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By Wendy Thomson Maybe 1 should feel guilty about being so keen on leaving my house and family to fend for themselves while I take off for a week and a half of pure enjoyment But I dont For the past few It seems that every thought is of the trip and every household chore has some vague connection with my holiday washing windows so theyll be clean when go the extra baking will be in the freezer when I get back etc And every so often Ill find that Ive stopped dead In the middle of what Ive been doing and am daydreaming of those six marvellous days a horse the Rockies fishing lazing in the CoutureMcDonald wedding at Limehouse Jacqueline McDonald of and The bride the daughter of Mr and Mrs Archie Garry Norman Couture of Georgetown were McDonald and the groom is the son of married in a double ring ceremony in Mrs Mar Couture and John Couture Acton Presbyterian church at four oclock Saturday June The bride ore a white lace pant suit with Itcv Norman Young officiated and Mrs J shoulder length leil and carried bouquet of bridal The Free Press Tuesday June organist sun looking sniffing and some more Its a week before were due to leave Alice from in town and I Down deep I a coward So I brought everything back up to the house and packed it but had one duffle baa ncd to organize the way the SckddyTogoabS three Theres over pounds or lhat sleeping gear stuffed In that one bag ground sheet air mat- overnight case for the hotel and tress slewing bag flannelette sheet wool blanket night shirt n long Johns toque and wool socks jacket and and a dinky little toel 1L bag left over for my clothes As long as It will hold an extra pair of Jeans an extra shirt a couple of pairs or socks and my hot water bottle 1 should be all right One cool day a few weeks ago I thought I might try out my sleeping stuff to sec how warm it actually was Theres a lovely sheltered spot down by the pasture that looked perfect for spending the night in Twenty dozen spiders thought the same thing and proceeded to move in In spile of Off Fifteen minutes on the handle of a bicycle pump brought only a half inch rise in the air mattress and when two feet of granddaddy garter snake by and into a rock pile beside me I decided Id rather take my chances on being cold at nights PROFESSION DENTAL LEONARD EMBRACK Dental Surgeon Suite No I7A Mill SI Acton Oni appointments phone ARCHITECT DONALD E SKINNER BAich MR AIC Stuvebank Port Credit 1428 OPTOMETRISTS ARTHUR A JOHNSON O D MILTON 184 Main St and InUays At TON Mill St the ride up into the mountains 1 look a good look at the small duffle bag and decided that to be on the safe side a pair of saddle bags might be a good thing to handle the overflow and after much searching found a lovely large pair ma soft leather A few days later thought how much nicer they d be with my initials tooled on them and dashed into town to ask Jon if he could do it Instead he showed me how simple it is to do even without tools me couple of pieces of scrap leather to on and away I went home again full of all kinds of en thusiasm doodled away for about half an hour and filled up the scraps with all sorts of fascinating using a a meat skewer a pizza cutter and an orange peeler Unfortunately when it came time to doing the same designs on the saddlebags it l work The leather was so soft that it was just like trying to tool sponge rubber daunted I tried a different tack which worked beautifully Ill bet I have the only liquid cm saddlebags in Banff National Park Already I keyed up to the point where I feel I could burst 1 know what Id do if anything went wrong really wrong lhat 11 I pulled a muscle in my foot a couple of weeks ago and can walk properly but nothing short of a cast can keep me home Even then Id try to persuade the doctor to make it in the shape or a riding boot so I could go anyhow The one thing that bothers though is that after putting down thai 1 was a constant rider application to The Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies six months ago he hardly ridden at all First my mare was too fat and now she too busy shes feeding one twin or the other about every minutes Id feel a complete fool if my or the ride and 1 parted company shortly after we set out and I was left sitting in the middle of the trail That one picture that keeps intruding in my daydreams one of the horse hopping back to the trail head throwing a sneering look back over her shoulder Matron of honor was Mrs Shirley Hope Gait a friend who wore a short moss green dress with muris Senior bridesmaid Sheila Muddle and the junior bridesmaids ind Peggy McDonald all sisters of the bride wore mauve dresses and carried yellow mums The bride was in marriage by her father Groomsman was Holmes Acton and the ushers were John lirenby Acton and Give Lawrence The reception was held at community hall The brides mother received wearing a pale pink coatdress ensemble with pink carnations The groom mother wore deep pink with white carnations She had made the three Her cake Guests were present from Limehouse Acton Gait Georgetown and Milton The couple left on a wedding trip to Ottawa and are making their home in Georgetown The groom is employed at Force Electric Produi Acton Before the wedding Mrs Shirley Hope and Peggy McDonald held a miscellaneous shower at the McDonald home The grooms aunts Mrs Alvin Hayes Mrs James Gibson and Mrs Pearl held shower for the bride and groom in community held shower for couple Never too old to learn Greenock Institute learns Greenock Leisure Lassies were guests of Greenock Institute when they met for their June meeting held at the home of Mrs Ralph Georgetown The meeting opened with the reading of a poem Every Day is a Little Life by the president Mrs A Gates Opening ode followed by the repeating of the Mary Stewart Collect was given Thirteen members as well as the girls answered the roll with what grade did you finish school The treasurers report and minutes were read A donation sent to the School used toward the purchase of a standard for the flag which was presented at the Home and School meeting in June Plans were made for members also any of their family who would care to come to the Adelaide Hood leas Homestead Museum for the August meeting This will take the place of the annual family picnic usually held Personals it his Meditation Hang thai Mrs John Allan attended the graduation of her niece Mrs Jim Harris the former Jane Elizabeth Ryder Georgetown in Memorial Hall University of Guclph Jane was one of the class from School of Nursing Guelph General Hospital Mr and Mrs Glenn Banks and boys now of visited Acton friends this week en route to Kingston where Mr Banks will be taking a summer course in Mrs of Guclph visited on Sunday with her friend Mrs J C Dennis Willow St Mr William Galbraith of Kitchener and Mr and Mrs Dale of Buffalo visited with the latters aunt Miss C Clark during the weekend Year book on sale Copies or the Acton high school year book are available at the high school and can be picked up dav of the week from 10 a to Students are asked to be sure and pick up their copy Extra copies arc available at a cost of each Miss Vicky Newton is travelling in Europe this sum mer visiting relatives and friends Mr and Mrs Bob Land Paul and Christopher Fredrikson of Newmarket v Mr and Mrs Charles Land sborough on Sunday Miss and Miss Margaret MacMillan of are holidaying at House where they formerly worked when they were students Several car loads from the Baptist congregation attended open house at Maplendge Farm the farm home of Mr Howard A near Ontario on Saturday afternoon and evening Mr Jacobson a high school teacher in Hamilton has been the interim supply since the first Sunday of December they Although lost thci gabbiest tide the US in 1 held for I still managed away at the rate like phone per person last year Thats jusl a few less Acton and district friends of Miss Anne Stalker regret she is still confined in and hope for an improvement 111 health for her friends of Mrs Gnndell Main St S regret that she is a patient in Guelph General Hospital and all hope for an improvement in health for her Mrs Alex Near spent few days over the weekend with relatives in Kitchener and Waterloo Will continue free admission Acton Board of Parks Management and Recreation Committee have decided to continue admitting spectators to roller skating free of charge but to review the situation each month The board introduced the no charge policy this year at the suggestion of chairman Peter Marks in an effort to encourage youths who spend their time on town streets to meet at community centre At night s meeting arena manager Harold reported roller skating has realued an average net profit of BO per night for nights so far this Emancipation on the highways Motorists frustrated the bad driving conditions between here and Georgetown during road widening have had a surprise to brighten the experience The flaRmens duties are taken over by two lively young flag girls When Acton heard of the new opportunity for students Jobs they went down to apply without luck Apparently the flagwaving sisters are under the direct supervisor of one of the contractors their father Haunt IN was given by Mrs Gordon Johnson Mrs Gates called on Die girls who each in turn told highlights of their spring club Focus on Will crown Misswho One of the highlights of the annual Nittygnttybramathlng to be held August to in the Brampton area will be the ihoosing of a beauty Queen The winner will be crowned Miss Nittygriltybraniachingwmgding for 1071 All unmarried girls living working or going to school in Brampton or Chinguacousy are invited to enter the contest sponsored by the Kinsmen Club and Kinetics conjunction with Township of Theonly other restriction of the contest is that entrants must never have modelled professionally During the preliminaries and finals contestants are to wear mini skirts or dresses and will be judged on poise beauty and personality The Queen along with two runnersup will be announced at the Celebration Ball August I at the Arena which officially opens the week long event Fitness They had also brought with them their record books as well as articles made including weaving knitting stuffed toys and mobiles which the ladies admired Marion Gates on behalf of the girls presented their leaders Mrs Sinclair and Mrs C Altken wilh lovely cushions in ap preciation of their help for Education Mrs McCulloch rend a paper she had prepared on adult education She spoke from experience as she herself had returned to school for a year and found it to be an ex citing experience She closed by reading the poem by It Browning Grow Old Along with Me Mrs G Wallace assistant convener in her efficient way gave to us valuable on ways in which as we grow older we can still contribute to knowledge by night schools crafts and travel We are never too old to learn We can learn better at than we could at Mrs Wallace closed her talk with the reading of The Stick- Together Family The singing of Canada and Institute grace brought to a close this enjoyable meeting A delicious lunch was served by the hostess assisted by the conveners Mrs Winters was courtesy convener The July meeting will be held at the home of Mrs Gordon Johnston KNOW NATURE We Specialize in because our Nationwide affiliation with the AIMS Network of Real Estate Brokers gives us more to soil Your home is not listed locally or regionally it can be put on the market all across the United States and Canada We sell because we do more just ask us about AIMS Sydney K Lamb Ltd Re a I lor MILL ST ACTON RICHARD TELFORD DC Wellington St Acton formerly For appointments Wednesday Evenings All Das Saturday Special appointments arranged LEGAL DONALD A BROWN Barrister and Solicitor 8 Mill St E Phone tun 5 Dally Evenings by Appointment Before their meeting Tuesday county councillors were the museum director Dr H J Newman to luncheon at the museum Co hosting the pleasant affair was museum curator Erla Bnttain Members of the museum board also Joined the group Idea for the luncheon came from Dr Newman when he learned some county councillors had never seen the county museum which county funds support Its located in Kelso conservation area Deputy reeve Ted Tyler at tended from Acton CLOSING EXERCISES for the Sunshine School were held at the Rqbert Little school auditorium Acton Thursday evening The program Included songs exercises quartets trios and demonstrations ot skills Students participated willingly and their en thusiasm for the program spread to an appreciative Photos