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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 08, 1946
Page
13
Names of residents and relatives report holidays and visits from Christie Street Hospital to Muskoka Lake Rosseau and Toronto. Trips include Owen Sound Dundalk Lake Simcoe Hollywood Lodge Kitchener Wansborough Burlington Beach Detroit and Algonquin Park with families and friends vacationing last week and over the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Wilson hosted relatives and friends visiting Niagera Falls Grimsby and Ere mosa. Marion Oakes joined to spend a few days. Several families from Ulster Pa Jamestown N Y Toronto Detroit Brantford Denver were guests at G L Ditl and G Lantz homes for the weekend with plans to stay over holidays.
Council meets with Engineer Mr. Anderson to review sewage plan procedures and project costs. A special session will assess the municipality’s finances before calling for tenders in the fall. If bids are unsatisfactory the project can be postponed.
An editorial argues science helps shape material reality but changing human thought is harder. It states the Entente and its allies must influence German and Japanese aims to prevent future wars, suggesting education to reveal the horrors of war could alter leaders and public mindset over time.
Health authorities reassure families that cooperation with the current nutrition program will not deprive them of essential food elements. Campaigns outline methods to obtain more and better food values by reducing waste and using ration guidance from Cyranda's Food Hules, obtainable through provincial health departments or the Department of National Health and Welfare in Ottawa.
Mrs. Ema Saunders of Catar Lake slows her war production workload. The 44 year old contributed 126 pairs of hand knitted socks for servicemen to the Red Cross during the war years, staying busy with knitting.
Barbara Sooper directs a public sale at her Ballinafad residence on Saturday August 1 starting 2 00 pm. Items include a dark oak dining room suite with table buffet and chairs, parlor and bedroom furniture, kitchenware, garden tools, and assorted linens and dishes. Cash terms. Hindley and Elliott, Auctioneers.
In Georgetown the Municipal Building hosted a memorial discussion for local men and women who served in the war but turnout was disappointingly small. On July 7 a farmer Thomas Andrews of Chiltenham had a seizure while shopping in Terre Colts. he later died.
A long running Lions Club carnival will be staged at Lions Park over three evenings marking the club’s twentieth year. The event features the annual effigy bird and draws crowds from the region. A Monday auto crash injured Lloyd Utter at the Elizabeth and Jamie Nireeta corner. Two clothing tons were shipped to Toronto for relief in Europe. A wallet with 271.60 and a German camera belonging to Harry Simona were stolen from Mrs Elizabeth Way. Two local drowning and heart attack incidents occurred near Lake Ontario with victims Arthur Dolson and William Pinkerton of Hamilton.
Ced Vale community notes include a Ced Vale WoT meeting at Mrs Turton’s July 1 with roll call and program items. Local visits from Mrs Gordon of Toronto, Mrs Harvey Peavey’s daughter, Archie Cunningham returning from overseas, and couple Keeler receive congratulations. Revelstore BC links to Oregon boundary centennial events with U S visitors along the Columbia River.
Mr and Mrs Harry Boewe announce the engagement of their eldest daughter Margaret Eldsth to Maud Barter Aries Kalb View. The event set for the middle of August with families planning a wedding at the Kalb View venue.
Montreal reports profile of a veteran gospel singer touring Canada and the United States as The Canpet Shagee TM. The article notes his long career, global reach, and mixed public reception, with reflections on audience tastes and religious broadcasting.
A cryptic report discusses center field spraying and nerveantry in an imagined lab setting. It mentions St Catherine Ontario and Edmonton Alberta and references tiny entities and a protection failure scenario. The text reads like a fragmented technical memo with sporadic place names and numbers.
London doctors report penicillin treatment for mastoid infections yields good results, avoiding risky surgery. Injections into the bloodstream cure cases in weeks, with dressings no longer lasting months or longer. A nine month old girl was treated with sixty six injections over three weeks.
New York CP reports a device that cleans indoor air by charging dust and pollen with a positive charge and drawing it to negatively charged plates. The system promises relief for hay fever sufferers and others sensitive to dust in dusty rooms.
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