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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 07, 1949
Page
4
A district notice reports on nearby community activities drawing reader interest. It outlines events and gatherings, naming participating groups and venues, and invites attendance or participation from residents.
Recent visitors at the home of Mrs EZ Shepherdson and Mr Ben Simons included Percy Hall Lindsay Ted Eberts Toronto Harry Simone Clifford Simons Detroit Harvey Jestin Robby and Robert McCutcheon Kitchener Mins Mandie Walker Acton Verbares Benham Guelph and others. The Milne reunion at Soper Park Galt and visits by Jestin, Pals, Harold Weeho and George Gardiner marked a busy weekend with family and friends.
Local families gathered for the No. 7 School picnic with a large shared meal and races for various ages. Exams results listed then, in other notes, Arthur Nightingale and relatives visited Ontario. condolences extended to the Crawford and Anderson families.
A police telephone exchange report records a patrolman saying a man was robbed nearby and that he has one suspect. The chief asks for the robber’s identity and location as the officer confirms he has captured the robber.
The Milton Red Cross Society and L Skuce presented Mr A C Collins principal of United School Section 17 Esquire ing Millan Heights with a service badge from the Red Cross executive of Toronto in recognition of his activities in the Junior Red Cross for 32 years. An early summer wedding was held on Saturday June 2 at Knox Vonatyternian Church with Marjorie Jasbel marrying Harold Toes Magee son of the late Mr and Mrs George Magee of Patstey.
Stated community notes recall residents returning home from holidays and visiting relatives in Guelph Orangeville Pubnico NS and Dustic. Several families attend reunions, hospital visits, and convalescence. A joint picnic with Cedarvale school features races and free ice cream with thanks to teacher Mrs Carney.
A Montreal maker unveils a collapsible canoe with drawn aluminum ribs and canvas hull. It folds to 18 by 15 by 36 inches and expands to 13 feet long with three-foot beam and a 1000 pound capacity. Weighing 35 pounds it seats two and needs no painting or oiling. assembly and collapse touted at about 60 seconds.
LIMEHOUSE Mr and Mrs Chas Jones attended the Wilcox Pollock wedding at Perth United Church Saturday then visited Woodbridge. Several locals and visitors from Galt Preston Toronto Brantford Hamilton Cleveland and Toronto attended family gatherings, funerals, baptisms, and picnics across area settlements.
About 125 people from Canada and the USA attended the Gunby reunion at Victoria Park in Niagara Falls. Officers elected for the next year include President Archie Gunby Mountsburg and Canadian Sec Treas Roy Coulter Lowville. Sympathy extended to the Cox family of Acton.
Residents from Eden Mills and nearby towns hosted visitors from Ontario Quebec and Saskatchewan over the holiday weekend. Toronto Montreal Ottawa and Saginaw guests joined local families in gatherings at homes and churches with several attending the Milne reunion in Galt and trips to Niagara Falls.
An eastern Canadian employer reports a worker whose wages were garnished for unpaid income tax for 1947. The deficiency is one dollar and twenty-five cents. Estimated costs of proceedings through garnishee order total ten dollars.
The Young Women's Evening Auxiliary of United Church held a successful pie and ice cream social in Rockwood Park with a band led by FE Escott providing music. A Rockwood boys versus OAC ball game was also on the program amid a hot weekend with temperatures in the 90s and a local boating tragedy mourned.
Montreal and Detroit each report 12 percent of streets undergrounded. Buffalo leads with 31 percent cleared, while Toronto and Winnipeg are under one percent. The survey covers 15 Canadian and US cities.
The Woman's Association of the Laird Church met at Mrs J J Stewart's home. President Mrs J Moore led the meeting with hymn and devotion. Plans were made for July 10 service in minister's absence. A congratulatory card went to Mr and Mrs A Fryerson on their anniversary. Lowly supper and social followed with prize winners announced.
A Seattle Times report recalls a chest X ray worker spotting a familiar face in line for X rays. The patient says she has had three X rays already, noting the first didn’t help but the latest provided relief and asking if she can stop treatment.
The text ranks lakes by size, noting Lake Superior as largest, then Lake Vile in Africa as second. It mentions Leake Aral in Siberia as third and Lake Myron as fourth, though the names appear distorted.
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