Ontario Community Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), September 13, 1972, p. 7

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I I I I I I I By Wendy Its said that every family has a bad year a year when everything seems to go wrong I think weve just hod ours It started off last September when son Jim was riding a friends bike and was hit by a car Before too many months bad gone by he was rushed to the doctor or hospital three more times once with a cut hand from school next with a suspected dislocated knee from Judo The third time he was knocked down and skated over at the arena suffering another cut to his hand by one skate and a gash above eve from the other David our youngest who usually is on the receiving end of slippers helping push the truck sticks stones and dogs teeth to the hill to start it surprisingly came through the and weve year without a scratch as did problems but lost three Beth the oldest But Beth Is In newborn calves one after her teens and it was a rough year another The middle one died the ways I know I certainly same day about a third of the roof gave her a hard tune more than Mew off the house once And vice versa Does or raccoons finished off and I well we struggled nil but three of our geese over the along He has recovered from inter- and a hawk discovered head injuries received In a car our ducks last week and has accident but still has a bit of trimmed them down to two trouble with one arm Im lust The farm machinery seemed to about over the side effects the be trying to drive Cord out of his rheumatic fever that laid me low mind the whole summer while for three months lried to some hay In by The car was finished off In the springing things here and aforementioned accident but a popping them there few months previous to that It Stayed sane had been stolen and recovered Halfway through the year I of course stopped worrying about these The truck goes on its merry problems just sort of shook way wearing out here and there myself and started In again I constantly the heater one week think I would gone quietly the starter the next and so on Not too long ago set out to But last week the final week In visit an uncle up above Mount our bad year threw me We Forest but had to phone to ask lost our hay and some farm me to borrow a car and come machinery in a fire but even that fetch him The battery fell off was quite incidental and easily from where It sits went Into the put aside fan which spilt the battery and What really grieved us was to bent a blade which went through sec a friend lose so much more the rad Our whole year didnt bring us Cracked battery half as much grief as a few hours Theres a new rad In now but to him the cracked battery is still there also said that everything Is working off and on Thats why relative J suppose thats true Im sometimes out early In the Compared to our friends we had morning In nightgown and airly good year Fair bazaar plans Acton Dublin Institutes observe founding The Acton Free Press Wednesday September J The anniversary of the founding of the Womens Institute was observed at the September meeting of Acton WI with members of the Dublin I as guests The meeting was held In the board room of the library Wednesday afternoon Sept The program for the meeting was provided by the Dublin ladles Mrs Mansell the district president spoke on the life of Adelaide who was the founder of the Institute years ago Her talk was very informative and Interesting Mrs Hargrave presented her with a gift In appreciation On program Mrs Laura Dennis gave a humorous reading House Hunting A very good skit called Womens Instlturc was acted by Mrs Evelyn Near and Mrs Maclntyre A contest conducted by Mrs Hunter was won by Mrs Lambert and Mrs Hunter closed this part of the program with a reading Folly of Parson Brown Acton president Miss Simmons There is a friend for Every Need the Ode and Collect Final plans were made for displays at Acton and Milton Fairs Roll call was answered by a current event Decorated cake A cake beautifully decorated in blue and gold the Institute colors was the highlight of the lunch Acton Institute also displayed their Colonial Lady quilt on which tickets are being sold The draw will be made at the next meeting October Three charter members Mrs and Mrs were among those present Family ACTON INSTITUTE members circle the anniversary cake and their last week Left a to president Dorothy Simmons secretarytreasurer Mrs G Hargrave Mrs Mary Graham Mrs Nellie Lindsay Nora Marjorie Hall Mrs Mrs Lily Wilds Mrs Earl Lambert Mrs Ivan Harris Mrs hidden Mrs C Pickett Mrs Denny Mrs S Holmes and Jean McLean The event marked the of the founding of the Womens Institutes Goodridge Bertrand vows said Two members of Lakeside chapter of the Vera Inglis anil Harriet showed slides and talked of their trip to Brazil at the chapter meeting Tuesday of last week Vclma West expressed the members thanks for the Interesting program A Charlie Brown quilt donated by HeIenMiddeton and quilt by Marguerite Taylor will- drawn for at the fair The quilt draw will be entered as a fair exhibit also a crib quilt made by Marguerite Taylor Space at the fair will be rented for a booth and small cakes tarts and candy will be sold Friday evening Draw tickets will also be sold at the booth An exhibit on the bazaar theme will also be entered at the fair Kit Doweling reported for the bazaar committee some work tings have been held already at the i will be sent to provincial headquarters toward a fund for an 10DE float In the Grey Cup parade In a doublering ceremony in Sacred Heart church Marmora Gail Elizabeth and Roy Frederick were married Father of ficiated for the wedding on Saturday July in a setting of bronze yellow and white mums The bride a school teacher with the separate school board Is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Patrick 1 Marmora The groom a surveyor with Peel county is the son of Mr and Mrs John Goodridge Acton Satin and lace The brides gown made by her greataunt was of floor length polyester satin with a hooded lace coat She wore a sparkling tiara in her hair and carried a bouquet of white roses and mums dotted with tiny bows and ribbons matching her attendants dresses She also wore her great- grandmothers pearl ring The attendants wore cotton dresses with matching velvet ribbons and large brimmed hats Maid honor the brides sister Jill Bertrand wore lavender Rita Fuocowore blue Sheila Kirk patrick wore gold and Joanne and Erin wore pink MR AND MRS Roy Fred- crick Goodridge were married in Marmora and are living in Mississauga The bride was escorted by her father groomsman was Terry Goodridge ushers were Steven Dubois and Brian Bertrand Kevin acted as ring bearer Mrs A Killlan played the organ and the soloist was Mike Forestall Reception The reception followed in the Sacred Heart parish hall and later guests gathered in the garden at the brides homo The brides mother wore a pale dress white accessories and a white gardenia with pink rosebuds The grooms mother wore a rose pink dress and coat with matching hat white ac cessories gardenia and red rosebuds Guests included the grooms grandmother and three nephews from Southampton England with friends and relatives from Marmora Toronto Mississauga Calgary Peterborough Port Hope Hamilton Kitchener Georgetown and Acton couple took a honeymoon trip to Vermont Placid Quebec and Ottawa They are living in For travelling the bride wore a floor length dress of blue with white lace blue accessories and red roses Before the wedding a bathroom shower was given for the bridetobe by bridesmaids Rita and Sheila Kirk- in A mis cellaneous shower was held by relatives and friends in Marmora A presentation was made by friends and neighbors of the groom at Acton and another presentation was made by his Peel county colleagues Mr John Root M P P for and Chairman of the Environmental Hearing Board and Mrs Root are spending three weeks In Europe on one of the Clare Burt WEDDING PHDTDGRAPHY Vm- Stucheij FAIR DAY FALL FAIR Baked Chicken Pie with potatoes cole slaw and beverage FROM OUR MtNU TRY Roast Sirloin Tip of Beef Roast Pork with Apple Sauce Breaded Scallops or Jumbo Shrimp Grilled Wing Steak 250 Grilled Tbone Steak II It includ Soup or Juke Potato Peat Choked Jello Pudding or Pi FOR LIGHT SNACKS Try our Hot Dogs Hamburgers Sandwiches Watsons Phone Sorry We Cannot Greet You at Acton Fair this Year but Come on down to Georgetown for GOODLETS FAIR SPECIALS Many other Fair Day buys Bank terms available 30 ELECTRIC RANGE REFRIGERATOR AS SHOWN WITH TRADE Check our cash and carry prices from 139 wWestinghouse AS SHOWN MOFFI1T DOWNTOWN GEORGETOWN 8772551 WITH TRADE

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