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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 24, 1919
Page
6
A local salon lists charges for life events including births marriages and deaths. Memorial cards and local occasion fees are noted with per item pricing. The notice compiles services offered under Nirthe at 600 and references additional costs for poems.
Easter holidays are celebrated by pupils and teachers while local farms and gardens bustle. The Maple sugar season ends early this year and butter markets vary. Church services were impressive and business streets prepare for spring cleaning as inspectors plan sanitary rounds.
A long list of returning servicemen from overseas including Fred W. Lawn and others in Esquealag is noted. Local reactions urge a reception committee in each ward to honor these soldiers and avoid public disappointment.
George Oaken fell from a chair while arranging articles at GNA Toys causing shoulder injuries requiring two doctors. Willan Warrin supervised the erection of a weather proof pavilion on vacant ground near the Speer river bank for outdoor meetings with support from the agricultural society.
Mr John Campbell of the Qurd Tne remodels his barn. Mize Ada Curtie has gone to Guelph to take a position in the Children Shelter. Mr Weasley McLean of Guelph spent Easter at his home here. Mr J Stewart attended the Canurat of his noles Bro Waterworth at Hiamston last week. Mr Hoy Tinney of the town due and Bilas Hallo McCutcheon married on Wednesday the 16th. Mr Lindsay of Erin emilating. A reception and shower by local youth last evening. Hindley family gathered at Mr Noy Hindley’s home for a pleasant reunion.
A Presbyterian congregation at Limehouse introduced the church hymnal last Sunday, praising the new book as a help for many congregations. A happy visit occurred at Vehe Trout Ponds when Sapper P. J. O'Leary and family met Mr and Mrs McEvoy. O'Leary served in WWI, was wounded and gassed, and had traveled through England Ireland Scotland and Wales on leave.
The Erin church services will be at three in the afternoon and seven thirty in Belfountain. The Wilsburg Dramatic Club will present The Dust of the Earth at the Town Hall on Wednesday night, April 23. Mrs Green returns from Toronto with her son and daughter in law, Mr and Mrs Rolf Groan, who spent Easterboro. The old town pump near the Queen's Hotel has been closed, causing hardship. Pte Walter Ycott, son of Mr and Mrs G T Hsott, returned home after enlisting in 1917 with the Hamilton Mounted Rifles. Pte Percy Arnott arrived home from active service. he is one of four Arnott sons. T J Brown, a druggist, plans a brick residence on Martin Street. Mr W 2 Clements' son, eight, recovering from pneumonia and pleurisy. Miss Jean Panton hospitalized in Toronto for pneumonia with pleurisy. Sergt Chas Roper, KC A, returned from British Columbia. Milton Bible Society reports 149.50 valued year. 9.45 contributed by townsfolk. rest sent abroad. A J Homatree sold his Milton fruit farm to a Toronto buyer and bought W W Forster’s brick dwelling south of town, moving in this week. H O Smart, former Farmers Bank agent, returns to Toronto after 33 months overseas service, bringing a Scotch companion with a V A D Champion.
Mrs. James led the Easter sermon in Nockwood during her husband Hav W. James absence. Several guests and families, including Toronto visitors and Acton residents, spent Easter at local homes while others attended services and shared holiday greetings.
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