Town Hall Hosts Rabies Clinic and Parish Service
Town hall was busy last week with a rabies prevention clinic drawing many pet owners for vaccines. At St John s Church Sunday, C O Ranney of St Alban s Acton led the service in Rev E H Jones absence while local residents visited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John's Church
C. O. Ranney
St. Alban’s Church
Acton
E.H. Jones
George Waller
Listowel
K. B. Waller
Pat Linfoot
Victoria Hospital
London
George Laverty
Guelph
Good Friday Hours Note Busily Open Saturday Morning
The office states it will be open on Good Friday and reopen for business Saturday morning. This indicates a brief holiday schedule with resumed operations next day.
Week-end Crashes on No 7 District OPP Reports
Four week-end accidents on highway No 7 between Acton and Georgetown. A truck shed load on Friday caused a rear end crash with Don Campbell’s car. Campbell’s car damage estimated at 300 dollars. Icy snow on road. Saturday saw two cars driven by Hall and Pell suffer 525 dollars in damage. Jeffery’s Georgetown car veered into ditch with major damage. Sunday evening Cooper’s Georgetown car hit a pole in ditch causing 75 dollars damage. Regular Home and School Association play practices planned for next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O.P.P
H. Gunn
G. Moore
Acton
Georgetown
John Cook
Silvercreek Hill
Don Campbell
Campbell
Robert Hall
Ronald Pell
Milton
John Jeffery
McCullough
Cecil Cooper
Here
Sunday School Holds Annual Meeting at St Johns United
The St Johns United Sunday School met at the parsonage last week with Rev Ewart Culley opening in prayer. Officers for the coming year include Leslie Jackson superintendent and Paul Donaldson assistant superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John's United
Ewart Culley
Leslie Jackson
Paul Donaldson
Doreen- Nevills
E. Vrooman
Ken
E. Culley
William Nevills
Myrna
Tommie
William Donaldson
Paul
Earl Brown
Rockwood
Martha Jackson
Os Pringe
Tom Morden
Eden Mills
Ken Nevills
Holly Fagin
Mono Mills
John Campbell
Hillsburg
Ainsley Burnett
Orangeville
Pete Watson
Herb Lush
John Leitch
Jessie Miller
Erin
Andrew Moore
Cedar Valley
Ernie Hall
Guest Speaker Tom Fountain Visits Church Service
Tom Fountain of Toronto was guest speaker at the Church of Christ in a Sunday service. He spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Charles Fountain and visited local families including Jestins Milnes Humes Weatherstons and Altons among others. The week saw a road grader at work improving ruts and holes in the roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Fountain
Toronto
Charles Fountain
Church of Christ (Disciples
Ted Jestin
Patsy
Nancy
Max Milne
Rockwood
Harvey Dolmer
T. A. Morrow
Dundalk
Alvin Free
Guelph
Alan Hume
James Cross
David
Fergus
Adam Weatherston
Harvey Jestin
Bobby
Bill Mogford
First Robins Spotted as Spring Hints Stir Town
The first robins seen this week by Audrey Gris chow Betty Hill and Mrs R J Hargrave mark the start of spring chatter in town. Last Thursday Mrs Hargrave reported two robins and a blackbird in her yard as residents await warmer days.
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Epring
Audrey Grischow
Betty Hill
R. J. Hargrave
Ospringe Village Goes to the Dogs and Social Evening
Rabies vaccination clinic drew steady flow of dogs and cats on Saturday. Women’s Institute provided clerical help led by Mrs H R Howard Doris Fines and Shirley Awrey. Friday night Ladies Aid scrokinole social had eight tables. Joan and Sherlock Aitken won high scores Ralph Sinclair consolation prize. Sandwiches cake and cookies served.
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Ospringe
Women's Institute
H.R. Howard
Doris Fines
Shirley Awrey
Ladies’ Aid
Presbyterian Church
Joan
Sherlock Aitken
Ralph Sinclair
Thomas Chapman
Toronto
Emerson Griffin
Moore
M. Jackson Oand
F. Johnston
W. Matthews
Guelph
Shirley Grundy
Georgetown
Bob Slater
Fergus
Geo. Grundy
J. Hills
Weston
Duncan Kingsbury
Catharine
Brucedale
D. Stewart
M. Jackson
Junior Class Sleigh Ride and School Activities
S S No. 9 junior class pupils enjoyed a sleigh ride hosted at Betty Ann and Mary Lou Brown’s home. The piece notes student Johnny Clarke recovering from a foot injury and tonsil surgery in Guelph. The piece also highlights Halton junior farmers winning provincial debates, local travel of A C Bourne to Kitimat, and community vaccination clinics plus a nature and bird house event at the school with prizes and donations.
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S.S. No. 9
Fie Ride Prorky
Betty Ann
Mary Lou Brown
Johnny Clarke
Guelph
Halton
Carleton
Waterloo
Linmid Lambton
Mac Sprowl
A. C. Bourne
Kitimat
B.C
WI. Gardens Committee
Bruce Pargeter
Eleanor Karn
David Roughley
John Allan
Gordon Grieg
Lois Ann
Brantford
Ivens
Newton
George
Yeo
Hale
Garth
Quibell
Savant Lake
United States
Easter Egg Hunt Opens YMCA Easter Week Program
A park egg hunt marks the start of the YMCA Easter week activities open to all children. The week runs from Tuesday to Saturday and includes championship matches in checkers badminton and table tennis and an Olympic Day event.
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Y.M.C.A
Obituary of Sarah Anne Gibbons of Acton at 99
After about ten years illness Sarah Anne Gibbons of 28 Queen St West Acton died March 23 at Flynn Nursing Home in her 100th year. Widow of John Gibbons she lived in Acton most of her life, born Limehouse 1857 and married in Georgetown in 1882. She was a St Joseph’s Acton parishioner Funeral Mass led by Father W J Morgan. Pallbearers included Jim Mul holland Henry Deveau Lawrence Gibbons Bill Boyle Thomas Kelly Surviving: daughters Anne Gibbons Acton and Mabel Campbell Detroit and son Joseph Gibbons Georgetown.
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Sarah Anne Gibbons
Flynn Nursing Home
John Gibbons
Acton District
Toronto
Limehouse
Georgetown
St. Joseph's Church
Acton
W. J. Morgan
Dublin
Jim Mulholland
Henry Deveau
Lawrence Gibbons
Bill Boyle
Thomas Kelly
Gibbons
Anne Gibbons
Mabel
Hugh Campbell
Detroit
Joseph Gibbons
Personal Notices From Acton and Nearby Areas
Visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G A Dills is Mrs A B Lyon of Ulster Pennsylvania. Major and Mrs J M Anderson and family visited with the Patter sons and the Roszells over the weekend. Major Anderson led services at Knox church and joined Legion anniversary observances. Alex Pringle and family returned from three months on the Pacific coast and western cities with their daughter Mrs J A Theobalds remaining in Tucson. Eskimo girl Mary Panegoosho lives with the Fryers on Bower Ave. Her father Kyak, RCMP constable, traveled to Ottawa with an RCMP officer as interpreter and guide, planning a ten day stay. Panegoosho hopes to train as a nurse before returning to the Arctic.
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J. M. Anderson
Pattersons
Roszells
Major Anderson
Knox Church
Legion
Alex Pringle
R.R
Acton
Pacific Coast
Donald W. Pringle
Copper Mountain
B.C
Vancouver
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Tucson
Arizona
J. A. Theobalds
New York
Arctic
Kyak
Mary Panexoosho
Alfred Fryer
Bower Ave
Civilization
Kher
Ottawa
RCMP
Rc.m.p
Resolute Bay
Mary Panegoosho
The Trend Is To Chiropractic Advertising Claim
An advertising piece argues rheumatism is a misnomer and chiropractic can remove the underlying body mechanics causes of pain. It claims spinal distortions produce stress and that removing the cause relieves pain, not merely masking it, urging readers to let chiropractic restore health.
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Chiropractic
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Frank Cooper
Emmerson
Baxter
Frank Marisack
Canadian Amateur Athletic Union
Montreal
IGA
Grocer
Gov't
NO Waste Turkeys
Wb. Bacon
Dole
Clark's
Valencia
Florida
Stokely‘s
Home and School Association
Devent
Willems
Sereds Se
Cjoy TV
Everton
Mike Coxe
Beatty
American Kitchen
Esquesing
Nassagaweya
Acton Fire Department
Main ST
Sarah Gibbons
G. A. Dills
Mrs. Dills
A. B. Lyon
Ulster, Pennsylvania
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