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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 01, 1948
Page
8
Column lists births marriages and deaths with memoriam notes per line. Includes brief notices and genealogical references for local readers.
The clipping lists obituary-like notices for Richard McDonald with reference to the Macdonald family, and multiple memorial verses for John W Akitt, Mary Ann Fryer, and a wife and mother, noting dates and enduring remembrance by spouses and families.
The family of Ernest E. Harrop expresses grateful appreciation for acts and expressions of sympathy during their bereavement. Mrs Norman McEachern extends sincere thanks to friends for cards fruit flowers and candy during her stay at Toronto Hospital.
Snowdrops bloom and caution marks April Fools as Acton and district roads face repairs. The hockey train to Hespeler sets the evening mood while Acton Tanners eye another finals run. Wartime housing adds five tenants including Holmes Elliott Peel Moyse, and Angus Kennedy of Chapple's Book Store is elected president of the Guelph Retail Merchants Association.
As seed exports loosen after wartime controls farmers should buy 1948 seeding needs now. Canadian registered and certified seed has strong export demand in the United States and some regions faced poor crops last year, so timely orders help secure desired grades and varieties.
Citizens express sympathy to E E Harrop family on the March 21 death of wife and mother Kathleen Harrop. A St Joseph’s Acton parishioner and Ladies Altar Society officer, she is survived by husband E E Harrop and five children, with services in Detroit and burial at Mt Olivet Cemetery.
A London Ontario business summary from nine firms shows total 16,921,375 dollars in sales for Empire Brass Manufacturing, Dennistee, White and Sons, Holeproof Hosiery, Kelvinator, London Concrete Machinery, Richards Wilcox, Scott McHale, Spartan. Labor receives fifteen times capital and taxes, with reinvestment to expand.
Robert C. Smellie, president of the National Dairy Council of Canada, discusses post decontrol gains from June to 1947 end. Milk butter and evaporated milk rise while cheese remains minimal due to export contracts, urging timely policy clarity and industry self-reliance.
Canadian Grocer reports hens near Warwick Queensland Australia lay colored eggs this Easter after a mulberry tree overhanging the poultry yard caused the unusual production. The phalanger triggered the berries leading to color results including cyclamen and mauve with scented printing sales developing.
Love of country is a high virtue guiding service and courage in war and campaign. It also inspires citizens to endure wartime hardships with resolve and to uplift the nation. Love of the home town prompts interest in community progress and a sense of pleasure in returning home.
A miscellaneous Acton area classified list offers items for sale including a seven room house on Lake Avenue, farm tools, hay and oats, building lumber, a young four month old Short Horn bull, seed oats and barley, a Bray Hatchery shipment notice, farm grasses and clovers, various tractors and farm equipment, a brick semi detached house with modern amenities for immediate occupation, and a large Acton property description with detailed interior features and a detached brick garage. The notices include contact names, locations such as Erin Town Line, Streetsville, Acton, Georgetown, and phone numbers for inquiries.
Multiple small ads offer janitor and housework jobs at home offices. Calves wanted. free pickup for dead animals. test service offered. Men wanted for a work-from-home business opportunity with vehicle routes and selling, mailing address in Montreal.
Lost 1 ft jogging chain south of Acton last Wednesday. Phone 23. Lost license plates No 6WUKS and 261480. Owners may reclaim by paying ad costs at Free Press Office. Lost wool gabardine coat from Hespeler dance, returned to Mrs S Clarke 1141 Hamilton St Preston or Acton 2097.
The Underaigned sell by Public Auction from JAS McGREGOR at Lot 29 Can 3 on the Third Line Eramona two miles NE of Speed side four miles south of the dam on Tuesday April 1918 at 2 PM. Cattle include Shorthorns and Reds with calves, several cows springing or in calf, numerous Helfers with calves. Bulls and young stock listed with registration eligibility. Implements to be sold with cattle. Terms cash. Auctioneers Hindley and Elliott. W Greive clerk.
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