Toronto Visitors Mark Christmas Week of Socials
Lewonals Misa Margaret Garvin spent the weekend with friends in Toronto. Mr and Mrs Graham Kennedy visited at her home this week. Mr and Mrs R A Gordon and Nancy visited in Toronto on Sunday. Mrs R McDonald is with her son in Detroit for the holidays. Miss Peart Bell funeral in the west prompted Mrs J C Leslie to travel. Plans for Christmas in Stratton and New York City were noted for several families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Margaret Garvin
Toronto
Mra Graham Kennedy
Mra. R. A. Gordon and
Nancy
J. C. Leslie
West
Peart Bell
A. Buchanan Sr
Stratton
Rey Wansbrough
New York City
West Palm Beach
Fis
D. G. McLellan
Kitchener Hospital
Engagement of June Helen Cameron to Alexander Freeman Brown
Mr and Mrs Robert Cameron of Innisfall Alberts announce the engagement of their daughter June Helen to Alexander Freeman Brown son of Rev and Mrs J Ralston Brown of Calgary Alta. The marriage is set for December 26 at Innisfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Cameron
Innisfall
Alberts
June Helen
Alexander Freeman Brown
J. Ralston Brown
Calgary
Alta
Letter from Charlie McCann on subscriptions and exchange
A 1949 note from Charles E. McCann of Belleville New Jersey accompanies a money order for a Free Press subscription. He asks American readers to consider subscriptions paid in American dollars to ease exchange and mentions Canadian papers and a press conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greta
Charlie McCann
Nelleville
New Jeney
Charlie
Ai Dairy
New Jersey
Mr Dills
Free Press
Acton Rotary Club Christmas Dinner Highlights
Acton Rotary Club hosted a Christmas dinner with turkey, pudding, and trimmings. Several Acton men attended as guests. WoT Gould and J Royston praised hospitality and reported on Christmas baskets with Lake Side Chapter LODE and Crippled Children work. Christmas carols and songs were part of the program as Alf Long spoke on Christmas shopping for an American club and a letter of appreciation was received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton Rotary Club
Acton
Gould
J. Royston
Lakeside
Alf Long
Acton Club
Canada Exports Hosiery to 324 Markets in 1988 Trade Review
Canada in 1988 exported full fashioned hosiery to 324 foreign markets but dollar shortages in many nations delayed a full prewar overseas trade rebound. The article notes Canadian mothers have borne six sets of quadruplets, with the Dionies still without quintuplets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Church Sunday Services Announced for December 23 1949
Rev A O W Foreman conducts both morning and evening services at 1000 a.m Sunday School 11 00 a m topic The Babe of Bethlehem and 700 p m topic Good Tidings of Great Joy all are cordially invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem
A. O
W. Foreman
B.A
Christmas Day Services Listed for Sunday
On Sunday December 25 there are ten Christmas services at 1100 am Divine Worship 1215 pm Sunday School and Bible Class and 700 pm Service of Song with the message For unto you is bore this day Saviour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y.P.U
United Church WMs Names Officers 1950 At Pre Christmas Meeting
The December meeting of the United Church Woman's Missionary Society named officers for 1980 including President Miss M Bennett and Vice Presidents B Mowat and A Dills. Sessions covered Christmas service themes, carols, and readings with notes on resignations and department secretaries. The Connaught Tunnel through Mount Macdonald in the Rockies is noted as over five miles long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Church W.ms
Woman's Missionary Society of the United Church
C. W. Mason
B. Mowat
Mra Rr Armol4
Miss Mainprize
Thomson
Mra
J. J. Stewart
Are C. J. Poole
E. J. Caldwell
F. J. Caldwell
Miss M. Bennett
Mr. B. Mowat
Mra. A. Dills
Mise Mo Mailnprize
Mias K Hawthorne
Mre J Lambert
A. Dilla
A. T. Brown
Temperance
Misa D. Simmons
Mision
L. Lovell
Mra. Thomson
F. Cleave
J. Moore
Missionary Monthly
A. T. Firown
PB. Veldhuis
J. Lambert
RR. Arnold
Mr Burns
Mount Macdonald
Rockiss
Notice to Creditors in Estate of Robert Watson
Notice to creditors and others of the estate of Robert Perry Watson late of Acton Halton confectioner who died about April 1 1949. Send particulars and proof before January 7 1950 for distribution of assets to the executor Leatherland Acton Ontario solicitor for Thomas Watson executor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Perry Watson
Acton
Halton
Leatherland
Thomas Watson
Obituary notices from Acton district
Miss Pearl Clifford Bell of Nassagaweysa Township dies at age eighty two after years of nursing in Edmonton and Calgary. Funeral held at Vict Rumley Funeral Home with Bearers Thos McMillan and Harold Bell. Mrs Anna Pentland dies at 87 in Guelph Hospital after hip fracture. Funeral at Acton Vict Rumley with double service. Mrs Margaret Sophia Watson, 81, dies in Guelph after Christmas baking, burial in Churchill Cemetery with pallbearers Lionel Watson and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl C. Bell
Nassagaweysa
Pearl Clifford Bell
St. Joseph's Hospital
Guelph
Miss Bell
Edmonton General Hospital
Calgary
Aico
Acton
Alex
Susan Hell
Knox Church
Acton Besden
Misa Tell
Mra J.C. Sealle
Agnes
Alta
Victs Ko Rumley Funeral
Jn Ho Armatrong
Mr Luxton
St Alba@ge Church
Thos
McMillan
Linas McMillan
Tho S
Cargill
Wilfred Kennedy
Edward Dradge
Harold Bell
Anna Pentland
JK. Gardiner
St Joseph's Hospital
Mra J K. Gardiner
Mra Pentland
Duntroon
John
Phoebe Kerr
George Livingstone
James Pentland
James Livingstone
Collingwood
J. J Jeffress
Mich
Rotz
North Battleford
Sask
J. K Ganiiner
George F Livingstone
Montreal
FE F Burke
Midland
Feow Kerr
Camrose
Victor Bo
Margaret Sophia Watson
Churchill District
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Garafraxa
Ortan
Margaret Sophia Stauffer
John Stauffer
Margaret Ann Foster
John Snyder
William Watson
Margaret
Chas. Robinson
North Bay
Annie
Annie Moore
Abraham Stauffer
Stettler
Alberta
Hedley Hart
Cochrane
Churchill United Church
Gibbs
Mr. Marsh
Churchill Cemetery
Lionel Wwatson
Lloyd Stauffer
Clifford Stauffer
Byron Stauffer
Clyde Barton
Fred Millar
Harry Collier
Jas. Adams
Geo. Leslie
Murray Talbot
Leslie Swackhamer
Wallace Swackhamer
Get Ten Bucks in Pocket Tossed by Cogs Exchange
A fragmentary exchange shows two speakers negotiating cash in a clipped dialogue. One asks for ten dollars while the other expresses relief that the money would not be drawn from them. The text reflects casual banter and a mock cautionary tone.
Eramosa Board Seeks Grant for No 2 School Ground
At a special Eramosa Township School Board meeting on December 15 the secretary was told to request as soon as possible a Department of Highways grant title to the new No 2 School grounds to start necessary work. Committee members Saunders and Swanston to secure O AC plans for a similar No 10 school with minor changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eramosa Township
No. 10
Department of Highways
T. W. Saunders
G. F Swanston
O. AC
National Film Board
FH McCannell
Ho Adsett G FP
Swanston
T OH Saunders
Inspector Woo McVittis
Framess Township
Rockwood
Vfugh Sampoon
Guelph
Ontario Teacher's Federation
Pup!l Insurance
St. Mra. MB. Storrie
Medical Officer of Health
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mra. R. Mc McDonald
Detroit
James Symon
St. Michael's Hoapital
M. Creasy
George Billiott Sr
RA. Felmtore
Harold Eliott
U.S
Charles E. McCann
Chestnut St. Bellevie, NI
Waited Bharey
Genada Acton
Ontario
Louis Pickering
Hower Avenues Mine
O. ML
OM. Organis
Soneore Mev
Char BR
Gower
Albus
W. C. Larsten
van Wyck Cleaners
Yaald Citins
Brown’s Fruit and Grocery
John Calder
Church St.,acton
E. Braida Shoe Store
Eramosa Board
Messrs
FE HL McConnell
GF. Swanston
H. Adsett
T W Saunders
Wm. H. Hindley
Whitham’s Garage
Acton Creamery Limited
Eisen’s Clothing’ Store
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