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Acton area man weds in Westport Knox Presbyterian church was the selling for the August wedding of Karen Lynn Merrick and Rodger Douglas McEachem The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Hi chard Merrick of Westport and Is student at the Nurses Training The groom is the son of Mr and Mrs Alex McEachem Acton and is a student at the University of Waterloo Henry a student minister of the church and the Rev Andrew McKenzie of Acton officiated at the ceremony The brides sister Mrs Susan Wilson was matron of honor and Glen McKenzie of Acton was best man for his friend Ushers were Rodney McEachem brother of the groom and Paul Wilson brother in law of the bride Meredith and Derek Camp bell friends of the bride s family were the floucrgirl and The Acton Free Press Wednesday Nov 1978 Fair ladies plan party M MI LAURENCE Slmgerland and Mr and Mrs Howard would like to an nounce the forthcoming marriage of their children Margaret Ann and Cyrus on December 23 at Trinity United Church Acton Mrs Lucille Cooksley first vice president chaired the regular monthly meeting of the- Ladies Division of the Acton Agricultural Society on Wednesday November 1 Mrs Cooks ley read the report of the 1378 annual meeting of District of the Ontario AVioeiatioo of Agricultural Societies Four members of the Ladies Division Mrs Mrs I ucille Mrs and Mrs Heather as null is Miss At ton Fair Victoria attended the plans made for the meeting in Sutton on Christmas parry on Decem- October Mrs Marilyn Murray Membership of the various Evelyn and Mn committees responsible for will be in he hall classes for the KAREN LYNN MERRICK and Rodger Douglas were married in August 26 They are both students Rodger at the University of Waterloo and Karen at Ryerson Nurses training Brewes Kristoff wed on Canadas birthday is speaker Hoffman one of Canada most sports personalities villi be guest speaker at the next Horizon at the Oikville campus of Sheridan College Nov Sponsored by the for Women is a monthly leisure series featuring topics of interest to MICHAEL HARRY Brewes of Acton and Knnberly Ann Kris toff of were married in Acton July They are now living in Iverary Bette Stephenson speaks to meeting The annual meeting and dinner of the Branch of the Cancel Society was held this year at the Civic Centre in Brampton and was attended by Acton Branch president Gloria Coals Commemorative funds chairperson Braida dance convener Marilyn treasurer Hugh Patterson and secretary and publicity chairman Marion Patterson After a delay in serving dinner because the guest speaker the Hon Belle Stephenson Minister of and Minister of Colleges and Universities was delayed in an emergency meeting of the House all enjoyed a most informative and revealing talk on some of the problems in society Society is becoming far too dependent on the support of the volunteer agencies and that of government accord ing to Bcttc Stephenson A lot of people are sloughing off individual responsibility on to some community agency- cither a volunteer or government At the annual dinner for volunteers of the society Dr Stephenson praised their efforts and contribution to the com munity as volunteer workers She said there are not enough unselflih people around who are willing to do volunteer work for the community Instead there arc too many people who take advantage of the services offered by leers without doing their fair share she said At one time grandparents took care of children while parents worked Now grand parents are as likely to live halfway across the continent is down And so we have organized day care facilities fulfilling a role once performed the family said She said this is indicative of people their forcing government to become more and more involved in the private lives of all citizens I must tell the trend towards reliance on government to of all in dividual responsibility distresses me she said Back to Acton Days this past summer saw the marriage of Klmberly Ann of to Michael Horry Brewes of Acton The double ring ceremony was performed by Charles Beaton In Trinity United Church on July The bride was escorted down the aisle by her father Frank Her gown was off white satin with formal detachable train The elbow length veil was of fine veiling edged with wide lace around her face The bouquet of silk flowers was made of white gardenias talisman roses and blue forget me- nots for something old the bride wore an BO year old gold and diamond heart shaped locket which belonged to the grooms great grandmother Mrs Elizabeth The honour was Terry of sister of the bride while bridesmaids were friends Linda of Dene Cornell of Scarborough and Cathy sister of the groom of Acton They wore matching cocktail length gowns of azure blue crepe carrying nosegays of blue and white carnations and forget menots The flower girl was Ha eh el Kristoff niece of the bride Russell of Toronto was best man for his brother while friend Douglas Brown of Scarborough and brother of the bride Michael of were ushers Noel Kristoff nephew of the bride was the ring bearer The late afternoon icecption held at the North lliilton Golf and Country Club with guests attending from Vancouver Sudbury Sault Ste Mane Kingston Windsor Toronto and Scarborough Neil Taylor of Kitchener was emcee and waived protocol by toasting Canada birthday first to which all responded most heartily followed by a toast to the bride and groom After a short camping trip to northern Ontario the young couple returned to Acton briefly and now are residing in where the groom is a teacher at St Lawrence College Kingston The young couple made the ornament for their wedding cake which showed them at work using a surveyors level The music group Gibraltar of which the that loo much dependence on government support as a result of filling one own respons would mean the relinquishment of human 1 am concerned that we will formalize and institutionalize simple human compassion am concerned thai we are making charity a crown corporation and good a civil vant said that social institutions such as churches and schools are working overtime to fill the vacuum created by parents who do not assume full responsibility for the development of their children Parents must reassume primary respons for the upbringing of their children and their right to direct Ihe nature of their childrens education she said praised the volunteers of the Cancer Society for fulfilling their responsibilities in the com The members of the central counties district of the Canadian Cancer Society set a goal of for the fund raising drive and they exceeded that by POMEROY P MAYOR NOV groom was organist supplied remember Back to Acton the dancing music and he Days as the road was blocked groom himself got to play a of town guests few special numbers were late for the wedding The couple will long not the bride or the groom women in the community and students of the college topic is Women and Sports Currently employed as a sport consultant with the Provincial Ministry of Culture and man is prubibly best known for her activities in competitive track and field Eramosa Township for council November 13 1978 ELECT Murray COX Polls open am to 8 Trial date January has been set for the trial of a Georgetown man in connection with a fatal traffic on Highway just west of Acton October charged Colin Donaldson John St Georgetown with dangerous driving careless driving and with having liquor other than in his residence Trial will be at provincial court Milton In the accident Adele Ship- way 19 of It George town suffered fatal head injuries She was a passenger in the Donaldson auto The Donaldson vehicle was in volved in a head on collision with another ear Police have fire suspects Ho Hon Regional Police have two male suspects In mind in connection with a fire which was set in an Acton High School locker room last Saturday evening HURRY SALE ENDS NOV 29TH to SUPRBELT Double belted strength for long tire wear Computerengineered tread design for a smooth quiet ride 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