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Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Mar 05, 1953

Page

3

Campbellville Mourns Albert E Hull Longtime Resident

Campbellville district loses Albert Edmund Hull aged about 80 after a long illness. He lived in Campbellville all his life and was a member of St David's Church. Survived by wife two sons Lorne and Oliver and daughter Myrtle and a brother Harry. Funeral held at MacNab and Son Milton then St David's Presbyterian Church with interment in the adjoining cemetery.

Campbellville Albert Edmund Hull R.R. 1 St. David's Church Lorne Oliver Milton Myrtle Dave Smillie Harry MacNab and Son Funeral Home St. David's Presbyterian Church J. E. Sutherland

Wish in Late Winter by Mary Elien Varley

A fragmented poem about late winter reflections and the desire for snow to restore beauty and contrast. It interweaves lines on snow’s charm with a sudden, jarring insertion about the Junior Red Cross Society’s vast Canadian youth membership.

Poet's Mary Elien Varley Junior Red Cross Society

Canadian Plowmen’s Overseas Farming Impressions

Roy Shaver, Doug Reid and Algie Wallace recount British farming among byres not barns, standout weed control, and high yields per acre. They note heavier work by women, debate hedgerows, and contrast Canada and Britain with insights from J O Neil, Edwin Seaman, and James Alston farms in Northern Ireland, Huntingdonshire, and Oxfordshire.

Roy Shaver Finch Ont Ontario Plowmen’s Association Douglas S. Reid Brampton Gnt Algie Wallace North Gower Canada British Isles Erie France Scotland Northern Ireland Eire England Doug Reid Ray Shaver Doug J O O'Neil Belfast Mr. O'Neil O'Neil Ontario Holteins Edwin de Gray Seaman Huntingdonshire Marksman Alliston E McCague Calthorpe Oxford County Tom Sovereign James Alston Mr. Alston

St Valentine’s Day Rockwood Wedding at United Church

Marion Velma Hamilton and Gordon Frank Ostrander wed at Rockwood United Church with Rev. John Oliver officiating. The ceremony featured white chrysanthemums and anap dragons arrangements, bridesmaids in Coronation red velvet, and a three tier wedding cake. Guests from Toronto, Kitchener, Guelph, Acton, Erin and Ariza attended.

Rockwood United Church Marion Velma Hamilton Gordon Frank Ostrander John Oliver Robert James Hamilton R. A Rockwood Frank Ostrander Austin Roas Frederick Hepburn Marilyn Ostrander Gordon Bingeman Kitchener -Wan Morley Milson William Hamilton Toronto Nei Norman Lambert Hockwood Florida United States Kitchener Guelph Acton Erin Ariza

Teddy Bear Name Endorsement Sparks Toy Boom

A New York toymaker sought President Theodore Roosevelt's approval to name a cuddly bear. Roosevelt consented noting modesty about his name, while Reader’s Digest says 150 million Teddy Bears are produced yearly, and royalties could have been enormous.

New York Teddy Roosevelt Reader's Digest

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