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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Apr 17, 1952

Page

4

Easter Weekend Notes Reach Acton Area

Residents and visitors celebrated Easter across Ontario towns. Many relatives, friends and travelers from Guelph, Toronto, London, Huntsville, and New York visited Acton and nearby communities. Families gathered in Preston, Stratford, Strathroy, and Dundalk for holidays and familial reunions.

Easter Knox YPS meeting covers two topics

The Knox YPS Easter meeting in the Sunday school room was led by Inez McLellan with assistors Diane Dawkins and Shirley Wilson. Rev. Armstrong spoke on a new covenant, Babe Roszell sang, and McLellan led a second topic on The Word becomes Flesh followed by a question period. Doug Davidson opened the business session, 19 answered roll call, announcements were made, and Rev. Armstrong gave the benediction.

Knox Roh. Armnstrong

Public Auction at Eden Mills by Jim Mack

Instructions from Jim Mack sell by public auction at his Eden Mills home on Saturday April 26 starting 2 00 PM. Items include living room furniture dining set kitchen ware tools and appliances with cash on day of sale and no removal until settled. Rain date under cover. owner relocating to Minnesota. Auctioneers Ley and Elliott contact numbers 1913 Rockwood and 1771 Milton.

Jim Mack Eden Mills Krocehler Clare Kelvinator Coffield Airways Singer Minnesota Ley and Elliott Rockwood

Rockwood Ladies Aid April Tea features Mrs Stamill speaker

Mrs Stamill of Rockwood was guest speaker at the April Tea sponsored by the Ladies Aid held at Mire. J. A. Bulloch’s home. her travelogue delighted attendees. A salad luncheon with maple syrup and buckwheats concluded the event. Multiple local residents and visitors from Preston Guelph London Owen Sound Newton Robinson Niagara Falls and Toronto were noted visiting or staying with relatives over Easter weekend.

Donna Kimball Jack Mainprize HL Mainprize John Alun Sgt Earl Ryder Japan North Koreas Jeasse Walker Acton Guelph General Hagpital J. Torrance Sirra Torrance Vancouver T.C Wilds Douglan Wilds Carolyn Wilds Vineland Apent James Wilds George Bayne Rockwood Norman Burns Georgetown M. F. Burns Lucienne Marcoux Ruby Smith May Dyrin Olga Dyrin Eveleen Braida New York City Helen Somerville Misa Betty Lawson Jacqueline Watkins Marjorie Paris Toronto Forman Lawrence Iamilton Byron Lawrence Beryl Etinger M. Shearer Wm. Stodbertson Northern Ireland Alex Tovell Owen Sound David Stewart Henry Klooster Newton Robinson Klooster Kilooster Se G. Sunter Arnold Sunter Niagara Falls Jean Howard Stan Stainton Helen Woodhouse D. G. Robertson Brian Doris Fines Norman McKenzie O. A.C

Easter family visits noted in Acton and Markham

Marilyn joined her mother Mrs A Young in Acton for Easter. Mr and Mrs Tom Wragg and their children spent the weekend with relatives at Markham.

James Taylor Guelph J. R. MacArthur Johnny London Marilyn A. Young Acton Tom Wragg Markham

Weeds Threaten Electric Fence Effectiveness

Weeds allowed to touch and grow into the electric fence ground the system and reduce its ability to deliver shocks. Authority warns property owners to clear vegetation to maintain proper fencing performance.

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