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ijsaksri the- acton fra press wednesday january 25 1967 retiring chairman reviews successful year of fire prevention reports given budget accepted unted church annual meeting world of food in canada next 4h homemaking project j fed 1966 wu a very suc cessful year m promoting are prevention in helton county retiring chairman capt har old igniteon of muton in of halton fire pre vention bureau at their annu- at meeting in milton suh of these many hours do not show in records of lives or rrtoney saved but we know that many more people in the county are becoming fire con scious he said capt coulson praised the communities service dubs members of the bureau churches industries business- gave voluntarily of many hours planning and putting the re stilts of their ideas into work throughout the county the re- heuatchmxh rev watty teaman presided at ebenesers annual meeting first came a singsong after which mr leeman read from first corinthians chapter 12 now there are varieties of gifts but the same spirit and there are varieties of service but the same lord and there are varieties of working but it is the same god who in spires them all in every one to each is given the manifes tation of the spirit for the common good to one is given through the spirit the utter ance of wisdom and to anoth er the utterance of knowledge according to the same spirit to another faith by the same spirit to another gifts of heal ing by the same spirit the secretary mrs mervyn thomson read the minutes of the 1966 meeting the work of the various organizations was ji rmmm f then reported as follows a spe ai reco for j rslr srszulssrsi men and others who assisted the bureau with its varied pro gram in the past year he men tioned the grant from halton county council which combin ed with membership fees from the oakville georgetown mil ton and aon fire depart ments was used to purchase fire prevention literature on such topics as spring cleanup fireworks halloween christ mas fire prevention week the poster contest and water safe ty- highlights of 1966 reviewed by the retiring chairman at the bureaus annual meeting inclu ded the bureaus special rec ognition award for a scrap- book entered in an internation al competition the fourth such award the bureau has re ceived an intensified program of colored slide presentations to farm groups and service dubs distribution of 10000 spring cleanup posters 15000 fire prevention place mats for restaurants and hotels plus 15000 new century of fire- fighting place mats promot ing the centennial and fire safety 2000 new halloween safety posters and 20000 christmas tree safety tags the annual church parade held in oakville in october when 50 members marched to church to emphasize fire pre vention week 4lus a busier- thanever program for am member departments during fire prevention week a blitz inspection of com mercial buildings and schools in acton and georgetown in which insurance company ad justers assisted the local fire department inspectors the naming of two winners and five honorable mention contestants in the 10th annual grade 5 fire prevention poster competition and the honoring of the major winners at a ban quet in november when sever al dignitaries from across on tario attended- t a pastoral relations commit tee to secure another minister was appointed when over 50 attended the annual meeting of the congregation of the un ited church in the church on tuesday evening of last week the rev i bngel who has served the acton congregation six and a half years is moving to a suburban church in orlk lia april 1 on the new committee are representing the session bob hart stewards bill coats v cw mrs t shields sunday school hugh patterson repre senting the younger members david lidkea and two mem bers at large orwell johnston and mrs a long the usual elections were conducted with dispatch re turned to the session for ano- ther five year term are veter an orwell johnston who has been the clerk for many years bob hart s reed jack mc- geachle and telford reldt new members named ere mrs r bruce sill coats and faw- cett eaton the stewards will add to their number to bring the fig ure up to 12 c l rognvaldson and john allan were reappointed audit ors special apesecsattoa of mr bngels training of the young people was expressed by allan lauder a vote of appreciation also thanked caretaker gordon lambert organist and choir leader george filllott and cjajn of session orwell john- mr bngel thanked all the people who make the minis ters life a real toy j mr jbnsjel enured the meet ing and george bowman acted as secretary reports of all church groups were prepared ift advance for distribution the proposed budget for 1967 was accepted the manse committee re ported on repairs and purcha ses during the year the united church women reported a membership of 70 after the choir report was given mr bngel expressed the feeling of the congregation by saying how much he enjoyed the choir he said a debt of gratitude is owed to mr el liott for playing the organ and leading the choirs sunday school enrolment is down to 110 since the earlier third prize for milton fire bureau wins certificate in international competition moffat and mrs hayward re ported for the ucw mrs dunbar gave the sunday school report art diamond reported for the session in the absence of the choir secretary albert blom wynne dunbar gave their report doug mclean reported for the yp seconded by gordon diamond earl ward gave the mission ary and maintenance report and mrs george hewer for the mission band mrs blyth for the cradle roll mr fran cis pat pattison re fo the unified funds and wynne dunbar for the manse board mr murray hayward gave the financial statement and mr george thomas reported for the improvement fund mr jimmy simpson gave he report of the cemetery board including the purchase of ai other debenture mr horace blyth presented the report of the nominating committee votes of thanks and appreci ation were then the order of the day compliments flying thick jk4 fast mrs ward mentioned especially the ser vices of the custodians art and marion have given ebenez- r loving care for 17 years discussion was held on a centennial project lunch con cluded a neighborly evening bslated congratulations to the finlay mccallums on die arrival of their christmas son mrs mccallum was our choir leader several years ago when she was nessfce henry on sonday the service of ad mission of elders was held the elders are mr blyth mr clark chapman mr art dia mond mr hayward mr mal colm moffat and mr charlie thomson elders are chosen for their brace dignity love understanding and faith the minister is an ordained elder ordained to function not to prestige next sunday the service of installation of stewards will be held fire prevention campaign has been awarded to me halton county fire prevention bur eau by judges ot the 1966 na tional fire protection associa tion contest the halton bureau which has members in oakville mil ton georgetown and acton fire departments was one of 258 canadian communities and organizations competing in the annual contest one other can adian county renfrew county in the ottawa district was awarded a special recognition certificate a scrapbook ot lhebureaits activities compiled by their public relations officer jkoy downs was the basis of the bureaus entry in the compe tition the 158page scrapbook contained photos and press clippings of bureau activities welcome 150 to 67 reunion more than 150 past junior farmers and friends turned out to support the present halton junior farmers on the occasion of their reunion dance staged at the masonic hall just south of milton on saturday january 21 guests danced to the music of bill beatys orchestra from fergus during intermission musical selections were provided by the 1966 provincial girls tno champions joy hayward ruth and wilma mason eart burt who recently placed sec ond in the provincial music festival from halton gave three vocal selecnons the halton junior farmer choir sang a couple of numbers the choir also placed second in the competitions at the king edward hotel toronto refreshments were provided by the present members for the 12month period ending october 31 plus samples of the literature distributed through out halton county by the bur eau and member departments the award will be presented to the bureau in april at the annual meeting of the halton mutual aid firefighting ser vice by an official of the on tario fire marshals office halton county also had two other winners in the municipal division of the same contest milton area fire department in the 5000 to 10000 popula tion bracket won a third prize certificate for ontario west jwnstwp was fir inthe class and deep river was sec ond milton als6 won an hon orable mention in the canada- wide class for the same ponu- lation bracket and stood 25th in the list of 258 canadian com munities competing oakville fire department in the ontario and canadian clas ses for communities of 25000 to 100000 population won honorable mention certificates in both classes oakvilles en try also won allcanada recog nition standing 28th out of 258 fred a hoffman optometrist 58 st geor jsq guelph onl telephone 8242071 help you build complete wooi planned protection sarexqufecoqenbial insurance hv 0ttcstmltt nfetmit bi safe with skews immmbr nowowmtsrouct youll save money tool homeowners check ft big extras iitssfeco one policy covers everythingno daa- gerous gaps or overlaps you save money too for the finest most complete roof of planned protection call us to dennys insurance agency 17 mill st w acton s530150 residences bill 8532645 harold 8532565 answer word to the whys 9 frigid aire gsfc tfo rus nfe jw 7h 7 xessssi manning electric starting rime for church this js the final year of purchasing nehv curriculum books the younger members of the church reported on thelc cof fee house open to teenagers of the town on monday and wed nesday evenings tyro for boys explorers and cg it al so presented reports an the prepared booklet total church membership in creased slightly during the year to 466 with 70 of these nonresident members there were 13 baptisms during the year 11 marriages and 16 bur ials refreshments followed the meeting this spring the 4h home- making clubs in halton coun ty will be taking a special cen tennial project entitled a world of food in canada in this project the members will be marking the 100th birthday of our country by tracing the development of canadian food customs from the days of the early settlers to modem times in a study of this kind girls will learn how our food habits are influenced by canadians of many different backgrounds and will gain a respect for the traditional food practices of various cultural groups who have made this country then home the training school for the homemaking club leaders will be held next week on wednes day and thursday february 1 and 2 from 1000 ajn to 400 pm in grace anglican church pariah hall muton this school wllpbe conducted by mrs patricia squire home economist with the ontario department of agriculture and food for halton and peel counties church parade members of the lome scots peel dufferin and halton re giment staged a mistshroud ed church parade through oak ville on sunday morning led by the pipe band about 50 soldiers marched to st judes anglican church to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the sto ring of their colors inside the church it was in 1917 the 164th battalion later the lome scots left for the first world war and their colors were placed in the church for safekeeping for pleasure tfit bowl for health the entire family can bowl together male it a date bowl where the action is i acton bowling lanes 10 maim st n mimm obpa 50170 ride into the new year with that sure feeling to have second thoughts after a major purchase is a very human trait the joy of owning a chevrolet is the good secure smr feeling that you made the right decision the feeling 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