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Travelogue is highlight at May FWIO meeting The May meeting of the Greenock Branch W I 0 was held at the home of Eleanor The meeting opened with everyone singing the ode and repeating the Mary Stewart Collect Keep us O Lord from pettiness let us be large In thought in word and deed Lord let us not forget to be kind Mrs Sinclair president read a comment from the Dairy Paper regarding three types of people those who make things happen those who watch things happen and those who wonder what happened An article found on page 13 of the Spring 1975 Home and Country about our new cultural museum near Milton was read The museum Is not intended to be another pioneer village but an effort to depict the history of agriculture and rural living If individuals hove artifacts to offer they should contact the museum Box Milton a receipt Is available for Income tax deduction for articles that have a sub stantial value Minutes of the April as well as a financial report in good standing by secretary treasurer Mrs McGeragle An invitation was read Inviting members of A C who might be visit England to a conference The last day will be an open meeting to all members This will be held at Keele University In fordshire 150 miles nor thwest of London If you are a member of a F 1 0 branch you are also a member of Associated Country Women of the World Mrs displayed the which she was In charge of and which has Just been completed by many of the industrial members A letter from Margaret Birch 1 0 secretary on promoting family together ness and awareness was read District annual for Well ng ton Centre will be held May 25 in United Church Delegates and members are busily making prep arations A committee Including Mildred Sinclair and Evelyn Aitken will prepare the roll call on communications Another committee on en tertainment from Greenock will include Eleanor and Annie Gates The usual donations of food for the noon luncheon was volunteered by the member ship Pennies for Friendship used to sponsor delegates to the Ir Conference of A C W W were received Gifts were presented to the leaders of he recent quilting course Nancy Addison Emily Wallace and Evelyn each received a pair of embroidery scissors Members were treated to an armchair travelogue of Australia and New Zealand by taken when she and James ex changed teaching years there The pictures made it very clear how different the climate in Australia is from They have many exotic features in plant bird and animal life because of the tropical climate Iron la a plentiful commodity They had a holiday in New Zealand where among other things they have sulfur springs and geysers Mainly white buildings with clay tile roofs are heated by these springs North Island a sheep farming is its main product South Island Is mountain ous and heavily snow covered and Mount Cook is among the highest A delicious lunch was served by Mrs D Milton and Mrs J Jackson A successful plant and craft auction was fun bringing evening to a close Mrs Sinclair was courtesy convener The June meeting Is in the charge of the grandmothers and will be held Mrs Brozic s home The Acton Free Press Wednesday May 17 1978 11 Daughters of Knox enjoy slides THE BROTHERS John Kevin and Frank Richard were all out at the Catholic Women bake sale last Saturday May The sale which was just in time for Mother s Day was very successful and reported a good attendance Helen aids the boys with their pur chases CWL has meeting discuss supper Mission topic for WMS The May meeting of St Joseph Catholic Women League was held in the church hall It opened with a euchres June meeting will be a pot luck supper June It was decided that all members were respon for making the sick committee aware of the May and June parishioners or members who The May meeting of Knox Women Missionary Society afternoon auxiliary was held in the Mary Ellen Anderson room of the church The president Miss Anderson welcomed the members and opened the meeting with the poem What is a Mother and prayer The hymn Sewing in the Morning was sung Conveners in charge of the program were Miss Ruby Clark and Mrs They were assisted by Mrs who read the Scripture lesson part of Ihe third chapter of Following prayer by Mrs Miss Clark ad dressed the meeting Her talk was called Mission ble ind told about the historic background and present day 1 of people in the Carib bean There are similarities between the colonial legacy of these islands and that of Canada However their racial roots are much more diverse since these island gems were claimed by four different European countries rather than two The large African population is due to the use of slaves on the sugar plantations When slavery was abolished cheap labour was secured from India and other far eastern countries In some Islands there is much racial tension between the whiles who hold the economic and political power and the poorer but much larger coloured population Missionary activity is there fore changing from making the blacks like the whites to making them see what is good in their own tradition and is carried on less overtly Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life was the closing hymn Miss Anderson repeated from memory Somebody Mother The roll call was responded to with the name of a woman in the Bible A time of fellowship was enjoyed at the lunch tables Personals Turnout increases at meeting by Mrs Elsie Reed The regular meeting of Trinity UCW was held In the church parlours May with an Increased attend ance A beautiful bouquet or daffadils gave a feeling of Spring Mrs Lidkea opened the meeting with a short poem followed by ail repeating the purpose Mrs Dorothy Simmons had charge of devotions began with Hymn 351 Mrs Helen Little gave a delightful reading My Mother Apron Scripture reading by Mrs Amle Lambert was followed by a poem My Garden by Mrs Lidkea The closing hymn was no General reports were good A rug had been purchased to be laid later Some new table cloths purchased with money from a donor who wished to remain anonymous were viewed and more of the same are to be bought with the re mainder of the donation A goodly sum was turned In from the and three quilts had been made and given to fire victims and several crib quilts had been made Several hanky cards were read and a delightful letter from Mrs Buckland was read telling of Mrs Walker birthday party Everyone wa3 invited to a slide presentation entitled Moments to Share prepared and presented by Mrs Iva Knechlet a noted photo grapher at the church on Thursday May IS at 8 a sliver collection will be taken Mrs Shoemaker gave a de tailed sick and shut In report showing many ailing folk on her list Roll call was an with used greeting cards There had been house calls and 17 hospital calls made The UCW were asked to serve lunch to the Presbyterian meeting in November and they agreed to do this A program on con scrvatlon energy was shown A lovely lunch was served The June 13 meeting will be a pot luck meal for all members and the quilting ladies and a good turn out Is hoped for Welcome Wagon hostess Linda Franklin visited several new families In town recently one family having moved from as far away as New Brunswick Ms I Chatssonandhertwo daughters have made Acton their home from the east From Toronto come Mr and Mrs A Pick and Mr M Chcll Mr and Mrs Dlx have moved to the area from Malton and Mr and Mrs J from Several families have moved to town from George town Mr and Mrs Brandt Mrs Pal Johnson and daughter Mr and Mrs Peter Mr and Mrs Byres Keith Porty and Mr and Mrs J From Milton come Mr and Mrs Les Lockwood Mr and Mrs F J Jolly have moved here from Rock wood Mrs Jack Sykes of Calgary Alto and Mrs Gay lord were recent guests of Mrs Elizabeth 0 of Rock wood The ladies also enjoyed a reunion with their brother John and sister In law Sheila of Tara staying a week and getting caught up in family history The two sisters had not seen their brother since they left home lo be married Mrs Sykes In 1930 and Mrs Maxwell Ellen in 1935 Their family came from Ire land in and home- steaded in the Mr and Mrs bred Salt attended Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology in Hamilton on Saturday May 13 on the on of the graduation of their grandson Gregory Ronald Salt in the field of Electronics Engineer ing Technology Mrs Nellie at tended the anniversary of Maurice Cody School Toronto She sprat years of her teaching career there and retired from this school It was quite a moving Eight folding tables are purchased for YMCA The May meeting of the Acton Menettes Club was held In the A on Mon day May Guests of the club were fellow Y from the Kitchener and Woodstock clubs A short business meeting was held at which time it was decided to purchase eight large folding tables for the These will be of great assistance to the girls In serving the Men meals and also at various other activities throughout the year It was also decided that the group would send an addl tlonal to their foster child family in South America just as a tittle extra to help out the entire family Shirley Broostad read a delightful letter received from the Centre telling more about the little foster child The club has decided to undertake a very new and rather exciting project in the form of catering to a wedding in the fall A committee will be established and plans made for this next month The girls are also Ing the advertising in the form or posters for the Men annual auction sale on June and it was arranged that each of the do several small posters and place them throughout the town Following the business part of the meeting Margaret Mackenzie a local solicitor informed and entertained Ihe girls with many aspects of the law Her informal talk and question period was most entertaining to everyone The meeting closed with a delightful lunch and with the guests EVE RV MONDAY GEORGETOWN ELKS LODGE BINGO DoorPnzes Road Georgetown Ewty JO PRIZES AT EACH Doors Open BlngoStartsSpm Regular Games 3 Special at Jackpot Numbers GUARANTEED Dm Detection In Small Children FREE Bus Service From and NATURES EMPORIUM skim milk GOOD OLD FASHION HONEY SWEETENED ICE CREAM ASST FLAVORS THE WAY IT USED TO BE sow FRIDAY IS MEWBTE MY Wtd Sat A Frl 109 877 1966 MAIN ST GLEN WILLIAMS MORAL FOODS VITAMIN New Arrival for Guys and Gals Short Sleeve Terrycloth PullOver Sports Shirt In a variety of colours really sharp Tack Togs Guilph St Pill were in hospital or sick for a while The meeting closed with a prayer and then Mrs Julie Conroy presented slides on the facilities available in Hal Ion lor the mentally retarded Also a film Who Shall Sur put out by the Joseph P Kennedy Foundation The May euchre had 13 tables and the Mother Day corsage was won by Mrs Gladys Davidson meeting and dialling with principals teachers and many many pupils who at tended during those years Very interesting experiences were exchanged between pupils and teachers which really made it a day to re member The regular meeting of Daughters of Knox was held on Monday evening in the Mary Ellen Anderson room of the Presbyterian Church President Mrs Jack Pink was in the chair The minutes of Ihe last meeting were read by Mrs Baptisms Sunday Baptized on Sunday at the United Church were Melissa daughter of Kim and Gordon Toth Melissa Lorraine daughter Sharon and Robert Hamilton Amy Elizabeth daughter of Gail and Garry Griggs and Allen Malcolm son of Janice and Allen Howard It was Christian Family Sunday and all Sunday School children were given roses for their mothers Baptisms at Knox At Knox Presbyterian Church on Mothers Day the following children were baptized by the minister the Rev Andrew H McKcnzle Natasha Joy Elson daughter or Jim and Joyce Elson Berry Strecl Wesley Kay Mason son of John and Wendy Mason St Windsor Ont Leo Petty daughter of Ken and Carol Petty Christie Street Ann daughter of Barry and Janet Richardson Norman Ave and Dale Richard Wallace son of Murray and Gall Wallace Price in the absence of Recording Secretary Mrs Bern Van Fleet The treasurer a report was given by Mrs Clifford Ashley Mrs Price and Mrs E Hansen agreed to be the organization lives on the committee for the second century advance for Christ The meeting was then taken over by Mrs Mac prowl and her group who conducted further the study of the Caribbean Crescent The Scripture portion was read by Mrs A McKenzie Mrs Ashley read a poem on Mothers Day and gave a reading entitled What Home Mrs Brian Moore briefed members on the two islands of th Caribbean Crescent Jamaica and the Barbados Slides were then shown by Mac These had been taken of both Islands at ferent times by the Sprawls and the Moores They were most Interesting and much enjoyed by all The meeting was closed with the Mizpan Benediction Refreshments were served and a time of fellowship ensued REGION POLICE FORCE ANNUAL AUCTION OF FOUND PROPERTY SA TURD A Y MA Y20 1978 1000AM REAR LOT OF NO 1 DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS 83 MILL STREET GEORGETOWN INCLUDES LARGE SELECTION OF BICYCLES AND ASSORTED ITEMS SECOND WEEKOF PRIZES CORN POPPERS MCConneU Tea Bap Belts Puntan Stews SelfBasted Turkeys Paper Sale HUM Scottie Facial Tissue Cottonelle Bathroom Tluue Viva Paper qqa Towels Strawberries ONTARIO CROWN Mushrooms Sunkist Valencia Oranges raonjawluA Cucumbers 9 Of Ml I 249 79 TRADITION COFFEE WITH TUB C0FFS SAVE to 40 ON GENERIC un branded PRODUCTS May Week Prize Winner Mrs R 3 Acton CHECK OUR HAND BILL FOR OTHER SUPER VALUES Service still lives at IGR WEDNESDAYS ARE GOLDEN AGE DAYS AT ACTON IGA 8 Main St North S531960