Chesley Donates To Neelon Minister Fund Concert
Alan Neelon centered the Chesley community band concert as residents donated 340 to cover his University of Toronto residence fees. The RCA Training Command band performed under St Johns United Church arrangement with Rev W M Whidden. Whidden urged ministerial need while Neelon described his four church service roles and McMaster BCA studies.
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Ballinaigh
Alan Neelon
Chesley
Neelon
University of Toronto
R.c.a-F
W. M. Whidden
St. John’s United Church
Whidden
Neeley
Duhnville
McMaster
Foe Pans School Sunday September 30 and October Start
Sunday School activities at Acton Pente coastal Assembly included a pro motion day and fall opening. New year begins in October with Superintendent Mrs K Reid and officers Peter Annie as secretary treasurer and a full slate of teachers led by Mrs R Albertson and Mrs T McCutcheon. Attendance reached a record 58, and at White Hardware in Toronto Mac Symon won a lawn mower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton Pentecostal’ Assembly
K. Reid
Peter Annie
R. Albertson
T. McCutcheon
Harvey Norton
Joe Spadafora
E. Smith
Percy ‘Barker
Percy Barker
Arthur Cook
White Hardware
Toronto
Mac Symon
Rockwood Bible Society Plans Canvass and Jitney Season Wrap
The Rockwood and Everton Bible Society finished a strong year with a record nine memberships and a lively jitney season on Tuesday nights. Highlights include the John Henderson Memorial Cup singles won by Bob Vincent and the Dave Gray Cup doubles won by Tom Hutchinson and Ron Bustell. Winners at the jitneys were Bastell, Day, Maltby, Alton, and Perry. The society plans fall canvassing and an annual meeting agenda was set at the executive session. A memorial obituary notes the sudden death of Malcolm T. McNabb of Georgetown, with funeral held at McClure Funeral Home and interment in Rockwood cemetery. Services at St. John’s resumed fall schedule, and community members traveling home from visits were noted. a gasoline fire burn survivor, Mrs. J. Barlow, returned home from hospital.
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John Henderson Memorial
Bob Vincent
Dave Gray
Tom Hutchinson
Ron Bustell
Ron Bastell
George Day
Albert Maltby
Fred Alton
George Perry
Rockwood and Everton Bible Society
Presbyterian Church
Charles H. Harris
John Dilts Redio
Ross Gordon
F. S. Hamilton
Malcolm T. McNabb
R. R
Georgetown
McNabb
Rockwood
Mary Jessie Young
Arch McNabb
Donald
Windsor
John
Angus
Guelph
Fraser
J. Douglas McNabb
McClure Funeral
Rockwood Cemetery
St. John’s Church
Leon Ayles
Roxvalle Bank
Waterdown
Used Car Guarantee As Market Change Sparks Auto Plans
Universal Auto Benders Ltd plans to guarantee most moving parts on used cars for 12 months and new cars for 15 months, covering parts and labor. Thompson Motors Acton Ltd has locally adopted the plan, signaling shifting selling practices after the announcement.
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Universal Auto Benders Ltd
Thompson Motors tActons Ltd
Fire safety guidance for heating and cooking stoves
One in ten known fires are electrical and circuits must carry loads safely. Faulty chimneys and stoves cause about one quarter to one fifth of fires. Protect stoves on noncombustible bases, keep 18 inches from walls, seal ceilings with asbestos or approved insulation, clean chimneys yearly, avoid forcing furnaces, and store hot ashes in metal containers.
Everton Community Visitors Report A Busy Weekend
Everton News notes a string of visits from local families and relatives across Acton Galt Kitchener Guelph Rockwood Cleveland and Toronto including Mr and Mrs Wm Bruce and family Mr and Mrs Douglas Mason Mr E Tovell Miss Jennie Tovell and others during the week and weekend gatherings.
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Wm. Bruce
Douglas Mason
Acton
John Alton
Jennie Tovell
E. Tovell
Rogers
Fuller
Grand Valley
Mogford
David Tovell
Lois Tovell
Toronto
T. D. McCutcheon
Smith
McCutcheon
Galt
Robert McCutcheon
Dianne
Kitchener
Harvey Jestin
MecKay
Guelph
Harry Hortop
Clarence Hortop
Rockwood
Edith
Mary Robertson
Cleveland
Wm. Robertson
Eden Mills Form Mission Band With 20 Members
The Jane Wilson Mission Band of the Presbyterian church re organized at the church on Saturday with 200 in attendance including new teachers Mrs Evelyn Barden and Mrs Beryl Wright. October activities include a Fall Thank offering and an Acton meeting. Several parish events and visits across Guelph Rockwood and Niagara Falls are noted along with the 95th anniversary at Rockwood and sympathy offered to the McNabb family.
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Jane Wilson
The
Presbyterian Church
Evelyn Barden
Beryl Wright
WOMSS
Ladies’ Aid
Vno
John Milne
Wo Mono
WMS
Wo Mino
Acton
Gordwin Stevenson
Dickson
Japan
R. Barnett
H Gilbertson
Brooklin
W. McBean
R. Wright
Ro Gordon
George Anderson
Niagara Falls
Milne
A Howatt
Guelph
Lowrie
Joseph Lasby
Toronto
W. A. Lasby
Guelph Road
Rockwood
Ross Adams
Fergus
McNabb
Life Savers Project Planned by Gra-Y Clubs
The Bishop's Gra-Y Club at the Y plans a Life Savers project to aid world service with two other Gra-Y clubs helping. In the last week of October the youngsters will sell life savers to friends.
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Life Savers For World Service
September Tea Hosts Talk on Spiritual Budgeting at Local Church
The Ladies Aid of the local Presbyterian church held the annual September Tea with Mrs. Alan Wair of Preston as guest speaker. Bas kets of gladioli adorned the church, and Mr. Ward Bruce presided in the president’s absence. The event featured a duet Whispering Hope and a paper on Souls and Soils, with social time and a sales table benefiting church work.
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Presbyterian Church
Ward Bruce
Alan Wair
Preston
Whispering Hope
Norris Sinclair
Lorne Davidson
Donald Kirkwood
Erin United
George Scott
Erin
Padre Young
OAC
Bryan Bruce
Fardies’ Aid
George Grundy
David Stewart
Vern Stewart
Ed Stewart
S. Baldwin
George Rennick
Ancaster
Martha Jackson
Wm. Nevills
Orton
F. Johnston
Bertha Nellis
Mansell Nellis
Acton
Ross McEwan
Sandra
Carolyn
Clive Wilson
Dorothy Gemmill
Tweedsmuir Presbyterian Church
Orangeville
McEwan
Emma
Baldie
James Currie
Drumheller
Alberta
Mr. Errett
Ada Currie
Churchill United Church Celebrates 119th Anniversary Dinner
Churchill United church marked its 119th anniversary with Sunday services guest speaker Alan Neelon new minister and a turkey dinner. The Hillsburgh quartet choir and Neelon with Mrs Bud Anderson performed solos and duets. J Bennett Carlisle spoke about Flying on the Beam attendance reached 400 to 500 despite bad weather leaving only six pieces of pie and one bowl of potatoes after the meal.
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Churchill United Church
Alan Neelon
Hillsburgh
Neelon
Bud Anderson
J. Bennett
Carlisle
Acton
Georgetown
Churchill Orchestra
Charles Landsborough
William Ballentine
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Foe Pans School
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