Neighborhood News Highlights Holiday Visits and Local Honors
Christmas leaves bring visitors to Eden Mills as families from Oshawa Guelph and Toronto gather at homes of the McIntosh Lowrie and Lee clans. AC2 Billie Lowrie receives church honors and a ring with writing kit. Santa visits at school and church concerts, wedding congratulations to Rosa Campbell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gorton Tolton
Billie Lowrie
Toronto
Mixa Sarah McIntosh
Montreal
Harry McIntosh
Navy
Halifax
H. McIntosh
Presbyterian Church
Bille Lowrie
Mies Wilda Gilbertson
Santa
Rosa Campbell
Leala Bardon
Free Press
Christmas visitors mingle with families across towns
Holiday guests gather at numerous homes including Col. and Mrs. Will Head in Everton with Kitchener Head New Glasgow and others from Guelph London Rockwood and Acton. Some readers visit relatives in Galt Elmsworth and Toronto as New Year’s wishes close the note. New Delhi tea note contrasts era with 1996 production figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Will Head
Gar. Kitchener
New Glasgow
N. S
Kitchener
Guelph
Fred Murray
London
Charlie Head
Donnie
Weaton
George Gordon
Margaret
Helen Paumore
Rockwood
Wren Jean McKenzie St. Thomas
Marjorie McKenzie
Georgetown
Walter Couling
John Couling
Alfred Couling
6Th Inc
Local News and Society Notes From Ballinafad
Mrs Donald McLean returns home after relapses and hospital stay. Pte Bill Brown back in Ballinafad after months in England. Miss Ethel Swindlehurst of Toronto visiting here. Miss Phyllis Foreman of Toronto Christmas with Rev A M Foreman and family. Miss Margaret Smith visiting John and Mrs Cole in Ottawa. Pte Elwood Perryman and Pte Victor Swindlehurst arrived safely in England. Blue Mountain School and Sunday School concerts draw large crowds. Happy New Year wishes. Woman's Association elects 1944 officers. Good Neighbor Club sabre and dance, prizes won by Mrs DB McKechnie, Clifford Burt, James Hearn. Mrs Foreman improving at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald McLean
Bill Brown
England
Ethel Swindlehurst
Toronto
Misa Phyllis Foreman
A Mra
A. O. W. Foreman
Misa McCaskill
Blue Mountain
Woman's Association
Perryman
Kirkwood
Snow
Jesse McEnery
F. W. Shortill
Robert McEnery
Red Cross
Mra. H. Wirtz
Mra. Hirtz
Mclean
Good Neighbor Club
Ballinafad Hall
DB. McKechnie
Clifford Burt
James Hearn
Foreman
Christmas Visitors and Local News From Fergus Area
A long list of Christmas visitors to Fergus area families includes Mr. and Mrs. Art Watson and children of Fergus, Mr. Jack Hayward of Toronto, and many local residents spending the holiday with relatives. LAC Ballentine earned his wings on Christmas Day at MacDonald, Manitoba. London reports Britain has spent 1.5 billion pounds with the United States on wartime supplies since the war began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Barnes
Oshawa
W. Mino
Frank Lemmer
Little Non
Guelph
J. D. Lowrie
A. S
George Lee
George
Pte
Lorne Lee
Montreal
Norman Lee
Art Watson
Fergity
George Bolton
Jack Hayward
Toronto
Helen Loree
Name Home
Walter Shaw
Streetsville
Chauter Shaw
Wm. Shaw
Reggie
Graham
Zurich
Joe Cook
Stratford
Herman Dearing Fergus
Gar. Dearing
Petawawa
Jease Reed
J. Piercey
Elora
Alf Dickson
Mra. Dickson
Cooksville
Monticell
Roy Davis
Shelbourne
Mra
N. Wilson
Ed Dearing
Harvey Dearing
Familly
Leeson
Wm. Donaghy
Earl
Ella Gray
Wes McGowan
Murray
Judson Roszell
Hillshoro
MacDonald
Manitoba
London
Great Britain
United States
Georgetown braces for Cleaveholm cattle naming prefix
Harold Cleave of Georgetown registers Cleaveholm with the National Live Stock Records for exclusive use as a prefix for his purebred Holstein cattle. Alliance Paper Mills hosts its first Christmas party in Legion rooms with about 65 attendees led by Roy Gore of Loral 474. Red Cross Mobile Blood Donor Clinic at the Legion records 93 donors, including 42 new donors. Santa visits Georgetown at the town hall and the Municipal Building tree with the Lorne Scott Regimental Band and clowns accompanying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Cleave
Georgetown
Alliance Paper Mills
Legion Rooms
Roy Gore
Loral
Red ‘ Cross
Santa
Town Hall
Christmas season notices and local elections in Rockwood
Church services at St John’s Church drew crowds as schools closed for Christmas holidays. Holiday visitors from multiple towns arrived, with a long list of names and towns noted. Nomination meetings in Rockwood Township and village councils resulted in acclamations for 1944. Miss Mary Sharpe sustained injuries from last week’s incident, including a broken arm hip fracture and punctured lung.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy
Eleanor Edwarde
Brantford
Lloyd Hunter
Habe
Calnaville
Fred Day
Toronto
Roy Day
Ross Allan
Famely
Minnie Nickell
Ed. Donnell
George Torrance
Prescott
Chartes Harris
Niagara Falls
Ontario
C. Gordon Harris
Conn
Milas Gertie Harrison
Guelph
Frank Koleo
Namily
Tony Mendeland
Babe
Eldon Lambert
Acton
A. J.hodgson
Quebec
G. FP. MacArthur
Hodgson
Camp Borden
Everton
John PD. Richardson
Evas
Lovena
Earl Richardson
R. B. Richardson
Vineland
Ward
Barbara
Jos. Duby
J. Mason
St. Joseph's Hospital
Edith Royce
R. N
Douglas Patterson
Midland
Ada Waller
Hamilton
K. B. Waller
Mary Sharp Neice
E. Nickell
C. Campbell
Oakville Deaths and Hospital Plans Reported
Sgt Maurice E Webb dies in London Ontario hospital after an operation. Oakville Trafalgar Memorial General Hospital project advances as fact finding committee reports. Hugh Robert Storey dies of heart attack en route to Hamilton to visit son’s grave. Blood clinic turnout low with six new volunteers bringing total to 66. Donations provide limited transfusions for Oakville and district residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice E
Mom” Webb
W. Alg
Westminister Hospital
London
Ontario
Oakville
Trafalgar Memorial General Hospital
Hugh Robert Storey
King ‘Street
Hamilton
Thomas
Local Notes Span Visits and News from Cedarvale and Area
Wim Fus and H Thompson visited Woodside. Lorne Keelor from London stayed with friends. Ed Smith’s family learns she was moved to Guelph General Hospital. Mrs Earl Fuller reports overseas husband arrival. Mr and Mrs Smith Griffin Jr celebrate their sixtyith wedding anniversary on December 27 with gifts and calls from Toronto to Erin. Congratulations to Mr and Mrs A Saunders on the birth of a daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith Grifin
Mia
J. O. Martin
Vineland
Toronto
Hamilton
Guelph
Rockwood
Orton
Acton
Fisburg
Erin
Acton Free Press
A. Saunders
Christmas Concert Brightens No.7 Brookville Event
A Busy Bees Club held a successful dance in Brookville to support Nassagaweya School No.7. Pupils performed a Christmas concert in the school house with Mrs. Stewart and her students, while guests from Kilbride Milton Yornby attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookville Wall
Busy Bees Club
Stan Robinson
Joseph Frank
Stewart
No. 7
Kilbride
Milton
Yornby
Sam Frank
Stan Eyre
Kennedy
Roy Finlay
Guelph
C. E. I Davenport
Burlington Events Mark Quiet 86th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Fred Simmons observed their 86th anniversary at home on Pearl Street. The piece notes a burglary at Delbert Nixons DunDas Highway residence and a ransacked home of Joseph Halenchuk in Freeman with no loot taken. A Yuletide visit to elderly Burlingtonians and charity boxes from local groups are mentioned along with a CCF address by E B Joliffe and a Legion hall gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Simmons
Pearl Street
Delbert Nixon
Dundas Highway
Gre
Joseph Halenchuk
Freeman
T. Hiscock
R. Hilliard
H. Cozens
Rolly
Busby
J. Troughton
A. C. Mason
Canadian Legion Hall
C.C.F
Gazette
Biography of BBC Editor in Chief W J Haley
Mr W J Haley joined the BBC as Editor in Chief on November 1, 15. Formerly Joint Managing Director of the Manchester Guardian and Evening News Ltd and a Reuters and Press Association director. Born in Jersey, he began as a wireless operator at sea in wartime and rose through the London Times and Manchester Evening News. He traveled to the United States and Australia during wartime service and met Curtin and MacArthur in the Commonwealth. He is well known in the United States for ties to the publishing world and is a noted book reviewer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Hatley
British Broadcasting Corporation
Robert Foot
Haley
BBC
Manchester Guardian and Evening News Ltd
Reuters
The
Press Association
William John Haley
Jersey
Journaliam
London Times
Brussels
Manchester Evening News
United States of America
Australia
Commonwealth
Mr. Curtin
General MacArthur
Lost watch found near Town Wall to Guelph Street
An uncertain notice describes a missing wrist watch between Town Wall and Guelph Street dated Wednesday. The fragment mentions Roward MIS EP FOOTTIT and Brown's Drug Store as context, with unresolved details about the finder and resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Wall
Guelph Street
Roward, Mis
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