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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 04, 1943
Page
8
The late Mr. Lane rests at Johnstone & Rumsey Funeral Home Acton with a service Friday at 2:30 p.m. Interment Limehouse Cemetery. In memory of Mason H deas Sistes
March notes mark Lent starting next Wednesday and spring approaching by the calendar. A motorist faced fines of four dollars for lacking radio licenses after an inspector visit. A derailed freight car near Lime House disrupted CN rail traffic for several hours. On February 22 Mrs. Wm. Cooper picked seven pansies on Main Street. Printing shortages due to newsprint rationing forced subscription deletions to stay within units.
The Canadian Red Cross aims to raise ten million dollars with more than half earmarked for prisoner of war support and prisoner care parcels. The Acton district is asked to contribute 3200 for weekly food parcels costing about 2.50 each, aided by rail transport and Geneva pricing, plus dedicated capture parcels for POWs drafted after Dieppe.
John Dunn of Acton died at home on February 21 after a period of illness. A lifelong resident, he was born in Acton and was the son of James Dunn and Catherine Foley. Employed for years by Mary Jane Gibbons, he leaves a son and three daughters. He was active in St. Joseph’s Church and did not seek public office but contributed to his home community. The funeral with requiem high mass was at St. Joseph’s, Father Morgan officiating. Burial followed at Dublin Cemetery. Pallbearers included Joseph Flynn and others. tributes came from family and local organizations.
Mrs Alfred Miller of Kitchener died Monday after a lengthy illness. Born Elizabeth Gertrude Thompson in Esin Township she lived in Acton for many years before moving to Toronto. She married Alfred Miller in 1908 and was 61. She leaves her husband two sons Alf T Miller and four sisters in Toronto. Funeral service was held Thursday at Ratt Bechel Funeral Home Kitchener with Rev Frank Lawson officiating. interment Woodland Cemetery.
A boy stands with a dog and a sign offering the dog for 200 dollars. A man assumes the boy will take less, but the boy later says he sold the dog by trading it for two cats worth 100 dollars each, totaling 200.
At Bonaventure Station in Montreal the information booths are staffed with trained workers who answer travelers queries. The Travellers' Aid booth assists during peak periods and even helps in unusual cases such as an Australian airman who forgot his location after many duties across Canada.
Allied air forces intensify strikes on German bases and industrial centers as Soviet forces press in the south and northeast. Rommel’s Africa corps yields ground in Tunisia while British and American troops push near Kasserine and Mareth Line. Timoshenko announces new Lake Yemen offensive south of Leningrad amid muddy weather slowing advances.
Report says bomber force conducted its 58th wartime raid targeting Bertin l or s as part of a broader push to draw German troops from the South. Meslin Attached WAF and RACAF support operations aiming to cut a path to the Baltic states.
A sailor, HAL VW. DILON, writes from Valifax after returning from Quebec City detailing gunnery courses, shipboard duties, and a hoped for more sea time. He notes Navy traditions, requests reader input on why salutes differ, and mentions contact with Corporal O Mara and his own pursuit of ratings.
The New York Sun lampoons a tale about Eddie Rickenbacker refusing to throw away an old hat. The spoof suggests the hat served him on a Pacific trip and mocks wives fearing husbands will cling to their own emergency hats, tied to the idea of not wasting a keepsake.
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