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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 01, 1951
Page
4
Acton residents share personal notes on visitors and illnesses. Ruby Clark stayed in Toronto this week while friends and relatives send best wishes for recovery. A new French family has moved to the district and is settling in on a farm outside Acton.
A large Everton School gathering bid farewell to Mrs. Laura Duffield and her sons Lorne and Orville as they move to Acton. The event featured musical selections, speeches, honors, gifts, lunch, and dancing, with prize winners announced at the Euchre table and several civic attendees noted.
The January 22 farm forum at the Davenport home included regular members and two visitors. Leaders were Mr. Stanley Robinson and Mrs. P McLean discussing what marketing boards accomplish. A social hour, a short business meeting, euchre, and lunch followed. Mrs R E Everdell, a recent bride, was honored at showers prior to her marriage.
The January meetings of the W M S and Ladies Aid of the Presbyterian Church were held at Mrs Mino's home with strong attendance. Reports were heard, the Presbyterial report from Guelph was shared, and plans for the year discussed. A social half hour followed and Wm Gilbertson was appointed president for three months. Nearby notes mention Mrs Whitey Fields convalescing in Toronto and others visiting in Norwich. A United Church W A group met at Mrs Gardiner's home to plan the year and World Day of Prayer. British textile imports to Canada were noted as competing with Canadian made goods rather than U S or American imports.
St. John's Anglican group held January meeting at Mrs. Ralph Meens home with Mrs. Ross Carbett in chair. Officers elected and reports adopted. Donations given to Rev V Josephs and Guelph Boys Band. Farm forums and school exams noted. birthdays celebrated including Mrs. Fred Garrett's 75th. Sympathy sent to Mrs. I J Thomas.
Wm. E Robertson remains in Guelph Hospital under doctor care. The text notes many local visitors and weekend guests at households in Guelph and nearby towns. It ends with a statistic: 1,633,000 patients received medical care for acute diseases in Canada’s hospitals in 1947 with an average stay of 10.4 days.
Two carloads of Acton scouts travelled to a rink near Centre Inn to answer a challenge from the newly formed Eramosa Scout Troop. The game featured 20 Eramosa players and about a dozen Acton players with mixed play. Eramona won 8 to 4. a return game is set for Saturday morning in Acton at 9 o clock with Clarence Comfort as scout master.
The notice records Ernest Dredgé in Milton Private Hospital and Mrs. Joseph Allison at St Joseph's Hospital Hamilton with hopes of speedy recovery. It also reports a marriage for Ray Everdell and Hazel Kennedy, sympathy to Mrs Inglis over her mother Thoman of Guelph, and a farm stock sale at Mel Brown’s farm with good prices plus a Rockwood visit by Mary and Carol Freeman to grandparents Nelson and Mrs Anderson.
The community mourns the death of Mrs Mable Lena Totten Royce wife of James H. Royce of Guelph who died January 28. The funeral was held at E F McIntyre Funeral Home with Rev A E Black officiating and interment at Rockwood cemetery. The article notes her school days and mentions surviving family including Calvin Morley John and a sister Leafa. It also recounts a Fire Department talk by the Ontario Fire Marshall on fire safety and annual church meetings led by local ministers, plus a film shown in the Presbyterian Church. The piece closes with social notes and a brief Canadian income figure unrelated to the main obit.
Engagement announced for the couple with Mrs George Leonard Adams of RR 4 Acton Ontario. The marriage is planned for the end of February.
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