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thursday september 6 1956 the acton free press acton ontario page five legion corn roast fri sept 7 waterfalls playground 812 pm robt r hamilton fred a hoffman optometrists formerly b p head phone guelph 192 sb st georges square balunapad farewell parties for allans farm union meeting in news b shortill acting as opened with thestaff of s g bennetts held a farewell party for one of their num ber mr and mrs tommy allan and children on tuesday night at their home presenting them with a love ly pair of table lamps on wednesday night their friends and neighbors gathered to spend an evening with them they are mov ing to elora where mr allan is to be manager of a farm where beef cattle are kept mr f chairman opened with a sing song including it aint gonna rain no more next came readings by mrs fjessemceneryand mrs robert mc emery a duet by mr arid mrs lloyd swindlchurst speech by mr el- wood snow music by the mcenery orchestra mr and mrs allan wereasked to come forward and mrs elwood s read an address and they were presented with a paif of love ly stepup tables both mr and mrs allan replied and all joined in singing for they are jolly good fellows lunch wasserved and suburban radio tv service all work guaranteed acton representative j b aherne phone 606 very pleasant evening came to a close after all had wished them the best of everything in their new home master david mckay of guelph has been visiting with mr and mrs fred sinclair john root speaker the august- meeting of the local 138 farm union was held in pea cock school oh thursday night mr john root was guest speaker mr cormack of arthur who is presi dent of ontario also spoke both addresses were very interesting the ladies served lunch at the closeana every one felt it had been an evening well spent the septem ber meeting will be held in blue mountain school mrs ken cotton and bonnie wayne and neil spent a few days at meaford with mr and mrs algar cripps at their cottage mr and mrs bert davidson mr and mrs robert mcenery visited with mr and mrs algar cripps at their cottage at meaford on sunday mr and mrs stanley sinclair of guelph visited with mr and mrs arnold mcenery on sunday engagements mr and mrs ed jennings wish to announce the engagement of their daughter edna leone to mitchell kennedy son of mr and mrs f l kennedy campbellville ont wedding to take place the latter part of september just a little over a week until the fair cub scout paper collection saturday september 22 please bundle paper securely or pack it in cartons anp place at edge of sidewalk all cubs and scouts to meet at scout hall at 830 am mow 1847 1847 rogers bros conadavflnest slrverpkrre exceptional offer in first loye eternally yours adoration don s bexton watchmaker jeweller engraver phone 645 mull st staff photo acton womens institute members and their guests are shown ed eastward for a plant tour lunch outing and the canadian here prior to a bus trip wednesday morning when the group jaunt- 1 national exhibition many district groups have taken bus trips 1mt imuiinkwwmmmij m 11 wwjmimiirtijwmwbagacipywwmjb sr- vvaow two local finalists hdlton girl cne queen dolores mrs gordon king wh lives on the dendas high way near trafalgar was last night crowned queen of the dairy qneens at the canadian national exhibition by premier leslie frost winning the title not only meant fame and a wealth of prises to the plucky milk maid bat it brought honor to ballon coanty which had three ether girls entered in the contest dolores naturally was overjoyed at winning the title in this the first competition of its kind held at the cnje premier frost presented her with the dairy qneen trophy donated by she ontario milk distributors association and ml g simpson of the as presented a sterling silver tray to use whmer she was gtven her choice of any one of five purebred heifers one of each dairy breed entered in the contest and as she was milking a guernsey cow when she won the title she naturally picked that breed as her prise this was donated by laura secord candy shops a urge user of dairy products 1 on top of all this dolores won a feature spot at the last three grandstand performances tonight tomorrow and saturday night and she is scheduled to appear on the country calendar tv show this sunday winning this contest wasnt any pushover for the 25yearold mother first she had to make her costume white cap blouse and pedalpushers then friday night of last- week she competed against four other ontario girls for that nights queen of the fair title and won for this she received 25 then she was placed on a huge float taken out in front of a crowd of zom at the evening g performance and got a chance to meet the s and dancing stars of the show nesct came the hardest chore that of winning the top title altogether 50 girls competed in the whole contest five each night the best milker of each or the five breeds represented jersey guernsey holsteinfriesian ayrshire and doalpurpose shorthorn p- piiawi to compete last night so she really had tooth opposi tion among the other four girls competing in the finals was jean peterson another malton girl from the hornby district jean had been named the first quern of the fair when she won the title in the first contest the other three girls were from brant haldimand and ontario counties and each received 15 cash as well as other prises 5fet- ssixj l l buchner optometrist in acton every wed afternoon office at 48 mill st e acton hours 130600 evenings by appointment for appointment telephone 115 hunting dates the following dates for hunting ptarmigan raccoon squirrel and rabbit were announced this week by hon clare mapledoram lands and forests minister ptarmigan september 1 1956 to april 1 1957 bag limit five a day possession limit 15 baccoon august 23 1956 to oct ober 31 1957 squirrel black gray and fox november 5 to november 17 rabbit november 3 1956 to feb- ruary 28 1957 bag limit six cot tontail rabbits in one day purchase or sale prohibited nut chop you swindler when you sold me this farm you said i could grow nuts on it you misunderstood me i said you could go nuts on it hintons bargain basement specials chocolate or caramel marsmmallow biscuits clear ing line reg 49c lb to clear 25c lb special purchase candy eggs a bargain for the kiddie i 1 1 5c lb woodburys facial so ap new enriched with seven face cream oils 4 regular 10c cakes for 25c woodburys new lanolin rich hand lotion 140 size for 49 richard hudnut quick home permanent regulai 175 j- sale price 87 wildroot cream oil hair dressing half price 2 tube v woodbrite furniture polish new silicone magic reg 79c 59 old english selfpolishing floor wax reg 79c sau price 59c and one small tin fro christmas card specials united church areclen mills has centenary eden mills united church eden mills will be celebrating its 100th anniversary september 9 with 11 oclock and seven oclock services taking the place of the regular sunday afternoon service the minister kenneth griffiths will set the order of service and arrange the many details for both servic es rev carmen dyer will be the guest speaker for the morning ser vice rev glen taylor chairman of the guelph presbytery and min ister ot melville united church fergus will be the guest speaker for the evening service the newlyformed choir of the eden mills united church under miss kathleen stanley is preparing a special program for the morning the choir of the rockwood united church is expected to sing at the evening service through the generosity of a friend who wished to remain an onymous a sum of money was pre sented to the church that is to be used to purchase new hymn books though the church is celebrating its 100th year as a congregation it is at least a few years older than this though no records remain to point out the exact year first mention of this congregation is found in the nassagawcya circuit book at a quarterly meeting held on april 5 1856 in rbenezer chap el on the guelph road at this early date the church was known as the canadian wesleyan meth odist new connexion church a list was found of the names of the congregation in 1858 there were 22 members and at least throe of these have descendants living today in the village and nearby mrs william mi nos grandpar ents john and mary millard were two on this early list lindsay toltons greatgrandfather joscpii langdalc is another man joseph langdalc was also the grandfather of miss sadie roberts mrs will lowrie on the guelph road is a niece of mashack bardwell he having no direct descendants it was meshack bardwell who with heenry darby was cogiver of the churchs first bible for the pulpit it was given by these two gentle men in 1861 the year the present church was built mrs mino was given this bible recently by the congregation when a new one was purchased the name hortop once so well known in eden mills is on this early list elizabeth and henry hortop being two- of the members of the 1858 congregation in the following years many fam ilies joined this church one being the haiflpson family who have descendants in the village today a special guest book has been purchased for the anniversary and mr qriffiths and the congregation hope that former members and de scendants of those who once be longed to this little stone church will return for this special occas ion rwrw y j tarsjl swackhamer hostess to ladies the wacrnet at the home of mr and mrs les swackhamer on tuesday evening mrs lucinda freeman was in charger mr allan neelpn led in prayer and plans for the anniversary and turkey supper were discussed lunch was served by the hostess rev george stephenson is going to take the service on sunday at 11 and in the evening at eight he is going to show pictures sent from the girls in india friends were sorry to hear of gail spears accident and trust that her recovery will be as speedy as possible mr and mrs ron saunders and norman were visiting with mr and mrs walter smart on sunday mr and mrs bruce leitch and beverly visited with mr and mrs fred gray on sunday mr and mrs les swackhamer had a pleasant trip to kingston and the thousand islands and new york state mrs skeoch and alan and alec visited with the freeman families for the weekend mr and mrs frank freeman and ted attended the graff family re union at the breezes on sunday mr jack mole visited with rob- eret denney for a holiday limehouse everton 5 greetings cards and en- lovely boxed assortment reg u25 price 69c sau starume beautiful foil christmas cards regular 98c while they lest box 29e 14 and 16 attractive folders boxed reg 39c sale price 25c sec our basement display of christmas toys games join our christmas club now holiday weekend popular for visits mr and mrs william bruce george and donna are vacationing at bala over the holiday weekend misses elizabeth and nancy hor- top visited a few days last week with their uncle and auntvmr and i mrs bert palframan mr tom fountain toronto spent the holiday weekend with his par- ents imr and mrs charles foun- tain and family sunday visitors with mr and mrs harry hortop and family were mr and mrs don barnett and family montreal mrs stanley mcdougall and miss marjorie mcdougall of guelph mr and mrs fred alton rock- wood visited suridayevening with mr and mrs john alton and miss jennie tovell mr jim mooney fergus spent the holiday weekend with mr and mrs wesley lillie and family mr and mrs t d mccutchcon visited on sunday with mr and mrs edgar ellenton lowville- mr and mrs ted jestin and fam ily visited sunday evening with mr and mrs max milne rockwood mr and mrs james fountain and marion sudbury and mr arid mrs ted fountain and georgina of guelph visited oh labor day with mr and mrs charles fountain and family mr and mrs jack morrell and family guelph visited on monday with bar and mrs j p benham and wular v new air force cadet honored by friends peter scholz was guest of honor at a gathering of the a w bentons on saturday evening his parents and about 20 others attending mrs e karn sang a solo danny boy and peter glynn played a flute solo neil benton called on peter who was leaving for royal roads college esquimalt on sunday evening to enroll as an air force cadet and mrs roughley presented him with a zippered leather toiletry case and pen and pencil set taken entirely by surprise peter thanked all appropriately as did his father later all enjoyed a cup of tea afterwards bobby barber celebrated his sixth birthday last week those away recently mrs walter edwards and ruth kerr home from holidays at fort erie mr and mrs ed sanford and bil- lie and mrs mitchell to montreal wherethey saw mr and mrs hill off to birmingham after a summer with the sanfords mr e karn and neil benton to ormsby for the weekend mr w karn returning with them mr and mrs a c patterson and joy enjoyed a motor trip to sarnia last weekend and visited with dr and mrs a l howard at ingersoll may we extend sympathy to mrs ted brown and members of her family on the sudden passing of her father mr j c switzer at her home on tuesday morning two days after his 83rd birthday visitors mrs curry mrs koon and daugh ter sally of west virginia with the john glynns mr and mrs h d sinclair of hamilton with mrsg sinclair at the pattersons last weekend mr and mrs jack sinclair of london and mrs s roe georgetown visit ed- there during last week with thecharles james were his parents mr and mrs f james of bronte her mother and brother- of hamilton and mr and mrs de long and family of oakville rev elmer leaker of the united church publishing house toronto conducted services at limchnuse presbyterian church on sunday hire 17 teachers for eramosa schools eramosa township school teachers this year are listed for the various schools school no 1 has mrs margaret leith r r 4 guelph no 2 mrs irene hindley rr k rockwood no 3 miss ruth j sampson rr- 5 rockwood not mrs florence hindley rr 5 guelph no 4 mrs eliza cuming fergus no 5 miss joyce m murison guelph no 8 mrs vera c black r r 4 rock wood no 77 mrs dorothy e dyer rr 1 erin no 8 mrs alice nich- ol rockwood no 9 david s arm strong rockwood mrs mary e nelllsritr 3 rockwoodmi mary moore rtr 2 welland miss sheila mcnabb rr 4 rockwood mrs gertrude kinnee rockwood mrs doreen roland rr 1 ridgevilhv no 10 miss irene m small keoil- wortm no 11 edward kirkland guelph