Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), July 25, 1973, p. 11

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Churchill The Acton Free Press Wednesday July Best wishes to hospital patients piano recital at Anderson home Linda Ferguson Donald Wilson pledge vows in Erin church United Church was the setting for the lovely summer wedding of I Maine Ferguson to Donald Wilson on June at The bride Is the Mr and Mm Ross McMillan Ferguson R 1 Guclph and the is the son of Mr and Mrs Wilson Fergus Rev Gray of Preston until of the bride officiated at the ceremony assisted by Rev Jack was Mrs Gordon and soloist John Smcdley of sang Hawaiian Wedding long and Ave Maria Tin bride carried bouquet of pink i roses and miniature carnations Inter twined around a silver horseshoe from Scotland She wore a ring belonging to her grand mot her sit with and an opal of Tin bridesmaids carried baskets of daisies and carnations trimmed with ribbons to match The maid honor was Kathryn Oak villi and thi bridesmaids were and Nancy Wilson twin sisters of the groom and Mrs Hodman cousin of the all of Fergus The best man was Sinclair of and ushers wire Gary Ferguson brother of the and Donald Abbott both of A reception was held at the Golf Saskatchewan guest Guests were present from Cambridge Mount Woodstock Kit ihener Georgetown St Catharines Alton and General The date marked the 2Slh wedding an of her parents who were married in same The happy couple took a wedding trip to Cape Cod USA The groom is employed at City andHuntsile Thty arc residing Hull and the bride is a at ltd Fergus registered nurse in the The new bride is a former Miss emergency unit of Acton Fair not all bad but Dogs planning can be problems By Mrs t- Mat We are pleased to report William Thompson who has been a patient in General Hospital sinn last Tuesday Julv underwent surgery on Wed and is coming along as well as can be expected Friends and relatives wish him a speedy recovery Neighbors and friends will be sorry to hear Wilberl Brown who has been a patient in Toronto Fast General Hospital for some time and has been home but still taking in Hospital lias had to return baek to the saint hospital for more rays and tests We do hope they can soon find something to help him hack to health again Mrs Ward Hamilton visited with her brother Mr and Mrs Bruce McNiehol family on Thursday On Mr and Mrs Ward Hamilton and son Andy visited with friends Mr and Mrs J and family at Rose m on I Mr and Mrs Clifford Storey Hid daughter Mrs Alice Wilkinson hive returned from wo week trip visiting with Mr Storey sister Mrs fcorl Marshall and family They to Nanaimn and Victoria BC also to in tin United States Miss Miislc Sharp of Brampton visited on Wednesday with Mr and Mrs Charles and they went on a sight seeing trip to lora Park and museum Mr Norman Turner made a flying v In North Bay this past weekend to visit his parents Mr and Mrs Turner Mr Turuir has been in failing health for the past weeks and Is now in North Bay General Hospital Mr and Mrs William and daughter Helen also Mr and Mrs Keasbcrry Holland went on a sight seeing trip to Toronto Science Centre Ontario Place Niagara on the weekend Piano recital Parents and friends attended tin recital hi Id at the home of Mr and Mrs Donald Anderson on June Pupils taking part were Helen Kink Susan Milne Jim Anderson John I Vickie Bonnie Bristow and Anderson introduced the muskal program fur he evening Students played various classical selections duets and modern pieces A corsage and floral arrangements were presented to their teacher Mrs Marie Anderson Mrs Beatrice Anderson and Mrs Dons served the lunth Rev A W and Mrs were at Allenford last weekend and attended tin 100th an of the United Cliunh then They went there years as bride and groom and so have many memories and friends visited and stayed with friends at Park Head coming home by Owen Sound Mr and Mrs William and three grandsons Grey Guy and Geffrey Mallby visited with Ins sister Mr Mrs Miller Mr and Mrs Green of Toronto spent last w with Mr and Mrs The leaves of Red and Black Oaks have pointed lobes as distinct from White Oak and Chcstunut Oak with rounded lobes and teeth There is only one species of Chestnut native to Canada but these seldom achieve adult size because of the Chestnut BliRht District Pagl 104 at McKinnon reunion visitors from Detroit Exchange A week she Ihirh Mr Mrs Jack Donovan and five daughters Margaret Mien I and Isabel of have bun visiting on the weekend with Miss Doris Fines Mrs Thomas Fines underwml in Hospital on lrirhy bin is progressing favourably and expects to be this week Mr and Mrs Cameron riser Vnlerii Susan and Judy Stew were holidaying at beach on the Miss Anna I null of Detroit is vlsitiun for few days with Mr and Mrs Stuart and family celebrated her birthday on Friday when she intcrtained a few of her friends They Ind a sleepout on the deck and were all ready to enjoy he breakfast in the morning Mr and Mrs Ross Ferguson mil Miss Doris Fines and Mrs W C McMillan enjoyed a at the home of Mr and Mrs Redman in Fergus to help tliem celebrate the first birthday of their daughter The game to be held at between trials and Mots Thursday evening was can due toUtefaatlhatilhttc wks no one to drive the ft On night St played against Cm at It was a tight Kami until the fourth inning when broke loose mid got ten runs lydln ales and Barb aeh lilt a home run for Currnn I Kloostcr and I Burrows home runs for I- rin reunion The McKinnon reunion with an attendance of one hundred and four took place at the home of Mr and Mrs Stuart Mr and Mrs Kilpatrkk from received a for coming the farthest The youngest person there was Jay lcwis of age three months and the oldest was lorgeDivlsoftrin A was given to and Barb in for hosting the Karen entertained by dancing Iht highland and I requests for a sing a long the children njnyed pony rides and then were games for ill The new h r the coming is president Mr and Mrs fohn Thompson Rock w Kid vice president Mr and Mrs laude Tomlinson treisurcr Mrs Stuart McKinnon MELS IMPORTEDAND CANADIAN HANDCRAFTS Antiques Restored Stripping and ST GEORGETOWN old Can Tire Bldg Bus 877 1 Home July Specials Ford No plates 7800 T Power Br Power St Auto Lie DRV Ex condition 1969 Plymouth CustomSuburban St Wagon All power Auto Roof rack In showroom condition Lie DSE 472 Camaro Olive green Auto All power Like new Lie DSD 1968 Javelin on the floor Indy wheels and rims Lie DRT audit financial Baz Motors Ltd I Guclph St J57l University students doing a door to door planning survey in rural Township are finding hey have two major to overcome One is dogs other is a built in resent mi to planning affairs Km Buck one of the organizers of this summer Township Planning Base Study says none of his staff of six students has been bitten a dog vet but there have been some calls A pair of huge dogs leapt a six foot fence and chased Buck to his car one day Inst week tor tunatt the owner called the off before they attacked says he I have Abhgrove gardeners plan home work The Happy met at the burnt of Lois and Mnvllvn for their third meeting A contest on weed identi fi cat ion opened the meeting followed by a discussion of the various tvpes of insecticides which loch girl is using in her garden and the results she is obtaining from Hie product The meeting then moved inside when Lois acted as president Seven members an the roll call call One vegctubU in garden which requires thinning A cover design was chosen from the four illustrations which some of the members had pre pared Marilyn s cover was selected Visit The home economist will be visiting the garden in the last week of July or the first week in August ll is hoped that each will have her home beaut lion projects completed for this time Weed control was discussed in some detail with the emphasis being placed on the most tical method which the girls should apply In addition to this a concerning Insect and Control for Vegetable Gardens was given lo each member The members read from their members pamphlets the section on Cultural Directions for Var ious Crops Notes were taken on lawns driveways and walks This will be helpful not only for the home projects during this unit but also for those mem bers who have entered the Home Hi Contest in Hon with the lntirn itional ing A Mr I red and Mr marks Hayes have relumed from a few at the Haves property near Wilberforce Several I nuthouse Women the c vening ladies and friends of littles Hill Thornton and Ivy Women Institutes who had been on a bus lour in the Hamilton reek arc Saturday it to his car on time misses Most of the other students report near misses with dogs on heir calls to about two thirds of the residences in the township Buck said the students were also having to be careful in troducing themselves to residents when they call around with survey forms If they say they re sent by the township board the surveyors ind a lot of people resentful of planning in general plus a few who have had run mi with the township planners and arcn I in the least bit interested in further discussions or planning But if they introduce them selves as students working on an Opportunity for Youth grant Buck they invariably run into people who are down on students and have heard some wild stones about grants The job has some good points though Student Bill went to conduct the survey at one farm and the owner insisted that Bill accompany him on a tour of the farm on horseback before got down to business That too hard lo lake smiles Hill And when we got back from our ride around thi farm the family had lunch ready for me and insisted I stay he adds Board expands computer The computer Lord tJgin High School will be four times as fast with the addition of to worth of additional equipment Ha I tan Count Board of Education was Thursday Board members approved the addition provided controls arc set up to ensure students time on the machine is not jeopardized if more administration work is done on the computer II is presently used for leaching student scheduling and testing but more work could be handled with the additional equipment superintendent of instruction One Gtlmore told the board The machine could do student scheduling or all secondary schools plus student achievement forms student reporting testing program scoring and research projects as well as giving computer science and data processing students more handson lime never forget All days started beautifully wrote Margaret Gross I got up between the hours of six ami eight in the morning ate breakfast dressed In raggedy shorts and T shirt and went to the barn I had been on a farm before and so I guess I was a bit scared of the cows for a couple of days Cathy the rural urban exchange coordinator for received letter after her return home from week on the farm Sin hid been visiting with the Id Parker family in tilled her composition A Week II Never Forget The rural urban exchange program for 12 to 15 year olds Ins experienced qualitative success in its three years of operation by the provincial ministry of agriculture food Its quantitative results however are disappointing Program find no shortage of town families but a lack of in farm exchanges has limited their efforts Some urban v tors are sent up north to Bruce and Grey counties where have no cities to draw on but even so there would be farmers This could be due to the demands of haying season but one host family was pleasantly surprised when their visitor though bringing in the hales was such fun thai ne asked to longer than a week Cathy soys farm hosts may have some misgivings about taking in a town visitor at first but the enthusiasm of the youngsters makes the week pleasure for everyone The James Brown family in and their guest Heather King of became hosts for the entire ex change program last week when cabinet minister Birch dropped in Mrs Birch her secretary chauffeur stopped by on a tour of number of government summer youth programs and spent two hours visiting and eating hot dogs on the lawn An Mrs Brown said the minister Just seemed to relax and enjoy herself and Invited the children to come her at Queens Park Two more sets of exchanges scheduled for August SUPERMARKET MILL ST RED BRANP BEEF SHORT RIB ROAST BLADE ROAST CROSS CUT ROAST CHUCK STEAKS AA BLADE STEAKS 09 BRAISING RIBS RIB STEAKS Swills lb PREMIUM WIENERS 85 Swills Store PURE PORK SAUSAGE 85 Van Camp oz Tins PORK BEANS 4 Welchade 30 Tins GRAPE DRINK 3 TEA BAGS Pkg of Save 65 Beekist Container CREAMED HONEY REEVES Tins Save 35c MUSHROOMS PRICES EFFECTIVE JULY lb Bag FRENCH FRIES 39 SUNSHINE PEAS lb Bag 59 Pak SEC0RD Chocolate PUDDINGS Rotate Fudge FRESH PRODUCE DAILY PRODUCE ARRIVES FRESH DAILY AT LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES Aylmer Tins PEACHES 285 Maple Leaf Canadian Pkg Save CHEESE SLICES 2 85

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