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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 10, 1941
Page
8
On July 7 1941 several couples wed across Ontario towns. Marriages include Corinne MacDonald to Ottio J Clark in Hamilton, Emil Elizabeth Young to Geo C Wallace in Knox Manitoba, Mary Elizabeth Jackson to Sergi Pilot Herbert Hinton in Seaforth Ontario, and Louie Jackson to Sergi Pilot in Streetsville.
Community notes report Civic Holiday dates and Acton Fall on September 16 17 with local projects advancing including the Acton Creamery on Main Street and brick expansion at Wool Combing Corporation. Loyal service members return from camps, Lorne Scots arrive overseas, population expected to rise near 2100, and a highway improvement near Speyside progresses.
Robert Coxe a long time Nassagaweya resident died July 2 at his home Lot 14 Concession 7 in his seventy sixth year He was a son of William Coxe and Mary Storey born in Nassagaweya and spent most his life there His wife Georgina Nicol predeceased him eight years ago Surviving are a son Etmer of Toronto two daughters Ruth Willowdale and Mrs Melvin Robinson Kingston a brother Thomas Milton and two sisters Mrs LiNe Orillin and Miss Agnes Coxe Toronto The funeral was held from the Nassagaweyn Presbyterian Church with Rev H L Bennie officiating Interment at Fairview Cemetery Acton Pallbearers were Matt Job Thos Storey Edward Dredge T A Storey Stephen Coxe William Coxe
Frank N. Leavens longtime editor and publisher of the Bolton Enterprise Ontario weekly died suddenly of a heart attack on Saturday July 5 in Bolton at age about seventy. He organized the Bolton Telephone Company and served as manager and was a director of the Ontario Independent Telephone Association. He held Masonic offices and contributed to municipal work. Survived by two sons Bryan R and Werden, and two daughters Mrs Justice of Niagara Falls and Mrs J A Code of Toronto.
London readers are told new continental dishes will soon reach British tables as alternatives to traditional fare. The piece notes ratatouille stews and other exotic entrees appearing alongside beef and puddings, reflecting wartime curiosity about foreign cookery and its reception at home.
A corrected roll of Acton and district men serving in the Army Navy and Air Force is published with requests for further updates. The list covers Overseas Canada and England based units and includes soldiers from the Highlanders Sappers and other corps with base POs and unit assignments.
A fragmentary list shows numerous RCAF personnel and units across Canada and abroad. Names include Captain E. S. Brand, Hector N. Kambert, Spt. Pilot Turner, and many others stationed at Trenton Ontario Regina Saskatchewan Summerside Prince Edward Island Montreal Debert Nova Scotia and London England. The page anchors various wings squadrons service numbers and depots with references to St Thomas Ontario Jarvis Ontario and Sydney Nova Scotia among others.
In this fragment a roster lists Pte Hugh Otstourke and Pte George McOugh among Veterans' Guard of Canada members, with other names and units such as Pte George Enzenby and Pte A McDonald. Locations referenced include Requimalt and New Toronto, tied to military service records and barracks details.
Miss Dorothy Hewer of Seal Kent cultivates 10 acres for valerian foxglove deadly nightshade and other plants to supply drugs. The drought of continental supplies pushes scientists to study weeds as potential sources while lavender rue and hundreds of rose trees also flourish in her farm.
The 39th long list of contributors shows pensioners offering part or all of their pensions to aid the war cause. Donations include funds for the Hod Cre or Hurricane Funds, an ambulance appeal in Montreal, and sizable gifts from the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, Drummondville residents, and the Winnipeg based Women’s Association of Canada.
Executors Lorne Mullin and Frankie Cornell announce a public auction of Thomas Bartlett Mullin estate on July 20 1941 at 2 PM DST. Property is a two and a half storey cement block residence with eight rooms on Lot 54 part in Acton Ontario. Sale free of encumbrances with reserve bid. Ten percent of purchase price paid to vendors at sale. balance due within fifteen days. Frank Petchl auctioneer.
The Algonquin Hotel at St Andrew by the Sea in New Brunswick hosts a season from June 7 to September featuring Atlantic plunges sun baths and golf at St Andrews. Visitors enjoy Katy's Cove diving Fundy waters and a bracing sea air as they sample seafood and hikes while exploring nearby Campo Bello Island and St Croix Valley lakes.
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