Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), June 29, 1977, p. 19

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Last meeting for summer Store gutted in blaze damage in thousands SECTION of building completely gutted when fire ravaged John Salmons Country V Centre early Tuesday morning contained shipment of new appliances Village readying for gala Saturday Pioneer Day this Saturday The senior citizens will be is all set to go running a tea room out the town hall with a handy take The many posters around out service Park the village outline the time of will host booths and displays specific events Organizers and a dance will end the day ask that anyone interested in held on the tennis courts joining in please notify them Don forget the parade byK Chalmers A passing motorist alerted the family shortly after Tuesday morning but the fire had already token hold John Salmon Country T V Centre suffered in damages as a fire blazed nearly out of control Rockwood fire fighters arrived within minutes and were able to stop the fire but part of the building that con talned a shipment of new appliances was completely gutted The remaining sec tion consisting of the repair shop and display area was damaged badly with smoke and heat leaving melted debris everywhere The Ontario Fire Marshal was on the scene that day and the cause of fire is believed to be of an electrical failure Fire chief Carl Meadows explained that the damage would have far exceeded the if not for a new piece of fire equipment He stated FIREFIGHTERS gained entry through picture window of John Salmons Country V Centre Tuesday morning Note rippled top of T V on right caused by extreme heat that he had just shown the saw Mr Meadows pointed men how to use the new K out was able to help in the fire emergency saw the evening fighting duties and saved before at fire practice This thousands of dollars New gift shop variety A CHEQUE FOR 00 was presented to assistant to the director for Sick Children s Hospital Bernard by students council secretary Linda Wietzke as part of Awards Day at Centennial Public School on Monday Family business is new venture by Chalmers Mr and Mrs feel their Food town is running children will have more smoothly these days as the Ke opportunity in this country family work together to offer where education is readily their customers excellent available to all In Taiwan service education is a very com sua sssss ta Son are doing very well Mr Ke Yuan Igor Snowwas a new experience worked for the Chinese for everyone and something Petroleum Company for they thoroughly enjoyed The years his wife Chun family lived in Mississauga Betty worked in a bank for for a few months while 19 years Their children Wang looking for a suitable bus Grace Wang Ping iness Helen Wong Cheng Paul They find a and Wang Tony pleasant community to live in main reason the family and raise a family and have decided to come to Canada found people friendly Chalmers Kelly is a new gift hop in operated by Shirley Cleary an getle mother of three who thought it would be fun to have a gift shop She has a wide selection of gift items ranging from ceramic canister sets to handcrafted goods such as purses pillows sweaters and string art People looking for bright and unusual flowerpots and hanging planters will have luck at Kelly Mrs Cleary offers a variety of cake plates cups and saucers as well as place mats and coasters Summer enter taming can be fun with her light troys glasses and ice buckets designed for the out of doors Linen carnations and roses In pinks and yellows arc another special Owner Cleary feels variety is essential in keeping customers happy so weekly specials will be offered The stock will reflect this attitude also with new merchandise coming in every week or so Browsers ore welcome and Mrs Cleary feels people will have to drop by often to acquaint themselves with the varied line of items Children have their place in this interesting shop and have a section all their own with affordable gifts for infants through to teens Kids with their allowances are welcome and will find the ceramic birds and bears for a nickel a perfect buy for mom or a friend Adult games are also available Kelly s is open daily including Sunday and res dents ore asked to ring the buzzer next door if she is not in the shop by Robins Peacock The Sunshine Club will not meet during July and August and so the last meeting was June with a turnout of 37 Mrs Black the president welcomed everyone and after the singing of Canada and The more we get together a minute s silence was observed for the mem bers who had passed on in the last two weeks The secretary then read the report of the last meeting and Mrs Dunk gave the treasurer report Then after a short singsong the discussion for Pioneer day was on the agenda and Mrs Black called on each member who was in charge of a project to give their plans Mrs Mary Milne said all food and refreshment for the tea tables and for the takeout table was ordered and that the town hall would be open to the public from 1 m to Mrs Smith in charge of the bake table asked for all donations to the home bake table to be brought to the hall before l m Mrs Precious in charge of the Penny Table said she had received numerous prizes and the draw would be held at Mr is putting a cor in the parade so any Senior Citizens wanting to ride with him please get in touch with Mrs The Senior Citizens are putting on a great effort to make this a successful after noon so please come in and have a cup of tea or some refreshment and listen to the Sunshine Band at the same time Mrs Black and Mrs will be pleased to wel come you and Miss Hanna is in charge of the tea tables to sec her ladles serve you with sandwiches or doughnuts Mrs Mary Milne the en tertainment convener then called on a number of the members who read out funny jokes and Anna Wilson read a very humorous piece Ma and her Cheque Book Then Mrs Wesley read an auction bill of sole doted 1MB which was most interesting She then paid a very moving tribute to Mrs Phyllis Robertson who had just passed an and so once again everyone thought about Mrs Georglna Wright and Mr Wilson The high scores for euchre went to Mrs Dunk Mrs and Mrs Lam bert Mr William Hayden won The Free Press Wednesday June29 B7 the penny table and a display of the Women Institute work and of course to listen to some music while sitting having some refreshment There is also a takeout for those who want to take their sandwiches or doughnuts with them the and after the games everyone was ready for some refreshment Cake and icecream was served by Mrs Dunk and Mrs Smith The cakes were made by Mrs Smith and Mrs Peacock Don t forget to come to the town hall for home baking CARPET CORNER 11 MAIN ST NORTH- ACTON 8533620 You Headquarters in Halton Hills for CARPETING CUSHION FLOORING DRAPERIES CERAMIC TILES STANDING AMID her colorful collection of gift ware is Shirley Cleary of Kellys Korner the new gift shop located at the corner of Guelph and Main in DELIGHTED with village life are the Ke family the new owners of in Rock From left to right Wang Grace Wang Ping Helen Ying Chun Mrs Betty Ke Wang Chen Paul Yuan Mr Igor Ke and Wang Yu Tony Erin cleric citizen of year Canon John Thompson has been selected as Erin citizen of the year Canon Thompson is later of All Saints Anglican Church and active ity participant He is to receive the Erin Girl Guide Association award in recognition of good citizen ship and contributions to the community

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