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pac ten l the acton free press actonj ontario thursday april 28th ibsfe acton high school news ntnnimiiaiiaoiiaiiiiib on tuesday mornlnff grade 13 end mr heron drove to hamilton for an inspection tour of the stelco steel plant although the weather was dull and it had rained the night before the mud was not too bad in the afternoon they inspected the british america oh refinery at qlarkscn the rifle club bos and mr cad- dick would like to than mr m m coles for the use of his sand pit for their competitions this winter and spring the final competition be tween the different schools took place a few weeks ago and in a class of 84 acton stood 80th with 77 points but this is not bad for a first try better luck next year buy peanuts we would like to send some lucky girl to new york peanuts can be bought from any member of the rotary club aid in moat of the district stores be sure to vote the dates have not been set for our field day or the interschool jleld meet but they will be in the near future annual meeting of dublin institute the annual april meeting of the dublin womens institute was held at the home of mrr mansell nellis v m mwnhm present the meeting opened with the institute ode and collect the president mrs c thomson presided over the m mrs wm molntyre in the ab sence of mrs w watklns gave the minutes of the last meeting a don atkm qot 10 was given to care and 10 to the junior farmers mrs alex near took the chair for the election of new officers pres ident nrs william mclntyrc first vicepresident mrs nellis second vlcfpresldont mrs mcphedran secretary treasurer mrs alex near district droctor mrs c thomson press secretary mrs a row ranch directors mrs w brit- ton mrs vf frank mrs h blyth mrs d moffat social mrs h blyth mrs c mclntyrc visiting committee mrs ferguson mrs black mrs britton mrs moffat mm marp mrs thomioll program committee mrs ross mrs kennedy mrs thomson mrs ro bertson quilt committee mrs fer guson mrs moffat mrs mclntyrc mrsmophcdran m s v mrs ross auditors mrs rennick mrs mncpherson pianist mrs frank mrs robertson citizenship and education mis somorville mrs storey commun ity activities and public relations mrs robertion mrs blyth histor- ical researc and current events mrs kennedy mrs storey mrs britton miss somerville hospital ization mrs dennis booth commit tee mrs britton mrs thomson mrs blyth home economics and health mrs rennick mrs mac pherson lunch was served b mrs c britton and mrs c mclntyre child psychologist attacks prizes at childrens aid meet continued from page one it train these children thousands could be painters musicians poets but many are allowed to lay fal- lfaw di blatr concluded sooletyprcslaont w g meken7le robinson presided during the busi ness of the annual meeting preced ing the address of dr blatz in his report to the society the president explained your uiroctois hnv pnlrt particular attention dur lng the past year to examining tho scope of our services and have been very receptive to professional ad vice where change was thought advisable he pointed but on the introduction pf the new child wel fare act a committee was formed that reviewed and revised the by law of the society with a view to compliance to the act and various regulations of the provincial de partment of child welfare campaign kegret one of the regrets of the past venr was lack of a vigorous and early campaign for a larger mem bership in the society the presi dent commented expression of gratitude to the director g f thompson the offipe staff foster parents directors and executive were made by the president g f thompson in presenting the directors report commented that so many families were living from one pay day to another with no feeling of security and are in actual distress the moment the breadwinner is-out-of-employmenu- constant quarrelling overin dulgence in achohol and infidelity ore as always predominant factors t the b fainilyiife and the subsequent neglect of children too much stress cannot be placed on keeping the jfamlly together and only as a last resort should tho removal of the children be con sidered tho director reported words cannot do justice to the great debt of gratitude we owe oir foster mothers for their contribu tion to child welfare it is no small undertaking to take a completely strange child often frightened and confused into your home and gradually through love -and- affec tion and understanding dovelop a feeling of security and belonging the director concluded with words of appreciation to the mem bers and officers for their work in the past year annual report indicuted 51 percent of the support for the society comes from the county of halton j w lt n tables of euchre the prize iiinauuiamiaimni ie0i0n libiiiilbiiiibiiiiimillllbimbiiiilli this friday hlght a glpup will journey to milton and enter in the zone competition for cuchic aa n result no euchre at the branch this week last weeks winners were- fred hunter jack harding and lindsay tolton booby bill nlcolac these were determined after a out of the nr vie masters with lnrlt running hard couldnt everi win the toooby in competition teams from the branch journey ed to georgetown for zone claitt and brantford for district billiards on saturday the dart team consisting of jack drysdnle al kirkness pat waldle and frank winters finished second in team competition seconu in the doubles and jack drysdalc second in the singles they will compote in the district competition held in georgetown in may the billiard team met a little stiffer competition and bowed out of the district competition nice try fellows the saturday night crowd will be pleased to learn that as a result of an executive meeting held on tueday night a dance will be held every saturday night for the next two months at least a letter will be s out in regard to the next general meeting we would appreciate it if every mem ber would read it and heed us con- tents decoration day plans are being started toward another decoration da and it is the hope of the executive that the branch membership will give li the same support it received last year the membership committee has completed their list of potential members and will soon start a campaign to enlist those members lntothe branch witlun big evening planned for all the new 24 inch television has been lnttalled and is being met with a favorable opinion from all viewcis many winners in euchre and sale mothers auxiliary held a very successful euchre and penny sale on saturday knox president hostess to group the alert evening auxiliary of knox trhurch met at the home f mrs james inglis arthur st for their monthlv meeting on wednes day april 20 mrs a mclsaac pro gram convener presided th devo tions were taken by miss isabel smith and mrs r h armstrong and the study from face to facet- with india was continued with mrs mclsanc describing the climate con ditions and mrs h l bennie pre senting the nursing and medical care the president took chal ge of the business with reports on the recent sale of baking candv and sewing which was most successful the easter part at halton manor was the highlight of the months activities members were unanimous that this should be an annual eent membeis were reminded of the enmg department conference being held in ma at ottawa and also the spring ralk in waterloo the spring thankoffering meet ing was planned for the regular meeting ruxt month instead of the usual fireside the meeting closed w ith themizpah bencdictton for the social pctiod that follow ed mrs james van fleet conducted a contest v ith aw ards for the w in- ners and tho committee sered re freshments for maintenance and 25v4 per cent tfontitie county asnr grant tamil v allowances other municipalities the province of ontario donations and membership and parents con tribute the balance to the society monej is spent mainly for child ren in boarding homes which takes 59 per cent of the society funds with 22 per cent to protective ser vices to children in their own homes and 11 per cent for children in adoption homes the balance is spent on unmarried parents special investigations general wards and other societies new directors directors named for the coming tar in the nomination report sub mitted by mrs j whitham and adopted bj the society wereactoiv mfttttt whitham kfrs alex orr bronte robert e mason burling ton mrs h a shernff mrs c mclntyre milton mrs j w hig- gins dr colin c lucas george town w dertns re a j calder oakville mrs hugh c pullen mrs f j bow den esquesing mrs mj brown mrs w bird nas-a- gaweva m j mahon nelson mrs d c mccread trafal gar dr h v cranfield harold c biggar halton county council robert marjiall sjdney childs dr h v cranfield was named president of die societj j murray m3hon vicepresident mrs velma norris ecretar and william deans treasurer honored b appointment a s honorary life members were a mason mr m e nixon e d mahon mrs w a weaver mc- kenzie robinson and george e elliott honorar solicitor heather ann howard and leo nard berr provided two vocal ducts dunng the evening accom- 1 anted b k harrison the mi and mrs club of st paul s united church served refreshments at the conclusion of the evening w inncrs w ladies firs mr doug mason second mrs stan matthews consolation mrs e w smith mens first fred kentner stcond mrs june rose consolat ion mrs lvnl cripps draw for the crib quilt was won by mrs william hurren of rock wood prize winners for the penny table were chocolates mrs jack cou- toure box cigars jim gibson tie rack mrs norman fryer cup and saucer mrs dave lindsay hen and rooster ornaments vera norton georgetown four one lb tins of cocoa mrs john irwin bean bag ash tray mrs ken hulford alarm clock mrs fred hunter bath tow els mrs doug mason babys swea ter coat rhona mceachcrn i two aprons mrs h lasby pair tien s socks mrs bobheelcy van- ity set mr ken marchment pil low cases jim gibson luncheon cloth mrs alex ross girl and bas ket ornament mrs j van fleet nylons mr stan matthews ba of groceries mrs b davidson double deck plaj ing cords mrs b fields crocheted doily mrs s brunelle tea towels and dish cloths mrs roberts hydrangci plant mrs mooney shaving mug and soap wes masajes plastic t tble cloth mrs be che six tea spoons mrs h lasb name w j beatty to halton and peel trust directorate at the first general meeting of shaieholdcrs of the hallon and peel tiust savings company held in oakvlllc last week a s nichol son bin llngton was elected piesi- dent fiom acton w j beatty was named to the board of dlroctors jjlrectors are a s nicholson burlington o e manning and j a roberts oakvllle c a martin milton w j beatt anton e d nouldlnif toronto h r lawrence j3rampton e barringham r hold ers amsterdam holland e m mline and p a fisher burling ton j pengllley clarkson j r barber georgetown vicepresidents are a e mann- lngj a roberts and c a martin fiftytwo shareholders were pre sent representing 34762 shares out of a total of 46366 mr manning general manager reported good business in their first month of operation and advis ed that the capital authorized is 2000000 subscribed 453 860 and paid in 243310 he also stated that 75000 shares will be offered at 11 a share a number of shareholders from various sections of halton and peel counties expressed their belief that the company is serving a definite need in the community and they were optimistic in their remarks liboiit the future of the local com pany life in ethiopia described to group iocai news maple syrtjp is a populiu llenv- on menus tho spilng fluwiis plunted by youngsters lit the public school are in bloom martin bauer was one of tie guest m lists at- hie student mem bers piogiuij4hf41i4lgiiclph presto club on frlda the home and school associa tion sponsotcd the showing of the maggie nt the roxy last thursday theic wns n fnlr crowd in the latest macleans magazine thnre is a plcrtiie or ut doug maplesdcn n formei actonlitn in cdnnectlpn with a story on the o vjc ladies of churchill church held a sale of bnrnnr items and home baking in the sunday school room of tho united church saturday afternoon halton golf and country club s professional lurry edwards is batk after working in jamaica for tho wintei ho has been engaged for a second season at the club near georgetown j one of the most recent groups nt tho ymca is the radio club the boys are making crystal sets about 20 boys were lit tho first ntieting of fhi rn w iheckr club on monday thete is a picture of a gioup sing song nt the halton county folk sjiool in tho latist issue of the jun ior farmer news there also a io- port ofrsomc of the lecent activities of the juniors in the county the congratulations convtwei to mis gwendoline p clarko- by tlw frt e press were repented on the noighboilv news radio broadcast the friendly circle met in the sunday morning mrs clarke iwih sunduyjehoolrooin-orjwednesdayt- just jinilslied 25 years ofber popu lar column chronicles of ginger finm then wns so jmich news last week several items were crowded out including silvorwood and hal ton centennial manor correspond ence cub news high school news a letter concerning tho smnllwnod union issm and two pictures the stnff always regnts the conditions that make these omissions necessary puc rejects fund donation at meet continued finm page one in the nroa had been teporteclly given by a telephone lepresontat- ive tho following accounts were passed for payment bell tejktphone 15 00 if its printing call f the acton free press phone 174 acton april 20 with the president stella adamson presiding and olga lock er pianist for the evening in the tlevotlonur period marie bilton read the scripture lesson following whldh mary irwin led in prayer dorothy simmons rendered a love ly solo accompanied by jean mc lean at the piano plans were made for the annual spring tea to be held in may nt the home of pauline symon miss m z bennett leader of the cass gave an interesting explanat ion of the beginning of the friend ly circle everyone thoroughly enjoyed i talk given by mrs g rlngler mrs rlngler and her husband have spent three ycar in ethiopia and she told how they ns foreigners were treated in that country the meeting closed with a lunch of sandwiches cake and tea pro vided by the group in chirge cwl project hall redecoration iplans were made for redecorat ing the hall at the regular monthly meeting of the catholic wojnen league in st josephs church hall on tuesday evening father morgan opened the meet ing with prayer and mrs heflfer- nan president presided for the business session arrangements v ere discussed for catering to a wedding and for the holy name mens communion breakfast to be held in may lunch was served at the close of the meeting obituary mrs barbara sim dies in 66th year at st josephs hospital toronto on tuesday april 12 mrs barlwrn sim of 155a harvic aie toronto formerlj of fourth line erin township passed away suddenly in her 68th vear mrs sim is survived bj her hus band robert sim six daughters helen mrs dan cochran glads mrs lome keeler betty imrs fred donofriol elizabeth mrs douglas kivell flora mrs jack marshall elma mrs james brett and four sons bob james jack and cpl william sim of the royal canadian regiment germ any and 135 grandchildren the funeral took place at he jerrett funeral chapel on friday april is the service was- conducted by rev dr charles mustard in- tezment aatbrqspectcernete toronto i slides of florida shown study group mu tc studv group mtmbcrs en- joved a verv full program at tici meeting mondtv at the home of mr w beam following items if buiiess the group in charge pres ented a program incluiing i brie ltison on music theorsan outline of beethoven life and the plavini of his pistoral svjjiphonv mr- r h elliott showed slide if her tup to florida and refre h- rrents werei served handcrafts study for cgjt groups the c g i t of knox church met on monday in the sunday school room tkey payed french tag sang thei hymn ttrid repeated the purpose marg armstrong sharon gervals and ella jany took part in the wor ship service conducted by norma sinclair the group divided into three groups one group did hand crafts while the other two groups hada disc o the hindufaith they closed with taps manv groups are holding elec tions this month issue warning to keep dogs tied the provisions requiring dogs in town to be kept tied up or on lea me now effective police inform us that warnings have been issued to citizens who are not heeding the la a and that hereifter summon- will be issued to those guilty with out any further reprimand corporal mason informed the free press that for the most part the law is being respected but there are a few habitual offenders and to these summons will be issued forthright if you love jour dog better keeff it tied up easy electric washer j and a free electric floor polisher this washer has electric tinner and non clog pump reg 269 50 trade in for your old washer 70 00 balance 19950 other new electric wash ers as low as 98 50 order 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