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mr thursday march 1st 1956 the acton free press acton ontario pagfe nvi new store closing tynaw effective march 22 1956 acton stores will close saturday nights at 6 pm open friday mights until 9 pm first friday night open march 23 excepted under the new by1aw are drug stores tobacco shops beauty parlors res taurants service stations- umehouse acton frisat march 23 tmt ms gteatest sospensenama in years color cmtmscopt spencer tracy- robert ryan sad hay at black rock all niks- dun jw just the way it added for your entertainment pleasure- paroon my backfire deputy droopy yosemite the magnificent sat mat only serial chapter 2 red shadows in the jungle mar 56 buster cmbbe aslh mighty ihunda king congo cuumbw sukrsatlal plus- are where you find them rattled rooster1- tips no 3 wedthurs mar 78 jane charlton wymanheston lucy gallant claire thelma trevor- ritter william onimrat vuua mo to im0t yniuftm h whs i william c tmom t mnw lei mawim m miller twchtmcd extra carazy drivers news events in the world tips no 3 patronjarticipation academy award winners 1955 do you know who will win the academy awards for 1 2 3 4 5 6 mr best picture of 1955 best actor best actress best supporting actor best supporting actress best director best british or foreign picture vf heres your chance to match your selections against the experts obtain a ballot listing the nominations for awards in the lobby of the roxy theatre and cast your vote now winners proclaimed after academy awards- are announced on march 21st vote today and vote as often as you like ballots accepted up to midnight tuesday march 20th your roxy theatre acton will offer a grand prize v one years pass for two to every one who submits a correct ballot i a second prize of six months pass to everyone submitting a ballot closest to the correct- ballot i and a third prixe of a three months pass to everyone submitting a ballot nearest corr to the second- prize winner ballots are made available to anyone ard vote is a without requiring admission to any theatre lets see some action from acton i r i 3 heres a tip for his performance in bad day at black rock spencer tracy has been nominated for the acad emy award as best actor community residents recover in hospital wp regret several in in roitinrmn- ity douglas scott returned borne from guelph general hospital on monday following an operation for hernia last week s kirkpatrick expects to have cast removed from his knee on friday mrs joseph rice had an appendectomy in st josephs guelph last week lira wilfred wilson fell on the lee on friday suffering a badly fractured ankle so spent the next few days in hospital george yeo returned on monday from toronto general where he had another operation on his hand little rosemary mcdonald had her tonsils removed at guelph on monday mrs wiley returned to be with her sister mrs sinclair after a week visiting- her daughter at bur lington- the briggs family visited in to ronto on sunday mrs shelbourne eileen and diane and mr thornton visited at i willowdale on sunday mr and mrs campbell sinclair j and carol and mr and mrs w t sinclair reft monday for a holiday in f the northwest territories and the yukon territory are together more than half the size of the united stat es sk ating georgetown arena every saturday afternoon and evening adults 50c children z5c ospringe jicll chimney blazes in snow storm during the height of the wind storm saturday afternoon the chimney on stan fullers home town line caught tire the- prompt arrival of the erin fire brigade and neighbors soon had it under control and fortunately no dam age resulted little miss laurel stubbington entertained several of her school mates on monday afternoon at a birthday party mr and mrsr thomas fines and doris visited sunday with mr and mrs alex aiken at willow- dale william stubbington returned home last week following an ex tended holiday with his daughter and oninlav mr and mrs sto x3j napanee congratulations to mr and mrs vernon stewart on the arrival of a son on thursday february 23 at guelph general hospital miss elvena winter oustic in1 mr murray milson guelph ited thursday with mrs martha jackson mrs douglas robertson sharon rayguelph spent thuci day with mr and mrs d g rob ertson mr and mrs charles ford and family who recently sold their house in guelph moved saturday to the house on d stewarts up per farm on the jsecond line mrs william klooster and mrs bert robertson local residents who recently underwent surgery in the guelph hospital are now convalescing at their homes silverwood ugny-dufferin- broken leg results from tobogganing wayne howden had the misfor tune to break tiis leg while tobog ganing he is in milton private hospital and we all hope the time will pass quickly and pleasantly forrhim reports are he is doing nicely ligny farm forum was held at the home of mr and mrs c ser vice on monday night sympathy is extended to mrs edgar howdeo whose uncle mr james massey milton passed awax on the weekend mr and mrs e melmer toron to mr and mrsr arthur daven port and jim mr and mrs vorn cole and david guelph visited with mr and mrs e davenport on sunday eden mills weekend sees many visitors in district mr and mrs robert francis and little son of puslinch spent sunday with the latters parents mr and mrs will mclean mr joseph lasb of torontowas a yuring parts of- 41altorjl ciiinty a sunday visitor with his father mr w a lasby mr and mrs james daniel and daughters of toronto visited satur day with mrs daniels parents mr and mrs w lowrie mr and mrs norman thomas have returned home after spending several weeks at the west coast the many friends of mr edward thomas will be sorry to learn he is daymond home furnishings the house of quality quality furnituref at bargain prices 107 quebec st t next to guelph bus station ph 7000 guelphj stone school pupils enjoy trip saturday confined to hospitalhaving suffered- jen a stroke over a week ago att hope for him a speedy recovery robert roy who has been con fined to hamilton hospital for the past two monthsrhas returned home the sacrament of the lords sup per was observed in the presbyter ian church on sunday there wore two new members joined by certifi cate preparatory service was held on the thursday previous rev r h armstrong of acton conducted both services twenty or so of the older pupils of the stone school accompanied i by their teacher mrs prcsswood i and by mrs becney and mrs i george henderson had an enjoy- able bus trip to toronto saturday i they spent several interesting churchill hours at the museum also enjoy- i ed lunch at murrays restaurant and a trip on the subway miss margaret moore had the misfortune to break her hip in a fall but is resting comfortably at guelph hospital i t neighbors and friends of the icy roads of the weekend i mr and mrs william burgess caused many an accident at one i gathered at the home of mr and time there were six cars in the mrs h mceachern on thursday honor the burgess before departure ditch between perisons and char lotte mcculloughs home mr and mrs harold wilson of south cooking lake alberta were visitors with the marching- tons last week- r specials for one week only complete stock watches 10 off costume jewellery 1fofa off new spring styies b v shop worn chests of reduced al silverware to cle ar rings of all styles 159b off shop now and save at don s bexton phone 645 acton j evening mr and mrs btirgcss are moving to guelph on march 1 al saunders was the chairman and mrs bui gess played for n good old time siijg song mrs freeman gave the address expressing good wishes and mr archie kerr presented them with a westminster chime clock mr burgess replied thank ing the neighbors and friends they will be greatly missed for their kindly ncighborliness mr and mrs g g brooks and gordon toronto visited with mr and mrs burgess and mr and mrs h mceachern over the weekend mr and mrs a kerr marie and bob visited with mr and mrs h swackhamer and family in hamil ton on sunday less snow falls in many areas of the far north than in ottawa to ronto or winnipeg irrfort smith nwt the average annual snowfall is three feet six inches in ottawa it is six feet ten inches e l buchner optometrist in acton every wed afternoon office at 48 mill st e acton hours 1 30600 evenings by appointmen for appointment telephone 115 halton manor manor residents visit aga bysunshineclub a group of youn ladies who had brought an atmosphere of junshine to the then and women residents of halton manor last october came again with a sup ply of the same commodity last week these ladies were members of the sunshine club of the first baptist church georgetown it was regretted by all visitors and residents alike that the minister of their church mr a j barker was unable to be present the meeting was held in the dining room which also serves for purposes of entertainment as an assembly hnll i after the visitors had been wel comed by mrs clarke the matron of the manor the president of the club miss norma thompson took the chair to- introduce a very in teresting program miss thompson herself showed a series of attractive colored slides which depicted the beauties of nat ure in muskoka tcmagpmi and on she commented briefly slide as it was shown before and after the showing of the slides there were several en joyable musical numbers mrs d hancock sang two solos and mrs corbett sang a duet selection all these musical numbers as well as the singing of several familiar hymns by the visitors and resid ents in unison delighted the aud- diijg anniversary of mr and mrs geo matthews of kinsale who moved from ballinafad six year ago they were married in wycliffe college chapel toronto february 28 1906 after their marriage mr matthews was employed by the dempsters bakery toronto for 40 years they now reside with their daughter and soninlaw mr and mrs ben legg they have one son and three daughters and 11 grandchildren during world war i mr mat thews served for three and one- half years with the canadian army mr matthews has been juitc ill but both are fine now we wish them many more happy years together the sympathy of this commun ity goes out to our mail driver mr wm cunningham in the passing of his wife who died in george town on saturday funeral ser- vices wer held o monda from cacttphcciures funeral parlors mrs t ed pcrryman and miss japic given spent the weekend in hamilton with mr and mrs aee arlene reeve was the ac companist for all these musical selections an earnest and appealing ad dress was given by mrs a rob- son after which mrs f- clappison closed the meeting with prayer mrs marrs of the halton manor staff expressed the thanks t the audience to these talented and generous young ladies for an en joyable program and asked them to come again soon hobby class meets the third meeting of the hal ton manor hobby class was held last week 18 ladies including mrs clarke the matron arid director assembled to work various pro jects which range from knitting crocheting and fine embroidery to the sewing of quilt patches and the decoration of flower vases at the close of the two hour work period satisfaction with pro gress made since the start of the hobby class february 8 was ex pressed bv the members and mrs clarke in the absence of rev t l blair or st pauls united church mil ton the church service in the cha pel on sunday was conducted by dr george king of milton three ladies accompanied him to the manor and gave great pleasure to the residents during the service these ladies were mrs k o fos ter miss lornn woodlcy and miss loy hayward miss woodley and miss hayward sang a duet and mrs foster played the accompan iments for the selections and the hymns after reading the scripture les son dr king delivered afinc ad dress on the verse could ye not watch with me one hour dr king pointed out that at the time when these words were spo ken the hour of the crucifixion was fast approaching jesus was a man of prayer and here he is shown praying in the garden of gethsemane the disciples being wearyhad fallen asleep and jes us rebukes them dr king went to explain that christs question implies not only a rebuke but also an inference of what power can come to mankind through the use of prayer prayer is not a duty but a high privilege without nraycrlife is feeble and in our own generation praycr could come into the world to transform the world ba1umafad rl 1- were residents here mark anniversary mr and- mrs root mcenaprv tvrrsrahfcsmith mrs lloyd mar shall mrs geo edmunds mr and mrs floyd and mrs f w shortill mrs snow mrs starrett and mrs c att t g wed- clayton beswick 1 mr and mrs don willetts and family aurora spent sunday with the formers parents mr and mrs art willetts mr and mrs charles evans slpectsville spent sunday with mr and mrs arnold mcenery rockwood campbellville fire members of the milton firb bri gade were called out thursday bf last week about five pm to attend a fire at the home of geri e goldstraw in campbellville the fire began in an oil heater on a hot water tank and caused little damage phngkim ottawa 1530 buffalo 7i60 pittsburgh 1825 round trip by bus see your local agent for all bus travel information v harold wiles phone f acton k morion strain rr 1 mihon markers monuments cemetery lettering quotations by appointment phone mihon tr 86522 health clinic in the town h all through a temporary arrange ment a child health clinic was held february 21 in the town hall with a good attendance those in attendance were dr jarrett den tist and his assistant miss alice rcvell public health nurses miss frances jolliffc rock wood miss akin mrs babbington and clin ical assistant mrs paddisoh dr b t dale was also present and administered immunization shots in connection with the clinic mrs f cowell and mrs bardcn of eden mills community club and township institutes assisted ih rotation church redecorated sunday morning the congregat ion ofthc united church were in their own church following redec- ornlion proceedings the past three weeks the interior of the audit orium presents a groat change in contrasting paint colors new fhkr covering seats varnished and the- vestibule treated to new carpet on steps and landing the sunday school hall was also painted during lenten season rev j dilts is delivering a series of ser mons in preparation for a mem bers rededication at easter rev j dilts had prayer for the first subject during lent on accoiintjof inclement we er friday evening only a few were present for precommuriiori service at the presbyterian church rev r h armstrong of knox church acton conducted the ser vice sunday morning the sacrament of the lords sapper was observ ed rev r h armstrong officiat ing during the service baptismal ceremony was administered for the infant of mr and mrs james milne following by three young people being received into church membership owing to unsettled weather dur ing the weekend the local boy scout had to postpone their paper a laterdate mrs jack barlow re- drive xo mr and turned home last thursday even ing from a holiday in florida they report a fine time while away they were on the way home for two days and two nights weekend visitors mr roy day toronto mr and mrs george waller lis- towel miss pat linfoot victoria hospit al london master tommy winlow of wheatley with terry heffernan- stewart s royce is attending the hydro convention in toronto george a perry attended a bat tery reunion in toronto friday at st johns church sunday af ternoon c o ranney of st al- bans church acton assisted rev e h jones during the service sympathy of the community is extended to mrs henry maur in the passing of her husband early last week sympathy also to other members of the family circle and relatives renovating whn w say th bmtl in lumber and building materials we meanjyst that when renova tions are in order you carl be as sured that acton woodcrafts can supply your needs promptly and fficiently 1 the vauc of canadas primary textile production is greater than the value of the countrys annual wheat crop television and radio service r r w grant i pho a 594 collect located at watsons music store tr il i liiu i jj nvntft i msssbsfs3cmlmil