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Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), August 25, 1971, p. 15

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Balllnafad Community growing new families By Mrs R Short Mr and Mrs Hopwood have moved to our neighborhood Into the house formerly owned by Henry and Marlene Burnett on the line Mr Is a teacher at Centennial School Georgetown Mr and Mrs Anderson and family of four young children of Silvercreek have purchased the They moved on Saturday We welcome these new people to our community From England Mr and Mrs Mundy and Miss Cynthia are visiting Mr and Mrs Robert who are and niece The Mundys are from England Mrs has her father with her this week He Is from England Mr and Mrs Richard Shortlll attended a relative shower at William on Saturday night It was in honor of their nephew Mr Ron McArthur and his fiancee whose marriage takes place next Saturday Mr and Mrs Frank Smith have returned from a six weeks holiday in England where they visited with relatives of both their families Mr and Mrs Bird line corner have also returned from a three week stay in England In Maiitimes Mr and Mrs James Miller of Toronto spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Lloyd Marshall They have just returned from a motor and trailer trip to the Maritimcs Vickie Lynn accompanied them Mr and Mrs Eddie Smith and family returned home from their trip to Nova Scotia Robert Matthew new home on the town line at is quickly taking shape Mr and Mrs Saunders have bought the Matthew home next the mill and will be moving in shortly Community grows Our little Ballinafad community is rapidly extending In all direction Mr and Mrs Morgan Madill enjoyed a visit on Monday from Morgan sister Mrs Williamson of Mt Albert by her daughter and husband Mr and Mrs Bruce Davidson of Ottawa Mrs El wood Snow and son Peter visited last week with her parents and sisters Mr and Mrs McCaskill of Vankieck Hill They returned home by car with Mr tfid Mrs Drouillard who had been motoring down east Mr Matt was able to return home from Georgetown Hospital this past week New house Mr and have purchased the new house next to Jamiesons They have two small children and moved here recently Hofbrauhaus for Milton The GermanCanadian Club of Halton County is staging its annual Hofbrauhaus in conjunction with the Milton Steam Era show again this year Once again a well known band has been engaged to play a variety of music fitting the frame of mind of the festival Nick Osbelt and the Five a group which recorded last year music they performed in Kitchener their singing and yodelling sisters and a traditional folk dance group have been engaged to give the evening an original atmosphere briefs Obituar Mrs G Curries death shock to many friends The sudden death of Mrs George Currie wife of a former reeve and county warden at her home in Stewarttown August was a shock to her many friends A gifted and talented pianist she was well known across the county and through much of southern Ontario as the leader of the Doris Hulls Orchestra which wis one of the popular dance bands of the area She led the orchestra for years Mrs George pro ficiency at the piano made her orchestra one of the most sought after in the district for dances and other types of engagements and her death closed a chapter on some very pleasant memories for those she entertained Mrs Currie was also very much involved in public life as the wife of George Currie former reeve of Esquesing and Warden of Halton in One of the final public functions she attended was the presentation of the township official plan at Stewarttown school Bom In Fngland The former Doris Cash she was the daughter of George Edward and Flizabcth Layfield Cash Born at Manchester England the family moved to Mayfield then to Her first husband William Hulls died In 1967 and she married George in 1969 She leaves her husband a sister Mrs John Storey of Orangevillc and a brother Ron Cash of Stewarttown A sister Elsie and brother Fred predeceased her The Acton Free Press Wednesday August 25 No cheque Whoops Free Press slipped last week naming Whiting or Acton Liberal president Lou Bonne as the persons to see if unemployment cheques are not coming As Mr Bonnette pointed out and the Tree Press is well aware not Lou Is president of the Acton Liberal Association Lou is the Acton representative on the Halton East Liberal Association So If your unemployment cheques are not coming contact either M P Whiting Braida Lou or Roy Goodwin all Liberal officials Low bid accepted Mrs George Currie Pallbearers were well known personalities Howard Brlggs John T Armstrong Wm Hunter Ken Cotton of Fergus At a regular meeting of the board of education last week members accepted the low bid of J by McNally Company of Georgetown to con Warden Dr Frank Oakes an addition to Harrison of Acton and Archie Service Public School in Georgetown Milton ESQUESING Councillor Coxe s recent statement that there are more tires than waste in the township dump at present led the Free Press photographer to have a look for himself This photo taken Friday shows an entire valley of the dump filled with tires Council has ordered persons dumping tires there to cease Staff Photo Press District Pag Eden Mills victorious in ball tournament By Mrs R Wright Sunny skies and warm weather Saturday were ideal for the ball tournament held in Eden Mills Community Park The crowds started to gather at 10 clock for the first ball scheduled at that time Workers manned the stand all day and were ktpt busy and the booth serving soft drinks hot coffee and homemade pit never had a dull moment Teams taking part were Armet Carlisle Stratum MeCarrs MUlgrove with Rock wood finishing the winners Mr and Mrs George Weale returned home after holidays at Georgian Bay Mr and Mrs Tom Atkinson and ion have kit Eden Mills to make home in Sarnia House Nursing Home held a birthday party Thursday for the residents whose birthdays were in August All joined in to help celebrate Several ladies from Eden Mills Presbyterian Church helped to serve the cake and ice cream etc Those celebrating were Mrs Alice Mr Ed Taylor Mrs Janet Woodward and Mr Harry Two new babies By Mrs Ron McLean The cardinal virtues arc wisdom Justice temperance courage faith hope and love Wisdom is moral insight God makes wisdom to all who seek it Wisdom is doing the right thine to each other Jesus demanded two things listen to what He has to and do it It Is possible to quote the golden rule and do nothing about it Congratulations to Joy and Bill Orangey die on the arrival of a little sister for Paul and to Milhe and Ian on the birth of Thomas a wee brother for Cheryl Bradley Ruth Anne and Scott ROADS in the cemetery are badly eroded in some places parade Thursday evening FOOTINGS are in for the town works garage in the industrial park SOD has made the new senior citizens units and housing units look more attractive A SPEAKER at the weekly newspapers convention told his listeners that their weekly news papers have more Canadian content than any other media in the country outside of Indian smoke signals She was a member of St Johns Anglican Church Stewarttown The funeral service was her minister Canon J Maxwell at the McCIure Funeral Home Georgetown Interment was in Greenwood Cemetery Georgetown RENT A CASCADE HOT WATER HEATER JU AT ACTON HYDRO 1 ALICE STREET TOMATOE Starting Aug till frost weekends dawn to dark free containers free parking Tractor trailer rides as usual Corn Sept apple picking starts sept T CHUDLEIGHS On Hwy miles north of Ospnnqe Holiday trips visits highlights of report By Mrs Robertson Mrs John Vander Vlugl Johnnie and Jack returned home following a month s holidnj with relative- in Holland Mr and Mrs Howard arrived home on following several weeks vacation spent in Northern and northern States Mr and Mrs Cliff Roberts of wen recent visitors with Mr and Mrs Kenneth Stub- bin ton and Norn Mrs Stuart and Karen Rationed with the former brother and Mr indMrs Peter New Hampshire No kindergarten for school Nerval School will operate this year but without a kindergarten Halton Board of Education decided at their meeting last week Julian Reed and a band of residents pleaded suc cessfully with the board to have the school left open and pushed for a kindergarten at the school The school has never had a kindergarten Although Reed says there are more board officials are able to verify the existence of only kindergarten children In or near the hamlet Emmerson Lavender assistant to the director of toon said no child would have to travel more than miles or be on a bus longer than minutes Mr Reed had earlier told the board children spend up to two hours and minutes riding the buses Dot enough In his recommendation to the board Mr Lavender noted 12 persons were not sufficient to Justify a kindergarten He said the suggestion to set up a kinder in a ehurch basement wasn t taken Various arrangements were considered but none had enough merit to the move He noted there were three other in the without kindirgartens and if had one the would have to as well kindergarten students will continue to travel to School for kinder Camping trip Mr and Mrs Gordon Aitken enjoyed a camping trip to Vancouver where visited with Mr and Mrs Wheatley and Mrs David Woodward and children spent a week with relatives at Fun Park Miss Helen Clarkson Orangeville visited with her sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs Grundy Mr and Mrs George Young and Marilyn Acton visited on Sunday w ith Mr and Mrs G Robertson Other visitors at the same home during the week were Mr and Mrs Douglas Robertson and Sharon Bruce howler Mrs J Flick and Mrs C all of Choose It Canada la a and GUC trucks TILDEN ANDREW MURRAY MOTORS J Mount Road n GEORGETOWN POLLOCK AND CAMPBELL GALT Distributor off Horn and Farm Potrolaum Products Acton and S nee HEATING OILS LUBRICATION OILS GREASES GASOLINES DIESEL FUEL Phone 8532174 OIL SALES Young St Acton ll MILTON MOTOR SALES

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