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thursday december 24 1953 the acton free press acton ontario page mil attendance other awards at concert santa claus busy with many on gagemcnt at this time of year in eluded st alban s church scholars in his visit and arrived to climax the sunday school concert held thursday in the pariah hall about 100 parents and children attended the children had prepared num bera for the program under the direction of their sunday school teachers they also sang carols and cecil a carr optometrist enjojed a moving picture hansel ind crclcl a christmas tree decorated the innli hall f r ihc concert rev ii price acted as master of cere santa brought oranges and candy lo the pup til ul the conclusion of the program awards and prizes for attendance were presented by rev price those who missed not more than one or two sundays senior class frances oakes peggy oakes junior classes mrs newton a class barbara ware faye and rob in a sagaskie carolyn oak as class danny holmes best hr jones chtff- suttons class laurie duby don cook wayne ridley stewart mc donald primary j h price class da vid hargrave peter talor george hargrave s class george ware john loatherland jim mcdonald shirlej fryers class leslie dub tirolyn cook catharine higgle in the beginners group 3fi won attendance awards spec al pmes f r the best ill round pupil n each oas- ur won b p kfjv oikes dmn holme d inn newton i aur c dubv te i movse gail patrick cirolyn coik and susan wilson cwcickikicicikcvcccaaiccictcn x a merry happy j christmas new year j to one and all 2 blue doll beautt salon grttlm if gggttittfmmgteem our sincere good wishes for the happiest of christ masses and for a new year of health and prosperity 74 w4 greetings trpn the acton ministerial association families attend institute social the women s institute held a social evening in the hall on tu esdav evening when the institute members and their families at tended at the close of the evening a bag of candies and oranges was given to each child each member drought a gift for the girls at ce dirvale school at georgetown hold yule services a christmas service was held on sunday morning in the church ana a candle light service in the even ing mrs jollon as chalrlady mrs baiter mus hilts and elizabeth gibson brought the messages of christmas mr ruv plavcd an or gin solo ind janice baker a solo brick robin on brought i message from the minion bind jimrm kirk wood showed pictur es if chris s birth and all joined in mging the christmas carols mr russ closed uii meeting with gifts presented to august spitzers a pleasant s clal time was spent in the hall on saturday evening when those who could brave the elements gathered to present gifts and good wishes to the august spit zcr s who have recently moved to georgetown jack roughley was chairman and mesdamcs frank brown and james noble made the presentation of a living room lamp shelf table and bronze book ends a few games of re and cnbbage were played- and the karn s provided music for dancing mr ronald w mitchell of new zealand at present a student at the sihool of chiropractic davenport iowi is sending his christmas holidivs with his uncle wm mlt chell miss dons mitchell was alsr homi i mil tin ii i xtend sympathy pjthv of tin l its to miss riud oung and n rmun in thiir berenemin the ins in of heir stcr j mi i young your corn spot d i t wishe merrj christmas md i hi new year ti thi editor and of the acton free press ontario boasb thi most teltphon es per population of any canadian province the figure is something better than 30 telephones per 100 ne rsons k iid and mrs l sifly 1 1 1 f thi mi a ito ring w t mills hnv ueatli of ihi l mills chnslmis sirvicis were obstr it i millions 1 nsbyt nan church on sundiy mrs lamis kirkpitntk and miss muru i applevaid sang wc wish thi editor ind staff of the acton free pnss a very merry christmas ygm the aaanagement and staj of thompson motors ish all theft friends and customers a merry christmas happy and prosperous new year fcfchmkmiafcfefckmkaillkii9iftaili9i2mltlii new years term robinson business college milton commences monday january 4th secrctar al courses our spec ally diy nd even ng chsses first chrisntus party held in roxy abiil im ehildei of empliyets tf the wool combing corporation and 50 ndulu gathered saturday m irning in the roxy theatre for their first christmis party which it is hoped will become an annual event the party was sponsored by both the company and the union jack smith u lion president act ed as master of ceremoniis the youngsters enjoyed children a films with chocolate bars and ice cream l tn mr knox spoke briefly ind con ducted a draw bill churchill of act m was announced os winner f a lurktv ind mr sargent f fdeu mills of a chicken sinla chus arrived md hands d ut ibtut 150 bountiful i ikings ind ifls n imcs w n till d by uilin sccnliry mrs jai 1 1 will mven t tkiriks indy ind tr cc vid pyjn churches mark christmas sunday with carols candle lighting chnstm is tin fr pecnlly impressive aervlces in all of actons churchis in the pro tesuint churches list sunday was devoted to the story of the birth of chrim timely messages more extensive participation of choirs in the worship services and the sing ing of favorite christmas hymns and carols some of these churches art also holding christmas eve and christ dav services in st joephs roman c ilholic church midnight mass is be ng ce lebrated l night md two masc on christmas morning a christmas nndlrlighting i vice wis h id at st albin s ar kl i churdi la sundiy rv r i on th itnr wire it nndl i i the choir then processed singing s unt night to conclude the im pressive and solemn ceremony carols and anthems by the sen- or ind junior choirs a solo by garnet rose and duet by peggy and frances oakes were given in u rspersed with scripture lessons of the christmas story the congregation joined in the opening offertory and recessional hymns the christmas story and chrlst- nll ik t in the it ei h s d thf i in il im tl hrwl it dli v i gh d i th b c nnlnc of tl ce hymns wen llro included in the morning service at st alban christmas ev md christmas day srvices are also being held in the church the clrristrms storv n sicred ii t w i sho v n in slides by rev e a c irn t tl o hi iud church ii sin i iv rvening the service w i h 1 tt lei r it 1 sundiy in 1 r m ti rl i v r mr ly mlsa 4 engagements ti h in i i bht vhich hi chnr wise i m st i mr and mrs sjdney dure m i ton innount lie engijiminl f their daughtir minna elizabeth to earl dane mccoy son of mrs mccoy and the late mr william mccoj of acton the marrnge o take place on saturday january 23rd 1954 at 3 00 o clock in graie anglican church milton b m t i b i i ii rev prici nd ii s duby cirr thesi candles the apnstlis mad christr ill tn ind i the i disciple of of lightening the wiv of chn faith hu fallen to us repn this the light from the 12 ci was cirried out into the chun tht world h id be pin s lothtgsrm 1 avcry meity chrlsmas 1 jbmss phone 52 acton viij 5 the manager and staff v of g the bank of nova scotia in acton tli li r ii i ti iihlieirus mr r r hi s i ind ml s sun ind mrs veldhuis i du t th hmn ind scripture olso h till tht i chnslmis tw in cnli i chr tmis trees i the ehurih for ices th christ of chr stmis was the u pit rhnsen by pistor ray ci tirus for his sermon in acton biptist church christmas sunday morning in the evening he spqjke on the word became flelh choir selections solo by mary red ind trios of fiy girner he len la ndsbo rough and mary rlld charles ware by iwindsbo rough a enrol service preceded the rigulir evening service members of the diptlst congreg- it n hope to sing carols through thi towi lonikhl chrlstmis eve if wi ilh per chrut hin fied i iidc its of acton and vicinity a very merry christmas and a prosperous new year i pliyu by ted nrfin were ampli kn x ir byttmn ih rrl i chn tmis sin day tie f i imli tlcm rnti uliv n ng rv i these carols rang out ov- r t hu tin ds vi i i to h i tt i ir h f ttmr f i th sp r il tt nstmis mu ic hid hi i riir 1 bv kr x hurch h r d m h ins f r tti spe i il ii h m n r l thi re v r i tr tt n r the ii k t mpl uu ii i al mr v v 1 urul ltin r i hvmns li h sermon m the morning it rm t uj i r i whit f i r trrn m in t d ff n nt ii r h h 1 1 is c hrwl a t th mi int w ivl 1 d to the sfc j kkkkxk i xiikiisikm miiifciii off t 0n ch stmas week for registr itions a ephone 559 w a robinson pnn m mimw3mmwmmw m uiftiiriiiiki k 35it seasons proclamation by ortier of c jur 1 hereby procl i m saturday december 26th as boxing day at i request 1 it all r t tns ot t rye combined concert of church school 1 r nt r ss so s j 1 s ii day h 1 li 1 ir h on ink a k 1 tt liinoe t rl 1 w i ll rus- 1 f 1 1 n i for i 1 i v from i tr l i 1 the 1l v 1 1 asint ofrrrinir for korea s iv i n si jiln e hurch or u vi r cond ir v rn sunday t i hi v v i c u r v whi r i cho r l u ad girl im s v ral r thn diviri i d mi vhith h i pu lid a w ti n a h a w vf v u v nip c f s s as m s pf vi asd o for unto you i bom thi day in the city of davst- saviour who is chnt the lord st luke 2 1 1 r h arvstron p w l s erl p esbvor an church 0 e a curre c f ro m r s e st avttr ln red vttrch st a rn lhrch t wh tlr ws eitl