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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 11, 1948
Page
9
Obituaries and Birth Announcements From Acton and Milton Areas
Masales announce birth James Russell at Guelph General Hospital March 6. LEE announce Linda Louise born March 10 at Home Guelph St. Kin. mother and babe doing nicely. Bruce announces Isabella Mochrie wife of John Bruce at Guelph General Hospital March Tech 48. Savage Kate Stroud widow of John V. Savage dies March 5 at Main Street residence. Robertson Jean Kilgour of Eden Mills dies March 4 aged 57. Blain James Wilson Blain dies March 10 in Milton. funeral service March 12 at Knox Milton. interment Evergreen Cemetery. flowers declined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee
Mrs. Lornelitt
Bruce
Gueldh General Has- Ital
March Tech
Isabella Mochrie
John Bruce
Savage
Main Street
Acton
Ontario
Kate Stroud
John V. Savage
In loving memory of Rev Henry Caldwell and families
Memorials recall Rev Henry Caldwell after 52 years of gospel service who passed away on March 9. Wife and daughters remember him fondly. Also remembered are John Gibbons and Johnibbons as brothers and sons lost in action in 1945. Messages from Marjorie and Walter Gibbons and others note enduring grief and faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibbons
Pte
John Gibbons
March
Holland
Canada
Marjorie
Walter
Thanksgiving Notes From Local Illness Contact
Mrs. Henry Jolley and Mrs. A McMullen express gratitude to friends for flowers cards and courtesies during illness. Ralph McKeown and others thank neighbors for kindness with cards calls fruit visits and well wishes amid illness at St Josephs Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Jolley
Ralph McKeown
St. Joseph's Hospital
A. McMullen
Spring Arrives Soon and Local Notices Highlight Events
The note cites upcoming seasonal dates and local concerns including a Kiwanis Music Festival prize in Toronto where Beverly Hyde from Georgetown won second in the girls vocal solo. It also mentions a Roacdale Euchre Club surprise party at Mrs John A Locker's home and a tip about painting technique causing sagging if applied too thickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hyde
Georgetown
Toronto
Pupi
Lynda Stewart
Acton
Roacdale
Obituaries from Acton and Milton Residents
William Flatt of Acton and Milton for forty five years died February 25 at his Main Street home in Acton at age eighty nine. He was born in London England and is survived by his wife and son G. M. Hutt of Acton. Funeral held at Johnstone Rumiley Funeral Home with service led by Rev. Luxton and burial at Evergreen Cemetery Milton. Pallbearers listed. David Arthur Cockerill died February 21 at Acton residence aged sixty six. He was the son of pioneers William Cockerill and Jane Kinnley and survived by his wife Mary Jane Morrison, three daughters and seven grandchildren. Also two sisters and three brothers. Funeral from Johnstone Rumley to Fairview Cemetery conducted by Rev. L. Pickering. Pallbearers and flower bearers named. floral tributes from family and friends. Relatives attended from Shelbourne, Laurel, Guelph, Hamilton, Toronto, Alliston, Orangeville and Fergus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willyam Tut
Acton
Milton
William Flatt
Main Street
London
England
G. M. Hutt
Johnstone & Rumiley
Mr. Luxton
St. Albana
Evergreen Ceemetery
Pallbewrera
Messra
Wm. Gowdy
James Reed
W. G. O. Oakes
William Cockerill
Jane Kinnley
Monor Township
Mary Jane Morrison
Ruby
Mra. C. Gamble
Annie
Arm Raver
Catharine
Mra. G. Lambert
Joseph Tindale
Shelburne
Charlotte Allen
Shelbourne
William Cocker
J. Baker
C. Gamble
W. Coverill
Fergus
Dolores
Darlene
Bruce Lambert
David
Linda Baker
Maxine
Marianne Gamble
Wm. Cockerill
Fred Gordon
Willard Cockerill
George Scarette
MceMut
Why Saskatchewan Population Drops
The Financial Post notes Saskatchewan agriculture dominates the province and mechanization grows. Wheat farms expand while workers decline, risking population loss. To sustain growth, new industries and capital are needed, as other provinces learned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Financial Post
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
Flight refuelling proves itself in long distance tests
The United Kingdom Ministry of Civil Aviation reports success in long distance flight refuelling conducted over the South Atlantic. Four Lancaster aircraft, with receivers by British South American Airways and tankers by the Flight Refuelling Company, completed 22 missions on schedule with successful interceptions, except one case where a revolver aircraft landed in the Azores due to engine trouble. A West Virginia councillor advocates cheaper haircuts for bald headed men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Kingdom
Ministry of Civil Aviation
South Atlantic
British South American Airways
Azores
Ospringe Unreserved Dispersion Auction Sale Held
The undersigned announces an auction at Grundy farm Ospringe on Wednesday May 1st at 2 o'clock sharp. Large assortment including 7 dairy cows various reds roans milking calves heifers and young stock, Hereford bull and Durham bulls, horses implements poultry equipment household items and more. Terms cash on day of sale. Sale held 30 rods north of Ospringe off No 24 Hartway toward Acton and Orton County pad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy
Ospringe
Springer
Hereford
Durham
Bnay
Belgium
Beach Sisters
Harthway
Acton
Orton County
Auction Sale of Estate Equipment at Lawville Nelson Vicinity
Auctioneers report instructions from the executors of the Tate James Auckland estate to sell at the late residence one mile south of Lawville three miles north of Nelson Village on the Guelph Road. Items include tractors Fordson harvest gear hay equipment furniture a 1934 Chev coach and a broad mix of farm implements tools and household goods. Cash settlement with clerk on sale day no reserve to wind up the estate Hindley and Elliott clerks name appears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tate
James Auckland
Lawville
Nelson Village
Guelph
Fordson
M.H
M.D
Cider Press
Symphony
Rene
Nitchon
Singer
Hindley & Elliott
Annie
FE. Sprowl
Lake Avenue
Acton
Chesterfield
National
For Sale Items Include Heaters Beds Tractors and Seeds
Multiple sale notices list a mahogany oil heater with 21 gal fuel tank at 5000 dollars and a full size steel bed with Marshall mattress for 30. Ford and Willys vehicles including 1917 Ford Coach and 1948 Willys Station Wagon offered for immediate delivery along with several farm tractors and equipment. William Couse & Sons and Tom Hewson are contact points with phone references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Willys
Jeep
W. C. Ellis Chalmers
Cockshutt
Rogers
Tom Hewson
Georgetown
Notice of Application for Public House License Acton Ontario
Acton Branch No 197 Canadian Legion applies to Liquor Licence Board of Ontario for beer sales at Acton Tegeon Hall Main St Acton within Knight Hall Hampton Wentworth. Special meeting April 2 194% observers may file objections with deputy registrar Geo C Gage KC 810 Bankart Chambers Hamilton ten days prior. Public notice dated March 14 Acton Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
Acton Tegeon Hall
Main St
Ontario
Teensing
Geo C Gage, KC
Heensing District
Bank Art Commerce Chambers
Hamilton
The
Canadian Legion
BELL
Allan Kirkness
Actus
Room to Rent with Breakfast Offered in Acton
Short notice rental advertisement states room available in Acton with breakfast optional. Requests applicants contact P.O. Box 39 for details and application.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.O. Boy
Acton
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