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Ballinafad Tho Acton Free Wednesday September 27 Memorial cairn dedicated Ballinafad cemetery Sunday area residents examine the new plaque Churchill I a Gibbons Templeton to speak at dinner Charles Templeton noted Canadian broadcaster and commentator will be the guest speaker at a fund raising dinner for liberal MP Whiting Oct at the Holiday Inn Organizers or the dinner said expect mare thorn will end Money raised by the dinner will be used to off set Whiting campaign costs In the current election Tickets to the event are available through local Liberal campaign headquarters throughout the Halton riding THE town grows quiet while the Canada Russia hockey games by Mrs R A very impressive service was held In Ballinafad Community Centre on Sunday afternoon Sept Rtv Johnston our minister was chairman and opened the service with the hymn 0 Goo our help In ages past with Mrs Ernie at the piano Mr Wilfred of Fergus spoke on behalf of the Hostel fumily relating his connection with the first pioneer his family Mr Johnston then read greetings from the Hon John Root MPP who was unable to attend but who has always shown kctn interest in early settlers of whom his own family was one Keep up tradition township Reeve Lloyd next spoke commending people on their interest in keeping up traditions present community centre sits on land where the former Methodist Church and Temperance Hall once stood Miss Luena Campbell of Georgetown a retired teacher who lived here in her younger days and who attended the former Methodist Church and School next gave an Interesting talk which brought back pleasant memories Her vivid recollections of where each little Sunday School class was placed In the church room and how they graduated to the dif corners in the wet church and who thtir teachers were In the various corners made us all see ourselves back again in the old happy days rtien not as now church and Sunday school were the highlight of the week Prayer meetings Then the weekly prayer meetings were held The minister visited one of his parishioners Wednesday afternoon stayed for supper and conducted the prayer meeting at She recalled how at first the was led by Mrs Sayers who used a tuning fork to get the pitch before organs were In churches taken nil at ilk passing the cup from lip to lip and breaking the bread from the loaf as it was passed Early ministers Miss Campbell also mentioned several of the early Methodist ministers who also served Erin Church namely Rev Rev and Rev the Inst one being here when church union came about She told of how the first United Church service was held in the Hi en Presbyterian church and led by two ministers Rev Church meetings visits pact reunions in area news By Mr Fred Mac Arthur With the summer vacations Over church service and Sunday School last Sunday was quite well attended Orchestra and choir with Mrs Anderson at the organ and Mrs Turner as leader assisted In the service The Churchill Community Church Women held their first meeting after the summer recess at the home of Mrs Gilford Storey on Wednesday evening September Were was a fair attendance with president Mrs opening the meeting with prayer Hymn I Would Be True was sung In the absence of Mrs D Anderson Mrs gave the devotions Why some Prayers are not answered closing with prayer and hymn I Found a Friend was sung Mrs Eleanor Thompson gave a talk on poison and Mrs read some poems by the hostess Mrs Storey Board meeting Toe regular quarterly congreta lional board meeting was held in the church on Thursday evening September with a fair atten dance The New Constitution was presented voted on and by the congregation Abo a discussion for the InUUatton of water in the church dealt with Confirmation classes are being arranged for this fall and a reception of new members A visitation program be activated during mid October Family reunion Mr and Mrs Archie Kerr Mrs Marie Anderson and son David attended the Kitchlnj Watson family reunion on Saturday Sept at Corwhln It has been odd far years This year the families gathered at the original her great grandfather and great grandmother cleared the land and built the stone home there The farm is still owned by John the great great grandson of the former John Hitching Ann Watson Cons Denny has been home for a week holiday before to Police College at David Turner spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs McKcown and attended the count fair in on Saturday after number from this locality attended the anniversary services either morning or evening at Li me house church Mr and Mrs Hugh Jackson and girls of visited last neck with Mr and Mrs Charles Mr and Mrs Jerry Marchment of and Mr and Mrs Bill and boys of Brampton visited with their aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Gilbert Brown and family on Mr and Mrs Don visited at the parental home on Tuesday evening for dinner Also at the same home on Friday were their daughter Kay Mrs Orwell Cross and son Craig of Lome Park We are sorry to report Mrs William is in Toronto General Hospital for tests We hope she can return home feeling better and looking forward to better health Last week Mr and Mrs Ward Hamilton Andy and Debbie holidayed with Mr and Mrs Jim Alien of at their cottage at Gull Lake Mark Amy Lynn and Cars Jane Hamilton of Georgetown spent the weekend with their grandparents Mr and Mrs Ward Hamilton and family Guests with Mr and Mrs Bob Kerr Jeffrey and Christine on Friday were Mr and Mrs Tom Blake and Dawn of Perth On Saturday Mr and Mrs Bob Kerr and children attended the Hitching Watson re union at the farm home of Mr and Mrs John Kitching at Cor whin Visitors Mr and Mrs Ron and Sharon also Mr Bob Kirk wood motored to London taking their grandparents as far as London and visited with Mr and Mrs Bob Gauvreau They went on as far as Oil Springs and called on Mr Wm Dawson viewing the oil wells in that district Mr and Mrs MacArthur spent two weeks holidaying with their grandchildren Mr and Mrs Bob in London where they met many friends and attended London fair also at Mr and Mrs Bob Dawson home at Chatham where they visited many old friends including Bob s grandma Dawson Mrs Man Dawson and Annie Harris and Mr Wm Dawson had dinner at their home on Friday evening prior to Bob and Karen bringing them home on Saturday for staff A salary pact for caretakers and maintenance men working with the Halton County Board of Education was accepted by the Board Caretakers salaries range from J an hour to start to effective July 1 and that jumps to a of to per hour Employees receive increases after three months one year and months Head caretakers will receive from to as of July 1972 and from to as of July 1 Maintenance men will earn from Oh to 78 after the contract takes effect TV FACTS Always Antenna during an Electrical Storm II your is struck by and it Is con to your TV the charge can came severe damage to your set and maybe a tire Country TV Centre Evans and Rev Waddell In the little M E church was torn down The large stone with insignia and date was preserved and is now built into the On behalf of the Women Institute and as president of it Mrs Wm McLean gave an ad dress explaining about the plaque which had been their contribution to the cairn when money would be available to the cemetery board to have said cairn constructed Mrs McLean also brought to mind again how as a centennial project in they had restored Providence Cemetery line and have had it kept in good shape since the good works of the Women s Institute is evident around Ballinafad for here also through their untiring efforts over lovely Community Centre has been built Mrs Gould Representing the Wellington County Historical Society our next speaker was Mr Ron Gould Do we ever stop to think how our early forefathers and mothers braved the hardships and deprivations they bore Mrs Gould pictured to us how this mother with her babe up the trail from Smith lie in the Niagara area up to Erin Tsp Cone how the father must have come ahead and hacked out a clearing how the older boy probably led the cow All in all Mrs Gould made us sec again Just what life in those times right here on this very land was like 150 years ago Mrs Gould had done a great delvuif into the history of this family It was of great interest to us all and I am sure was profoundly Interesting to descendants of the family who made up a large share of the audience which filled the hall to the doors Cairn ceremony Mr Richard thanked all those who had helped to prepare the service Then all went out to the cairn to witness the ceremony there Mrs Violet Sacrs a former Ballinafad girl and a Methodist member of the early church unveiled the cairn and Rev Johnston dedicated It to the memory of the early settlers Lunch was served in the hall and friends and acquaintances a happy chat Mrs Vera Sanderson our untiring sec treas was happy to receive several donations to help in maintenance in our e commend again Mr Kenneth on his very artistic construction of our memorial piece As I have stated before a very special type of rock was used and may it always stand there to remind us of our forefathers who blazed the to our fair land Extend sympathy Sympathy is extended to the family of the late Thomas Mack who Led this week and was buried at Miss Sheila Jnmieson began her course in Toronto on Monday in respiratonal therapy it is reported that Mr and Mrs Jxigan have sold their beautiful home on the Ballinafad town line We understand they intend building In another locution no away Mr and Mrs Dick have made a marked improvement to their house with of steel and vinyl Hie Institute entered their displaj at Milton air 4 H girls also had a there Mr Murray is going to College this year and is commuting each day NEXT year is the tenth anniversary for the Miss Acton hair contest DEDICATED to the memory of early settlers a cairn was unveiled Sunday afternoon at cemetery Mrs Violet Brownridge a member of the early church unveiled the cairn and Kelvin Johnston dedicated it Gibbons Acton 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