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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 25, 1944
Page
3
A fragment notes Harold Scott presenting a sum of money to an attendee or group at Limehouse as part of a local gathering. The text hints at a community event with reader involvement but lacks full details.
Sunday guests at Col. and Mrs. Head included Kit chener Head and Doris Burnett from Guelph, Fred Murray and Geo Garden from Acton, and Mrs Harvey Jestin with her young son. Several residents relocated or returned home from hospitals and nursing homes in Acton and Guelph, including Mrs Beverley Hepburn with her son, Mrs Morris’s daughter Milla visiting in Guelph, and Jas Hepburns moving back to Acton area.
Ballinafad notes residents visiting relatives in Guelph and Milton. Mrs Jamieson returns from Toronto General Hospital while two new members join a Sunday Communion, and a baby is christened. Mrs McMenemy convalesces at home as farmers near seeding completion and a hopeful outlook fills the community. Annie Vannatter stays for treatment at Lockwood Clinic.
On Wednesday evening May 17 at the home of Mrs. Wm. Donaghy in Orangeville a group including Mr. and Mrs. R. Hoare and Mrs. H. Reid and families and other locals celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary. They were presented with a walnut console table. Several families and visitors from Corbetton Grand Valley Hillsburg and New Toronto joined the event.
At Erin village meeting the yearly rate was fixed at 1 41 mills and the victory loan quote at 30 000 dollars with sales 36 by 0 . Mrs Cosk Thling injured her left shoulder falling while duties. X ray showed no break. Hillsburg couple sold mares to Kilgour Wilson Lachute Quebec for two thousand dollars shipped from Guelph last Wednesday.
Recent visitors included Mrs Morley Walker and Mrs Alfred Hales Sr of Guelph to see Mr and Mrs J Mann of Acton. Miss Jean Kirkwood holidaying with her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs F Brydon. Meetings featured Centre Wellington Womens Institute in Elora with Mrs E Sunter winning first prize for the year's reports. Plans for a rally and field day at Erin Park were discussed after the Farm Forum Group meeting at the school chaired by Harold Smith.
The Burlington area will initiate pickup from eight points by week’s end as mall boxes arrive on Monday. Stanley Craze accepted an honor pennant for A. S. Nicholson and Son Co which exceeded quota with 96 percent employee bond participation. Three local men were arrested for an alleged offense against a local girl and appeared in Hamilton court with adjourned hearing. A May 24 Victoria Day observance was proposed as a civic reminder. not a legal holiday, but council passed a resolution to urge observance. Road and Bridge reports showed February to April costs of 841, plus fuel, with potential annual garbage collection cost around 1400 if rents rise.
Nigeria notes a virtual defeat of yellow fever in West Africa as the region continues its persistent fight against the mosquito and the disease it carries.
Community church program features vocal solos duets and ensembles with performances by Mrs Prank Deen Joyor Willer Leona Gibb and many others. Sunday marks annual Bible Society meeting with Rev Ward in charge and plans for June anniversary services. Sympathy extended to Haldenby Hutchinson and Gordon families. Numerous local residents visit or return from area towns and hospitals.
Local news notes the Besy Bees Club quilting at Mrs C K Dev enport’s home last Thursday. Messages mention mourning for Mrs Rachel Joyce in Milton private nursing home and a death in the Wilson family with interment at Exin Cemetery. Families bidding farewell include Mr and Mrs Jews Wardlaw moving to a farm near Milton.
Cedarvale residents Archie Cunningham and Miss Clara Tarz iwell visited. Mrs Ed Widdis hosted Cedarvale Women's Institute on May Vth with a program including readings, papers, instrumental pieces, a hidden word contest, and a singing of the National Anthem. Master Gordon Delaney underwent an appendicitis operation at Guelph Hospital with wishes for a speedy recovery.
The report covers rains delaying farm work and fears of flooding like last spring. Local residents, including Mrs Charlies Roberts and Mrs Adams, are mentioned amid visits from Mrs McFarlane and Mr. Amos. A new gravel pit is opened on J. F. Allison’s farm as road work resumes. A baseball match between No 7 and No 3 schools is planned. The text notes anniversary services on June ith and a music festival practice at Brookville Hall with Miss Kay McGillivray visiting from Hamilton.
In Canberra a wartime program expands flax cultivation from 2 000 acres in 1940 to 56 000 acres in 1943 with an objective of 70 000 acres for 1946. The effort supports Max production in Australia during the war.
Fragmented classified item lists farm equipment and livestock for sale including a Massey-Harris Cream Separator and a Jersey cow with calves. Entries mention contact names John C. Dennis and Gordon Johnston, with locations Rockwood and Esquesing Township.
Notices announce a 1944 Court of Revision for Nassagaweya Township to hear appeals against the 1944 assessment. The session is at the Nassagaweya Township Hall on Monday June 5 at 5 PM, Campbellville. Clerk Chas F Norrish signs the notice.
An auction notice lists WNEE Auction Sale with positively no reserve as the proprietor balances stock owing to the help and notes Auctioneer E Readhead as clerk.
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