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cathedral o christ the king hamilton was the scene of the impressive conferring of the priesthood on sevon young men saturday morning including rev michael bonnclt from acton staff photo songs highlight program may 21 golden age club the program for tho regular alton and mrs it brown wore evening meeting of tho aclon golden age club- on may 21 was exceptionally onjoyablo mrs shortlll and her daughor sang a couple of duets o what a beautiful morning and whis pering hope accompanied on iho piano by miss sinclair a mens trio constating of ernie mcenery lloyd shortlll and ed smith tangtwohumorous numbers attired in appropriate costumes mrs ernlo mcenery accompanied thorn mrs jim mllno gave two wonderful readings miss sharon hume accom panied by mrs mcenery pleased all with her medley of songs mrs hargrave convened a lovely lunch aftor which mrs anne smith mrs mllno mrs given the soronado usual birthday tho buslnoss consisted mostly of dealing with plans for a bus trip to hamilton the upcomlng sono picnic at hidden valloy june 20 and an invitation from the presbytorlan church for tho rhythm band to perform at their strawberry festival on juno 21 grade 8 banquet the grade vi 11 banquet is being planned for wednosday june 28 working with convonor mrs h h hlnton isa committee of mothers from both public schools father michael bennett flanked by rev filled st josephs church here for his first lou grebenic- deacon loft and rev patrick mass sunday at noon two presentations wer cavanagh archpriest at tho first mass voices made one on behalf of parishionors tho oilier his thanks to the large congregation which for altar boys staff photo father mike bennett celebrates first mass mrs henry deveau was among the hundreds who received father michael bennetts blossing after a historymaking first mass at st josephs church sunday staff photo pontecost sunday the day the church commemorates tho des cent of tho holy spirit upon the apostlos was one the rov michael bennett will always re member m tho young prlost affection ately dubbed father mike by his semlnarv professors and fellow students came back to acton to celebrate hlstlrst mass in ills parish church of st jos ephs ordained in a colorful and moving ceremony at the cathed ral of christ the king hamilton by bishop j f ryan along with six other priests and seven dea cons father bennett culminated years of study at st peters seminary london saturday tho beautiful gothic cathedral was almost filled as the candi dates for tho priesthood pros trate in the sanctuary took the final step into the full priosthood of the roman catholic church several from acton attended bishop ryan was assisted by auxiliary bishop p reding and dozens of clergy participated in the ceremonies tho bishop con- celebrated mass with the now priests the oils of holy orders a sacrament of the church con ferred mlnutos boforc sunday st josephs church was filled with friends relatives and wollwlshlng parishionors as father bennett colobrated his first mass there were friends of other faiths and several semln- halton cooperative medical pa all 8uticlrmrtlom doctor caua told from first vull confinement anaesthetists services xray alto major medical so day walling period care ys plan individual or employee groups may enrol at any time of the year revised rates monthly setl single monthly 11322 couple monthly i13jj family payable quarterly or yearly halton coop medical services 14 ueln si ulltta please settd me tnfenmlle he obllfetleto name adovest dial imv713 f vl publ no on saturday june 1 a large number of wolf cubs chartered several buses from an operator in this area to buffalo ny at the border these buses went through a routine check and some inconvenience was experiencectby a long delay in depar ture time rumors have been circulating through this part of the county that another charter bus operator tyler transport ltd of acton out was the person who caused the inconvenience of the delay we wish to inform the general public that in no way whatsoever was tyler transport ltd responsible for the long delay or inconvenience we may have encountered mr norm herbert district commissioner of scouts mr george cozens president district council of boy scouts serving tea and iunch at a parish reception for father michael bennett were tell to right mrs henry arbic mrs mike mcmillan delaine gibbons mary papillon mrs pat xenney elma bradamrs kay bennett michaels mother father mike mrs g pargeter mrs john tyers mrs c mccristall mrs w sanford mrs ed mchoway mrs r arbic mrs e marks mrs e heffeman mrs margaret bennett marzo and michaels aunt staff photo will present marathon the public school students in volved in the walk for the red cross have raised to date 75690 mrs kenny is coming to the robert little school thursday afternoon to speak on the work of the red cross show a fllrr and officially receive the donation arlan classmates vested in tho brilliant rod chasuble of pontecost the cols- brant was asslstod bv father cavanagh his philosophy teach er at st poters in london and tho rov lou grobonic of burl ington newly ordained to tho dlaconate the provlousday peter marzo and joo potrlc wcro the acolyloi and father shea pros- ton whom father mlkeasslst- od last summor was also in tho sanctuary twentyfive years of ago father bennett is the first mem ber of st josephs parish to enter the priosthood for many years old timers remember other priests from the area but not one who was brought up in acton there was a special pride for father v j morgan who nurtur ed michaels vocation as an altar boy at st josephs and encour aged him in his studies i owe a lot lo many people the new priest told the overflow congregation after belngouloglt- od by father cavanagh who preached the sermon he named his mother mrs kay bennett who sat in a place of honor in the front powhlssplrlt- ual director and other teachers father morgan andahostofwoll- wl shore in his sermon father cavanagh referred to the present ferment in the church comparing it to aomoone renovating a house and having to put up with much dis order and confusion before things are completed although the churchs work will never be finished he predicted it will be renewed and rilled with the holy spirit father cavanagh said father mike will make a good bridge between the old and the new in the church because he cherishes tradition and is a respecter of persons a small town back ground he suggested where per sons of various faiths learn to respect and like each other can be nothing but an influence for good in his priestly work aftor mass sung by fho sonlor choir of tho church with mrs j bradshaw at tho organ thoro woro two presentations tofalhor bonnott denis gibbons road an address and etlo marao made the presentation of a purse tho gift of tho parish robert mcmillan road an ad- dross from the altar boys and joo potrlc prosenlod a stolo as a gift on tholr behalf after mass the first blossing of a newly ordained prlost was bestowed on the hundrods in the congregation individually among father bennetts rela tives prosont for his first mass wore his grandmother mrs annie bennett of guolph his sisters anno mrs hondsbee lorrle mrs harvey patterson and younger brother charlie 10 another brothor paul21 was unable to come for tho ceromon- los slnco he graduated from trent university peterborough on the same weekend two hundred people attended a recoptlon in a guelph roglaurant sunday aftornoon where further honors wore shown iho new prlost sunday evening st josephs hold another informal reception for father mlko in tho church hall whore parishioners and friends dropped in to convey best wishes to him rev bill fortune of sudbury a seminary friend also came for the reception whore ladles of the parish served let coffee cookies and cakes mayor and mrs lesduby were among the well wishers nostal gically recalling experiences when their son laurie was ordained an anglican priest last fall father mike a little abashed by all this attention does not know where his first appointment r will be hes anxiously awaiting a letter from the bishop with the news it hadnt arrived when the free press went to bod trjuiitiuniaijtinrt mwu1 cohhlttm visit our vienna goulash huette and schn house at halton country inn rooms banquets conventions private parties for reservations a7t4701 t3pen to the public lounge dining room fully licensed big dance in the barn evfav saturday west of highway is en 5 slawad north on slut una naaaajcwy