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the acton free press thursday february 24 1966 osmtmoe linda strandholt president of blue bonnets 4h club sympathy is extended to mrs wilfrid mcmillan who received word of the passing of her bro ther george mcfiougall in texas in january crowd at eochre in spite of the intense cold weather the largest crowd of the season was present friday night for the bimonthly euchre spon sored by the womens institute is tables in all prize winners were mrs s matthews mrs h jestin elgin reilly and gordon aitken mrs r hall won the lu cky draw prize 4h officers the first meeting of the 4h girls homemakmg club project it accent on accessories was held at the home of miss doris fines one of the leaders with nine girls and the assistant leader mrs g hurren present- the meeting opened with the repealing of the 4h pledge after which miss fines led a discussion on what the club ts for mrs hurren gave notes on what are accessories election of officers followed president linda strandholt vice- president secretan june upshah assistant bern ice klooster each girl is to be press reporter in turn no decision was reached on name for the club or tvpe of re cord books but will be chosen later congratulations to re and mrs herbion on the arrival of a daughter last week re herbi son 15 the minister of the local presbyterian church and erin church mr and mrs llovd robertson home or laurel stubbinpton with 10 members and two leaders pie- sent the 4h club pledge was repeated june upshull read the minutes and linda strandholt called the roll ospnnge blue bonnets was the name chosen for the club mis c hurren discussed planning our accessories and miss fines told of accessories to comple ment vou she also reported on the coils of various tvpes of ma terial the girls were shown how to make a hand rolled hem next meeting of the club will be held at the home of candv pinson batilnafad ptah anniversary community centre mrs wilfred harding is quite ill in guelph general hospital a speed recoen for her is hoped for mrs leo jamieson mis henr hills mrs lola marshall mis i cm- i robert mcenerv and mrs jessie slwmcenen attended the 40th ann versar o shgroe wl which was held in st johns church georgetown last week the bimonthl euchre was held in balhnafad community hall on tuesdav night high lad mrs bert price cedai valle mis snider georgetown gents mrs robin plaing a gents card rob crt mcener consolation mi bod the afternoon ucw met at mrs cam vlcenens on tuesdav and little grandson bradlev ro- the devotional was taken bv mrs bertson and mrs c heimber of r shoriill sr miss bea hilts also i doorbells start ringing for tuberculosis survey doorbells will ringsoon in ing all tountrv homes during the httndicds of llulton counl homes m xt live weeks to alert lesidenls to the start of the lountvs mass tuberculosis sin vi v ovei 200 volunteers ate taking pail in a house lo house canvass to remind everyone of the import ince of having a tuber culin test the 200 volunteers manv of them members of the canadian red cross cancer so- answering an questionshal stnff pholo among delegates to a toe alpha youth rally in milton sundny was a group from acton from the left are bill hansen sims mcphedran morshn mckenne toe alpha revw h aackenzie bruce coles and anne wntson mr sunday evening following an afternoon program 150 attend thomas knott director of knott addressed the group variety of fine local talent in town and country concert with the oppoi tunitv of hearing i foi mal wav the men sang happy local talent so gieatlv reduced wanderei bells of st mai s and i these davs it was a pleasuie for kentuckv babe their concluding the robei t little guelph isited on sundav with d gave a reading on the work anrontschool au on saturdav 150 to applaud their friends and neighbors who presented a varietv program tn g and mrs robertson 3r millson of guelph spent the weekend with mrs m jack son mrs george a grundv mr george grundv and miss nancv grundv visited on sundav with george a grundv who is a pat the indians of the north the evening meeting was held at mrs rav swmdlehursts the devotional was taken bv mrs neilson a short bible studv bv mrs lawr lunch was served at both meetings the community centre catered lent in toronto general hospi- to the acton junior farmers when tal where he underwent recent 1 110 sat down after which dancing surgerv his condition is much j was enjoyed in the hall when a improved and he hopes to be capacity crowd attended home shortly- mr william wragg visited on saturday with his wife who is a surgical patient in toronto eas general hospital where her condition is improving newtyweds a presentation was held satur day evening in the school audi torium for recent newlyweds mr and mrs ken winter nee katy hill a number of tables or euchre were played while others en joyed dancing to music supplied by rowans orchestra the honored couple were seat cd on the platform and mrs al hume read the address while mrs ralph sinclair presented them with a pitcher or monev both ken and katy replied and expressed their sincere thanks the ladies served coffee and sandwiches mrs george cooke and bill vi sited on saturday with her daughters dianne and doreen at belleville blue bonnets the second meeting or the 4h girls homemakmg club was held after school on monday at the mr and mrs william early vis ited on sundav at the home of their daughter mr and mrs ernie mcenerv plans are being made to hold a dance on the rourth anniversary or ballinarad hall plan to attend and help finish pay off the bal ance on the hall particulars later evening the town and countrv concert was arranged bv the ladv directors or acton agricultural society and thev themselves pic sented the climax a comical skit smith griffin acted as master i or ceremonies tor the fast mo ing program which was over in less than two houn he had a tund or okes about perennial l favorites politicians mothers in law and local people that kept the audience chuckling chorallers first first on the program were the legion choraliers directed bv george mussclle the 25 men in the new gold jackets were loudly applauded mr mussclle introduc ed their numbers in his usual in georgetown future explained to councils eden mh1 mrs e jennings hosless fro wi the eden mills womens insti tute was hosted wednesdav arter noon bv mrs e jennings open ing with the institute ode and marv stewart collect minutes and treasurer s reports were read and approved no delegate was named for the officers confer ence to be held at the u of g reports from the standing com trattees were heard and letters ot thanks from the sick and shut ins were read another euchre in the community hall will be held sat urdav february 26 committee to be mrs e jennings mrs w gil bertson and mrs j hamer ar rangements were also made for a monster euchre and penny sale in march the ladies were reminded to at tend the world dav of praver fri dav at the united church mrs g marshall then gave a reading on the history of eden mills dat ing back to 1842 some of the old land marks are shll standing which proved very interesting at present the population is well over the 300 mark a reading the open door was given bv mrs r rov and a wind contest was won by mrs m bar den mrs jennings was thanked for the use of her home bv the courtesy convener and a social half hour followed the cardettes club met monday evening at mrs donna cliffords and winners were joan chamber lain leta campbell and wilda macdougafll hostess for the silver belles monday was mrs h gtlbertson and prize winners were mrs w mclean sr mrs h harden and mrs s wilson mr and mrs r wright spent the weekend in east rochester visiting hospital officials or metropolitan hal ton developments company which purchased the extensive delre holdings at georgetown from rex heslop recently outlm ed plans for the future expansion ot the town of georgetown to halton and peel oflicials at a dinner in chinguacousy goir club thursday evening charlie leatherland attended fronj acton tremendous growth s b mclaughlin president or m h d c rorecast a tremendous growth tor the two counties and suggested regional government was needed to keep the area pros pel ing he called tor a unified proposal to needs studv commis sionei plunkett to keep the two counties rrom being absorbed b metro toronto he said his firm would help georgetown grow bv 15 000 new residents and 75000000 property development in the next 10oi15 years and announced the town would soon be getting several new stores industries and finan cial institutions of as hariey heads health group haltons federal member parliament was appointed chairman of the house of com mons standing committee on health last week dr harry hariey of oakville haltons liberal representative at ottawa held the post of chairman of the special com mittee on food and drugs in the last parliament and spent much time working on the af fairs of the committee he has also been reappointed to the food and drug committee his health committee assistant named when the commons or ganized 21 new committees last week is dr gaston isa bella liberal member for gatln eau number how great thou art in eluded fine solos by john mchugh and jim higgins recitation music a monologue behind the seen es was given bv mrs ward bruce gowned in hailing maroon with long pearls she depicted a temp eramental soloist talking to the other artists backstage between numbers at a concert to the amusement of the audience talenteti voting scottish danc er margaret slaven pcrloimcd two dances to records wearing hei blue vclxct acket and tai tan kilt two solos the auctioneer and getting to know vou weie sung bv sharon hume of milton dis trict church trio a medley of old favorites was plaved by the baptist instrument al trio mrs lloyd bulmer miss elda frver and charles lands borough thev played the auto- harp mouth organ piano and small portable organ the sweet strains interpreted home on the range svvanee riv jer my darling nellie gray in i the sweet bve and bve and lhe i battle hvmn of the republic concluding skit the skit presented bv the lair ladies had the group meeting to oiganie an anti gossip club and almost needless to sav the pro lect was doomed to failure irom the beginning the ladies just knew too much about then neigh it undei the big bors lo keep i lowered hats thev enteied lo laughter dress ed as flappers with short shift di esses ruffles saucv garters showing and long beads twirling as in last years skit at the concert thev sang their rousing club song let s all go down to acton tair mrs m mccullough plaved the piano foi them the dyed in thcavool gossrpcrs were mrs bill thompson mrs llovd mclnciv mis bill mcdon aid mis c w swackhamer mrs waltei i inham mis fd arelu bald mis james mccullough and mrs stan matthewys director lor the gioup was mrs don matthews alter the final curtain mis me cullough thanked the members ol the audience and the performers as president of the ladv directors oictv and iode aie part of the overall canvassing of more ihan 10000 pirons who will be visit best season yet for glerveden club an abundance of snow for five consecutive weekends in january and tebruarv has led to the best season ever foi the glen fden ski club halton region conser vation aulhotitv field officer dave murray told authority mem bers at their inaugural meeting i cbiuary 10 he noted considerable im provement has been made in the opeiation or the club this year and before last weekend they had their best season yet he also indicated on february 5 and 6 the club enjoyed the best weekend it has ever had since it came into existence about five veais ago mi murrav suggested the club has met most ol the require ments set down by the authority including improving facilities and the fining of a full time mana ger members were pleased with the report and quickly passed a mot ion requesting the ski club to pay its current laoor costs to the authority in an alf out el foi i lo ii icn lhe siiivev s go il of liiheieiilin testing all available coimlv lesidenls canvassers have donated numci otis houis of their time lo the pro jet thev will go irom door to door to remind persons that thev are entitled to a free tuberculin recall ormatfon continued from page one lonniurr the rove i scouts which no longer exist duiing the- redcap it was point ed out that roimei north halton disttiet commissionei daw dills who had also plaved an active iole- in the scout movefhent pre sented mi smith with his gilwelj he lels they may have about the sui vey and to tell everyone- whorv their nearest thnic will be held also iccciving piaise was wil lum middleton and others who pi ivtd m impoilant pu t in suuiling m ac ion is well as spc ulie iding ttredmt to luidd tile present seoul hall head table ch in man tot tne evening ron idvissacad ol the acton scout r- i oriip ckmnntice intioduced the rev m tstabrooks generau ht table jiuests mis chairman of the survey h is sug j vii seovne miss taylor gested that peisons not deliv in mts seovne who assisted with petting ther tests in order to cllbs ullll hcr husband loimer avoid arrv last minute itrsh that seoutmastei neil miller miss may develop no one who cares ttjk mjt sprowl and rev a h ror his orhei own health and that i mckmie who said giaee pi lor of his family can afford to neglect i t dinner this opportunity he said this j scout and guide mother scrv county is paving a high pi ice foi i u a ciclieious turkey dinner with tuberculosis a disease that can be j the trimmings also piesent cured and prevented through i the hanquet weie members the cooperation of everyone in 0 acton rot ir club who are the count v we can find the source mimhcrs ol the scout group of tuberculosis infection and committee the club sponsots check irs spread thcsrout the friendly group lingered chatting in the hallways or the school before dispersing to their ears despite the extremely cold evening the second concert was i again well attended drawing manv awav from the 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