Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), October 11, 1978, p. 12

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The Act Free Wednesday Oct 1978 Limehouse McMillan will run Brownies Guides have a good turnout at registration Denny Registration for the First Brownie and Guide Packs was on Sept 12 We had a very small amount of girls sign up on that night so consequently we were surprised and pleased to see Eden Mills so many turn up at the first meetings The Brownies at last count had girls and the Guides had plus 2 At their first two sessions the Brownies have been busy recovering their toadstool making crofts with papier etc The Girl Guides have basically been planning their future meetings and outings such as a possible winter camp hike carol singing at Christmas and making crafts Theatre group begins seniors visit here by Mild a The United Church Women served a tasty luncheon In the hall on Wednesday The Craft club had articles for sale and Mrs Ron was the lucky winner of a cushion It a beautiful time of the year to take a drive and that is what Mr and Mrs Jack Chamberlain and Mr and Mrs Gord of Guelph did last week end They en Joyed the lovely scenery of the Owen Sound and area Mr and Mrs Frank Coates and Mr and Mrs Elmore Thompson of Listowel visited with their cousins Katie and Sada Gilbprtson on Sunday and then they all enjoyed dinner at the home of Mrs Wm Anderson Guelph The monthly meeting of the Community Club was held on Tuesday evening Plans were made to start a Theatre Group and the youth of the village are urged to attend the next Theatre Group meeting and also the next Community Club meeting on Nov There will be a Halloween party in the hall for the children on Oct at The community Ospringe Eden Mills Presbyterian Church Sunday School room was tastefully decorated with lovely fall maple leaves and flowers for a bus load of seniors from Rochester who thoroughly enjoyed a bountiful Canadian Thanksgiving dinner catered to them by the Presbyterian Women last Tuesday Mrs J Daniels is in charge of this group and this is the fourth trip over here for some of them and they hope to come back next year After leaving the church the group headed for the Community Hall to spend the afternoon with the Friendly Seniors Mrs Fred warmly welcomed them on behalf of the president Mrs Anna Wilson who is still con fined to her home Mr Russell Craig acted as M for the program provided by the Hock wood Seniors The guests enjoyed the lively music of the Sunshine Band comprised of Mr and Mrs Russell Craig Bert Davidson Victor Smith and Mrs Pollack Mrs Max Milne gave three recitations in her own inimitable manner Mrs Bert Davidson provided a good reading and Bert Davidson added to the pro gram with his toe- topping step dance Mrs Jeannctte Montgomery at tho piano led in a merry sing a long and delighted the audience with some humorous songs on her Mr Ed Jennings thanked the entertainers and invited everyone for an hour of fellowship when the Mrs Ed Jennings and the Eden ladies served refresh On behalf of the Rock wood Seniors Mrs Jean Daniels expressed sincere thanks to all for a most pleasant afternoon Mr and Mrs Earl Scott accompanied by Mrs Scott mother Mrs Tomllnson and her friend Mrs Lloyd of recently returned from a weeks vacation in Bay Jamaica The weather was beautiful and they really enjoyed the trip Mr and Mrs Alex Davidson of Port Coquitlam C been guest of Mr and Mrs Bill Adair by Doris Fines Knox Church was nicely decorated with com vegetables and flowers for the Thanksgiving service Sunday morning As has been the custom of late the shippers gathered in the church basement for tea and a social half hour before the service Rev Noble Dean spoke on God Gift of Freedom The newly organized Explorers group of Ospringe and will meet Tuesday evening at Burns church from to m All boys and girls from age to 13 are wel come Mrs Agnes Keating is the Ospringe Leader There is also a Youth group of boys and girls age and up who will meet at the home of Mr and Mrs Glen Jackson this week The leaders or this group are Mrs Vemon Me wart of Mr Russell White of Erin and Rev Noble Dean represent both congregations This group invited to Youth Night at Baptist Church on Friday night Mrs Gordon Aitken and Dons Fines joined a bus tour going northward lust Tuesday as far as Dorset to view the autumn colouring which really beautiful and about its best Gordon Aitken was driver of the bus Mr and Mrs Byron Bruce had their family all home for the Thanksgiving week end and Jim of Woodstock Jim was judging ponies at fair Susan Robert Bruce and son David of Burlington of Toronto and Bradley Mr and Mrs Ross Ferguson Doris tines and Mrs Thomas Fines were guests on Saturday at the wedding of their cousin and niece Phyllis Hall to Stewart Montgomery in the Stone United Church The reception and dance Everdale Place woes church growth news Two delegations visited Erin Township council when it met in the municipal building on Monday night Rev Herbert MacPherson from the Church of the Living Word accompanied by Walter Vandell Francis MacPherson and Fred was making an application for an extension to an existing building This house has been as a church for 15 years and they would now like to make It larger It is situated on two acres of land Council will send a map of the property and buildings to the county and they and the Iding inspector will come and look over the property and give their opinion The other delegation was Al RImmer who gave a general history of the Everdale Place which was a private school Mr and Mrs bought the acre farm back in 1965 and made the decision to start a school tor children having difficulty In other schools The school was selfsup porting After four years they withdrew from the school over conflict in which tion it should grow and they built a house on the corner of the farm for themselves They then organized the Station Road Nursery School in The original school build ings fell Into disrepair and hippies blew in from all over and in IBM they were issued a mortgage of fore closure The settlement was a split the north half being owned by Place and the south half by the There has been no school there for two years although it is reported as such and squatters are living in the tool shed and shacks Mr has notified the health department and was now reporting to council to let them know what was going on Livestock killed by dogs in the township amounted to D Heaslip lost two Iambs and one ewe Mack Bros one lamb and one ewe Norm Bolton one Iamb and two ewes Paul Freer three geese and seven pullets Wong one ewe John Abel one ewe and Place one ram Wolves have been seen by neighbors of some of these people Under the agreement that each municipality would pay for the next sale Both packs have already gone on their first outing On Sept they went to a District campfire at Hornby We would like to thank Danielle Mlleham and Kendall Bachelor for making cupcakes for the occasion Our first A meeting was held at Thomsons on Oct 2 Among other things we discussed going together with Group Committee on the next sole and maybe having a bottle drive In the spring After the business was all taken care of we enjoyed the delicious refresh provided by by I Benton While in Ontario on govern business from Sask Peter Glynn visited his mother Mrs John Glynn recently Congratulations to Denny who graduated from University of with his A last Friday Mrs Paul Spltier recently returned from Europe where she spent five weeks visiting relatives in Gcrmanv The W I met In their Hall on Thursday evening President Mrs Booth announced Bringing in the Sheaves and The Collect in opening For roll call to conform will the topic of the meeting each named a nutritious food beginning with her given name initial Quilting was discussed as a near future project A committee was named to look into fund raising for next Dominion Day celebrations A village sign with the postal code was to be Investigated The District Director Mrs Brown gave highlights of last weeks meeting at Milton Mrs Andrews would like to meet ladies acted as Museum hostesses Inst summer Guide lines to be changed re scholarships the Hal ton Sr leadership course Knox church decorated for Thanksgiving service following was at Col John McCrae Hall The first meeting of the fall project Accessories The Touch got under way at the home of Mrs Glen Jackson The leaders are Mrs Jackson and Donna Sandy President is Susan Milne ice president Karen and press reporter is Mora Stewart The other members are Ha eke Johnston Karen Pankratz Irene Linda Pankratz and Jenny Hinders It was decided to have rotating secretary with a different girl taking the minutes each week The club name chosen was Mad Hatters Each member will be expected to make one accessory Colours and type of accessories to suit the individual were dis cussed Also the new record book was introduced their share of costs to the GuelDh and Suburban Planning Board a motion was passed to pay the legal fees for the year amounting to A report was received from the County Health Council John Salmon suggested Erin Township Join the Building Association as there have been many changes in the building code and It would be a good policy to join and keep up to date Amotion carried that the building inspector attend the con vcntlon In Peterborough and half the expenses for two days and one night be paid by Erin Township Road superintendent Ed reported that 800 tons of gravel have been taken out for maintenance tons for Hillsburgh streets also tons have been taken from Cook pit would be quilting a country banner in W I colours was prepared by secretory Mrs Wilson Mrs Chester vice- presented a Canadian flag In memory of her husband on whose former family farm the museum is competitions at next District annual hosted by W I at Acton will include a loaf of homemade bread and quilted blocks of at Inches square not more than 18 inches square take sufficient dessert for your own branch lou luncheon Nov at I which will be district da and charge be cents inch The motto words are as a honeycomb sweet to the mil health to the bones expressing her thoughts on the Current events were compiled b Mrs Mrs program convener advised us to read labels and cookbooks carefully in her short talk on nutrition She has planned a tour of a mushroom plant later this month Several W I plates were Bold Thanks were extended to Mrs who had donated a used refrigerator to the branch Mrs served a tasty and plentiful lunch after we sang Canada Don McMillan a former Deputy Reeve of Tuesday announced his intention to run as a local councillor for Ward Three Nassagaweya area in Milton a Nov 13 municipal election The seat is currently held by Powadiuk who plans to retire at the end of the current term To dote there are no other entries McMillan a real estate salesman with a firm in Georgetown lives in Moffat Willi his wife and three child ren In the 1960s he as township clerk for six or seven years and later ran for council He served two terms on the council to No newcomer to local elec tlon 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