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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 10, 1941
Page
5
Acton residents report visits from Toronto London and Detroit relatives. Several weddings including Fryer Kerr in Toronto and a Hamilton ceremony. engagements announced for William Weaver and Harvest Ponnuntas with plans for a quiet wedding.
Verdict found for the Grand Trunk Western Railroad against owners of two motor cars involved in a collision with a passenger train. A wrecking car was struck by a following car, forcing the first car into the train path. Damages claimed included engine, cars, tires and signals.
Over the weekend resistance stiffened from Ostrov to the Dvina. Russian reports claim heavy German casualties and stalled attempts to advance toward Moscow. Britain and Russia deepen ties as the war widens with Syria, Indian troops, and Mediterranean maneuvers amid famine of details.
In the American Journal of Surgery Dr Benjamin Gruskin reports 1200 infection cases from peritonitis to the common cold treated with chlorophyll and chlorophyllin. He notes improvements and suggests chlorophyll strengthens resistance to bacteria and reduces toxins, with use of nettles as a source.
About 200 Leslie family members and over 100 mentors gathered July 1 at Marment Mors home in Georgetown for a Leslie Clan reunion. President Dean Leste presided and announced plans for the next gathering in two years with officers named including Jo Leslie Stewart Hamilton as president and George E. Lestie as first vice president.
Three workers at a munitions factory refused to wear safety gear and had their hair caught in machinery. The accident left them with damaged scalps and hair loss as ten tons of ammunition components were produced for Britain.
Miss Mise Marlin Keianheth Stevenson daughter of Mr and Mrs Wu Stevenson married David Russell Ross son of Mrs Rox and the late David Roxas at Parkdale Presbyterian Church on Saturday June 28. The ceremony was conducted by MacNeil with Earlery presiding. The bride wore a white triple sheer gown with orchids and the couple plan a wedding trip to Vancouver before settling in Toronto.
In a northern Grand Village area, two brothers crafted the first circular tube for fire hoses in a cellar, linking centuries of hand weaving to modern production. The craft, practiced two hundred years before a local mill, evolved into the manufacture of up to date canvas hose under Nelson's brand. The region's artisans claim credit for thousands of miles of fire hose by machine methods, with an order for two hundred miles cited.
Farmers and others across Rudhiohe haever are urged to conserve oil for farm machinery and motor cars as shortages loom, with no oil to spare.
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