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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 29, 1962
Page
3
At a sparsely attended annual night school meeting the committee deferred a decision on whether to offer all 12 lessons before Christmas next season. Voted to poll students and bring results to the next meeting, with options for six before and six after or ten before Christmas.
Grade 9 to 11 finish Easter examinations and await results while grades 12 and 13 keep normal classes. Desks moved to the gym for exam rooms. Students look forward to outdoor sports, sunshine, and Beau Brummels as caretakers plan spring cleanup with student help.
Sundays feature church school morning worship and evangelistic services across Presbyterian, Baptist, and Fellowship churches in Acton. Notable speakers include Rev Andrew H McKenzie and Rev Alex B Stein with youth and choir activities, prayer meetings, and home missions noted throughout.
Three Ewart College deaconesses Miss Shirley Dredge Miss Elizabeth Johnstone and Miss Florence Hood spoke of last summer’s work and displayed pictures for the Presbytery of Red Deer River at a Friday night gathering. Dredge and Johnstone return to their Presbyteries in April Hood to Nova Scotia. A lunch and social hour followed. Dredge serves Nassagaweya church. Ted Jennings and wife received a cash gift at a Brookville hall party Friday night.
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