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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 12, 1950
Page
9
Fragmented obituaries and thank you notices from a local Ontario community. Names include Henderson Hodge Parley Smith Smith Acton and Knox Club. dates around January 1880. readers offered thanks for cards and sympathies during illnesses and after losses.
Heavy rains affect the Acton Milton highway and street work starts muddy conditions worsen. Readers urged to sign letters for publication and local notices highlight police transfers street light trials and winter safety on the pond.
A Potato Association of America meeting reported that about 30 million bushels of the national potato crop are turned into chips annually. It takes roughly 4 pounds of potatoes to produce one pound of chips. In Pennsylvania, chip makers use 35 carloads of potatoes weekly along with 15,000 gallons of oil and 1,350,000 cellophane bags.
A Oklahoma spring tornado tale ends with a venting remark about preferring rubble to the storm cellar. In Syracuse New York a street scene shows two sidewalk orators railing against democracy and praising Communism while a passerby unseen by them locks into a confectionery shop and a neon Nuts sign blazes above.
George Frederick Forbes died December 28 1848 in Lachine Quebec after a months illness. Services were at Victor Rumilay Funeral Home Acton and burial at Fairview Cemetery Acton. Forbes born 1891, survived by sisters Rena Corrigan Toronto Fdrth Dunn Fergus Ia Smith Landon Leda Maraland Klara and brothers Harold Toronto Elden Brantford. Pallbearers listed. Mina Kennedy widow of Frank Kennedy died January 1980 at her daughter Reids Hamilton home aged 77. Born Neilston Scotland she lived in Whitby Toronto Wingham Acton and Hamilton. Surviving daughter Lora, brother John Waterhouse Whitby, grandchildren Dorothy Nancy Reid Betty Kennedy Donald Kennedy. Son Jack Kennedy died Detroit November 1948. Services held Swackhamer Hills Hamilton, remains moved to Acton for service with interment at Fairview Cemetery. Pallbearers named including S J Reid and others.
Auction of Purple Top sweet turnips at one dollar per bushel compares 40 to 50 for a dollar. C E Cutts R 4 Acton advertises farm clovers pasture grasses white honey and limited neon stocks. Kam Qouae a Lone Ltd Streetaville offers goods and phone numbers. Hilton's Plumbing Acton Ont lists pipes fittings pumps and septic tanks with contact numbers.
The article notes ongoing coal miner strikes causing shortages of hard coal with coke briquettes and pea coal available. It reports a foundation excavated on Lake Avenue for Mr K A Mackenzie and mentions staffing implications. Also previews local hockey: Intermediate team wins 5-2 vs Bridgeport then games at Acton Arena and in Fergus.
The INS notes the federal government held an initial $885 million investment in capital goods and housing. By 2018 that total had risen to $2.6 billion, reflecting substantial growth in public capital funding.
Notice to creditors of Velma J. West Administratrix for the estate of William Robert Bor Meet Blair late of Ac tan Haltya who died about November 6 19 All persons with claims must send full particulars by February 4 to the undersigned solicitors Kearns and Kearns Douglas Street Guelph Ontario Dated at Guelph January 10 1950.
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