Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), June 7, 1956, p. 5

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t- x thursday juke 7th 1986 rhe acton free press acton ontario n wvrm carbon strain rr t milton markers monumekits quotations by appointment phon milton tr 86522 halton manor cgix girls program concert sunday service held at manorl thyr nw ihyr different tiwyr beautiful ctacku- 10nc horizontal awning went pl crack or chip thy om in 13 dec orator colon will ollop ring to match no inttalla ion it too lorg no amtallotioa loo small rr rjmah fasy terms home maintenance supplies phon 385j adorn rf nmmyfc wa intended for last week on thursday may 24 the c git girls of knox presbyterian lirigfa the manor residents a very pleas ant visit last december came again to provide a very interesting and enjoyable program there were about 25 of these young girls rang ing in age from 12 to 17 years and they were accompanied by their gracious leaders mrs douglas and mrs taylor there were also a number of ladies present who had brought the girls in their cars mrs a stinson mrs f brewer mrs emerson and mrs livingstone in the absence of superintendent and mrs clarke the visitors were welcomed by mrs brant rn sup ervisor of the infirmary the program opened with a com munity singsong led by mrs douglas tharrisitors and residentsr sang in unjsgn a group of such well knowicfavdrites as my bonnie and john peel this was followed by the singing of a group of songs by the cgit girls themselves these songs included such favorites as row row row your boat and white choral bells the girls led by mrs douglas sang these songs very sweetly then came three very appealing solos jesus loves me by cheryl taylor a little spring song by ken taylor and the sacred popular song he by sharon knowles cheryl and ken taylor are the small daughter and son of mrs taylor mentioned above as one of the leaders bar bara wood played all the accomp animents very capably the leaders of the group showed the audience a collection of very pretty colored slides which depict ed scenes in the holy land many of these slides showed scenes con nected with the life of christ and were very interesting and inform ative mrs taylor ran theprojector for the showing of these slides and mrs douglas read the instructive commentary the visitors and residents joined voices in the singing of two famil iar hymns abide with me and the old rugged cross led by mrs taylor mrs taylor closed the meeting with prayer after which a large dixie cup of delicious things look bright to murray dwan as a professional photographer murray dwan is glad he can capi talize on all the modern advances in his chosen field i todays demand for more and better photography especially in colour keeps us on our loes says mr dwan but were well c meet hythants to recent developments like electronic flash taster films and more versatile cameras as a family man mr dwan also benefits by the progress which has been made in another field life insurance policies today are more flexible than ever before as a result each family can now have a security plan that fits its own special needs more effectively and can prepare for future changes in those needs modern times have also brought the advantages of group insurance protection on a greatly broadened scale moreover many restric tions on obtaining life insurance have been removed and life under writers are better trained better able to help people make the best use of their life insurance dollars in these and other ways the life insurance companies in canada are in step with progress bringing benefits to people in all walks of life- the life insurance companies in canada comadkmm fokotve more rnon v u milfren dotfora every woremej doy front rheir lrfa tmenmce polit home made candy was presented to each resident after having presented two such last and on may 24 the cglt girls of knox presbyterian church burlington were invited to come again soon by mrs brant who gave the speech of thanks at the end of this very pleasant program anday service on sunday afternoon may 27 the residents bf the manor had the great pleasure of welcoming back to the manor rev morgan mcfar lane and mrs mcfaatahe of georgetown mr mcfarlane is the minister of st johns united church at georgetown they were accompanied by two small boys murdoch mcfarlane their son and bobby mccumber son of mr and mrs vernon mccumber of george town he is also a grandnephew of mr john mccauley one of the res idents of the manor bobby who is a member of st johns junior choir was a gold medalist in sing ing at the north halton music festival and had come to sing for the residents bobby has a very fine voice and his two solos dare to be a daniel and he lives were enjoyed very much his solos were accompanied at the piano in very talented fashion by mrs mcfar lane mr mcfarlane read as his scrip ture lesson the third chapter of first corinthians before beginning his scholarly and forceful sermon mr mcfarlane paid a personal tri bute to mr eric clarke the super intendent whom he has known for some time for his fine work in the salvation army and at halton manor mr mcfarlane began his sermon by pointing out that all the great civilizations have had great build ers although the buildings that were built by such masterbuild ers as the assyrians the egyptians the greeks and the romans are famous for their size or beauty the greatest building that a human be ing can build is his own character and his own life mr mcfarlane then explained how belief in god and christ can help us build for eternity the residents appreciated mr mcfarlanes kindness in coming from georgetown to conduct this service and trope thathe ana mrs mcfarlane murdoch and bobby will come again hear band concert after the church service on sun day afternoon may 27th the res idents assembled in the dining room to hear a band concert pre sented for them by the oakvillc citizens band there were about 25 musicians in the band and they were under the leadership of their very talented leader bandmaster frank locjcsley at the close of this varied and very enjoyable program mr clarke the superintendent expressed the thanks of the audience to band master locksley and the bandsmen and by special request of mr lock sley muriel thompson expressed the special thanks of the residents an important addition to the facilities of this paper will be an- npunced soon watch for it clearing auction sale of new ferguson tractor dear born 2furrow tractor plow massey harris fertilizer grain drill land- packer double disc also other farm implements 5 holstein cows 2 heifers poultry 5 hives of bees and some furniture will be held at the proprietors farm john laubenckbe on the south side of wo 5 high way half mile west of town line between halt and peel on saturday juve 9th at 130 oclock hindley and elliott b22 auctioneers pollock and campbell manufacturers of high grade memorials memorial engraving 62 water st north gait tokphon 2048 smashed dbtailed cars are shown in these staff photos taken less than an hour after tuesdays pileup of the midsection of a 60- car wheat train just north of moffat in the left photo taken from atop one of the cars three of the derailed cars are shown one churchll receives degree among the 18 nurses graduating from queens university at the faculty of medicine convocation saturday was nancy ruth waller of rockwood- she received the bachelor of nursing science degree student minister moves to welland mr m m coles took the service on sunday in the absence of mr gerald townsend who was attend ing conference in hamilton mr townsend is being moved to a charge near welland and we u wish him the richest blessing in his work mr d a russell has been the delegate to conference from this charge mr and mrs harold swackhamcr and miss nadine of hamilton visit ed with mr and mrs a swackham- er on tuesday of last week mr and mrs les swackhamcr and family visited with relatives in st catharines on sunday e m buck with archie kerrs on sunday mr and mrs chris swackhamer jim ross and diane mr and- mrs dirk van goozen and mary and john with mr and mrs a swack hamer on sunday the wa met at the home of mrs r denney on tuesday of this week seek industries montjol1 que cp repres entatives from lower st lawrence municipalities met here to form an economic development council with the aim of attracting new in dustries to the region ugnydufferin mark anniversary at family gathering mr and mrs c e davenport celebrated their 36th anniversary recently with the family at- the home of mr and mrs zimmerman dundas mr and mrs harry davis were in orangevillc several times in the i past week to see mrs davis bro- mrsrrg agnew ma jnd mrsr mr harvey brian he is quite ill in the orangeville hos pital miss barbara brown has taken a new position for the summer at parry sound mrs flintoft is in hospital in toronto having had the misfortune to break her kneecap and mrs a mckenzic was a visitor with her on tuesday of this week we are pleased to report that children improving on the sick list arc lloyd davis home from the hospital after having his appendix out and susfin and diane brown and audrey brown better of the mumps arcrurissssueaesssambssst isest staff phota right off the track bed at right one car heejed over almost on its side has its trucks torn completely off as it smashed against the sides of a rail bridge support tearing up ties and rails as it went hundreds of bushels of wheat poured out of the broken train cars campbeuviue powerful after nine day layoff team defeats oak vi lie 8 to 0 aumafad mayor of brampton speaker at spring tea held by wa the wa held a spring tea in the everyone was disappointed that church on wednesday which was a i mr norton was unable to give the splendid success over 100 ladies flower arrangement demonstration sal down to lunch the program hut he sent a lovely bouquet which included a piano solo by miss nich- 1 the ladies presented to mrs hor- olson of erin piano solo mrs j c wood mcmillan melville a vocal duet by j local makes plans miss simmons and mrs veldhuis of the ontario farm union local acton 138 met in blue mountain school on guest speaker was mrs nance horwood mayor of brampton who gave a splendid address on the past present and future which everyone enjoyed very much campbellvillc came back to the- baseball wars after a nine day lay off on tuesday june 5 to shut out oakvillc 80 in campbellvillc harry hamilton hurled a nifty threehitter against the youthful oakvillc squad as he struck out eight and walked one hly one man got past first base lefty shep- perd was on the hill for oakvillc and he was touched for nine hits while he struck out seven walked two and hit two batters his mates made four costly errors behind him campbellvillc opened the scoring in the first when henderson doubled and was driven in by jack lakings single the home team added two more in the second when bill cairns was safe on an error and jack statham was hit by a pitched ball hamilton sacrificed the runner on and both scored on ken moores single iiv the third earl cairns was safe on an error and went all the way around on successive singl es by laking and early harry hamilton opened the bot tom of the fourth with a single ken moore rolled to the first base man but when he tried for a double play everyone was safe wingrove sacrificed the runners on and ham ilton scored on hendersons singu moore was just nipped at the plate as he tried to score on earl cairns roller to first but henderson j scored on jack iikings third con- secutive hit conference makes pastoral changes the annual hamilton conference of the united church of canada meeting at imcmaster university in hamilton finalized many changes in the guelph presbytery monday these are the changes announced rev john douglas of kintoro appointed minister of paisley mem orial united church kenneth grif fiths appointed student minister to ebenczer pastoral charge william si inn appointed student minister to alma pastoral charge rev g chapman appointed assistant min ister to trinity united church kit chener and rev b n newnhnm appointed t krainosa pastoral charge ospringe i and fori gabro i the big ones that got away last yeor are srill there its handy to go after them by bos northbay 1535 parry sound 1220 huntsvihe 1065 round trip by bus see your local agent for all bus travel information jh a r o l t wj l 1 s campbellvillc completed their scoring in the sixth moore singled and went to third when the left fielder dropped wingroves fly moore scored on hendersons sac rifice tly and earl cairns was safe on- an error by the second baseman with wingrove going to third the latter scored as he worked a double field with earl cairns jack laking hit three singles for campbellvillc stan henderson had a double and a single and ken moore two singles lloyd early thursday night for their monthly singled meeting thefce are being held al- campbellville meets watcrdown ternately with peacock school ln campbellville at 3 pm on sat- plans were made as to what type of urda j 9 batteries shcpperd program would be given at each and johnson hamilton laking meeting and how to raise money j ana dredge for the local a euchre was planned a on- tuesday afternoon a cpr so look for date and place come i height train loaded with grain out and support your local and help travelling south on the goderich to others to help you i toronto cpr run was derailed the first notice of trouble was at afew rounds- of euchre- were- iiiwuii played after which the ladies served ier rmpfn hfarfr vmm is drwu mcvan povr jro at a rear 3 phone- vn j a c to m lunch and a very- nice evening came to a close cornelius braeschooten suffered a very painful accident when he had his leg broken and badly crushed he was taken to guelph i general hospital it may be a month before they will be able to put it in a cast quite a number from here attend ed thank offering service at churchill on sunday night and en joyed the guest speaker rev bell of rockwood the readings and musical program mr gordon chambers of boisse- vain man spent monday night with mr and mrs arnold mcenery speed of jets possibility has arisen that can- adas jet interceptor planes would not be fast enough to catch the j latest russian bombers if they ap peared over north america the farm of t c amos where the first box car went off the track and when the train was ncaring moffat ten more box cars were a twisted mass ox steel wreckage most of whichr was thrown into swampland the closest farm to the wreck was that of william black and from there strange bangs and cracks were heard no one was injured as the engine and caboose were saved from the wreckage it was a rare miracle that a bridge didnt col- lapse about 100 cpr workmen will work day and night to clear freight this track to move more take two prizes at wl annual recent visitors with mr and mrs george d robertson included mr and mrs ed carter grant and jill mr douglas cox of toronto mr and mrs gordon robertson jim nnd sharon mr and mrs hugh robertson and family of gutlph i miss nan huston of toronto is visiting with mr and mrs w h mcewan and family sympathy is extended to mrs h it howard in the passing of her anid father mr apps at paris last j week mrs howard is still a patient j in guelph hospital where tier condi tion is showing improvement i mr and mrs george grundy at tended the graduation services of the formers niece jean ferguson at the gait hospital last thursday evening mr and mrs arnold suntcr gail and dianne of niagara falls spent the weekend with the formers mother and- hunt mrs g sunter and miss e baldic friends of mrs fred johnston will be sorry to learn she is ill and is convalescing at the home of her daughter and soninlaw mr and jurschcster allan srd line the kloostcr family attended the wedding of their son herman to ftuth taylor at grand valley on saturday mesdames w awrey e archi bald e fisher k stubbington g young d g robertson and miss doris fines attended the district annual meeting of centre welling ton womens institutes held at st andrews presbyterian church fer gus last wednesday in the con tests mrs d g robertson received second prize for cherry pie and sec ond prize for quilt blocks miss friends of miss joan archibald once will be pleased to- learn she is back i a er work n acton after being mr and mrs ray olan and fam- j confined to st josephs hospital ily of milton have purchased the guelph for a few davs with an ear home of mr and mrs roger mahon i infection and moved in earlier this week mr and mrs mahon are living at crawford lake for the summer sympathy of this community is extended to mr george thomas during the recent loss of a brother frank sons plumbing hardwan phone 135 heating eractrfc rockwooob wanted young men with at least three years o high school training who are interestcj n placing themseivesin positions with good futur es pension life insurance hospitalization and surgical plans are al available to employees home study courses ae also made available to trrosevho are eager to qualify for speedier advancement in a fast expanding field apply in person or writing to bank of nova scotia in acton or elsevhere mort fffticuuf will bm gladly fu oft fqut the i mnand mrs george d robertson spent the week end with their son and daughterinlaw mr and mrs george l robertson and children 1 north bay i on sunday mr and mrs k klooster had a family gathering as i a farewell for their daughter marie and soninlaw mr and mrs wil- liam stadt and three daughters who have been visiting here for the past six weeks on monday they left for their home at hughson bc dedicate organ on anniversary a new organ was dedicated when eden mills presbyterian church observed its mth anniversary on sunday rev glowy of burlington was guest speaker at the services morn- ing and everting special music was provided by the choir with n mixed quartette and mens chorus i the paper is expan watc for an important announcement

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