Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), August 19, 1970, p. 12

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Limehouse Acton lree Wednesday Auguil Many visitors vacationers from Limehouse and area By Mrs A Rev Young conducted services at Presbyterian lest Sun day having roturned from holiday the east coast Mr and Campbell Sin and Carl attended the funeralofhlsauntMrs at on August Car a pallbearer Mr Michael Noble and Mlaa Noble holidays at Green Bay Manitoulln Island recently Winn If red Ivens of visiting Mr and A Patterson Visit Manitoulln Mr and Mrs Noble spent a couple of weeks with the Karnes at Green Bay and visited other relatives and friends on Manitoulln Island Mr and Mrs J Noble motored to to bring them home Mr and Mra Rough attended the Robson reunlon at Wasaga on Sunday Mrs George Rose ia recuperating at home since an operation for removal of her gall bladder at hospital in Brampton We wish her a good recovery Taylor wedding In Copper Cliff United Church on Saturday Over friends attended Mr John Bos and children of Vlaardingen Holland have been visiting his brother Mr Casey Bos wlfo and family Mra J entertained a large number of neighbours and friends to tea last Wednesday Her daughter and husband Mr and Mrs Lloyd Mclntyres many lovely wedding and shower gifts were on view King of la holidaying with her cousin Mra Bert Benton Returns from Bermuda Helen Mills has returned from holidays in Bermuda Mr and Mra of Venlo Holland left for home on August IB after five weeks visiting son Mr Frank wife and son All two weeks camping at Georgian Bay On Saturday and Sunday they visited at Blenheim Mrs winkles of Holland returned home on August after visiting her son Mr A wife and family Mr and Mrs Calvin McDonald and daughter of Elmwood spent a few days here last week and visited her mother Mrs Kirk Patrick In hospital miscellaneous shower for bride- tobe of late August Beverley Langllle given Mrs Ron Thompaon and Mrs Cliff Mc Donald at the formers home on Wednesday evening last week Beverley was taken completely by surprise but after opening her lovely and useful gifts she was able to thank the ladles hostesses served lunch Including a decorated cake provided by Mrs V Mra Vance by Mr and Mrs Holmes of Acton motored to Nova Scotia recently where Mrs visited her mother Cameron at Mr and Mrs A Patterson and Mlaa Ivens visited the Stuart Wright a at on Sunday OUR READERS WRITE Supervisor says thanks Exorbitant prices affect postal demands Dear Sir May I speak for one moment about both the inequality and the Inequity of prices After all Canada Is supposed to be a free country and I have as much right to make fair minded statement as strikers have to strike or as anyone has to choose his own religion in this so called free land I have no antipathy whatsoever any group of Canadians and it Is very un Canadian to subject anyone to Incivility because of tho stand he has taken Real British Canadians yes French Canadian citizens loo don do that kind of thing I maintain thai rural and village working men have their rights as well as the city men rural have to supply a car to make their mail deliveries and at a much lower rate of pay than their brother poetics In city How they would Jump chance to accept that cent an hour raise which our government la of but which city postmen aocm lo bo rejecting We realize that the strikers are asking too much but when they pay 33 for a loaf of cracked wheat bread and tho belt port of a dollar for a pound of butter we alio realize that they are up against unwarranted exorbitant prices while Canadian wheat la begging for buyers Thanks a million sir for letting me present other side of the story Yours truly Ont would like to lake this on behalf of Acton Playground to extend a big thank you to all the people who have In any way helped to make our playground a big success again this year Alio at this time I would ilka la thank all of the Playground leaders who did the Job the beet they could Without effort our playground would not have been audi a success To my assistant Mary Ann a very special thank you for a lob well done I would Ilka to acknowledge and thant the following people and companies for their cooperation Bottling Com Royal Dairy Cartage Tyler Transport Acton Cithern Acton Medical Centre Acton Pharmacy A and I Supermarket Watsons Restaurant Acton Home Furnishings Micro Plastics Foodland Barber Shop Gordons Hardware Adam Bus Depot and Company Cameo Mason Knit Force Electric Blow A Green Acton Free Press CO TV Kitchener Big Gibson Con Harold Bill Bob Price So until next years playground rolls round have a good lime and see you next summer Playground supervisor Don Price News and views Gordon Smith attends Banff cadet camp Fracas follows car accident It could be said that communications are the minus factor In tho Issue of the proposed water and sewage plant installation slated for sometime in Although those in the know feel that there Is only a 5050 split attitude of the village residents there are others who have mingled and found that the majority of taxpayers living here arc concerned and want to know why they do not have any say in a matter which is them right where it hurts moat their Possibly all the confusion could pocketbook As has been have been eliminated reiterated by many villagers Why should we have to feel that its being pushed down our By Mrs Mclntyro on the occasion of their Mr and Mra Archie and marriage member of their family had a Mr John was called pleasant holiday recently In the homo to Ireland on Thursday His Bruce Peninsula area along Lake mother died and John was Huron telephoned early Thursday Mrs J Shortlll entertained He booked a flight friends and neighbours on Thursday night as the funeral Wednesday afternoon to tea and a social time Miss Kathryn Sinclair very hospitably gave us tho op Saturday Our sympathy is extended to the family Attends cadet camp Gordon Smith son of Mr and j son Mr ana Mr Eddie been cadet camp for six weeks and shower present Oddly enough any queries on the subject seem to an attitude of suspicion and rather than being informed of the facts one has the feeling that no one knows them or that if they do they can tell On the other hand if one does ask a straight out and out question as to what reasons Resident writes Halton history By Mrs Scott Mr Ben Case has been very Maritime necessitate the exorbitant costs busy and community minded for Mr Molonl is a patient in of the project and how necessary years doing research work on Georgetown Memorial Hospital is the new sewer hookup its local history and now history d the good wishes of the almost as If one is being a traitor of Halton County la Coming out In community are extended to him to one fellow man and want to print for the public The first curtail his having the same rights instalment appeared in the Acton to drink pure water as everyone paper Congratulations to Mr tone one of our Silverwood Hell this is not the case Most residents people are genuinely concerned and Mrs George Hen- which had been j camp lor six weens una to Mr and Mrs Lloyd relurncd Friday Gordon was one of cadets chosen for this privilege from Britain United States and from Canada They were stationed at Banff under a young Anglican Padre Their activities included cadet training camping mountain climbing sports and drills They camped near the Cascade Mountains Cooper Mountains the range and also visited the Calgary Stampede The group went on tours also visiting historic sights and museums Gordon Is a student Erin high school and was awarded this opportunity for outstanding cadet performance He has been greatly thrilled over his ex pericnecs and feels it was an education from which he will benefit Some years ago Brian Wood from hero another Erin High School boy also attended the camp at Banff where Rev Chuck Beaton was chaplain Celebrate anniversary Congratulations to Ruth and Richard whose wedding anniversary was this week We re sorry to know Miss Beatrice Hilts has been poorly and spent part of the week In hospital Mr and Mrs Paul Metcalfe attended the wedding of Fuller and Neil Baldwin which look place on Saturday evening in Church Damages af were estimated to a car owned by Philip Morris of Bolton after an accident Involving a vehicle owned by of There was no damage to the Lelvodici vehicle The accident was alleged lo have occurred after the Morris vehicle tried to overtake the station wagon following an argument Sequel to the accident was a fracas which occurred at the western edge of Acton on Highway 7 Constable Ron Barrett of the North In veitigated Charges have been laid The majority of patients their first heart attack and return to productive activity says your Ontario Heart about ibor neighbors and friends and would gladly do anything possible to alleviate difficult tarnations The one thing they do insist on though is com and if dive Beard vooi one Of Wellington Count inspectors with the technological know how hive been at the April 30th public meeting to talk to the public id lax man s language Mrs Marchlngton and Mrs Henderson along with other Institute members attended the Wedding Anniversary on Sunday August of Mr and Mrs Moffat of Guelph Mrs Moffat is a board member of the Guelph George and Area Women s Institute Alterations complete hold open house Alterations to the Bank of might never been such Montreal Acton branch are now a problem of communication complete and residents will have COMINS AND GOINS Friends who came from the same town in England Swindon m Wiltshire were reunited after yean recently when Vera and Pat of Kansas ILUnou visited George and Kathleen Ingles of R R 2 Rockwood for a abort stay Looking around tbe village we be Murray McLarens back after their weeks at Soutbhampton and its great to see them home again Dick and Duputs and their four sons beatled off to to visit relative last weekend but it was a hurry back to get in on the Senior Monday right ball game Chris and David Schneider after their Friday wedding at the Presbyterian Church are headed off on a motor trip for Vancouver They will stop off to visit friends along the way and will finalize their honeymoon at the home of Alan and Joan Mason for a week stay Mr and Mrs Arnold Mason of Lancashire spent a few days staying at the home of their son Alans inlaws Don and Winnie said goodbye to the couple when they left by train to three weeks with Joan and Alan in Vancouver It a going to be a full house for the young couple as the Mason home becoming a borne base for many friends to head for on their western trips a chance to see the renovated office at an open house this Friday afternoon August Manager Ted Pratt said the reception will be held between 2 and clock The bank project included adding nearly square feet of floor space to the branch There is a new with six tellers wickets instead of five There are two private coupon booths a concrete vault and new fireproof storage There is also an aroundtheclock depository unit The redecorated air conditioned interior has a white and gold colour scheme The 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