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v the r acton tree prow thursday january 5 1967 irisiiras visitors 4h lufc chiriw districf news k weya permits in 66 hit 1333500 the eighth and final meeting of the ospringe meat bails 4h club was held at the home of the assistant leader miss laurel stubblngton the meet ing opened with the 4h pledge followed by the roll call members second score chart showing improvements since starting the club meat in the menu the minutes of the last meet ing were read by doris spence jmkj it ellis the leader dem onstrated how to make stuf- fed peppers with ground beef bread crumbs and seasonings these were baked in he oven while the girls discussed plans for the exhibit af achievement day on januaryj14 record books were checked and these are to be completed and hand led in at oncer i everyone ampred the stuff- and barry bruce student at ed peppers and found diem de- western university london licioils were christmas guests miss beverly bruce nurseiri mr and mrs ward bruce with training at toronto western hospital was home for the christmas holidays mr arid mrs george eitzner and family spent the holidays vyith relatives at goderich mr and mrs ob newmark spent christmas with their son- inlaw and daughter mr and mrs william mann and jarn- ily in toronto mrs isley sr of georgetown miss judy isley guelph spent the christmas weekend with mr and mrs isley and family mr and mrs byron bruce and family mrs bruce sr whitewood sask mrssayers acton garnet bruce toronto let tlay bridge by bill coats axe- you one of those bridge players who hate to give dec larer a ruff if you are you are not getting the most out of your game forcing declarer to ruff can often cause him to lose con trol of the hand- it can be use- fur if one defender is- ibng in trump here u an example from a rubber bridge match east dealt and both sides rare vulnerable north sa j 7 h-9- tw 6 5 4 2 c 10 9 8 2 west east s02 s q 9 h a 5 3v2 h 8 6 d k 10 7 o a 0 9 8 3 ctk5 4 caqj3 rrvufhftfad day in guelph ilrls south s4c 8 6 53 h k o j 10 74 d void the bidding east south west north id 2h pass pass 3c 3h dble all pass it would appear that declar er shbuld have no difficulty in making this contract there arc five heart tricks available and at least four spade tricks but lets see what happens to declarer after a diamond lead west led the king of dia monds and declarer ruffed south led a heart to dummy ducked by west a spade to the king let declarer in to lead trump again this time west won and led the diamond 10 again dec larer ruffed a third trump lead revealedr the bad news both- declarer and west have a trump left if declarer draws trump mrs m jackson spent- christ mas with mr and mrs murray millson and family in guelph gry returned home with tier for a few holidays mrs gsunter was in niag ara falls with her son anal daughter in taw arnold arid mrs jsunter and family for christmas week christmas day visitors with mr and mrs david stewart included their sons and fam ilies vernon and mrs stew art and family ed and mrs stewart and sons aleck and mrs stewart and sons and their niece and family mr and mrs 3- baldwin and children of ancaster a mr george grundy is still confined tfr toronto western hospitat where his condition is not too good miss judy buck spent christ mas week in halifax miss sharon buck nurseintraining at st josephs hospital guelph was home for new years mr and mrs m jackowski of ncwthamburg were christ mas visitors with their daugh ter and soninlaw mr- and mrs keith sinclair miss bonna weeks of alma college st thomas spent the holidays with her uncle and aunt mr and mrs norman mckenzie mrs glassford of hillsburg spent the weekend at the same home holiday visitors with mr and mrs gordon aitken includ ed mr and mrs john aitken mr and mrs sherlock aitken of bagotvllle que mr and mrs m hutchinson and sons of toronto rev and mrs hugh mporehead and children of woodstock d g and mrs robertson had their sons and families home for christmas doug las and mrs robertson shar on murray and darleneftom guelph kenneth and mrs ro bertson lynda and donna from oakville and brian from hamilton institute of tech nology miss gail fuller student at the dniye of guelph js floor hockey was popular at te y during ririy schuts russell dwyer randy colter ian christmas holidays program supervisor fte strange and steven vanfleet each boy will lawson is shown above handing out a few receive an individual trophy as soon as they pointers to the champions left to right are are purchased our readers write the township pf nassaga- weya issued over one million and a quarter dollars worth of building permits during 1966 the year ranged from slack months like february when no permits were issued to far fig ures like may at 788400 in- cludingthe 750000 addition to mohawk the actual yearend total was 1333500 other sizeable-slruc- hiresincluded the 5000 heavy equipment school in april the 28jkxl sunoco station near guelph line and highway 401 and the 6000 eden mills camp buildings twenty nine houses were built monthly totals were as fol lows january february march april may june july august september october november 40100 december 3840 permit total for the past few years show 610750 issued in 1965 199900 in 1964 s309700 in 1963 1715625 in 1962 and 12500 in 1961 think hbout whtrntryou are we stock acid order mccall butterick simplicity patterns htntons 5c to 100 store the 4h girls and their lea ders mrs leo jamicson and mrs ray swindlehurst enjoy ed a day in guelph and went to see the show the sound of music sympathy js extended to mr and mrs willard sanderson and family in the passing of the formers mother at the nur sing home at brampton rev mr johnson gave a lovely christmas sermon in ballinafad united church on sunday morning the choir sang silent night holy night in anthem form and it was very nice kathryn sin clair was at the organ mr dave burton has sol hisfarnvalso mr james long- street has sold his mr and mrs martin enter tained their friends and neigh bors on christmas eve is to take two spades and ruff a diamond but this is only eight tricks it would do south no good to try the spades earlier jhe will lose either a spade trick or get a spade ruffed by east next time you have four or more trump on defense try to rnake declarer ruff a couple of times soon you will have as many trump as declarer and thenhe will be in trouble last weeks winners at the- acton bridge club were first jack coats and bill coats second mrs hyde and cam- sinclair third tom and diikc wilson miss sandra mcewan stu dent at the university of guelph is spending the holi days at the home of her par- ent a chimney f fre at the home of george fritzner foririerty the mcmillan home in the vil lage threatened- to get out of hand on wednesday and a full turn out of the acton fire bri gade responded to the call the fire was quickly brought under control the firemen stood by and then cleaned out the chimney a strong wind was blowing at the time and fortunately it didnt do too much damage recall friends dear sir on this date last year my husband and myself were so happy staying with my son ron lewis and june jiaving returned after a stayin berk ley california to have our first canadian christmas with them and friends at acton it is difficult to lexpress in written wprds the great joy wc experienced whilst in acton meeting folk who were so friendly that not once did we ever feel we were- ariiong strangers 3000 miles from home we attended services at the united presbyterian and baptist churches more so at mr gammons church being members of the baptist church here and in each was that friendly atmosphere which is not even felt in some of the churches here during the past year we have heard from mrs landsborough mr and mrs newton and mrs newton sr also news from mr and mrs tatton and mr and mrs a long and though mr and mrs franklin have moved from acton they con tinue to tell us the news from their new home near toronto during mike sevans stay in our town wetvereso happyto have him and his wife and family with us on several oc casions and his children at the school were sorry when the time game for him to re- iturn to canada it was grand to have the opportunity of hav- now during this christmas ing mr bevan with us and he we are again in our own horned too has sent us letters since walthamstair 3000 miles from acton but our hearts are in acton and i just want to say thank you to all those jolk whom we met who helped to make pur stay a happier one if it was possible to be hap pier because of giving us memories of their kindness and friendly manner i am glad ron and june are so hap py and trust they will stay many more years and that we too may have the opportunity of revisiting acton and its happy families very sincerely dorothy and john mills i bemsted rd walthamstair london england his return home when shopping at hintons we were made to feel very much at home by the assist ants especially imrs nellcs and in all the shops we were greeted with the same friend liness i particularly remem ber gordons store and the helpful assistants at the gro cery stores here we have to scramble our goods as quickly afs wejan in our own bags no help from tfie assistants as in acton where in big bags goods arc actually taken to the cars of the customers acton shops could certainly teach ours a lesson in courtesy during the past year ron and june have through their yearly subscription to your pa per enabled us to keep in touch with the activities of ac- tori now i know your little town and its friendly folk we keep near you by reading your news 1 do hopo it does not grow into a large tow for it is so towns grow big some of the friendli ness gets pushed into th back- jack ridley cartage limited concrete blocks concrete brick cinder blocks clay brick sand stone livestock and fertilizer farm service and supplies dump trucks for hire fully insured pcv class fs ft f acton phone 85341730 robt r hamilton optometrist 116 mountain view s georgetown 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