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This Saturday Finale of Journey to feature riders horsedrawn carriages Saturda August at I m over mounted riders and car riagea will parade along a mile km route through the hamlet of and south on Trafalgar Road to Scotsdale Farm located one mile north of Highway 7 just northwest of George town Ontario The parade will be the finale of the Journey Into Yesterday a Bicentennial Project which began in near Ottawa and Depot Harbour on Georgian Bay on July The Joume has been a heritage adSenture for all of its pants riders and and companions on foot or otherwise the pioneer trails through our beautiful province The Horse Parade into Scotsdale is a fitting end to this Bicentennial Celebration of the Horse The parade will enter the grounds of Scotsdale at p There will be a brief ceremony honouring the horse and its importance to Ontario s economy past and present For the enjoyment of guests and the A unique wedding anniversary took place recently whan two broth and two celebrated el Inn Milton Left to right am former Actonlene Gordon and Edna Rofeton and on the right are Margaret and Howard Rota I on Photo by Tad Hilton All in the family No sibling rivalry at this golden anniversary More that years ago Edna Leigh ton and her sister fell In love with Gordon Bo 1st on and his brother Howard Seven children grandchildren and one greatgrandchild later Edna and Gordon and Howard are still together Two sisters marrying two brothers is unusual enough but to be together for ran idttd Whal the secret Edna Rolston stated it simply as If there was no other way You have to love each other All four were married In South River Ontario about two months apart Edna and Gordon lived nine years of their happy married life in as prominent members of the business community Gordon started Acton Wood Products from scratch in 1965 he said He sold the business in 19C7 when he retired and where he has lived for years He and his wife have three daughters and six grandchildren Marg and Howard have one daughter and three sons eight grandchildren and one great grandchild If you re not going to slay together don t gel married Howard warned know that before you get married It worked for our family He and his wife live in Cambridge The two couples celebrated their an with friends and relatives at Milton Herlgate Inn recently Everything was lovely said Edna of the party general public there will be a series of brief but ting demonstrations showing a few of the activities presently available to equestrians of all disciplines At the same time the Bennett home there will be a pm ate showing by a number of On tanos fine equestrian artists farm was bequeathed by the Bennetts to the people of Ontario in A decision has not been finalized as to the future of the property The Ontario Federation has proposed that the acre estate become a Horse Park incor all phases of equestrian and car driving activity with the intention of educating and entertaining the general public and providing a permanent show case for all equestrian and carnage disciplines All members of the equestrian fraternity and the public at large are Invited to take part in this special cent en Celebration Man trapped under tractor A 66yearold area man is in Intensive care at Guelph General Hospital after a form tractor overturned on top of him on Lot 22 Concession 7 just north of Ever ton Robert Allen was hauling logs out of a wooded area with his tractor when the tractor tipped over and trapped him under it last Sunday Firefighters freed Allen who suffered Injuries to his chest and left arm Pick firm to drill wells Region will pay Hart and Sons of Falls BOO to drill four test holes and construct municipal wells along the Fourth Line east of Acton The firm bid on the project was selected after the only other bid from a Gloucester companywas disqualified as being in complete The Region consulting engineers Morrison Ltd satisfied the public works committee last week that Hart and Sons can do the Job The committee expects only two of the four sites to be accessed and allocated site preparation funds accordingly Negotiations for the site exploration with properly owners were completed in early July The Region is hoping one of the test sites will become a new municipal well servicing Acton The provision of an extra water source is directly tied into long range plans to expand the Acton urban area Georgetown Acton Wednesday Aug 3 Obituary Bessie was active in the IODE A Ioer of books art and memorabilia about Acton Elizabeth Bessie died July at General Hospital after a brief illness She was Born in Georgetown March to- Elizabeth and Mnt Musseile attended Acton public and con tinuation schools and travelled by train to- attend commercial art classes at Toronto- Technical School During the Mrs helped out at her father s grocery store wMch was located where Alex Johnston Real Estate is now situated She married George H Musseile at Knox Manse In 1927 and helped him build a home and greenhouses in the 1930s Mr and Mrs Musseile worked together in the flower and growing business She was acme in the IODE from its early beginnings at one time serving as Regent She was also a member of the Knox WMS and taught Sunday School during the 1930s and 40s During the 1950s Mrs relumed to art studying oils under Dorothy Stone and Frank Black She loicd reading especially poetry and Acton munorabllla Mrs was predeceased by husband George She is survived by sons George C of Acton and John of and by daughter Olive Mrs Allan Ellcrby also of Acton She had eight grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren Rev Craig conducted a funeral service at Knox Church followed in at Fairview Cemetery Pallbearers were neighbors Bill George Barnes Vmce Dunn Murray McLaren and Carl Meadows of and eldest grandson Rob of Neighbors Grace and Lena Barnes prepared a tea at home following the funeral Mandy of an tire audience at the CNE a Hilton Hills Day She gave her rendition Fleihdence body and I Country Among other par formers the Acton Citizen Band also enter Mined a stage the Bandshell Thura day afternoon MorephotoalnNewsmakera Coons eat corn ear in ear out BRKMN A raccoon got into our barn the other day and it took most of the morning to push him using a long pole He escaped unharmed and soon climbed a tree lo be safe from our dog Perhaps we are too kindhearted because I know in another week our corn will be devastated by the hungry creatures They like to pull the green husks down with their If only would eat whole cob proceeding to the next one l lose so many ears of com farmer usually no pit on the creatures of the wild and perhaps if our livelihood depended on our gardens would feel the way