Easter Visitors Pack Town with Guests from Far Off
Dozens of residents and friends arrive for Easter week end visits. Many come from Toronto Hamilton Guelph Ottawa and Kingston to stay with local families and attend Good Friday events.
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 25, 1946
Page
5
Dozens of residents and friends arrive for Easter week end visits. Many come from Toronto Hamilton Guelph Ottawa and Kingston to stay with local families and attend Good Friday events.
On Sunday April 28 worship services begin at 11 a.m. with guest speaker Royal Moulton from the Ontario Temperance Federation. An afternoon Sunday School follows and at 7 p.m. the Evening Worship features a Young People's Service and a presentation of the motion picture The Brain That Counts. They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength.
The Church of St Alban the Martyr lists services for Sunday April 2 1946 including 8 20 am Holy Communion 10 am Church School 12 pm Holy Eucharist and Sermon 12 15 pm Senior Classes and 7 pm Evensong and Sermon by Rev SH Brownley.
News notes from Nassagaweya and area report Matthew Jobje in Milton Hospital and the measles illness of Mrs. Walter Freeman and baby Carol. Obituary for Mr. William Frank of Acton. funeral at Dan. Busy House Club April meeting at Stephen Coxe's home with twelve members. Welcome home for Pte Norman Wallace from overseas. Donations to Save the Children Fund, Canerr Foundation, Red Cross. Various social visits, school holidays, and quilting activities. Burquitlam fire destroys incubators, brooders, and many chickens at M Kle nck’s farm.
A clearing sale of furniture and household effects from MRM RORT SHAW will be held at her home at Victoria and Queen Streets Acton Ontario on Saturday April 4 starting at two o'clock. Terms cash. Auctioneer Boy 42-2 Hindley.
Holiday visitors to Limehouse include families and friends from Toronto Hamilton Leamington and Montreal with reunions held for Mr and Mrs A W Lane before their move to Montreal. The Girls Lookout Club met at Shirley Wright’s home and Easter activities at Limehouse Memorial Hall and Limehouse Presbyterian Church included speakers and soloists.
The Girls' Auxiliary honored Miss Delaine Gibbons at the Rectory to mark her completion of a home nursing course given by Miss Gibbons. In appreciation she received a pair of gloves from President Miss Joan Jolley on behalf of the members.
William Gilroy offers farm auction on May 4 1946 at 1 30 pm featuring horses cows steers geese hay implements wagons farming gear and a Melotte cream separator. Terms cash to reserve as proprietor due to ill health. Auctioneer WM A Gibson Guelph 743W.
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