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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 28, 1946
Page
8
A mixed set of notices reports the birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Owen Mast eles Acton and mentions a brother for Terry. Memorials honor Alice Kennedy, George Woods, and a late father with family remembrances. Cpl Ivan Vickers thanks friends for support during overseas service. Beale, Mabel and Anna McGregor sign off.
March nears with scarce maple syrup and lingering frost on roads. A 1846 automobile display stirs interest as spring cleanups in Malin Street wrap up winter sand. Joe Taylor injured at Hunter Laboratories and returned home after hospital care. Burlington Hydro reports a 15 minute power break with low voltage affecting motors.
London engineers unveil a shuttleless loom that lays weft across the warp via a spring driven by a care er, claiming easy room installation and a wide fabric range. The firm says one skilled operator and an assistant could supervise twenty four looms without difficulty.
A short anecdote contrasts careful writers with speakers. Laurence Hollaman cites a reminiscer about an Irish friend who, after a long illness, had teeth extracted in Italy. Housman advised not to wear teeth while bathing, prompting a postcard question about telegraph timing.
In Kinmount Ontario a 400 resident lumbering village asks for a resident physician. Citizens offer to guarantee housing and back a campaign to secure prompt payment. The note mentions a 1948 January decline in unemployment and a $4200 effort with women released from work amid economic context.
John Featherstone Ford, long time Trafalgar resident and former Halton County official, died after a short illness at his home in Brampton. He helped found Omagh Methodist and Bethel United Church, served as councillor and warden, and supported community and church activities. Survived by sisters Mary Inglehart Matilda Ford and Charlotte Clark, with numerous nephews and grandchildren. Funeral held at Bethel United Church, with burial in Bethel Cemetery.
Mooreland Indiana. May. David Rhoades is nearly 100 and blind for 16 years yet runs his farm. He repairs the barn roof and clock hobby, tends a garden by touch, and moves about with tethered trolleys guiding him. He plans to celebrate his 100th birthday on September 16.
Dr B R W Sargent of Chalk River outlined that terms like atomic energy and atomic bomb are misleading. He asserted the correct descriptors are nuclear bomb and nuclear power, describing atomic structure as a solar-system model with protons and electrons and energy released by splitting the nucleus.
Local notice announces an auction at Erin Township farm belonging to Jack McAlister and Roy Hindley. The sale includes cattle sheep and pigs with many sows listed by breeding dates, open sows, and litters. Terms are cash. animals may not be removed until payment is secured.
Leon Trepanier, industrial commissioner of Three Rivers Que, said in a recent address that more tourists would visit Canada this year and Quebec in particular than in the last quarter century. He urged preparations to accommodate them.
The article explains how advertising and clear descriptions of goods and prices accelerate business growth. It notes that broad newspaper ads reach many, while sales pitches target individuals, reducing time to gain attention, patronage, and reputation.
A large farm sale at Lat 3 Con 5 Trafalgar Twp near Omagh Store on Saturday April 6 starts 1 PM. The catalog lists horses cattle tractors implements tools hay grain furniture and household items with a full real estate offering of a 50 acre farm near Dundas Street including a brick 10 room house barn and outbuildings. Inspect prior to sale with terms cash for chattels and reserve bids on real estate. Auctioneers J A Elliott Roy Hindley R R Ford clerk.
Notice to creditors and others of the estate of Samuel El Filane late of Nassagaweya township Halton farmer who died about February 15 1945. They must send particulars of claims to solicitor before April 13 1946 when assets will be distributed to those legally entitled under section 51 chapter 16b. Dated Acton Ontario March 27 1946 solicitor for Alexander May Frank Christian Frank and Matthew Job executors
Auctions at two Ontario farms feature stock cattle implements and equipment. Listings include Yorkshire sows, Holstein cows, breeding ewes, horses and young cattle, tractors and gear, seed and hay, potato machinery, and household effects. Sale dates span April 16 1846 and April Tha with terms cash on day of sale and staged at rural farmyards.
Auctioneers Roy Hindley J A Elliott offer a farm sale at No 7 Highway East of Acton on Thursday April 1. Lot 27 includes roan cattle, red cows and heifers with calves, a Hereford milking cow, stockers, a fat steer and hogs from Yorkshire lines plus sows and litters bred late December to February. Grain seeds and potatoes are sold in lots with no reserve due to barter. Receipts from clerk of stock at bar available.
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