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thursday december 20 1s51 the acton free press acton ontario page- mn campbeuvtue ladies aid honors mrs edgar cairns the christrntuf mtlntf of th ldlt3 aid of st davids church wb held at the home of mr c a sflalty on wednesday afternoon the president opened the mcctlni with a chrljtmia poem the dev otions were in charge of mrs e cairn and mr a moore the roll call was answered by wumlns itomethlna you would like to hove for christmas rcporti were read by the secretary-ircus- i r rjand cimmm secretary nine letters and cards were written to shutin mrs w king convenor of the nomlnntink committee rend the slate of officers for 1052 prudent mm wm kohcrts vlccpresdent muw simpion secretary mrs grnlees treasurer mr- moore cheer mrs menxiesi social mrs it hurren program mrs j k mnhnn mrs greenlees ond mrs g ingles homes were then offered for meetings in the com ing year mrs h ramshnw then read a very appropriate christmas poem goinp home for chrurtmas mr5 james wallace who had recently returned from visiting her parents in scotland gave n very interesting account of some of the highlights of her trip mrs wallace has the ability of helping her audience to see what ahe aw nnd the ladies really enjoyed the trip a feature of the december mectlnc is always the presentation of a life membership certificate to one of the members mrs edgar cairns a charter member and the fiwt treasurer of the soclet7 wu honored this year mrs menxles made the presentation on beholf of the ladles aid while taken completely by sur prise mrs cairns expressed her thanks after the offering was received mrs crawford thankej the hostess and all who had helped to make the meeting so interest inc a soelnl half hour followed the blair evening auxiliary held their christmas meeting at the home of mrs robert mcphall on wednesday evening the presid ent opened the meeting with u poem and prayer mrs wm mahon read the christmas story found in luke mrs j wallace gave a reading god came to earth mrs a t moore gave an interesting reading from the chntelelne give your- mlf written by albert e cuffe a business session followed vlth the lection of officers for 1052 irtmrtnt mrs j robertson re elected vicepresident mrs j uaynton secretary mrs hambly assistant secretary mrs r m- phail pianist mrs r mnhon sup- maiue deforest weds carl softenson in december 15 ceremony wearing a semiformal length gown of red velvet and net marie ellen dcforcst was married af her homtf elgin st ac ton on iccm- hr 15 to carl brick sortmsori tho son of mr and mrs valdemer sor- enson of longholt denmark tha bride is the daughter of mr and mrs harold deforest rev e a currey of acton con ducted the ceremony the brides gown featured a rod velvet bodice nnd partijl pleated overrkirt over a- full white net skirt she wore a white net stole andwbite halwilhncl iiclflow crs were yellow roses maid of honor was he brides sister juanita who wjf t drs of pnle blue taffeta and lc and enrrred a nosegay of pink mum groomsman was alex coinmni- do of acton j about35gijastknjovod abuf fat- lunch after the ceremony host esses were mrs deforost wearing a navy suit with a cars2 of white carnations and miss norn krantx georgetown aunt of the bride wearing a sheer navy nilt with a similar corsage leaving on the honeymoon tin bride wore a light blue sharkskin uit nnd a japanese coney fur cont navy accessories nnd n corsage of red roses the couple a111 live in new toronto list competition winners at ymca at the regular board of direct ors meeting at the vucjl on tuesday a progressive report was made by general secretary cliff sutton physical department act ivities for november were 822 an increase of 150 over the same month last year social use of the building for member groups for the same period were also higher than in 1050 the badminton club was report ed enjoying a record high in inter est and attendance this year with future plans drafted for an enjoy able season thursday today the locals are hosts to a team of players from the brampton club the young adult council is re ported to be making interesting plans for social and service club promotion in january senior arts and crafts program ls suspended during the holidiv season and resumes with an at tractive program of activities early in the new year junior crafts activities are und- erwav plaster moulding is funct ioning at present with leathercraft nnd woodworking classes pending further development the nursery school sponsored nd conducted by the ladies aux iliary to the vmca has 511 children enrolled nnd is making pl mr r parker cheer mrs d excellent progress infills the offering was received md dedicated by the president 6auinatad santa calls at christmas party tti smuii school christmas iu i w a- held on fndi night he real christmas program j u l- presented santa ciied to sii h heart of all ux child- present results m the sunday school sports competition show the presbyterian boys as the high team the united church boys with the high average and ruth landsbo rough as the high individ ual team mark are as follows presbyterian boys ron sinclair bob armstrong 5 bob marshall tom oakley 8 don wilds ii peter hurst 7 wilhard halladay i a michael hurt 4 total 50 over age 7 0 girls lda mann 7 elizabeth th wmnir association met j n 5 pat smethuht 2 total 14 tumln afternoon a the home j 4 mr- smith for the chnmrnns united boys bib wahlronn 17 meitmg witli a good attendance wahlman 10 alfred roach 2 itu gaud leoort or he year a einmeron baxter 11 bob heatley v ark tie nonuna committee bl1 johnston 4 total 47 aver- it ported the officer for 1952 v mdini mrs lund mirmiallj girls elane deforest lfl- anne f rr urpresident mrs madill deforest 0 betty bean 16 marjory s eretar mrs robert mcenery cutting 3 total 44 average 110 i elminti mrs f v shortiir anglican hoys wayne currie 6 na t mr matthews card com george williamson 8 george nut- mrs mitchell and mrs i oakes 9 ernie lawson fl bruce lvmiiun manse committee mrs ndrevs 1 total 30 avenue fo mel and mrs st arret t orga-i- grb manlvn woods 11 fjv holl t was atvitt xehmjji of christma e ie ehvi1 w 1th mi pah uiuhii -rs-rgxsk- rrd by an gift- thr i hymn and ion aftt bap ut tins mtii total ti average 7 5 ruth landsborough 1r t encls at christmas jnd mav start in jnnuary by carolvn oakem students and teachers seem to be in quite good spirits now that the examinations are over the only worry now is the results but ev ery student eon enjoy the holidays because we will not receive khe reports until after christmas some nepletuedwith their mavksahdi others would rather not talk about it last friday tho students and teachers picked names for the christmas parly on friday the program will be put on by the musical group of stu sjin claus will present everyone with gift and there will be lots of fun f or everyone evaryone is happy to welcome back miss harris after having the mumps mrs switier did a fine job of taking miss harris place during her recent illness one sure sign of christmas is the regular morning assemblies at which the whole school gathers to sing christmas carols this offers a short break every morning i would like to wish to you on behalf of the students a very merry christmas nnd a happy new year wms executive for 52 announced a meeting of the womens mis sionary society of tht united church was held at the parsonage on tuesday of last week with thu president mlss m z bennett pre siding the worship service was conducted by the executive mrs e a currey gave the christmas stcry miss bennett gave an outline of the origin nf christmas and then a crndlelighting service v iu luld by mrs c l poole miss d sim mons mrs r mnaarthur miss mninpri7e mrs p binnie and mrs ft c i pave an indian christmas carol was ung by miss simmons and mrs a orr spoke on christmas lova mrs macarthnr gave an outln of the work being done by mis ruth nelson in the west and each member was asked to send her n st albans christmas dec 31 1js p m cttrit4ms concert in new fariih hall dec 23 11 ilu moraine t- pm carol kelrvler dec 24 11m pjb chhstnuui rve choral communion fcm holy communion mrlyarbagec01lk1l01l white gift shower benefits hospital mrs w evans opened her home for the annual christmas meeting of the acton womens institute the president mrs r l david- ym opened the meeting with a yuletidc message a donation was to be forwarded to the christmas seal fund and acton ians in anitor- lums old peoples home or hospit als for christmas were to he re membered with some gift members donated a white gift shower of childrens toys these are being sent to the childrens convalescent hospital at thtstl- town a delightful christmas program was enjoyed mrs e smith gave a talk on the motto a little child shall lead them other christmas stones were read by mrs geo lantz mrs gee lazenby and mrs wilderspin mr rd rev currey showed wir very beautiful slides on scenes from the book christ and tho fine arts it was reported that several book shelf books were read during the month christmas carols were sung and the meeting closed with prayer mrs currey assisted by the executive served a christmas lunch a vote of thanks was given to rev and mrs- currey for their home and to the lunch assistants the officers for the wms for 1952 are as follows president miss m z bennett first vicepresident mrs b mow- at second vicepresident mbts m mainprize third vicepresident mrs h r force recording sec retary miss e hawthorne treas urer mrs j lambert correspond ing secretary mrs a t brown community friendship secretary mrs f cleave mission band superintendent mrs a orr bihy bandjojic appointed christian stewardship mrs a dills temperance miss d sim mons literature miss m main- prize associate helpers mrs b veldhuis supply mrs james moore missionary monthly mrs p binnie pianist mrs r r arn old cgit mrs rae west offic ial board mrs r l johnston aud itors mrs c l poole mrs f cleave life membership mr3 j lambert garbage collection will be started early on monday december 24th jj in order that municipal employees may have christmas w e fr lcaiocooporatobytottingoutarbago w sunday night or early monday morning a l kirkness town foreman s i i t i jumpin jiminy here it is christmas i we all wish you a wonderful vuletide a joyous new year roys electric service s rr 1 acton s santa claus comes to wi meeting a nicely decorated christ ms tree and christmas decorations gave the farm home of mrs wilmer w evans presided at the piano for wat firs line carol singing a delighful christmas solo was sung by mrs j l davidson mrs geo fryer gave some helpful hints on christmas candles for dec oration a contest conducted oy mrs lantz was enjoyed the roll call was- responded to by something i would like for chnjl- mas the ladies arc catering for a turkey dinner to a group frenn one of the local industries and its d drysdale was appointed con venor esquesing a festive air for the meeting of the dublin womens institute last thursday afternoon a splendid attendance of ladies wa present for the christmas party christmas carols opened the meeting with mrs c j vangooz- en at the piano and mrs l ferg uson presiding the roll call uas answered oy a gift that i would like to get which were many and varied one was a modern home a donation of s10 i was voted to be sept to the torono i the usual lunch period was en- 1 sick chmrcn hospital mr joyed ppaand served lthe j cawin mcint nnd her commute were to make further plans fr the euchre and dance which had had committee of mrs j lovell mrs i e smith and mrs lazenby at the conclusion mn earl linibn voiced the appreciation to the hostess and helpers the w i reporter wishes to ex press to the editor and staff a most sincere thanks for the very gener- ous cooperation in reporting the activities through the paper to ycu one and all a merry christmas new years eve dance acton town hall acton broadcasts to canada guest artists don fairbairn of neighbourly news master of ceremonies george murray canadas most popular irish tenor and also known as bill craig of the craig family noted lady artist russ gerow and his orchestra dancing 930 pm 100 am broadcast from 1130 pm lo 1215 am over the tranfcanada network of the cbc sponsored by the acton ys mens club price of admiision 300 a couple by ticket only tickets obtainable from members of acton ys mens club ospringe hoh h iihr lmi- m t to lunch as served hv mrs rave 1 q7 nku stoppftt village welcomes weekend visitors the manj friends of mrs george d robertson will be pleasod o learn her condition ls much more tavorable there mprovement n the heart trouble but ht i rttecnnjtte1 continued improv the nts tlie minion kerjtitson is miji ta and h hn i sjv m itrn ttj hlnov h for endij o hi-ird- f w nti sindmk de ce v nnr lt f i oh lev truck h ck of the n- kr the dnwr cm release chrnu- t 1 treated sind under the rear whek in an mtnt intaiton ii sud smple and tht- device is con- iiled uhen nstalled resides sifet it jmi cinuv hand for tartmg off froi ic traps circle held a akat- i rvit on saturday night at georvi tn n arid returned to the mime ef wv ann kerr when- all enieixi a time tht farm forum met at the home ch iond marshall after litening to the broadcast it wms tr intenstinc to hear from thr dirvrent provinces espociallv th- pekt from lid a a social ev ening as spent mini llan shortill wbo ha- ven under th doctors care for the pt eek is slow w improvig announced of weho she wl soon be fuuv m 7v n reoovrrrd j buliw a to lloyd grant ftoar son of mr and a urrry chnxtms to the editor mrs walter fuar alton the mud tah and readers of the free marriasr to lake place saturday iw akh at the home j engagements j the rtifai- vvum mar mjtte r i n grrttnr a ish for her iurn mr and mit ah tn fisher mowd to erin on friday we welcome mr and mrs kloos- ter ard farrjv to the lllage the h iv e purehacevi the fisher prou- r m a d m arnold sunter aid daujihvr of nagara falls viite i on saturdav afternoon with mrs g s-it- aid miss f baldc mw arlene fher of acton tpeit the weekend v th her par ents m- and mrs e- fisher mr stanley stainton of torono wa- a ttevkend guest of miss ada and mr ert cure miss helen woodhoun of toronto visited o srdav at the sarrw home mr and mrs alvn mccutehcvn and caidvon of guelph visited on surdav u th messrs austin mc- cutcheon and george andersor your correpordrtnt cxtrnd to the edrtor staff mnd nradrs the compliments of the season to be postponed earlier in th- fall mrs g r somerville save re port of the project held jn lm- house memorial hall recently on let il call it human nature the motto it ls more blessed to give j than to receive was prepared by mrs mcpherson and read bv mr- marlowe an auction sale was held with mrs w frank capably acting as auctioneer a splendid assortment of saleable articles changed hands and a nice sum added to the instit- ute funds santa claus arrived to make an exchange of chntmis gifts mrs j dennli conducted a contest which was won bv mrs duncan moffat mrs watkins asmsed by mrs g n somerville mrs u i- david- srsd- mr stanrhtnon a delicious lunch a vote of ap- preeation to the hosiers and tn all who had helped make it such an enjoyable meeting u l- th jfiver b mr aex near k vcvwnicvcictuintzictv www cex wmctcwicwif t tfstmwir sappia come in and secure your wants from a large assortment of practical giftsuggestions foot warmer ortd tr th on ir d ird i t and ran b u a outlet th- ofort r ni- a pit i r ha mr tcxs up fihr-nh- work- p um1 fir dicrt jic- utl be pro- a li vart nf colors pucd jo nrdinarv cccccc1cicicwcicciitflxlcllaiiciicitlwicvickltl in the grocery department navel oranges nuts candies peanuts i apples bananas cranberries christmas cakes pickles vegetables olives jams jellies sauces and any others to add to the enjoyment of the festivf season cicicciotciciiwcitciacif cmc our stor will b opn thursday friday saturday and monday evenings atcccinwtccitipcccwcciciicicciciticwicca laght scorches can be removed i from garments quickly by rubbing i surface with a fivecent piece hola t material taut when rubbing h s h0lden oplomairiil 7 douglas st guelph eyes examined glasses fitted 8 j boxing day v wednesday dec 26th e store will be ctosed saiaaiimiiiimiimimnammni your last christmas shopping chance ties 100 to 200 shirts bvd dress shirts 350 up down payment to eitabliihed credit account ona- si nth down to now accounts 6 month to pay at eisens clothing store 11 mill st acton