Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), July 29, 1970, p. 8

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Acton July Betty Ramsey Ken Brown married at Eden Mills SPECTACULAR SNOWDRIFTS form a panoramic backdrop for trait riders at their camp site In the Rockies Over 30 riders were directed on the ride lifetime by the chief guide pictured In the centre Photo by Wendy Thorn son In Mills Presbyterian on June Hetty Ramsey and Kenneth Wllbcrt Brow were married the Rev It Sinclair of yellow and while glads and mums decorated the church and Mrs played the organ The bride is thednughtcr of Mr and Mrs Clarence Ramsey of R Campbell ville and the groom Is the son of Mr and Mm Brown of R 2 Acton Hie bride wore a floor length dress of while de with lace bodice and long lace sleeves anil shoulder length veil She earned yellow roses and In mauve Maid of honor was Miss Elaine Perry cousin of the bride the bridesmaid was Mrs Joan Ramsey HIM Rockwood the bride a sister In law and the Junior bridesmaid was Miss Brown Acton the groom sister The attendants alt wore long mauve polyester gowns with white accessories nnd carried yellow and white mums trimmed with mauve ribbon The brides father gave her In marriage Groomsman won Chris Denny and Iho ushers were Brian Smith and John Ramsey the bride brother The reception was held In the church hall with guests attending from Guclph Acton St George Toronto Carlisle Oak ville Hornby Quebec and Quebec Grandmother made cake The bride s grandmother Mrs Mary Brodie of Markdalc mode the wedding cake The mother received wearing light blue with white censor Irs and pink roses The groom mother pink and white with white awn heart ruse The couple left on a wedding trip to North Bay and Sudbury Iho bride wearing a with black and orchid corsage She had made both her wedding gown and going away outfit Mr and Mm Itrown living on Ave Acton held On May a miscellaneous was held at the homo of Mrs Marlon given by fellow office workers On May a community linen shower was held at Mills Presbyterian church Miss Elaine perry of Guclph held a miscellaneous shower Important news weekly style It the season for Not of By Wendy Thomson Notes from on associate member of the Tnil Riders of the Canadian Rockies is Thursday our fifth day up in the Canadian Rockies and and meaningful meetings but the season for Witts family reunions trips and holidays at cottages This Is the kind of news hat weekly papers in and if we had the time we would contact to ask for their Hems on holidays and callers is But we can t so won t so far I vc got no work done Since is the load up wrfte the horses to start the descent I figured I better get This morning s ride out from base camp has brought us to a small mountain lake where simply because nobody thought we would Mrs William of Vancouver Is led with her sister in law Mrs James recently Mr and Mrs Herb Mr and Mrs Duval and families holidayed in Alice and I went for a theles The water was cold but refreshing after all these days of dust from the trails and smoke and soot from the fires In the mud at the edge of the lake tracks going halfway around Phis is a great crowd we re with people ranging in patio n from CBC script writers to ex marines in experience from people from California who a thoroughbred ranch to a girl from Toronto who had been on a horse before and ranging in age from 12 Annie Busick Calistogo California to 81 Ed Alberta who goes on at lean one rxle every year After the first day an shyness there was disappeared and its now oddly like an extremely large There are the usual annoying and a few stupid Hunts but nobody pays too much mind first day nde was so bad that it broke the ice completely During the whole afternoon of the tnp to base camp it poured and people were switching and swapping clothes right and left top and bottom but there were remarkably few complaints Camp was the most welcome sight imaginable about a dozen teepees ones set up in a small clearing between two mountain ridges There numerous tents around for the guides and for cooking eating and whatnot Our teepee Alice and mine is fairly big small enough that we re sometimes falling over one large enough hat we seem to spend a fair bit of time trying to keep it tidy There a small fireplace in the middle lit went down below he first night here wo blocks of wood we brought in for tables our two sleeping bags and two huge piles of junk apiece that we dumped out of our duffle bags and can teem to get back In again I trying to think of wtiat to next in order of porta nee and it a hard decision horses trails guides food entertainment or what Maybe 1 II just go in that order It was quite amusing to find that Heart the horse assigned to me for the week was a big black mare much like my own Black Velvet It was while in motion that the differences hit me and I short but a mm i there are many and her jumps tike her canter are those of a plow horse ever now and then she decides to head straight for the nearest horse even tho it has completed climbing a zigzag trail up a cliff side and the straight way is straight up The names of the horses art quite something aside from the usual Black le and Dynamite There oddball tags like plcjuice and and things like that and there every color paints Interest which might have Other thin the horses Inst week Mr Mrs Earl Lambert Mrs John Lambert and Miss Dorothy Simmons visited on Saturday cry few animals A pair of Arthur Morns and family with Mr and Mrs i St palominos greys blacks plenty Anil of chestnuts and bays a few speckled white a yellow dun a One remark that me when the horses were being allotted came from a buxom blonde who was answering a s question about one of a gold color bald eagles flew up from nest Monarch Ridge a pair ot whistling marmots ran up shale slope before in a rocky hole and numerous gophers play peek among the rocks but we seen only tracks of elk deer and moose A invaded the camp one night and did a fair bit of fling around before the guides tore themselves away from they were dome to Cithnnnes Mr and Mrs George Margrave arrived home from a three week flight trip to on a visit to the latter mother and The weather was lovely and both hud a grand time Mr and Mrs David Papillon Kimberley Mr and Mrs Bill and Pauline spent last week at Mr Mrs Hector Lambert returned from an enjoyable holidiy spent in Western Canada and Vancouver and Victoria rhey travelled by plane and bus There was very brief and very council Oh hats a horse trying to be only thiru that came to mind a palomino she replied but he W l haI administrator Joe Hurst and J me G 1 guess we just don t read the heart big bear and Mrs by same horse boob chance Mr and Mrs Fred Parsons of Bcclan visited Mr and Mrs Pringle on their return from a cruise of the Mediterranean around Greece and attending a Seed Convention in Amsterdam Belgium Donald his and daughter Ann visited Mr and Mrs after attending a mine convention in Madrid and having a month travel in Spain Mr Ross Watson of St Catharines was a guest of his sister in law Mrs Charles Watson Acton Mr and Mrs Duncan of Duncan Variety have returned after two weeks camping vacation near Peterborough Sandra Denny left last Wed by plane to spend a few weeks as a guest of Miss Mary Sydney C who for lived in Acton Two and a half year old David Jr is expected home this week from Centenary Hospital Scarborough where he has been a patient since June 12 following an electrical bum to his mouth June 10 He underwent repair work July to be followed with plastic surgery in various stages as he grows older And another night I had to go lor a short walk around and heard odd noises the cook tent In the morning it was casually mentioned that there had been a bear in camp that night I m still waiting for the expected reaction to set Mr rank Browning of Toronto vis ted with Mrs G A Dills last KeiCI week has new post Mayor and Mrs Lea Miss Nancy formerly of holidayed at their cottage at Acton is now a Hospital Careers Three Mile Lake In Muskoka and consultant with the career also visited their daughter and deportment of the Ontario son in taw Mr and Mrs Hospital Association A graduate Paterson at their new home in from the School of The ore Nursing she was formerly with both school teachers there Air Canada DONALD A BROWN BARRISTER SOLICITOR Wishes to announce his office will be open weekday evenings EFFECTIVE AUGUST 4 DRENCHED RIDERS and horses went through soaking rain to reach camp the first day of the trail ride Camp was a welcome sight for the riders one of whom had never even been on a horse before Photo by Wendy Thomson DONALD A BROWN BARRISTER SOLICITOR is pleased to announce the removal of his office FROM present location TO combined office and residence at 22A MAIN St S Acton ON OR ABOUT AUGUST 3rd New secretary mean that literally while Velvet is much like her namesake n smooth but with a punch Heart like across between a Ann is the plow horse and a mountain goat in the town office anddo I ever appreciate if All 11 be replacing Mrs these horses forge up and down leaving in track I would hesitate to navigate She attended Guelph on my hands and knees and they College after leaving often do it at a fair speed w school At first held on for dear life the second day I held on because 1 was so stiff 1 would have foUen wvv off the third day I spent In camp Ijkrnrv being sick and after that I had marvellous rides It sometimes takes an effort not to try to Mu lh oversteer but best Just to point Heart in the general direction and let her pick SSrriTj He her own replaces Doug Copeland who is seldom she slips She does have her little idioayncracies though For some reason or other she decided against getting her feet wet too often and Jumps half the streams we come to of which A RASH OF thefts from unlocked cars has been reported In Milton In Milton Ontario make your second car a DATSUN PICKUP you have to be big be tough It can haul a ton and no sweat Why does It outsell all other Imported trucks comb nod America It belter va tot money You got a low cost handy sized up a speed that del vers up to ml per Ion 8782471 NORTHEND 235 Bualint MILTON 0NT wnMayt till pm Sit a Sun till fm BETTY RAMSEY and Kenneth Brown were married In Eden Mills June They re living in Acton Photo by John Harrison Happy birthday Happy Birthday from many friends In Acton to Miss Bennett who celebrates her birthday Tuesday of next week The former principal of the public school she is now living at Manor in Waterloo William PHOTOGRAPHY Weddings PaMporti Industrial Portraits PHONE 8532269 WATCH FOR HINTONS Natural Gat Barbecue Demonstration FREE TREATS Dont waste money on insurance It s a fact some businesses ate over insured in Others dangerously under insured Bec3Lse your bus involves customers and sup pliers nventoiv and bad debts liabil taxes employees etc etc you need a bus expert We know how to plan your bus coverage SO you hive just the insurance you need and no more DENNYS INSURANCE AGENCY ACTON PHONE 0150 i All SAFECO INSURANCE Thu Hintons 5 to Store ACCESSORIES TEES 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