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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 03, 1955
Page
4
The annual congregational meeting led by Rev R H Armstrong elected chair Mr Armstrong and four new trustees bringing the number to five. Officers were mostly re-elected and a weekly offering collector named. A social hour followed prayers.
Mrs. M. O'Brien received a royal telegram and a letter from MP Henry Hosking on her 100th birthday. Church affairs discussed at last Wednesday’s parish hall meeting led by Rev E H Jones with reports by vestry clerk F S Hamilton and treasurer Thomas C Winlow. Lunch followed a brief social time. Local weather reports note a 15 below zero spell in parts of the village.
The Bastaco Wega Presbyterian church annual meeting held January 27 in the church school room. Rev G S Baulch opened with worship as reports from Mission Band Women’s Missionary Society Ladies Aid and church boards were heard. A new furnace and improvements funded the year with a balance to start the year. A new manse share was purchased and thanks given to officers teachers and Donna McMillan the organist. Rev J E Sutherland accepted as minister for the Formae secomberna period.
A euchre gathering held in the hall by the W I was well attended. High scorers were Mrs Wilfred Burt, Mrs Wm Wright, Elwood Snow, and Charlie Thompson. Mr Archie Lawr is ill after chicken pox while Mr Arnold McEnery has returned home but remains in bed healing. Mr Russ of Hespeler spent the weekend with his son and daughter in law Norman Russ.
Campbellville area Women’s Missionary Society reports from Blair Evening Auxiliary and St David’s groups. Officers installed at Knox church event include Mrs L Andrews as president and Mrs R Mahon as vice president, with social and program details and a social period enjoyed by 18 members.
The Limehouse Church held its annual congregational meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F J Brown Jr with Rev A J Calder as chair and Miss Ivens as secretary. Twenty one attended as 14 baptisms and other changes were reported, new stewards were appointed, and several members were noted as ill or traveling.
Silver-Wood Forum members and friends met at the Stone School farm for a Monday euchre game with neighbors. Prizes were won by Mr. Ern Batkin and Mr. George Henderson, with consolation prizes to Mrs. R. Corbett and Mr. D. Williamson. A lunch was served by the ladies led by Mrs. Wm Norton. Visitors for a week with Mrs. Anne Stull include Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Barkley, residing about 18 miles from Calgary, Alberta. Mrs. Barkley is Stull’s niece and joined a large family dinner on Sunday.
Ken McMillan, longtime Ontario show horseman, was elected to a second term as president of the Hackney Horse Association of Georgetown. The group held its annual meeting in Preston last week.
A church Friday evening program featured music by the Churchill Orchestra and included the Evert on program in Rockwood. Guests and visitors from Toronto Burlington Guelph and Dainsville joined local families for a social evening with musical numbers and greetings for newborns and anniversaries.
Roy Ferguson was elected councillor in Erin township to fill the vacancy after the death of George D. Scott in January. About 30 percent of electors voted, Ferguson 294 to Marshall 265, with a nomination meeting held January 24 at Hillsburgh hall.
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