Y’s Men to Paint Y Gymnasium This Week
Members of the Y's Men's club will begin painting the gymnasium this week. A new basketball hoop has been installed at one end and a second hoop will wait until the first is fully removed or breaks.
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 27, 1955
Page
16
Ospringe Parents Hear Dr Norman High On Modern Problems
The Ospringe Home and School Association opened its fall season with Dr. Norman High outlining modern parental challenges at Ospringe school. Teachers Mrs Royce and Mrs Rathburn attended. Byron Bruce led thanks as Mrs Norman MacKenzie played piano. Coffee and sandwiches followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Robertson
Norman High
OAC
Royce
Rathburn
Byron Bruce
Norman MacKenzie
Engagement of Barbara Anne Marshall and Marshall Arthur Paul
The engagement is announced of Barbara Anne Marshall granddaughter of Mr and Mrs A F Marshall R R 4 Acton to Marshall Arthur Paul son of the late Mr William Paul and Mrs Paul of Acton. The wedding will occur in Acton United Church on Saturday November 19 at 3 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Anne Marshall
A. F. Marshall
R.R
Acton
Marshall Arthur Paul
William Paul
District Farms Change Hands in Local Transfers
Messrs. Herbert and Ross McEwan bought the farm on the third line behind their place from Hugh Reid. The column notes various local visits, moves, and family updates including Gordon Fisher in Noranda, the Dickie family, and others. corrections were issued for Bert Robertson's earlier prize counts at the Provincial Playing Match. Gift demonstration hosted by Mrs. Murd McCutcheon featured Mrs. Earl Barber with refreshments afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Herbert
Ross McEwan
Hugh Reid
F. Fisher
Gordon Fisher
Noranda
Jerry
Don Dickieson
Guelph
Shertock
Texas
Gordon Aitken
Ross Ferguson
Guelph Hospital
Thomas Fries
Cy de Vries
George Young
Marilyn
Acton
Stan Fuller
Bert Robertson
Bert
Murd McCutcheon
Earl Barber
Roy. Tinney
Fall Thankoffering Meeting Hosts New Pharmacist Don Pollard
LIMEHOUSE Synodical President guest speaker Mrs. A. 8. Carr told Fall Thankoffering attendees they are either missionaries or the mission field and urged giving through missionaries and cooperation. Twenty seven ladies attended at Mrs. Benton’s home. Pollard, a 1952 Ontario College of Pharmacy graduate, joined Cooper's Drug Store. Sympathy notes extended to the Gordon and Lindsay families after recent deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Pollard
Ontario College of Pharmacy
Cooper's Drug Store
Mr. Pollard
Button
Weston
Benton
A. 8. Carr
Toronto
Synodical
Christ
Mra. Sanford
Lindsay
J. R. Lindsay
Limehouse
Campbellville Family Returns Home After Canal City Visit
Mrs Archie Fowler and Kiehke Jr of Edinburgh Scotland left Guelph Junction station with Elmer Blacklock and friends after a four month visit with daughter Mrs James Wallace of Campbellville. They toured Forest New York City Laurentians Rochester Sauble Beach Hamilton and Guelph and saw two Ontario championship games. Farewell dinner at Wallace home preceded their voyage on Empress of France to Edinburgh with the Princess Royal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie-Fowler
Kiehke Jr
Edinburgh
Scotland
Guelph Junction
CPR
Dtation
Elmer Blacklock
James Wallace
Campbellville
Forest
New York City
Laurentian Mountains
Rochester
N.Y
Sauble Beach
Hamilton
Guelph
Ontario
Damage to St John’s vestry window and Halloween pranks
Over the past week youths damaged a church vestry window at St John’s. Small stones were found by the caretaker Richard Harris as he prepared the furnace for the afternoon service. The incident was reported to John Lloyd and investigated by a village constable with an Ontario Provincial Police member. Earlier, Halloween pranks involved soap or wax on the town hall telephones. Also, congratulations to Arthur Bolton and Marie Beatrice Allan on their Saturday Presbyterian church wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St John’s Church
Richard Harris
John Lloyd
Harry Edwards
OPP
Hallowe'en
Town Hall
Arthur Bolton
Marie Beatrice Allan
Presbyterian
Thanksgiving Topic For Knox W.M.S. Meeting Honors Prayer
The Evening Auxiliary met at Mrs. C. Leishman’s home for an October session with 24 members and four visitors. Mrs. George Musselle led a program on Thanksgiving and prayer, with readings, a coronation of the year theme from Psalm 116, and a three part meditation on prayer ending with A Time to Pray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Leishman
George Musselle
R. Turner
H. L. Berne
James Inglis
Jesus
Geo. Musselle
Inglis
Guelph
Knox Church
Clifton
J. van Fleet
Earl Marshall
Night school starts with basic English class
The high school offers a Basic English course taught by Oscar TL Drijber with about 20 students attending the Monday evening sessions from 7 to 9 p.m. The class runs each week and features a single instructor from the high school staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. Drijber
Oscar TL. Drijber
Sunshine Evening at Halton Centennial Manor
Sunshine Club members from First Baptist Georgetown entertained residents Tuesday October 14 with slides by Rev. A J Barker and a sacred song quartet. Mrs Clarke thanked the guests and invited a return visit. Also on October 23 Rev J L Blair led Sunday service with Mrs Foster and Donald Wilson assisting on flute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halton Centennial Manor
Sunshine Club
First Baptist Church
Georgetown
A. J. Barker
Clarke
Norma Thompson
Barker
Banff
Lake Louise
Vancouver
Victoria
Jesus
KE. Thompson
Wm. Reeve
Ro Buttrey
J. Emmerson
P. Clappis
J. L.blair
St Paul's United Church
Milton
K. Foster
Donald Wilson
Donald
Foster
God
Funeral Thursday for Andrew Buchanan Sr.
Funeral service held at Rumnecy Funeral Home Acton for Andrew Buchanan Sr who died Sunday at his son William's home. Born 1892 in Scotland he married Margaret Carroll in 1911 and later settled in Acton. Survived by wife two sons Andrew Jr and William a daughter Margaret and others including siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rumnecy
Acton
Andrew Buchanan Sr
R H Armstrong
Fairview
Buchanan
William
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