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k x- thursday may 8th ims i v i i the acton free press acton ontario t page sevkrf ptists ralh in varsity arena the baptist service of witness in -varsity- arena toronto lst sunday- evening was attended tay several from acton arid ernet- west took part in the service aboufs000 attended the services under the auspices of the baptist convention of ontario and quebec baptist chiiches within a radius of 100 rnllcg of toronto withdrew their evoriins services so members could attend guest speaker was rev store of tulsa oklahoma the president of the southern baptist convention a massed choir was a special feature ernest west formerly or acton read the responsive reading attending from acton were jas- nursing group gets certificates tor and mrs cost miss elda fryer mlsar margaret suritrr mr wally gordon mr clarence reid miss mary held mr donllvlngstone mr len bechlec mr bob landsborough and miss ruth landsborough e l buchner optometrist mr and mrs a bulloch and fam ily visitedjwlth frlends in toronto on saturday mr and mrs henry klooster arid family of glen williams were sun day visitors with the formors par ents mr and mrs k klooster mr and mrs norman mckonile and linda spent sunday with the letters parents mr and mrs wil liam glassfordhlllsburgh miss elvena winter of erumosa spent the weeke w mrs mar tha jackson mr and mrs george young town line hove sold their farm to imr fuller oakville lasa closes the closing exercises and award ing of ciertittcatos and pins to the red gross- nursing class took place last- thursduy evening in guolph the following local ladies have all completed the course mrs norman mckenxle mrs wilfred awrey mrs george grundy miss audrey grundy miss doris fines mrs ross ferguson mrs murd mccutcheon mrs ken stubbingtdn mrs george young and miss elvena winter mr and mrs jack hunter gnelph were sunday visitors with the tatters parents mr and mrs a sinclair birthday supper of mission baptist womens mission circle observed their annual birth day supper monday evening at the home of mrs lome garner aj ery delicious full course pinner was prepared for the occasion by mrs garne and mrs gordon wagner ved hy pay garnet and helen landsborough who added much to the pleasant atmosphere wearing mack skirts and white blouses with ruffled white aprons and head bands the devotional period which followed was in charge of mrs j chapman and miss jessie coles tv time of singing hymn favorites was enjoyed and u period spent in prayer fo misisonaries and their work a collection of quotations of je sus was read for the scripture and a reading entitled the master weaver was read the meeting closed with a hymn and prayer afie gave plumbing heating eavestroughing pressure systems water softeners phone 25 mason blvd acton reoedication cere at ballinafad united church was held sunday morning when a jflyqe cdrtflreflalioii of members wends and former members gathered for theservices shown left tb right are n a fliuss minister mrs b anderson stayner daughtervof a former minister and renovation conirnittee diairman kirkyvbocf rockwood auinapao history of churches recalied aj ballinafad reopening sunday the beautiful weather no doubt becmisi the f relrgtrms service contributed to the attendance of ever held in this community was in this school shortlyutter it was built members and friends who gathered on sunday morning may 1 to cele brate the reopening of the united church at ballinafud ufter redeco- ruiing and putting in a basement with convenient kitchen the rededicutlon service was con ducted outside by the rev a o w foreman u fotmeif min assisted by mrs notice would the person who witness ed the acicdent on september 1949 between a gray coach bus a stationary car and a cyclist whu wus a who did not give evidence on john f winters behalf please contact me for my benefit as i am now paying monthly instal ments to the motor vehicle branch toronto for life the jury granted 3400000 to the wife and children of the deceas ed mister since union assisted by mrs annie van- natter the ribbon across the ent rance wus cut by mrs anderson nee muriel milne u daughter of the late rev george milne a minister of the church a number of years be fore union the auditorium und basement w filled lacupacity when the service begun conducted by rev j w stewart- of lukevlew charge and chairman of halton presbytery his flubjexttn the morning wus conse cration and in the evening build ing christs church excellent music wus provided at the services by the victorettes a ladies quartette of brampton a duet by mr and mrs f j shortill and the choir witti miss lillian shortill us orgunlst the auditorium and basement were decoruted with flowers con tributed by friends lunch und a cup of lea were serv ed in the basement to all who re mained to visit and chat with old time friends many enjoyed seeing the photos with names at members and friends of the present church und the former methodist church which were displayed on the walls of the basement on the wull of the vestibule of the church were pictures of the little log school the former methodist church and the united church which was formerly the presbyterian church the log school house was shown by the pioneers in 11125 or 20 the first minister to visit the scattered settlers in t h wu a mel minister by the name of heyland nilil he iuiiume the first minister these services were conducted weekly und continued until the methodist church wus built in 11142 the presbyterian people had the use of olid church holding sunday sciumi iind cinirch services in the iioi nuif und the mehodists in the afternoon fur some years till in 1 11711 they decided to build a church for their own hhp stace union til 1925 tlu- presbyterian church became the united chuhilit with these churches on dlspluy were pictures of two pioneer minis ters namely bishop wurne und rev joseph hi its others were james henderson and roy vahnatter who becuine iniiiimiis and were mission aries in the west also placed on the wull were pictures of some of the ministers o the former methodist church und same ministers of the presbyterian church with the pic tures of urf the ministers since union norman huss the present minist er expressed vvurm appreciation to the eoliuifijmtinn for their venture of faith and loyal support in the re novation of their church the fallowing are some of the names of members of the ruvnlhes of former mi of both churches will kay und his sisters margaret and itnttt muriel milne chriidie and daisy currle thlrza gandlej mina hazel annie olive and les lie waddt1 nrid lillian mcarlhur i former members and friends were present from ill the surround ing towils and from some cities us far nwuy us stayner hamilton to ronto und oshawa halton holstein makes record an r op record of 21228 lbs milk containing ll35 lbs butterfat has recently been completed by o pure bred holntoln owned by t k beer georgetown she hi hunts- suven- supreme pabst and her rec ord was made as a seven year old in the mm day division on twice a day milking this record was the largest for milk and the third larg est for butterfat completed by any one of the 204 an led last month i llunlshaven supremo pabst h classified as very good in select ive registration the second hlgheit rating attainable for conformation enjoyable meeting ofospringehs the mull meeting uf the osprlnsjn home and school association was held at the bchool last week the president imrs l buck ex tended u welcome und god save the queen was sung with mrs clarence llurreii at the pluuo a minutes silence wus held as a tribute to the into mrs mary cooke neth n this class the muelruvitiigr uint mi k ciass stubblngtoti jnvvy tlulfr dptlon an liiyltuhluiiiinv tho guelph home und school council to attend u meeting may aid ut the king george school was rettd the llama and school creiid was read a wi s sponsor concert in hall friday evening the town hull wii w50 filled with parents iind friends of scholurs of neighboring schools for u concert sikinsored by district womens institutes mr ralph hodgson wa chairman for a good program of varied numbers in cluding a play the sick dolly ieltr gibbons aiul iiu batonwith marilyn ostrander as aecompaiiist at tile piano chorus ly the little milk maidens vmlin selection by ray molntosh of ss s duet by judy abram and heinlce jensen ttfss5 sffellfng contest witli mrs jack bakes play by scholars of no 8 school the kings hreak- fust a book iiuz was conducted mt7 acton port credit to clash in baseball league opener there arc indications that actons return to the halton county base- ball association after a three year absence will renew some of the interior lararattttg foe expert color scheme suggestions superior workmanship and the latest sunworthy waterfast wallpapers tall dgril ie tft decorafori- rockwooo l-hino-s- intertown rlvalary that used to be a big feature in the league since actons demise the league has fallen into what an oakville paper called country ball acton has not been represented in the intermediate series since 1 951 except for brief excursion last year when the club bowed out to listowel after obtaining a bye into the play downs listowel went on to capture the championship based on their showing last sem ester in the few games played there is u good possibility of acton re turning as a power in the seven team league teams competing- this year are milton last years county champs campbell villc in termediate c champions oakville juniors finalists last year bramp ton anjnt a teampwirterdown and port credit acton will meet port credit in the league opener on saturday may 21 at port credit the teams return to acton for the opening ball game fcere on monday may23rn holiday first practice-will-be-faclcf-on-fri- day everting at 7 pm immmmi -notice- convention to select a candidate for the progressiveconservative party for the riding of halton in the 1 hinck remedial teach ar for eramosa schools prizes were presented by mrs t harden and mrs a shultls prizes fo spelling were given by miss m loekcr following this were dunce and ba ton twirling by doreeu toltou of 3s ii tiquare tjancij by ss 11 duet by usan miller and patsy hoy ss 1l bell anniversary mrs mclaren of the local bel telephone staff attended uie 7vi1 anniversary of the company at the royal hotel guelh friday even ing modern walton saturday being the opening day for trout fishing modern isaac wultons were numerous along tlu- river was welcome visitor in tile recent passing away a mr hurry oecmnore of cuelpi horticultural societies have iin- luined a distinct loss mr occo- nmre wus always a welcome visitor in connection with the horticultur al shows in past years mrs roy kir and family rf hamilton spent tvie weekend with her futher mr stewart s royce some lime during the weekend drinking was indulged in at the approuch of the cemetery judging by empty bottles j commencing sunday may i services al presbyterian church are at 10 am till- the end of sept ember mumnmrfmva legion news lelui rhtilwnb enjoyed with seven table of euchre und one table of crokiiiole intilnv mrs 1 buck won the piize for indies und mr cordon aitkenwus high tijr the men jit jiuchi e mr keii stubbing- ion uccepted liumnbeiship fees the executive welcomes now members und uxteiid an invitation to the newcomers in our conumin- ity a fine lunch bmughl the even ing to u close one object of home und school is to give parents un umlerstunding of the sc a its work and to assist in interpreting the school in uh its aspects to the public iimehouse wi spring sale reali 60 su the biizuur committee of the wj held u spring sul- ut the hall an tliui sday ahliyiigb the crowd was not large almost h wus realized and a lovely ten was served mra ii ii smith the new president welcomed tho hucsts the kurils and mr and mrs meredith visited mrs qawlmls- seriousiy ill iii tfospltar in toronto on sunday mr und mrs a c putterson visited his aunt mis f e curllsle- of edmonton at colilngwood a week ago mr und mrs llrundse und child ren of hiiilinuton visited the ie- ferinks on sunday we extend sympathy to mrs bus- sell thompson following the passing of her husband after u long illness sucrument of ituptism will be ob served at limehouse presbyterian bin eh on sunday next mrs turner and son mr hon turner formerly f tullamore are living with the ftalph turners tem porarily since they sold their lra perty a few weeks ago miss evelyn hrown who has spent tin- winter at newmarket is wltti the v t browns mrs gisby held a plastic -demon- strut ion in her home one evening last week ballinafad the euchre team consisting of dude lindsay max storey cord mccltlcheon hector luflrffieri san- best attendance ever at church reopenlng services were held in the church on sunday when many who had attended services in bal- linafad in former years returned to join with the community in tho happy rcdedication services with the largest congregation that ever attended a church service here not only the auditorium but also tha basement was filled to capacity redcdlcation service was faken by rev a x w foreman who wa pat m yeaiv dy mceachern danny kidd frank fowke del jordan emerson pat rick pat waldic pete turkosz and bill nicolac came hrime last friday night with lop honors every mem ber of the team received an indiv idual trophy besides a large one for the branch to keep for u year if hector will check he will find t part of the zone is in peel county so he la a little bigger chump than he thought he was tjie first of the regular saturday night dances proved very success ful you should plan to attend some of them decoration day plana plans are well underway for the decoration day service to be held tiunday june 5 three bandihave been engaged for the parade and a very gooa speaker will be obtained for the service in the cemetery lets make it the largest parade of legion naires ever held in acton the membership committee- planning a big night later in miy bring in new members be su- that friend of yours who int a member and spould ibe doesnt mifs it new baby as a result of the general mect- i ing held tuesday night the brancn i bas a new babythe acton minjr i sports they hive plenty planned for the kid for the summer but they do need moral support lets j give them a boost yit provincial election will be held in milton town hall rrtlliftrr at q30 pm all persons interested are welcornfe 5tanley best sec c l f palmer president three new elders ordained at knox it the mornng service on may i three new elders were ordained in knox church they are robert ov hara russell patterson and calvin aitken the latter twoare sons of former elders in knox church following ordination the memr bers of session extended the right assisted by mr n rus who now is in charge of the services mrs annie vannatter and mrs andrews daughters of rev wuddell arid rev milne both former ministers here cut she ribbon r rev stuart of cooksville wo the guest speaker a- ladies quartette from brampton nang at both ser vices in the morning mr and mrs f j shortill sang a duet in tho evening- the choir sang a number the ladies served a cafeteria lunch to all and all enjoyed a friendly time meeting old acquaint ances and viewing photos of former years a register was at the door for each one to sign visitors on sunday with mr and mrs robert mcenery were mr and mrs bert akltt nd douglas of belwood misi helen akltt hlil- sburgh mm gw thompson mrs jihn lang orangeville mr and mrs clayton beswlck and mr and mrs bill dick and family with mr and mr d mc lean mr wm mckay miss jeuie and mr archie of toronto mr and mrs earle mckay of huttonville with mr alex mckay mr and mrs wm collins guelph mrs wm memillan and lauifa of brampton mr atd mm wm kirk toronto with mist maud young mrs c kirlcness hostess to club knox church heathe club held their monthly meeting on wednei- day night april z7 at the home of meryl kjrkress ith dorothy cald- er prejjdng the elevations were given by vera inglis and helen otterbein this was followed by thi secret arys and treasurer reports business a interest to the club was discussed and another chapter hand of fellowship welcoming the of fire upon the earth was read- by meryl kirkresa this part of the meeting closed with the mizpah be nediction i u 7x gatrie of scrambled words- was enjoyed by all with oral norton si winner charlotte holmes offered hef home for the next meetinjj meryl kirknesi assisted by oral norton mary mh and charlotte holmes served a delightful luoch mh hrnugh ve e new members to their number the rninister addressed jhc nev elders on their work showing hat the office of elder da ted back to the txodus and that the eldership had jan important practical plape irilhe life or the expanding modem church he spoke of the elder as pastor leader and spiritual guide he asked for the interest and pray- ers of t congre fo theses sion evening to a close aiisijsfiyxtujitgfags st5t5ffiffia35hhs51sk ttumim s