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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 15, 1942
Page
5
A long list of visits and social appearances fills the Acton notes with residents from Toronto Durham Milton Milton Heights and other locales visiting family and friends including gatherings at Kew Beach and Victori Park A heartfelt card of thanks closes the notice thanking friends for support during illness and bereavement.
Last month proved the largest salvage haul to date in Acton and District. Items salvaged included rags, scrap, and bags totaling $200.15, with continued effort urged by Mrs Cullen as convenor.
A fragmentary London report describes a rumor about a kiss between Chuarehill and a girl worker, with observers noting a minister and the crowd reacting as questions about marriage, food, and recipes are cited. The piece references public interest and war era civic life.
In Acton Ontario on June 12 1942 the Acton Junior Farmers arranged a social for Evelyn Pearen and Calvin Altkin prior to their marriage. A short program featured musical numbers a sing along piano selections and a read congratulatory message from the group. Gifts were exchanged and a refreshment lunch followed by dancing.
A Nassagaweya parish marks its centenary with plans announced at a Campbellville rectory meeting led by Rev. W. B. Irwin. Services set for Sunday June 21 with Rev. F. A. Hill to preach at 11:00 a.m. and the Very Rev. Ro Ho Waterman to preach at 3:00 p.m.
After June 15, airgraph messages from Canada to the United Kingdom or the Middle East drop to six cents, up from the former fifteen cents. Civilians pay fifteen cents. A new air mail form will also be available after Monday for armed forces messages at a ten cent rate. Forms available at Acton Post Office with Postmaster Matthews and staff ready to explain.
Pat Altree, slender and blonde, seen in Seattle as a standout farm girl and junior at a Washington State high school. She manages a 20 acre herd and runs a small tractor business, balancing school with farm chores, milking, crops, and caring for siblings while her father serves in the war industry.
The piece discusses the Japanese air raid on Dutch Harbor as a strategic move and predicts possible further attacks toward Alaska and Siberia. It notes U S forces repelled Japanese actions at Midway with carrier and ship losses on both sides and describes allied responses in China and North Africa as the war widens.
Milton reports Frank Pearen is improving with many friends hoping for full recovery. A. G. Rogers sold his farm near Milton to Mrs. Sherin in Trafalgar Township and is giving up the express business. Hamilton General Hospital lists two Milton nurses graduates Muriel Norris and Marie Wilson. A large crowd attended a town council banquet honoring Milton hockey teams the Ontario Champion Junior C group and Milton P L R senior champions in ORHA.
Nutritionists promote painless sugar reduction with gradual decreases in tea and coffee, choosing seasonal fruit in natural form, and avoiding desserts. They warn against substitutes that raise cost and may not curb intake, noting a notable sale of wine, champagne, and cigars at a Strand restaurant auction.
London CP report that Captain Somerset de Chair, new parliamentary private secretary to Oliver Lyttleton, became the first British officer to enter Bagdad. Dawn armistice talks followed a white flag meeting with Iraqi officers. de Chair was blindfolded and an Iraqi officer held hostage for his safe return. He had just come from the Middle East wounded.
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