Laughlin couple marked long-time home anniversary
The Advoca te notes Mr and Mrs W H Laughlin of Caledon West quietly celebrated their twenty fifth anniversary on December 29 with neighbors. The article mentions Miss Margaret Laughlin of Cleveland visiting, a hockey game where Guelphs Red Indiana were defeated 5 4, and the couple planning to retire to Orangeville after decades on their farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.R. Mason
Pittsburg
H. Sanders
of- Guelph
Neighborhood News: Intereting Items From Nearby Centers
Community notes highlight events from surrounding centres. Readers learn about gatherings, markets, school activities, church events, and local stories of interest.
Community Notes From Rockwood and Acton Visit
Mrs George Gaham visited Mr and Mrs Bert Sockets in Rockwood and Mrs McIntosh moved to Acton for a few weeks Major Mercer of Toronto will be thawing slides at the church on Friday night She Sues Lane were set at the church on Sunday morning
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gaham
Bert ‘Sockets
Rockwood
McIntosh
Acton
Major Mercer
Toronto
Bannockburn School Officials Stand for Election
The Bannockburn school report lists candidates for positions including Xe See Rossel TV Betty Clarridge Bill Crofts Irma Watson Lloyd James Jean McDonald Lawrence Cross Jetta Roszel Edith Denny Clarence Denny Harold Rosner Doris McDonald Alvey Gordon Lea Watson Alex Norrie Bertha Shelbourne K Beckett teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bannockburn &School
Rossel
Betty Clarridge
Bill Crofts
Watch Noble
Irma’ Watson
Lloyd James
Aick
Jean McDonald
Lawrence Cross
Jetta Roszel
Edith Denny
Bertha Shelbourne
ML. Beckett
Funeral service for Tate W. J. Bell in Campbellville
Tate W. J. Bell died after a long illness and ten weeks in hospital. The funeral was held from the family residence on Thursday, December 28. Pallbearers included Duncan Campbell, John Robertson, Geo Finney, George Watson, Bert Emmons and John Beattie. Floral tributes came from the Council, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Mills, Miss Verna Blake man, Canada Life, the Wheelihan family, Mrs. Anne Dredge and Ernest, and Campbell Lodge PF&A M. bell was a longtime member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tate
W. J. Bell
Gitelph General Hospital
Bell
Messrs
Duncan Campbell
John Robertson
Geo. Finney
George Watson
Bert Emmons
John Beattie
Council
Norman Mills
Verna, Blakeman
The
Canada Life Insurance Company
Wheelihan
Anne Dredge
Ernest
Campbell Lodge
Ballinafad Family Health Updates and Minor Accidents
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Binnie returned from Buffalo after a month of eye treatment. Donald McLean Jr. has been on the sick list for some time. Mrs. Betts of Brampton stayed with Mr. James Cook who is ill and confined to bed. his condition is improved. Mrs. Aitken slipped on ice on Sunday on the way to church, suffering bruises and bed confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Binnie
Buffalo
Hillsburg Social Roundup Includes Visits and Wedding Shower
Friends note Miss Busie Bessey is improved and hopes to return home soon. Mrs Elias Cheyne recovers at home from Guelph Hospital. Toronto resident Mr Donald Robertson visits for a week. Miss Margaret McCann and Miss Margaret Rozell visit relatives in Guelph and with Uncle Albert Rozell. Mr and Mrs Wm Cheyne visit Mr George Cheyne. Miss Louis Rathbun spends Sunday with her parents. The wedding couple Mr and Mrs Wallace Gregson receive gifts at a town hall shower in Orton with dancing Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Busie Bessey
Elias Cheyne
Guelph Hospital
Donald Robertson
Toronto
Margaret McCann
Guelph
Margaret “Rozell
Albert Rozell
Wm. Cheyne
George Cheyne
Louis Rathbun
J. W. Cheyne
Wallace Gregson
Orton
United Church Youth Organizes At Limehouse
Last Thursday the United Church youth formed a society with officers led by President Kenneth Stephenson and 1st Vice President Elsie Davies. Friday they hosted about 25 guests from Glen Williams for an evening gathering. A social hour followed the congregational meeting on Tuesday with reports read and the 1934 election held. The Women's Institute meeting was postponed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the United Church
Kenneth Stephenson
Elsie’ Davies
Sarah, Standish
Dennis Hill
John Packer
Glenwilliams
Packer
The
United Church
Womeh
Tnstitute
St John’s A Y P A Social Meeting In Orange Hall
Farmers report rising supplies from Lawson and Smith in Acton as St John’s A Y P A meets in Orange Hall. Weather delays skating planned. social program follows devotional led by Rev Boyd. Jean Thompson named new organist. assistants Norma Smith and Frances Jenkinson supported the evening service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawson
Smith
Norma Smith
Frances Jenkinson
Nassagaweya Church News and Local Meetings
Rev Dr Brice of Toronto spoke on Temperance to Phenezer United Church Sunday School and preached at the service. A Brookville Township Hall meeting addressed by Rev Brice under Temperance auspices. Miss Eliza Darby visited Nassagaweya. Ebenezer Ladies Aid met at Mrs John Marshall’s. Nassagaweya Council held inaugural in Brookville Hall. Death of Mrs George Kitching noted. funeral in Woodstock. husband died earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Brice
Toronto
Phenezer United Church
Brookville
Brice
Bows of Temperance Movement
Eliza Darby
Guelph
Nassagewega
Ladies'Aid Society
Ebenezer United’ Church
John Marshall
Nassagaweya
Widow Mrs Robertson dies after brief illness in Rockwood
Mrs M Robertson aged 75 passed away Saturday after a short illness. Survived by three daughters in Rockwood Blyth and Seattle. Funeral held Monday at daughter’s home with Rev W J Taylor and Rev John Little. interment at Wingham Cemetery. Week of Prayer observed in United and Presbyterian Churches. Several local incidents noted including a highway snow plow mishap and a broken truck axle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Robertson
P. Powers
Robertson
Rockwood
Orval Taylor
Blyth
Seattle Wash
W. J. Taylor
John Little
Messrs
J. A. Little
Geo. H. Pearen
Geo. Gordon
Jas. Watson
Frank Day
A. B. Root
Wingham
Wingham Cemetery
United and
Presbyterian
R. M. Lewis
St. John's Church
Annie Harris
Robert Croft
Toronto
Wm. Royce
Edna M. Pearen
Dundas
Eileen Bridger
Guelph
Kathleen Lynch
Annie’ Harris
United Church
Mra, Mutrie
Mra Jas, Gray, Sr
Alex
Cleveland
Frank ‘Major
Guelph General Hospital
John Gunter
Ray
Atkhew Bayne
Jas
Gray, Jr
Militon Year Records and Local Notables
In Milton for 1938 there were 24 births 19 marriages and 27 deaths. F C Willmott and George Dencon bedridden with illness. Annie Graham of Mill Street in Guelph General Hospital with a broken leg from Christmas night fall. Edwin Bailey and family plus Miss Margaret Hughes visited the Williams on Pine Street for their silver anniversary. Chief Earl reports Milton Fire Brigade answered ten alarms in 1933 but only one fire caused damage at George Ritchie’s blacksmith shop on Commercial Street owned by Halton Cream and Butter Company. Loss estimated at 2000 with 600 insurance. Champion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton
F. C. Willmott
George Dencon
Annie Graham
Mill Street
Guelph General Hospital
Edwin Bailey
Edward
Margaret Hughes
Appin
George Williams
Pine Street
Williams
Earl
Milton Fire Brigade
George Ritchie
Commercial Street
Halton Cream and Butter Company
Local notes include graduations travels and a street fire
Burlington news reports Riddiford holidaying with parents in New York while Dorothy Copp earns RN registration. O A C Guelph students Rae Teasdale Somerset and Allen pass first year exams. Lancaster party heads to Miami for two months. An auto hits a Bell pole at East End School with no injuries. Bell crews replace it. Fire destroys a Brant Street building owned by Roy Cooke. he is rebuilding nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Riddiford
Dominion Trade and Commerce Staff
New York
W. C. Riddiford
Dorothy A. Copp
St. Joseph's Hospital
Hamilton
R. N
Guelph
J. D. Rae
J. T. Teasdale
J. B. Somerset
H. Allen
Philip Lancaster
Bert Lancaster
Ila
Miami
Florida
Bell Telephone Co
East End
Brant Street
Roy ‘Cooke
Cooks
Busby Farm
Gazette
Georgetown Fire Brigade Holds Sixty-First Annual Ball and Supper
The Georgetown Fire Brigade celebrated its sixty-first annual ball and supper at the Arena last Friday night under Orlon Lodge I C O F auspices. A large crowd attended despite cold weather and bad roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlon Lodge I C. O. F
New Yeak
Georgetown Fire Brigadé
R. P. Bates
Emmanuel College
Toronto
John
Mr. Thompson
L. W. Dann
Toronto General Hospital
James Grant Somerville
T. Eaton Co
Winnipeg
Queenston Street
Mr. Somerville
Stewarttown
Georgetown
David
Elizabeth ‘Mary Somervill
Herald
International Live Stock Exposition Yields Canadian Wins
Exhibitors from Canada dominated prizes at the Chicago event December 2 to 9. Frank Isaakson of Elfros Saskatchewan won the world wheat championship. Robert McEwan and Son of London Ontario claimed the grand championship for carloads of sheep. Alexander McLean of Buckingham Quebec won top Shorthorn cattle prizes. G Gordon Findly of Northwood Ontario took the soybean championship. P J Best of Notre Dame de Lourdes led Region One in early oats with six Ontario farmers among top finishers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Chicago
Frank Isaakson
Elfros
Saskatchewan
Ontario
Quebec
Robert McEwan
Manitoba
P. J. Best
Notre Dame de Lourdes
Alberta
Britis Columbia
Bose
Major Mineral Achievement in Western Canada Sodium Sulphate Industry
The rise of western Canada's sodium sulphate industry is outlined from early 1920 shipments to 1933 projections. It notes 120 million tons of hydrous salts in large lakes, development of commercial production by 1926, and uses in Kraft pulp mills at Copper Cliff Ontario and in textiles, with ongoing process improvements enabling varied grades to meet industrial demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Department of Mines
Aulphate Pulp Milla
United States
Copper Cliff
Ontario
Canada produces top quality cheese in 1933 report
A Dominion Agriculture report notes compulsory grading since 1928 and says 1933 Canadian cheese set a high standard. From January to October 1933 about 96.63 percent of cheese was first grade, up 1.13 points from 1922, with a 16.63 rise in first-grade share since then. Estimated 110 million pounds produced in 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
Dominion
British Isles
Canada
Dominion Department of ‘Agriculture
Canadi
Diagnosis of a class writing assignment misquoted
A teacher tells students to write honestly about themselves. A bright pupil submits a piece noting inner organs and foods such as stomach lungs heart liver two apples mince pie candy peanuts and dinner, highlighting a misheard prompt.
Right of Left Doris Exaggerates Suitors in Witty Quip
A humorous exchange features Doris claiming no man is good enough for her and remarking she may be left. The wording plays on dating woes with a playful double meaning about being left behind.
Oakville News in Brief From Town Work to Local Glee
Oakville reports a twenty man town crew started highway work east of town on Tuesday. Ottawa visitors Mr and Mrs Bruce Smith spent holidays with her mother Mrs Herbert Litchfield with Mrs Smith staying through January. A long time Oakville resident and descendant of early settlers Mrs Thos Wright died in Montreal at ninety. J E Whitaker Oakville’s youngest Councillor led polls with 727 votes, hockey Intermediates beat Milton 7 to 2, and Bandmaster Wm Williams slowly recovers after illness. Charles Brooman and son Ronald sail for England from St John NB aboard Duchess of Atholl, Miles Evans hospitalized in North Bay after motor accident injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Smith
Ottawa
Herbert Litchfield
Smith
Oakville
Thos. Wright
Frank Hornibrook
Montreal
Star
A. 8
Oakville Star
Aick
Oakville Hockey Intermediates
Milton
J. E. ‘Whitaker
Whitaker
Campbell
Wm. Williams
Charles. Brooman
Ronald
England
St. John
N. B
Duchess of Atholl
Ah Brooman
Jack
Halifax
Miles Evans
North Bay
Tne
Electric refrigerators drive Canada's appliance boom in 1932
Canada saw a rapid shift to electric appliances with refrigerators leading the way. In 1932 production reached 19,454 units, up 5,261 from 1931 and 12,152 from 1930, worth $3,193,253 and produced in 13 Ontario factories. Imports fell to $388,634 from prior years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Ontario
Just Like Dad Rents Dollhouse To Cousin Betty For 50 Cents
A wealthy real estate agent returns home to find his daughter has rented out her Christmas dollhouse to Cousin Betty for 50 cents a week. The girl explains it’s “furnished to Cousin Betty.” The scene underscores a playful misunderstanding about ownership and generosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty
Out of imperfections and difficulties grows character
A reflective line notes that character is forged through struggle and hardship, shaping how individuals and nations face the world. The aphorism emphasizes resilience as a universal force guiding conduct and destiny.
Religious Services at Acton United Church
The United Church of Canada in Acton hosts Rev OC L Poole BD at 1100 p m with the sermon Common Love. Sunday school and Bible class at 12 30 p m. Evening service 7 00 p m led by Rev Albert Moore moderator. Monday 7 30 pm Young People's League led by A McKeown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rnited Church of Canada
Acton
Bower Avenue
Bible Clans
T. ‘Albert Moore
United Church of Canada
Young People’s League
A- McKeown
Knox Church Acton Service Schedule January 14 1934
Presbyter ian Knox Church Acton announces minister H L Bennie M A at the manse Willow Street. Sunday 11 00 am sermon Do You Get Difficulties in Opportunities or Opportunities in Difficulties 2 30 pm Sabbath School 7 00 pm sermon It is Never Too Late to Mend Young People Guild Monday night The Devotional Committee Always Welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young People's Guild
For Sale and Notices from Acton January 1934
Classified items include a kitchen range for sale, a five room flat for rent, a personal debt disclaimer by A W Ralph from Acton dated January 11 1934, thanks note from Mr Harry Gibbons family for bereavement, and an auction notice for dairy cows hogs horse implements and household effects at Peter Hills farm Erin Lot 2 Third Line Acton two miles north on Tuesday January 16 with no reserve and RJ Eerr as auctioneer phone 96 Acton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Hills
Erin
Acton
RJ. Eerr
Auction of Livestock and Implements at Nas sagaweya Farm
John Heatley will hold an auction sale of horses cattle pigs and implements at his farm Lot 16 Concession 6 Nas sagaweya Township on Thursday January 18 commencing at 1 30 p m Terma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Heatley
Nassagaweya Township
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H. L. Bennie
M. A
Manse
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Coe
E. Holmes
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Rachlin’s
B.D. Rachlin & Co
Acton, Onario
Rene
R. J. Kerr
A. W. Ralph
Harry Gibbons
Net
Cnstant
Jas. BR. Ramshaw
F. L. Wright
General Insurance
Poe
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