Acton News Notes From Week of Visits and Funerals
Mrs A B Lyon Ulster Pa visited her mother Mrs Alice and Mr G A Dills. George Rossell attended the funeral of his brother N A Roszel in Ridgeway. Mrs W J Stuckey and others traveled to Toronto for the funeral of Mrs Jos Barrett, former Acton resident and mother of Nellie Allan.
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Mar
George Rossell
N. A. Roszel
Ridgeway
A. B. Lyon
Ulster, Pa
Alice
G. A. Dills
Wm. Landsborough
Gharies Landsborough
Thos. Ford
Milton
Frank Rawlings
W. J. Stuckey
Jos. Kentner
A. H. Bishop
Toronto
Jos. Barrett
War theater pledge from Sam to three counties
A wartime message signed by Sam assures citizens torepresent three counties that they will act to justify confidence. The note offers best wishes for the coming year and hints at ongoing duties in the theatre of war.
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Sam
Juniors Fall as Bolton Near Bottom of Group
The Juniors lose to Bolton in a tight section of the standings after last week’s 10 2 win over Acton. Joe Kentner takes over coaching duties from Jack, focusing on junior players at Acton while continuing his Intermediates play. Georgetown stunned Milton 6 5 last Thursday, but a timekeeper error clouds the result. Guelph visits Acton Thursday January 11, with Acton needing a win to stay in contention. Tonight Acton aims to rebound with a fall on Guelph to stay in the race.
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Jack Kentner
Ajax Ltd
Joe
Guelph
Acton
Vital conservation urged to curb industrial accidents
The Industrial Accident Prevention Associations report that over 9,000 Ontario plants are visited yearly to curb accidents. With Canada’s war effort, officials warn that preventing all industrial incidents is vital to conserve manpower and resources. J B Mortey, general manager, stresses urgency.
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Ontario
Canada
J. B. Mortey
First Meeting of Eramosa Council For This Year
The 1940 council-elect of the Township of Sramom met January 8 at Rockwood Town Hall. D. D. Gray was elected Reeve. W J Pinkney Ernest H Benham Roy Leslie and Joseph R Rutherford named councilors. By-law No 1 fixed salaries. Adam Weatherston Pound Keeper and Leonard Gardiner unnamed changes announced.
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Sramom
Rockwood
D. D. Gray
Messrs
Wim. J. Pinkney
Ernest
H. Benham
Roy Leslie
Joseph R. Rutherford
Rutherford and
Benham
Adam Weatherston
Leonard Gardiner
Jas. McPherson
Leslie
Pinkney
Royal Bank
Reeve
Leslie and
Rutherford
Juvenile Hockey League Preparing for Acton Games
About fifty boys attended a Monday night meeting at Acton YMCA to hear plans for a four team Juvenile Hockey League under Principal McKenzie and W Benson. Games will be Wednesdays 415 to 515 pm and Saturdays 230 to 330 pm. Speakers included W B Rumley and Flint Terry with support from G A Dills of Arena Committee.
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Acton
Y.M.C.A
McKenzie
W. Benson
Actons
W. B. Rumley
Tanners
Flint Terry
G. A. Dills
Canada expands Indian medical facilities with Dynevor hospital sale
Indian Affairs plans include buying Dynevor Hospital on the Red River near Selkirk Manitoba and building a new Fisher River Indian Hospital about 100 miles north of Winnipeg. The Dynevor site will become a tuberculosis hospital for Indians under the Manitoba Sanatorium Board, while the Fisher River facility will serve about 1 500 Indians who previously required Winnipeg care. The program, staffed by 500 doctors and dentists and supported by central drug purchases, aims to improve Indigenous health at lower cost than public hospitals.
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Canada
Indian Affairs
Department of Mines and Resources
Church of England
Manitoba Sanatorium Board
Misher River
Winnipeg
Royal Military College Officers Appointed to Overseas Command
Lieut Gdl q R Stein at the Royal Military College to lead an overseas training unit. Major Cc H Walker will replace him as Staff Adjutant and assume duties at the college.
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Q. R. Stein
Royal Military College
Cc. H. Walker
Loyalty talk inspires Duke of Devonshire Chapter
Mrs J A McNiven spoke at the Duke of Devonshire Chapter LO.D.E. 1940 meeting at Mrs Frank Beattie’s home. Four new members were welcomed as officers for 1940 were elected and articles on the LODE work were read, closing with Rudyard Kipling’s wartime poem.
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Devonshire
Lo.d.e
Frank Beattie
Barr
Buoneat Aiscumion
Eneraheins
Ihigetin
Peter Smith
J. A. McNiven
McNiven
Rudyard Eklping
Y Club Plans Hockey League For Boys
Forty boys met at the Y to discuss start of a Maget Hockey League with support from Mr. G McKenzie Dillis Mr Vice Rumley and Mr Frank Terry. Rink Committee set practice slots and six teams will compete with ratings ongoing. Indoor events and running jumps are organized for all boys while the Junior Y Girls hosted a skating party at the Arena with lunch afterward. The Tuesday Evening Class plans a sleighing party January 16 with two horse runs and lunch at the Y.
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Poys
G. McKenzie
Dillis
Vice—Rumley
Frank Terry
Miss Ostrander
Flour and Feed Mills by Province in Canada 1939
An official report shows 1337 mills in Canada in 1939, including 385 flour and 952 feed mills. Ontario leads, with 136 flour and 556 feed mills and 46 percent of capacity. Quebec ranks second in mills. Saskatchewan follows in capacity, with others scattered across Alberta Manitoba and the Maritime Provinces.
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Canada
Ontario
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
Maritime Provinces
British Columbia
Sakatchewan
Prince Edward Island
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
He Darling and She Promise Uncertain Future
In fragmented dialogue, a couple discusses marriage with uncertainty. The pair exchanges hopeful lines about long term happiness and commitment, but a decisive yes remains absent in the brief exchange.
Preservative Treatment of Poles Developed by Forest Labs
Experiments at the Forest Products Laboratories of the Department of Mines describe a preservative treatment for pole butts used in telephone and power lines in remote districts. Holes bored near the butt are filled with copper sulphate and sodium arsenite, drawing moisture up the sapwood to form cupric arsenite, a soluble compound that protects decay-prone ground-line areas for years. Test poles in service six years show good condition versus untreated poles decaying at the ground.
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Forest Products Laboratories
Department of Mines
Two Canadian Fliers Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
Squadron Leader John Griffiths of Niagara Falls Ontario and Pilot Officer Selby Henderson of Winnipeg have been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for outstanding feats in aerial warfare. Griffiths earned the honor for a reconnaissance flight while Henderson gained it for a daring single handed attack and destruction of two enemy flying boats.
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Royal Air Force
John Griffiths
Niagara Falls
Ontario
Selby Henderson
Winnipeg
Griffiths
Henderson
Cabinet Shakeup Sees Hore-Belisha Ousted From War Post
Prime Minister Chamberlain reshuffles the cabinet relieving Leslie Hore-Belisha of the war ministry and naming Oliver Stanley to the post. Hore-Belisha declines the presidency of the Board of Trade. Lord MacMillan loses Information post to Sir John Reith. Sir Andrew Duncan becomes president of the Board of Trade.
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Chamberlain
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Oliver Stanley
Hore-Belisha
Board of Trade
Lord MacMillan
Information
John Reith
British Broadcasting Company
Andrew Duncan
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St Joseph's Hospital, Guelph
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Fred Warren
No. 1 Infantry Base
Lorne Goats
Face Press
Bear
Peel, Dufferin and
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Oakville
Brampton
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No. 1 Infantry Base Depot
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Georgetown
George Wallace
Clothes
Yonge St
Ryrie Birks
Kitchener-Waterloo
Y.M
A. Chorus
Acton Town Hall
Acton Murray Memorial Y.mlo.a
J. K. Gardiner
John ST
Dominion
Pallant’s Clothing Store
Mill Street
Dick Tracy
Ernest Truex
Did
Mickey the Kid
Tommy Ryan
Bruce Cabot
Carniaal Band
Fox
Eramosa Council
O.D.E
England
Feed and Flour Mills
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Rane Wee le
Duff
Lardard
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Lere MacMillan
Belisha
Oliver Branley
Sir Jobo Reith
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