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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 01, 1945
Page
9
The notice says a blood collection event will be held via Acton next Tuesday and urges more donors to maintain the current level. It notes February is shorter and mentions stray remarks about sidewalk shoveling and stubborn residents.
Gedarvale Mr James Leitch had an operation in Guelph last week for removal of tenails. Mme Harold Griffin spent a day in Toronto. Mrs E Fuller Mrs H Keeler Mr W McArthur and Eleanor Grifter visited Sunday with Mr and Mrs Harvey Peavey at Coningsby. Mr Bert Cunningham Acton and Miss Adeline Cunningham Georgetown visited with their parents on Sunday. Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Mace Couee on their caberlage.
Obituary notices record the death of George B Stewart in Guelph on January 5 1919 aged 61 a native of Scotland living in Acton for 30 years. Also listed are Emily Ann Elliott of Edmonton death January 15 with family survivors and services at Foster and McGarvey Funeral Chapel. Mary Brown widow of James Brown dies January 22 at her daughter’s home in Park Avenue Acton. Funeral at Norval Cemetery with extensive local pallbearers and floral tributes from family neighbors and organizations.
The BC Liquor Control Board outlines a signed permit application followed by postcard mailings to applicants, testing their response for permit processing. The scheme relies on postmarked forms and verification steps as part of a controlled rationing pilot.
Mr. T. Kenny chief engineer of Gilpin Insulation Co visited and said Canadians are increasingly insulation conscious due to fuel shortages. Gilpin cites long standing clients and lists names including Alfred Heardmore and Col A O Heardmore with contracts in March 103% and December 1277.
Bell Telephone reports extensive updates in the new Galt Kitchener Guelph area directory mailed to subscribers. Acton lists show few common names and two Smiths, while overall ratings exceed 6 800 with many new and changed listings. Subscribers are urged to review the directory and update desk lists.
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