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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 21, 1944
Page
11
Acton United Church WMS met at Mrs. Peter Smith’s home last Thursday presided by Mrs. Caldwell. The meeting installed 1945 officers led by Rev. Fosbury. two life memberships were awarded Miss E Hawthorne and Mrs B Veldhuls with pins. Christmas hymns and 59 solos followed a friendship service. Refreshments were served. officers listed include President Mrs E J Caldwell and various roleholders.
Materials forwarded from Acton Red Cross headquarters this week include 7 pair mitts 17 pair bed socks 4 sweaters 2 scarfs 15 pair gloves 10 pair socks 13 pair pyjamas 60 girls nightgowns 10 babys nightgowns 113 khaki handkerchiefs 44 white handkerchiefs.
Beatrice Creamer granddaughter of Mrs G Creamer has enlisted in the Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service and is now stationed at Cornwallia Nova Scotia where she will serve in naval duties.
Erin Council met at Hillsburg with full attendance. Resolutions authorize school payments, road and police village accounts, tax adjustments, and subsidies. Notable items include a government subsidy of 4180.70, road upgrades, officer payments, and a $5000 Seven Victory loan bond purchase.
Beardmore Employees' Association hosted a snowbound Christmas party for children from Beardmore & Co gates to Town Hall. J M McDonald played Santa while Bobby Anderson acted as the clown and a trained dogs act impressed. Gifts and oranges circulated as youngsters sang and cheered through a packed hall.
The Friendly Circle invaded Miss M Z Bennett's home led by Lola Dawkins and Atetha Priestly with a miniature Christmas tree. Girls presented gifts, Santa hunt winner Alzerna Priestly received a tie, then they sang carols and enjoyed doughnuts, coffee, and cake before dispersing home.
Pte M McMillan, overseas over two years and a half, was invalided home after knee injuries from a motorcycle accident in England. He spent Christmas with sister Miss Jean and brother Bill on Frederick Street and is reported to be recovering well.
A fine Christmas concert by Acton United Sunday School pupils and teachers drew a large audience of parents and friends. Superintendent A T Brown and Rev A W Fosbury chaired. The program included a play Light In the Window a playette Choosing a Doll carols a comet solo by Ken Anderson a Uitte play Fables Christmas Party the tableau The Manger Scene and Santa Claus gift distribution from the tree.
A wolf shot on a Reeve D. D. Gray farm near Rockwood drew a $65 total bounty from township and provincial authorities. With Eramosa paying over $1000 in prior claims, wolves are seen as profitable game while sheep losses tempt more hunts.
The final meeting of the 1944 Halton County Council in Milton saw Warden Howard May preside with two absentees. Awards and payments were approved including grants of 150 for the Road Engineer and the Old Age Pensions and Mothers' Allowance Board, and routine accounts totaling 3073.63. A health service for rural schools was debated. a committee was named to consult the Department on a school nurse plan. The council thanked the Warden for his term and adjourned after singing the National Anthem.
The last regular meeting of Esquesing Township Council for 1944 was held Friday with Reeve C. H. May presiding. Payments were approved including taxes, court costs, lights, insurance, health and road accounts, plus mileage for council members. A by law for municipal nominations and elections was read and passed. a motion thanked Reeve May for his fair chairmanship.
Arthur Clubine pleaded guilty to careless driving and was fined 25 dollars plus costs after a December 2 collision between a truck owned by Gordon Snow and driven by Clubine and a Toronto car driven by Thomas Epstein. Evidence cited a frosted windshield and minor front end damage. Constable E R Lemon investigated. A separate Monday court sat for Thomas Burmum of Hamilton who pleaded guilty to stealing a car and tires and received concurrent one year sentences in the reformatory.
The Y M C A Christmas Party organized by the Y's Men's Club drew a large crowd. The program featured a Torontonian judo display with Ingram Jones David Burgess and Ken McCracken, a turkey draw, a ladies lunch with cold meats and cake, caroling led by Chas Kirkness and dancing on the gym floor to close the evening. Winners of the turkey draw were Klausl Irma Watson Frank Toth Miss M Clone Mrs Irene Marshall E Cripps G Kalbfield G Nelson Bruce Fox A Burrows. Winners to claim prizes at Mr Heard's home after seven thirty.
A list of holiday events across Peel region including Stewart Elliot’s Orchestra performances in Brampton and Milton on December 22, Bloomsbury Orchestra concert in Dublin with 40 cent admission, Nasagaweya School concert at 8:15 and 9:00 p.m. respectively with 25 and 20 cent admissions, and a December 27 dance at Brookville Hall hosted by Nasagaweya Women’s Institute. New Year Frolic set for Acton Town Hall with 50 cent admission and dancing into the early hours.
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