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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 16, 1939
Page
8
Memoriam notices and related birth and marriage notices appear per line in this column. The text emphasizes obituary style listings without charge, noting each entry as a brief notice for public record.
Born at St Josephs Hospital Sudbury Frances Elizabeth Mowat February 10 1939. Also births Hitchcock Mariah Eileen Ballinafad January 31 1939 and Linham Gladys May at Acton. Lovell McLachlan marriage notice Alton February 11 1939. Died Dowrie Joseph W Lowrie February 12 1989 in Guelph. Mack John Thomas February 10 1939 and Frances Boles February 11 1939. Inmem Bauer Henry February 15 1938.
February nears end with reduced snow and ice as sun warms piles and street lights shift later. Orangeville wins 2 1 in Igcal Junior Group play offs while Mill Street road remains slick. E Ryder named full time arena supervisor after council inaction. Acton YMCA board notes growing membership and a new ACS news column starts. Armenian Krikor Hekimian fails to perform stunts after insufficient funds, returns collections.
February Holstein Friesian Journal lists 4 204 Holstein cows in a Record of Performance led by Halton entries. A. E. Woodley & Son Milton Ontario and Emerson Ford Hornby boast Canadian class leaders. Princy Keyes daughter of College View Sir Francy Keyes tops Junior two year olds with 14 140 pounds milk and 520 pounds fat. Olive Lyon River Ten sen of Emerson Ford heads 305 day mature class milking and Butterfat leader. Halton club member Robinson re elected Western Ontario director at annual Holstein Friesian Assn of Canada meeting.
Acton defeated Elora 5-3 to clinch the playoff series after a 5-2 win in the opener. The crowd packed the arena as Acton rallied from a 3-2 second period deficit, with Morton and Marzo key scorers and Walser turning in sturdy goalkeeping for Elora.
Esquesing Township Council met in January and February with full attendance. Reeve Robinson led sessions reading minutes and reviewing bids from Sawyer Massey for a new snow plow priced at 467.50, which the council approved after noting lowest bid and suitability. The February agenda included relief payments totaling 666.26 and other routine expenditures including street lighting, telephone, and road equipment purchases. The council adjourned to March 13 at 1 30 p.m. or call of the Reeve.
Readable notes mention a game at Elora with both teams and a reserve player named Honey Kuntz. Details are fragmented but indicate a roster or substitution event involving Kuntz.
John Thomas Mack, a well known farmer near Ehgerton, died peacefully on a Sunday morning at nearly eighty five. Born around 1841, he married Mary Ann Tindall in September 1879 and led a long happy life. Surviving relatives include his wife and several children, with funeral services held at home and Everton Cemetery officiated by Rev. Mr. Murray and Mr. McLeod. Pallbearers and flower bearers named.
Halton Juniors arrange a Drama Festival in early March with Acton Milton Norval and Palermo groups vying for the W I Dick Challenge Trophy Adjudicator A J Burrows of Toronto. Milton and Palermo clash March 2 in Palermo Acton meets Norval March 7 finals in Milton March 7.
At the Y M C A conference in Niagara Falls Ontario delegates from Acton and beyond debated unemployment among youth. Key speakers J E B Sproul and Kenneth Woodsworth outlined national programs and youth employment aims, with resolutions urging a National Youth Administration and studies on industry trends.
A Halton leki and Beed Growers Association committee led by Monae J. Wilmott Edwin Harrop J A Hiltlott Itrneat Readhead and AL B Woodley was appointed to arrange the county seed fair in Milton on March 3 and 4. President W K Brockon of Freemaz expects strong interest with a worthwhile exhibit featuring grain and seed judging fruits vegetables and cream drawing open to junior farmers. Dr G Mchtontic head of the Field Husbandry Department and Prof Ny Thomas from Ontario Agricultural College Guelph will address the meeting in the second day afternoon.
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