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fi The Acton Free Press Wednesday January p printed EMS Mrs R town resident years are any indication of it looked New By Wendy Thomson Welt if the first few days of the new year the rest of it life t going to be as rosy as Year Day I had been looking forward to four days of holidays with sitting in front of the fire listening to records playing taking a short ride or perhaps even TALKING As luck would hive it though a flu type bug up with and he spent his huddled under the electric blanket turned so high I thought he either melt away or go puff of smoke Steady of tea chicken broth and sympathy were poured into him and it must have all gone to his knees for when he rolled out of bed they hid pretty well turned to mush By Sunday was getting a little restless is being a perpetual ministering angel t quite my line ind I for the afternoon off We had been invited to Mack and Jenny to go for a j lunt on their horses I think was delighted it the prospect of being alone in a quiet childless house for a few hours and rillied enough to feebly wave goodbye to us I had been offered the occasional use of Misty new while my own was in her delicate condition I was all keen to try her out She was extremely well mannered in the and we got along quite well on trill trots up and down Ihc drive ridden any horse but my own for over a ycir and having become so in tune her rhythm 1 was a tittle ragged with Misty but we got along Wlnlc Jenny was digging her mounting block out of the snow Mack Nina Beth on their new pony Jingles I trotted down the line behind the barn to the back field turned around to come back and then the fun began Nina full of New Year spirit and such took off at a but Misty instead of doing the same which I I have decided to do the bucking bronco bit put her head down and tail down and started up the lane with great leaps and bounds By the third wasn going to stop it by the fifth I decided to just lung on and never mind proper form by the seventh I knew that I was being jarred loose and was working desperately to get my feet out of the stirrups but the last one was aught By the ninth I left It happened ibly fast One second I was in the trying to kick loose the next was flat on my stomach in the snow one big angular puddle of hurt What I figure was how I was on left side of the pith looking at Beth when I should have been on the right side looking it Mick The next thought was You DO see irs when you get clobbered and lay and watched the white spin in front of my eyes Then Beth wis hollering to ask if I was all right I started i conversation with myself Am I alright Yes IM alright Am I broken No I M not broken Am bleeding No IM not bleeding Am sore Round about then I decided my cars were too cold to he in the snow iny longer oldest lifetime resident Mrs M Henrietta celebrated her birthday surrounded by all her family and many friends Chipper and charming she received best wishes from over 100 when a reception was held Sunday afternoon in Knox church With her were her son Mr and Mrs M L MacDonald of Detroit two daughters Mrs A Bell Helen of Toronto and Mrs Norman Small Dons of Niagara Falls with Mr Small five grandchildren and three great Mr and Mrs Murray MacDomld Murray and Sarah Mr Mrs Kenneth MacDomld daughter Anne all of Detroit Mrs Garvin Tankcrslcy of Myersville Maryland Mr and Mrs Tom Holmes of St Catharines and Mr Jim Small of Witcrlo lie husband only one missing the hippy firmly group Mrs MacDonald still lives m her attractive home it Willow St looking forward to many visits and meetings as well as routine of house keeping Guests were received the nd bit by bit I pieced myself Dr A C Stcwirt hill of the hick together and got up church decor with flowers Then Mack came back with occasion Her the of my position fellow members or the and my soreness He had looked Aid served lunch with special back time to sec me go off birthday cake She received gifts head first right under the horse and miny is well as and out the other side It must flowers and a mauve orchid have been just as she corsage to match her dress herself for another jump Mrs MacDonald is the list of it seemed to me tint the family of four sisters and just before I hit the ground I two brothers children of Mr went througl a giant egg beater and Mrs S Laird of Acton She And that s how I looked when attended Acton public school he bruises started coming out and then Acton high school I have about 1 5 separate At an early she was pitches of them all shapes and engaged on the post office sucs from licit to foot There when the post office was located were four that me for a in a small where the while about the size of quarters Bank of Nova Scotia is now spaced evenly down my front While with the post office she Then I realized they wcte from learned the art of telegraphy the buckle catches on my duffle but the telegraph office was later coat when I hit the ground All moved to the Grand Trunk I could say was thank heavens that duffle coat and the snow If it I for them I d be an awful mess Was my pride hurt Not in the least The last time came off a horse was 14 ycirs ago and I was about due for another spill And that why my rosy future is now black and blue and green around the edges Every now and then I buy sour ere im for a recipe and find tint I have either quite a bit or just a small blob left over Here are two recipes I use it up in SOUR SCONES powder Up baking I Up alt sugar Cut in cup in Vt tup raisins Dot I till thick ind i Add cup our cream Add Hour Pal Inlo Cut In then Sprinkle sugar Bake at degree for to ISminulei SOUR im cup butler and sugar Mix m eggs Blend in Cre 1 lip vanilla flour sail isp nutmeg cinnamon A baking powder I baking and combine with mixlurc Add 1 cup mi and lli currant or ra wis Chill until turn Drop fiom mclies apart and bake at dcgreei for until golden brown station She served as clerk on the post office staff under the late Postmaster James Matthews for years until her marriage on May 190S She became the First when a small room the town hall was set up for the purpose She is a member of the Duke of Devonshire chapter of the ICDL and still serves on the executive after well over years Two other charier members Miss 7 Bennett and Mrs G A Dills were anion the visitors it the reception During first World War she wis regent of the chapter During the second World War she with the other members of the clnptcr did a great ded of war work She wis vice president of the Red Cross Society when the ite Amos Mason wis president She was in charge of the workroom in the old post office a dozen sewing machines were Ability fund volunteer effort The January c impugn of Ability fund new name for the March of Dunes is more thin ever i volunteer effort on of disabled adults according to the new campaign J J we hive people to carry on the day today business of the Rclnbihlaiion for the Disabled which is the title for the Ability Fund said Mr McGill but the impugn is primarily volunteer show And there ire more volunteers becoming involved in ever before The Ability I is campaigning for i tut it of throughout Ontario It hopes to ruse this imount in two wiys in about communities including Acton by of Marching Mothers and through United Appeals Actons got is set it are bcuiu lined up now by chairman Mrs Seeks water Ontario iter Resources has awarded contract to Hart and Sons of Tails The job include clearing out and test drilling in the Williams of ind investigating water avnlabihty Hilton Last MP Jim Snow announced yesterday kept busy for the soldiers Many ladies would work at the cutting tables and an enormous amount of articles was turned out under her She briefs I Anniversary celebration in convalescent hospita make Safe LOCAL POLICE have Year wish for everyone every week Driving Week NEW DUSTING of snow every day or so keeps it sparkling while the driving isn too bad WHAT THIS COUNTRY needs is someone who knows what this country needs SNOW PLOWS were up and down the streets of town but no cats had to be removed this week WOULD YOU believe the average Canadian walks miles in a lilctune Sit down and have a little rest THfc HIGH SCHOOL wntet carnival should be lor the torchlight parade Mary Ann Freuler writes about it her column this week GRADh EIGHT students are spending a half day at the high school to see the routines there Thoy arc silting in on regular classes ALWAYS a wrench to see a btg tree cut down even if there seems to be a good reason Many householders are them following the tree cutting crews program the past week Mrs J ic uldn t Smith come lionie for wedding anniversary celebration last Wednesday she a patient St Johns Convalescent Hospital So the party went to her and it was a complete surprise There were about friends and relatives waiting in hospital conference room when Mr Smith and daughter Barbara just happened to lake her for a stroll her wheel officials hid happily cooperated in providing the room for the that followed A decorated table anniversary take There were cards flowers and gifts The Acton group had brought down the tradition lea set the gift of the town which had been brought to their Knox Ave home that morning by Mayor and clerk Joe Hurst Mrs Smith wore a corsage and Mr Smith A lablc centrepiece was later placed in the chapel of the hospital where would be cooler and it wis still lovely on Sunday Visitors came from Acton Guelph and Toronto and included the maid of honor of 50 years before Miss Madeleine Gibbons and he widow of the groomsman Mrs set up Mary Benton their was received from diughlcr Mary Mr Lcweock in and Mi London one grandson Jh in London Lesley 11 Mrs Smith hospital loiiowint corrective suifcery and I sure how many weeks it will be before she h Mr Smith was a man worked in the Wool Combine and at one time had his own butcher shop in town for 14 years in Orillu they have lived all married life in Acton Mr Smuh retired from butchering at the A store two years ago POLLOCK nd CAMPBELL a rICl COMPLETE STOCK WINTER COATS of NOW FOR MB BOYS AND CHILDRBf ALSO INFANTS CHEDRBTS SNOW SUITS HINTONS TO STORE irviviiUj member of the committee which the erection of the War Memorial after World War I After her marriage she bee line a member of Knox church and also its W and Ladies Aid During the course of her membership she wis honored with a honorary life membership in the Women s Missionary society of the Chuich in and she was an of the executive W S for my ye She served as treasurer the M lor Her who died in 1941 Co employee lit item He was also oi ict ihcbritidc lane fire of ofWilkcr After his death Mrs ably carried on his insuriucc business for ye us At this time she person illy knew ilmost everyone in town Retaining her keen intctcst the town and its pie she SEATED BY HER birthday cake Mrs R M and son Dotroit Im MacDonald was olnetl on iho special by grandchildren and grandchildren her two Mrs Norman Small Staff Photo Falls and Mrs A Bell Toronto ubovo Briefs on religion to February hearing enjoys her fivorilc M iple Leals wicn she witches television wonderfultil of memory happenings of the town for most of her ye irs llricfs in ills it ion Irustee I Iwo briefs luve ilrcdy Ml lit in will be eh Him in l the received by committee considered during by rep oil Indies wis understood others we rif J iIil prepaid Mr oinniHtec on Religious subject to h briefs have been invite bond members in prepare teiehers student Ihnrsdiy inclusions in March interested NOW ON the sale of the year youve been waiting for SAVINGS UP TO ON ROOM LOTS s A V E SemiGloss Enamel VALUE High Gloss Enamel AVAILABLE IN LIGHT PASTELS CHOICE OF APPROXIMATELY 100 COLORS Inferior Latex ALL AVAILABLE IN GALLONS ONL s A V E Georgetown Decorating MILL STREET i