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v r4ad appoint fulltime usualfv jhc first mdustrv m any canadian communttv rn the pion eer davs ids ihc flour and grist mil warn of these landmarks of ear h davs have been destroyed bv fire mam have txeome in operative at ion seems to have a tendenca fur holdin its indus tries todav auon flour mill has vnodcrn equipment has m re cent vears added elevators and storage capacilv it operates at capacitv vwih 10 employees flour produced in acton find a readv market across canada almost kxwc ontario winter wheat is used m the process of making flour early beginnings according to histurv acton had its beginnmc about 1829 we imagine thai short after the water was dammed up to make fair lake and uattr to drive the mihstones just when the pre sent mill was erected is largelv conjecture hut it is reasoftfcble to assume its hisiorv e rack1 well over a hundred vears water power is used no more in the modern mtll which d h lindsav has operated in acton for the past 40 vears dunne the past ten cars se era chances have taken place at the mill in act to improvl liiutpmu ditions in order tu m tdcrn millftw opujtmg nriur four larie eleatui mr lmd jun with a lendenev opt wnh 19 0 with ir stor 12l tad j cooo buvht ho added ni the nd tin tpllovuriv mar i tu wih a e lpjeitv bushels ele 111 eaeh ul oool stalled fur moder viellh seale w addition- m i truek hoist id in operation a oo hp hujv ehupper thi operation at anv time as mat hints ai thioufh saturelv used dailv in tenuis md fi enieni ps included in the and in i9s a peed up unload i as installed diesel rins chopper the isel mulur run pnd the baianei pv eleetrie hrtur pt the d i ur miru lijhts are burring in the buildm ku un 4 hour bqsis from mondv some vevr- of suideni doubled pastors for aeton baptist ehuieli l0 ihete were v muntxi the euntregatlon has uu teased thete he o vindav sell withut the past deeade lu the tetlelallee ip ejls iju iv point here a full lime pjsiui 21 in li nil ie iltii wjv warranted the rev gordon w is 4 with trf n wiles un ll holmes moesd tu avtt n to inmu t t tei liere a vear and a hall atu he followed a pin tune minis tei here the rei c r cow e r who left in 190 students st in lev woodcock trom deeimrter 19s0 until manli i9s dougljs shutlf from oetober 19m until mav r9a2 dwifcnl pit tei son from ma 1952 untjl september 191 and the rev rav costems from september 193 until april l9- starting as a student mr costerus ubi lined his di while here and ujs i rdiuieel m ihe church he rem fined i mir alieruards followed b mi holmes who moved here in oeto- bel 195s in in lss iw ship men n imp x pastor i in ehunsh jtumv iked l pel nrit ijun ui j ll p volunteer workers amos mason first president j of rptary club e 4 isemelt tmeks tiansportini m i iished prodnet to and from read markets old let new old vet new j acion flour mills membership doubled chuieh niembeisliip his nearlv the rotajiv club u i l thnwn vuun iuup when llle m be ll amus mason was the hrst pre- i tent in i94 fun f his and pe mm d u have raised lunds i i ttipple illlulell hllll sihh1 midehi title been sell i ott lu i l rot ll lol j elllensh 1 i i i e eh le ll ail i lie innu ll i i te set imp m l be he the dun lhiiieh bmt iii p esell isw j 111 ls2 h alelh u llle 1 l elllie the bnl f inplele h 1h 1 111- hushed til etippkj ehl dl opera es todav turmnc out more and belter flou than at anv time j in its long his or it has to be soofj to meet t xla s taaeting re tquirements rooted in america since 1857 church attracts new injmigrants the last decade has seen thej establishment of the christian i reformed church here inst i tut cd ui ma 1933 under the able direction of the rev g andre borne missionary for the chnst ian reformed church in canada this congregation has groun in foe and also spintualh i in less than seven ears the congregation has grown from some 20 famines to 69 families with 145 communicant members and 214 members by baptism tot ailing 1359 souls daring the first period of its historv the congregation met in the parish hall and later in the yjaca- this courtesy was much appreciated in 1936 the church basement on highway se ven- was erected on which the t congregation hopes to build a supeistructure before too long an 1955 the church received its first regular pastor in the rev ralph groeneboer uho sened this church till december 1958 and then left for vancouver bc after having declined manvj calls to other christian reformed churches mr groeneboer was succeeded by the rev j nutma who after graduating from calvin college and seminar in grand raaids mich had become declared can didate for the ministry in the christian reformed church in september 1959 j rooted in america though the congregation by and large consists of recent im migrants it is a canadian church like the presbvtcnan and the united church of canada the christian reformed church is not rooted in the netherlands but in america as earlv as 1857 a was instituusd in michigan this lpstitutioi was due to the j fact that mam people had mig rated from euiope to the new i world soon this church was spread all over the lmted states and since 1905 iias congregations in canada also one of the first activities in the new world aas the establish ment of a colli ge which since 1920 is associaed with the ac credited college in the ufsa an educated minis rv is one of the prerequisites cf a flourishing church life and as earlv as 1876 a semmarv was rstabltshed which grants its stude its a b d degree i the christian reformed church as a denomination carries out a large mission irogram ha ing missionaries at work in new mexico cuba brazil argentina nigeria cevlon indonesia kor ea japan formosa austrabaj and new zeatend each of the congregations n canada and the l sa is conn ibuting to this mission prograr i besides this he denomination has a radio broadcast the back to god hcur with the rev peter eldersveld as minister this broadcast can be heard in acton everv su idav at 8 jo am on cfrb 1014 i one important thing to be men tioned vet is th fact that the christian reformed church is a confessional cl lurch behev ing that the entire bible is the infal iiblv inspired ward of god the church holds to the nicene ath anasian and apostolic creeds and besides that to the heidelberg catechism the belgic confession and the canons of dordt town trucker progresses adds modern equipment a desire to own his own busi ness after driving trucks for many years for someone else prompted jack ridley to start his own truck ing business in 1946 in acton since that tnne many changes have taken place and the business has jumped ahead by leaps and bounds as the owner keeps pro gress foremost in mini in the space of 14 years mr ridley has increased his units from one to the 11 being used today holding a pcv license class fs and f allows the com pany to haul livestock road con struction materials building ma terials such as cement blocks and bricks and do general hauling in fhe district i livestock is hauled croat the 4ctoa and georgetown area to nd from the toronto and kit- narkets for the number of the have been en- by the depart and equipped the roads chener livestock past nine ears companv trucks gaged each winte ment of highway s with units for sending in the area live it area i eleven drivers ire employed b mr ridley andtliey alt live with in the acton area it became a limited companv on june 30 1959 j and has been an igent for several cement block snd brick com panics four yea rs ao the cpm pany expanded a id a new garage was built on the property at the corner of guelph and agnes corner sireets today the coripany has ur damp trucks tliree stake one semi and three dho sanding trucks acton flour mills established jl2 years modern equipment 1 1 elevators storage capacity 60000 bushels canada wide market for flour production of western and ontario wheat d h lindsay proprietor mill street west actonl ontario jack ridley cartage limited blocks bjocks concrete cinder i claybrlix concrete brick sand stone e f phone 251 acton livestock and fertilizer service and supplies pcv class fully insured fssf left to r ghi are ted allen captain bill w lliflms captain 6ei kelly john krapek harold towr second row ph i mco stall norm acton firefighters who protect the acton area are pc tured above with some of their equipment shown frorf row spielvogeil b 11 qdennell van fleef captm wayne sley and doug mcttftchern pr ce dorson fr zzell ch ef a good gas seirvice round me year can be ut community grow it s a prescr piidn the availability of gas for n he location of new however additional and other tac lihes needed that s why your rnust r sk investments in today for your industrial these investments make available for your