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4j t- 7t xmmsaay ajpiril nth teas the acton free press acton ontario page mn m of the county of halton this annual meeting of the childrens aid society of the county of helton will be held in the sunday school room of st pauls united church milton on thursday evening april 2lsti9g 8 pm guest speaker will be dr william e blatz mbihd of the instituted chi d study toronto a cordial invitation is extended to all interested citizens t w g aackeniie robinson qakville ontario president witchcraft slows christian te the easter thatikjfferlng meet ing of he womans missionary soc iety of the united church was held in the church on wednesday ap ril 6 when a missionary on fur lough frem africa described her activities there beautiful flowers created a spring setting- for the meeting presided over by the pres ident miss m z bennett mem bers of other local churches were in attendance miss f brown read the scrjpture and mrs p blnnie led in prayer mrs shoemaker gave a reading after the crucifixion the offering was taken by mrs j lambert and mrs g johnson and dedicated by mrs o h swlt- xerj mrs m moffatt read the gross was his own and mrs slum of bb- enezer sang open the gates of the temple miss mainprlze introduced the guest speaker miss kate ruther ford home from africa she aptly described her work pointing out the great drawback to teaching that the practice of witchcraft is witch craft prevails among the people she said- mfs b mowat moved the vote of thanks to the speaker tea was poured by mrs p a smith and mrs j symon the com mittor of the month served the lunch arid a social time together was enjoyed at the close of- the meeting the ladies were glad to nelson a missionary from the west present dont wait ut us heip you with your spring house want ad page where old friends meet roys 128 defivery spruce up for spring shop in acton come one come all to the acton merchants ci ant old time fiddlers contest winner of our first fiddlers contest who will be the winn this time taking place at the roxy theatre acton two big days fri sat may 6 7 grand cash merchandise prizes 5000 compete for 5000 in cash and merchandise prizes i fill out the entry form below and mail to the roxy theatre no later than april 28th l fiddlers contest on stage ttt 90 pm friday and saturday nites plenty of time to shop and see a complete show lets make it a big saturday nite h0ed0wn erton holiday visitors in ewrtotrhome misses- patsy and nancy jejtln pent the easte- weekend with mr and mrs lloyd hunter and family calnsvllle master raymond hunter return ed wkto them for a weeks holi day master ntftman duckett is spend ing the easter holidays with rela tives in new york sunday visitors with mr and mrs john alton and miss jennie tovell were mr and mrs alver tovell kitchener mr torn fountain toronto spent a few days at his hjome here sunday visitors with mr end mrs harvey jestln and bobby were mr jerry hunter osprlnge mrs wal- tercoulingorangeville and mr- and mrs joe pluska milton miss been parker guelph visited over the weekend with her parents mr and mrs omar parker limehouse good congregation on eas su paul turner celebrated his- sixth birthday on tuesday with a party at his home his guests included john ny and teddy clarke michael noble robbie roughlcy stephen lawr avril and nlgol george a goodly number attended easter services as limehouse presbyterian church on sunday special music was provided by the junior chdlr dlrectedby mr s olsby and ac- companled by mrs roughley mr and mrs mills arrived back from a winter in florida last week miss helen mills mr and mrs w i mills and family arid miss betty yake all of toronto visited them during the weekend mr and mrs wm newton and margaret of barrie were with his mother and miss ivens a week ago mr and mrs j a smethurst and family of islington were with mrs smethurst a week ago and the c a grants of stcwarttown this week mr c mcdonald and miss k klrkpatrlck spent easter wlthjllfl father near durham the leslie campbells of hamilton visited the nortons recently miss thompson and friends spent the weekend at her cottage on the fth lln milton junior farmers swept thesy board with their play pink and patches at the second annual junior farmer drama festival in the war memorial hall oac ouelph on tuesday evening their presenter tion took the awards for best actor best actress best directing and best play a filled hall saw the five plays that were presented the adjudicator was norman broomfleld of mount forest who studied drama intengland he is a member of hamilton guild pink and patches was directed by stuart mcfacjden best actor of the festival was bill kelly and the best actress dorothy ingram peel county was represented by the caledori juniors huron by clinton junlorsv waterloo by north dumfries juniors and wellington by maryborough juniors glenn dickson of moorefleld as chairman of the evening was as sisted by mac sprowl of acton stuart mefudden was presented with the ozburn shield for the best play by prof r h qzburn of the oac who donated the award the ho waralropkies foktbetiest actor nnd actress were presented by r howard and k howard both of orangevllle miss d collier and her mother mrs mundao and miss olive hill were at miss colliers cottage for thelong weekendr miss doris mitchell was home- for the holidays mr a c bourne spent easter with his parents mr and mrs gordon price and family of islington were with the f j shortiljs nnd mr price for easter mr a j lindsay who has spent the winter at delhi has been with his daughter mrs w harding re cently garry scott is spending his holi days with his grandfather here and trudy scott is with doris edwards eth line mr and mrs james noble visited his sister in toronto on friday the junior choir had a party fol lowing practice on friday at the house of the gisbys mr a thornton spent easter at teeswater pte james gordon was home from camp borden last weekend peter glynn is spending his holi days with his cousins at wood- bridge miss ivy collinson spent good friday and- saturday with relatives at rock wood junior farmers sweep boards with four festival awards mrs h smith president of wi llmehoiise womens institute held their annual meeting april 7 in the memorial hall fourteen ladles en joyed a delicious noon ddy luncheon provided by the committee for the month at the conclusion mrs e sanford the president opened with thewode and the mary stewart collect the roll call was answered by the paying of fees mrs j w noble secretarytreasurer gave- hier- re ports and read the correspondence including thank you notes a letter re hospital extension in- milton no- tice of thgtb association meeting und a plea for further help or ko rea ten dollars was voted to this latter project the incoming presi dent and secretary treasurer were elected to attend the tb meelng the letter from milton was tabled for the present as the two delegates who had attended this meeting in georketownreal by the chamber mr broomfleld praised the milton play for its smoothness and natural ness of character he also imparted to casts advice on makeup staging and casting prof and mrs ozburn were pre sented with gifts in recognition of their work antique sale draws crowd to esq pes ing anitquc collectors- from near and for congregated on the esqueslng townshipfarnvofjavveihothesi week for a sale of old family handi crafts and furniture pieces that re portedly included many items over a century old andbrought unusual ly high prices according torcports or the pbpu- lur sale located on one of the oldest scotch blockhomesteads nearly 500 persons vied for purchases that in cluded spinning wheels handmade rugs fine linens and an odd collec tion of china and glassware in ad dition to the elaborately fin fu r i 1 1 u repteces the farm lands and buildings are reported to have been sold separate ly- moh breaks hip in fall on monday in a fall on monday dr archie bull halton countys medical of ficer of health broke his hip he was taken to hamilton general hospital tlocal physicians will assume dr bulls duties temporarily he was currently in the midst of the pro gram for inoculation of school children against polio it id expected he will soon be around on crutches he tripped and fell at his home in burlington for 4h club girls on thursday april the wx held- their meeting at the home of the president mrs frankfimith the meeting opened with the ode and mary stewart collect the roll call was answered by paying fees and naming the meeting you would like to have reports wre given by the treas urer showing a nice sum on hand and by conveners the usual busi ness was attended to it was decid ed to buy teaspoons for girls in the 4h club mrs tom gibson was asked to install the new officers for the coming year the meeting closed with th- queen and- a salad plate supper was served- by one of the group which was enjoyed by all the may meeting will be held at the home of mrs m baker of commerce reported on the meet ing and it was decided after some discussion to give support to the georgetown hospital project if it- is to be curried opt each convener of standing com mittees gave the yearly report showing a very good year penny roundup bags were distributed amongst the members mrs a j smethurst took the chair for the election of officers following is the slate for issss6 president mrs h smith first vtiec- presidenti mjs e sanford second vice president mrs j houghtey secretarytreasurer mrs john w noble district director mrs a j smetr hurst al mr w h m branch directors mesdamestfarry brown frank brown charles jon es e karn pianist mrs jack roughlcy and mrs charles mere dith press reporter mrs a j smethurst alternate mrs j s noble roll call mrs cho jones conveners of standing committees agriculture and canadian industries mrs h brown and mrs c clarke community activities and pubjic re lations mrs j ellcrby and mrs a j smethur ho economics and health mrs jtloughley and mrs r turner historical researoh cur rent events and tweedsmuir his- iory mrs s kirkpntrick and mrs w h mitchell flowers and fruit mrs j e noble auditors mrs ted brown mrs n ruddell mounting trouble ottawa cp norman mulli gans troubles werent over when he set fire to a twist of paper to thaw water pipes and caused j a blaze which badly damaged his home he was fined 15 in court for the offense of using an open flame to thaw the pipes mr leon ayles of royal bank staff long branch leon has been transferred recently from clinton mr norman lambert torjnto congratulations to mr and mrs neil lambert nee miss dorothy i mcdiarmid on their easter wedding at ingersnll in 1953 more than 20000 canad ians in 500 communities borrowed sick room equipment from the red cross -v- auxiliary mission band take in bauinafad easter service a goodly number gathered in bal- linafad church on sunday evening for the easter thankoffering ser vice the meeting openedwitha salesman wanted f if you are dissatisfied with your present outlook for future advancement and earnings then this opportunity will interest you we provide full sales training salary plus commission and usual group benefits write nov to box 41 acton free press giving full de tails fortvour confidential interview territory consists of acton and district our employees have been notified of this ad hymn with miss lillian shortill as organist the evening auxiliary took the heiniionnl and two appropriate choruses were sung miss mary jennings read a paper on steward ship after which the mission band sang here we come gathering pen nies bright and christ is risen go and tc the story garry snow re cited an easter poem miss hilts gave a reading on mission work in india the offering was received by beth mcenery and jean lawr mr russ show a film on the life of christ and his resurrection while mrs t j shortill read the script jimmy kirkwood showed slides on the mission field at stone and surrounding district in saskatche wan where he will be stationed during the summer months the meeting closed with a hymn and prayer by mr russ 15067953 last year official entry form acton merchants old time fiddlers contest roxy theatre acton may 67th name address phone entrants will be notified y- mail of rules and regulations t harold wiles ageat phone 207 bailinafad to buy teaspoons rockwood easter services visitors in news mrs jo hamilton and miss pearl hamilton attended the funekul of mrs george a hamilton at burns presbyterian church erin last wednesday rev m valr of pres ton former nynister of erin and osprlnge presbyterian churches conducted the funeral mrs clif ford swanston of fifth line eramost was one of the flower bearers mr fred a hamilton of guelpk is a son of the deceased good friday passed off quietly here all places of business closed far the clay except the post office bring- operrln the morning- for a short tme service was held in st johns church in the afternoon rev e h jones conducting the service services on sunday were tended to hear messages of easter and resurrection special musl highlighted easter day j easter visitors miss enid mcnabb toronto mr and mrs eddie gray toronto hamilton miss ada waller mrroy bay toronto mr and mrs fred day and fam ily hamilton mr and mrs milton greer and family aldershot mr kenneth thatcher- owen s 7 sign of spring as a result of mild weather last week frogs were noticed on road ways and sidewalks saturday even ing leaf buds are appearing on shrubbery rev and mrs ja neavc spent easter in london about the end of april they are leaving for a bdef visit in england with members of their family schools closed last thursday for easter holidays miss jean mccoll of the public school staff spent eas- ter at home in toronto also miss marjorie craig in toronto miss joan pickering music teach er is home to blenheim osprinqe easter weekend p fo visits the pennies nickels and dimes raised by the canadian junior red crsgrplehienwof i ufcuelpn 7thecailevsdurfai mr and mrs h k rfowatiltipent easter sunday with- the latters father and aunt mr apps and miss robertson iit brantford miss doris fines is spending a few days at belwood with her sister and brotherinlaw mr and mrs william henderson mr and mrs gordon aitken joan john and sherlock arc spend ing ten days holiday with mr and mrs sherlock isoreman at fort worth texas j miss mary struthers of toronto spent the weekend with her broth er and sisterinlaw mr and mrs james struthers mr and mrs carl banrras to ronto visited on good friday with the tatters sister and brotherinlaw mr and mrs vernon stewart weekend guests with mr and mrs george robertson included mr and mrs george l robertson and loree of north bay mr and mra gordon robertson jim and sharon weekend were mr and mrs otto munz of new york l mr and mrs swain and sons of stamford spent the weekend with the tatters sister and brotherinlaw mr and mrsje fisher mr and mrs george klooster and baby of dray ton visited on sunday with the formers parents mr and mrs k klooster weekend visitors with mr r hunter were mr and mrs bert craig and joan of georgetown sunday guests were mrs ken leighton and paul of mount dennis mrs pettinger and mrs w dunn of toronto mr jerome hunter returned home during the weekend from his farm in the north and plana on staying here for some time mr george grundy received word of the sudden passing of his brother- inlaw peter ferguson at guelph on saturday who was married to the former lottie grundy mr and mrs grundy and fantfly attended the funeral on tuesday afternoon mrs j hilts and members of the family from toronto spent good friday at their farm on the 1st linei friends are sorry to learn mr hilts is suffering from pneumonia miss joyce rebertsota of teachers college- hamilton is spending t easter vacation at her home here w next time you serve canned macaroni in cheese sauce pour it jlltoa casserole top with buttered bread crumbtandheatiny our ov en x 1 isu mm y