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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 05, 1945
Page
5
A jumble of casual notes lists residents from Calgary Ottawa Toronto and Guelph visiting Bracebridge for holidays or summer breaks. Names include Miss Ellis Pargeter Mrs. Gibbone and Mr. Hollowing among many others visiting relatives or staying at homes here and there.
Church services listed for Sunday July 8 include morning worship at 11 00 am and evening worship at 7 00 pm with a sermon titled Compassion All Sufficient. Church School gathers at 12 18 pm and a Congregational and Church School Picnic is slated for River Side Park in Guelph.
Sunday July 8 1845 10 00 am Sunday School 11 00 am Morning Worship No Evening Service July 15 The Sacrament of the Lord s Supper Baptism Sacrament renewal phrase contains Lord shall renew their strength full context unclear but indicates religious observances and baptism schedule
Morning Service at 11.00 am. Sunday School at 12.13 pm. Evening Service at 7.00 pm.
An event listing for Sunday July 7, 1945 in the Sixth Sunday after Trinity. Evensong at 7.00 pm led by Mr J Curzon is noted as part of the church schedule.
New York reports Mrs. Arthur Terry’s New Eyes for the Needy program has provided over 14,000 eyeglasses in 11 years. The scheme collects discarded glasses, refines materials, and redistributes them through agencies and volunteers to help all ages who cannot afford eyewear.
The article lists awards and prizes for the 1944 45 school year at the continuation school. It names students who earned medals trophies and special prizes for academic achievement attendance and punctuality across middle and upper grades. Notable recipients include Margaret Robertson Kenneth Allan Marion Keelan Ernest Weat Fred Crewson and Betty Masters among others.
Mrs Margaret McPhail and Mr Kenneth Harmer were honored at a miscellaneous shower on Tuesday evening June 26 at the Lorne School. Elwood Johnston chaired a program with musical numbers, speeches, and gifts, followed by lunch and dancing as the couple thanked friends.
German army archives seized by the Allies may reveal the scale of losses, including prisoner lists to trace missing Allied soldiers. The records, moved from Berlin to Meiningen for sorting, cover hundreds of thousands of personnel and many units, though gaps exist for Russian front deaths.
Strategic notes outline three aims for the Allied drive against Japan including severing island communications, isolating Japan from Manchuria and Korea, and gaining air and sea control for a rapid final assault. Reports citeMajor air strikes hitting oil refineries and territories in the Pacific as Americans capture Kume Island and Allied forces advance toward Balikpapan and Balikpapan.
Tokyo radio claimed five U S warships shelled Kerafu near Shikuka on Sahkallin Island near the Soviet border. The shelling reportedly targeted military installations and was announced without Allied confirmation.
Fifty six Halton County Holstein herds were rated in Selective Registration this spring with 392 head graded. Of these 47 cows were labeled very good while 324 were good and 22 fair. Breeders with at least one very good cow include Reid Norval and others from Georgetown Milton Campbellville and others. A Fehrman rewards report notes a fox shot after attacking chickens on a farm in Humbleiston Ont.
Lorne School mid-summer promotions list incomplete entries show students advancing by grade. High School Entrance Christian Winhttel4 and others advance. to Grade 8 Nel te Gray Dorothy Warne Joan Holmes. to Grade 7 Betty Allan Clarence Kaniahon Jacqueline Watkins Lorene Gray Jean Holms. to Grade 6 David Nelles. to Grade 5 Mary Warne Ken Joyce Allan Bill Wething. to Grade 4 Joan Chandler. to Grade 3 Rob Holmes Matte Chandler Vera Warne Donnie Kerr. to Grade 2 Betty Kerr Eddy Rank. Grade 1 Gorton Holmes D. J. Switeer, Teacher.
In Monotono New Glasgow N and Ch the maternally pavillon at Absidsen Hospital records at least three sets of twins born over a 12 day span keeping staff busy.
Police constables African clerks and schoolboys act as teachers in a large literacy drive in the eastern Provinces of Nigeria. The scheme led by the British district officer and his wife uses school premises for lessons in reading writing history geography and arithmetic with 300 adults already enrolled in the evenings.
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