Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), August 17, 1977, p. 9

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We have a little Border collie His name is Jim He thinks he a sheep Jim came to us in the spring as a bandy legged stripling about the same lime we got Lucy I Old dog Jane t take too kindly to the kid at first so he cuddled up to Lucy and became bosom buddies When Lucy ale grass so did Jim And I don mean just al a piece like most dogs do Jim cropped grass like a sheep Ht kept looking at Lucy as though to say what are we doing this for Huh Luce but he ale gross same Don know what it did for his turn but he looks healthy enough Now that Lucy is large mature she acts like a real grown up sheep in her pasture while the young ewe Penny Is Jim pal Penny and Jim play games like two lambs thiy toftther they even evacuate their bowels at the in the place one following the other One more nutty animal to add the bunch Cab nlct The cits now they re quite sensible especially Michael He it big trcy Persian weighing in at roughly 13 pounds He can usually found sitting on his back on knet chocolate cake hope my vet doesn read this Mikev real slob just the kind of a young thinks is tops Angela is a white Persian well aware of her physical l harms She so beautiful she hasn I bothered developing any personality Angela eats sleeps and looks gorgeous probibly make a good television commercial My pride and joy is Celia the Himalayan who is not only client expensive and exquisite but loaded with ins are originally a careful cross een Persian Siamese to produce color point Persian The breed Is supposed to none of the Siamese Chirac ten sties except the color Cell is ihrowbick a mistake a Himalayan oddity Not only does she look like a long haired Siamese with lovely hair lilac points and ice blue eyes too Host life is spent six off he ground walking around on tops of things Many a time I startled out of several vears of growth by meeting those piercing eyes on top of the fridge just quietly surveying me She won t drink unless she is fresh iter in her n pan on top of the stove She wont unless her own dish is quite from the other eats bit tint her chair is subjected to thai famous She very affectionate and to me she very obviously my eat she II strangers and insist on sitting on knees even un welcome ones but it s got lobe her idea Nolij hate each other They as only two femilc Us can Whenever they re together the house is full of thistledown hair eject gobs of it Theouly time they don fiht is when no one s looking and they curl up in a When winter is near its end ind all the lis ire stir crazy with thoughts of spring Star hue nothing on our place Our mchlsare withyowls spits indcrashes as the feline pur roll around the basement knocking over cans ind playing will the model They only it to rid of their winter hair Come summer they re igain Hilt maybe not ex icily I just looked out the window to see the young lamb little them Osprnge The Acton Free Press Wednesday Aug 17 1977 9 Church Residents holiday across province Mrs Turnrr Miss Susan Milne Third line spent a few days Inst week tit Spencer v die near a is guest of Mr Mrs raven and imily The Cravens are friends and former neighbours who moved to Spencerville three years ngo The highlight of the holiday w is i trip to Ottawa where they saw the changing of the at the Buildings and visited the Mint Susan was accompanied on her return by Miss Cheryl Craven and the two girls have hid a great time visiting Cheryl old friends in the area Mrs Otto Wiggins of Brampton formerly la Mien of this community visited it the home of Mr and Mrs Thompson last week In answer to inquiries The C Women ire planning to hold another paper drive some time in the fall Further details will be given later When so many ire heading to the resort ireas for summer fun It seems strange to be spending holiday time in the city However that is exactly what we did last weekend We spent one fantastic oh so tiring day at the Metro and another afternoon at Ont Place Saw two excellent movies The Rescuers was delightful and particularly enjoyed by our ten year old Star Wars seemed aimed it a teenage audience hut had a definite message for all and was extremely funny in places It is not easy to im Ihcsc days but was immensely impressed by the pizza and the pipe organ entertainment hat was the specially of the Organ Grinder restaurant on Ihe Organist Don Thompson was very clever at driwing music from his complicated instrument and it inspiring audience par Dont endanger lives of others by Doris Ines Taking a chance on sounding like a I must speak out before some one gets seriously Injured If the parlies concerned want to play on the roof of the school and climb the TV aerial Jeo pardizing their own lives having been duly warned so be it but when they endanger the lives of some Innocent young people like taking the heavy cement lid off the well so any little tykes playing in the school yard could fall In then I would say it a matter for the police to handle Such goings on Is a disgrace the young people of the com munity because any one could be a suspect until the guilty ones are caught Mr and Mrs Gordon Howes attended the funeral on Wednesday of Mrs Henry Downy at Bolton Mrs Downy was the mother of their daughter In law Mrs Robert Howes and lived near Ingle- wood Mr and Mrs Barry Clarke spent last Sunday at Sauble Beach visiting with Barry s sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs Vic Grey goose and Mrs Clarke sister Ann Congratulations lo Mr and Mrs Russell Grundy on the arrival of their wee son Gary George on Thursday July 2B a baby brother for Douglc Debbie and Tommy Anyone wanting corn for a corn roast or just plain delicious eating at the dinner tabic rolling in butter far to look these days Iloadsldc stands arc popping up here and there laden with produce fresh from the field Missed Your Free Press Please Let Us Know Our carriers do best to give fast courteous service but mistakes do happen so If you do not receive your paper or have any complaints regarding delivery call our office 8532010 ALTHOUGH THERE was no tornado just a torrid downpour the Wizard of Oz was on hand at the summer playground parade Thursday evening playgrounds went together as a joint effort for the float Ballinafad House for hired help The town of Hills has no abjection to McNalr Mushroom Products building an additional house for hired help and will so inform the Niagara Escarpment Com mission Neighbors and friends gather for corn roast Mrs Winifred Smith Mr and Mrs Willard Sanderson and family invited the eighth line corner neigh i few friends to their farm home on Saturday evening It is the time of year when so the w to share some with neighbors friends before the coons found out where it w is fudging by the crowd thit came all Ihe invit wholeheartedly blazing fire w is ide outside where corn was cooked and old new implement shed which only recently was built the Sindersons It was in ide lo have a corn roast when shover were threitening There wis imple supply of corn hoi dogs tea and coffee for every one It w is a wonderful opportunity for ill to meet Lct I- very one I sure ip- this friendly shown by Ihe Sin dersons All hid time especially the youngsters We are sorry to lose Mr ind Mrs Percy White from our Community but wish them well in their new home the same time we welcome Mr Mrs ft Thompson from who ve understand hive bought the White house and property it Silver Creek 1976 tall Fur Queen Sunday evening we were dinner guests of Mr ind Mrs John family in their lovely new home on Ave They were interested in hearing news of this area send greetings to all their old friends and neighbors at Churchill Iorrunc Hurt of will be the HO or so more ill Queens from Ihe province who ire guests of the loronto I ind competing for the title to be Miss C fc- of 1J77 It tikes on opening day Wednesday 17 ifhth I ine residents wen on Saturday to find out thit Ihcir boxes hid been wilfully knocked off the post Some were hinging but others completely off and found in the ditch Too bad whoever is of this offense could not use their tnergy for some thing of i constructive nature id of wilfully destroying other peoples properly There wis fair it tendance out on Sunday to hear the guest Rev Tom of Georgetown whodellvercd i most inspiring sermon Mr and Mrs Robert Kerr pro vided music for the service ihe visitors were Rev Mrs chuck of Beaton was i former in charge here They renewed with many of their friends Mr ind Mrs Norman Swinn of St Catharines visited her parents Mr Mrs I- rank Smith on Sunday The play schools for Ihe wound up the summer with a last week It started off with a in There were four floats sentry was The Wed ding Party Their float was decorated with masses of paper flowers made by the children was he officiating clergyman Susan Connor the bride Shawn McCutchcon the groom children who were their attendants all flowers The Robert I school of Acton received the prize for best rands and family of Morgan ore pleased to know that although still confined to hospital he is much improved and out of in care by Mm Laurie flies Calgary on Saturday as one of BO youth guests to General Council Wheres Tom A letter lo Ihe Credit Valley Conservation Authority from Hills concerning Terra pool rales and signed by Mayor Tom Hill evoked comment from Chair man Grant This is signed by Tom Hill that s the only thing we seen of Tom or a long time Mayor Hill is an Authority member and has not attended meetings since early in the new year The town just recently passed a by law allowing a house for bird help for bona fide farmers but since McNair Mushroom Products is in the E C development control area they have a permit from that body Planner Mario pointed out there was nothing wrong with the proposed house since it is located in an area that could not later be severed WEVE GOT EM Honda Civic IMMEDIATE DELIVERY D LESS Charges Shift or Automat No Down Payment Bank Plan Financing to Months AT MOTORS WE CARE Vacation Bible School is being held this week at Beth LI Christian Reformed Church Pictures next week GUELPH S ONLY SPECIALTY LIGHTING STORE CHATELAINE LIGHTING York Road Guelph Bright Ideas for all your Lighting Needs EXTENSIVE SELECTION OF HOUSE FIXTURES fit Door rt Swig Limps Cibneti Heil IBisebonrd Porlit Clem Systems F Vent 111 on Hoods ins FREE PARKING Sal 1pm FREE PRESS SPECIAL fOR AT fflf ACTON FALL FAIR AMATEURS ONLY Best and white or colour photographs suitable for publication with credit In the Acton Free Press Picture Subject a scene children animals flowers etc of interest taken with ten miles of Acton entries per person permitted I Children entries welcome Colour judged separately from black while and prints to be submitted to Free Press so may be completed and pictures enlarged Tor display at the Fall air DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES FRIDAY SEPT First prizes three honorable mentions at SO each up to awards of each In each category colour black and white AreYouNewToTown or do you know Would Iko call on you wit HouBowarrong G is 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