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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 21, 1952
Page
4
A Wednesday softball game between the Rockwood Rockettes and Guelph girls ended with the visiting team winning 12 to 14. The report mentions town film showings, prize drawings, and local social notes including birthdays, weddings, and movements of several residents.
A week with Mr and Mrs Douglas Patterson is mentioned while work continues on the United Church Sunday School addition. Excavation was required to start building. A baptismal ceremony at St John’s Church baptized the infant of Mr and Mrs George Ingles. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Thomas Rusk and Mrs Frank Dean with Rev Roel Price officiating.
A long list of residents and visitors to Acton and nearby towns includes Mr. Jack Lambert in Toronto General Hospital, and Mrs. A. B. McLean in a Guelph hospital. Numerous relatives travel to Muskoka, Buffalo, Wasaga Beach, Collingwood, Bracebridge, and Ottawa, with weddings, visits, and motor trips noted.
Canada’s knit goods sector has invested 38 million dollars since World War II in a modernization campaign. The effort aims to boost productivity, update machinery, and expand export reach across key North American markets.
Miss Joy Botell recently returned from two weeks at the Ontario Athletic Training Camp on Lake Couchiching where she represented Acton High School. Dr and Mrs A B Lyon of Ulster Pennsylvania and Mr and Mrs Tony Campolete of Waverly New York are visiting with Mr and Mrs G A Dills this week.
The Church of Christ at Everton celebrated its 90th anniversary with Sunday services at Tram and 7 30 pm led by former minister T Alfred Fleming of Cleveland Ohio. The decorated church was filled to capacity and a Pittsburgh trio provided music. Attendees included visitors from Toronto Thornbury Kitchener Guelph Rockwood and several Ontario towns among local families and friends.
The J. and C. F. Fatt estate hosts a September 2 1952 sale at their Nassagaweya farm near Rockwood Ontario. Registered Holsteins feed dairy gear tractors hay oats and various farm implements will be sold with no reserve. Cash terms with clerk. refreshments on site. auctioneer WM Gibson.
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