Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), April 14, 1976, B3

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Ballinafad Stray dogs annoying shower church report I met on Wednesday and friends afternoon It was a dinner mpl n M Wpnn meeting and we all enjoyed the delightful hospitality of Mrs Tom Given A long table with Snowy while damask cloth and gay china made the tasty casseroles etc look very inviting and members and guests enjoyed the happy fellowship The regular annual meet ing followed with minutes of last annual meeting given by Wlnmfred Smith as well as the financial report and reports of the various con Then Grace took he chair to install the officers for Mrs Margaret accepted the office met to honor Mrs Simpson the former Marg whose marriage look place recently Margaret has sold her house and she and her husband will be living in Sudbury Our best wishes go to them Margaret is a direct descend of the pioneer who settled here in in 1821 Palm The Sacrament of Holy Communion was observed on Sunday Palm Sunday The lovely Junior choir under Mrs s direction sang a fitting anthem so many little ones In the front row and bigger ones in the back row of with Mrs Ada filling all the seats made as vicepresident Mrs Smith still sec trcas office 1 will fill in the remaining officers at a later date Again we feel our Institute is picking up with new mem joining and renewed interest in our activities The Executive meets one Monday to plan the new programs Shower A pleasant shower at the touching addition to the vice Mr and Mrs J Duff Mrs Ruth Shortill joined by run Why do transfer and Miss Lillian have so many dogs service at a Auction Again before our church service out we sec cars lined up at the hall for another Sunday auction Miss Karen Shortill a curl ing enthusiastic won an I A trophy recently Watching on Sunday night one could not but agree with the nasty danger of dogs running loose Here when ever you look you you see two or three dogs running loose A citizen on the ninth line happened to hear a com motion on the road near his place Two dogs were viciously attacking some thlnu and would you believe it It was a little child being badly Only for his heavy winter lathing and for Mr Wright intervention the child would have been nuiii iiic JlBt will people rf shrubs TRUCKING THE MUCK Even though manure should be spread on the fields during the fall and winter months many local farmers are taking advantage of the spring weather to that last bit of liquid gold on the plough Here Mack Ban- and Pete Miles get out on the fields starting the season with enthusiasm The following question seems to be timely good to get outside and work in the garden these how many it through the winter is tonic made great lists of Shortill by profession of faith Another neighbour had ami lo purchase Nancy Shortill and Kathryn noticed a stray dog around his Bailey were the two new yard for a few days He in fruit trees and berry elders who help form the veitlgatcd and along his back session fence a mother dog had a axm j Mrs Eileen Inter of puppiesall whittled down to a quarter of service dead but another stray size The April baby bonus is usually earmarked for annual purchases The children are then assigned the new plants to care for weed and water all in the nature of education of course Unfortunately they don t appreciate this as much District Page they should and feel their Morgan Question At what age can a filly be bred how long is the period of pregnancy and when is the best time Answer A filly reaches puberty at 10 months but should not be bred until she reaches three old Ear Her breeding sometimes stunts her growth and weakens her condition II doesn do the foal any good either Tht gestation period for horses is approximately 11 months There Is slight aria in breeds For instance a Arab foal is often Turkey vultures seen shower news by Mrs A Benton Last year I believe the Credit Valley Conservation Authority reported a count of turkey vultures in this region A local resident who saw them several times last year saw them for the first time this year two weeks ago and several times since Showers About friends of Mrs Vandermeer and her sister Mrs Henry enjoyed an evening on Thurs day when they honored them at baby showers at the home of Mrs Ron Thomson After Mary and Jackie opened their many parcels Mrs Thomson assisted by Mrs Cliff Mc Donald Mrs Visschedyk and Mrs served a tasty and abundant lunch including an appropriately decorated cake The held their spring meeting at tht church on Sun day evening Mrs chaired the meeting and shared organ duties with Mrs Bert Benton The choir sang a lovely Easter anthem and led in hymns Mrs Sanford read scripture and Mrs W Kirkwood led in prayer Mrs showed her beauti ful pictures The World Around Us The vivid colors arch they received and John expressed their thanks Mrs George Morrison won ladies high score for euchre in a draw with Mrs George Burt and Mr Glen Scott was high scorer for men Con venersMrs Jack and Mrs Bert Benton served a very plentiful lunch For They Are Jolly Good Fellows was sung for John and Julie bonus should go for such worthwhile purchases as skipping ropes and soccer balls As if the farmers life busy at this time of year he also has to cope with breeding season can be counted upon to let the farmer know when this starts do they let him Our chicken were the first or atlcast the rooster told us quite loudly Several of our neighbours have been if we have a rooster now born a week or two early while a foal sometimes keeps his owner Donkeys for some reason take a full Sear to ready themselves for it must be the extra The best time to breed a marc is in the best for the mare best for the fail and usually best for the owner Nature originally planned a foals birth to coin tide with the first high pro tein sprinp excellent nutrition or mare and foal Churchill Norman Turner enjoyed Mexico and detail kept rapt attention Happy Birthday for his throughout and we were cousin Judy Brown sorry when they were finished She was introduced by Mrs and thanked by Mrs A Ben ton All enjoyed a social time with lunch downstairs alter wards Gifts Mr and Mrs John Brown a bride and groom of the past winter were honored guests at a shower in Lime- house Memorial Hall on Saturday evening Seated be- Ebenezer Elders inducted Wc extend sympathy to Mr Colin McColl whose wife away last week Mr was custodian here at the school for several years and was respected by many people Saturday wis a busy day in I imehouse Memorial Hill The Local Association and Group Committee held a very successful bake and sale of crafts At the same lime the I were serving after noon tea and held their on their prize winning quilt receiving a good boost for fin t Mrs Itrd Mac Church service Sunday at Churchill Com church is well each to hear our pastor Met addons weekl message The choir rendered selettionm Palm Sunday Ho Norman Turner returned home last from his winter vacation in Mexico Most of the time wis spent on the west toast whtrt lit enjoyed swimming fishing boating and diving Mrs Turner flew down for part if the month of ruarv In spile of the fact that inflation is even worse than Mrs drew the here the people arc winning ticket in favor of hippy friendly and their n country is still wonderful By Mrs Ron McLean Holy Communion was observed on Palm Sunday Three new elders were In ducted DelysJoss EliDalgle and Ian Ferguson Rev topic was Lowly Triumph and the junior choir sang Birthday greetings to Mrs Art Diamond and Mrs Horace Open arena Fergus council has res a by law closing the Fergus arena The Ministry of Labour has decided that u Fergus will be allowed to the word faith at the April keep the arena open in Ihe C meeting which was summer months when there Mrs FTC Brow Preaches Miss Donna of this spring s graduating class at Knox College preached at Limehousc Presbyterian Church on Sunday holiday Mr and Mrs F I Green of Toronto were over part of the week at her brother home with Mr and Mrs Fred Mat Arthur Mr and Mrs Eton and wee of also visited Ihe same home making the week to remember Mr Mrs William Thompson attended Mr anil Mrs James held in Fnn 1 hall on 11 Many friends rela died to wish them well in this memorable occasion Mi and Mrs Robert Kerr Jcffrty and visited at home of Mr and Mrs Harold or field and children in Belle on the weekend They also culled to visit her parents Mr indMrs Knox for a short visit hil down hat Mr Mrs John I ighllc and children the Maple held at on Saturday held at the home of Mrs Don Joss Mrs Jim Alison gave an interesting talk on the events of Holy Week leading up to Good Friday Mra Earl Ward assisted News Read the Acton Press for local news happenings News INN SPECIAL TWO WEEKS FOR THE OF ONE 219 per person Efficiency Apartment or Hotel Room with continental breakfast daily Friday Depariurei May 7 to June Sept 3 to Oct EJ men i mil ii SPRING EASTER Mr Mrs Robt Ellis visit Barbados on trip by Doris Mr and Mrs Robert Ellis enjoyed good weather on their holiday to Barbados They a week there louring the island and saw Wclchman Hall Gully where there are 180 varieties of plants and trees and the Andromeda Gardens which were started In The land there has been In the same family for years and thousands of plants from all over the world are grown They also saw the Animal Flower Caves In the cliff overlooking the Atlantic Ocean They flew to St Lucia for their second week where the banana plantations are and watched bananas being picked for shipping to They saw the cocoa beans which grow in a huge pod about beans in a pod Nutmeg trees are also grown The nutmeg Is ripe when the outside shell cracks Inside that is a red which is mace then the little nut Is in the centre They saw sulphur springs bubbling and boiling at Soufnere which is in in extinct volcano Mrs Gerehard and of Toronto visited on Monday with Mrs Thomas Fines Dons Gordon had the misfortune to break some ribs while tutting wood in the bush While being quite pain ful it present hope they for Achievement Day and all the girls are trying very hard to finish their two projects by then The meeting was finished off with and milk by the warm fire Ladles Aid was the theme of the Ladies Aid April meeting held at the home of Mrs Gordon Altken There were nine present to answer the roll call An Easter Verse The Devotional was by Mrs Vernon Stewart and she read an article on Blood the Gift of Life telling of the glory of the promise of hope and the Resurrection The hymn Master Let Me Walk Acton Free Press Wed April 14 1976 B3 Supper Plans were discussed for their beef supper to be held April Mrs Byron Bruce favouredwlthasolo There Is A Green Hill Far Away accompanied by Mrs on the organ An Easter word contest was conducted by Mrs Ward Bruce which was won by Mrs George Lang The meeting closed with prayer With Thee was sung and Mrs Ralph Sinclair read the scripture from Mark Chapter about The Last C Clifford Brown GEORGE ST M1LTOM PHONE nd Demonstration A demonstration on ap plique was given at I I mbroideramas meeting Mrs Fdward Smith tht leader The meeting was at Bonnie home with members present The Pledge was repelled and Janet read the minutes of the previous meeting Different designs were shown by Mrs ind the girls were to decide one for their free choice irticle Refreshments wtre served at the close J Stitch Witches also had five members present at their seventh meeting Susan Milne home All members were- working on their notes and freechoice article They discussed what they would do The Corporation of the Town of Milton PROPOSALS INVITED The Town of Milton has available for lease a retail gasoline outlet located on the Line adjacent to the North Interchange of Highway No Milton This lease would be for the sale of gasoline only no cal greasing or oil changing Applicants are requested to state rental they are prepared to pay Further information can be obtained by contacting the under signed Proposals will be received to April 30th at 2 30 p The highest or any proposal not necessarily accepted J McGeachie Clerk 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