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Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), February 26, 1953, p. 4

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the acton htk cress acton ontario thursday bruary m 1mi cecil a carr optometrist gutuh douglas si complete taxi- and j delivery service roys radio taxi no riders can be added to a paul rtvtn accident sickntss policy by the company ofter issuance add 67 phones in acton in 1952 the number of shareholders of the boll telephone company of canada increased during 1952 100 800 or nearly four times as many as there wen even enrs ago the componv s 73rd annual report sued this week discloses no ollyr canadian company has as manj share holders while the report dials with th cmnpnnv a ovirall opt ration c s i keith bll manager fur this rcninn supplied locil figuns hi said i hit 67 telephones were ad il ed in a ct on during 195u bringinc the number in strvioi li 91s and inmiir no un fllhfl ordtrs at the vear nd i ow m rship of thi compan con unties to bt predominantly cnna dian share holders living in cana da control 90 per cent of thi stocjt thost iiing in ontario and quebec the two provinces the company servos hold 83 per cent the share holders include 10 359 company em plojecs and pensioners the construction of mw facilities during the year was the most ex tensive in the company s history and 136373 telephones were added bringing the total number in service to t97fl 123 there were even more new applicants for service than in 1951 but the total of 58 354 unfilled orders at the end of the year was the lowest at any year end since 1945 nassagaweya s s no 7 its here its hbhl its piffe1w i canadian industry is institute topic mrs s robinson opened her homei jofwuto busy fie institute ing last w t mefrtirtg- opened with the singing of the in stitute ode and curnnt t tilts were riven by mrs locker mrs i roblnsin rive in interesting pap i or on canadian industries giving i in outline u somi of the work i dom in hi piper mills al george reidinc wire uvon by mrs i ittli ind mrs henderson mis 1 indi conducted i biograph j contest that can ed much laughter thi social comnulttt iisslsted mrs robmson in serving a diintv lunch hold da of prayer the wms of nassagawevi presb tenan church entertained the ladtes of ebcncrcr congregat inn in the home of mrs s rob in son for the world dav of pnv er on friday afternoon present organist with watch in the evening members gather ed to honor mrs calvin campbell who had plaved the organ so faith fullv for almast 25 vears mr ed d red re read the address and mrs wm frasir presented mrs camp bell with a wrist watch mr campbell made a suitable repl thanking all for the gift and said il had been a pleasure to be able to plav for so mam vears aid flood mclims the firm forum met on monday evening in the school for a social to aid the flood victims in england and europe the program consisted of vocal violin and piano solos h spiers was pnsent with his projector and two rolls of films which were en joved b everjone ed divenport auctioned off the bnis ind i nice sum o mom v was r ili7d cut seeding costs and get a better stand camrtaivui service of prayer held by wms mrs a t moore was hostess to ihe women s mlaslonarj society on friday afternoon the devotions were taki n by the president mrs flliot and mrs g lnglls mrs e d mahon treasurer rind the al location for 1953 which li nn in crenst over iht past year th vhier secntirv mrs inglls r ported writing 15 cards and it tti i and riad s viral think von no s thi st dnvids girls group plan to ent rtiln the wms at thi i kastrr meptmg the offering wis received md dedicated by slngim the loxiligv at 210 the president r ad th drum cill to optn the world dav of prair sirvlc the loaders tak ing charge of this serv ice were mrs fuiolt mrs fveleigh mrs robertson mrs greenlees and mrs a t moore others lik m pirt in iht prayers were mrs brittnn mrs menzics mrs gmn lees mrs moore mrs parker and mrs eveleigh miss e si mow gave i short but interesting talk oi the theme for the meeting wall as children of the light mrs j k mahon accompanied by mrs crawford sang the verv appropriate solo sweet hour of prayer the offering was received and dedicated by the president the meeting was closed with the hymn the day thou gavest lord is ended and the benediction two members from st john s church and 20 from st david s were presented also two little children a social period followed auxiliary meeta stewart cramp was hostess to the blair evening auxiliary on wednesdajt evening the dreshjejll 1 bnhcrtsnnv- opened the meeting with a poem a hymn was sung and prayer w is offered bv the president the script tire lesson was read bj mrs andrews thi cheer secretary mrs d inglls re ported sending two cards mrs r mahon read in article from thi glad tidings lighten the darkness this article was pn pired b lieut col annie fair hurst national home leiguc ser rtlirv salvation army in the il sence of mrs willaci mrs d inglls read part of the second chapter of the study book this chipter deilt with africa vester das and today faith was thi word used in answering the roll call thi meeting was closed with pray er by mrs inglls a social period followed when the hostess was as sisted by mrs t mitchell and mrs linn in serving refreshments mr ken rickell of toronto was in acton ovar thi weekend mr and mrs a t brown visited briefly in acton on sunday miss lsilx 1 cowii or guelph visited acton friends on sunday mr and mrs steve guest of toronto visited with mr and mrs howard allison on sunday mrs c wilfrid mcdonald of toronto spent a day this week with her father mr il w low no mrs wm kaley of barrle vls ltd for a few days with her par i nts mr and mrs j masscy sr mrs r m mcdonald ls spend ing n coup k of weeks at the home of her son in grosse point mich mr em brown of toronto v i si ted at the home of his sister miss fern broun during the week end mr and mrs ross jtobertson and baby stuart and mr and mrs g iantz visited friends in toronto on sunday mrs f mccutcheon visited over the week end with mr and mrs harvey mccutcheon and family in london mrs c grisem mrs ron hudson of woodbridge and miss r ram- shaw visited guelph friendi during the week mr and mrs r j brown and mr warren brown of toronto visited with mr and mrs david dills on sunday mr and mrs r h elliott of acton with mr george elliott and mrs creasey of comber left on sunday by car for florida jennie mitthrw mrs mc murchie ind mr and mrs f g plick of toronto visited with mrs willnm kinnev church st on sundiv ccf hold supper georgetown meet tht cc f riding association hi id a saturday afternoon supper meeting on saturday at tin odd fellows hull in georgetown the meeting was wttl atti nded- with a few represi ntntives from the peel county ccf association taking jisrt in the discussions and plan ning walter ross i repri senlillvi from tht toronto ffict ld tin croups in a discussion of thi nb jictivts of an eltitum mmp i fit md n dv willed uutltu uf tin t t methods of nttainine uusi lii t ives was pn pared ri presenlntives of boh issnr it i ns decided that campiign i m mitlf es should b set up as mm n is possible and tint both touiili s would bentfll from these commit tees meeting at intervals until tht time of the election mi thods of raising money for campiign pur poses were discussed next and it was emphasized by several prest nt thdl since the main soum of fundi came from members and hympath iters of the ccf everyont should support the membership drive budgeting was also discuss ed it waa decided that the halton association should hold its meeting for the annual election of the ex ecutive which woutd serve to el ect delegates to the provincial c c t convention in toronto mrs pinney announced that stanley alien the ccf candidate for halton had been ashed to al lend meeting sponsored by the bronte chamber of commerce mr mcphail and miss bennett were to speak at the same meeting and c c f members were urged to sup port this worthwhile effort on th part of the bronte chamber of commerce to introduce etch ran dtdate to the tocal electors mtmbcrs thtn sal down tu a de irghtful supper convened by mrs allen nnd mrs wilson of georgi town mrs allen had also dutiitid the pri7t for the draw thit wi lit id thi prlt wis won hv mrs spruim r of burlington tihwl pnsent heard an iddnss by larry sefton regional director of the united steej worxera of am erica c i o mr sefton spoke about the budget saying that it had giv en something to just about every body but it had given most to those who needed it least he said also that unions are real icing more and more the need for close co operation with a political party ai il that those unions who hid ilrtndy ennted a political act im lommittic would be working in lust ro opi ration with the cc r during thi c muni election hi emphasized tht m d ipr gcf asmklitmns t bigm their work as non os possible obituary i ebenezer church member passes on the funeral of the lite mrs al fred william wilson of r r i campbellv ille was held at eben ezcr united church on wednesdav february 18 with a large attvttd ance of family and friends a short private service w as held at the home with a public service ffpnaing at h- rhorrh william sunn pastor of the church conducted the service with ajsis ince from the choir mrs wilson w as he fonne- cathenne tcissio blick ind wt a diughter of the liu georgt blick and margaret anne store she w as bom in nissagaw ev i tow nship in novembt r 1884 in novimber 1914 she was married it the familv home to alfred willnm wilson aho of nassagiweva she wis a member or ebn 1 united church and was activi in the women s missionary societv ind the women s association where she held office for a numbtr f vears she was associa ed also with the sundav school at eben fir and taught a class of girls for a number of vears onl n tiring from her class recentlv r centlv she suffered a sudden illntsa which necessitited her re m val ti guelph gmeil hapttil she ippeared to rcco er bu pas ed iwav quicklv on sundiv tit pillbennr were p t r c v kit hing jim s simp in d h s willnm frnik chrtiu rs chirlis utts underwent- in opi ntion in guilph gi m r il hos ptlil ust week hi r rninv friends hipi for in improvtmtnt in heilth for her mr elgin whitlev who was i pitient in the guelph genenl hos pitil for the past month or so n turned to hts sisters home on laki ave 1 ts week mr and mrs charles svmon of montreal visited acton relatives on wednesday of last week on thir wav to ghicigo to attend i packing ciinvintion there mr and mrs g a dills spent two divs in ottawa this week mr dills was attending the directors meeting of the canadian weeklv newspapers association mr and mrs neil bowles have ri turned to acton from a motor trip to southern united states the ittcnded the mardi gras cele brition in new orleans hub mcpwk a daughter june of toronto wen visitors list week at tht formers sister mrs jimi s sv mon ind brother mr a m mcpherson mivor dr f g oakes hydri superintendent doug mison and j r macarthur attended the innuil convention of the ameu ind o ifa in toront irh thus wets muss i n mflenn in of the tnchmg tiff if siskit n tsitcd ovir the wek t nd w i h mr mx svmm mls mclennin on leive of absence from her teaching dutie is taking a business course in to ronto and plans to ittend th c n mr forman lawrence who haa lived in acton for the pist sevin viirs ind was the chief chemut it bitir labon tones haves to div ithursdivi for montreil w h n he has a n i n i ion with kraft foods mr lawrence comes fiom at nciur hi w l th pn ident of thi v men s club this vear chb no mil mi f fat h f xir w r mr mrs milcilm mof mih n u m 1 r will mi frank a parat food fratner and tfrtgrotor combined eoch wttl ievbcol0 twnvwutw mot kmp u food af and good ragarsv tna of tmno or woattwrl tok 7 minutes i compared to the usual method el mcding the brilii n surc- sond way tave as much as half jb seed rosa alooe often more talk to anyone who h used a brillion suresand scrdcr and yooll nodemand whv witfa a brill too ure stand seeder you prepare s good iced bed and do a better more accu- btt job of mi ihug m one umple onntmal yoar seed regardlew of bh und your trwmg u amaacrad on at the exact rate you wk aod locked to bed m dm m mf r j k wfll atranam best you diaa- aamt tm awd of lowaig a lot f n md m aa effort lo br good tsnd yost nake big sav- fcftj an oaac fuel and work u in wall show too bow tkmk soreseand seeder oa bfarai w31 asackly pay for 1 pcibam m ltsa thsb evo bad cut eboul s nw c if m ond what will am ymtl afao fwa tha iww daloaa mosmt and smitkinl pfro- 29975 lqrne garner motors phone 42 acton ont farm equipment raptwsmttatrv al 1 mxonach1e manning electric htom 230 adon mr mrs r law married on friday conrratulat ans o mr a mrv rjvmird law ne jor smi h in wen tinmed last fndav mr and mn howad gubank and w endt rsresl n torontoqn sjndav with rev and mrt a lawon and familv i miss al ce fountain guelph i spent he weeke at the home of her parents mr and mp charles fsunta n and family master junmv ware visited re- enth with mr and mr wm brace and family sundav visitors with mr and mrs john alton were mr and mrs al bervauonapd mr and mrs ro- ber patrenand diane guelph mrs m maude visited with her daughter edna at the borne of mr h sunter on sundav mr and mrs jesse mcknery aid beth ballinafad visited on sun day with mr nd mis roy hind- ley interment in acton for mrs s e leslie f l j t t dllph f r mr iarih l i hi ii urm n lo mjj n urvn t m i v n i f bruarv 14 mi u i di i n g u ph a a nor i lriiss s uji in h r id vnr pi btan wi robi rt root of lij i ri txr li in uf r k v d cnj dun lt i of c on i e1 j op o o n jam dm i and c dt barolt both f gu h j rtv jj g pa an of chalmi r lni d church tiutlph affiliated lt thi st rv ice mrs lclie was tht iaj membe 4 famil of 11 four girls and iivui bos and the daughur of the la i henrv t rud and lizzk jcot she was born at norvall jon in jum 25 18t1 in 190 she 1 inarnrd jie late james leslie who i predt eased her in 1m44 shirtlv afler marriage the lea i loes settled n a farm on the third i line of erin ownship thej r- i mained there until the spring of ism at which time they moved to i a farn on the outskirts nr guelph i ms leslie was a member of the osprmge presbyterian church until l aftr church union and then she at- i tended acton united church while living in guelph she was a membe of the old trinity united church until it merged with the present day chalmers united chorea dublin w i euchre parish hall acton saturday february 28 ft 30 sharp plioltfds in aid or flood rei iff lunch served admismun j5e comttsud have a good timl plumbingheating hot water steam air conditioning plumbing rieutinq suppli utok and ptxitf ihcted phone 464 acton ontakio i 26 main si n ihi stokeiy fancy t juice 2 f ormc stokeiy cream fancy 15 oz tin corn 2 for 25c monarch 1 lb white cake mix 30c i g a choice 50 07 tin ripe n ragged peaches 2k clover valley 8 oz sliced cheese 31c sunny morn 1 h coffee 88c our own blend 1 lb tea 55c swiftsrxss 25c swifts cleanser 2 for 27c swiftning lb 33c margarine 39c pr em 33c jewel 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