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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 25, 1946
Page
8
A collection of birth announcements and memorial notices from Acton and area. Includes names such as Josephine Marte, Thomas Elliott Waton, and Jerry Guthrie, with dates around July 1946, and memorial tributes for Harry Statham Corker, Lilias Cream Brecken, and others. Community responses express thanks for support during hospital stays and bereavement.
The Free Press will skip August 2. Plea to hold all duty correspondence until August 5. Acton Milton girls softball listed as Milton Mammothery feature on August 6. Ty Fess Pg office to be cheerfully closed July 10 to August 6 during vacation period. Thunderstorms last week with ample moisture noted. K Browne of Acton honored by Clove Branch Guelph with past masters jewel. Sunday School lesson two weeks. Twenty Years Ago TM noted for two weeks. A lightning strike on Martin Kelly’s house on Second Line caused pantry damage but no fire. A mall boy prayed for punctuality.
A fragmentary report shows Georgetown and neighboring teams in a chaotic game with errors and inconsistent plays. Key players like Waterhouse and Patterson appear, while Praised efforts by one side are noted briefly alongside scattered batting and fielding miscues.
Industrial plants issue holiday periods from late July to early August. Employers provide Saturday pre-holiday leave and list closures for Woolen, Electric, Knitting, Machine, and Free Press sectors. Reopen dates vary, with several firms observing two week shutdowns and some restarting August 1st.
Officials note chronic overcrowding in the facility. Administrators push for faster processing and better intake to reduce delays and improve safety for inmates and staff.
A jumble of garbled words and scattered phrases appears. The passage shows no clear event, date, or identifiable subjects, only stray names and incomplete fragments.
A fragmented notice references creditors and related claims in a case file. Details are unreadable in portions, but the document appears to direct notice actions and deadlines, with scattered mentions of court, estate, and local officials.
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