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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 08, 1943
Page
2
Neighborhood news reports a theft Sunday night targeting a local store safe. The item notes community readers’ interest and mentions Red Cross donors at St John United Church and Knox Presbyterian as a point of local concern.
Mr Mervin Rotz of Toronto visits Cedarvale at the Butler home. Mrs J Reed of Orton re-engaged as our teacher. Toronto guests Gordon Margaret and Doris holiday with Thomas Nelson. Garden Party at Ozpringe attended. Notables include Mrs Kenneth Hall of Guelph and others visiting Cedarvale. Arthur Johnson of Georgetown won the Cedarvale Women’s Institute quilt prize.
Ten ladies attended the Limehouse W J July meet at Mrs A McDonald’s home. Roll call on nursing hints for children, health notes, and a talk on municipal health and prevention. Funding for overseas aid, bandaging demos, and reports from district annuals featured, with social and fundraising events noted.
NASSAGAWEYA The Heather Mission Band of Ebenezer United Church held their regular monthly meeting last Sunday morning in the church basement led by Mrs H C Elsey. Miss Shirley Vivian and Doreen Adams of Toronto are visiting cousin Mildred Wilson of Knatchbull. Haying starts this week and farmers expect a busy spell between haying and root crop work with a good fall wheel crop anticipated. Dirk van Gooren of Hagerstown was on leave over the weekend. Bert Nightingale of Orangeville spent the holiday weekend with his parents Arthur and Mrs Nightingale.
Pte John Charlton of the Argyle Sutherland Highlanders now in Toronto taking a course and home over the weekend. Milton unit members remain at Camp Niagara and visited relatives here. Miss Stella Ford recovering from appendicitis at Peel Memorial Brampton. Navy officer Boyle Clement visiting his mother Mrs H W Clement in Milton.
The Halton Deanery met at St. John's Church and attendees later picnic on Valley Road. Ten St. John's youths were confirmed by the Niagara Bishop. Mr. C. O. Ranney led service at St. John’s as Rev. E. A. Brook was away. A Legion flag dedication at the cenotaph followed, with Rev. E. A. Brooks officiating. Various residents and visitors from Hamilton, Guelph, Toronto and elsewhere are listed with holidays and engagements.
Wartime Price and Trade Board officials visited the village on Monday amid rumors that local potato dealers may face difficulties. Mr James Cetherwood fractured his left arm early Monday when he fell from a chair while pulling a switch during a storm. Mr and Mrs James Nevills celebrated their 13th wedding anniversary at their home on Friday evening June 25 with about forty friends and neighbors calling to extend congratulations.
Rifleman Edward Eddie Joseph Doyle died in an accidental shooting during maneuvers on the East Coast. The report notes local casualties among district residents while also mentioning school exam results and a weekend car collision injuring Mrs Alvin Starret and her son Victor on No 7 highway at Wildwood.
Ospringe hosted weekend visitors including Lance Corporal Bert Weeks and Ptes Harvey Bennett Murray Brown from Camp Borden. The fifty fourth Vocal Presbyterian Church anniversary featured Rev. Robert Jenkins with special music and a large community turnout. A garden party at the church raised over three hundred dollars, aided by Russ Creighton's Entertainers.
A reminiscence piece from Ipswich England describes a farm diary noting a coccidiosis outbreak in chickens improved by dry buttermilk, then switches to observations of barn swallows feeding their young. The author reflects on telephones, letter writing, and concern for a son in Vancouver Island, ending with news of Great Bentley’s village greens and potato plantings.
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