Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), December 15, 1966, p. 9

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jnw 441 wmmk mkt heu photo mr and mrs john r allan were married in st lukes angli can church dixie and are living in port credit allansmart wedding vows said in st lukes dixie the flicker of candlelight hone on an attractive arrange ment of bronze and yellow mums and oak leaves in st luke4 anglican church dixie forming the setting for the pretty fall wedding of jean carol smart and john ross al lan rev d c candy officiat ed at the ceremony the bride is the daughter of mr and mrs orval smart of shawville que while the groom is the son of mr and mrs ross allan of toronto formerly of acton district given in marriage by her father the bride wore a full length gown of white velvet brocade fashioned with a scoop neckline and detachable train falling from the waist line her bouffant illusion veil was caught by a single white telvet rose and she carried yellow roses centred with a white orchid mrs arthur bolton of dub lin ontario sister of the groom was the brides only at tendant she wore a floor length gown of green and gold velvet brocade with matching headdress and gold accessor ies she carried a nosegay of yellow and white roses michael renton of lake tra verse ont was best man for the groom ushers were the brides brother thomas smart of shawville que and arthur bolton of dublin ont bro therinlaw of the groom at the reception the brides mother wore a green silk knit dress matching jacket green hat with which she wore brown suede accessories a fur stole and yellow rose corsage the grooms mother was in a gold silk shantung ensemble with matching feather hat and tur stole and corsage of tan gerine carnations and yellow rose leaving by plane for a wed ding trip in the barbados the bride travelled in a rust wool sheath under a winter white coat with which she wore a riist and royal blue velvet hat and a tangerine rose corsage upon their return the bridg and groom took up residence in port credit acton relatives were among the guests at the wedding mr and mrs a m mcpherson mrs john allan miss cather ine allan mr and mrs ches ter allan mr and mrs calvin aitken wayne and keith and miss elva pearen aodowood an evening of giving credit where credit was due was held at stone church eramosa recently the evening began with a hot roast beef banquet which is held- each year on eramosa 4h awards might bob lowrey president of junior farmers was chair man for the evening the assistant agricultural representative mel chamber lain presided for the awards presentation he had coached the wellington county judging team to first place at the rojl al winter fair in dairy beef and swine mr chamberlain told the 4h members they were fortunate to have a pro gressive junior farmers as their sponsor thirtynine members enroll ed this vear in eramosa with enjoy dinner film at ucw meeting rockwood the november aneeting of unit one rockwood united church women was a festive occasion with a beauti ful dinner served by their hos tess mrs alex imdphedran the singing of carols and the lords prayer in unison open ed the meeting which followed the minutes of the last meet ing and treasurers report were read and approved the roll call was answered by a scrip ture verse during the meet ing mrs q drijber presented several suggestions regarding projects for the coming cen tennial year a most interesting film finding a new world was shown this presented the changes and needs of the pre sent day in the mission field and challenged people to take part in this most important work a letter had been received by mrs t diamond from miss flora moffat in the queen charlotte islands this was read to the ladies by mrs w guild and described the mis sionary work in that area a moat interesting reading on kindness was given by mrs j little during this she said let it never be said of us that having come to an open door we closed it having stood at the stair of learning we re fuse to ascend it having come to a lighted candle we quench ed it having heard a brother beg for bread we denied him lifes greatest art is being kind the devotional was taken by mrs w patterson who read the scripture lesson and fol lowed with a hymn and prayer the doxology closed the meet ing a vote of thanks to the hostess was offered by m little churchill christmas meeting of ucw shower visitors in area news the christmas meeting of the church ucw was held at the home of mr and mrs frank freeman with a good at tendance the president mrs w thompson opened the meeting with prayer after singing of four christ mas carols she called on mrs g stephens for the devotions it was a christmas message which means so much to ev eryone at this time of year she closed with the lords prayer repeated in unison the minutes of the last meeting were read some busi ness was dealt with and mrs thompson then introduced the guest speaker mrs f eaton now of acton who spent some time in india she and mr eaton were guests of their son and daughterinlaw and fam ily whoare still in india mrs eaton gave a very vivid talk on the conditions of that country she also brought a number of articles to view and photos also a map of india everyone enjoyed her mes sage very much mrs denny expressed her appreciation and presented her with a gift on behalf of the ucw a lovely lunch was served by the hos tess and committee mrs les lie swackhamer thanked mrs freeman for the use of her home and hospitality mrs john near spent the weekend with her mother mrs mahle hattle in shelbume who has returned home from the hospital after n illness mrs ron anderson held a personal shower on tuesday evening dec 6 for pat knox in jhonor of her approaching marriage to bob kerr guests were mrs earl vanatter fen- elori palls mrs elizabeth buck and daughter marilyn of georgetown mrs douglas mc phereon r ockwood mrs mary agnew toronto miss faye longstreet erin mrs ken alien mrs ron saunders and mrs tony strokov of rjr 2 acton it was the first gath ering marie has held in her new home everything was lovely and enjoyed by all wee guy maltby youngest son of gail and george maltby who has been in st josephs hospital guelph for surgerv is back home but is still in a cast congratulations to joanne and norman turner on the gift of a baby sister for david born on december 7 white gift and candle lieht service will be held on sun day evening december it at 7 oclock at churchill church everyone welcome churchill sunday school christmas concert is to be held on thursday evening de cember 22 at 8 oclock every one welcome mr and mrs morris douglas of leamington visited with mr and mrs ralph denny mr and mrs william dob- bie and garrv are missed in the community they have moved into acton for the win ter until they get a home built in place of the one destroyed by fire friends are sorry to hear mrs william donna thomp son is in gdclph hospital she met with an accident at os- pringe when she was caught between two cars crushing her one leg badly 100 per cent completion of pro jects with all marks 77 per cent and over david gordon placed first with a total of 919 points corn grain swine sheep and other awards were also presented silver trays donated by the royal bank of canada were presented to larry mcdougall for top award in grain june thomson for top corn award and susan cargo received the best homemaker award awards of merit were also pre sented for completed projects with top merits going to fred hawkins club leaders are ron storey wilbert freeman alex monabb and george les lie the closing thanks for fine leadership and- parental coop eration was given by doug wheeler and brought to a close a most interesting and reward ing evening rockwood buyer at holstein sale two holstein sales were held december 5 at hays sales ar ena oakville with the hays 19th anniversary sale realizing 8840 tor 12 head for an aver age of 401 each and the 59 purebreds in the strathclair herd of dr a b sinclair sault ste marie bringing 20- 925 for an average of 355 each in addition twelve grade hol- steins from the strathclair herd sold for a total of 3200 an average of 266 each top price in the strathclair sale was 735 paid by earl osborne rockwood for cedar hurst silver jessie a four-year- old daughter of the excellent and superior type sire roe- land reflection sovereign mr osborne also paid the second highest price of 550 this for a bred heifer fourway tie bowling hop rockwood in the second half of the rockwood and dis trict bowling league year the rebels munsters bombers and the big six find them selves tied for first place each with seven points kay mo bile feeds and nichols pals each have five and the rock ets and carneys plumbing and heating came up with two points each sou to score are the tri hards the wjvs kens novelties and humes texaco the munsters took as their victims the tri hards for a 70 score as did bombers over the wps the big six blank ing humes texaco and rebels shutting out kens novelties kay mobile feeds downed the rockets 52 and nichols pals were over carneys plumbing and heating by the same core dick dupuls had mens high single at 319 with irene lavoie at 283 taking the womens high single the mens high triple was again taken by dick di mnts for a 739 total while shirley salmon had 685 for la dies nign triple after finding the team han dicap system unsatisfactory individual handicaps will be used for the remainder of the year men over 600 dick dupuis 739 vic davies 727 fred- nightingale 673 dunc kings bury 644 werner schultz 606 and ted hamilton 601 ladies over 525 shirley salmon 685 irene lavoie 601 vivian nightingale 549 and janet eeart 542 christmas receivers is ladies aid topic the december meeting of the ladies aid of nassaga- weya presbyterian church was held recently at 12 noon at the home of mrs v norris and was preceded by a pot hick lunch fifteen ladies were present to enjoy the decorations of colored lights and poinsetria tablecloth the hot buffet lunch and crackling grate fire were a happy contrast to the frosty weather outside at 2 pjn the meeting was opened with a quotation the six keys of life by the presi dent mrs norris a hymn was sung and minutes read by mrs roberts were adopted plans were made for- the congregational supper and christmas concert to be held on december 16 at the church and actable committee was na med a recently finished quilt was displayed and the price was set for it following this meeting the wjmjs was conducted with the vicepresident in the chair mrs cargill read the minutes golden age dinner planned though thursday was very cold and stormy 42 members of the golden age club turned out for the regular afternoon meeting plans were finalized for the christmas turkey dinner tohbe held dec 15 at 630 pm in the y building mrs creasey club representative to the com munity services gave a report of a recent meeting mr davidson reminded the members of the special ser vices in the baptist church dec 11 and that the annual meeting will be jan 19 1967 for election of officers eight tables of euchre were enjoyed winners were ladies mrs davidson as gent mrs kennedy winners in crokin- ole ladies mrs hargrave gents robert wame happy birthday was sung for mrs wilds and mr ral ston who have the same birth date a nice lunch concluded a very pleasant afternoon the acton free press thurs december 15 1966- 3 ers in this article the writer explained that receiving s more difficult than giving and mat is why it is so hard for us to accept the life and rifts of jesus christ the bible teaches us the frightened real ity that the way we treat oth ers is in met the way we treat god the meeting was closed with a christmas prayer written by henry van dyk which were adopted an inter esting report of the brampton presbyterial was given by mrs roberts mrs pyatt gave an interest ing and thoughtprovoking pa per titled christmas receiv- announcement i hereby announce my retire ment from the auction busin ess effective january 1 1967 i sincerely thank all who have assisted me during my 26 years of auctioneering wm a gibson 8 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