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B4The Free Press Wed May by Wendy Thorn on Friend dropping In to visit those days tour the now fin ished living room Invariably Bay Arent you sorry you didnt do this years ago They dont really believe me when I answer No For us the laying of the new rug after 16 years of tread ing bare plywood marked the end of on era for over those years this has Indeed beena living room In every sense of the word the little gosling hat ched with crooked neck spent his short two week span pattering around the living room picking bits of grass off the weed strewn floor Ho slept with a litter of kittens the mother cat no end when she tried to wash him and the down to her tongue New batches Quite a few batches of new chicks goslings bought ones spent tholr first days here in the living room al though confined to boxes be fore being exposed to the wit- To begin with in 10S9 when we moved Into our by foot square box which is now with appropriate walls the llvino alnlna rooms and kit we I tlclh a toddler Jim a roaring six months David of and one dog managed fairly well through the first winter without the things that make lifo comfortable like heat hydro and water Its laugh able now to remember us all including the dog piling into our bed to keep from rowing whenever the small apace heater blew out The next spring our first tortoise shell kitten moved In as well as a new dog the other one was stolen and 13 Easter chicks some nieces and nephews had lost Interest In They pecked their box In the living room quite happily till a pen was built Their first day in the pen un fortunately two dogs ate them Sequence After that I cant remem ber in just what sequence things moved in and left or when what project was ted and finished I vaguely remember huge everchanging piles of build lag material in the middle of the room for finishing the first half of the house and starting the second ply wood wsllboard celling tile insulation panelling granite for the fireplace etc In between were small const rue 1 on projects set for painting yards and yards of trim ana motors from this and that brought inside to work on because the weather was bad and the lighting in the basement workshop was poor No worry It became second nature to me to clean around the edges of the room and not disturb what WBI the middle But what has given us so much joy in the process of life and living over the years was simply that with floors there was no worry over messes exasperation yes worry no Countless litters of kittens have been born in all comers of the house but the living room has seen much more There was the rooster who thought he was a dog and would come inside to visit with old hound Rip And Papagoose who had a soft spot for people would mosey in the door to sit and chat with whoever was ar ound sometimes bringing his family along too side rid New born pigs have been brought up from the barn to in front of the fire If theyve been overly chilled And one March in celebrat ing the boys birthdays two young pigs ended up touring the house If rugs had down there would have been no way our become such a pcL Given the freedom of the living room once or twice n day Tic pro vided many hours of delight with his silly antics and had many a guest sitting in shock as he charged at people indis criminately in mock ferocity The list of lives wouldnt be complete without mentioning last winter when Sues litter of pups took over the whole room for a couple of weeks Memorable And I cant forget that many times lives were In the balance here The most mem orable mainly because it turned out laughably was when Cockeyedcat came home to all appearances After frantic calls to the vet and a good hour of agonizing it become appar ent that she was believe it or not dead drunk and in no danger of expiring These days though our liv ing room Is more of a sitting room but I guess the feelings of Takeoff dontdropcrumbs will pass As a matter of fact I came home the other day to find an other load of door trim laid neatly across it And by the looks of it an other birth is about to take place there However this time its from the insect world A moth co coon Is sitting in a peanut but ter jar the one that held beets a few weeks and should emerge a five inch beauty before too long NOW IN ACTON FOR TOUR CONVENIENCE BARRAGES 348 QUEEN ST E ACTON NEXT TO BECKERS CARRY ONLY OPEN DAILY AMI TO Family Page Bannockburn WI names 7576 officers FIVEYEAROLD Greg examines a truck he purchased at the Z Bennett bazaar held Saturday in the school gymnasium Ager awaits another customer Daughters of Knox plan June tour The annual meeting of the Womens Institute was held at of Viles on Highway tmiuenlng Alton on Wednesday April Mary presided over the opening exercises and the roll call tin by suggestions for future programs and roll mils and the payment of dues Minutes of Miirihit pot luck cling were rend by Ada A donation to Hie mil it Sot on mid very with the rum the loenl can Indies lil d to help lliegtirden jHirly tit the Manor In Milton Hie null iHifik wiik rend mid Itulh ga 1 1 dire Industries Mary Mower Convener Iln Henderson ham and World Affairs Ml All of the standing torn Donald Education and mil ten conveners gave Kwurt Chris Iumlly mid Con sum it Affairs lean Vnuifhan Ann Marilyn Public Officer Jean ViiukIuiii reports Take lime at the monthly A lunili followed Ihe evmlngs business and the wan thanked for her Flowers of Hope marigolds again lAnhe Auxiliary lit the home Mrs Shirley Krmiie on April ting open Mrs I by hi meruit or Shirley anil two guests Is ry mid usually with a very dose to both Millon town Mr Kulkei report letter Day Saints from all of this district held special church service Sunday to in lames United Chun honor mothers They are meeting In he din pel until the new Ilrampton In the congregation t Mr and Mrs Murray mirth lmiik of Hurling ton May in St James United Chinch groom wiote their own vows Mlnlsteis were John Purler mid Norman hoir selections by Hie enjoyed their visit to University Chair with Cornwollls Nova Scotia muster Clement Car else where they attended Cnrytrcei is graduation of their Kevin late Mi ami Mrs from the Canadian Armed ay Forces base Ho is now t Alberta with the Mkk Holmes and Princess Pat Light Infantry his wife were lit the Corp Ontario Chiefs Association convention at Mr and Mrs Garnet Heed Sheraton Hotel Laurie and of from May I to Victoria Corners lint also May Mr and Mrs Donald Heed On was a Jr Darryl and Jeffrey spent to all the lie Mothers Day with Mr and Monday Mrs Donald Heed Maria and Tuesday workshops St Acton were held for the Industrial full lime paid Home during Mothers Day he volunteers mid a weekend were Mr and Mrs workshop Inert- were Mae Sinclair Glim and Ian of there from nil over Ottawa Mr and Mrs Gordon J Park of Mr and While the men were Mrs seminars Miss Joanne of vlv tlnni all of whom Ihe Daughters of Knox met for llielr monthly meeting In the Mary Anderson room of the Presbyterian on Monday evening May r Ihe meeting was opened by the rending of the story hymn For the of the Earth by the president Mrs Moore Living for was sung by the members the club repeated minutes of the last meeting were read by Mrs Mat and the given by tk 1lnk Mrs announced that arrangements have been made for the Daughters of Knox to lour the Armagh Home at for Juno Mrs Jack 1 cling distr regarding World Vision kits so the could prepare these during the summer months Mrs Sprowi reported on tin- evening and announced that the next one would Ik held on Friday May Mrs read letter received from Miss May Null or the staff of the Ikmiciunrtira in Toronto offering her In nee in the formation of new young womens group In the church turfy Ior the study portion of the meeting Mrs Harold Swallow and her group presented a film strip entitled The Paths of Others ac by reading of the printed commentary During worship portion Mrs Harry read Hie scriptures from Hebrews Mrs Robert Paul gave the closing prayer and two hymns were The meeting was closed hy the repeating of the Mlipah after which refreshments were served by the group In charge topic of the 111111 j honorary llu- week Ihe town was divided into vvllli 11 for em area the wire In toff to Die fMkiglK 11I he seeds lire marl golds tills year I hi all eiivelotMit were III be made up this would if lliiitleimiii Ada lair president fust vin Ideii lyh Morrinon Jean Vnugliau Jean Program Aiiu Slndair fox Morrison planlsl Culls pianist Isohel Donald Mantling tun Me good the which would he anvnssed by mini Ihe of Moiilreul kindly to retelve and hold any returned donations mailed are hoping spouse hi the inni gave the Hell Nursery and some of new retelvi d due to Ihe hard work of Jim who has In en busy ionslrui1 somt- for Mr his time and Several mothers with the nursery were ill the ami after he meeting was adjourned over i II gave infill Insight to hear how hey cope with everyday problems anil how ihililren are the nursery ihe next Pot luck lunch before WI meet y7al Mrs Bill Itnlph were guests at the golden wedding of Mr and Mrs Hugh Held of on Saturday m shopping loins and to Mr Holmes found the trip to lie quite informative as suppliers of new equipment were there with Litest items He also got a chance to listen to problems of other de parlments and how ore nan died Flowers of Hope go out this week celebrate the of Mr- Anna Smith Lake Ave Sunday t Mr and Mrs George Day of and Mrs M Smith of Acton ere guests the wedding of Bonnie Jean Bundle of to The Catholic Womens held membership the church Tuesday friends gathered it the Legion hall Friday even Mrs Ion Chisholm who are hack visiting from Promise of God theme for WMS The May meeting of Knox May ns Mary at the home of Mi Murray and her daughter Mrs Ruby Hansen The president Miss Isabel Ander son opened the meeting by reading some verses about spring Mrs Mainprise convener of the program for this month conducted the wor ship period Mrs Near read the scripture lesson which was the story of the Hood as found In the book of Genesis A solo sung by Mrs McKenzic was entitled Theres a wldencss in Gods mercy like the widcncss of the sea Mrs stated In her topic that there arc promises in the Bible for of life After the stage and inging of the Hymn Standing on the Pro mises of God and the bus mess period a time of fellow ship was all pre Deposit missing It was reported to police on May that the bank deposit was missing between A Supermarket and the bank The deposit bag was found May 12 in a ditch between Georgetown and Acton with the deposit gone It amounted to over according to police Residents of North llolton will be receiving their I lowers of Hope this week The North Association or the Mentally Retarded will be mailing them to rural areas through the week and on Saturday Hoy Scouts in Georgetown Acton and Millon will he delivering them door to door urban homes This week is Flower of Hope Week in Canada The sponsors send everyone picket of flower seeds and Baptisms on Sunday In Trinity United Church on May 11 two children were baptized Robert Glen son of Mr and Mrs Glen It R Acton and Linda Gall Wayne daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Wayne of Aclon Welcomed into member ship of Trimly by transfer were Mr and Mrs Mnuno and Mrs Valeric Johnston IODE roses now delivered The anniversary rose bushes hae been mailed out the past week Many orders werei placed in own for the special roses commemorating the chapter milestone for a donation in return Again this year funds received will be used toward I the group home for adult retardates which Is lo lie built on Seventh Line just north of Hornby The home will for retardates who do not have families to care for Officials hope to slart construction of the 1 home next month The seeds and letters ap pealing for funds have been assembled at ARC Industries Workshop Hornby by members of the womens auxiliaries in the three towns with ten memliers present Miss Dorothy Simmons past president presided Mrs George Hargrove read the minutes corres pondence Several Items of business were discussed and voted on Mrs Thomas Cook con vener of Citizenship and World Affairs read a paper Drugs seized On 11 a drug on houses heated by the sun to seizure was made In Hie park be built In Ontario by Alton An out of and Cultural Activities town man tieiu charged convener Mrs William There were four liquor Denny read a couple of seizures in town during the papers wiek ACTON MAY 20th NURSE WANTED Registered Nurse for 4 Evenings per week 6 30 to aeihGLENlEA CLINIC 8531210 MRS NELSON LAMBERT had her bir thday on Monday This spry lady received from Prime Minister Pierre Premier William Davis and other noted figures OPEN HOUSE The Students and Staff of ACTON DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL cordially invites everyone to their Annual Open House WEDNESDAY MAY TONIGHT 730 to 930 pm We have a large selection of EVERGREENS SHRUBS TREES FHUIT TREES FRUIT BUSHES READY FOR PLANTING GLADIOLI EVER BEARING STRAWBERRIES Patio Stones Garden 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