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a district pag hb5 cmmchiu jimf mmm mmws by mrsrfmcarthur mrs elsie mossop of toronto las been spending a few days with her ancle mr smith e griffin and family and attended church ill church service wit them on sunday master ricky marshall son of mr and mrs robert marshall jr had the misfortune while playing to fall on a snake and was bitten on the lid of his eye he was taken to the doctor where he was treated and is fine again mrs cw mcdonald of street- sville mrs fa williamson of gait and mrs jc snyder of los angeles calif visited at mr and mrs wj mcdonalds one day lftst wvfickk mrs wj mcdonald and her mother mrs j h wardlaw of malton visited with mr and mrs ee storey and family at oriuia on thursday quite a number from this dis trict attended the presentation for mr and mrs gordon allan of guelph who were married re cently it was held at ospringe school saturday evening septem ber 23 they were presented with a lovely pole lamp cards and lancing were enjoyed by all lumch was served at the close of a pleasant evening spent with gordons school chum friends and neighbours mrs elva williamson and mrs helen mcpherson ofsilvercreek enjoyed a bus trip to montreal and spent a few days at expo they were fortunate in missing the bus strike mrs alfred saunders visited her daughter and soninlaw mr and mrs roy hall and daughter in guelph over the weekend mr and mrs archie kerr vis ited with mr and mrs murray mcmillan at caistor centre on sunday and attended the closing evangelistic service of leighton ford in st catharines garden city arena they then toured niagara falls and other places of interest mrs annie burns of silver creek spent the weekend with mr and mrs jack thomas of huttonviue mr and mrs ron mceacnern and sharon of orangeville visited at the parental home on sunday mr and mrs wallace swack- hamer and janet motored to ott awa and visited on the weekend with mr and mrs charles say- ers and mrs cb swackhamer hit by car horse killed an acton mans car and a hornby mans horse were in volved in a collision on trafal gar road near dnimquin early one morning last week the horse was killed and the car re ceived damage to the left front fender oakviue police said the acci dent happened in a fog the horse owned by dan jones of the sixth line had apparently wan dered onto the highway the car was driven by henry pankratz of acton frigidaire luxury dryer priced right for you ocofl lets you set drying minutes i ventfree aystem needs no plumbing ton installation i lint screen is right on the door mfc means durable press car manning acton milton on trafalgar golf and country club greens early 615 re cently an unidentified flying object made the first appearance of its kind in this area for two months three employees of the coun try club oran prosser ray german and sam mills observed the machine about 10 feet long passing over the course for about two minutes it was a variety of colors and had what appeared to be fire at the rear ofthe fuselage the men lost sight of it when the fire apparently extinguished miltons letter carriers are having trouble with dogs and the problem is getting serious one postman is off work now with a dog bite on his leg that required several stitches and kept him off the job for over two weeks posties wish residents would comply with a town bylaw that rules dogs must not be left to run at large the si isso serious owners of dogsrho bave been mena ing the postmen arenf getting their mail until the dog is either tied up or kept in the house following the most recent episode the carriers have applied through their union for a special spraycan repellent called dog off which has been successfully used by dogharrassed posties in other centres nearly every one of mil tons seven postmen has had problems with dogs at one time or another since letter earner service was inaugurated here may 1 hillsburgh in the fifth and deciding game played in hiusburgh the hills- burgh atoms came through with a 43 victory over brock road the largest crowd to see a game in hiusburgh this year roared their approval as hiusburgh fought back from a 30 deficit in the first inning to win the game they were also down 2 games to one in the series before they won 3 games straight following the game they were presented with a large trophy emblem of the tri- county championship much credit is due the two coaches jim mclaren sr and jr the atom boys are only nine years and under erin from the 3 hears ago file of the erin advocate school report ss no 4 erin tor the month of september prisciua cook teacher primer jean mcenery lloyd swindle- hurst annie mcdonald clarence harding first class vera lcngstreetj freda steward helen mclean ray harding jr 2 frank longstreet marion mcdonald archie mcdonald sr 2 ray swincuehurst lloyd mcenery jr 3 alma mcenery lloyd mclean jr 4 ruth longstreet helen steen allan mclean vic tor swindlehurst sr 4 reta allan albert beswlck dolene mc enery fergus attendance at the 131st annual wellington county fair in fe rgus last friday and saturday was up over the figure for 1966 the fine weather the last couple of weeks has meant that the farmers have their harvesting done and the weather on the weekend was just as good gate receipts saturday totalled 1294 the baby show in the afternoon proved to be the popular event a record 83 children were entered winners of the under six months class were kimberly ann smeltxer daughter of mr and mrs murray smeltzer rr 3 rockwood and michael gillette son of mr and mrs john gillette fergus fire early friday morning sept is completely destroyed the bos veneer plant here it was located in a 90yearold building on the north bank of the grand river just west of the main business district edward j baranski of rr 2 gait who owns the factory with his brother stanley of st agatha estimated the damage at nearly 50000 only about one fifth of this is covered by insurance mrs mabel symon celebrated her ninetyfirst birthday mon day at her home on willow st neighbors and members of no 2 unit of the united church women called to make the occasion a happy one for mrs symon who is a regular church attender staff photo the plant manufactured wooden veneer thin sheets of wood peeled from logs fergus fire brigade answered the call and about an hour later help was obtained from one unit of the elora fire department because of the age of the building built in the 1870s and the wood inside they were not able to do anything except protect neighbor ing properties by the middle of friday morning the fire was nea rly out although firemen were on duty again saturday morning try ing to wet down stacks of veneer that were still smouldeeing the main building in the centre was originally built as a sewing mach ine factory later it became a dye works and then was purchased by the fergus basket works mr baranski bought the building ab out 10 years ago georgetown home delivery is promised for almost everything these days for earl pinkney 47 ewing st georgetown the stork even co operated delivering a new baby daughter wednesday morning sept 13 at 745 wanda marie weighing five pounds 14 ounces arrived with only father earl to preside wife dorothy described her husband as well shook up after the delivery which came as a surprise its the fifth baby for the plnkneys who have one other girl and three boys chevrolet truck lays it on the line s- with standout features that stand up to the tough jobs with the 68 chevrolet take chevys extra workpower for con ventional pickups in 68 the rugged 155- hp 250 six is the biggest standard six you can buy or ask for the 292 six want more get the brandnew 200hp 307 v8 standard in v8 conventional pickups for 68 in all you won t find a broader range of power in any popular pickup and leave it to chevy trucks to give you a trucktough cab and body with doublestrong construction cab cowl windshield pillars roof and door open ings on all models doubewall sides and tailgate on fleetsides all double- strong where they should be to tame the toughest job see your chevrolet dealer now itiucha lb amutortxed chevrolet track dealer in georgetown- andrew murray motors limited 45 mountatpvkw kd s ceoa- phone 4776944 limehouse 106th the acton free press wednesday september 27 1947 ft3 anniversary observed at church by mrs a benton mr and mrs neil anderson held open house on sunday for getting acquainted with miss debbie lee who will be married to their son david on october 7 there was good attendance with visitors from other congre gations at both services of lime- house presbyterian church 106th anniversary rev denisgibson ba d of tweedsmuir pres byterian church orangeville was guest speaker assisted in thejayeningjby our regular mlnl ster rev fn young ba mr gibson preached two rou sing sermons which he entitled unconscious decadence and there is no god misses betty ann and mary lou brown sang the lord is my shepherd at the morning service and a mil ton male quartette of messrs mcphail wilson and the lockie brothers brought numbers in the evening the choir directed by mrs bert benton with mrs roughley at the organ sang an thems a social hour wasenjoy- ed after the evening service visitors included mrs haines of australia miss pearl scott mrs h scott mr james wilton mrs p kenny mr and mrs lome thompson and little son with mrs mitchell and the sanfords mr and mrs gordon price and family of islington and mr and mrs renmck of orrange- ville with the shortills rev d gibson aa bd of orangeville mr and mrs stan- mrs w greenlees cathy and mark elliot ofcampbeuviueand mr th price with the bentons mrs e morrow of toronto with the hnortons communion service will be bald on sunday october 1 at30 we regretat mrs jasfino lay is hospitalised following a fan in her home on saturday we hope for her quick recovery mr and mrs ac patterson holidayed in montreal the laur- entian mts and ottawa for two weeks they attended expo on several occasions and visited friends in montreal and ottawa mrs w mitchell 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