Acton Residents Send Best Wishes and News From Far Afields
Acton residents share updates from friends and family across Ontario and Michigan. Mrs. J. L. Gibbons visits Guelph while Mrs. Daniel Wilfong's father dies in Newfoundland. Edwin Currie of Milton Heights is hospitalized in Guelph General Hospital. Congratulations go to Patricia Harrop and MaryJorie Near on nursing exams. Mr. L. Starkman shows health improvement in Toronto. James Moore returns from Saginaw after the death of his father in law J. L. Ready born 1858 in Acton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jearty
L. Starkman
Toronto
James Moore
Saginaw Mich
Bloomsbury Literary Society Holds Friday Meeting
The Bloomsbury Literary Society met Friday with Kennedy presiding during the program. Members heard recitations, guitar solos, speeches by Mrs. Kennedy and Stanley Fulton, and closed with the National Anthem. Euchre prizes went to Mrs. John Dennis and C van Goozen followed by lunch and social time.
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Bloomsbury—Literary_Society
Mrs. Kennedy
Wallace Lasby
Kennedy
Stanley Fulton
Ross Gordon
John Dennis
C. van Goozen
CG LT Group Reports Busy Month at United Church
The CG LT Group of the United Church held a busy December with a Sunday School Christmas program on December 26 and a Christmas Vesper on December 19. On December 23 the girls visited shut ins, sang carols, and shared tokens then socialized at Mrs. G W Mackenzie’s home.
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United Church
G. W. Mackenzie
O. Parker
Leaer
Pell
Eileen Gordon
Betty Dennis
Annetta, Evans
Bunny Anderson
Mackenzie
China
Color Pictures via Wireless TV May Enter Brith Cinemas
Color television pioneer John Logie Baird’s wartime work could lead to regular two color broadcasts in British cinemas after peace. He first demonstrated color TV in 1928 and later sent a 12 by 9 foot color image by wire to 3,000 viewers in London. His latest system transmits eight and a third color images per second, with trials in three and two color formats expected to spread across Britain.
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Baird
British Association
Crystal Palace
London
Great Britain
Acton Council Sets 1942 Tax Rate At 47 Mills
Acton council approved a 5 percent reduction in the 1942 tax rate from last year. The rate stands at 48 mills with a 1 mill provincial subsidy making a net 47 mills. The move funds street maintenance and sidewalk repairs. Total assessments reach 810556.76. Council adjourned after midnight.
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Acton
Cameron’ Street Realdanta
Cameron Street
Couuncil
C. Jacque
Davison
Town Hall
Herbert Fryer
Cemetery Board
Fryer
U S Imports Boost Canadian Oats Amid War Supply Shifts
Ottawa reports timely U S imports of Canadian oats rose sharply as overseas markets faltered. Exports climbed from 4.43 million bushels in 1937-38 to over 14 million in 1939-40 and about 10.25 million in 1940-41, with U S shipments a major portion. Officials note oats remain a small disposal share while western hog production expands demand.
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Ottawa
United States
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Gregory Theatre Week Includes Blondell Powell Comedy
Page lists upcoming Gregory Theatre programs and features. It notes smart comedies with Joan Blondell and Dick Powell, a film with Jeffrey Lynn and Philip Dorn, plus cartoons and a Drums of Fu Manchu chapter. Also mentions travel and sport segments in January listings.
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Jeffrey Lynn
Philip Dorn
Carpenter
Benchley
Baby
Drums of Fu Manchu
Joan Blondell
Dick Powell
Emergency Sandwich Feeds YMCA Canteen Volunteers
In a British YMCA canteen a shortage of regular supplies led the canteen manager to create a sandwich spread from on hand ingredients. The recipe used two pounds of baked beans two tins of herring two tins of picards butter bread crumbs and flavoring. Over two hours three volunteers prepared and cut more than a thousand sandwiches.
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Y.M.C.A
Britain
United Order of True Sisters Fund Faces Half Cosmetic Bills
New York group of 10 000 members cuts cosmetic bills in half to raise funds for a plastic surgery fund aiding disfigured faces.
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New York
United Order
True Sisters
Wheat Feeding Better Bacon Profits Highlight Alberta Trials
Beaverlodge Experimental Station in Alberta reports six years of hog feeding tests showing some better and lower grade wheat may yield higher profits when used for pork rather than selling the grain. Record July to September rains lowered Peace River crop quality, suggesting use of wheat for bacon could meet overseas demand with less feed.
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Ottawa
Beaverlodge
Alberta
L. D. Fraser
Peace River
Fraser
Soviet Red Army Drives and Global War Movements
Weekly War Commentary reports Soviet forces advancing from the Arctic to the Crimean driving Nazi lines. Orel recaptured unofficially, Smolensk pressure grows, and Russian air power disrupts German logistics. British forces push at Halfaya Pass as Malaya battles intensify and Chiang Kai-shek gains wider command.
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Arctic
Crimean
Red Army
Orel
Moscow
Twa
Smolensk
Exchange-Telegraph Agency
Hitler
Smolenak
Russia
Salum
Axia
Halfaya Pass
Tripolitanta
Gulf of Slrte
el Agheila
Mareda
8Th Army
Royal Air Force
Land planning group forms to map postwar Britain
London. A committee formed by Lord Reith will study the postwar use of Britain's land and economic placement of industry. It will examine building development and preserving natural amenities, assess dispersal of industry, and evaluate optimal locations in small towns and rural districts. Members include Lords Addison and Lady Denman, and Lord Justice Scott chairs.
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London
Britain
Lord Reith
Justice Scott
Lords Addison
Agriculture
Lady Denman
The
Women's Land Army
Electors of Halton warned on conscription and taxation
Parliament reassembles soon as a Toronto millionaire driven drive for conscription is criticized. The speaker denounces wartime excess profits taxes and argues wealth should be taxed fairly to fund Canada’s war effort, inviting constituent letters on improving the war effort.
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Toronto Millionnaires
Canada
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J. L. Gibbons
Guelph
Daniel Wilfong
Newfoundland
J. J. Smith
Mary_and
Barbara
Patricia Harrop
MaryJorie Near
Bloomsbury Literary
C.G
George Wallace
Clothes Shop
Yonge St
W. T. Patterson
Wyndham
Maher Shoe Store
A. McIsaac
General Insurance
F. L. Wright
Cooper Blix
U.S
Richard Arjen
Jean Parker
Tommy Trinder
Claude Hubert
Fox News
Malta
Italy
Far East
Kuala Lumpur
Malay Peninsula
Singapore
Netherlands East Indies
Netherlands
Tarakan
Philippines
British, Columbia
British Columbia
Pacific Coast
United Nations
Japan
Burma
Ghangsha
Hunan
Canton
Nanchang
Chiang
Washington
Churchill
Roosevelt
Thailand
Ching
Malaya
Asia
Kula Lumpur
Agedabia
Erwin Rommel
Libya
EY Aghelia
Gulf of
Sirte
Rommel
el Aghella
Leningrad
Sevastopol
Vyazma-Bryansk
Crimea
Nobacco
Winston S. Churchill
E. J. Nelson
Shortt
Nelson
E. J. Nelson, M.D
Halton
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