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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 25, 1960
Page
7
Just days before school opens residents note seasonal shifts and local activities. Acton Falls Fair dates are Sept 16 and 17 while sidewalk work plans from school lane to River St proceed. Local parks host mowers, pools, and bands as farmers thresh and shoot for good crops this sunny season.
Third to fifth generation descendants of George Addison and Janet Ritchie gathered at Acton Park on Sunday for a Nassagaweya Township reunion. Michigan relatives joined Ontario kin despite a mid afternoon rainstorm that sent guests to shelter before supper on a sunlit lawn.
Funeral services were held for Sarah Jane Smith who died after a long illness. The service at Guelph and the Ruinkes Shoeraker Funeral Home was led by Kes Byron How, with pallbearers including Frank Morrison, TOD McCutch eon, and Ton MA Cun.
At Milton Arena last Thursday Milton Kinsmen Legion held bingo awarding cash and merchandise prizes. Mrs. C. G. Ockenden of Churchill Road won 90 dollars as a consolation prize in the 1000 dollar jackpot. John Kentner of 23 Church Street took a hostess chair in the door prize draw. C. Hardie of Quebec won 70 dollars in the Share the Wealth game. About 430 attendees.
Memorial service led by Rev. Forbes Thompson for D. D. Christie at St. Andrews Guelph featured soloist Mrs. Mabel Irving and accompanist Mrs. Wyan Clark. Offering dedicated to a Sir Wilfred Grenfell Mission hospital bed. Also reports Africa study, auxilary meeting, car crash near Campbellville, births, weddings, and local visits.
The Dublin Women's Institute met Thursday evening with hostesses Mrs. George Rupertsen and others. Mrs. Chris Britton introduced guest speaker Mr. Mac Sprowl who spoke on the British Isles and Europe. Safety measures in homes and plans for 4H Girls leaders were discussed, along with exhibits and a baby shower layette theme.
The Lions Club hosted a late evening dance for teenagers at the Legtont Pauditorium with attendees arriving without admission fees and enjoying cake and facilities. Several comments from teens supported the venture and voiced optimism about future events.
Saturday and Sunday events mark a busy district with Rev. James Rirhwoods of Saskatchewan guest speaking at Churchill. Nova Tare attended Fieldhorse reunions, and families from Hillsburgh Guelph and Acton visited or returned home after holidays. Farmers busy with harvest as week closes.
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