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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 06, 1947
Page
8
Notice indicates a column listing births marriages and deaths available without charge through the newspaper notice section. It mentions no names dates or locations in readable text and resembles a public auxiliary service for subscribers.
Local notices report multiple births with parents listed from Guelph General Hospital and area homes. Names include Warriss McDonald Enery Holm Frank Miller Hughes Workman McPherson and others with dates from March 1947 and interim references to funerals and interments in Greenwood and Bouton Mills cemeteries.
In loving memory notices for Hazel Gibbons and John Gibbons mark a series of bereavements. The entries honor fallen soldiers including Pte John Gibbons, with verses and family tributes from Gibbons relatives and friends. Additional obituaries describe Hugh Black and local residents John Miller and John Wilson, detailing service, church ties, and funeral arrangements.
The obituary lists surviving relatives of a deceased father and husband, including a daughter Leona Breckon of Norwood and son I. Guy Wilvon of Ashgrove, plus a brother John Wilton of Lorton Ontario and three sisters Tamnash Ford John Bus sell Tavouta Elizabeth CMa Thobt Fox Multan and Linian JOffra Thos Rishon of Gæarsebroegh.
Dr Twinn outlined advances in insecticide chemistry to chemistry students at the National Research Council. He said world use would rise to combat disease vectors and protect crops, noting wartime shortages spurred research and led to new compounds that improve pest control.
Sketches of a heated Washington summer where Bell tests cooling ideas. He works from a pool basement desk with fans and ice to manage air flow and draft a double wall design to separate foul air from his experiments. The notes show early exploration of ventilation and conditioned spaces.
Acton travels to Orangeville for a Saturday night game in the best of five series. In Milton the Halton County Seed Ball Bacon Show faces delays as roads blocked and reporters miss portions of the news. Edward N Bride, R R 1 Acton, fined $410 for drunkenness in Guelph Police Court. Five high school contestants from Oakville Acton Ancaster and Dundas vie in Lions International public speaking at Oakville High School on March 11. Barbara Fleming, Oakville winner, competes again for the challenge cup.
A conscientious mother cautions her daughter about a sad novel as Miss Thirteen voices eagerness to read. The piece notes the United States spends more than 30 000 000 dollars annually on snow removal from highways.
A fragmented list catalogs domestic textiles and needlework items across rooms. Entries include sofa cushions, Chesterfield sets, crochet pillowcases and pillow forms, embroidered table linens, bed ensembles, towels, napkins, quilts, bedspreads, dresses and nightwear, afghans, samplers, handbags, evening purses, and various handmade crafts.
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