Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), June 21, 1972, p. 7

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Os Homemaking Clubs provide WI program The Homemaking Club girls of Oapringe and their leaders provided the program for the June meeting of the Women Institute at the home of Mrs Gordon Mrs Ken Stubbington leader for the group and Susan Jackson assistant Susan was also club member and received her county honors at when eight girls completed the project They began the program by repeating the pledge then each girl displayed the items she had made Some made bed spreads while others made three smaller items such as a shade cushion dresser scarf desk pad or garbage basket Mrs demonstrated the different ways of bias tape how to make your own and the many uses that can be made of it Elizabeth and Judy Jackson played a piano duet and also sans a duet The girls put the ladles to work and taught them how to do the Italian hemstitch Nine girts complete group under the leadership of Mrs Robert Ellis and Ellis had nine girls complete the project a club member also received her Churchill provincial honors certificate and pin and Cathy Ellis county honours At Achievement Night the club put on a skit entitled Small Bedroom Accessories Doris Pines thanked the girls and leaders for coming and demonstrating their work The roll call for the meeting was A sewing hint Mrs Ed Archibald read the scripture Psalm IS A sale of plants and bulbs was held then lunch was served by the hostess and assistants Mr and Mrs Fred Swain of Niagara Falls and Mr and Mrs Clifford Swa n of Montreal visited last week with Mr and Mrs Elmer Fisher Miss Beverly Bruce has accepted a position at East General Hospital Toronto Need coaches umpires Anyone interested In baseball We have four good teams of boys average ages to 13 the Jets Dodgers Expos These boys are In need of more coaches and umpires They play every Tuesday evening In the school grounds and the executive can be contacted there or call George Rudder 8332887 if you are willing to give it a try Donations which were received from the business men for sweaters etc were very much appreciated The girls play Monday evenings Well near more from them later Dr and Mrs Ross Green visited this week with Mr and Mrs Clarence Hurren Ron has completed his internship at Ottawa Civic Hospital and they are moving to Kingston where he will be a medical officer in Kingston Military Hospital Miss Judy Ellis of Mimico spent the weekend at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Robert Ellis and family Mr and Mrs Gordon visited over the weekend with their daughter and soninlaw Mr and Mrs Mike Hutchison and family at Visit Niagara Grade S pupils accompanied by their principal Mr Lome Brown visited Niagara Falls on Monday June 12 on a bus tour driven by Gordon Aitken On Thursday June Mrs George Lang and Mrs Robert Ellis transported Grades 3 and to Weston Bakery then to Pioneer Village where they ate lunch and toured around Teachers Mrs Buchanan and Mrs John Sinclair accompanied them Folk service in town anniversary in report The Acton Froo Pros Wednodoy Juno Wedding WMS church in news No Halton Peel hints By Mrs A Benton The Patterson spent the weekend at Midland and attended the Gale Turner wedding at when thir cousin Miss Beverley Anne Turner daughter of Mr and Mrs G K Turner was united in marriage Mr John Steven Gale The ceremony took place at the Alliance Church with the reception after at the Birch MS meeting The W M met at the home of Mrs K Lindsay Mrs Mitchell read from Norman Vincent Peel in opening Mrs Noble had scripture and Mrs Benton the prayer Roll call was answered by a verse of scripture as was 4 text word Night and several had current events For study Mrs Patterson read an article about the sect In Lancaster Regular offering was accepted as well as a special supply offering The meeting closed with the Lord s Prayer in unison and the hostess and her family served lunch to the eleven attending Church service Rev preached at Lunch use on Sunday while Rev Barrow took anniversary services for him at Boston Presbyterian Church JUST seven more days of school for elementary school students Sweeping changes in the organization of municipal of InterGovernmental Affairs Darcy McKeough spoke at the founding convention of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario Formation of a regional government for and Peel either together or separately has been in the works for over five years but local delegates to the convention didn t get many hints on what form it would take or how soon It would happen from McKeough a Monday speech McKeough did Indicate was imminent in the mile radius around Toronto By Mrs Fred Mac Arthur The Churchill Community Church Sunday service and Sunday school picnic is to be held next Sunday June 25 atBelwood at the summer home of Mr and Mrs Emerson Anderson and boys The bus will leave the church at 15 clock Outdoor church service at 11 clock followed by picnic dinner and Sunday school picnic is planned All arc welcome Folk service On Sunday evening June 18 the Young People of Churchill Community Church combined their talents with the Young People of the Baptist Church In Acton to horn their folk service They had a lot of fun arranging the service with their own selection of songs and readings They hope to hold another such service again The congregation enjoyed joining in with the young folks for some of the songs Later most went down for refreshments and more sing song Those present were impressed by the dedication of these young people and the amount of hard work and preparation involved In such an undertaking We ore delighted that they have promised to hold another such service in the near future We are sorry to report Mrs Garnet Winter Is a patient in Guelph General hospital We hope she soon will be able to return home Rev A W Is attending Waterloo Presbytery at Belwood Mr Roy Brooks returned home on Tuesday of this week after spending 10 days visiting friends at Vancouver also very much At cottage Barry Brooks enjoyed the weekend at Penatang with his aunt Mrs Montgomery at jjer cottage Miss June Swackhamer returned home from London University and attended church with Mr and Mrs Leslie and Debbie Mr and Mrs George Guy Greg and Geoffrey attended the Atlas iteel Company picnic at Centre Island on Saturday On Sunday Mr and Mrs Maltby and boys visited with Mr and Mrs Dean Taylor and family at Mr and Mrs William Hannah and wee daughter Kandice also Miss Cathy Hannah spent the weekend at Cathy home at Lake St Peter Miss Karen Hannah a returned home with them for a week Congratulations to Mr and Mrs William Thompson who celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary on Sunday June 18 Their reception was held at the Community Church Hall where they are members and faithful workers A large number of relatives and friends gathered to honor the happy couple Mrs Joan Hamilton of Toronto was a guest over the weekend with Mr and Mrs Jon and family and all went to see a play at Stratford Norman Small funeral Thurs Norman J Small of Niagara Falls passed away at Toronto Western hospital Monday after a brief illness He is the husband of the former Doris Mac Don aid and son inlaw of Mrs R M Mac- Donald Willow St He is also survived by daughter Mrs J Holmes Barbara St Catharines and son James at home brother Harold Small Windsor and Douglas St Thomas Funeral service is in Niagara Falls Thursday with interment in Lundys Lane cemetery CAROL Somerville a member of Acton Clubs for several years has been chosen Miss by the Central Aberdeen Angus Club During the next year Carol will assist at fairs shows and special events in the Central Ontano region She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Somerville Churchill Photo by D Gibbons Ebenezer New members join church By Mrs Ron McLean The Messengers Mission Band are holding a picnic at the church next Saturday at Mrs Joss mother had the misfortune of being struck by a car in Toronto resulting in a broken pelvis Mr Dave flew home to Holland on receiving word of the serious illness of his mother Misses Dorothy and Marjory Millar of Thorold visited with their brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs McLean Marjory showed her pictures of her missionary work in Brazil at the W meeting Mr and Mrs R E Jones of Burlington arc on a western trip New members New members who joined at Sunday communion service were Mr and Mrs Reg Coverdale and her s brother and Dan Jensen Mr and Mrs Henry and Mr and Mrs Steve Wood Jane Munro Geoff Wilson Craig Walker and Bradley Walktr were among the Grade students from School who enjoyed a three trip to Ottawa The rewarding art of Self Defence Too iriLii mid women get hurt at work lc k lht sunt it to work Hert to improve yourself defenten idents art less likely to linppen when is The sure way to safety Is SerfDefence Your Workmens Compensation Board and The Safety Associations Ontario Ebenezer UCW learns of Rhodesia By Mrs RonBicixan Intended for last week hadaspedal treat when Mr Wilfred of Milton talked about Rhodesia and showed pictures of his visit there with his daughter who is a physiotherapist His visit was shortly after Rhodesia declared its independence They are losing support from Britain and not getting the support they need from the natives There was no replacement for the doctor at the mission when he left and for some time there was no qualified nurse Vicki and her friend Janet Webster were for some time the only socalled Europeans In that particular section Rhodesia was first begun to be opened to modem progress after Cecil Rhodes discovered It In 18M While very rich In natural resources it Is a country of contrasts Where Irrigation can be afforded by rich white people several crops a year can be grown Buildings cannot be made of wood on account of the ants The roofs are of sheet metal Mrs Joss introduced the speaker saving that In his child hood he used to drive up from CampbellvUle to visit his Uncle Levi at that time storekeeper at The family connection would 17 seats in Church Mrs A thanked Mr tor his Interesting talk Chorck service Paul Stewart and Stave Wood of The Navigators had charge of the church service The former Is with the University of Guelph and the latter is In charge of a at Guelph Airport The junior choir sang a selection and Sandra Asnton sang a solo Trip to Michigan Mrs Early Mrs A Norrish and Miss K McPhedran of were among those who enjoyed an Institute bus trip to Michigan The Alec Galls visited with the Earl Wards on Sunday Mr and Mrs A Diamond and Gordon attended the Anderson family reunion In Riverside Park Guelph There were about In attendance I N means Stop Pollution in Nassagaweya This is a most worthwhile undertaking and the enterprising people who started it deserve a lot of credit Probably there are still many residents not taking advantage of this opportunity to recycle reusable materials instead of having them clutter up the countryside Every first Saturday of each month between am and 3 there are volunteers at Hall to receive donations Newsprint well bundled not magazines or weekly glossy papers glass washed and colored bottles kept separate from clear glass aluminum and such as the opening tab from a pop can and tin cans flattened washed and with both ends removed these are the materialswhich are reusable It is now being used In Brampton for paving making

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