Community Notices of Engagements Visits and Anniversaries
Emma Robinson visited Newmarket and Aurora during the week. Mrs. J Livingstone of Guelph spent last week with her parents the Sopers in Guelph. Several visitors from Jamestown and Ogdensburg stayed with Sopers and the Husbands. Winnifred Floszer announced the engagement of Jetta Lorene to Thomas Arbert of Toronto. The McGlaughlins celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary at J H McGlaughlin’s home. Lindsay and wife of Limehouse host fiftieth anniversary on Dec 2. Margaret Marion McLellan engaged to George Kitchen of Toronto. Joan Wall engaged to Pte. Wilfred Waldie of Ottawa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. McGlaughlin
J. H. McGlaughlin
Guelph
S. H. Lindsay
Limehouse
Ontario
David McLellan
Acton
Margaret Marion
George
Ernest Kitchen
R.C.A.P
Lottie Kitchen
Toronto
Joan
Frances Wall
Albert Smith
Milton
Arthur S. Wall
Wlfred Alexander Waldie
R.C.A.M.C
Ottawa
Duncan Wardle
Card of Thanks from the Kelly Family
Mnk Frank Kelly and Family express appreciation for kindness and sympathy shown by friends and relatives during their recent bereavement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Kelly
Barite Production Seen Increasing Sig nificantly in Canada
Barite deposits near Walton on Minas Bay Nova Scotia show potential output far exceeding historic Canadian totals. A mill treating 150 tons daily is in place and initial shipments of about 5 000 tons have been sent to Trinidad and Peru while exploration suggests 420 000 short tons of barite meet grade standards for oil drilling muds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Pembroke
Hants County
Nova Scotia
Department of Mines and Resources
Trinidad Oil Companies
Walton
Minas Bay
Ail
Trinidad
British West Indies
Peru
South African Women in Middle East War Effort
Cape Town reports South Africa has the largest body of Soldier Women in the Middle East. Several hundred SAWAS members drive transports in Egypt and serve as typists and clerks. Most live in Cairo with a unit at a desert camp. A Cairo Women's Club opens for girls on leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Town
South Africa
Middle East
S. A
Egypt
Cairo
Notice to Creditors in the Estate of William Thompson
Notice to creditors of William Thompson late of Acton Halton deceased who died about June 7 1931. Claims must be sent with proofs to solicitor c F Leatherland Acton before December 6 1941. Assets to be distributed among entitled parties. Janet Thompson executrix Acton Ontario solicitor for executrix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Thompson
Acton
Halton
A.D
C. F. Leatherland
Ontario
Janet Thompson
Utero
Notice to Creditors in the Estate of Vida Laurier Hilton
Creditors of Vida Laurier Hilton late of Acton Halton County married woman deceased who died about August 18 1941 must send particulars to Solicitor Co F Leatherland Acton Ontario before December 6 1941 for distribution of the estate according to Section 51 Chapter 165 RS0 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurier
Hilton
Acton
Halts
Vida Laurier Hilton
Halton
Deceas
Co. F. Leatherland
Ontario
Sarah Elizabeth Ramshaw
New Library Books Highlight Prominent Authors and Wealth of Volumes
Acton Library adds over two hundred volumes with new adult fiction including John Buchan Sick Heart River and Hemingway For Whom the Bell Tolled. Biographies feature Winston Churchill titles, and travel and history selections span A Pacifist in Trouble and Middle East. Children’s books are available Saturday afternoons but not issued to children then. library hours are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton Library
Canada
John Buchan
Churchill
Rene Cross
Berlin
Wm. K. Shirer
Ralph Inge
Elizabeth F. Boettiger
J. B. Priestley
Duff Cooper
Virginia Cowles
Alice Miller
England
Douglas Reed
Acton
Winston Churchill
Dublin Honors Bride And Groom Of The Week
Friends and neighbors of Pte Wilfred Waldie and Miss Joan Wall gathered at the Legion Hall to honor the couple. Flora Sayers read an address praising Wilfred in uniform and Joan as a friend now entering marriage. The ceremony included gifts a tea service a Waterman pen and pencil set a billfold and a cigarette case with lighter. The event ended with lunch and dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pte
Wilfred Waldie
Joan Wall
Legion Hall
Flora Sayers
Joan
Wilfred
Lfe
Dublin
H. Burkholder
M. Steele
Wm. Frank
Alex. Waldie
W. Britton
Alex Frank
Dorothy Frank
Mabel Burkholder
Y M Y Activities Mix Sports, Dances and Rules
The Acton YMCA column outlines Tuesday ladies night and Wednesday men night to manage space for varied groups. It reviews the Badminton Club trip to Dundas with a 16 to 15 score, plans future matches against Guelph Bird Chastra, and notes a gym dance Friday night. It also provides badminton equipment tips on racquet weight grip and handle design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dundas
Acton
Acton “Y
Guelph
YMCA
British Farmers' Wartime Task and Self Sufficiency
Sixty years ago Britain produced its own feed for livestock but shifts to overseas farming increased surplus imports. After World War I the nation moved from arable to livestock, especially milking, and by the present war relied largely on home-grown crops and nearly all livestock feeding stuffs to minimize shipping needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
County Building Room Allocation Sparks Council Debate
County Council struggles to allocate a Provincial Police office and a Doctors Children’s Aid space with warnings that Thompson’s current quarters must be preserved for the Children's Aid Society. The council approves a plan where Thompson moves to the Police consulting room and the Police take Thompson’s private office, with return rights to the Children’s Aid Society if vacant. A by law to reduce village speed to 30 MPH is also approved along with thanks to Agriculture Minister Whitelock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Thompson
Children's Aid Society
Hillmer
Thompson
Court House
Cleave
Peel
Mr.Thompson
Finney
Gilbert
Wilson
Children’s Aid Society
Craig
Blair
County Buildings Committee
Provincial Police
Mr. Wilson
Stewarttown
Kilbride
Halton
Whitelock
Dewan
May
Time Prices Board
War Time Prices Board
Canada
Counell
Sweet potato research blooms into edible horticultural craft
Dr Julian C Miller at Louisiana State University demonstrates horticultural surgery to make sweet potatoes bloom and improve size color and nutritive value. He blends radical types for food livestock feed and starch manufacture and aims to capture share of the chop suey trade with edible bamboo shoots bean sprouts and water chestnuts. Maj John Bagot Blubb awarded the D S O for gallantry in Iraqi and Syrian campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Tno
Loulalanaa State University
Nature
Julian C. Miller
United States
Miler
Hia
Ywu
da Miller
Orient
Cairo
Maj
John Bagot Blubb
Lawrence of Arabia
D.S.O
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Emma ‘Robinson
Newmarket
Aurora
Mra J. Livingstone
Geo. Soper
Elmer McKechnie
Jamestown, N.Y
F. C. Ruppel
Elmira
A. W
Fosbury
R. J. McKechnie
Flora Jean
Jamestown N. Y
Wm. Carr
Marion Carr
Shirley Frost
David Richardson
Gladstone
Jack
Ogdensburg
N.Y
Mrs
Spencer
Harold Spence
Midhurst
C. Franklin
Bower Ave
Spence
Airforce Training School
Galt
George Wallace
Clothes Shop
Yonge St
Foronto
W. T. Patterson B.C
Maher Shoe Store
Wright Cooper
Acton, Oat
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Shepherd OF the Hills
Harold Bell
Wright
John Wayne
Betty Fleki
Matinbeat
Virginia ‘Bruce
John Barrymore
Rudy Valee
Rosemary
Lance
Jean Muir
Warren William
Library Books
B. D. Rachlin
Açto
Erin
Eramosa
Esquesing
Wilfred Hirkwood
R. KR. No
Glenwilliama
Carl E. Weitzel
Rawleign
Acton and Vicinity War Services League
Red Cross
Windows
Johnstone & Rumley
Acton, Ont
Bovane
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