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r m r s thursday april tlh 1955 the acton free press acton phftario page sbysn 6th annual father and son banquet thursday april 14 630 pm acton ymca turkey dinner entertainment good speaker a real opportunity for a social evening wih your son tickets from bill davey or any other ys man 100 ont miss want ad page where old friends meet r mock wedding ar surprise party rcntlves and friends fxjejlded congratulations to mr and mrs c e storey rr 4 acton at a sur prise panty to mark their 25th wadding anniversary about 45j gathered inbannocteburn school on saturday for the celebrationr ifor dancing archie kerr marie and bob kerr and harry shortiu j played during the evening there was a presentation for the bride and groom of 25 years ago and members of the family staged a mock wedding lunch was enjoy ed by the group among those present were the bridesmaid at the wedding mrs margaret harrison of peterborough and best mam fred susfeyt of cal- edon their five children were also there mrs wilkinson alice acton mrs harry cannons marg uerite brampton wesley storey eddie storey and bruce storey of acton as welt as from the district oth er friends and relatives came for the party from caledon orangc- ville peterborough toronto and p tsfotcs of actonians visiting outoftown points arid of visitors in acton homes althoug the weath is g l growing milder easter is slid a popular time for going south mr and mrs vio riimley are planning a trip to bermuda mrs f blow miss ruby clark mr and mrs amos mnson are atlll in florida mr and mrs w force and joano are taking a motor trip in southern united states while they were in the south mr and mrs nell botoles went over to cuba mr and mrs jack reid- nancy and fraser flew friday to florida the same day mr ajf long re- turaedjihome from his trip south today mr and mrs roy arnold and mr b barr start out on a bus tou to florida while they are away mr and mrs al mercer and barbara will be in acton staying in arnold home also leaving for some 1 warm although it isnt evn on this continent is mr fred salt he leaves new york on saturday for a business trip to africa others planning a trip are mr and mrs w beatty who leave next month for england mr clarence gamble acton mr ernest near and mr and mrs ha r lev b of toronto rotnrn- cd from a very pleasant trip to new orleans san diego los an geles and other southern xiinu while there they visited their uncle and aurtti mr and mrs a d bridges anaother friends mr and mrs sutart lantz and children guelph visited iilend here on sunday week with mr and mrs c b swackhamcr in hillsburgh mrs h w hinton visited with mr and mrs c o burn and mary ann toronto during the week mr and mrs h e sulci if fo and jjjtfiss shirley sutcuffe deaftoon mich spent the weekend with trienk here mrs wm beevurs undoi wont mi operation in st josephs hospital guelph on monday on wednes day mr- albe rl ford w as operated on in guetph general hospital jim tobtsu snatl patsy and mrs mnrah sr of ham ilton visited on sunday with the sonny rognvaldsons neighbors and friends dropped iji to bring congratulations to mr william malnncjzc last thursday he is now 98 years of age mr and mrs s timmlngs mr h g- harvey and masters david and warren timmlngs of lakeview vis ited om sunday with mr and mrs don timmlngs visiting this week in acton was miss ruth nelson a missionary at the indian reserve at carryle saskatchewan miss nelson was staying with mr and mrs j wood mr and mrs frank browning of toronto and mr brant ssvack hamcr of georgetown were in town on friday attending the funeral service at falrvicw cemetery for mrs irene lazcnby has had her cousin mrs ivy tomlin visit hei for a few days she was returning from a trip to england andhadnt seen her cousin for quite some years she has now returned to her home in victoria bc 1 st twokrcm africa was read by mrs h r howard the election of officers was held with the following being elected president margaret klooster vlce- pietsident katherine ag6ston sec retary wllhelmlna klooster treas urer barry bruce the second meeting was held at the home of mrs o aitken with eight mem bers present mrs h r how8td continued the study on africa the serving of nandwlehes and cookies concluded the meeting the executive ot the osprihge home arid school association met at the school tuesday march 29 the vicepresident mi bert rob- fertson conducted the meeting and plans were made for the next regular meeting following which a social evening with euchre and croklnolc will be held any adult who is a resident in the school area ay h o membe o th a sociation dont leave the pa out of spice jar tops the aroma the flavor escaping you smell is everton weekend visitors monuments brampton monument works designs submitted cemetery lettering corkier posts and markers a good display in stock wm c allan prop 68 quoon st w brampton shop phono 14i0j raw 313 rep tom nicol phono brampton 603w singer sewing machine company announces that mr g bentley has boon appointed company representative located in mllton ana covering streetsvllle georgetown ac ton and all country points mr bcntlcy has been with the company many years and will be very glad to assist you in any way he has a complete line of the newest singer sewing mach ines and attachments experienced in repairs to all makes of sewing machines phone or write to him co clement floor and roof service 219 main st milton phono 426w mr and mr fred murray and mrs wm head guelph visited on wednesday evening at the home of mr and mrs ted jestin and fam ily bobby jestin son of mr and m i justin enrarhomr on sunday having spent three weeks in guelph hospital undergoing two operations mks ella slcwil i toronto who suffered torn llgiments of her mklf in a fall is spending some time at the home of mr and mri john alton recent visitor with mr ind mrs j a stewart and william were mr and mrs wm g mckeon berlin new hampshire mrs duckett sr guelph spent the weekend at the home of her son mr nelson duckett and fam ily mis alice fountain and mr bob woodhouse toronto were recent visitors with mr and mrs charles fountain and family mr and mrs john alton visited on thursday with their daughter mrs bev hepburn and family milton we are glad to report mr wm e robertson is doing nicely in guelph hospital following a heart attack he expects to get home tills week sunday visitor- at the home of mr and mrs john alton were mr and mrs robert patten and family and mr and mrs albert alton and ian guelph mr and mrs robert mccutcheon and dianive kitchener visited on saturday with mr and mrs t d mccutcheon and mr and mrs harve jestin mr an famil burlington were weekend visitors with mr and mrs j p bcnham and willa mrs janie ivfccutcheon acton visited over the weekend with mi and mrs harry hortop and fam ily mr clarence hortop rok wood was also a visitor on sundav in the same home mr and mrs lloyd cutting and raynushd acton visited on sundaj with the latter s mother mrs jes tin mrs nelson duckett visited her husband in torohto general hos pital on saturday mr duckett ii there for treatments owl open bowling every afternoon tired of working take it easy with a healthful leisurely game of bowling at acton bowling lanes phono 697 acton osfmnot miss b is reorganized margaret klooster president 1 the happy helpers mission band was recently reorganized at the iiorrnciif mrs ward bruce the ballinafao get acquainted tea for- area arrivals members of the evening auxil iary held a get acquainted tea in the church basement on thursday afternoon when quite a number of newcomers to the community en joyed a very sociable afternoon mr aid mrs hennessy of george town have bought a lot- from mr fred morrison and are building a new house we welcome them to our community mr dick shorlill sr has bought the farm from hut brother matthew who has not been enjoying the beat of health mrs lloyd marshall returns home after enjoying a motor trip to jack sonville indianna with mr and mrs james lcjtch i mr and mrs stanley sinclair 81 guelph visited on saturday with mr and mm arnold mcenery assoc welfare of children and youth and to raise the standards of home life we welcome to our community jwr and mrs meewan sr mr and mrs ross meewan and two chldj ren formerly nf snelgrove who- moved to elwood jacksons farm second line which they have pur chased mr and mrs el wood jackson and edna have moved to their hew home in guelph mr eddie stewart spenl the weekend p a motor trip to th states a mr and mrs arnold su gail and dianne nf niagara falls spent the weekend with the for mers mother and aunt mrs g sunter andmiss e baldic mr and mrs bert craig and joan of georgetown were reren uxiuilc-end- vihitors with mr robert hunter mr jerome hunter of parry bound was alsi a ieeitt visitor with his father miss joyce robertson has ar lepted a position with the kt hr n ei public school botrrd church sirvkes at the loai presbyterian church ire now on summii s heduli with serviflo- at 10 o clock followed bv sunday school at 11 o dork limehouse l mrs ethel ferguson moved to her the objects of home and school new house in georgetown on satur- isociations are to promote the day day rockwooo services visits euchre of interest last week mr and mrs norman burt and daughter miss elaine burt r n of montreal were visitors with the knrn s last week church services were cancelled last sunday due to inclement wea ther for the first time this eoson snow drifts prevented the school bus from reaching the village on monday morning the infant daughter of mr and mrs russell mcdonald is progress ing favorably in sick childrens hospital following an attack of whooping cough mrs wm copley of staymr spent a few days with her cousins mr and mrs james noble last week mr and mrs a copley and rick ey of toronto visited the jack d4nol miss helen mills of torontospi the weekend at her parents home here this week the hall board sponsored a uchre at the hall on saturday evening with mr h allen and mrs it latimer winning firsts and mrs a c patterson ond mrs c wilson seconds nine tables were played congratulations to mr and mrs e findlay on the arrival of a little daughter late sunday evening the a w bentons visited her aunt and uncle mr and mrs george pearson in milton on sunday mrs mitchell spent some time in toronto recently joy patterson celebrated her tenth birthday with a party on saturday her guests were heather and linda clarke dixie and gloria jones june and ann briggs gloria lati mer dorothy kirkpatric karen and patsy crawford as well as her cousins marilyn patterson of rock- wood donna and carol sinclair of wetland visitors with the a c andg sinclair s during the week end were mr and mrs stuart smith and mrs les hutchinson and jim- mie of westorr and mr and mn charles and daughters of welland choir from guelph at church service sunday morning at the presbyt erian church the junior choir of knox presbyterian church guelph assisted in the service mr martin bauer jr presided at the console of the hammond organ during the service miss carolyn clark sang the ho city and n s u the choir wus much enjoyed following the service the visit ing choi were given dinner in the sunday school room and members of the church choir waited on them sitittrd aft r th l buy scouts h id a goodpaper rolloctlan including u number of baskets picked up according to informat ion received some sevep tons of old paper was gathered as the vesult of nfiider w last week th snow of the recent weekend and ice on the river was pretty well away during the weekend members of the local fire department had the fire truck out and flushed the hand jff the sidewalks making walking condit ions much better sunday evening during the un ited church service mr arnold dilts of belleville contributed two vocal numbers he was accompan ied by his wife and family who spent the weekend with rev and mrs j dilts mr kenneth thatcher of owen sound was home for the weekend miss elizabeth mcphedran of or- angcville was home for the week end as a result of fine weather some are affected with the spring fev er in the way of spring cleaning and lawn rolling in the-village- mr roy laverty of toronto is in town visiting his father mr george laverty mr and mrs thomas maltby puslinch were in town sunday r4 i eden mills mrs phoebe lowrie ties in 87th year one of our oldest residents in the person of mrs phoebe lowrie wid ow of the late wiliam lowrie pass ed away at her home after a short illness in her 87th year mrs lowrie was a life long member of the pres byterian church and attended ser vices as long as she was able her husband predeceased her 38 years ago also onevson russell who died while quito a yocnrg lad left to mourn the loss of a loving mother are jean mrs j g thom as grand rapids mich william j and j d both of r r 1 campbell- ville also nine grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren the funeral was held on saturday afternoon from the rumley funeral home in acton to eden mills ceme tery the service was conductedjby rev r h armstrong of acton the pallbearers were w early ed thomas w mclean w gilbertssp wilk wilson and j- black lock flowers were carried by grandsons pattersons bltl mansell and melvin lowrie sandy martin and jim daniel mr and mrs bert lowery of lindsay called on fnendi here on saturday mr thomas rennie and mr jo- communion services were held atfseph abbott of toronto attended the funeral of the late mr lowrfe on lordox one of the finest nemen in precision photographic equipmemtthose and other fine gorman are in our p stock of photographic su kooipjanont ontd rrooctors 1 c r half on county liberal association nomination meeting wednesday april 13 1955 800 pjm i f trafalgar memorial hau speaker hon farquhar oliver limehouse presbyterian church an sunday with a good turnout mr charles meredith has been in st josephs hospital for the past week we hope for continued im provement for him phone 195r acton everybody welcome e l buchner optometrist acton office will k clqsed on april 13 and ocfn again on april 20th office at h mainprize barber shop hours 130600 evenings by appointment zztorzappointment 1 telephone 115 i saturday the many friends of mr wilfred thomas will be pleased to learn he is making a satisfactory recovery from his recent operation miss isobel thomas and miss james of grand rapids mich spent the weekend with mr and mrs j d lowrie mrs j thomas who has been here for the past seven weeks returned home with them mrs sinclair of georgetown visit ed on sunday with her cousin mrs c lasby mr and mrs george ramsey of st george visited on sunday with mr and mrs w lowrie mrs george thomas and grand son roger of campbellvile spent tuesday with mrs w lowrie if t men women oh at 40 50 6 want pep mr s3 r gg v