Bannockburn Women’s Institute Holds January Meeting
The Bannockburn Women’s Institute met January 20 at Miss A Cree’s home. With Mrs We Foster absent the vice president chaired. Minutes were read and adopted. Mrs Fisher sang and Mrs Ances reported on the convention. Lunch followed and Elsie Freeman, from Toronto, visited her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bannockburn
Women’s Institute
Fisher Rave
John Ances
Fisher Galfe
Milas
Elsie Freeman
Limehouse notes from Sixth week without phone service
Limehouse community reports sixth week without phone service. The Young People's League partners with Wornby for the Presbyterial League round two. Mrs Caldwell attends the Halton Women’s Missionary Society Presbyterial. Wilfrid G Mino wins county essay prize. congratulations aired. Monthly Women’s Institute meeting planned. winter lingers as ice storm alters the landscape. Mr Robert Doughty converts remaining orchard to firewood after storm damage.
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Eamehiouse
Young People’s League
Wornby
Presbytery Dramatic League
Caldwell
Halton
Women's,Missionary Society
Wifred G—Mino
Limehouse
Wilfrid
Ballinafad Young People’s Society Meeting Notes 1932 Officers
The Young People’s Society Ballinafad met Sunday evening with President Fred Shortill presiding. Betty Cole spoke on Korea. Pearl McEnery sang. Officers for 1932 include President Fred Shortill and Vice President Mary Cole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young People’s Society
Fred Shortitt
Dance
Korea
Betty Cole
Pearl
Robt. McEnery
Betty ‘Cole
Rita Shortill
R. Shortill
Alfred Soper
Kentner
Toronto
Deckart
Linwood
Annie Givens Ig
John Snow
E. J. Wright
Frank Yelman
Teddle
Ethel Swindlehurst
Orangeville
Oakville notes highlight unemployment drop and local events
Miss Margaret Wessloh visited Mrs. Fred Tilley in Oakville while Mrs. Bruce Smith returned from Ottawa. Unemployment in Oakville fell from 190 to 143 total. A robber shattered Dave’s Place. Constable Patterson recaptured the suspect who escaped. A. Daubney named Chief of Independent Foresters. Chas V Hillmer elected Parks Board Chairman. L H Cornwall secretary. Georgetown Band concert at Gregory Theatre. T A Blakelock MP chaired event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakville
Bruce “Smith
Ottawa
H. WW. Wicheld
Sumner Avenue
Dave
Patterson
Bronte
A. Daubney
Independent Foresters
Daubney
Henry Oliphant
General Hospital
Toronto
Chas
V. Hillmer
W. 8. Savage
Hillmer
L. .H. Cornwall
Georgetown Band
Gregory Theatre
Perrott
Star
Local Church Groups Meet as Community News Flows
The Bockwood area reports on the Women's Organization of the Presbyterian Church meeting at Mrs. Arch Nabb’s home with many present. Announcements covered the eighteenth annual meeting of the Women's Missionary Society at St Andrew's in Guelph on February 3 with Mrs. Charles Thorburn as speaker. Funeral services were held for Mrs. Smith Nelles at Eramosa and United Church. Agriculture short courses ended with prizes to Elizabeth Hutchinson, Margaret Henderson, George McPhail, and Clifford Swanston. Also noted are youth programs, a play by Stone Church youths, and local police and traffic developments including a rough car crash near Kitchener and ongoing vote discussions on Town Hall control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Andrew's
Guelph
Charles Thorburn
Ottawa
Milroy
McMaster University
Hamilton
Presbyterian Church
Smith Nelles
Fifth Line
Eramosa
United Church
W. J. Taylor
John Little
C.L. Poole
Messrs
R. Harwood
R. Major
A. Bryden
J. Smith
H. Chambers
L. Allen
Fairview Cemetery
Acton
Elizabeth Hutchinson
Margaret Henderson
George McPhail
Clifford Swanston
Ross Carton
Sts. George
Brantford Hospital
Women’s Missionary’ ‘Society
The
Scott Family
Lillian Mortimer
John R. Smith
Detroit
Mitchell
Kitchener
Rookwood
Main Street
Henry Holman
Bert Howell
Kitchener Police
Social Notes and Local Misfortunes in Gazette
Residents visited friends here during the past week. A bank staffer from Oshawa fractured his arm when a crank handle struck him while cranking his car last Thursday. Robberies occurred during a meeting at Mrs. HL Rice’s home as purses were taken from guests. Council discussed Chief Smith’s salary, proposing $3,150 plus a $650 car allowance for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos
Fleetham
Ranhod
Jack Hobson
The
Bank-of-Montreal
Oshawa
Hawes
Jack Roderick
Penetang
Roseland
Wm. Milne
Mr. Milne
G. W. Tebbs
H. S. Newsome
HL Rice
Hamilton
Niagara
Women's Institute and church notices from a local community page
Thursday evening the Women's Institute met at Mrs. N B Marshalls with a good attendance. Donations and acknowledgments followed with fruit and flowers for Christmas. A team game ended the gathering with prizes. Wednesday evening the United Church youth met at Mr. and Mrs. N Lee. Milroy of Hamilton supplying for the Presbyterian church. Hydro workmen completed power on Mr. Lee Sr.'s farm. Telephone gaps leave the countryside quiet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Institute
N. B. Marshall
Fe National
the United Church
N. Lee
Mr. Lee
Local Socials and Railway Board Action Noted in Georgetown News
The column lists visits among Guelph and Toronto residents including Messry Campbell and G. T. Scott family, plus Mrs Miller and two children. It reports Fraser Junction station closure application to the Board of Railway Commissioners and awaiting Amaranth Township Council action, with three year earnings totaling 54789 in 1929, 917.19 in 1930, and 6538.81 in 1931. Also mentions Alton vs Erin hockey at King George's rink with injuries and clean play noted amid a 60 minute game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Jas
Amatanth
Ita
Railway’ Company
Ica
Alton
Erin
King George's
George
Horton
Mac. Abbott
Sama Mac
Toronto Visitors and Local Returns Reported in Country Notes
Mr and Mrs Tolton and family from Toronto visited Door and Mrs Macdonald's on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Page of Georgetown were weekend callers. Mr Tyler and James Lambert of Rockwood spend a few days at John Bennett's. Mr Mackie and Robert Perkins are recovering from illness. Alex Mackrie, previously with Hydra, is home until spring work resumes. Auctioneer Kerr achieved high prices for pigs and hogs in a spring sale with pigs at 1.85 each, noting two years ago values would have been five dollars. Other stock followed the same trend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tolton
Toronto
Alex
Mackrie
Hydra People
Ome Salen “Tisaiay
Tessent
Kerr
Local Notices From Guelph Church Service
Miss Lucy Usherwood and Mrs C Head visited Guelph friends. Mrs David Jackson and Mrs G Robertson hosted, while Ernie Williams of Toronto and Alfred Winters attended. Sunday services held with Young People’s Society leading evening worship. officer elections held for the church group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Hi. J. Royce
Young People’s Society
Alfred Winters
Yealie Hill
Alfred’ Winters
Muriel Hartop
Eileen, Hill
Bert: Robertson
Lucy Usherwood
R. Robertson
Local Play Delights Campbelfville Audience
Acton group presented a successful play at St David's Church under Ladies Aid auspices. Toronto visitors include David Hubbert and Wm Moore spending weekend with relatives. Guests shared a progressive supper party for Mr Bell's birthday. Miss Lizzie Taylor ill. Lawrence Sharpe welcomes baby girl. Several attended Brookville dance. other visits noted in town events.
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Acton
Ladies' ‘Aid
St. David's Church
David Hubbert
Toronto
Wm. Moore
Thos. Moore
Thos. Mitchell
Sudbury
Sam
W. J. ‘Bell
Bell
Duncan Campbell
Moffat
Norman “Mills
Carlisle
Bert Emmons
Mountsbert
Miss. Walsh
Sugar Diamonds Made From Ordinary Sugar Bows
A French scientist Henri Moissan reportedly produced real diamonds from sugar by converting it to charcoal, sealing in a tube, heating to around three thousand degrees in iron, then quenching in water. The process pressures the material to crystallize into tiny diamonds then acids dissolve the iron, leaving diamonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henri ‘Moissan
Georgetown and area events highlight social and musical scene
A Scottish band concert drew a packed house at the Gregory Theatre Oakville. J A Willoughby was elected president of the Toronto Real Estate Board at the Royal York Hotel. Local residents returned from visits, took up bank and rector duties, and church groups met with thanks and optimism. The Knox Presbyterian Burns Night banquet saw about 150 attendees with Scotch songs and solo performances by Mrs. Howard Miss Leavitt and Young Bros.
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Rifles
George Wo
Gregory Theatre
Oakville
J. A. Willoughby
Toronto
Royal York Hotel
Lorne Cave
Bank of Montreal
Hamilton
C. Tuer
Halseybury
Ralph Ross
Fred Ruston
Ruston
Wm. G. O. Thompson
St. Alban’s
Jessie Leavitt
Messrs
Young Bros
Herald
Ree 2 A Huraniy Ebrdary 421092
Fragmentary OCR reads names and numbers with unclear context and no coherent events. No definite person, organization, date, or location can be confirmed from the readable text.
Winged Words and the Reach of Radio Speech
The piece reflects on Carlton's poetry and the power of radio to carry words instantly across vast distances. It warns speakers to consider the impact of every sound as broadcasts travel from Boston to San Francisco and beyond, echoing ancient cautions about words and responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Carlton
Tadio
Boston
San “Francisco
Port
Nervous suitor asks father for daughter marriage
A tense scene unfolds as a young man pleads to wed the daughter. The father confronts him with disbelief while the suitor argues the girl is "all right." The exchange shifts from shock to cautious reassurance as the proposal is discussed.
Boy Scout Program Teaches Nature Insight On Farm Visit
A group of city boys visited a farm last summer and learned to distinguish oak leaf maple and other plants. A lone Boy Scout in the group offered correct identifications and explained he could tell a chipmunk from a red squirrel and a toadstool from a mushroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ting
Confused Call Confirms Wrong Mrs Brown
A misdial leads to a humorous scene as a caller asks for Mrs Brown and a couple of fellows answer the door. The exchange ends with the caller realizing the error and apologizing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ffello
Presbyterian Knox Church Acton Services Schedule
The Knox Church in Acton lists morning services at 11 00 with Rev Henry Dickie DD, noon Sunday School and Bible Class, 7 00 p m evening service, and 8 00 p m Young People's League. The minister preaches on The sigh of the Saviour. All are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry— Dickie
Sof
Flora
Henry Dickie
Mexiday
Mi Voung People's League
Presbyterian -Knox Church
Acton
LL. Bennie
M. A. Minkter
Willow Street
Belinded
Fey Mleypanbaeh School
Church Schedule for Rev W H Hamilton Parish
Rev W H Hamilton pastor at Mill Street lists services at 11.00 pm, 12.15 pm Sunday school, 1.00 pm minister, Monday 8.00 pm B Y P V prayer meeting, Thursday 7.20 pm Everyone welcome to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. 3. Hamilton
Monnday
Cottage to Rent on Bower Avenue
Cottage to rent on Bower Avenue with all conveniences and immediate possession. Apply J A Smith by phone 105 Acton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renton
Bower Avenue
J. A. Smith
Acton
Money to Loan from Wellington Acceptances Corp Ltd
Money to loan or refinance existing contracts. Wellington Acceptances Corp Ltd advertises loans on 1929 1930 1931 cam. Location 20 Douglas St Gu elph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington Acceptancs Corp. Ltd
Douglas &J
Guelph
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Ballinafad
Margaret Wessloh
R. N
Fred Tilley
M. Sumner
Spruce
Indiana
Osbert
Bockwood
Free Press
Everton
Campbellville
BRAY
Ontario
Welland
Dunnville
Hagersville
Lindsay
Peterboro
ST. Catharines
GEO. Co. Brown
Norval
Wardlaw&McCaig Mill
Main Streets
Doris Herring
Heinz Catsup
Cranberries
Acton, Ont
Unitted
Church 1 of Canada
Utteter
OL Feels
Douglas
Snd
Ayrshire
A. J. Evans
Line
Esquesing
Wilfred Atcheson
Roy Hindley
R. J. McPherson
Police
John Robertson Keneb
John Robertson Kennedy
A. D
Amelia Evelyn Kennedy
Angus Robertson Kennedy
William James Russell
Ees
H. N. Farmer
Life Insurance
Frederick L. Wright
Representative
Imperial Life Assurance Company
Acton, Ontario
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