Acton News Roundup of Weekend Visits and Local Happenings
Miss Etta Dills spent the weekend in Toronto. Bob Pearen visited Acton friends. Homer McLellan of Stratford stayed with the Smiths. Mrs Lorne Eula and Mrs Ken Ella Moore were noted on Monday. Sgm. Ivan G. Chalmers visited his sister Mrs A W Fenbury. Russell McDonald of Dolly Varden spent Sunday with the Curries at Milton Heights. Hunting trip planned for Frontenac County by Hazzard Benton and Clayton party. L Starkman in hospital in Toronto. Walter Wood and Kathleen Wood with Arthur Cole visited Islington. N F Moore returned from three weeks with friends in Orton, Hillsburg and Erin. Bobby McDonald of Milton Heights stayed with grandmother Mrs Angus McDonald at Dolly Varden. Becher and Becher families visited. Various Acton residents and visitors spent weekends at cottages in Haliburton County. Rev A B Rockle and Mrs Reckie, Baptist Mission founders, have moved to Acton to stay with Miss M M Reid on Mill Street. Welcome to the newcomers.
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A. B. Rockle
Card of Thanks for Mrs Edward Tyler
The family of the late Mrs Edward Tyler expresses sincere appreciation for kindness and sympathy shown by friends during the illness and at her passing. The support and comforting words are deeply cherished.
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Edward Tyler
Sineas
Show Goes On Despite Wars At 1941 International Exposition
The 1941 International Live stock Exposition and Horse Show runs Nov 28 to Dec 6 in Chicago with 65 judges from Canada and the United States assessing 12 000 plus farm animals and crop samples for 100 000 in cash prizes. W L Carlyle of Calgary will judge steer classes and select the grand champion steer from thousands entered, as young exhibitors increasingly win top honors.
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Chicago
United States
Canada
W. L. Carlyle
Calgary
Alberta
University of Wisconsin
Colorado
Oklahoma
Idaho
Carlyle
Duke of Windsor
Pearls Found Hidden in Fishermen’s Fishmeal Coach
Poultry farmer R. Clarke of Doddington England discovered more than 1000 cultured pearls inside a coach of fishmeal bought for his chickens. The find, unearthed during routine inspection, could have significant value and attracts expert appraisal.
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Doddington
England
R. Clarke
Boris a Marked Man in Wartime London
London dispatch reports Konta Todoroff stating in an interview that 10 000 political prisoners are in concentration camps in German ruled Bulgaria and that people await a chance to hang King Boris for betraying Bulgaria to Hitler.
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London
Prizonera
Catpa
Bulwarta
Konta Todoroff
Boris
Hitler
Winter Battles Across Russia and Allied Resistance
The weekly war commentary notes Soviet forces defending Leningrad and Moscow’s approaches while German advances press into the Crimea and Rostov. Serbian resistance grows as Nazi occupation tightens, and Allied actions include destroyer Reuben James torpedoing and U boats being hunted. Royal Navy and Canadian ships counter Axis supply efforts as air raids continue.
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Leningrad
Moscow
Tula
Crimean
Sebastopol
Donets
Rostov
Caucasus
Royal Navy
Admiralty
Germany
English Channel
Lieut. C. E. Bonnell
Royal Air Force
Libya
North
Mediterranean
Finland
Newfoundland
Angus Macdonald
Oakville
Ont
Halloween Dance at Acton Y M C A Draws Costumes
The Acton Y M C A hosted a Halloween event by the Y's Men's Club featuring diverse costumes from Indian Rajahs to a Dionne quintet with sound effects. Doris Weaver won the first prize for a pastel crepe paper outfit, and Harry Otterbein earned the second for an Indian Rajah look. Apple cider accompanied dances as plans for Friday nights’ events and popular tunes were announced. A new ladies locker room was unveiled, and the Badminton Club formed an executive with President Ben Corless and captains Dot McPherson and Mac Symon.
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Acton Y.M.C.A
Acton Y’s
Hallowe'en
Doris Weaver
Harry Otterbein
Ben, Corless
Dot McPherson
Mac Symon
Helen Mooney
Madge Hough
May Gray
Scout Progress And Investitures At Local Meeting
Scout News reports several members earning Second Class and First Class badges at the last meeting. Proficiency badges went to Ken Hassard Don Ross and others. Ray Arble Chuck Kingsmill were invested. Four recruits await Investiture next meeting as new patrols and colors are issued. Ken Hassard Don Evans and Dave Dills hiked to Blue Springs Reserve. A new progress chart tracks tests passed and standings, with dues to be charged at each meeting. Lions lead patrol competition this season.
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Don Ross
Claass
Don Evans
Dave Dilla
Alsto
Ken Hassard
Hearthyman
Don Rosas
Dairyman
Jack Malnprize
George Hollinger
Fireman
Jack
Malnprize
Ray Arble
Chuck Kingsmill
Dave Dills
Blue Springs Reserve
St Wag
Lions
15 Ounce Baby Lived 25 Hours
In SLOUGH England a 15 ounce baby born here lived 25 hours. The infant was kept in an oxygen tent and fed from a fountain pen filler with brandy glucose and saline. Officials say it may be among the smallest babies ever to survive birth.
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Slough
England
Finishes Job In 100th Year
Salisbury England on the eve of his 100th birthday the Rev Arthur Sewell parson of a Wiltshire parish completed a 75 year task He began in 1866 to draw up chronological tables of major Old Testament events linking them to archaeological and anthropological research Results will be published after the war
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Salisbury
England
Arthur Sewell
Wiltshire
Submarine actions from Newfoundland to Crimea update
The report notes Canadian vessels sinking submarines off Newfoundland and New York observers confirming submarine losses. In Moscow front fighting continued with Zhukov claiming Kalinin captured, while the Crimea defense appears strained as Nazi advances reach the Black Sea area.
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Newfoundland
House of Commons
Macdonald
New York
St. John's
St. John’s
Moscow
Hunter Recalled to Fight Foxes in Machynlleth
Harry Roberts a hunter was released from military service to resume duty with a Welsh fox hunt pack after farmers complained foxes were causing heavy losses to lambs and poultry in Machynlleth Wales.
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Machynlleth
Wales
Harry Roberts
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