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tht acton it prata wadnaadey october 15 i9o9 scwamuiimrmioe number 0315 fair board ladies review exhibits plan social tea former missionaries guests at thankoffering un w linham wa hostess thursday evening oct 2 for the regular monthly meeting of acton udiel fair board mr linhara president ni in the chair and mrt d matthew secretary read the minute of the last meeting and gave the financial report nine members were present resort by the convener of the different classes were given of the ladle work and although tome classes wert down others aktha sale highbght of 4dm wl meeting acton womens institute held their october meeting in the board room of the- library the president mill dorothy simmons opened with two poems the miracle of friendship and the garden of love followed by prayer and everyone repeating the lords prayer the mary stewart collect and the institute ode were repealed by 19 member and one visitor the secretary and treasurer report were adopted and correspondence dealt with the president i to attend a music ieillval meeting al the robert little school october is the amount of is i to be tent to the district secretary mrt alexander for the burury mr wdderspin asked to be relieved of her task at secretary owing to poor health mr grace nelle agreed to take the office something new on the pantry shelf the roll call told of many new items in packages on the shelve of supermarket which may be a great help to the home maker mis dorothy simmons mrs hargrave mr nelle and mr lindsay offered to help with the bake tale al simpsonssears on october 10 from 10 am till told out the two minute reports of the standing committee were given mr lindsay gave a report of the district meeting held in milton she told of the oncoming area convention to be held oct 8 and 9 al the imiveislty of guelph mrs nelles and mr lindsay plan to attend if possible it was found lo be almost impossible to attend the party held in campbellvllle church oct 28 in honor of dr blhel chapman who recently wrote a book and formerly edited home and country mrt r l davidson gave a resume of a bus trip several acton people took to california displaying cards and telling of the interesting places they had visited a lively auction sale was conducted by auctioneer mis nora kenney who kepi the bidding busk and amusing articles such as homemade rolls lea biscuits date loaf muffins cookies pickles jams jellies homegrown vegetables at well a handkerchiefs dishes shopping bags and jewellery were told a tatty lunch of tandwiches date loaf and squares was served by the committee were up the wls class was outstanding both in number and display the 441 girls are to be commended too mrs timer smith give a very good report of the school work which is of great interest to parents as well as the children the baby show is showing marked interest as there were 64 entries mrt d matthews deserves great credit as m c for this class along with some of the lady directors discissions of raising money for fair prizes were nudejind he ladies are holding a tea in the library october 2 1 from 2 pm to 4 p m for exhibitor in the ladies division several thankyou notes were read and the president flunked all who had contributed to the succeis of the fair and a special thank you to the judges at the close of the meeting lunch was served by the hostess and committee mrs fc aiihituld mrs mccullough and mrt r macnaughton the next meeting will be held at the home of mrt m mccullough lunch committee mrt w linham and mm elmer smith by wendy thomson this is a rather special day for hie it wat exactly a year ago that i finally mustered enough courage to take the first copy of the painted box into the aclonjfree press i had worked on that peice of writing for so long that lust about had it worried to pieces i was halfafrald that the editor would glance at ii mumble a bit and uy hed phone me later however as i danced from foot to foot treading on my own toes from impatience the editor read it mumbled a bit raised his eyebrow and said good goood well run 1 next week i was mentioned fairly often rip van launched tins was originally a recipe column the box being my recipe box padded out with tale of our family and animals before loo long people were wanting to know moie about the animals so the padding grew longer and the recipes shorter i suppose the painted box now refers to my typewriter its like pandoras box when i sil down and open it i never know whats going to come out fcven though i donl look much like the smiling person at the head of this column when 1 go shopping in town some people do recognize me blest them and come over to complimeni and enquire whatever happened to such and such to satisfy everybody curiosity 111 tell the end of some of my tales or at least bung them up to date rip and the cat are two cancer films for short evening paging acton women with this reminder the two film on cancer detection and prevention are being shown next wednesday evening october 22 in the high school auditorium all local group have received information but i well as theknuny women who belong to these group all the women who have not received i direct invitation will be especially welcome next wednesday the organizer of the evening promise it will be short one you could plan to be away only in hourand you might just save your own life after the short films there will be discussion if desired with the nurses on hand therell be light refreshments at well the films are entitled time and two women and breast obituary david drysdale guelph resident david drysdale of 44 emma si apl 104 guelph died in st joseph chronic hospital guelph on october 9 after an illness of eight montht mr drysdale wit a former employee of baxter laboratories in acton and alhston and moved to guelph four years ago on retirement he had lived 10 year in alhston he wis bom may 3 1891 ton of mr and mrt john drysdale and was married april 21 1919 in urett saskatchewan hit wife the former elizabeth higgins survives him at well at daughter and tons sarah hamilton john acton dave guelph and william kitchener lie alto leave a brother lawrence in chaplin saskatchewan funeral service was held in the ttumleyshoemtker funeral home saturday october ii conducted by the rev witzel pallbearer were a m donnelly harold unread and nephew john hugh victor and douglas mccallura flower bearer were gary drytdale gait and larry drysdale acton mtar mi mutt on laymen sunday at the united church nctftt sunday the organist and choir leader dr george elliott will be the speaker selfexaminalion they deal with tfity detection of cancer of the breast and uterus mincemeat sale planned the monthly meeting of the daughter of knox wa held in the miss ellen anderson room on monday evening oct 6 the president mrt tom watson opened the meeting with living for jesus in unison and repeating the mottos mrt brian moore read the secretarys report and the roll call was answered by 16 membert paying their membership fees committees were named for the fall projects of making mincemeat and taking orders for the church calendars mrt tom watson mrs brian moore and mrs william spielvogel were named for the nominating committee the floor covering has been ordered for the new nursery in the basement and the movable gates have been finished mrs william spielvogel and her group took over the remainder of the meeting with the study book and worship the group led in a discussion on reconciliation and alienation closing with prayer by mrs william nelles hymn standing by a purpose true and the mizpah benediction closed the meeting lunch was served by the group in charge pauline mcgillowav left and cathy toth right spent part of sunday afternoon frolicking in leave that have fallen from the many tree in town rocently istah photo linhams host 4h meeting bannockburn 4h group held collection a discussion was held their second and third meeting on meal inspection meat grades at linda and velma linham s on and how to cook meat saturday october 4 the group afterwards a demonstration was decided to combine two shown on how to cook meal meetings with a luncheon with moist and dry heat afterwards of brjised ribs and vegetables with bacon the meeting was opened by the 441 pledge and jeanette cox read the minutes of the last meeting followed by the next meeting will be held at jeanette coxt sign of the timet groups are planning their christmas bazaars already the rev john murray and mrt murray of caledon east visited acton a guests of the afternoon auxiliary wms of knox church october 9 having recently visited britain they showed beautifully colored slide of familiar place and point of general interest wrinkle is a black and tan coonhound a great hunter and an even greater tnoozer he used to bring home live baby rabbits carrying them carefully by the tail but got disgusted when we made him take them back now he slicks mainly to treeing raccoons then coming to get gord out of bed at 2 ajn to shake them down for him weve been trying to find a black and tan female for him to chum around with without much luck theyre rather scarce the cats dont seem to have that kind of a problem we have our big thomas with his harem of cockeyedcat littlecal and miss tansycat all sleeslng down the bottom of the bed on my feet right now three time a year the three females come trotting in looking like brandykegt chooie a bedvacant or otherwise and appoint 18mar committee ig dui u menu ijui t rjvl religious education study trying i afford produce litter of mostly miniature tom this time as i say each time long overdue visit to dr oake i in the offing but it teem thai each time i up theyre contentedly blossoming happily mentally knitting kittens mlllens too late again that old black js desoto that t skid around in is now up on block waiting for someone lo drive down the town line see it and decide thai ita exactly what they want and need it and i had been tootling around quite happily for four yeart it wa reliable comfortable and i loved driving it then this spring while i was to decide whether i could licence plate or not gord had a hat on the truck and borrowed a tire off the desolo three more limes that happened and i wat wheelleu i suppose that one way of keeping me home two of my storysubjects have came and gone andy our friendly ferret after gelling loose twice and being found r wa lost completely when youngster left the back door open and he indulged his curiosity by going exploring that wa a teal heartache i sorely miss the patler of his feet coming up the hall and the sight of hit inquisitive little face peering shorttightedly in the doorways until he found somebody lo play with papagoose wat and it a peoplegoose and now he is driving a friend in eden mills to diatraction he it the truefriend of sid who hat a small farm he not only dogs his footstep whereever sid goes but hat discovered how to knock on the door when sid hat been in the house for any length of time in such a manner that il tpunda like the church elders calling outside he it always up to hi old tricks can you imagine what it would be like trying to repair a car lying on your back with your head under out of tight and having a is pound goose sitting on your chest nibbling away at the bare space between tthirt and belt tine out the back our own hone and ponies have been joined by a visiting mare and filly i sometimes spend an hour back in the pasture just watching all the friendships foibles and jealousies going on by the look of my own mare shes either getting fat or the in foal but whenever i try to have a good look the figures im getting too personal and stalks off in a huff still ivn hoping so one year is done ive not missed a week and ive not been let go on the contrary the column it now being run in the wiarton echo and the alliston free press as well as in acton much to my delight neediest to uy and us at always life is hectic but happy for several year they had served aj oversea missionaries working among the bhil of india and a lour of the eastern countries was alto shown singapore saigon hong kong japan india and egypt mr murray gave the commentary in a most pleasing manner holding the interested attention of all guests were present from neighboring societies to join in celebrating this fall thankoffering meeting the message of thanksgiving was carried through in the opening remark of the president mini isabel anderson in the service of worship led by mis r c clark and mrt a j buchanan and in a solo by mrs a ii mckenzie make tracks to th station headon crash proves boys not chicken why should you pay for irresponsible drivers safeco auto insurance is for families who get their kicks out of living find out about low cost auto insurance driver training discounts good stu dent discounts call dennys insurance agency 17 mill st waal acton 534150 office hours uondavtkursdav 9am to 6 p m friday b a m to b n m after hours mill ball 8532743 harold denny bs3hj66 safeco insurance persoi see our compute selection of as cards as warm as sincere and as friendly as a handshake dills stationery u mill street 8512030 see the national eighteen membert were appointed to a county hoard of education committee on religious education representing the ministry trustees teachers students and organizational representatives the committee i to study religious education in hilton school and report on the proposal of the mckay commission on he subject trustees named lo the committee are l d palmer w a lawson g pelletleno and j c blakelock board officials are o s lawless and p k self representing the ministry are rev 8 f rice oakville and dr w kjempa burlington from the hilton county home and school council des todd was named teaching staff members include leonard kay mrs anne buckerfield miu jean milroy and george murray from ihe family service bureau r f coupland was named students wdl be lindsay horwood from oakville trafalgar high school and brian eady from pwerand from the community at large are victor brislow and audrey schreiber meateors meef in brampton on saturday october ii the bannockburn meateors held their fourth meeting of meal in ihe menu at the brampton apartment of mrs jeanette con the meeting was opened with the 4h pledge followed by the secretary s report the group then discussed what the book covers should be like next the group wrote down points of interest of choosing buying and home care of meat the meeting wat topped off with a delicious luncheon of beef stew and dumpling prepared by ihe hostess susan somerviile and brenda kingsmill i as opm srut wtothummisat oct is11 4 davfl show time up 17 ii will b m pm t pm ice station zebra color rock hudson guided mouse isie cg funmontuetwts the brotherhood adult kirk douglas ski boom sic transit choon oct 143 color fhursnusat oct 2s2s charly adult color academy award winner cliff- robertson trick or cheat cartoon saturday matincf oct 33 git color from lovell bros meat market steaks 110 tender shoulder roast 75 s choice rump roast 99 i lean sirloin tip roast 1101 fresh ground chuck 75 fresh sma link sausage 69 for sues 69 your rand roms 55 to lovell bros modern meat market 7f mill i actors pfcaes ui4m0 daitv dcuvhv j 233sbji vggl