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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 08, 1944
Page
5
A stream of visitors and travelers fills Acton area notes. Miss Pat Baker spends the weekend in Oakville while Miss Flora Moffat visits Georgetown. Several residents return from trips and Leave from camps, with families hosting relatives from Toronto Detroit and Winnipeg.
The late Mrs Josephine Eaton Burnside bequeathed a diverse collection to the Royal Ontario Museum. The exhibit includes over seventy pieces of furniture, five dessert services, English porcelain, old silver and Sheffield plate, modern English silver, numerous table glasses, a crystal chandelier, candelabra, Persian prayer rugs, a 17th century Flemish tapestry, two 18th century marble mantels, and Chinese and Japanese porcelain.
BBC studio recounts a raid on Berlin where a Lan caster with one engine dead went out of control and rolled onto its back while gunners fired upside down. A mid upper gunner radioed that something was wrong with the kite as a Mustang pilot encountered a fast road vehicle near the Dutch coast and chose not to fire.
In the Ramu Valley New Guinea Australian fighter pilots faced hardship with scarce luxuries. U S airmen behind them dropped enough cigarettes tobacco and chocolate to fill a tent in gratitude for the Aussies protecting their effort in the campaign.
Sunday June schedule lists a prayer service at midnight and a sermon on the Significance of D-Day. Church School at 2 25 p m and an evening sermon titled A Word of Vecendans invites all to worship. Everyone welcome.
The notice outlines a General Assembly at Canasa Church on Sunday June 11 19 61 with 9 00 am Sunday School and 11 00 am Morning Worship. A Commissioner to the General Assembly will conduct the service. The church welcomes all attendees.
Sunday June 11 1944 program outline lists 1100 am subject Paith and Works and 1245 pm Sunday School with Paster Ww. eo Wallace Paster and Sabfert presenting The Way of.
Minnie the donkey at a northern Australian camp shows odd behavior after losing more appetite and interest in food and daily routines. Owners fear Minnie has overestimated her powers of absorption as she increasingly ignores her newspaper and tobacco. A serviceman misplaced his false teeth on a beach, then Minnie’s cravings shifted, prompting humorous speculation.
Prank Peddie, noted pianist and St Andrews alumnus, will perform Beethoven parts in Lister Sinclair’s The Man Who Wouldn’t Die on CBC National Network. The program airs Sunday May 28 at 9 00 p m EDT. Peddie, a veteran Arts and Letters Club member, is famed for affable style and a superstition-free stance, often wearing green.
Harald Bingham and Son of Georgetown paid 1200 for the top Holstein bull at the Annual National Sale held May 31 in Brampton. The four month old calf Glenafien Bag Apple Monogram drew the high bid, with a yearly butterfat record of 40 pounds. Multiple animals sold for hundreds, and the sale total reached 389000 to aid War Charities, with a 13000 winning ticket calf prize for the Red Cross.
The Wartime Prices and Trade Board warns cottage rentals for summer use are governed by Wartime Leasehold Regulations. During 1941 and 1942 the ceiling applies this season, and any increase requires Local Rentals Committees or Rentals Administration approval. Rental terms and additions such as boat use need consent, and monthly renters cannot be shifted to weekly terms. Excludes farming housing and land.
Enforcement officers urge public help to report infractions of ceiling prices on used cars and trucks. Dalton Wells specifies submit reports to local Prices Board offices to prevent a black market and ensure price compliance.
The federal government refused Premier Drew's request to lift wartime liquor restrictions and shift control to Ontario. Revenue Minister Gibson argued the limits aim to support total war effort, noting Ontario and Quebec ration disparities and permit counts as reasons for keeping policy unchanged.
Victorian Presbyterian Church in Toronto hosted a quiet wedding Saturday at 3 PM. Angeline Grace Brodie, daughter of Daniel and Mary Brodie of Markdale, married Clarence Harold Ramsey of Eden Mills. Officiated by Rev. C J Mackay amid white floral decor.
An experienced farmer explains two methods to hammer a nail. Hold near the head with thumb and forefinger to avoid a crushed thumb. The alternative method where the forefinger is supported risks injury when the hammer drops.
A Sunday gathering at Erin Park in Stanley Park on June 1944 brought about forty family members. Attendees included William Cheyne and spouses, the Berry family from Hillsbure, the Ryder and Bell families from Hamilton Toronto and Vancouver, with Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Ryder among others. A pleasant afternoon featured a picnic and socializing.
Some British WAAFs who are signals officers undergo intensive radio training and are posted to an airfield for a week of flying training to better understand radio difficulties faced by air crews.
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