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Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), April 14, 1955, p. 10

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yt im the acton free press acton ontario t thursday april 14th ion quiet record of community service last weeks news heading in the free press gave the information thatsix teachers had resigned from the acton public school staff in schools the size of acton staff changes are more or less routine every year among those resignat ions however was one teacher in particular whose resignation drew more than casual notation ire many of those who have during the years attended acton school for forty years miss daisy fol- ster has been teaching and all- but absut a year and a half of those years were in acton school miss fplgtey whose work and example have touched so many people in the formative school years holds a p compar to that nf miss m z bennett shevas fo many years miss bennetts second in command as a matter of fact af ter mis bennetts resignation as principal miss folster was offered the principalship b she preferred to continue as a teacher in grade 7 the writer went to acton schools in the same classes in both public and high school and perhaps her termination of her life work ar ouses in others of those years feelin th ar akin reg a lifetime in one community and the acton of over 50 years ago in those school years she was a conscient ious student and through all the years has been loyal to acton with the same faithfulness shown to her parents in their declining years miss folster took joy in the pro- personal notes of adonlnnt visiting outoftown point and of visitors in acton homes mr and mrs j jocque spent the weekend in delaware j miss margaret langtree spent the weekend at rldgetqwn visiting in gait during the week end was mr jfm- greer over the weekend mr howard fleming visited in perth- inbracetiridge for easter were mr and mrs roy kirkness miss mary chalmers of toronto jwas ohofhe for the weekend mr gerry candler was- home from montreal for the holiday miss mary kay gibbons is spend ing her easter holidays in rock- wood mr murray scoyne spent trie weekend at his home in ridge- town mr and mrs john chapman of fergus are visiting with acton rel atives mrs ida ritchie mr and mrs s bradmore of port credit visited in acton master bobby watson is in mon treal visiting with mr and mrs fulton mr and mrs jack mcgeachie and family visited on saturday in toronto during the weekend mr and mrs bob brayshaw visited in kingston mr ray parkhouse has returned from holidays at his home in plattsville r w mr gross of her pupils hers has been-f- more than an interest in their ac ademic advancement she was in terested in their guidance for life as worthy citizens as well forty years teaching in acton school the years of childhood attending acton schools and miss folster today is just a keenly interested in actons young people we join with hundreds of others not only in acton but who have gone out from acton into other parts of the world in wishing for miss daisy folster many more happy years in the acton in which her work has meant so much and her duties as a teacher been so graciously effective g a d urtjuhart and darlene were in st catharines mr and mre arnold weaver iinda and susan of hamilton vis ited mrs phillips mr and mrs warren wood of st catharines were visiting here cver the weekend friends are sorry to learn that bert tripp fractured his skull in an accident last week spending the easter vacation in new york with friends from tor onto is miss jane elliott mrs a t brown of milton was visiting friends and relatives dur ing the easter weekend over the weekend mr and mrs j denny jeff and christopher visit r in wcw york state mr and mrs w reatty visited on the weekend in the states with mr and mrs j sonia and family mr and mrs alfred fryer spent the holiday weekend with mr and mrs john tracy at dorval que- bee flight cadet ron rolston who was spending two weeks with his parents has returned to moose jaw mr and mrs kerr brown of winnipeg manitoba visited in the district they are on their way south mr and mrs john black visited on the weekend in bothwell with mr and mrs reed menzies and family mrs william miller guelph and mr and mrs charles mcglashan buffalo ny visited friends here on saturday mr and mrs t wood mrs w mcleod of toronto mr and mrs h hawthorne and ricky and mrs g hawthorne of kitchener visited with miss e hawthorne mr and mrs j v- krapek and mr and mrs ed mapillng of huntsville spent the easter week end with mr and mrs johnnie krapek arid the andersons on tuesday mrs p watson and mrs a robinson attended the wed ding of miss dorothy capper in ottawa miss capper was kinder garten teacher here four years ago mr and mrs john lambert vis ited at ottawa over the weekend with sgt and mrs f w bowes arid family and also with ac john e lambert at rockliffe who is in the hospital there mr and mrs jack stewart shar on and steven of hamilton mr and mrs f j redmond and david of sault ste marie are visiting dur ing the holidays with mr and mrs j stewart and family fowmer acton high school prin cipal orland robbins and his son dougie visited acton friends en route to niagara falls on satur day miss marjory hall and mrs hall were visiting in stouffville with mrs robbins mrs w j mcdonald ant mrs r l davidson accompanied mr ralph cunningham and miss barb ara cunningham of georgetown to the folk school rally which was held at cherry hill farm union- villelast thursday estimate 40180 for hydro services continued from page one- ion of an account of a vine owing trie comnjlssion was ordered paid mombers also agreed- to the mov ing of a hydrant on property pwrr- ed by j higglnsin warren grovel is to be done shortly hydro superintendent d mason reported hydro poles installed to the top of cobble hill he also in itiated discussion on the possible need of additional temporary help to keep up with subdivision sex- vicing members considered it was wise to keep ahead on this work as far as possible waterworks accounts acton pujc hydro 21718 toths garage 1200 thompson fuel service 26oss macswain motors 11000 1885 united steel corp ltd 1564 can brass co 2729 beardrhore and co in- 920 neptunemeters ltdr met- ers 13860 friends will be interested to know that miss mary sirrs for merly of acton has taken a nurs ing position in the memorial hos pital near hamilton bermuda miss sirrs whose home is now in new- tonbrook went to bermuda with another nurse from north york wednesday of last week mrs a j buchanan mrs h mainprize mrs e j hassard and mrs c han sen attended the annual meeting of the s s o to to and kingston wms in central church gait the speaker was the moderator of the general assembly revj l w mclean ma djd hydra accounts petty cash exp trans caribonum t ltd carbon paper i williams supply co line and cable access acton free press hepc of ont consumption hepc of ont lamps h palmer office- cleaning thompson motors toths garage h g barlow co f terry meter postage john wood co jstnitrknellandc6 masco electric garner motors moloney elec transformer can gen electric supreme power supp transformer burroughs adding mach- iare service jrw goy cartage macdoriald electric can line materials packard elec transformer 86934 1097 120 224ft 4675 6778 1051794 3046 2000 3v5 555 5810 10000 796 t4705 1989 500 42200 685 4500 1990 2500 375 2030 42200 these fellows are 0 hot about their line of home freers that we had to put them in one to cool off i home freezers at the house of tv are now on sale at good prices 1200847 daylight saving time begins sunday april 24 theres more fun at the movies home freezers all sizes by the famous and original deep freeze message of easter heard here sunday continued from page one special devotions during lent and easter weekend father v j mor gan celebrated the mass the altars were beautifully dec orated with spring flowers includ ing the traditional lilies father mcdougall of guelph con ducted the stations of the cross- on friday arid there wercthofy sst- urday ceremonies at the lol hall in crewsons corners the members of actons newest congregation the pentecost al assembly held their easter serr vices rev ken reid gave approp riate messages at both- the morning and evening services easter lilies and rosea were placed in the hall for the special services mrs- bowen sang a solo in the morning and in the evening mrs reid sang and played the ac cordion mrs hrvey norton of limehouse u the pianist rev and mrs reid and family are living in an apartment in the country until they are able to move into their new home in the cobble hill subdivision members of the churcfr a baptismal service in guelph on good friday rev von harmelen of brampton came to acton fo the easter ser vices of the christian reform congregation held in the ymcjv he spoke at the good friday ev ening service and again on easter sunday afternoon there wa also a sunday morning service easter lilies were given to the congregation fo the service next sunday there will be com munion for the dutch new canad tans when rev kroesc of clark son will be in charge ukrainian canadian families will be meeting this saturday in a pri vate home in acton for their eas ter service when a priest will come to bless their eggs and food in traditional manner 89 applications for police chief q council met on mon day of till week to consider ap- ptfcuom for two positions the council meted through is applfc- attotm far thn fan time municipal tmtowrt poritktt ana began re- vtowiac appucatioas far the ij htato trolfce ifck jthhiltsri t to t wbfae mr and mrs alan leishman drew and alana of huntsville spent easter with mr and mrs cam leishman mr fcowrie of the high school staff spent the firstof this week competing in a checker competit ion at stratford with miss fern brown for eas ter were miss bertha brown miss zella mccartney- and mr ern brown oftoronto misses barbara and ann tsymon spent part of their easter holidays with their cousin miss june mc pherson in toronto visiting this week with mr and mrs g a dills are mr and mrs clure prosser marion rod and ed ith of kirkland lake 6pending the long weekend with mr and mrs gordon currie were mrs jean newman and mr harold fitzsimmone of sarnia spending easter with mr and mrs harry mainprize and family were miss anne baker and mr jack mainprize of montreal during his- easter holidays rod dy mcdougall of woodbridge is visiting in acton with his grand parents mr and mrs w cooper mr bill greer spent part of hut easter holidays with mr and mrs r g akitt who moved just rec ently from hamilton to carlisle rev erla curxey and mrs cur- rey of orton mr and mrs les gorvcn of lansing visited with rev and mrs currey on sunday mr and mrs r a gordon and miss nancy gordon toronto and miss sandra coy wlllowdale vis ited friends here on easter sunday mr and mrs matt tyler and miss lorraine tyler have moved tp phoenix arizona they left the end of march arid arrived there this week mrs j flyrra miss beryl flynn misse hawthorne arid john kirk wood visited with mr and mrs k g hunter and miss ruth couse in toronto r dr and mrs don ross and fam ily of kingston and mr and mrs tom comer- and family of thorold spent the easter weekend with mr and mrs alex ross mr and mrs frank cook mr and mrs win kilty mrs blanch brooks and mrs gladys timney all of toronto mist sadie kuty twt mr kuty and miss jeanmeadow visited acton relatives acton phone iro for the whole family l frisat april 1516 heading for your heart new lassie thrillsi the story of a brave boy and a fearless dog i a4 you can own a home freezer deep freeze with no money you can also take advantage of our frozen food plan if you wish at practically whole sale prices 3 months supply at a time with no money down and friends over the easter week- 1kbmc rxuktwt tkeitik fmhit mike y firvofvl presenh lassie and eohrbf nmait- tlmii added for laughs i you owe it to yourself to call collect the house of tv and appliances at guelph 6539 and have mr burke and mr packer explain our food freezer plan its wonderful you are under no obligation why should you buy a freezer carolina cannonball with a judy canova montueswed april 1 81920 susan slept here technigoior i dick poweu debbie reynolds in the years best laugh show- 1 mu tedinkeler cartoon and short thursday only april 21st acton hqaae aud school association v- i presents thi maogif a deljqhtful story for thst family 1it saves you money i 2 its healthful i 3 your own supermarket in your home many many more advantages space too limited to list we can take your food budget and show you how you can save f save considerable amount of moneyon your week1t food jii

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