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Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), October 7, 1970, p. 2

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The Acton Free Wednesday Octobor Second Claw Mall Donald are I tor tellers Sharon and Janls Brown and accountant Forsythe Staff Photo Bank manager Don tried out his new or the first time at Monday afternoon Open House Pictured with Mr Mc 50th anniversary for Their wedding an Is being celebrated this Mr and Mrs re to Montreal to mark the occasion with Mr and Mrs Hansen Belt Watts and fmil The arc a well known couple regarded with affection by man friends Hft was named Citizen of the Year in Mr Middle ton served as a Signaller in World War I point overs in and was wounded and sent home in Moved to Acton Tie Middletons met when he was stationed in the army in her home town of Woodstock were married and moved here to Acton two years later when he was relief agent with the CNR He was customs agent from till his retirement In with offices in the old post office Active with Scoot He was instrumental In the building of the scout hall was scoutmaster at one time and taught signalling to scouts for years He was involved in baseball and hockey is a member of the Legion and Walker Lodge organizer of the Red Cross active in the war Service league and treasurer of the stewards of Trinity United church He was secretary of the public school board for years and of the high school board for five years Cook gardener Mrs Mlddleton Is a member and member of the Lakeside chapter of the 1 0 D THE CHURCH OF ST THE MARTYR ANGLICAN Corner Willow St and St Rev J SUNDAY OCTOBCft Hill Trinity Tin Eucharist i Sunt Eucharist ACTON BAPTIST CHURCH Mill SI Founded 1M2 Pastor Rev Frank M Byrne BTh Cheltenham Church Office 8530860 1010 Minn CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH MlnUter Rev P BD Acton Ontario SINDAi OCTOBER 1000 Morning Woxihlp Service and Sunday School am Sunday School Worship 730 Teen Meet at the church Tuishvotung 710pm Catechism Come worship and study with to he better equipped to God and men Everyone Welcome PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN CANADA KNOX CHURCH ACTON Andrew BA Minister Mr A Hansen Organist and Choir Maitar SUNDAY OCTOBER 1970 Morning Worship Pollution tin of Man am Sunday School Ttiesdi October 13 Induction SimiL and Tliursia 7 Choir Fndw 7 B H will be In church study fnmi am to 12 30 noon A Cordial Invitation To All PENTECOSTAL TABERNACLE PA O C Churchill Road Rev M Thoman Pastor THANKSGIVING SUNDAY OCTOBER 11th 1970 i Chunh School for Grades Schoolers 1100 Thtnksgmng Worship Stm ilium The Difference Makes Eirone Most Welcome TRINITY UNITED CHURCH Minister The Rev Gordon Turner BD Director of Music George Elliott MA PhD SpLuil Thankswng Sin in nnng inttlist John of 1000 am Sunday School a to Morning Worship Evangelistic Service Tuesday Prayer Service and Bible Study Thursday Ambassadors aim 100 4 into H with ind into His courts unto Him bliss His name MAPLE AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH Maple Ave Georgetown Pastor Rev Robert C OCTOBER 1000 am Morning Worship 10 Nursery am Church School to Grade am Church School Grades We Welcome You and Your Family Take Part in the Life and Worship of Trinity SUNDAY OCTOBER lllh 1970 Kara la our sincere Invitation to the whole family to attend church am Sunday School All ages sun Morning Service Evening Evangel Georgetown CHURCHILL COMMUNITY CHURCH Churchill Road Nor Minister The Rev A Walter BD Tidey Ave Phone SUNDAY OCTOBER 11th 1100 jm Worship Service and Church School Service in charge of the Rev G H Visitors are at all Church Gathering it the Church on the Hill A special report A day with the commuters veil wuiiniiiy Inlay lownla it tight llinl wan iltlmliin nil mm Bin downhill Mm rain in In linixliHit up Ilium Hum In lwit My iwrliinr i All She s noted as a cook he as a Hardener She is on the church committee which arranges flowers on special occasions Both have been en thusiastically involved in many of the town activities for years Georgian mayor The new mayor of Georgian Bay in the new district municipality of Muskoka is John Bert Wood formerly deputy reeve of Acton Six mayors were elected Monday for the new area municipalities of Muskoka which comes into being January Voters also selected councillors and board of education members The Woods moved from Acton about five years ago He runs a marina at Victoria Harbor it nit 111 It Ixik It off I mi mi empty In Im me Iml to or drink nvnllnlili I found I nuked Urn till ll0PIHUl1mf nut mo feel unite mtnlmliin wiih In Ontario Hit coiHtiu turn innlly Hood You to know llieiti Wo Juxl mid pal ly fur one yt know A take unci and everything A tiuy tilled Drown imiwngrr mild By the tlmi we nt I roultlnt tin In where by my and tried to look out tlie window sun was on llir lnyirn on the I up and I roll of toilet paper rollliiK unit forth in tin- rnck Mar Toronto the more piled on atop At station the train started then stopped attain as a man Lame tearing down the street and a lot Here comes Mac Hen late half the time The conductors act to know the regulars and watch for The atmosphere was extremely friendly as the regulars called greetings hack anil forth and part of the lunatic fringe there a some in every crowd went Into gales of laughter in the corner Decorate for Christmas Tell her about the water fight No but did you know we had the only decorated train in Ontario last Christmas I position know In winter think limy luivn lo firry mn off In ill And do tlicy put inn kern It i It from Urn rlHlil Into Arrive hour I wan curious an to In loronlo if tliey tun I to work Home nnytiow In time Many In work to the while I dim cm red that you tan walk iHiNt llloor from Union in rest have many open downtown Since the stores dim t open till or I up to fill In followlnH tlie of the other woman and hover briefly over each of the warm vents the subway Watch and wait Two of commuters were watching for me when I returned utterly exhausted and steered mc over to the i forgotten how wearying a day In ToronU be At the loiuf lineup began moving or maybe 11 Just seemed slow as It where one conductor wan taking all the ticket He greeted mc like long lost regular and made me feel welcome once again very body looked tired and drawn Manyrcadpapcrs some tried to take nap silling bolt upright The gaiety was gone and the talk turned more serious Cheaper In parts One Interesting thing was the fact that many commuters advocate buying tickets from to stop saying lhat for some unknown reason it a cheaper One M P mayor approve decision I was pleased to be informed last week that the Canadian Transport Commission in their wisdom have asked the C N to continue passenger service between Toronto and Guelph M Whiting commented enthusiastically Passenger service if tailored to the needs of the two com munltiesthatlrepresent namely Georgetown and Acton can be of considerable assistance to the future growth of these two towns I am told that approximately one half of the working of Acton commutes to and a large proportion of the people now residing In Georgetown do the same I have spoken In the House of Commons on at least two H In tons store window broken A glass pane In the door of Hinton store was broken Saturday night by accident by young people The police In and those involved had made an agreement for payirent with Bert Hinton Investigate sprinkler fault Acton Firefighters investigated a fault In the sprinkler system which caused an alarm bell to ring unnecessarily at the Wallace Street plant of Building Products Saturday morning about 11 There was no fire and the truck did not leave the fire hall however Wrong name One of the names was wrong in the list of blood donors and should have read Mrs Erie Hall Sorry regarding the rail situation in Acton I have sent to the C and the Railway Transport Com mission copies of my remarks so maybe I along with interested citizens the decision rendered by the Transport Commission Part of history I am a firm believer that our railways have helped build communities like Acton and conversely communities like Acton have helped build the railways The tune has come when we must do something about the congestion and pollution on our highways The railways have a significant part to play in this area and can provide if they want to fast and economical Eramosa Flower Mart ACTON Phone 8564771 We grow a big variety of POTTED MUMS HOUSE PLANTS CUT FLOWERS See our Selection of NURSERY STOCK FERTILIZERS HOLIDAY WEEKEND SPECIAL FERTILIZER 80 lbs 399 FLOWERS FOR EVERY OCCASION Flower Mart Thurs Fri Sat CHUCK CONNORS Kill THEM MI MDMWUMUME GALA FEATURE Thanksgiving DUSK-TO- SteveMcQueen FayeDunaway THE FACE FROZEN DEAdAI Chiller of the yew Tues Wed Oct OPEN AT SHOW STARTS Ion irimi mini flifiiren he n a I Agnnt Tim chcapunl role They an be Hutu mi tniln we only W In from that run Only two or llirin hop on I fur N hut Hint fttoji rum Inn Hie tin In up tally It Why should tliiTitld it if up If I have in wild llmi If I up Dm illicit lilt- r More Into view I a I had Iruly enjoyed An evirvotiH tlw It lo ill van urn at all lUiln II tluin V It n to a mi ln to tan I transportation to the commuter Mr Whiting returned to Ottawa Monday and has promised to keep the Free Press posted if there ore any further develop ments Mayor pleased We must full recognition to Rud Whiting s support commented Mayor les stepped right Into the picture and gave us full support But let remember that this Is Just a year trial We held a hearing of our own but we t have this alone Mr said It is the tendency of the whole area The Toronto- centred plans give additional reason for a commuter train If there arc to be dormitory towns the people must get to the city BOWL for Pleasure for Health THE ENTIRE FAMILY CAN BOWL TOGETHER Iff the IN Thing J to do GO BOWLING ACTON BOWLING LANES MAIN ST MEMBER DANCE To Music By I I E J Bob and Corey Saturday Oct 10th from pm At The ACTON LEGION HALL Admission Couple Refreshments For Tickets Call 0387 or At Door Sponsored by Acton Minor Soccer Club HORNETS NEST Colour Rock Hudson CMITOOir

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