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iden mills news of the district groups have christmas meetings four sisters baptized on sunday erin two facta believed to be rabid war ahot in erin retldenta on dundee st waal reported a fox nmnlnc about in that area and call ed the local constable o peterson who ahot tte animal the same night a fox waa running about in the yard at the rear of the advocate office and attacked a neighbours dog constable peter aon waa called to the scene and shot the fox the dog was later des troyed expectant eager children and grownups lined erins main street on saturday afternoon awaiting the annual visit of santa claua to the village the weather cooperated with bright sunshine for the first time in over a week the highly successful parade was or ganised by the local fire department whose memebaraare always ready to assist with any community venture moat willingly and whole haartedly not only did santas visit bring people to the vill age it also gave many little folks the one and only chance they would have to aee this papular ojd fellow dy mrs r wright the eden mills womens ins- tltute held their christmas party and meeting last wednesday evening at the home of mrs norm marshall sr after the institute ode and mary stewart colloct the bus iness was brier as a christmas program had been arranged by the conveners mrs w laaby and mrs r wright using a houy wreath and five candles the theme was a world prepares for the arrival of gals son carols wore sung throughout the program and then gifts from under the beautiful christmas tree were given out by santas helper a delicious lunch was served by the hostess andher committee mr and mrs w mclean sr were in london for the weekend guests of mr and mrs hob francis n the sympathy of the commun ity is extended to mrs wo mc lean jr lorna and lorl also mr and mrs w mclean sr in their recont sad boroavement a baptismal service was held recently in eden mills presby terian chruch when the children of mr and mrs nob gllbertson wore bapluod by rev dr sin clair uc janettu michelle vicld francis sandi lorralno and sharon elisabeth guests at the home or dlnnor were mrs j gllbertson mrs w glllwrtson milton v despite a 49 name petition and letters from the candidate and nine other supporters milton council this week refused to sponsor a recount of the ballots for council from last mondays election if she wants a recount mrs muriel kernlghan will have to pay for it herself council ruled monday mrs kernlghan was just two votes short of winning a council seat in the uname race for six available seats in the december 4 vote incumbentcouncillor cor don kranta edged her out of the sixth seat on council 873 votes to 871 an ambitious 117000 program to rid the town of milton of 310 thseasad elm trees 148 of them on private property was laun ched by milton council this week a flu vtrua that struck ontario school for the deaf milton last weak has taken its toll of both students and staff and forced school offlciala to close down for the christmas holidays by friday of this week two and a half daya earlier than planned we feel there waa little point tn attempting to keep thlnga open the virus is hitting our staff now sd superintendent don kennedy said the classes are so riddled by absence there la no sense in stay ing open fergus eramoaa township has withdrawn from the centre wellington high school area and this will mean a alight increase in costs of education for the town of fergus their 48 per cent share will t ww apportionment of rmimcipelulea in the centre wellington district was caus- in eramoaa decided to join the guelph suburban district high school area because it will cost less the new cost splitting will have the following figures in 1068 fergus 472 per cent elora 102 par cant west garafraxa 127 per cent nlchol township 141 per oant pllktngtoo township 105 per cent east garafraxa township 28 per cent and peel township 25 per cent a littlc apprihfnsivc about all this little heather aaichio of r r 4 acton wasnt quite sure whether she liked sitting on santa claus knee or not heather was one of 500 children from the acton georgetown and milton areas treated to presents and an afternoon of fun at theinnual childrens outing sponsored by milton court 1 159 independent order of forest ers at the legion hall in milton on sunday afternoon staff photo umehouse ss concert last saturday by mrs a benton church service will be held at 8 pnu next sunday under the sponsorship of the youngpeoples group there will be no after noon service the annual sunday school con- oart was held last saturday even ing rev fm young was chair man tor a program by different classes including a christmas skit santa arrived at the end to distribute the usual gifts and treats we extend seasons greetings to one and all at the free press and their readers starting difficulty in zero weather will yewr prese car battery be effective in 0swoah8et wntlwr irritate end delays drivers wsto may trw te make up for lost time by this can lead the 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deposit insurance corporation eden wiiu mr and mrs richard money mr and mrs david money and son don mr and mrs robert money and daughter pam ela and mrs dornan all of tor onto mrs h gllbertson opened her home for the christmas meeting of th wms and ladles aid on monday afternoon the new prenllant of the wms mrs 0 macdnugall conducted the meet ing business was kept to a mini mum as a christmas program was arranged by mrs g mtken and hr committee mrs deryl wright was in charge of the ladles aid min utes and treasurers reports were hoard and roll call answered by 12 ladles a hearty vote of thanks was given by the courtesy convener mrs j gilbert son for the won derful program by mrs altten and tver committee carols were sung and the gift exchauige took placu mrs deryl wright had a pleas4nt duty to perform when he presented gifts to throo mem bers mrs g macdougall re tinites treasurers mrsjloii- inrtscn retiring proslrtonfwm s anl mrs k wright retiring secretary refreshments wore surved bringing a ploesant afternoon to a closo plowmens officers george swann was elected president of the halton plow mens association at their annual meeting december a in payne community centre other directors for 1888 in clude past president j c cun ningham first vicepresident jc marshall and second vice- president roy currle the rneton free praia wednesday december 20 167 jj record cow a purebred holsteln cow in the herd of jc held georgetown has recently completed a fine record of performance produc tion test as a twoyearold in 308 days on twtoeauay milking towervue joan produced 19360 iba milk containing 683 lbs fat average lest 44bper cent butter- fat this record has a dreed class average of 161 per cent for milk and 105 per cent for fat lol to continue series of euchres duo to the success of the two uuclires held at the lol hall at crowaons corners and to the requests from hose who attend ed there will be more euchres in tlid new year thu comiidttee consisting of ken mcdonald gary mcfadden fergus quee and bill carnochan hava decided there will be one every week starting january 6 1008 watch the free press for furthar notice winners or last saturday were wlllard llrltton louise shannon david dawar and 1111 service iocai 479 misidint herb woods of the upfaw found time al the beardmore christmas parly to disruss union bust ness with left des cleiuliimmq of the nijotpal grasso assistant director of the nuof and uai re nn international representative of the u p t a w fe photo lwyivr acton a l call us or all your plumbing and heating installations a ripairs business location 17 mill si w ehlnd acton liearvaah below dannys inturance per any service wedk call collict ouelph 1212264 riemer limited 1330640 color tv at its best for a free demonstration call first line sales and service 8531057 1 sincere tjiahj 1 i to 1 1 i 1 i 1 i i i i 1 i i i 1 i i i i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 beardmore co limited for sponsoring the annual childrens christ mas party and employees vouchers employees and their families were well provided for throughout the afternoon satur day your individual attention and kindness as well as your thoughtfulness to beardmore em ployees aftd families are deeply appreciated may we take this opportunity of wishing the company and officials a merry christmas and prosperous new year 8 1 i i i i 8 i i i i i 1 i 8 8 i 8 8 1 8 8 1 8 8 executive and members of upfaw local 479 1 ai3dvs ocoiw i r n d