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i the acton free press wednesday pebruwy 1 1o7 mil fehus www i i ail new front doors on jjiurch years project of ladies aid tom dube bui bennett jffsu late queen sajote of tonga w t earee are yju don know wont hurt 9 promoted to corporals you y other car wrote day- pfprayer service the vims and ladles aid of eden mihs presbyterian church was hosted by mrs r- roy monday afternoon mrs h gubertson openedthe w ms with a suitable poem fol lowed by prayer the ladies were reminded of the day of prayer roh call was answered with suggestions for the yeai 1967 mrs b wright was in charge of the ladies aid minutes and treasurers report were read and several letters of thanks were received from the elderly and shutins who were i at christmas roll call was answered with sug gestions for the years activit ies and the ladies have a busy time ahead of them their pro ject is new front doors on the church a contest was won by mrs gisbertson mrs wright closed with a poem a thought forthe new year mrs j gubertson thanked the hostess for her hospitality a social half hour followed shirley gubertson is improving at guelph general hospital mr george hatapson is still confined to hospital mr and mrs allan barnes of oshawa visited with mr and mrs william mino sun day mr and mrs jack greenlaw whitby visiteowiilr mr and mrs r wright sunday mr and mrs ed jennings spent a long weekend visiting relatives in bowmanvtlle port perry and scarborough mrs h barden entertained the silver belles club wednes day afternoon winners were mrs gubertson mrs e bardenjtnd mrs h mopher- the january mettlnrof ina eden mihs ujcaw was held at the home of mrs wilk wilson the devotional was taken by mrs ralph thompson and opened with singing take time to be holy rihure was taken from acts 161140 the topic was pauls found ing of the church in phluipl as he travelled he came upon a group of women meeting in prayer by a river lydia a bus iness woman was their lead er she accepted the news paul brought about jesus christ and she and her famhy were baptized and became a very strong partner in promot ing the christian mission in phillip after prayer the devotional period was closed wuh singing the hymn oh master let me walk with thee the president mrs e mil- son took the business period the minutes were read by sec retary mrs r thompson treasurers report by mrs d beanie card and visiting re port by mrs wilk wilson and flower report by mrs r war- die several letters of thank you were read the program was planned for the year and ar rangements were made for the world oay of prayer a social time was spent over refreshments served by mrs d beattie and mrs e parker tom dubb two constables serving with the milton detachment opp nave been recommended for promotion to corporal and will be transferred to other de tachments const tom dubc a member- ol this detachment since june 18 1957 is promoted to corp oral and will transfer to the burlington detachment office const bill bennett who has spent nearly nine years on the milton opp force is to be come a corporal and transfer to the brantford detachment both promotions are effec tive today february 1 both men this week went to tor onto for a supervisory course which will last two weeks then they will head out for their new positions const bennett joined the opp in 1956 starting with the dundas detachment before moving to milton he had a total of nearly nine years with the local force const dube came to milton from oakville bill bennett detachment in june of 1957 prior to that he served with the qpp when they patrolled the town of mili9n7nnctwtth the georgetown force windows are frosted up or rovered with grime you cannot really see at all the traffic and it ctiuftrfaurt you as of last vear it fs also illegal to drive without allround visibility through the car windows so keep them clean and keep safe expect m countries there are almost twice as many nations participating in expo 67 as to any previous world exhibition u is expected that the final count will reach m the 10 canadian provinces will also participate as well as the cities of montreal and pa ris and the state of new york three international organiza tions will have pavilions can adian companies have announ ced participation totalling some 45 million when the world day of prayer is held on friday feb 10 it is expected that cana dian women in more than 3500 communities from new foundland to the yukon will participate they wll use a service pre pared by the late queen salote of tonga a dedicated chris tian who for many years led her own people in this annual observance as has been cus tomary in recent years the first of the days gatherings will be held at dawn in the south pacifics tonga islands moving westward with the ad vancing sun until prayers for peace and understanding have literally circled the globe fugee work and other concerns throughout the world local services wiu be held in the baptist church comer of mill and elgin sts at 2j0 pm a cordial invitation fs extend ed to all to participate on this day it is expected that wo men from practically all chris tian groups will participate the chairman of the planning committee is mrs c w lands- borough cal participating groups st alban s an g i i c a n tyro group seeks more boy members tyro leader allan lauder would like to welcome any more boys from 8 to ii years of age to his group which meet at ihe united church eadh tuesday evening from 7 io t pm the small group is now beginning the study of the stars mr lauder has been inter ested in boys work for years and the tyros have been org anized here for the past six years athough it is a church- based group any boys are wel come local are st albans ang church acton baptist churchy are yfm bothered by prowl- bethel christian reformed ers way out here in the coun- church evangel pentecostal try no on the gate is a presbyterian and trinity unitxjsign we are vegetarians but ed church our dog isnt quean salote chose as her theme anclot his jtingdom- accidentsdonr payfy6u there shall bejio end though some translations and adapta tions are necessary to suit lo cal situations the theme is j i dot can you afford a farm ac cident umehouse chunk officials elected at congregational meeting st albans reports officials favor women as lay delegates the annual vestry at st al- ban church began on mon day evening january 30 with theoeebration of a choral eucharist commemorating the conversion of supaul and in prayer for the life of the par- following the service re freshments were served in the parish hall and the meeting got un around 9 pm mrs k fryer was appointed clerk- of the vestry the rector thamkad the many people in the parish who volun teered their energy and time and their skill as well as their financial support to the mis sion of the church in this com munity and thanked those leaving office and those by anticipation who were to ac cept office for the coming year an item of diocesan business was handled first this was a request from the bishop to test the feelings of the parish re garding the election of women as lay delegates to the dioces an synod the vestry of st al bans is strongly in favor of such an election provided it signified a sharing of responsi bility between men and women and not simply a shifting of responsibility from men to wo men the items that followed con cerned parish business repairs are to be undertaken optometry is family affair with the johnsons optomet ry is in the family a father son and his wife are all optom etrists and they will be open ing a new branch office at 54 mill st next to manning el ectric the office there will be open on wednesdays and sat urdays arthur a johnson od has practised in hamilton for 30 years and in milton as well the past 13 years he is a gradu ate of the college of optomet ry of ontario in 1930 and re ceived his doctorate there in 1962 ha son lamas p johnson oj is a graduate of milton high school and of the college of optometry of ontario with the doctor of optometry after a four year course in 1964 he has practised in hamilton brampton and toronto pamela johnson wife of j p johnson practises in the family hamilton office a grad uate of ontario ladies col lege she received her doctor of optometry degree from the college of optometry of ont ario in 1966 information about appoint ments repairs etc may be ob tained at manning electric mr johnaoo sr explained this- the office will have rafracttng units for and an ade- of frames t for dispensing to restore the external fabric of the ch and parish hall and to restore the entrance steps to the rectory the rector commented on the good relations between trinity united church and the parish in current discussions at the last meeting of the two congregations 22 members rep resenting the two churches met to discuss the hope of unlontlks are jp oontinrj harold danny then present ed a report ojh the financial ex penditures in the parish for the past year mr denny was happy to re port that the parish had met all its commitments to the dio cese and to the church at large for the past year although un able to undertake any capital expenditures within the parish itself total income was ap proximately 60o over the pre vious year as is customary the budget committee expressed its hope that the parish in undertaking a larger budget for 1967 utill accomplish necessary expendi tures in the parish those who accepted office for the coming year are as fol lows rectors warden fred new peoples warden jim graham deputywarden har old morris lay delegates to synod william denny fred salt and the substitute dele gate peter masson treasurer harold denny envelope secre tary j creasey chairman of sidesmen george haggett parish secretary mrs george haggett church school super- intendent ernie coker audi- tors syd newton robert hall the parish advisory council john rol ted pratt vic bns- tow barry inscoe frank hel ler two other members are to be appointed by therector the rector reported on com- ing events of interest first of which is that glenn banks has consented o continue his train ing the voices of the children of the church school begun at the christmas pageant as part of the parishs cen tennial oelebratjons st al- fs pay will bi kept com- cing this jefiri the feast be anticipated on sunday june 18 with the celebration of holy eucharist a meal for the whole parish and a pro gram both edifying and enter taining the folkrock group made up of young people from the com munity who have been singing in the church during the fall plans to continue their practic es this month iitview of the fact that so many new english families have moved into the parish re cently the rector wondered whether the parish should hold an english night to help the newcomers feel part of the parish family the rector indicated that be sides les duby who is already licensed there are four new lay readers in training john last barry kirkness paul martindale and michael pratt finally the rector was delight ed to bring to the vestry the offer of gerry buttenham who recently entered the ontario college of art to cover one of the walls of the nursery and the parish hall downstairs with suitable murals at 20 minutes to 1 1 the ves try rose to receive the blessing and then continued with re freshments until shortly after ii the annual congregational meeting of limehouse presby- jerian church was held in the church the evening of january 25 rev f n young was chairman and mrs bert ben ton was secretary for the meeting the session report showed five of the congregation lost by death and nine new mem bers joined the church the treasury showed a good bal ance after purchasing alumin um storm windows drilling a well installing a pumping sys tem and painting the exterior of the church during 1966 the session with rev f n young are t h price joe ross a w benton m a minojccjandsayjjick ap- pleyard and clerk a c patter son managers include lloyd mcencry chairman ted brown secretary and t h price joe ross bill henry and dick adpleyard stewards are dick apple- yard tom richie neil and bert benton ted brown and lloyd mcenery a w benton was reappointed treasurer and k c lindsay and mrs s kirkpatrick auditors for 1967 rev f n young opened the- meeting with a short devqtioal a jmjriod and closed with cfhel benediction a social halfi hour was enjoyed afterwardsi limehouse public school children g6t friday afternoon as a holiday due to the heavy- storm and thuthreat of more- mrs preston grade 1 teach er at limehouse had two more lakeshore teachers college students whose homes are at etobicoke with her last week mr and mrs carmen malt- bv attended th silver wed ding anniversary of her par ents mr and mrs thomas gadd of georgetown on sat urday evening the party was held in toronto mr and mrs william elliot cathy and mark of campbell- ville and mr and mrs jack ouinton and robbie of george town were sunday visitors with mr and mrs bert ben ton stolen steps jacksonville fla mrs louise mercer believes that thieves will take anything now a periodic check of a vacant house she owns revealed the theft of some concrete steps the same around the world in canada there are services for girls and children in addi tion to the ones for adults english and french are the principal languages used in this country though chinese and japanese translations are made available as well as the braille copy from the cana dian national institute for the blind though the day of prayer jbtgan in the united states as early as 1887 and in canada in 1895 its spread around the world has been something of a modern miracle it just seems to have caught on like similar movements in a num ber of countries while intercession is the cen tral idea of the world day of prayer offerings are also sub stantial in canada gifts am- ounted to more than 75000 in 1966 this money was used for the publi and distribu- caroline nurseries cordon centre and flower shop artistic designs by caroline west of actorf on highway 7 south side member of ufc wire service valentines day february 14th telephone 8532980 anytime open 7 days a week am tit 7 9m sr8 tion of christian literature re- have your centennial flag dry cleaned free of charge non c always look your bast whtrtvir you go and whatever you do youll took your best in any spot whan your dothes are spotlessly dry cleaned by us free pickup and delivery i j c custom cleaners same day service except saturday in by it ajn out by 3 pjn cash and carry main st n phone tssllto mrs carmen maltby was hostess for a shower for wee christina rogers a january ar rival on tuesday evening last week there were nearly 20 guests there we extend sympathy to the norton family in the loss of their mother following strokes rev f n young conducted the funeral at the mcclure funeral home to glen wil liams cemetery on monday pollock and campbell manufacturers of high grade miaaorials memorial engraving 62 water st north gait telephone 6217580 v m you can phy cupid captor tier 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