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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Jul 20, 1961

Page

3

Double Ring Ceremony Unites Lemon Hawes in Acton

Betty Lemon and Edward William Hawes were united in a double ring ceremony at Acton Pentecostal Tabernacle on Saturday afternoon July 15. The service was conducted by Rev. J. K. Reid with organist Mrs. Hank Mulder and soloist Mrs. Abe Miersma. The couple, from Georgetown, planned to honeymoon in the French River district and reside at RR 2 Acton.

Acton Pentecostal Tabernacle Mary Elizabeth Lemon Edward William Hawes J. K. Reid Hank Mulder Abe Miersma Georgetown Afr Fred Lemon John St. Acton William A. Hawes Acton St Alban’s Hall French River District Mariivea Lemon Shirles Slater Jacqueline Carl Alt Chmtroose Waterford Saskatchewan Tillsonburg London Darwin Cripps Lemon R.R. 2 Esther Taylor RR. 2 Mary Elizabeth Leman

Church Calendar for Christian Reformed Church Sessions

A church calendar entry lists services and notices for the Christian Reformed Church. Rev Nutma BA BD leads ministerial duties at Queen Street location with a contact box 446 and phone 694. The entry notes morning and Sunday schedules and the Senior Section events.

Christian Reformed Church Nutma BA Queen St Box

Sunday School Picnic and Storm Disrupts Races and Supper

Last Wednesday afternoon the Presbyterian Sunday school held a well attended picnic in Exhibition Park with races for youngsters and a prize for the oldest person. A Sunday squall with hail and wind interrupted sports and a fishing incident was reported near the mill dam on the fourth line. Cyril Knight mourns the death of Mrs. Knight in Guelph General Hospital. funeral held in Guelph with interment at Rockwood Cemetery.

Presbyterian Sunday School Exhibition Park John Pearce Eden Mills Burlington Cyril Knight Douglas Palmerston Knight Guelph General Hospital Rockwood John A. Little Fun Eral George Wall Guelph Rockwband Cemetery C. Levells Main Joseph Holman Dureen Giles No. 3 School Guelph Oo M. Mortison Willian’ Harvey North Bay

Four Acton girls skate through Ontario summer training

Four Acton girls endure 30 degree sessions in mitts and sweaters at a Guelph Curling Club summer school directed by Ross Smith. Elizabeth Fores, Sharon Bradley, Linda Brida, and Sally Wilson practise long hours with pros including Sondra Tewksbury and Mary Jane Halstead guiding sessions as Ontario’s Cardkidian tests run biweekly.

Acton Fly Elizabeth Fores Sharon Bradley Linda Brida Sally Wilson Guelph Curling Club Ross Smith

Summer Services at Acton United Church

The Acton congregation will host two services led by Rev R Brook and student Fred Milnes on July 23 and July 30. Mr Brook, a local resident, is known to parishioners while Mr Milnes studies at Emmanuel Theological College in Toronto and seeks ministry from the Toronto conference. The Engels and family are away at their summer home on the French River until mid August. A heavy rain last Thursday is described as a million dollar downpour benefiting grain, field and garden crops.

United Church Dwight Engels Holie Acton

Ready Too Soon Mrs. Ford Back

After a weekend on the move Mrs. Margaret Ford learned Oxdrift office opens late and she returns to Acton to her job temporarily. She may go to Oxdrift again as chief operator by December end as promotion news surprised her. Bell Telephone Toronto officials apologized for the inconvenience.

Oxdritt Cith Margaret Ford Acton Oxdrift McBride Bell Telephone Company Toronto Free Press

Remembering Mr. Norrish A Blind Craftsman in Township Life

The Free Press recalls Mr. Norrish respected despite blindness. He built household tools in his barn and even mentored a neighbor boy after a dispute over split stove wood. A single childhood photo from his chair, in front of his home, became a keepsake for a centennial book.

G.A.D Free Press Mr. Norrish Norrish

Three Children and Neighbors in Old Acton Tales

Notes recall three grown children Ernest in Toronto Enoch in Pasadena Mia Goosee in North Dakota and memories of neighborly visits with the Norrishes. Included are arrowheads flint relics a Chinese pack scratcher and a battery powered small bulb light. The fragment hints at life salaries and old winters before electric lights.

Ernest Toronto Enoch Pasadena California Mia Goosee North Dakota Aloways Norrishes

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Betty Lemon E. Hawes Ies Bete Marilyn McIntyre Harold Melnives the Church OF ST. Alban the Martyr Anglican Poehih Soetas Atime Draaits Senday Fury United Church OF Canada Ontario Deigtt Engel Mer George Elliott Orguust Sertee Eras Surlay Sahootor Sumi School Christ Anibas Patchars Baptist Church James St Rudd Nelson Court Ain Sheola Pan Church of the Back To God Presbyterian Church IN Canada Knox Church Andrew H. McKenzie Minster EB. A. Hansen Wim Leslie H. Nanson Morriston Bhick Attwood Walter Gibson Alliston Fred Lambert Margaret Cooper James Hagen Patsy Paul Archie Speers Henry M. Cooper James E. Miller Kitchener Eva Bradshaw Mimico Dave Royce C. Dumerick Lannton Fred Day Ancaster Ted Wheeler Yvonne Wheeler Elmira Doris Fulford Jane Anne Kirwan Hamilton Stewart S. Royce FL Till Hazel Maud Orange Ville Garry Brace Canada Sionals Sondra Tewksbury W. Yeo Owen Sound Mary Jane Halstead Rae Warden Orangeville Beth Pogue John Wild Peterborough Mrs. Ford Wees Tor Bank OF Montreal E. L. Buchner Mill ST E. Acton Ont Waterloo Ocean Steamship Tickets F. L. Wright Wilbur St. N Milton Halton Denebel Film Sa Rerreste Service Hinton’s Hinton Acton Free Press O. £. Manning Halton & Peel Trust & Savings Company John S. Beatty C. A Beatty University of Varento Dale Brampton J.B. Mackenzie & Son Church St. Coal & Lumber ACME Parmers Jar Morey Queensway Tin
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