Ontario Community Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), April 23, 1953, p. 10

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th awon free press acton ontario a thursday april ttrd 1163 hassaoawiya h no y busy bee institute elects executive ditmdfd for lost week the buay bee institute met at the home of mrs a pringle the meeting opened with the mary stewart collect the minutes of the last meeting were read and approved reports froifi standing committees wdre read and all pa a v go time at least there is no more of this wondering what to do with ourwlve we hse plenty to do this being the final meeting of 1993 new officers were elected mia henderson was asked to take the chair during the election of officers which were as follows honorary president mrs steve coxe president mrs stan robin on vicepresident mrs e coxe tecond vicepresident mrs l lit lie secretary treasurer mrs a al len was returned to office assistant secretary treasurer mrs s coxe district director mrs s coxe branch directors mrs locker and mrsdodda conveners canadian agriculture and canadian industries mrs o locker citizenship and education mm roy lindsay historical re search mrs j dredge current ev ents mrs a pringle home econ omics and good cheer mrs p mc lean community activities mrs n barlow press reporter mrs locker quilt convenors mrs dodds and mrs locker auditors i situations confronting mrs a pringle and mrs e coxe driver all enjoyed the delightful lunch provided by the hostess and her as sistants the new president thanked mrs pringle lor the use of he home for the meeting mr and mrs s coxe in com pany with mrs p mclean visited friends in guelph on sunday mr and mrs george locker and letter to thi editor bu chrtj lamb the routine of school life after 4 rri nf ho but i have felt the urgi bore and a psure at ihe itt fbrownneaanu perhaps know the free press comes h6re to the hom of my tl mothtr in law mri walker 1 since most of us are hctagjuw prcs exams the teachers have listened nnrf forwa to none of the load but teem more determined than ever to pound something into our little wooden heads- however most tf the high school population usuahv survives this last grinding term even if it may seem unbelievable at the pres ent time to help our teenage drivers and potential drivers mr lome gar ner showed a safety film to the school on monday morning slice it had for its subject the efforts of a teenager to master the tnic acles of the rules of the road it could apply directly to any one of us the movie was very inform atic and full of helpful sugges ions for ecn the most difficult young fred wright writes of old country 43 broad ing cresc kendal westmorland england dear arlof you naked me to drop ou a few lines before we left canada i made no promises as it would be in possible to write to all our friend s but to write you fbr5ollm luneaswm t wjreundcrage i have heard trim scotty bur mrs o locker on sunday a number from here attended the funeral of the late wm doug las of speyslde on monday mrs vera scott of dunnvllle and mr and mrs james brooks of hornby called on joseph franks on friday evening mr and mrs karl frank and family of brampton called at the same home spring seeding is the order of the day in this community definition of a pedestrian a man possessed of two cars but also with wife and a teen aged son or daughter there will be an assembly fri day morning too when we will see a movie of the life of alexander graham bell command appearance chairman you sav you have to leave the board meeting early is well read and looked forward to i have been surprised how many people of different callings tead it many people tell me things and say i saw it in your home town paper one police inspector said i read the acton free press avid ly another retired well known business man calls regularly and devotes most of his time reading the acton free press 1 have been amazed at the publicity acton gets by the few copies that come over this side it is hard to say which features receive the most attentoln i have found out they are all read mostly even the advertise menls as one thrifty housewife said i like to compare prices i know the editorials are well reid as well as the news items and the photos the household hints and the agricultural columns that is something considering they have home and farm economics down to a science here and know through necessity to get the most out of the soil but i do not hesitate to say that the most popular feature is chron our friends sw is arriving on the broom the best tod know how such a farm and the feature art ides are written by a practical the tide comes in taster than a race horse as every schoolboy knows across the bolway we could see the english mountains and the john peel country be fore leaving wigtownshire and the blue mountains of scotland behind us we passed through gretna green where runaway couples from scotland were married by the blacksmith over the forge but this applied only to scottish couples who were married without any parents consent but not to others as many young english couples found out where the low insisted on the father s consent if ton often one this week pressing me hard to go and see him and his sister i gather i am infor a right royal time with scottish hospitality in showing me the sights of that famous city of edinburgh this i intend to accept and is a pleasure i am looking forward to so many of scotty s friends told me to convey their kind regards to him i dare not return without seeing him i have visited acton england rotary club and am going back to spend more time visiting this de lightful suburban town of london they had a visit from the postmist ress of acton california last su n mer but more of this again kind regards fred l wrirht everton community guests visit with friends intended for last week mrs mirgaret tovell acton is visiting i few davs at the home of and mrs john alton farm wife we are proud to tell mr and mrs harvey jestin friends that we know mrs clarke and try to describe ging er farm with the long lant where partner tried to take the calf down or rather where the calf took partner now i see your associate editor jimmy dills is writing a feature column and if it receives as much reception as it has received in pro heck i don t need no portion on this side there is no fm not farmin as well question it will become a fixed galt and mr and mrs ted ireland troy on sunday and a good deal of the driving one sees on our roads and highway today calls to mind the remark of the sturdy farmer who was asked to attend a series of lectures in tended to improve the standard of crops and general farming in his area he covered his position by re marking schoolin as i know how now seed feed or supplies ojbm hi aai idk fe avar wm rwar ms rott patrnft im nelpjtfc canada stow your bns manager is a good man to know in acton he is w a woodburn 4 i a hoir many trays do thvy rr yon guess again ah of these people rre ou in useful iu through their jnh hut like people m all walk o life thrt mit alno be helping vou in certain important un een iron take jour portman for in ma nee he ma hate helped to build our home thrtmph ht otcnersatp of life insurance tt poiuttlile intu the money of thousand of life murance pallet holders ii irte ted lor them in building homer throughout the nation in thr mime im vt ur nnlk man luwrr or nury mat hair helped huild net hijiat alerwork prhonl potter plant tir otbrr e enltal pulii work in tour romniumtt anil who lnot i hrh vour oh too w at- create i b lhfr life inuranre j olictholder dollars imp led in detrlop net bgneme and industrie o ant me who own life u miranre itiriudinn ptmj al it tog ioe- mnrr lhan proti r financial et- untt for hi famih lie al rrr hi mto ritirrn in at thee ueful t at the life insurance companies in canada if is c dnxansfcip to own ufm insurance bobby visited on sunday with mr and mrs robert mcculcheon kit chencr friends of mr howard gilbank wish him a speedy recovery from his operation last monday at the guelph general hospital miss elizabeth hortop visited a few days with mr and mrs clar ence hortop rock wood mrs t a morrow of dundalk is spending a while with her daughter feature i and son m aw mr and mr harv ley dolmer and family glad to see the kiddies are at j long last going to have a swim m shrley lillie spent the eas ming tank giving as i did two for holidays with mr and mrs ken weeks of my summer holidays n smith and family guelph making house to house calls seen ing contributions to this effort 1 feel glad a start is being made and the money is being used for what the subscribers intended it for am appreciative of the efforts of the committee and know somewhat of the vexing delays after all they are only working voluntarily was verv pleased to see that acton was on of the first places in canada to respond to the flood appeal we were in the south of england at the time and though for traffic reasons we did not go right into the flood area wc were in homes of fr ends who were member of the women s volunteer auxil ir who were stmdmg b rendt and did ro to help to clothe house and feed the unfortunates while this wia nitionil disaster our friends in hollind suffered much more wc hic hid grind w either thirty three dijs of sunsh ne without ram seeding is ill finished even i tht potatoes are planted it seem od stnnfie to us to see crocuses ind snowdrops sprouting through the ground during the litter part fcbrnrv the daffodils hive be i n i for f weeks now now the tr ire spro itmg f elds ire grc n nttle o t all winter and n w shfpp ind lambs i gild to see ihu the 1 o d f th c mid in legion ind lades aux itnrj is well as the acton rotary started the flood relief off to 1 1 good start while m the south we saw the preparations for the coron ation the erection of stands along the route and rehearsils we call i ed it htde park at marble arch heird the soap box artists riving aw it to m interested ittdience or th rwisi w th a pol nmm stani ing iear to protirt tin speakers i ne ss r 1 w 11 not t re vou bv c s t i v e t dt ti 1 of i laces len ind fir w th i it r i id l k much mounting distress spinster on phone htlp a man s trying to break into my up stairs apartment voice this is the fire depart ment you need the police spinster no he needs a longer ladder husbands wives wait lew pen and vta 1u 4m omtr w alii dottrt what merchants btltf and importid goods do yod get toy adraotagt when yon go for imported products in textiles it least the answer is simple canadian mills turn out fabrics and yarns that match or better the production of ny other textilt tountry f the world in quality they are made by canadians who are paid good canadian wages they are designed to please canadian tastes meet canadian needs this is no plea to shun imported materials they should b conside along with domestic prtuctt byevely strict tubal do i get for my dollar basis ask for canadian textiles if you want the best for your money dominion textile company limited manufacturer j of top qualify canadian product which corry tfie famous trade name drive it see how much your 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i kre f i 1 complained he eould tf neer a drop himself we wee i soon go ng alonr the north shore of the famous solwav firth where 252 queen street e macswain motors acton phone 15

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