Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), March 8, 1972, p. 13

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Doctor speaker at Knox meeting Daughters of Knox held their March meeting an Monday evening in the Mlas Ellen Anderson Room with 16 members and one visitor present Mm Robert Paul presided and opened the meeting with all singing Living for Jesus and repeating the mottos Mrs Brian Moore Introduced D van Bent of the Acton Medical Group During his medical career he has spent two years In Algeria It was very Interesting listening to his experiences and seeing his pictures on the living conditions and medical problems In that country During the business final plans were discussed for the Erin Choir presenting the Johnny musical trip of the Holy Land on Sunday evening March at the church Mrs Brian Moore and her group led in the devotion opening with the hymn In Christ There Is no East or West followed by the scripture Gal 3 read by Mrs Harry Otterbeln A reading Sons of God by Rev Gunther was read by Mrs Moore followed by prayer by Mrs Mac Sprow Following the offertory prayer by Mrs Harry Blest Be Tie That Binds was sung The meeting closed with repeating the Mlzpah Benedic tion In unison and lunch was served The Free Press Wednesday March 8 McDonald Walters vows in Georgetown Feb 19 Public relations theme of Institute Miss M Hall Public Relations Convener She presented a public relations quiz Miss Nora Kenny gave a reading take time to make life more pleasant which all can take a lesson from In every day lift The Mary Stewart Collect and An excellent paper was Riven the Institute Ode were repeated by Mrs Marie on by members and one visitor aiM The March meeting of the Acton Women a Institute was held at the library The thought for the day was a poem My Creed was given by the president Miss Dorothy Donations are to be sent to Easter Seal Campaign to the Cancer Society and to the Musical Festival Two minute reports were given by the conveners Mrs C gave a detailed report of attending the anniversary of the founding of the Women Institute of Ontario The dinner was held In the Royal York Hotel February Public Relations The program was convened by Relation A personality contest was conducted with Mrs Marie being the model questions were asked such as weight dress size shoe size age tallness waist measurements how many year she lived in Acton Mrs C was the winner coming closest to the correct answer The president closed the meeting with the Women Institute Grace A social half followed around the lunch table In a doublering ceremony in St John United church Georgetown Walters and Gordon Alexander McDonald were married Saturday February at 4 Is the daughter of Mr and Mrs J T Walters 86 Weber St Georgetown and is an M A at Peel Memorial Hospital The groom son of Mrs McDonald and the late Mr McDonald Is with M and p Tool Products Ltd The bride wore an A line gown of llgoda with empire waist and enclosed train with lace motifs As a headdress she wore a mantilla of illusion outlined with lace She carried a bouquet of wine colored rosebuds with while baby breath Attendants in purple Maid of honor was Miss Suzanne Resume bridesmaids Perry and Peggy Storey and the flower girl Karen Elliott They wore gowns with deep purple velvet bodices and skirts of mauve chiffon over taffeta topped by white fur capes Their flowers were white carnations tinted with mauve pinned on their white fur muffs They wore mauve rosebuds in their hair bride was given in marriage by her father Groomsman was Vern Denny and the ushers were Ray Denny and Ted Brown evening in St Albans parish hall sleeves trimmed with Glen Williams silver The bride mother wore a long The couple left for a gown with dark green velvet honeymoon in the bodice and pale green chiffon mountains Pennsylvania the over taffeta skirt and a pale bride wearing a navy and white green orchid pant suit with pink sweetheart The grooms mother wore a roses long blue gown of crepe with are living in Brampton The held in the PARTICIPANTS IN he Women World Day of Prayer service u lie Christian Reformed church were front Mrs Krotcn speaker Mrs Mrs Brouwer and Mrs T Van The service is in a different church each year Staff Photo By Wendy Thomson To people who have lust moved to the country ice storms like last week be rather discouraging A friend wrote me to tell how the hydro had been off etc and how cut off she felt from everything Maybe I d feel the same if it weren t for our first winter here which was terrible We started building 13 years ago and moved into our house as soon as it had a roof on it There were no doors or windows no hydro heating or water but itDID havea roof Joy is theme Inner city worker Day of Prayer speaker We lived in our plywood box x half the final size quite heater the evening rapped we sat by still All Joy Be Yours happily worklngawayonitfram The 1 the the inside dropped the blanket for this did Insulation Itch that I KNEW The door went on first then the to blow up on windows and we itched our way through I don t know how many the ice storm hit We of insulation the most beautiful As the weather got colder my ft exuberance died down a little been covered by the and I spent a fair bit of the time there were huge huddled beside a small space expanses of unbroken snow This heater The two toddlers Just was by the glaze of raced around twice as fast and frying raU and every branch kept warm Then the snow came came and came One morning we were well and truly snowed In and wondered whether we had enough groceries to last a few days Our entire week supply of meat cheese and butter had disappeared from our outdoor of and twig was coated too The sky was clear and as the sun came up everything started shining and twinkling till you could hardly look out the windows without squinting We sat and exclaiming for ages Really I suppose It was a ji relatively short time of splendor cooler a cardboard box with a morP mHdl for all J board and rock on top it But with daylight came the plow rumbling down the road and away went to work He was late coming home that night I rid ij this in tin in Informed church attended the il rvi which in the then Joy m Bible re I address jucst iker v I diminutive Mrs irt is in tin Inner l it Ministry it the ieiUiouse Toronto She the jov her work there her ind cite I few of the The theme at the I oil let the Son slum in and 1 was figuring how long ft would take before we were rescued when there was a bunging at the door When lt was opened Gord fell in just about frozen stiff Although the snow had stopped the drifting was terrible and he had got stuck In a drift half mile down the road He waded home through snow well over his knees carrying an armful of diapers for the baby and a five gallon can of water our doily supply By morning the car was completely drifted over and Gord had to go trim into it Blanketwrapped For the next few weeks a hydro crew worked down the road trying to get a line into us Id pack the youngsters into a sleigh and trot down to cheer them on by telling the men of the days we spent wrapped In beside the little space Llngeretfes name chosen Dublin Junior 4H girls held their third meeting Sat March at the home of Mrs Alice Van Altrop the president conducted the business taking a vote on the name the Dublin Junior Twelve girls attended with one visitor Melodic Mrs talked on personal grooming followed by a discussion period The girls were shown how to pin mark and cut out their Next meeting is to be at the Newman home Sat March It is i tin warmth of tin sun lOnderful to know then in together the small miseries of that winter It isn t the cold we remember now but the icy beauty instead bo when the snow drifts the A bride of month sin wind howls arid rain freezes we born in Colombo just throw another log on the fire brought and ignore it their adopted hit f her i Hon in the States Recalling r itie she says she lui f unci here in other work friends Representatives it other churches pro rim were Mrs the I Mrs 1orce for the Unit Mrs C the Baptist church Mr for the Anglican dm for the Church They led in Mrs r Million R R led he struct with all the reunion participating She is by Mrs Peter Mrs Krocztn re id an He poem A Crj From lliendom Choir sings I dies choir The Old How Great by Mrs Vencmn Si inj in the croup were Mrs I Mrs G Kroczen Mrs John Van Arragon Mrs Peter Mrs Henry Mrs Bill and Mrs Joe The offering to the Women Interchurch Council of Canada After the service coffee and cookies were served downstairs Karen Pierce 4H president rhe first meeting of the Dublin Senior Club was held at the home of the assistant leader Mrs Armstrong Feb 22 Leader Mrs W presided election of officers was as follows president Karen Pierce vice president Cathy treasurer Cathy Hinton and press reporter Bonnie Armstrong Other members I Pierce Cathy Barber Doris Black and Gail Douglas Hie theme of this club is Being Well Dressed and Well Groomed Mrs Armstrong read the notes Attractive Girl and they were discussed afterwards They arc to make lounge wear and some sample patterns were shown Second meeting second meeting was held at Mrs Armstrongs March at rhe roll call The type of I plan lo make was answered by all present Mrs read the notes Making the Most of Our Clothes and the points were discussed Some of the laid their pattern on their material MARRIED IN Georgetown were Lynore Walters and Gordon McDonald They are making their home in Brampton Photo by Bill Stuckey Ma foryW Occasions lit Ilint uncial Bam Til Dark Photw mo Always a good supply of FRESH CUT FLOWERS WE WIRE FLOWERS ANYWHERE Caroline Flower Garden Shop TWO WEST OF ACTONSOUTH SIDE OF HIGHWAY yr I ijxx4iajufl SA E MILADY HAIRSTYLING BOUTIQUE The Place of Satisfied Customers BECAUSE WE TRY HARDER 32 Mill St Acton 8530290 I

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