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the acton free praia wednesday august 6 1969 nonagenarian spent years railroading canadian west funeral service at churchill or mrs gmton swackhamer by wendy thornton the big trail ride at rodtwood it tomorrow july 27 and im not just too sure what shape 111 be in by the tune i finish the 25 miles bi sh hours with trail tests to boot and i thought id belter write some sort of an explanation in cate i dont get a chance to finish thb the youngster and i have had the horses out three or four evening a week leans around the concession block trying to get in shape and im in some thipelwindbuiri on the front tide and blatter on theebewhefe ill vhave to renumber to take along few bandaids just in ease i sometime gel the oddest looks out on the roada grown woman playing the cowboyt and lisdlasu hit iteally horsetiding u a very relaxing pit time no mattef what mood i go out in i always feel belter when i pi hack- its a rnuvelous feeling when the horses boundcovetirig bounds go to a flatopen rhythmic smoothness that has no mote jolt than a menyfofound its like the toothing effect of a locking chair combined with the exhlleerellng power of a harleydavlson now if thb is as far as the column goes i will either be lort somewhere hung up la a tree or incapacitated one broken leg and two broken arms plus a bump on the head and one onelsewhere an d to to bed im back we nude it safe and fairly sound what a dayl it wai like nothing id ever done before to begin with it pouted all daynol rained but poured and me wllh no raincoat cord dug out hit duckhunting flicker army issue but by the look of ii he not only hunted ducks in ii but kept them ttoied in it for tome length of time after i had to wash it and dry it before i could put it on it came down to my ankles and the hood fell down to my note binder twine around the middle helped tome but not much by the time i got sorted out and straightened up it wit 10 lstimetogo velvet didnt puticulaily care for this huge slicker flapping around on her back and i was afraid that if the farted galloping the wind would flu the sleeves and id takeoff i should title here that cord thought i was a complete idiot riding in weather like thtl i wit in good company 87 of ut sel out and almost all were soaked to the tkin within an hour once wet though everyone stopped worrying about it except for the odd comment when their boots overflowed the butliet were weighed down with water and hinging cross the trails the easiest way to travel these paths was to lie flat along the horses neck but that had two drawbacks fint every time i lay down my bindertwine belt got hooked over the saddle horn and i couldnt get up again secondly every time i looked up to tee if the path was clear h watjutt in time to get another wet branch dtp across the face great fun i did just about get hung up in a tree too i put up my arm to ward off a big dead branch and the dang thing wn up my sleeve and lifted me velvet walked right out from under and i wai hanging there with my feet ttill in the stirrups hoping the hotte would stop then something let go im still not t ture what and on i went there was on point where velvet wasnt handling too well and it took a few minutes for me to realize that one rein had come undone entirely from the bit a great help not much else went wrong beth and jim on their two ponies hid stayed right on the mares till for the fint 10 mllei then much to their ditgutt we took them out as they were to cold and wet they could hardly move otherwise we slid down a muddy stretch of path and into a tree which his kept me hobbling since alto at one point velvet decided to get out of the mud by climbing onto a utile plateau with the judget i had some time convincing her that that waint on the marked route the bandaids i took them but when i needed them both they and me were too wet to stick together much to my surprise while i was thinking id be disqualified for being overtime my watch sot waterlogged and quit i nithed in five hours and 6 minutes i felt great and of course none of the family were there to tee the grand entrance that i and my showoff horte made they were home in front of the fire no recipes this week juit three makedot that ive recently found fint for a makeshift auntan oilbug repellant use a mixture of baby oj and cltronella oil bought in drug stores works on horset too second if you ride and your jeant ride up and wrinkle where you tit cut up a pair of old tutpenden and rettitch to you have a clip on each end of an 8 inch piece of doubled elastic slip under the inttep of each boot and clip on the teams of jeans third if your cinch it chafing your horte and you hive no theeptkin on hand the sheepskin buffen off a floor polisher fit perfectly to pad the tore tpott the food ttoret that carry vacuum cleaner supplies often have the new buffen without the buttont in the centre jtrtt ijlnrss local nawa items sjassisttstjssiaastlm tshb matiav tiilrfc arl few meetings these days too many people away some of actons keen c unpen found overcrowded camp grounds last weekend some were diverted to other places ntxt holiday u monday sept 1labordjy thfc world olympics for the deaf start at belgrade yugoslavia next week acton student walkers helped finance ux ontario school for the deaf competitors a life that spanned great put of the history of canadas west reached i milestone this week mr agnes anderson davidson widow of the late john thomas davidson happily mtiked her 90th birthday on friday august 1 mrt davidson spent many yean with her husband in the west when he wat establishing new railroad stations in mull burgeoning centret there their grpwing family often lived in a boxcar shunted onto the tiding while mr davidson did hit work now many of thete small towns have teen their boom days come and go and from the western farmers blowing with the oxen mrs davidson hit followed hittory to know of the fint men on the moon she wal bom august 1 1879 in the township of natsigiweya near kmlchbull and went to school in the township in 1901 the waarried and the couple went railroading mr davidson was telegraph operator at gliilyn saskatchewan for 18 yean and their list home in the well wat at spirit river alberta where they tpenl five or tix yean then they retired and came back to live on the family farm on the second line it was juit recently sold by son charles mr davidson patted away in 1949 after an illneu mrs davidson went to the mcdonald nunery home on the fourth line and now she it in quite good health there as welt as her ton and his family she has two daughters mrt charles hudson melrose in victoria b c and mrt walter arnold margaret in flin flon minltoba neither were able to be here for the birthday party but charlie is jutt back from a motor trip all the way to- the wett coast and he had pictures of the families to show their mother on hit happy occasion mr and mrt davidson juit returned in time for the party at the nursing home there wat a family party at their home litt sunday at well guettt at the birthday celebration included two siilen mlts isabel anderson and mrt hansen as well at nieces and friendt and the rev a ii mckcnzie of knox church to which the belong in the wett mrt davidson wat very active in the llomemikett institute for miny yean her father william anderson wal wellknown in acton he wat a coal dealer and i lie young onet used lo love hitching ridet on hit wagon the free press joint many friendt as well at the family in extending bin h day congratulationi to mrt davidton personals i 1 r- rtmrsmlfflbi a wellknown resident of acton and diltrict mrs elizabeth swackhlmer passed away in guelph general hospital on july 28 she had been ill for a week before she passed awy in her 82nd year she was an active member of churchill church which pioneer swackhamert had helped to build the funeral service was held in the church wednesday afternoon july 30 former pastor robert hyde b a and the present minister the rev w fosbury b a b d conducted the funeral tervlce and interment was in churchill cemetery honorary pallbearers were charles laiby r r campbellville harold griffin r r 2 acton fred macarthur r r 2 acton bert davidson r h 2 acton r m harden ililltburg and leslie swacktumer r r 2 acton active pallbearers were donald swackhamer rae swackhamer r r 2 acton bill sayen ottawa lied thompson guelph and cordon whiteside toronto five grandson and fjmer luby streetivdle a nephew daughter of joseph laiby and mary wallace she wat born in irh7 an the third line farm now known at the vyse property she went ai a bride to the swackltamer homettead on i lie third line her husband clinton swackhamer farmed and wat alio a funeral director in acton and llilliburgh they lived seven yean in llilliburg when tlie attended llilliburgh united church mrs agnes davidson mr and mn mac sprawl have relumed from an enjoyable trip out west miss jessie mcgregor hat been a patient in guelph lloipilal her friendt hope for an improvement in health for her mn alex mann hit been a patient in guelph general hospital but expects to be home toon miu grace mckiddie mn marjory cupplet and miu florence rudlen of toronto were guettt of miu robins c clark one day list week mn dwlght haven and mn frank buchanan of comber willed at the home of mr and mn r h elliott recently the friends or mn w j mcleod were pleated to hear she wit able to return home recently after a few weeks at a patient in guelph general hotpitil mr and mn peter hunt and baby ton hive moved to ottawa after tpending several weeks vititing the formers parents mr and mn joe hunt arthur street mr and mn mac sprowl and daughter enjoyed a trip to the wen coin hopping to visit relative ind to tee the calgary stampede they travelled by train to winnipeg and from there by car dr and mn arthur kenney of vancouver visited relative and friendt here they are returning home after travelling through europe for several months mr and mn james thornliill and family acton and mr and mn bert hallidiy and ton guelph enjoyed camping at rocheiter mr and mn james higgini chirlene and jane are holid jying with relativct for three weekt in england the rev and mrt a ii mckenzie and family are back again after spending july at their cottage on the french river mr mckenzie ii conducting the joint unitedpresbyterian service thu month mr mrs martlr iman of ayuncr mr and mn bill hirbers ind family of brinston ontario mr and mn jake van levr of ottawa were recent visitors with mr and mrs henry ibibers and boyt back in england for the fint time in over so yean are mr and mn alf allen or glen williams they flew saturday and those teeing them off included niece miu pat allen of eipanola and daughter anil tonin law mr and mn john bousficld and ramily or acton mn allen came to canada 56 yean agoin 1913 mr allen while born here wat last there in world war one they hive nieces and ncphewt to visit captain and mrt j r pfjfl c f b lahr wett germany have been holidaying with their parent mr and mn r w pfaff ottawa and mr and mrs h r force in acton while here jo anne pfafr has been attending the lummer session at waterloo lutheran university womens crafts display bountiful at exhibition arc you so mcluhamzed that you think newspaper radio and television constitute the media at the 1969 canadian national e xlubition you might discover that the media are also alpaca aluminum cotton silk clay wood and silver each year the womens division of the cne exhibit the works of both amateur and mr and mn charles m davidson have relumed from an enjoyable trip to the weit coast they visited the formers inters at flin flon manitoba and victoria b c as well as other relatives and acquaintances en route mn marguerite taylor and miu robina c clark attended the 40th wedding anniversary or mr and mn elmer terry in brantford last week mn terry was the former mist margaret bennett or acton and miu clark was a guest at the wedding here mr and mrs jim lindsay tyler ave returned home this week after attending the international yt ment convention in pilttburg pennsylvania and another week in ottawa mr and mrs f g tyler sr have returned home from a motor trip to manitoulin isljnd sault sic mjrie mackiiiac island and northern michigan they here particularly impressed with the island mr and mrs wayne duby were married in rockwood presbyterian church saturday june 21 the bride is the former dinette west ol actonstif r photo after mr swackhamers death she came to acton when she lived for two yean before going to live in ottawa with her daughter and soninlaw dr and mrt charles sayen for two van sit 4 was back holidaying here with her ton wallace when the became ill mrs swackhamer is survived by ton wallace swackhlmer r r 2 daughter etta mrs charles sayers ottawa and a sitter mr haiti laing calgary and seven grandchildren sharon mrs cordon whiteside and bin sayers linda mrs fred thompson donald carol rae and janice swacklumer she was predeceased by her husband titteri annie mri robert shaw and kate mrs robert fislier brothers charlei wallace robert and milliard laiby fatalityfree civic holiday no death were reported du to traffic accident i in tht four co untie i of went worth ilaldimand i hi ton and bruit a total of ok accident were reported 5k major 40 minor with 50 persons injured compared to iw8 there were two more accidents and five more injunet this year in i 67 there were three traffic deaths reported and in 1966 there was one the next drmg cm back alive holiday weekend will b september 1st labour day second cuii unl regutration number 0515 professional craftsmen in the better living centre trie division invites competition from gifted amateurs from across canada the united states and lurope this year over 3000 hobbyists including sculptors wood carvers leather workers sewers and knitters are competing for prize money the canadian guild of crafts ontario exhibit consists of 130 works selected from over 3k2 entries from most provinces in canada these are chosen by in international jury commenting on the display marjory wilton chairman of the bxhibition committee says the crafts in canada have grown up and multiplied since 1931 when the canadian handicrafts guild first exhibited at the ex the artiuns of those early days didnt dream that one day their successors would be working with materials such as poly viny chloride tubing plexiglass and acrylic thete man made media along with the traditional metals clays and textiles have created for todays craftsmen limitless horizons every day low prescription prices at acton pharmacy you will love making selections i from our variety of flowers beautiful potted plants or fresh cutbouquets fertilizers garden tools patio stoves opart 7 days a wek8 a m til datv prion b532s80 caroline flower garden shop two milk west of acton south side op hwy moving all shoes must be sold shortly well be moving to our new location at 102 wymltum street formerly ay re bakery to uve the oil of moving puking eli all our reguur iiock li available at tremcruioui uvlngi to you all the liteii thoe stylet and colon are available but a tiotk depleted tuet tould be a problem so act last shop rally for be it election further reduction on all summer stock of dress shoes reg to m4 formerly reduced to 8 00 nasi selected group of shoes taken from regular stock formerly to 12 no exchanges or refunds on sale items monique fashion qsuarwkc 73 uacdonneix st jfedufc