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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 22, 1944
Page
8
A Bon or baptismal event for Alfre Betan tomb of the Andersons is noted in local records. Mr and Mrs Walter Anderson are acknowledged as the parents in this short society item.
Fragmentary notices report deaths or memorials in Hamilton Nassagaweya Guelph area. Entries mention Bernice Gaushier Cox aged 13 in Nassagaweya and Lea Me Lewis husband of Mary Apply at Guelph General Hospital with limited readable dates in 1944.
In loving memory of Freddie Cunningham who died by drowning at Fairy Lake on June 26th. Beloved son and brother, remembered by Mamma, Daddy, Sister Dorothy, Aunt Annie, Uncle Len, Bill, George, and Miss Rachel Mullin.
The past week brings chatter about duties and events. Schools close next week for summer vacation. Dominion Day and a public holiday occur a week from Saturday. Red Cross rooms in Acton reopen Mondays 3 to 5 pm in July and August. Weather slowed highway asphalt work between Acton and Milton, last section finished yesterday. Rev F Thomson visited Assembly Sunday with Knox College classmates Rev Stuart Coles Magnetewan and Rev P Evans Norwood Manitoba. Knox Church board secretary M M Leltch resigned. he received a pen and pencil set. Mrs J L Gibbons celebrated 60th birthday with neighbors, who presented a bedspread and hosted a calad lunch.
A wartime letter from Pie. P. A. Enlott dated in England expresses thanks to the War Service League for chocolate bars and smiles, notes busy duties, misses home town, and hopes the war ends soon while signing off cheerfully.
War summary notes Rome fell and Allied forces pressed north in Italy while western front in France advanced. Reports detail German retreats near Rome, Cherbourg operations, Elba landing, and air strikes against Berlin and Japan as part of a coordinated campaign.
The War Time Prices and Tracts Board enforces new paperboard quotas due to shortages and bans the use of essential materials for non essential packaging. Paperboard boxes cannot be used for items like artificial powers, beverages, bread, rolls, buns, brooms, brushes, crepe paper, and about twenty other articles.
Marjorie Service reports on her visit to Halton County Council with classmates as part of an educational project. They toured the courthouse, observed court rooms, met officials, and heard talks on patriotism crime and civic duty. The group toured offices, met the registrar, and ended with a vote of thanks and reflections on improving their schools and community.
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