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rjyrnaarctggmroxsugiggtc 5 j- -r-raaykcsy- -yjj-l- 7 thursday march 31 1955 the acton free pess actoki ontario f l- robt r hamilton fred a hoffman optometrists formerly e p head phone guelph 1924 58 st georges square state farm w h denny agent chp pel inyelph wedding setting a quiet wedding ceremony was performed on march 17 in the cha pel of knox presbyterian church guelph when rev d crawford smitlf united in marriage- melba jean kentner and mr ralph george mctcen- the bride is the daughter of mr wilpert r wollis rr 6 mount forest and the late mrs wollis and the groom is the son of tit and mrs glen mcken guelpn for he marriage the bride chose a s nylon ressofinformftllength with black and white accessories she wore a matching ha and corsage of white carnations mrsa kirkpatrick of mount forest sister of the bride was matron of horior she wore a pink and rikvy crepe dress with pink and navy accessories and a pink earn- ation corsage john martin of kitchener was best nan a reception followed immediate- lv after the ceremony at thphnmp life fire u w h denny 39 brock st acton phone 455 of the groom where members of the immediate families gathered the brides table was centred with a three tiered wedding cake flanked by white tapers anj floral arrangements of baby chrysanthe mums mrs wollis the brides stepmoth er wore a- navy and white crepe dr w re a- n i ri avy a ies and a corsage of red rbses to receive her guests the grooms mother assisted wearing a pastel blue suit with navy accessbries and a red rose corsage actons olijlpct resident wil liam ma in prize is observing to day his 98th birthday at his home on mill st aar mainprise who is a great grandfather is conjined mostly to his home but is still interested in events of the town cgi t imaginary tour of village the canadian girls in training of knox church met at the home of imrs d davi on monday the meeting opened with a game called the tiger and the sheep and the purpose the secretary read the information on the pape call ing girls in teens the group divided into groups of three and each grouphad a leader to take her group through an im aginary tour of an indian village in india anjudiart quiz was con- ducked by sharon gervais v the help of ruth spielvogeltella jany and jane mcphedran norma sinclair led theworship service ella jany read a chapter from the mission study book saris and sandals after a sing song conduct ed by miss watkins the meeting closed with taps enga mr and mrs james stokes campbellville announce the en gagenient of their daughter mary taurine to wellsley henry mac leod son of mr and mrs harry l a weddin to t tiophi place april 9th 1955 2 pair st johns church nassagaweya personals hrs dougald kennedy 1 visiting friends in winnipeg edmonton and vancouver for a few weeks miss jenny capesky of the 6tck childrens hospital toronto re newed acquaintance with mrs jd rogn vnldson on wednesday home from a motor trip to flori da are mr and mrs r h xulott they erfivedjback tuesday after having been away for several weeks- friends of mrs alice korak and her daughter mrs miltired bell are very sorry to learn of the death of another daughter mrs aoeen cunningham of simcoe i mr and mrs wj mckrstght and beverley mr and mrs g aiv ken and sharon of guejpht visited on sunday with ronald mcknight att woodeden cerebral palsy train ing centre near london on tuesday medical service rep resentatives who were attending a convention in toronto came up to acton to tour baxter laboratories i i n mr laphene peterson of morton jx oth birthday grove illinois who is in charge of sales was with them the men rep- a group of friends her present resent baxter laboratories pro- pastor and a former pastor sar- ducts across canada i prised mrs mary ella bell with a when mr and mrs spencerlee narty last friday afternoon mr and mrs kenneth knox and mrs bell who lives with mr and hold surprise party vl v jl page tvm gowns over 100 years old shown with latest styles at meeting a girls life from her christen ing until her wedding was the theme of a fashion show presented by one of the groups of the friendly circle at the meeting on wednesday of last week members brought guests and the sunday school room of the united church was filled for he program of fashions and music the president stella adamson presided for a short business per iod before the program fran lelanu acted as coramentat- or for the fashion show presented by the group led by irene douglas and marguerite taylor helen pickett played the piano through the display and accompanied the singing in sharp contrast edna hufnagel and may lang appeared first as if at a christening mrs hufnagels dress was oyer 100 years old and that of the baby oyer 80 years old mrs lang wore a smart mod ern dress jimmv mckeown tommy me- et rognvaldson lorraine lasby kathcrine garrettrand merle rus sell r for the first dance betty bean appeared in eyecatching tang erine dress on princess lines with small jacket greta helled wore a party dress over 100 years old clothes for the business girl were modelled by doris kentner edna nellis edna hufnagel louise baxter jean russell doro thy rognvaldson 1 greta helper jean johnston jean denny and margaret macpherson ida olsen wore a dress suitable for- joining the church in oldfashioned black dress and plumes mrs macpherson gave a reading things of j ghe past with another flashback into the past four of the models switched to garb of the twenties for a de monstration of flappers attire aqd dancing ability climaxing the show were the wedding clothes with mrs heller wearing ai white wedding gown o 1 y old mrs baxter andrew visieu lprtescou re cently they atendetrhe christen ing of mr and mrs donald spen cerlees daughter the baby wore a robe which was over 100 year mrs a orr- bower ave was ob serving her 76th birthday friends from the church and neighbours joined in bringing sur prise congratulations her minis- sl i q ister rev e a carrey and mrs k mr 6 is stay frederick rrt w announce the engagement of their youngest daughter dorothy irene to mr neil william franklin lambert rock wood ontario the wedding will take place in trinity united church ingersoll on satur day april 9 1955 at 4 pm ing in prescott overr easter in the final round of the euchre on friday night it was a close battle between dude lindsay and vic masters for first prize but dude edged him out to take home he weekend roast bob bowles took third prizeand bui roberts he booby our bowling team braved the storm on saturday to journey to welland for the district competit ion and although they made a good showing against very tough comp etition from larger branches they were unsuccessful in bringing the currey and a former minister rev c l poole and mrs poole were special guests revj poole was the minister in harrjston where mrs bell formerly resided mrs bell delighted by the thoujkhtfulness of her friends also j received small gifts cards and flowers a delicious fl p the ladies was served keown brenda mckeown nancy wore an attractive bridesmaids rognvaldson and loma macpher- 1 dress and muriel simpson circled son showed what is the smart the room as the bride mrs b thing to wear to kindergarten veldhufc sang i love you truly ralph nellis sported a stylish pink the clothes for the show came bow tie then demonstrating the from mildred bells stre ahdtht first recital barbara symon jan- jewellery from don bextons mrs ice woodburn and mary kobylka l bowen helped with the make- appeared in attractive outfits to up pl the piano refreshments were served to the suitable domes for the older many who attended this special the older many who attended schoolgirls were modelled by jan- meeting lads dads enjoy speaker magician the annual dads and lads dinner was held last thursday evening in st albans parish hall a roast urkey dinner was served by the ladles guild to 100 man and hoysbooater watch out for pranksters to- driving weather was bad over morrow morning its april fools the weekend iltod the beat thine day to do was stay home the per tm j- sonals column suffers accordingly driving on district roads was hiia week very hazardous during the week- end i the baptist younr peoples the monthly band concert w year s2tijs bad weather andhriving called simon the leper the festt- many cars now boast the tts val ta being held in hiusburgh who were present at the dinner which has become a yearly affair at st albans the special speaker for the even ing was tht rev k g kiddell ba lth the rector of st pauls ang lican church caledonia mr kid- plates is reported as very good excavations are being made this week for another group of houses in the glenlea subdivision the junior farmers hockey sick list we will all be glad to hear that al denny and jack cooney who a mc- both underwent operations in sun- nybrooe hospital are expected his ulk particularly to trophy won this year bjr the ac- the boys who were present rnthr ton team is on display in the free home this week johnny moore is still undergoing treatment in the same hospital and i am sure he would appreciate a visit from any one of us how about it comrades are you going to be in toronto in the near future crlbbage competition the cribbage team under the leadership of bill nicolac will journey to georgetown on satur day to enter in the district comp etition the best of luck fellows another set of trophies would look good in the branch on the agenda dont forget the general meeting next week lets all turn out and fill the room upstairs theres some interesting items on than to the grownups and his stunts and tricks were enjoyed by younr and old alike tlicsmah fry were- aljnr expertly entertained by a very competent and fascinatinr magician wells the wizard acton friends were sorry to learn that johnny barber of georgetown was injured in a truck accident and is in hospital in lon don ontario three trucks wera involved in the accident with mr barber helping one truck driver when he was struck by another vehicle mr haskell of t toronto better business bureau who aa- dressed a group of ladies on fa- road dam repairs concern of council a road expenditure bylaw pro viding 27000 fir roads andbridge for 1955 was pacd at the regular meeting ofjuncil at rock wood press window this week tuesday night sonny rogn valdson completed his second year mdustrial electronic course at the j shronrfraudtilesdayafternoon provincial institute of trades spoke at the rotary clun meeting at i supper hour frank oldfield j ladies of knox church held a accompanied him here and sang balung sale and small bazaar in the several solos accompanied by ted j office beside mainprises barber hansen shop on saturday the event was most successful despite bad weath- think we dont have the witt er i ters we used to have in those i good old days exactly ttttt when the members of the years ago actonians were hihj i guelph college figure skating club in spring sunshine during the love- presented their carnival at the ly month of march farmers were oac rink last week gail dobble busy at the spring plowing and mary jane force and elizabeth there was scarcely any snow to bo seen anywhere the agenda tuesday night was the finish of the schedule for the cribbage with eden mills at the top this team has shown a great interest in the league and most certainly deserve game club were present and dls- the council alsr instructed the road superintendent to call for force of acton were taking part tenders for 10000 feet of gravel for road surfacing during the curren mr couts of the qrtnd valley classes held phpr m c0r prople to confirmation conservation authority mr mea- diuvs and mr kelso represntin j the pu of rockwood and mr r dovns and mr schneider rep- k f c sentine the rockwood fish and to l t z ut jlr the classes are held every monday the position plans are now made for the banquet tinnie mas- ales and fred kentner were the winners of the night w ea5 mii- arcs tz z whtn yon build t fire ander a mule the male takes off when someone builds- a fircrtinder your car yoa take off j somehow a fire started under a policy holders car near mid land the vehicle was a total loss but the policy holder didnt take off because cia paid him 1400 comprehensive pays for loss by fire ahd many other things cooperators insurance association george robertson phone mj2 acton repairing two dams in the town- ship ng both are held in st albans parish hall conducted by the hec t ra t j i tor th reverend evan h jones l boxwere appointed a commit- b a lth tee to hitelew bdgar harris seek- thv ciass tor the purpose ing his permission and cooperation j of preparing candidates for con- toward the repairing of two dams firmation or the laying on of j hands by the bishop of the dio- iccse of niagara the bishop of the rdioeese orniaiarvfrtfretrght hevet jjond w e bagnall ba dd will c meadows f schneider and f mrs w benson hostess to club the march meeting of knox church heather club was held t s as a refresher course the home of bea benson with a who have nlr bt president dorothy calder presid- l and for those who are m- inff tho oti v i eresox in the teaching faith and ractice of the church next fall the rector expects tobe- considered speed speedir careless driving lack f r tirtey and drinking are the four greatest highway safety prob lems this wis the considered op- nion of 418 ontario farm forums wh reported on th- march 21top ic highway safety jas ways of ov ercoming these problems they sisestd education stricter con iril of licensing ard stricter en- fiircimiiit of law g5 per cent of the sisups listed sxedasthebiggest singleprob peed 57 per cent alonu with thts be visiting st albans to administer i carless driving and 53 per i the rite in june als ifor these classes arc iack of cou urinking was mentioned by 4d per cent of the- groups 10 per cent t iiht too powerful cirs were a factor though thus forum adds that to the service to all makes jof television car radios radios rwgrant v- v watsons music store 124 mill st e phone 51 i ing the devptions were taken by i mae dumarchj and alice mccal- lum one new member was wel- i corned by the club the secretarys i report was given by meryl kirk- i ness followed by the treasurers j report by mary mann i business of interests to the club was discussed and it was decided i to hold a strawberry tea after a i vlozorts fvlusic i brief study period of the book firbvupon the earth this part of the meeting closed vith the mizpah j benediction meryl kirkness of- fered her home for the next meet- ing the hostess bea benson enter- tained the club with slides of the laurentian mountains the royal ladies heard mozarts symphony in candy company this children of rn ontario m entirety acton wul b i j an a class of religious instruction for anglican converts and others in- erested which will continue through the course of the year until the end of may study group topic m irus symphonies wer- the ir fortke evering- en the xlu- -r- st tidy lrup met mcindi u the me of mrs c heard several fvint papers were read and the i rtiiry div r- are indiff teli dnger- involved in driving on- atner interesting feiture of the sped problem was that 17 per ent f it sliv driver wre its irejt i rnvrici ithe roads fast drivers if driver- want to drive less than the spe limit let them take to the back roads sajrcold- prni5ttt prterborriiin y arranges visit of easter bunnv through the efforts of the local yjhca in cooperation with wfinter fair and northern which were thoroughly enjoyed by the group a social hour was spent with the hostess assisted by charlotte holmes margaret armstrong and olive joe tge fira of- j series of short per iods of instruction jn elementary neory a giver by mrs heard schang in the annual awards jiven to acton music pupils at- ning highet tanling in examin ations wefce discussed it was decid- d to change ue clases with one ai ue far grades one to four one r grades fiv six and seven and ne for grades eight nine and ten refrehmnts concluded the meeting which was presided over by the president mrs r arnold mrs w beatty introduced the it- m on the program in 1953 more han 5000 canad ians were given emergency relief bythe canadian red cross follow ing disaster there are 23 canadian red cross welfare workersserving omjtroopj- enovofjrouifood chopper the ba in fek vv tpbc tlltl fth 11 lha jirnk in the far east able to participate in an easter egg hunt during the easter holidays plans are being laid to hold the hunt in the town park if possible and in the yjt ca if not last year ymcas in toronto sponsored similar hunts and this year the activity is being increased to cover ymca in ontario nd quebec in acton the hunt will be open to all children six to 15 but they will have to register at the local y before the hunt bob brayshaw the y secretary reports that the 200 prizes being offered range from large chocolate rabbits to lollipops and there will be sufficient prizes for- everyone who wishes to enter whn grinding dry bread use an elastic 4nnd to fasten the open end of a paper bag aruund the knife will catch all the crumbs mtj earsisiskferj