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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 16, 1922
Page
5
A garbled obituary collection recalls Maurice and Anna with dates in November. Mahried Tl Wa Die line appears, listing names of deceased and family locations. It includes reminders of memory verses and tributes for June Nickell and Horst Hitchcock, with ritual phrasing and fragile legibility across multiple Contributed notices.
Brief local notes report a fall harvest and plowing progress, turnip shipments from Acton station, and upcoming bylaw meeting. Community updates include church services, Armistice Day observances, a voluntary campaign in Mount Forest, and motor car theft near Georgetown Lumber with police on alert. Also noted are weather lore from Northern woods, a push to revive Fergus brass band, and recaptured escapees from Guelph reform school.
The Manitoba Iron Press celebrates a half century since its founding with a 31 page supplement marking the Free Press Jubilee. As a survivor of early Winnipeg journalism it played a major role in building the West under presidents Macklin and editor Dafoe, with long serving staff from Cobban to Holmes.
NABBAGAWEVA Mr and Mrs Wr Bullard of Burlington spent holiday at Mr William Frank’s home. Mr Levi Kilny and Mr Ed Mayman went hunting north. A presentation at the Wrenbyterian Church honored Mr and Mrs Darragh for twenty two years as caretakers. Mr William Howard read the address Mrs David ing presented purses. Funeral of the late Obvirson Anderson drew a large crowd with most driving by car. township memorial service on Thanksgiving Day honored boys who fell in Flanders and elsewhere. Rev J T Strauchsen opened, wreath laid by Heeva Chisholm, and addresses by Rev Roy M Golger and Rev D B Casamore. solemn note on democracy’s costs and dangers.
A fragmented report describes community observances and visits around Annvatige Day with residents and guests from nearby towns. It notes anniversaries upcoming at the village church, a memorial service, and planned programs by local clergy and visitors, highlighting a general sense of rural community activity and work completion.
Oakville Cedar Grave Michulon hosts a Thursday November 23 1923 barwar. Presbyterian ladies plan their annual Christmas sale and noon tea on Friday. November 1 in the church hall. Jwwtvills don’t plan winter heating. Mr Maolyan funds a legal tea for a school fundraiser while boys work to finish the rink before frost. Oakville Athletic Association to hold a fundraiser at Victoria Mall Thursday evening. Council discusses battering radial bridge and Western Shield project. A wedding at the Jakealie hallovant scowal hig becomes a social highlight with two terraces. Town to plant two dozen shrubs for lakeside park. Toronto Harbor Commission leader Home Smith urges solid rail connections with Toronto and outside municipal links. A Toronto commission may aid with a broader tie in utilities.
A long OCR fragment details township roadimprovement crews, culverts, graveling and material supplies with many names such as Watton, Taylor Construction Coy, Minto, and Walker. It shifts to a church obituary noting Andrew Yogan Gegule, minister at Warkdale, and Knox Church anniversary, with mentions of local pastors, congregations, and a humorous anecdote.
In a mid session disruption the council faced a brazen farce as Mrs Crewann distributed cakes and cream to aldermen and guests. The spectacle prompted no formal response and the meeting continued after the brief interlude.
Rockwood residents report social visits with Yalington, Rey, and Mrs. Gelgar, while James Watson heads to Tidnaga for winter work. A Presbyter y meeting in Guelph, Miss Agnes McNabb’s slow recovery, and Colonel Wattle’s Woodstock visit are noted alongside Rockwood school trustees’ vacancy and the Royal Bank manager’s election. A new ten ton stock and produce scale project advances with upgraded yards and loading chutes, plus a remodeled stock yard and waiting room.
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