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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 06, 1953
Page
5
The passage notes the House of Commons as the supreme power in the United Kingdom and jokes about its power to declare war or abolish the monarchy. It also comments on Canada’s forest product exports, summer apparel, and Roy's Taxi delivery division noting three cars and two direct lines for rapid service.
Personal notes list multiple visits and holidays from May to August. Families from Acton Galt Toronto Stayner Montreal Buffalo New York Port Dover Pine Beach Lake Simcoe Wasaga Beach and Kingston visit relatives and friends in Acton Preston Wingham Tara North Bay Huntsville Orillia Chatham Bronte parts of Ontario and nearby places.
In Nassagaweya No 7 news, Mr. and Mrs. S V Moffat of Tilbury visit grandmother Mrs N Barlow and her brother, Harry Livermore of London, stays two weeks. Margaret Ann Lynn of Toronto visits Doris Robinson for a month. The Frank home hosts Ramsey Hopkins, James Watson, Mrs Boucher, and others from Hamilton, Georgetown, Morriston. Mrs Greenslade of Guelph returns home after a week. Mrs Joseph Frank improves in health and returns to work. The piece notes pulp and paper limits in forests grow by at least one billion net trees annually.
Under Rockwood Community club auspices a well attended street dance raised funds for the Rockwood Community Band. A booth in front of Saunder's bake shop aided the effort with Howie's orchestra providing music.
Friends of Clifford Lillie report a broken elbow in two places. He was taken to Guelph Hospital and fitted with a cast. The piece lists numerous weekend visitors and relatives from Kitchener Calgary Rockwood and Rockwood areas as they spent time with local families in Guelph and nearby towns.
The district notes honor newlyweds Mervin and Mrs Deforest with gifts at the Masonic Hall after a euchre game. Brookville and St David's host picnics and weddings with music, dancing, and addresses, while Douglas Inglis oversees sports at Everglades Park. Community members send best wishes as others travel and recover.
About 30 friends and neighbors gathered at Mr. and Mrs. Tom Cook's home to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary with Court Whist followed by a mirror presentation from Mr. Tom Hutchison. A lunch and decorated fruit cake followed. The couple recently returned from a trip to the Eastern provinces.
The total wood growth surpasses the drain when accounting for cuts, losses from fire, insects, and disease across the pulp and paper sector.
A poem where the speaker recalls the night’s beauty and the solace it offers. Moonlight, pines, willows, and a brook frame a moment of quiet reverie. The speaker confesses keeping too much beauty inside and longs to release it.
Georgetown families announce engagements for Frances Eleanor Stank to Emerson Os borne and Ethel Florence Stank to George Clayton Wilson. Weddings planned for Saturday August 29 1953. Ceremonies set at Starcrest Farm Georgetown and Norval Presbyterian Church respectively.
A parent teaches a child the alphabet, prompting a small debate as the youngster answers "Yeah" after the prompt what comes after "on". The lighthearted interaction captures a typical home learning moment.
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