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den mills ijh beards confuse camp commandant nimm ha xth tea w anxm ntnai ay aw i ata wm capwaj at doting canadas centennial yeaf every man seems to be growing a beard one sees than on our city fathers im migration and customs offic ials and even onushers at the sunday nuorning service how perplexing this must be to a certain group of the younger generation who for several years have considered long hair and beards distin guishing characteristics of their class session takes service wedding wi in hews the acton free press wednesday july 26 196711 1 i i r 7 snow family reunion held at hornby home this keen interest in resem bling sir john a reminds me of an amusing beard growing contest carried on in one of our pow camps one day as we stood on par- news of the district fetalis folds mostly gossip column in the fergus mews record hugh templln writes for months i have been listening tojtyy wifes complaints about thetaalfty of ontario potatoes there are some good potatoes in ontario hill simpson rais- esinany of them for the pota to clip firms cut its not so easy to get good table potat oes i know she throws many of them away which goes ag ainst her scottish ancestry this week when the grocery delivery arrived it contained bag of new potatoes graded and packed by win c miles atlantic v the 10 pound bag was unique set into the front of it is a piece of white net ting through which the pota toes ncn he plainly examined what the natter with ont ario potato growers they are talufeys complaining about imported potatoes why cant they produce potatoes that are so carefully inspected that ne ver a bad one slips through holland does it with its tulip bulbs you can believe the in spection guarantee why cant ontario do the same with its potatoes then we wont have to get them from virginia or prince ed ward island or new bruns wick some of the sloppy growers nay get hurt but what of it we are entitled to good potatoes and the house wives are willing to pay for them even if they are import ed in fancy bags whos going to wake up the ontario farm ers georgetown queens scout john riley 22 moultrey cres is off to ex po nqljust for jun but county assessment staff totals 40 employees under county as sessment commissioner carl madgett mr hibbert describ es his situation as a great op portunity to learn the county system which is the coming thing milton premier john robarts told milton council again that he was too busy to see them and had referred their problem on annexation to hon j w spooner i have for acknow ledgement your letter of june 21 which i have forwarded to the honorable j w spooner minister of municipal affairs as my schedule during the next few months is a very tight one you will no doubt be hearing from the hon mr spooner shortly the premier wrote the mayor was author ized to advise the premier the town had already dealt with mr spooner and suggest some dates on which they would like to meet the premier or any other dates he found suit able the oiling program on mil ton streets this year ran into difficulty when an unexpected pelting rain fell at 6 pjn monday afternoon of last week the newly oiled streets had not sufficiently dried when the rains came and the deluge turned the roads into a quag mire of dirty oil despite the rr sand covering then cars and d i sticky feet began spreading brother ol priest the fresh oil throughout the j lji town the paved wain st was oies 111 hamilton worst hit and soon it took on all the aspects of a disaster ar ea as the sticky oil found its way along the street onto cars and feet and even inside hom eland storesjworkmeir had urit stewart in brussels shortly after his release from pow camp ade in the morning appel the commandant a small dap per man with thick glasses made one of his rare announce ments he told us in his gut tural english that because of the alleged ill treatment of german prisoners of war in canada entailing the chaining of hands a punishment would be meted out to all of us mass reprisal was a favorite method of punishment by the germans and therefore we were not in any way surprised he went on to say that the germans of course were not brutal and consequently the punishment would be slight merely the confiscation of all washing materials this announcement like all similar ones was met with hearty cheers as we shuffled off in our usual disarray sure enough all towels soap shav ing gear tooth brushes tooth paste had been removed while we were on parade wfflfirlp w vnpaid asa coverit overhsana to service scout under this scheme a qualified scout goes lo expo to perform all kinds of deities ranging from wheel ing the handicapped around the fair running errands for diplomats or being present at flag raising ceremonies not only is the job unpaid but john is paying onethird of the cost himself the 4th george town scout group is paying onethird and the georgetown district council is paying one- third mrs m christie maple ave e recently widowed mother of three will have her fish and chip store said council with council wholeheartedly behind her efforts lo be self-support- ingv the letter from zoning administrator walter pachol- ok stating she was in an m2 zone and right next door to hunters inn a grocery store was received enthusiastically council agreed with mr pach- oloks conclusion that there is no reason to prevent her hav ing her fish and chip store the co caravan is booked into georgetown park for a three day stay starting august 3 it is one of the best features of canadas centennial year giving a pan orama of canadian history in pictorial form clifford hibbert who re signed rib position as george town vassessment commission er last month has joined the assessment staff of peel coun ty as senior assessor the pee mimtcjl4ne n k livermore of acton who works as an accountant for h k porter company canada limited has successfully com pleted the fiveyear certified general accountants course and is now entitled to the cg a degree the certified general accountants association of on tario has announced prevent it from spreading fur ther and later used 40000 gal lons of water to wash the oily sand off the main thorough fare works superintendent mc- kerr said the town office was deluged with complaints i hope i never have to go through another day like last tuesday he said brampton a toronto firm has been awarded a 3385900 contract to build the new vanier insti tution for women at bramp ton the ontario works depart ment announced the correct ional institute scheduled for completion in 1968 will re place the 87yearold mercer re formatory in torontos west end the new reformatory will be built on a 30 acre site adja cent to the reform institutions departments ingleside centre for girls the vanier institut ion designed by public works department architects in assoc iation with toronto architect harry kohl will include 10 one storey wings some of them de tached and others connected bv corridors francis j morgan 137 sher man ave n hamilton passed away at his home on tuesday july 18 after a short illness mr morgan is a brother of father vincent morgan pastor of st josephs parish here mr morgan was retired from the westinghouse company for the past several years after having served with the com pany for 44 years requiem mass was celebrat ed by father morgan brother of the deceased at st anns parish hamilton mr morgan was a parishioner of st anns and a life member of the holy name society a large number of priests religious and laity were pres ent for the funeral mass bish op paul f reding auxiliary bishop of hamilton gave the absolution the prayers at the grave were said by father charles mocolgan pastor of st anns hamilton burial was in holv sepulchre ceme tery the pall bearers were jos eph kevin thomas william john and terrv morgan neph ews of the deceased and sons of the late joseph morgan mr morgan is survived by his wife five children ten grandchildren and his brother father v j morgan fortunately the water was left on so we were able to douse ourselves and rub our teeth with our fingers in about a weeks time stub ble an our faces became not iceable and it was used as an obvious means of amusing our selves and confusing the en emy so a full stale compe tition was organized on every third dav we paraded in the vard and the sbo whh his retinue of subordinates in spected the faces of all of us a pair of caliphers had been fashioned out of wood in order to measure the width and length of each beard notes were carefully made describ ing color texture degree of curliness abundance and oth er significant features the guards watched these antics with increasing perplex ity and soon the commandant could not restrain himself from taking an interest but al- wavs attempting unsuccess fully to look merelv amused with the sillv british after six weeks had passed we decided to pick the win ners from the shaggiest curl iest ugliest prettiest blackest most reddish beards in the camp again there was a full par ade in the yard but this time we were all bare to the waist to show off our beards to the best advantage the comman dant could no longer resist and with some embarrass ment walked up to the sbo who with meticulous care was busy judging a particularly shaggy looking growth the sbo turned to the commandant and said i am glad you have come the bri tish government vou know are particularly grateful for this opportunity which you have afforded us of growing beards under strain such con ditions are unique and the in formation we are gathering may well be useful in assess ing manifestations of strain under prisoner of war condit ions i am sure arrangements could be made to pass on the information to the german go vernment if you thought this was desirable the commandant was simp ly unable to judge whether the sbo was serious or nou it should be remembered that we were all part of the hoax so that the atmosphere pre vailing while the sbo and his staff carefully and sober ly examined each beard was of studied concentration the next day all of our wa shing materials were returned by mrs r wright the eden mills womens in stitute monthly meeting was held wednesday afternoon with mrs sada gilbertson as hostess after the institute ode and maryjstewart collect mrs irma drisdale presiding lor the president who is ill welcomed all members rollcall was answered with something to sell for the flov- ei fund and a good sum was realized one visitorwas pres ent it being a social meeting the program was in charge of mrs sada gilbertson several readings were given by mrs fleming mrs drys- dale mrs wright mrsfw wil son mrs h mcpherson mrs h gilbertson and mrs sada churchill summertime sees many holidayers by mrs r f mcarthur mrs moore hart of orillia mr and mrs dick west ricky and laurie ann hanhon al berta also mr and mrs hugh reid of guelph visited with mr and mrs harold griffin during the week friends of churchill com munity extend their sympathy to the watson family in the death of a dear father mir shirlev watson mr and mrs charles bi ti me have returned home after spending two and a half weeks visiting relatives and friends in saskatchewan and alberta they travelled by air canada mr and mrs binnie visited mrs binnies brother mr al ex jackson reeve of erin township in guelph general hospital who met with an ac cident his right hand was in jured in a bale elevator he is now convalescing at his home miss nancv knox of hamp ton is visiting with her sister and brotherinlaw mr and mrs bob kerr mr and mrs bob kerr at tended the mooredoig wedding in seaforth saturday mr and mrs barton mc lean of napanee spent satur day evening and sunday with pat and bob kerr dr wclthy fisher of new york president of worlds education and her companion miss sallv swanson visited mr and mrs bob kerr friday mr and mrs bruce leitch dnd beverley also mr and mrs ron saunders norma and stephen spent sunday at ni- ggara falls and staved to see the illumination hfrvting acton 8530640 call us 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have personalized veddinc napkins hatches and cake boxes gilbertson mrs wright favor ed them with two malodica solos a contest followed and was won by mrs d beattte the queen was sung and re freshments served after the in stitute grace the session and ucw of eden mills united church took the church service while the minister is on vacation mr howard james gave the invo cation and hymn praise the lord was sung the respon sive reading taken from psalm 27 was led by mr ed parker the scripture taken from 2nd timothy chap 1 was read by mrs h thomlinson prayer was given by mr ralph thompson hymn jesus calls us oer the tumult followed mr elmer millson took the sermon on fear and faith we are living in a world of fear fear automation will take over our jobs fear for the welfare of our families if we have faith in god he will care for us he is the centre calm of all storms and will give us strength to overcome fear hymn faith of our fathers was sung and mrs elmer mill- son closed the service with the benediction a lovely wedding took place saturday in eden mills presby terian church when frances keirstead was united in mar riage to russel macdonald the rev d r sinclair ba was the presiding minister mrs wallace lashv was soloist singing two suitable numbers guests attended from dundas stonev creek preston west hill campbcllville rockwood guelph toronto hamilton oakvjlle downsview kitchen er and eden mills the reception was in the church dining hall where 75 guests sat down to a turkcv and ham dinner served bv the ladies aid of the church on sunday july 16 the fifth annual snow reunion was held at pineland farms horn by the home of james w snow with 78 members pres ent after a buffet dinner and business meeting prizes were presented as follows youngest child present ro bert condotta from farthest away j poetker and4amily of winnipeg couple married the longest mr and mrs ed snow door prize wayne gates old est gentleman present ed show oldest ladies present mrs wreatha hugglns and mrs belle macdowell mrs emna barrv was unable lo be present special features of the day were a reading bv mrs archie gates wearing a centennial costume and the presentation of a handmade centennial quilt to miss ldia snow by her mother mrs jack snow in ho nor ot her daughters birth day president ellwood snow turned the meeting over to lloyd marshall and miss stel la snow who presided over a program of games foot races swimming races and treasure hunt guests were present from winnipeg ottawa london williamsburg markdale mount forest toronto oakville ac ton georgetown burlington milton and hillsburgh disturbances police were called to investi gate three disturbances over the past week including fights at the station hotel parking lot at acton plaza and another at the corner of main and riv er streets constable peter campbell in vestigated quality ba products save you money gasolines a a oil bumr a t kmkk financ plin motor oils jpvi 10 yean to pay diesel fuel ufl sma carrying fuel 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