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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 04, 1947
Page
8
The column records births and family notices from Guelph area hospitals and homes. It lists newborns including Nanny Elisabeth Hall and Peggy Lynne Blyth, plus other infant births and a stillborn, with brief parental details and dates in late 1947.
Members and friends of Acton Baptist Church gathered Thursday to welcome Rev C R Gower and Mrs Gower as their new pastor. Speakers praised unity and cooperation among Acton churches while noting a year of ministerial transitions. A cornet duet and congregational readings followed with praise for the new pastor.
John McPherson aged 68 of 68 Snowden Ave Toronto died Sunday November 20 1947 beloved husband of Edith Smith and father of Bill brother of David of Hamilton Ontario. Funeral service held in Toronto Tuesday with burial at Fairview Cemetery Acton Ontario.
Local notes report the Roxy Theatre project in Acton moving forward with steel on site and foundations laid. Road No. 25 between Acton and Milton in good condition with the new section featuring the best surface. Wartime housing progress shows all outside structures completed and finishing planned in winter. Josephine Boyd wins the Alce Mutrie Memorial Scholarship at Juelph Collegiate.
Reeve F. J. McCutcheon opened the Acton bowling alleys with Ed Jennings hosting an open house. Over thirty teams entered as six alleys in the new recreation center attract bowlers, with modern lighting, low noise, ample seating, and a forthcoming refreshment counter.
Teens attended Kids Night at Teen Town with outfits ranging from shorts to ribbons. A balloon blowing contest was won by Al Lyons and a rubble push blowing contest by Fred Euringer with several competitors. The Great Secret skit featured Fred Euringer Patsy Chew Gordon Lawson and Wilfrid Duval. James Dins and Wilfrid Duval directed programs with a splendid lunch served.
Classified notices list two doll carriages for sale near new with phone contact 271 and one pair of pale Indies white Boots size 5 nearly new with George Fryer Malin Street. Also eight Jerasy Helferm two-year-old registered vaccinated at Milton with contact 79112. Fire insurance rates offered by J W Chapman acting for Casualty Co of Canada John St Acton contact phone.
The undersigned have received instructions from Mrs C A Hits to sell by public auction at Lot 17 Con 2 Erin on the first line of Erin about one mile north of Highway 24. Sale details follow as stated in the notice.
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