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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 14, 1961
Page
3
The Lions Club sponsored a Saturday evening dance featuring Little Daggar and the Consuls at Jack McCallum's service station. Chaperones kept order as teenagers danced under the lights, with spectators circling the event.
Holiday weekend activities include visits by Mr and Mrs Norman Turner and others across North Bay Orillia and Sarnia. A two car crash on No. Sideroad left vehicles in ditches and one in the river without injuries. Bruce Leitich returned home from Guelph hospital September 4. Funeral attendance noted for Mrs Caldwell.
Church schedule lists Anglican Trinity Sunday services September 17 1961 including Holy Eucharist Family Eucharist and Choral Eucharist with sermons. Other churches present Baptist Action service times 9 11 7 30 Wednesday prayer and Bible study. Presbyterian Knox Acton with ministerial staff and school services. evangelist events and youth club meetings. You are always welcome.
Members of the W A at Acton United Church were guests of former member Mrs W Ballentine at 57 Cambridge St Adelph for the September meeting. With President Mrs Wilderspin in charge the meeting opened with the ode and prayers. Mrs Poole led devotion. roll call used a verse with the word Honest. A lovely lunch followed and a social time ensued. The Philosophers quipped about remembering a wife’s birthday by forgetting it.
The high school night school registration night on Friday October 13 will preview more than 25 courses for the year with a lucky draw offering a free course. New offerings include Draperies and Slipcovers with Miss Jessie Merriam and Bookkeeping by Walter Pope. Elementary and Advanced Dressmaking, Tailoring, and related sewing courses are also featured with noted instructors from Guelph and Elora.
Dr J A Buchanan, Fast District Deputy Grand Master for Wellington District, received the 33rd degree at the Supreme Council annual communications in St Andrews by the Sea New Brunswick. He began masonry in 1920 with Scot Lodge 421 Grand Valley, joined Walker Lodge 321 Acton in 1934, served as Worshipful Master in 1952, and recently ended his D D G M role. He joined Scottish Rite in 1946, rose to Rose Croix the same year, and earned the 32nd degree in 1950 at Hamilton. His degree lifts Canada’s total to under 860 lodge members with such degrees.
In Court A eight charges were heard before magistrate Kenneth Langdon. Two persons paid $20 each plus $5 costs for liquor in a place other than residence. Six violators paid $42 plus $20 costs. Total fines and costs were $82.
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