Local Guests Visit Acton and Vicinity Headlines
Social notes record Mrs Jas Too Warren visiting in Toronto and Miss Margaret Garvin visiting from Toronto. Hamilton's Mr George Switzer spends weekend at home. Margaret Macdonald returns from Toronto for the weekend. Stratford's Homer McLelland visits Acton with J H Smith. Thos Watada attends Mrs Wm Buchanan's funeral in Grand Valley. Wm Maxwell of Guelph vacations in Acton area. Pte Jim Nelson of Lake Superior Battalion visits Acton and Ballinafadt. Editor J B Lake and daughter Anne Lake make a brief call on Turnace Paris. Charles Irwin of Rochester and others visit Acton relatives. Acton School Board members attend Mrs Buchanan's funeral in Grand Valley. Mr and Mrs J Kerr Brown of Winnipeg announce daughter Margaret Evelyn to Clifton Purvis Idyll Barbadoes wedding in mid December.
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J. B. Lake
The
Powassan News
Anne Lake
Toronto
Turnace Paris
Family Expresses Gratitude After Bereavement
Mrs. Cleo Hodgins and family thank relatives friends and neighbors for flowers loaned cars and many other acts of kindness following their recent sad bereavement.
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Cleo. Hodgins
Witnesses Ejected and Pelted in Hobart Hall
In Hobart Australia a Jehovah’s Witness was expelled for refusing to stand during the National Anthem. Other Witnesses faced fruit throwing as a disturbance erupted in the hall.
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Hobart, Australis
Jehovah's Witnesses
Londoners Fine, Thanks Says Harvard Doctor
Dr. John E. Gordon of Harvard Medical School praised Londoners health as amazingly good during a recent visit, attributing it to England's efficient public health service.
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London
John E. Gordon
Harvard Medical School
England
The Canadian War Effort Highlights and Losses
A roundup of war measures and events. The destroyer Margaree was lost in a night collision in the North Atlantic on October 22 with 142 officers and men dead including Commander Joseph W. Roy of Ottawa. Also noted are mobilization training for 30 days starting November 23, Belgian conscription in Canada, the Empress of Britain sunk off the Irish coast with 45 missing and 598 rescued, a large plant in Quebec for 500 pound bombs, free will wartime contributions totaling 903 and 2 million to the Air Ministry, Dominion Bureau of Statistics index at 83.5, an order restricting public office for interned persons, the St Malo sunk, factory commitments at 250 TH, trading rules with Romania, and the minesweeper Bras d’Or overdue at Sydney.
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Margaree
North Atlantic Ocean
Joseph W. Roy
Ottawa
Canada
C.P.R
Empress of
Britain
Quebec
Air Ministry
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Defence of
France
Rumania
Sydney
Brass'Or
Slightly At Sea Leads Comedy With Bartholomew and Hardwicke
The page lists Freddie Bartholomew and Sir Cedric Hardwicke in a comedy titled Slightly At Sea, alongside a sport feature Arrow Points and a cartoon Little Lambkin.
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Freddie Bartholomew
Cedric Hardwicke
Acton Board Considers Police Protection and School Crossing
The Acton Board debates police protection at the street crossing during noon dismissal and receives a pupil list from Guelph Collegiate. It denies responsibility for fees for a nonresident pupil and a pupil attending Acton subjects, approves supplies, approves payments totaling 244.45, and extends condolences to Dr A J Buchanan on his mother's death.
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Guelph
Acton School
Acton
Esquesing
Paris
P. W
Woolworth
Waterloo Music Co
Elliott Bros
Acton Public Utilities Commission
A. J.buchanan
Municipal Elections Set With Two Year Term Question
Electors will vote on a by law to allow a two year term for the Municipal Council elected for 1941. Nomination day is Friday November 22 and election day Monday December 2. Three polling booths planned at Town Hall and YMCA. Returning officers listed as R. J. McPherson Léonard Atkinson and George Chapman. Tender awards for dump work sewering and carpentry were approved with contracts to F Mooney and J Bell respectively.
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YMCA
R. J. McPherson
Léonard Atkinson
George Chapman
Quebec Civilian Protection Corps Guards Skies
Montreal Nov 6 Canadian Press reports Quebec civic defense grows with CPC units numbering near 30000 across major centers under Gordon Fons. Fire wardens police alert drills blackout test in Mount Royal show civilian volunteers preparing for air raids.
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Quebec
Civilian Protection Committee
Gordon Fons
Quebec City
CPC
Ontario
Gaspe
Lightning strikes jute mill. 15 injured in blast
In Budge Budge India a lightning bolt hit a jute mill boiler house causing a steam explosion that damaged part of the building and injured fifteen workers. The incident occurred at the mill and emergency crews responded to the scene.
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Budge- Budge
India
Letter From War Duty Describes Leave and British Escapades
A wartime letter from H. V. Dron in Halifax Nova Scotia recounts a seven day leave, travel through London and Newcastle, and tales of air raids. He notes moving into winter quarters, mentions the Free Press, and references acts of support for a Spitfire fundraiser. He describes shipboard life, crew origins, and naval traditions.
Prime Minister Receives Specific Ranking in Cabinet
Canberra reports a revised table of precedence in the Australian Commonwealth places the Prime Minister in a distinct rank separate from Cabinet ministers. The change adjusts ceremonial order and reflects the holder of the nation’s top executive post.
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Canberra
Archway of boomerangs greets couple at wedding
A native guard of honor formed an arch of boomerangs at the wedding of Susie Evelyn Murray and George Patten in Melbourne. The ceremony united two aboriginal families as guests watched the traditional display.
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Melbourne
Guard of Honor
Susie Evelyn Murray
George Patten
Bathurst Tests Army Doors on Route March
In Bathurst Australia a route march tested twelve different army doors. Some new types proved satisfactory while complaints arose about the standard door.
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Bathurst
Australia
Hoarding Silver Coins Ties Darwin Shortage to Chinese
A Darwin Australia report blames a silver coin shortage on Chinese buyers who allegedly hoard coins, failing to recognize their intrinsic value below token worth. The piece notes concern over availability and market impact in the local economy.
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Darwin
Australia
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Jas
Warren
Margaret Garvin
George Switzer
Hamilton
Margaret Macdonald
Mr. Homer, McLelland
Stratford
J. H. Smith
Thos. Watada
Grand Valley
Wm. Buchanan
Wm. Maxwell
Jim Nelson
Lake Superior
Camp Borden
Charles Irwin
Rochester
N. Y
Chas. Hinds
Donald Hynds
George Cruickshank
F. & Blow
R. M. McDonald
G. A. Dills
A .S. Buchanan
George Wallace
Clothes
Yonge St
Ryrie-Birks
W. T. Patterson R.C
Wendham- St., Bao
Maher Shoe Store
F. L. Wright
Cooper Bidg
Acton and District Legion
AU Citiizens
United Church
Rockwood
St. John’s Church
A. Padbury
Nassagaweya
Nassagaweya War Memorial
Presbyterian. Church
Nassataweya
Waterloo Bridge
Vivien Leigh
Scarlet O'Hara
Robert Taylor
Pete Smith
Robert Cummings
Laraine’ Day
Jean Muir
Wings of Youth
Orphan Duck
Fox News
Beck Benny
Jack Benny
U. S. Navy
Lakeside Chapter
Tom “Browns
Waxman
F. Mooney
J. Bell
WA. Stewart
Montreal
C.P.C
C.pc
Mount Royal
CP. C
Valentine & Martin
Ladies
Silk Hole
Mill Street
North Bay
Harold Wiles
TVA
Andre
Newcastle
P Pardy
P. Purdy
Radias
Tat Division Petrol Co
Rice PO
Halifax
Nova Scotus
G A Dilla
Kattor and
Acton -Fare Purss
ICA
Thase
Ireland
Poland
Lever
Mr. Dills
O.K
H.V. Dron
Peek-Frean
Bassetts
Licorice Allsorts
Norris Brith Malaya
Tin
Bovril
Rajana Brithh
Norris
Malaya
Barr’s Grocery
INO. R. _LEISHMAN
the United Church
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J. B. Chalmers, Reeve
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