Limehouse social and sports roundup features visits and games
Recent visitors include Mass Pearl Scott and others from Toronto Barrie Gormley and Stratford relatives. A bazaar is planned for fall. Limehouse defeated Stewarttown 22 to 10 but Glen Williams crushed Limehouse 28 to 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mass Pearl Scott
Noble
W. Gowdy
Ivens
Pelling
Gormley
Malis
Mr. Hall
Marjone Hall
Mra Lane
H. Norton Jr
Ted Murrow
Elaine
Toronto
W. Newton
Margaret
Helen
Barrie
Newton
Gordon Greg
Low Ane
Wm Grieg
Hrantford
Mra Gale
Alex Trotter
Donald Trotter
Stratford
A. W. Norton
Freuler
Acton
Geary
S Smith
Margaret South
Weston
AC Patterton
Mire Newton
Appleyard
Mra Harding
Wo Mitchell
Waubashene
Berg
Elling
Ole
Samia
Mins Ivens
Chartesa Jones
Mra Jones
Local Family News and Sports Win Cup
Eden Mills Mre Gardiner of Toronto visits son for a couple of weeks. Congratulations to our loceball boys on their victory over St George and the cup. Mr and Mrs T A Inglee celebrate a day at Ningsre Falls. Borthwicks visit nephew Harald Taylor in Buffalo. Health update on Wall ace Lasby Sr at Western Hospital. Donald Hrinklow returns home after five weeks with relatives in Kingston. Wm Mino visits Sid Barnes near Whitby. Ronnie Synnatt of Guelph visits W J Lowrie household. Ruth Eliot of Burlington holidaying with relatives here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm Mino
Sid Barnes
Mr. Barnes
Whitby
Ronnie Synnatt
Guelphia
W J. Lowrie
Misa Ruth Eltiot
Burlington
Rockwood Presbyterian Picnic and Glass Gladiolus Festival Notes
Rockwood reports a lively annual church picnic at Old Mallon Guelph with a large Sunday School turnout and a bountiful supper. Weekend visits included the Canadian Gladiolus Society exhibition in Guelph with judges prizes and floral displays featuring prominent exhibitors. The week featured church services, a Salvation Army band concert, and meetups at family homes as relatives visited from nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Rockwood
Canadian Gladialus Society
Guelph
Memorial Gardens Arena
Mra SS
Earl Richardson
Ralph 8 Richardson
Ralph, Jr
George Qwk
Donald
Vineland
Jas. Hilts
E. J. Eckal
Hamilton
Clarence Henderean
E. J. Eckel
John R. Richartson
John R. Smith
Detroit
Acton Social Roundup Includes Weddings Visits and Concert
Mrs Alert Young of Acton spent last week at her son George Young on Line Jown. Wilfred Awrey family visited Wasage Beach. Friends shocked by the sudden death of Albert Scanlon at Landreborough. Neighbours attended the funeral. W J Jackson and Elvens Winter visited Weston. Mrs Sinter played piano at the Chisholm Hurren wedding at Erin. Miss E Haldie was a guest. Acton Boyz and Girls Hand gave a concert at the school grounds under Mr Mason. proceeds went to Missions. Mrs Bruce of the West is visiting her sons Ward and Lyon. Gordon Aitken returned from Fort Worth Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alert Young
Acton
George Young
Wilfred Awrey End
Wasage Beach
Albert Scanlon
Landreborough
W J Jackson
Elvens Winter
Weston
Mre © Sinter
Erin
E Haldie
Ole
Acton Boyz
Mason
Mra Hruce
West Is
Ward
Lyron
Gordon Aitken
Fort Worth
Texas
Social visits and relatives gather across Ontario towns
Miss Kate Reed hosts visiting family from Toronto and Orangeville while Mra Morris and others share time in St Catharines. Friends attend church anniversary services as relatives in Guelph Oshawa Weston Islington and Acton visit and stay with relatives including the Altons and the Head family.
Nassagaweva Presbyterian quilt social and local notices
The Nassagaweva Presbyterian Church held a quilt social in the church hall last Tuesday with two print quilts and a large wool patch quilt completed. Local residents including Mr Marry Laverton and London visiting relatives were noted. Several families and guests from Capetown and Stratford appeared among updates, injuries, and a funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WMS
Nassagaweva! Presbyterian Church
Roun
Marry Laverton
London
Norman Barlow
Blaney
Stratford
Stay Robinson
Man Mas Aaret Robinson
Prank Robinson
Capetown
Aca
George Mutehinson
Jaume
Cottam PO
Sin
Ralph
Unis
Ronnie Lumaden
Toronto
Elmer Coxe
Wm. Coxe
St Helena
James Lillie
Orillia
Campbellville Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Sunday guests included Mr and Mrs Jack Sharpes family and several couples from Etora and Montreal. Toronto Niagra Falls trips, holidays in Vancouver and Wasaga Beach mentioned. Joan Barty polio recovery noted. Beach Dr. John Beach returns from Ottawa and moves to Frankford. Dr Bayley to replace him at Milton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anmt
Thomas Mitchell
Jack Sharpe
C Sharpe
Etora
Kelly Sharpe
Montreal
John Border
Yorkton
Saskatchewan
Alfred Borers
Wiliam King
Edgar Cairns
George Rowlands
Mere Thomas Dales
Mrs Lands
As Cummings
Millgrove
Geo Ingles
Toronto
Niagara Falls
M’ Worthington
Wilma Gillies
McPedran
Katharine
William McPhail
Vancouver
Billy Henderson
Ernest Walton
Thelma
Strain
West
Bert Walton
Misa Joan Barty
Mra John Beach
Ottawa
Frankford
Neach
Dr. Bayley
Milton
A T. Moore
Wasaga Beach
Canada’s King of the Carnival Conklin Dominates North America
James Wesley Conklin earns his nickname for standing pat in carnival dealings and building a vast touring operation. He runs 57 railway cars nationwide, employs about 200 year round and up to 1,600 at peak, operating the continent’s only carnival factory and marketing the largest show on the North American continent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bracken
Marie Pearson
Canada
James Wesley Conklin
Patty
Ronald Willams
Financial Post
Pat
Conklin
Madison Square Gardens
New York City
Winnipeg
Tarnum
Acros
Reminiscence and Economic Musings From 1608 to 1939
A narrator recalls a June 13, 1608 election and a wall cornerstones tale with Toronto Globe and other papers. He then reflects on a 1938 fall fair memory and a price of two bits, followed by economic comparisons of 1939 Canadian and American productivity per worker and British tea break impact on output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Deddman
Wilfred Laurier
Toronto Globe
Seaforth Expositor
Gorne
Sid
Dick Clegg
Gorrie
Canada
United States
Sheps
Poor Vision Bum and Farmer Pun Exchange
In a rural exchange a bum asks for food and a farmer points to a wood pile. The bum cannot see it then quips that perhaps the farmer saw him but he won’t see the wood either. The exchange hinges on a pun about sight and saws.
Street Scene Warns Against Unpaid Debts
A local street encounter highlights the risk of driving a car past neighbors who expect payment. The incident underscores the social pressure to settle debts and the reach of informal community enforcement.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Limehouse
Comimunl
Eden Mills
Ospringe
Everton
Kate Reed
Wilfred Stinson
Walter Couling
Orangeville
Knight
St Catharines
Mra Morris
Mian Morris
Church of Christ
Javor Robertson
Lortine Webb
Campbellville
Britain
Great Britain
Spirella
Spirella Foundation
Helen MR. Cullen
Mill St
Dawson Golden Chaff
Yorkshire
R. N. Brown
Phane
Empire Cadets
Empire Sea Cadets
Camp Ewing
Que
Royal Canadian Sea Cadets
Ontreal
Ets
United Kf
Australia
New Zealand
Sweden
Jack Calder
Church Street
Main Street
Main ST. North
East van Norman
Moffat
COD
W. W. Keeler & CO
Howard Oil
Roy’s Electric Service
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