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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 05, 1969
Page
3
A four week joint study group of Anglican and Deeg parts begins this Friday March 6 at 8 p.m. The Lenten program will examine sacralistic pressures in society and feature a film on the first evening titled Man and his Resources.
Bishop Wilkinson will attend St. Alban's church this Sunday afternoon March 9 for confirmation with twenty candidates presented for the laying on of hands. A new lighting installation in memory of We Hinton will be unveiled.
Canada’s 10,000 beekeepers announce March as National Honey Month and search for a National Honey Queen for 1969. Students from high schools and universities are urged to join a nationwide campaign promoting honey with recipe submissions. Local winners vie for provincial titles, then a national winner is selected.
The Women's World Day of Prayer is held Friday at 2 30 P M in Trinity United Church with Miss Cynthia Blandes as guest speaker. African women prepared the service theme Growing Together in Christ. Provincial finalists fly to Ottawa for March 7 final. Sponsored by Canadian Beekeepers Council and Federal Department of Agriculture.
A compact notice lists multiple Acton churches with service times and events. Free Press items show Churchill Community Church Morning Worship Sunday School at 11, English and Dutch services, Acton Baptist Church Sunday 945 am School, Adult Bible Class, no evening service, Explorers and prayer meetings midweek, Christ's Ambassadors and Crusaders programs, and Presbyterian Knox Church Acton with Rev. Andrew tee and organist.
Former Regina RCMP officer Cpl William Bennett of Milton OPP rises to Sergeant among 40 top policemen from 376 examined. Bennett joined Dundas OPP in 1956, rose to corporal, served Brantford detachment, and gave weekly service training lectures. Now in Special Division Toronto with plain clothes duties, he is married with two daughters Kimberley and Lynsay and remains a Milton St Clair Masonic Lodge member.
Mrs NE Brown formerly Bessie Coon died February 137 at Sunnyside Home Kitchener after a lengthy illness in her 76th year Interment was Memory Gardens Kitchener
Bridge club report shows declarers debating when to draw trump. North opens two clubs, South signals, and play explores dummy entries and heart finesse. At Actonbridge Club, winners include Cam Sinclair with Jack Coats, followed by Katherine Coats and Hill Coats.
The seventh annual Hilton Presbyterial United Church Women gathering drew over 270 members to Christ Church in Clarkton on February 19. W D Stainton welcomed attendees as L Doherty of Port Credit presided, with N K Campbell conducting officer installation and Mrs Ronald Smith delivering an afternoon address on evangelism.
Yow Headquarters, a retail hub for carpeting fabrics and sewing machines, showcases a range of patterns and sewing gear. The store promotes home decor projects and offers specialized fabric selections for upholstery and drapery.
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