Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), May 8, 1968, p. 3

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udomjim fa bus trip annual meeting arranged by acton wl board plans cooking school miss acton fair essay trophy mrs s morrison was hostess fox the acton ledleafalr board meeting thursday night myz- twenty tidies apt one viatlor i were present mrs wuntam pnsldeot wu in the chair and mrs ty matthews secretary read the rolnulesof the lt meet ing and give the treasurers re port the committee for ml aefon fair are mra jf mcculloch mrs w unham and linda un- hem it was decided to give a trophy o the winner of the school essay contest l a hydro smsll electric ap pliance booking school demon stration will be held wednesday nov 13 place tqbe decided later a woodwork is to be made tor a dainty lunch was served by the junior work at the fall fair the hostess mrsw wea and letters are o be changed on mrs k alger and mrg ti the banners mrs a matthews lie tho rt huting wilt be t was courtesy oonveneand mrs mrs j mcijllocha lunch mrs w thompson- juljctirhad the s morrison mrs c warvood meeting and linda llnham new drapes for legion ball to be bought by auxiliary the may meeting of the acton wl was held at the home of mrs campbell agnew the president openedthemeetlngwiui the institute ode and collect the roll call was answered by beauty spots of hallon with kel so dam and others mentioned the district annual meeting will be held at st georges church in georgetown on may 22 delegates were miss marorl the bus trip to nlacara was discussed and a trip to brocks monument hydro plant and shreddad wheat plant for june 17 the secretary gave her an nual report and a good bank balance was left to start the new year the tb dinner is being held at oakvtlle on may 8 two delegates were appointed a letter from the decoration com mitter asked for five loaves of sandwiches and a donation of f 10 wssgjven for june 2 mfs hall mrs wlwerspin sod mrs gnc eues and miss mrjorte fryer buns and bresd srh to to be kidgedandthe roll call pennies f mrs mary oraharn gave x the legion uaws auxiliary held their may meeting last thursday night president mrs g james was in ihe chair two new members mrs nl morton and mrs j mclaren were initiated and welcomed to flowers of hope will help association build residence mtmcac1b of dressmaking are demon atreted for ghanian visitor joseph kpalcpo allotoy by home ec teacher mrs hannah and one of her pupils nellie vanderkooy at the robertlittle school both visitors from ghana mr and mrs don reed jr of wlngham wailed recently with mr and mrsdonreedsrtidey avenue mr and mrs howard dolphin of weston visited acton friends on the weekend mr wllmer welkins is a patient in the orangevllle and district hospltal acton friends are sorry to learn mrs j ledger has been in hospital for eye surgery she is convaleacing well miss edie hopkins has begun the spring term at the university of guelph she was a grade 13 student at acton high school local representatives will be attending the annual dinner meet ing of thehaltontuberculosisand health association today may 8 in oakville mr and mrs jack mainprise of montreal visited over the weekend with mr and mrs harry mainprtae and mr bill main prise mr daniel mclnlyre of nassa- gaweya is a patient in guelph general hospital his friends hope for him a return to good health soon mrs grace dalrymple of beamsvtue miss grace mc- kiddle mrs george burrell and mrs elsie lerue all of toronto have been recent visitors of their friend miss ruby clark mr and mrs duncan moffat were hosts to the students of the sunshine school at their naasa- gaweya farm during maple syrup making time mrs moffat made hot rolla which the boys and girls enjoyed with the fresh syrup a roup of unltedchurch choir members with others enjoyed the concert by the festival sing ers of toronto tn the church of our lady guelph on sunday the concert was part of the guetpta spring festival mrs earl mallow and her son frank of beeton visited with mr and mrs fred anderson on sun day bill reed is working at deep river for the summer he is a student at the university of waterloo alec johnson isleavliurthurs- day for lincolnshire in england oa a threeweek business trip ho hopes to encourage english farmers to settle in thlsttlstrlct miss margie mackenzie has finished her term at acadia uni versity and is working for the summer in guelph her mother mrs lois mackenzie and mrs hh hlnton drove to the east to bring her home marde garbowsky entered milton hospital wednesday after noon and had her tonsils re moved thursday morning she returned home friday morning the samewednesdayjoanngar- bowsky fell during pt at the robert little school and suffered a compound fracture of the left arm she is now home and doing nicely wore impressed by facilities at the school dosenbod by area superintendent w i mc n01ii as ono of the best all round in the coun tv staff photo acw hear report on annual meeting the regular monthly meeting of the st albans angllcancburch women was hold in the parish hall on may 1 after the reading of the min utes and the treasurers report various items of business were discussed and arrangements were made for the catering to a wedding on june 1 several members had attended the annual meeting in hamilton of the anglican church women of the diocese of niagara and thoy reported to the rest of the members on matters of interest alice wilkinson read an article on time which had been cut from the telegram weekend magazine arrangements were made to holp with the catering for a reception for the rev h dawson and his family after the 1030 am service may 5 the meeting closed with a prayer and lunch was served by alice wilkinsons group this week in the mall house holders throughout the north hal- ton area will be receiving a packet of flower seeds flow ers of hopo to about 40 men tally retarded adults and children in the district the north hallon association for the mentally retarded which sends you these flower seeds hopes you will plant them on sunday may 12 mothers day and send a financial contribution to assist in their work unlike other financial campaigns this annual appeal for funds gives you something in return for your donation the flowers of hopo which the association hopes will be a reminder at blooming lime thai your funds will help some mentally retarded child or adult toward a brighter future this years minimum goal is 5000 according to f v can non of milton who la chairman of ihe fundraising campaign as well as being second vicepresi dent and publicity director of the association in 1967 the cam paign brought in over 5000 two major projects of the association are currently under way and now the membersfeel it is time to launch the third phase of heir program a residential care program for re tarded adults the association wants to build a home somewhere in a rural area where about 10 presbyterial executive meets locate missing boy in area a 10yearold acton boy re ported missing sunday night gave parents police and neigh bors an anxious two hours beforu he was located in rockwood the youth became confused as he wended his way home through the woods from a fort near lake- view subdivision and wound up near rockwood he called horns from rockwood and parents went to bring him back he was sitting in a guelph opp cruiser when they arrived constable nick farlon of the acton detachment notified milton opp and a provincewide broadcast alerted police who feared he might have been abduct ed the monthly meeting of the brampton presbyterial executive met in st andrews presbyterian church brampton on april 24 mrs al cathead of clarkson conducted both morning and afternoon sessions in the absence of mrs j r mccrac- ken the recording secretary mrs j l young of terra cotta recorded the minutes mrs l whetstone of nashville was the pianist mrs a l cox- heads theme for the devotion period was steadfast the highlights of tho meeting were the reports of toronto kingston synodlcal given by the three delegates who had attended the sessions in knox presby terian church midland april 24 the delegates mrs v nor r is mrs w weber of cockswlie and mrs cw mcdonald war very enthusiastic in their reports during the business session many boxes of summer clothing were brought in to be sent to shoal lake and white fish lake it was reported that the centen nial quilt had been donated to the pen marwan home at part ontario the time for the fall rally was set for september 25 in tweedsmulr presbyterian church orangevllle mentally retardod adults could live in a liomellko atmosphere under the uporvlsion of two houseparents thore are many rotardatos in this district who have no families and aro forced to live with friends or in an in stitution like the home for the aged tho hometype atmos phere of a residential caro pro gram could make a big differ ence in tholr lives mr cannon says tho govornmont would pay an 80 per cent grant of operating costs of such a program plus a 5000 per bed grant on capital costs the association has a guarantee from the georgetown branch of tho royal canadian legion to underwrite any addit ional operating costs but pur chasing a site several are under study now and erecting the build ing will still need more funds over and above tho government grant a portion of this years flowers of hope campaign pro ceeds will go into a building fund the government hastakenovor the operation of sunshine school for the retarded children but capital costs only get a 50 per cent grant and the hallon op portunity products enterprises hape workshop at hornby is still not selfsufflclont al though revenue is holplng to off- sot the operational costs hope trainees were in charge of packaging the seeds for tho flowors of hope cam paign this year thousands of packets will bo mailed out this week to homes in acton george town milton nassagaweya and esqueslng townships mrs william downey is head ing up the doortodoor canvas sing in milton with mrs ralph barlow in charge of tho george- lp0utatt mrs william sandals of brampton commented on a number of books which could be mt andmrlr useful and interesting for the vat aeton rlct group meetings some were by ctnvmi no mtin jane seot catherine marshall door canvassing will flf ll o place monday may 13 and life by michel ouolst continue through the wook train to toronto ask about convenient departure snd return times oa tot lafan phone the local chpeetingirlaleaohiee cinj canadian mattonal uuitclsjjlcoltl majtt frtth and dtlicious fif at mom on mathtr day coco a box ojhtr avouritm est acton pharmacy biu vundt mgr the meeting there whl ho a euchre and crlbbage tournament held lb brampton may 15 members wishing to participate are asked to getln touch with sports officer mrs h angell tho one rally is in erin on may 8 the bus will leave at 630 decoration day for acton is sunday june 2 all tho members were admir ing tho new chairs and tables purchased by thu ladles for the legion hall and a motion was passed to luy new drapos for the j windows the sympathy of the mombors goes out to comradi s mrs j loutett and mrs g james initio loss of their husband and father aflor tlia meeting a lovely lunch wjs served new baby former high school toacher karen walker and her husband brian of guolph now have a habydaughlor klmberley anne born april 14 for friendship jnox ladiev aid plan for catering knox ladles aid met last week with mrs mclnlyre the president presiding he open ing thought for thu day was a recipe for happlrwsa after singing the bymti there la no nlghl theri the president led in prayer secretarysandtreas- urers reports were given the business included plans for tho youth bowling banvjuet on may 18 and a wedding may 25 the treasurer presented the bill for the completed washroom at tho manse this was voted to be paid other businessltems were dis cussed but no action taken tho meeting concluded with a worship service mrs eli mas ters reading from psalm vi and mrs william mcleod leading in prayer mrs mcleod con tributed a reading judge not after tho closing hymn softly and tenderly jesus is calling and the lords prayer a per iod of social fellowship followed fading on clllienshjp and ed ucation about a young boy corning front abroken home working bis wjv up to one- of canadlinradlos top disc jockeys the june meeting is to be held at kelso dam- with major newmair speaking mlm d simmons and mrs e lambert are to arrange the program and prises a contest by mrs fred ander son was wax by mrs lambert and mrs denny the meeting closed with the lords prayer and the institute grace a lovely pot luck lunch was served mrs m graham gave a vote of thanks to the hostess and all who took part iss a pr0flsiijij diwiuohi dental ox ii 878 3272 show times i sun thru thura 8 pm fri sat l 79pm thbatret thur5 ml sat may 91011 africa texas style color hugh o brian john mills sheepish wolf cartoon cboboobc milton sun mon tuis wed may 12131415 the 25th hour color recommended as adult entertainment anthony quinn virna lisi framed car cartoon thursfrisat may ia17u the family way color recommended as adult entertainment havley mills astro duck cartoon on cedric orv dr leonard embrack dental surgeons suite no j hlnton bid i7a mill st e acton ont for appointment phone 85j1vw chiropractic donald j armstrong dc chiropractor x ray 448 woolwich street phoa guelph wtto brian v mcpherson bse dc chiropractor xray 3 elgin st n at mill mon wed am to 10 jo pm saturday 10 am 4 pm for appointment phone u32j33 office phone isuml mlttl architect donald e skinnih barch mjuujc 17a mill street suite 1 telephone 15m740 office hours by appointment or 20 stavebank ha port craaui 274- j4m the salvation army in conjunction with acton lions club will conduct the red shield appeal in acton beginning may 14th 1968 shield appeal please 9 gve for a worthy cause optometrists arthur a johnson od optometrist wednesday and saturday 9j0 am to sao pjn phone u32s20 54 mill st eactoa funeral director noemafeer phone umjs0 bight or day bruce e shoemaker mgr appraising and insurance p l wright 20 wilbur strwt acton ontario phone 5m7 appraiser and fmjit over so year la actus irn the mutual uf i tmteuhajhcb luumdl 4jt lauatla robfrts haw ml orvilto road acacm bua 41m5134m rea 51m3ju17 auctioneer c h ttmwn auctioneer and evajilatoa phonei rockwood hmm eden mills ontario

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