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the acton free press wednesday april 24 1968 dublin wi ends active year mrs m nellis again president vaxj fjritss local news items tlie culmination of the 19678 womans institute year for the dublin members was held on thursday eveninc in the form of a smorfasbord supper and annoal meettsc mrs edward wilson nassacaweya washostessforthe rent after a very satlsfyinr rrieilcoosisui of large variety of goodies the hpelneawmeettnf was held mrs ml nellis the ptestdent prestdsd j the opening esercises mcs duncan moffat he secretary called the roll it was aaswered by the payment of tees and oflr of taotrieafor next isaipir merribers were reminded of halton aouevemeot day being held in balttaafad ran on may 4 when the theme will he featarlsg fruits the usual donation to the attco decoration day committee was approved and mrs e nortonwin attend a meeting in the acton library board room on april 24 of the committee mrs m nellis and mrs d moffat hope to attend the tb annual meeting and dinner in the pine room oakvllle arena on mays a fall report of the district directors meeting held in milton recently was given by mrs c britton noting that the malton district annual will be held in the anglican church georgetown on may 22 there will be hobby display and the roll call will be answered by pennies for friend ship as usual friends were pleased to bear that merl harris of acton was the winner of the second prise in the halted w l bursary a detailed report of the finan ces of the branch was outlined by the treasurer mrs dmoffat and it was a most encouraging one after supporting many good causes a substantial balance re mains to commence the new year the auditors report was given by mrs e norton on behalf of herself and mrs n douglas mrs a near presented a liquid embroidery kit in an attractive container to the branch for the use of the members a further sum of money was approved for the work of the canadian cancer society making a total donation of 300 to this worthy cause reports of the conveners of the standing committees were given and will be forwarded to the county conveners as this was the annual meeting mrs c britton presided for the election of officers mrs w mclntyre presented the slate as prepared by the aominetibgeom- mlttee composed of herself mrs a near and mrs j c deads which was confirmed the following are the officers for dublin womens institute for the year lstti past president mrs c brit toe president mrs m nellis 1st vicepresident mrs m he dlloagk la vlcetreatdii mrs e norton secretary tretmrer mrs a moffat atsf treejlirer mrs c heist yr plaalst mr ceorge hobrt- was ass ftaurf mrs m uc- itw pre u raporur mrs j c omef s is put reporter mrs c aratatruei mjr- xter mr c btitka eittrael 4stri retor mrs d ujlaj brae mrs me ur mr jav4c ktmrt c bttiit amstor mrs t sxetw s mr c cecil fneuk rttttim mr t wil was acrlotlssre aad caudfan laaaetrlea mr u heater aad mr t pieree cltliwasalp aad eekceslea mr j crvsoraauefkl mr n desglaa uatorleel r- mtrtk aad carnal twsi ura at mccuuaagk and mrs c rob ertson some eeoeonles and health mr f mecarron and mrs clark armstrong resolu tions mrs c mclntyre soctal mrs w frank and mrs j a vanfleet mental health mrs h btyth curator miss alsom- ervllle mrs d moffat mrs w frank mrs a near mrs w mclntyre program mrs w britton mrs e norton mr j c den nis mr a near vlsltlaglmrs e wilson mrs c mclntyre mrs n douglas mrs jul vfch- fleel qultmrwf rank mrs atloa of the centennial protect when a sitting room was furnish ed in the martin house halted centennial manor milton for the use of visitors a plaque denotes the donor five of the members led three different 4h chibslnthe district on the projects fashion cues for yauamfeahi ring frylts as well ai being enjoyable the girls and the courses education al and profitable a request from i v tjjtj j 0 robertson mt 5collws 1 sooe if the institute members for a repeat course on hats for you was enfjyed with nfew visitors jciningw v x few f the meinbervhaii enjoyed a trip to the worlds jfris fair at montreal aid conveyed jiyv their impressloos at ooe of the meetings the anisial bus trip whan fb ladles with their friends enjoy a days outing was taken last june last year the trip included a trip to the adelaide hoodies home si doon laler visiting at niagara falls stop ping at places en route all together itwas a very suc cessful year educationally socially and financially for the members of dublin womens in stitute and truly it was a year for home and country mrs- mneuls and mrsd moffat booth mrs w britton mr e wilson mr j lynch nominating mrs n douglas mrsa retmlck and mrs e i pierce as a preview of the basing cotnpetttton being held at halton dtstrtct annual ln may mrs george young of actascvery kindly indeed tbeenfries of aloaf of white bread and chaises buns mrs w britton aodurae wil son were declared the respective winners and will compete in the competition and the district an nual sampling the buns with a cup of coffee served to the ladles completed the meeting mrs j cgormen expressed thanks to the hostess mrs wilson for the use of her home and the pleasant social and business evening all had enjoyed the institute year now closed was a very busy on for the mem bers but an enjoyable one and one of accomplishment the meetings had been well attended and held in the members homes the sales committee had catered at local sales and at the sales arena at georgetown some of the members had completed quilts the slckandthebereavedinth neighborhood were remembered as well as the needy at christ mas all good causes locally and otherwise were supported with some of the ladles canvas sing the district in the interests of the canadian cancer society in the spring canvass the past year saw the culmln- obituarv mrs rose talbot rose caraher talbot 1 fred erick st acton died suddenly in st josephs hospital guelph on friday at the age of 7ft mrs talbot and her late husband reuben richard talbot retired to acton after farming at oustlc she attended school in guelph and they were married there june 29 1814 they lived in toronto for a time as wu will attend assembly she was a member of the cath- a hot dry summer ahead the forecasters think theres a lovely bed of hya cinths at the poet office plans are being made for this years decoration day pro gram inflation some ttxlng we used to do to a balloon its chamber of commerce week ewthe best- way io eelabratelt wouldbebysbcpptn th press iregnlariy bav inquiries for apartments there smw id tw s crying and now with rod and una and hook the fisherman so bold wlu go and sit down by a brook and catch a fearful cold from the free press of 79 years ago there are many weddings planned to take place soon re member the free press has special forms for writeup and wedding pictures from photo graphers wtd- be published theres no charge at course the rein eventually came with gusts thunder and ugmntn and high wind on tuesday evening all the lawn fefttiuer eagerly peddled two week ago to- raise money fo triounty hockey umsws flnsuyww aprtmeol buidlhg- diftj0tbe grassroots proceeds ntom saturdays bake sale and draw for a doll and clothos made by mrs glenn banks were donatod by scout and guide mothers to assist cubs on a bus trip to the buffalo zoo juno 1 tho trip is the george town districts cubareo for 1068 making tho draw for the doll are loft to right pauline jijnkins joan morris and pat robinson lucky winnor was mrs g a dills staff photo seed for aft bere f a large roll of farm wnce wire was reported stolen from lindsays feed mill tuesday morning value was about iso warm weather has mad gardening pleasant and the farmers are seeding spring flowers are blooming early this year artoftians waufced tuesday higtt with interest wbea mrs wearjy thomson of rr 1 ap peared- on the cbc tebyvislot show the new woman tawpro- gram showed fourwins f 3ji fereni marital statu and ooy each spoke lnfvrrnllyalyaivir own mode of life mrs tvja- xon emerged a a bercss f a sort in her nvjr wa ij1 of housewife praying hands meeting theme praying hands was the theme for trinity united church womens spring thankotfering meeting wednesday evening of last week guests from st and rews church georgetown and other acton churches joined the ucw for the service and a social hour afterward president mrs g w meken- zle welcomed the congregation and led in prayer mrs k al len read a sermonette on hands and mrs nessett read a selection parade of hands mrs velma west read a short story on praying hands a devotional skit was present ed by mrs hugh patterson mrs a long mrs collett mrs c rognvaldson mrs l youngblut and mrs mckontle solo parts were taken by mrs d van fleet and mrs w utile mrs gordon turner read scripture mrs long played the organ and miss dorothy simmons sang a solo with miss jean mc lean at the piano acton witnesses olic womens league and the thumb up club club members were among those attending the funeral mass at st joeephscburch on monday conducted by the rev vj mor gan interment was in oustlc cemetery pallbearers were grandsons victor and ricky la rose e t marks hurray smith john me hugh and ken marchment she la survived by daughter and son mrs inez diettch san diego cl mrs genevieve merrill los angeu cat mrs margaret kelly milton mrs patricia la rose colgan cm dsatel r talbot brampton and thoeaas w talbot niagara ftlu nk york a titter mr anne miller died jjm a month previously at st joseph hospital guelph she also leave 22 grandchild ren the help them uaderstgbdliig interest jehovahs wltnessesfrom act on have cancelled their congre gation activities this week to en able all to attend the threeday circuit assembly in milton dis trict high school april 2628 the announcement was made by henry loewen presiding minister of the local group the principal lecture on the agenda will be why doe god permit wickedness mr loewen dis closed other highlights of tho assem bly will be a ministry school and bible drama oa friday evening and a water haptlam ceremony for the ordination of new mini- tiers on saturday afternoon the saturday evening program will feature the theme fortify ing ourselves for the future utilising numerous skits to he enacted on stage by assembly delegates mr and mrs charles t lealherland had an enjoyable easter vacation in nassau mr and mrs stephen lewis and baby bowsr a vo aro spend ing a vacation with the formors parents in the barbados sunday visitors with mr and mrs jack frank wore dr and mrs jim hall and family of port colborno tho friends of mr harold wiles regret that ho had to re turn to the guelph general hos pital last week mr walter lamb is a patient in guelph hospital whore he underwent surgery last week mr and mrs gordon silcock burwash have returned home alter a visit with the litters mother mrs e frank family celebrates 40th anniversary a family gathering was held in acton sunday by most of the family of mr and mrs john post of meaford four of their five daughters with their hus bands and children were present to celebrate their parents 40th wedding anniversary tho hosts to about 25 for the day were mr and mrs brydon huntor daughter shirley othors here were mr and mrs frank elliott daughter ruthand children of brantford mr and mrs guy malhloupatand child ren oshawa mr and mrs brueo graham sheila and children of kitchener another daughter was unablo to attend friends are sorry to learn mrs fawcett eaton is a patient in guelph general hospltal mr and mrs keith mainprise and mrs j frank spent a day last week in toronto mr and mrs e g black of toronto visited with relatives in acton recently about 55 ys men from the district met last saturday in guelph y for a district confer ence several from acton at tended attending a united church con- ference for the presbytery in clarkson saturday were mrs a long mrs j dowdlng carol masales pat sampson nigel scott and jim lechlaru the conference dealt with church youth groups ucw speaker port worker an unexpectedly high atten dance of 60 came to trinity church acton monday for the general executive meeting of the ucw of halton presbytery a pot luck luncheon wss enjoyed by ladles from acton milton georgetown strectsville bur lington oakvllle cooksvllle churchill balllnafad west plains east plains and hillcrest united church women acton ucw president mrs g w mckenrie welcomedthem mrs stainton of oakvllle the president presided churehlu ladies conducted the worship ser vice tho guest speaker was alteon ratr a united church port worker from halifax who showed film of her work with the im migrants she explained the steps the people had logo through before they could enter canada m choral evening a knox presbyterian chord sunday april 28 8 pm dst featuring local church cftoirc nd cforur silver collection lunch served oh 1 i i 1 i 1 t 1 1 i i poee utttttttt f for gas appliances jsvsv i richardsons tv appliances j 101 main st e milton vg6949 cmschbdbbdiadcibbeada mettom ox ii theatre fj w0thursfisay apkil 343s3437 grand prix color james gapner wednesday and thursday on shew at p m and saturday two shews al 643 and v sunmontub after the fox petfr sellers slhtt hnk cartom wtothutsjtu4at you only live twice color sean connery as james bond pink mlt catteen amhl 324o color may 1944 euchre winners at k tmst w increase your interest income guaranteed investment certificates latest list of winnors at the euchre at uou hall al crew- sons corners ladles high mary osbourna udios low mrs u milne mens high john dewar mens low david dewar lone hands florence tell door prise mrs teneyche and aselstabce of people are vital to the retarded in our commun ity during retarded childrens week help them to help them selves if r the padre of the pahs the rev gordon winch barbd of the united church of canada will preach at trinity united chmth acton this sunday at 10 am outs the stained gl a coffee hour an hour of dialogue with mr winch will be held following the service trinity church extends a welcome to all acton public school kindergarten enrolment acton public schools will be ahle to accommodate all pupils ot kinderfjarten age this year to enrol they must be five years old by december 3 1968 birth certificate required to avoid confusion please complete the- form below before may 10 end sand or mail it to your district school in care of oarntt w mckiniii pmnelpal robert utile scheel hex tffo er w d umf smith prwlael m z swamm stkeel sws 440 childs name christian name surname dele of birth djv month year parents or guardians name in full address phone no no street rot fuifhta information cau robert little school 8532540 m z bennett school 8534530 birth certificate ceoi be secured from registrar cesser branch m lombard si- taeottte oat 45b for 2 3 years 7 for 4 5 years 6 for 1 year amounts from 100 to 100000 interest paid halfyearly by cheque or it can be deposited to your account halton peel trust e savinos company t jstk georgetown 55 fvuin strt north 8772266 john a edgar manager local director w j beatty vicepresident north halton advisory board john t armstrong chairman reford gardhoute maurice c beaty michael ledwilh lome skuce john gov dr b d young convenient of fice hours aaon thyrs 900 500 fridays til 600