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i page four the acton free press acton ontario thursday january 5th 16 if i 1 obituary passed whole life on family farm r a resident of nassagaweya town- liipduringbisntue iurandfew james mcalpine passed away at the farm on r r i hnmphollvillf where he was born in 1880 after an ill ness of three weeks he died on de cember 27 son of andrew and sarah mcalpine he was a farmer all his life he was an elder in nassagaweya presbyterian- church until he retired in 1947 and since then he was a member of rockwood presbyterian church funeral service was held on de cember 29 at the rumley funeral home officiating were rev fred williamson of guelph formerly of rockwood assisted by douglas black of rockwood pallbearers were george mcal pine leslie mcalpine thomas amos nelson anderson will gil- bertson and william dunbar carry ing the flowers were a grand niece and grand nephews janet donald and robert lowe interment was in nassagaweya presbyterian church cemetery two brothers landtwo sisters pre deceased him john and robert sarah elizabeth mcalpine and mary mrs h leachman aber- foyle womans insistence gets village on map drew onl cp this vulage of 200 persons is a hard place to find it isnt on the map no sign posts- point the way it lies about 100 miles northwest of toronto in miiuo township be tween mount forest and clifford but just try to find it this anonymity is to be erased next year iiowever and all be cause mrs hugh shannon wife of the o o tl loncenerdl store spoke up to john root progressive conservative member of the legis lature for wellington north while he campaigned here for the ontar io election last june look at the historical signific ance of our town she told him named after george alexander drew first representative of the district in canadas first parlia ment furthermore he was grandfather of the present federil opposition leader george alexand er drew also a former premier of ontario if you want our votes youd better see to it that we get on the map she said mr root reported the matter to highways minister allan now the name of drew is to bo printed on next years maps for all to see rrstaft photo top grain grower in halton is ashgrove farmer fred nurse whose 1 1 4bushel crop took first prize in the grain crop competition sponsored by the halton soil and crop improvement association here dr c a martin right presents mr norse with the first award gold watch the farm is the old nixon homestead mss3is3sj- rmis- vs- personalnotes of actonians visiting outoftown points and of visitors in acton homes miss pearl smith is home again after spending part of the holiday season in toronto mrs mackintosh of croma has been visiting recently with her sis- terttwrs rt is bennie- mrs d taylor visited mr and mr and mrs j ball misses paul ine marilyn and susan of brace- bridge spent new years week end with mr and mrs roy kirk- ness mr and ww t a mclean mrs mabel sabiston and miss hildagard long of toronto spent new years mrs charles symon in montreal on vvuh jj and jj a r uma and the new years weekend friends will be sorr to hoar that mr arthur cook is a pjtitnt in guelph general hospital mrs charles hillock and mrs rose mcevoy of toronto visited the mrs peter savers on tuesday miss jean buckner came from montreal to spend christmas and the new year with her parents mr d wiltshire carolyn and bill grant visited with the freu- ler family sunday and mondav mr and mrs leslie tavlor and ricky of fergus spent new years with mr and mrs cyril taylor veteran nurse served indians for many years vancouver cp nurse har riet geme who now devotes her tune to pottery and club work here can look back on 30 vears of service to the indians of british columbia alberta and saskat chewan she was born at indian head sask and trained as a nurse at edmonton and toronto edmonton was her first headquarters for the department of indian affairs 1 travelled alberta bv dog team canoe and wagon and if luckv u ith an old motor car which could run on its rims as readily a ort its tires foi it eek she battled a tvph oil epidemic at onion lake agen- c near bonneville alia travel ling by team and democrat fron mr and mrs j krapek enjoyed the new year weekend with his parents and family at huntsville mr and mrs spent new years mrs earl mellon palgrove fred anderson with mr and and family at oitv encampment u another she prepared medicine and food and put them in sealers f or her i patients each sealer marked with numbers to correspond with num bers on a clock so they would know when to take them she lost only one patient when smallpox broke out among the muskegs near portage la prair ie man ahc was rushed in t6 take charge she crowded 23 of the more seriously ill into a small lo dance mr and mrs g a dills spent the new year weekend visiting in toronto with mr and mrs frank i browning weekend visitursat the home of mr and mrs s braida were mr and mrs arnund braida and famih of kingston master dean lemon left on wed- neda for belleville school for the deaf where he is making remark able progress mis george giaham spent new- years with hei bi other and m-ster- mlaw mr and mrs john mrcaw or niagara falls n y n mr and mis george svitzer bobbv elaine and kay were guests new years da at the home of mr and mis c w mason mr and mrs stanley mackie and daid of islington visited his mother mrs mackie and miss phyl lis mackie new years da i famih friends aie glad that rev and mrs c l poole are back home m acton again after mrs pooles hos pitalization and convalescence in toronto misses sharon mccutcheon and jtina waddell of london spent the christmas holidnvs with sharons grandparents mr and mrs f j mccutcheon mr and mrs j e pearen miss eia pearen and misses nancv and janet aitken spent the new years weekend in toronto v ith mr and mrs ross allan mrs george campbell mrs dav id mclure and miss luena camp bell of georgetown were dinner guests w ith mr and mrs fred anderson and famih at the holidav season mr whitnev cook of deep river w ho is- on the staff of atomic ener gy of canada at chalk river spent the christmas and ncav year holi- das with his parents mr and mrs arthur cook mrs cnrhe and miss evelvn reed mr and mrs harley brir- nall mr harold reed of toronto and mr and mrs robert brignall from chatham spent christmas mondix with mr and mis james reed i ploasanti obituary acton high school news a morris was active in boer world wars one of the few remaining sur vivors of the boer war alfred mor ris sf died wednesday of last week in sunnybrook hosp a tho a of 78 mr morrrs became ill while visiting his daughter mrs olga wil son at acton and was taken to the hospital in toronto where he pas sed away mr morns had served in the boer war the first world war and the second world war he was a mem ber of the canadian legion branch at north bay he was a resident of phelps township about 18 miles from no news was sent in so let s get north bay since 1927 he was born d work by nell benton the students and staff of a h s wish everyone a rather belated seasons greetings due to the fact that the examinations were not over until december 19 and there were some other activities to plan for obituary former methodist pastors wife dies gertrude etheleen barker wife of the late dr george w barker died unexpectedly at her home 21 jqucen mary dr the kingsway to- ln brierly jill staffordshire eng land r his wife the former bessie mit chell predeceased him five years therewero two important activ ities the christmas party and the christmas dance the party was held on thursday morning with ago surviving are his sons alfred imuch fun for all after the morn- and kenneth phelps township and ing devotions everyone gathered percy north bay and five daugh- in the library for carols led by mr ters mrs herb hall dora silver caddick and frank bean at the pi- spnngs maryland mrs william ano after a time santa clans ar- pyle phyllis hamilton mrs true- i rived for his annual visit and the manspence kathleen and mrs presents were distributed olga wilson actonafid miss betty j the teachers were asked to step morris toronto there are also 16 forward and were given their pre- grandchildren and six great grand- jsents by the form repr children surviving and a brother mr hansen and mr spielvogetwete harry hamilton brought forward and presented i from the students of the whole 1 school a desk set for mr hansen and a topcoat for spec mr cad dick entertained nith his pipes aye laddies bagpipes and square dancing was enjojed by all who wished to stay the dance held in the public school auditorium on wednesday newfoundland wives big phone shoppers st johns jifld cp gabb st johns folk have talked the avalon telephone compan into opening a new exchange i could hae had a far better attend- company officials preferred not ancc but all vvho came llad a eood to give the exact number of tele phones it will make possible but say it wall easily take care of a waiting list of more than 1200 time the music was under the bat on of mr caddick and novelty dances livened up the evening con- i siderabl in future dances it is without the new exchange there hoped that there will be a much was a phone for every three per- better attendance as this is a very sons in st johns aph ihei m ioptigooriwi to impro your soc busy the average st johns rcsidilife if there are not better ent makes an average of 1 400 calls crowds it may be found impossible a year or foui calls a da the to hold any in the futures and that rate is one of the highest m the would be a calamity lets see more world school spirit in the future the average mainland canadian when we arrived at school on makes a psiltr 400 calls a year tuesdn morning a noticeable who does most of the talking change had taken place since over mie is 000 uetphmes now in september one room in the new w ing has been a study room but this has all been changed the library is now used for that purpose w ith ei few classes there the new room is now the home room for a grade 9 the square dance club w ill meet on fnda night for the second use the housewife of course a telephone spokesman says more shipping is done b phone here than in most other places and the housewife loves to cill her neighbors everyibxi is evcrvbody elses neighbors in this friendly cit and eerom likes to talr ronto december 30 a the deceaseds late husband was a former minister of the method ist church here several years ago the couple celebrated their golden wedding anniversary born in oxford county and ed ucated at alma college st thomas mrs barker came to toronto in 1926 when her husband became pas tor of grace united church dr bar ker who founded kingsway-lamb- ton united church died two years ago mrs barkers acuvities were centred around the church she founded the womens missionary society recently it was renamed the gertrude barker auxiliary in tribute to her work she also took great interest in the mcah mis sions she had been a member of the womens canadian club up until a few years ago she leaves a daugh ter i muriel mrs j j n dance of the year the executive hopes that there will be a good turrlout tito annual at homo will be held on friday january 20 in the public school auditorium dress is optional and admission is by invitation only television and radio service by r w grant phone acton 594 collect located at wats0n music store pollock and campbell manufacturers of high grade memorials aaemoriatrngraving 6 wff st north gatt- tofephono 204s dont be late because of lost keys i v always ixtm keys caw keys mads in 1 minut1 hintons 5fi store kennedys bookstore your headquarters for office supplies wallpaper paints books stationery 125 wyndham st guelph ont the advertisers highest standard manufacturing is now canadas majoi source of emplovment and income mi john allan returned to tor onto on saturdax after spending the christmas vacation with his grandparents and other relatives mr and mrs matt tyler who hall patients lying on cow hides have been visiting for two eeks i and blankets on the floor potato with their families returned to sacks were sewn together for cur- phoenix arizona this week ac- i tains to divide families tcompanied by mrs tylers mother j for weeks nurse geme lived mrs agnes jocque miss anna ol- with her patients preparing their son also returned with them after food with the aid of one indian visiting with her parents mr and youth mrsh olson rr4 acton- flynns nursing home good kindly up patients 2s week bedpatifnts5 day semiinvauds 4 day on no 25 highway 1 mil south of acton phone 124w4 mm mm ii iii i in ir ill- rt ssnoaw3sirc vk m i twocar crash near brampton injures milton youths girl good ipkki dcig massing two milton youths and a milton police car by provincial constable i heights girl were seriously injured g hickingbottom his condition when their car collided with n pted as other vehicle sunday afternoon about four miles east of brampton on righwav 7 in hospital in brampton suffering from deep face gashes u douglas coulson i 10 of court st milton also injured is irene thompson 15 of malton heights who had n frac tured right fool vincent dipersio 31 driver of the car was allowed to go home after treatment for facial scratches their car travelling east on the garbon strain rr 1 mifton markers monuments cemetery lettering quotations by appointment phono milton tr s6522 road shot into the ditch after col- tiding with a westbound car driven i by j g mclure 68 of brampton j who was making a lefthand turn rit his driveway mrs isabel mc- i llirr linfi nf thiot driver cecci ed head cuts and bodywui s mr mclure suffered rib tract- u unts police sard miss thompson and doug coulson were riding in the front seat uf the car and coulson was thrown through the windshield he was rushed to j hospital in a of circulation value bwy indattiy has a standard by which its products can be measured h jeweler uaet the symbol of a pure diamond in flatware the word isterliagr and in dinnerware the word bone china rapnnat high 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