Harvest Tide Brings Drought Relief and News from Local Folk
Community notes report farmers enjoying good sowing returns amid occasional rain and absence of drought. Various residents travel or visit relatives including Mrs. W. H. Black and Mrs. S. Amos in Muskoka, Miss Marie Beach in Hamilton, and visitors from Vancouver. Sgt. Clarence Dredge also returns from Camp Borden for the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Black
S.C. Amos
Muskoka
Marie Beach
Hamilton
Hathaway
James Milne
Vancouver
B. C
Dupean Phell
Miss . Roberts
Fort Worth
Texas
Flat Top Ranch
Clark Donovan
Isobel
Clarke
Guelph
Tom Simpson
Sgt
Clarence Dredge
Camp Borden
Burlington Notes on Local News and Graduations
Mr and Mrs Dick Bullock learn their son Lance Corp Theo Bullock wounded July 15 is en route home aboard a hospital ship. Warrant Officer 2 Herbert Crombie earns funeral director diploma from Banting Institute Toronto University after service. Community Centre Committee meeting discusses plans by architect Herbert Murton with High School Board members present. Town council hears deputation from Burlington Lions Club seeking transfer of life saving equipment from the club to the Burlington Fire Brigade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Bullock
Lance Corp
Theo. Bullock
W.O
Herbert Cromble
Banting Institute of Toronto University
Crombie
CG. Southall
Herbert Murton
Manson Milne
Burington Lions Club
Burlington Fire Brigade
Garette
Georgetown War News and Local Honors Summary
Major J Amott returns home after over four and a half years abroad with the Princess Pats. Pte Gordie Browne is now reported as a prisoner of war after being missing since May 23. Sgt Jim Sargent was seriously wounded in Normandy after joining Lornes Scots and later para troopers. Georgetown Girls Pipe Band traveled to Malton for a Victory Aircraft sponsored concert and sports day hosted by the company staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Amott
Major Early
Princess Pats
Winnipeg
Canada
Pte
Gordie) Browne
Norval
Browne
Chris. Sargent
Sgt
Jim Sargent
Normandy
Lorne’ Scots
Georgetown
Malton
Victory Aircraft
Herald
Local Creek Catch and War Casualties Report
Oakville notes a 4 lb bass measured 17 and a half inches from Sixteen Creek near the bridge. Mrs. Henry Bowman is informed her son George Wilkinson 29 died of wounds received in France August 5 6.Lieut. Don Martin Shaw wounded August 6 Normandy later evacuated to England. 1800 year old brown trout released in Sixteen Mile Creek by the Provincial Department of Game and Fisheries. A freight collision near the 7th line subway injured a brakeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted. Torrence
Henry Bowman
Gnr
George W. Wilkinson
France
South Saskatchewan Regiment
Normandy
England
Social visits noted around Nassagawega and Knatchbull
Farmers struggle to dry grain after heavy rains last week while locals welcome visitors. Guests include Mr and Mrs Thomas R Taylor and grandson Charlton of Buffalo visiting Nassagawega. Donald Ferguson visiting from Hornby. Duncan Moffat Jean Moffat and C A Darby at Beverley. Reg Wilson and David Drysdale visiting Geo T Wilson. Mrs Little Jay and LAC Stanley Jay from Lowville on harvest leave call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas R. Taylor
Charlton Taylor
Buffalo
N. Y
Robert Borthwick
Nasgaweya
Donald Ferguson
Hornby
Lindsay Ferguson
Nassagawega
Duncan Moffat
Jean
Knatchbull
C_A. Darby
Little Jay
Lowville
Lac Stanley Jay
The
Fuc.af
Sacred Concert at Rockwood Draws Large Local Crowd
The Sacred Concert under T L class United Church auspices drew a large audience Sunday with Rev John Ward as chairman delivering a brief address. Frank Guil glohn Rockwood guest artist and Miss Dorothy Simmons among others entertained. A 3.00 collection was taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. L
The
United Church
John Ward
Frank Guil
Glohn Rockwood
Dorothy Simmons
Helen Bayne
Wm. Black
Presbyterian W. M. S
Albert Gray
Fifth Line
Eramosa
Beatrice Swanston
Elva Pearen
Camp Brebouf
P. Kehoe
Dunnville
Father Kehoe
Campefe
Camp Brebeut
J. F. Ryan
Hamilton
Brantford
Guelph
John Beard
RC. A. F
Vancouver
D. C
Wolx
Rose Dyer
Misa Doris
New York State
Marjory Beard
Toronto
Roland Ramshaw
Detroit
Rockwood
McNeill
J. ‘T. Fitzsimmons
Moore‘leld
J. Ward
Camp Borden
Ross Allan
Famlly
Angus Carter
Harvey Laverty
St. Joseph's Hospital
K. B. Waller
George Gordon
Anderson
Milton
Kincardine
Thos. Weatheraton
Ted
Weatheraton
Manitoulin Island
Margaret
Enid McNabb
Music Bruce Beach
Ralph B. Richardson
Vineland
James Hills
Earl Richardson
John R. Richardson
Local Notices: Two Accidents Harbor Widespread Worry
Two residents endured injuries last week. Harold Brown cut his right hand on a circular saw at a farm, while Kenneth Hamilton broke his left wrist cranking a truck. Both receive treatment at Guelph General Hospital. Nearby travel and visits feature in a string of social notes across towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Brown
Kenneth Hamilton
Yroth
Guelph General Hospital
J. L. Ellerby
Toronto
Abel
Paul McAdam
BM Hall
Christle
Thorold
Mew Kirkpatrick
Bobby Christle
Marion Norrie
Allan Hadley
Bobby
Lindsay
A. W. Benton
Harry Smethurst
Barrie
Pat Trainor
Cookstown
A. J. Smethurst
BH Mills
Midland
Lnombert*s
Cedarvale Social Roundup Keeps Busy Weekend
Mr Fred Smith and Mr Howard McKee of Cleveland visited Cedarvale. The threshing season continues as locals attend a Georgetown carnival. Visitors included the Griffins Martins Smart Mec Arthur Davidson and others from Vineland Rockwood Acton Erin and Grand Valley. Sympathy extended to Ed Smith on the death of his aunt Mrs Davis Burt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Smith
Cleveland
Ohio
Howard McKee
Hamilton
Ed. Smith
Howard Smith
Auuter
Davis Burt
Robin
Peter Mulder
Graham
Conjingsby
D. Sinclair
Balilhaf
Harold Griffin
Georgetown
A. Griffin
J. O. Martin
Theodore
Vineland
Frank Smart
Grimsby
G.F. MecArthur
Rockwood
R. L. Davidson
Acton
H. McArthur
Mabel
Erin
E. Plester
Loma
David
Grand Valley
Earl Fuller
H. Keeler
Nell Handing
J. Harding Orton
Community Picnic At Everton Draws Dozens On Lawn
About 70 residents gathered on Mrs G G Robertson’s lawn for a community picnic with races including boys and girls events and various novelty contests. Winners included Joe Benham Alice Fountain Willa Benham Shirley Lille Jack Hepburn and others as well as horseshoe pitching by T D McCutcheon and W Trow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. G. Robertson
Joe Benham
Alice Fountain
Willa Benham
Shirley Lille
Jack Hepburn
Hop
Clarence Hilter
D. McPhedran
Pasmore
Rockwood
Roy Watterworth
Port Dalhousie
John Alton
Robert Patten
Guelph
Wiht Robertson
Cleveland
Ohio
Mary
Eddie
Lillie
G. Mack
PD. Parker
Hamilton
Herbert Mills
Horace Mack
St. Louis
John McCutcheon
Arnold Wilson
Shands
A. Boles
Barbara and
Marley Benham Jare
Will van Norman
Postwar reforms push home ownership and farm support
The session backed industrial and export credit banks, 200 million for farm price support, and a Housing Act lowering down payments to 10 percent for the first two thousand dollars and 15 percent for the next two thousand. It introduces term insurance, enables homeowners to build on their own, and aims to close a 300 thousand housing shortfall with affordable payments around fourteen dollars monthly for a four thousand dollar home.
Local weekend visits and health news from Erin to Acton
OSpringe Master Maurice Couling spent a week with Mr and Mrs Kirkwood at Erin and Miss Grace Burrows is recovering well after an appendicitis operation. Several families shared Sunday visits from Rockwood Hamilton Mud Lake Acton and Eramosa with relatives and friends. The Women’s Institute plans a concert at the school Sunday afternoon for the overseas fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Couling
George Rennick
Hamilton
Cordon Altken
Mud Lake
Milas Blanche McKinnon
Bert Weeks
Allandate
F. Brydon
FE. Sunter
James Brydon
Acton
Hugh Robertson
Penetanguishene
W. J. Jackson
Alfred Winter
Eramosa
Joan Kalthoff
Toronto
K. Kalthoff
Women's Institute
Overseas Fund
Scouts and Cubs Rally For War Rubber Drive
African scouts and Cubs in Northern Rhodesia collected 112 old motor tires 12 motorcycle tires 34 bicycle tires 40 miscellaneous tubes and various house items then sent them to the colony scrap rubber dumps to aid the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lusaka
Rhodesia
Northern
Nkani
Erin S Saints Anglian Church Picnic and Erin Fire
The AH Saints Anglican Church picnic was hosted by Mrs J J Hamilton with many attendees. A fire alarm struck Tuesday noon at Wrights Creamery. a motor and ammonia compressor were destroyed but no other damage. Former Erin resident Jean Haveriett Muirhead died in Toronto on Friday August 11 1944. Mary McKinnon a Walkerton resident widow of Duncan McKinnon died aged 99.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AH Saints” Anglican
Mra. J
Erin
Jean Haveriett Muirhead
George Arnett
Albany Ave
Toronto
Erin Township
Maud McGill
Walkerton
Mary Meg
Duncan McKinnon
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Moffat
Burlington
Oakville
Nassagaweya
Limehouse
Cedarvale
Everton
Cape Town
South African Women's Auxiliary Services
Ospringe
E. P. Head
Hel George’s Square
Main Street
Scene Street
L. Waxman & CO
Acton, Ont
Henry Kanis
Crowson
Hale
Asen
Free Press
John V. Savage
Erin Township Board of Health
Hillaburg
Geo. Bryan
Sec
Board of Health
Nasagawoya
Fee
Oh Pale
Natice
Campbellvile
Xaid
Ani
Campbellville
Chas. F. Norish
Trafalgar ‘Township
Mere. T. Norris Towell
Lea
N. S
Trafalgar
Timothy
Lucerne
Oliver
Fergus
H. P. Gas Encine
Encine
de Laval Am Severator
Sii
Ana” Pulte
Sige
Ropes Aang
Coe Avileys
Losding
Yds Olas Ems
Baldwin
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