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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 07, 1963
Page
13
The report records average attendance and notes of church members. Elder Elmer Milaont and Galph Thompton are mentioned as elected elders alongside the church committee actions and school efforts.
Be appointed to the Board of Piers new members Edwin Watson and others joined the Committee of Rewards. Mrs Mabel Parkerei recounted. Edwin Watson named organist and choir leader. Mrs Freda Thompson named maintenance treasurer. Plans to buy a projector for future work. Hadcock thanked N S Marshall for years as Clerk of Session. Marshall retires. Mrs William Wallace thanked for missionary aid maintenance work and retiring. Gratitude to all who helped build the new vesbule. prayer led by Rev Hadcock at close.
A local community baseball event and a Presbyterian Church annual meeting are described. The piece notes a youth baseball outing with prizes and a planning lunch, plus reports from the church annual meeting including officers elected and a presbytery allocation, followed by a lunch and social hour.
The article notes WA visiting Halton Manor for a January birthday party and mentions a small community gathering at Hiltsburgh’s new public hall opening on Friday night. Mrs. Harry Shortill is convalescing in Guelph General Hospital after a visit there. Local youths sang during a Week event with names including Diane Leonard and Irene Keir.
In Georgetown news Michael Seteset progresses favorably after a tarlitig tity at Georgetown and District Hospital. Mrs Prank Hube hospitalized with pneumonia, hopeful recovery. Harold McMenemy rejoined after three weeks of treatment for severe bronchial illness at Sunnybrook Hospital. Two village children Kenneth Aukin and Renate Voskaiy sick with pneumonia. community wishes for quick recovery.
Crow sighting near Mrs. Frank Freeman's home prompts sympathy for Miss Margaret Locker of Rockwood. Rabid fox killed at a local garage. Sunday visits include the Jackson and Swackimmer families. Students George Evans and Dawd Caving visit Woodside School under supervision. Local residents in hospital wish Mr. John Harris of Avton and Mrs. Melissa Reirngs of Acton a speedy recovery.
March of Dimes raised 114 for the Retarded Children fund during Mothers March. Rockwood students benefited from a school break as Cone structures and Guelph teachers attended a Toronto philosopher Dr Marcus Long conference. Skating and hockey thrived outdoors due to mild weather. Miss Margaret Locker and family mourn the passing of relatives in Guelph General Hospital. Funeral service and interment planned in Rockwood Cemetery.
Rosas McEwan returned home from Guelph hospital after minor surgery last week while Peggy McEwan stays with Mr and Mrs Clifford Storey in her mother's absence. Garry Gilleat, three month old son of Mr and Mrs Charles Gilliat, came home from Sick Children's Hospital after several days of treatment. A member from here attended the funeral of Mr William Glazord in Hillsburgh last Wednesday. Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Klumpenhouwer on the birth of Catherine Marie January 28 at Brampton Hospital.
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