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xt thursday december 15 1955 the acton free press acton ontario page fivb wanted aggressive man with selling ability two or three hours evenings for appointment box 21 free press for top rate fuel oils and service call 69 thompson fuel service prompt delivery by meler pump deal at home and save men only 0 gem gulti p th doi line id earl gift of a lifetii 1 s bex1 5 rie on rockwood hold special services gathering at crrarclieprecectrng christmas friday evening the annual con gregational supper of the presbyt erian dhurch was held with a large attendance following the supper all adj to the auditorium where the young folks took part in a program of much interest with mr john freeman superintendent- in charge of the program which included duet by carol and brian hammond song by margot jack- son organ selections by martin bauer instrumental duet with mar tin bauer jr on- his trombone and his mother at the piano play by mrs hammonds class film show ing by mr dave o gray of his trip down to the aoutkern states and up along the pacific coast to canadian territory and home through the canadian northwest calgary and other points duet by linda langdon and margot jack son play jbyjtfrs hammonds class skit by mrs frank kelsos class recitation by janet lowe at the conclusion of the program santa claus lalbert gray put in his appearance to the delight of all present and was assisted in the dis tribution of numerous presents sunday morning at the presbyt erian church mr hugh lloyd of st andrews church guelph con ducted the service in the absence of mr douglas black the student min ister sunday afternoon at st johns church holy communion was ob served with the rector rev e h jones officiating in the evening at the united churchthe service was in the in terests of the ypu with allan dadd in charge along with rev john dilts who led in prayer george maltby contributed a vocal number with dave benham at the console of the organ the feature of the service was a film dealing with the birth of christ with mr frank ostrander in charge of the pro jector repair bridge the bridge gang of the highway department have been busy the past few days with laying a plank flooring on the bridge over the riv- erttnldridgetoasbofno a lot of heav ytrafific in past years and is still- holding tip pretty well make presentation ttihe homeland school association of the public school held their anoual social lastjtuesday evening with a fair attendance during the evening a presentation was made to mrs t c winlow of a photograph album prior to her leaving rock- wobd for her new home at wheat- ley as mrs winlow was presid ent of the association mr thomas gellaury was appointed president mrs winlow and- family includ ing her mother- mrs hine left last week and the new manager of the royal bank mr darou moved in last week from georgetown a large number were in the vil lage monday artemoon in connect ion with township nominations in the town hall miss mary reid of toronto a former memlber of the public school staff iwas a weekend visitor with mr and mrs roy young campbellvhle d jarmstrong dc chiropractor 6 john st acton for appointment phone 550 you pa for no waste turkeys predressed oven ready lo to 16 lb average 59 lb 18 lbs and up 53 lb these prices are firm at rs46a attention christmas shoppers if you are shortof cash to do your christmas shop ping you can buy at eisens all you need on credit with no down payment first payment not until next year- r r y best gift selections for the whole family at eisens layvway cash credit at eisens clothing store this weeks treasure chest is worth 128 50 coupon worth about 64 bmbvbbmhmhbbbbmbb1 othing store next t carrolls mrs frank quinlan institute hostess the campbellville correspondent wishes each and every reader of its column a merry christmas and a prosperous new year mrs frank quinlan was hostess to the december meeting of the campbellville womens institute when mrs sid hartley presided the meeting opened with the in stitute ode and mary stewart col lect the roll call was answered by members telling about thoir hap piest christmas the prize winners of the nassn- gaweya public speaking contest gave their speeches terry moore told of a canadian hero general major tom strange and betty jef- fares told of her experiences of a day at artaban girls camp at an- caster mrs lhartley on behalf of the womens institute presented terry with a pen and pencil set and j betty with a pencil each suitably inscribed both thanked the ladies for their prizes mrs wheelihan thanked all for their kind wishes and g during her stay in hospital al1 new members were welcomed and others were urged to join ideas for hall planning were tak en by mrs lloyd crawford it was decided to send best wishes to al the shutins in the community five dollars was donated to the child rens aid a quilt was sent to the unitarian service mrs tom mitchell took the chair for the christmas program mrs geotjkf-inblis- read a poem entitled christmas thoughts mrs james wallace gave the christmas story with mrs lloyd crawford assisting at the piano mrs lome mitchell demonstrated her christmas cake mrs bert walton her christmas candy mrs reginal austin her christmas cookies and all samples and recipes were handed to mem bers an exchange of christmas gifts among members then took place after the close of the meeting 41 ladies enjoyed a social half hour marilyn ruth martin little daugh ter of mr and mrs don martin was baptized at st davids presbyterian church on sunday the sermon by rev g baulch was on free will mrs robert early was guest solo- ist it is nice to see a little snow for the christmas season stall plum dublin womens institute members celebrated their 30th anniversary last week with several events in the lower photo miss minnie somerville is presented with a charter members scroll and pin left to right are mrs a near secretarytreasurer mrs g somerville w i district president for halton miss somerville mrs w mclntyre president of dublin wi in the upper photo are shown nine past presidents back row left to right mrs t a storey mrs a near mrs g somerville mrs n anderson mrs c j van goozen front row mrs g robertson mrs c ferguson mrs c thompson mrs w mclntyre absent are mrs w watkins and mrs j stewart dublin wi 0h anniversary cake is cut by charter member the christmas meeting of dublin womens institute was held on thursday evening december 8 at the home of mrs alext near pine valley farm nassagaweya the home was beautifully decorated with a christmas tree and other christmas decorations there were over 40 members and friends pres ent at this meeting as well asl be ing the christmas meeting it was the thirtieth anniversary of dublin womens institute lit wag in december 1925 that this organization was formed the first meeting was held at the home of mrs john tf robertson now of song to the christmas story christmas carols were suing and mrs george robertson acted as ac companist fop all musical numbers during thcevening a particularly touching part ef the meeting was an in memoriam service for the members of dublin womens institute who have passed on and a two minutes silence was observed in memory of mrs w r backcn mrs s h webster mis d macdougall mrs w d barber mrs john brims mrs a veil mis john mcgregor mrs g nellis mrs john frnk mrs morley mrs george bnmnlow miss niwhitlcy hamilton and the first president i mrs n mclaughlin mrs h m appointed was mrs william r isaac mrs j henderson mrs j bracken and the first secretary- black mrs t near mis edna treasurer was mrs duncan mcdou- russell mrs b wallace and miss gall both of whom are now deceus- a mcgregor ed- of ten past presidents who are the dublin womens institute has living all were present at th mcct- lignydufferin theme of christmas is evident at w i mrs les wills was hostess to the scotch block womens institute on thursday december 8 the christ mas theme was quite evident in both ttlwnroll call ahd the iovelv continued uninterrupted during air these years and has been a source of help comfort and inspiration to the people of the neighborhood miss minnie somerville who is a oharter member and wtho also is the only continuous member during the 30- year period gave a history of the institute from its inception to tile present outlining the work in the neighborhood and the untiring el- forts af all members during war time a copy of mrs gwendolyn p clarkes book pages of the past christmas table decorations that j i being given to the school librai were on display while lunch of i ies 0 school sections nos 8 and 9 sandwiches and christmas cake nassagaweya and noi 10 and 12 were being prepared the ladies had j esquesing by dublin institute a sing song of carols mrs william mclntyre president mr and mrs s j brown spent was in charge of the meeting- the i the weekend at vineland with j ro ca was responded to by u their son and daughterinlaw mri christmas verse- christmas donat- and mrs john brown and family w bu given to the work of congratulations to mr and mrs harry davis on the arrival of their baby daughter mr francfcs brown speyside his loft on a trip to the old country ligny farm forum was held at i mr and mrs cliff browns home on i monday december 12 because of j the number of christmas concerts coniujg up no more meetings will bo held until the now year mg with the exception of mis join stewart who resides in toronto they were each presented with a cup and saucer by mrs pearl ken nedy as a memento of the annivers ary and included mrs t a stony rockwooj mrs a near mrs g r somerville mrs n anderson mr c j van goozen of guelph mis george robertson mrs w watkins mrs ferguson and mrs thompson mrsi mclntyre and mrs nellis the present president and vicepresid ent wore also remembered number everton christmas season visitors in area mrs lloyd cutting and ray mond acton visited on sunday with her mother mrs jestin mr and mrs albert alton and ian guelph visited on sunday with mr and mrs jhn alton and miss jcrm tovcll mr and mrs harry hortop and family visiud friday evening with mr md mrs bert palframan mount pleasant recent visitors with mr and mrs roy ilindley were mrs jesse mc- enery and beth ballinafad itev ross daunpior mckeesport penn and mr and mrsistacey box miss jennie tovell visited on monday with mr and mrs stanley mcdougall guelph mr and mrs omar parker and mr and mrs percy peavoy visit ed sunday evening with mr and mrs rac west acton two contest reeves seat in eramosa election for the office o 195 reeve of the township of eramosa will be a contest between 1955 dep utyreeve fred l cox and coun cillor j l gakes this follows in the wake of a monday night nomination meeting in rock wood town hall at wihich four names were submitted for the office j l oakes present reeve d d gray e h benham and f l cox by noon tuesday dave gray had officially retired from the field and mr storey had posted his qualification for the position of deputyreeve leaving the field clear for the other two the deputyreeve will be elected from mr storey and e h benham who expressed their intention of running monday night the other two nominations will be contesting the position of reeve eight councillors were nominated at the meeting max storey f armstrong w hindlcy h smith c a mcnabb e boles j thomp son and j l oakes mr oakes is running for reeve w hindley and h smith resigned from the can didacy there were four nominations for the ixisition of solvool trustee three of whom are to be elected they were e alexander w oakes g lah and c mcdougall all have qualified about 200 attended the meeting which incuidd considerable dis cussion on bad township roads the high cost of education land use- restrictions and n planning author ity ospringe ballinafad santa claus guest at church gathering irerc were ruble games played being mrs trresnnday rchool jxn luck mip- ciiuidiin railway companies paid 328401u in taxes y the year mass l xr goozen mrs william frank mr w watkins and mrs j dennis of course it would not bo a truly christmas party without a vul from santa and he ill the person of mrs l ferguson diswibuted gifts tor everyone the salvation army cause and to a a delicious and abundant clirrst- local girl who is convalescing in ma- lunch was served by the com- joyed arizona the sick and shutins are mittee in charge and a joly social to be remembered also itime took place over the tea cups a quilt that had been recently t mrs duncan moffat wa- con completed by a few of the ladies tesy convener and thanked the was shown hostess for her home and the coin- at this time a threetiered anni- mittee whuv included mrs pe ake was bivukh into the kennedy mrs mclntyre mrs war mrs nellis and mrs fergus n for the very fine evening that they ri presented and the thirtieth anniversary of dublin womens in- of enjoy th winners i per was held in the basement on walker mrs van friday night when 120 sat down to to the electors of acton you honored ma with your vote i shall honor your votv 7 thank you walter cook seasons greetings vorsary iiving room and a candle lighting sirvice held mis- near represen mg she pas- presidents of the county lit one candle and nlsrrmrs somerville representing jtjijjvl pres- esijcjunty president mrvffmcin- ye repreentmg the present pres ident miss somerville representing dublin institute and mrs nellis the future institute at thx time mis- minnie s-inior- j vie was presented with a life membership certificate by mis william mclntyre and a pin by mrs m nellis miss somerville has been ar untiring worker in the in stitute during all the years and is keenly interested in anything pe taming to the work of the institute miss somerville had the oionor of cutting the anniversary cake which i was- made by mrs nelson anderson i and beautif idjy decorated b mrs i nellis the christmas story wasbeauti- fully portrayed by mrs pearl ken- i nedy assisted by mrs van fleet mrs c m davidson mrs blyth enjoy a lovely supper a good pro gram of sings and recitations was held in the church santa claus arrived in all his glory and distributed the treats to the children mr townsend acted as chairman and presentid pictures of tie birth rf christ which all en- ilsti tlte singing of carols christmas program the womens institute met at the home of mrs ernie mcenery en wednesday for the december meel- n with a g- id attendance the evesirient mrs f smith presided te nlecting opened with singing and thelfary stewart collect several items of buiress were airussed as to christmas treats for top sick and ricdv a chrismas salads recipes on christmas wi program mrs bert robertson was hostess for the christmas meeting of the womens institute with an attend ance ob 26 ladies with the presid- cfktxfst d g robertson in the chair the opening ode was sung the mary stewart collect repeated in unison the roll call was an swered by something special i liked last christmas which showed everyone had the real christmas spirit mrs wilfred awrey read the minutes and financial report she also reported a nice sum realized at the booth at pembletons sale the flower committee wereau- thorized to send boxes of cheer to all shutins of the community at christmas time mrs robert taylor read a storv is ther a santa claus current events were re viewed by mrs george robertson mrs norman mckcpzie gave an interesting demonstration on mak ing christmas salads and also re cipes for same miss doris fines showed colored swdes of her recent trip to the west coast and also some taken in the community an auct ion sale of home made candy pro vided lots of fun after the nat ional anthem an exchange of christmas gifts was enjoyed by all the hostess aided by mrs george robertson and mrs george grun- dy served refreshments the next meeting is to be in the evening at mrs len bucks home on wednesday evening members of the ladies aid held a social tune with one of their members mrs james struthers who is a shutin following an informal chat and gettogether lunch was served at the conclusion- of an enjoyable meeting mr and mrs george robertson visited recently w the latter sisters and brother mrs l suter miss lois black and mr hugh black at elora friends of hugh wiu be pleased to learn he is now convalescing following a recent op- e rat ion mrs h r howard spent a week with he daughter and children at richmond hill congratulations to mr and mrs fritz de haan ne mary de vriesi who were among the new canad ians that received their citizenship ikipers at guelph on friday even ing mr and mrs jack hunter and baby daughter of guelph visited on sunday with the latters parents mr and mrs archie sinclair limehouse titute will always bo reniemherd program n a- given including silic as a memorable day in the hif- uyr if cnnsmas carol- rea-ing- iy of he institute cimrs gibson and mrsws kirkvod in a contest by mrs mcenofy roll call was answered with n ex change of gifts lunch was served by mrs smith mrs j siw and mr- robert mcenery and the i tess mr bert rogers jeft by plane on mnday for st petersburg florida carry holly tree in yule procession in westmorland in the north of england old christmas night is known is holly night or hoi- ling from an annual procession j to 3 thcwinterwthris sister wihich took place in the town of i et ash or holly tree lighted decoratjn dowp imrsrl trio -by- mrs watkins mrs sorrier ville and mrs r l- dav and a duet by jean somerville and gladys rennick added greatly in by jan dor else at the tops- of the branches which firing mjtenal had been i tied was carried in- procession legend has it that misfortune through the streets about eijjht visits any home where christmas oclock in the evening the torches greenery still hangs after epiphany were lighted and accompanied by i which is the night of january 6 or the town band the tree was carriedi more popularly twelfthnight in stately procession around the town rockets and squibs were dis cflhcdraor- alchargedand ma ried torches and lighted branches- people buy the free press to read and readthe free press to buy from time beyond memory christians throughout the world haveheld with a p btltlonthav all holly mistletoe and such must be toauled down batbra the night erf the sixth is out or aelse t- wms executive is reinstalled for 56 the regular monthly meeting of j the w ms was field at the home i of mis behto- n thursday even- ift- twelve attrnded text word child was answered in a verse of scripture and each lady reud appropriate verses or stories for the christmas mlsoii scripture was read by mrs rough- ley and prayer by mrsgisby all the executive was reinstated for the coming year as follows president mrs w mitchell vice- president mrs j roughley secret ary mrs a w benton treasurer mrs a c patterson glad tidings secretary mrs a w norton litcr- ouire secretary mrs si giaby sub- ptyjbcretary mri a 3 sm6thj urst home helpers treasurer mr mitchell welcome and welfare mrs mills mrs a norton after some discussion it wa decided to try monthly reviews of suitable material instead of the suggested study book a social half hour was enjoyed at the close mr douglas scott left y plane saturday for labrador where he will 4 be employed in civilian work for the united states air force