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WhhHaJvn There lots of winners from recent draws to tell you about so here goes Prom the Market Van Acton Blvd won an oil painting in an Eastern Star draw From the fall fair Pat Hock wood Ryder Tim mens J Schuts Guelph and Tyler Acton won in the Sasco Aloe Vera Products draw Mar and Edna Ken are the local distributors Acton won first place in the High School year book raffle Ron Keller took second and Mrs McRae 4 Acton took third There a local Acton girl who is recuperating from major surgery who collects key chains She currently has over and friends thought it would help her re if she could be pre occupied counting and look at new ones I not going to release her name in respect of her privacy but anyone who has any key chains which may be suitable or a collection and Mould like to donate It to the cause can drop them off here at the Free Press to my attention and 111 make sure they get to her The Rock wood Conserve tlon Area has the second highest revenue and attend of the Grand River Conservation Areas Brant Conservation Area Is at the head of the list increase was as of August 21 compared with other increases of from Middle School is holding an open house on October next Tuesday which will Include tours of the school and an opportunity or parents to meet their child teacher Parents will also be able to participate in the Book Fair which runs from October to Betty and I would like to thank the per son who almost ran us over in the crosswalk Friday night Thank him Sure for not waiting one second long before be became patient and pulled out of he line of traffic waiting for us He surely would have hit us Stepping into the cross walk at the Mill and Willow St corner is dangerous enough However one feels pretty secure when the first car stops Well he did and was waiting for us to cross Nice polite fellow However the creep behind him be bothered waiting literally yanked his car into the oncoming lane which had no traffic In It because they were waiting for us and drove down the wrong side the road and turned left onto Willow St south I sure the to this atrocity were just as shocked and horrified as Betty and I We were half way across the road and had to step back to avoid being hit The Incident didnt scare me or even anger me until later The more I thought about It the more I realised what an idiot the guy was and the angler 1 became So it you see an older brown large car driven by a guy In his mid 30s with a moustache behind the wheel near the crosswalk run don walk Leukemia turns agnostic into new Trinity minister GeorQMownActon Wsdnaday Spt 5 Police beat I A traumatic experience with leukemic was the beginning of a new life for Don and now 13 later he looks forward to a happy life Acton as head of Trinity United Church In Acton newest minister was in his first year of teaching high school in Saskal chewan when tragedy struck he developed leukemia He hesitate to admit he was an agnostic at the time the church while he was in university However after only IS months of marriage he found his world crumbling around him All his dreams for the future were smashed and at the age of he was full of anger and fear Rev was immediately placed In a very aggressive chemotherapy program and luckily soon after went into remission He is still in remission Finishing out the school teaching year Rev Matheson felt he needed to explore cer tain questions of life of suffering and evil He entered theological college to find the answers and before he knew it he was a min Ister with four charges near Cut His first year of college was very Inter Rev Mathcson icvcals He disco can be a person of faith in the dark and he could be less than perfect and still believe In 1973 he became concerned about the cancer clinic in Saskatoon so he and his wife moved to Toronto to be near Princess Margaret Hospital While lucky enough to be in remission be close good hospital Rev Matheson completed his theological degree in Toronto and got a Job at a United Church in Toronto as an assistant He was turned down for ordination ironically cause he t pass the medical for the pension plan One year later In 1977 he tried again and the Church decided to make an exception and he was ordained was his first posting in keeping Bay of Fundy MUSIC LESSONS DULSE MOO PIANO MUMS SUMMER STRING BANJO SAVORY NEILS from MUSIC HaHiafds Ltd PO Box 310 SprlnghlllNS COO by tor Information Canadas Largest Leather Goods Store For HANDBAGS Genuine LEATHER OPEN DAILY Eastern Ave Acton Bonus Shop THIS Wednesday Thursday or Friday and use the coupon towards any purchase of or more from the Hide House or Artisan Village riot Valid In conjunction with any other coupon or discount privilege -K- SAVINGS 500 Valid September Minimum Purchase of 13 of one per Rev Don with his rule of being within an hours drive of Princess Margaret After a year in Markham Rev Matheson was transferred to Brampton a St Pauls Church where he was an associate minister far five years He worked with two other ministers But recently Rev Matheson felt he wanted to be on his own he wanted the buck to stop with him Acton seemed to be the ideal location and he was needed after Rev Andy King was transferred to Mai ton in June Arriving town at the beginning of the month Rev is looking forward to a fruitful and happy relationship between himself and he congregation He admits he wanted to be in a congregation like Acton He wants to direct the energy of the mem bers and then marshal it In the next while Rev says he has two sets of very big shoes to fill Rev King and Rev Chuck Beaton before him both have left voids in the local church and Rev knows he has lough acts to follow I cannot be a Chuck Beaton or Andy King he admits I can on be a Don Mathcson Two Acton banks had win dows broken on the weekend The Bank of Nova Scotia Mill St had a rock thrown through the front door window valued at sometime Friday night The Bank of Montreal also Mill St had a cement block thrown through a window valued at MOO at about a on Sunday A 15yearold Acton youth was charged connection with the second incident Robert School on School Lane had a rock thrown through a window on Saturday morning Two aged and were found to be responsible and were handed over to their parents Damage was set at A yearold Township man had his licence suspended for hours after he was stopped at about 1 30 a Saturday on Mill St After giv a breath sample to the police he was found to have a blood alcohol reading of milligrams A 38 yearold Acton man was charged with assault causing bodily harm as a result of an in cident at the Sit n Bull Tavern on Mill St at about 15 Saturday The victim was a yearold Georgetown man who was involved in an incident inside the tavern and suffered injuries while being ejected He receiv ed a broken nose and a cut to his left side nbs which required 12 stitches to close Two Acton men aged and years were charged with mischief as a result of an inci dent outside the tavern While investigating the assault inside the Sit n Bull Tavern their cruiser bad paint scratched oft of the root with keys A Acton man was charged with public nudity on Friday at about The accused was observed in the back yard a residence Mill St A 45yearold Acton man was charged with impaired driving after being stopped for a traffic violation on Church St last Wednesday A break and enter occurred a a vacant house at 1 last Wednesday The home Is a large estate formerly owned by Mr and Mrs Stewart Bennett and presently owned by the On lario Heritage Foundation Several panes of glass were broken with damage estimated at There was nothing stolen Halton Police have laid three charges against a 24yearold area man as a result of a single car accident on August 20 Police said the man suffered a broken leg when th vehicle he was driving left the road struck a mall box and then veered back across the road and struck a tree The driver was taken to Guelph Hospital where a blood sample was taken that showed there was 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