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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 20, 1954
Page
9
John Davidson presented Mr Oder with a desk set and Mrs Oder with a bouquet of red and white carnations. Mar Oder was also honored by the Board of Managers of which he had been secretary.
In this week’s column a reader recalls the arrival of a baby named David amid social visits and family bustle. The writer notes Mother's Day plans, Brownies camping, and a request to babysit, then shifts to weather, farming supply concerns, and housing costs. The piece closes with relief over the royal family’s safe return from Gibraltar.
The 80th Synod session at Christ's Church Cathedral Hamilton heard Bishop Walter E. Bagnall report peak church attendance, and noted the Church of England in Canada Mission fields in India Japan and Canada. The Diocese raised 50505 for Jubilee Missionary work with Niagara contributing 6000. A push for low rent housing and child friendly housing was adopted and Every Member Visitation urged. The meeting approved rural clergy training and a Rogation Sunday service plan.
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