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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 13, 1942
Page
5
Mrs. Frank Jackson and Reg of Detroit visited during Int. week at the homes of her mother Mrs. Smith and aunt Mrs. Irvine. Mr. and Mrs. C E Soper of Pron ton called Monday at his father J Soper’s residence.
A Saturday wedding in Rockwood United Church united Miss Marion E Day and LAC Milton G Greer with Rev. John Ward officiating. A reception followed at the YWCA Guelph with guests from Toronto Ottawa Kars Aylmer North Gower London Guelph Acton.
RC Zellara from A F Training Centre in Guelph preached at Ebenezer United Church last Sunday. No service next Sunday. Heather Mission Band held a monthly meeting in the church basement. Mrs John Robertson presided. Rosa Wilson of Knatchbull had her tonsil removed at Guelph General Hospital. Mildred Wilton hosted visiting cousins Shirley and Vivian Adams from Toronto returning home weekend.
The Nelson township council kept the 1942 tax levy at 200 mills, down one mill from last year. A coroner's jury ruled Mrs. Corrigan died of natural causes. The High School Board will hire an agriculture geography teacher with military service. J M Bates has resigned to join the R C A P. The Lions Club Carnival drew large crowds over three nights. Florence Van Dusen was jailed in Milton on a larceny charge after a man reported a $100 missing from his pocket while with her.
The notice lists numerous visits and holidays across families and friends. Vancouver and Windsor guests socialize with locals, Torontonian Arrowsmiths attend Civic Holiday, and several Hamiltons, Mitchells, and Gradwells host or travel. Includes military personnel LAC Tom Goring and Harvey Gardner visiting Mrs. Millière and others.
Dr Howard Savage Shaw joined the Royal Canadian Air Force as an Eight Lieutenant of the Medical Corps. Fred Shaw of Oakville Fire Brigade was elected president of the Ontario Firemen's Association at Thorold convention. A driver charged with reckless driving and causing a fatal accident affecting Miss Florence Wiran was fined 10 dollars and costs by Magistrate F C Macdonald.
Miss Jean Hall of Hamilton spent the weekend with friends including Mrs Harvey Jeatin and the McKeowns at Acton and visited Mrs James Black. Rev John Stephens and others visited Missy Mary and Kate Reed. John Reed and family hosted in Guelph. Norman McLeod on leave from Centralia. Fusilier Harvey Jestin home briefly. Master Jack Weatherstone hospitalized with wishes for speedy recovery. T D McCutcheon attended the Fergus dam opening last Friday.
District attendees joined opening ceremonies at Shand Dim. Visitors include Mrs. Carl Rooke and daughter Caroline of Kitchener at Mrs. L Frood’s home, Mrs. Kerr and Jo Anne visiting Brampton, Mrs. Webb with her son in Hamilton, Miss Isabel Lowrie of Guelph on holiday, Mrs. Daniels of Guelph with her parents, H Delmar family two weeks with Dundalk relatives, Allan Barden’s sudden illness at Guelph General Hospital, W Early and J D Lowrie visiting aunt Miss Laura Aikens in Hamilton, and Eleanor Coulson of Guelph staying with Lloyd Coulton family.
Mrs Evelene Stull widow of W P Stull dies at 77 in Georgetown area after lingering illness. Funeral held at H C McClure's, burial at Glen Williams. Rev W G Thompson presiding. Pallbearers named. floral tributes noted. Column includes local society items, harvest reflections, and road tender news for Terra Cotta mall route renewal.
Sergeant Filot and Walter Scott, recently back from England, visited the Scott parents before moving east as an instructor. W J Magill returned home after weeks away on the 8.8 Aragon voyage on the Great Lakes and a severe face and arm burn from exploding pastumes. W Hull suffered a car crash on the ninth line at Erin bridge, kept in hospital with multiple bruises and abrasions.
Milton Public School resumes with Mrs. Snoddy resigning and Miss Edna Black of Krino to replace her. A tribute shower honors Mina Anna McPhail at Mrs. Alex Moore’s home. LAC F C Bowring earns wings at Uplands Air Training, joined by 50 airmen. Kathleen Muriel Lecocq and Charles William Arch announce their August wedding.
Marion Rennick and Shirley Cox visit relatives in Waingara Falls while Flying Officer Hood vacationing in Winnipeg. Families from Hamilton Toronto Niagara Falls Kitchener Acton Guelph and Hillsburg join local residents for a Women's Institute picnic with games races and a bountiful supper. Local roadwork calcium coating eases dust and Mrs McLaughlin suffers a stroke in Suh Line community notes.
Thieves broke into the 40 room mansion of Louis Dreyfus, chairman of a major music publishing concern in Jiu tney on Thames England. Stolen jewels valued around S225000. Police investigate possible wartime desperation.
Active Service Tornque committee led Georgetown civic groups in planning a standout Civic Holiday event. A Georgetown Fair Board deputation urged the council to raise grants, noting county politics threatened Georgetown and Acton funding. City officials granted $125 to the Georgetown Fair, backing local festivities.
Gertrude Manley known as W A A F No 1, the first Women's Auxiliary Air Force recruit. She was the first warrant officer and the first administrator at the first DAA training camp. She also served as the first drum major of the W A A F band and composed the first W A A F tune.
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