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the acton free press acton ontario thursday september 6 195ft response too heavy blood clinic tremendous success ptioto by esther ravlor school has started again for hundreds of local youngsters this week in acton public school alone 738 pgrgot back to the readin wntin and rithmetic garry mceachem 10 doesnt seem too overjoyed about the idea as he bids farewell to summers fun on the school steps before trading fishing pole etc for school books personal notes of actonians visiting outof town points and of visitors in acton homes trousseau tea held for september bride mrs matthew t ler and her daughter lorraine entertained at a trousseau tea in honor of miss carol tvler whose weddinc to ra mond walli- took place septem ber 1 the w ere issisted in recen ink the ruet b the bride tobe and a cousin littu mis pesrv tl er georfietow n in the ifternoon tea vv is poured bv the bride- aunt mrs jack kid- lev of acton in the evening anoth er aunt mrs gordon huffmin of burlington and mrs harold kin- read of acton presided at the tea i table asislinc vv ith the serv ing were mrs dave drvsdale guelph j mrs donald white georgctow n miss jackie chew acton miss brenda huffman burlington and mrs walter wilson milton assist ed in the rooms a miscellaneous shower was held on august 23 in milton at the home of mrs harold wilson and mrs walter wilson close friends of the future bride about so friends at tended and showered her with man lovely gifts after a delight ful evening of games and fun the hostesses served a dainty lunch and miss tler expressed her thanks to all s on wednesdaj august 22 at the home of mr and mrs robert til er lake lew heights the immed iate families of carol tler and rjunond w alius met as a part while the ladies held their pantrv shower in the living room the gentlemen retired to the recreation room in the basement and present ed ra w ith a lovel smoker the nun plaved cards while the ladies plav ed games after the loel gifts were op ened b the bride each one con taining a recipe a damt lunch was served while the bridetobe thanked all the ladies the groom- tobe thanked the men v shower was jointlj held bv mrs donald white and mrs george paul at the latter s home mill st acton on monday aug ust 20 for miss tler after an cn- jovable evening of games many beautiful gifts were opened fol lowed b a lovelv buffet luncheon 1 the bridetobe thanked evervone for the lovely gifts with a special thanks to mrs white and mrs puil vv tomato on potato mr and mrs h france and their small daughter from nova scotia were visiting the mchugh famil i back visiting in acton last week were mr and mrs bob macarthur of little current mamtoulin is land mi florence wilkin arrived home this week after a trip to furope including thi kdmburgh festiv il mr rimond e ins queens printer for the pro ince of mamt- obn called at the free press office 1 ist w eek mr and mrs stan white and familv isited on the weekend with mr and mrs ro vmott and familv peel st mr and mrs sam attended the silver wedding anniversarv on saturdav of mr and mrs robert faircrv ice of londesboro l- mr and mrs rov kirkness were in bracebridge on the weekend when mrs kirkness was an at tendant at her sister s wedding home again after spending the summer in europe are dr and mrs a j buchanan therr flight home was a rough one they said mr and mrs norman brown have returned to toronto after a 10 da visit with his parents mr and mrs h l brown bower ave after spending the summer is- iting relatives and travelling throughout england mr wilson allonbv arrived back earlv this week mr and mrs harvev mccutch- con and family of london have re turned home after spending the w eek w ith mr and mrs fred mc- cutcheon dr and mrs r buckner have had three visitors from north car olina recentlv dr and mrs and miss angela bremner from tor onto also called last saturdav mrs e hart of guelph mrs o ostrander of rockwood and mrs g w murrav attended the donneralbales wed ding at kleinburg visiting on the weekend with mrs dav id dills and other acton friends w ere miss jean brow n w ho begiri missionarv work in the or ient after a ears studv in eng land miss lov moknv rec n ind miss ruth mclellin all of toronto j continued from page one shone garrj otkenden w mattocks captain mrs noi- man robertson mrs herb helwig mrs wm mattocks theron jones jim ledger sid fields wm fields joe whitham ovvjen masales orv- ille brown h peel captain mrs herb cook albert irvvirt geo hall frank holmes frank winters c lindsay captain mrs clav- ton lindsay mrs ed foptittjclay- ton lindsay ed footttt t watson captain stan norton wayne kellv doug manning har old elliott murray smith turn watsoh d ryder captain geo holling- cr ernie marks paul lawson wm benson sam brunelle vn mast ers g beattv captain mrs goidon beattv e g franklin bob tvler earl masales hugh graham g mckenzie captain grant al lan merv nessett orrie lamb ro goodwin m holmes captain mrs mickey holmes miss ruby smith mirke holmes vic patrick elmei o is- chow d krapek f fowke captain rae west cyril taylor doug price will mc eachem frank fowke g musselle captain emmerson patrick frank jones geo mus selle c hubbell captain b veldhuis h orourke third to seventh line d spicer captain mrs dave spicer dave spicer everton don bexton captain mrs w bruce lunehouse a c patterson cap- tian mrs john roughlcy w t mills rockwood jim milne captain mrs a b roo mrs f hamilton mrs j d mcnabb ballinafad and churchill allan neelon nassagawev a glen britton crewsons corners max storey captain sandy mceachem junior farmers mac sprowl women s institutes mrs george frver mrs walter linham mrs zaw ilska mrs alex pringle mrs alfred allan mrs alex near mrc malcolm moffat mrs d mcphed- ran letter to the editor blood donor clinic community victory the acton free press acton ontario greeting again i am pnv ileged to vvi ite a letter of acclaim to the citizens of acton and vicinity we volunteered another com munity project the legionsponsor ed red cross blood donor clinic which was such an outstanding success the storv of w hich ap pears elsewhere in your excellent paper mav i through this medium ex press mv unbounded admiration and wholehearted thanks to all who participated there were 417 successful donors and many were turned away all with one accord volunteered blood that some less fortunate neighbor might benefit rather wonderful isn t it the splendid new legion facilit ies proved most adequate and prompted many complimentary re marks it would appear that our bovs builded better than they knew special mention yes execut ive administrators donors who working together came up with another acton and vicinity c im munity victorv had job did it thank you arlof for valued space it is wonderful to have the opportumtv to again tell our folks that they are grand people and good to know t w middleton chairman acton red cross clinic blood donors campbellvtue schools seem overcrowded corn roast wedding in news school days are here again and everv school seems to be pvtr crowded at ss no 10 camp- bellville mr kenneth trowbndilc- is principal and teacher of grades seven and eiuht mrs gordon biulpli is teacher of grades fou five and six and miss norma hob- son has grades one two and three at no 1 school mr j mcdonald is teacher at no 2 school mr kenneth biirgtss at no 3 sihool miss shirlev hevvvood and miss betty anderson and at no 6 sihool mr edward parson st dayjd s presbyterian thurcji thoir held a corn roast at the church on thursday evening gam es arid a socuil evening were en- joved b all miss betty lou turmerspen- ev en weeks of her summer vacation with mr and mrs george burns and sally ann of kilbride the farmers are really apprec iating these warm sunny days after obituary the heavy rainfall last week har vesting is the order of the day friends of ronald watson are sorry to hear he is in st josephs hospital hamilton with a broken right leg recent visitors with mr nd mrs albert stewart were mr and mrs james stewart of edmonton and mrs geoi ge hammond of ban le congratulations go to mr and mrs keith finn who were married at st daytcrs presbvterian church on saturdav the bride was the foimer miss alice sharpe daughter of mr and mrs lawrence sharpe rr 1 moffat obituary trained as nurse miss a oakes dies fuwral service wan held lit the ruiiilo funeral home acton n tuesdav for the late mjsm alice lav inia oakes r v evan h jones officiated at the sirvice which wj followed bj interment in fuirvie cemetery acton pallbearers were nephews dr frank oakes dr g f o sharpe and r b freure with w k gra ham orrie lamb and robert bing ham miss oakes was born in stafford shire england in 1876 she came to canada in 1883 she received her education in johnsville public school and durham ladies college in quebec and after took nurses training in boston massachusetts she had been making her home in milton after an illness of two dovs she passed aviav m hamilton general hospital on sunday four sisters and one brother pre- deceased miss oakes remaining is one brother w j osmund oakes of acton on speedvale ave k at northeast city limits thurn frl they rode sept 61 west satmom sept 8m rear window tueswed sept 1112 inferno thunfrl sept 1314 last command 2 shows nightly free arthur maule titt interred in eramosa arthur maule titt died sudden ly at his residence rr 3 rock wood on thursday august 30 he was in his 73rd year for many years he operated a greenhouse at his residence prior to coming here he was chief ac countant for the canadian nation al railway at verdun quebec mr titt was born in hampshire england and was the son of sam uel titt and the late mrs titt he came to canada 43 vears ago mr titt was married 48 years ago mi england to the former agnes cal- len j he was interested in painting pictures which he did in hisl spare time he was also keenlv in- terested in music i he is survived bv his widow his father who resides in england and two sons diamond and ralph both at home also surviving are four brothers ind one sister cvnl rockw ood fustact montreal ron lid periv ind mrs sv bil alexind- ei all of england there are two gr indchildren interment wu m johnson cem- eterv eramosn follow ing service in st georges nglican church guelph phone 128 acton and be sure of the best exclusive sanitone service free pickup and delivery phone ixo acton is bitter poison the piiilinc sight of what is ap- pn nttv a tomato grow mg on a pomtojlant is causing tntoiist m other centres as wolkis acton two w eks ago one of the curious plants in the free jyes w mdow and lunteored explanations i visiting rocenth with mr j o oakes notie- jj hnrr mr w i o so ril v or foi it this week mr and mrs hirold furson mrs n t reed and mr clifford v od guelph mr and mrs rov- ballrn- tinr- ind daughter marv trine hut torn ille and mr and mr ieshe billentine and tommv tin vvre visitors it the ballentmes during the pist week w ed an item about the apparent niix- up in the fannlv herald and week ly star and brought it to the at tention of the free press the questioner w rote to that paper am enclosing specimens of some kind of grovytji found on the potato flow ers in mv garden what is it the answer given was all your unblushing spud plants were trving to do wa make double certain their family wouldnt die out tor lack of progeny the growths are true seed balls or fruits dont they re semble their cousins the tomatoes bitter though and poisonous you could grow nw varieties front these seeds but they would jonly resemble the parent stock in the same de gree that your children resemble you that is they would not be identical as would be the progeny from the underground tubers and ind mrs harrv pillev of leaside flv- ing officer chatles howe mrs howe and babv t of summer- side p e i and mrniirid mrs wes howe and son terrv of south river back at acton y m c a this week preparing for their fall pro gram are mr and mrs bob brav- shaw thev have been awav for twj weeks one of them in king ston thfly also attended the sixth annual conference of y m c a secit retanes at geneva park lake couchiching among the outstand ing speakers they heard were dr fred barton of springfield college and lecturer at the union theolog ical seminary dr mary ross hajl and dr lawrence k hall the ex ecutive secretary of the association of secretaries of north american yhca1 thank you citizens of acton and area for your patronage during 2 the past 18 years i in business on mill have been st i have sold my shoe business to w j bill benson who assumes week- ownership this we wish our successor the same loyal patronage accord- eo us by town and district residents for so many years any outstanding accounts may be paid at the store e br aid a cottage closed home more tv snacks after school sandwiches be ready for these sharper ap petites restock today save countless steps really fill hose empty shelves with money saving items from iga remember meal plan ning is simple if the shelves are full iga peanut butter tvbue rite al 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