Christmas visits fill Acton with holiday travel
A flood of Christmas visits fills Acton and surrounding towns as residents travel to family homes. Names mentioned include Mr. J K Gardiner, Mr. RW Laurie, Miss Margaret MacDonald, Sub Lieut E C Russell, Mrs. Bert Allen, Mrs. August Anderson, and families in Georgetown, Toronto, Detroit, Vancouver, and Ottawa. Many relatives spend the holiday together across Ontario and nearby regions.
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E. C. Russell
King's College, Halifax
Town
Bert Allen
Georgetown
Wes. Allen
August Anderson
Helen Greenwood
Toronto
Sunday Evening Services at Center School Youth Bible Class
The text advertises Sunday events at Center School and a Junior Bible Class at 7:00 pm. It mentions an evening worship titled The Second Coming of Jesus Christ and references a Thursday service related to the Eucharist. The fragmentary notice invites participation and notes a land event.
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Tae Senter
Ana" Junior Bible
Jex
Christmas Observances and Visiting in local homes 1944
Sunday December 31 1944 notes a morning worship and Sunday school at 1100 and 1215 pm with evening service at 790 pm on Looking Forward. The report lists numerous Christmas visitors and families from Toronto Hamilton Guelph Pickering and Stratford visiting local residents including the Landsborough Wamsborough and Reid families along with many others over the holiday period.
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Saemday School
Christmas greetings and obituaries in Campbellville area news
The column recalls Christmas visits and gatherings at multiple local homes in Campbellville and surrounding areas with names of residents and families. It notes the death of Bir John Ware at 66 after a recent operation and lists survivors. A separate London update mentions enhanced lighting at railway stations as wartime relaxations ease.
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Gertrede Bar
Gordom Fharren
Mas. T. Sayer
Mermy Mahon
Henteville
Merv
James Mahoe
James Dik
the Waites
Willem Vensichile
James Bradley
Foc
Baratley
Wm. McLaren
Bir
John Ware
Hamilton
Ernest Bailey
Toronto
Tomes
Acton Mir
Mira
Gerald Richards
Roy Robert
Camp Worren
Harry Hood
Carlile
Mary Simpson
Kilbride
William Roberts
John Mahon
Alexander Moone
Witses Jean, Yanet
Carme Tle Peal
Hitvell
Charles McPhall
Wi. WePhall
Nive
Doll Marathon Staged in Hospital Produces 325 Dolls
Mon. HL OF. Seay of Norfolk Virginia, a Watts hospital patient, crafted 325 registered dolls during two months of treatment. Most goes as gifts to child patients including newborns in the maternity section. Some comic dolls travel overseas as mascots for armed forces members.
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Durnan
N.C
Seay
Norfolk
Watts Hospital
Watts
Guelph’s Six-Foot-Eleven Soldier Rejected for Service
Guelph’s Joe Lawrence six foot eleven was ordered to report for medical at London Ontario but was told the call was a mistake. He was too old and too tall for service.
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Guelph
Joe Lawrence
London
Ont
Lunenburg Sailors Thankful No Losses In 1944 Fleet
Citizens at a Sunday service in Lunenburg Nova Scotia expressed gratitude that no lives were lost among the fishing fleet in 1944. It was the first time since 1979 a seaman from the port had died at sea.
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Lunenburg, N.S
Lunenburg
Prairie Rivers mapping eyed for irrigation plans
Aerial mapping of about 6,000 square miles of the south Saskatchewan and Assiniboine rivers in Saskatchewan and Manitoba may be done next year to assess irrigation and water storage potential. In London, juveniles are sent to Borstal institutions rather than treated as prisoners, with 63.5 percent of boys discharged after one to three years not reoffending according to latest reports.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Assiniboine
Manitoba
London
Poland
Silesian
Cecchloslavia
Upper Silesia
Baltic
Europe
Obituary notices from Guelph hospital and Lambert family
Fragmentary obituary notice records the death of Elizabeth Lambert aged 75 years, widow of the late WIlliam Lambert. Also mentions the family event for John Kennett and a memorial reference to Setew and Creasm's Dormmnery date.
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Gale
Toronto
Ded
Rawson
Guelph
Bee
Rewson
Acton
Lambert
Hur
Setew
John Kennett
Peer Creasm
Elizabeth McDeron
Wit- Yam Lambert
Poland May Get Silesian Prize
New York dispatch notes Russia nears Silesia as Britain and Poland weigh a potential western compensation. The region, rich in coal and industry, would shift to Poland in a postwar settlement, with rail, river, and highway links enhancing strategic value.
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Poland
Teenager Testifies on Escape Plot and Return
Seventeen year old Erville Essery testified about he and a fellow prisoner using a key to escape a country jail, spending a night away after drinking, then returning and escaping again. He described the interior of the jail as more comfortable than life outside.
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Summerside
Erville Essery
Woman of Women's Land Army Plans Marriage at 200 Acre Farm
Mrs Vera Kennedy aided on Sidney Van der Bergh’s 200 acre farm, former margarine firm managing director, and the venture began to pay. Now they plan marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petham
Vera Kennedy
Women's Land Army Aid
Sidney van der Bergh
McNair Announces Cigarette Gift for New Brunswick Forces
Premier J. B. McNair said the provincial government will ship over a million cigarettes to New Brunswickers serving overseas as a Christmas gift to armed forces members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederickton
J. B. McNair
New
Six Year Old Catches 42 Inch Pike in Rainy River
Hugh Geary aged six caught a 42 inch pike weighing 20 pounds eight ounces in the Rainy River. Son of Mr and Mrs Thos Geary, he boasted of a large catch that challenged local belief in big Rainy River fish. The report from Fort Frances Ontario Times notes the feat as remarkable.
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Hugh
Thos. Geary
Rainy
Rainy River
Fort Frances
Ont
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