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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 28, 1945
Page
9
Various memorials and notices from Acton and Toronto mark deaths and anniversaries. Mary Gervais Mrs and families remember loved ones including Nelson Moore Joseph Brooks Therese Evangeline Hashea Clon and Lady Mann with burial details and expressions of gratitude to friends and the War Vice League.
Schools close Friday for summer. entrance exams planned this week and a meeting next Wednesday at Acton Town Hall to aid the Sick Children's Hospital. Ross Mewing Liberal wins North Wellington with 27 vote majority. Halton Union Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance offers prizes for essays on prevention at the local fair. An apology issued for misnaming Portsoy as in England in a prior publication.
Snow fell heavily in northern Quebec in early June with fifteen inches at La Loutre and four inches at Windigo. Severe storms disrupted inbound and outbound St. Lawrence shipping, including Father Point, as crews worked to clear routes.
Local report notes the housing shortage extends to pets and poultry as Mrs. TL Lanyle finds a cat four kittens and a hen living in a single household. The article highlights crowded conditions and unique urban strain on domestic animals.
William Elliott aged 68 died suddenly June 13 at his Lind Washington home. He lived in the West and Washington, ran a restaurant, and was a Presbyterian. Funeral in Guelph with burial at Campbellville Cemetery. Survived by two brothers and three sisters. William Benjamin Taylor died at 59 in London Ontario from a heart attack. He worked as an engineer with the CPR, belonged to the United Church and a Mason. Funeral held in London. survived by wife, a son, a daughter, three brothers and two sisters.
Mr W B Shipley, chairman of the Board of Education, urged the Town Council to examine the atop light system used to protect schoolchildren. The Sewage Committee plans ten tilers for a new disposal works, described as potentially modern. Fire Chief Fred Shaw called for a new pumper soon, while Colonel Ro Ball suggested War Assets Commission pumpers might be available at reasonable cost. The clerk and Colonel Nully were asked to check with the Commission on available equipment.
A local firm plans expansion and seeks public health measures for Fairy Lake water quality. Council considered closing bathing at the lake, while a request for Sunday ball games was stopped. Items covered included street grading, arena storage, highway costs, and water mains extensions under the Municipal Act.
Mal Sir Walter Scott great grandson and namesake of the Scottish poet visited Halifax en route to the United States from Roxburghshire, Scotland.
Public auction at Lot 11 Concession 5 Ewvesing on Wednesday July 4 at 2 o clock listing 2 Durham cows 4 red brown and Jersey cows with calves and other stock including 6 York chunks and a range of farm implements such as grain binder mower hay loader and scales. Cash with clerk sale notes no reserve due to proprietor health.
An auction sale advertised by Frank Petch will offer cattle including Holstein Ayrshire and Hereford stock, Jersey and Angus animals, plus horses and a large list of farm implements and dairy equipment. The sale runs at Lot 1 Eleventh Concession Erin Township two miles north of Terra Cotta with no reserve due to the farm being sold. Terms are cash.
Marion Pearl Coxe and Charles James Barber united in marriage at Sodom Presbyterian Church Nassaugaweva on Friday afternoon. Rev. John McNeil officiated as guests from Brantford Hamilton Seaforth Georgetown Milton Acton attended the ceremony and reception. The couple will reside in Milton after a wedding trip to Hamilton Niagara Falls and other southern Ontario points.
Maurice C Beatty Lindale Jersey Farm Milton sold several Jersey Bulls to breeders across Ontario. HW B Werner Son Ayton purchased Lindale La Star Draconis by Brampton Draconis Royal. Mitford Newtown Matdarone bought Lindale Baal Suray. Dennis Charter Georgetown bought Lindale Pinacle Flash. W J Beattie Marsville purchased Lindale Royal Court Draconis.
A Sault Ste. Marie soldier W J Rogerahas at a German post informed he won "A Pome for a Hero" prize in a house search connected with the Eighth Victory Loan campaign. His Hamilton resident slater is a Hamilton resident.
Britain halted work on a flying bomb known as Larynax amid fears the secret would reach enemies. Mentioned in a House of Lords debate, the project began in 192 and produced a mid wing monoplane with a 200 horsepower engine, 20 pound warhead, 600 mile range, but was shelved after a 1940s defence committee warned it could threaten London.
Four men on a midnight bridge crew at Paria Ontario mill drew a perfect bridge hand with all suits. In London a Jesuit built canteen in Brussels for Catholic Women's League includes a chapel where Mass is said for the troops each evening.
Miss Helen West hosted a luncheon shower for Miss M McPhail with bridesmaids and guests including Misses Jewie Colee Jean Mathesom Doris Wilson and Wilma Weat assisting.
The Ruth Nelson Minton Band hosted its annual picnic on Thursday June 8. Children played games and races produced winners across age groups from four to thirteen and over. A relay race highlighted by Mrs Mowat Ronald Rolston Johan Mowat and Donald Rolston capped the event, followed by a supper supplied by the WLS in the church.
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