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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 15, 1941
Page
6
At his late residence On rings Ontario Stanley Tovell beloved husband of Bertha Stewart in the second year. Macpherson At Washington D C Theoloy i May 1941 Edgar R Macpherson beloved husband of Ysabele McPherson formerly of Galt.
Local notes include Victoria Day holiday in two days, shoppers urged to stock a two day supply. A gathering of Dublin school alumni set for May 24 at the schoolhouse with banquet. Auditors' Report copies available from the Clerk's office and Tore Fare Parsa Office. Beardmore Employees plan a June bingo for the British War Victims Fund. Acton district men in Canadian Forces active service to be republished with corrections next week. Some Scots are recruiting for the second battalion reserve force. drill weekly. contact Second Lieutenant Jas Hoss for details.
Defense Minister Horace Ralston forecast a May to June drive to recruit 20 000 to 200 000 men for active service in Canada. The plan accounts for overseas discharges and battle casualties, with reinforcements built overseas and a push to raise units to full strength.
The Forest Products Laboratories report hot pressed resin bonded plywood strengthens boats and canoes such as sail boards paddles kayaks and dinghies. The waterproof plywood with cramp bands increases strength per thickness enabling lighter craft for water sports lovers and tourists.
London retailers face price controls as the Nathan Vegetable Marketing Company, created by the Ministry of Food, fixes imported tomatoes at 1s 6d per pound. Market actions aim to regulate fruit and vegetable costs in Covent Garden.
The funeral of the late Edgar R. Macpherson was held Saturday at Johnstone and Rumley Funeral Home with interment at Strabane Cemetery. He was a native of Gait who moved to Chicago and became an executive at National Bla cult Co before retirement. Survived by widow, one daughter Willa of Guelph, and sister Miss Annie MacPherson, Hamilton. Attendees from Acton, Galt, Toronto, and Hamilton included relatives and colleagues.
Mrs R H Wansbrough of Toronto died at her home on May 9 following a lengthy illness. Born 1846 in Nassagawega Township she spent youth there and in Acton. She moved to Toronto in 1916 with her husband Roy H Wansbrough and was active in Parkdale United Church and temperance work. Survived by husband Roy and two children Betty and Donald, as well as siblings and inlaws. Funeral held at Parkdale United Church with Rev R Sanderson officiating. interment in Farrew Cemetery Acton. Pallbearers included brothers John and Fred Williamson and four brothers-in-law.
Mrs J H Brown died Tuesday after months of ill health and several weeks in St Joseph’s Hospital Guelph. Born at Petersburg she was 55 and widowed to Herbert Brown. She lived 40 years in Acton and was active in United Church and women’s groups. Survived by husband four sons Roy Cecil Albert Toronto and others sister Sarah Scurt Toronto. Funeral Thursday May 5 at Johnstone Rumley Funeral Home with United Church service. interment Fairview Cemetery.
Martin Saville, an ARP worker, received the M. B. E. medal for saving a woman and two children and says he shares the honor with his colleagues who helped in the rescue.
By virtue of an execution issued from the 4th Division Court for Halton County against Frank Langmuir for Norton Motors a 1935 Ford Coupe is seized and to be sold at public auction at Norton's Garage Mill Street Acton on Wednesday May 21 1941 at 1 oclock in the afternoon. Dated May 12 1941. Auctioneer EB Thetford Bailiff.
Notice to creditors of the late Thomas Bartlett Mullin who died around April 13 1911 in Ontario. Claimants must send written details of their claims and accounts to Lorne J Mullin and Frankie Florence Cornell, executors, by June 14 1911. After that date they will distribute assets and will not be liable for unknown claims. Georgetown Ontario May 13 1911 Dale and Bennett Solicitors.
The council received letters on war charity concerts and a tag day in Acton. It agreed to supervise the park event in line with prior years and granted permission for the tag day. Other notes covered utilities, a weather loan appeal, street wiring, and tax arrears review.
An old phrase about balance is used to introduce dietary balance rules. The piece contrasts ancestral eating with modern diet planning and promotes alkaline foods such as Lima beans fruits and garden greens to balance meals with protein from meat bread and milk still included. It then lists three recipe ideas featuring Lima beans vegetables and creamed Lima with asparagus.
The column notes a YMCA Roy Camp on Venus Island near Georgian Bay with facilities from Cincinnati YoMECLA. It describes screened pavilions, a kitchen, tents, floors, cots, a bathing beach, a dock for steamers, and camp banking for boys to save funds. It also mentions the annual Penny Carnival this Saturday with parade, booths, fortune teller, roulette, bingo, and a lucky draw, plus a Tuesday softball game at the park between the s club and Young Men’s Club.
In South Africa a cure pill or ointment was tested by De Meulen at the Institute of Meratoi Research. The preparation, rubbed on the arm, allegedly prevented malaria infection from mosquitoes as he tested it on his own limbs. He reported immediate reaction when the untreated arm was exposed to mosquitoes.
Annapolis Valley festival fans expect a military tone and a Queen’s Fund relief effort for bomb victims in England. June dates mark the blossom season with parades, a coronation ball, military ceremonies, and the Easter-Canada audience flocking to Cornwallis Windsor and Evangeline Park.
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