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paoiv rour the actqn free press acton ontario thursday junf th ibm rayeosterus ordainedtoday association delegates attend shower bridetobe from stoneyxreek on june 1 a miscellaneous show er was held at the home of mrs gordon gibbina in hpnor of her niece mtos lonrene pell of stoney freak with about 40 guest pres ent the evening was spent play ing games after which a delicious luncheon was served mis pell was the recipient of many beautiful gifts for which she- very fittingly thanked her friend oamiaty lived entirelife on family homestead thomas idward thomas who lived his entire life on the family farm with his brother wilfred and family died at his home rr 1 campbellville on sunday june 3 the crown deed to the farm is in the thomas name mr thomas was born there in 1885 the son of the late william thomas and annie mclan as well as his brother at the home farm he leaves another brother george of campbellville mr thomas was a member of ebenezer united church and rev slinn officiated at the funeral ser vice at the rumley funeral home on wednesday afternoon a former minister rev williamson of eden mills presbyterian church also took part in the service pallbearers were charles kings bury gilbert kingsbury will wilson stan norrish john milne and william lowrie carrying the flowers were will gilbcrtson will- kic wilson george hansen george mcalpinc will mclean and mr wallace interment was in eden mills ce metery george lucas hurt in accident sunday georre lucas rr 2 acton was the operator of a panel truck which was involved in an accident sun day on hijjhwny seven near rock- wood damage to the truck was estimated at 800 mr lucas was treated in guclph general hospital for lacerations to the hcaaand an injured back jphe ordination of ray costerus is taking place today at acton bap tist church following the servic es this afternoon and this evening he will be the reverend ray cos- terus an ordained minister of the baptist convention of ontario and quebec- he will then have legal office as well as church office with power to marry representatives from all the churches in the guciphassociation the minister and two official del egates are attending from strat ford st marys first gait delta park gait hiusburgh cheltenham belfountain brampton and george town as wel as acton fred mveat and- wllmcr fryer are the acton delegates this afternoons meeting begins with a short devotional by hugh reid and the calling of the council with wilmer fryer and ernest west taking part the council is then accepted by the acton church lyal mccutcheon introduces the candidate mr costerus makes his statement of conversion call to the ministry and christian doctrines which will be considered by the council before their decision is made the ordination service is being held this evening the moderator will convene the council and the cleric will read the acceptance of the council the acceptance of mr qjstcrus statement will then be public sidney johnson of toronto past president of the baptist convention of ontario and quebec will preach the sermon the laying oij of hands and the ordination prayer will fol low the charge to the candidate and the charge to the church will then be formally spoken the ben ediction by mr costerus will fol low the disbanding of council several hymns are to be included in the service with a duet by mary reid and helen landsborough charles landsbarough will be playing the organ the ladies of the church are serv ing supper to the delegates the last ordination service in acton baptist church was held over 25 years okrev ralph east er ordained here then is now a minister in vancouver and is the president of the baptist convention in british columbia mr costerus tins been studying at mcmuster university since com ing to acton and graduated lost month mr and mrs costerus and their two small daughters live on bower ave slut photo a pretty queen acton higlvsohool student jean manes is shown in this staff portrait after the din and excitement of her crowning was oyer jean was the top peanutvote winner among 10 finalists in the rotarysponsored contest she lives in nassagaweya twp personal notes of acton ians visiting outoftown point and of visitor in acton hornet mews everybodys still eating pea- novelty gray club enjoys wiener roast members of the novelty gray club enjoyed a wiener roast last saturday evening at the farm home of manscll nellis the girls played games during the evening this girls gray club now has two new members maureen sar- jent and gwcn mninprizo mem bership is limited and only a few more may join council accepts culvert tender multiprate pipe arch culverts to be used on the nelsonnassagaweya town line will be supplied by the armso drainage and metal pro ducts co guclph nassagaweya council accepted the tender at their meeting in the council chamber on june 4 approvalbf the depart roent of highways is necessary members were all present with reevearchic service presiding correspondence read included letters from the department of lands and forests concerning the bush and gray fires from the bell telephone co misssybil bennett mp and hamilton hospital con cerning an indigent patient three firms submitted tenders tor sup plying the culvert- payment of 5 to walter freeman for destroying a dog caught killing sheep was authorized duncan mof fat was paid 100 for services as tax collector for the months of january and february accounts aver passed for pay ment amounting to 350 the road superintendents voucher no 9 for 35203 and no 10 for 137408 nuts census enumerators their task fridav began tennis classes begin with- dozen pupils opening day for tenuis classes last saturday morning was very encouraging a dozen enthusiastic pupils old and new attended as a greater number is expected next saturday morning the time of the classes is to be ten oclock for girls and 11 oclock for boys these lessons arc free the legion hall has a spank ing white new coat of paint white lines as guides for park ing aro being painted in town this week rock wood school girls played a baseball match with senior acton girls after school tuesday amos mason was welcomed back by rotarians at their business meeting tuesday he is just back frnm florida high school students are study ing for examinations probably the queen of the peanut day jean manes is finding it hardest of alu fred pfeifler of acton was one of the judges at a dog show spon sored by the guelph german shep herd dog club last sunday at ark- ell farms in lowlying areas are still not seeded due to the wet weather cold and rain have com- btrredtodampcn the usuaisprrnir enthusiasm and prevent farm work neat dunce caps made of news papers covered tender plants when frost was predicted at the end of last week others put boxes and bottles- over the young shoots to protect them georgetowns peanut day was held on friday this year and offic ials rfcport proceeds not as high as when the event was held on a saturday milton is also to have a peanut day soon youngsters have been swim ming in fairy lake first dips were i taken during the very temporary heat wave several weeks ago and the weather hasnt been warm en- i ougn lor much swimming yet mr and mrs a galbruith tara visited with mr and mrs j m frank during the weiik friends will be pleased to hear that iyndu james is progressing favorably following an appendix operation in guelph general hos pital last week mrs archie papillon miss paul ine pupil ion mrs cordon currle mrs ken papillon mrs jack south and mrs wilfred duval were in buffalo on the weekend mr george spencerlee will be attending ontario division court convention at delawana inn honey harbor n friday and saturday june 8 and 9 mrs spencerlee will accompany her husband the reverend p e deelh and mrs deeth were guests on sunday of mr and mrs c w mason decoration day visitors with mr and mrs g a dills were mr and mrs frank browning of toronto mr and mrs ron langford and family are moving from acton to huntsville this week acton friends extend best wishes for them receives prize at graduation with her graduation diploma miss marjorie warne received a special prize at the womens col lege hospital graduation ceremon ies in convocation hall monday eveninr friends and family from acton watched with pride as miss warne accepted the margaret pen- nell baldwin award for the best all round fiirl in the class of 38 the winner of the 50 award was chos en by the girls themselves speaker at the graduation cere mony was dr marion milliard the superintendent of the hospital miss dorothy mnehani presented the diplomas the hospital auxil- iary hud presented corsages to all i the graduates rev and mrs itoilof grih-rie- miss warne whose home is on boer left monday to attend a min- rr 2 acton went ill training after isters convention of the christian leaving acton high school and has i reformed church at grand ilapids been in toronto three years she michigan and to visit relatives in finishes her training there in i chicago they will be away about seconds to s wins 155 draw don lindsay had the regulation two minutes to race from carrolls store where he works down to tho platform at the post office saturday afternoon when his none was called as the winner of tho weekly ap preciation day draw ho waa hastily summoned from his work and he dashed through the crowd with on ly is seconds to spare being is seconds late would have meant a lot to him ilia luute won him 1s3 on n30 per cent coupon and he knew the name of the mer chant of he week the largest crowd yet filled the area for the draw which was made by the peanut queen on the float whjch wus touring town for rotary peanut day next weeks put is 400 knox ladies honor mrs r h armstrong the monthly meeting of knox presbyterian indies aid was jield at the home of mrs k j mt-clltili- eon on tueaduy afternoon mrs h mainprlzc rend the scripture les son and mrs john allison led in prayer a report on the progress in the ministers vestry wan given and the business at hand taken care of in the summer months members will make talent money each in her own way at the august meeting mem- bers will hear of the various talents and the financial returns handed in mrs g w masnles contributed a reading a lesson from u bird and a sing song urns enjoyed led by mrs f andersiui with mrs allen smith ut the piano mrs a j buchanan was invited to voice the feelings of this group to mrs armstrong who is leaving with her husband and family to take up their work at erskine presbyterian church in hamilton a gift in up- j preciathm of her services so cheer fully rendered was presented to her meeting closed with the lords prayer and the committee of the month served lunch miss jessie mcgregor expressed the thanks to mrs mccutcheon and the commit tee for a delightful afternoon engagements mr and mrs furl lambert wish t announce the engagement of their laughter mnruuret joyce to ronald john oiuesple hamilton marriage to take place middle of july in united church wtt and mi a fl fryer wih to announce the engagement of their youngest daughter shirley georgettu to hobert ihiiijainiu cnjn- nuns son of mr iindmrs llurry- cniifions bruniptitn flic widdiiui will take place june 22 lootl in st a hums church acton mr and mrs george darnel ac ton wish to iinnouncu the engage ment of their only luughter phyllis doieen to robert huntley soi mr and mrs itobert lleutley ac ton the marriage to take place june 30th in knox presbytorluif church acton ut 230 pm mr und mrs bert a igor picton onl wish to announce tho en- giiiament of their youngest daugh ter mury jean to sgt itotiald kurt son of mr and mrs frml w hunter acton the marriage to lulie place june 34hh ut 2 pm at the first pentecostal church main st picton tea sale of parcels raise 10 for girls daffodils tulips and streamers decorated one of flie rooms in the ymca for the tea held by the girls of the novelty cjruy club mothers and friends were welcom ed at the door by lorraine ben nett and judy oltourke others assisting wore vernn churchill ilia lluiamun jucolm van der brink sandra llariiruve and put qulnnell a purcel post sole wus well pat ronized by those attending will every item sold over 410 was rallied fur the girls projects friends from a distance attend ing the funeral of the late mis john stewart sr were mr and mrs fred forsythe sarnia mr and mrs bob stewart peterbor ough mr frank wright mrs j wright kippm mrs jim spiel vogjel and young daughter have come to acton to livp mr spielvogel son of mr rudolph spielvogel will be work ing on the distant early warning line in the arctic following a course in montreal september and may go to water loo to nurse afterwards attending the graduation were her parents mr and mrs robert warne sisters mrs ken allen miss vera warne mrs peter bin- nie and her daughter sandra a bro ther roy warne mr and mrs don matthews mrs alfred long mrs garnet winters and mr bill bell 10 days tile hamilton conference of the united church met in hamilton from last thursday until monday ilcv gordon adams attended and the two lay delegates from the church here were orwell johston and clarence gamble today mr and mrs dean leslie leave acton for a five month trip abroad they sail tomorrow for europe and during- their extended fburlhey willbcr in enrlanatscol land ireland norway denmark sweden holland switzerland ger many italy and the isle of capri ladies of the united church at- tended the wms meeting at ebe- bands provided a program which j nezer church as guests on wcdnes- was poorly attended due to the day mrs veldhuis and miss dor- cold weather j ihy simmons sang a duct the the police boys band was form- j wednesday before acton wa and ed about three months ago and the j wms menhbers attended a meet- young musicians took part in the j ing at ballinafad when mrs veld- program preceded by a parade huis and miss simmons again sang 1 acton b attends tattoo in oakville tho newlyorganized trafalgar police boys band played host to district bands at- a- tattoo-in- wal lace park ostfvilie on friday ev ening brass trumpet and pipe mechanical digger malvern square ns cp agriculture department officials predict that a machine to dig strawberry plants wilf be found on many farms in the next few years otis chute strawberry grower here developed the machine from pictures of a device used in the united states chcctldvai w 1 used cars 1955 che v coach a one owner car beautifully finishecfin two tone blue very reasonably priced a real sharp 1953 pontiac laurent i an hardtop with powerglide transmission radio air conditioned neater etc bu this car with confidence low mileage one owner 1953 studebaker coupe this car cannot be beat for top performance and economy see it today 1954 pontiac club coupe is just thesarne as new and if has automatic transmission rado two tone paint all leather upholstery air condition ed heater etc drive this beauty now all these goodwill used carsund many more for you to choose from wlth confidence milton motor sales pnone numbers with ulster6 for rockwood a new telephone minilxriiig sys tem will be introduced in hock- wood when the communitys dial exchange goes into liperition next december c s keith hell tele phone manager said all kockwoitd telephone number will consist of an exchange name ulster an exchange numeral and four other figures a typical number would be ulster ti- 1211 in itorkwomi it will be necessury to dial only the last four figures nf the number- 1 2 inil 4 in the example tlxiv- in order to comp lete local cills for long distance purposes how ever the entire number iiiiliuting the name limild be used mi- keith said the opening of ftielphh iitl ex change will coincide with the in- trodiktiontf dial servirt- in iturk- wood and twoletter five- figure telephone numbers go into use jn the city then too dial telephone service will not have any effect on present rales in rockwood he said ian01n timk8 gananoque ont icp the garage which housed gananouuei fust automobile is to be turned in to u supermarket no l ttt r t i k f mdf forrtgged highspeed driving safety firfo a5wmf champion 4r rrtvaritt itnpod braofct 1f cant m9akmn under high ipaftd moithm or ktrm hvat if qtn dratiglh of 4 pliai rtw light wia of 4 pliai fr can ba rcoppd again and sbwice centre rosedale phon 16 toth motors phon 52 acton wutch for a special announce ment of an important addition to the facilities of your local paper mackenzie news once more and probably tho last tlmo we do bring to your attention the advantages of ordering your noxrt winters coal now summer price nut and stove 2425 july price act now and save 4b ackenzie son coal lumber a4 building supplo mwtwwtwwmw keys made while you wait hintons 5c1 store wwwwvvwvw p0t1aj2s floor loom weaving acton night school offers a course of 12 l essoins for 10 including supplies for sample patches and one project course to begin in september 500 advance registration fee applications received by miss f wilkin box 138 acton 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