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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 15, 1942
Page
4
Local readers learn about movements and visits across centres. The report lists events with residents from Acton Guelph and nearby towns including visits by John Alton Jennie Tovell and families to Acton and Guelph figures such as Mr Kitchener Head at Guelph. It notes Mrs G G Robertson with Usherwood and Ted Jestin from Kitchener Training Centre visiting.
Ospringe Mize Dorothy McKenzie at Hillsburg home. Mr Leslie Webb and son Roy bought a new car. Griffin family moved into corner house on highway and Third Line, purchased from Mac Underhill. Women's Institute monthly meeting postponed by bad weather. held last Monday. Communion service led by Rev D A McLellan at local Presbyterian Church. Mr J Stewart visiting with daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Robert King, Orton. Mrs H Swackhammer of Acton visited Mrs S Tovell. Mr James Scanlon of Acton home for the week end. Miss Mary Forester of Puslinch visiting Mr and Mrs George Robertson and family.
The W M S and Mission Circle held a combined Christmas meeting at Mrs. Foreman with a program and elected 1942 officers. Mission Band elected new staff led by Miss Ethel Swindlehurst. Georgia Perryman became President and Jimmie Kirkwood Secretary. Community notes include visits and travel to Georgetown and Kitchener for events and funerals.
Limehouse ladies completed a December bundle for the Red Cross in Georgetown containing gloves socks mitts and a quilt. The January W. I. meeting at Mrs Ss Norrie’s featured roll call proverbs a plan to buy two War Savings Certificates and sending cigars to five local men overseas.
Erin Mrs. James Hamilton of Toronto formerly Erin underwent an operation at Western Hospital last Saturday and is convalescing. Lieut J M Abbott has returned to Camp Borden and Mr Mac Abbott to Moncton N B after visiting their parents Dr and Mrs J M Abbott. A Burns Presbyterian Church member now in service received a presentation of a cing. A house wedding at Claremont on December 29 united Katherine Isobel Tran and Gordon Nelson Overland.
Nassagaweya residents share family visits and community events. Mrs MacFarlane of Gainsborough Saskatchewan spends winter with the Nightingales in Knatchbull while Bruce Nightingale visits Campbellville. George Nightingale of Rockwood recovers from a horse kick. A Brookville meeting on war conditions draws W P Watson and Grace Hamilton. Congratulations flow for newborn daughters to Wilson and Moffat families. Wilsons of Knatchbull visit Guelph.
The Boys Own Mission Band gathered in the United Church Sunday school room with a large turnout. Officers were installed for the new year, with Beverly Dean chairing in President Harris's absence and Kenneth Hewat elected secretary. The meeting featured talks on New Year resolutions and temperance, a copper contest update, and planning for an upcoming banquet.
Lotta Dempsey speaks Monday January 19 at 4 p.m. on Canadian women in a new world under the title Canadian Women In a New World. She will describe how Canadian women rallied for war services and their new-found capabilities.
Milton Ontario residents share holiday greetings with Rev and Mrs Hare of Springfield and Mrs Tann of Toronto. Milton’s oldest resident George Atkinson, born in Yorkshire 94 years ago, died at daughter Mrs Daniel McMullen’s home after a short illness. Pte William London recently returned from overseas on leave reporting an uneventful trip despite 1000 German prisoners aboard, escorted by destroyers, with mixed views on blackout effects.
Town Clerk figures show 7 births 37 marriages and 17 deaths in 1941 versus 12 35 25 in 1946. James Richardson to head Georgetown Hockey Club replacing Ernie Coles who moved to Acton. Gilchrist of Toronto seeks slot machine licence but council refuses licensing and maintains status quo.
A historic Oakville residence occupied by Gilby Hardy was burned down on New Year’s Day. The report notes the blaze as a notable event in the town with civic attendance at related meetings and fire safety talks.
The new Burlington fire pumper will reside in town next Wednesday once finished and equipped. A radio was reported stolen from Ernie Lowis’s car along with two black wheels and a defroster. Preparations to blackout the town hall use a special paper. windows will be covered and the hall should be ready soon. The Town Hockey League returns with teams from Nicholsons Halidays Alder holo Strathcona and new players. The T W Hand factory on Clarke avenue nears completion with frame work up and building boarded in. occupancy expected within another month.
Manitoba's fur rehabilitation blocks cover 3 500 000 acres with 140 000 acres in production and 500 000 more slated for production within two years. The system of registered trap lines extends across 20 000 square miles, enabling 750 to 1 000 trappers. Manitoba now produces chinchillas along with fox and mink, boosting Winnipeg to a top global fur market.
The chief officer’s report details the heroism aboard a small coastal vessel under attack. The master on the bridge dodged bombs and perished after injury, the bos’n aided survivors despite being shot, and the chief cook sacrificed himself to shield the steward from enemy fire.
The article outlines chick health risks from poor hanging conditions. It stresses proper light ventilation and heat suited to age to prevent disease. It warns overheating with inadequate ventilation can worsen conditions and cause suffocation.
Sunday worship services listed for 1100 am and 7 00 pm with sermon themes The Church The Churchs Gift to the World plus a February 4 annual meeting of Congregation with home and worship and a welcoming note The text shows garbled OCR but preserves event titles and times and the date of January 18 1942.
Thursday night service at 8 00 followed by a January 1st 1942 communion at 11 00 am led by Rev I Ge Claghorn of Prenton. Sabbath School at 2 40 and a 7 00 pm address by Rev IL G Cleghorn of Prenton. All welcome.
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