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Wednesday 6 1978 Rev reviews 22 years of life in Acton There is a definite swing back to the church according o Rev Andrew McKenile minister of Knox Presbyter church And with the comeback come much volunteers to work the church It is these volunteers who are making it difficult for him to leave Acton and the local church after years in town He will be leaving for a congregation in Perth in January Rev explained the past three years more volunteers than ever before have come forth to help him in his duty to spread the Christian work It is leaving these people which is especially hard he said and continued but they also make it easier to leave in that know they will carry on mv work Rev and family first came lo Acton from St Andrew church Islington in Hehadspcnt nine years serving the congregation there Prior lo that he had spent IS months in three charges in New Bruns wick in 194546 school in and Clinton Rev McKenzie many From 1036 to 1939 he at years of schooling began in a tended Toronto Bible College small country school in Huron From there he went to the county He attended high University of for two REV AND MRS Andrew will soon be pulling up stokes In Acton after years and heading where he will serve with the Presbyterian church Twenty ladies attended the Christmas meeting of Knox Ladies Aid on Wednesday It was the last meeting of the year Presiding was Mrs J in he absence of Mrs Murray the president who is ill She opened with a poem Going Home For Christmas Christmas Carols were sung to the accompaniment of Mrs A K Mann and Miss Marjory Hall Reports were given by the and treasurer and summarized Ihe years Thty had been busy months enjoyable and showed a fine financial in be bank A short business period decided the group would look after the serving of the lunch following the church service the first Sunday in March A cheque for a substantial sum of money was approved to be forwarded lo Hie board of managers As usual the sick and shut ins of the congregation will be remembered and Mrs C Davidson and Mrs will for the details Roll coil was answered by My Most Favorite Christ mas Carol The devotional part of the meeting was by Mrs Beerman reading Scripture Lesson and Mrs Musselle giving the prayer Delightful piano duets were Mrs A K Mann and Miss M Hall when they played Bells Winter Wonderland Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and LIQUIDATION 100000 WhotesaJe Clearance Lamps Fixtures Chandeliers Colonial fixtures modern antique brass hand decorated ceramics outdoor fix tures plus many supplies for the do it Retail to MM PRICES SLASHED Now Only NADAUN ELECTRIC SONNY MANUFACTURING ft LIGHTING LIMITED Steele Ave Milton 8784111 Amazing Grace A Page from Mr Pick wick was read Mrs and by all Follow inn llic program there was an exchange of Christmas gifts and Discover the Sun with Treasure Tours New Year Discounts Florida par person Clearwater Beach Fort Lauderdalo Defray Beach 249319 Miami Beach 269399 St Petersburg Boach Kids Special 189199 Rent a Car Bahamas 30 off lomtllBIReguj Nassau Caribbean per person Jamaica 359509 Barbados Mexico Ixtapa Puerto Cancun Treasure Toars We have your hoiday TED TYLER TRAVEL SERVICE ACTON years where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts The next two years were spent at the University of Alberta In 1M3 he entered the Presbyterian College in Montreal where he graduated with a gold medal He received his Bachelor of Divinity here He also did graduate studies at Yale In the summer of 1945 he studied at Mount Allison University at Sackvllle New Brunswick One of the biggest changes In Acton in the past 22 years is that the vast majority of people are not employed in the town according to Rev A lot of people eat and sleep here but have not been integrated in the community life The physical appearance changed also he says The minister explained that when he first arrived Glenlea subdivision was only one quarter done and Lake view about half way completed Since then K Ingham and Bo vis have sprung up as well as ribbon development on the country roads There has been a tremen growth in the number of organizations clubs and associations both socially and recreational connected with people s interests Rev McKenile pointed out The only service clubs In town years ago he said were the rotary and the Men Now there are also the Lions and the newly formed Optimists There arc also more groups In town which do charily work for such causes as Muscular Dystrophy Multiple Sclerosis the March of Dimes Arthritis Cancer Red Cross and the Blind With all these tilings going on around us church has to compete with the people Interests and time Rev admitted As far as the church is concerned we are in a more competitive time than we were formerly blames the apathy of the 1960s for the decline of the role of the church There was a disinterest in hi church religion and all other Institutions Our way or lire was being reexamined at the time However now there Is a definite swing back to the church While in Acton Rev has officiated at weddings 120 funerals members 24B others Baptisms 472 children and adults and received new members into Knox church Of the 335 weddings he has performed to percent of the couples are still married He blames immaturity for marriage breakup One mature person can ruin marriage but two immature people can wreck it fast he says In between weddings funerals baptisms church services visits and all other duties expected from a minister McKenzie has found lime to be president of the Acton Rotary club in and has been a member for years He hah also been a director of the Chamber of Commerce and president from 1964 to lie has held all offices in the Acton Clergy Association and eight of his first years he was on the board of directors for Ihe Acton Curling Club He was president of that group In 196370 In addition he has been a member of Walker Masonic Lodge and IheCutten Club in He has been Legion Padre since his arrival in town Mrs has served on several church groups and been a member of the curling club also She recently graduated from University with her Bachelor of Arts in English quite an accomplishment for a woman who raised seven children before enrolling Most of their family is coincidental living in Alberts where Rev began his service Eldest daughter Joanne Anderson Is a secretary to a police in She lives in and has a 12 year old daughter Son recently with honors philo sophy and is a well site geolo gist In Alberta working for a Calgary company Marsha is a teacher at the University of Alberta and lives in Edmonton Husband Rob is formerly from and is taking his doctorate in entomology the study of insects Next in line is daughter Bonnie Alain who is a bank teller In Alberta She and her husband Robert of Quebec just presented the McKcnzies with their first grandson Vincent born in September Glen Is living at home and is working in the CN express warehouse in Brampton Daughter Carol lives in King and is engaged to be married to an Acton man Youngest son is Bill who is in grade 10 at Acton high school When the McKenzles leave for Perth next month they will be missed no only by their congregation but by all of Acton J Kohari DT J Novak GEORGETOWN 106GtielphSt 7 beside Post Office DENTURE therapy CLINIC Phone or 791 2314 Christmas meeting for Knox Aid lime wis spent All were pleased to a member of long standing Mrs IV with Hum after a long illness and man good wishes wtre extended to her -f-