two churches join at day of prayer the acton free pnw wednesday april 9 1969 days are getting longer scoots marked easter with uvea usual sale of hot cross bun tjie pairs and square art having t graduation dance this saturday there have bent plenty of orders for prints of pictures of the skating caijtjvml and hockey teams ice on the bond is rattinj and speedily disappearing itugf stocks of easter noveltle and cartdaet and many pots of spring blooms were sold for the weekend look closely at that cloud of dust on the street the big yellow street sweeper is probably in the rhlddl of it ice making equipment in the arena was turned off tuesday for the season a toronto visitor in acton for the first time and driving along bower ave was surprised to see the row or semidetached red brick homes that have been there for many years oh you liave town nouses here the exclaimed school children had their bonus holiday friday and monday just a couple of weeks after the winter holiday theres much commtnt that the extra monday holiday isnt necessary the seasons overlapped on the easter weekend for holidaying school children the worlds day of prayer was held on friday march 9 at 2 00 pm at the home of mrs g campbell the ladles of ebenezcf united church were r resent as guests of the isagaweya presbyterian church wms and the two groups joined in prayer and fellowship for this tar reaching occasion mrs j beaton gave a thoughtprovoking address and a musical number was sung by mrt- llaywaid a happy social hour followed on thursday april 3 the nauagaweyawms met at the honve of mis mclaim at 2pm for their regular meeting with mrs velnu norrl presiding the ladies were invited lo tlie brampton synodical series of meeting to be held amll22 23 and 24 after business was completed the convener mrs campbell quoted the verse a smile which was followed by prayer mrs coxe read from scripture matthew 2h verses 120 some girls were skipping where the boys were still doggedly playing hockey tricounty minor sports supporters continued their bottle drive saturday driving up and down the streets with a clinking load of loot new station agent dies second day here opp safety lane to detect clunkers at noon on hit second day as actons new station agent lome altcheson of mitchell collapsed and died in the station hotel mr aitcheton had replaced chailie perry monday and had returned to the hotel for lunch tuesday when he was suddenly taken ill dr van der bent was called and treated the 7yearold man at the hotel but he died before the ambulance arrived he was a retired station agent and had worked as an operator at actons station years ago bill leslie a retired tram dispatcher is manning the station today wednesday the retired railwayman have been called in to work because of a shortage of personnel charlie iciry is now working at the go station at mimico mr aitcheson a long time friend of mr perry had told him monday he was feeling one mr aitchesons daughter mrs vartcy of toronto came to town to make arrangements an evening prayi r forgive us for the smiles we failed to give smiles on which saddened hearts may live and yet and yet we failed to give forgive us for the words weve left unsaid words that feed hungry hearts like bread and yetand yet were left unsaid and far the little deeds weve left undone that might have cheered some lonely onc- and yet and yet were left undone torgivc us thou who knowest us so well that we have failed our love to tell by smiles and words and deeds as well lonlrtbulcd gives report on fire prevention conference the acton detachment of the ontario provincial polite reports a relatively calm reporting week of march 10 to april 5 the six man detachment woikcd a total of 216 hours while the cruiser was patrolled 796 miles one break and enter was investigated and one person was charged with impaired driving a liquor investigation resulted in six youths being charged under the liquor control act the remainder of the general occurrences were of a minor nature no traffic accidents were investigated during the week i ive drivers were charged under the highway traffic act and another three were warned with the arrival of spring this milton firefighter jim coulson past chairman of the halton county i ire prevention bureau attended the annual conference of the ontario municipal fire prevention officers association ut samu earlier this month as a delegate of halton fire prevention bureau he presented u detailed report on tlje conference at the bureaus march meeting bureau members expressed un interest in some new literature on fire safety for high rise apartment dweller and decided to write the ontano safety league for more information on this subject witli new high rise complexes springing up almost daily in halton the bureau is interested in expanding it program and getting more safety literature into the hands of apartment dwellers presentations on the adoption of the national building code firework safety hospital inspections hydro transformer and high voltage electrical apparatu fires arson investigation and discussions on th recommended height for public building exit lights and the possible colorcoding and numbercoding of hazardous chemicals in transit were among the highlights of the contcrcnce and mr coulson reported fully on the formal and informal discussions ot the weekend sxstpaarssa r headquarters fertilize your lawn now large selection of eirjjrnt shrubs and trees fruit tree fruit flushes ready for plsinilnjr begonias gladioli y sfartlhier satkl garden tools palls jlonas eta cut flowers and potted plants open 7 days a week8 m til dark pkafca 833390 we wire flqwers anywhere caroline rawer garden shop two mllts west of acton sou side of hwv citizen of the year annual dinner saturday april 26th at acton music centre band hah wallace avc social hour 630 pm to 730 pm 1 khioweo by dinnitt presentations to honor actons 1969 citizen of the year charlie thomson admission 300 per person tickets available at nielsens clothing gordon hardware caroline nurseries sports comer or any chamber of commerce member the program wis an easter meditation in four parts taken by mr campbell mr cargill mrt robert and mr pyatl a short discussion took place on the meaning of these word the hymn christ the lord i risen today wa sung then mrs campbell read an article by the rev george r gilchrist of scotland on hi journey lo corinth in southern greece walking literally in the footstep of it paul and standing where paul proclaimed the gospel and so effected a profound change ip human relationship the meeting closed with a verse by john drinkwater grant us ihe will mrs cargill chaired the ladies aid meeting which followed afler reading ihe 23rd pulm from scriptures the well loved hymn abide with me fast falls the eventide was sung mis roberts read the minutes and these were discussed and new businets conudered it was agreed lo take 9 small catering job in may the hymn now die day is over night is drawing nigh was sung and prayer led by mrs cargill she thanked the hostess mrs mclaren and those who helped with the program and a pleasant social hour was enjoyed tour out of five forest fires aie caused by human negligence be careful at the regular meeting tuesday night acton courted passed a bylaw adopting daylight saving tune from sunday april 27 until sunday october 26 councillor peter marks said the time should be a provincial mailer a omeone could run into two or three time none going 10 wdrk councillor jack greer a longtime opponent of daylight saving time said he didnt agree its men going to the foil course not men going lo work hut are upset he chuckled passed a resolution lo allow the girl guides to have a cookie day on saturday may 1 indorsed childrens awl week during april but will issue no proclamation accepted the recommendation of no 1 committee that the town take immediate- step to aed the land recently annexed bordering on mill st and cobblehoi road with the exception of land reserved for cemetery purpose several budders are interested in the approximately 40 acre for a housing development decided to recommend that a public rest room be erected a a jomt project of the town service club a discussed at a recent meeting in the wm c a representatives of the varioti organisation will be meeting again soon to discus a project willi the rourv club a hut councillor peter mark chaired the committee of the whole senion for ihe short meeting honored one of st albsns church lay reideri les duby has beeni honored by ihe bishop and gnerv special privilege and license to help in the administration of the holy communion he assisted at the service easter sunday year the ontario department of transport will be operating a vehicle safety check in town the lanes are scheduled to be open april 21 lo 25 the main reason for operating this safety lane is to take the old clunker off the road for this reason we ask that people not insist on having an obviously mechanically fit car checked through the lanes tills only uses up time that could be spent checking cars that need it if you are instructed by a police officer to have your car checked at the lanes make sure his wishes are met as you can be charged for not doing so your driver s licence ownership and insurance particulars will be required at the lanes i ml s a excitement at the thomson form producd ihlt picture from wendy thomson earner on the day of the long vtu fire our great aimatex paint sale one gallon or 1 quart for 100 250 when vou buy one at regular price april 10th to 19th kennedys book store opposite post office guelph red white v food storesv jlnihljjimiyro aur auvi im lost 1 aim mud oa ruvouat maxim cff hit cuvt uh 41 utvuhb l lava hit maxwell house uutw tawaaaw x coffee 7 1 u iao aw m stobi hours uetauv am a u fusuuv j a tm wwilu am to f j luuasuv a am to ru rutuv 1 a w m utuuuv 1 am to a tm we deliver heinz sff foods 449 mil tuvi 1am ttl oauluu oat caunmuit ml treesweet 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