Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), September 15, 1955, p. 7

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thursday september 15 ittft the acton free press acton ontamdn pagst sevbt miss joan kucharskl a r t c teacher of piano mil texm tuesdays in acton at s 76 boww av ospfclnge customs of ceylon making of sari described by speaker at institute mrs a wikramanayake of ceylon was guest speaker at the monthly meeting of the ospringe womens institute held wednesday evening m at the ho of the president mrs hmut ac umi u mimlt g robertson twentynine lad- nvimc wr nm k n eutoit f were present to hear this in teresting speaker who was intro duced by mrs george young mrs wikramanayake who with her husband a post graduate stud ent at the o ac has been living in guelph during the past year is a familiar figure to many dressed in her colorful and graceful native dress the versatile sari she told ot many customs of her country the location the religon and some of the celebrations in keeping the new year she also showed how the san is made of six yards ot beautiful i silken material in her very grac ious and friendly manner she an swered many inquiries of her nat ive country an interesting and instructive de monstration of artificial respiration was given by mr jack hunter of i the acton dancing school lois allen teacher commencing lessons st albany parish hall sett 20th 3 m ballet tap highland and military wanted good educational qualifications have opportunities in the banking toung mon with exc edv ptofession pension life insurance medical and hospital plans are all available those interested are invited to discuss their application with mr woodbum man ager bank of nova acton scotia churchill united church 117th anniversary services sunday september 25 1955 morning and evening services at 1 100 am and 730 pm guest minister p reverend j w pratt ofot kitchener special music tuesday september 27 turkey supper supper served 6 00 pm to 8 p m adults 125 children- 7sc good program mr townsend minister acton jersey dairy for the finest in dairy products as an added service to acton and district residents we are pleasad to announce that we now carry butter eggs cottage cheese as well as our usual line of quality dairy products homogenized milk farm fresh whole milk skim milk cream chocolate milk buttermilk c phone 242 you can provide your own retirement pension through a canadian government annuity for full information pu cm oo manwra domtnaar or uummju ottwpotoi xwaaa sna hb mromtumom showna how a canadian aovamanrr amrottt can mmo mi asnmdont dtcomx at low cost hkmmxm iuvt niast iwnt bats or mrra aos amnulli to start tw tofci torn jtelepmomx guelph a member ot st johns am bulance the roll call something i learned from a new canadian was well re sponded to mrs devries g five minute talk on her native land holland and current events were given by mrs klooster hostesses named to assist at the elora museum on september 24 and 2s were mrs d winter mrs g mc cartney and mrs bntler the 4h romcmaking project this fall is being well dressed and well groomed and miss doris fines was named as leader with mrs bert robertson as assistant miss doris fines mrs e archibald and mrs ft howard were named a committee in charge of an exhibit at erjn fall fair mrs ken stubbington was chosen as delegate to the guelph area convention the institute prize to the girl and boy making the most progress in the school year was presented to sharon buck and john stubbington miss ada curric displayed a counterpane made before the year 1870 by a lady in erin township which is to be on exhibit at the museum mrs r- taylor moveda vote of thanks to all those who helped to make such an interesting and en joyablc meeting lunch was served by the hostess and her assistants mrs g yoking and mrs w awrey sehoel bella school reopened with mrs a royce of hillsburgh in charge of the senior room and mrs n rath- burn of hillsburgh district as junior teacher eight beginners were en rolled mr and mrs harvey sutton and children of puslinch were sunday visitors with mr and mrs george d robertson miss joyce robertson of the kit chener public school staff was home for the weekend gadget shower miss jean theaker a bridetobe of saturday was guest of honor at a kitchen gadget shower held tues day evening at the home of mrs bert robertson she was assisted in opening the numerous gifts by her twin sisters after voicing her thanks dainty refreshments were served b the hostess assisted by mrs b clarke and mrs a hume messrs george d robertson george ferguson archie sinclair and william stubbington spent a day recently with mr karl kalthoff and mr and mrv william dcnehan at woodbndge little laurel stubbington daugh ter of mr and mrs ken stubbing ton was a patient for a few days last week in guelph hospital with infection in her arm she is now home and much better mr jerome hunter has sold his cottage in the village to mrs fred johnston who for many years was a rcsiderit of acton and district mrs johnston gets possession nov 1st mr jack sim of toronto is visit- ing with mr and mrs d stewart and family mayfair restaurant acton east on no 7 highway closed sept 19 to oct 3 fri only sett duel in the jungle satmon sept ui9 arrowhead tveswed sept sajl china venture tuxrsfri sept sm youre in the navy now sh shtly calling all square dancers the acton square dance club ww commence activities next month in the luxton memorial hall dates of the first series are oct 1428 nov 1125 dec 9 for your series tickers see or phone the following men vic mustow 591m mansell news i95w4 chas kirkness 2 stall pbota acton womens institute left on their annual bus trip last week for a tour of the 1955 edition of the canadian national exhibition en route the 35 members visited a wallpaper factory where they eroyed refreshments before continuing to toronto the previous week bannockburn w i enoyed a bus aunt kw6ab8wnprftvasfa j t v s i campbellville promise of spring jn bulbs mrs velma norris tells wi the september meeting of the carnpbetlvillc womens uistituto uas held at the home of mrs j k marion on wednesday afternoon of last week w ith a good attendanc mr s hartlej presided the roll call w answered b naming helpful hints for growing flowers two former residents mrs arn old cantelon and mrs howson lush of aldershot were welcomed to the meeting deepest sympathj uas given to the county president the late mrs max fcatherstonc of nelson mrs jack wheelihan gave the secretarys report and mrs leonard andrews gave the treas urers report it w as decided to take an ex tension course on home furnish ings w ith mountain onion branch this fall 5 a donated to the polio foundation fund several boxes of clothing will be sent to the crippled civilians toronto mr lloyd crawford and mrs ro parker were named to be in charge of the milton fair exhibit mrs j k mahon mrs 6 hart ley and mrs l crawford were mmod delegate- to attend the dis trict area convention in guelph mrs murray mcphail horticult ure convener took tin chair ai d mtroduied the guest speaker mr velma norris lowviiie who look as tier motto in the heart of i bulb dies the promise of spring which allows us to give our be t to the world so let utbank god for the beautiful flowers and m i we put into practice her good sug gestions and thoughts mrs craw tord thanked the speaker and suggested we make our neighbors a little happier each day mr murrav mcphail closed her portion of the meeting w ith a poem rockwood second prize in tournament in the lawn bowling jitnev wednesday september 7 tom winlow took top honors with two wins 23 in second place was fred alton with two wins 12 and third robert bingham with two wns 7 two doubles rinks motored to brampton on saturday september 10 to take part in the dale tropny tuurnament congratulations an due jtbert maltbv and jack mc lean who came through to win sicond prize w ith three w ins out of three total score of 52 the link w nich won the trophv had i score of three- w h s 56 the rock- wood bowlers each received a cof fee carafe the other rink george wirttjate and tom winlow reteivld a prize for high score in the one gim w mners a triples rink composed of rev dilts robert bingham and fre 1 alton motored to gait for a iheduid tournament but unfor tunately no tournament was held how ev er these bow lers stopped at guelph on the wav home and took pjri ir two jitnev games makes presentation at the conclusion of st john church service sunday morning little nancv ingle had a prommen partjj- plav n a presentation of 5o dav clock to mr and mrs george waller on the ocoflsion of their recent wedding on behalf ot the congregation items of interest a number from rockwood at tended the canadian national ex hibition lat week eany mondav afternoon the fie alarm was sounded tut through in formation it was a fale alarm following the brief heavy rain saturday evening the temperature took a drop sundav after a warm weekend the rain ltielf ws very welcome to vegetation morning temperatures have been close to freezing points mi and mrs george waller of palmerston were weekend visit ors at the home of the former parents dr and mrs k b waller holy communion was observed at st john s church sunday morn ing next sunday afternoon ser vices will be resumed at 2 30 pm following summer schedule at 930 am mus nancy waller of the v o n at windsor is at present home for a holiday mfr and mrs charles st e ae away to the west at elstow sask on a visit to a member of their family the wa of st johns church held their monthly meeting in the parish hall monday evening orton rev ciilley shows pictures of jamaica on sunday evening of last week rev e culley showed pictures on jamaica where he spent 31 years as a missionary he also gave a talk on the customs industries etc of that country which was very much enjoyed mrs herb lush visited with her father mr john leitch who cele brated his 85th birthday at the home of his daughter mrs w h miller erin mr and mrs jack hayward of toronto spent last thursday with the formers mother mrs thomas hayward mrs till and david school reopened with miss june mackay of hillsburgh engaged for another year sth birthday mrs john watson spent a few das with her mother mrs mc laughlin the 9th line who recent- 1 celebrated her 90th birthda mr and mrs perrv witsiir mr and mrs clavton turner of toron to mr and mrs m turner of mont- ral mr and mrs harold transom guelph mr and mrs william bui lt ntine acton were recent visitors with friends here visitors with mrs dave jtstin were mr and mrs wes mprphy- toronto mr and- mrs norman cook and mrs mary mcpherson orangeville mr and mrs a jestin guelph mr and mrs reg eastman of kitchener mr and mrs jack mceachern and robert spent sunday last week with friends in erin mr and mrs j b hurd and mr and mrs ernie hall spent saturday at the cjme last week mr and mrs earl hooper and family spent the holiday weekend with mr and mrs ed cuppagc of orillia congratulations to miss gladys wruseler and mr george lang who were married last week mr and mrs jim leitch and am ity guelph visited last week with mr and mrs ken leitch returns to oregon mr robert handle is returning to his hfime in eugene oregon this week vfter spending the past six weeks with his sister mrs j r curzon and mrs curzon at sun shine cottage the 12th lint mrs hudkins of p neting ont spent sundav with h r father mr robert hindley prior to his leaving for home miss shirli v turner xas joined the training staff of st jos ph s hospital guelph we all wish shir- lev i v er success mr and mrs kin nivills and fimilv spmt sundav in toronto w ith mr and mrs percy watson we ar sorrv to report that mr albert hallidav was rushid to the hospital sundav night wi all wish albert a speedv recovtrv mr and mrs gerald mulligan of toronto called on mr and mrs earl hooper ast saturdav mr robert ballentine has return- id hnmi after receiving treatment in toronto hospital alunamd school days again for local children we are pleased to know mrs bud snow was able to return home from the hospital much improved and we tiust she will continue to improve mr and mrs robert mcenery mr and mrs arnold mcenery visited with mr and mrs ed adair of blen heim mr and mrs robert mcen ery also with mr and mrs campbell head at windsor rev and mrs flindall at whcatley wi meeting the w i met at the home of mrs robert mcenery on wednesday night schools reopened lost week with mrs shortill at blue mountain and mrs millar at peacock mr gordon hitchcock is getting along with his new house the basement is almost finished evertofl anniversary services at church of christ wi guests at luncheon the members of the acton wo mens institute enjoyed a pleasant outing on wednesday september 7 leaving act6n by bus at d a m they went directly to the canadian wall paper plant at new toronto where they were welcomed by mf rife district salesman known krrnany of this communnty spending much time at his country home in the bloomsbury area the making of wallpaper is not easy each pattern is on a separate roller and each roller works with its own iiarticular color one design seen on the tour applied as many as eight colors as it passed through the machinery they are guaranteed color fast and can be wushed like a painted wall on returning to the cafeteria a demonstration was given on the prepasted paper which is im mersed in water only to hang the ladies were served refresh ments and two room lots of paper were drawn for the bus driver resident of guelph won the first and mrs roy brown of the local w i won the second at the iickfair restaurant at mniuofi the party was served dinner in a banquet room reserved for the group from this point they journeyed on to the c n e in toronto where they were guests at the luncheon in the anniversary services at the church of christ sunday morning and evening were well attt nded with mr byron howlett winger as guest speaker mrs margaret tovell acton visited a few days with mr and mrs john alton and miss jennie women s building tovell follow ing tin hinchi on the part we vv icome to the village mr wj dividing in small and mrs ii vitrwvik and family fin worksthe acton who have moved into the lrlygjth r d at the bus fur the re turns they purchsd from mr and rn h aching acton slighuy mrs nelson duckett past midnight reporting most mr and mrs rob rt woodhouse derful day toronto spin tin wtk md with the latter s parents mr and mrs chas fountain and family mrs park r and colin and mr and mrs omar parker attended the mckenni and mills wedding at guelph last monday sundav visitors with mr and mrs harvey jestin and bobby were mr and mrs walter couling orange ville sunday visitors with mr and mrs roy hindley were mr and mrs wallace young and mr john camp bell fergus and mr and mrs dan hindley and family mimosa recent visitors with mr and mrs irwin hamilton and charlie were mr and mrs fred major hilsburgh mr and mrs harold mcmillan and margaret and mr and mrs william alexander know prrlrir onions thievrs in the campbellvllle ditrttl know tiuir onion or houm w s y know someone ls s potatoes when pilfering from a remote uirii n plol they vnire ver tart fill to tike only the best large ones leaving the small unih b hind limehouse 42 enrolled for school white lace gown chosen by bride philpott church in hamilton wav decorated with gladioli and car nations t r the marriage of carulvn june haskns and keith dame mc- mullen the bride is the daugvcr of mr and mrs carroll haskins of rr 2 campbellvile and the groom isl the on of mr ind ir- william mcvluilen of milton rev held the five o ciock ceremonv on spptember 9 the bride was given in mariage bj her father for the occaior she wore a dress pf white lace aim a pearl tiara and a pearl neck lace and earrings to match her flowers were roses and carnations miss bonnie hakiru the bride sister ita her onlj atendant she wore a champagne colored gown her flowers were carnations aster and jlilyofthev alley david g mcmullen milton the groom s brother as best man guests were received at the brides parerts home following the ceremony outoftown friends and relatives were from hamtton and toronto the couple lef for a trip to wiar- ton and other point in northern ontario for travelling the bride wore a fawn colored suit with buck accessories they w make their home in campbellv ile final arrangerfjents for fair exhibits dublin women 3 institute met at the home of mrs a ross for heir september meeting with 27 mem bers and one visitor present the president mrs william mclntyre was in the chair the roll call was answered b each mcnibir naming a place they would ilk to visit 10 was donated to a burned out family the delegate to the guelph convention is mrs mclntre two 1 minute reports by the standing commute included talks by mrs school rot no 9 last i l wtk with mr john allan teaching 2s s nior pupils upstairs and mrs wilfred wilson with 22 juniors ight of thi m b gmnc rs in the lower room miss ivv c ollinsnn 1 ft hurriedly for cilgarv last wik upon hearing of the s nous illnt ss of hi t hi t ith r who had stiffen d a paralvtic stroke thi re dorothv kirkpatruk and doris fdw trdv nrilkd in first var high school at acton iaot wk pitir scholz incradi 13 cm iph bill co- i llvl bouquet and boon to georgetown and neil and mr r f ht k b b rt b nton kav norton and john ft mrs bet me th ink cl a 1 blown r turning to acton t th s taking pal in tin prjgrira wms meets rt tn p lunch ind the the wms mtat the home of vt f p ocl mrs mitchell on thursdiv evning hjlf hur jl mrs roughlv reading scnpture and mrs gisb the graver mrs m damnpils mitchell read from the studv book nulllcdne ldluptsmi customs in india mrs houghlev a a i trir rontnbiited a pianosolo the dving- annuai wi i lip pott and r ad god is mj partner mvmji rs o bnnnockburn mrs benton read a letter sent her women institute all erjoved the r blth on community activities r solutions were read ind dis- cuvseel to be brought before the iui lph ar a conv ntion a ve rv interesting t ilk on a bus trip to th exhibition was given li mrs kennedy final irrange- mints were made for the exhibis o th local furs judg s for the jiovr arrangemi ns wire mrs g somrvill and mrs w watkins mrs mi phrs tr i w inn people buy the free press to read and read the free press to btay familv bv rev jas e sutherland now a missionarv in formosa text w urd used w as 7i al the- hostess seivd rfrshmnts aft r the meet ing mr and mrs f j brown sr and mr and mrs c e h rnngton spent a couple of davs at thi w stern on tario fair at london this week congratulations to pte jam s gordon and his bride formerlvolga mtszrrrrnf winnp gtvhitwtrt mar- rud a wtk ago the- are now visiting his parents hi n mrs smethurst spent last week with mr and mrs bert paul at sud- burv and the j a smet hursts at islington mrs a w ncrtin visited n hamiltor last week end miss jackie cuhwn is at home for a holidav before the term at ocx begins o the f j shortill s recently had a holiday at ottawa mrs james black and son of fort erie called on the nobles and mere diths last week mr a c bourne is bicycling ddwn the ottawa valley during his holidays mr and mrs mills visited in to ronto during last week n on sunday miss helen mills the w l mills and mr foster of to ronto visited them sunday school reopened for the fall term on september 11 on sep tember 18 rev a calder will con duct sacrament of baptism at lime- house presbyterian church inrual bus trip on august 30 eight diffevent institute s were re presented bannock lrn lime- hnj e silverwood balhnafad e- q irsme ctnn dublin from hal- ton and greenock fom south wel- rgt n thrv fist visited he bea ijiful rtrk gadens i himiltnn ard then d in j park a here the- aw thclovciv bird- ami the museum t v travelled through the fruit disfict to j rdun where the trip wa a little dampened when hu- ricane edith contributed a down pour union institute came to the rescue opening their hall where the ladies enjoyed their picnic- lurch indoors the jordan mus eum is cpnsiderrd very interest ing afer two hours at niagara falls among the flowers and scen ery they left at five oclock with reluctance and started the return trip- stopping at the henley hotel in st catharines they hid a lovely banquet in the main dining room the 3 ladies and the driver ro moyer were entertained at the palace theatre compliments of mr la rose the manarrr and saw the sleeping tiger and court martial mr la roses mother s president of orillia w i after thanking mr la rose they got in the bus and journeyed on home singing most of the way they arrived at the jchool house at midnight a- jj i v

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