Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), June 7, 1978, p. 11

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The Acton Frag Press Wednesday June7 11 Ballinafad Eden Mills Community saddened by deaths this week WHOS THE BIGGEST KID OF ALL Vanan machinist George Mit chell the tallest shows off a meta disc and string toy he fashioned Tor children during the employees open house Sunday Five year old Jesse Forrest and twoyear old brother Adam of Poplar Avenue Acton were among several young visitors to the plant Associates of Canada employees held the open house in order to show relatives and friends their skills and products Varian employs about 200 people in Georgetown Limehouse Marnie Willsie retires as Brownie leader by Mrs Benton Mrs and her sister Mrs visited friends at St Thomas for a few days and Professor and Mrs at Guclph The Women Institute catered a hot roast beef dinner for mothers and daughters of Brownies and Guides arranged by the local association last week Mr and Mrs Heinz Spider of Germany are their sister Mrs Paul Spilzer We all shall miss Mrs Kirkpatrkk who died In hospital at Durham on May following a stroke We extend sympathy to the family from Mrs G Denny Well here we are again at the end of another successful year of Brownies and Guides Before going any further I would like to say a special lhanks to all the people who make the year so delightful On the Ih and five of our Brownies Margaret ah Coralee Denny Kelly Laurence Phillips and Heather Brown were taken to camp by their Brown Owl Marnie The Credit Valley District Camp was held at Camp near Clifford Luckily they had wonderful weather Tor the occasion We are very pleased to find ourselves with two new leaders for next year Mrs Pat a new member of our community will be Brown Owl in place of Wilsie will be taking over for Carol Visschedyk as Guide Captain The Brownies I m sure will miss Marnie and we are all very sad to see Carol go She Is moving his summer A delicious roast beef dinner was enjoyed by all at the first Limehouse Brownie and Guide Mother and Daughter Banquet on Tues June The dinner was pre pared and served by the Women Instl lute District Commissioner Norma Wilson was our guest Rec folder Extra copies of the recreation Department folder listing summer programs are available Try the town office or the Free Press office at the dinner After the meal Catherine Cutler and were enrolled into Guides in a candlelight ceremony Seven Brownies received their Golden Hands and their wings is they flew up to Guides The girls are Little Judy Thomson Kelly Lawrence Sherry Willsie Campbell Kendall Bachelor and Margaret Olah Congratulations to all of you Several year pins and badges were also given out received her first year pin Third year pins went lo Moniquc Campbell Lorie Little Sherry and Kelly Lawrence Coralee Denny received her Golden Ladder Heather Brown Wanita Phillips and Sabrma got the craft badge The space and writers badges were earned by Margaret Olah Heather Brown Wanlta Phillips and Kelly Lawrence The Brownies then enter lained audience of Mothers by doing a skit and playing a hilarious trick on some of them Following this the Guides put on a very well done gong show To finish off the year we plan to have the last meeting at Willsie and we hope to sec all the mothers there as we will be sending out for Chinese food If you need directions please call Thanks again to everyone who made this year possible from Mrs Hannah Limehouse Cubs and Scouts held their father and son banquet In Limehouse Memorial Hall last month Sixty people attended includ ing special guests Mrs Mary Booth president of the Women Murray Harrison Commissioner Steve Thompson assistant district commissioner for Cubs and Gord Douglas assistant District Commissioner for Scouts The meal was a pot luck supper and was served by the mothers One of our fathers Rev Richard told the boys one of his neat stories and Elaine and Frank Hannah showed slides of the I Cubs and Scouts taken over the past three years The first aid day planned by the fifth Georgetown Hovers was cancelled because of rain but we hope it will be held in the fall This was for alt Cubs in the District Craig Armstrong Tim and Clifford attended the Cub Camp held for all Cubs in ihe District who will be going to Scouts in the fall Tht weather was dreadfully hoi but the boys enjoyed a swim a display of model airplanes and on ob stacle course up by ihe Norval Scouts camp was held just wesl of Craig Armstrong has earned all five stars and will be presented with a at the District awards night Wednesday June Ken Field Lee Foster and Greg Lane have earned the black star Tim Mike Hannah Craig Armstrong and Lee Foster earned the blue star Craig and Mike also received the red star George Coales carpenter badges Brian Porter pet keeper team player and skater Alan Scott collector Roberto collector Tht Scouts did not attend the Explorers hike because of rain but two weeks later had a hike covering the same territory congratulations I hear are planning a canoe trip and possibly a bike hike Group committee held their May meeting the home of and Ed Ryan but only seven people showed up With two of them resigning an emergency meeting for parents was called last Wed the Cub meeting with District Staff attending We are happy to report a new executive has been found for next year and we can con with our Cubs and Scouls by A pretty May wedding look place In St Georges can Church chapel Guelph uniting in marriage Miss Bould daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Bould and Mr Jake Roelofsen son of Mr and Mrs Arend of Guests from Eden Mills in eluded Mr and Mrs Tom Bould Michelle and Matthew and George and Judy Camp bell Congratulations to this happy couple Mr and Mrs Bob Thomson and Bradley of were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Fred Rinehart On Sunday they all allended Ihe family reunion at lovely Guelph Township Park Mrs Ross and family of Guclph also visited at the home Mr and Mrs George Campbell have moved lo their new home In Sundridge Both George and Judy were active in community work and will be greatly missed A warm welcome is ex tended to Mr and Mrs Nick Gould who have recently moved to the village from Rock wood Dr Robert and Clarke from Richmond C have been recent visitors wllh family Mr and Mrs Schulte and Chris They also visited relatives and friends in Ottawa Friends of Mr William McLean and Mrs Wilk Wilson will be glad to know they are home from hospital Mrs Wilson had the misfortune of gelling her hand caught in the wringer of her washing machine and 50 stitches were required to close the wounds Mr Mrs Ralph Thompson attended the County Orange church parade at The Boyno and also enjoyed the service of worship Churchill United Church Rev William Rcid or Kirk wall and Sheffield was the guest minister at the lerlan church on Sunday In baseball the senior bail Ebenezer team beat Guelph Gryphons with a score of and edged out Prior Trucking Deep and sincere sympathy Is extended to the Hennessey and Gllbertson families in the sudden passing of Mrs Jim Gllbertson nee Maria Hennessey and wee babe They werclaid to rest in Eden Mills Cemetery on Tuesday afternoon Drop in for some chips and pop and say hello to Sylvia Neville who Is opening a small variety store in the little stone cottage on Saturday In the absence of Rev Fin ley the elders of United Church took Ihe service on Sunday Mr Howard James conducted Ihe service with Mrs Harold giving the prayer Mr Ralph Thompson and Mr Ed Parker read scripture lessons and Mrs Elwood Snow gave the address on Trust God taken from Peter Marshall book If trusted God more we wouldn t worry ourselves into the sickness we have today The choir sang The Psalm Weekend visitors at the home of Mr and Mrs Ralph Thompson were Mr and Mrs James Campbell from Mr and Mrs Richard Shorthill from and Mr and Mrs Alfred Thompson Mr and Mrs Ralph Thompson and Mrs Muriel of Rockwood visited with Mr and Mrs Pete of New Market recently SURVEYING THE GOODS Ethel Schuett from and Henry MacLeod shop at the Y s Men s annual auction sale Friday evening A good crowd turned out for the event Birthday greeting Prevention by Mrs Hon McLean Mrs Earl Wards many friends hope she will soon be home from General Hospital Best wishes to grand old man Percy Kitch ing years young In the absence of Rev attending conference Mr Horace had charge of the service He spoke on the need of vision Carey the poor shoemaker did his work with a Bible spread out and a homemode map of the world on the wall vision of Jesus left his little shop and mode history Our horizons are often too small Aclsl says Go Into all the world Wm Carey and Isaiah caught ministers responsibility to speak people about ion It hup to all or us Acts Theyspokethewordof God with boldness Many would like to take the cross out of religion They shut out human need from their sensibility Christianity would be empty if it only existed to satisfy our longing for free dom from pain John IS Is the centre of our religion Jesus took our sins on the cross He is coming again to receive us Into His kingdom Each of us must give an account to Christ Arc we proclaiming the gospel If not why not Where is our vision for souls Lord A financial contribution to the Canadian National In for the Blind supports an prevention of blind program as well as blindness rehabilitation vices Because half of all can be prevented if treatment begins early dis of information on eye care and organizing vision screening clinics are in important part of Ihe work Halter Tops414 I Men Swim Trunks 3 urn mi GREAT ALTERATIONS SALE 10f plus FREE PAD and on BURLINGTON CARPET Ladies Swimsmta Toddle re Trunks fl Men a T Shirts sub LADIES SHORT SLEEVE PRINTED TSHIHTSsizcss m I inns Cotton Tw II IS GarbaaeBana Quilt Patches I OPEN SUNDAYS Infant Sunsuits Kitchen Garbage Baga 2588 Lace from yd MONDAY SATURDAY EVEflY MONDAY GEORGETOWN ELKS LODGE BINGO Door Prizes Mountairwiew Road Georgetown Early Bird p PRIZES AT 20 EACH Doora Open 7pm Bingo Starts Regular Games 3 Special at 70 600 Jackpot Numbers GUARANTEED SharThWaarlh Project and Df In Small Child ran FREE Bus Service From Acton and OPEN SUNDAYS Kids baseball twice a week by Winifred Smith Mr Robert was organist on Sunday June The anthem by he children choir as always was enjoyed There was much Interest by adults and children alike the minister told the story of The Cats Cradle It turned out to be quite humorous as different children were in vited to come up and demon strate how It was done Instead of a sermon Mr Stiles spoke on the recent conference The choir of St Andrews Church George town will be present at next Sundays service to give a musical God People Miss Connie Knight a and Mrs Dorothy Knights vial tors from Ipswich England who are staying at the Smith Farm accompanied Mr and Mrs Smith to Quebec last week They spent a few days with relatives In Dixviile and had a tour of the borne there Congratulations are la order for Mr and Mrs Paul who became grand parents for the first time last week Daughter Julie and husband Ted are the proud parents of a little son It was a happy day on Thursday June 1 for a large group of little tots from the Maple Nursery School Georgetown It was an outing to the farm of and Mrs Brian Ballinafad The children were taken for a hay ride around the farm also watched an expert sheep shearer Mr Wilson shear the sheep The baby foal was admired as It romped around the field The highlight of the afternoon was the candy hunt The youngsters returned home happy and looking forward to another such outing Lots of children turn up twice a week for the kids baseball Starts at JO Thurs day evening and a on Saturday mornings A few more coaches are needed and parents are invited to come along to cheer the youngsters on Burnett s field Is the ball diamond Farm help Wellington County farmers are turning to an county agricultural man power board for temporary helpers because they are told there is not enough money to set up an office closer to home A spokesman for Manpower said there Is not sufficient funds to set up a labor pool like the one in Bruce and Grey counties so local farmers are going there to get qualified farm help Some farmers want to set up their own agency In Wellington An Ontario Federation of Agriculture spokesman said many farmers want to be able to take a vacation but cannot because there Is no one around to take their place The OPA spokesman added farmers are turning away from Canada Manpower because it fails to provide qualified workers For example one Wellington dairy farmer asked tfor a dairy hand and Instead was sent a furniture mover TEDDYS THE INN abEVERTON in our and Teapots to eat a deAvuoos Cheese are under for a a are on Sunday So 1 For Sales Service THE DISTRICTS NEWEST STEREO HEADQUARTERS Owned Operated By ROB GRAY IN THE ROCKWOOD PLAZA Hwy 7 opposite TV Stereo Sony Products Service to all makers of home entertainment equipment and air conditioners Rockwood TV Sales Service Telephone 8569825 HAVE YOU JUST BOUGHT A HORSE COME ON IN WE WILL FIT YOU UP WITH JUST WHAT YOU NEED AND NOT WHAT YOU NEED THE OLD Tack Togs Si Sit MAIN CLIN WILLIAMS EVER YTH1VG FOR YOUR HORSE a YOU

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