Births and deaths noted in Hometown notices
Smethurst Norman Robert born March 22 1939 to Bert and Mrs Smethurst at Actor. Kean Martha died March 21 1939 at Smith Nursing Home Guelph. Hall Sarah Avelia died 54 in Hornby wife of Harold Hall. Smith James K died March 21 1939. service at Johnstone Rumley Home. Dennis George H died March 22 1939 Rockwood. funeral March 24. Templin John Charles editor Fergus News Record died age 69. service March 24 in Fergus. In memoriam poster for Roy Gearse Foster died March 23. family letters and prayers offered by family.
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Kean
Smith Nursing
Mn Avenue
Guelph
Suesday
Martha Mafia Easter Brook
Josiah Kean
Hall
Guelph General Hospital
Sarah ‘Avelia: Hall
Harold Hall
Hornby
Rockwood
Woodlawn
Templin
Hamilton
John Charles Templin
Fergus News-Record
Melville United Church
Fergus
Belsyde
Roy Gearse ‘Foster
Acton Whitby game referee from Toronto and local road woes
Bert McCaffery of Toronto will referee tonight’s Acton Whitby matchup in Whitby. Back roads remain blocked and rail carriers must rely on horses. A recent snowfall added to wintry deception as spring-like weather fails to arrive.
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Bert McCaffery
Toronto
Acton Whitby
Whitby
Timmins man completes incredible winter transport odyssey
In a single day Mr. Wetmore traverses Porcupine Lake to Twin Falls using air snowshoe and boat hops. He flies from Algoma Airways, lands during engine trouble, and continues by bus, snowmobile, river crossing, and train, ending back in Timmins after a hazardous winter journey. Pilot Bill Pong earns early fame for the perilous landing. Pilot Harold Smith returns from Fort George with furs. a Hudson Bay Company official accompanies him.
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Mr. Wetmore
Twin Falls
Algoma
Airways
Porcupine
Bill Posg
Porcupine Lake
Hoyle
Bill
Air Harbor
Wetmore
Porquois
Iroquois Falls
Iroquois
Northland
Timmins
South Porcupine
Pamour
Harold “Deacon” Smith
Fort George
Smith
Northern
Ontario
Deacon
Hudson Bay Company
Deacon” Smith
Niagara
Niagara Falls
Germany
Italian Ambassador Arrives at New Post
Ambassadors arrival is pictured as he lands to assume duties aboard the Conte de Savoia en route to his new post. His Excellency is presented in a formal arrival scene signaling the start of his diplomatic assignment.
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Conte de
Sir Maurice Drummond Peterson
Britain
Francisco Franco
Spain
Burgos
China
Boys in Acton urged to guide youth toward virtue
A column argues Canadian men now view boys as central to society. It urges Acton residents to monitor their youths, encourage athletics and study, discourage mischief, and prevent bad company. The piece stresses parental duty to ensure boys and girls grow up to honor the village and place.
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Canada
Acton
Halton County Council Debates Grants and Education Mix
Halton County Council opposes joining with Halton Counties and resists grant funding. Streetsville High School Board will admit Halton pupils, while committee recommendations push to trim detailed road accounts from the auditors' report. Council approves Lorne Scottish Regiment grant and rates Hamilton Spectator Royal Souvenir issue space. An adjournment ends a session with a warm bonfire for hockey boys.
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Irwin
Allan
Gordon
McNiven
Streetsville High School
Halton County
Ralph E. Young & Co
My. Byers
Hamilton Spectator
THOS. B. SHARP DIES AT MIMICO HOME
Thomas Hi Sharp longtime Hamilton resident and coffee and spice firm associate died at his daughter Mrs W Farley s Mimico home after a short illness from pneumonia. He moved from Acton with CPR survey years ago and lived with his daughter for two years. Survived by son Harry C Sharp and wife who predeceased him. Interment planned at Park Lawn Cemetery. The deceased attended the Baptist Church at Mimico.
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Hamilton
Lfe
Thomas Hi. Sharp
Thomas B. Greening
W. ©. Farley
Mimico
Acton
C.P.R. Survey
Toronto
Harry C.sharp
Baptist
Park Lawn Cemetery
Butter consumption in empire nations higher than foreign
The Imperial Economic Committee reports butter per capita in 1937 was 40.7 pounds in empire nations, versus 19.6 in Germany, 17.9 in Denmark and Belgium, and 16.7 in the United States. New Zealand led at 34.2, followed by Australia 32.7 and Canada 24.8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
Australia
Canada
United Kingdom
Germany
Denmark
Belgium
United States
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Milton Juniors
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Mill Street
W.C. Cullen
Hiram Fisher
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Ladies of the United’ Church
Yce
Snow
Jean Mackenge
Lovell Bros
Northern Lights
Free Press
R. D
Maher Shoe Store
ROYAL
Ignace Jan Paderewski
Donald Duckin
Donald
Clark Gable
Norma Shearer
Edward Arnold
THE
Liberals
Liberal Party
Council Chamber
Hughes Cleaver
M.P
Milton
Clark's
Clark
Kist
Crease & Blackwell Soup
Sora
Halton County Council
Fifiance Leet Ae
Byers
Irwing
Lorne Scottish Regiment
Kerns
Wilson
Ontario Agricultural Council
McCutcheon
Robinson
Hume
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Thos. B. Sharp
Johnstone & Rumley Home Furnishings
Acton Free Press
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