VOL 111 No ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY JUNtflO SECOND Not entirely gone Little red school houses often turned into homes What lias happened to the 111 lie nil school house Centra schools and county boards have practically eliminated the one room school in the province except in certain isolated spots Sometimes the schools arc still standing with I or Sale signs on them Sonic have been down have been incorporated into largn mote modern schools But a peal schools have been modernized and turned into homes Ingenious buyers have taken the solid brick or stone schools appealing alterations constructed J home winch is both modern uid lias a history at the ymc tunc If brick and stone could inly taught eight grades Educators today groping Tor new ideas liavc come up with open concept schools where all grades are together and a student absorbs knowledge at his own speed Graduates of the little one room schools could give some of today students some idea of what it was like to work on their own while he teacher was busy with other grades It bred self reliance in some pupils which lasted them a lifetime made the transition from elementary to secondary school a breeze I there those who had the means went to universities where there solitary study habits stood them up stead in let alone several lumped together in one room But the they gained both in admit and discipline turned out some ol the most respected oi the country Today those hallowed walls arc still with the laughter and chiller ii but it is not the chitchat the school room or the I inn i teacher like the Dublin 1eacock and others in this id arc cosy homes on beautiful I Us Hut would in difficult for even the mist history student to he to pinpoint then location on GREENOCK SCHOOL woodwork plant can Hiohway A house after it was turned into a be an en In Erin township talk PEACOCK SCHOOL at the corner of the Seventh I and Si do road in Erin township is now the home of and Mrs Raid The Identifying peacock on the school has boon and still is a landmark lor people of the district start flooding minds There ate many m this district who were these school houses where one teacher BEGINS WED 17 IN ACTON FOR TWO WEEKS PARTICIPATING MERCHANTS OFFER PRIZESI Each of the Following Merchants are Staging Their Own InStore Draw Sign Your Name Address and Phone No on Ballot And Drop in Box at Store Where Purchase Made SHOP THE SIDEWALKS AHD THE STORES AT THE FOLLOWING A B Supermarket Gordon Hardware Ltd Acton Fabric Centre Paul Nielsen Clothing Acton IGA Foods Sports Corner Acton Pharmacy Symon Hardware Acton Red White Store Store Bensons Shoes The Holland Shop Dills Stationery Store The Cameo Shoppe Dollar Daddy Store 5 to Store The Family Store Centre Bros Meat Market DUBLIN SCHOOL now the attractive r dence of Mr and Mrs Levasseur It situated on p and TOWING RICHS SERVICE CENTRE No HWV EAST OF ACTON 8532940 LOW today tor do Prompt COfp Lid Si CALL COLLECT 2304813