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vn thepqinted by Wendy The first thing do these mornings after getting up is chetk it passed the night I Just went to the back door to look few minutes ago and it seems a bit damp from the morning dew but comfortable otherwise It brings more than a few puzzled glances when the Sock Is brought conversation wilh but we more or less lake it for granted The other day while having lunch in town I was bemoaning the fact that there seems to be so much to do in the house that I hardly get out in the sun over the weekends Friends united after thirtytwo years apart 4 MINNIE LEAVES the safety of her sock to play Catch me if under a sheet of plywood Then I said only other without having to come excuse is these days is into daylight at all to go nut and talk to the Charging tactic Sock You can imagine the Not that she minds the sun comments on that that much but Minnie is Things got all more really a nocturnal animal and complicated when I tried to Is at her liveliest as the sun explain that the Srtik was out goes down If she is laken out Ihe back in a age so it t get vldf ne It all ended up one friend coming home me that night to sec thai I was taking about When we here asked ton David If he d fed the that night and when he no I got a piece of beef out of the frig and Sure In the middle of Ihccage men two a grubby one a red trim a newer one with blue both lying flat out in the sun When tht firend saw me a sock in a cage to feed ii think she jusl about around and left in a but stayed for a closer to give me the benefit rf the doubt J- yes In there wcrcr as soon as I lapped in the cage tht new sock stirred bumped around a hit then a pointed nose appealed in the opening followed by two bcau eyes fastened greedily en the meat it was ferryt brought up frtm the barn because thcie was nobody down there ia keep her company Now because of all the attention she is Minnie is and more a And the funnier she is the more attention she gels All in all It thai quite a bit of time spent watching the goingson in the cage and we arc becoming more and more intrigued by At the end of Minnie a cage Is a smalt wooden where she sleeps An old was provided for her to on but after one quick around the edges she preceded to disappear Inside and make her burrow to the point of the hole in the heel for the Back door Every few Jays Minnie would haul It the small hole In her box tfid He It out to air so after wc gave her the sock I don I know just what goes through her mind as she arranges old re arranges these In her and cage but now thai Ihedicer weather is here she them pretty well out the cage ft probably things considerate more com oat we got a few rug gave her box wall carpeting too While might nap Inside and then and caught he flying on her back her out the hole watching the other day lives in her sock Mm of the lime when all we sec is sock sleeping peacefuly or bumping around frying to get com fortableffnars the reason for the 1 scetoday hat she has things ranged a little pulled the the sock around so that up directly with the hojl her box and she can from one to the of her cage Ihcn her antics about break everybody up She bounces around on all four feet giving liltle whumpy noises making all sorts of evading ana charging tactics She going so fast the other night that her body was travelling fabler lhan her feet or maybe it was going in a different direction and she kept falling over When she s had enough she looks for Ihe sock disappears inside and lhat it Tor another day As 1 was typing this delivery man went around lo the back door and as he passed Ihe cage I heard him call Hey there Sock How re doing kid I guess whalcvcr wc vc got must be catching A back view of Jack Holmes did not stop Fred from recognizing him at airport last week after 32 years of being away Mr Hadfield a native of England came to Canada in 1929 In 1933 he was hired to be the farm manager for Frank Holmes a local drover While there he was treated like one of the family as well as head man Mr no relation to the hockey player Vic recalls many a night when he stayed up all night playing midwife to some cow bad timing Joined Dental Corps In World War broke out February was a date Mr will never forget as that was the day he last saw any of the Holmes when ho left to go overseas with the Canadian Army Den lalCorps England and when the war was over he stayed there and got married The ycars went past and Mr wife and Jack Holmes wife Ruth ponded keeping the friend ship A few years ago Mr Holmes sister visited Mr Hadfield at his home in Cheshire and rekindled his ties to Acton and the Holmes family When he landed at Mr spotted Jack Holmes up he hall walking away from him There was some distinctive character I II never forget in his walk the visitor slid with his mixture of Canadian and accent- Catch up The past week and a half have been busy for the two There has been years of catching up to do for the two Brothers Mr re called Ihe days they made a 300 fool rope together and Ihe calves and ponies he brought into the world of the were dis cussed as well is past hob bles While working for Mr Holmes father Mr made a good wage He started at a month plus room and board and was up to MO a month when he left he was only life Mr lost quite bit of his accent most of which he did not re gain He sometimes confuses people with his voice as they try to pinpoint where he is from but cannot friendly here He still favours Acton over There is not the neighbourliness in England there Is here Nothing is loo much trouble for anyone around here Mr said he remembered the day he saw his first Bonanza program in He remembered Lome Greene as a radio for CBL radio before the war He felt he could relate to the show with a familiar Canadian voice on it This Sunday Mr will return home England ending what Mr Holmes termed as the best reunion he has ever been to or had Social evening for CW League May was Membership and briefed those present on month and a view lo activities of the Catholic Increasing enrolment SI Women League Joseph Catholic Women Members were asked to League members planned reflect on Ihe spiritual social evening to welcome reading for the day some new and old faces of the A few games of were parish enjoyed and prizes were Following a short business given session the president said a 1 lime well spent few words of encouragement getting acquainted wilh some Th Acton Free Press Wed May 1975 new members The evening was con a success by all who had worked towards end HS HOLDEN OPTOMETRIST Cork SI Eail T CONSTRUCTION RENOVATIONS REPAIRS No Job Too Small MACK 853 DRIVE A LEGEND Just what you need for the great outdoors HADFIELD left and Jack Holmes were united last week after 32 years Mr Hadfield managed the Holmes farm before World War 2 went overseas with the Canadian Dental Corps and never returned 25 4795 The sports car that made sports cars famous GEORGETOWN BRITISH CARS Guelph St Hwv No Georgetown Ltd Real Estate Brokers the Woolwich SI Guelpn Are pleased to appointment Mark Of staff Mark brings with him 1 years of experience as real estate salesman In the province of Novo and Mark sue completed Introductory course to reil estate at Col lege Mark will be pleiscd lo help Acton and district people wilh any enquiries on real Phone Mark at 8532088 Mrs J Dennis given Dublin life membership Members or Dublin Women Institute had to journey quite a few miles for their regular meeting on Thursday evening to enjoy the hospitality of Mr and Mrs David in their new farm home on the Second Line of Ernmosa Township Mrs E Norton presided for her first meeting as dent and conducted Ihe opening exercises with good attendance of members and I wo visitors suggestions for improvements were given when members answered to the roll call My pel peeve while doing my grocery shopping Consensus of opinion was thai prices varied for the same article in the same store and prices were unduly and rily high In some cases Several articles of pondence were read by the secretary Mrs Douglas including an invitation lo all Canadian Cancer Society canvassers attend a pot luck supper on May at the curling club Plant Dublin Branch will co operate with Centre Welling ton District In entertaining some I members from British Columbia who being our sister province are planning a trip to Ontario presently Two wedding reception par ties an auction sale and a bowling banquet will be lo in the early summer Mrs C Armstong reported on having attended a meeting at the library In which members formula led plans for the annual Decoration Day Services to be held in Aclon Cemetery on Junel and the usual donation was given to support it Short standing committee D on Canadian in Mrs W on Cultural Activities and Mrs D Hunter on the work of the curator committee A splendid concise report with a bit of humour thrown in was given in a very in lercsting manner by Mrs Hunter who had attended the Officers Conference for the Guclph Area at Waterloo recently The ladles enjoyed hearing of the com pi is men Is of the Con when over ladies had attended from nil over the province Several members hope lo attend the Ration District annual In St Paul United Church Milton next Wcdnes day May A pleasant feature of the meeting was when each member was presented with a distinctive oval wooden pin with each one name on it and the lady to her right pinned it on her These pins were made in British Co urn of various woods Mrs Norton president outlined the final plans for the Branch 50th Anniversary have been mailed to former members neighboring insli and others and all are looking forward to a memo rable day in the history of Dublin Women s Institute life member Kind words were spoken Mrs A Near of the interest shown and work done by Mrs J C Dennis for many years especially as press reporter and in ways in the Branch and she presented her with a Life Membership pin wilh Mrs J having the honor of pinning it on and also presenting the Life Membership certificate Mrs Dennis replied and thanked everyone for the unexpected honor and said although her were minimal she had enjoyed the work a her association with Ihe members very much over a long period of years As each grandmother the meeling she was honored wilh a corsage by the Mrs K Smith and Mrs D McKnight this Grandmothers Pro gram The poem My Grand mothers Rocker was read by Mrs Smith Contests espe cially for Grandmothers were won by Mrs Duncan Moffat Mrs Douglas and Mrs J A Van Fleet Two contests were resented and winners were Irs E Norton Mrs Dodds Mrs Mrs C M Davidson and Mrs W Ritchie A lunch served by Mrs W Mrs D Hunter and Mrs Kirton assisted by the hostess was composed of cake and strawberries and enjoyed by all Mrs C Mclntyre thanked the hostess the lunch com and all who had laken pari in such an interesting evening ASSOCIATE AX CONSULTANTS Todd GEORGETOWN 8772217 EFFECTIVE MAY 21 24 MEAT FEATURES A Canada Grada A Boaf BLADE ROAST Blade Bona Removed SHORT RIB ROAST CROSS RIB ROAST lb J5 Boneleu SHOULDER POT ROAST CHUCK STEAK RIB STEAK 98 149 I Bon el on STEWING BEEF BEEF LIVER THE ENTIRE FAMILY CAN BOWL TOGETHER Burn Breakfait Store Pack LINK SAUSAGE of Canada or All WIENERS pi Pride of Canada LUNCHEON MEAT BEEF BURGERS Burn Sliced SIDE BACON Burn GARLIC COIL 98 FREEZER ORDERS WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES 00t00000000000000000000000