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the acton free press wednesday augutt 14 1968 moving to manitoba allan and doreen lauder will work as a team with ojibwatys allan and doreen lauder are starting a new chapter in their uvea in midseptember they leave fdr portage la prairie to work as a team in the united church of canada on the long plain indian jteeerve 14 miles sooth of the city the church is very weak on the reserve and their main ob jective will be to boost member ship and participation among tho residents says mr lauder the indians want the church and the church wast to do something to help alan laude ms wtf and their daughter nancy presidential hopefuls address washington counties convention as a member of the board of directors of the ontario assoc- iauon of counties acton reeve bert hlnton attended the 33rd annual conference of the national association of counties of the united states at the sheraton park hotel washington july 28 to 31 it was a constructive and in formative conference mrhln- ton felt several other canadian direc tors attended mr hlnton has attended sessions of the ameri can group before representing their canadian counterparts but for the first time this year a canadian from ontario was asked to participate on one of the panels on record keeping there was a film festival of county films and reeve hlnton was sorry be had not arrangedto take along the new halton county film he hopes it will be shown next year various professional groups connected with county adminis tration held separate meetings during the convention and ur hlnton was particularly interest- ad in county planning water and air pollution among the distinguished speakers he heard were hubert humphrey viftipresident of the us richard ninon former ala bama governor george wallace minnesota senator eugene mc carthy new york governor nel son rockefeller and ny mayor john lindsay news commentator drew pearson gave tho delegates an interesting set of observations and predictions to think about a boat ride on the potomac river was a convention high light band enters ex concert thursday august 22 acton alliens band will be playing in competition at tho cne sun prairie is tho test piece and the band will be playing a march as well retdves itmtn david watson has achieved honors standing in first year business administration at sher idan college them we are going there to find out what problems these in dians face and how we can do something about it some 300 ojlbway indians uve on scattered farms about the reserve the children aitepd schools in portage la prairie and come back to the reserve ooly an weekends mny of the men hold obs on the outside wjjll have to go to them admits mr lauder he has no i definite idea what they wilt be doing but foejg a good deal of it will be listening to problems and counselling mr lauder has had noprev- lous experience with indians but he is by no mans a stranger to church work he has served as a sunday school superintendent attended several church conferences and taken an active part in most church organizations he is what is termed a layworker in the united church of canada a naturalist at heart mr lauder likes to sketch plays the harmonica and has been a community sing song leader all of which could prove valuable in his new position the laudors have lived in acton for the past eight years they leave all of their family and most of their friends in tho move to manitoba in fact they leave their two daughters as well gwen will he returning to ryerson for her third year in radio and television arts and nancy begins her first year of a general arts course at yorks glenden college right now gwon is on a motor trip to the west coast she passed through her now homo on tho way and wrote hack youre going to lovo it out hero thoy will be living in an apart ment to begin with because thero is an acute housing shortage in portage la prairie however they hope to get into a house as soon as possible we need a plaeo where tho indians feel they can come and visltsays mrs lauder if the project is successful the church plans to assign tho lauders similar duties in tho indian springs reserve near swan lake as well nancy intends to major in soc ial work at york but when asked if sho had thought of working with indians she replied i dont know ive got to see how dad likes it first oh well like it beams mr lauder visiting mr and mrs o h foley are mr and mrs morrell of england mr and mrs d mcnaughlon cathy and gary of bracebridge visited with mr and mrs lorne masales on monday mrs orville gaines has re turned to florida after visiting here with her sister miss daisy folster mr and mrs frank bauer of cleveland ohio are spending this week with mrs marion bauer and family mr and mrs stewart murray and daughter a welland mr and mrs william murray of london andmr w w gurney of wingham attended the funeral of their uncle the late george murray here last wednesday mrs w t a beu of toronto was s visitor with her mother mrs r m macdonam for a couple of days during the woek mr and mrs jack frank edle and john hopkins are vis iting in port elgin mrs ales near spent the weekend with friends in kit chener mr and mrs jsck dowdlng visited in pittsburgh pennsyl vania with her sister and fam- fly her mother mrs clara brown returned to acton with them mr archie mochrie ofttm- mlna has boon visiting with re latives here he accompanied mr and mrs d f wilds of south main st ona trip to que bec last week mrs edna snyder and miss basel campbell of toronto vis ited with mr and mrs a m maepherson and mrs marguer ite taylor during the week mr and mrs buschlsholm have returned from an enjoyable motor rip to the west coast mr and mrs william chlsholm accompanied them to port ar thur a busload and cars of acton and district orangemen wont to mount forust on saturday for the derry day celebration among those attending wore hi wor bro c k browne and mrs browne huron erie buying halton peel mrs gordon mackay of tor onto viattod her sister mrs anna smith lake ave last week also mr and mrs george day and mrs frank day of rock- wood visited at the same home miss cheryl and janlne gil lespie of grimsby are holiday ing with their grandparents mr and mrs earl lambert mrs ii covert of florida and mr and mrs o burkhoider of toronto visited with mrs ale near andpthor friends ho ro last week they were thedtugh- ters of the late mr and mrs angus mctavlsh and attended bloomsbury school naasaga- l weys many yqars ago attending the ontario munici pal association convention in windsor from monday to wed nesday this week are mayor les duby deputyreeve frank cakes councillors charles per ry bob drlnkwalter and ted tyler jr and clerkadministrat or jack mcgeachle with their wives visiting with the fred ander sons and the johnnie krapeks wero cousins mr and mrs jas alderton ind four children mir- jorle vlclde john arid jlmmlo of bay city michigan they parked thoir trailer at small- wood acros while visiting mr auerton is a descendant of the late elizabeth anderson and john craig termed a happy marriage a 73 million bid by canada trust huron and erie mortgage corp of london to purchase 70 per cent of the shares of halton and peel trust and savings co ltd is being widely accepted by both directors and shareholders of halton and peel company officials predicted this week the cash and share exchange offer from huron and erie will be accepted halton and peel shareholders are offer ed one share of huron and erlo phis 38 in cssh for each halton and peel share they hold tho obituary lay minister fawcett eaton dies suddenly on trip north stricken with a coronary while on a train trip to churchill on hudsons bay a fawcett eaton passed away in hospital at the pas manitoba on tuesday aug ust 6 his wife was travelling with him when they were forced to leave the train and take a bus duo to his sudden illness family and many friends were shocked by the unexpected death of mr eaton of his 73rd year he and mrs eaton had lived in acton for the past three years mr eaton was born at car lisle ontario on december 3 1897 on the family farm which was the first one settled in the carlisle area his grandparents opened their kitchen to all tho neighbors for church services many years ago and open air services wero held in their hush in fine weather his parents were ambrose e eaton and martha ellen dlekout he was a farmer but for sev eral years fulfilled his lifelong ambition to be completely in volved in church work he be came a lay minister of the united church serving chargeslnsask- atchewan eastorn ontario and quebec district governor visits rotarians here tuesday rotarians welcomed the gov ernor of this rotary district kenneth a miller of scarbor ough this tuosday he addressed the rotary club of acton one of tho 52 in his district and conferred with gary dawldns president of the local rotary club and with othor club officials to obtain information on the groups plans for its servlco activities and to offer suggestions on rotary admini strative matters mr miller is one of 288 rot ary governors in all parts of the world who are serving as representatives of rotary inter national in districts composed of member clubs each district leader is responsible for sup ervising the clubs in us area rotary an international mens service organisation has more than 630000 members in some 13200 clubs in 142 countries a member and past president of the rotary club of scarbor ough mr miller is president and general manager of j h mcnalrn limited he was elect ed to office at the rotary con vention in mexico city in may 1968 and wlu serve until june 30 1969 though a seasoned rotarlan before his election to the ottico of district governor mr miller attended an eightday inter national assembly last may at lite pucld new york usa at which au rotary governors for 196869 attended indepth seminars to plan for their jobs one of his biggest jobs will be to hold a district conference of all rotary clubs in this area the conference will be held on march 21 22 23 1969 at the inn on the park toronto his son bruce became a mis sionary in india and not long ago mr and mrs eaton went to india to be with him and his family mr eaton worked close ly with his son especially in the distribution of famine re lief always interested in church work and missions he was an elder of the carlisle church and then acton united church ho took services when the regular minister was absent a veteran of world war i he fought in europe in the artillery and by the end of the war was an officer in the raf he was married on august 29 1922 at ebenezer church innas- sagaweya they recently pur chased their home at 82 lake ave acton where mrs eaton intends to remain funeral service was held at the kltchlngsteepe funeral home walerdown saturday afternoon august 10 conducted by the rev gordon turner and interment was in carlisle ceme tery in lieu of flowers donations were made to carlisle united church building fund pallbearers were charles harper albert bogle david tregunnon of carlisle austin young clarence gamble and robert warne of acton he is survived by his wife the farmer lillian mcarthur sons and daughters john of ham ilton mrs gordon cummlngs dora of ottawa glen of elm- wood mrs hedley branston mearney of guelph rev bruce eaton of moffat mrs john mas- say isabel of vancouver and 25 grandchildren the sea do was taken to other clubs and draw tickets sold members learned there are still a few tickets available for this friday even ings hawaiian danco in the mus ic centre costumes prises and a chicken dinner are ar ranged histories are to be exchanged of three acton rotary clubs in ontario massachusetts and england during his visit the rotary official was given additional in formation on same of the local rotary clubs activities includ ing boys scouts easter seals crippled children and nursing scholarship awards omcul vttit of the rotary cluba district qctvemor k millar took place at the regular mooting of the acton club tuosday evening left to right stan elsel area representative the district governor acton rotary head gary dawklns and secretary ron lewis staff photo summer clearance sale i now in progress at miltons 5c to 1 st0re directors of halton and peel hold a voting trust representing 60 per cent of the shares and have unanimously recommended tho sale to all shareholders the sale offer deadline issep- tember 30 halton and peels president o e msnnlng reports our shareholders are meeting it with favor they think it is an excellent firm deal huron and erie is canadas largest independent trust and loan company independent of chart ered banks and wss founded in 1864 its assets under admini stration were 1761008000 at june 30 and a profit of 1435- 675 or 36 cents a share was registered for the first half of this year halton and peel trust was founded in oakvilte in 1955 and now boasts nine branch of fices in three counties with a staff of over 100 it has a 1967 profit of 417207 and assets under administration now total 88000000 directors of halton and peel are stressing to shareholders that the firms personal cust omer service will continue under the new ownership staff is ex pected to remain the same al though the merger will give hal ton and peel staffers a better opportunity for advancement and promotions mr manning re ports huron and erie has an excellent reputation in the field and halton and peel will be happy to become associated with such a large and dependable firm mr manning wlu be invited to join the board of huron and erlo as weu as canada trust co a subsidiary as vicepresident two halton and peel vico-presi- donts dr c a martin of mil ton and w j beatty acto will be offered directorships and the advisory board will hold sim ilar memberships in canada trust the customer wlu still bo dealing with the same people at our various offices mr man ning added that make the meal from lovoll bros mocjern meat market mapk leaf sp cottage rolls 59- bonokeu prime rib roast beef 99 tonclor shoulder roast beef 69 choica rump roast beef 95 ground chuck o9 froth mad srnall link sausage 59 lovell bros modern meat market 8- chen 1332344 daily diuvity open thursday friday evenings til 9 pm a n d shoe sale 400 pairs mens shoes black or brown mchale hart jarman regular 1599 3999 on sal ragular 1299 1499 on sals 5 10i 500 pairs ladies shoes all name brandt good colour and size choice regular 899 1699 or 3 pain for 5 10 pair 0 cash only all salm final sale starts thursaug15 xm4r 250 main st milton mcmj 8783501