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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 07, 1945
Page
5
Mrs. Parnell and Miss McDonald returned from travel. several families note visits to Detroit Toronto Kingston and Guelph. Attendees include Knox Church centennial services in Erin and Toronto. funerals in Hamilton. and a Dixon McLean wedding in Erin.
Residents discuss recent heavy rain and a hopeful return to sunshine after the election. Centenary services at Acton Presbyterian Church are praised, with plans for the Community Church second anniversary near June 10 including performances by the Lambert Twins and Eden Mills Presbyterian choir. Local meetings, visits, and a Royal Canadian Air Force discharge are also noted.
Sunday School and Junior Bible session at 10:00 am. Morning Worship at 11:00 am titled The Foundations of the Church. Evening Worship at 7:00 pm titled The Church and the Future with the message They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength.
The text lists a morning service at 1345 or 1300 hours, Sunday School at 1225, and an evening service at 700 pm. No location or church name provided.
The church invites members to Holy Eucharist and church school followed by a Synod Niagara event. The Confirmation class holds a brief summer meeting after the evening service and all members are requested to attend.
In response to a summer outbreak of infantile paralysis the town of Acton urges citizens to observe sanitary ordinances. Use chloride freely in outhouses, avoid dumping dirty water, and dispose of refuse promptly. Keep yards and tables clean to protect health and cooperation is requested.
H D Ramshaw of Acton dies in London Ontario after a Detroit to Acton funeral trip with his son. He was aged about seventy nine, longtime photographer in Acton and Detroit with Hamshaw Photo Service, survived by daughter Ada Ferman and sister Mrs Moore. Funeral held Thursday at his Detroit home and interment at Fevereen Cemetery.
Archibald Mann a respected Acton district resident and former Knox Church leader died Tuesday of last week at Guelph General Hospital after about two weeks illness. Born near Acton to Peter Mann and Annie Macloud, he organized the first Knox Church choir and helped install the organ. He served as elder and on church boards, married Mary Moore, and survived by a sister Mrs John Moffat. Funeral held at Johnstone & Rumiley and Knox Church with interment in Paimien Cemetery. Pallbearers included Roy Young and others. many tributes from neighbors and friends.
The service noted pallbearers and flower bearers from several towns. Attendees included relatives and friends from Cameron Fenelon Falls Gorrie Toronto and Guelph. A large list of floral tributes and mourners followed, with many relatives named and a long procession of attendees noted.
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