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thursday vebruary tad 1m the acton free press acfon ontario page nva skating gbokqbtown abkna every saturday alta anal brealbg adults me chdldben 5o campbeuville mrs r p jeffares guest speaker at meeting of st johns wa st johns anglican womens as- sociation merinthe s when you are in milton if you want a change visit gerrys pure food bakery main st milton phone tr 89713 for freshdaily bakery treats special prices on baked goods every weekend acton citizens band presents the lorne scots band in the first concert of a winter series sunday february 5 public school auditorium 830 pm free admission reliable taxi 9 main st s fast courteous service snack bar light lunches fish and chips delivered promptly to your order 4confectionery etc chester and victor peycha f proprietors call 430 room- for their january meeting the- l opened the meeting and litany from the living mes sage the roll call was answered by seven members mrs amos math- ies gave the secretarys report and mrs eliza blacklock gave a favor able treasurers report the monthly bulletin was readtby mrs r p jeffares the world day of prayer was discussed and mrs ross caxbert mrs eliza blacklock and mrs amos mathies will attend st davids presbyterian service the secretary was instructed to contact a prayer partner it was de cided to get thank offering boxes and borrow nativity moulds from st georges anglican church the dorcas bale for fort george was planned and christmas gifts for next year mrs gordon currie educational secretary introduced the guest- speaker mrs r p jeffares who chose as her topic- who dares to stand idle the meeting closed with prayer and a social half hour fol lowed mr ezra howlitt left the home of mr and mrs william coultertor an extended visit to england last saturday to visit ill relatives we wish him a pleasant journey the young peoples association of nassagaweya and campbellville presbyterian churches entertained st pauls united young peoples association of a sleigh- riding party on tuesday evening and back to st davids presbyterian church for a delightful lunch sacrament of the lords supper was observed at st davids pres byterian church on sunday with rev gordon baulch officiating miss marianne greenlees was solo ist sympathy of this community is extended to mrs robert menzies during the recent loss of two bro thers charles graham of toronto matthew graham of weston and a fbrothermlaw john burden of guelph the children of campbellville really appreciate the electric lights over the pond for inhng and tob ogganing st davids presbyterian boys group met in the church basement on monday evening with rev gordon baulch in charge congratulations to mr and mrs beverley ella on the birth of a daughter at milton private hospit al mother and baby are doing fine photo by hazel mack disagreement with his part in the proceedings a t a recent eden mills baby clinic is vocally and as the face shows graphically registered by young billy barnett held here by halton health unit tiorse mrs a lyle never before an oil burner like this heras something really new really better in oil burners the simplest most dependable rer built its fully automatic vam selflubricating just art the thermostat for the taapmtaoo j you want and forget it n you get low fin cost and unmatched yaarafur yoa r economy of operation win aaai thrifty new model rufc sao for yourself kowyowoav wfc tewow fwmst oil tofawr 0110mvlk log pounds pcessuraormnt it a leis than tvo poi operates on strain and wear instead needs only one its come in and ate this tautbuilt and taefftrteai m ate this revolutionary mar backed by wlllla fcr yaae all has or replacecnaat it you can save 45 if you order now for summer booking reg 39500 early booking price- 350 get your coupons for cjoy tv treasure chest tv set given away every sat night root hardware phone u hockwood orton rifle club euchre in community hall the orton rifle club held their regular euchre in the community hall on friday evening with 14 tables high scores went to mrs howard hall and mr les watson and consolations to mrs elias cheyne and mr paul donaldson rev and mrs ewart qulley and mr and mrs ken novills attended services at elora united church on sunday evening the executive of ficer of the young peoples union of the guelph presbytery had charge of the services we arc sorry to report that miss jessie somerville suffered n stroke last week we all wish her a speedy recovej mr and mrs norris white ae on fridiy evening and attended the optimist club banquet and dance weekend visitors with rev and mrs ewart culley were miss mar- jorte cullcv and mr and mrs mor- le pritchard all of toronto mr and mrs j k courtney of kerulworth called on orton friends ortsaturda miss shirlev turner mirse-in- traintng at st josephs hospital guelph spont the weekend at her home here limehouse compamed mr and mrs allan mc- loan to niagara falls new tfork k mr halc and mrs j addv and motor accident in snowstorm we are sorry that mr a w norton was in brampton hospital after being knocked unconscious in a motor accident with his son-in- law mr ron latimer who was less seriously injured west of brampton during monday after noons snowfall he was allowed to return home on tuesday mr and mrs fred briggs were guests at the reception following the wedding of mr bruce william son and miss isobel smith on sat urday mr and mrs earl scott on sat urday evening entertained mrs quibell mr and mrs george yeo of savant lake the hachey bros of montreal three of the main streeters of hamiltons tv show the main street jamboree and mr and mrs charles jones and child ren of woodbridge we are sorry that mrs emily mcdonald required treatment in guelph general hospital from thur- sdaj until monday for n stomach ailment congratulations to mr and mrs ray cohoon whose second little son was born at peel memorial hospital on friday we shall miss mrs kalin and children who moved to georgetown on saturday mr norman quibell left more than a week ago for moosonee from where he expects to go into the frozen north to baffin island in the setting up of the radar stations of the dew line at a w i sponsoredeuchre in the hall on saturday evening mr mel- drim stark and mrs a w norton were highest scorers seconds going driver fined 100 license is suspended robert foreman of erin was fin ed 100 and costs and had his driv ers and car licenses suspended for six months following an accident tannn 27 rtn no 1 highway near georgetown z constable george moore who in vestigated the accident stated that the car rolled over on its roof caus ing between three and four hundred dollars damage and foreman was fpund in an intoxicated state foreman appeared in court in milton wednesday afternoon where he was convicted of impaired driv ing and received the sentence acton trounce palermo 147 fcut fail to reach playoffs jvymg against- eaeh other for thejhowdenr d- leriehe- h tasl ospringe 4h club members at achievement day the girls of the 4h club and their leader miss doris fines at tended achievement day at the o ac ouf on saturday mrs h mcewan was able to leave the guelph hospital on mon day and is now convalescing at her home here following a heart at tack mr errctt curnes friends will be pleased to learn he is home again following surgery at st josephs hospital guelph friends of mrs george grundy will bq sorry to learn she is still confined to bed after a recent at tack of chronic jaundice but wish for her a speedy recovery mr dan mclean of vancouver b c a former resident of the first line has been renewing acquaint ances here during the past week mrs calvin evans of campbell ville spent a dav last week with friends in the village mrs martha jackson was a week end visitor with her niece and fam ily mr and mrs william nevills orton sincere sympathy is extended to mr ted archibald in the passing of his brother at schomberg mf and mrs archibald don and fred attended the funeral on monday mr and mrs carl bannas toron to visited on saturday with the lattcrs sister and brotherinlaw mr and mrs vernon stewart and family mr and mrs ken robertson and lynda toronto spent saturday with the formers parents mr and mrs d g robertson mrs lillian suter miss lois black and mr hugh black elora visited on sunday with their sister and brotherinlaw mr and mrs george d robertson acton and milton playing paler mo and norval in two separate games were well aware they were third playoff spot in the halton junior farmers hockey series mon day evening in milton arena both teams exactly doubled the scores of their opponents in the fight for a fingerhold on the finals by vittue of both teams winning their separate matches milton stayed slightly ahead of acton in the standing to take the third place spot with nine points as against actons eight had milton lost ac ton would have been in the finals instead although norval lost to milton monday they are in top place at the end of the schedule with 18 points next comes palermo with 13 followed by milton with nine and acton with eight each team play ed 12 games norval won nine of them for the top position lineup milton s finnic d johnson g gillies c gillies j wiumott e mcdowell j stark a tasker- norval f brigden k richard son j cunningham r cunning ham h wilson k hearns d smith w wilson e wilson f barnes g ferguson p pomeroy d prestidge c macdonald peak performance by acton saw a decisive win over palermo 147 goal after goal was slammed into thej nets by mackenzie coon g wheeler and b wheeler and one by scott they received able assists from their team mates acton j marshall m sprowl b wheeler w somerville g wheel er r deblauw x mackenzie g overland r coon g scott c thompson palermo w cudmore w price r marshall g richardson g pel- letterio b broug j dellman j cunn of norval and p l s ri iji k reertv viian d vivian p vivian of palermo are tied as the top scorers of the series each ob taining 56 points right behind is k richardson of norval with 55 who topped the penalty list flippance norval miiton winner of final 42 game j f milton acton scored no goals in the first or sec ond period but recovered to count four in the final frame scorers were j wiumott from mcdowell c gillies from r tasker e mc- 1 j cunningham dowell and j willmott from le- p vi lan riche nqrvals r cunningham counted from j cunningham and k rich ardson in the first inning and k richardson shot home a puck sent him by jamie cunningham in the second their scoring ended there k richardsons name was also in the penalty picture when he receiv ed a 10 minute recess other penal- ties were minor k richardson r cunningham b price g gillies d mackcnzie j wiumott e mcdowell final standing p w l t f a pts 12 9 3 0 102 57 18 12 6 s 1 93 85 13 12 4 7 1 65 85 9 12 3 7 2 63 95 8 scoring leaden g gls a p 12 20 38 58 12 34 22 58 12 34 21 55 11 21 32 53 12 26 11 37 12 16 20 38 10 26 8 34 9 14 18 32 12 16 14 30 churchill rockwood wease after- e l buchner optometrist in acton every wed afternoon office at 48 mill st e acton hours i 06 00 evenings by appointment for appointment telephone 115 the half way prize to mrs the ladies served lunch wards mr and mrs frank chapman and miss jean chapmanofbrighton visited the f j brown s sr on saturday evening mrs e a wilev and jo patter son spent the weekend with mr and mis s smith at weston visitors ith the pnttirson s and j mrs sinclair included miss ka mckav and mr sands mckay one j dav last week and on sunday miss l daisy and messrs haiold and kvh i bingham mr and mrs earl mckay i and mi and mrs les hutchinson j and jimmie of weston three churches hold meetings the annual meeting of the unit ed church was held last tuesday evening preceded by a pot luck supper and business meeting follow ing rev j dilts presided over the business program with mr dave armstrong as secretary all depart ments of church activity showed good condition a new feature in connection with the church is the new guest book presented bv mr and mrs alvin root and a shelf for the same made and donated by mr thomas hutchinson during the time jjie book has been in use some iiamis of visitors who have comi to the church are from far iiui placis four statt s as well as vincouvti bc and london eng land vestry meetlnr tlu annual vistiv mi t tine or st johns church was held in the par ish hall list wednesda ivtnmg with n upusi mativi gathering ri eh jones opened the meet ing with pravti following reports of the past vear s activities bv mrs f hamilton mr robcit vincent was appointed si etetarv for the w h denny see state ram agent first for three auto life fire t obituary farmed in district i for past 38 years i albeit franklin frank rme- i hart of rr 1 campbellville pass ed ava in st josephs hospital i guelph on january 31 he had not been well since spring but death came suddenly a farmer he had i lived for 38 ears in this district coimnhere fromthebarnearea he v as born in at crown hill in simcoe county j left tq mourn his loss are his w ife the former clara kate bell i three sons john f toronto roy e rand frederick b fred at home a daughter audrey mrs george sut- pushnch a brother joseph burn sask and two sisters mrs ethel johnston of bame and j mrs arthur hubbert of onllia rex david powell of grace ang- lican church mtlton w ill officiate j at the funeral service at the rumley funeral home acton tomorrow afternoon fridaj interment will i follow in ebenezer cemetery j ton weyb w h denny 3ft brock st phona ass monuments brampton monument works designs submitted cemetery lettering corner posts and markers a good display in stock wm c allan prop 68 queen st w brampton shop phono 1410j res 313 rep tom nicol phono bram 603w meeting routim business v is noiu thiuugli and change wire made in appomtnu nti of wardens for the vt ar t thi conclusion of the meeting i efrt shnients wrt stiwd and a i social turn enjoyed i5 years of service thursdn evening the annual meetinr of the presbvtenan church was hld uith rev r h arm strong of acton in charge who conductld a brief devotional per- i tod reports of all church depart ments showed a hcalthv condition the usual routine business relatie to church life was gone through mr john freeman was secretarv fnrthp meeting tnconnectionwilh the sunday school department mr richard harris completed 2 vears as secretar treasurer mr frank i kelso has that appointment for the vear ahead at the conclusion of i the mooting rev r h armstrong 1 led in praver refreshmentvwere served in the sunday school room and a social time was enjoyed i mall late 1 as a result of a smashup on the cnr at acton mondav morning mail vs as late here and nuking it i lab for rural mail couriers for their outoftown deliveries l j- 44th anniversary congratulations to mr and mrs i charles stove on the occasion of their 40th wedding anniersar re cently a presentation was held at the hpme of miss edith bernard w ith some of the neighbors pres ent progressive euchre was plaved and piano music included mr frank ostranrier read an address expressing congratulations of the communitv messrs frank tavlor and milton swanston presented the couple with a clock card table and 4 bridge set mr and mrs stovel replied with thanks lunch was served and a social time enjojed mr and mrs douglas patterson of midland were sundav visitors with mr stewart s royce arthur swackhamer 36 years with ss the sunday school meeting was held at the home of the archie kerrs on tuesday plans were made to have a junior choir to be conducted by mrs turner and mrs anderson plans were also made for a sunday school record of attend ance to be kept for this year mr arthur swackhamer is again superintendent commencing his 36th vear in that position mr and mrs archie kerr mr robert kerr mr and mrs bob tv ler attinded thi hackniv annual meeting at thi crest hotel preston last thursday wj annual meeting th annual meeting of the wa of churchill united church was hi id at thi home of mrs frank fnman mrs freeman was i lect id pnsident mrs ethel denny sec- letarv t mrs jissic griffin tiiasunr the books showed a m dlt in the neighborhood of 1000 thi babv band was present with nine babies the ladies hove been verv busy quilling one quilt was finished last week at the home of mrs herb mceachern the pioplc of the community were saddt ned to hear of mr and mrs lerov mcarthurs accident mr and mrs arthur swackhamer v isited in hamilton last week there vv as a good atti ndanci at chuich on sundav mr townscnd gnvi a spltndid mesagi mrs an- deison sang a solo that wai much enjov i d letter to the edito schoolrpom thanks free press for tour i acton out january 26 1956 diai mr dills tlu childrtn of room 40 would like to thank von for i itmg us visit thi fri c pnss wi wire glad to ham mort about pi inline bi causi wi an taking about it in school pleasi wis thank vou to mr dills and mi blaik for showing us i around and answi ring all uur quts- i tions yours truly i bivtrlij savnuck penalty times k richardson norval 54 g gillies milton 33 w price palermo 23 just three teams left in ontario juniors debate 7 judges decisions not avail able for publication yet the results of last nights junior farmers de bates are still in the balance there are just three teams left in the pro vincewide debating competition halton county carlton county and lambton countv there were 17 at thi beginning of the series last ivening wednesday in tra falgar hall halton s negative team of lloyd vivian and roy ford met lambton s positives while haltons positivis georgi greenlees and mac sprow 1 faced lambton s neg- ativis in watford high school tht topic of debati for the round is risolwd that school boards should have more control over ele- mintarv and stcondarv education i ontario j judges marks art not made known immediately j everton hortopcameron l vows in toronto mr and mrs harry hortop ac companied mr and mrs bert pal- i framan and attended the hortop- cameron wedding in toronto sat urday evening i mr tom fountain toronto spent i tht weikcnd at the home of his parents mr and mrs charles fountain and family mrs harviy j stin visited last tiusdas with mis h petitt of gtu lph missis elizabt th and nancy hor top spint the wik end at the home of mr and mrs r l palfruman mi and mrs tid ji stin patsy arid nancy visited saturday evening w ith mr and mrs max milne kurkw ood mr and mis alf coulmg visited on saturday with mi and mrs ir is in hamilton and charlu mist r iur bvi bui tington is visiting with hi grandparints mr and mis j p benham an addition of four classiooms is to bi madi to tin h nil district hih school personal notes of actonians visiting outoftown points and of visitors in acton homes mrs r m mcdonald has returned mr and mrs thcron jones left home after spending a couple of for the south on saturday wnks in niagara falls ont special guisus at the ys mens visiting w ith mrs mildred bell past mtmbtrs night last thursday on the weekend were mr and were fourwho now livt out-of- mrs kozok of edmonton alberta town mr ben corless of milton mr jjimm ross of gutlph mr bill miss joan lapish ofsadlt ste clayton of toronto and former y secretary mr cliff sutton i special guests at the annual high school at homi this year were mr and mrs gordon ringler who are living now in ingersoll mr i mane ont visited with mr and i mrs gordon rains over the week end abem1 arm thorarinson is home on leave and will be report i 4iik hum in iokir5ou iwr injf to hmcs stadacona on febru- rjngier was formerly on the high ary 12 i school staff here and mrs ringler ary relatives fnom town were pres- i nt at st mrtiael s hospital in tor onto whin nurseintcaining miss mars braida was presented with hir cap was on the public school staff mr and mrs william ballentine of acton have returhid home after spending the past two weeks visit ing relatives at exeter and wind sor they also attended the wed ding of their cousin mannn-beck- mt and mrs r j smith of buf- 1 falo ny spent the weekend with mr and mrs murray smith and nan at gr point michigan family and attended the william- mr m m son smith wedding recepuon onj h jl s wer strf i honored by staff members or the saturday evening acton free press and milton can- on a trip to florida and cuba are a champion their wives hus- mr john r sprowl mr calvin bands and friends at the home of sprow of atton and mr freeman a mrs g a dills saturday kersey of georgetow n they left by evening the couple were present- car ovr a week ago going by way with a gift on the occasion of of- p and washin pj re m s