Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), February 15, 1967, p. 11

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fyvf s f k 1 k jjh thi actor free press wednesday rabruery 15 lm two churches join for special service the world day f ptever mrvlce was held in churchill oburch on ifttday afternoon february 10 when eood nunv bre of ladies attended from the two churches sauinefad and curehui oohaidering the etor- my alterjmoilu a titan was abownby mrs lawr of ballav afad end mrs w swacfchamer read the scripture mrs fred 6ortiu mrs norman sinclair and mrs ernie mcenery rend ered a trto which ail enjoyed fmeods and relatives of the community extend their synv pathy to mr and mrs clarence denny end family in the death last week of her father mr lenard ixthe in guelph r sauta at- griffin left by plane for ottawa on sunday where he will be attending the canadian horticultural coun cil vlakora on sunday wkh mr and mra wallace swackhamer were mrs ci d swackhamer of acton don end shirley swackhamer of brookvitte fred and linda thompson of guelph and carol swackhamer of toronto canrchm mends extendcon- gretumiom to mr end mrs c fietwlck of hanultohtalso mr and mrs donald mclean babinafad who celebrated be double wedding days 50th an niversary on saturday febru ary 11 at the home of mr and mrs mclean sixth line erin mr and mrs h g turner of north bay spent last week with their son norman and wife and family while here they attended the surprise par- ty for their eldest daughter mrs thomas gadd end her husband and family of george town who celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary in toron to members of the family were present from kemptviue cobourg port credit lime- house end acton mr robert dawson of chat ham also miss karen wldth- ffew of waterloo visited on sunday with his grandparents mr and mrs fred macarthur word has arrived of the death of howard macarthur of erin we extend the sympathy of this community to his sister mrs r l davidson also his niece mrs w thompson and the rest of his family gwen lauder a student tar journalism at ryerson was the winner of first prise ui acton lions peace essay cons test the- result of the contest was announced at- the regular dinner meeting of the club on monday at the station hotel gwens essay will be entered in the tone finals she will re ceive her 25 priie for win ning the acton contest at a future meeting when the lions hope she will read her essay to them judges in the contest were teachers from acton district high- school lion murray harrison pro gram chairman announced the next meeting wih have fiddle bush coach of the hamilton red wings of the jr a hockey circuit as guest speaker the kiwnile hockey team will also guests of the lions as well as jim kinkly of the omha films of lion al lauders commission him wtt robufld km herb ritchie crescent st acton was selected from five applicants for the position of general utility man with the acton hydro commission at hs meeting thursday night in the brand new hydro building an onthespot interview with mr ritchie by hydro om missioners after he was called on the basis of his excellent qualifications settled the posi tion to the satisfaction of both parties mr ritchie will start his new job on march 1st at the salary of 17280 per 40 hour week he also qualifies for all fringe benefits extended to town em ployees his duties will in clude acting as janitor groundsmen washing trucks and as a spare worker with hydro workmen during the summer replacing part time help usually hired in the peak season wayne mcmuhen and harold denny representing western insurance co received insur ance requirements for the new hydro building from r mcmwilen trip td montreal and the rnaridni wee the hlghugnt meeting lion al v counts of hit trfjl films of the lloin dp end convent catharines drew a of applause he was by lion ptm fapllioa una cmet dae hi warded an invitation ys mens club to ettn meeting on thursday 9 the invitation win accepted tail twister neil wearing a button left from the last cassias ctaf proclaiming he was the 7 est extracted his usual of fines lion murray harrili he was in a dessert wail when only one serving mm of the usual three piece lemon pie ended up in place but he survived urn j um septeikber wee two i m or 1h preetsts here efe iheteasbig vuvijffto for expo the ugton hih li busy irft nse ndfeedtttrf a fhe trttojm com- tf lag ert ear weifcadey after- orles brbufnt m wed- satbtv nelsy ihnmitgi wilt make um mmt any mw wed mech awrecle gettirig afutlee m on thursday friday well before the hon rftikm qvooti howard townsend ac countant at the bank of mon treal here in 1997 has been appointed manager of the iroquois branch in canadian homes a sec tion of last saturdays globe there was a feature article on the very attractive rockwood home of bob mitchell and acn tress patricia collins she was mrs wojeck on tv the handmade house on the hlu was specially built of field- stone by ken guild technical details of construction are complemented in the story by pictures of the strikinglydec orated interior prienev prftst m alter e ft fmtft jkiimb hire mdt mrercliitv to lead ladies aid during centennial the first meeting for cen tennial year of knox ladies aid was held at the church on tuesday afternoon january 31 mrs a j buchanan conve ner of the month presided and led in a timely worship service with the singing of a hymn ap propriate for the new year for thy mercy and thy grace constant through another year followed by all reading in unison the 48th psalm mrs buchanan gave a meditation of this passage of scripture and led in prayer the buitnems of the month included reports by the secre tary and many thank you notes received for remembrances at the christmas season making members feel the little extra thought at christmas time to the shutins is really appreciat ed a letter and a gift in appre ciation was received from the family of the late lachlan mc millan the secretary was to reply to this mrs j dennis gave the finan cial report in detail of the many activities during the past year the many things accom plished included dinners and weddings catered fora congreg ational supper improvements at the manse and church with an encouraging financial state ment and a commendable bal ance in the bank the ladies had spent most of the week before quilting and had completed two very fine quils one is still on hand but for the present the ladies felt they could not take on ahy more a wedding for saturday feb ruary 4 was planned with mrs moran as convener owing to the christmas par ty late in 1966 the election of officers was left over mrs bu chanan was asked to preside also for the election of offic- after many years of untiring service as leaders or coleaders of this active group both mrs mccutcheon and mrs mopher- son wished to be relieved of this responsibility mrs wullam mclntyre who has not been too long associa ted with the group but has proven her willingness to work and does so cheerfully was in vited to be the new leader all were very happy when she con sented to do her best the rest of the officers were left as before with a monthly convener to assist the presid ent umihoust wms holds day of prayer the vvms met at the home of mrs mitchell on thursday evening the world day of prayer program was followed mrs bert benton giving a talk- entitled promises of god text word answered in a verse of scripture was affict plans were discussed for the easter thankoffering meeting the hostesses served refresh ments after the meeting mrs arsenault visited her very ill mother at windsor re cently congratulations to the ray wiles family on the birth of a little daughter a couple of weeks ago we extend symathy to the rise family in the passing of his father at bala on february 6 the funeral was at bramp ton on thursday the neil andersons are pleased to announce the en gagement of their son david to missdebbv lee of toronto cdrndaa- sloners mr ed the commission they insure from 80 to 90 per of the buildings value policy comes up for every three yean the new building is ly covered by a progress in force until the finished the commission oth promotion campaign in free press to the amount 1561 which with di amounts to 50490 40h which is paid by mtftrtt hydro superintendent dbag meeonk in nis report recommeitaed the hydro lines on qoee ft from the substation to hill rd be rebuilt with heavy wire since demalm woaut increase as the area was tadh uo inadequacy of the pftsenfc wiring was demonstrated after the recent blackout when the sudden demand created a hat wire problem the commission authorised the superintendent to rethkua the line and to make neoatmh arrangements for ofdetrnyne wire none of us like to throviat extra dollars but it is oases- sary chairman ted told the superintendent the heavy wire which runf much more expensive than the ordinary lines the superintendent reporler the new building was rornm into shape with most of the lighting done furniture fov some of the rooms is still an order when it was reported inert was a humming bird by ne post office the superint agreed the noisy mercury light needed a new ballast and he would look into it accounts amounting to far 19436 were passed for pay ment the commission adjourned then took a tour of the new building pointing out high lights for the press chairman- ted tyler presid ed with commissioners orttte brown doug dewkins wfcf mceachern mayor dabyaap- erintendent d mason and nl hurst acting as secretary for mrs urquhart bittmy toke a theft or perhaps a pi a caused the loss of a battery taken from the 1964 chrysler owned by don mclntyra be hind iga store the incment was reported to police friday fieb 10 at home came rn fjliiav rfldved to 127 jplaee mr priest micro pllsdcs mr jenkins who also came from england at living intttord pi ark at at mmrs p isftjt jfto mpiim church held a battndk iiit l ffoi fr rnornlnij whlefi not- flfj ffj bjsuj pie of waets ammrrv wynford puke mr is alto ft micro and laavlvb forfsa mtaroaxl chtdren trudy hofstede left ailcrfpaw are nbwn with the few items left when 4ha rvasjnbtogemr jalvaet jan de vrleslso ottlimd pfta 9t tjjjft jsm pcfa1 draw was won by mrs mclclfirion biaerx mr 4 yahitaaaeaaeajiim ville man in collision cmaiat datphsfi ass nanj naas the uantts in hftta to haj sou esacwfs ed aewfcaateer on tlaw tab avt of toajavand tttdadwyofr irea man became id traffic saturday just a week earlier on sat urday evening february 4 a young glen williams mart was killed in a headon cbwsioo oil highway 7 at the suvercreak curve this accident happen- c4 when another cat slid out of control on the slushcovered road and rammed the victims car six persons were in lured in this fatality we boat forth fatality of pti utherlov wttpbehville ntan wag kflleevearly in the fenlftg whaa la oar met an- bthar lrir6st adoev nop a knoll ok the teiond line of nastalnweya fribt ttmth of ss3uide brownie lets t6 keep to the centre of the road kerry william holmel of the salhe address aged was the dftver of the second car he eaflafed facial cuu both cafa fleelved 1500 damagevpooceakia the baker yahicia vas north bound oa the rota while mr hblmev car vratf travelling south mr baker operated an an tique b it orton before moving to campbellvllle re cently he worked ay a sales man for g alec johnsoyi real bttate in acton mr anclim tibdaen mate moved franl toronto to iff orvuk rdlwa their te children im h mptoysd x atwilc enry of canada tb moma thry have four young cmminrt mrs hectof guthiie was to a very enjoyable party at her home it guefph onsatur nfaht the guens honor- battls occasion weramn imrhofkmrl eva tnoriip- and mr e lambert the apsnf sa progres- cards lopped oft whh yae engraved whh bkrthray nahls i w fanda from amwt attended fonaral ib motoh on sat- attfay of ttt conitane dav- tnekidlng corp ray cons m harness is brave kresster com cathpball and con n j nefl charette prank and lidtmt dobcftheln hardy was eaaied with police honors and about us poacenmn wert present tnymwooo county president institute speaker mrs george henderson was hostess february 9 thursday afternoon to suverwood wi with a good attendance mrs norris a past president accompanied mrs webb coun ty president to the meeting mrs webb was guest speaker and gave an outline of the life of adelaide hoodies who was the lady whose interests and enthusiasm started the wo mens institute in march 1897 she mentioned the subsequent growth which resulted in the world wide organization plans were made for activities for centennial year along with help for the 441 girls the roll call was ans by when anawhy did you oe- come an institute member a social half hour over cof fee and sandwiches closed the meeting mrs minda corbet t had the misfortune to break her arm in a fall recently mrs c wilson returned home from hospital februrary most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be abraham lin coln iu dmwtr the stately home oa the editorial page former ly the storey family resid ence is now rumievshoe- aaake funeral home the old picture wki lent by bruea shoemaker bt accfeatmhtmtion tote1 roams beedfhe harder to find and sonafdraes more expensive as the 4ay wears on if you are takirtg a vacat ion motor tour reserve your overnight accommodation be fore sanset pushing on late at ftht to find steeping ac- comraodatien whan you are fatigued and anxious contri butes o the extra danger of night drivta ii r a i arn r banquet theme cent badge since guides thinking day the 23rd of february con flicts with the school operetta the annual guide and brown ie mother aqd daughter ban quet is being held this thurs day evening in the legion hall a big centennial cake whl be featured decorated with the new centennial badge guides and brownies wear this badge on their left arm all during centennial year flowers will also be fashioned ihtothe form of one of tbe special badges area commissioner mrs howard from oakville will be a special guest rev r mc- murray will speak and princi pal g w mckenzie will repre sent the mayor over 200 are expected to the banquet the 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