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EH 0 The Acion Free Press Wed December Pinkerton Slingerland Thanksgiving wedding by Wendy Thomson With another year approaching fast I felt it was time to collect all the little pieces of paper I d written notes on and compile them into an OddsandEnds column These have been written off and on since we moved here and some of the animals ore gone now but here are my ob servations anyhow Oct On our trip west breath rattled off the windshields and were bounty Township often covered with squashed concession one moths and all kinds Hying Town things At one lunch stop I half a mile below the noticed a of little sideroad ThatpinpomLsit birds sitting on our bumper By the look or it concessions flying up now and then to pick an insect off the wnB n mp comment Where else could they get free hot cooked bugs Nov Back in Acton the livestock was out of sight back behind the hills Here partly for case in farming I guess and partly because there are no hills the cattle are well in view as part of the northerly fence is about feet behind the house sections are to Dec The cows are getting used to having no horns now but 1 can t get used to the way they looknaked rather silly without their rocks two dollar bills maples and Urns Feelers Yard leys buckwheat honey card games and hills But here there are hundreds Because of this I seen of beaver dams and as well as far more in the past month of flocks of ducks and geese what being a farmer than I in 16 years in Today is dehorning day Up till now every lime we were in with the cattle for any reason one eye could be used for work walking or watching heading south there have been hundreds of swans go over the house Strange and unfamiliar things keep cropping up I m now in a country where a cut line doesn refer to the cap The other had to be kept not ulldcr Pictures in only on the big black bull but newspapers but means the on the cows with strips cleared by the oil horns through bush and forest country They hooked out in various directions and came in various lengths short long and extra long but all were ve 1 woke from a needlepointed and not to be in terrifying thought We re homeless It was hard get ting back for awhile Acton Trinity United Church was decorated with autumn vegetables and leaves for the Thanksgiving wedding of Deborah Diane and Laurence Gilbert on October The Rev Chas Beaton officiated at the ceremony with George Elliott playing the organ as Richard Cherry cousin of the bride was the soloist The bride is the daughter of Laura and Larry Slingerland 149 Place Acton and is a graduate of Windsor University The groom Is the son of Alvin and Ann Pinker ton R I Glen Williams and wcks for Picker Company tor her wedding day the bride chose a gown of nylon sheer over heavy satin with elbow length cape short train and shoulder length vtil She was escorted down the aisle by her father Margaret sister of the bride was the maid of honor with two other sisters Meagher and Sandi D Arnica and Joy Pinkerton sister in the groom as bridesmaids Cindy Wallace friend of the bride was flowergirl with Danny and Ronald Pinkerton The bridal attendants wore gowns of candy striped orange brown beige and black Cindy wore a rustic orange satin dress trimmed with old fashioned beige lact Danny and Ronald wort brown leisure suits Dclbert Pinkerton Streets ville was his brother s best man George Meagher brother in law of the bride from Jeffrey Switier cousin of the groom and Bob friend of the groom were ushers They nil wore caramel tuxes with the room in beige At a smorgasbord dinner and dance held at the Aeton Music Centre the groom s mother wore a floor length gown of yellow crimp with matching and the brides mother wore a blue and green sheer gown with a matching cape The master of ceremonies for the evening was the brother in low of the bride The wedding cake was made by Phyllis Cherry Belleville bride and decorated in straw flowers by a friend of the bride Elizabeth Alke Edmonton Alberta Mrs Harry was the only grandparent present Other guests attended from Saul Mane Dow ling South River Ottawa Edmonton Windsor port New York Belleville Trenton Stirling 1oxboro and The bride was guest honor at two wedding showers before her marriage The first one was held at the home of the groom hosted by friends and neighbors with the other held at the home of Mrs Wallace Acton li was hosted by Stella Will ice and Gail following a two week honeymoon in St I the their home Huntington Drama TRACEY LEE SPEAR and Russell Adrian Coul trup were married in St Josephs Catholic Church Acton on October The are now living in Kitchener Watch out A battery was taken from a Tobogganing is fun but car In a hotel parking lot here make sure the bottom of the this week hill doesn t end at a road HIGHEST TRADEIN ALLOWANCES if The money you The Fantastic save at Baz VW Rabbit will be your Kids don l throw snowballs at motorists It cost you or if iwindiwisrolleddown the driver is hit making the ear out of control ignored The moment of truth came today and there some McPhee has just come tear ing out of the corral one 11 inch horn hanging out of the front of her mouth like an oversized fang dog again June 197G I filled out the farm census this year when was out Shortly after midnight I was awakened by the bedroom light glaring on stood in the doorway with the form in his hand and an odd look face wrong but what he said was What less as to the legal or location of our property which I found out later is listed Well there was space for meaning the other such as mink northwest quarter of the 32nd chinchillas and whatnot and section of township range I thought a little ferret should have the chance to stand up I be counted loo for not having the in Jul How beautiful There formation on hand explaining was a storm this morning and I familliar with the when we saw a rainbow manner of locating land by the brightening in the sky we section as we didn t use that watched A second rainbow method in Ontario There was a startled silence Was there any other lfleona way of laying out land With took form and when they be came more vivid we could see fascinating Two came down in the pas out sections how would 1 go across the roid and the about describing where I other two ends were in our lived one beside the hay bales I clearly had a ndlhesMondbj hctah If it been so out I d have gone over on my hands who figured I should just own up to being dense I said it was all very simple and taking a deep in the end of one just to be able to say I did THANKSGIVING WEDDING was held in Ac ton Trinity United Church on October 9 for Deborah Diane Slingerland and Laurence Gilbert They are now living Bramaiea Life membership given HAVING A PARTY HOW ABOUT OUft Colonel Sanders per person Kentucky Fried Chicken continues to please guests lne world over Call us at 878 41712 Kentucky Fried Chicken can help make your party a success fried chicken OPEN 1 30 a m Main Commercial Milton 878 2 The Christmas meeting of Women In stltutc was held at the home of Mrs Paul Henderson The Institute Ode was sung followed by the Mary Stewart Collect and a very short business meeting The highlight of the meet ing was the presentation of a life membership to Mrs J Fox Also one of the few chartered members who are still living Miss Emma Cole was present and brought greetings Mrs W read a lovely Christmas poem writ ten by an inmate of the Reformatory Mrs T Ewart Mrs Vnughan and Mrs C the program committee con ducted several games followed by carol singing Santa arrived and distn buted gifts to everyone A bounteous pot luck lunch was served and a social hour followed Mrs Sinclair was courtesy i It out ass my a D 111 Free Prass or ihn many I vary Merry Christmas and health and Now Very sincerely i Mrs Margaret jJjj REWARD To our customers for patience during the reconstruction of Mill Street Acton This ThursFriSat OFF ALL MERCHANDISE IN THE STORE Plus Specials at Saunas op This is a perfect opportunity to pick up those 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