Shamroc Hockey Club Reorganized at Recent Meeting
The Shamroc Hockey Club underwent reorganization during a recent meeting. W Gray will spend winter with his son Wesly and Mrs Gray in Delhi Ontario. Anseat Cosford, District Deputy Grand Master, visited Wellington Lodge 271. Mrs Alex McDonald suffered serious injuries in a stair fall. Wellington County Council honored retiring Warden D G Leitch at the Wellington Hotel in Guelph.
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Shamroc
W. ¥. Gray
Wesly
Gray
Delhi
Ontario
Anseat Cosford
Wellington
Wellington Lodge
Alex, McDonald
Ada Short
Wellington County Council
D. G. Leitch
Guelph
Christmas Concert At Esquesing Raises Funds And Spirits
Tickets sold on a Christmas cake by Mrs. Johnes of Chelenham raised funds for the Eoning Telegram War Victims Fund. The 8S No. 9 Esquesing Christmas concert featured a well trained pupil performance led by Miss Jenkinson and Mrs. Gowdy with Santa Claus arriving to hand out oranges and candles. The school holidays were extended to two full weeks due to festival days.
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Johnes
Chelenham
Win. Milliere
Eoning
Jenkinson
Nassagaweya U S No 7 Concert and Puppets Read
The Nassagaweya Sunday School concert December 17 featured Miss McLaughlin and pupils with twenty nine numbers including dialogues and a pageant. The program included puppets presented December 18 at Bloomsbury No 9 and a Santa luncheon. Performers included Dorothy Service Islmore Davenport Mark Kennedy Hazwld Kenney and others under Miss McLaughlin. A separate Nassagaweya Presbyterian Sunday School concert Friday evening featured “Squaring All With the Boss.” News notes mention local residents' events and a fortieth wedding anniversary dinner for Mr and Mrs Jol Gilmour Campbellville and Christmas wishes to editors and readers.
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McLaughlin
Armstrong
Franks
Hassard
No. 9
Santa
Bloomsbury
Dorothy Service
Islmore Davenport
Mark Kennedy
Hazwld Kenney
George Service
Ronald King
Don McMillan
Tommy Kennedy
Miss McLaughlin
Ana
Nassagaweya Presbyterian
Jimmie
Howard Frank
Beth
Wilfred Kennedy
Johnnie Bender
Wal. McLeod
Hortense
Win. Bullard
Chaiissa
J.J. Kennedy
Mr. Dunne
Bob Frank
Janes Copeland
Windsor
Allan Ferrier
Babe
Patricia
Wm. Service
Jol Gilmour
Campbellville
Ebenezer Church Christmas Concert Honors Diamond Couple
Ebenezer United Church Sunday School staged a Christmas concert on December 20 with carols, recitations, and tree gifts for children. A highlight was an address and gifts to Mr and Mrs Arthur Diamond, with a china cabinet and tea pot given by local presenters.
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Ebenezer United Church Sunday School
Arthur Diamond
Jas
W. Moffat
George Thomas
Cameron Ramshaw
James Easterbrook
Nassagaweya
Arthur
Marion
Ebenezer Church
Diamond
Anderson
Holiday visits and mild weather brighten Seventh Line
Mr and Mrs May of Little Current visit relatives Duncan and Peter Ferguson for the holidays. Mr and Mrs Irvine visit friends in Detroit. Will Evans family of Acton visit Mrs Soper. Morin of Montreal stay with uncle Jas Young. Mrs Smith spends holidays in Toronto. Mild weather ends ice on the Seventh Line. editor and Free Press staff wish a merry Christmas.
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May
Little, Current
Messrs
Duncan
Peter Ferguson
Irvine
Detroit
Will Evans
Acton
Soper
Morin
Montreal
Jas. Young
Mrs"Smith
Christmas Holiday Closures and Church Program in Rockwood
Rockwood schools close Friday for Christmas holidays. Local residents from New Dundee Kitchener Guelph and Prescott are home for the holidays. The United Church Christmas entertainment featured Rev P H Lawson George Gordon led singing Fred McArthur top the program. A flag drill by 12 girls and a nativity scene by Sunday School members impressed attendees. Santa Claus distributed gifts at the end. Mrs H B Hosking plans to return home from Guelph General Hospital. Mrs G H Pearen improving enough to attend church. Roy Day of Brantford visited for the weekend.
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Ross Carton
Lorena Richardson
M. Milroy
George Torrance
New Dundee
Kitchener
Guelph
Prescott
United Church
P. H. Lawson
George Gordon
Fred McArthur
Christ
Santa Claus
Georgetown Merchants Set Boxing Day Holiday Observance
Georgetown merchants plan a Boxing Day holiday on December 26 with housewives urged to shop ahead for the two day break. The town marked its seventy sixth birthday on December 14 after incorporation as a village in 1864. Council discussed a new restaurant by law restricting dancing after 11 pm on Sundays and weekdays, banning pin games and slot machines, and banning loitering by children under sixteen.
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Georgetown
Herald
Milton Milestones and Appointments in Local Public Schools
George R. Praser resigns from Milton Public School as Grade VII teacher at Robert Land Public School. Miss Mary McDuffee appointed supervisor of girls work at Montreal University. Eighteen Milton girls enlist in the Auxiliary for Territorial Service and begin training. Major Leather named second in command of Halton Volunteer Guards. Major Earle becomes battalion adjutant. Sergt Major Cox named regimental sergeant major. Kathleen Mary Ingles Dick engaged to William Kenneth Gibb. wedding planned December twenty eighth at Knox Presbyterian Church Milton.
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George R. Praser
Milton Public School
Robert Land
Mary McDuffee
Queen's University
Department of Social Science
University of Toronto
Montreal University
Milton
Canadian ‘Auxiliary For
Leather
M.C
Burlington
Halton Volunteer Guards
Jas. Ballantine
D.S.O
Earle
Reattalion
Cox
William Ingles Dick
Kathleen Mary
William Kenneth Gibb
Hugh Cunningham Gibb
Toronto
Jin Knox Presbyterian Church
Champion
Christmas Homecomings And Engagements In Acton Area
Pte Gordon Cook and Pte Gordon Smith return home for Christmas furloughs from London and Kitchener. Miss Frances Dills and Miss Nora Kenny R N return from Toronto for the holidays. Mr and Mrs J C Currie and Jim visit in Acton. Mr and Mrs R M MacDonald of Detroit announce the engagement of Dorothy Marjorie to Earl Fred Waller of Acton with marriage planned February 15 1941 at St Albans Church Acton.
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Nora Kenny
R.N
Toronto
R.M. MacDonald
Murray and
Kenneth
Detroit, Mich
R. M. MacDonald
Dorothy Marjorie
Earl Fred Waller
Edward Waller
Kitchener
Ontario
St. Alban’s Church
Acton
Pilgrim's Way by John Buchan ranked fourth in U.S. best sellers
New York report notes John Buchan's Pilgrim's Way, one of Lord Tweedmouth's final books, appears in the Current Best Sellers list as a non fiction entry and earns the fourth position in the rankings.
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New York
Lord Tweedmuir
United States
New Zealand Plans Waste Paper Use for Reclamation
Auckland reports the Council for Reclamation of Waste Material will divert up to 15,000 tons of waste paper annually to mills in Australia and New Zealand.
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Auckland
N.Z
New Zealand
Council For Reclamation of
Australia
Burlington News Notes Engagements and Local Council Updates
Mrs Vera Ruth McCartney to wed William Wilson Henderson in a quiet New Year’s Eve ceremony. Judge Munro presided over appeals at Council Chamber with 33 filed, 10 withdrawn, four held for judgment. The minesweeper Burlington named for the town will visit for an official ceremony. Roy Coulter won a contract to supply a snowplow truck at $2.50 hourly. Town Council discusses pin and slot machine license fees, Mayor Blair calls for higher fees after reviewing revenues.
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Russell McCartney
Tisle
Vera ‘Ruth
William Wilson Henderson
David Henderson
Port Nelson
Munro
Council Chamber
Court of Revision
Department of National Defence
Burlington
Hugh Cleaver
Blair
Roy Coulter
Lowville
Nelson Onan
Gazette
Germans Build Model Farm Villages On Western Front
Berlin reports Germany establishing dozens of model farm villages to back the fortified Western Front. The program aims to reinforce the war effort by combining agriculture with defense.
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Berlin
Carol Service Planned at St John's Rockwood
A church schedule lists 12.15 p.m. church school 2.30 p.m. carols at St John's Rockwood and a 7.00 p.m. carol service in the same venue.
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St. John's
Rockwood
St. John’s, Rockwood
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