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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 17, 1950
Page
12
A scattered update lists calls for telephones or mail to the Free Press Office while noting biases in Muskoka. It chronicles numerous personal visits and holidays across Ontario and beyond, naming many individuals and towns from Fergus to New Toronto, Guelph, Hamilton, Toronto, Vancouver, and Halifax, with scattered references to hospitals and convalescent care.
Mrs Ada Near announces the engagement of her daughter Marjorie Allison to Mr John Francis Logan son of Mrs Wm F Logan and the late Mr Logan of Detroit. The wedding will be September 9 in the Presbyterian Church Highland Park Michigan.
Perfect weather and a large crowd marked the fifth annual Burlington Red Cross Yacht Club Swim Regatta with about two thousand spectators on the revetment wall. Master of Ceremonies Wilkinson broadcast from atop the wall as the event proceeded smoothly despite the crush.
Mr Duncan Robertson of London visited with Mrs Suter and Miss Les Bleck over the weekend. Mrs Knight and family hosted Jene Hales with grandparents Mr and Mrs Alf Bulee. Alf Cuuling visited Sunday with Mr and Mrs Irwin Hamilton. Sunday outdoors with Jop Henham and Miss blur Henham, Mr Jock Morrell of Guelph and Roy Hindley party at Harte Hull church. Port housing guest Mr Beecher Port, Fergus. Mr and Mrs Chiff Williames Torito visited Sunday with John Allan and Miss Jennie Towell. J P Henham, working in Brampton, was home for the weekend. Kate Heed visiting relatives near Arthur and Harris.
Former Actonian Mrs James McCaig died at her Mimico home on August 1 aged elderly. Born near Acton she trained as a nurse in Chicago and married James McCaig of Acton. Funeral at Mimico Presbyterian Church with interment in Park Lawn Cemetery Toronto. Survived by daughter Jean and husband John Lerhman and brother John Atlan.
Community Plate 1847 Rogers Bros and WM Bogan & Son patterns highlighted in Rachlin Silverware Department. Four of eighteen decorative patterns showcased for collectors and customers.
Notes on construction at St Joan's Church Sabdey Nutting reports the parish hall project advancing with foundation walls up and groundwork in place. The piece mentions local residents, a wedding trip, gifts, and village updates about parish life and notable townsfolk.
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