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v i pack tkn the acton free press acton ontario thursday deoember 33 1mb an acton skater with poise as well as talent mary jane force is shown here with former shipstad and johnson follies star jim hutchinson as the pair practice for rhapsody on ice a colorful skat ing spectacle in guelph next week quilts highlight as dublin wi looks back on past 30 years urn niirrrwii rrni i r canadian plowmen abroad ay wiu c barbie mm 1955 canadian plowing team m r- out oal a oatafto f mb trip with teaaa t jee tnui ft ctai u mil on ad i- u molamrula t staattvule omt ihtt the rift ttkkie- upp8a1a sweden even though uic world plowing champ ionshtp was over we still had a great deal to look forward to for now wc were to tour sweden a country in which there is some thing jascinatink to see almost cv erywhere tsitko on the sumta afternoon follow inn the saturday night plownu banquet our party joined the other visitors on a bus tnp to ww of the lustonc places in old uppsala ibj our pnrt 1 mean ivan mclaufilm who came second in the world match jot- tran who placed fourth plus mrs molaughlin and mrs barrio and myself near an old church we sow three mounds which are said to have been built tv the slaves of viking kings of the fifth and sixth centuries sacrifices in those days the people made great sacrifices to the rods when a kins dud his ship would be draw n i up to the site of one of these mounds by his slave his body would be placed in tin- ship his slaves would be slaughtered ond his ship would priiioilv be burned oxer fores i the ashes this frij i mound was built lor tran our next stop was it llu universitv m ii ipsa a which h v at ir ith s mu vorv mro iltximionts on exhibit including a letter ritten b xiv of sweden pr posmg ni ir ttagc to elisabeth 1 of england and tha place was spotlessly clean several laboratories for testing were staffed with people in white uniforms ninety people are em ployed there and each one has a medical inspection rorularjy ttielr clothes are disinfected daily and no employee works in clothes worn outside in the afternoon wc had the pleasure of going through the fact ory of thermeniusvolcen in halls- burg where many kinds of farm implements are manufactured tlie skilled workmen in the big plant gave us an insight inui tlu- amount of labor and material that is en tailed in the pritductiim of farm muchincrv modern hn two vtsuett two iurro adjoining farm vtsuett two lurro farms of sod acres each the of carl ncilson is equipped to feed a large herd of cattle the other em is ini ned bv guktin willeman the onl animal on hk firm is a dog tills farm produces a huve amount of grain wlucji is sold for seed hl storage bins iirain drxers and seedcleaning plunt cost bun 50000 botli farms were well equipped with m ichmerv eich had n swimming pool and lovclv gar den the house wert large mr willeman s was liki a rnuseum with lb arrn of guns iwords battle axes aiwi sjears t verxwhert tht next diy wei anderson chairman of the fortstry board led u into a large spruit- ind pint forest estitt of his own whore sev cru nun wert bus finimi tin lower bi m hts fsnni t tret s rul ting down and ha i u i trees with tractors ind taking u m aw i o trm ks oiii thitii w iiiin i d th n would it sumt f r stttiins f t w s is oimpaiu tt i in itla s is ti i iht iziouul s t tied w h 1 thu k m umi is gnen i tl il nip tli pit t t tl- o ithe- nasrnr toretcm litt hi o i w h id tlu i i hi i st i i tlu ui h on wviv pu p ind papt plan t t tih 0 ton m jmjvr trt niimii utxi earl tie txniiii owns on december 13 1s2s an organ isation mectinc conducted by miss appleby of georgetown assisted by mrs j e gamble of acton instit ute was held in dublin school and dublin womens institute was formed the group observed its 30th birthday last week otarter mem ber imiss minnie somerville here recalls some of theh ibhiufhta of the past years the first slate of officers was president mrs william bracken first vicepresident mrs john ro bertson ancond vicepresident mrs john roddick secretary treasurer mrs x modougall directors mrs john stewart mrs duncan waldie mrs h s wdbster district director mrs william bracken program convener mess alice clliott in january 1826 the first meet ing was held at the home of mrs jack robertson now of hamilton who then lived on the second line below acton mrs george agnew of aclon lusutiite conducled the meeting according t thus ucord thent were 14 charter members tlrh more were added the first viir antl s4hhi uit numbers uin doulilwt the dublin lnstimtt his alwav ti utl to jk resfhinsivt to tails foi help during world wur ii the women workts steadik ttt prov idt j ctkiixforts ftir soldiers ind civilians first aid kits wert plicd in soliools ind rt filltsd when ikhhiw baby ihlankots aiul latt r twink btkoks were given i now haloes of mem bers they helped bu a piano foi ulxul ju olhtis duilin school and guve a donation to acton institute to help w itli building tlu cemetery gates girls projects were sponsored though the tarns art smaller and have no 4iscment tbe house had all the modern conveniences and was quite homelike on sunday morning the ulr was crisp and the sun shone brightly and a number of us englisti speak ing people and tbret- from holland attended the morning service- con ducted in english in st andrews anglican oburoh in gothenburg nautical soene in thu evening a farowoll party was bold in an exclusive restaur ant situated tin a cliff overlooking the harbor for rniltt up and down the river we could sec ships nnch ortsd tied tip to tht docks ind many in dry dock for repairs at a meeting of the wpo gov eriiing board tlie euniman dirtscl- ors ctintendtsd that if they were ever to have a cbance of winning tlu collies oh plows uheh ly northern ireland great britain and canid i would have to be de barred and the core card changtsti ut favor oie work done by the eur- ohm plows wt ctintendtsd uiat no plow should 1h dtbarred uul th it the score card referred to the plow ing and not to tht plows al though thev were in tht majority tsiev saw uh jioint and agrcsd to leave the rule- largely as they wert t this nuetmg a letui was read from the plow mens association in new zealand asking permission to send a plowman to the fourth world match in england next vear next week closoi look at brit- am miss edith nelles now mrs robert watson won a trip through the niagara district misses verna web stei now mrs miirchisoni molly cults now mrs eiwood johnston and idorothy steele now mrs john hare each won a trip to the can adian national exhibition they catered to banquets i la lion musical festival was always sup ported miss somerville recalls mrs george robertson was tlie firct musical director in dublin school many projects huvt ticen enjoyed under different leaderships incluti ing mrs alex near mrs c j van goozen the late mrs barber uic late mrs webster mrs- d kennedy mrs c j van gaozen mrs man sell nollis and mrs duncan moffal qallu hlcnllsat httw t vet qtults and quiltlni sthnis to have proved smh iall useful inteivsling and profit tble in 102 10 uit mad an atilti giaph quilt which brought both pleasuit anil s10 fiom autttgikph ed namtis it was sohi t 014 tuui tit dublin liool hi union m 34 1010 to tht inlt duiuaii m doug lull it was imiitchl to s n i 1 itis jtkiothtr in wmiuiieg who wtttiltl iijov tht diihlin iiaiiies tht w uilniill tpnlt t ut l mrs i wtibstt i and mrs bint ken tntl quutetl u difft rent niimlx i won strertl pi ues at fall f urt it st is mm 1 mrs tliatkeii a two tolor tllou antl moivt quilt wus woiked on it tlu x n f iimoi 1 vtais agti tv was a notu it tit limt and this quirt and tsmitsi wert talked iitiuuuby tlie tv onter- vmwer miss somt i villt rt iiiein hers ten of hie ladles tpultttl ts they ciat with others tin tht grimuvds it was won by john black more prlies in 1950 wliut is known as tit llltle htutse quilt w as madt it won a 10 iflrst prize in tlie distrit t and 115 sectuid pruu in 111 area it was later sold to lindsay ft rgiroii for 50 in ittl what is known as tht crown quilt was quilted on bv 14 mtvibt rs 11 of whtim quilttsrl on it at tlu hobby and croft show in toronto and won 100 first prm the next year with mr- nt und mrs frank as leaders a mi wis designed and hooked this won 10 first prit in the district and sis second prize in the art a ltt r tickets wert sold it was tht utilization of wool project with mrs webstt r as leatl er whioh le to thinkinir o prii winning quilts it was after tins project that dublin started using vhoil ntssrhrs and matte an attempt lit umfoim stitches ett a prattue otull was set up until r the luti tit the ntissngnwovn somervillt lutme luftire tht altetnpl at tnnltiug at tlie cnf in idttl wus made quills ssiiiitt tti ik this int lit utes specially tlu f gave them to fire victims or need families tftiey sld tbem to rajse nwnu v thev cave them to iht red cross nt igh borhottd workers hospitals and sent thorn overseas tbey alwrt tried to keep at least one on hin ut case of an emergency call in 1835 the tenth anniversary aa celebrated at tlie home f mrs van gooxen the soih anikiversil y if womens institutes in ontario was eetabraled at the tiomt of uie late mrs dulton fiartier in febru ary im7 dublin institute celt brltsl it- jslt a at tht iiuiil of wi wilmti walk ins miss sttnu i v lilt adds s unit pascd and we bltvt enjttvtsii tttir sieial tinit s antl wtnk hugetlit i tfchtii gl ttl units tntl s id tlaits t t tioim w hvt not nusstst givmt jtiv to t i it rs ioki b ot dotit ttiiit tiling ll w i if flltklti 4l1i ull riltlllllv tod vvolll ik 111 1 plot i whu3i 1 livt eiecptstcitifeieictstic bbst g0rd mccutcheon e 5 coopers htahmmmmmmmmmimmtmimmwmmmtlmmhhmmmma when she ref ustxi him ie flow m -le- tl mtihrrrr m v trtrer m r to 40 a terribli age and jjaughtood prisoners with his own sword on montlav mdrmng tuir tour tvf sw eden sponsored bv esse t f svv eden left uppsala for a tvv tvd iv visit to stockholm on the way we called tt see a modern knm drver tnvned and operuted bv the swtsd sh famvers cooperative six hujie silts mi 100 feet high were used for storage in one hour the moisture content would be reduc ed to is per ceit dry enough foi w inter stficv next morning we boarded a bus for oreboro we v is ted a iiism as it is citlext in sw tvler hire purt brtxi yivlesduxs ii raisxi s t to the f iraii th s wis a f m o mx avx1 am liv six wet uss for gracing tins irn i- a so ns si for cere1 plfi bthtling anc tht productior of xsgislevw sssi t 1 1 are 2lx suions n ih coin v a the production of such seed and the standard is vev vh drakbtidjjre mat the nt v day vvt visited i swed ish nmitary namg scool wherv horses for the cavalry are traused tbe sdiool in cludes a hue ca- tic w hih took 900 vears to build it was surrounded by a moat w ith deep fast runtuns and is pnctisrig tht latist nit hukis of forest conservation on on- w iv to gotrunbiii u visitts in averigt svv edu h farn xv hich conxjxired f ivonbly w it the average canadian htvnie a e l buchner optometrist in acton every wed afternoon office at 48 mill st e acton hours 1 306 00 evenings by appoinfmen for appointment telephone 115 to all our loyal frioads v and customers may this s oyoms toasoa bo fillod with x coatcataioat aod happinoss s j if rosedale service centre j your friandry sruciebalierpadcard representative phone 16 acton isisisi5isitsi2 sislx o root hardware phone 16 rockwood w ay j bridce we abo sa through swed ens largest ant mo modevn dairy hildt is own ed so cr nt y from 8000 tamos was handledjtere and went on the marttet as butter bottled milk jbvery done automatically watson dairy bar 2s and january 1 i pjennes may the warmth and friendship of the christmaa spirit be with you at this won derful holiday season 9 rum ley funeral home custom cleaners paw huriey