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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 29, 1944
Page
8
Fragmentary death notices list John B. Cerom aged 78 of Acton previously, and Mary Caroline Benson widow of Charles Ger, with dates June 19 and June 28 1944. Some addresses and family relations are given but records are incomplete.
In loving memory of my dear husband Nelson Moore who passed away June 26 1943. I have lost my life’s companion and shed many silent tears while others sleep. Sadly missed by Lavine Moore.
The Lorne Scots prepare for a Niagara camp this week. Strawberries drop to 27 cents on Monday. Schools close for extended summer vacation. Entrance examinations held yesterday and today. Haying progresses on many farms. Dominion Day on Saturday with business closures. A new garage is under construction at the west side of Johnstone and Rumley Funeral Home. Thermometer at the Free Press Office reads 4 in the shade yesterday. Brick work on Mr Gee Benton’s store and residence finished with carpenters finishing improvements. Flying Officer Duke Corlees reported missing after operations over enemy territory. Rev. E A Pulker becomes rector in charge of St Alban’s Acton and St John’s Rockwood and settled in the Rectory on Willow Street.
Harvest in Milton district faces worker shortfall as 1200 expected Western farm hands dwindle to about 600. Only two Ontario Farm Service Force students available for positions. local residents urged to register at Farm Commando headquarters to lend help on holidays or evenings. Contact Agricultural Representative's office, Milton, phone 230.
John Cameron 78 of Gloversville N Y died of a heart attack at home June 19 and was buried at Fairview Cemetery. He was born and raised in the Acton area and once served as communion steward for the church. The obituary records a long local life and family connections.
Canadian Press report describes a crowded voyage with thousands of U S soldiers and sailors on one of the largest troopships. Life is regimented with multiple daily church services, deck leisure, and widespread card games with high stakes. American Army nurses join in the social scene wearing changing outfits from informal greens to formal evening attire.
A Halton member urges postwar housing initiatives and immediate pilot programs to expand home building. He cites a wartime housing shortage, calls for owner ownership campaigns, enhanced credit facilities, and use of the National Housing Act to build over 25 000 homes since 1937 with low lease costs.
A speaker urges using the present act to streamline postwar home financing. Proposals include 4% mortgage rates, 30 year amortization, life insurance to pay off mortgages on death, alienation restraints, and rapid use of existing houses plus funding for repairs. Emphasizes high labor content and nationwide housing priority.
Guards at the Royal Ontario Museum report that nine of ten visitors go to see the Egyptian mummies. The exhibit highlights burial customs five thousand years old and the link between daily life and tomb artifacts such as jewelry tools weapons furniture sculpture and vases.
Wartime Britain increasing milk production and consumption elevates Bessie the Cow to a national symbol. Authorities ration free milk for children and nursing mothers, boosting health and industry. Postwar plans foresee expanded dairy output, future demand for cheese bacon and Canadian goods.
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