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s thursday jtjne 28th 1956 the acton free press acton ontario page nvi your best health habii acton jersey dairy don timmings prop- phone 242 village bowjers defeat acton by score 9083 in recent play natural gas is coming to acton i now inquire about conversion burners water heaters appliances thursday night the lawn bowling greens saw the best turnout of players yet this season with 15 tak ing part in the jitneys winners were bob darou 2 wins 6 tom hut chinson 2 wins 6 george day 2 wins 5 bob vincent 2 wins 4 jack mc lean i win 14 rev dilts 1 win 2 wednesday night bockwoods ten player team defeated the team from acton in the league schedule the rockwood lineup was as follows maltbybacon diltswingate hut- chinsonaunders lavertyperryj and simvincent rockwoods total score was 90 against a score of 83 for acton tfae intercounty league is creat ing a feood deal of interest and fine fellowship with other club rnem- bersu tfae highway department was busy last week replacing old signs in main part of the village with new signs with yellow background and black outlines previous to her recent wedding and following event mrs john c benfaam nee ann ovens has been the recipient of showers of num erous gifts at a dumber of neighbor ing homes at the home of hiss edith bernard members of the of fice staff of leland electric co guelph were present for the occa- you it will save money call us collect root hardware phone 16 rockwood kennedys bookstore your headquarters tor office supplies wallpaper paints books stationery 125 wynoham st guelph ont were moving next week we move to our new location at main st and bower ave formerly occupied by lorne garner motors ltd we look forward to extending to our old and new customers the exponded service facilities at on motors ford sales and service hey kids look l-s- i get in free to saturdays movie mutt show i at the roxy theatre f a box top of gaines dog meal bought at ledgers iga means a free ticket box of gaines doc meal must be bought at ledgers iga free dog collar tags prizes to winners of mutt show donlmiss this ev roxy theatre al ponsored by the edgers iga sion other hostesses were mrs w j sockett and nrs frank taylpr along with joint hostesses mrs gor don ostrander and mrs ralph titt a sale of household effects of late mrs walter mcwilliams was held last wednesday evening messrs hindley and elliott were in charge of same tfcr andrew johnston bought mrs mcwilliams house congratulations to mr and mrs roy lovell on the arrival of a son at st josephs hospital june 21 a sister- for francis and leona bricklayers are busy on she new telephone exchange building the annual reunion of exstudents or oac alumnus guelph was held during the weekend among those who attended were mr and mrs milton greer and family of al- dershot mr and mrs ralph hodg son and family rockwood and mr richard harris despite unfavorable weather conditions theevent was largely attended mr and mrs m greer and family spent the remain der qrl the weekend in rockwood miss colena nickell left recently to spend the summer in calgary miss frances jolliffe rn who was formerly on staff of welland hospital spent a recenjt weekend there churchill silverwood g townsend takes farewell service- mr g townsend preached his farewell service sunday- morning at churcbill our good wishes go with him and his family mr and mrs ross swaekhamer of acton and mr and mrs grey ed monton alberta visited recently with mr and mrs a swaekhamer it was a real pleasure to friends and neighbors to see mrs john sprawl on graphic last week and we hope that she has a chance to find gold mr and mrs art swaekhamer mr and mrs c swaekhamer and family and mr and mrs les swaek hamer and family visited in hamil ton on sunday with mr and mrs dirkvangoozen and family bauinafad missionary visits with mrs a stall visitors with mrs annie stull are her niece mrs annie fleming of calgary and her grandniece miss florence pletsch who is home on furlough from india miss pletsch has been with the canadian baptist mission in eastern india for six and a half years and assists with the supervision and training of indian girls as midwives miss pletsch will be home for 18 months mrs wyn hansen of wheatlcy ont is visiting her sister mrs r- corbett and mr corbott mr and mrs w r norton attend ed the golden wedding of mr nor tons brother and his wife of mea- ford on saturday david norton grandson of mr w r norton has left to spend the summer with his parents in abadan iran david flies by way of new- york glasgow and hamburg ger many his chum gordon hurst who attends the grove preparatory school at lakefield with david left at the same time for his home in peru mr ben case entertained the 43rd battery at their annual reunion at his home on sunday mrs r cor bet and mrs gordon king were hostesses for the occasion roses for all ladies on trip thursday morning june 21 ladies began to arrive from ballinafad wa and w i and other friends for a bus trip to brant ford where all enjoyed shopping until 12 30 ah gathered at the ywca where dinner had been planned for a visit to the brant historical mus eum followed which was really in teresting including many things from the life of pauline johnson i the mohawk church which was built in 1785 still holds ser vices every sunday afternoon it was the first protestant church in ontario the tomb of joseph brant adjoins the church the bell mem orial was quite interesting to see at port dover all were guests at the plant of iveys roses where 20000 roses are cut daily we were invited to visit the spring garden restaurant where each received several roses coffee and cookies mr ivey gave us a royal welcome explaining many things about port dover all felt on the trip home we were still in the garden of roses as roses were to be seen all over the bus sending out their perfume many enjoyed walking along the water of lake erie wc journeyed to hamilton and viewed the beautiful flower gar dens there and had lunch before starting on the last part of the trip honfe feeling all had enjoyed a real good day minister leaving the mission band held a concert with slides in the church on sunday i ospringe w awrey elected president at home and school meeting obituary long illness fatal to mrs m gordon funeral service was held at the rumley funeral home on monday june 18 for the late mrs morris gordon rev gordon adams of ficiated there and at the grayeside in fairview cemetery pallbearers were six nephews charles and james paynter fred harold and alvey gordon carrying the flowers were mrs j fox mrs dave russell mrs leo roach mrs bill findlay and mrs w linham mrs gordon was a member of bannockbum womens institute and the legion ladies auxiliary after an illness of 15 months she passed away at her wellington st home where she had lived for the past 22 years on saturday june 16 mrs gordon was born in 1896 in stanley nb daughter of samuel paynter and emily hanson she and morris gordon were married in 1917 in st john new brunswick surviving as well as her husband and father are two daughters and one son freda gordon mrs henry wedge eileen and allan of acton brothers charles maine william norman eldon and russell and sis ters mrs hazen rice mabel and mrs edwin parker agnes all of new brunswick a son wilson pre deceased her limehouse 95th anniversary at limehouse church ninetyfifth anniversary services were held at limehouse presbyter ian church on june 24 with rev g u royal of norval guest preacher in the morning and rev forbes thompson of hamilton assisted by the minister rev a caldcr in the evening mrs gowland choir lead er and organist from knox church georgetown with her quartet mes- dames cromar and torrance and messrs gowland and clark provid ed special music at both services mrs e gowland was soloist in the morning and in the evening mrs e karn and mr clark each sang solos w a ladies of limehouse pyesby night after which all were invited terian church served a hot roast over 50 attend family reunion the mitchell reunion was held at the home of james sayers r r 4 acton ernest pearson of or- angeville was the acting president while mrs charles mitchell of campbctlvllle was secretary over 50 members were prese guests being frorn kitchener streetsville oranficville stonej creek campbellville rockwood and hamilton special prizes were awarded to the oldest lady present mis william sanders kitchener and the youngest member linda savers threemonthold daughter of mr ind mrs james sayers r r 4 acton after a program of sports was shared by all a delicious buffet lunch was served on the lawn to the basement members from churchill and mel ville churces joined in a social time with mr and mrs townsend mr mcfarlane acting chairman called on mr griffon mr swaekhamer mr shortill mr warnc and mrs beef dinner in limehouse memorial hall on monday evening which was well attndel wms meeting 1 the wms met at the home of miss ivens on thursday evening jackson to say a few words also mr scripture was read by mrs smet townsend lunch was served and a hurst and pyer by mrs mills mrs social evening closed with blest be patterson read several adventures the tie that binds and prayer by i god by jane scott during the mr mcfarlane study period mrs smethurst and we are pleased to know that s mitchell each read interesting cornelius breeschooten was able to j articles text word hope was an- why risk a spoiled holiday s ws for sof dfnlabl goodstead tires return home but will be in a cast for a number of weeks mr towsend preached his fare well sermon on sunday morning be fore leaving fo w sfr and mrs robert mcenery visited with mr and mrs bert akitt at belwood on sunday campbellville district relatives sympathy extended sympathy of the community is extended to the relations of the late mrs bertha wedge who was buried in st davids presbyterian ceme tery on monday sympathy also jo the relatives of the late john r mc- niven of st paul minnesota who was buried from kilbride church to bethel cemetery monday mr j costerus a presbyterian graduate from knox college in to ronto gave a vital message of christian missionary work at st davids presbyterian church on sunday evening at the wms ser vice swered by a verse of scripture the hostess served refreshments to the 13 attending the roughleys spent the week end at rice lake the s kirkpatricks and ralph turners motored to elm wood on sunday to visit mr and mrs calvin mcdonald we offer svmpathy on behalf of trie community to the j r bentons in the passing of her motriir mrs jonathan lane last weekend mesdnmcs ftc brown j itoughley j w noble and ed san- ford attended the dinner t the oac when mrs berry of aus tralia president of the a c w d was guest speakcrlast week congratulations to miss jackie cahoon who passed her years course at o c e toronto specializ ing in physical education and mathematics she will teach in to ronto next year mr robert niven class organizer for st john ambulance toronto conducted a class in artificial res piration and demonstrated at ss no 9 on tuesday a few mothers also attended and found the demon stration very enlightening at thompson hone 6 rd sales 6 service holiday hints s picnic supplies fishing tackle beach toys swimming needs holidaysize cosmetics and toiletries sun glasses new summer jewellery gifts for your host summer readytowear for ladies girls mem boys children see our fin selection off holiday sportswear white belts purses hats and gloves y i the closing meeting of springe home and school association was held wednesday evening with a fair attendance witli mr len buck in the chair the secretary mr byron bruce read the minutes and the financial statement was given by mr ken stubbington the report of the nominating committee was giv en by mr george robertson the following officers were duly installed by mr buck president mr w awrey first vice president mrs n rathbun second vicepresi dent mr ross ferguson secretary mr and mrs b bruce treasurer mr ken stubbington social com mittee mrs e fisher mrs r mc- ewan membership messrs norman mckenzie gordon aitken public ity mrs d g robertson the retiring president mr buck expressed thanks to all for coop eration and help received during the past year he was tendered a hearty vote of thanks by the mem bers in the secretarys report mention was made of the donation of 24 dol lars part receipts of the christmas concert to the school for games etc plans were discussed for the annual school picnic when assistance will be given the teachers mrs a royce and mrs n j rathbun by mem bers of the home and school following adjournment lunch was served and a social time enjoyed mr and mrs emerson griffin and family vjsited in hamilton on sun day congratulations to margaret mc millan daughter of mr and mrs harold mcmillan townline who won a vacation cabin on a radio program from guelph recently mrs k stubbington president andlmrs w awrey secretary of the local womens institute attended the dinner given for mrs berry of aus tralia president of the associated country women of the world held at the oa c guelph misses joanne smith and lorna bessoy have accepted positions at a iodge at cashe lake for the holi days friends of mrs gordon aitken will be pleased to learn she was abje to resume teaching at erin- school following a months absence due to an injured back mr and mrs j a bulloch and family spent the weekend at kear ney mr john sim of toronto was a weekend visitor with mr and mrs david stewart and family mrs sy dcvrios and infant son returned home from the hospital on friday grant sinclair who completed his studies at guelph collegiate has ac cepted a position with a construc tion company building roads and is presently employed at dorset a number of the local students of erin high school and their parents attended the at home at stanley park last thursday evening everton tovell reunion held at arthur saturday miss margarch black owen sound is visiting with mr and mrs harry hortop and family ms robert jones acton is visit ing with her aunt mrs t d mc- cutchefin sundiv visitois with mr and mrs harvey jcstin and bobby were mr and mrs robert mccutcheon and ihnntne kitchener mr and mrs stanley mckiv guelph mrs john alton and miss jennie tovell dttendid the tovell reunion it mr and mrs gordon cormucks arthur on saturday sunday and through the week visitors with mr and mrs william bi uce and family were mrs m mc- cng guelph mr william pearv rockwood and mr and mrs doug las mason and wayne acton sunday visitors with mr and mrs albert ware and mr harry ware wercv bar by ann george and jim my ware leslie ann and laurie duby acton ligmydufferim hinton s 5c to 1 store anniversary service brings many guests guests in the community for the boston anniversary services were kenneth mckenzie of hamilton and harry smith martha and jackson of toronto with mrs a mckenzie and kejth and fancy mr and mrs a wilson and miss marion wilson of milton with mr and airs jack irving and family with mr and mrs rov curne were mrs charles mcdowell wil- i mm mcdowell miss eileen mcdow- ell and jack currit- mr and mrs edgar howden at tended the funeral of victor and erson at guelph miss charlotte turner is recover ing nireh from an attack of mumps 1 and linda movdcnu quite ill with an acute jtw- infection many wish 1 her a speedy recovery 1 congratulations to mr and mrs ernie gooch formerly mnrion brown ancaster on the birth of their baby daughter catherine and also to mr and mrs arthur dav enport of guelph on the arrival of their baby daughter wendy bank staff honors briefer in hamilton last weck members of the itaff of the bank of montreal in hamil ton where joce lambert is em ployed gathered at one of their homes- and presented her with showier of gifts in view of her ap proaching marriage a delightful evening was enjoyed with a lovely lunch and special cake for the bride ll 1-