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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 09, 1940
Page
17
In Guelph General Hospital on 8th 1940 a son was born to Mr and Mrs Malcolm Moffat. In Exsquesing Township on 6th 1940 John Brown widow Fannie Moore husband died at home aged 87 or 88.
Sunday honor and Mother’s Day church services referenced with spring ads and garden notes. Victoria Day and early summer holidays loom as infrastructure work on Mill Street proceeds. CNR crossing timber renewal and drain connections reported along with Ajax Engineering radio tower activity in Scarboro and a water culvert installation near The Free Press. Ottawa tax receipts show rise versus last year while local civic groups seek support and a Petrol Company workshop photo features “Chick” Parody abroad.
The piece collects Irish humor snippets and malaprops from figures in farming politics clergy and banking. It notes common misquotations and mishearings as the satire emphasizes social mores and linguistic slips across Ireland.
An article discusses algae as a water problem and notes methods using copper or sulfate, plus regular microscopic checks. It then shifts to travel notes from the Free Press columnist about Ontario farming, mining towns Tyranie and Tyranite, education at Miss Leary's Tyranie school, and local dairy and cheese initiatives as well as road and mining developments near Gowganda and Elk Lake.
The Rev. Maurice Henry Edwards, former Royal Navy chaplain, is pictured after taking over as Chaplain-in-Chief to the Royal Air Force in his new post announced recently.
Cecelia Langan Treanor wife of Thomas Treanor died Tuesday April 30 at her King Street home after months of illness. She was Georgetown born daughter of the late John and Mrs Langan educated at local schools and longtime Holy Cross Church organist and Sunday School teacher. She leaves husband five daughters and five sisters. Funeral from her home to Holy Cross Church with Requiem High Mass and bearers named. Interment Greenwood Cemetery Georgetown Herald.
English bell founders cast three large bells for a church in Phaneromeni Cyprus, part of a global trend as British bells remain in demand despite tariffs. The article notes a few master families control tuning, with Canada and the US top customers. It mentions historic bells like Big Ben and lists churches worldwide from Christchurch Cathedral to St John’s Newfoundland and beyond.
A report notes bath and shower incidents form a small part of home accident claims. Falls on stairs and trips account for far more, with bathtub related cases about one in thirty. Of 40,506 claims for home accidents, 1,212 involved bathtubs or showers, 3.3 percent.
During the war period officers of non-mobilized units of the Non permanent Active Militia will discontinue wearing medals decorations and orders but ribbons will continue to be worn with service or battle dress.
Samuel Harden Church of the Carnegie Institute, acting for Pittsburgh residents, offers a reward of 1,000,000 dollars for the capture of Adolf Hitler. The deal requires Hitler be delivered to the League of Nations in May alive and unharmed for trial on crimes against peace and the dignity of Goa.
The Local Board, reporting no new communicable diseases in two weeks to May 4, warns property owners to clean unsightly premises by May 20 under the Public Health Act. Noncompliance leads to costs charged to the owner. Citizens may use town dumping on F. Cooper farm with rules to burn waste and keep area orderly.
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