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thursday december 31 1953 the acton free press acton ontario paoe mi life membership cdmsiisuq5rt the home of mrs mel mccul loujth on no 7 highway was gayly dressed in christmas splendor foi the annual party or the knox al ert evening auxiliary on wcdncs day evening december 16 mrs earl marshall led in the devotional nrlce with mrs dor cook giving appropriate readings mrs cameron leishmnn conlrlb uted n reading the meaning of rhhstm nnfl mra j davidso jraritnchxismnsir7mitfctyrrej joined in enrol singing the president mrs a k mann was unabk to be present owing to her recent illness so mra j ing lis first vicepresident took charge of the business of the meeting the birthday box donations were to be used for christmas cheer gifts and miss emma coles and may 1954 be a year that you ii remember happily for the rest of your life eisens clothing store mrs infills were appointed to take care of this l f anderson wis invited to wkeehtrrgerh riiom of ficers which nstittcct w ilh only a few changes mrs h l bennie called mrs j inglls forward and read a message of appreciation for the many years of cheerful service rendered the group and presented to her a life membership and mrs o kara pre sented her with a pin mrs inghs who was not aware she had been chosen to receive this thanked the membtrs and everyone knew they could count on her for many more years of service mrs robert o hara closed the meeting with prayer mrs don cook introductd a christmas content which all en- joed to conclude a delightful evening hi ommithi scivd i t ist lunch of fruil jcll whipped crcim cakf offti ind i ind- mrs f anderson xprcucd lhi thank- to mrs mc cullougli and all who hnd conlriii uted t th fr t i pirtj collapses dies in aisle of church victor gunton formerly of ac ton died suddenly in glenmounl united church toronto last sun day evening mr gunton who was in his 4lh year collapsed in the church ind atlhough a doctor was called mr gunton had died when hi arrived death was believed due to coronary thrombosis mr gunton is survived by hi wife the former kate morns daughters beryl i mrs r l brown and marguerite mrs a r alhn and three brother thmas of calguj frank of von comer ind regimld of montreal funeral sciviec wis held o widm at th glenmounl un itiri church indrmcnl w is f pi i t hills umil ry to head world jamboree jickson dodds cbe nt mondial l puty chief si out for uniii h is be r inmid cimp h of foi th cish h world stout limb ict to he hi id n cnrnrii from an couple met in acton at firemens dance many trrtrrask5lrttrdbr at uiff 1 uiik branch home of mi and mrs k mecaiinty on sunday bringing eongtatulillims on thur loth wed ding anniversarj the euuplc met nt a fin nuns ball in acton and wire married in gudph thrte yiars later mr mccartnej was bom near brampton 75 jinrs ago received his education in georgetown where he worked in the paper mills for 20 ycais before coming to the lake- shore district to work nt the small arms plant for five ytais and a fur ther five at n new toronto tannery hale and hearty he is presently employed as a night wntchmnn his wife the foi met jam bradford was boi n in fist gai afraxa township and educated in ornng villr- among the guests were the conpl s son dnlton met irtney ol- tiun tin u d inghli r mis norma hemphill how in unillt mr me t nci al rock wood held in churches suviii was in id chun h christmas i the reetor rev ii ducting the n st john inrning with z price con officiating at the communion chrislmm ols were sung during the service sunday services were in keeping with the christmas spirit in the evening at the united church the national christmas vtsper service was observed in connection with canadian girls in training which was well attended misses pearl hamilton and gl idys hanm were in charge miss dorothy plndi i hid charg of the program which was of a varied nnliin with cluist mas hymns- predominating a scl iclion bv a group of girls unili r un hartirship of miss ruth mc for lowestcost personal loans see the b of m on girls w lure cam tributed 1 enjoyed a reading thn kings wa one of tin church atrfttwef inu ri sting with the group leader ill charts who lit one candle and two other tandlis in turn by two other members during the service rev john dllts gave an inspiring lddrcss and also pronounced the benediction at the conclusion of the service miss marie land pre sided at ih consoh of the organ 85th birthday mr george h pearen wan the recipient of a cablegram from mr frank moor indnn england on the occasion of his 85th birthday december 24 and best wishes to ins numerous friends in rockwood md vicinih sympathy fxtended th empathy of thi community is extended to mr thomas j murpln in 1 1n sliddin dralh of his wifi nn siineli morning also to