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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 17, 1952
Page
16
Reports from Acton note Easter activities, Good Friday hikes, and spring signs with schools and churches planning events. Local life includes letters about 4 H clubs, Rotary talks, dog leash rules, and junior farmers’ leadership, while weather and seasonal decor appear in shops.
Community events in Rockwood include Easter services at Sacred Heart and St John’s with Archdeacon MacIntosh officiating and a church pageant by the United Church Young People’s Union. Firefighters attended a sprain farm blaze, and mourners gathered for the Thomas McMitchell funeral at Victoria Rumley Funeral Home.
Spring is here and J B Mackenzie and Son invites readers to view their assortment of building plans and supplies for summer cottages or new homes. The note reminds readers it is not too late to help Crippled Children.
The March meeting of Bajlina A A was hosted by Mrs R McEnery. Mrs F Smith led worship with a verse on unity and kinship of all peoples. Ephesians 2 11 22 was read and temperance notes from Youth Questions Alcohol were given by Mrs Jesse McEnery. Mrs F J Shortill spoke on Chinese and Japanese hardships in the war era. Books read and visits to the sick were noted.
A jumble of community notices lists events on various dates including October 25 Bazaar by Legion Auxiliary April 9 Scout paper collection April 24 Euchre night April 26 and 28 events, May 3 5 8 and 18 theatre and dance nights with prices and venues. names of organizers and locations such as Legion Hall YMCA Packer floor and Stewarttawna Hall appear alongside theatre and garden events in Acton and Limehouse.
Births and deaths items list names McKeown Folster Gilad Jones and others with dates and places in Guelph Peterborough Acton Manitoulin plus tender memorials and thanks to friends and relatives for sympathy after a recent bereavement with church and hospital references and local services noted.
In memoriam notices for Charlotte Waterhouse and William Alexander Frank honor a mother and father who passed in April. The family members Dorothy, Jim, and Frank speak of remembrance and enduring love with poetic verses and faith.
Classified listing of multiple for sale items including a manure delivery service, stoves, Premier raspberry plants, farm tools and equipment, hay and straw, gravel and cement, a Ford tractor with loader for hire, a coal and wood range, a McCormick threshing machine, a brick house for sale, Chev pickup, oats, bedroom set, baby chicks, and general farm products. Listings note contact names and local phone numbers.
Thompson's Poultry Farm and Hatchery in Georgetown Ontario announces reduced prices on quality chicks through May 1. Leghorn and Barred Rock mixes available. pullets and cockerels priced per 100 with discounts after May 2. orders should be placed three weeks ahead.
A local supplier offers a complete line of building supplies with a satisfaction guarantee. They invite customers to visit and discuss their needs for a worry free project.
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