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Celebrate 50th anniversary of Legion Ladies Auxiliary The Acton Free Press Wednesday Sept 14 About women gathered Saturday night In the Legion hall to formally celebrate the anniversary of the founding of the Legion Ladles Auxiliary Members were here from all 11 bran ches In Zone B7 Acton Milton Georgetown lea Brampton Cooksville Bronte Erin OakvUle Port Credit and Streetsville The men of the Acton Legion prepared and served the delicious roast beef din ner A special anniversary cake was made and decorated by Vera Malt by of Erin and it was ceremoniously cut by special head table guests SPECIAL GUEST at the Legion Ladies Auxiliary 50th anniversary banquet held here Saturday was 86year old Comrade Florence Pegg of Toronto She was convention chairlady for 35 years This lively lady proposed the toast to the Legion She is welcomed by zone com mander Irene Shields of The kitchen table Is constantly littered with entry forms lists and plans or carrying crates as the kids figure out just how much they can cram into the fair this year But Mom even if the calf is crossbred several times over and only four months old why can put him in the Hereford bull class He s really pretty and we can say he a BLACK Hereford and it take me more than a couple of hours to halter break him Honest But Mom 1 know the Leghorn rooster has lost his feathers and looks like he got caught in the but cm I tie a little note to his leg explaining No no no I got caught last year entering every class possible baking to flowers to handicrafts Not to mention donkeys And of course all the odds and sods going in the poultry and pet classes Guess who spent all Friday morning of the fair skidd up and down Highway in the pouring rain carting everything to the grounds before deadline juggling spilled as and trying to keep the guinea pig box from squashing the angel cake This year entries from our family will be of a more han number if I can keep a lid on the kids They get far more excited over the Acton Fall Fair than over the CNE the Royal andanyotherfallfair combined sodol No matter how mad at the world I am at the time I always love theFallFair More tie Fair classes are much the same again and livestock classes are too numerous to Itemize here However they do include the English pony classes starting at nine a day morning followed by gymkhana pony games Saturday afternoon Heavj horse harness pomes and light carriage horses will be shown most of Saturday on he track On Sunday the senior English horse classes leap and gallop in one ring while Western horses do their stuff in another and heavy horse strain at the horse pull on the track I spend most of the fair racing around from ring to ring with a camera slung around my neck trying pictures in focus The cattle show is extended this year so its possible to enjoy the sight of those shiny well kept beasts both Saturday and Sunday Sheep and hogs are judged Saturday Poultry and pets will be on view for the whole fair Human babies will be judged Saturday afternoon Human adults female will be Judged Friday night ACTON FALL FAIR TRACTOR PULL ENTRY FORM STOCK TRACTORS or FIELD TRACTORS ONLY Entry Fee Per Class NAME ADDRESS TEL No Mail to Acton Agricultural Society Box 59 Acton Ontario WEVE GOT EM Honda Civic OPEN SATURDAYS L Plus Prep Chacgai Standard Shift or Automatic No Down Bank Plan Financing Comrade Florence of Toronto and Comrade Ruth Finley Mrs who Is a spirited years old was convention chairlady for years She proposed the toast to the Legion Mrs Acton who is a past lone commander pro posed the toast to the Queen Other head table guests in cluded Com Irene Shields Oakville the present zone commander the Com Kelly Woods Norwich a past zone commander who said Grace and Com Muriel Peck Port Credit a past zone commander who proposed the toast to the absent com Mrs Shields made a special presentation to Helen Fowler president of the Acton Aux in appreciation of the many duties she performed in preparation for the banquet The Legion Ladies Aux illary was formed a year after the Royal Canadian Legion The group special commitments are to sponsor student bursaries and look after veterans at hospital Much of the money raised by the individual PAT scoops the spuds for the at projects as sports sponsor the 50th anmverary dinner at the Legion ship Saturday Plans rolling along for Meals on Wheels Meals on Wheels could be delivered to Acton people in their homes before long if Terry Grubbe gets a good response to her appeal for volunteers She has been negotiating with Milton Manor and thinks there is an excellent that the meals will all be provided from there The Manor staff would prepare the meals in accordance with special diets as well as likes and dislikes Mrs Grubbe explains that Don of Reliable Taxi has agreed to bring the meals to Acton at no charge He al ready makes the trip to Milton daily to transport children to the Nursery He Is willing to make a detour Into Manor to pick up the day orders The food must be delivered in special containers and these will have to be pur chased here As well Mrs Grubbe must have a sizeable list of people who will drive the meals to the homes here and who will go with the drivers to act as runners She is filled with en thusiasm and thinks this would be a great way for retired men to help out in town for instance She says the meal delivery can be done after school hour too so mothers with children can take part Mrs Grubbe who the co ordinator of the Community Services bays she is willing to the for the time bung The tost of the meals will be in the neighborhood of SI ij Mrs Grubbe thinks The aim of on Wheels is to provide nutritious well balanced me lis to people who r will not prepare their own on maybe Or some body with poor eyesight To older people when IhL To people just out of hospital or to pcopfe who may stay home because of them and put off moving to a rest home or the Manor Many people who live alone do not eat well Some might wont the meals regularly and others just after a period of illness or ability The meals may be ordered for whatever days they are desired just a few days a week or all five She would like to start up the plan In about six weeks once she has enough volun These people don t have to work every day she stresses The more the better so she can work up a roster She will be contacting the doctors and ministers to keep the service in mind for patients or parishioners A nurse may confer with the recipients on special diets Mrs Grubbe explains For information or to volunteer she anyone to call her at the Community Services Centre in the at or drop In and have a The year of the family reunions was celebrated at Park Sunday The usual group attended and enjoyed the time spent together Acton friends will be in crested to know that Peter Hurst has been transferred to Lisbon Portugal where he is on the staff of the Canadian Embassy Peter and his wife and son have been in Paris for the past four years while he was posted there His parents Joe and Nan Hurst visited with the family in Paris this summer Ken Mien was chiving with the Lome In the Queen s Jubilee musical pageant at the cne stadium DISTRICT president of Women Institute Mrs Glen Campbell SdsLntook pTrfthe v Wednesday durmg the regular meeting impressive concert attended Simmons right showed Mrs Campbell a quilt made by the by thousands of people women Of the group Man ha HISIOM THIIAST 22 23 24 Show Times sun t Frl Sat 7 Heres FOOD VALUES McConnells of 100 TEA BAGS ED Smith Bottle Save 121 GARDEN COCKTAIL 59 DelMonte Tin SEASONED GREEN BEANS 3100 Welch 24 Jar GRAPE JAM or GRAPE JELLY Save 99 Royala MAN SIZE FACIAL TISSUE Save Arctic Power LAUNDRY DETERGENT Monarch 13 Pouch 1867 CAKE MIXES ISave16l 2199 Grade A Medium FARM FRESH EGGS Sealteat 3 Quart Bag or Jug Deposit 2 MILK FROZEN FOOD Aunt Jemima READY TO USE PANCAKE BATTER Mb CHICKEN LEGS or BREASTS MEDIUM GROUND BEEF DINNER HAMS Swifti Premium lb WIENERS MINI SIZZLERS eekly 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