Limehouse Mrs Grant Celebrates 2nd Birthday in Village
Mrs Grant marked her 2nd birthday with children and grandchildren in attendance. The village reports improving health among the sick. Mrs Miller visited Sunday with Mr and Mrs W A Lane.
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 27, 1938
Page
4
Visitors and birthdays at Crewsons Corners
Recent visitors included Miss Dora Lambert and Mrs. A Cripps from Acton on Thursday, Miss Mary Cripps on Sunday, and Miss Annie Asshle. Mrs. John Burlingham celebrated her 82nd birthday on Saturday, January 23. Those recovering from illness include Mrs A McDonald and Dorothy and Mrs Lynd Smith. Services are held Sundays at 2 pm with end service at 3 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitt Cripps
Dora Lambert
A. Cripps
Acton
Mary Cripps
Annie Asshle
John Burlingham
A. McDonald
Dorothy
Lynd Smith
Local church and curling notes from Corbetton area
Erin Rev Canon Weaver is ill but convalescing at home. Mrs Alfred Porter and two daughters visit from Corbetton to see her aunts Mrs K McDougall and Mrs Stephens. Burns Church Sunday School held its annual aleghride followed by luncheon. United Sunday School officers and teachers were reelected at the Parsonage. A rink of Local curlers led by W. Earph competed in the Guelph Centennial Bonspiel, won three of five, and reached the semi finals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canon Weaver
Alfred Porter
Corbetton
Stephens
Burns’ Church
United Sunday School
Offic
W. Earph
Skip
R. T. Elyte
R. O. Harris
George Horton
Guelph
Ospringe News Notes and Local Roundup
Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Geo Grundy on the birth of a daughter Jan 19 at Guelph General Hospital. Mrs E MccCutcheon visited Mr S McLean last week. Miss Lorena Locker is convalescing after appendectomy. Mr and Mrs L Webb and family visited the Appleyards at Georgetown. The first Literary of the season at the Guelph Road school drew a good crowd with a homegrown program including an original sketch and a short dialogue And the Lamp Went Out featuring Mary Martin Nellie Webb Bert Robertson and Roy Webb. Two contests followed with strong participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Grundy
Guelph General Hospital
E. MccCutcheon
S. McLean
Lorena Locker
Mir
Guelph Road
Mary Martin
Nellie Webb
Bert Robertson
Roy Webb
Pert
Progressive euchre at Orange Hall held despite weather
Campbellville reports a subdued turnout for the Women's Institute euchre event due to rain. Mrs Charles Roberts and Mr George Quiln won first prize, with Mrs Lloyd Crawford and Mervin Deforest taking the consolation prizes. Distinct social notes include visits, movements, and a pneumonia illness among local residents.
Georgetown Teaser Brisk Winter Storm and Local Updates
Georgetown reports a thermometer reading 18 below as a storm hits Tuesday morning. Wddie Gibbons sustains a severe left-hand injury when a bottle exploded at Tyres Creamery where he worked. Joshua Logan of Glen Williams remains seriously ill in Toronto General Hospital after a December 29 admission. Vera Marjorie Blake of Woodbridge to wed Frank Wilfrid Wilson, in February. A quiet wedding occurred January 16 at Erie County Court House as Mrs. Halen Bradley of Georgetown married Dr. J. Jaykeon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strom
Georgetown
Wddie Gibbons Ib
Tyres Creamery
Joshua Logan
Glen Whiliams
Toronto General Hospital
Blake
Woodbridge
Vera Marjorie
Frank Wilfrid Wilson
William George Wilson
Wilson
County Court House
Erie
Pennsylvania
Halen Bradley
J. Jaykeon
Justice of the Peace
Tiisy
Eric
Wer
Harry Dodda
Toronto
Jackson
Church Street
Herald
Roseland Park Club Hosts Evening for Members and Wives
Burlington hosts a social evening for Roseland Park Country Club members and guests. Ruth Bell of Toronto is named Superintendent of Music for Fisher's Corners and Bronte School, replacing Mrs. F. G. Russell. Industrial prospects for 1938 shown as bright with two new inquiries. A collision near Beach intersection injures no one seriously as Chief Smith’s car is damaged after stopping for a student. Highway residents complain snow plows leave snow on sidewalks on Water and Middle streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roseland Park Country Club
Ruth Bell
Toronto
Fisher's Corners
Bronte Schoob
F. G. Russell
Toronto Normal School
Hume
Smith
Lasalle
Hamilton
Water T
Gazette
Rockwood Institute Hosts Banquet at Town Hall
Rockwood Women's Institute held a large banquet at Town Hall with 124 seats. President Mrs G F McArthur led the program. guest speaker Roy Austin of Guelph spoke on church youth leadership. Jack Garatang securing prize at Guelph for County Oratorical Contest titled Our Former and Present Wings. calf presented by Oliver Wright Halstein Club. Kathleen Oakes of Galt home for weekend. Fred Dey of Hamilton also home. Mrs McLelland of Valley Road improving. St John’s services Sunday afternoon well attended amid fine weekend weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockwood Women's Institute
Town Hall
G. F. McArthur
Roy Austin
Guelph
Argos
Dublin Street Church
Jack Garatang
Prine
St. John’s Church
Oakville notes include arrests, deaths and band concert
Oakville Randall Forder of Kirkland Lake a well known hockey figure who once played for Oskyile spent the weekend in town after a lengthy Hines. Ernest S Glassco a respected Oak Vine resident died Tuesday at his Spruce Street home. Town and township police and a vigilant burglar alarm system plus an alert caretaker foiled two youths attempting to burglarize J Allan Ross residence on Lake Airborne Road late Sunday. Oakville's reorganized Citizens' Band gave its first concert since reform in Gregory Theatre Sunday under bandmaster Frank G Locksley to a warmly appreciative audience. A landmark harbor freight structure damaged in the recent storm will be demolished by town foreman order following town council action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randall Forder
Kirkland Lake
Oskyile
Ernest S Glassco
Oak Vine
Spruce Street
J Allan Ross
Lake
Oakville
Citizens’ Band
Gregory Theatre
Frank G. Locksley
Oskville
Record-Star
Foreman Family Weekend Visit and Health Update
Ballinafad residents Miss Phyllis Foreman and Mrs. Foreman of Toronto spent the weekend with Rev. and Mrs. Foreman. David McIlinery was in Guelph General Hospital for treatment while Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Ferguson with Mrs. Mays of Little Current visited friends in Georgetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis Foreman
Herlock Foreman
Toronto
Milton and Ontario Mayors Meet in Toronto
Milton official Gyer attended the Ontario Association of Mayors meeting in Toronto yesterday. Mim Ethel Brennan began a trip Monday to Redlands California to visit her uncle D A Blair and Mr and Mrs Alfred G Bair. Ar T Waldie of Milton presided over poultry displays at the Montreal Poultry Show last week, earning several prizes. Mr and Mrs John R Mills marked their 82nd wedding anniversary at home last week, both born in Milton, and have lived on Mill Street since marriage. Mr and Mrs George B Jenkinson of Prescott announce the engagement of their eldest daughter Margaret Redge to Mr E Bradford Clements of Toronto. The marriage is planned for early February in Milton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayor Gyer
Ontario Association of Mayors
Toronto
Mim Ethel Brennan
Redlands
Calif
D. A. Blair
Alfred G. Bair
Ar T. Waldie
Milton
Feel County Poultry Association
Montreal
John R. Mills
Mill Street
George B. Jenkinson
Prescott
Ontario
Margaret Redge
E. Bradford Clements
W. Bradford Clementa
Clements
International banded Mallard illustrates cross border bird study
A Mallard duck banded on October 23 1936 at Malheur Lake Oregon received a second band a year later at Astoria Lake Elk Island National Park Lamont Alberta by park warden Thomas Randall. The bird remains on the wing as researchers note bird bands establish individuality and enable migration tracking. North American bird banding is a joint effort of Canada and the United States with Ottawa and Washington agencies coordinating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley G. Jewett
United States Bureau of Biological Survey
United States Migratory Waterfowl Refuge
Malheur Lake
Burns
Oregon
Astotia Lake
Elk Island National Park
Lamont
Alberta
Thomas E. Randall
Canada
United States
North America
National Parks Bureau
Department of Mines and Resources
Ottawa
Washington, DC
Anglican report upholds evolution stance in church document
After nearly 14 years of study and a commission chaired by the Archbishop of York the 242 page report affirms modernists may believe the world and living creatures are the product of evolution. The Biblical creation account is said to pose no objection to such theories and the document is described as the most important Anglican statement in about 490 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission
Archbishop of
York
The Finch of Salt in Everyday Kitchen Smartness
Salt offers practical household uses from removing egg atems and dull tastes to preventing color bleed in laundry. It can quickly stiffen wicker and extend broom life, soften potatoes, and even freshen a kitchen drain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Ancient clay dwelling unearthed in Voronezh province
Soviet archaeologists report a 35,000 year old clay dwelling found at Koatenka village in Voronezh Province. The hut held boys and flint implements including arrowheads, uncovered by a joint expedition of the Institute of Ethnography and the Institute of History and Material Culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Tisaldes
Koatenka
Voronezh Province
Institute of Ethnography
Institute of History and Material Culture
Young visitors boost independence through asocial travel
By encouraging boys and girls to visit others, children gain independence and resilience. A away-from-home stint, whether a day or a month, breaks fixed ideas of comfort and teaches adaptation, even in eating habits.
Spice Trees Nutmeg Mace From East Indies to Brasil
Nutmeg and mace come from the same tree the nutmeg tree which grows in the East and West Indies and Brasil. The tree bears fruit starting at eight years old and continues for about sixty years. The fruit opens to reveal the fragrant nutmeg beneath a fleshy covering used in cookery medicine and as a stimulant to disguise unpleasant drugs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indica
Brasil
Canada’s Lumber Industry in 1937 Outlook and Exports
The Dominion Forest Service reports 1937 saw improved trade for Canada’s lumber sector with higher prices abroad and stronger domestic demand. Rail loading rose to 101,177 cars in the first 48 weeks versus 65,061 in 1936, while logging employment neared peak levels since 1926. Exports of planks boards and square lumber reached 1,667,368 M feet valued at 40,386,708 in ten months, with 65 percent shipping to British countries and 35 percent to two foreign markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dominion Forest Service
Department of Mines and Resources
Poor Uncle Seeks Dress to Spark Evening Conversation
A humorous plea describes an uncle asked to wear evening dress to ignite a lively exchange. The speaker imagines lanterns placed on the shirt front as a prop to create a talking moment at the gathering. The tone is playful and familial.
Anonymous Scotsmen in circle spark a cigarette scene
A humorous caption describes a group of Scotchmen gathered in a tight circle, heads close together, as they light cigarettes while onlookers wonder if they are a football team. The scene captures a lighthearted moment of camaraderie and routine social habit.
White Succeeds Flavelle on Bank Board
Sir Thomas White was elected to succeed Flavelle as chairman at the annual general meeting of the bank’s stockholders in Toronto. White, former Finance Minister, will assume the chairmanship and continue his long service on the bank board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White
Flavelle
Taverar
Thomas White Wetle
Sity Coe Oueuenan
Commerce
Toronto
Thomas White
Baptist Church Services Notice in Acton
The Baptist Church in Acton reports services led by Rev. KG Baxter. Sunday service at 1100 am with the sermon Give On Our Daily Bread. Monday 730 pm RBV PA. The Pastor will speak. Wednesday 7 30 pm Midweek service.
For Sale Various Items and Opportunities Listed
Several small ads offer a Well built Garage 20x12 for sale and a Parker Eversharp pencil. A Boston pups listing, two canaries, and a sales position with Pamilex Products. Also notice of Halton Union Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance annual meeting January 28 1048 at Acton Town Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halton Union Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Acton
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