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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 05, 1945
Page
5
A stream of Easter visitors and servicemen calls filled Acton over the holiday weekend. Local families hosted relatives from Toronto, Hamilton, Oshawa, Guelph and Simcoe, while several service members returned home for Easter from Trenton Camp Orden Debert and overseas, with news of recoveries and reunions.
Family and friends of Mr and Mrs Wm Service gathered over the weekend to celebrate their thirtieth wedding anniversary with gifts and praise. Guests came from Milton Kitchener Campbellville Esquesing Streetaville and Dadnock. A visiting list included Doreen Job, Eleanor Davenport, and Mrs. June Evans.
Morning Worship on April 8 includes The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. Sunday School and Bible Class at 3 0 pm followed by Evening Worship and Young People's Service with Rev T G Morren. Preparatory Service April 5 with Rev John K R Wardle and baptismal rite on Sunday April 9.
The notice lists services and events for the First Sunday after Easter at 10:00 am Holy Eucharist and instruction, 11:00 am Beginner's Department, 7:00 pm Evensong and sermon The Restoring of Life. A Joint Young People's Meeting is set for Tuesday evening April 7 at 7:20 pm in St. Than's Parish Hall.
Sunday services listed for April 8 1945 include morning at 11 2090 am and evening at 1215 pm plus Sunday School at 130 pm with morning service and evening service indicated and pastor Reverend W. H. Wallace noted as pastor
The House of Commons laughed as Home Secretary Morrison read from a Lancashire police poster of the mid 19th century listing 22 maxims. It urged constables to avoid altercation maintain temper, never bow down in public, spend spare time reading and improving the mind, and warned that ignorance blocks promotion.
Victoria Canada report notes Daisy the dog saved five year old Tommy Bourne from a street truck but the dog died instantly after pushing him from danger. Witness Wit Nesson recounts the moment and the tragedy.
Ontario enjoys an unseasonably warm spell with early spring planting in Kent County and Niagara buds. Hydro rates drop for rural areas as a $63 million postwar electrification plan aims to bring power to 85 percent of farms and create 7,329 rural miles of lines serving 57,900 new customers including 32,000 farmers. Veterans Land Act holdings spur suburban plots. 30,000 veterans expected to be interested though only 60 have settled so far.
Guelph residents Doris Ruby Dick inson and Patsy Dick inson spend the Easter holidays with grandparents Mr and Mrs Rubert Fisher. George Robertson and others attend a Malton RCAF wings ceremony joined by family and friends. Visitors include Mrs S E Grundy, Mr and Mrs George Grundy, and Mrs Lilian Sunter. Facts note Easter travel and local social touches in Ontario communities.
The Georgetown community notes a soldier named Ed Shortill returning from overseas to Toronto Union Station last week. Also reported is the death of Cpl Carl Alfred Hyde in Germany, with sympathy extended to his wife Agnes Staley and their children Anne and Rodney, and to his parents Mr and Mrs Hyde. A Red Cross campaign has $5,500 subscribed, and a Bequeathing Agricultural Society event in Norval Parish Hall featured euchre and a dance. Captain J Y Fraser spoke at United Church Sunday evening.
Indications show Red Cross subscriptions approaching 14000 in the Burlington district, a record. The Burlington Business Men's Association met at Coronation hotel for a luncheon. Harvey Ireland, son of Mr and Mrs Ireland, Locust Street, returned from overseas and was wounded at Dieppe. Ontario Gift Guide Commission in Toronto awarded Lionel W. Millen a service medal of merit. the ship’s company will report to the Duke at 1900 and join Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps for a parade led by Angus J. MacDonald and Admiral Jones.
Mr and Mrs Wm A Frank announce the engagement of their daughter Dorothy to James Edward Q Rourke son of Mr Sourke Speyside and the late H O Rourke Mr and Mrs Albert G Fryer announce the engagement of their daughter Fern Dorlas to Rim Charles Albert Shullis son of Mr and Mrs Albert Shultla Rook wood The wedding is planned for April.
The Quarterly Bulletin of Agricultural Statistics notes changes in Western Canada as farmers shift from dairy to beef to adapt to a profitable 1944 grain harvest. Dairy herds decline on some farms and plans to expand cattle for beef gain pace, signaling reduced milk output and wider impact in the coming winter period.
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