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oi acton free press wednesday may 31 1967 bauinafad hillsburgh hosts annual meeting centre wellington district w i will beautify cemetery as wi centennial plan nu o centre wellington district wo mens institute was held re cently at the christian church hlllsburg with the members of hlllsburg auxlllury institute as hostesses for the the occas ion mrs e kraft and mrs tol- ton were in charge of registra tion when well over a hundred ladles registered mrs john raid the presi dent caned the meeting to or der and the presentation of the canadian flagby mrs roy black was followed by the sing ing of o canada with mrs howard barbour at the organ the president of the host in stitute mrs o somervihe gave the address of welcome and also gave a short sketch of the village of hlllsburg which was founded in 1823 mrs george ostic presented the minutes of last years meet ing and also a detailed financial report due to he absence of audi tors their report was read by mrs ostic mr norman jamleson he ontario board member spoke to the incoming district direc tors outlining their duties as liaison between district and branches mrs jamleson along with most of he officers and directors and someguests were becomingly attired in centen nial cnmumes roll call of the branches was answered by the number of now members the fergus branch reported nine so receiv ed a price which was accepted bv mrs b matthews mrs raid i mrs lloyd laing second vice-presi- dent who presided for the dis- trict conveners reports these were in printed form and were handed out agriculture and canadian in dustries mrs griff jackson read by mrs ostic home econ omic and health mrs b ar chibald citizenship and educa tion mrs d mcfee resolu tions mrs allan watson fed eration of agriculture mrs jack baldwin safety mrs jamesvhson temperance mrs george barber curator mrs irvine black public rela tions orficer mrs roy wheel er mr glllfttpt of erin delight ed all with a humorous nuin her air castles gilts were presented to mrs elgin rielly and mrs john awrey who were judges for the baking and sewing doritests winners of which were anni versary cake 1 mrs hroot mlmmosa 2 mrs e kraft blora old fashioned scones i mrs m flewelling mim osa 2 mrs jamei hamilton living springs mother and daughter aprons 1 mrs john rld conmngsby 2 mrs ar- ur wheeler speedside the horn economist mrs barbara flewelling gave an ex cellent report of the 4h home- making clubs 155 girls com pleted the centennial project a world of food in canada she expressed thanks to the branches for support for the clubs and also to the leaders and mothers for the great inter est and encouragement the speaker noted the fall project would be working with wool in which the girls would be mak ing a wool skirt tn president mrs reid in her eddress stated coming to gether is beginning working to gether is success she urged all to study safety be ever mindful of it stressing insecti cides as it affects all men tioning the many everyday arti cles which are used quite care lessly the speaker suggested we continue centennial projects in to other years and make can ada beautiful a delightful noon meal was served in the basement with table centres of spring flowers in blue and gold and gold can dles head table guests were intro- duced including the executive health mrs e archibald citi mrs barbara flewelling presl area representative mrs j reid alternate mrs e gray pubmc relations officer mrs rov wheeler agriculture and canadian industries mrs griff jackson home economics and dents and secretaries from oth er districts and the agricultur al representative mr grabble who spoke briefly he brought greetings and commended the branches for the community work being done and also work along safety he re minded all of the international plowing match which will be held in 1968 near guclph i a tribute to the 70th anniver sary of federated institutes of ontario was given bv mrs ed gray who quoted better to light a candle than curse the darkness doors of opportunity are al ways opening and members were urged to carry on the work o ably started by adel aide hoodies whose name is one of five women to be plac ed on a plaque at expo the afternoon session opened with the singing of from east to west this was second prize winner in a tweedsmuir con test a few vcars ago mrs a reynolds paid tribute to deceased members with a thought on the old violin mrs mel barden on behalf of the church board extended greetings roll call an article 100 years old was most interest ing and varied including a family bible of 1851 a metho dist hymn book of 1818 a pais ley shawl over 130 yearsqldt childs shoes quilt can open er cruet cape cook book sugar longs brass candle stick call ing card case and perfume holder mrs jamleson reported on her work as a member of the ontario board the national convention is to be held in guelph in june and pennies for friendship would be all ga thered and presented to mrs a rot i curt of india who is president of acww assocl- zcnshlp and education mrs d mcfee historical research mrs c allan in memoriam mrs roy black resolutions mrs allan watson federation of agriculture mrs j bald win safety mrs james wilson temperance mrs george bar ber curator mrs irvine black blora branch president ex tended the courtesies and invlt ed the district annual to florn next venr press reporter was mrs d g robertson the last of the regular tri weekly euchres was held in balhhafad community centre on tuesday night with 2u tabl es playing ladys high score went to mrs storey second mrs price mens high mr storev second mr cutting lone hands mrs h sinclair lucky cards margaret binnie and paul wilson the euchres will be held next fall again mrs frank smith mrs jesse mcencrv and mrs robert mc- enery attended the wi dis trict annual meeting in milton on wednesday the community was shock ed to learn of the sudden passing of mr douglas mc- eachem of acton a meeting was held on thur sday night at mr norman sin clairs when the trustees and a committee from the wom ens institute met to moke plans for the beautlfjng of providence cemotery which the wi have taken on as their centennial project letters are being sent to all interested persons vic bristow heads lions new president of acton lion club is vic bristow other officers are first vice- president murray harrison second vicepresident john gricfonejcr third vicepresi dent neil miller secretary bob hall treasurer tom manes tail twister pete papillon lion tamer gerry lamarche director hartley coles al lauder make sura the activities you plan for your summer vacat ion or weekend outings an within your physical capacity robert r hamilton optometrist ofrici hours daily oioroitown only carretal bidg 116 mounralnvlew road osergsfww for appointment 8774971 omtuary firefighters guard of honor at douglas mceachern funeral cgit explorers hold closing banquet in church the canadian girls in train ing changed their name tem porarily to centennial gals in x trim monday evening when they staged a comical fashion show at their annual closing dinner there were 40 mothers and dnuhtcri present at the cgit and txplorers mother and daughter banquet in the united church the girls paraded for the ap preciative group at the pro gram in the chapel wearing outfits ranging from the old fashioned to a very latest type paper dress worn by jessie ann davidson linda perry hit the midpoint in the show dres sed for the roaring twenties swinfing her long string of beads leader miss fern small and barbara symon and the cg it girls arranged the entire evenings program ladies of the ucw catered and served the dinner of turkey and sal ads ice cream and cookies all the cjgit girls took part in the program kathy cook donna mccabe peggy wheeler leah leslie dianne bousfield bonnie jones linda and in reply mrs hugh patter son especially thanked the lead era a worship service was includ ed and the pleasant evening concluded with taps there were attractive corsag es for all the mothers leaders and guests made by the cg it they had also prepared programs which combined the crests of the two groups and the centennial crejts the tab les were specially decorated with red white and blue can dles and bouquet of flowers a presentation was made to miss small by the girls of her group jcouimrywomenjhter world oiw c ingtsrfely tractors versus cars during 1966 there were 240 farm tractors involved in acci dent with cars on our highways and country roads nine peo ple were killed and 103 injured property damage amounted to 170000 most of these acci dents happened during the day light hours and on straight roads with good visibility pre vent accidents this year by driv- an automobile mechanic at thompsons motors for the past 13 years douglas norman mceachern died suddenly on thursday may 25 he was 46 years of age unmarried he lived at the dominion hotel his sudden death came as a shock to relatives and many friends associates in acton fire bri gade formed a guard of honor at the funeral service at the rum icy shoemaker funeral home and at rockwood ceme tery on saturday afujrnoon the services were cofiucted by the rev a h mckenxie pallbearers were frank pad dock a cousin and friends ray thompson stuart russell doug mason don mclntyre and jack hardy he was born april 29 1921 son of the late norman mc eachern and margaret major he attended woodside public school and acton high school friday evening at the fun eral home there was a formal masonic service he was a an eighteenth degree mason a member of walker lodge roy al city lodge of perfection and the rose croix he was a member of the legion crib- bage team as a young man he worked at his fathers garage on main st s working later in part nership until the business changed hands he is survived by two sis ters vera smethurst isling ton and helen kennedy wes ton any way you flfwt it the finest welcome to acton 1 welcome wagon a visit ram our hostess mill nuk you imi at ham with ktr boast of girts and answers to qmstiom about the city ms samites aaa acjmitjart can- world the unesco coupon plan was completed and had raised s22000 with ontario contribut ing 12000 she also stated that obstacles to progress are often caused bv our reluctance to rrrke changes in closing she said 1967 is a great year canadas 100 birthdav and the womens institutes 70th an niversary mrs ward bruce of ospringe delight j all with her costumed version of sixtv vcars ago mrs flewelling reported on the extension service the pop ular baking with yeast will likely be the one for fall she reminded ail that the services are available to those interest ed mrs l cheyne read an inter esting history of the hillsburg christian church as prepared by mrs frank gray mrs c allan who had been the districts representative at the officers conference on his torical research and current events workshop gave a splen did report noting valuable in formation gleaned election of officers for 1967- 1968 was conducted by mrs barbara flewelling with the following results honorary president mrs e kraft- president mrs john reid first vicepresident mrs e gray second vicepresident mrs l laing third vicepresi dent mrs albert sobel secre tarytreasurer mrs george os tic assistant secretarytreasur er mrs r brett auditors mrs a reynolds mrs w mann federated representative mrs n jamieson alternate mrs alf woods nessett patricia sampson car ol masales julie smith jessie ann davidson explorers are debbie bous field kathleen dihs susan bruce marianne dehaan and susan shoemaker their lead ers during the year were mrs f kentner jr and mrs how ard pearce the cjgit girls also present ed an entertaining skit the beauty shop when patricia sampson had the misfortune to seek a beauty treatment at a shop where the operators had their minds on other things she emerged looking a good deal worse than when she went in to the delight of the audi ence three of the explorers su san shoemaker debbie bous field and marianne dehaan sang a trio and debbie 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