William Laird Dies at Walkerville Ontario
William Laird aged husband of Ella Gemble died at his home 27 Iroquois Street Walkerville Ontario on Wednesday December 18 1940. Funeral will be in Windsor Friday with burial at Windsor Cemetery. Beloved sister notices also memorial for Mrs Alex Bell who died December 21 1939, deeply mourned by sister Mrs Colin Cameron.
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Laird
Iroquois Street
Walkerville
Ontario
William Laird
Ella Gemble
Windsor
Terment
Windsor Cemetery
Acton Christmas Holiday Updates and Local Notes
Acton schools close tomorrow night for Christmas vacation. Next week’s Free Press will be issued on Tuesday. Bolton voted against a two year council term. Christmas concerts of schools and Sunday schools run nightly. Red Cross rooms closed for holiday until January 6. Acton stores open every evening till Christmas. Bank of Nova Scotia building roof completed. Highway travel difficult on Monday and country roads still treacherous. Mason subdivision houses show siding and interior progress. Proclamation grants Acton retailers and banks a post Christmas holiday. Locals greet returning soldiers from Sussex and send best wishes to those in active service. A photograph features Mrs. G H Switzer’s farm home, Honorable Mention in Farmers Magazine competition.
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Hitler
Britain
U. S.A
America
Midland
Jennie
London
Roosevelt
Willkie
White Gifts for the King Christmas Program
A legend of King Kubla Khan inspires a Christian era White Gifts for the King program. Citizens bring white gifts to celebrate the King's birthday with equal regard for all offerings, emphasizing love and loyalty over value.
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Kubla Khan
Cathay
December Meeting of Ban nockburn Institute
The Ban nockburn Women's Institute held its December meeting at Mrs W Harding's home with good attendance. President Mrs S Matthews chaired, members shared a Christmas recipe, and a donation to the War Charities Fund was decided. Arrangements were made for a Ballinarad Hall dance during the holidays and Mrs Robert Kerr gave a reading before a Silent Night closing.
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Bannockburn Women's Institute
W. Harding
S. Matthews
Ballinarad Hall
Robert ‘Kerr
Christmas youth events and badminton match at the Y M C A
The first Sunday Fireside at the Y M C A begins Sunday at 8 30 p m with a Christmas music program. A Fergus Club badminton match ended eleven to three for Fergus, followed by a lunch and dance. A Christmas party for a girls group featured games hats horns and lunch. Junior Boys swam at the Y M C A pool with transport provided by local men. Saturday Nite Parties invite youths to a Christmas party with a bring a present of fifteen cents for Santa.
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Y.M
Fergus
For
Helen Ostrander
J. C. Matthews
Guelph Y
Santa
Forsakes Farm To Set Career of Betty Jane
Michael McKay of Spy Hill Saskatchewan leaves farming after drought losses to train educated horses in Stratford Ontario. His six year old mare Betty Jane is a movie hopeful with tricks and arithmetic ability. He plans to take her to Hollywood as demand for trained animals grows.
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Winnipeg
Michael McKay
Spy Hill
Sask
McKay
Saskatchewan
Hollywood
Betty Jane
Stratford
Ontario
United States Army
Betty
Jane
Arly
Bitty Jane
Farm Cat Seeks Duties For Medina Tennessee Cat
A big gray tom cat named Daniel Parish will trail and catch quarry chase quail drive livestock and herd sheep in Medina Tennessee according to the report.
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Medina
Tenn
Daniel Parish
Tom Cat
Sweden Sets Up Depots to Recycle Waste Oil
Stockholm reports Sweden will establish depots to collect used waste oil for refueling after wartime stock depletion. Authorities aim to recycle oil and conserve fuel during the blockade era.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Wartime Midlands workers fined for slowing factory output
Six men from a Midlands factory were fined between £40s and £10 for absences and reducing production. The case, reported from Birmingham, highlights wartime labor discipline and penalties.
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Birmingham
England
Midlands
Vatican Builds Gas Tight Shelter for Pope Pius XV
A gas tight shelter shielded by 100 tons of steel is under construction in Vatican City to protect Pope Pius XV from aerial bombing around January 1.
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Vatican City
Pius XV
Real Estate Listings Describe Brick and Cottage Homes for Sale
Real estate items describe brick houses with six to nine rooms, cellars, furnaces, fireplaces, garages, and good tenants. Also listed are cottages with four rooms, sunrooms, and pipeless furnaces, plus building lots, farms, and a Lake Avenue brick house rented at 1600 monthly. Loans offered at 60 percent on village houses with constraints. Rentals include a Main Street house at 12 dollars monthly.
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Crewshill Corners
Queen Street
Intimate wartime letter from England to Canada in 1940
A letter sent to Councillor W. J. O. Oakes from England recounts wartime life in 1940. The writer notes morale, air raids on London, rationing, and aid from Americans and Churchill’s leadership, plus a Home Guard unit housed in the writer’s home.
Officers Elected for the Churchill Women's Association
The Churchill Women's Association held a regular meeting at Mrs Archie Kerr's home with Mrs Freeman presiding. Officers elected for the coming year include President Mrs Freeman and vice presidents Miss Edna Russell and Mrs Smith Griffin. A brief business session planned a quilt project and monthly visiting baskets.
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Churchill Women’s Association
Archie Kerr
Freeman
Edna Russell
Caldwell
Foreman
S Swackhamer
Smith Griffin
H. Allan
H. Griffin
E. Russell
S. Swackhamer
Binnie
B. Leitch
Robert. Kerr
No Time for Temper in Carlisle Sabotage Case
In Carlisle England a 40 year old female wool operative faced court for sabotage at a northwest England factory. She argued temper caused her to destroy essential yarn but received a fine.
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Carlisle
England
Worhan Mil
Sought Bomb Strike Aimed At Germany Reported
A London memo notes a Sumatra clique pressuring the British Ministry of Supply to fund a bomb strike on a specific German objective. The unclear text suggests a covert plan to carry out a targeted attack. The fragment references Sumatra and London with unspecified actors and motives.
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Wet Simeloeygoen
Sumatra
Ministry of Supply
London
Germany
Local Health Bulletin Warning of Christmas Health Risks
The Local Board of Health reports two mild cases of German measles with no spread. It urges children with colds to avoid gatherings, promotes covering coughs, and advises limiting sweets and candies during the holidays to prevent digestive upsets. Immunization at eight schools nearly complete with totals: Diphtheria 53, Scarlet Fever 164, Whooping Cough 84, Smallpox 164.
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Board of Health of
Acton
Bennett lauds Kettering group as seven Spitfires funded
Former Canadian Prime Minister R B Bennett thanks Kettering leaders and two town chairmen for presenting 12 cheques totaling £30 570 to fund seven Spitfires. He calls the contribution magnificent and among the greatest achievements in the kingdom.
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Kettering. Engand
Cpr
R. B. Bennett
Coventry Cathedral Theft Yields Short Sentence
In Coventry England a youth stole a 1760 register from Coventry Cathedral after bombing. He received three months hard labor.
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Coventry
England
The Watch Committee Denies Sunday Dramatic Licenses
Manchester officials refuse four license requests for Sunday theatre openings. The Watch Committee has disallowed Sunday dramatic licenses, keeping venues closed that day.
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Manchester
Mchester
Young Chemist Dies During Chloroform Experiments
A 17 year old amateur chemist Eric Newton died in Barnsley England while conducting chloroform experiments. He was found wearing a gas mask fitted with a cocoa tin.
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Barnsley
England
Eric Newton
Irishmen seek de Valera aid for ports in Tasmania
Irish residents in Tasmania urge President de Valera to help the Empire in its struggle for freedom by allowing British ships to use Irish ports and airfields.
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Hobart
Tasmania
de Valeda
Erre
Empire
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Memoriam
Od’s. and
Enis
Bolton
Red Cross
Bank of Nova Scotia
Mason
Sussex
N.B
G. H. Switzer
Farmers’ Magazine
BANNOCKBURN __ INSTITUTE
Prairie Farmer
Dad
Pope
W.T. Patterson
Guelph
Maher Shée Stbre
Lake Avenue
Bower Avenue
Main Street
Leatherland Cton
W. J. O. Oakes
BE. R. Wilkes
Canada
Local Health ‘Bulletin
E. J Nelson
Bennett
Hifham’s
Young Street
Mill Street
C.N.R
Madan
the Council
Eka
Ottawa
Shestedkia
Acantic
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