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Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), February 23, 1977, p. 16

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B4 The Acton Press Wednesday 1977 Dublin Caribbean cruise for Cook Toth newlyweds Look to past at WI meeting There was a feeling at the monthly meeting of Dublin Women on Thursday evening held at the home of Mrs David Hunter Weslcolt Road Acton It was Tweeds History Nighl Twenty two members and tvogueslsvereprcsent Mrs Curator for the past fifteen years at the Region Museum was the speaker and opened her talk quoting from A people which takes no pride in the noble achieve ments of remoti ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendants Mn in a very informal manner told of her interest work at the Museum and urged folk to Inert While visitors come from many far away places people from our own Region d not advantage of visiting the Museum property as should She said children only learn by seeing and when they come in bus loads they arc amazed at seeing how their and lived so mini jtars ago few questions followed and Mrs I Davidson thanked the speaker for her intending of her work Mrs Bnttain was iccomponied by her mother Mrs a Women Institute member of year s standing now of Nelson Br inch In keeping with the of the evening the roll call as called Mrs Hunter was rehling the history of an old building etc member mentioned about the manufacture of shoes named Hubbard in that were very popular for manv miles round gave a of the former Lome School on Highway North A complete history of Ebenezer Cemetery and Acton Pioneer Cemetery were most interesting as were some homes of erection were given and they were pittance to present day prices and built much more substantially to last a century or more thurch street member spoke a bit about the history of Church St Acton said there hid been two or three denominations with their church homes on it A Methodist Church was built on this street possibly 130 ago but as the congre gation grew a new Church was built on Mill street and moved there The Disciple congregation took tht Church over then but in after years it was converted into living quarters Further east on Church St Joseph Roman Catholic Church It hod been erected by the Congregational folk and served them for several years followed by the Lord s Army The Roman Catholics who had been worshipping In a small church on the First Line of required larger accommodation and In 1897 purchased the present church which has been their home ever since Considerable was read by the secre tary was approved to be given for Ihe work of the la lton Musical Festival Several members hoped to attend the Open House in on Sunday in honour of Mrs Pearl Kennedy s ninetieth birthday A gift from the Branch will be given to her For many years Mrs Kennedy was a very valued member and is still very interested in its doings She was the first Curator and set up the Branch Tweeds muir History Book very creditably with the assistance of her late sister Miss Minnie Somer ville J- ma I plans were completed for catering to a wedding on at the Band Hall also assisting at a trousseau tea in the near future Mrs and Mrs C Armstrong of the Quilt Committee submitted sample quilt blocks they had made one to be forwarded to in Toronto for sale the proceeds going to the Lee Home Mrs W as chair man of Cultural Activities Committee read a splendid resume of the life and retirement of the beloved Miss Helen who has been Director of Exten sion Courses of Women Institutes of Ontario for twenty years and thereby in touch with the individ branches Symptoms understanding and treatment were outlined by Mrs A Diamond from the brochure of the Mental Association and bags were distributed to the members for their annual contributions The Women Institute Story was reviewed by Mrs J Mrs Curator who is assisted by Mrs D Hunter and Mrs C Davidson spoke of their work which is most interesting and covers the history of the neighbour hood A family in the neighbor hood who have suffered fire damage in their home will be given a gift Knox hears of old stone church The auxiliary of Knox M mU in the Mary president Anderson meeting Perfect I Feb 10 The Miss Isabel opened the the poem i and a prayer Mrs Allison were in eharge of the proLjim Mrs iprowl reulinf was about the Old Stone Church near Beaver ton This church which was built in mid nineteenth century is still standing and although it is without hydro opens its doors to worship- pine tourists once a month Knox Presbyterian Church was decorated with two of yellow and white mums carnations and for the January wedding of Ann Elizabeth Toth and George Gordon Cook The Rev Andrew McKenzfe officiated at the ceremony with Edward A Hansen as the organist Mrs Gerhard Ha eke sang The Wedding Song and Because The bride Is the daughter of Mr and Mrs William Toth Brock Avenue The groom is the son of Mr and Mrs Herbert Cook 166 Churchill lid Escorted down the aisle by her father the bride chose a gown of Ivory in a soft Jersey material The sleeves fell from the high neckline to the elbow with a rolled edge A train fell from the gathered waistline and there was a wide ruffle at the bottom of skirt She wore elbow length ivory colored gloves An ivory headpiece held the fingertip length veil in place She wore a borrowed cameo and carried a cascading bouquet of red roses lure carnations and stephanotis Maid of honor was Miss Trevolyn Patrick with Susan Patrick and Kathy Toth sister of the bride as bridesmaids The attendants wore cranberry red gowns The elbow length sleeves ex tended from the high neck and fell around the back giving a capelike effect They carried colonial bouquets of yellow sweet heart roses and carnations with ivory ribbons Stephen Goy was best man with Dick and Gordon brother of the bride as ushers They wore dark brown tuxedos Victor Patrick was the master of ceremonies at the reception held in the A Stewart Hall A dance was held at the Acton Curling Club As a coincidence the same wedding date was chosen as that of the bride maternal great grandparents Mr and Mrs George Hood who were married January 1896 The bride wore a diamond and sapphire ring which belonged to her maternal great great aunt for something old Special guest at the wed ding was the bride s grand mother Mrs J Gordon Cleg horn of Other guests from out of town were from Edmonton Alberta Bran don Manitoba London Tillsonburg Courtland Peterborough Hamilton Georgetown Milton and Mrs Pitriek and daughters Susan and hosted a mis shower for the bridetobe Mrs Kathy also held a shower A presentation to the groom by the staff of the Acton Hydro Commission was held as was Seasons ladies wear shops Stone Road Mall where she Is employed A bachelor party for the groom was held at the Acton Legion The bride changed into a twopiece angora and lambs- wool knit outfit in rose gray and while for wedding trip The groom changed to a grey flannel leisure suit After a Caribbean cruise honeymoon the newlyweds made their home at 1 a Reader Single Vision Glasses only STOCK LENSES ONLY includes frames lenses case plus free service Select from our large also sell contact lenses Broken ripatr in our own lab I ERIN OPTICAL Open to Sat 10 til I til ANN TOTH and George Cook were married in Knox Presbyterian Church on January 22 They are now living at I Photo by Wm Sluckey Mclntyre Pierce Eva Pierce daughtci Mr and Mrs of It Acton became the bride of Steven It J Mclntyre in a it Knox Presbyterian Church m Acton Friday Feb The groom is the Lloyd and Mclntyre ind employed by Construction Alton The is employed at the i Milton of I and Bart of were wedding dance is planned it Act in legion HONDA WEVE GOT EM IMMEDIATE DELIVERY 3232 BAZ MOTORS LTD during summer Mrs Allison led in prayer and gave a reading entitled The Wonderful World of Tomorrow a realistic but rather unpleasnal view of what modern man Is doing to his world The poems read were Joy in Living Silent of Prayer and Others At the conclusion of the period the hymn Come Let us Sing of a Won derful Love was sung and Miss Anderson 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