Acton Area Social News Notes Multiple Visits
A long list of Acton area visitors and returnees continues through the week. Names include J Ho Smith Gahviated Acton friends, Leo Waddell Datroit visiting Acton, Roy and Mrs Paddison Pusinch visiting Caldwell, and visits by Mrs Pred McMillan to Toronto. Several locals travel to Kitchener Toronto Cleveland and Detroit framing a busy social pattern with hospital updates, funerals, and summer returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Waddell
Datroit
Acton
Overnight visitor fills hospital bed amid town housing crunch
In Alta, an overnight guest slept in a hospital bed after all hotels and rooming houses were full. The living quarters of the hospital were used to provide accommodation in the overcrowded town. Calgary notes report two month old daughter of record butterfat holder Alcartre Gerben selling for 10000 dollars to a British buyer, marking a cattle history moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coronation
Alta
Calgary
Hays Gerben
Alcartre Gerben
Worship and Labor Sunday Service Schedule
The notice outlines a church Labor Sunday program with 11.00 am worship and sermon on labor, 4:15 pm church school, and 7.00 pm evening worship featuring the sermon about labor not for the wood perishing but for the food which endures unto everlasting life. Everyone is welcome.
Prophyterien Kurris Coundal NOX CHURCH ACTON REV FORBES THOMBON
Sunday September 1 1946 timetable lists morning worship at 1100 am with fellowship and 300 pm Sunday School and Junior Bible Class opening. Evening worship at 700 pm features The Episode of James The Posteript. They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prophyterien
First Rockwood Horticultural Show Noted Since 1942
The Rockwood Horticultural Society held its 65th annual show on Saturday August 24 with 212 entries including seven juveniles. Winners listed include Norman and Neil Lambert for Wild Flowers and Bird House, with numerous prizes across vegetables flowers and arrangements. President Chas Harris spoke and awarded juvenile prizes. proceeds funded Cenotaph decorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockwood
Rockwood Horticultural Society
Norman Lambert
Neil Lambert
Rita Land
Bird Housee
Mrs. Henderson
H. Laverty
S. Petty
S. Weatherstone
L. Lambert
Petty
M. Moore
A. D. Croft
J. Henderson
Mra
Mixa M. Moore
H. Bayne
Arthur Harris
G. Bolton
T. Weatherston
F. Lambert
Petunias
Thos. Weatherston
Mra. S. Petty
A. Root
Misa H. Rayne
Mima M. Milroy
J. Copeland
Misa M. Moore
Mize M. Milroy
Geo. Bolton
G. Day
Begonia
Chas. Thatcher
Coleus
A. Watson
A.O.V
Wm. Harris
Chas. H. Harris
Oakville Caps Halton Intermediate Ball Champions
Ross Gordon pitched with 10 runs against him before leaving after being struck by a ball. He collapsed in the park after the game, and fans extend congratulations. Ray Mason and Fred Dawkins are praised for the ball diamond condition as American visitors called the venue among the finest. Baseball wanes as hockey nears, with hopeful notes for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Gordon
Iheer
Ray Mason
Fred Dawkins
Niger
Van Goozen Ewers Wedding at Rockwood Church
Dorothy Ewers and John Cornelius van Goozen wed at St. John’s Church Rockwood with Rev. E A Parker officiating. The ceremony featured eyelet gown, gold pendant, pink and white roses, four length gown, and a reception at the Ewers home before a trip to Northern Ontario. Out-of-town guests came from Acton Oakville Terra Cotta Inglewood and Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy E. Ewers
Arthur Ewer
Rockwood
John Cornelius van Goozen
C.J. van Goozen
Acton
St. John's Church
E. A. Parker
Glailos
Ferns
Misa Edna M. Ewers
Dirk van Gooren
Messrs
Donald van Goozen
John W. Ewers
Ashera
Miss Linfoot
Mian Leona Gibb
Ele Tee
Frances Gibb
Mrs
Oakville
Terra Cotta Inglewood
Toronto
Fall fair dates announced for this district
Agricultural Societies Branch released tentative fall fair dates for the district. Listings include Milton Brampton Elmira Fergus Georgetown Grand Valley Mount Forest New Hamburg Orangeville Caledon Galt Tourne Streetville Aberfoyle Erin with dates ranging from August to October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Societies
Milton
Acton
Brampton
Elmira
Fergua
Georgetown
Grand Valley
Mount Forest
New Hamburg
Orangeville
Caledon
Gatt
Tourne
Streetaville
Aberfoyle
Erin
Saskatchewan Veterans Land Act Applications Rise
J M Varey reports 11 000 applications for land under the Veterans' Land Act received in Saskatchewan since the end of the war with 1885 cases approved and moving toward settlement, indicating strong postwar housing and farming needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatoon (Cp
J. M. Varey
Veterans’ Land Act
Saskatchewan
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J. Ho Smith
Gah
Roy Paddison
Pusinch
Caldwell
Pred McMillan
Mrs A Erdle
Mismi
Mr. W. Arnold
Mr. Lioyd D. Forbes
Detrot, Mich
Albert Cripps
Cleveland C
Alex. Cripps
Church St
Miss
Margaret Mowat
Copper Chiff
J. A. Mowat
Dorothy Kitching
Mra Calddwell
Mra Norman Wilds
Carolyn
Mra Thos Stateon Bs
Guelph
E. Lambert
Noble Greenaway
Bellwood
Linda Weaver
Kitchener
Mr. C. Temple
Dr. C . Shortt
Winnipeg
R. F. Johnatone
Edna Snyder
Joyce Lambert
Helen Flewerling
Mimosa
John Gibbons
Pirecebridge
Elmer Laaby
Woodstock
Copper Clff
Myrtle Titus
Margaret MacDonald
Mr. Caldwell
Knox Avenue
Ethel Franklin
Mra. J. Macintyre
Jan Dunn
Kirki@Ad Lake
John Dunn
Mra. C. Franklin
Chan. Kirkness
Katharine
Ivan Kirkness
Peter
Miss M. Kirkness
Waterloo
Bracebridge
L. C. Bell
Dorothy Bell
Edith Chapin
Stroudsburg, Pa
Alex. Orr
Helen Sinclair
St. Joseph's Hospital
Amon Mason
Geo. Mason
Richard
Frank
Jane
Judy
Sundridge
Tandel Anderson
Prince Edward Island
Chas. D
Henderon
Murray Harbour
Winnifred Warren
Walkerton
Shanghai
Eater Peer Rev. W
Wallace Paster
Yard of
Alban the Martyr
Trinity
Labor
Roland Haines
Acton Pal
Saratoga
Gary Cooper
Ingrid Bergman
Apple Andy
Royal Mounted Rides Again
Wm Gargan
Nancy Kelly
Tangier
Maria Montez
Fox News
Betty Hutton
Barry Fitzgerald
Traveltalk
Guatamale
S. Hutchinson
E. Brown
Alvin Hoot Celery
GG Bolton
E. Brown Carn
S. Mutchinson
Arthur Harri
SS Trutchinson
Helen Dayne
W. Stumpf
Henderson
Halton
Oinly
van Goozen Ewers
Rockwood Church
Nicol Bros
A. J. Corbett
Ont
W. Coles
Agar’s
Coas’ Office
Consult
Robt. R. Hamilton, R.O
St. George's Sq
Guelph, Ont
Rangeville
Ontario
Banner Counties
Merrymakers Orchestra
Nodwell
W. C. Reuber
Beatty Household Appliances
Talbots Hardware
Talbots
Reatty Household Appliances
Guelph 6
Douglas St
T. L. Kennedy
Stanger
Craig Reid
Pres
Garfield McGilvray
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