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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 29, 1942
Page
4
Ballinafad Mr and Mrs Cecil Soper of Preaton called on Sunday at J Soper's home. Mr Clark of Erin who bought the Sinclair farm has moved in. Mr and Mrs Duncan Ferguson visited friends in Erin on Saturday.
January meetings were held by the Ladies Ald and Women's Missionary Society at Mrs. Murray Dyer’s home with social and World Day of Prayer plans. Trecindles’ Aide met at Mrs. Herb Taylor’s home with good attendance. Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Worthy Burcombe of Montreal on a son. Kenneth Guthrie and Joan Guthrie from Guelph visited Miss Jean Lowrie. Ken Wallace was stationed out London and home for the weekend.
Mrs A L Aston is in Toronto. Mrs Joszz Reed attended a relative’s funeral in Elora last week. Lorraine Mooney Cheater Shaw and Art Moore from Toronto visited here over the weekend. John Jeffry of Appin spent time with daughter Mrs Harvey Dearing. Lloyd Dearing on leave from a wireless course in Clinton visited home. The Dearing family and Donna of Fergus spent Sunday in the village. Mina Clara Leeson and Ben Moffitt visited Wm Ballentine’s home Sunday. Jesse Teed and friends visited Burlington. Fred McCutcheon Jackie visited relatives here Sunday. Sunday visitors included Percy Kellam and daughter from Brampton. Clifford Watson, Orangeville and Linyd Lyons with family from Erin also visited. Mrs Hurd Miles Betty and Billie visited Fergus on Saturday.
A Nassagaweya farmer’s meeting in Brookville township hall featured speaker Paul Fisher of Burlington and nurse Grace Hamilton. Reports note Reeve John H. Simpson’s serious heart trouble with hopes for recovery. Sacrament services planned at Ebenezer United Church next Sunday. local visits and family news include residents from Acton, Kitchener, Toronto, and Gainsboro, Sark. Glen Britten is the latest Nassagaweya enlistee.
Sunday visits at Mrs. R. Patten house included Mr. and Mrs. John Alton and others from London and Acton. Lola McCutcheon stayed in Guelph with aunt Mrs. Stanley McKay who has been ill. Ted Joutin of Kitchener Training Centre returned home for the weekend. Helton Robertson traveled to Cleveland for a course. Women of the institute quilted two more quilts. Harvey Joutin and Lola McCutcheon visited Duncan Kingsbury and family Freeman over the weekend.
A group of Limehouse ladies finished another quilt for the Salvation Army at Mrs. Kirkpatrick’s home last week. Shirley Wright won the opening motel at the Presbyterian Young People’s Society meeting. Rev and Mrs B F Andrew of Clinton visited cousin Mrs J R G Sutherland before departing for Esquimalt B C to take over as chaplain at the Royal Canadian Naval Station. Mrs H Norton received a Spook of Prats and a Reference Bible in appreciation of service as organist. The annual congregational meeting at Limehouse Presbyterian was held January 21 at Mr and Mrs J R Scott’s with thirty attendees. Officers elected for three years included Managers A C Patterson and A W Renton. Trustees J N Newton and Joe Ross. Stewards J Newton and F Benton. Auditors Mrs Jas Ross and Mrs A C Patterson. Treasurer A W Benton were reappointed. A social hour followed. Mr and Mrs A W Lane and daughters visited his mother Mrs Robert Line. Mrs Yeates and Alan Sutherland came from London for a few days with Mrs Gordon Sutherland.
Death of Ailis Dorothy Dredge 22 of Toronto shocks relatives. funeral held Nassagaweyn Presbyterian Church. Community notes celebrate dance in Brookville Hall for British War Victims Fund. obituaries for George Somerville. Busy Bees quilt project at Mrs W Service. enlistments of local boys. marriage present for Gerald Henderson and wife. signs of spring and local injuries noted.
A large Erin crowd attended a Wednesday evening dance at Town Hall under the Erin Agricultural Society. Erin Curlera won first and second prizes at Hillsburg bonspiel while George town rink took third. Junior Shamrock hockey beat Grand Valley 14 to 9. Caledon mountain trout club property near Caledon mountain was bought by a Naronta buyer for about 7100.
Rev J B Ostrom spoke at a Georgetown Lions Club dinner in Georgetown. Fire alarms kept Georgetown Fire Brigade busy last Friday afternoon. Mrs Clarence Uayou toured Hamilton for a district rally of twenty two Women’s Institutes in South Wentworth. Esquaign Agricultural Society re elected Herb Cleave president. Frank Petch named secretary and Pete Cleave treasurer after board meeting at McGibbon House.
St Johns Vestry held at the McWIlliams home with fair attendance. United Church annual meeting reported healthy, Rev J Ward presiding. Horticultural Society set for Friday at Albert Beard home. Local school principal Mr McGee resigns, Gerald Mistle leaves Royal Bank post for Wheatley. Beans supper by Boys Own Mission Band draws 150. various presentations and a Mizpah benediction close. People noted include Eldon Lambert, Arlene Young, Darlas Watson, Anne Guild, Gordon Harris, Stanley Harris, Ernie Maw, Rev J Ward.
Local fuctioneer Roy Hindley conducted a successful clearing sale for William Dick of Ballinafad on Tuesday. Community members from Guelph Hamilton Stewarttown Everton Acton and surrounding areas visited or called on residents including Mrs Brydon Mrs Young Mrs Robertson and Mr Winter as quilting for the Red Cross continues at the hall.
The Burlington public library received a gift of books by L. M. Montgomery though the donor’s name was not disclosed on request. A coal truck damaged a hydro pole near Brant Avenue on Monday morning. Burlington’s new fire truck arrived to respond to a fire at a chalet at Tansley on the CM line, while a mysterious blaze occurred at the Cag ation site Saturday with no witnesses. The finance committee discussed 1942 tax discounts and plans to recommend no discount for this year.
At a nomination meeting R T Wilson of Trafalgar was elected by acclamation for public school trustee North Ward. Jamen McEachren fell thirty feet at Milton brick works with multiple injuries. A E Waldie showed 13 Black Spanish birds winning 13 prizes. W J Alexander won best Wyandotte and other awards. Mr and Mrs J R Mills and son Fred narrowly escaped gas poisoning after a leak. Halton Agricultural Society held its 90th annual meeting with officials reelected and two new advisory members added. year closed with a $197 balance.
A Halesown man was fined the equivalent of 22.50 for staying in bed instead of going to work. The incident reflects a formal reprimand for neglecting duties and missing scheduled hours.
In a bid to keep tank armor steel for aircraft construction and 3 600 and a tool factory, workers vote to forgo their four day Christmas holiday to maintain steady production flow.
Five secondary schools in Halton County will send representatives to Oakville for a hoped for annual Public Speaking Contest. Mina Anne Havilt plans her marriage to Mr Stack Hecker in Trinidad. Mt John’s United Church marks its 50th anniversary with services led by Rev B D Catlagher. A collision near Sheridan church injured a passenger after a car, driven by Rev Lovering, hit a tree on Sunday morning. Armando Slodylna of Oakville, working in a Hamilton munition plant, was briefly off duty after a heavy metal fragment caused a minor injury.
The article notes a municipal auditor paid 300 for the year and describes council actions. It mentions gate deterring trespassers at the village dump under supervisor Harrop, restricted dump access, permit rules for fire and corporation trucks, repair plans for a Town Hall use, consideration to disband the Welfare Board, and the clerk’s plan to thank the Welfare Board members as relief shifts to the council. It adds Mr. Chan L. Kirkness replacing Mr. J. Chapman on the Rink Committee.
A Scottish YMCA hut ends functions with Abide With Me as a ritual. A letter from a British soldier stationed nearby sparked the custom and a promised singing time. On that day Allied troops fought at Dunkirk while the hymn was sung, and the crewmember who requested it did not survive that beach landing.
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