Hillsburgh church honors long-serving deacons and scouts plan
Hillsburgh Baptist Church paid tribute to Honorary Deacons Albert Awrey and George Burt, each long serving in church leadership. In Hillsburgh, Cubs and Scouts organized a Ladies Auxiliary at the Township Building. Across Fergus Milton and Georgetown, civic notes cover permits, elections, fire services, and capital budgets including pools and ice rinks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsburgh Baptist Church
Albert &. Awrey
George C. Burt
Awrey
Burt
Archie Goldie
Hillsburgh
Eleanor Lane
Maryayette
Arlene Cheyne
Treas
Lila Leitch
Golden Age Club Christmas Dinner Attended by Nearly Eighty
The Ladies' Guild of St. Albans Church hosted the annual Christmas turkey dinner on December 1 for nearly 80 Acton Golden Age Club members and guests. Tables glowed with red candles, ice cream was donated by Mr. and Mrs. C.K. Browne, and R.L. Davidson led the executive at the head table. Entertainment included a humorous recitation by Roy Hindley and performances by the Carpenters, with euchre prizes awarded to both women and men. Several members remain ill and unable to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Guild of
St. Alban’s Church
Acton Golden Age Club
C.K. Browne
R.L. Davidson
Jas. Rolston
Fred McCutcheon
Campbell Agnew
Donald Reed
Rolston
Dougald Kennedy
Davidson
Bradshaw
Carpenter
McMurray
Agnew
Roy Hindley
Carpenters
Ferguson
Our God is not dead How about yours Christmas note
A December 1967 note from the Student Research Bureau in Port Coquitlam asks readers to consider the Christmas greeting Our God is not dead and wishes blessings and peace. The letter transitions to critique of Canadian capital punishment debates, Parliament bills, and views on justice, police, and public language issues. It also comments on French language schooling and Quebec separatism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Sargeant Tong
Wilfred Coffin
Peter Truscott
France
Canada
Cramped Halton jail blasted by grand jury report
Halton's antiquated Milton jail drew sharp criticism from a grand jury after a winter inspection. They called it cramped and poorly lit with crude sanitation and inadequate library and recreation facilities. They urged a new regional detention centre for Halton and Peel, to be built on Ninth Line at Highway 401 in north Oakville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario Municipal Board
Burl-Oak
Oakville
Burlington
O.M.B
North Oakville
Omagh
OLE
Halton
Milton
Supreme Court
Peel
Highway 401
Department of Reform Institutions
Alan B. Sprague
Halton County
Inquest Scheduled Into Campbellville Train Fatality Four Teens
An inquest into the deaths of four 17 year old teens in a train car crash near Campbellville on November 25 will be held December 20 at 8 p.m. in the Court House on Brown Street Milton. Crown Attorney Peter K. McWilliams will conduct the inquest. The deceased are Lorne Miler Ronald Boers Terrence VanBuskirk of Campbellville and John Newell of Kitchener formerly of the area. They died when a 1938 Plymouth rammed into the side of a train at the Canadian Pacific crossing on the First Line Nassagayewa north of Five Sideroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbellville
Court House
Brown St
Milton
Peter K. McWilliams
Lorne Miler
Ronald Boers
Terrence VanBuskirk
John Newell
Kitchener
Nassagaweya
First Woman Heads Ontario Ambulance Group
Mrs. Alice Bogue, owner and president of Royal City Ambulance in Guelph with an Acton contract, became the first woman executive of the Ontario Ambulance Operators' Association. She was elected vice president at the annual Oakville meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Bogue
Royal City Ambulance
Guelph
Ontario Ambulance Operators’ Association
Oakville
Loneliest Christmas for inmates seen by Salvation Army
The Salvation Army visits reach over 42,000 incarcerated individuals yearly delivering gifts and visits to lift spirits and encourage new life paths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
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Fergus
Geography Club
Fergus High School
Cobalt
Haileybury
New Liskeard
J.L. Dandy
David Low
Brian Best
Syd Childs
Austin Ledwith
C. Menery
Ron Harris
C.A. Martin
Bob McCuaig
Colin Smite
Charles Fay
Bill Ferguson
Percy Barr
Gordon Krantz
Georgetown
Esquesing
Gibbons
Barbara Pankenin
W.R. Smith
Georgetown Golf and C Club
Barbara
Town Council
General Brock High School
Aldershot High School
Aldershot
Ron Anderson
Golden Age Club
Ladies’ Guild of St
Alban
GOD Dead
Student Research Bureau
Port Coquitlam,b.c
W. Sheremeta
T.V
la Salle
Frontenac
Wolfe
Quebec
Dominion
Confederation
Optometrist
Cork St. East Guelph
Caroline Nurseries Garden Centre
Acton
Highway 7
Choo Choo Stop
CY Saks
C.C.S
Fischer’s Royal Hotel
First Women Ambulance Group
Sun
Patrick Bedford
Sandy Dennis
James MacArthur
Richard Todd
Mystery OF
Color
Guy Madison
Peter van Eyck
Troy Donahue
Andrea Drumm
Three Stooges
Wonder Glove
Corsair
Dills Stationery
Mill ST. E
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