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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 28, 1941
Page
4
This column surveys notable happenings across neighboring centres and communities. It highlights local interest items, civic notes, and social snippets that engage Aeades readers with brief, colorful updates from nearby areas.
Mr and Mrs Robert Brown motor to Gravenhurst on Sunday. Miss Nancy Workman, visiting Brown for three weeks, returned to Elora last week. Dr Shirley and Earl Kirk of St Catharines, visiting aunt Mrs Jack Airdrie for three weeks, returned Tuesday. Mrs Alex Machrie and family and Miss Lillian Nightingale visited Mr and Mrs Coulter and Mrs George Clark near Puslinch on Sunday. Mr Alex Machrie motor to Georgian Bayon Sunday with Mr Wes Hindes for fishing. Mrs Alex Mochrie and family visited Mr and Mrs Herb Alton for a few days last week. Mr and Mrs George McBain and family and Mr and Mrs Wm McBain and family of Hespeler visited Chester McBain over the weekend.
Last night on Main St Georgetown the Lorne Scots Band draw named 1st Monn Smith Acton 2nd Clayton Allen Glen Williams 3rd Grace Gibson Acton 4th Everson Glen Williams and N H W Brown Georgetown. Engagement announced Mary Holley to Walter Charles Biehn of Windsor.
Vacation at Lake Erie shoreline ends for Rev and Mrs J Ward then a well attended morning service with Neil and Norman Lambert in duet. Mrs Jones of Nas sagaweyyn Presbyterian conducts here. Visitors include Miss Elin Planuston, Mrs Douglas Patterson, Mr Clarence Ianich, and many local families. A noted fall fractured Mrs Kamshinw’s 18th year and hospital care followed.
Mr and Mrs O B Walker depart Tuesday to start a new life in Saskatoon Sask. Mr Walker plans to conduct business while neighbors send congratulations to Mrs Angus McArthur on her birthday. A local school wall was deepened to protect water and heating systems after finding the old well needed deeper drilling.
Cedarvale residents shared visits and greetings with relatives and friends across nearby towns including Toronto Guelph Acton Rockwood and Vineland. Pte Austin James and Ivan Graff arrived in England while Mrs Angus McArthur marked her ninety third birthday with family and a cake bearing ninety three candles.
Miss Lois McCutcheon hosted a mixed shower at her Everton home on Monday for bride Ruth Rabertson who wed last Saturday. Over forty guests attended and the event featured pink and white décor, a brief program, the bride’s response, and a luncheon.
Ballinafad and nearby residents share funeral attendance, visits and arrivals. Dan Campbell and Mex Stull attend Mrs Den’s funeral in Clinton. Gillies of Kirkland Lake visit. Bert Rogers sees friends at Wasaga Beach. residents move, visit relatives in Acton and Detroit. telegram confirms Forest Smith’s safe arrival in England.
The motion sale at the time of Mrs. Armstrong Friday afternoon drew crowds for a long-standing district event. Visitors from Galt included Mrs. A. Duncan and Miss Emer Nally who visited Aunt Mrs. Thos. Dearing. Esther Piercey of Guelph visited Saturday with her sister Mrs. Jesse Reed, who also went to Toronto and attended the CNE. Kenneth Buddie Ballentine, 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wine Ballentine, fractured his leg after a gravel mishap while riding his bicycle and was taken to Groves Memorial Hospital. Porgus Weather, formerly Celia Bessey of Cranbrook, visits uncle Leonard Besasey. Mr. Ross Ballentine spent the weekend in St. Catharines.
The annual Sunday School picnic of Ebenezer United Church was held in Riverside Park Guelph last Thursday. A good crowd enjoyed dinner then participated in races and ball games for all ages. Congratulations to Arthur H. Diamond and family on the birth of a son August 22.
A roundup of social visits and gatherings in Limehouse and surrounding areas last week. Notable mentions include Judy Matheson with the Falletts, Miss Peggy Smethurst at home, and Mrs. Frank Mummers in Limehouse. Families and friends visited relatives across Malton Toronto Erin Brant Valley and Wood Lane with various trips to cottages and church events.
Mrs and Mrs John Pi Roper left Saturday for Almey Alt to visit Mrs Ropers brother Roy Catens for a month. Mr and Mrs Harry Richardson of Lowville and Mr and Mrs Lealle Peer and daughter Anota of Nelson enjoyed a motor trip to Meatard and Georgian Bay over the weekend. M F Nixon proprietor has a new electric show erected in front of the Princess Theatre. The Owl's Club donated funds to the British War Victims Fund after the exhibition softbay game with the Toronto Maple Leafs last Wednesday.
In the sixth game to decide the Nal ton County Junior B Championship at Victoria Park on Saturday afternoon the focal inds white washed Milton, with Carl Clark returning from RCNR discharge and set to engage in vital war work. About three hundred dollars was raised for the British Firefighters Fund at Bronte main street street fair. Oakville Trafalgar Civil Guard with Legion and color party led by the band held its second Annual Church Parable at St Jude's Anglican Church.
Local notices record a wedding shower for Mr and Mrs Percy Woods at the No 1 schoolhouse Nasgagaweya on August 15. Pinegrove Busy Bees collect at the No 7 school district for two quilts to be sold at a Brookville Hall dance on the 20th. Holiday visitors are listed across Acton Milton Kitchener and Brookville with multiple Kennedy and Patt family entries. Manitoba dairy cow Princess DeKat Plus sets a milk production record with 28480 pounds of milk and DIS pounds of fat in life. total yield reaches 123767 pounds of milk.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference Farly Shipping and early European mariners in Newfoundland waters, with mentions of Wickhoress and the Marltimes. The text is incomplete but suggests historical shipping routes and encounters along Newfoundland coasts in earlier eras.
Check-up at Australia's largest artillery camps shows soldiers consume six pints of milk and soft drinks for every five pints of beer per man.
A church notices listing services on Sunday August 31 1941 at 11 04 am and 1 15 pm with Sunday School and a Wednesday 8 00 pm prayer meeting. The message extends a welcome to all attendees.
Mixed sale notices and want ads listing three Brock Ave building lots for sale single corner section with contact Starkman Acton. seed oats and chaff wheat for sale. room wanted for teacher near Continuation School. machine and sewing item exchanges. bar coats and two cars exchange offers. contact Singer Sewing Machine Co Brampton Queen St phone 7.
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