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thursday november 3rd 1965 the acton free press acton ontario page sevjbf ycu can mow buy the famous advance patterns together wtth yaw ewtajg kdye shoppe a full line of fashion patterns available for every sin taste and age group see the won derful new styles tax every occasion k rmmu v willows annual halton plowing match attracts large list of competitors continued from page one in england in 1962 to ask that a world plowing match be held in ontario resulting in the cobourg match referring to this trip to england the speaker said that he returned to the land of the thistle shamxotfk and rose not with a sword in his hand as he had done years ago but with the symbol of peace the exclusive with up top tailors jn nftttfydi jtnnfj reverse twists and worsteds stlttsh through ano through omasas cuatbt onion vaur ft h j k wioraonib un sriki cioimcs bob ridsdale plow he said he would like to ad dress himself to the younger gener ation the plowmen of tomorrow who will carry on the great work involved in agriculture he also wanted to leave a thought for those men who are more mature as well as the ladies who play an import- ant role in farm life dwelling on thesforld plowing matches held in various countries he paid tribute to the ambassadors of canada who participated in the world matches in europe- for their good sportsmanship and citizenship while they were there tits ideaof-world- matches was that they may bring peace and world understanding to the world at large and for generations to com following mf thomas talk the president introduced the guests at the head table and alec mckinney the chairman of the canadian plowmens association the judges gave their impressions of the work of the contestants and explained the system of marking tom brownridge the judge of tne horse classes commented on the wonderful setting for the match and the good showing of horses xampbeuviue halloween costumes in village are unique more children paraded the streets here on halloween night than in previous years costumes were real ly unique rev gordon baulch conducted a communion service at st davids presbyterian church on sunday with a good attendance miss lois grpenlees was soloist sympathy of this community is extended to mrs r c memies dur ing the recent loss of her brother charles graham of weston last week best wishes for a speedy recovery go to mrs jack wheelihan who is finstrj hospital congratulations to mr and mrs lome colling on the birth of i daughter at mount hamilton has pital hamilton sympathy or this community is extended to mrs george mitchell rockwood horticultural prizes presented slides of rock garden shown reliable taxi 9 main st s fast courteous service snack bar light lunches fish and chips delivered promptly to your order confectionery etc chaster and victor peycha f proprietors call 430 kiddies specials at hintons where quitting business sole prices still apply v baby nylon dresses sizes 1 2 and 3 reg to 298 sale price 157 to 247 girls printed cotton dresses sizes 1 to ox reg to lw sale price 157 girls printed cotton dresses size 3 to 12 reg to 298 sau price 149 girls printed cotton dresses sizes 3x to 12 reg to 298 sale price 247 girls cotton plaid dresses sizes 7 to 12 reg to 398 sale price 249 girls blouses white cotton plaid collar size 810 reg 249 sale price 197 girls white cotton blouse size 4 reg 169 sau price- 137 girls white slub cotton blouse sizes 10 end 14x reg 198 sau price jl57 ladies pprinted cotton house dresses assort ed sizes and colors reg to 398 sale price 247 ladies printed cotton house dresses assort ed sizes and colors reg to 398 sale price 197 hintons dept store costume party held at dublin dublin womens institute with their husbands and families enjoyed a halloween party with dressups games folk dances and euchre in dublin school last thursday night many and varied were the cos tumes to mention a few hallo ween witch with her broom mrs bert rennick old fashioned woman with her old style escort mrs wm mclntyre and mrs mansell nellis a gipsy with her companion mrs alex near and jean britton hard time costume was worn by mrs will mcphedran leslie mcphedran was singled out for his comic out fit and joyce rennick won distinc tion in her indian costume and peggie blyth as little red riding hood lloyd nellis and others par aded in outstanding clown suits mary moffat and ray nellis were singled out of the eight and nine yearolds and bobbie blyth and carol thomson for the preschool children a highlight of the evening was the parade of men wearing ladies hats j m steele was judged the winner mrs gordon rognvaldson was convener of the games with mrs george robertson supplying the music r l davidson and duncan moffat acted as costume judges euchre prizes for the ladies went to mrs will mcphedran and mrs gordon rognvaldson and to william mclntyre and duncan moffat for the men conveners for the euchre were mrs jim van fleet and mrs geo somerville with mrs horace blyth and mrs calvin mclntyre in charge of lunch shortill sheet metal plumbing ft heating gar wood furnaces eavestroughing shop 126 main st n phone 464 residence phone 340j4 acton jersey t dairy daily delivery phone 242 don tiaaaaings prop guelph wedding of local interest a wedding of local interest was solemnized in knox presbyterian church guelph when barbara jan et mowat the daughter of mrs elizabeth mowat and the late mr henderson mowat and dr john james murie md the 9on of mrs thomas murie and the late mr murie of hamilton were wed guests were present from acton rockwood parry sound brant- ford ohswekcn burlington dun das arkcll goderich wellington toronto ottawa port nelson kit chener oakville belleville port credit hamilton baltimore det roit cleveland and california rev crawford smith performed the ceremony h wilson played thc wedding- music given in marriage by her broth er john alexander tyowat th bride wore a white satin gown with a pearl encrusted bodice tapcring to a v waistline and meeting the two trout panels her full skirt featured seed pearls and cut crys tal and formed a cathedral train edged with a tiny frill of her veiling and silk cord a seed pearl head dress held in place her full length french tulle veil and she carried a cascade bouquet of red roses white carnations and stophanotis miss evelyn mcgregor attended as maid of honor wearing a laurel green net over taffeta gown with matching stole she carried a basket of yellow roses anil shasta white daisies bridesmaids were miss patricia keampf of guelph miss micky porch of oakville miss joan miller of hamilton and mis mary bate of belleville the four attendants wore identical gowns two in pale shrimp net over taffeta and the cither two in a darker shade of shrimp all gowns styled similarly to that of the rrtaid or honor all four carried baskets of pink roses and white shasta daisies dr l mould of baltimore mary land vas best man and ushers were dr r craig of ottawa dr v abramson of ottawa dr d einarson of parry sound and t wylie of rockwood the elizabeth room at the royal hotel guelph was the- setting for the reception receiving guests were the brides grandmother mrs t wylie wear ing a gown of alice blue satin and black lace accessories with a cor sage of sweetheart roses the brides mother mrs e mowat wore a cop per and rose taffeta and champagne lace gown handmade hnt of matching feathers and rhinestones and wore a corsage of baby blue chrysanthemums and roses the grooms mother assisted wearing a charcoal grcv bcngaline gown with a matching hat and wore a corsage of white carnations and white roses for a wedding trip to the united states the bride changed to a mist blue worsted suit with matching blue gloves and wore a handmade hat of ash pink encrusted with small rosebuds her corsage was an orchid twoatsc j damage total 500 mrs alice thompson of acton was slightly injured following a collision of two cars at the third i line of the county road on 6aturday she was a passenger in a car driv en by alice spear r r 3 acton the other car involved in the ac cident was driven by shirley thompson of acton the spear car was damaged ttfthe tfxtent of s300 and the tthompsor car to the ex- tent of 200 r guelpn horticultural society wertra- in the village with the rockwood society and held the meeting in- the sunday school half of the united church mrs a b root president of the local society called the gathering to order and marilyn os- trander presided at the piano for the national anthem mrs fred alton handed out cash prizes to a group of juveniles biilie bestward and francis level 1 tied marilyn ostrander peter and adrian heyden uied ann gel- tatejy and bernice- freeman mir frank webster presidenvofoue1ph society presented first prize to master david harris other juven iles in garden competition were masters tavc schneider grant ruske and jack bolton during the evening mr f web ster showed a numder of colored slides of flowers and gardens fol lowed by slides of a bus trip to hamilton rock gardens which was very interesting to those present mr herb markle director or dis trict no 7 gave a brief description in connection with the trip at conclusion door prizes were given out to several who were present and all received very use ful and handsome prizes lunch was served and a very pleasant time enjoyed by all precommunion service was fri day evening in the presbyterian church- with rev r h armstrong in charge previous to the service the group of young people who were in a class during the summer under instruction from mr douglas black in religion and who were participants at a communicants banquet in eden mills presbyterian church in september received bibles in recognition of the course they studied the young people were received into membership in the congregation sunday morning the sacrament of the lords supper was observed with rev r h armstrong in charge during the service a baptis mal ceremony was performed for the infant of mr and mrs leigh- ton mr douglas black took charge of rev r h armstrongs congreg ation sunday morning minor iprmnlu halloween passed off fairly quietly monday evening mr charl es heffernan entertained a group of young folk during the evening and mr don hilts showed a number of his pictures for their benefit halloween pranks of a minor nat ure were indulged in and no great reports of damage about the vil lage mens service sunday morning the mens club of the united church had charge of the service mr thomas gellat- ely presided mr george day was at the console or the organ for a mcn choir of some 30 voices mi arthur harris led in prayer rev j e todd of guelph was guct speaker for the occasion bible society meeting the executive committee- meeting of rockwood and everton bibl declare rockwood field day champs rockwood public schools champ ions were declared at the annual field day there credits were won by points and the following were declared champ ions junior girls oianne keating 3 firsts 2 seconds 1 third 19 points junior boy richard ruske 5 f 25 pointsf intermediate giru alice beamsfirsjuxthlrd 31 points intermediate boy bar ry thatcher 4 firsts 2 seconds 26 points senior girls kay marsdcn 3- firsts 2seconds j third 22 points senior boy adricn heyden 4 firsts 1 second 1 third 24 points v an unfortunate accident marred the day when joan mccannell fell and broke her wrist of 180 students 134 took part in the events friends neighbors honor recent bride members of the afternoon euchre club as well as friends and neigh bors spent every enjoyable evening at the home of mrs a k maim for a miscellaneous shower held in hon or of mrs frank thompson a re cent bride euchre and chinese checkers were played during the evening then the hostess and her friends served- dainty refreshments which included a beautiful cake especially decorated for the bride assisted by her sisterinlaw mrs ray thompson the bride opened her many beautiful- present and thanked each guest in turn in a fit ting manner she then invited one and all to visit her in her new home ospringe limehouse wl sponsors hot pork dinner the wa sponsored a roast pork dinner with all the trimmings from applesauce to pie with cheese- in the hall on wednesday evenmg a good meal was enjoyed and some what over 30 cleared from the event mr tingle of bradford visited cousins the frank browns rec ently biilie san ford celebrated his i3th birthday with a parly at his home on saturday mr and mrs blackford anei mr and mrs telford of toronto were rcent visitors with the jas find- lavs rev thompson of toronto preached at limehousc on sunday wljile rev alex calder was preaching anniversary services at norwich silverwood hilarious halloween party held in school halloween parties can be a lot of fun and the- one held in the stone school on halloween night will be long remembered the president mrs h marchington of the silverwood womens institute- welcemed the- guests she was dressed as a pretty dutch girl complete with long golden pig tails as the guests arrived there was much merriment over some of the costumes a very realistic rhost and an extremely big hunter had ev erybody guessing for a long time- in fact when prizes were handed out for the best costumes the judges picked the- ghost as the best i lady and it turned eul to be mrs society was held in the basement george burt the big hunter corn- church last pi wilh animal hide was judg- a fair at- i ec i o man and it turned out h harris j to be mrs john glynn her son president opened the meeting by peter was thc hlinu lawo all repeating thc 23rd psalm m laura henderson was thought to unison and rev john dills leading i be the best little girl being dressed in prayer mr ross gordon sec- as little miss muffett and a boy pantelets was best in his class of the presbyterian tuesday evening with tendance mr charles mr retary read the reports of the last i meeting in the course of routine j business mrs f s hamilton treasurer gave a financial report preparations were made for the annual fall canvass at the con clusion of the meeting mr charles h harris iiki in prayer dies in calgary sympathy of the community is extended to mr thomas collinson and sister miss ivy of limchouse in the passing of their brother george s h collinson in calgary hospital last month interment took place in queens park cemetery thc lace mr collinson was a member of knox united church as well as some lodges he was also a native of m and engaged in elect- tidar work ajwell oimtt your home looks bettor fws better with a modern gas heater what a dinksnctmoin souo comport and rowanci are ooims 1 hanfflnwwid ainci umisto 6 wo stf- 1elph h 5209 for calgary school board he was a teacher in the high schools and institute of technology and art operation changeover last wednesday thursday and friday a fleet of hydro trucks were in the village in connection with the changeover to 60 cycle power they were favored with fine weather for the big undertak ing of the task tuesday afternoon mr stanley harris of victoria bc in company with relatives from toronto were in the village calling on mr rich ard harris mr edgar w harris arid other relatives in town and he was ross burt the ervening started off with a peanut scramble and then passing of the peanut little terry corbett being thc last one left in the ring and therefore the wjnner hilarious fun was caused by six men wrap ping their lady partners in tenlet tissue the first to finish being mr clare wilson having his partner mrs gordon kidnie almost a com plete tocoon the lights were put out the circle drew closer and a particular ly gruesome tale was told and bits and pieces passed around with many squeals and much laughter when the lights came on it turned ouhadhebspdaccjor ihc poor nuns brain family moves from village on friday evening thc neighbor in the village gathered al the home of messsrs jerome and robert hunter to spend a social time with them prior to their moving to erin cards were enjoyed after which mr george grundy read an address and the presentation of a chrome smoker was made by reg bulloch and brian robertson jer ome replied on behalf of his dad and thanked all for the remem brance lunch concluded a pleasant evening rev adams missionary on fur lough from paraguay visited on friday with miss ada and mr er- rett currie while operating his chain saw last week mr ward bruefc suffer- eel a seve-re- cut to his left thumb he- i now under a doctors oare luckily the thumb was not sev- ered mr and mrs j hilts attend d the marriage of their daughter urva to bruce monitor at willow- dale last wednesday mr fred archibald is in st josephs hospital guelph suffer ing freim jaunelice- mr and mrs vleilstra and fam ily meved to acton on saturday they had been living in the heiuse on mr david stewarts upper farm mr and mrs norman mekenzie and linda visited on wedncsday with mr and mrs ken robertson and lynda toronto mr vernon stewart lias had the telephone installed mr and mrs d g robertson attended the funeral of the formers uncle jesse d rohcrtsem at or- angeville on thursday the- hunters moved on saturday and mrs fred johnston ge s pos session neivember i mrs royce- the semor teacher at the local srhemil is confined te her hum with pneumonia during her absence mr brown of hills- burgh ls supplying visitors on sunday with mr and mrs d g robertson included mr and mrs reg carte liverne and karen and mis althea young all of stratfeird balunapao everton visitors moving in weeks events miss ella stewart toronto is visiting her cousins mr and mrs john alton and miss jennie tovell mr and mrs joe pluska milton visited on sunday with mr and mrs harvey jestin and bobby mr john alton eisited with his daughter mrs robert patten guelph on thursday mrs lloyd cuttirig and raymond acton visited on saturday with her mother mrs jestin we welcome to the village mr and mrs don bexton from actori who moved in saturday to the home pf mr jack heron mr and mrs heron moved some time ago to george henderson and mrs bert huntsville deserved aiotfjtredjj suriday and through the week 6ving the neighbors and friends a visitors with mr and mrs albert ver happy evening collection at ware- were mrs betty hamilton and the door was in aid of the george- joan guelph mrs bob hamilton town community swimming pool and lois rockwood r1 1 s mrs basil mitchellmoore ennot- erin district high school was iville- officially opened last week gi foi his eyes macaroni for his veins a fig for his car corn for the teeth and a rubber glove filled with water for his hand a contest which nearly all en tered was passing a lifesaver from one personto the other by tooth pick held between the teeth the sides had to step on a piece of cardboard picking up the second j piece and going half the length of the room and back much cheering much confusion and much fun charades were entered into by several gordon kidnie was ac- claimed the best actor he portray- i cd very realistically his reaction when in a dentists chair the men then had to use paper and ribbon and feathers and make hats for the ladies william rcid made a very fetching number for mrs r cor- ueti ant they weie the winners daring the preparation of a del icious lunch mrs beft corbett told fortunes in her clever witchs costume with a background of corn stalks and while thi was going on threeclever people silently entered and amidst much laughter passed around the room shaking hands with all present a duchess who was dressed and acted a to the manner born a professional hockey player and a very disreputable ho bo after going the rounds they as silently disappeared mrs h marchington and her committee mrs pearl burt mrs ballinafad belles organize 4h unit the organization meeting of the girls 4h club the belles of bal linafad was held at thc home at mrs f j shorthill on saturday afternoon with mrs f j shorthill and mrs jesse- mcenery as leaders president is rela- ridler secretary jeian ridler pianist helena hilts the unit for thi year is what shall i wear after thc election of officers pamphlets were given out there nine attending at the clese a delicious lunch was served which all enjoyed congratulations to mr and mrs leo jamieson on the safe arrival of their baby daughter in brampton memorial hospital on sunday morn ing we are pleased to see mrs cam mcenery able to be out around again xhwl held a very helpful meeting o w at the huin of mrs gibson when miss hamilton from the department of extension services spoke on hints for the home nurse this was a one day meeting and all went home feeling they had learned many ways to help in looking after the sick in our homes everyone enjoyed miss hamilton as she in her humorous way explained things to us mr and mrs lloyd rennick and boys of orangeville spent sunday with mr and mrs jesse mcenery mrs george thompson and mrs j lang of orangeville called on mr and mrs robert mcenery one day last werek mr john lindsay is in the has- pital undergoing treatment we trust he may soon be able to return home mr ray and vic swindlehurst richard shortill reg french john and sam snow angus mceachern and al saunders left sunday morn ing on a hunting trip up north deer licenses unlimited here county council has passed nec essary legislation to permit the deer v in all areas of the county except those where the shooting- of firearms is restricted u it ii in builtup areas and towns in equesing township a bylaw to prohibit the shooting of firearms there was defeated complaints against hunting in the area are common licenses have been on sale at the bffices of regular issuerjftr about a month the number available for halton is unlimited tne office of the aonetoresler at hespeler re ports