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Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), November 1, 1956, p. 3

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rul and mrs gordon allan craoo are pictured following their marriage in grace anglican church milton the bride the fofator stella helen lewandowski is the daughter of mr and mrs walter lewandowski of acton and the groom is the son of wvr and mrs james cragg of milton rev d a powell officiated campbeuville st davids wms observes 7uth anniversary cake is cut the 70th anniversary of the wo- mens missionary society of st davids church was observed in the sunday school room on thursday afternoon of last week with the president mrs simpson presiding the devotions were taken by mrs wallace king and mrs wil fred grecnlecs the president welcomed the guests and members who numbered approximately 80 the minister rev g baulch brought greetings from the ses sion and also the presbytery giv ing words of encouragement to all book con taining the names of the life members which arc many was given to mrs r b elliot a faith ful former president and at pres ent the secretary to be kept for the record of life members a roll call from visiting societ ies was answered by guests from nassagawcya ebenezcr acton duffs puslinch and kilbride a representative from each of these societies brought greetings mrs c g jones who was the wife of a former minister and who now lives in elmvale brought a very helpful message speaking partly on the work of the home helpers of which she is secretary of the synodical x- it brought back many memories of the yijars when mrs jones was one of the groups faithful mem bers always ready to help in what ever she was asked to do in her talk mrs jones mentioned the dif ference in the methods used today and 25 years ago instead of so much being done for the patients at that time today they arc train ed to look after themselves thus giving them more confidence our main task is to pray for individual missionaries our missionaries feel the influence of prayers offered on their behalf and they feel sustain- ed and strengthened in their faith knowing that missionary workers are praying for them mrs j k mahon accompanied by mrs l crawford sang sweetly in the secret of his presence mrs w p gamble of guelph who has always been deeply interested in st davids wms and whose mother mrs christie helped to organize this wms gave a very fine message looking back in memory three score and ten years the finest memory is to pass on to others what we have received those who have been faithful in the little things have something to pass on we may sometimes wonder if it is all worth while but when we think of all the wonderful things that have been accomplished by all working together some one place one another nigeria is one of the important places at the pre sent time then we realize that what matters moat is our e life as we go about our regular duties mrs gamble gave a poem with the first line press on press on a minute of silence was observ ed in memory of those who had been called to higher service the meeting was closed with prayer by mrs baulch a very pleasant time was erijoyed during the social period when members former members and other guests enjoyed visiting together the birthday cake was cut by- mrs menzies who gave a few comments on working together the birthday song was sung foi one of the jhernbers whose birth day was on that day all missed one member mrs a t moore who is iri the hospital convalescing after an accident two weeks ago and hoped she will soon i be able to come home again esquesing oks six grants to institutes fairs two grants to womens institut es were made when esquesing township council met in stewart- town on october 22 a grant of 200 went to the scotch block wo mens institute to assist in clean ing up thcrroundsof the former v p church the second also for 300 was to ashgrovc womens in stitute to assist in cleaning up the neglected cemetery on lot 13 con cession 8 of the township other grants approved included 13 to the poppy day fund 125 to esquesing agricultural society 125 to acton agricultural society and 50 to halton agricultural society the tender cheque of holman construction was returned u robert simpson of georgetown was paid 3 for a fox account of 31550 for a scott airpak was paid and charged to esquesing fire area no 1 milton fire area no 2 was to be charged 50 for the durante fire assessment of 35030 was paid to the credit valley conservation authority other accounts included a w benton 14 postmaster georgetown 5 all the members were present for the meeting with reeve wal ter ltnham presiding- a district cattlemen win jersey honors district cattlemen were recently awarded honors for jersey breeds announced by the canadian jersey cattle club the jersey cow lindale lady basilua -162a20- has been awarded a 4000 lb certificate in eight lac- tations she produced 78355 lbs of milk and 4058 lbs of fat basilua is a daughter of the superior sire brampton basil 10463 she has won before a ton of got certificate and her classification is very good lindale lady basilua was bred and is owned by m c beaty of milton a 4000 lb certificate has been awarded to the jersey cow stant- onbrook royal laurena -145b65- in nine lactations she produced 73203 lbs of milk and 4228 lbs of fat laurena was bred by s v adams brampton and is owned by george hewer moffat her classification is very good accept tenders of isaac sauve for construction the bids of isaac sauve to build culverts at lot 32 concessions 4 and 5 was accepted at a price of 2050 and at lots 10 and ii con cession 5 at a price of 1800 when esquesing township council met in special session in the council chamber stewarttown on septem ber 18 his tender for the construction of a new bridge at lot 2 conces sions 5 and 6 was- accepted by council on october 9 this was for 10000 extra concrete at 60 per cubic yard extra excavation at 250 per cubic yard construction was subject to the approval of the department of highways mr sauves tender on the third line bridge was returned following council meeting on october 1 at this meeting amounts paid for sheep destroyed included 16 to albert presswood and 4 to a n stark paid and charged to the es- qucsink fire area no 1- were 786 to arthur scott motors and 380 to canadian tire corporation ac counts for foxes paid included newton ruddcll 3 chris paulin 3 and bob carey 3 other accounts included hospit al accounts 25770 a w benton 1080 bell telephone co 1640 richardsons hardware 450 hal- ion registry office 295 municip al world supplies and exchange 283 m lawson 8 hepc 2805 halton registry office 185 georgetown hydro commission 11625 charged to esquesing fire area no 1 treasurer town of georgetown four fire calls 200 georgetown hydro commission was requested to instal throe street lights in the korzack sub division in glen williams under the direction of the township road superintendent g f tompson first president of cancerunit g f thompson of milton was elected president of the north halton canadian cancer society at m m ganijuitiuu muting h in georgetown other officers are secretary ernest alcott georgetown the ifions of vicepresident and treasurer are still open service committee miss irene mulholland mrs tom grieve miss grace lea- vey education committee joyce nevitt dr a e mcintosh and dr c vr williams both or george town campaign committee leslie clark tea tyler mrs a taylor and mrs day the meeting in the legion hall was sponsored by the georgetown lions club the unit will serve the population from highway 5 to the northern limits of halton includ ing 25000 persons a film man alive was shown after which dr r m taylor can adian director of the canadian cancer association gave an out line of the basis of cancer research and told what had been accomp lished a question period followed in 1901 farms in canada had an average area of 124 acres the 1951 average area was 279 acres dodging traffic deer lake nfld cp mot orists reporfv bears are plentiful in this area thfcy must be getting usod to traffile too one big bear safly crossed between cars going in opposite directions and disap peared in the woods shortill sheet metal plumbing ft heating gar wood fumaom eavajjtroughin 114 churchill road md sqmeiwg shghil to amy km always fresh available at ledgers today is the first day of november dont wait until bad weather catches you short of protecwve footwear 7 come in today were prepared to outfit the whole family starts thursday 9 am i 2 0 doz shipment ismart new earrings fttoc v gents 15 jewel swiss shock resistant water resistant luminous dial made for rough use watches reg reg 2975 no tradoins bonechina cups saucers 2nd anniversary special- 60 daluxa remington shavers limited quantity anniversary special fsi 27 95 westclox baby ben alarm clocks at spectacular prices limited quantity daffodil first love remembrance etc chests of silverware tidbit zippo lighters free engraving in a hurry i servers south seas- reg value 3 oo now 7c whila thay last flying dutchman tv lamps anniversary special 7jte qit 0 a lifetime diamond rings watches reg stock buy and s a guaranteed one year comb brush mirror sets ladies and gents expansion bracelets to enhance your watch top quality guaranteed one year big shipment low price baby spoons special boxed a teaspoons butterknives quantity rhinestone earring necklace sets all prices reduced italian figurines priced 1 to clear v jitiym mjmamm

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