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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Apr 26, 1945

Page

17

Obituary notices from Acton and Georgetown regions

Mary Speilvogel dies at home of her son Rudolph Speilvogel in Acton in her 61st year. Mery Darnea widow of Sutton and mother of Wilson and John P. Sutton dies aged 83. Eliza A. Cole wife of A J Lindsay dies at home. funeral Friday at 2:30 p.m. Interment at Erin Cemetery.

Button Georgetown Tuseday Mery Darnea Sutton Wilson John P. Sutton Lindsay Eliza A. Cole A. J. Lindsay Erin Cemetery

Thanking neighbors for kind acts and sympathy

Mr. and Mrs. Duncan McDougall thank neighbors and friends for many acts of kindness and thoughtful memories. Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Spellvogel express deep appreciation for the helpfulness and sympathy shown after the sudden passing of Mrs. Spellvogel.

Duncan McDougall

Victory Loan Boost Sparks Town Flags and News

Residents greet the Eighth Victory Loan with flags on Town Hall and shop fronts. Acton honors two more fallen sons as flags stage at half mast. A December storm fear spared travel, April melts worry. Posters briefly pulled down by pranks. Mrs Price reports her husband Pte Herbert Price, seriously wounded, is improving as friends share hopeful word.

Acton Freedom Herbert Price Pte Herbert Price

Burlington Scout Building Fund Reaches Five Thousand Two Hundred Seventy Two Dollars Fifty Cents

Donations to the Burlington Scout Building Fund total five thousand two hundred seventy two dollars and fifty cents. Mr and Mrs Allan S Nicholson spent the weekend in Montreal with their son Warren A Nicholson a probationary sub lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve who is taking a special course at St Hyacinthe. The Red Cross Blood Donor service marked the clinic’s second anniversary by reaching three thousand donations with thirty two donors on one afternoon. Mrs John Fleetham was named the thousandth donor.

Scout Building Fund Allan S. Nicholson Montreal Warren A. Nicholson R.C.N.V R. Warren St. Hyacinth Red Cross Burlington John Fleetham Garette

Milton honors F S Gilroy for community life in Milton district

The Milton Inn banquet last Friday evening highlighted the extensive community service of Mr. F. S. Gilroy in Milton and district. Also noted are the Golden Anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Lawrence at their son Victor’s home on April 17, and a note that Pte Reginald Gray has been wounded in action. The Eighth Victory Loan campaign began April 22 with a parade to the cenotaph, and St Paul’s United Church hosted a Dominion Council speaker Mrs W F Inglehart from Toronto for a Literature event with special choir music.

F. S. Gilroy Milton Milton’ Inn Russel Lawrence Victor Merton Arthur Bardoe Pte Reginald Gray A. E. Armstrong Women's Association St. Paul's United Church W. ‘Fp. Inglehart Toronto Dominication Council

Obituaries Report Two Local Deaths in Acton Area

Mrs Mary Spellvogel of Acton died suddenly on Thursday after a stroke while her son and wife were away in Toronto. She was a glove maker at Storey Glove Co and is mourned by a large circle, funeral at her son's Mill Street home. Walter Halton Selahman of Hamilton, former Acton resident and maintenance foreman, died at 73 after eight years of illness. He leaves a wife Miss Lillian Waldron and children Halton and Adele, with services in Hamilton and Acton and numerous relatives from Stratford to Toronto. Pallbearers included Allan Leishman and Cameron Leishman among others.

Mary Speilvogel Storwy Glove Co Rudolph Mill Street Forbes Thomson Knox Church Speilvogel Wheeler and Vern Stellinger Arnold Bros Gord. Currie Hamilton Lloyd Masalea Lantz and Sutcliffe A. McMullen Wee. Allen Rey Agnew Harvey Walters A. Kirkness Scotty Burton Teddy King The Precious Family Jack Alger Aubrey Gervate Aubrey Gervis Jesele Mastera Mra. Hilldull Knox Nessay Walter Halton Selahman Nasangaweya Township Walter Halton Mr. Selahman Acton Hamilton Hydro Electric James L. McCaig Mimico L. W. Hewitt Stratford Presbyterian Church Swackhamer Waldemar Wittama Johnstone & Rumsey Forben Thomson Guelph Kitchener Hamion Rockwood Toronto Eatrem Fairview Allan John Cameron Leishman Mesars James McCalg Sergt Allan Leishman

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