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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

May 22, 1941

Page

8

Notable Births Marriages and Deaths Notices

Notices of births marriages and deaths from a mid century paper list several entries. Patterson at Guelph General Hospital May 18 1941 to Mr and Mrs Wilbur Patterson Cooper- Reade at Capreol May 13 1941 Helen Luntng Reade to William Gordon Cooper in Acton Ontario Perry at Parkdale Presbyterian Church Toronto May 10 1941 Olive Margaret Perry to Stanley K Joe of Acton McDougall at Wellesley Hospital Toronto May 1941 Jennie B Young widow of Malcolm McDougall mother of Donald Gordon and Jack Davies at St Josephs Hospital Guelph May 20 1941 James William Davies beloved husband of Helen Scott funeral arrangements in Eden Mills and Acton Holloway memory of Edwin K Holloway May 25 1989 Leslie in loving memory of Joe W Leslie May 20 1934 Mary M Leslie May 25 1940 family notes and verses from relatives in Acton area including tributes to a sister and brother.

Davies St. Joseph’s Hospital Guelph James William “Davies Helen Scott Cameron Scott Eden Mills Eden Aires Presbyterian Church

Community Notes and Local Developments

Odds and Enis K Bradshaw visit Mrs G interests in the Lord's Day Alliance. Early gardens show progress with potatoes likely before July 1. Work starts on a residence on Young Street for Misses Isabel and Nelie Anderson. Excavations begun for Mr R Crawford on Arthur Street. Niagara Falls resident Francis Palmer won 121 dollars on Wrigley Treasure Trail six weeks ago Tuesday. St W Lowrie named judge at Stratford Horse Show on June 3 4 5. Victoria Day weekend shopping urged. May opening for Bow sport invited attendees. The Millan Champion celebrates eighty second year and joins the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association. Congratulations to Bright and White publishers. Back to school May 24 reunion at Dublin School. Exclusive three part article series on Canadian Wool Production begins this week in Nex Fares Paces with local Wool Gambing Corp establishment in Acton. War Expenditures Committee duties limit Mr Hughes Cleaver Ottawa letters paused. Ottawa review to appear via Canadian Press.

Resident of Oxbow James Mellon Dies After Illness

James Mellon a longtime Oxbow resident aged 82 died at his home after a prolonged heart condition. Born in Stratford Ontario he lived in Ontario California and San Francisco before settling in Oxbow in 1952. He was generous with children and praised for kindness. Survived by brother John Mellon Acton Ontario and sister Mrs P J Gibbens Oxbow. Funeral held Monday at St Josephs with Rev Fr F Beulenau officiating.

James Mellon Oxbow Mellon Stratford Ontario California San Francisco

April accounts and oddities from Nelson area news

Welfare Board records show April receipts totaling 635 dollars. A KC E H Cleaver’s car vanished then was recovered by Constable Anderson. A Norwegian pilot forced to land in a rhubarb patch near Lakeshore and a Burlington Red Cross knitting record by Mrs. Darrell are noted. James Jarvis aids reassessment. old survey gains exceed 91000 with few appeals.

Welfare Board E. H. Cleaver K.C Anderson Locust Street Toronto Island Joseph Green Lakeshore Harry Darrell Port Nelson Burlington Red Cross Darrell Nelson James Jarvis W. E. A. Peer Roseland Lake Shore Indian Point Gazette

Two Foreigners and Six Spanished Men Sentenced

Two foreigners and six Swien have been tried and sent enced to two to five years hard labor for spying in Bern.

Bern Swien

Notice to Creditors in Estate of Thomas Mullin Wil

Notice is given to all persons with claims against Thomas Bartlett Mullin, late of Acton Ontario, civil engineer, deceased. Claims must be filed by June 14 1941 with Lorne L Mullin and Frankie Florence Cornell, the executors, at Georgetown Ontario. After that date executors will distribute assets to those who have notice and will not be liable to those lacking notice.

Perrone Thomas Bartlett Nin Guelph Welington Ontario Lorne L. Mullin Frankie Florence Cornell Iast Wii Thomas Bartlett Mullin Muliiz Pene Lorne L Mullit Georgetown A.D Dale and Bennett Frankie Florence Cofaeh

British World War II War Commentary Update

Gen Sir Archibald Wavell reorganizes forces for Egypt Tobruk and Crete. Allied positions in Syria Iraq and the Mediterranean worsen for Axis as Royal Navy blocks supply and US and Vichy tensions rise. Crete invasion and Crete battles continue with German paratroop assaults and air landings reported.

Archibald Warbll Middle Fant Greece Churchill Egypt Tobruk Crete Wavell Sicily Royal Navy Onen B. Con Broyborg Thas Sir Maitland Wilson Palestine Trans-Jordan Sir Thomas Blamey Cape East Africa North-Africa Ethiopia Addis Ababa Halle Selassie Lion of Judah Libya Cyrenacia Salum Syria Royal Air Force Damascus Palmyra Rayak Asis Germany Mediterranean Iraq Turkey Russia Tunisia Roosevelt France Washington United States Margnlque Red Sea Vichy Britain Aosta Ay A Re

Visiting Hours for Dionne Quintuplets at Dafoe Hospital

Canadian National Railways officials announce visiting hours for the Dionne Quintuplets at Dafoe Hospital effective May 21. Visiting times run morning 9 to 11:30 a.m. and afternoon 4 to 4:30 p.m. Central Standard Time. The children may be seen daily.

Canadian National Railways Dafoe

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Patterson Guelph Chondral Hospital Mra Wilbur Patterson X ben—Harvey Alexandria Memoriam Leslie Joe W. Lesle Enis K. Bradshaw Mrs. G The Young Street Isabel and Nelie Anderson R. Crawford Arthur Street Francis Palmer Niagara Falls St. W. Lowrie Sth Victoria al Bowlerk Millan Champion Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Messrs Bright Sand Pups of Dublin School Nex Fares Acton Wool Gambing Corporation Canadian Wool Company Hughes Cleaver Halton Ottawa Fare Party Cleaver Sask Theo Eatate VUL Walton ROYAL George Formby Erich Remarque Frederic Margaret Frances March Sullivan Dee Buck Privates Abbott & Costello Andrew Sisters Acton Public Utilities Commission Oakville Colborne ST. W Ender Duke of Anata Ambra Ainja Jondar Gondar Oceas Bengas Fort Brazil Cape Town United States State Department Berlin Winston Churchill House of Commons Cret Almirame Canon and Halemi Inof Suda Bay London Heraclean Retima J Wool Growers Limited Bay Street Toronto Empire Ankle Ankle Sox Tooke Elliott Bros Western Canada Eastern Canada Farea Rah Canala Stic Bordendo- Mateh Symon MILI
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