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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 12, 1960
Page
6
Acton residents share social calls and trips from Florida to Jamaica and Toronto. Janet Buckner visits Canada while Helen Buckner eyes a May 28 wedding. Catherine Buckner and George Lees travel with Helen Buckner in Acton.
The Boy Scouts urge residents to save and place old newspapers in driveways or on verandahs for a collection on Saturday May 20. Scouts will pick up papers Friday night for those leaving town.
Mrs Ray S McDougall formerly Olive Cooper was born in Acton in 1908 and died May 3 in Toronto Women’s College Hospital after seven weeks illness. Survived by husband daughter Mrs Fred Dobson son Roddy McDougall mother and brother Gordon Cooper two grandchildren and predeceased by brother Earl. Married 1937 at Acton family moved to Woodbridge twelve years ago. Funeral May 6 in Woodbridge with interment at Hilleres Cemetery.
Debora Ann Inglis and Deborah Ann Dent baptized at St. Davie's and David's Presbyterian as music and devotion fill the Mother's Day service. The program includes duets, film on firefighters, girl group activities, and reports from Cubs and other groups. Births, birthdays, and family visits color the church week, with plans for a community play night and future events.
The May Waris Association meeting at Ebenezer United Church Natsangawevi featured readings on Africa and Albert Schweitzer. Members demonstrated African games and songs, heard a talk on African education, and enjoyed a missionary night with fundraising for African missions.
An executive is selected to oversee Decoration Day activities in Avion area with Mrs. AL Onn as secretary for the Saintly Print Misys RK group. Clathe to act as measurer. A special event is planned at Barview Cemetery on June 5 with Garinalazatiatt abphos calling the organizational meeting.
An early morning crash on Mill Street left two vehicles damaged when an eastbound car from Georgetown struck a parked light delivery truck owned by William Titus of Acton. Wyllie reported his car veered after another vehicle forced it to the side, causing the collision. Damages totaled $400 to the Wyllie car and $100 to Titus’s vehicle. Constables Barness and Kessker investigated for the OPP.
Mr. Carlos Recher announces the engagement of his daughter Avelina to Allan Thomas Bailey of Georgetown with a May 28 1960 Wem wedding. Early Camphill Ontario announces the engagement of Margaret Dianne to Donald Calvin Blacklock of Campbellville with a June 4 ceremony at Ebenezer United Church Campbellville.
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