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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 15, 1946
Page
13
A string of social notices lists Miss Millie Fowles in Cleveland visiting Verena Johnston, Toronto residents visiting relatives, and numerous couples and individuals from Nassau Bahamas Hamilton Port Hope and Timmins on holidays, weekends and summer trips with family at cottages hotels and resorts across Ontario and nearby areas.
Engagement notices from Sydney Nova Scotia and Rockwood Ontario announce Helen Dianne Munroe to H Cameron Frankum RCMP and Dorothy Elizabeth Ewera to John Cornelius van Gooren. Details include parental names and wedding plans for late August and August 2nd in Acton. A CP brief from Cache Creek British Columbia notes a crow hatched a baby pheasant in a barnyard exchange experiment.
Sunday events at Knox Church Acton include Sunday School at 10 00 am Morning Worship at 11 00 am and Evening Worship at 1 00 pm The theme for morning and evening is The Hidden Life the Christian and The Epistle of James Chapter 4 13 They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength.
The record notes Holy Eucharist and sermon on Sunday August 18 at 9 15 am with no evening service.
Erin Township and Erin Village committees organized a Community Memorial Services and sports program attracting large crowds. Mr C E McMillan suffered a fractured finger and Roy Miller injured his ankle in separate accidents. Thieves broke into Wright's creamery stealing a large safe containing about $500 and butter ration coupons. A cafe was found damaged nearby.
Agricultural Societies Branch released tentative fall fair dates for several towns including Acton Milton Brampton Elmira Fergus Georgetown Grand Valley Mount Forest New Hamburg Orangeville Caledon Galt Shelburne Streetville Aberfoyle and Erin with listings from late August to mid October and notes dates may change.
The Agricultural Institute Review highlights lesser grown crops that boost regional farm income such as tobacco sugar beets hybrid corn soybeans sunflowers rape seed honey and maple products. Ontario leads beet production with beets grown in Essex Kent Elgin Middlesex and Lambton counties and factories at Chatham and Wallaceburg. New beet processing lines opened in Manitoba Fort Garry and Quebec St. Hilaire with wartime labor shortages driving mechanization and use of planters thinning and blocking machines to improve yields.
London civic officials report housing shortages are delaying or canceling wedding plans as couples struggle to find accommodation. The column also includes a comic exchange about swimming and a light aside unrelated to the main item.
Hundreds turn out at Campbellville school grounds for a softball tournament. Milton defeats Morriston 4 0 in the playoff after wins over Camp bellville 12 6 and Morriston 18 6. Milton takes first prize of 15 with Morriston second 10. A girls game ends 17 3 with Milton winning 10 and Acton 5.
Vancouver workers during the British Columbia lumber strike observed their own 40 hour five day on duty schedule while picketing outside the mill.
The ad promotes harness races at Dufferin Park Toronto on Wednesday August and Monday September 2 Labor Day. It features 2 year old purses of 5000 and 3 year old purses of 7000 with supporting races for older horses.
Premier John Hart announced Carl Goldenburg a renowned authority on municipal affairs from Montreal will chair a royal commission to investigate provincial municipal relations in British Columbia. The appointment aims to bring expert oversight to local governance matters.
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