Christmas Homecomings Across Town From Toronto to Halifax
A flood of Christmas leave and homecomings fills the community as sailors, soldiers, and families reunite. Names include Wallace, Hassard, Hurat, Lambert, Andeson, Bralda, Hollinger, Clayton, Harris, Leatham, Lamb, Wood, Holiinger, McLeod, Kennedy, Browning, Beatty, Gardiner, Lowrie, McDonald, Russell, Allen, and Johnston among others returning to Acton, Toronto, Ottawa, Detroit, and Comber for the holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mariel Harris
Acton
Frances Huret
Creemore
Lac L
Mis
Frank Browning
Toronto
Frances Dilla
Ottawa
Apent Christmay
Gordon Beatty
Brockville
Chester Wallace
Wren Helen Lamb
J. K. Gardiner
Arators
Dutdalk
December 1944 Sunday Worship Services and Sermons
Morning Worship at 21.00 with sermon "The Finality of the Record of the Faust" followed by Church School at 22.15 and Evening Worship with sermon "The Real Miracle of Christmas" Also a Wednesday January preparatory service at 18.00 and New Year greeting from Albany.
Key Words of Revelation Sermon and Sunday Schedule
Religious notices list morning worship on Sunday December 7 1044 with a sermon titled The Key Words of Revelation Now The schedule includes Sunday School and Junior Bible Classes at 3 PM and Evening Worship at 7 PM with The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper observed. The message theme centers on waiting upon the Lord for renewed strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louus Chriat
Christmas guests flock to home of Mr and Mrs Landabrough
A long list of Christmas visitors gathers at various homes in the area including Mr and Mrs Wm Landabrough and extended families from Toronto, Hamilton, Detroit, and Acton. Names include Barbara Vinvent Margaret Kanney Dennis Fosbury Jack Nold Austin Rold Joan Whiteding Gordon McKay Harold Wanaborough and many others. The piece chronicles holiday returns and family visits across multiple towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon ‘McKay
Harold Wanaborough
Soranto
Smith Criffin
Erb
Prank Day
Gov. Day
Janet
Rockwood
Mra
HL. Wansborough
St David's Church Sunday Show Recital and Christmas News
A Campbellville church event at St David's Presbyterian featured Rev John MacNeill as chair with Billy Laking leading a welcome and several performances. Local residents and families shared Christmas greetings and travel notes, plus a death announcement for John Ware aged 66 and a London wartime lighting upgrade report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. David's Presbyterian Church
John MacNeill
Billy Laking
Claga
Minas
Lars Campbell
Joan King
Kenneth Campbell
T. Snyder
Jean McPhail
R.C. Manzies
Bayne Clements
Gertrude Campbell
Gordon Hurren
Santa Claus
John Thin
Eaafaly
Robert Snyder
Canadian Army Manitoba
John Ware
Wamittan
Ernest Halley
Toronto
Thomas
Acton
Albert
Campballville
St. John's Anglican Cemetery
Gerald Whehards
Aluo
Pla
Hoy Wobert
Camp Hordon
Harry Wood
Carliale
Mary Simpson
Kilbride
Willan Hobarts
Joh Mahon
Alexander Moore
Homme
Lage Waek
Mhigen Teu
Tinet
Currie Me
Pratt Spont Christina
Chartodmerhalt
Win. McPhail Upanat Chilatmun
Junion Robsytuon
Mins
Mary ‘Jeregn Hunter
Hamilton
Frank Quinlan
Marathon of nude ray dolls staged in Watts Hospital
Purhan North Carolina report describes Mrs. HF Solly of Norfolk Virginia displaying 325 nude ray dolls as a hospital hobby over two months of treatment. Most dolls are children's gifts, including a baby born in Watts maternity, some sent overseas to armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purhan
N.C
HF. Solly
Norfolk
Watts Hospital
Bableg
Watts
Othe
Fishermen Thankful No Seamen Lost From Lunenburg
Citizens of Lunenburg Nova Scotia at a public Sunday service gave thanks that there was not a single loss of life in the 1944 fishing season. It marked the first time since 1928 that no seaman from this port was lost at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lunenburg, N. S
Lunenburg
Lfe
Aerial Mapping Planned for Prairie Irrigation Study
Regina reports next year plans to map 6 000 square miles of the south Saskatchewan and Assiniboine rivers to assess irrigation and water storage options in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. A British note adds juveniles are sent to Borstal institutions for development supervised by experts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina
Saskatchewan
Assiniboine
Manitoba
London
Femae
SAS Pew
Local notices and marriages from early 1920s ad snippets
Fragmentary vintage notices list farm sales transfers Christmas time greetings and several tiny life events. Includes farm purchase by Mosars and Chester Plank at Crewson's Corner, property dealings on Patterson Block, Bank of Montreal staff transfer to Holstein, a Toronto wedding, and obituaries from Guelph region with dates 1924 1024 1924.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akators
Mosars
William
Chester Plank
Alex
McIntosh
Crewson's
Cornara
John Williamson
Church Strest
Neil Pattern
Patterson Block
Main Stresta
H. F. Lucas
Bank of Montreal
Holstein
Mr. C
Knanp
Toronto
Poland May Get Silesian Prize
New York correspondent reports European tensions over Silesia as Transian armies approach Silenia. Analysts note Silesia’s rich coal and industrial wealth could alter postwar borders and Poland’s economic power. The piece traces historical transfers of upper Silesia and rail networks that connect to western Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Silenia
Dlusict
Ruhr Valley
Silesia
Priya
Ytta
Poland
Siloula
Silasia
Germany
Junkers
Stevia
Upper
Litona
Cyachonavia
Major
Milney Shuares
Jail Escape After Night Drinking Spree by Prisoners
Seventeen year-old Erville Essery testified how he and a fellow inmate escaped using a key from a country jail, spent a night drinking, and then returned to lock themselves back in, noting the jail was more comfortable than life outside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summerside
Erville Essery
Kennedy and Van der Bergh Farm Romance Plans Marriage
Mrs. Vera Kennedy of the Women's Land Army did valued work on the 200 acre farm of Sidney Van der Bergh, managing director of a margarine firm, and the enterprise began to pay. They are planning marriage.
Cigarettes for Christmas sent to New Brunswick troops
Premier J B McNair announced the province will ship over 1 million cigarettes to New Brunswick servicemen overseas as a Christmas gift to troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederickton
J.B. McNair
Six Year Old Hooks 42 Inch Pike in Rainy River
Hugh Geary, son of Mr and Mrs Thor Geary, captured a 42 inch great northern pike weighing 20 pounds eight ounces in the Rainy River. The six year old’s feat prompts wonder at Fort Frances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Geary
Hugh
Thor Geary
Rainy River
Fort i Frances
Thos
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