Obituaries and Memorials From December 1942
Memorial notices record the births and deaths of several individuals including Elizabeth CaNr, Leonard Brownlow, and Peter Greenwood. The notices note births at St Josephs Hospital Guelph and deaths at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Toronto and the home of August Anderson Acton. The entries mention surviving spouses Lovina Schneider Helen Anderson and other family relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ant
St. “Joseph's’ Hospital
Guelph
Decemre Seth
August Anderson
Lovina Schneider
Brownlow
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Toronto
Leonard
Jania
George Downlow
Greenwood
August —Anderson
Acton
Peter Greenwood
Woburn ‘Avenue
Helen Anderson
Martha Greenwood
Brighter New Year Hopes and Winter News
The town reads of a January thaw with changes in garbage collection next week and motor vehicle markers on sale soon while old ones remain valid through February. A Christmas cable from Pte Herb Woods joins local wishes as Mrs Woods notes the Army overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Woods
Pte
Herb Woods
Teessa
Red Cross aids Acton society receives 2000 donation
Acton Red Cross Society gained practical support this week as Secretary Won G Middleton received a 2000 cheque from Mr Keshe Bigsit of The Canadian Wool Company. A photograph shows Pte R A Johnson of Acton sewing a belt while an occupational therapy program in England aids hospitals under Miss Sylvia Skimmiing.
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Acton Red Cross Society
G. Middleton
Keshe Bigsit
Hate
Fopical Tress
Pte
R.A. Johnson
Acton
TVA Canadian Hospital
England
Sylvia Skim
Red Cross
Parachutist Rescued After Intense Sky Battle Over Melbourne
A U S airman in Australia parachuted after tangled with 15 Japanese fighters. His chute snagged a tree 40 feet up, and Aussie troops helped recover him. He recalled reading a letter from his girlfriend during the drift.
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Melbourne
Tome Mail
United States
Ausalia
Loutsia
Miss Mia Rachel Gregory of Acton Dies at 72
Mia Rachel Gregory of Acton died Monday in Toronto General Memorial Hospital at age 72. A native of Figg Lang, Staffordshire, she moved to Canada and the United States more than forty years ago and lived in Acton for over 25 years. She is survived by two sisters, Mary Holden and Mrs Frank Rawlings. Funeral services were held Thursday at St Alban’s Church in Acton with interment at Fairview Cemetery. pallbearers named Menara Bruce Pargeter BF W Cripps P Walker R W Lowrie Gordon Smith M Young.
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RJ El-Gregory
Mia Rachel Gregory
Acton
Toronto
Miss Gregory
Fiiglang
Sedgley
Staffordshire
Canada
United States
William and
Elizabeth Gregory
P. Walker
R. W. Lowrie
Gordon Smith
M. Young
Jean-1” Morrow Preston
Jean Isabel Morrow
Kitchener- Waterloo
Mica Morrow
Jannt May
E. M. Morrow
United Church
Prenton
Canboro
Niagara Peninsula
Morrow
Oakwood
Hanover
Ridgeway
St. Paul's
Twenty Years Ago Froms The Inaue of The Free Preas
The item notes weather and events from January 4 1925 including a rain impact on snow and skating. It lists births marriages and deaths for 1922 36 17 17 and mentions local officials and civic items such as Grand Trunk water supply and election contests Esquesing councillors and reeve Hamp shire Appleby. It also records marriage notices for MacNie Harvey Anderson and Cameron with Ontario connections.
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Woodgreen L Odge
Sons of England
Grand Trunk
Od Pumtphasse
Esquesing
G. O. Brown
Pal
Tr. L. Lestle
W. Gowdy
Limehouse
W.L. Hampshire
G. Appleby
Twenty five years of history in a single typesetter
The article reflects on a quarter century of local history captured by the community’s printing press. It recalls World War I soldiers in khaki, armistice days, and the steady operation of the Lamorype machine that never delayed publication, while pondering what the next quarter century will record.
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Lamorype
Tne
G.A.D
Nutrition drive urges homemakers to adopt daily healthy meals
A New Year message promotes a Dominion wide nutrition program with home economists ready to assist. It urges homemakers to plan a daily adequate diet for health and happiness, aligned with Canada's official food rules and nutrition guidance for all ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mackera
Will May
E. W. McHenry
Canada
Canadian Food Retailers Lead Industry March to Berlin
More than 40 000 Canadian food retailers join The Food Industry March to Berlin under the Canadian Food Industry campaign. The drive aims to sell 1 008 000 worth of War Savings Stamps during February with retailers nationwide as frontline units. National advertisers back the effort with newspaper magazine and radio ads and government ads may carry the message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Food Industy
Berlin
Pete Winarsty
New Year Reflections from Ginger Farm in Wartime 1943
A Ginger Farm diary entry for January 1943 looks forward with confidence despite war. The author hopes for lighter troubles, notes a busy Christmas, a flooded cellar, a new calf, and money worries while sharing family arrivals and daily chores amid winter rain and stalled mail delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burens
Warra
Ceme
Ginger Farm
John
Partner
Pastner
Jerome
Othe
Blante
Dusted Sealskins To Dig Potatoes In Ulster Field
Ulster farmer who applied to the Ministry of Agriculture for labor to pick potatoes was surprised to see a group of women in sealskin coats arrive. They quickly changed into work clothes, trousers and Wellington boots, and the potatoes were gathered in quick time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Ministry of Agriculture For Labor
Wigan
Canada Faces War Funding Gap and Labor Shifts in 1942
The Ottawa weekly notes Parliament may be asked in January to fund Britain with Canadian war supplies and food as a $1 billion appropriation will exhaust by 1942 end. It forecasts a 1942 Canadian outlay near 4.5 billion with revenues above 2.2 billion and notes plans to fund the gap via victory loans and war savings. It adds possible labor transfers from farmers and reports Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island show high enlistment, with a large share of their eligible men in uniform.
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Ottawa
Great Britain
Canad
Ilsley
Huey
Canada
Britain
Cannda
Dominion
Shaw
Savinna Atqmos
Invaslon
Excona
Selective Servce
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward
Inahr
Dr William Cullen Physician and Surgeon Appointment Hours
Dr William G. Cullen L M C Co physician and surgeon lists office hours from 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 p.m Sundays by appointment. Located on MN Street near Frederick Street with telephone number 128.
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W. G. C. Kenney
J. A. McNiven
Piel Mill Streat
Ottlos
Heddieel Chural
Gargesn
E. J. Nelson
Frederick Astrent—Phonde
WM. G. Cullen
L.m.c.co
MN Street
Frederick Street
DRS. Stevenson & Wagner
Campbellville
Ont
Milton
Hugh S. Austin
Min Street
Frederick
Act An
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John Harves
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Sidoner
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Mo Andersen
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Department of Pensions and National Health
Anne Allan
Lou
Paris
Leiapae Lilaiegk
Sinewn
Isley
Cannada
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Optomethist
A. T.brown
ROYAL
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Cary Grant
Ginger Rogers
Abbrott-And-Costello
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Business Directory
T. H. Wylie
Buchanan
C. F. Leatherland
A. Barriator
Notary Public
Georgetown
Gregory
B.D. Young
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F. G. Oakes
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Frank Petch
Life Assurance Co
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Russell Johnson
Willoughby Farm Agency
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Kent
iWdg
Daretta
Cleargetownn
Eppesentatys
Tom Hewsen
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Canadian National Railways
Sunetay
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