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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Aug 21, 1941

Page

5

Holidays and visits mark regional social scene

Numerous residents and visitors are listed as spending holidays or visiting friends across Ontario and neighboring regions. Names include Audrey McKinnon, Frances Mullin, Dinnan Anderson, Joan Buck, Irene Graseley, Lorraine Mullin, Doreen Scott, Alice Campbell, and many others visiting relatives in Milton, Owen Sound, Guelph, Hamilton, Timmins, Dolly Varden, and Toronto areas.

Card of Thanks for Mary Raichie

Mary Raichie thanks friends for kindness shown during her hospital stay and recovery in this brief community note.

Mary Raichie

Card of Thanks for Georgetown Family Loss

Mr and Mrs James Boyle and family of Georgetown express deep appreciation for kind messages sympathy and cards from friends and from the CY D of Acton at the time of the loss of their son James Boyle.

Edwin Currie Milton Weat Angus McDonald Dolly Varden James Boyle Famiy Georgetown Tate Acton Cy.d

Globe-Trotting Pipe Arrives Home

A battered corn-cob pipe with world travel labels and clippings reaches the headquarters of ice at the Canadian National Railway. The pipe has completed around the world journeys via Prince Rupert and other hubs, carried by baggage agents and noted in transit records.

Lce Prince Rupert Aera

London and Dutch East Indies push arms purchases summary

Fragmented report notes Prince Bernhard guiding Dutch East Indies and British aircraft production to buy phones. Totals are unclear but suggest substantial arms or tech deals and wartime supply moves involving British and Dutch leaders.

London Prince Bernhard Manistes

Protect crops and ricks by careful field spacing and patrols

The News Chronicle urges farmers to protect crops and corn ricks from pests or threats. Ricks should be well separated and large fields split up. Water, nearby carts, and active watchers are advised for day and night monitoring.

London Cps Theendines Bombay News' Chronicle

Men of Acton and District with Army Navy and Air Force

Long list of Acton district servicemen in Canadian Army Overseas and home units. Names cover Gur. J. Jamieson to Pte Clarke Powers with units such as 36 CAS.F. base P.O. Canada and No. 1 Canadian General Holding Unit. Call for corrections to keep roster up to date for parcel committees.

Owen Sound Acton Army Navy Air Force Guidnance Canadian Army Gur J. Jamieson W. C. Jones J. Nici Gnr T. Nicol 29Th Battery RCA CA. S.F P.O Norman Gibson Field Amb R.C.Q.M.C P. Oy Canada H. W. Godfrey Canadian Army Overseas J. R. G.sutherland P.P.C. L.L C/9 Staff College Camberley Surrey England Wm. Nicolak C. Coy P.P.C.L.L Archie Martin A. Coy Sth Fieldy Amb. Corps C.as F RC. A.M.C P. O W. IL Brown Corp Provost Coy Cas.f J. D. Young Div Kr.cas.c Lorne WY OR Bioth Lorne Scots Regt ATS Caa Ronald McArthur Aros Anderson Apwl Root Roo Lovell Nood Cay Cdn Hattery Noob Artillery Holde Geo F.inglen Lorne Scots C.hla J. Moore 2 Coy Cpl R. O'Hara J.Q. Coy Hayey Lambert Lorne Scota Gordon Lambert N. L. McNabb Con Stewart MecDona A Y Frank Young Karl M. Frank James Wallace A.J. Buchanan Harold Skilling William Withers Andrew Wilson Douglas Price Frances Papilton Plourde John Waterhouse Avith Dental Corps RCAF D. G. Ryder C.D.C Manhidy Depot R.C.A.F Toronto Pte Clarke Powers Wight

Risky Feeder Defies Police In Southwest England

An elderly woman, Hoettle Maury Symonn, was fined 1 dollar and 45 cents for risking her life by entering a cordoned area to feed her pet. The report notes other civilians aided by Russian centenarians in anti Nazi efforts as Germany attacked the Ruhr region.

Southwest England Hoettle Maury -Symonn Kenny

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