Acton Community News Draws Many From Nearby Cities
Local notes reveal visitors and greetings among Acton residents. JH Emith of Kitchener visits Acton friends, Laure Reid of Hamilton visits, and families from Toronto and Georgetown spend time with Acton relatives. A former bandmaster, AW Perrot, is discharged after six years on service. Frances Lamb graduates as nurse at Guelph General Hospital. Clarence and Mrs McCutcheon travel in the North Western States and plan a return trip via Sault Ste. Marie and the prairie provinces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AW Perrot
Lorne Scolar
Canadian Ordnance Band
Clarence McCutcheon
West Summerland
Hugh McCutcheon
Malin
Engagements and Upcoming Marriages Noted for Local Families
Mr and Mrs Dan Campbell announce Rhoda Florence French engaged to William Cashmere McCluskey of Smithville. The marriage is planned at Ballinafad Church in June. Mr and Mrs Ken McKinnon announce Audrey Lorraine to Kenneth Elmer Maude of Rockwood with marriage in early June. Mr and Mrs WH Robinson announce Dorothea Beryl to Gordon Hugh Mec Aninch of Guelph with a Barrie Hill United Church ceremony on Saturday at 3 o'clock in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Campbell
Rhoda Florence French
William Cashmere McCluskey
Smithville
Ballinafad Church
Ken McKinnon
Audrey Lorraine
Kenneth Elmer
Henry Maude
Rockwood
WH. Robinson
Dorothea Beryl
Gordon Hugh Mec
Aninch
Guelph
Barrie Hill United Church
Arthur May Death Shocks Orton Friends
The town mourns the death of Arthur May in an apparent accident. His funeral was held Friday at Heth el Presbyterian Church Price's Corner and drew a large crowd. He leaves a widow three children an aged father and four brothers with deep sorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur May
Hethel Presbyterian Church
Price's Corner
Jack Depes W. Bradfort
Mra
Jas. Nevills
Geo. Tush
Harvey Dearing
Myrna Gregson
Mark Dearing
Neree
Henry Scott
St. Catharines
Wm. Ballentine
Los Angeles
Cal
J. Stanley Deaving
Lloyd_ Millar
Guelph General Hospital
Henderson
Hillaburg
Dog causes ruckus chewing gum under table at eatery
In Yorktown, a dog accompanies its owner to a restaurant, waking patrons as it gnaws chewing gum placed under the table. The pup’s noisy habit contrasts with the owner quietly drinking coffee, highlighting the dog’s unlikely resistance to plastic chew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorktown
Gask
Sunday Worship and Sermon by Neil Miller Record
On Sunday May 26 1946 worship services include morning at 11 and evening at 2 with a sermon "Christ's Necessity" during morning. Neil Miller of Northampton will preach the sermon in the afternoon as part of the Presbyterian Advance for Christ and Peace offering drive with a renewal theme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Church
Galatia
Woo
Neil Miller
Nhampton
Christ
Panter
Martins
English War Bride Joins Tennant Family In Georgetown
Mrs. Bernard Tennant and son Bernard Roger arrived from England to join Mr. Tennant in Georgetown last week. A Christie Street Hospital variety show led by J. H. Lillico delighted patients on May 7. Dr Mutchmore of the United Church Board discussed Cedarvale farms pricing at $550 per acre, with the council proposing the same offer, Cr Goodlett voting no. The town planned surveying the property as directed by a Monday council motion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Bernard Tennant
Bernard Roger
Old Country
Tennant
J. H. Lillico
Christie Street Hospital
Mutchmore
United Church
Cedarvale Farms
Mtarres
Elmenibere
Cr Goodlett
Achievement Day for Halton Junior Farmers
Halton Junior Farmers and Junior Homemakers hold their annual livestock judging and achievement day on Saturday in Milton. Exhibits and demonstrations by home economics students proceed at the Milton Town Hall with prizes, trips to Niagara Falls, New York State, and Chicago International and 4-H Club Congress awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halton
Milton Town Jar
Mia
Lulu
J. F. Whitelock
Ave
Trafalgar
Niagara Falls
New York State
Milton Town Hall
Geo. S. Atkina
Milton Junior Farmers
Power Projects To Lift Egypts Living Standard
Cairo reports two hydroelectric schemes to tap the Nile and the Mediterranean. The Aswan dam station and a canal tunnel from the Mediterranean to the Quattra basin aim to produce about 350 000 horsepower each, potentially tripling Egypts electric supply and boosting industry and peace. Dr Abdul Aziz Ahmed Bey cautions higher living standards are essential for world peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
Nile
Mediterranean
America
Boulder Dam
Abdel Aziz Ahmed Bey
Hydro-Electric Commission
Aswan Dam
Calico
Quattra
Seea
Aswan
Ande Aziz Adda
Quick Freezing Plant Planned for 1946 Fruit Season
In British Columbia the cooperative union moves to construct a quick freezing and holding plant for the 1946 fruit season. The facility will freeze 75 barrels of fruit daily or about 20 000 pounds and include a holding room for 1 500 barrels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mission,b.c
Co-Operative Union
Halton High School Plan Seeks Countywide Areas
A Halton County report urges dividing the county into three high school districts Oakville Trafalgar Burton Nelson and Northern Halton to enlarge school areas and provide transportation for rural pupils. The plan aims to boost enrollment and allow broader programs with provincial grants offsetting local costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiskes County
Halton County
Joe McDonald
Actos
M M Robinson
Burlington
W. C Shipley
Oakville
Skhuce
PSL
Sciet Linder
County of Halton
Oakville-Trafalgar
Burtington-Nelson
Halton
Milton
Georgetown
Acton
Nasasgaweya
Esqueaing
Netaan
Itte
Pupply
Farm Scheme Aims to Aid Unemployed Boys in Pretoria
A Pretori a Juvenile Affairs Board plan would apprentice 16 to 18 year olds to farming with two year programs. If adopted the scheme would be run by the labor and agriculture departments with the Transvaal Agricultural Union. Apprentices would train at agricultural colleges and work with sound farmers to become skilled foremen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pretoria
South Africa
Pretoria Juvenile Affairs Board
Department of Labor
Department of Agriculture
Transvaal Agricultural Union
Army Parm Success Intrigues Indians
In New Delhi, farmers near here seek the Rajputana Rifles Regimental Centre to learn how the army farm yields twice as much barley per acre. Soldiers credit seed use and manure discs burned in kilns, turning the 16 acre barren plot into a pre-release agriculture school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
Jharers
Rajputana Rifles
Rajrif
Rajputane Hifles
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JH. Emith
Kitchener
Laure Reid
Hamilton
Mr. Reilly
Wm. Arnold
George Wallace
Chester Wallace
Toronto
Misa Hannah Wallace
William = Hithte
Henry Hilts
Ballinafad
J. L. McDonald
Detroit
Mich
Mr. Saint Myr- Donald
Miss Ruby
Mr. Hoyd Clark
OW. J. Gould
General Hospital
Cedric Crea
Gordon Martin
Dick Packer
Lydia
Douglas
Robert Lane
Carol
Limehouse Apent
W J. Mall
Orrie Lamb
Meera
Walter
James Lamb
Tena Henderson
W. J. Beatty
Gonton Beatty
Foday
Frances Lamb
Nurese
Orton
Church News
Presbyterian Church
Gounds
Teva Gis
W. T. Wallace
Paster
Giperet
Alkan
A. Floyd Smith
Quebec Street
West Guelph
McEachern Electric Phone
Mill St. Acton
Shirley Temple
Jerome Courtland
Tuefaday
Claudette “Colbert
Joseph Cotten
Monty Woolley
Lonesome Lenny
Mediterranean Sea
Robt. R. Hamilton, Rh. O
George’s Ke
Gusigh
Melvin
Owen Williams
Stanley Park
Run
Upwells Limited
Dominion
Canada
Victoria and Mill ST
Lords
Joyce and
Gratton
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