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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 23, 1944
Page
14
Nominations for municipal offices to be discussed tomorrow night. High school pupils prepare for early next month’s commencement exercises. Voters List copies available at the Clerk’s office or Free Press. Subscriptions and library checks ensure uninterrupted delivery next month. The council report to be presented includes up to 1943 total of $131-14, the lowest in years.
Miss Winnifred Walker of Milton was appointed supervising public health nurse for Guelph by the Gosiph Board of Health at its November meeting. She has led the public health nursing service in Milton Acton and Georgetown for about a year and was previously senior nurse at Kirklard Lake. She succeeds Miss KE Macliveen.
The Beaut Mothers Auxiliary held its regular meeting at Mrs W Evans home Tuesday night electing officers. President Mrs Robert Anderson Vice President Mrs F J McCutcheon Secretary Mrs G Deasureault Treasurer Mrs A Kirkness and Press Secretary Mrs N Morton. The group now totals twenty five members thanks to past president Mrs D Richardson.
The Jersey cow Cluny Castle Standard Rose Ind, 177687, bred by F W Ruddell of Georgetown and owned by John Ruddell, Georgetown, received the Silver Medal Certificate from the Canadian Jersey Cattle Club. Rose tested as a junior four year old and in 305 days yielded 559 pounds of fat and milk, with teat measurements noted.
In Fremce on theeday she received the good mews that Ted is a prisoner of war. On August 10 Mr and Mrs A Manecid of Karr Street were informed that their comrade L/Cpl Fred Mans eld is missing. Last week they learned he is a prisoner of war. Evahelia McDonald, wife of William, also mentioned in the notice.
Canadians drank fewer cups of tea due to rationing with a seven month period of reduced use. Coupon limits arose from shipping losses of the Dutch East Indies, cutting 20 percent of Black tea exports. Allied troops, including U S forces, relied on the large tea pool for drinks during campaigns from Dunkirk to the Pacific.
The article surveys cereal dominance across Egypt Palestine Trans Jordan Syria Lebanon and Iraq noting Egypt leads with maize wheat and rice while Palestine and neighbors grow wheat barley and durra. It highlights legumes such as lentils beans fenugreek and chickpeas and lists key vegetables fruits and oils including onions olives sesame and cottonseed oil in the region.
The report reviews Allied Western Front advances from Metz to the Ruhr, Italian progress on the peninsula, and Soviet pressure around Budapest. It notes French breakthroughs toward the Rhine and Eisenhower praising French efforts, while warning against over-optimism amid scarce German food stocks and tentative signs of unrest in Cologne.
A mild winter produced an odd sight on Morison's Inland when W. J. Labow found a small patch of wild strawberry plants in bloom in November. About a dozen blooms were observed near Penbroke.
Observers on the English Channel side report two famous coast landmarks between Boulogne and Cassia disappeared the Cay Griv Nez Ughthouse and the Dover Patrol Memorial both used by Germany as observation posts. The area was heavily bombed by aircraft just before Calais.
Professor H G Bell secretary of the Ontario Fertilizer Board and associate chemistry professor urges setting mental fertilizer requirements for 1943 at the earliest date possible as supplies of potash appear more favorable.
Auctioneer B J A Elliott advertises a cash sale on Tuesday November 28 1844 at 2 PM. Items include horses cattle pigs poultry grain hay and farm implements plus furniture and household goods. Terms cash with clerk no reserve as the farmer retires from farming. Milton K Ford clerk.
The No. 37 Reserve Brigade group headquarters will become dormant except for the motor transport section. Units remain ready for possible raids on the eastern coast and will be maintained for rapid redeployment if needed.
The farm offers Shorthorn cattle implements Massey Harris gear and more for sale near Acton and Rockwood with a stone dwelling bank barn and outbuildings. Terms 10 of bid day with cash payment day of sale no reserve due to ill health refreshments on site auctioneer Roy Hindley with Gen. or Jon. Graham on premises Rockwood R R No 4.
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