think of sheep as a side line something of a salvage op eration on poor land he said flock sizes in cans da had been too small a farm er needs to have 200 ewes to produce a reasonable standard of living too many of our far mers keeps only 1 or so said mr williams 31 complete first year at german school 13 minutes said the firstl dianne fosler roslyn livingston brampton and diane schcnk georgetown study a mural of more primitive form of air transport at toronto international airport during the lona wait to board their plane the former t h van sickler law office mr van sickler clo sed his office a few mootha ago to take a position with the legal department of ontario hydro thf oioroitowh hihald thursday july hat 1m4 paue north haltons first german- language acbool ended its first year of operation at the end of june and from all reports it was a highly succenfulventure rudy arbeiter of milton pres ident of the germancanadian club of halton county which launched the school last fall aaid classes would definitely be repeated neat fall he said of 54 adults and children who en rolled last fall 31 completed the course a closing night was held at hilton s union hall june 29th when students presented samp les of wfcat they had learned for visiting parents and friends instructor was michael how ard of niagara falls he conduc ted weekly saturday morning lessons for two age groups from september through to june the club is hoping to have mr how ard back again next year our club started the school ii on a trial basis and it proved very successful mr arbeiter said now the pattern isestiblj llshed and we will definitely i begin another class in septem ber students ranging from six ii years of age to adults enrolled from milton acton campbell vi he limehouse and george- i town most were children of german origin who were born in canada and could speak and ji understand the language after hearing it at their homes but j had never written in german or i learned the grammatical intrica cies of the language he said registrations for the fall course will be accepted un til july 28th itu classes are open to anyone id halton coun ty and they do not have to be a member ot the sponsoring club ot enroll fees charged are not intended to make a profit but simply cover administration costs and the teachers salary arrival ot dr ashenhurst in town brings back a name famil iar in the district his great grandfather settled in ashgrove in the early 1800s when be em igrated from dublin ireland and there were members of the family living these and in geor getown for some years new doctors ancestors were ashgrove pioneers dr alex w ashenhurst has opened an office for general medical practice at 34 main st s the office is locacted in the williams building in what was upper college and humberswe ot legiate graduated in medicine in ibm from university of tor- onto end interned at st mich aels hospital he has been in practice at port credit for th past year he is the son of dr and mrs dr ashenhurst received his 1 a x ashenhurst of toronto l m brown od optometrist at 35 mill street georgetown ust off main street phone v77m71 it was not an easy he said business u mr hoey has taken heart during the past couple of days when he saw the keen interest members of halton county 4h club took in his flock while on a visit things may be only fairly good at the moment and number of sheep may be drop ping off for a short while think it will get back again he smiled optimistically acton businessman was native of norval area lewis edwin atkinson a for mer acton businessman and councillor died in kitchener waterloo hospital on june 30th following a brief illness born in norval mr atkinson lived in acton for several years before moving to waterloo 21 years ago he is survived by his second wife the former marjorie stump of waterloo and three children mrs j c kilmer jes sie mrs wilf klein lois and robert all of guelph funeral service was held in acton on july 4th with rev andrew mckemie of knox pres byterian church acton in charge interment was at fair view cemetery acton pallbear ers were edward thatcher rus sell hepburn james bolton fred meadows arthur stumpf and walter stumpf mr atkinson was predeceas ed by his first wife the former- margaret mceachern summer hours closed saturdays for july and august the department of transport office will bo dosed saturdays donna july and august effective this saturday july ind department of transport 41 main street south t77307 sidewaik salt thurs fri sat f july 212223 kg values- kg savings at noon about ii hows iefob thbt chattbbd flight took off these touring students m in a happy mood waving s they survey the rport from the roof are from lefifleigh warrell faye kaufman cindy mcarter mike adams n of brampton kathy will ams nel hardie a re wall rolf toml ns dave fernell all of georgetown roslyn livingstone brampton and diane schenk and jackie lince of georgetown umts july 21 5 in 9 pm clown free batons fit july 22 5 to 9 pm clown i free batons sat july 23 ctam band 10 am to 12 noon 2 pm to 4 pm r your shopping convenience opn every wed hws till9pm