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s tha acton frea prtss wodnatday june 21 1967 v indian loans halton museum 1762 medal halton county museum at i kelso will soon be displaying a rare canadian medal dating to 1762 thanks to the generosity of an indian from port loring who decided the priceless trea sure should be on display to the people of canada for cen tennial year simon stevwos 72yearold indian from port loring took his most prized possession from the port loring post office safe lor the first time in many years on tuesday to deliver it in person to major hal new man director of the halton museum stevens a well-man- nered softspoken resident of port loring is the grandson of chief peter stevens of the man- liwaki tribe of algonquins who helped her majestys highland ers scale the cliffs of quebec the unique medal solid sil ver and two and a half inches across is inscribed in latin and bears a picture of king george iii george had the medal struck to give to the in dians who switched their alle giance from prance to britain in 1762 and the medal loaned to the museum this week is one of six made one other similar medal has been locat ed in washington mr stev ens is the only other known to exist handed down through the family be has learned his grandfather tectiv- semr gtam problems mod at gouea age oab the regular evening meeting of the acton golden age club was a mostinteresting and en joyable oaeand was well at tended as the proposed bus trip to brantford to see the don messer jubilee appear ance june 19 was considered too expensive for an evening it was decided to resume ar rangements for a days bus trip to collingwood and vicin ity the secretary was to write again to see if aug 3 would be a suitable date for an ar ranged tour of blue mountain potteries and georgian china mr and mrs rolston mr d vidson and mrs reed were to make arrangements mrs coasar aald more in struments and more practices were needed if the rhythm band was to be a success a committee of mrs johnston mrs cossar mr owara and mr winton was appointed to choose and purchase instrum ents and they were authorized to spend necessary funds at their own discretion mrs cos sar thanked the club for cards and kindness during her he- cent illness the quilt committee display ed a large quilt just out of the frames thursday afternoon mrs nelson lambert had been the hostess mrs kennedy had carefully and accurately marked it with a beautiful de sign and miss somerville had helped in assembling it in the frames other ii helping quilt were mrs robinson mrs da vidson mrs rolston mrs johnston mrs wllderspin mrs winn mrs shoemaker mrs creasey mrs cleave mrs mccutcheon mrs mcln- tyre mrs agnew mrs har- grave mrs miyyer mrs john lambert mrs mcauley mrs reed and mrs smith mrs smith had appliqued the quilt and win be taking it to england with her for a wed ding present for her only niece when she flies over to attend the nieces wedding in july mrs mercer pubuc health nurse was present to speak on the problems of senior citizens and told of benefits available to them in regard to omsip and hospital insurance and of the services through cnib cancer societies legal aid etc she gave advice on nutrition exercise safety habits night classes etc she said seinior cit izens had a lot to offer the younger generation in the skills they had such as tea ching young girls to cbak their favorite recipes etc get ting boy scouts and other youth organizations to help would also help the scouts and other young folk mrs mercer answered questions and gave out anexcehent pam phlet on food guide mr rolston mc introdu ced mrs armstrong who showed many beautiful pictur es of her tours in europe and showed some of expo 67 the first to be shown at the dob she was given a hearty round of applause in gratitude mrs mccutcheon gave a couple of short readings in her usual pleasing manner a sing song fohowed mrs de vries and her committee served a bountiful lunch june birthdays present were mrs evans mrs mc cutcheon mrs davidson and mrs reed mr and mrs d reeds 44th wedding annivers- arv comes june 20 and mr and mrs r browns 58th vied- ding anniversary on june 28 about 50 members enjoyed a happy evening mrs ferguson was incor rectly named as lunch con vener of the june 1 meeting instead of mrs de vries the golden age club was well represented at the offic ial opening of the hydro build ing and at decoration day pioneer grist mill visitors to black creek pio neer village this year will have an opportunity to visit and in spect an authentic preconfe- deratlon grist and flour mill and also see the actual grind ing of wheat into flour as it i was done during the early 1800s the mill known as roblins miju formerly stood at amel- iasburg in prince edward county near belleville it was built in 1842 by owen roblin whose father john a united empire loyalist was the first of the roblin clan to settle in the county the premier of manitoba hon duff roblin is a descendant of john rot- lin during the mills heyday particularly during the ameri can civy war the mill ran 24 hours a day two teams of horses were kept busy around the clock hauling flour to the nearby port of redncrsvjlle from there the flour would go aboard american schooners bound for v s ports produc tion at the mill was about 100 barrels daily the town of amchasburg site of the mill was first call ed roblins mills and became a prominent community in the region the mill was powered by water from nearby roblins lake and had 40foot head of water over the wheel fish in the lake at that time were so plentiful that a man was paid full time to net fish entering the gates of the mill ed the medal in quebec from a representative of the king chief stevens later left the maniwaki band and went to live in northern ontario indians unlike other people hand down their treasured pos sessions to their youngest son instead of their oldest so chief peter steveni son joseph re ceived the treasure on peters death at age 110 and simon re ceived h when his father died at 85 simon recounted his travels for major newman while he mrs w brittm imstrtf kwtess the monthly meeting of dub lin womens institute was held last wednesday evening at the home of mrs villard britton first line esquesing in spite of the very warm evening there was a good attendance opening exercises were con- ductea by the president mrs m nellis roll call by the sec retary mrs moffat was ans wered by a local news item which created interest the us ual bursary donation was ap proved and other matters of correspondence disposed of members were asked to loan articles for the display at the antique show on june 24 at nassagaweya centennial at brookville further plans were made for the annual bus trip on june 29 to niagara falls a thought for the day was giv en by mrs j c dennis a splendid report of the hal ton district annual on may 24 was given by mrs d moffat congratulations were extend ed to the president mrs m nellis on the occasion of her silver wedding anniversary the previous day and an institute cup and saucer were presented to her a bon voyage gift was also presented to mrs j ogorman on the occasion of her leaving earlv in july for a trip to eng land she also received a trav elling gift from her secret pal a car load of ladies attended the fwic national conven tion at the university of guelph one day and mrs a near was the official delegate and at tended most of the sessions during the four days mrs aroti dutt president of the acww from india endeared herself to the large audience of nearly 4000 women when she spoke a short history and background of her life was read at the meeting bv mrs j dennis a full report of the sessions will be given at the next meeting the treasury was again en hanced bv mrs w britton as the result of a couple of auc tion sales at stewarttown re cently strawberries ice cream and cake made a delicious lunch served bv mrs w frank and mrs n douglas a thank you to the hostess mrs britton the lunch committee and to those taking part was express ed bv mrs j a van fleet toured the museum on tues day he had brought along his wife lucy anishinabe o prin cess whose father wis chief gabriel of the ojibway they spell it otchtbwe tribe the couple have seven children the youngest of whom is arnold stevens who is serving in the air force some day arnold will inherit the medal mr stevens said the royal ontario museum at toronto learned about his medal in 1947 and has been attempting to purchase it ever since but he will not seu his priceless treasure a lew years ago he met mrs erla brlttain of palermo ma jor newmans assistant at the museum when she was in port loring visiting her brother carl wendover through her he met major newman who has been a blood brother of the algonquins for several years mr wendover drove him to milton tuesday loaning the medal to the museum soon evolved as his centennial project in return major newman gave him a copy of a 1740 map of north america which he obtained in france a few years ago and a 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