Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), January 18, 1967, p. 12

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s t j 2 pre wednesday january 18 1967 john timbers milton heads poultry assoc mlvkwood mutmw 0mcn tllcw john d timbers of milton was elected president of toe georgetown and hatton poul try association at their annual meeting wednesday evening the meeting held in the committee rooms of the mil- circles director is guest speaker members of the baptist mis sion circle gathered for their january meeting in the base ment of me church monday of test week president jessie coles opened with a centen nial new year thought and prayer during the business session the secretary eileen lott read a thank you note from bast- wood centre hamilton for christmas gifts sent from the circle and also a letter from marion rudd in india in her letter mrs rudd thanked the circle for their food parcel ar- rivedjust before christmas especially the candles for the children she told of driving in a jeep to a new house built by a christian where she was to cut the ribbon in a dedica tion ceremony mission circle treasurer re ported 422 sent to missions towards the allotment of ssoo to be in by april president reported flannelette purchas ed- to be used for white cross work after singing of a hymn alice pilkington read scrip- tun passages based on the word strength and read a poem marjorle landsborough introduced the speaker of the evening mrs w clutton of stratford who is- the director of mission circles for guelph association mrs clutton in opening remarks emphasized the need for going on from strength to strength in the new year as found in psalm 84 verse 7 she related the or ganizing of the first mission circle in ottawa in 1878 and cited the aims of mission cir cles to unite women and chil dren in prayer and study of missions as- well as putting be fore them the missionary claims of life service and con tribution in closing mrs cla- tton said we must be cons and se be- ton branch of the ujcoalso resulted in the election of bill do as first vicepresi dent don brethel as second vice-president- ed woynarsu as secretary and directors james mophail fred archi bald william speck don wil son clayton hadfield fred kentner and ron mclean mr timbers tn reviewing the past year noted each member was active and pro gressive resulting in a suc cessful year financially social ly and educationally the association promotes friendship goodwill under standing and good times on todoftheir basic functions the new president thanked the rebecca lodge for their wonderful service and mem bers for their cooperation will be john timbers with auditors william speck and fred archibald de legates to the ontario poultry association this year will be john d timbers ed woynar- ski and fred archibald part of the pattern for the summer show was drawn up the show to be known as the halton centennial summer lawn show will be held in acton fair grounds saturday may 27 the association agreed to make the show larger than ever and nave a new rating of cash prizes with specials in all classes of poultry and pigeons other details win be worked oufas the year and meetings progress other associations and new members are invited to attend meetings and the lawn show the next meeting will be held the first wednesday in febru ary in the uco committee rooms at 8 pm a social hour and lunch ended the yearend meeting i piay thankful for our great inheri tance after the closing hymn and prayer a time of fellowship was enjoyed with mrs clut ton over a cup of tea marg baillie and jessie coles were tea hostesses harriet helwig thanked the speaker and those taking part in the program friendship fire for centennial rockwood the cub and scout centennial friendship fire blazed high on wednesday evening the christmas trees from the area were piled high across from the rockwood townhalla larg and e crowd of children and adults watched as the flames and sparks flew high in the frosty air hot dogs with free coffee and hot chocolate were served from the town hall kitchen by cub and scout mothers may the light and warmth of this centennial friendship fire be sent out across the world by all canadians every yeart the january meeting of ebe- nezer united church women took the form of a pot luck luncheon mr leeman took charge oftbe installation of the officers for 196f as follows past president mrs horace blyth president mrs malcolm moffat first vice president mrs donald joss second vice- president mrs wynne dun- bar secretary mr ronald mc lean treasurer mrs john ldtcnlng pianist mrs william eariyr press secretary mrs ron mclean program chair man mrs don joss supply secretary mrs sheldon trous dale mrs don joss good cheer secretary mrs earl ward flower convener mrs arthur diamond cradle roll mrs horace blyth nomi nating committee chairman mrs john henry manse com mittee chairman mrs murray hayward representative to of ficial board mrs moffat rep resentative to stewards mrs j ikltching auditors mrs joss and mrs henry twentyone ladies were pres ent ebenw choir held their an nual meeting at the home of their leader mr and mrs john kitching the president mrs murray hayward presided and was returned to her office for another year since the secretary treasur er albert blom may be mov ing doug mdlean was ap pointed to take over the duties of his office our organist sandra blyth is leaving us to be married at the present time we do not have anyone to take her place anyone knowing of a competent organist might get in touch with john kitching the sunday school held their meeting at the home of mr and mrs horace blyth sir john a macdonald us ed to tour the provinces by train welcoming supporters at towns and villages all across thecountry he was known to have been at milton does any one recall hearing of him stop ping off at aoton wed like to hear about it school children are work ing on centennial projects bos shelter for children ce project crlotchiu church annual meeting held birthday anniversary in news an aquamarine found near marambia in brazil the big gest ever weighed 520000 car ats 229 pounds to you and yielded 200000 carats of gem quajity stones y mr and mrs g henderson and family were guests of mr and mrs elmer archdeacon of brampton for christmas and the henderson family enter tained dr and mrs milton henderson and family of to ronto for new years mr g henderson has dls played his century farm sign outside his farm- on no 7 highway at silverwood silverwood womens insti tute held their january meet ing at mrs k c lindsays on thursday jan 12 miss moore was convener for the current events program mr w r smith chairman of the georgetown centennial committee was speaker and gave the members an outline of the towns plan of activities for 1967 the use of cedarvale school and grounds lor their many activities the centen nial caravans coming to town and many more interesting events mrs lindsay poured tea us ing her 1880 tea service which the members enjoyed the silverwood wj have a centennial project of their own a bus shelter for the school children to be placed at no 7 highway and 22 it is painted yellow and was built for the institute by the oppor tunity class at stewarttown school under the direction of mr jackson this is the first of such shelters that the group have undertaken and more will follow as time and money per mit the institute intends that no children should stand out in the cold and rain torn mius t acmbvmwt obf hrihgkb on saturday jan 14 the ballinafad blue bon took part in their 4h achievement day in milton the girls took part in the activities by mod elling their accessories judg ing and answering a quiz and putting on a demonstration which was entitled accessor ies for various occasions each girl was presented with a 4h spoon and a certificate of achievement presented on the completion of every two clubs mr and mrs harvey hiltz visited with mr and mrs rich ard shortill sr on sunday sympathy goes to miss lu- ena campbell in the passing of her mother mrs george campbell georgetown who was once a resident of ballina fad funeral services were held on tuesday at mcclures funeral parlors interment in fairview cemetery acton dr and mrs clifford reid have sold their farm master ricky mcenery spent the weekend with his great- grandparentsi mr and mrs robert mcenery winter activities of club begin the silver bells held their first- get together on monday at mrs h gilbertsons home to start their winter activities after the meeting a few games of cards were played and a so cial cup of tea enjoyed next meeting will be at mrs will gilbertsons the sympathy of eden mills community is extended to the rev joseph taylor and family in the sudden loss of a son-in- law and grandson by accident rev joseph taylor is the former minister of eden mills presbyterian church and rock wood the annual meeting of chur chill church was held on tues day evening january 10 with a good attendance a very sat isfactory financial report was received from the church trea surer and treasurers of all the other groups thp election of officers res ulted in frank freemanand wm buchanan being elected elders for a three year term the incumbent elders are smith r griffin chas thomp son a kerr and leslie swack- hamer stewards are b leitch w swackhamer r denny ron douglas and mrs elva will iamson auditors acclaimed were mrs w swackhamer and mr a damm a social hour was spent when the ladies served tea and lunch at the close mrs j h wardlow and mrs l miron and two senior cit izens of mai ton visited at the home of mr and mrs w j mcdonald on sunday those present at the home of mrs wyne roszell on sun day were mr and mrs k mac- donald miss helen macdon- ald and mrs jessie wilcox georgetown mr and mrs fred brooks and miss flor ence anthony limehouse mr and mrs- elmer roszell john and lori acton mrs frank anthony shakespeare it being mr maddonalds 76th birth day mr and mrs- t rote were guests of mr and mrs r rotz kitchener saturday january 7 for dinner at the berkley tavern kitchener in rhonor of their wedding anniversary mr and mrs r c kerr at tended the jr farmers prov incial conference at the king 4 edward hotel last weekend mr r goodwin and mr r craigie of port credit vis ited at the griffin homestead on sunday afternoon pollock and campbell manufacturers of high grade memorials memorial engraving 62 watev st north omt telephone 2t7sm this service will provide you with plenty of hoe water for oil your household needs vidros new hot water service a low monthly charge covers installation of a modern auto matic electric water heater all service and maintenance including replacement if necessary oct of electricity out staff will be glad to eh you adlabout this allinclusive hot water service acton hydro electric commission 43 auct st 8532410 uvem drink is milk m smut tutaumb hotdo heinz relish addition hy government venerable vehicles ota toy- gone era will be proudly pre served as a result of halton countys imaginative centen nial projects announced last wednesday by the ontario fjepartmeni of tourism and information antique stage coaches bug gies and sleighs in fact most means of early transpor tation along with horse- drawn agricultural imple ments will be housed in an addition to halton county museum in kelso conserva tion area the 131357 enterprise to be shared equally by the munici pal provincial and federal governments is included in the latest list of 15 projects chosen by ontario centres to celebrate canadas 100th birth day close to 10 million 9776914 to be exact is the total of joint contributions to date by the federal and on tario governments toward cen tennial projects in this pro- vinue bell lines when h comes to low prices come to valuel goto formerly used on sealy iuit1nnanyadertised 895q mattress acton home furnishings 47 must f by l g denby your telephone manager announcement was made a couple of weeks ago of bell canadas centennial fellowship program for yean our company has been interested fat ed projects from the high school science programs to those at uni versity level and now as a centennial year project the fellowship program has been established to support the further development of postgraduate education one of the urgent needs of the canadian educational system i was most interested to note that the fellowships win be truly a canadian program they are for exceptional can adian students who plan to do graduate work in a cana dian university or college beginning this year 1967 this program will be ad ministered by the association of universities and colleges of canada and win provide four new fellowships each year to assist students to achieve their educational objec tives at a postgraduate level and there win beno restrict uons as to the nature of the studies the su candi date may pursue pre however wui be given to those subject areas which appear most directly relevcnt to the scientific political sodal or economic needs of canada we at bell canada hope that by c the past iso years in this way we are also assisting some of the young canadians who are the future of our country ive decided to make an addition to my list of reso lutions for 1967 after hearing a brief rundown on the bewildering variety of projects which will help celebrate canadas centennial i think id better take a deep breath and go into training for the busiest most exhilarating and interesting year most of us will ever experience from the sound of things no one should be able to say ive nothing to do dunngj96jljhetffieultywillcome in tryjngto5electlhetn6stinteresting of the nationwide projects in addition to our own local celebrations alreadv the confederation train has begun its coast- locoast tour to bring canadas story to 63 cities and the confederation caraxans which tell the same story will visit 6s7 more communities ten teams of hardy voyageurs will follow the treacherous 3300 crosscountry route of the original vovageurs between alberta and montreal in the summer 13 teams of mountaineers will climb 13 of the highest unclimbed unnamed peaks in the rockies and 1 name one for each province and the northern territories with the highest peak designated centenviial peak for sport enthusiasts the panamerican games will be held in canada for the first time in winnipeg july 22 to august 7 the rcmp will stage special performances of their famous musical ride and of course there is expo 67 -r- the fantastic spectacle of man and his world being held in montreal from april 28 to october 27 expo people feelthat all roads will lead to montreal this year asmillions of canadians and their guests make a visit to expo 67 part of their centennial year plans while you are there i hope vou will also isit the telephone associa tion of canada pavilion which i understand is even now quicklv neanng completion there vou will see an excitin film canada 67 ill tell you more about that in another column sounds like a fascinating year to be a canadian doesnt it i hope voo enjov just as marrv of the celebra tions as vou possiblv can imiiu- 1 ft exact 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