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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 02, 1949
Page
5
A roundup of local happenings across nearby communities featuring upcoming meetings, school events, club gatherings, and public notices. Readers learn where to attend, who is involved, and what each item aims to accomplish.
Victoria Day passed quietly as motor parties fished along River Road. Frost damaged town gardens and slowed local crops. Congratulations to Hugh Alton and Dadite on their wedding at St Johns Church with a candle light ceremony. The couple plan to reside in Galt after a wedding trip. Local bowling club members report good play while visitors from Toronto Hamilton Bermuda attend events and university engagements.
Social notes recount visits by Mr and Mrs Karn of London and guests from Montreal and Toronto. The piece mentions a wedding at College St United Church and a reception, a joint birthday, military cadet enrollment, county council students, church activities, and a community trip to the OAC with twenty five children.
A long list of visitors and family events fills a town page. Residents hosted relatives from Toronto, Guelph, Grand Rapids, and Sudbury for visits, weddings, and birthdays. The piece notes funerals for Mrs Gordon’s uncle and nephew and a mock wedding at a town hall.
The text advises adjusting sand and gravel while keeping water and cement constant. It states four Imperial per sack of cement and suggests mixing with 2 cubic feet of sand and 3 cubic feet of gravel for most farm construction.
Milton Intermediates opened the HMO Service season with a 4 to 2 victory over Waterdown. The Twenty-Anniversary celebration of the Milton Ranch Canadian Legion drew provincial command representatives and many past presidents and charter members at Legion Mall Monday night.
Sunday gatherings feature Misses Hilda d Bon and Alice Amerault with multiple couples from Guelph and Stratford visiting in Ingersoll and Georgetown areas. The piece notes elders, students, and families, including Elgin Brown's honors at OAC and a junior choir being organized, with various local residents hosting or visiting in Guelph, Stratford, and surrounding towns.
A long list of attendees from Hart and surrounding towns gathered at Miss Kate Reed's home and at various homes in Arthur, Guelph, and Rockwood for a Saturday party and dance. The event celebrated marriages and visits with many Reed, McComb, Jestin, Benhar, and Wooles families among others. Everton boys won a Carat league game at home versus OAC Guelph.
Netherlands dairy shipments in 1948 rose from 1947 but stayed below pre war levels. Butter and cheese amounts were up modestly, with butter near 9.5 million pounds and cheese around 30 million pounds. Condensed milk reached about 107 million pounds, while Belgium and Great Britain remained the main buyers.
Polish livestock plans call for significant rises in cattle hogs and sheep numbers though not matching earlier peaks. Cattle target 63 million head hogs 59 million and sheep 14 million, up from prior levels.
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