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a th acton free preu wednesday february 28 1968 ucw officers stewards installed at rodcwood church four score and 10 roekwood at a recent ser vice in roekwood united church rev a gardner installed new members to the com itttee of stewards robert noble albert haltby roy petty and murray mclaren officers for roekwood united church ucw were installed by rev gardner at a recent sor- vjee presldpnt mrs j him vlckpresldeni mrs g brace secretary mis ray thompson treasurer mrs a elliot pre- aidant bait i mrsf honking presldeat unit 2 mrs p mc- guuray presldiint unit 3 mrs charles petty manse reprtsent- atlbe ltrug ostrander pro- gram convener mrs ross gqr- don citizenship convenor mlis h bayne literature convenor mrs george lawrenno supply and development mis w guild christian stewardship mrs m mcraa social convener mrs f ostrander assistant social conveuar mrs a root mis sionary and christian education mrs stan harris cards to sick and shutinfl alius poarl hamil ton chairman of nominating committee mrs jack little a pleasing valentine tea was held by unit 3 of roekwood ucw with mrs charles petty pre siding colorful church parldr decorations included red and- fhlte carnations on tables sert ving we repairs gary bacemrs e hast mrs grant uckis and mrsgordojiaitraflddrmrs kon mnrray and mrs ray l4w were in charge of bake table ue roy petty had charge of knickknack table other willing helpers wure mis gordon cot and mrs d brace mrs margaret campbell celebrates 90th birthday at sons home park ave march of dimes canvassers raise 15182 in roekwood brenda bruce proceeds to zone finals wellington county public speaking finals were held last thursday in guelph at college ave school those selected to go on to sons finals were brenda bruce of osprlnge bob booms- worth drayton emily chlllng- arian guelph who placed first donna artusso of guelph who was named runnerup and eliz abeth griffith of wyandot school the tone final winners will proceed to the provincial finals bmckhoa vhtimrt roekwood dr wayne phos- idng and family from port leo nard wood missouri were cent visitors with dr uosldngs h0rt c mother mrs f hosldng dr hosldng returned recently from vietnam discharged from the united states army he will resume- his position on the staff of hartford hospital hartford conn summer in mexico describee to cwl roekwood the sacred heart and st peters cwl held their regular meeting at the rectory after evening mass with president mrs a drexler pre siding miss theresa murray a stu dent at the university oi guelph who spent last summc in mexico with other exchange students showed colored illdas and described lib in thai color ful country she was introduced by mrs herb saunders and thanked by mi s gllfllttn mrs u hallburton read the mlnjtes members were urged to attend the world day of prayer service to bo held march 1 730 pm at sacred mrs hunter coulson was giv en charge of the dinner the league is planning tor march the evening closed with a so cial hour convened hj uii v synott and mis j gooyers born on the third line of es- questng about two and a half miles below acton mrs marg aret campbell celebrated her 90th birthday last friday at the home of her son johnny at 7 park ave acton mrs campbell who farmed- with her husband at ballinafaov for over 0 years recalls the past with amazing clarity theres quite difference now she told the free press the sedate softspoken greaf grandmother retrtdmberswhen thv hoise and buggy w the common mode of transportation now its cars she points out rather ruefully for mrsvcampw belt has loved horses ever sinae shewas a little girt the former margaret jean scott she has lived in this area all her 90 years she lsu sole survivor of her family and her husbands asked what she thought of present day styles in womens clothes and particularly the mini skirt mrs campbell smiled im not so fond of the mini skirt she admitted perhaps be cause im used to the larger oldfashioned clothes although her eyesight prevents much viewing mrs campbell loves to watch television her favorite program ue don masser show favorite perform ers marg osborne and char lie chamberlain of the same show the methodist minister from acton united margaret scott and james edward campbell of ball- lnafad in holy matrimony at her fathers place on january 9 1901 the couple had sin children five of whom are still living harold the eldest lives at rr 2 roekwood nellie- lives in balllnafad dan in acton ann ie in fergus and john resides in acton there are 16 grand children and many great grand children when her husband died 26 years ago mrs campbell devot ed her time to visiting her fam ily she takes a lively interest in their activities mrs campbell admits to being partial to the conservative party in politics when a latter was received from halton west m pp george kerr on thl occas ion she took a special dullidit in it relatives and friends sent cards flowers and ords of con gratulations to the chanting lady the frue press joins in wish ing mrs campbell many more happy years march of dimes canvassers brought in a total of 15182 which has been transferred to the area director in kitchener mrs ray death was chairman of the workers who visited every home in the village taking part in the drive were q di mrs ken murray mrs q drif ter mrs lloyd dyer mrs don hilts mrs murray mclaren mrs g a hudson mrs ed lavoie mrs m welmelr mrs george inglo mrs l hilts mrs john knogt mrs j gooyers mrs an sinclair mrs a web star and mrs john carney apple corps new4hjynir the first meeting ufata ume- house 1h club waatiotd at the w home of leader mrs kafn on february 10 they elected tbelr officers as follows prosldont thelma klrkwbdd vice-pre- aidant noreenuoble secretary- treasurers mary fuchs press reporter lots kirk wood the title of the club is fea turing fruit and they decided to call themselves the lime- house apple corps the second meeting was hold at the home of mrs karn on february 17 at the meeting they discussed different fresh fruits grown in the area mary lou brown and noreen noble demonstrated fruit shoricato using strawberrlos they sam pled the shortcake and agreed it was delicious special classes for junior girls roekwood knitting andart- wrlr are the first- subjects at a npndenamlnatiboal class n hand ir arts and nlsioostudles for junior girls being hold tus r day afternoons at 4 octacx tn st johns parish hall nancy jngltr and mrs j wllilamson- are in charge other interests will be added later nature study will be in cluded in spring and sumnvr ii wont be all work wo aro told ihorell be a party now and then if looking at the higherups makes you discontent look down occasionally at those less fort- unato than yourself mrs maroaket campbtll celebrated her 90th birthday last friday at the home of her son on perk ave mrs campbell was born on ihe third lino of esquesmrj and spent over 40 voirs in tho qnllinflfnd nrcn staff photo jrte press district pag3 rearender two cars involved in a rear- ond collision on highway zs south of acton thursday evening ended up with 1000 total damage bernard cloary of 103malnst milton suffered facial laco ra tions in tho accident his car and one driven by joseph cyganoc of r r 1 acton collided on tho highway arthur a johnson od orlomitiitt opn ivery wednesday and saturday 34 mill acton 32330 fire h at stewarttown oakville students one two halton public speaking finals azard this is the- time of year when cor or tractor batteries give trouble as the temperature goes down so does the effici ency of the battery many farmers now have their own plug- in battery chargers and these are very handy pieces of equip ment dont forget though that when a battery lsbelng charged hydro gen gas is generated and a match or a spark close by could result la a dangerous explosion barbara horne a student at villa captured the halton county public speaking title tor public schools in the finals friday night at the sparkling new stewarttown school a full bouse was on hand to see barbaras speech on the family marked first by the panel of three judges runner- up was tony paton of st annes separate school in oakville his topic was modern hunting mrs w webb presented the halton district womens instit ute trophy to barbara horno after the judges announcedtholrdecls- lon she spoke on tho zone finals representing halton at orange- villa tuesday afternoon eight other contestants part icipated in the finals contest which was chaired by stewart town senior public school prin cipal h v chatten judges were john somsrs rev r jotfares and john graham john lenx acted as timekeeper 1 sttow resahitton asks buiumg code aw adopted in oat halton last mpp jim snov has a resolution on the order paper at queens park for the ontarlogovornmont to adopt the national building code this would standardize build- t regulations from one mnnlcl- f tlty to the dvkt this standard v uld alleviate some prossuro oi tho housing crisis and would allow builders to develop tho pretabiicated typo of house the motion ts expected to bo discussed in the legislature soon greetings from the escjuesing public school board which acted as host for halton no 1 area superintendency were extended by the chairman william lawson contestants from halton no 1 area were john tost of chapel st school georgetown and michelle mumby of llmehouso school they spoke on my auto biography and the symphony orchestra respectively from halton no 4 area came steven van fleet of actons rob ert little school and lois fay of the martin st school milton steven spoke on the atomic bomb and lois chose hot water geysers as her subject andrew murphy from holy cross school georgetown spoke on sir john a mcdonald ho represented tho georgetown sep arate and bilingual schools all the other contestantsstev- en a hayhurst of john wilson school terry preston of wood- side school and brenda buttram of w h morden school were from oakvlllo public schools after tho ludgos retired to make a decision a physical education display 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