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Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), November 7, 1984, p. 8

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8 Wednesday Nov Eden M Thancoffering sees life one day at a time HEADING INTO YULE SEASON The door Luxton Parish Kail at St ALban a want navar closad lor llnaup lor tablaa al downstairs and by row upon row bargain long Saturday aa dropoad by lor Anglican Church tablaa am I ting like to right Olga Woman a annual bazaar and Chrlatmas Taa VIsMore graatad by a Gordon Barb Mitchell and Frada told story Ospringe A Halloween costume parade By MRS G The October meeting of the Presbyterian Women was held at the home of Mrs Herb Gdbertson in The President opened with a poem Time and welcomed all to the meeting Reports were read and adopted A com was put on for the upcoming com bazaar A donation was made to the board of managers Pennies for the Fellowship of the Least Coin were dedicated by Mrs Roll Call was answered by 13 members and one guest with something you are most thankful for The November meeting will be the annual meeting For the program Mrs and Mrs read portions of the Thanksgiving service from the Glad Tidings Guest speaker for the evening was the president of the Waterloo Wellington Presbyterlal Mr3 M who chose her topic One Day at a Time Her thoughts were warm and they were interspersed with poems written by a 70- year old lady who is in a wheelchair in a nursing home where the speaker is a volunteer Mrs Tubman read Thank you Lord and Mrs One Day Is Not Enough Mrs closed with reading and prayer Mrs McLean thanked all who look part in the evening program Refreshments were served by Mrs assisted by Mrs Lasby The Community Club Pub Nile was a big success Betty Marshal and Montgomery kept the patrons singing There was a guest appearance by The Andrew Sisters Harold Ed Parker and Manse Prize for the best costume was a well deserved win the The Cow and the Bull June and Charles Barnes All enjoyed the evening of enter tainment ThisSundayfNov at the Presbyterian Church there w ill be a service of words and music on the theme of Remembrance Day and it will finish in time for those who wish to attend the community Remembrance Day worship the Ceneotaph beginning at a and then on to Rock community centre where the guest speaker at the service will be The band from Centennial will lead the hymn singing Mr and Mrs John Home nee Nancy from British Columbia have been visiting the Marshall and relatives and friends of the Members of the Tuesday afternoon craft club express sympathy to the family of the late Ina of Sincere condolences ore extended to Mr and Mrs Wayne McDonald and family in heir bereavement of Wayne grandfather in Nor vat By DORIS FINES At the school en party there was quite a parade of animals one by one and tiro by two as wet as other weird creatures The best animal costume was won by Amy masquerading as the fanciest was the Wizard Jason Green and thefalryprlncess Theresa Hoi den The best couple were two Care Bears Tommy and Gary Grundy the best traditional was a little witch Cole the scariest was a Churchill gorilla Adams The most original was a tie between Tar a Car gill with a Big Head and Brett Wilson as a Crayon and the best homemade mask was a mail box by Jason Swackhamer Sherrl had the best carved pumpkin Crystal Clark is a patient in Sick Children Hospital in Toronto We hope she will soon be well enough to return home Congratulations to Shelley Ann Manes daughter of Dave and Mamie Manes and Kelly son of Gordon and Rita Former pastoral assistant returns with travelogue Graeme Don dale our pastoral assistant conducted the service Sunday Mr Mrs and daughter Lisa sang Softly and Tenderly Special music Is also planned for the Remembrance Day service Nov ThemonthlymeetingoftheCC C Women will be held at the home of Barb Crawford next Tuesday Nov at at the church next Wednesday Nov 14 at Craig Rumble our former pastoral assistant will present an interesting travelogue along with slides on his theological study trip to the Holy Land last May Mr Mrs Pat Waldle had a birthday celebration Sunday for Joan smother Edith Smith This happy occasion was enjoyed by many outoftown relatives of Hills burgh who were married Oct at the Presbyterian Church in Acton The reception was held at the Acton Legion Shelley and Kelly are honeymooning In Florida and will be in Guelph Is this going to be a long cold winter The signs point in that direction Have you noticed the cones and seed pods this fall on trees The walnut tree behind the house was laden with nuts My neighbor and I raked eleven bushels off the lawn In the 13 years I have lived here there have never been that many if they were all put together Lorraine Brown who teaches aerobics at Brisbane school was at a special meeting of Mimosa I Nutritional Nuts Thursday evening and taught some aerobics to the girls She finished her demonstration with a question and answer period They all en Joyed it very much and Brown was presented with a Jerusalem cherry plant In appreciation The girls also sent a plant to Mrs William Carglll while she was in the hospital Monday night the girls had a fitness meet when they did exercises to a tape recording They Invited as guests two younger girls who will be joining the next club The skit for Achievement night was planned Structure Strength and Suppleness Achievement night Is Nov Old Testament revisited for The Shepherd King By MRS The SundaySchool under leadership of Thomson conducted the church service They produced a musical programme on life of David The King All Ihe scholars were involved Sflndi McGregor took the part of the old David and Tracy Judd David as a boy King Saul was Julie and Cindy Anderson played Ihe part of Goliath Chris and Kimberley read the scriptures Matthew Wigston was Jonathan Lara Thomson Laurie Ward and Alan Anderson took up the offering Michelle and Jennifer Bonn el I gave the offertory prayers Susan was messenger and the soldiers included Shawn Small Noah and Andrew The Social Outreach Committee hosting an evening on Amnesty International Speaker will be Peggy Parchem Film discussion period and coffee Nov to Cards may be ordered from Karen map approved After lengthy deliberation council Monday night asked planning consultant and Smith to pre pare a base map of The map which Includes street names lots zoning rivers and railways will cost the township and will take approximately two weeks to complete Plans for the map were put on hold last week after council was informed by a representative of the Grand River Ccn Authority that Federal and Provincial funds were available for map ping flood zones However the flood zone information t be available until 1986 and rather than wait council dec to go ahead with the map and lncor the flood zones at a later date a Bicentennial medal winner Hard work dedication brings Lloyd a measure of immortality No longer Baaveni but Cuba ara First racrults tail to right MlchMl Samanyk Qrag McDonald and Alax Tha Flat Scouts signed on ftra now members Thursday night Inflating front row toft to right John Paul Caccato Dennis Hoadll back row John Richard Ward and Andrew By MARK HOLMES Lloyd Dyer has not only lived through part of our history he now become part of it Dyer a longtime resident of was ensured a measure of Immortality earlier this year when a Village park was named after him Then to top that honor Dyer was informed last month that he will be a recipient of Ontario s Bicentennial medal for outstanding service to his com unity Thrilled and full of gratitude the year old who been looking after the playing fields on St for nearly years said I couldn t believe it when I came home one day last July and saw my name on the sign in front of the park I had no idea then that a few months later I d be honored again with the ICnnlnl medal Honors like these are usually lifetime occurences but in 1077 Dyer received another award Queen Silver Jubilee medal also for his community services Dyer by all accounts seems more than deserving He spent hundreds of hours improving and keeping the pork clean and is a member in good standing of several comii unity organizations Dyer a World War II veteran fought with the Royal Canadian Air Force and served as part of the guard of honor for King George Queen Victoria and Princess Elizabeth in 1941 After returning from duty Dyer went to work with Smith and Stone of Georgetown By he found himself helping out here and there with the Recreation Committee Dyer said it all started when the com was installing light standards at the park then known as the Agricultural Park Dyer offered to drill the guide wire holes in the towers and assemble the structures while the concrete bases were poured Since then mowed acres of grass installed and replaced miles of fences and cleared of brush and undergrowth from the field As well the robust man has braved the winter cold to make an outdoor rink on he field for the children from neighboring Centennial School The bleachers were built and Installed by Dyer and every year he can be teen adding a fresh coat of paint and replacing old wooden seats with new ones Dyer is also a member of the Rockwood Lions Club new recruits Truck traffic noise bylaws may switch Unwilling to spend up for special noise monitoring equipment the Town Is looking at new bylaws to control truck traffic and other problems related o the operation of gravel pits Council s pits and quarries committee recently heard Ministry of Environment staff outline a model municipal noise control bylaw which depending on the governing ministry may help the Town chances of convicting offenders While the Town bylaw enforcement officer Jack Lusty told the committee that Kills existing antinoise legislation under the Municipal Act has been a success a Ministry of Environment regulated bylaw would contain specific times and locations The committee asked Lusty to report on the anticipated benefits of an Environment oriented bylaw that doe not extend as to the purchase of special noise monitoring equipment worth between and nor the training of Town staff At the same lime Town engineer Bob Austin will report on new methods of con trolling truck traffic under either Highway Traffic Act or the Municipal Act The committee learned that the Ministry of Environment noise bylaw would affect neither mobile farm machinery nor truck traffic News Digest mm Second Coo Rubbish fire A small rubbish fire went out of control at Churchill last Wednesday and fighteri were pat out the blaze Stop signs stopped council proposal for a four way stop at the Eden Mills and Guelph Line intersection has been given an unequivocal no by Region According to township clerk Lloyd the Region dicta t give a reason why it want four way stop Reverse judgment A 20year old CtwrchBl man mis judging the distance backing up car in a parking space in a townhouse complex tot struck another car owned by Tassoni of Damage to car was There was no damage to the other car Businessmens Breakfast A full Gospel Businessmen a Fellowship breakfast meeting at a m Nov 10 at the Holiday Inn features minister with music and song with the Lome Mathews family For reservation call pan Moss at

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