Local Residents Share News and Visits in Acton Area
Mr and Mrs C 114 Harrison called on Acton friends on Sunday. Frank Browning of Toronto visited Acton on Sunday. J Dabl Jr of Galt visited over the weekend with Yas Dobbie. Mrs W McBurney of Walkerton visited Friday with Mr and Mrs John Wood. H R Force leaves on a trip to Western Canada and British Columbia. Mrs J H Reed spent days in Toronto and Niagara Falls. Mr and Mrs Wm Reid of Preston were guests of Rev and Mrs G C Gifford at Bowery Ave. G A Dills Doris Wilson and Margaret McPhail attended the Toronto Normal School Glee Club concert. Mr and Mrs William W Hume of Arkell announce engagement of their daughter Phoebe Marton to Private Gordon Percival Cook of Acton.
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McBurney
Walkerton
John Wood
H.R. Force
Western
Canada
British Columbia
Wm.Reid
Preston
Mra. G. Cc. Gifford
United Church Parsonage
Bowery Ave
G. A. Dills
Doris Wilson
Mixa Margaret McPhail
Toronto Normal School
Glee Club
William WH. Hume
Arkell
Ontario
Pheote Marton
Gordon Percival Cook
QO. H. Cook
Acton
Card of Thanks for Kindness during Illness
Mrs Earl F Prieve expresses deep appreciation for neighbours and friends kindness and sympathy shown during illness and at the time of the passing of her beloved husband. The many acts have been helpful.
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Earl F. Prieve
Card of Thanks for Mrs. James Grant
The family of the late Mrs. James Grant expresses deep appreciation for the kindness and sympathy shown by friends and neighbors at the loss of the beloved mother and grandmother, whose memory will be gratefully cherished.
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James Grant
Cool Under Fire CBC Engineer Helps Cover War Front
Arthur Holmes CBC engineer joined the First Canadian Division in December 1939 and became among the first Canadians on the scene to cover World War II. Since March he has served at sea, on the front, and with troops, doctors, nurses, and officials in Britain and France, reporting battles, patrols, and the Canadian war effort from London and beyond.
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Arthur
W. Holmes
CBC
Art
Bob Bowman
Britain
Holmes
France
Atroen
London
Vistta
Iene Frist
Oakville Council to use surplus for rate relief
The town council and Water and Light Commission voted to have the commission pay Oakville $8000 from last year’s surplus. The funds will help reduce the by law banning late hours of sale of dry goods and apparel. A fatal accident occurred at Anderson’s Bend on the Lake Shore highway near Oakville when Stanley Roxy, 26, of Dennison Ave Toronto, was killed.
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Towen
Water and Light Commission
Vally
J. Seighat
Oakville
Anderson
Gregory Theatre Presents Adventure Romance Thriller
Adventure and romance mix in a Gregory Theatre program featuring Jon Hall and Lynn Bari. The night includes a pairing with a cartoon, Lucky Dueck, and a popular science chapter on the Green Archer.
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Jon Hall Lynn Bari
Lucky Dueck
Green Archer
Barricade Starts as Warner Danter Cast Stars
Startling drama features Warner Danter with Alice Faye and Charles Winninger in a busy Jones family tale. The production notes highlight the band's Listen To Larry as part of the scene.
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Warner Danter
Alice Faye
Charles Winninger
Jones
Larry
Weekly War Commentary Recounts Axis Shifts and Allied Gains
The piece reviews wartime developments including British advances in East Africa and Somaliland, Yugoslavia’s alignment with the Axis after inner cabinet resignations, and Russia’s neutrality moves. It also covers air production optimism in Britain, Graziani’s resignation in Libya, Italian strains in the Dodecanese, and ongoing Allied air and naval pressure.
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Germany
Yugoslavia
Balkan
Dragisa Cvetkovic
Clncar Markovic
Vienna
Ribbentrop
Greece
Soviet
Russia
Turkey
Air Armads
Lord Beaverbrook
United “Kingdom
Britain
United States
Libya
Rodolfo Graziani
Italy
North
Africa
Tiny
Rome
Italo Grazibaldi
Gragziani
Gragziani’s Sstaff
Dodecanese
Mediterranean
Rocky
Aegean
Royal Air Force
Rhodes
Leros
Scarpanto
Royal Navy
Farm women face wartime basics and fire sighting
A farm letter urges prudent housecleaning and focused labor to aid food production during war. It recalls a distant barn fire, questions public fascination with fires, and discusses egg grading standards and diet amid shipping and supply concerns.
Offer of Paddy Donations to British Cause Declined in Burma
A Kachin hill man offered 12 baskets of paddy to support the British war effort in Burma. The pledge, described as living evidence of aid, was declined with thanks.
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Ragoon
Burma
London Carrot Marmalade Experiment Looms
War time shortages push marmalade makers to substitute carrots for Seville oranges using bitter orange oil for flavoring in London.
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London
Gardens Thrive With Tear Gas at Cornell
Cornell University plant pathologists F. L. Stark Jr. and A. G. Newhall explore tear gas injection into soil to combat plant diseases and weeds. After three years the method nears semi commercial use, with shots of nine thimblefuls placed three inches deep, sterilizing soil before planting and leaving fertility intact after four weeks.
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Ithaca
N.Y
Cornell University
Department of Plant Pathology
F. L. Stark, Jr
A. G. Newhall
Nazi War Machine Must Get Setback
Heinrich Fraenkel, a German liberated from a British internment camp, argues a military defeat is needed to undermine Nazi morale not a crushing blow. He says prolonged resistance at home and a limited offensive could suffice.
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London
Cpi
Heinrich Fraenkel
Avery
Fraenkel
Cupid’s Busy Days In Vacations In New York Church
Mary Hanlon, 25 years as parish secretary at the Little Church Around the Corner, notes September rivals June for marriages due to vacations. Couples from around the world seek the church for weddings and seek her advice on decisions, especially regarding religious differences. Some return yearly on anniversaries to kneel in prayer, making her feel she has the happiest job in the world.
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Partner
New York
Mian
Mary C. Tanlon
Mixe Hanlon
Mixs Hanlon
Hanlon
Cheese aging in Blue Ridge tunnels rivals European varieties
In Clemson North Carolina officials report experts are aging blue veined cheese in damp abandoned Blue Ridge tunnels. The process aims to produce cheese equal to prewar European imports.
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Clemson
N.C
Blue Ridge Tunnels
Europe
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Galt
Pivek
Mra. J. H. Reed
Niagara Falls
Arthur .W. Holmes
George Wallace
Clothes
Yonge St
Ryrie-Birks
Woodhall & Musselle
Brookdale- Kingsway Nursery
Mill Street
Royal Cafe
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ST. George's Square Guelph, Ont
J. H. Boulton
the. Canadian Wool Co. Ltd
Ca Wool Combing Corp. of Canada, Ltd
Acton, Ontario
Canadian Wool Co. Ltd
Metropolitan Building
Kit Carson
Wolf OF
Edmards Lowe
Rose Hobart
Rob Burns
Una. Merkel
Don Wilson
Fox News
Tepelini
East Africa
Hargeiss
Itadan Somaliland
Hhrgesla
Berbera
British Somaliland
Gunvabyb
Oasis
Libyan Desert
Paul
Tipperary
Ol. Ginger Farm
Gwendoline
Clarkf
Nells
England
Ontario 41
Cooperative Egg Producing Association
Queen’s Park
Cimnda
Cornell
Cupid
Gotham
Joh
Lakeside
D.E
Acton and
Vicinity
Aid Waxman
Roy Stouts
STH
Cullen
A. Fryer
Neil Gibbons
A. J. Buchanan
Tractor
Johnn-Deere
Goodyear
McCormick-Deering
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K. C. McMillan
Georgetown
TIP Top Tailors United
Pallant
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