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k 1aj rsjfe vl tffc acton free press wednesday march 15 194 r i i i ii i local crows keep calling for spring these days the eastern ave railway signal is not finished yet i i some bogus 20 bills have been passed in oakviue many from this district attended the sportsmens showin toronto starting housecleaning advertise unwanted articles in the classified ads fairy lake is starting to get water over its surface itll soon be breaking up this sunday churchhl church choir and acton unit- ed church choir are exchang ing easter outfits candies hot cross buns and flowers are ready in local stores scan the ads for specials theres a surprising ant ount of interest in our series of old pictures we have even had orders for prints retfwing blackbirds re turned to the reeds at the shores of fairy lake and be gan their familiar calling on the weekend one of canadas oldest men is a native of esquesing weston ostrander of calgary a member or a pioneer dis trict family recently celebrat ed his 106th birthday in that city he and his wife fanny 91 moved to a calgary nurs ing home in september more and more groups are arranging trips to expo ospringe and georgetown stu dents excursions are reported this week spring makes its official and welcome arrival next tues day right now a mixture of mud and snow marks the div ision between seasons custom cleaners has offer ed to dean all the choraliers gold jackets free of charge before they- leave to per form at expo this summer work proceeds gradually at the mill main corner where stoplights are being in stalled part of the sidewalk has been torn up the official period ol mourning for governor gen eral vanierwas over on sun day and flags returned to the top of their masts on sunday or monday morning possibility of holding a centennial ball is being dis cussed many are sewing up special costumes this year which of course could be worn to the special dance the first magazines on the new shelves of the library were donated by len adams at the bus depot and morris pharmacy with some brought by librarians and board mem bers from home the donat ions were appreciated mr and mrs r h elliott have returned from a holidav in florida mrs a k mann has return ed from a pleasant holiday in florida friends are sorry to iiear mrs charles mccrea is a pat ient in guelph general hos pital robbie marchment is happy to be home from sick child rens hospital toronto recu perating from a broken collar bone mr floyd hammond a re tired farmer and his wife have moved to 125 longfield road from campbell ville with their family after church on sunday the senior choir of trinity united church enjoyed lunch togeth er and presented a centennial cup and saucer to mrs dwight engei one of their members who is leaving rev and mrs engel and their three children all joined the choir for the meal of casseroles salads home made rolls cake and ice cream mr and mrs j m frank and mr alex frank were in owen sound last thursday at tending the funeral of their aunt the late dr alice m kerr miss hazel campbell and mrs edna snyder of toronto and mrs r f johnson of cooksvihe visited with mrs marguerite taylor on mon day mrs mcmillan and her son bill mcmillan frederick st are both patients in guelph general hospital mr mcmil lan has a back injury mr and mrs james leckie who came to canada from scotland a few months ago have moved from milton to 247 macdonald blvd they have four children mr leck ie works at p l robertsons milton mrs jjrank gibbons is a pat ient in st joseph hospital in guelph friends and relatives wish her a speedy recovery mr and mrs gibbons eldest son peter will return home from england this week after completing his last contract in figure skating members of the session of churchill united church and trinity united church met to gether in town on tuesday ev ening and presented to the rev dwight engel a fluores cent desk lamp and brass clock during the evening mrs h patterson and mrs j gibson reported to the group on the conference on the jnew morality at five oaks train ing centre paris ladies don centennial gowns jojidancejat fair convention mrs walter linham was hostess for the acton ladies fair board meeting on thurs day evening march 2 with 13 members present mrs m mccullough took the chair and called on mrs w j mc donald to give the minutes of the previous meeting a few of the ladies had their euchre parties and reported a nice sum handed in splendid reports of the on tario association of agricul tural societies convention held at the king edward hotel to ronto on feb 22 and 23 were given by mrs m mccullough and mrs w linham delegates from the ladies board three carloads of members attended the session on the second dav and fun night and dance the ladies donned their centennial gowns and bonnets and cos tumes were judged vince mountford brampton was master of ceremonies after other business was dealt with the meeting ad journed and hostess and com mittee mrs madill mrs r l pa idson and mrs calvin ait- ken sened a lovelv lunch courtes convener was mrs madill mrs ale near offer ed her home for net months meeting carol wharton on montreal tv dancing teacher and singer carol wharton is flwng to montreal saturdax morning for a noon hour television show on the cbc she re turns back b plane the same dav she will be singing the four numbers she recorded in eng land miss wharton appeared on the tv show after four on the last saturdax in februarv jack uduy cartage comctftt mocks cofncktt mock cindf mocks clay muck sand stomr livestock and fekttuzeft farm service and slimies dump trucks for hire kv kft f acton phone s5m7m thtlma cookr instructor of the slim n trim classes at the yaaca reports 35 wo men are registered and- enjoying exercising to music tuesday and thursday evenings here thelma puts jane vryenhoek sherry morris and marg ware through their paces at last thursdays class although registrations ex ceed expectations there is still room for wo men wanting to participate staff photo wms study given local aspect the members of the after- vener who is mrs oliver mor- noon wms of knox presbylnof this group terian church were favored the roll call was most inter- with an early spring day for esting with stories ot the ar- their march meeting held at rival from other places dating the home of mrs griffin 4 back into early 1800s of the sprowl peel st on thursday members ancestors many afternoon the president mrs f ander son presided and after the us ual call to worship and prayer paid tribute to the late gov ernorgeneral and a period of silence was observed in his memory the ladies were welcomed some who had recently return ed from the wanner climates the committee of the month was introduced with mrs dou- gald kennedy convener after the singing of hymn jesus shall reign whereer the sun mrs fred cole read a portion of scripture from the book of galatians 3rd chapter and mrs a j murray led in the prayer period the continued study of the church grows in canada was presented by mrs kennedy who told the various ways the church has dealt with the ethnic groups the way the immigrants are met at the boat when they ar rive by the appointed port workers was presented in a double dialogue by mrs w mc- leod and mrs fred cole the airports have church workers there but not definitely from the presbyterian church the names of those new can adians are taken to their des tination and passed on to the minister where they expect to reside who in turn reports to the welcome and welfare con- teacher in sari s on pakistan coming by sail boat from eng land ireland and scotland one related her folk had been three months crossing many encountered storms illness and even death one baby was born during one crossing names of former residents who had been an example in the growth of our church were mentioned an interesting story of one who many will remember in former years was told by miss anne stalker of the late alex monroe a real scotsman who went west and later went as missionary with his wife his daughter and her husband are still continu ing in this work in india the last chapter to this story was told by mrs mckenzie who with her husband rev a h mckenzie sponsored and welcomed the three chinese girls who came from india and were members of their church there so you see its a very small world and acton feels they have a definite link in this true story mrs mcleod went back many years to tell of a rev norman mcleod who was a minister and read a hymn courage brothers do not stumble written by one nor man mcleod ancestor of her husband all joined to sing o lord our god arise mrs kennedy expressed her appreciation to all for their fine cooperation and closed with prayer the president conducted the business of the month sun day evening march 19 was chosen for both the ladies aid and wjms to attend holv week service in a group a presbytenal meeting in brampton for saturday march ii was announced and the spring thank offering meet ing for april was discussed and planned to announce that mrs w stamford reed of guelph will be the guest speak er at that time an invitation was received from the limehousc wms for their thank offering meeting in april the repeating of the loads prayer brought a splen did afternoon to a close with a period of social fellowship en joyed during the tea hour fvu over 300 attend micro annual dance last friday night at para dise gardens in guelph pipe and micro plastics division of bp had fts annual dance organized by the employees association its success was nothing short of outstanding good food good music and good company were the in gredients as the nights activ ities progressed guests of honor were the general manager of the divis ion les newton with his wife margaret and doug kennedy and his wife kay from the to ronto office two birthdays were celebra ted that evening by mike mc millan and marilyn kingsbury better than 300 were in at tendance at this function much of the organization was done by phil mccristall to whom grateful appreciation was shown by everyone there announce official opening for school for deaf may 12 the new 5000000 senior and vocational school addition tc the ontario school for the deaf at milton will be official ly opened on friday may 12 superintendent d e kennedy told an education week din ner at the school on thursday evening minister of education william g davis and minister of public works ray connell will share the ribboncutting ceremonies he later told the champion prior to initiating tours of the school mr kennedy out lined the role of the provin- cal school its services and the area it serves he pointed out it has a present staff of ap proximately 250 and a stud ent population of 394 with fac ilities for 516 the operating budget is close to 2000000 annually he said march special cushionflor v rag 359 sq yd sconos 27 qv 2 colors cuts easily far sajf installation ju home furnishings 127 woolwich st phoni 332490 it yil ysf rr 01ft- vw bend wire coat hangers up at about three inches from the ends to keep narrow shoulder ed slips and dresses from fall ing off speaks mrs lobb a native of pak istan delighted members of lakeside chapter of the io de with her informative chat on he native l ta fnd1ashe is how a teacher at holy cross school in george town and was recently mar ried wearing a beautiful pink and gold sari she showed oth er lovely articles she chose the chapters new member mrs allan ellerby as a model when she demon strated how a sari is worn she was presented with one of the special centennial tea spoons which the chapter is selling a donation of 5 was voted to the community services council and the date for the chnstmas bazaar was set tape wa brought for making nurserv bags and a talent table raised more money for pro jects to all parents interested in registering for day care centre please contact mrs r mcmurray 8 5 32694 for statistical survey dry cleaning 8 lbs for 250 or our spring cleaning special 6 lbs or less for 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