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thursday juni llth 1 the acton free press acton ontario solk shoo in wu scientists have worked cat a way to cook food by ma- nowbf a pohsbed ahnuiiuai bowl nspcndod above a cooking pot ends tho suns rays to a mirror wafcfa reflect the heat to the bot tom of the pot it found a ut cenpncated to m but the bet h that the sotar cooker turns oat neel as fast as a 300wau vt just one fiat food and aluminum go to- ganar n oontahmbi vabbiua pmaad is da aajdpdmot and by sutuaty 35 years in area mrs ekerr diet ailing for the last four months but able lo be around until three week before her death the late elizabeth jane kerr passed peace fully away at her late home con cession 5 nassagaweya june 3 at the age of si years bom may 1 1803 in grey own ty she was the eldest daughter of john mitchell and barbara ruxton on march s 1890 she married th late donald james kerr who pre deceased her m years ago of this union four children were born ellen barbara mrs roy lindsay elizabeth jane who predeceased her mother in 1938 william john i who passed away at the age of four years and james a of powassan i they resided on the old mitchell homestead before coming to nas sagaweya 33 years ago of a family of seven there are three remaining john of klllamey man george a or beamsvillc and one lister mr jesse l robblns imnrgaret of killnrney she was a presbyterian and the funeral on friday june 5 was con ducted by her minister rev r 11 armstrong the pallbearers were elwood wilson thomas diamond lester miller irwin little thomas macmillan alfred allen all close neighbors and joseph henderson douglas anderson william frank and norman miller as flower bear ers interment was in falrvfew cem etery acton tales on tintypes buying a new car or a good used one if you areand if you are financing any part of it see us first we can finance it for you cost our rata ar tha lowest obtainabm why dorrt you phon and cotnpara tham with others you wih ba surpmad at tha used cars and private deals also financed call collect real estate and insurance phone acton 95 ob guelph 4686j n b- wright in acton mon tuet and wad each week 8 30 to 4 30 the calllthumpian parade has often been one of the features of acton celebrations webster dictionary defines a calll thump as n bolmorous parade with blowing of tin horns and other discordant nolici the one pic tured above wm taken over fifty years ago and we can just barely recall il the vehicle whs of course john harvey s dray with old dick providing the motive power we i t ar wwwr- harvey and will guess iharjohn hill harry jearut jim smith and topsy gnrdlncr were among the members of the band the sloping platform on the dray doosn t look any too seetirt but it must have stood the striin queer how boyhood recollett on seem to gmw with age we thought that float on the dray was much bigger but above h the actual picture of the cnlli thump ans who headed the pir ode the uniforms are relics of the are brigade the volunteers old twflafltodmfuj home helpers have 30th anniversary the 30lh anniversary meeting of the home helpers branch of lh wms of the senior auxiliary of knox church was held at the homt of mrs a m macpherson a targe number enjoyed this specinl occasion the work of this group was prused and tr butt paid to mrs e j hatsard the orginizer and to the presidents mrs cooper mrs mcarthur mrs george mann mrs mclean mrs mccutcheon up in and uicjdjngmjs- mclellan and mrs hanstn the very able present leaders as on this day too the queen s birthda was celebrated the poem written for the queen by the poet plaurcife ot ertgiand was vestlimt all joined in singing god save the queen a call to worship opined devotional period which was taken by miss clark and mrs r armstrong a report of the presentation to mrs i ritchie i faithful worker who will be greatly missed was given by the committee mrs f anderson offered hir home for the july meeting as mrs masales is still ill a duct was beautifully sung b m r tr davidscn and mrs f anderson as a request mrs blow played the delightful selection she gave at last month s meeting an inspinng and soulsearching talk under the title our work divine was given by mrs h l bennie she stressed the outlook the opportunity and the obligat ion that lies ahead of interested missionary women the hand of god is in all history his holy power is a perpetual endowment of power to make the work sue cessful but the responsibility lies with the aux liarv workers she said continu ng th s anniversarv spirit the home helpers had a party when friends met new mem ben and ruesl and nioed a happn mlow ship bcftlt ng a thirl nth b rthdav band uniforms and the one worn by harry jeans looks as if cap tain kldd had discarded 11 sum years before tture have been several calif thumpinn parades si net the abovi picture was taken perhaps ihi most memorable ont is tfu one held whin acton marked its fiftieth anniversary they start ed early in th morning usually the dnssing up started nb ut six nr sfvpn o hiffk the slnrllng point was of course the olddxiu hall in tht park which is now umhi is a building for acton fair poultry show at the one in 1923 n man came from toronto and put mak up for ver thret hours un the participants wholt cartons of uniforms were rented and the parade had ihar acters depleting everything from lions to prison convicts we suppost if any other celc bralions are hcw in acton th cillilhumpian parade will be i big feature of tha erant photo bj at brnwr thanks to all who told us that thiy enjoyed these tales on tintypes we will continue to have the feature apptar in the free press for some time an other group of pictures are now away gt tting engravings made feature copyrighted t mowers sharpened expert sarvlca on all makes of mowars including powar mowers new maxwell lawn mowers for sale e g tarzwell 11 victoria av l0rne garner motors ltd 45 main si n acton ont phono 452 t0th service station 12 no 7 highway w acton ont phono 3261 for your shopping convenience georgetown 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