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ig a christmas party honor john smith on retirement john smith still keeps his hand in at butchering on a part time basis although he officially re tired from his duties at lga foods monday night the management and staff of the store honored mr smith on his retirement at their christmas party by presenting him with several gifts including an upholstered easy chair where hes supposed to sit backandtake it easy john smith took up the butch ering trade first in 1910 at the nell patterson butcher shop sit uated where the simpson sears order office is located now he began by calling athouses for orders and bringing them back for delivery jack smith had a remarkable memory calling at qwt75 houses he kept all the orders in his head without aid of the cus tomary pencil and order book he very seldom made a mistake born in ennottvllle near fer gus john came to acton in 1908 hes llvedntrost of his life here except for 15 years he spent in orilua host of his working years have been spent in the butcher trade but john alsoworkedasevenyear span on the railroad and 12 years in the now defunct wool combing corporation here i never had much time for hobbles explained the amiable knox ave resident but im still working part time at the store and ive got plenty to do around the house dave manes made the present ation of the chair and hassock to jack and spoke on his reliability you could always depend on jack he told approximately 80 guests at the party former iga store owner jim ledger also spoke recalling the year jack started in the store in 195vandhowhe depended on him woodbrldge store manager harold manes presented a pole lamp and combination ash tray- and magazine rack on behalf of the store employees dinner served by the legion ladles auxiliary was the first item on the evenings program which had store employees from woodbrldge and erin in attend ance as well as those from the acton store the evening concluded with dancing lomacdougalls orches tra the acton free press wednesday december 13 1967 ordination fofe rev duby about 90 from acton attended the ordination of laurence duby in the church of st coiumba st catharines on sunday after noon december 3 the two or- dlnands were the rev duby and the rev alan milne drummond after ordination communion was administered to the newly ordained priests and their fam ilies among those attending were two former acton rectors the rev price of fontfalll and the rev don west of hamilton the church is a very colorful one with an unusually large altar backed by a 15foot high wood carving of oak m school by mrs f taylor eramosa recreation commit tee has sponsored a thursday night recreation time when bask etball 8lleyball jbadmlntou and other sports are enjoyed those who did not want the strenuous exercise enjoyed a social game of euchre many have taken part in these facilities at rockwood centennial school auditorium but over the holiday season there will be a brief recess activities will resume thurs day january 1 1 4 ballinafad appointed blame draft four deaths shsp three hockey teams organized mflltlno officially after 57 years in the butcher business john smith takes it easy on the comfortable upholstered chair presented by ig a store owner dave manes on behalf of the company at the store christmas party employees from erin and woodbndge stores also attended mrs smith received a bouquet and employees presented a pole lamp and combination magazine rack and ash tray in back mrs dave manes dave manes harold manes and tom manes staff photo by mrs r mcenery a euchre waslield in balllnafad community centre on tuesday night high spores werelady mrs storey gent mr slater mrs boyd mrs spear playing a gents card balllnafad boys have organised three hockey teams and are play ing each sunday night in hills- burg and how smart they look in their blue and gold sweaters a baptismal service was held in balllnafad united church on sunday mbrnlng dec 3 when stephanie little daughter of mr and mrs wm smith and bar- baradangnter of mr and mrs ron mellon were baptized by rev mr johnson mr sam snow is in guelph hospital undergoing treatment on his back also a young son of mr and mrs s snow got his arm in the wringer and is being treated in guelph hospital mr charlie pluff sr is a patient in georgetown hospital a speedy recovery is hoped for all mr root mcenery who had been a patient in georgetown hospital was able to return homo on sunday the children arebusy practis ing for their christmas concert next thursday night when they are looking forward to santa claus mrs norman sinclair is a patient in georgetown a quick recovery is hoped for at a meeting last night coun cil approved the appointment of ray arbic to acton district high school board for another year appointed brendan aherae t board of parks management for a three year term and meb blow and sid salts to the planning board for three years library board members ap pointed were george lee ted pratt rev r mcmurray and fred new an investigation of rest homes for haltons senior citizens is being launched by the halt on cen tennial manor board of manage ment as an alternative to a com pletely new manor that is being sought in the south of the county the fire which took the uvea of dorothy and debbie mclaren of rockwood seveiapweeks ago has been blamed on a down- draft in the chimney of the tor onto home where they were vis iting a coroners inquest in toronto brought to light the fact that there are many homes in the city with downdraftprooe chim neys and no bylaw prohibits their use unless the danger la discovered during construction the thanksgiving weekend fire also took the lives of sherry 13 and oarol 10 daughters of the homes owner victor harris anthony seynuck dies at 75 headed explorations company john smith started in the butcher business in this store of neil pattersons where simp sonssears is located hes in the middle here wm landsborough on his son on the right left and mr patter- some show fogborne ice coats roads a double bill appearance which had a tourday stand in the dis trict this week drew no applause fog alone is bad enough but coupled with treacherous glare the ice the terrible twosome brought car accidents school bus cancel- on monday morning ken hul- ford took an hour and a half to drive two miles from his coun try home to his bowling alley and then he inched his way along to 10 feet from an ley river an official accounting says all the difficulties were caused on monday by as little as a fifth of an inch of rain and seventenths of an inch of ice pellets the president of anthony gas and oil explorations ltd ant hony seynuck passed away in georgetown district hospital on sunday november 26 he was wellknown figure who nurtured persistent hopes of abundant nat ural gas and oil deposits in this district he had drilled at various neighborhood locations and had been planning a new project near hlllsburg pictures and news stories of mr seynucks strikes have ap peared at various times in the free press the board of directors win carry on the company which was formed under his leadership in 1954 mr and mrs seynuck operated an ice cream and candy store at one time and farmed mrs seynuck survives him at their home 191 mill st east mr seynuck was born in the ukraine january 22 1892 son of the late mr and mrs di- mitro seynuck he came to canada in 1913 and has lived in acton since 1919 he married in 1922 surviving as well as his wife the former mary wozlak are a niece mrs zeravlev george town grandnephew john zer avlev georgetown and cousin william seynuck acton the funeral service was held at the rumley shoemaker fun eral home on wednesday nov ember 29 conducted by the rev gordon turner interment was in fairview cemetary pallbearers were walter pope bill dumarsh julian zajacmike nakoneczny fred kril and w nyufortyn acton citizens band annual christmas concert music for all tastes sunday december 17 at 815 pm acton high school auditorium guest artists acton legion choraliers acton high school gleo club admission free refreshments l merry christmas to all a litl falls and cuts and even tome unchrlstmassy language thursday was opening day for the wintertime show and it made an uninvited repeat per formance beginning sunday tap- ring off tuesday on monday school buses in esojoeslng and nassagaweya were all cancelled although the schools remained open for those who could get there rural stadents dldnt come into town for high school spares replaced lessons and classes got out early by tuesday the buses were woruag the safe roads and stu dents on the more dangerous ones cane out further than usual to meet the bus highways were sanded from sunday on but the freealng rain mad a comedy of their efforts and a tragedy for many drivers cars in district ditches were plentiful ghway ttta meetingit toronto he passed ditched cars and a ackknifedtractortrailer some who started out to work outoftown simply returned branches caked with ice cracked off trees and fen to the ground all day monday making walking hazardous from below and above too some cars were cracked on their skulls several falls left pools of blood gleaming in the rain some philosophising walkers figured theyd rather smash their knees than their fenders it was a lot cheaper buses ran a little late the depot reported driving conditions were at their worst possible level sunday and monday as safe driving week neared its close many minor accidents were reported by police mrs ritchie mcmurray and children escaped injury when their van skidded into a deep nassaxweya ditch landing just arm injured on machine zvonko sevennski sustained a severe injury to his right arm last week white operating a buff ing machine at beardmore and co mr severinsld was putting a place of leather through the otitiw when a finger caught in a hole wrapped the leather around the arm and started to pull it into the machine the feather protected his arm from more serious injury butmrsev- erlnsal suffered deep abrasions and laceration he was treated on the spot by taeo papinon a trained company llrat aid man and dr dla gar rett arrived promptly to render farther aid mr severinski was taken to gsetpa general hospital two dovyn one still going two down one still going thats the tally on the past weeks cardeer collisions on north hatton roads monday evening of last week a deer died after colliding with a cooksville mans car on highway 7 near georgetown cn the same highway thursday evening a car driven by grant w puncheon of 252 queen st acton hit a deer but the deer was only wounded and quickly left the scene dam age to mr puncheons car was estimated by milton a p p at 65 b will cost the cooksville man 200 to repair his car and he dldnt even get any free venison deputy game warden stan price was called to remove the car cass christmas bargains at for making your list start it with cash from gac international and complete your holiday shopping early stop in or call get your holiday off to a 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