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thursday september 23 1955 the actqn free press acton ontario page sow for top rated fuel oils and service gall 69 thompson fuel service prompt delivery by meter pump at dressed in great grandmothers gowrshow spinning at field day a crowd estimated at least one thousand attended the field day on saturday of the humber valley conservation authority at dalziel were made of events for the board of education bin john glynn of limehouse wearing her great grandmothers dress demonstrated spinning in the w a n t e d young rrten with good educational qualifications have advancement opportunities in the banking ptoiussion c pension life insurance medical and hospital plans are all available those interested are invited to discuss their application with mr woodburn man ager bank of nova scotia acton i canadas oldest largest and most copied food plan the magic food pantry pun approved by better business bureau government inspected highest quality meats rsh poultry vegetables fruits and juices satisfaction or replacement guarantee for information telephone or write ted darlington main street georgetown triangle 72206 2 100 year old barn now a museum in the park formerly part of her fathers property her sister mrs agnew arranged the oldtime homecraft demonstrations we missed gary scott among names of those attending acton high school this year the management of the alliance paper mills entertained the staff of brown bros printerstolltorontovt a lobster roast in the woods of blue valley ranch one evening last week the harry smethursts of barrte and the c a grants of stewart- town visited mrs a j smehurst on sunday we regret the removal of mr and mrs h h smith from the village they moved on saturday to near brampton fonr baptised rev a calder baptized four in fants at limehouse presbyterian church on sunday afternoon they were phyllis janet daughter of mr and mrs james kirkpatrlck caro line elaine daughter of mr and mrs donald firth laurie elizabeth daughter of mr arid mrs russell miller and sharon ann daughter of mr and mrs robert mcdonald mr a c bourne was home from toronto last weekend mrs wilfred wilson visited members of her family last week end friendly gathering a friendly gathering was held in the hall on friday evening in honor of mr and mrs james gordon who were presented with a sum of mon ey on behalf of the community euchre prizes were won by mrs a c patterson and mrs jas gordo mr and mrs russell mcdonald pro vided music for a few dances congratulations to the editor and staff of the free press in winning two top awards at the recent can adian weekly newspapers associa tion convention childrens aid new quarters after having their headquarters in the bank of commerce building for 13 years the halton county childrens aid society is this week moving to new quarters further east on mam street the new location is in the milton building supplies building in the office formerly occupied by g w goldstraw said frank thompson superintendent of the childrens aid previous to their 13 years in the bank building the society held their headquarters in the court house da ymonds- guelph bedroom suites pc sea mist special 1 1500 pc colonial maple with highboy chest 29900 pc walnut mr and mrs dresser 12900 pc walnut dresser and full size bed 6900 50 other bedroom suites m teaks guarantee nothing to go wrong ever perfect silence more features reg 39900 special a v v hostess chairs 995 television lounge 35 living room suites on display appliances daymond home the house of quality 107 quebec st east r guelph bus s phone 7000 campbellville stefl pfioto golden anniversary celebrations wereeld tuesday by mr and mrs allan s marion of campbellville when friends and neigh bors gathered to wish them the best the happy couple were mar ried in the brides home in nassagaweya they have both lived in nassagaweya all their lives and have lived in the same house for 45 years i panel discussion on church mission the first meeting of the fall sea son of the daughters of knox young- womens affiliated group was held in the church parlour on september 12 guests for this meet ing were members of the womens missionary society who presented a very interesting and inspiring panel discussion on the mission study the christian mission in a revolution ary world mrs robert parker in troduced the study book they reach for life mrs a j buch anan introduced the panel members mrs r m macdonald mrs fred anderson mrs h l bennie and miss ruby clark mrs cufofrd ashley president thanked the panel members for their part at this meeting during the business the group discussed their projects for the coming year and had election of officers the roll call was answered with a gift to be given to the port worker mrs douglas davidson assisted by members of her group led in the worship service what is the mis sion of the church the purpose of the meeting was to point out why the church came into being the reason for its existence today and to consider its mission work the group in charge served a deli cious lunch at the close of the meet ing mrs l crawford ladies aid hostess congratulations to the parents of new babies in this community mr and mrs cliff bill mr and mrs donald mclean and mr- and mrs thomas jackson mr and mrs jack mcphall held a most successful farm sale last week they have sold their farm to mr and mrs jack teasdale and moved to campbellville where they have purchased the home of mr and mrs lloyd crawford mr gordon agnew has a new electrical shop well under construc tion in the village also mr and mrs lloyd crawford have built a new home mrs lloyd crawford presided over st davids ladies aid meet ing at her home when 20 ladies at tended mrs roy parken had charge of the devotional period as sisted by mrs wallace king mrs j k mahon presiding the secre tary read the minutes and items of business mrs wilfred greenlees gave the treasurers report and mrs r c menzies the cheer report supplies were purchased for the manse flower committee is mrs robert elliott and mrs george inglis plans were made to send rev and mrs james sutherland a christmas gift mrs allan moore took the cheer for their program miss catherine mcphedran gave a poem on rev grenison mrs j k mahon favor ed with a solo and mrs roy parker gave the topic on christian ways of living every day the meeting closed by prayer and a social half hour followed the birthday song was sung by all for three members the boys group mission band and yjps are resuming their fall and winter meetings this month sympathy is extended to mrs cliff bill whose brother passed away this week at waterdown campbellville friends of marilyn moore and bruce small will be sor ry to hear that they are both in hamilton general hospital we wish them both a speedy recovery ospringe jordan strain rr 1 milton markers monuments cemetery lettering quotations by appointment phone milton tr 84522 miu go eavestrooghing- pressure systems water softeners 251 mason blvd acton phone 25 booth fisher sale are both successful mr pete fisher held a successful clearing sale on wednesday mr and mrs fisher plan on moving to their new home on the highway shortly and mr and mrs ellis who have purchased the fisher farm will be getting possession in the near future mrs e currie and miss ada car rie attended the funeral of their cousin fred mcmillan at hills- burgh on saturday the ladies aid of the local church had a booth at the fisher sale and report a profitable after noon miss shirley awrey has been con fined to her home with chickenpox barbara and lynne snyder daughters of mr and mrs s snyder first line returned home during the weekend following a holiday spent with their grandparents in pen nsylvania congratulations to mr and mrs edwin stewart nee jean theaker who were married on saturday mr george rennick mr and mrs s baldwin of hamilton were week end guests with mr and mrs d stewart and family following the stewarttheaker wedding mr robert hunter accompanied by mr jack smith of toronto spent last week inthenoxth rockwood communicants class holds banquet friday last friday evening a banquet wa held in eden mills presbyter ian church sunday school room in connection with a communicants class composed of a number of young people who took a course in religion conducted by mr douglas black student minister for nine weeks there were nine young people who were on the course from both eden mills and rock- wood congregations the banquet program was a fol lows opening hymn blest be the tie blessing welcqme by mr black address by rev d craw ford smith of-knox- presbyterian church guelph on the subject what i should expect from the church presentations of scholarships and general proficiency awards in the form r bibles by rev r h arm strong of knox church acton prayer and closing hymn rev d crawford ismths address was full of thought and emphasis on his subject following the dinner all adjourned to the auditorium to see a film the wonderful life with martin bauer sr in charge of the projector great growth mr richard harris was the rec ipient of a newspaper from his cousin stanley harris of victoria bc the paper the daily colon ist of september 1 portrayed the industrial and economic growth of british columbia from 1j945 to 1955 figures for industrial revenue 529360000 for 1945 and 1343000- 000 for 1955 population 195 949000 and 1305000 for 1955 capital in vestment and personal incomes were also in high figures high lights through the paper revealed such places as powell river town and paper mill alcan powerhouse inside due bose mountain imper ial oil companys refining centre at burrard inlet near vancouver hope priceton highway scenery tahsis inlet busy logging centre port albcrnis kraft paper mill 27000000 disolvmg pulp mill of columbia cellulose co at prince rupert elk falls mill vancouver islands first newsprint mill giant twounit bleached sulphate pulp plant near dodds narrows one of the largest in the world producing over 600 tons daily jitney games in the jitney games on the lawn bowling greens last thursday rev j dilts was placed first with two wins 22 second was frank kelso with two wins 13 and third fred alton with two wins 10 prizes were donated by saunders bakery two pass on mrs j hamilton and miss pearl hamilton attended the funeral of the late mrs elgin hamilton last thursday at fergus with inter ment taking place in johnsons cemetery eramosa tte death took place in guelph last week of a former resident of rockwood mr ernest j liphardt who carried on a jewellery busin ess some 30 odd years ago funeral took place friday at the mclntyre- wilkie funeral home with inter ment in waterloo cemetery congratulations to mr g a dills and staff of the acton free press in winning the cup and plaque at the recent cjwna convention in vancouver bc a number from rockwood at tended acton fall fair during the weekend mr and mrs dave mcfarlane have returned home from a trio to illinois to visit the latters brotner rev george hagans a former rockwood boy mrs p s hamilton spent a few days in guelph with mrs j sto- vel who lcft hocrwbod to reside in guelph mr and mrs a fox of madoc were recent visitors with his bro ther former station agent here mrs roy kirvan and children of hamilton were weekend visitors with her father mr stewart 3 royce the many friends of mrs arcn mcnabb will be pleased to know that she is much impr in visjtor in district tells of homeland after a summer recess green- ock womens institute jield their september meeting- at the home of mrs hugh reid on wednesday evening of last week with 20 lad ies present artd the president mrs elliott patterson in the chair the meeting opened with the in stitute ode the mry stuart col lect and lords prayer in unison and scripture reading by mrs e pearen mrs b johnston read the minutes and gave the treasurers report which showed a goodly balance on hand correspondence was read business discussed and mrs c aitken gave a splendid re port on the distriot annual held at elora mrs j near took charge of the program on agriculture and canad ian industries roll call was name a canadian industrial plant one would like to see miss eleanor bailey of sydney australia who was a guest in the reid home gave a splendid talkon australia and showed many pict ures on the screen of her home land and places visited on the con tinent and in britain on her trip around the world she told df her brother who own 14000 acres of land which is not considered a large holding and who has 4000 to 5000 sheep he also grows wheat letting land rest one year between crops mrs dunn mrs w cole and mr j near all read poems in line with the subject of the program which were followed by a lesson and demonstration on the care of african violets a started violet was in readiness for each member the queen and institute grace were sung and a dainty lunch was served newcomers topic of study for wms the womans missionary society of the united churh met at the home of mrs p binnie on tuesday of last week with the president miss m z bennett presiding rev gordon adams opened the meeting with prayer and asked the ladies to keep him in touch where there was illness and a new family in town where visits should be made worship service was taken by mrs hannah and her group as sisted by mrs cleave miss c henderson mrs j lambert and miss d simmons departments re ported on were temperance miss d simmons christian steward ship mrs a orr and book shelf miss m mainprize the study book was taken by miss m z bennett on newcomers to our land plans were made for the thank- offering meeting in october rev mr adams closed the meeting with prayer refreshments were served by mrs hannah and her group a vote of thanks was given to mrs binnie for her home and to the lunch and program committee everton mr and mrs wilbert matthews of guelph were recent visitors with mrs m jackson miss myrtle fisk of milton spent the weekend with mrs devries and family mr and mrs norman mckenzie were guests at the harrisglidden weddinginguelplronsaturday mr and mrs ken robertson and lynda of toronto spent a couple of days of their holidays with the formers parents mr and mrs d g robertson recent visitors with mr and mrs murd mccutcheon included mr and mrs arthur scott linda and lloyd mrs joseph hamilton sr fergus mrs keith hamilton rockwood a very enjoyable evening was spontat the- manoronfriday sep- jister joyce in guelph ymc a so ed will welcome anyone ago 18 to 40 to its fall series o m ovotythurscuyftom october 6 to november lo inclusive highlwwg outstanding guest photography speakers doityourself skill courses entertainment and 9 square dancing refreshments home making 200 for members of acton y 250 for non- for the completer course applications available at a ymca bob ridsdales and manning electric health since her recent operation miss enid mcnabb of toronto spent some time with her father during her mothers illness halton centennial manor enjoyfour films old time favorites tember 16 when the residents as sembled in the dining room to view a number of motion picture films thrown on a permanent screen by the manors own projector there were four films shown one being in color and three in black and white the colored film show ed beautiful scenes in prince albert national park in saskatchewan one of the black and white films belonging to a series on the topic peoples of the maritimes showed a gaelic settlement on cape breton island the other black and white films belonged to the eye witness series and portrayed a variety of topics such as waiter shorts on montrealsmountro t s mile club and cattle judging at a winter fair between theshowing of the alms mrs russell lewis played oldtime favorite tunes on the piano mr clarke and russell lewis ran the projector service capc due to unforeseen circumstances rev d k powell rector of grace anglican church milton was unable to conduct the church service at the manor on sunday september 18 and the service had to be cancelled at 10 oclock on monday morning chapel of the manor and admipis- teredholy communion tojheajig- micans residing atlhe manor womens fellowship plans autumn tea the christian womens fellow ship of the everton church of christ disciples met at the home of mrs john alton last thursday with 14 ladies and four children present plans were made for the september tea on wednesday sev eral gave reports of attending tha world convention held in toronto in august extend sympathy sympathy is extended to mrs wm cross and family in the pass- ing of mr cross at fergus last monday funeral was held from the funeral home at fergus on wednesday with burial in everton cemetery mr and mrs howard gilbank and wendy middletown ohio called on mr and mrs t d mc cutcheon and mr and mrs harvey jcstin and bobby on saturday sunday visitors with mr and mrs john alton and missjenniertov- ell were mrs david tovell mr and mrs stewart tovell and fam ily toronto mrs david tovell re mained for a weeks visit several from the village at tended acton fair on saturday mr and mrs harvey jestin and bobby visited sunday evening with mr and mrs stanley mckay guelph miss grace fountain visited a couple of days last weekwimiher misses mary and edith robert son cleveland are visiting with mr and mrs wm e robertson and other relatives mr fred benham visited recent ly with his brother and family mr- and mrs j p benham silverwood entertain relatives after christening laurie elizabeth miller baby daughter of mr and mrs russell miller was christened 1n sunday afternoon september 18th rev alex calder officiating afterwards mr and m m entertained the- many friends and relatives at their home on the 8th line out of town visitors were mrs millers parents mr and mrs creighton domm of durham ard her sister and her hus band mr and mr ron outlieb of guelph mr and mrs r r corbett have returned attet a weeks trip to de troit and wheatley where they visit ed relatives congratulations on your recent sept 1ft mr 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