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a the acton free press thursday jpnuary 6th 1966 lets play bridge by bui coa- what do you do when declarer leads a singleton from dummy and you have the ace of the suit and must play second hand do you take your ace or do you duck one thingyou should do isdecide before it happens what you will do this hand ennie up at the ac ton bridge club during the christmas holiday on east must haw felt like sana clans for he gaye declarer the contract as a present pftlej- south r either side vulnerable north v s0 9 8 7 h a d0 10 4 3 c a k 3 2 wet hj97 54 2 d7 6 5 2 c5 est s3-3- ha 10 3 crq j 9 7 south s a k6 4 h k 0 6 d a c 10 8 6 4 the bidding soutk wmt is pass 3s pass 5d pass north 2c 4s 6s east ipass pass all pass south opens with one spade and north responds with two cluw this bid suits south since clubs were his weak suit north raises the spades to four south ifpakes one more slam try with his five diamond bid north vak ulng his singleton heart mako the final contract a small slam in spades west led his singleton club since declarer can see the two three and iou of clubs he knows that the lead was a singleton winning the club in dummy dec larer take out trump ending in dummythe singleton heart was led and east presented declarer with his contract east ployed the heart ace declarer now had the rest of the tricks his two high hearts took care of dummys small clubs in all declarer took five spadesrtwc hearts a diamond two clubs and two club ruffs in dummy notice the effect if east does not play the heart aee declarer wins a heart trick but lost two clubs in exchange l united nations 65 recounted at i ore the puke of devonshire chap ter met at the homeof miss r clark on tuesday january 4 the regent mrs force presiding mf q iforc read a capsule account of what happened in the united nations in 1965 from an editorial jwritten by aaron einfrank unit ed nations correspondent for the telegram summing up the year it was decided the vn made some- progress although its work is enormous mrs holmes mrs udkea and miss clark were appointed as nojrnfovatfng committee for this years election of officers why should east duck heart pi rsr declarer may have the king acid queen might have king und jack and make a mistake secondly east- also knew that wests lead was a singleton therefore south has four clubs since he has shown five spad es he can have only four red cards if they are almost any combination east knows that he will get a trick in return lasl weeks winners were first george- sohy and com sin chili second jrack coats and lou bertasson third miss olive logrin and mrs k coats trees thinned jo cox tmt market halton forest product as trees thinned in coxtract one of halton countys first and oldest foresjjracts situated in nassagaweya township con cession vh south half of lot 12 and managed by the depart- men of lands and forests is now undergoing a new phase of management this land is bet ter known to some as the cox- tract and older residents may recall the day when it was call ed st helena tract the cox tract containing 100 acres was purchased for forestry purposes in 1939 from thomas cox and was the start of the first deforestation program with the department of lands and forests in halton county in 1940 red pile were planted and an established plantation was completed in 1942 the trees were left to grow and it has been used mainly as a recreational area mainly by hunters in 1960 selected crop trees were chosen and pruned to eight feet to allow these trees to grow knot free lumber rows were marked for future thin ning to provide ample light and room for the crop trees need thinning this year 1965 the stand has shown a retarded growth rate in- dicatinga thinningis required to continue maximum growth this year thu crop trees were pruned o 17 feet to produce a 16 foot log with knot free lum ber and to provide the amount of release tpr these and the other remaining fees an estimated 150 cords orpulpwood will be har vested this year this is the first and only be ginning of forest products mar keted in halton county forests providing material for ontarios pulp mills and to the countys labor force anyone wishing to see this plantation is welcome to drop in to look at it the blue slumps may surprise you a chemical is painted on the stump immed iately after cutting in order to keep out a sertous disease ffom entering the root systems blue coloring is added so the men will be certain that all slumps are treated stuff rimto choir members at st albans churchwererirrgoodhxiriefor the special holiday services prior to the new year left to right are mrs edward pratt gail fryer and mrs robert ander- a son 0 by bill smiley dad we should be glad you and i glad that we got a mate whence did 20 or 30 years ago wed never measure up to what the girls demand today i discovered this the other day during a panel discussion in one of my grade 12 classes topic was early marriages participants were four bright attractive girls of 17 or ib well they really opened my ey es in fact i was shocked and dismayed by the hardboiled mat erialistic attitude of these young ladies generally they had the right idea that teenage mar riages are a mistake but for all the wrong reasons i used to think that mar riage was based on mutual respect physical attraction shared interests love that shows you luiiv oldfashioned i am it seems that these days a successful marriage is a combin ation of economic essentials and psychological claptrap first of all you have to have security this rules out early marriages it means the couple must have enough money for at least down payments on the this sundays church calendar religion or christ is there a difference paul could say of re ligion he excelled but he was never satisfied until he had atpersonal relationship with jesus christ the need is just as great for today frhiytmlan church in canada knox church acton rev andrew h mckenzie ba bd minister mr e a hansen ba organist and choir master sunday january 9th 1966 945 am church school in de partments 1040 xitn session meeting 1100 am divine worship and thejsjacranient of the lords supper communion mes sage our masters memor ial 800 pm adult study group subject the westminster confession of faith supervised nursery for babies and tots during entire ser vice and junior congrega- tion for children 3 to 7 years during sermon everyone most welcome tni church op tt mmn thf martyr anglican corner willow and st albans drive rev ritchie mcmurray mastb thursday january 6 8 pm the feast of the bptahany of our lord the ow eucharist guest preacher mr laurence duby followed by movies for the family sunday january 9th 1966 epiphany 900 am the holy eucharist 1030 m- church school 1030 am matins 730 pm young people trinity church the united church or canada minister the rev dwight i engel bajbd organist mr george elliott ma phd sunday january 9th 1966 church school 93q am grades 48 1100 am nursery to grade 3 services of worship 930 am 1100 am communion at both services 700 pmconfirmation class 730 pm young people meet acton baptist church founded 1842 j pastor rev stanley gammon res 144 tidey ave ph 8531615 sunday january 9th 1966 945 am church school adult class 1100 am morning worship holy but stained 700 pm evening service naamans conversion we invite all who have no evem ing service to share this hour with us wednesday mission band at 4 oclock prayer and bible stu dy at 730 friday bhjf 7 pm explor ers 730 text he that hath the son hath life 1 john 5 12 attend the church of your faith sunday acton pentecostal tabernacle paoc 33 churchill road rev s m thoman pastor ft 8532715 week of prayer services janu ary 4 through7 at 8 pom with evangelist jim charlwood of toronto sunday january 9th 1966 1000 am sunday school forall ages 1100 am morning service 700 pm evening service jim charlwood will speak at both services tuesday 8 pm prayer service and bible study thursday 8 pm christ ambas sadors friday 7 pm crusaders marie avenue baptist church georgetown sunday january 9th 1966 945 am sunday school 1100 am morning service 700 pm evening service wednesday 8 pm prayer meet ing acton 8531956 georgetown 8776665 bethel christian reformed church acton ontario rev wiebe van dijk phsne 8531585 sunday january 9th 1966 1000 am english service 230 pm dutch service 345 pm sunday school house furniture appliances fi follows tjiat the girt must fin ish school and take a job and save the boy must get through law school or medicine no plumbers for these kids ag ain il follows that hes about 30 shes at least 25 before they can think of marriage i could have reminded them but didnt that jnost of them would never have been born if their parents had vyaited for sec urity before marrying second they said teenagers are iibt emotionally mature enough sax marriage i dont quite know what that means eight out of 19 of the married adults i know have tantrums or drink too much flare with jealousy fight over trifles fall in love hale bitterly in short they are normal human beings but theyre not emotionally mature another point the kids brought up was that teenage girls are not prepared to face up to the comp lexities of married life they cant cook they know nothing about raising children they cant manage abudgel apparently the answer to this is for the girl to complete her education and work for a few years this pre pares her for marriage thus if she has studied typ ing or philosophy or hairdress- ing or embalming and made a living for a year or two shes all set for cooking childbear ing and budget balancing 1 dont follow the logic bin i al ways was a little dense about feminine thinking the jw4 old mty4 20 yars ago intended for last year taken from the issue of the free press thursday dec 27 194s the annual at home- of the continuation school was held in the ymca due to slight lire damage in the town hall athletic championship medals were pres ented to palsy chew joan coles joan someirviile harry lawson lome arbic and gcorgcjrljji proficiency shields were pies- calcium limited at campbell- i ye nomination results esguosing j township- reeve g w murray acton ace deputy reeve j gioiiic leave acvl council accl c ii mas george currie r nbidwyi nomination results nassaga- weva township reeve alex i near llovd crawford council four to be elected llovd- craw- lorlit l1lenlu l w mcmil- ian alet near john robertson archie sercinc william van ftnted bj school board chaifman sickle school trustees three to vtc rumiev 1u marion keelan be elected ross carbeii mur- ernest west kenneth allan fred av miphail i s norrish mrs prevvson betty masters middle j frank rinchart dr b d young school graduation diplomas were donald anderson loll anil broke presented 16 jean harris clay- i his leg at the arena ton fryer lomafrank annie horn john llarlev ctvighlon thompson john stewart lower school certificates were presented to john barr frances chew william clayton joan col- es doris cripps shirley elliott december 20 carol laura keown decehrbcr 25 mjr- j eera00 r lima keninet shirley- kentner j olga locker helen mclellan intended lor last ye donald matthews kenneth pap- a illon jean robertson mary j j fr 8s of smith calvin sprowl dotven p thuntday dec 30 1915 steele martha turkosz ernest a happy holiday tomorrow west r then ioi a year of busy business an award ror the best shot in iajiv measure of prosperity the recently formed cadet corps postmaster matthews and his john kenney and john r ken- nedv- ai the high school at home and christmas reception an hon or roll was bung showing the stu dents wlii have enlisted ern est black warren bkown jack chapman mellon collier will douglas willie kennev edwin maddock john i moore will muhin fred williams and anntr- oram luirse taken from the issue of the free press thursday january 6 1916 the welcome to our soldier- who have retiuned invalided from the war arranged by a- joint committee of eouncilijnd load ing citizens was a cordial tri bute to their hcrnisrfljjidkival service acton citizens band es corted the returned soldiers sergeant coles and private lane with an accompanying contin gent to the town hall where they were escorted to the platform amid the plaudits of the aud ience mr if 1 moore secretary ol the committee handed to each an ensci ibed open lace gold from the citizens oh ton staff deserve ihu thanks of our 2000 citizens for the manner- ii which they handled the enorm ous- quantity ol mail matter dur ing the christmas week the largest mails ever received were distributed went to fred crewson at the summer cadet camp awards were made to r6nalclsalt and waller porty for- coaching never late never absentcerti ficates went to mildred arm strong martha turkosz shirley kentner dena braida bettv ban- 1 kn svvackhamej and clar- aldo braida and clayton fry- ence matthews havcx enlisted in i xi halton dullerin battalion j a very pretty wedding took mc- ei conk a tv dinner dont know one end of a baby from the oili er unless its crying and couldnt handle the budget ol a sunday- school class wiihoul pulling it j on the rocks another serious suggestionl ws that marriage should be delayed until both parlies have j had a chance to travel and sec the world the implication was that after youre married and j had kids you never do more than take a sunday drive the festive christmastide was saddened in many homes with the word thai frederick s blow had died early sunday morning his long residence here his com munity service initially phases and his kindly manner won for him a place in the hearts of many aclonians fverton boys who have return ed recently are ronald hepburn henry mill and kenneth sluiv hington home lor christinas place at the home of mr a arthur sixth line erin on the 22nd ol december the principals were miss margaret mcarthur and mr robert l davidson with rev mr heddon the pastor ol the home preforming the cere mony the bridal pair attended only by the little nephew of the groom will rose reid as ring- bearer entered the parlor and took positions under an arch of evergreens festooned with white boyd clark mr ernest brown i bcl miss e mary chalmers mr jack smith plaved the wedding vnarch the bride was miss hollinger mr fred crewson mr harold kennedy wren margaret somerville wren frances dills miss helen lamb from univers ity ol toronto miss isobel mc- leod miss ruby clark and mr lames mcgcachie heck i have a nephew of 17 who was born in yellowknife nortlvwesl territories and has grown up in south america the west indies holland and new- loundland 1 have a niece 19 who has lived in england fiance and germany those kids didnt slow their pareiils clown taken from the issue of the free press thursday january 3 1946 servicemen irom acton were on the oueen elizabeth cpl john turkosz served for three and a half yeaisr overseas and was wounded by bomb fragments cpl ross swackhamer son of reeve and mrs arthur swack hamer ol erin township got back just in time for a family new year j reunion spr j l ellerby was three years overseas pie mervin reid was also welcomed one ol the girls said boys actons first baby was a son ol i or 20 are not ready to as- 1 charles john born to mr and sume the responsibilities of mrs stewart lantz at the nur- marriage some arent but some sing home on guelph street at gowned in duchess lace and pearl trimming carried bridal roses the grooms i gill to the bride was a crescent ol pearls the bride received many useful and costly presents showing i the esteem in which she is held about a hundred guests sat down to a daintily prepared repast the happy couple drove to georgetown and left by the 515 train amid a shower of confetti there was certainly no excite ment the nomination meeting everyone was returned by accla mation reeve jlynds council lors alex bell charles bailey da vid henderson w h smith school trustees c c speight watch 1916 after his appropriate reply sergeant coles appealed to voung men to follow the example ol those who had already gone and he sting a stilling recruiting married margaret harvey in i- j ilassarnl phm b the womens institute is hav ing a bee at the council cliuut- bns to juake four quills lor the belgians a crowded house greeted knox sunday school at their annual new years entertainment under the able chairmanship- of rev j o wilson those receiving dip lomas for bible verses were jean kennedy bertie goulel myrtle carnochan calvin wilson find- lay wilson florence morgason agnes mann marion mclean hector mcdonald nellie hall thelma gamble olive cooper and jean barber the graduates on the catechism were isabella watkins tellord kennev and jack waldie three toronto storekeepers were lined lor selling cigarettes and candv on sunday it will be remembered when the free press gave the exper iences ol sergeant coles at yprvs becomingly- 1 nc refused permission to publish satin with i particulars of his own courage- g ous exploits now letters have been received from relatives in edinburgh ol a soldier sgt coles carried on his back for over four miles away from the firing line thus saving his life the new years night party of the kilcare club was much en joyed new warden county- council names its war den next tuesday acton reeve bert hinlon has declared his in tention to stand for this office anil town councillors extended their support and best wishes at their inaugural meeting of girls 30 i cari career show girls you women who cant men ol 30 arent and never do ive seen boys ol i or 20 in charge of a million dollars worth of aircraft and a hun ched lives i could scarcely refrain irom telling these complacent pre-ma- trons thai their grandmothers were married at 16 or 17 their grandfathers at 21 coping with a lile ihey couldnt even imagine not that im in favor of teen age marriage heaven forbid our society has all the cards stacked against the young lov- ers but theres something sad ahoul their altitude 220 am on monday in the kings new years honj or list flight lieutenant herbert j hugh 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