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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 02, 1945
Page
17
A list of memory notices for family members and veterans. Entries mention Anne May Martin, Irwin Wolfsch, Albert Blakey, Cecil le Ro, Annie Sagaskie, Mary Sagaskie, Frank Sagaskie, and Perry man family, with dates of death or service in France Normandy 1944 1945 and August dates, all in Toronto area.
Pte Herb Woods thanks the Acton and Vicinity War League and friends for parcels and letters sent from overseas. Mr Wm Bracen and family express gratitude to neighbors and friends for kindness and sympathy during illness and bereavement of a wife and mother.
August reports point to a bumper wheat harvest with yields expected near a bushel per acre on many farms. The community notes Campbellville and Acton activities include a Strathden shipboard returnee son of Mr and Mrs Howles and a drawing night winner Dot Ingles winning a handmade pillow slip prize. Stores plan a one week closure for holidays impacting shopper access next week.
John Youart Norritt a Nassagaweya pioneer and farmer died at St Joseph's Hospital after a long illness. Born December 18 1841 he lived in Nassagaweya before moving to Guelph. Survived by widow two daughters Grace and Edith two sons Arthur and Stanley five grandchildren. Funeral at Ebenezer Church interment Ebenezer Cemetery.
Reports from Paris note Laval sought in Spain after German collapse as French authorities pursue his return for trial by August. In London John Amery faces high treason charges for urging British POWs to join German forces. Potsdam observers expect the Big Three conference to conclude by Thursday with President Truman to meet King George aboard the Renown.
Canada's first postwar major labor dispute shows progress as the United Packinghouse Workers of America and Canada Packers Swift Canadian and Pat Burns unions near a three man arbitration commission. About 5 300 workers strike across Toronto Peterborough Winnipeg and other cities with 1 200 employers voting in sympathy. Toronto production losses risk meat shortages, while Ontario plans expansion reflecting British investment in Victory Aircraft plant at Malton and growing industrial ties.
Premier George Drew and much of his cabinet will head a delegation to the Dominion prov ince conference opening August 6 in Ottawa. Each province with a Dominion government representative will sit on four committees created to handle conference business. Each minister will be accompanied by his deputy and department officials. The conference is expected to run a week to 10 days.
Notice to creditors and others in the matter of the estate of Jamece Mills deceased of Acton Halton County requires all parties to file particulars and proofs by August eleventh in the year one thousand nine hundred forty five. The assets will be distributed among those legally entitled according to the will or law and the undersigned solicitor Leatherland Acton Ontario solicitor for Margaret May McArthur and Frederick McCutcheon executors.
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