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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 05, 1941
Page
5
A long notes listing many visits and travels. Mrs Adam Stewart visits Toronto while Mrs James Doble of Listowel visits her parents. several others travel between Kenmore N S Y Halifax Calgary and Detroit for weekends and hospital graduations.
Mrs. D D Morrison thanks friends and neighbors for kindness while she was in the hospital and for the beautiful flowers cards and letters she received.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Davies and family thank all who were kind during the illness and death of their son and brother. Appreciate the beautiful moral tributes and other expressions of sympathy.
Miss McLaughlin and pupils held a Red Cross bazaar and concert raising funds with handmade items and performances by local children. Master Tom Kennedy earned a diploma with 70 marks, and Grace McLaughlin Norval is reengaged for another term. Local families moved, visits occurred, and rain is badly needed across the district.
Action taken on street paving at 90c per yard with a 600 yard maximum. E Jones named streets and walks chairman, Wi Harrop to handle caution signals for Church Street, and a new fire exit lock to be purchased. Chief Harrop to buy park electric globes. a June 11 committee meeting to draft a new building by law. Navy League tag day approved for July 5. Imperial Insurance Co advised on remedies and provided model by laws for Acton.
Jim McGeachie writes from an England camp about nightly bomb drops, the relief from the Salvation Army and Acton Comforts Committee, and the eager wait for invasion. He notes Britain’s growing equipment and a belief in fighting Germans in their own style while thanking home front donors.
Halton County Council met at Milton to consider committee reports on hospital and road payments and to debate grants for county fairs. Amendments split on fair funding, and Nassagaweya’s appeal against equalized assessment was discussed with a final decision to leave the current assessment unchanged.
Numerous relatives and friends visited over the weekend at the Cripps and McBain homes including families from Acton Toronto Port Colborne and Kitchener. Names such as Tan sen Cripps Moore Watson Wilson Guthrie Smith and McDonald appear among the guests with several Brampton and Nass-Haweyn connections noted.
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