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x the acton free pratt wednesday november 27 1968 mrs george simpson is a patient in guelph general hospital mrs returned mary home mcauley has after a weeks visit with her family in toronto ton saturday newcomers to lakeview subdivision were invited to a coffee party at the home of mr and mrs vic bristow tomeet candidates les duby for mayor and tom watson for school board mrs keginald johnstone mrs edna snyder and missthuel campbell of toronto visited with mrs m taylor and mrs m symon on sunday mrs r m mac donald received the sad news last week of the passing of her sister mrs ida ross in cleveland ohio she is also survived by a son m david dancey of rose gardens los angeles california the many friends of mrs t red anderson are glad that she was able to return home from jguelph general hospital on saturday after being a patient there for several weeki weekend visitors- with mr and mrs cam leishman were mr and ms frank terry of owen sound and saturday callers were mr and mrs w d robertson toronto and mr and mrs tom mcalpine toronto silverwood sil verwoo dwi provides shelter by mrs ii scott silverwood womens institute held their nov meeting at the home of mrs leslie giffen on thursday nov 14 president mrs g henderson presided and meeting opened with mary stewart collect and institute ode mrs d lindsay gave a report on catering for the sales arena members voted to keep prices the same as earlier sales the president read a report prepared by mrs smith who was unable to attend the members now have a second school bus shelter ready to place where ever the need is greatest as yet not decided on mrs w r norton convener for home economics gave a demonstration showing proper baking utensils for specific foods along with commentary about bright or dull utensils and their relation to the finished product the hat course is progressing and meetings are held at the home of mrs lindaucr mr clare wilson is home after a two week hunting trip mr j bailey also had a few days hunting in the north country mr harry scott came home from hospital on saturday nov 16 recuperating after surgery and feeling much improved district day for halton institutes was held at stcwarttown wednesday nov 1 1 in the afternoon with a good turnout mrs smith was the delegate who attended the guelph area convention of womens institutes on oct 28 29 273 members registered dr elizabeth waterston dept of english at the university of guelph was the speaker local news items safety patrol members have new orange fluorescent belts theres a friday the 13th coming up in december the fair board directors are holding their annual dinner tonight wednesday after all this campaigning acton may just end up with an old grey mayor bags of cement were dajuagd at mackenzies lumber yard this week and the incident was reported to police dont miss this weeks ad announcing changes in store hours to accommodate you busy christmas shoppers mrs mary croft of rockwood won a second prize with a horse entered in the harness class at the royal winter fair presbyter givings tins is my maiden speech as convener of stewardship and budget but it will be no minibudget commented the rev r d duncanson of norvul to the presbytery of brampton of the presbyterian church in canada meeting in boston church near mdton on tuesday nov 19 he revealed that the presbyterys givuigs to the budget the outreach beyond the local congregation mcluduig home and overseas missions ranked 33rd our of the 48 presbyteries in the country thirtytwo presbyteries reached or exceeded the national average but this one fell 90 cents per member below giving only 938 per member but year to the broader work of the church the speaker in urging greater response noted that this was true in one of the mest favored parti of the country the court convened under the new moderator rev d s jackson port credit with its new clerk rev d j berblton of erin assisting him christmas trees are already up in some homes and the outdoor lights are beginning to shine despite the november fog and rain donations are coming into the schools to be sent to indian students at sandy lake north of sioux lookout the christmas concert by the citizens band is being arranged its generally a sunday evening shortly before christmas and the crowd attending has been growing each year dates are set for special christmas services in the churches and all groups have happy christmas meetings or special parties its a busy month ahead during the remembrance day weekend about 3s0 visited the col john mccrae birthplace in guelph the normal weekend attendance is between so to 60 japan mission recalled for ucw nine years of missionary work in japan were reviewed by mrs walter ridley when she was guest speaker at the meeting of the evening unit of the u c w wednesday of last week a vivacious and humorous speaker mrs ridley is the wife of the rev ridley of norval united church she showed slides of japan and told of their work during their nine years stay in japan and their growing young family she was introduced by mrs ken allen and thanked by mrs c l rognvaldson mrs g johnson chaired the meeting mrs woodman gave highlights of the fellowship meeting at appleby college which several from acton attended mrs allen spoke on canadians treatment of canadian indians and mrs cranston gnese reported on visiting the gait training school and taking three of the girls out for lunch final plans were made for the santa fun fair on saturday decembei 7 mrs j r macarthur led in devotions give her a cedar chest s rich in sentiment and so practical a deposit will hold your sokchott qptftd mmcmamt acton home furnishing annual auction sale highlight of dublin institute meeting a few friends and relatives journeyed to the kelly nursing tome on sunday to honor mr howard price on his 96th birthday mr price is in fairly good health and enjoyed reminiscing with his friends mr and mrs ross ballentine and bobby attended the shawgllmore wedding at brampton and reception at halton country club on sat noy 23 dr and mrs richard patterson returned to their home in prince george dc after short visit with their grandparents mr and mrs melvm walker mr and mrs lucien duppnt susan wilson have now left los angeles and are residing in calgary they will be spending christmas in acton with susans parents mr and mrs bill wdson mrs hazel orr and miss martha orr have just returned from a motor trip to stroudsburg pa where they visited with mrs orrs brother cliff hell and her niece mrs cliff rossmger renewing friendships at the lakeside bazaar saturday were several from outoftown including mrs stella adamson gait a chapter member mrs alice rumley mrs dora guthrie and mrs j breen all of guelph mrs a ironside clarkson mrs frank terry owen sound mrs w d robertson mrs t mcalpine and miss elsie k stewart of toronto several acton and district people have been patients in guelph general hospital the past week or somrs harvey palmer mrs m henslcy mrs charles mccrea mrs earl buttenliam john c dennis charles griese edgar mcknight allen kirkness bruce pargeter sr and wilfred waldie mrs j a van i leel park ave hosted the monthly meeting of dublin womens institute on thursday night with a good attendance of members present mrs m nelhs presided over the institute ode and the repeating of the mary stewart collect and the lords prayer business was dealt with by mrs duncan moffat the secretary she announced achievement day for the north halton branches would- be hejd in ilalllnafad hall on january 1 1 1968 the theme will be the third meal four ladies had attended district day jt stewarttown from the branch and had enjoyed the report mrs j mccullough of brampton had given of the a c w w conference in last lansing mich pictures were shown to illustrate her talk a varied program was also given in the absence 6f mrs w hunter through sickness the convener of agriculture mrs c mel n lyre presented an mrs a winters hostess for greenock wi meeting mrs alfred winters was hostess for the regular meeting of the greenock womens institute held on thursday nov 14 in jhe evening there verc 12 members and two visitors present the meeting was opened hy president mrs g wallace mrs c aitken read the scripture followed by the lords prayer in unison tho roll call what can i do to improve the image of the w i in the community was very well answered by the members present miss e pcarcn gave a report on the w i booth at the plowing match held at guelph in october mrs a gates gave the report of the area convention held recently in guelph she also led in a discussion of plans being made for institute members families and friends who would like to go by bus to stratford to the christmas play which is held annually on dec i in the shakespearian festival theatre a donation was made to the christmas seal fund mrs j mcciilloch read a letter regarding the institute foster child whom they will still continue to help support the meeting public relations was in charge of mrs gordon leslie who read the motto the past speaks wisdom to the future ending with a poem we give thanks mrs elwood johnston read a very interesting article written by mrs aroti dutt world president of the associated women of the world on literacy the great liberator which told of the life of her own people in india misses leah and sharon leslie played several accordion numbers for the ladies a contest testing your memory was won by mrs calvin aitken lunch was served by the hostess and her assistants mrs c blnnie ind mrs g wallace the next meeting will be the christmas one to he held the second tuesday of december in the evening at the home of mrs james mcciilloch acton miss elvu pearen thanked the hostess her assistants and program committee for the evening rotary plans hall repairs there was 100 per cent attendance at the rotary meeting this week when members named a new project committee and discussed some interesting new possibilities that would benefit the town appreciation was expressed for the firefighters donation for fcout work rotanans decided v raise more for needed repairs to the scout hall last week the club members had a tour of p l robertson manufacturing co in milton the week before they took an interesting tour of beardmore and co with enthusiastic plant guides and all received leather gifts guaranteed products and service from imperial oil ltd furnace and stove oils greases gasoline diesel fuel motor oils ultimatic furnaces no down payment 10 years to pay power humidifiers jerry skirr0w 8532340 vote as you like but vote meet the candidates for mayor thursday november 28 at thg acton high school 800 pm there will be a question and answer period sponsors v the acton chamber of commerce a in iciest lug topic prepared by her roll call was answered by a foreign fruit or vegetable served in the home the guelph area convention held recently at the university of guelph was attended by four members mrs w mel n tyre mrs george robertson mrs m nelhs and mrs d moffat each gave highlights of the twoday convention and the banquet as her talent number of the months mrs j c dennis read the poem the vojue of a smile a very gratifying report was given by the treasurer mrs d moffat the annual auction sale was j gain held and 1 good variety of articles from garden farm sewing baking preserves and candies were displayed and brought good prices under the hammer of mrs h wdson as auctioneer a donation was approved for the christmas seal campaign of halton tb association a social visit was enjoyed while mrs e wilson mrs g collins and mrs j ogorman served a delicious lunch assisted by he hostess mrs van fleet mrs w mclntyre was courtesy convener in montreal the following boys will be invested at this fridays scout meet lug don dale hector daigle terry holmes jim krapck dave mills blair mccallum david morris steve pjpillou jeff patterson john pink alec pitt danny ross michael staudt tim taylor gerard van opstal david williams gord mcconnell the parents of these hoys are cordially invited by the scout leaders and the court of honour to attend the ceremony a number of challenge badges will also be presented to some of the scouts all badges presented will be in accordance with the new scout training scouts 68 skip flaking light driven warning a flashing light has been installed at the corner of mill and park warning drivers of a dangerous corner it flashes red down park and amber on mill your nl ry nt the windsor hold will an iidvenlufe nf old world rhnrm and riiriiplite ril ixttinn rhi windsor la montrr nl i mo it distinktiirihed hotel overlooking dominion square in tho heart of downtown whirr u nsible pririi nndmipr r rnlile irrvire rombine for n pr rfi rt vmit windsorw 1170irnlst pi i flfifi 011 rflftftrvntinna rnnririm d for ihn i ord simroir i into rnrnnlo re elect wilfred mceachern for acton hydro commission vote 66 69 happy birthday now you may qualify for your retirement pension under the canada pension plan if you are now 66 if youve been contrib uting to the canada pension pljn and if you vc retired from regular employment con tact your canada pension plan office now if you will become 66 in 1 969 get in touch with your canada pension plan office three months before your birthday the people there will help you fill out the application form thjt starts your pension cheques coming theyll explain how your pension is worked out and when you become eligible youll get all the answers to questions about your retire ment pension payment is not automatic you must apply to receive your pension benefits application should be made in the canada pension plan office serving your community note if you mrm sgs 70 or ovr and hsvs contributed to ths canada pension plan vou don t hiva to retire to qualify for benefits the district of f less in this area ere listed below etobicoke 3369 blaer st ws tel- 2315683 umuco y the oipantminr of national health and wclpaht thc honoukabu john munno ministir