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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 30, 1942
Page
5
Furloughs and weekend visits fill a Canadian community pages. Roas Swackhamer rests at home while Miss Lucy Edwards visits Toronto, and Miss Etta Dills stays in Toronto. Numerous relatives travel between Bracebridge Comber Guelph Hamilton and London for family reunions and gatherings amid wartime life.
Refuge for migratory birds peaks as hunting season opens. Ducks and Canada Geese flock to Clarke's Pond and Rustica Island marshes within Prince Edward Island National Park while wardens guard against disturbance. National parks protect bird life. Canada also runs Migratory Birds Convention Act sanctuaries.
Fragmentary text notes long range batteries across the English Channel and shells being fired. Mentions WHO and time references but details are unclear.
A Zurich dispatch to the Standard states Paris will issue ration cards for all horses cows and goats. Ration size for the 15 000 horses depends on the work each animal performs.
Windsor reports the Thomas Gray Memorial Trust prize of 50 dollars, or 225 dollars in some accounts, awarded to T E Metcalf for inventing a protective suit for shipwrecked seamen.
A quiet ceremony at Sacred Heart Rectory conducted by Ree P L O'Brien united Audrey Ethel McComb and Balconi McComb Balconi of Graeton with Miss Lorna Baleoni and Gr Daly as attendants. A reception followed at the Royal Hotel and the couple left for a wedding trip to eastern Ontario.
Council discussed street gravelling and water extension to a new residence site. A Main Street work approval request from Bell Telephone Co. and public toilet changes at the VA hospital were reviewed. YMC A board funding, park roof repairs, and gravel for park and bathing bench roads were planned. The council endorsed a Reserve Army recruitment drive and approved a new Town Hall flag. Firecracker by law enforcement was authorized with prosecutions for violations.
A social evening at Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Johnston’s home celebrated the marriage of Burt Sayers Oshawa and his bride. Neighbors and friends gave gifts a program featured violin, song, and readings, and Earl Sayers offered thanks for the kindness and gifts.
The article describes a night event where Toronto Maple Leafs goalie Turk Broda presenting to winning hockey teams from the Y's M C A league. Acton Y M C A plans a banquet with meals and games, highlighting physical education goals and social development within the Y M C A framework.
A Winnipeg girl subscribed to a magazine and donated her copy to a soldiers relief organization. The issue traveled to Naval Vessels Reading Service then Canadian YMCA War Services and an Air Force hospital where patients shared it. Veterans report its valuing widespread aid and memory.
Ruth Henrietta Moore daughter of Elwood Moore and Victor Edward Solman wed in Knox College Chapel Toronto with Father Philip Duncan officiating. Attendant Mrs Carleton Sandros wore delphinium blue and carried sweet peas and Queen Mary roses. Reception at bride’s home followed by dance at Royal York Hotel with wedding party and guests in summer attire.
The shipwreck suit by Thomas Metcalfe OBSE is a two piece yellow rubberized outfit with hood and coat designed for lifeboats or rafts. It weighs 50 pounds and includes a collar light and ten hour watertight battery. Metcalfe earned the Society of Arts prize for navigation aids, with a history linked to maritime safety and the Gray family.
Ottawa humor turns to a running joke about the wartime Prices and Trade Board as observers compare it to a gathering of the clans. Chairman Donald Gordon, an Aberdonian, leads a board where five of nine members bear Scottish names including W. O. Gordon and Bryce Stewart.
London dispatch reports Lady Phillips Kina, widow of Admiral Sir From Phillips, learning her eldest son John F. Browning of the Sherwood Foresters Regiment is missing after the battles near the Prince of Wales and Nepalese coast. The admiral commanded the Eastern Fleet and was lost in action.
Admiral Sir Dudley North age 61 of Britain is placed on the retired list after accompanying the King and Queen on their Empress of Australial visit to Canada and the United States.
Britain through the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is sending veterinary gear and medicines to the Soviet Veterinary Corps. The appeal raises £100,000 to cover current needs and future orders as Russia relies on horses in its war effort.
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