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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 24, 1945
Page
17
Multiple birth and obituary notices from Guelph General Hospital and surrounding area list births for Anderson Elsley Patterson and others, with dates in May 1945. The notices honor deceased family members, including Speight Gordon Anthony Nell is Holloway Anderson and Bristow families, memorials for Connie Anderson, Constance Anderson, Ray Lambert, and others with dates and familial relations.
A collection of thanks notes expresses gratitude for the kindness shown after James Mille and Bertha Speight's illnesses and deaths. Friends offered flowers and heartfelt tributes, bringing comfort to Amy and Bertha as they mourned.
The item notes elections looming with voting dates near and a May 7 observance deemed unnecessary. It mentions Tag Day on June 2 for the CNIB under the Duke of Devonshire Chapter TODB, a Maple Leaf copy for troops overseas, St. Alban's Guild monthly meeting at Mrs. Anderson's Cameron Street, and plans for fall events and Hallowe'en. It also references refreshments for boys at a Peak ceremony.
Bertha H Speight longtime Acton Public Utilities Commission secretary treasurer died Saturday at her Church and John Street home after illness following her mother's death in 1944. Born in Acton she served in municipal offices including Waterworks and treasurer roles and was active in the United Church and Women’s Missionary Society. Funeral service held Monday at her home followed by burial in Fairview Cemetery.
Hatton Junior Homemakers plan demonstrations on two projects including Menu and Clothes Closets Up to a Date while Hatton Junior Farmers under 30 judge Classes of Vatican breeds. Registration at 8:45 a.m. in Milton Department Office. prizes presented at Milton Town Hall with a dance to follow.
The Liberal program emphasizes public purchasing power to sustain prosperity in Ontario and outlines postwar measures. It pledges universal health insurance, increased old age pensions, and a youth department with voting age reduced to 18 to ensure returning service members can vote.
Scout Mothers held a May meeting at Mrs Agarons home on Tuesday May th deciding to hold the Cupscene in the park in June and plan the next gathering as a pleme The group arranged sending edye equies to the Canadian Institute for the Blind A lunch followed by tea ended the meeting reflected in a social hour The editorial page was displaced by printing demands with voters in mind and a note on Churchill facing postwar political challenges in England.
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