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thursday march bib 1k3 hodny activity twt dawkins team winds up champs midgets beaten by orangeville the acton free press acton ontario doug dawkin team of battlers proved to be the dark horse in the running for the town league junior division championship trailing the other three teams through the most of the schedule the dawkwx gang eliminated ernie marks team in the semi finals and wrapped up weather forecast beginning march thirteenth it will k 40 below zero with abbott and costeuo in 10st in alaska roxy theatre acton but the laughs will keep you warm 1 pine wale several shades for jackets skirts slacks etc 36 2 49 yd wide range of patterns 39c to 79e yd broadcloth colors 59c to 98c yd white 49c to 1 25 yd krinkle crepe for pyjamas gowns house coats plains and colors 59c to 69c yd the league championship by down ing reg black s team twice this week by convincing scores they were a going concern and full value for thefr win blacks team was thought to be the team to beat but they faded badly under the fail wheeling dawk ins club iivthe senior division wilf du valjteam surged through twice to rack up one sided wins over kcr win mcphails club that wrapped up the senior division championship score of the tint game was 11 2 and the wond game 15 5 midgets ousted friday night in the nrena acton midgets played host to orangcville imd in a game that was studded with fights and rough play orange ville whitewashed the acton entry 60 this eliminates acton from the playdowns and orangcville will meet another team in the next round milton beats elm ira a series which quite a few acton fans have a real interest in is the milton elmira scries in intcrmed late o h a milton eliminated oak ville in the semi finals four games to one while elmira was beating georgetown in four straight games in the opening of the group final on monday night in elmira the polnr kings as the elmira team are known scored three goals in the first few minutes and held on to beat milton 4 2 but the coops came back strong last night in mil ton with n third ptriod blitz and evtned the series with a 6 4 victory over 1700 fans sat in at last night s game many of them from acton harold townsley plays with the milton team big crowds attend show in rockwood the rockwood community club held its fourth annual variety show in the town hall on february 26 27 and 28 large crowds atund ed the hilarious event the show opened with the pud piper introducing the theme of mother goos s nursery rhymes then mother goose herself and her brood bo peep miss muffct maiy had a little lamb mary quite con trary tommy tucker boy blue tom the piper s son and jock horn cr provided many a laugh the scene contained songs verses and a top dance routine the costumes boosted hoop skirts ruffled panta loons and even a kilt for the piper s son the scene ended with the pied piper courting mother goose of course a review of the nurs eo favourites would n i be complete without red riding hood and grandma the queen of hearts the pieman and simple simon grand ma was ailmg but not too sick to jump out of bed and sing you can t get a man with a gun then the great swaml act fen turtng two clarinet solos began the audience after hearing the swamis prophecies to a hillbillv and then a society dame were in vlted to share m the fun the swami mvstified old nnd young by tcllfng them their names or color of hair or clothing while blindfold ed a naval scene of young tars and their pretty misses led up to a ban tone solo by the ship s captain bar nil le bill and his fair young maiden drew man chuckles from the onlookers between curtain calls a short mortimer snerd skit proved very entertaining perhaps the most enjoyed of all acls was the men s ballet introduced bv their instructors make up and costuming fooled many as to their true identity as the graceful hal lerinas performed the swan leg ballet as a closing numbe r bob rcdfern of acton y had the crowd rolling with laughter as he sang and did impersonations at the piano for the e v ening was crawford douglas who pleased the audience with one of his own compositions the pupils of grades five and six of the rockwood public school sold refreshments at the show thev made s34 77 and have turned it over to tht furopean flood fund fafermo jrs cop top league spot in the last game of the junior faimtrs hockey loop prior to play offs in milton arena on wednesday february 25 mlllon defeated pal ermo 5 to 4 and norval defeated acton 9 4 penalties were few a scores were many in the first game milton s win ning five goals were copped by graham gillies 12 grant deyiin clarence mccann nnd doug lc riche palermo scorers were don vivian 2 john pi gg and dive pclloltcrio the only pemlt was to lloyd vivian of palermo john curne was the outstanding goil getter for norval with f to his credit j cunningham followed up with two while frank wilsin farl wilson and barry archer each got one actons goals were to the credit of don curne 2 herb spitzer ind mac sprowl only pen illy in thls game was to cliff mcdonald of norval final standings for leigue games is as follows pw ltfapls palermo 14 10 1 1 83 32 21 milton 14 9 4 1 72 29 19 norval 14 8 6 0 71 49 16 acton 14 0 14 0 22 123 0 obituary mrs m armstrong dies last thursday one of actons senior and high ij este med residents mrs m tin armstrong pissed awiy list thursday at the peel memoml hospital in brampton she hid been in failing health for some time and wa ihe last surviving member of the family of he late mr ir i mr samuel graham born in erin township novem ber 1 1867 mirtha graham h id spent ill her life in acton ind district in 1898 the firmly mire t a to roudn following her marmge to alex arms ronfi rtsded in brampton until his d ith 30 ycirs igo when she later cime birk to acton a step diugh r fdithi mrs r boylo of bram l imins to revere her mornorv in irlier years mrs armsrone was i member of knox church rnoir ind active in chuth affairs pd leguhr worshipper it the s rn a the funeral was held an saturday afternoon in charge of her m nlstcr rev r h armstrong interment was in the familj plot in erin cemetery pallbeircrs were messrs wm cooper john irwin alex mann george smith alex orr and earl copeland donate to festival flood relief fund the duke of devonshire chapter i o d e held its regular meeting march 3 at the home of mrs c woodburn church street mrs a long regent was in charge of the meeting and during the business discussion a sum of money was vot ed toward the local flood relief fund and the hal ton music fes tival monev raising projects were con sidered and it was decided to pro ceed at once to make a quilt an empire quiz was conducted by mrs r mow at the prize going to mn e ban- after the meeting the third vice regent mrs l youngblut poured tea and refreshments were served by the officers through its more than 41000 000 members in w different countrus junior rtd cross is a potent for fo world understanding discuss purchases for was bale the february meeting of st al ban s w a was held at the home of mrs irwin mill sl with 10 members present the meeting op cned with a devotional period the vice president mrs holmes presided in the absence through illness of the president the secre ary mrs jolly read the minutes of the last meeting and the treasurer s report was given by mrs creasey purchases for the bale were dls cussed and the date of the spring bazaar and tea set a chapter of the study book was taken by mrs holmes at the close of the business meeting luncn was served by the hostess and mrs j ha rg raves by chris lamb there hive been several guest speakers at the school during thi past week and all of them offerc 1 opportunities irv their own fled to the students interested mr robbins called a special is sembly last thursday morning when two rcaf officers arrived unexpectedly they offered a col lege degree paid for by the air force in return for three ycirs post graduate service a student must obtain senior matriculation before joining this is certainly a wonderful opportunity for a univ erslty education win if you hnv no finances on friday morning at the regular occupations assembly mr johnny goy and mr ted tyler combimd their efforts in a talk on lh trans port business they had gathered a great deal of information and their talk was liberally sprinkled with statistics it was obviously well prepared and was certainly well delivered of course the students all know mr tyler as driver of the school bus and mr goy was i very able speaker tuesday morning at another oc cupations assembly mr snell from the guelph public library wis guest speaker many of the stud cnts were surprised to learn that a college degree is nccessarv to be i successful librarian there are miny opportunities in this field and mr snell pointed out many in teresting branches of this type workn- ijototit j rfijtv next friday trwjtimgjhel entire school will see david copper fit id a full length movie some grades are studying this book their english course penalties fights stud junior farmer semifinals acton loses milton and norval emerged vlct orious from the first semi finals game of the halton junior farmers hotkey league monday evening in milton arena in two fasl penalty studded tussles milton defeat 1 acton 1 in the first game whieh was intirnipted for two penalties for slashing two for tripping ont fi charging and two majors for fighting graham gillies paced the mlllon itlack with three goils he vvl h grint devlin and clarenee mc cinn werw the milton spark plugs gillies scored two of milton s goali in the first five minutes of play milton led to 1 nt the end of the sec ind period for the acton team goal lender jackie marshall bill somerville ind the currlc bnthers fred ind dm played heads up hockey lr the last period there was no storing but in the closing minutes of ihe gime a neir donnybrook broke out it all s irted when it ippeired gnham gillies high sticks d cilvln sprowl but the of ficiils cilled no pemlly sei ond liter gillies knocked goal tender jickie marshall into the net and held him while milton pliyers fired shots at the goil then jim ingram and bill somerville stirted into a f si fight which carried on for a short time until the officials bioke i up in the closing minutes of the game i face off was called in tht circle to the left of the acton net gnhim gillies and mac sprowl thi two centre men took ihe face off the puck wis dropped gillies harged sprowl knocking him flat and as he hy on the ice slashed it him wilh his stick sprowl jump ed to hls feet usuilly i very cool ustomerji a ving served four m in utcs in thr cooler thlm5 he took after gillies a player who has i crn tn the pcmlty box for 61 minutes this season one officii irabbld snrowl a h hi dic wh i the ihtr officii sent gillies in tho pcmlty box wilh milton f i hing iht gimt shorthanded miltm sorer were grahim gil lies ii dirk cour e and doug lc riche bill somerville g t actons s nglete n pomllies were as fol lows d m curne aelon skshing bruce biwden milton tripping i m ingiam mil on mijor for fighting bill somtrvtlle acton ii ijor for fighting gnhim gil lirs m u ii tripping bruce biw dtn mil slashing gnham gil li milt n chirging the se nd gime wes a hard f ught in with little storing but lots of fights final count was after business wis dtilt with norvil 1 palermo i for norval mrs james gilbertson introdi rt d ctinninjhim goil lender and the now sludv book and gave a oy1 br ilong with ear eden mills three groups meet day of prayer held the february meetings of the wms and ladies aid of th presbteran church were held on tuesdiv afternoon in tht h me of mrs r roy wilh i g od ittend incc tho wms was in chirge t f the president devotions were tiken bv mrs times gilbert on and mrs j d lowrio nteresting chapter of reading by mrs garnet macd all and prayer bv mrs will g 1 bcrtson brought this meeting to a close mrs h gilbertson had ch- c of ihe lidies aid and opened with i reiding several business u ms were dealt with and mis i d lowne gave a humorous readme which was much enjoyed rill call was answered bv n home made valentine all of which arc to b sent to a shut in member a prize was given for the best one and won by mrs j d lowne a contest wis conducted by mrs jimcs gil bertson and won by mrs john funk the meeting closed with the national anthem and prayer by the president a social half hour was spent with mrs james gilbert son and mrs j d lowne assisl ing the hostess mission band the jane wilson mission band met on saturday at the hom of bonnie macdougall with the presi dent miss lorn a stevenson wilson ind john curne starred f r palermo murriy tasker and dive pellettom plived a terrific gime both phying on defense nt ttast 40 minutes don vivian palermo s sturdy centre played a strong game but the fiery little centre spent too much time in the penalty box keeping his team short handed and also keeping himself out of acllon through penalties jamie cunningham norval smtiith centre played a good game nnd was dangerous on every rush hid it not been for the good oe fense of pellelterio and tasker cunningham could have fired an ther couple of goals farl wilson herb wilson and j cunningham scored norval s trio of goils with don vivlin knock lug home pilermo s one iast yeir nt less thin 8 000 cm ii in women leimed the importint irt of home nursing fn classes sponsored by the ganadian red cross dispersal auction sale of dairy cows and heifrn the undersigned have received instruc ions f r m gfo brownridge to sell bv public luction at hi farm u mile north of omagh store in trafalgar township on thursday march 12th commencing al 200 oclock sharp the following cows and heifers 2 reg holslein cows fresh calves at side reg holstejn cow milking the chair fifteen members we i bn s 1 2 reg holstein cow present and answered the roll call m ikn 6 and aug 25 vith a verse of scripture with the word saviour the study book is mpingo of the congo a storn- was rt ad on british guiana special service the world dav of praver wis observed by the local churches on fridav in the home of jjin girdim r mrs h tomlinson mrs w lowrio were leaders were taken by mrs wllk acton y o gram a message from your y boxing show dear members and friends plans nearing completion for second boxing show stop urgently nfed your support stop promise fun and thrills for young and old stop show to be held in gymnasium at y stop thursday march 12 at 8 oqock stop admission 25c stop added feature special door prize stop bring the wife and kids everybody welcome stop see you at the ringside bob redfern secretary economics topic chosen by speaker wilson mrs w wallace mcintosh mrs mino mi bertson and mrs j d u addrt ss wa gn n bv mrs reg holstun heifer bred feb 4 reg holstein heifers ns ng 2 ears open 2 grade holstein cow fnsh time of sale grade holstein he for due time of sale 2 grade jersey cows fresh time of sile h d durhim cow close sprinter m red durhim cow milking bred fred l 20 gnde holstein cow cla- springer grade holstein cow fnsh 2 months not bred grade larshire cow milking bred nov grade holstein cow milking mrs j bred aug 29 4 grade holstei h gil heifers rising 2 years open grade re the i j v h fer rising 2 eirs open i i 7 gride holstein heif rs 7 month the nassagawea women s in stitute me at the home o m pige mrs sheldon trousdale o corwhin was the guest speaker and spoke on home economics mr and mr gordin rozrlle at tended th funeral f her broth r in law mr r d did on of p rt stanle mr and mrs dav d htndrs i have moed to the lagi t ic have purchased he hom formerh occupied bv mr and mrs j qugg mrs gtani campbell sco t and roe ma left bv plane on sun div for ocala flonda for a few j mrs r wright and mrs w mclean sang a duet congratulations to mr and mr n rman marshall on the arnval of i little daughter al to mr and mrs k n hew it on the birth of hi r daughter m and mrs george ramsav of st gt ree were rtrent is tors with mr and mrs ciarcnce rim av and mr and mrs w j lo mr j is ph lasbv f toi spent sundav w th h father w a lasbv mr robert hobs n of l vlsrtor in h id 3 gride holstein heifer cal 2 gndt jer ev heif r calves reg h iste n bui 2 veirs old th bull has cr ch ce breeding nd dam with high bi t rfat nrd anv al the nn good diiry el an n i th voing cit ire nture cows sho v i and size with abundance of il i c natcd r xd c normat in rood udd r and m ik horses blark perrheron geld na 8 v irs old blirk percheron this trim of here the mam nee ramsav fr ends of m are pleased to brother weight ibout d hi r ben cnl fill fa r 2 000 1ft ph7e win ind pi w 1 tile s the i full i friends of miss annie be sorrv to lean rf tfrms cash settlement with le k div of sile f v animal sells to the highest dd as the proprie or has o h rte est wheh necessitate the silf f h s dairv herd hindi f wd fi i iott i r p tal all hope for her a speedv a ion m thot vi 11 8 pm march 12 acton ymca w h h daugh m ben i x ibnde mrs marjone el ot of guelih and mr and ms rjssell el o aid victor is ed win mr 41 il ms a n gun on of s rabane o i sundai i mr and mrs frink hathaw 1 is ted at the home of the r daugh i ter m and mrs wilmer dvscn guelph on sundav the vmpathv of tht dus r ct is h id bt tv m i pollock and campbell hanufteuirtr of high grade memorials memorial engraving 6 wtr si north gait telephove m choice 1 th fsp rcr was boasting now w i k n i the floor i shot that bea m 41a ki it wis a case of him or me well com men ed his nen 1 ihe bear certainly makes a be r looking rug rne iff wer meted nut as fol tows bill wilson norval tripping barry broufhton paler mo slaahlng murray tasker p1 ermo kneeing john currle nor val boarding john pegg palermo major fighting cliff hcdonild norval major fighting don vlv ian palermo high sticking ken vivian palermo holding and match misconduct don vivian palermo high stltklng earl wilsun norval major fighting john ptgg paler mo maj r fighting floyd brig dm servid by ruddell norval lit n witlaufer served by brought m pafermo cliff mcdonald 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