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Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), May 1, 1968, p. 8

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citizens of year citation praises st john ambulance brigade on saturday citation for the math eooseeutln year the acton chamber of commerce la prssaaung an award which la gtireo to an lodtirldnal in recognition of outatandlnf service to the community this year not one but 14 people arebelnf boncured thejr are the members of the acton combined division of the st john amtjuunce birlpo namely robtrtiencerhafet corps staff officer v j- heltonpeal corps johngcorce ha rota ve immediate p4t mrlslonal superintendent kbfneththbusonr tmvialoaal siipertnteodent mrs gerda caumati miss jacoba cauuan marios francis cauuan urs doris uluan cooke michael conrad dejong william j wallace gordon urs marie uluan hargrave urs catherine hart joseph more miss bellamaye rq6zell urs sarah eleanor thomson honored by crnzens at thp chirnber of corrimercg annual dinner apd- dende saturday rviembort of the st john ambli- laryce brigade and their idistingulihed guests pose for the camera silting jeff to right corp supt john wilson staff officer robert hart ara commissioner drg d gallowav obe osrjgd md deputy commissioner out council mr robert spencer hart was the first superintendent of the acton division and ho served in this capacity from 19s7 to 1053 mr hart is now corps staff officer of the haltonpeel corps he was succeeded by mr john george hargravo who served from 1663 to 1967 both those men are well known to acton residents and under their able leadership the croup has had excellent guidance mr kenneth thomson who was appointed divisional superintend ent in september 1967 is well qualified to continue and sustain the excellent reputa tion the st john ambulance brigade has earned through the years in acton thedivlslon maintains three mobile first aid units for use as first aid posts as part of the service they render on public duties choral festival at knox church has 200 singers in seven groups an estimated s00 jammed knox church sunday evening for the impressive choral festival pre sented by about 200 singers from acton church choirs extra chairs had to be set up to accom modate the appreciative crowd the vocal volume ranged during the evening from the sweetslight sounds of the junior choirs to the reverberating rend ition by all boo of the old hymn all glory laud and honor in introducing the program the rev a h uckenzle com mented that the word of god would be heard and preached through the music the great est instrument of praise is the human voice the presbyterian and anglican church choirs tilled the choir loft flanked on either side in the regular pews by the christian reformed church and baptist church chairs and the legion chorallers the junior choirs filled the front rows in the cen tre of the church the united church choir was seated in the gallery the presbyterian choir with ted hansen at the organ sang the name of jesus and peace beam the baptist choir with char les landsborough playing the piano sang the power and the glory and step by step the united church choir sang unaccompanied give ear to my prayer and go not far from guitar accordion students give concert in guelph hall about 40 acton music students took part in the ontario conser vatory of music annual concert at the orange hall guelph on monday evening umeng reside t mrs heater ties a wellknown resident of acton all her life marlon josephine kentner passed away april 21 at the joseph brant hospital in burlington she was a glove maker for 34 years with storey glove and marios the rev laurence dubywet- land who at one time was in her sunday school class con ducted the funeral service at the rumlay- shoemaker funeral home she had taught sunday school at st albans church for many years pallbearers were george smiley charles sayger john gov william knight ralph uc- ken and fred kentner jr flower bearers were gary dawklus frank holmes fred dunn jack johnson las hot- cban and donald wells she was born in acton in 1901 daughter of norman and matilda uclaod her husband john wesley dang died tour years ago la august she is survived by her daughter mrs ken marshall evelyn and five grandchildren john kentner jrgulphcaveu kenneth joey and robin liar- shall all of acton she was predeceased by bar son john and two brothers charles and gordon she shared the familys keen interest in sports and had do nated a trophy in hockey she was a member of the east ern star chapter in georgetown and a charter member of the true blue lodge roekwood and the daughters of scotland lodge guelph the boys and girls have been taking lessons in guitar and ac cordion in the y and played their repertoire for a crowd of fam ilies and friends units playing together were the acton guitar band acton accordion band fergus guitar band fergus accordion band guelph and hespeler guitar com bos solos were played by joe pot- rlc clifford britton margaret wlchers adele kresslerand jim euls duots by bonnie gillespie and pat jordan the program was under the direction of ian leaver mo they were dirocted by dr goorge elliott the anglican choir sang broth er james air and lord i be lieve mrs frank oakcs played the organ the chorallers had their lead er george musselle recovering from illness singing in their ranks and were directed by ted hansen their numbers were bless this house and the lords my shepherd george hall ac companied selections sung by tho christ- ian reformed choir were halle lujah christ is risen and alone caspar pauw played the organ there were 45 children in the massed junior choir which sang this joyful eastortlde mrs oakes accompanied them and caspar pauw directed tho final selections involving all the singers brought music from sides front and gallery for a stereophonic effoct they sang fight tho good fight directed by dr elliott before the next program and during the offering the brass quartette played in the gallery jack holmes barry buchanan brian sampson and dr elliott much appreciation was ox- pressed for the excellent pro gram over coffee and cookies served downstairs afterward it was an active evening for a couple of participants caspar pauw played tho organ for the christian reformed church helped direct the juniors and sang in the chorallers dr el liott played with the brass quar tette and led the united choir is there a gap in your insurance profile of protection there are six kinds of needed car insurance you can get them all- at low cost at safeco when youie inulod by j saluco fjnuly auto policy all dnveit in voui upiily can bu covuiuri loi thu folluwmiiu 1 flia 4 atuilow 2 thell bl piolitnly ujmjga 3 liability lb couit cuil with tl sdeco family auto hun you kdww vboiiy taw niuney too bacausa thai ate no denuaiuut uapt no tutllv oveilau call us today dennys insurance agency t mui st w actan u41m residences milt 8532243 bill 8532645 harold 8532565 whin vouss thiatio uki a mmonmot a uuusin haraco insumanci col h anot tbrawnoiyhiofi iopl kjn i thconson aws suri nbroi carlton pnsf divisional supt- godrcjo hardfavrvistandv inj c oc protidtint paul niouorv wnllv gordon jacobs cammn doris cooke bellamayo rpirell marlus cjwnmnft gordft camfaan cjilharino hart eleartpr thompson mario- har- cjrave and mayof loiduby- staff photo since tho formation of the division in 1057 thoy have constantly demonstrated their qualities of good cltiaenshlp those men and women of tho st john ambulance brigade have devoted their sparo time to making acton a safer community others endowed the order with gifts of land and money and it became famous as an institution devoted to the relief of suffering today we are fortunate to have these modern crusaders contrttaitlng so much to the well being of our town to be able to give the cltluns of acton the protection of efficient first aid treat ment these dedicated men and women constantly train jn first aid ani home nursing and most be r4xanilned each year n tbelruuudgi im ldll to retain their efficient place in the ilrigade the expertise they acquire by tljl continuous raining i need not only folreal cssusljieg bit to safeguard them from further harm hhromghunalduwi handling this la a rl labour of iowlnthai an s the time they devote tothelrtnluiy activities fs voluntary they receive ho retniinera- t hon bf any kind morde donated to st john go toward providing and rjialntalrilbg he- equipment ndvippll ihy u andjnropladturwnrn out uniforms f wdey tembmr kmbfcordc a seminar on municipal gov ernment ooasored by the cen tral ontario regional develop ment commission was bald all day friday and saturday at guelph acton mayor les duty is currently president of cordc and was very active in the two- day program also attending from acton were chamber of commerce president paul niel sen and councillor bob drlnk- waiter the seminar the first to be held in this area wa considered verysucceasful the program was jotter the direction pfprbfvnoymapearv son of the jrdvurdty opguelph and uaybrduby several talluf weregtvendtiring the twoday seminar and one bf the main speakers was wlluw davis ontario tttinlster of educatlcev r topics discussed included dtisen motivation functional factors administrative andecon- omie aspect the seminars aim a were- to promote good municipal gorern- merit and id pkovide background for group discussion g tlio acton fre pre wsdnetday mey i 1968 by giving first aid to casualties at hock- oy games fairs and all tho other public events thoy cover our acton brigade is following iho long tradition of tho order of st john which datos back to tho crusados the knights from christian countries around the world were so impressed by tho caro given to tho woundod by a group known as the brothers of st john of jerusalom that many crusaders joined tho order and devoted themselves to its works of morcy in tho gallery comingdownstalrs to direct the massed choirs and play tho organ postludo and some of tho younger singers had no trouble singing but could hardly walk theyd been on tho project action marathon and were still footsore one was oven on crutchos and 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