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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 13, 1950
Page
24
Memorial lines honor Charlotte Waterhouse John W Akitt Frank Marshall and Lily Marshall. Dates April 18 1048 April 4 Mas April 21 1037. Messages express enduring love and remembrance from family members in a classic late 19th or early 20th century obituary style.
Winter lingers yet and spring seems slow to arrive. Fishing fans note the trout season begins this Saturday April Sth. Roads are improving but remain uneven and Easter services drew large crowds in town.
In Campbellville the Grace Mission Band held a Good Friday event in the Sunday School room. About sixty five mothers and daughters shared a supper then a program led by President Marilyn Moore featuring songs readings and a talk by Mrs Playford of Kitchener.
The community mourns Mia Lottie Mason who died suddenly Saturday night of a heart attack after returning home on Yredsrick Street. She and her twin Hazel were noted as accomplished musicians and active in local life, leaving brothers Bart Charles and Amos in Acton. Interment was at Fairview Cemetery with Rev. H. W. Avison leading services.
The annual meeting of the Wea pen Institute was held at Limehouse Memorial Hall. Officers were elected with Mra Smethurst as President and Mra Mell as vice president. Reports covered finances, Gardens projects, and district affairs. a dance committee, poems, and a luncheon closed the session.
Public auction at Palermo on Wednesday April to sell horses Holstein cows and heifers York sow hogs poultry and extensive farm implements. Items include several Percheron horses and standard bred stock, Holsteins, Rag Apple and Palerma line cattle, grain drill and mower, binders, cultivators, wagons, hay equipment, tools, and a 1948 herd sire. Cash settlement due sale day. no reserve. possession immediate.
A grocer jokes with his clerk about eggs being fresh. The clerk asks to feel the eggs and decide if they are cool enough to pel t. The humor hinges on testing freshness by touch and temperature.
Stocks of alfalfa clover and grass seed varieties limited sales advised. Deering tractors, trucks, thrashers and farm machinery for immediate delivery from William Couse & Sons Limited Streetville Ontario. Lost wallet reported in Watson's Dairy. finder return to owner. Sewing machines and radio service offered by local shops. trial medical offers listed.
The Township of Nassagaweya invites tenders for painting and redecorating the interior of the Township Hall at Brookville Campbellville Ontario. Tenders must be delivered to the Clerk no later than April 29. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. L. W. McMillan Clerk.
Notice to creditors and others claims against the estate of Eliabeth Joe late of Acton Halton widow who died about November 25 19 09 must be filed with solicitor on or before April 22 1960 after which date the estate will be distributed only to those claims filed The notice is dated Acton Ontario April 1 1930 and lists C F Saeatherland as solicitor for the executors
The Mackenzie residence showcases a new fuel furnace system that burns cheaper small fuel and burns efficiently, with complete unit priced at 550 dollars including thermostatic controls. The Lake Avenue house is open for demonstrations by local workers. Home and School invites residents to a square dance at the Y on Monday night.
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