Local society notes from Acton and nearby towns
Social items report visits and health news from Acton and surrounding area. Mentions of Mr Wm McArthur in Winni pee, Mr Glanstone in Ogdensburg visiting relatives, Toronto links with Mrs Sayers and Miss Gibbons, and hospital stays for Mr Po Watson in Toronto. Also notes garden wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Edward Freeman and a large group attendance including multiple Acton residents and relatives from Hamilton Toronto Guelph and Weeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Freeman
Frank Freeman
Acton
Mrac W Freeman
Skeoch
Alan
Eric
Minami
Hert James
Toronto
Mire
Led. Stone
Weeton
W. Halph
Mra
Andersen
Iblington
George Pirie
Douglas McCallum
Ken Hector Mclean
Engagements Report From Ontario North and West Regions
Multiple Canadian announcements list engagements in Ontario and Newfoundland. Grace Gibson and Knorice Stanley Anderson plan a May wedding. Virginia Andrews of Point Leamington to Charles Hubbell in Acton. Elizabeth Powers to Jack F Wagner in Kitchener. Barbara Gonton to Thomas Cunningham of Speyside with a June wedding. Margaret Derren to Gordon Robertson to be wed May 18 1946 at Erin United Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace
Gibson
John Gitaon
Acton
Knorice Stanley Anderson
George Anderson
Hornby
Walter Andrews
Point Leamington
Newfoundland
Virginia
Mespeler
Elizabeth
Gordon N. Powers
Alex. N. Gonton
Guelph
Barbara
Thomas Cunningham
Speyside
Wm Cunningham
Cunningham
Cowdenheath
Scotland
Chalmers Church
The Canadian home and the pull of outside entertainments
The piece notes a shift in Canadian households with less sleep time at home and more money spent on furnishings. It suggests homes remain loved as people still invest in them, but more activities such as shows, movies, dances, and jobs pull people out in the evenings.
Making Home Attractive Through Radio Entertainment
The article urges using radio to enrich home life with concerts operatic performances and dramas. It promotes inviting friends for simple fun at home with games dancing and low cost entertainment to create a happy welcoming living space.
Quard of Gt Alban the Martyr Sunday Service Schedule
The fragment outlines a church program for the Second Sunday after Foster Woo on a May Sunday. It lists Holy Eucharist and Sermon at 11 am and Evening Prayer with Senior Classes at 7 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church School
Gorton Agnew
West China Union University
Chengtu
West China
W. Mos
Quard
Gt. Alban the Martyr
Foster Woo AM Church School
Unions Threaten Major Strike Across Sectors in Canada
Toronto reports potential coordinated strikes among unions in steel mining rubber electricity and lumber as wage and hour demands rise. Seamen dispute over sailing hours stalls with proposed shorter hours deemed impractical delaying season opening. Meat supply tight in Ontario with cattle shipments rising but government action looming. Weather and rain hinder pasture growth across Manitoba and southern regions delaying fruit bud opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Jackson
United Electrical Workers
CI QO
Alrike
Hamilton
Lake All Cossta
Canadian Seaman's Union
CCS
Dominion Marine Associationg
George Bo Donovan
Marine Austetion Secelrary
Anid
Ulla
Toerante
Werkend
Commission
Woowas
Gains and Losses in City Inventories and Depreciation
The article explains that municipalities should routinely inventory assets and liabilities to assess gains or losses. It notes depreciation from wear, tear, or obsolescence reduces value and stresses towns must keep advancing to avoid falling behind rivals.
Nancy Boyd Named After Sinatra Song In Winnipeg
The birth of Nancy Maria Boyd delighted her parents W. M. Boyd and his wife, the city’s first Dutch war bride, who chose her name from Frank Sinatra’s song Nancy with the Laughing Face.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Nancy
Maria Boyd
W. M. Boyd
Thin City
Frank Sinatra
Boom Town Krona Plans School and Theatre Builds
In Anipe Peninsula Krona a girls school and a theatre are slated to begin within a couple of months while work continues on a canting mill at nearby St Charles de Caplan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krona
Anipe Peninsula
St. Charles de Caplan
Britons find homes in old army camps
British civilian housing becomes possible in vacated military camps with War Office approval for huts on campsites if no further military use arises and health officials deem huts sanitary. Privacy would come from partitioning huts into rooms. Montreal dispatch notes a traffic accident involving a fire chief en route to a scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
War Office
Ministry of Health
Nixon elected president of Halton Children’s Aid Society
The Halton Children’s Aid Society held its annual meeting in Milton with Mrs M E Nixon elected president, Mr Woon Gilbert secretary and superintendent, and Miss Kedava Anderson treasurer. Messages of thanks were given to auditors and remarks praised the treasurer’s work. A social luncheon followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulington
WA Weaver
George Brown
Georgetown
Win Deans
de Cog Heid
Milton
Mor Nison
Hey
Wo Porter
Oakville
Cameron Hillmer
Robert
Enques Ing
Eoe Harrap
M. E. Nixon
Woon Gilbert
FF Schoempsen
Stalton
Toronto Society
Mra Hood
Peel Society
Halton and
Feel Society
Parkin
Hamilton Society
Mra Mulligan
Wentworth Society
M. Nison
Halton Children’s Aat Society
Reasons Why Eggs Are Good Across Canada
The article explains Canada-wide egg grading under Dominion and provincial laws. It notes 1 664 registered Egg Grading Stations nationwide with provincial counts and that all eggs sold or bought must be graded to Canadian Standard Egg Grading. It reports 1939 and 1940 activity, including 387 818 cases graded and 15 555 inspection visits to wholesale and retail outlets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec
New Trunswick
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Stith
Poultry Products Inspection Service
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Egie
Summerfallow Best Weed Control on Prairies
Regina CP says summerfallow is the most effective weed control on the prairies based on Indian Head Sask experiments. It must be used to kill weeds as soon as they appear without causing soil drifting. Surface ullage outperforms plowing and helps maintain a wind erosion resistant trash cover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina
Indian Mead
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wm. McArthur
Winnipee
Mr. Glanstone
Ogdensburg, N. Y
Mrs
Spencer
Charles MacPhemnan
Joan
Marlene
Sayers
Miss Gibbons
Po Watson
Joe N. Reid
Dorothy
EF. Frank Kennedy
Hugh Reid
Myst
Spencer Musband
Church News
Wnlied Church of Canada
Adon
the Friendly Church
Walter Forrury
Miaibter
Bower
Thure
Halton
Presbyterian Church In Canada
Knox Churcil Acton
Porbes Thomson
Minletay Manse
Willow Street
Steve Pour Cpes
R. M. Bell
R.O. Phane
Erin
McEachern Phone
Mill St. Acton
Thora
Brenda Joyce
Edmund Lowe
Man From
Oklahoma
Roy Rogers
Trary
Fox News
Mildred
Pierce
Joan Crawford
Jack Cargon
Manitoulin Island
Frankie
Montreal
J.’ Roche
Karh
Nedverne RE. Pratt
National Clothing Collection
Pratt
Iae
Dominion Department of Laber
Europe
Mo i. Nixon
Children’s Aid
Nicol Bros
A. J. Corbett
Mount Forest
Enquirer
W. Coles
Agar’s Coal Office
Estim
UPI
Sisman
Pallant’s
Mill Street
Stanley Park, Erin
Upwells Limited
Presto
Talbots
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