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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 11, 1946
Page
12
Local notes list many Toronto visitors and returning residents including Miss Mildred Follinger Miss Fern Brown and Ernest Brown. Families such as the Rumseys Sayers and McGeadles are cited with weekend calls and furloughs. A wedding at St Pauls Manse Guelph draws kin from Acton Eden Mills and London.
Engaged couples include Helen Irene McCatg to Roy Hendrick Hansen son of Charles Parker and the late Johan Tianaen with a late April wedding planned. Hope Elizabeth Horne to Robert William McFarlane Jorne son of Robert Horne with a May wedding in Forest Ontario. Marjorie Viola Allen to John Delmer, son of Hubert dahcan, with a wedding set for April 6 at United Church Acton Ontario.
The article warns of possible crop failure this spring and summer with wheat and corn supplies already below normal. It notes dust storms in Kansas Oklahoma and Nebraska signaling moisture shortages and urges careful food saving and large garden production for the coming season.
Dr R H Montgomery recounted a luncheon with former Secretary of Agriculture Wickard who joked about Texas steaks and a Monsanto product made from wood pulp and buttermilk. He mused on broader markets for Canadian wood pulp and potential other foods, noting no mention of steak costs.
The Friendly Church in Canada names Walter Porbury BA BD as minister. Parsonage on Bower Avenue will serve as residence and base for church operations and community outreach.
On Sunday April 14 1946 the morning worship at 1 00 am features The Triumphal Entry and the Sacrament of Baptism at 3 00 pm. Sunday School and Junior Bible Class, evening worship titled The Crosses of Jesus. They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength.
At Milton Town Hall last Thursday night the Milton Canadian Club hosted service men and women of Milton and district and thanked them for their service. Rev. W. J. Johnston of Eglinton United Church delivered an inspirational half hour address.
Thirty two members attended a midweek banquet at the Rusholme Inn with a plenary meal and social remarks. Harry Hepworth and Be fountain celebrated the fifty eighth anniversary of their wedding at home on March 31 with friends dropping by to extend congratulations. The Village Reeve and Council purchased an Air Raid Precaution Fire Engine and two thousand feet of hose. A CPR train collision scare occurred on Erin Main Street last Saturday when a driver swerved to avoid a train, narrowly escaping with four people including an 18 month old baby.
A troubled gang, led by Robert after radical reading of Innocent Men by Peter Howard, abandons crime for honesty with police and school leaders. They mentor peers, engage mayors and unions, spread a patriotic handbook, and travel to Scotland to distribute Nattle Together for Britain materials.
In Winnipeg a diner faced bread limits during shortages. After initial two slices, then four, the customer complained each time. On a subsequent visit the manager cut a loaf in two, only to hear the remark that bread portions had returned to two slices.
Dorothy Wilda Anne Footitt and Vernon Reginald Kirby wed at St Alban's Church Acton on March 30. The bride wore a white gown with red rose and sweet pea bouquet, with bridesmaids in lace and headdresses. Guests from Georgetown Glen Williams Acton Aylmer and Toronto attended.
The marriage of Joan Scott Robertson to William James McKnight was solemnized at S Paula Presbyterian Church Guelph with Rev Wood Melver officiating. The bride wore a white gown with a finger tip veil and red rose bouquet, bridesmaids wore powder blue and pink, and guests came from Harriston Acton Hamilton London Eden Mille and Guelph. The couple plans a Toronto and eastern trip before settling in Acton.
London CP reports that starting next autumn England and Wales will receive a free national advisory service for farmers. The plan divides the region into eight provinces with about 1500 specialists in entomology pathology soil chemistry bacteriology nutrition animal crop poultry Brassland management machinery and buildings. County committees university staff and agricultural departments will collaborate while provincial and county experts run a network with experimental farms and horticultural stations to stimulate activity and spread knowledge.
A Rotterdam letter to Wool Combing Plant Acton Ontario requests knitted socks and wool for 80 children in a school for mentally deficient youngsters. The note describes Dutch poverty after the war and asks Acton to provide knitting wool and threads formending garments for ages 4 to 18. The letter is signed by TP Op Verburg from a Dutch school. The text also notes Western University approval of compulsory military training for first and second year students with exemptions for veterans.
Continued from page one the council approved appointing members to the Children's Aid Society. Public liability insurance with General Accident Assurance Co. at $50 premium, $100,000 and $10 coverage was set at $434.05. The court and corridors will receive repainting, a first in years, with a contract to Gordon Farlow for about $1,300. Arrangements for welcoming entrance class students from the county were left to Engineer Roy Smith as the next meeting approached.
An old timer recalls a school card titled Steward of Merit awarded for high achievement. The piece notes merit rewards in school and work, from promotions to better pay. A college dean chastises campus necking with a humorous miscommunication that provokes laughter and confusion.
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