Eden Mills Friends Honor Longtime Residents
Residents of Eden Mills gathered at Alma Street in Guelph to surprise Miss Sadie Roberts and Mr and Mrs Lindsay Tolton on moving after 29 years in the village. The Eden Mills United Church presented a bound Bible and a pin with cups and saucers from the church W A. Members include J Harmer Harold Tomlinson Borden Sobye Wilk Wilson William Wallace Tori Atkinson G Mack and Howard James.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eden Mills Friends
Eden Mills
J. Harmer
Harold Tomlinson
Borden Sobye
Wilk Wilson
William Wallace
Tori Atkinson
G. Mack
Howard James
Mrs Harvey Stewart Shower Honors Everton Guest List
Mrs Harvey Stewart (Grace Fountain) enjoyed a miscellaneous shower in the Church of Christ Sunday school room with 53 attendees and many useful gifts. Visitors joined the Fountain and Hartop families from Toronto Sudbury Guelph Ballinafad Acton Kitchener and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Hartop
Harvey Jestin
Harvey Stewart
Grace Fountain
Church of Christ
Stewart
Charles Fountain
Dick Grill
C. Watson
Alliston
Jack Martin
Toronto
James Fountain
Marion
Sudbury
Ted Fountain
Georgina
Guelph
Donna Milne
Rockwheed
Patsy
Nancy Jestin
George Jestin
Lloyd Cutting
Raymond
Acton
McAlister
Maude
Edna
Harold Sunter
Ted Jestin
Wm. Craig
Max Milne
E. Dampier
Ballinafad
John Alton
Jennie Tovell
Thorton Trimble
Huttonville
Wm. Bruce
Bobby
Nell Pashler
Robert McCutcheon
Dianne
Kitchener
Cliff Williams
Tove
Exclusive franchise opportunity for Acton area
Open to the right person on an exclusive basis with part time start. No selling since accounts are established. Tremendous earnings possible and income begins at once. Product sold in drug, variety, and department stores. Car and references required. Inventory cost about $1700. Write Box 90.
Hold Family Reunion At Georgetown Home
The family of Mrs. J. Foster Toronto met at her daughter Mrs. George Burt Georgetown on Saturday August 19 for a reunion and visit. About 30 relatives attended in ideal weather with ample food. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Luck Newmarket and family Mrs. McCullough Niagara Falls Mr. and Mrs. Flint Toronto Mr. and Mrs Gray Toronto Mrs. Florence Lock Dennis Tushingham and others from Toronto. Gauley Georgina Red Rock could not attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Foster
Toronto
George Burt
Pear
Georgetown
Luck
Daisy
Newmarket
McCullough
Mildred
Niagara Falls
C. Flint
Verna
R.'Gray
Dorothy
Florence Lock
Dennis Tushingham
Ernie Shaw
Mona Hill
Gauley
Georgina
Red Rock
Churchill W A Plans Exhibit For Acton Fall Fair
Churchill W A plans Acton Fair exhibits and a fall baking sale and sewing. Church service on Sunday will be withdrawn due to Mr Alan Neilon on holidays and two weeks later Rev George Stevenson will lead. A picnic lunch will follow. Recent visitors included Archie Griffin Smithville and Joe Reid Hamilton with Dorothy and Laura Reid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churchill W.A
Alfred Thompson
Anderson
F. Freeman
A. Kerr
Acton Fair
Alan Neelon
George Stevenson
Harold Griffin
Archie Griffin
Smithville
Joe Reid
Dorothy
Laura Reid
Hamilton
Install New Windows Decision at Meeting
It was decided at a church meeting to install new windows with the two front lines to be loaded. Nancy Snow, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Elwood Snow, broke both bones in her left arm after a fall from a fence. Miss Lydia Snow and Miss Lilian Shortill are on a motor trip through Quebec and the Eastern Provinces. Mr Marshall McLaughlin is in hospital after an appendectomy. Mrs Tom Gibson is improving after a sudden illness. Mr and Mrs Ray McEnery have moved to Acton. All roads lead to the Exhibition but the unusual summer makes it seem out of season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Snow
Elwood Snow
Lydia Snow
Lillian Shortill
Quebec
Marshall McLaughlin
Tom Gibson
Ray McEnery
Acton
Tweedsmuir History Honorable Mention For Eden Crest
Eden Crest Women's Institute received an honorable mention for its Tweedsmuir history book in a provincial contest in Toronto. First prize went to Bridgeport Institute, Waterloo North. There were 12 entries, bringing the total Ontario Tweedsmuir histories to SH2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eden Crest Women’s Institute
Toronto
Bridgeport Institute
Waterloo North
Ontario
Rockwood Lawn Bowlers Lose Final Jitney Match At Acton
Rockwood bowler Dave Gray led with two wins, followed by James Gray and George Saunders. Acton defeated Rockwood 96 to 77 in the final inter county jitney, marking Rockwood’s first mixed team appearance on the greens. Families and club members attended the season wrap at Guelph with beardmore trophy slated for September 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockwood
Dave Gray
James Gray
George Saunders
Ronnie Bastell
Fred Alton
Tom Hutchinson
Acton
Georgina Kelso
Jack McLean
Bob Darou
George Day
Bob Vincent
F. Till
Frank Kelso
Bernice Bacon George Perry
Guelph
Two Institutes Enjoy Bus Trip to London
Bannockburn Women’s Institute held their regular meeting with Mrs. McDonald acting secretary in her absence. Members discussed fair exhibits and buying a blanket for fundraising. A District Annual report by Mrs. Sinclair was read. lunch followed. About 40 members and friends from Bannockburne and Greenock toured London visiting Weston's Bread Kellogg's and McCormick facilities then dined at Terrace Gardens west of Woodstock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bannockburn Women's Institute
W. J. McDonvald
Collects Stumps To Build Fences
Peter Zmarchyk of Alta collects stumps as hobbies, four years in. Each stump recalls a disaster from 1952 to 1953 including a 90 mph hurricane and a flood that displaced 1000 people. He cleans, varnishes, and uses them in a fence with a buffalo head horns and odd stones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heine Hat
Alta
Peter Zmarchyk
Zmurchyvk
Seven Persons Creek
Love Mr. Zmurchyk
Smeltzer Marshall Nuptials At Metz United Church
Miss Mary Elizabeth Marshall and Deonard John Smeltzer united in marriage at Metz United Church with Rev. R D Trask officiating. Out of town guests from Hamilton Toronto Guelph Rockwood Fergus Arthur Grand Valley Mono Centre Acton Georgetown Norval attended. The bride wore chantilly lace gown with a lace bolero and a nylon veil, carried a crescent bouquet of red roses stephanotis and white baby chrysanthemums. Attendants were the bride's sisters Shirley Ferne and Joyce Marshall. Best man was Murray Smeltzer. ushers Fred Marshall and Ray Alexander. A reception followed in the church basement. The couple plans a honeymoon in the United States and points south, and will reside at Oustic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smeltzer-Marshall
Metz United Church
R. D. Trask
Mary Elizabeth (Beth) Marshall
Deonard John Smeltzer
Alvin .Marshall
R.R
Fergus
Gordon Smeltzer
Rockwood
Hamilton
Toronto
Shirley
Ferne
Joyce Marshall
Murray Smeltzer
Fred Marshall
Ray Alexander
Proom
United States
Points South
Oustic
Wedding in Milton Adorns Miltons District with Summer Colors
A midsummer wedding at St. Pauls United Church Moulton united Shirley Elizabeth Wilson and Clarence Warren Hall before 130 guests. Officiant Y E Orsborne led the ceremony with music by Leonard Berry and Mrs George Newell at the organ. The bride wore a white nylon net gown with a jeweled headdress and carried American Beauty roses. Attendants wore yellow and blue with shasta mums and the couple honeymooned in the north returning to R R 6 Milton. Guests came from Niagara Falls Waterloo Stratford Chicago and Acton among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul's United Church
Moulton
Y. E. Orsborne
Shirley Elizabeth Wilson
Harold G
Paddy) Wilson
Milton
Clarence Warren Hall
Clarence Hall
R. G. Milton
George Newell
Leonard Berry
Leonard
Robert Adams
Acton
Eleanor
Joyce
Pauline McMillan
Frances Neal
Waterloo
Jane Marsh
Roy Bousheld
Bern
St. John
Clarkson
Lorne Thompson
Donald Wilson
Wis
Points North
R.R
Niagara Falls
Katchester
Stratford
Chicago
Alexandria
Everton
Aldershot
Port Credit
Burlington
Oaseville
District
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Donna
George Bruce
Disciple
Sweets Corners
Lake Erie
Beth McEnery
Jeannette Hindley
Hillsburg
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C. M. Lampard
ST. Alban’s Parish Hall
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W.A
Tweedsmuir Book
Don Ryder
Brampton Monument Works
C. Allan
Queen St. W
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Tom Nicol
MacKenzie. News
Caren
Disciples Church
Porter
Wm. Black
Irwin
Palestine
St. John’s Church
Frank Bernard
Edith Bernard
George Ware
Ware
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Coles
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