McEachern family mourns death in Acton notice
Sudden death of Alderman McEachern's husband in his first year prompts floral gifts and thanks to friends and neighbors. Obituary lists interment at Canary Cemetery with funeral details at Johnson and Burley Home in Acton.
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Acton and
Tairaday
Ranald McEachern
Annie Meiran
Jonhnatone & Burley Ral
Acton
Canar Y Cemetery
McEachern
J OM Ware
Fragmentary Chronicle Mentions Christmas Events and Weather
A fragmented local note references postholiday routines and lengthening days. It mentions Christmas Day gifts and a bouquet to Mrs Geo Woodson, a tree with scarlet tangerines, and a 14 year old record. The Jerteydow and Royalyst Mist Ringleader entries hint at local society items, with notes on an executive meeting and a Liberal Association gathering in Milton.
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Woods
Geo. Woodson
Gerald Te Graham
Georgetown
Ontario
AL Qn
Halton ‘Liberal Association
Milton
Tyynsday
Obituary notices for John Mason Ware and Elizabeth Wieck
The obituary records the death of John Mason Ware in St Joseph's Hospital Hamilton on December 24 1944 and notes his emigration from Yorkshire to Canada in 1906 with residence in Campbellville. It lists survivors including wife Annie Ware two sons Thomas Bert and Marton and four grandchildren along with brothers in England. A second obituary records the death of Elizabeth Cook Wieck at 93 Ontario Street Kitchener detailing her birth date September 28 1869 and her church and Moose Lodge affiliations plus survivors and funeral details.
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John Mason Ware
St Joseph‘s Hospital
Hamilton
Me Ware
Carade
Yorkshire
England
Milton
Campbellville
Annie
Hall) Ware
Thomas
Acton
Bert
Marton
FE W- Hayley
Lambton Mille
Albert
Wockwood
George
Toronto
William Wieck
Elizabeth Cook
Ontario St. S. Kitchener
Christopher Cook
Georgetown
Trinity United Church
Ladies’ Aid Society
Lading
The
Moose Lodge
Wetlam“ Wieck
Frank
Kitchener
Lome
Mra
Helen Williams
Tee Cooke
London
Ont
Mra. W. OG. Tritton
A. E. Betts
Gladys
Helwkmrine
Mount Vlape
K. O. Seymour
Overseas Mail Letters From Local Boys Serving Abroad
Wartime readers send thanks to the War Service League for parcels and cheerful notes from Canadian servicemen overseas. Messages describe shipboard life, leave in London, rebroadcast hockey games, and wartime scenes from Charleston to Scotland.
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Cause of Freedom
Centenarian Twin Brothers Celebrate 100th Birthday
Daniel and Nell MacKinnon, twins from Glasgow Nova Scotia, have reached their 100th birthday. Daniel lives near Fhornburn, Nell near Bu Ee I, with family noting the milestone for the pair.
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New
Glasgow
MacKinnon
Daniel
Nell
Ear
Leftover Magic From The Holiday Kitchen
Homemakers find clever uses for scraps with recipes and tips. The article lists dishes like carrot potato ring and grape tapioca cups, offering methods to repurpose bones, meat, and fruit into soups, casseroles, desserts, and puddings for efficient post holiday cooking.
Twenty Years Ago Nhe Mads Deified In Waves
A garbled report notes a celebration at Knox Church’s New Year gathering with a Sunday School banquet. Town Clerk Farmer records last year’s births and deaths, plus restrictions. mentions a walnut calendar and Limehouse. Toronto Willan serves as residence.
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Knox
New Yearstoven
Mackendie
Limehouse
Messages of thanks from war service league readers
Readable notes from soldiers in Holland and elsewhere express gratitude for Christmas parcels. Cpl A Gamble and Ver Price send thanks for cigarettes and comforts. letters describe mud and cold, warm farm huts, and shared rooms. LAC Frank Van Wyck and others credit readers for morale boosting gifts and hometown news.
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Holland
Canada
Ontario Premier Drew Pledges Postwar Confidence Plan
Premier Drew announced a postwar confidence program for Ontario during the week, urging renewed ambition and warning against a society of frozen prices and wages. He stressed Canada’s opportunities and the need to pursue wartime goals while preparing for peacetime growth. Ontario junior farmers, agricultural leaders, and teachers discussed rural education, curricula, and improved school facilities at Kempville and Toronto meetings.
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Foronto
Ontario
Candia
Jio
Canada
Ruth
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Agricultural Achoal
Kempville
Ont
GE Treaman
Ontario Agricultural College
Guelph
Watraon WO Barter
London
Ontario Seondary School Teachery
Toronto
Education Department
Certified Seed Potato Packages Permit Rules
Regulations allow an approved seed firm to obtain a permit to repackage certified seed potatoes into 10 15 or 25 pound lots. Each package must carry a tag with seed name variety grade and certificate number as prescribed. Application forms available from The Chief Plant Protection Division or District Seed Inspector in Charge.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
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Dominion Department of Agri Culture
Olaan
Iron
Wel
Fragmented wartime exchange on bugle call and drill
A garbled dialogue fragment shows a sergeant and a soldier debating a bugle call and drill tune. The exchange hints at confusion during military instruction and potential discipline.
Police form boys club in London for sports and music
Police here formed a boys club to promote sports and musical education and to keep youths out of mischief. They purchased 8,000 dollars worth of instruments and equipment and now have 100 boys in a band.
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London (Cp
Time Tables Daily Flyer Georgetown at Guelph
Daily schedule fragment lists times 0.401 am 2.29 pm 748 pm 12.08 am 124 am 6235 p.m. 7 7.12 pm. The readable entries indicate a transit or passenger timetable.
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Unday
Georgetown
Sun
Guelph
Flyer
Transit schedules fragment for several routes
Readable bits show routes to London Sundays holidays to Guelph daily to Kitchener Sundays holidays to Kitchener and to Stratford with times like 310.53 am and 20.00 pm and codes y2738 ppm 1.08 DM.
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Eeetboupa
London
Guelph
Kitchener
Stratford
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