Sacramental Services Held at Ebenezer United Church
Sacramental services were conducted at Ebenezer United Church by Rev. H. Pickersgill last Sunday morning. The Ebenezer Arkell and Eden Mills United Churches held an official board meeting at Arkell Church Monday evening with good attendance. An upcoming motion picture series is planned at the Brookville Township Hall with an afternoon showing for schoolchildren and an evening show for adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebenezer United Church
H. Pickersgill
Township Hall
Brookville
Ebeneser
Arkell
Eden Mills United Churches
Arkell Church
Campbellville notes and church meeting report
Mrs George Goldstraw visits her in laws in Campbellville while Mr Wm Cowper recovers after surgery in Hamilton St Joseph's Hospital. Kilbride native John Small dies at daughter’s home. St David's church annual meeting reports budget success and Missionary Society oversubscription with elections and appointed ushers and officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Goldstraw
Chas. McPhail
Wm. Cowper
St. Joseph's Hospital
Hamilton
Bill Wilton
Walton
Art Henderson
Guelph Junction
John Small
Kilbride
Ospringe Women’s Institute Hosts February Meeting
Mrs. T. Fines welcomed members for a pleasant Ospringe WI afternoon. President Mrs. K. Kalthoff led. Letters of thanks from overseas boys' services were read. Plans include more gift boxes, a bazaar, and continued Red Cross work. A talk on St Valentine origin and a lunch followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Fines
Ospringe Women’s Institute
K. Kalthoff
Boya
Nelson
Jackson
Bride to Be Honored As Wedding Set For Thursday
A large Monday night gathering at the hall honored Misa Ethel Swindlehurst the bride to be. Her marriage to Keith Webb of Pickering will take place on Thursday. Gifts were presented and a short program featured solos by local performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Ethel Swindlehurst
Keith Webb
Pickering
Shelah McIntrye
Duccht
Stanley
Norman Sinclair
Mude
Ernie McEnery
Shortill
Annie Snow
Ruth Marshall
Billie Sinclair
Georgetown News Notes Highlight Freestones and Guides
Mr and Mrs F C Freestone report their son Pte Clarence Freestone wounded in Italy and hospitalized. William Cumming, son of Mr and Mrs Martin Cummins, will spend months in California before serving two years in Bahrain, Persian Gulf. On January 25 the 1st Georgetown Company of Girl Guides enrolled members into the Canadian Sisterhood of Guides with Captains Robinson and Lambert assisting. The Scottish Concert Party by Georgetown Girls Pipe Band drew a large crowd at Gregory Theatre for another successful show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. C. Freestone
Clarence Freestone
Italy
Hoap Tal
William Cumming
Martin Cummins
California
Bahrein
Persian Gulf
Georgetown Company of Girl Guides
Sisterhood of Guides
Captain Robinson
1St
Milton Company
Lambert
Georgetown Girls’ Pipe Band
Gregory Theatre
Herald
Oakville All Star Hockey Benefit Supports Victory Loan
Basil Megaffin played in an all star old boys hockey game in New York last week to aid the American Victory Loan. Over 120 Oakville Red Cross members attended their annual meeting. A blood donor clinic drew 128 volunteers at St Jude’s Parish Hall. Richard Hawtin, son of William and Mrs Hawtin of Lakeshore Highway East, was wounded in Italy on December 29. Oakville Memorial Hospital plans discussed call for 20 to 35 beds initially, up to 63.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basil Megaffin
New York
Ephie Jarvis
Joyner
Reynolds Street
Oakville
W T U Women Gain Ground At February Branch Meeting
Mrs. Alex Near spoke to the local W T U branch on the 40th anniversary of the area held in Guelph. She urged women to exercise the franchise, noting its civic duty. The meeting at Mrs. Mitchells featured roll call, yarn for ribbed helmets, clothing for Salvation Army, and donations to military and relief funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Near
W.T
Guelph
W. Y
Wm. Mitchell
Spain
Red Cross
Mra. Miller
Mra. Wright
Salvation Army
Navy League
Lo.d.e. Book Fund
Forces
Kinamen's Milk For
Britain
Georgetown Comfort
A. W. Benton
Fred Brown
Benton
Nelson McLaughlin
W. Bracken
Dublin
Sgt
Alex Iter
Stratford
Birs
A. W. Norton
Jas. Noble
Cheltenham
Lease Transfers And Church Meetings In Erin Area
Mr. Douglas Young leases his Ninth Line farm to John Baldwin with possession on April 1. All Saints Anglican Church holds vestry at the Hull home last Thursday. A Junior Hockey Club dance drew a large crowd at Town Hall on Wednesday evening. Surns Presbyterian Church held its annual meeting Monday night with a congregational supper led by Rev. John McKenzie. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Lougheed lease Miss Robinson's residence and move in. The Creamery building apartment is being altered to house a larger egg grading station with a new egg grading machine and brighter office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Young
Erin
John Baldwin
All Saint's Anglican Church
R. W. Hull
Surn's Presbyterian Church
John McKenzie
Clifford Lougheed
Miss Robinson
W. C. T. U. Meeting Highlights in Rockwood
February gathering at Mrs. Arthur K. Thomas home drew a large attendance with Mrs. O. Ostrander presiding. Talks by Mrs. Budd on rising alcohol use among women and soldiers temptations followed a violin contribution and Frances E Willard sketches. The day included hymn, prayers, and refreshments, plus reports from St John’s Church events and a Mother and Daughter banquet in the Presbyterian basement. Notables present included Mrs. Rudd of Guelph and county W. C. T. U. president. upcoming departure of Rev. E. A. Brooks from St. John's Church and community updates on George Gordon and Colin Hitching. Week-end visitors and local condolences noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur K. Thomas
Mra. O. Ostrander
Mra. Wilcox
Mra. J. Ward
J. Ayles
Mr. Thomas
Frances E. Willard
Rudd
Presbyterian Church
St. John’s Church
Frances Gibb
Dorothy Ewers
Patricia Linfoot
Frances
Le‘ons Gibb
Neal Hazen
Nancy Waller
Florence Dean
E. A. Brooks
E. Hamilton
St. John's Church
Rockwood
Brooks
Grimsby
George Gordon
Guelph General Hospital
Colin Hitching
Fred Day
Toronto
Edith Royce
Rt. N
Helen Powers
Arthur Engleby
Babe
Lakeview
Ont
Ross Carton
New
Dundee
J. Ward
Camp Borden
Russell
Hepburn
Camp Bordan
Burlington district Hed Cross quota rises to 10600
The Burlington area set a Red Cross quota of 10600 dollars up from last year. A new modern See is under construction at the Coronation Hotel with a dining room expected to open around March 1. Real estate activity increases as Harris Armstrong buys the Brant street store area and the vacant lot beside the Burlington Bakery sells to two local men. Town council keeps the tax rate at 46 mills and warns there will be little left to pay off the back debt and potentially cut rates in 1945. Farmers work manure in mild January weather with Chris Fothergill setting a January record by pedaling all afternoon to the water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington and District
Blair
Chris Fothergill
Nelson Township
Gorrtte
Church group meetings held in Lowville community
A joint meeting of the W. M. and W. A. of the United Church took place at Mrs. EB. Read s home with program led by Mrs. Ewart Calling and Mrs. Leonard Coulson. Y. P. A. gathered at Mr. and Mrs. Melford Colling with talks by Stanley Turner and Henry Cripps and music by Mabel Millar, Alvin Colling, and Elwood Colling. An official board meeting at the parsonage covered general business. A Red Cross quilting session was planned for Wednesday at Mrs. Featherstone Colling’s home.
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W. M
W. A
The
United Church
EB. M
Irma Rochefort
Jean Wobertson
Stanley Turner
Henry Cripps
Mabel Millar
Alvin Colling
Elwood Colling
Lowville
E. M. Carter
Red Cross
Weather and community notes from Moffat
In Moffat the weather is the talk of the town with Estone content and fuel concerns easing as coal rations stretch. G C Amos wins a second term as president of the Short-Horned Breeders Association at a Royal York Hotel event in Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evestone
G. C. Amos
Royal York Hotel
Toronto
Wm. Black
Hughes Cleaver M
Lloyd Campbell
Naval Barracks Hospital
Dixon
The
Guelph Vocational Institute
Local Social Page Notes and Obituary Inquiries
Community events include a Wednesday Hall reception for Mr and Mrs J Hayward with gifts and dancing. Guelph hosts another fundraiser dance for the Mercury Fund with prize winners named. Janet Watson widow of Samuel Black buried at Grove Cemetery after funeral at St John’s United Church. Whooping cough appears in the area. sympathy offered to Mrs John King on her father’s Ospringe death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Gibson
C. Bacon
Plewelling
Mimosa
Mercury Fund
Guelph
J. Smith
E. Lorgan
Janet Watson
Samuel Black
St John's United Church
Mr. Bellumith
Grove Cemetery
John King
Ospringe
Andrew Baptie
Retirement tribute for J Burgess at Dairy Products Division
Joseph Surges led a retirement honor for J Burgess after 44 years with Canada's Department of Agriculture. Staff from coast to coast presented a lazy boy chair a walnut desk and a pipe rack while Deputy Minister G S H Barton and Associate Director J F Singleton praised Burgess for his service and character. Burgess credited teamwork and support from colleagues and industry partners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Surges
Dominic
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Dairy Products Division
Cave
Pipex
J.F. Singleton
Mr. Singleton
Mr. Burgess
Canada
Cork Harvest Expands In California Forests
Nearly 75,000 cork oak trees have been planted in California over two years under county advisers and forest rangers. About 19 tons of cork have been stripped and tests show it matches Mediterranean quality, says Woodbridge Metrealf, extension forester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkely
California
Mediterranean
Woodbridge Metrealf
Extension Forester
Canada Sets Example of Price Controls Says Kamloops Sentinel
The Kamloops Sentinel notes Canada enters its third year under price controls and asserts the nation has checked price rises more than any other country, urging recognition and appreciation of the achievement.
Gas ration books found in case with identity details
A case contains Loar AA and five gas ration books between January 29 and February with Licence No S8E73. Finder 288. A note mentions relief for pain and promotes Rum Acaps from Brown's Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loar AA
Notice to Creditors in the Estate of Mary E Near
Notice to creditors in the Halton County estate of Mary E Near widow deceased June 9 1943 requires claims and proofs by February 19 1944. Solicitor C F Leatherland acts for the administratrix with details filed at Acton Ontario under Section 51 Chapter Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret
Halton
Acton
Ontario
C. F. Leatherland
Torlo
Mary E. Near
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Mary of Our
Campbellville
Ballinafad
Good Neighbors Club
Adan
Pte
Ray Seiienhurst
Mre M. Swindlehurst
Mr. M. Barden
Hillsburg
Garnet B Sinclair
Georgetown
Limehouse
J. M. Black
Kitchener
Bill Blakely
Torntota
Thomas Duff
Orangeville
Loreng Richardson
Herb Brown
Truro
N. S
Pringe
Frank Kelly
Stuart Fox
Kiska Island
R. J. Hodgson
Burlington
Moffat
Orton
Lorraine Mooney
Reed
Alberta
Mrs. J. Reed
Dairy Products
J. Burgess
Burgess
Royal Artillery
Tunisia
Sicily
Royal Guelph
Palace NG Theatres
Margaret O'Brien
James Craig
Marsha Hunt
Ginger Rogers
Kitty Foyle
Rene Dunn
Jackie Cooper
Dennis Morgan
Royal Observer Corps
Help Fighter Command
R.O. C
Church News
CGLE
Canna Nok
Actos Sev
Foreps Thwseson
Mi Manse
Willow Street
B.Y.P.U
Acton Creamery
Ines
Crundy
Bleslie RH
Blick
Tan Hound
Vicinity
Russell Smith R
Milton
Ip Acton
Free Press Office
Brown's Drug Store
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