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woman to woman month in acton mrs gordon johnston greenock wi hostess there were 19 nrery enthusiastic representatives of women group at special meeting called wednesday of last week at the home of mi bib coats all deemed public information in cancer detection a vital necessity and gave flnnbacking to woman fo woman month in acton local doctors have given approval to the program which will include a public meeting and the personal distribution of pamphlets mrs coats explained thai vttloui commllteet in the canadian cancer society have been concerned at the number of deaths from cancer of the breast and uterus since these two types can be detected and successfully treated eaily lay education is essential the personal touch will be an important part of the information campaign here october 22 is the dale ael for an open meeting in the high school two film will be shown time and two women and breast self examination the representative al last weeks meeting also taw these films and heartily agreed all women should see them they could well save lives these representatives will now go i ack to their chuich and service groups n town and district aimed with pamphlets for distribution and theyll talk up the program on october 22 the many women who do not belong to any groups caused concern the representative decided that flirt they will relay their concern to their own group then there will be extra literature available for each member to take personally to neighbor not allied to church or dub wonurt to woman planning lakes in all of ac tort all of nassegeweya and pill of eujuciing aomjim6 i by wendy thomson weve never bothered too much with the fairs and such up till now either cord had to work somebody came visiting or something else happened ilka two year ago when we got as fir u the pie and jim was vigorously tick al far u enuring anything i took one look it the beautiful pies lovely cakes and perfect roll the first time i wu al the fair and decided i wouldnt stand i chance uyciketellher have a bums in the middle and i have to put gob of icing in between the layer to keep them from rocking or they come out of the pan ut pieces and i have to lee them back together again my paltry it full of pilches no miller how i try i always manage lo be a little short inone spot and have to tike off here lo fill in there still im always pleased with the way they tail and rottst i donl thbik i could ever gel them out of the house theres something about the smell of bread baking that makes cord prowl back and forth in front of the hove a pound of butter in one hand and i knife between his teeth but this year cord wu away in pail elgin for a week or so before the fall fair and i was quite al loose ends the house was always tidy there wasnt much laundry and meab were just odds and ends in front of the tv il was a great holiday and i wu bored stiff so to while away the time i pored over the prize list figuring out what i might stand a chance on if i entered then in a burst of enthusiasm i sent an entry form in biting apple pumpkin and lemon pies tea biscuits pizza and chocolate cake for myself then peanut butter cookies fancy sandwiches and chocolate cake for 12 year old beth and oatmeal cookies lea biscuits and apple pie for jim 10 yean old next i had to til down and figure out a schedule for that week to fit the baking in with jims bam chores and bethi pony exercising getting jim to work watnt loo bad at all hed never baked before and it always game for something new i dug out the canadian cook book an old home economics book of my mothers which gave hep by step instructions on how lo nuke cookies and pies and tuch and jim went at it like an old pro beth wai a utile difficult if my schedule laid cookies thats when she wanted to ride earl grey if it said horse she was up at the house ready to bake a cake not only that but when i did get her lo baking she kepi eating the ingredients very frustrating i wai having my own problems instead of the regular allpurpose flour i hid decided to use cake flour and my putty which is usually flaky anyhow flaked to pieces all over the place then i lotl my pumpkin pie recipe and the one i settled on wasnt too good and when i got my chocolate cake hack out of the freezer and tried to ice it i got so mad i just about fed it to the dog each time the butler icing hit the frozen cake it went into a hard glob in the end i had to heat two spoons in a cup of hoi water and use them to spread the icing reheating them every half a minute but we did have fun at the meab eating the leftover thursday we had company for dinner and had pizza and pumpkin pie friday lunch wai tea biscuits cheese and lemon pie when we finally got everything into the fait it wai a load off my mind it wu getting to be a bit of a headache still jim got a first for hu apple pie and two thirds on the rest beth got a second and a third and i had a third second and a and three first in photography we weie all quite pleased once i got that week done i thought my headaches were over then cord came home wilh the news that hes invited i s people here this saturdayfor a rout suckling pig dinner and im to cook it me whos never cooked any pork larger than a five pound ham id belter get in a supply of aspkitt tomorrow to mix up a lemon pie from scratch is a lot more bother than buying a package of lemon pie filling but with this recipe the result is worth ii lemon meringue pie combine 5 tees cornstarch 14 tin alt and m cup sugar la top or a double bolts gradually add 2 cups hat water hace over bouja water and cook stifling constantly until mix hue thlckms cover sad cook for lomlautalsurrlagoccsilorully stir small amount of hot mixture into 3 egg yolks which have been mixed with w cup sugar immediately poui back into kmainkig hot mixture over bolang water blend thoroughly and cook 2 minutei longer stirring conitsnuy remove from heal add 2 tbcp butter uj up grated lemon rind 5 tbsp lemon jules cool to room temperature without stirring pour into a baked 9 pie shell add 14 ty cream of tartar to 3 egg whiles and heal till rrothy gradually beat la 6 thsp sugar and continue beating until stiff and glossy spread rightly on fuunj sealing edges to ctusl bake al 400 degrees ii lo 10 minutes or until delicately browned 4h meafins name exec the acton branch of the 441 club is once again on the move even though they have only completed the third of eight meetings all have benefitted from the course meat on the menu as the title suggests this club is mainly concerned with the selection preparation and storage of various cuts of meat meetings are lo be held regularly monday nights at the home of member linda beers the officers for this project are u follows president lynda sayers vice president linda beers secretary shirley jocque treaiurer shirley sayers reporter mary ann freuler phone committee dorothy newton and cone maxwell club leader once again is mrs macnaughton after a lengthy discussion the name meal tins wu found satisfactory by all concerned they have received note books but have yet to decide on a cover design at the meetings they have prepared panfried bacon and also braised liver with vegetables even those who disliked liver found the dish tuty next on the menu is swiss steak c git giilt enjoyed a wiener rout monday at the united church property on the blue spring line acton student wins award seven prospective new members were welcomed by the president mrs r argsll lo the first meeting of the milton and district university womens club on sepl 1 1 at the home of mrs d thompson 382 miplewood cres milton when the occasion wis marked by a wine and cheese party as the clubs lepresentstlve lo the canadian federation of university womens golden jubilee conference at edmonton in the spring mis ii powys gave an interesting but brief summary of live sessions there and reported the almost unanimous adoption of her resolution sponsored by the milton club requeuing that the federal government reconsider the pennon plans relating to women for the scholarship committee mis msiion reed announced that kathiryn sinclair of acton had been selected as the winner of this yeaia scholarship mits sinclair who has just left acton and is ttending waterloo univeitity achieved over 90 per cent in her years work tim award is given annually to the glil graduate of highest standing in either milton or acton high school and who is continuing her education the program foi the coming year was reviewed by mrs u andrews who had an interesting list of speakers lined up and then the study groups under the convenerthip of mis jean matron were formed the meeting closed with coffee served by the hostess pant show heads 4h the first meeting of the bilhnafad south 411 club wu held on saturday september 27 they met in the ballinfad hall but the rest of the meetings will be held in the community chuich officers elected are president pam snow vice president erica strokov treasurer beverly lelth press reporter nancy snow telephone committee carol buchanan rosy soijka the clubs name will be the ballinafad southern chuck wagons each gitl is being charged a so cent fee next meeting will be on saturday october 4 warn air and he water hiayino modmn humuuns wat system hsotu tsmsoi rockwood frank carney and sons uo mrs gordon johnston was hostess for the greenock womens institute september meeting attended by 12 members and two visitor mr g wallace opened the meeting by use leading of curtenl event following which the opening ode was sung mm archie gate gave meditation a prayer for an autumn day roll call was give the name of a household article i wish i hadnt bought and why ii appealed each one had al tome time or other bought or weie given something which now collects duit and takes up space od shelve minute were read following which business wu desll wilh plans were made lo exhibit al acton fair the 4h glil plan lo place an exhibit aho delegate weie chosen to attend the area convention in gtlelph oct 89 mis a gale and mi j mccullock aie voting delegates leaders chuten for project dressmaking with a difference aie mis g wallace and mis j mcculloch they will be attending llalnlng school at 8 later date mrs calvin altken secretary lead a letter front foster child chingcrmping who told of his plotless in high school home economic convener mis ralph sinclair wu in charge of the program mis gordon johnston read the moltothinktgrvittg each one of us by showing gratitude is giving thanks and thusgralltutde is the spirit of thanksgiving mrs mnclajr lead article given by the canadian consumer association this dealt with what it new hi fabiics cteintett and food also gimmicks which aie picked with foods they were told they should make use of pamphlets which they could have free if they only took lime lo write for them following the closing of the meeting lunch wu served by the hostess assisted by mis j mcculloch and mrs r mckeown mis a gates was courtesy convener the october meeting will be held on oct 7 al the home of mrs t lleiritlcy creemoie this will be an afternoon meeting a noon lunch will be served a hundred new juvenile paperback books aie in circulation al ihe library they came from the south central rectorial library allocation and the children lie delighted with them the i g a ttoie estimated about 00 reproductions of painlings were given out last week fend ihe frames had to be reordered the promotion appeals very successful the acton free press wednesday october i 1969 knox ladies aid september meeting a beautiful verse mental poise read by mr w j mclnlyre president opened the september meeting of knox ladies aid on tuesday afternoon in the mary ellen anderson room of the chuich in the abs nce of mis g s matthews secietsry mis a j buchsnin read the minute of the pievious meeting and correspondence the treasurers report was given mis j a van fleet give a report of a housecleanlng bee in the church kitchen which p few of the idles had attended recently a quilt will be quilled for a member of the congregation in tlie near future a report of the meeting attended by mrs mclnlyre and mrs j c dennis with live board of managers was given preliminary plan weie made for a luncheon lo be served in the dr a c stewart hall or the chuich bs november the devol tonal period wu taken with mr f mcculcheon leading ihe scripture lesson and mis j a van fleet giving ihe prayer the meeting closed wilh the hymn wok for ihe night is coming followed by the lord prayer a deliciou lunch wai served bylti f mcculcheon and mi g sprowl as lunch convener of ihe month prowler a prowler al ihe back of a lakeview subdivision home wa reported to police last wednesday night about 1 2 jo am he nn away before he could be questioned urgently need your october 5th to 12th has been proclaimed national fire prftftfttion only you can helpus in our constant fight against fire by observing tfie theme of fire prevention week think about fire wherever you are today tomorrow any day for emergency only call acton 853 1212 nitl is a menace a menace to the uvea of thai yew held she a menace lo your hem and lo your business nie lurks in utter met rubbleh in oily paint raga in unchecked uctrleal systems in dirty tracked tnlmttaye in overheated furnace wherever thai is carautanese flee th fighting lire slirta wilh prevention and thats your fob newt week and every wiik do your part to prevent fires remember a utile car can save a let of damage your acton volunteer fire department urges you to check for fire hazards in your home in your buswess today i my pledge for fire safety i pledg to rntev fit hazard from my home dally i will not kill by smoking in bed or being careless when i da amok i will not clean clothes or start fires wilh baseline or other flammable liquids i will not threw away match without first being sue they at out i will thecal my healing appliances and chimney at regular interval i will net place hat ashes and caal in anything but hiatal cethalner and will nat leave these container sirring en wooden floor i will protect all woodwork close to amok pipes with asbestos and metal leaving an air spec of least two inches between this protection and the pip i will net de electrical wiring repair unleee i am qualified a i will net us pennies hairpins fall and audi aa e fuse i p to malt hr prevention a yearround ttulganon by participating actively in lh fight to radatcat canada annual death tall by fir during fire prevention week and evity week throughout the entire year we plead for your cooperation to hop keep acton safe wont you help don y be careless prevent fires this message sponsored by the acton volunteer fire department mmmmm mm