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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 29, 1940
Page
4
Thomas Leo Close Dies at 48 in Guelph
Thomas Leo Close died in Guelph on a Saturday in August 1940 at St Josephs Hospital. He was aged 48 and survived by his wife Mabel McDonald and a close knit family.
Acton News: Fair War Effort, DST, and Local Updates
Acton notes Labor Day on Monday with Daylight Saving Time ending midnight. Acton Fair includes war effort sections and prize lists available from Secretary E Thetford Saturday. Lorne Scots finished Niagara training and Oakville beat Milton 7 2 in O A S A playoffs. Town Hall auditorium nearing completion. Second Line Acton Speyside work advances. Acton MCA Girls honor Mrs George Elliott for summer camp service at Eden Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
Lorne Scots
Niagara
Oakville
Milton
O.as.a
Speyside
Acton Fare Press reader updates Halifax crew on naval terms
A Halifax letter from V. Dron to editor A Dills discusses Acton Fare Press, a local Acton boy in the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve, and explains naval jargon. He notes fellow sailors Verne Wheeler and Sgt. O'Hara, shares unit service years, and logs terms like tidley, head down, blast, rattle, sick bay, and pipe down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PREE
Acton Freer Press
Acton
Halifax
Verne Wheeler
Lorne Scots
R.C.N.V.R
Er.n
R.C.N.R
Naval Service
Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
Royal Canadian Naval Reserve
Royal Canadian Navy
Great Lakes
Sgt. O'Hara
Cpl. Wheeler
Navy
Haba
Ure
Registration woes and wartime longing on Ginger Farm front
In a personal wartime diary entry from Ginger Farm, the author recalls National Registration and the long lines, noting foreign interpreters and the debating pay disparity for registrars. He contrasts busy city life with harvest delays, reports weather, and expresses mixed pride in Britain’s resolve during the Blitz and Canada’s aid, ending with a hopeful, defiant salute to England.
Rockwood Horticultural Show Showcases Wide Plant Exhibits
The Rockwood Horticultural Show lists diverse exhibits with numerous growers and judges. Entries feature cucumbers onions peppers potatoes and elaborate flower arrangements from G H Pearen Mrs G Oakes Doris Bolton and others, spanning numerous varieties and cultivars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Bolton
G. H. Pessen
G. Oakes
G. H. Pearen
Misa E-Croft
E. Nickell
Jas. Locker
T. Weatherston
Doris
Boston
G. H.pearen
James Locker
G. Bolton
T.weatherston
W. J. Edwards
HO Harris
Dooley
G H. Pearen
A.O.V
R. Bastell
Powers
Funeral of Thomas L Close Held in Acton
The funeral of the late Thomas L Close was held in Acton on Monday after a brief illness in St Joseph's Hospital Guelph. He was in his forty ninth year born in Arthur Ontario. He spent early years in Arthur as a CPR employee and later as CN section foreman in Acton. He married Mabel McDonald of Acton twenty two years ago and leaves one daughter Eileen and three sons Leo Ernest and Jack, plus siblings in Buffalo Chicago Arthur and Brooklyn. Pallbearers and a large number of friends attended with many wreaths and spiritual bouquets received in memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas. L. Close
Acton
Close
St. Joseph's Hospital
Guelph
Fathés “WeHride
St. Ph’s
Dublin
Arthur
Ontario
James Close
Canadian Pacific Railway
Lfe
Canadian National Railway
Mabel’ McDonald
Eileen
Leo Close
H.S
Stratford
Ernest
Jack
Joseph
Buffalo
N.Y
Geo. Larber
Chicago
John Sullivan
John Prior
Albert Sutton
Brooklyn
David Brush
Milton
Mason
Ting Company
Beardmore & Co
HLI
J. Bradshaw
R. Leader
Mooney
Whitham
Jarre
Jim McDonald
Cross
Stewart and
Maragret McDonald
Trackmans’ Brotherhood
O.R
Beardmore
Carl Vondreau
Public School Opening Planned for Burlington in September
Burlington Public School Board approved opening the system on September 3. The session included notes on an annual fishing trip and a future Tobermory visit. Officers Hume and ex-Reeve Thorpe attended from the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Breld
Tobermory
Hume
George Thorpe
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N.S
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Acton Fare Press
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Chronicles of
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BBC
Hitler
Canada
Israel
Rockwood
J. A. Little
A. Beard
Jack—inyneh
J. Henderson
G. Bayne
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Clemens
Frank Day
G.H. Pearen
A. B. Root
F. Day
F. Day: Mrs. G. Bolton; G. H. Pearen
B. Croft
E. Croft
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Smapdragon
G. H
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Pred Lambert
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Fred Lambert
Fern
Fred Hamilton
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Thomas BO Cloge
Burlington
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Harvey Hunt
Nelson Township
Edgar Kerns
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Harry Mercer
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Judy Garland
Lewis Stone
Ann Rutherford
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Fay Holden
D.S.T
Mrs. Chips
Rebecca
Laurence Olivier
Greer ‘Garson
Prejudice Mary Boland
Maureen O'Sullivan
Edna May Oliver
John Garfield
Pat O'Brien
Frances Farmer
Harold Wiles
Gray Coach Lines
Acton Business Men’s Weekly
Marguerite Currie
Clarence Dodds
Eleanor Davenport
Mrs. Cross
Barbara Nelson
Darwin Cripps
Mary Ritchi
Earl Lambert
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FA. Kerr
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Hinton
Lovell Bros
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Blue Star
Royal Cafe
WM. Cooper
C. Dale
Edward's Store
L. W. Agar
Miss K., Ruszell
E. J. Hassard
B.D. Rachlin
Symon Hardware
Wood’s Grocery
Rumley
Frank Toth
Acton’ Home Bakery
A. T. Brown
M. Pallant
J. W. Jones
J. A. McNiven
Bower Avenue and
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Frederick Street
Drs. Freed and
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C. F. Leatherland
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Notary Public
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D.D. S
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