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The Acton Free- Press Wednesday January 1972 Acton group attends wedding in Boston Fair ladies name slafe Family and friends from Acton went together by chartered bus to Boston Massachusetts for the marriage of Mary Ann and Norman Smith The bride daughter of Mrs Veronica and the late Leard of Boston Is a nurse at the Montreal Neurological hospital Norman Smith son of Mr and Mrs Elmer Smith Acton is a graduate student at McGill University Montreal The doublering ceremony was performed by Father Aldan butty OF M In the Cathedral of the Holy Cross Blessed Sacrament chapel December Heirloom bracelet The bride wore a white satin gown with Alencon lace trim and her headdress was a ribbon- covered open pillbox with ribbons on either aide She carried white roses The bride also wore a gold bracelet engraved Mary which had belonged to the grooms grandmother Mrs Norman Smith The three bridal attendants were Gwen Snappy Boston as maid of honor cousins Pat and Coyne Boston as Cranberry hue They wore cranberry crepe gowns with head dresses They carried bouquets of pink carnations The bride was given In marriage by her cousin Joe Boston Groomsman was Keith Andrews Acton friend of the of the groom and the ushers were Brian Smith Acton brother of the groom and Kenneth Browne Frederlcton B a friend The reception followed at Montetlos Mass with music by Bob Shelly and his band The brides mother wore turquoise lutesong with a white orchid corsage Mrs Smith wore pale blue lame with a white orchid Cape Cod honeymoon The couple honeymooned at Cape Cod and are living In Montreal For travelling the bride wore turquoise silk shantung and a corsage of white roses Guests were present from Iowa New Hampshire Dorchester and Boston as well as the group from Acton who had travelled together to be present When the bride- to be was in Acton Thanksgiving weekend a shower for her was held at the Smith home by sisters Vivian Nicholson and Julie Smith Maid of honor Miss was hostess for another miscellaneous shower In Boston Handicapped woman shows her ability By Wendy Thomson Since I published the list of what I asked for for Christmas my friends greetings of How are you and How was your Christmas are usually followed by And did you get what you asked for To which I answer Im tired my holidays such as they were were great and yea and no Yes I did get my bristly door mat which the geese have stayed off so far and a leg for the couch so I can take the pile of books out from under that corner and a laundry basket to boot No plywood footprint to footprint to pounce on But no the two sheets of something in the toe of each one plywood werent under the tree And Christmas means candles or anywhere else for that that melt and smell The no- malter and neither were dog drip noodor ones leave me dishes freesia bulbs a pressure cold and I pass them by every cooker ring or a green toilet seat time for the ones that smell like However to compensate my hot wax and drip in funny rivers own private Santa brought a soft and bumps all over things like white fuzzy shawl a dozen red kids and fingers and such roses and the promise of a new Christmas meant a silly hound rug for the living room The walking around with a big red present rug is an old horse sticky bow perched on top of her blanket for the dogs to lie on domed head I slipped her a Back to the holidays Uiey had piece of goose skin their ups and downs and although I d been ready to shoot sometimes I was sure I was more her that morning when we got up down than up but other than toflndshe had been up early and having three bored and restless rummaged through all the kids In the house with nothing to stockings shaking thci The ladles of Acton fair board held their regular meeting at the home of Mrs Januarys The president Mrs Archibald opened the meeting Mrs McDonald the secretary read the minutes of the last meeting and gave the financial report Twentyone members answered the roll call Advance prize lists for Acton Fall Fair were distributed to the members New o flic era Mrs was in charge of the election of officers The following were elected past president Mrs president Mrs Archibald secretary treasurer Mrs C Aitkin first vice Mrs Smith second vice Mrs J public relations Mrs C Storey auditor Mrs M McCullough Mrs Archibald thanked the ladies for their cooperation in the last year and asked for their continuation in the coming year of raising money were discussed Mrs L Davidson offered htrhomeforacuchrc which was gladly accepted The committee in charge to help Mrs Davidson are Mrs W Mrs Thompson Mrs Near Mrs McDonald Mrs Robinson Mrs C Storey Lunch was served by the hostess Mrs McEnery Mrs McDonald and Mrs Near next meeting will be held at Mrs S Mathews home Lunch committee Mrs E Smith and Mrs C Mrs G Wallace was courtesy convener do of course there was very little that got under my skin One thing I could have done without was the post office radio In 1951 Dorothy Clark of Stratford requested assistance from the Ability Fund March of Dimes for physical rehabili tation After a severe bout of polio at the age of eleven which left her almost totally paralyzed Dorothy spent the next years being carried from bed to chair mainly because rehabilitation facilities were not then available The road to self Independence started at Lodge in Toronto Two and a half years of intensive physiotherapy there and corrective surgery at the Toronto General Hospital all financed by the March of Dimes prepared Dorothy for her return to Stratford and eventual self employment She has been successfully operating out of her apartment as a Publishers Agent since that time and in 1960 became secretary for the Ability Funds Central Western Ontario campaigns Over one and a half million dollars for handicapped adults has been raised through her efforts Commenting on the Ability Fund Dorothysaid It laid the groundwork independence in living and for pride and fulfill ment in work I hope we can continue to offer this to the handi capped who want to help them selves Auspicious start Golden Age club Dorothy Clark By Mn Elsie Reed If a good beginning means a good year the Golden Age Club are off to another successful and worthwhile year There were present at last Tuesdays meeting in spite of nasty weather and bad walking conditions and membership fees were received Mrs Fryer agreed to carry on as card convener and Mr Harris volunteered to act as maintenance man Gome winners Eight tables of euchre and three tables of were played Winners euchre ladies Mrs Jordan Mrs L Davidson gents Mr Fuller Mr Crokinole Miss Akins Mrs Warne Mr Hcaley Mrs Hargrave Anniversaries Mrs Jordan was saluted with the happy birthday song and Mr and Mrs Warne with the happy anniversary song as their wedding anniversary comes in January Mrs Annie Edwards will celebrate her birthday on Jnn and Mrs Henry Sayers her birthday come Jan To these two worthy members all wish many many happy returns A nice lunch of fruit bread and cheese and cookies concluded a pleasant afternoon Still time to register night school Registration for the second night school semester at Acton High School followed the pattern shown throughout the county away down However school co ordinator Boris Shean said there is time for wouldbe applicants to fill in registration forms and send them in Classes start next week Largest registration Monday night for new subjects was for conversational French and there is room for more In that class them out on the floor and eating all the candy More Important was having a friend from California come commercial for the Increased sU present postal rate It bugged me to the waB tno m Au toboggans with the instructions little radio down the back to Sse it well If not wisely the frig after slammed he door coring j particularly hard when that nit- ha marvdoil tirae witty woman came on And I would rather have had Important and Ihe car to holiday visit in instead exciting was to have a ghost of the truck with no heater and a appear atone of the hole In the bottom where everything that the tires threw up Pf came In and splattered alt rc my leg I was getting tired of All in all looking back I m arriving at a friends house with quite satisfied with the holidays and my gifts but maybe the Must the left one or that leg caster Bunny Is being generous plastered with mud snow with green toilet seats this year Fresh tracks Still I guess thats part of winter and It does make for good things too like feet prints in the prints rabbit tracks mouse marks and the careful toe prints of the cats Im not that enthusiastic over people prints but the cats have a whale of a time in them hopping from ticket Weddings Passports Industrial Portraits PHONE The presses are rolling Tux reform legislation has been passed by Parliament and is now law What does tax reform mean to you How will it affect you To answer these questions the Department is conducting a massive national mailing program Booklets are now being printed and mailed to all tax payers as quickly as they come off the press The complete mailing will be finished in about five weeks All taxpayers will receive at least two booklets Highlights for Individuals and Valuation Day These should provide answers to most of your questions Some taxpayers will receive additional informa tion according to their specific needs Read your booklets Afterwards if you have questions ask us Well be glad to help You will find that your booklets will make it easier to file your income tax return in because they will help you to prepare now 1 rm National Revenu Revenue national Taxation