Acton and area roll call of visitors and arrivals
Pte Allan Kirkbss home from Vancouver on leave. Elmer Lash y of St Thomas visits Acton. Pte Bob Anderson arrived home this week on leave from Vancouver. Mrs S S Russell and Janette of Oakville visit Acton relatives. Mr and Mrs John Brush of Hamilton visit Acton relatives. Pte Albert Irwin of Kitchener spends Sunday with parents. Dr and Mrs Lecoy Wagner of Elmira visit United Church Parsonage. Mrs Dorothy Kitching attended the Pox Doughty wedding at Dublin Street United Church in Guelph. Mrs H Caldwell and Miss Dorothy Kitching attended others in Guelph. Mr and Mrs Fred Denny announce engagement of Dora Louretta to Pte Harold Lloyd McIntyre of Winnipeg. Marriage planned for late March. Out-of-town attendees at the funeral of Mrs Hubert Smith included many from Toronto, Kitchener, Winnipeg, Kenmore, N.Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Kitching
Dublin Street United Church
Guelph
Fred Denny
Acton
Dora Louretta
Harold Lloyd McIntyre
Clayton McIntyre
Winnipeg
Man
Hubert Smith
Blanche Brooks
McKinnon
Edith McPherson
M. Sinclair
Wilma Powell
Miag Joan Smith
Russell Edmiston
Bertie Cole
Merl Turunan
Mar-jorie Wilson
Betty Lyon
Alma Masacy
Toronto
Wm. Robertson
Mra
Wm. Kirby
Fergua
Stanley ‘Leslie
Kitchener
W. E. Ramaden
Kenmore, N.Y
Bloomsbury Guests Visit Dublin Literacy Society
The Dublin Literary Society hosted the Bloomsbury Literary Society last Friday evening. President Burkholder welcomed guests as the program featured community singing, duets, solos, a reading, instrumental pieces, a play titled A Ghostly Enemy, and closed with the National Anthem followed by dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin Literary Society
Bloomsbury Literary Society
Burkholder
Mrs. Robertson
Doreen Steele
Eleanor Ross
Donnla Ross
Fyfe Somerville
Molly Cutts
Jon
Helen
Mrs C. Cutts
Dorothy Frank
Palermo juniors win W. I. Dick Trophy at Milton event
Halton Rural Young People’s Association hosted the second annual Inter-Club half-hour program in Milton High School. Acton Norval and Palermo groups presented patriotic pageants to a capacity crowd. judges Mrs Russell Clements Miss KE Carson and Rev J B Moore chose Palermo. Mayor George Diwson awarded the W. Dick Trophy on behalf of the donor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halton
Milton High School
Acton
Norval
Palermo
Walter Reid
Halton Rural Young People’s Association
Russell Clements
Misa KE. Carson
J. B. Moore
Milton
Palermo Group
George Diwson
Owioners
W. Dicks
Women Create New Words Says Dictionary Editor
In New York a report notes Dr Charles E. Punk credits women with coining more words than men. Terms like Brauneh hairdo supermarket lipstick beau brunch and glues enter the language with feminine usage highlighted as proof of linguistic invention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
GOP
Eminient Authority
Charles E. Punk
Dr Funk
Pew
Fank
Brauneh
Laupe
Elnus
Wheat policy debate in Parliament over prairie farming
A Canadian parliamentary discussion centers on Western wheat policy amid Prairie conditions. Officials outline subsidies, acreage reduction, and price guarantees aimed at parity with other farming sectors while acknowledging limited Western gains and broader agricultural needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Great Britain
Western
Romo Tracy
Tom
Acton Women Hear on Wartime Service and Salvage
About twenty interested women attended a talk by Mrs. Donald Shutt of Guelph on how women can aid in wartime. She covered salvage, home front duties, and the Canadian Women's Army Corps, urging thrift, careful packing, and community defense to support Canada and the Allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Shutt
Guelph
England
Canada
Duke of Devonshire
Toronto
Georgetown church services honor fallen airman and veterans
In Georgetown headline events record a St George's Church of England service for Pilot Officer 1.1) cbougs Allatt and a reception marking Verdun Day. The article notes overseas mailing of cigarettes by a regional comm ittee and mentions visitors from Toronto Guelph Seaforth Brampton Norval Huttonville Milton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgrown Sok Hers’ Canvarty
OPM Sar
Navy Funer
St George's Church of England
Georgetown
Prederick Tost
HamiWton
Servic
Cbougs Allatt
Weston
Yorkton
Saskatchewan
KROAF
Verdun
Toronto
Guelph
Seaforth
Brampton
Norval
Huttonville
Milton Herald
Two Killed When Car Collides North of Hornby
Frank Marshall 56 of King City and his brother Joseph 66 of Kettleby died in a collision with a truck at a sideroad intersection north of Hornby. Arthur Clarke of Norval drove the truck. Mrs Frank Marshall and Mrs Anne McMurphy were taken to Peel Memorial Hospital with cuts and bruises. Coroner Dr George Syer of Milton investigating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Marshall
King
City
Joseph
Kettleby
Arthur Clarke
Norval
Tornby
Anne McMurphy
Peel Memorial Hospital
Brampton
C.K. Stevenson
Milton
Clearge
Syer
Miltan
Ras Mason
Oakville
Frank
Marshall
King District
Aubrey
Albert
Taranto
Local notes mix court fines and spring signs
Milton H. McKendrick of Trafalgar paid fines for careless driving and driving without a permit. F. J. White remains ill in bed for over two weeks, with friends hoping for a prompt recovery. Bobbie Lyle and wife visited his mother Mrs. Lyle and other relatives at Dartmouth. Mrs. Wm. Claridge reports snowdrops in bloom signaling spring. Charles Anderson narrowly escaped injury when a metal sign at Pickett's Drug Store fell during a strong morning wind, cutting his leg and requiring stitches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. McKendrick
Trafalgar
F. J. White
Bobbie Lyle
R.C. A.F
Dartmouth
N.S
Wm. Claridge
Robert Sr
Parden
Pickett
Main Street
Charles Anderson
Charles
Champion
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Allan Kirknbss
Vancouver
A.C
Elmer Lashy
St. Thomas
Bob Anderson
S. S. Russell
Janette
John Brush
Hamilton
Albert Irwin
John Irwin
H. Caldwell
Victor Sheppard
Bloomsbury
Dublin Society
Cain
George Wallace
Clothes Shop
Yonge St
W. T. Patterson
Wyndstam ST
Gorlph
Moher
General Insurance
F. L. Wright Offa
Cooper Ride
London
Eastern Daylight Saving Tire
Harold Wiles
Gray Coach Lines
Gregory ‘Theatre
Priday
Tropics
Abbott Costello
Atkin Jones
Nuancy
Kotte Maren of
Time
Disneys
Captain Marvel We
Aearchd
Missouri
Dane Wreman
Dennis Morgan
Anne Shirley
Charles Camura
Fox Nova
Guengaddin
Rudyard Kipling
Cary Grant
Joan Fontaine
Victorg McLaglen
Pete Smith
Army Champions
Rhythm
Promred
Manitoba
Alberta
Yours Sincerely
Pburyhes Cte
Omnake Warren Pons Vomrenarth
Scarboro Bakers and Butchers
Australia
Americas
Hornby
War Time Prices and Trade Board
Queen Mary
Britain
Mary
Duke
Duchess of Gloucester
Fengland
NEW Green Peas
Delicioti
Ee HD
Buork
Alton
Browns
Wenton
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