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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 19, 1938
Page
4
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Local social notes list Ballina and Mies Mary McKennmn and Mr and Mrs Georges Matthews of Toronto spending Saturday at Mrs Roper’s home. Other visitors include Ms John Harding staying with friends at Bimooe and Mr Will Harding at Burk's Falls on business.
Nassagaweya The Heather Mission Band of Ebeneser United Church held their monthly meeting last Sunday under Mrs. Trousdale. Mr. and Mrs. Golightly of Toronto visited Nassagaweya friends. Phyllis Fletcher from Quelph visited Darbyville parents. Wm. Kee of Guelph visited relatives in Nassagaweya. Official Board meeting of Ebeneser Bien Mills Arkell United Churches was held in Arkell with good attendance, Rev. W. D. Clark presiding. A. M. McPherson of Namagaweya has a leg in a cast after a recent accident.
Campbellville Ladies' Aid held its regular meeting in the Sunday school room forming a work bee. One quilt was quilted and other tasks completed before lunch and a social half hour. Several visitors from Hamilton Toronto Woodstock and Kingston were noted in attendance and in illness news Mrs Andrew Allen is seriously ill at home.
Limehouse residents report a May 5 meeting at Mr A Hill where officers were chosen including Mrs A J Smethurat as president and Mrs A W Benton as secretary treasurer. Other posts filled, district reps named, and auditors listed. Local injuries include Brice Moore cutting his knee and Alex Wright breaking a collarbone. The Presbyterian W M Society District Meeting at Brampton drew several attendees.
Eden Mills and Toronto visitors joined My and Mrs. John Milne for a Sunday gathering. Campbellville guests, the J Elliott family, visited in the area. Mrs. Glendenning sold household effects and plans to reside with James Glendenning in Erin Township. Mrs. Wilton is ill with tonsillitis at home. Mrs. W Lowrie of Moffat visited over the weekend.
The Women's Missionary Society of Rockwood Presbyterian met last Thursday at President Mrs. M. T. Smith's home with good attendance. Reports covered the Thessday Rally and the April Provincial meeting in Galt. A Bible Society annual meeting followed at St. John's Church with Rev. W. McLeary of the British and Foreign Bible Society delivering an address. A Mother’s Day four generational gathering occurred in the Young McNabb family. Various local visits and home improvements were noted along with a Sunday reunion of Newfoundland sisters at Mrs W. J. Edwards's Rockwood home and a Halifax relative visit.
Major Predd Betts a Conservative member of Parliament from London Ontario was drowned in the Blanche River near Buckingham Quebec on a fishing trip. His car was found parked by the river in an intense search and his body recovered with a fractured skull believed from a fall on the riverbank.
The wedding of Miss Margaret Leckie daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Leckie of Arcola Sask and Dr Dennis M Smith son of Mr and Mrs Maxwell C Smith Burlington will take place in Winnipeg in June. A. A. Allen and Wm Ryerson of Brantford collide with Reeve A A Allen in Brantford. Mrs Alice Taylor of Hamilton a former Burlington resident shot in chest.
At the monthly Women's Institute meeting in Ospringe a hand painted picture of the Ospringe School was presented to caretaker Miss Emma Baldic in appreciation of her winter work. Mrs S Box gave a short address and Mrs E Barber presented the gift. Milas Baldic expressed thanks and wished the Institute continued success. Visitors included Mrs Margin Cox and children from New Toronto with Mr and Mrs D Stewart.
Georgetown announces the engagement of Dorothy Ellen Sargent to Bernard Cowtan, and Gladys Mary Martin to Harold Coulson with June weddings planned. Mrs Buck fractured her arm, hospitalized in Toronto, and band concerts in Brampton and Georgetown drew large crowds. The Lorne Scots Band performed at officers mess and Gregory Theatre with a Mothers dedication program.
Jozeph Dowdle on Pine Avenue suffered severe shoulder injuries bruises and lacerations after his bicycle collided with a car while attempting to turn onto Middle Road from Kerr Street. The Oakville and District Boy Scouts Association expects 1500 toward fundraising goals, bringing promised total to 765.25. Harbor season opens as the freighter Sandland from Montreal docks in at 15 feet of water with a full load of Scotch anthracite for Hillmer Fuel. Lions Club Zone 6 hosts large Oakville gathering at Village Inn with about ninety attendees from Oakville Burlington Brampton Georgetown Credit Valley and Waterdown clubs.
Milton residents Nell McPhail and Ed McPhail celebrated their golden wedding yesterday with a large gathering at their home on Charles Street. Nearby, Miss Margaret Brownridge, longtime organist at Christ Church Oaklawn, married the previous Saturday in a small ceremony at the Beaty home. A brief program followed, featuring contributions from Miss Jamieson and Miss Myrtle Peacock, as reported by Champion.
Port Hope residents Erin Mround and Stanley Strowger visited Sunday with Mr and Mrs W Y Cray. Delhi visitors Mr and Mrs Wesley Gray and two sons joined local hosts, along with Mrs Basil Johnston and son from Acton. Mr J H Gibson injured eye by steel fragment but recovering. Mr H Swinton bought Arscott residence. Arscott family moved to James Binnie. Canon Weaver delivered farewell at Erin All Saints Church May 15 marking three happy years of service.
Mrs MecGoolty rushes into Blue Springs millinery claiming her pew hat is trimmed on the wrong side. She insists the trimming belongs on the church side next to the left wall so all her friends can see it and refuses to pay for unseen extras.
Good eight room house on Mill Street Acton Ontario with furnace water and lights. Apply Alvin Fisher Erin 25144 R. R. 2 Acton. 462 Good prices paid for horses injured cattle fox meat. Call Very Promptly Georgetown 05131 contact charges reversed. Vannatter Fox Farm.
The Municipal Council of Nassagaweya will hold a Court of Revision at the Township Hall Campbellville on Wednesday June 1 at 1 pm to hear appeals against the 1938 Assessment Roll. Dated May 16 1938 Chase Norris Crerk.
The Municipal Council of Acton will meet as a Court of Revision in the Council Chamber on Monday in May 1938 at seven o clock. All persons have certain rights regarding the revision and must attend or be represented. The notice calls residents to participate in the hearing and review of local assessments.
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