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pace four the acton free press acton ontario j- thursday december jo ibm x heartiest wishes for a merry merry chris tmatf wright real estate and insurance appraisors realtors insurors phhrwrlg ow te w e n wright office 69 mledouiell 81 guelph phone 491sw 3 agtqnfaxh fitter jggp wishes you a merry christmas if you need a car phone 260r mr hoy numley of vancouver nc visited recently with hi brother and sister mr john uurack and lieut michael haxn visited with acton friends durinif the week friend of mr james taylor will rottrot to learn he la a patient in st josephs hospital guelph mr w k grnhnm is spendini the winter months visiting his brother in soquel california mr wm fredericks and tibnt dale of grand ilnpids mich are visitinr his sbter mrs james b- chnlmer3 mr nnd mrs o held and mr gordon rcid of windsor arc guests at the homo of mr and mrs har old elliott nassagaweya ss no 7 mrs kennedy host to busy bee inst the bury bee institute met inst week in the home of mrs w kennedy tho roll chxl was n- swered with a repipe for cookies or candy a donntion of 25 li to be sent to the hospital for sick children in toronto mrs w kennedy took tin chair- for n grandmother- pro gram which consisted of readings by mrs s coxe when grannmo- ther chews bubble gum mrr wm wallace the new bathroom mm hear safebreaking case monday in guelph accused arrested in acton mr and mrs j sonia of ning- nrn fnlls ny were weekend guests at the home of mr and mrs w beatty mr and mrs g a dills mr nnd mrs david dhls mr jim dills nnd mlls shirley elliott visited sunday in hanover with mr nnd mrs clnre prosser nnd mnrion everton ss hold annual concert supper its the sunday school held christmas concert and supper on friday evening mr ostrander of rockwood showed moving pictures and a group from guelph put on a short christmas play snntn clnus appeared near the close with a gift and candies for the children sunday visitors with mr and mrs t d mccutcheon were mr nnd mrs edgar ellenton lowville mr and mrs harvey j nd bobby visited on sunday with mr and mrs ted jestln nnd family roclcwocl other visitors in the same home were mr nnd mrs lloyd cutting acton sunday vlsitors with mr mrs w h hortop were clarence hortop rockwood mr nnd mrs bert prilfmmnn mr and mrs charles bye larry mr and mrs j p benham and willn visited on sunday with dr and mrs bartlett brampton your correspondent extends best wishes to the editor and staff for a merry chrlstmas and a happy new year nnd mr nnd and tv tvrrrgln child en noised mrs p mclean when grandma bakes a enke nnd mrs- w koty- nedy grnnny a christmas program followed with mrs s robinson rending there will always be a christ mas several enrojs were sunn nnd two fiveyearold g joa four toronto men samuel me- mnnus stunrt anderson edwjrrt smith nnd john mcmlllnn nil el ected trial by n higher court in guelpli orf mondny december iv they were jointly charged with at tempted safe cracking guelph taxi driver wilfrej clark told of undertaking to drive anderson to toronto nnd being stopped in acton by the provinc ial police when anderson was ar rested among others to testify was gordon moore cnr employee who idontitiod the tools as haviniyhccn stolen from the railway shed at acton none of the accused had anything to say in their defenco when they were committed by magistrate watt holiday dances with the modernaires vocals by peggy richards friday degember 21 oddfellows hall brampton saturday december 22 rose room georgetown arena monday december 24 christmas eve dance ksiroomreorofetowrarenf admission 75c special turtces also in brampton friday december 28th and saturday december 29th coxe nnd doris robinson sang away in a manger and here comes santa clnus the usual soc ial cupof tea was provided by mrs kennedy nnssagnwcya prosbyt e rian church sunday school had a suc cessful supper and concert on fri day night a beautiful pantomime was staged by the beginners class nnd thir teacher miss catherine frascr the mission band with mrs hnthnwny the leader con ducted a christmas meeting along with solos and duets that mnde a most enjoyable program for the good attendance of parents and friends that came out through the snow storm santa claus made an appearance which delighted the children nnd distributed gifts candy and oranges to them mr and mrs l w mcmillan mi john wilson mr and mrs s rb- inson and mr and mrs d hender son attended the twentyfifth wed ding anniversary of mr and mrs j a early in brookville hall on saturday evening the evening was spent dancing a merry christmas to the editor and staff nnd readers of the free press rockwood tea entertainment cantata seasonal umehouse christmas meeting elects 52 officers make hers a j erry christmas j with a new vickers sewing machine portable modal symon hardware phone 49 acton want ads are your community marketplace members of mrs robert patter sons family held a birthday party n her honor at the home of mr nd mrs wilber patterson on sun day when the wa met at the home of mrs a norton on tuesday ev- ning inst week the 1951 officers wore reelected for the coming year they include president miss inez scott vicepresident mrs h norton secretary treasurer a c patterson members brought gifts for halton childrens aid society miss jean ruddell and her pup- its of s s no 16 put on tnir us ual good program when they held the annual christmas concert at the hull on friday evening dial ogues and an operetta were pro vided by the children accompanied by miss ruddell at the riano mrs roughley played for carols mrs s sanford president of the wi presented prizes for cleanliness punctuality and regular attend ance during- the past vein to lil lian a skm and kathleen kirkpat- jick and to bert benton and don- nie currie santn cirrus rttsmb uted gifts jo the children together with the usual orange an i candy the sunday school wehr sponsored a christmas ditrur for children of the pnsbt er v sun day school and included others in the neighborhood on monday ev ening over 40 enjoyed turkey with all the trimmings in spite of many unable to attend oi account of colds and bad weather rev a calder conducted games afr sup per and was chairman for a con cert later recitation wee give by joy patterson and dixie jones vocal solos by peter glynn and gloria jones piano soov bv billy sanford and neil benton the older boys put on a play the christmas plot santa also attended in distribute rang s a 4 candies for all the ehimrn m he neighborhood and sunday school childrtn received small gifts as well bringing another suecvsful finish to the evening mr and mrs alex ifendi rson of orangeville were wh the russ thompson mr and mrs ken ask in of tor onto werr weekend visit oin with the eld in aslrins the monthly meeting of the mens club of the united church was held last wednesday evening with a fair attendance rev j w oliver led in a brief singsong ross gordon president called on george day to read minutes of the previous meeting rev e a cuf- rey of acton was present and showed i number of kodachrome slides dealing with ningnra falls elora st lawrence river scenery including quebec as well as near by centres thomas gellatly showed a couple of films one dealing with paradise valley along the line of personal safety methods and avoiding ac- i cidents at thr conclusion of the flims all adjourned to whe sun- day school room where refresh- i mnts were sered and the usual i social time enjoyed the young womens evening mrs auxiliary of the united church held a successful christmas ten and sal- of baking in the sunday school room saturday afternoon saturday evening the annual congregational supper and christ- j mas entertainment of the pres- byterial church was held with a i good attendance i following the supper albert i gray was chairman for the pro- gram the opening number was the hymn o come all ye faith- ful with short pieces nnd songs by the young folkf alonr with i duets on the piano by eileen and launen swanston organ selection by phyllis 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jingle bells intro- ducevl santa clans gordon swan ston who was assisted by beat- nee swanston and phyllis m th dlstributions of presents off the chnsmas tree sunday evening ot the un chureh the choir under the direct- inn of william goad of guelph rt- ndered a cantata the nativity of chnsn which was well carried out preceded by a brief devotion al service between parts of the cantata rev j w oliver gave l message a christmas secret- owing to the lllnes of r j fred williamson with flu a stud- ent from waterloo college conduct ed aervice in presbyterian church sunday morning 59e set halo shampoo j 33c 69c woodbury shampoo 49c foil wrapping 2 roll isc ribbon ot christmas serviettes 20c pkg chocolate drops 48c lb candy canes 5c and 10c ea popcorn 7c 10c 12c see our assortment of boxed chocolates priced 75c 79c 90c 100 150 1 75 christmas cakes 49c 270 mincemeat 3 kinds 45c tin christmas pudding 39c 75c 35c paakfran at biscuits 35c pkg cadburys oranga sand biscuits 39c pkg cranberry sauce red currant jelly jar 1 lb box fancy biscuits 59c box fresh m mellows 25c 45c whole figs in liquid 39c eating figs 25c pkg jellies smiths christmas pig 4 jars 110 open every night until christmas shop early please w greatly appreciate your patranao and support