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Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Apr 11, 1918

Page

3

Springtime notes mix charity drive and local notices

An April scene mixes spring musings with civic and social items. A Orangeville man faces a fine for a license lapse. charity drives for patriotism and Red Cross are underway. council plans cemetery garden plots at Elora. school exam results span multiple grades. local sales and property transfers appear amid community chatter.

Orangeville Mitton Anderpon Wurm Press Canada Mina Advts A Fora Press Elora

Local Red Cross Shipments and Community News

Red Cross reports bulk shipments including 86 personal items 18 handkerchiefs and 331 bandages sent to Toronto and France. Memorial notes praise Chancellor Burwash of Victoria University Toronto. Community items cover a theft and local fire incidents plus union church services and civic cleanup efforts in Acton.

Red Cross Sted Cross Apmng Seana Corp Toronto Boya France Burwash Large Rav Burwasd Mmerttun Victoria University Burwanh Burwanh Wan Victoria College

Dr Anderson Wins Halton Dominion Election Vote Total

Official Halton results from December 17 report Dr Anderson with 2770 votes, 738 for Goldiers, and 38 for Mr Gregory. Complete figures show Dr Anderson leading, with party and regional totals noted for Britain, North America, and Europe as contextual references.

Goldiers Gregory Halton Aniterson Wilitary N. America U. Kingdom Europa Don't

Neighborhood News from Town and Country Highlights Local Life

Local notes report visits among residents in Guelph and Acton, farm trades in Erin, and arrivals back home from Florida and Toronto. Dairymen sell milk locally while bulk shippers to Toronto earn higher prices. The Red Cross supplied comfort items to soldiers and a village store offers land for vege table raising adjacent to the station.

C. 1. It W. A. Chapman Omeer Milton Win. Hows Mina Tidwa Toronto J. 8 McConnell Jack Florida James Preston Wornby Charles Streat J. Hilty Hnnah W Hardworth Oshawa C. P. Ro Erin Newton Smith

Municipal Grant Adjusts Free Library Board Funding

The council approved a grant of 1 mill on the plate to support the Free Library Board and discussed a by law submission to Hahhia factory reconstruction after a woollen mill fire. Mrs C G Cline of Kamtoopa H C visited with her two sons and Councillor Rush’s son Martin Rush fractured his leg in a fall. He was taken to the Toronto General Hospital.

Free Library Board Mra A. Willson iMss Mary Wilson Florida Odn Carl Adams Norval Prggpyterian C. G. Cline Kamtoopa H. C Robert Jumen Baptist Parsonage Joan H. Corks Martin Rush Joseph Rush Toronto General Hospital Herald

Local notices from Shampton and district church convention

Misuea Verna and Vera Bratt and Mins Dorothy Locke return to Shampton after Exster holidays. Rev Dr McArthur of Niagara-on-the-Lake buys farm near Carwhin and plans to relocate with his family. Ebenezer Church hosts a Guelph district Sunday School Institute next Wednesday with speakers from Acton to Toronto. Red Cross fundraising cuts across community with $120 raised.

Misuea Verna Vera Bratt Dorothy Locke Shampton Thonezor Dr. McArthur Niagara-on the-Lake Donaven Carwhin McArthur Yes Corwhin Ebenezer Church Guelph Diatrict Bunday School Institute John Marshall Ebenezer School R. Ki Large Dalegaton Inides

Farewell to Ina and Ira Vannatter family in Batlinafad church

Mr and Mrs Ira D Vannatter and household have moved from Batlinafad to Georgetown after a long period of service. A farewell gathering at the Methodist Church honored their teaching choir and Sunday School work with prayers, a purse of tokens, and thanks for their faithfulness and Christian leadership.

Theo Milton Presbyterian Methodist Paster Mackay Draper Ina J. Vampatter Blean Streetsville Georgetown Methodist Church Ira D. Vannatter Batlinafad Brother Ira Slater Vannatier Myra Vannatter Roy Vannatter Miles Mary Vannatter Earl Vannatter Uriely

Knitters Compete at Red Cross Knitting Contest

In a Red Cross knitting competition concluded on a Thursday evening in March the captains Mrs Marshall and Mrs Ernest Gowland led teams. Forty pairs of soda were knitted and Mrs Gowland’s aide produced twenty two pairs. Mrs Marshall donated her remaining items to friends and the champion was announced.

Marnhalls Anh Barshall Ernest Gowland Gowland Marnhall Vupper

Farm for sale near Agton with stock and implements

Auction listing for a 60 acre farm near Agton within walking distance of Grand Trunk and a high school. Includes 10 dairy cows, farm tools, a nine room brick home, ploughing done, sandy loam soil, berries, orchard, two springs, a 48 by 64 bank barn and stabling. Total price 7350 for the farm and 1300 for stock and implements. sale to wind up estate, immediate.

Agton Grand Trunk Chinguacousy Township Echooity Mile Mona Road New Warane Ben Ous Ucrea

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