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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 11, 1946
Page
5
Local notices list multiple visitors and vacations around Acton including Mra J A Mowat with son Dr H Mowat Copper Cart, Miss Viole Waller in North Bay, Mrs J Wood at Bruce Beach, and Miss Joura J Hansens leading at Glenmor Camp. Community members travel to Buffalo London Toronto and Guelph while several attend funerals and hospital stays.
Mr and Mrs Russell Johnson announce the engagement of their daughter Ethel Isabell to Mr Thomas Bonus of Speyside with a wedding planned Saturday July 2. Mr and Mrs L M Fulton announce the engagement of their daughter Mary Irene to Thomas Elliott Watson of Abton, with marriage to occur this month. Mr and Mrs W E Wright announce the engagement of their daughter Eileen Annetta to Roy Mack Lambert of Acton Ontario with the marriage at the bride’s home later this month.
Schedule lists Sunday July 14 1946 events with 10:00 am Sunday School 11:00 am Morning Worship the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper and 7:00 pm Evening Worship. Sermons titled A Father's Wish for His Son and The Epistle of James Chapter Two.
Acton district leaders awarded membership pins and cards to 23 women who finished Red Cross home nursing training. Speakers praised the class for community service, with notes on disaster relief, hospital aid, and veterans’ support as the branch’s peacetime mission.
The Halton Crop Improvement Association outlined multiple field tests including five types of 2 4 D weed killer to study effects on chicory and carrots and to identify the most economical formulation. The group will hold a field meeting Friday night July 19 at Geo Currie’s farm Esquesing Township with Prof Jas Laughland of Ontario Agricultural College Guelph attending.
Erin Township Council at Hillsburg on June 21 reorganized school boundaries. The Court of Revision revised assessments for 1948 and a by law created two school areas: Area No 1 covering sections 1 4 4 7 8 10 10 16 and Area No 2 covering sections 3 6 9 31 12 14 plus Union Section No 2. The council sent the plan to the Department of Education for approval.
Bannockburn School filled Monday evening as friends and neighbors along with Junior Farmers gathered to honor Mr. and Mrs. S H Watson Lola Burt and Mr and Mrs Lisyd McEnery nee Irma Watson. Messages of appreciation were given and gifts presented including a lamp a lamp table a silver tea service and other keepsakes. The Watsons and family plan to move to a farm west of Guelph and the community offered farewell wishes and invited visits to their new home.
The Engineering Section of Field Husbandry Division lists numerous homemade tools to aid farming. Examples include poultry plans and specifications for range water systems, feed troughs, mash feeders, and roosts. Hog and sheep gear covers feeders, crates, creeps, weighing crates, racks, and pens. Cattle tools include harrow dumpers, breeding stalls, feed alleys, and a home made anvil.
Swift Current reports letters intended for the Horse Co operative Marketing Association Limited were misaddressed to odd variants such as Horses Plant Hore Pickling Factory and Hores Fectory highlighting a puzzling mail routing error affecting the rural organization in Saak.
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