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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 21, 1944
Page
12
Acton United Church Woman’s Missionary Society met at Mrs Peter Smith’s home. President Mrs Caldwell led the meeting which installed 1948 officers. gifts were given to Miss E Hawthorne and Mrs B Veldhuis for life memberships. A Christmas program followed with hymns and carols and refreshments.
Materials forwarded from Red Cross headquarters include 7 pair mitts 17 pair bed socks 4 sweaters 2 caps 15 pair gloves 10 pair socks 13 pair pajamas 60 girls nightgowns 10 babies nightgowns 215 khaki handkerchiefs 44 white handkerchiefs sent to Acton this week.
Beatrice Creamer has joined the WECNS and is stationed in Cornwallia Nova Scotia, with Mrs. Gl Creamer noted among the community. The item records a local enlistment and assignment in the wartime service.
Erin Township Council met at Hillsburg with all members present. Resolutions authorize school requisitions in three instalments, pay accounts through Dec 31 1944, wage adjustments for officers, and a County tax of 318855.22. Subsidy cheque of 4180.79 received. several payments approved including relief and road accounts. special notes cover fence enforcement and bond purchase for the Seventh Victory Loan.
Beardmore Co employees hosted a Christmas party for children and the versatile Reeve. J. M. McDonald starred as Santa Claus with Bobby Anderson as the clown. Despite blustery weather Santa arrived on snowshoes. A trained dogs act and a full gift spread followed.
The Friendly Circle led by Lois Dawkins and Alzelna Priestly visited Miss M. Z. Bennett on Lake Avenue with a miniature tree. They serenaded, presented gifts, and Miss Bennett thanked them. A Santa hunt named Alzerna Priestly concluded the event with a prize from a benevolent old gentleman. The group enjoyed carols, a piano interlude, and doughnuts with coffee before departing.
Pte M McMillan returned home Sunday evening to spend Christmas with his mother Mrs Margaret McMillan Miss Jean and brother Bill at Frederick Street Acton after over two years overseas He was injured in England while training and was thrown from a motorcycle sustaining knee injuries He has served three years and is recovering satisfactorily along with other Acton friends celebrating his homecoming
A large audience enjoyed a Christmas program by Acton United Sunday School pupils and teachers last Wednesday. Superintendent A T Brown and Rev A W Fosbury chaired. Diana Baird welcomed. acts included "Light & playette" and "Choosing a Doll" plus carols, a cornet solo by Ken Anderson, "Fathed Christma Party" play, "The Manger Scene" tableau with organ and the Santa Claus visit distributing gifts from the tree.
A wolf was killed on the Eramosa farm of Reeve D. D. Gray near Rockwood, drawing a township bounty of 35 dollars plus a 25 dollar provincial supplement. The district has paid over 1000 dollars in sheep-kill claims this year, making wolf hunting a profitable pursuit for local trappers. Wellington and Arthur Stumphs were the prowling team responsible for the kill.
The final 1944 meeting of Halton County Council in Milton saw absent members noted and brief business recorded. Proposals included a 150 grant to the Road Engineer for higher gas and oil costs, fees for the advertising committee, and support for the Old Age Pensions and Mothers' Allowance Board secretary. The council approved several accounts, discussed rural school health service, and thanked Warden Howard May for his tenure, noting uncompleted projects like the Glen Williams bridge.
The last regular Esquesing Township Council meeting for 1944 was chaired by Reeve C H May with Deputy Reeve G W Murray and councillors present. Accounts paid covered Game and Fisheries licenses, court costs, health and road expenses totaling several hundred dollars, with by law readings approving municipal nominations and elections.
Arthur Clubine pleaded guilty in Milton police court to careless driving after a December collision on the First Line Esqueaing. The truck owned by Gordon Snow, driven by Clubine, hit a Toronto car driven by Thomas Epstein, with $114 front-end damage and frost on the windshield. Provincial Constable E R Lemon investigated. Also, Thomas Burmum of Hamilton pleaded guilty to stealing a car and tires and was sentenced to a year in the reformatory on each count, to run concurrently.
The Y's Men's Club held its Christmas Party last Friday with large attendance. Highlights included Torontonian judo demonstrations by Yngram Jones, David Burgess, and Ken McCracken, and the annual Christmas Turkey Draw with winners from Acton and Guelph. Guests enjoyed a substantial lunch, carol singing led by Chas Kirkness, and dancing in the gymnasium, with remarks by J. T. Fields and W. J. Beatty as chairman.
A series of dance and concert notices across Ontario venues list performances by Stewart Elliot's Orchestra at Orange Hall Brampton Darice Oddfellow's Hall Milton Bloomabury Orchestra Dublin School Concert Nassagaweya Friday December 22 and December 7 events with admission 40c 2c 0c and 00 respectively with details for audiences in Nassagaweya and Brookville areas.
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